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New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Mrs. AstOr Tells of Scrubbing
And Mopping Floors in France

Mrs. Vincent Astor sat in the green
and gold library of the Astor resi-
dence, at s42 Fifth Avenue, yesterday,
and told Of her experience as a
Y. M. c. A. worker in France during
the last year and a half.
1t would have been good story
without the background of that Astor
library, but the clusters of pink and
white roses, the huge open CRATE, the
carved panellings and the portrait of
Colonel John Jacob Astor added at
mosphere to the story Of unloading
trucks, dancing with 1000 soldiers and
sweeping dirty huts, told by Mrs.
AstOr.
Mrs. Astor One of Many
please realize that I was only one
of many Y. M. C. A. workers who did
the same sort Of work." she said. 81
nave heard strange rumors since I re-
turned to this country rumors of
cvercharging and inefficiency on the
part of the Y. M. G. A. 1t does not
need my defence. Its work is real and
every honest Individual knows it. Why
we sold everything at loss. w. gave
cigarettes and sweets to the wounde d
ana to the men returning from the
front lines. In the cafeterias every
thing was sold for less than cost.
How could | go over when | had
a husband in service? Why, quite
simply. You see, I went before that
rule took effect. War was declared in
April. Mrs. Russell (Mrs. Ethel Harri
man RussclD and l sailed in June. and
the ruling that said a woman worker
IN France had to be twenty-five wears
old, couldn't have a father. COULDN'T
have a brother, couldn't have hus-
band in service wasn't enforced until
July.
Soldiers Favor Fried Eggs
"The boys favorite dish was un-
doubtedly fried eggs. They were hard
to get-eggs, | mean-and we paid T
francs (about 81 .40) a dozen for them
We sold two eggs for q franc, and the
first English words our French wait
resses learned We're Two fried eggs.''
When Mrs. Astor went to France she
applied for work with the Red Cross
but found it easier to ally herself with
the Y. NJ. G. A. canteen division. Her
work was in Brest. and later in Bor-
deaux. For the last five months OF her
service. she was head of the second
women's division and made regular Wis
Its to the outlying huts. Just two days
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Bookkeepers Swamped
AS New York Responds
To Red Cross Roll Call
Aid for Red Cross
Urged by Davis0n

HENRY P. DAWSON said
~ \ yesterday: 81 am sailing to-
night for Europe, at the request
of the President, to represent the
American Red Cross. AS 1 leave
/ have supreme confidence that
the spirit of mercy and human
sympathy which the peoples Of
the world have ascribed to the
American people, will again shine
forth when the world once more
learns of their devotion to the
Red Cross ideals.
Enrolment in the Red Cross
by every man, woman and child
will mean more to the world to-
day than ever before. Millions of
pleading, wistful faces are turned
toward us to-day, and only by
answering that mute appeal by
universal enrolment in the Red
Cross can we show our sympathy
and our vote for kindlier, gen.
tier world in the days to come"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

before the American offensive began,
on September 49, she and Mrs. Russell
got PERMISSION to go up to the front
on the St Mihiel salient.
ut was glorious!" she said. ''Those
boys of ours went into the fight just
the way they enter q football match.
And they came back the same way-hot,
dusty, worn; but grinning And they all
bore souvenirs. Iron crosses seemed
somehow hard to get, and the bows
would never part with them. One
enlisted man, hard up for ready cash,
but the lucky owner of an iron cross,
refused $500 an officer offered for it.
I'VE stood near the marching col
umn, with shells falling around US,
with our battered Ford standing near,
hylng its tattered Y. M. c. A. pennant.
AS the boys went by their officers al
lowed them to slow up bit and take
the cigarettes we had for them.
"The best thing about the work is
that you develop a surprising energy
and adaptability. I may look fragile: !:
but | did everything that any one Of
the fifty women under me did. | got
to work at 1880 in the morning, and I
scrubbed floors, welded a mop or
broom, dished out ice cream, received
tips (Which we always dropped in the
7. M; c. A. Red Cross box), and
danced. We numbered, usually. about
twenty women to two thousand men
bully dancers and all hungry for the
sight of an American girl
Wanted to Bring Orphans Home
The matter of partners grew q hit
embarrassing, and it required diplo-
macy to solve the situation. Finally
we decided that whenever | blew nv
whistle, every one should change part
ners, and it was done with vigorous
enthusiasm, which swept the girls off
their feet and kept them busy. By the
end OF the evening our feet were black
and blue with the steady moving about
on the concrete floor; but the pleasure
the II boys had-and the equal pleasure
1t gave us girls-was COMPENSATION
enough.
1--WE all simply ached to help in anV
way possible the dear, wonderful bows
VIII, who went into the fight so cheeriiv
They were the same boys who adoptec
innumerable little French orphans, anc
then couldn't understand why theS
couldn't bring them home, along with
their helmets, shells and other souve.
mrs. That a French mother, or ,
french government, should object tc
having its young citizens removed fron,
Their h home land was beyond the com.
prehension Of the American soldiers
VINO loved their little French pals"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
$500 Offered by
Bank for Capture
OF Hold-Up p Men
Police Have Photographs of
Men Partially Identified
as Bandits Who Killed 2
in East Brooklyn Robbery
By BRIGGS

A reward Of $1,000 was offered yes-
terday by the directors of the East
Brooklyn Savings Bank for the appre-
hension of the robbers who stole $13,-
600 from the bank in broad daylight
last Friday and killed two of the bank
employees.
The report that the chauffeur, George
II. Mccullough, who drove the taxicab
that bore the thieves and who is being
held on charge of homicide, had posi-
lively identified picture shown him by
Captain Coughlin of the "tall man" of
the two hold-up men was denied by
Captain Coughlin yesterday According
to Captain Coughlin, Mccullough ad-
mltted only that the man in the picture
bore a, striking resemblance to one of
the bandits.
Captain Coughlin said that on the
day following the robbery a business
man of Brooklyn, whose name was not
disclosed, brought to the Detective Bu-
reau picture of a man whose appear
ance fitted the description of the taller
man.
This man explained that up to the
previous day he had had man in his
employ who might have been one of
those described in the newspaper ac-
counts of the robbery.
Ihe business man said that he and
the other members of his firm had
suspected this former employe because
ne had not reported for work the dav
OF the robbery or since, and because a
messenger who was sent to his home
reported that he had disappeared. Lit
| Tie nnthlnO
man, except that he had used fictitious
names IN various cities and that he
mad often spoken of having served in
the army.
Another man whose whereabouts the
pollce are interested in is Row TYLER.
internationally known as thief and
hold-up man, for whose apprehension
rewards have been offered by banking
institutions in other cities. Tyler is
ABOUT twenty-seven or twenty-eight
years old, and has long criminal rec
ord.
;. While Tyler's face and physical out
lines greatly resemble those of the tall
man, he is much shorter. The tall man
Is described as being six feet in height.
while Tyler's height is five feet eight
inches.
1t was said that two rewards of 81. 600
each are out for Tyier's arrest. One
~ao oiSieu ny Cne ponce of Cleveland,
Ohlo' where he looted jewelry store a
year ago. and the other is for a bank
/ hoid-up at Minneapolis in 1917
The police are also looking for two
other men in connection with the crime
whose pictures they have obtained. The
pictures of these two men are not from
the Rogues' Gallery, but, it is said, were
posed IN company with a woman. 1t is
sald they are wanted in FIVE other cities
TOR pank robberies similar to that in
brooklyn. This picture, too, it is said.
was shown to Mccullough, but he failed
10 ldent'fy either Of the men.
Inc black leather bag used by the
two men was purchased in Patterson
~ j., according to detectives WORKING
on the case. However, none of The
clerks remembered having seen men an
sSwering to the description of the
thieves.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Whitman Denies Report
Of $4O,O 900 Oil Position

Reports that Governor Whitman bed
accepted post as special counsel fo,
the Standard Oil Company at a salary
OF $4,000 year were denied yester.
day by Mr.. Whitman. Nobody at the
offices of the oil company here would
admit knowledge of Che supposed ap-
pointment of the Governor.
1T is absolutely untrue" said Gov
ernor Whitman at the st. Regis Hotel
1T 's a fabrication, and I can deny
every detail Of it, I have made no
plans for the future yet"
The report was heard repeatedly
noth IN New York and in Albany. Al
east one large Standard Oil stock
holder, who is reputed to know sonoe-
thing of the company's plans. said thar
ne understood that the outgoing state
executive had been engaged by the oil
corporation.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Adriaiic Sails With $50
AhOa 3 After 5.Day DELAY

Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
War Work Council of the American
Red Cross, was one of the $50 passcn-
gers who sailed Yesterday for England
aboard the White Star liner Adriatic
His mission was undertaken at the re-
quest Of President Wilson and will deal
with American Red Cross work. Another
passenger was DR.. Katherine B. Davis
general secretary of the Bureau OF
Social Hygiene, and Commissioner OF
Charities during the administration of
the late Mayor Mitchell
The Adriatic got away after Ave
day delay. due to fog and an explosion
in her engine room.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Couple Found Slain
In Adjoining Rooms

Police who entered the gas-flled
weaver, on the second floor of 521 Sew
cnteenth Street, West New York, last
night, found the mans body lying on
the floor, with a gas tube still cenched
in his teeth.
Or be- in the adjoining room they
found the body of Helen. the dec d
mans wife. Her head had been almost
severed by a hatchet, which lay beside
her. The couple had been dead sew
eral hours.
Neighbors knew little about the
couple, who moved to Union Hill from
Chicago three months ago
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Peace Increases Work
Red Cross Must Handle

WASHINGTON, Dec 19-The COM
ing, OF peace has served to increase
rather than diminish the work of the
"A ercan Red Gross, said Provost Mar
81 General Crowder in a statement
issued to-day in connection with the
Ked Cross Christmas membership cam
"The need for the Red Cross" said
General Crowder, "does not terminate
with the cessation of hostiities; rather
are Its rsefu1ness and it's scope in
creased. with the war at an end, the
rehabilitation of devastated Europe
not only in the late theatres of opera
ITO but in all those fields Just de-
Nv ed from hostile occupation and
am ag all those people who for more
tha four years have felt the heel of
Gel an opp ession. To embarrass its
act, ties at this time is to add misery
to affering'
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Influenza Will Cut Dividends
To Insurance Policy Holders

Influenza deaths will cut into life
insurance dividends this year, accord
ing TO this weeks issue Of the "Insur-
ance Press" which says,
"Dcath losses from the influenza and
pneumonia pandemic have bcen so Sc
we're that many companies will be
forced to reduce or suspend their an
nual premium returns to policyholders
The Metropolitan has announced that
ell dividends to policyholders in the
ordinary department Tor 1919 must be
discontinued.
'The Hove Life. Of New York, hae
riaao q deduction in its dividend scale
for the. consing year, because OF the in
fuenzaS losses"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Bridgeport Papers Sold

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Dec. l9.--Ya1'. z'1i.
chase Of "The Bridgeport Morning 5s.'
gram "The Bridgeport Evening r0sll III
and THE Bridgeport Sunday Pcst,
issued from the one plant, by EcsTThit, sTh,
Flicker, formerly publisher OF n r
Cincinnati Enquirer" and Russe;ys yors
Whitman, publisher of The New hi.
Commercial" from Archibald Ac'.,r -.
jr., and Kenneth ". Mcneil was 10 10,
nounced to-day. The price PAID is
stated. r.b.
Messrs. Mcneil bought "The ~
gram" in 1912 from the late Georss T.
Hills, who had established "Tne 10
In 1914 they procured an inserspps posts 7
"The Evening Post" and SUNDAY ~ Of
and brought about a consoiida''OD
the properties.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Girl of 10 Confesses TO
Shaving Man. Police Say

ELMIRA, n Y. Dec. 19.-Mildred
Gunderman, alias Mildred and Dolores
Smith, sixteen years old, of this city
to-day confessed to the murder of Leo
Martin at Youngstown, Ohio, early last
September, according to an announce
ment made by the police to-day.
The girl was taken into custody here
last night on an old warrant issued In
1917, charging her with juvenile de-
iinquency, for running away from home
In the fall y 1917.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

az which Major General J. Franklin Rel
and Nine Aida will appear. oei
,,Dr. Dr. >. j. Flanagan and his wife. Mrs
NMyra A. Flanagan. of 2S15 Creston Avenue
eaye eiN ood tiled judgments against the city 70,
Jured last winter by falling on sI;r,n- ,,i.
sidewalk in East lasth Street It is sa;S
tnat the ice and snow had been allowed ao ~
accumulate for more than week. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
['0njcis Calls on Nays
-.iends to Aid Red Cross

Dee. 19, Secretary
ue1 a statement call
"f tAa American navy
'"o du inG the
'uH lu progress.
ou; cne response to
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

The Santa Claus Association, founded to
provide Christmas cheer for poor children.
has asked the Salvation Army to take over
its work. The requests have become so
numerous the association states its organiza-
ton is unable to handle them.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
1|K|||;''P::!!!;lTY 70; '''''''''''
Hh !A|a|5a| : g. >R1EFI99|

Frederick w Hopkins thirty-three, Of 240
hornpkinsviIle- Richmond Turnpike, Staten
Island, is reported by the police to have
committed suicide He took stcychnine. He
IS said to have hrooded over the death of
his wife two months ago. Five small chill
Gren are left orphans.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

The 305th Infantry Auxillar will give an
Opera House Sunday evening, December 80.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

-, lgnatz Yesowitz twenty-one. prisoner in
the Nassau County jail at Mineola. Long
Island, asked and received permission to
telephone. Instead of gang into the tee-
phone booth. he went into a corridor leading
TO the outdoors and made his escape.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

While hurlynf 70 a fire in the basement
Ct an apartment house at 81 East Eightieth
Street, Hook and Ladder Truck No. is ran
into an esectric lght pole at Park Avenue
and Seventy-nnth Street and overturned.
Five firemen were slightly hurt
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

Eugene Victori. ffty-six, we'll known
Hudson County manufacturer, was killed
while helping two employees 70 move metal
to the other. Mr.. Victor was an Alsatian.
He had lived at Union Hill for twenty-seven
years.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

Francisco Lopez, 62 Columbia Street.
Brooklyn, and Camo G. Ferrandes, Bridge,
port Conn. arrested ON Tuesday last in
connection with the robbery of Miss Beatrice
Anges. OF 236 West Fifty-sixth Street, while
she was on her way home in a taxicab. were
held in $4,000 bail each when arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Ten Eyck in the West Side
Court.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-20

Oscar -Quindsand. fifteen, of 947 Gillis
Avenue. North Bergen N. j.. was run down
oy an army truck at Broadway and Fulton
Street. He died at Volunteer Hospital lafer
while undergoing an operation
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
SAYS BERLIN IS FORTIFIED
Vast Defense Work Has Been Built,
According to Statement Made
by SWede.

Monster guns, hidden in pits 40 and
so feet deep, and 125 to $50 feet apart,
form labyrinth of defenses around
Berlin, according to John Erickson, a
native Of Sweden. For five years, be-
ginning with 1907, Erickson says he
worked on the outer defenses of Ber-
lin, and prior to that time worked for
the Motla gun works Of Sweden, turn
ing out heavy ordnance for Germany.
Guns surrounding Berlin, according
to Erickson, range from % to ~
inches in diameter. Many are Of the
larger type. Some are over 200 feet
long. Their foundation is set in seven
feet Of solid granite, sunk in the bot
tom of the pits in which the guns are
hidden, surrounding the city. Two
circles of these guns surround Ber-
lin. One is seven miles from the city's
outskirts-the other is II. A screen
roof is now laid over these guns. A
layer Of two feet Of dirt covers the
top. Grass, trees and even the sea-
sons crops are planted over them.
Electricity controls the huge guns,
Ericsson: says. When the guns are
needed the roof may easily be thrown
off and the guns hoisted to position.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
S;asis -ia='s.: -tAa. ~ - eaas 49,
Conan Doyle as a Doctor.

Asked recently why he gave up the
practice Of medicine, Sir Conan Doyle
said the work was too hard, and to
prove it he went on to tell Of his first
case, says an exchange.
Called in the middle of bitter win
ter's night to a house three miles
away, where child was reported to
be seriously Ill, the creator Of "Sher-
lock Holmes" tramped through the
rain and sleet only to find the place
in darkness, and bolted and barred
into the bargain.
He knocked and rang again and
again. No answer! At last a head
stuck itself ,gingerly out of a third
story window.
BE you DR.. Doyle?" it said.
eyes," said Doyle, .let me in.''
''Oh, no need to come in now" said
the man. 'The child's all right !;
sleeping quite peacefully
Doyle buttoned his coat and started
off homeward. But suddenly the win
dow was raised again and the same
voice cried: doctor! say, doctor!"
He hurried back, thinking that the
child had suddenly taken turn for
the worse.
swell, what do you want?" he asked.
The voice made answer: Eye won't
charge nothin' for this visit, will YET"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
lyrical Casualties Noted.

Typical Casualties Noted.
The truth is that General Pershing
has failed to report all the casualties.
The three deadest things in Europe
are these:
The typical Englishman.
The typical Frenchman.
The typical American.
We went to Europe looking for the
Englishman we have heard about
the snobbish, selfsatisfed, don't-you-
know chap; but nobody ever found
him. Instead they found very lika-
BILE, unselfsh, good hearted gentleman
who talks and thinks just about the
way we do-only little more shy in
manner.
And this grimacing, exciting, gestic-
ulating Frenchman!
Nobody ever found him. Instead
they found a quiet, philosophical bull
dog with an almost unearthly instinct
for seeing things as they are and with
queer old courage that faces the bald
truth without faltering.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
Shakespeare Calls for His Mail.

The we'll known London teacher OF
singing, William. Shakespeare, now
sojourning in Los Angeles, was re-
Gently a guest Of Frederick Bacon at
the latter's home in Pomona. Now Mr..
Shakespeare's ruddy, smiling face is
the personifcation of geniality, and
his rather highpitched speaking voice
is in keeping with his looks. The
story goes that shortly after his ar
rival in Pomona he stepped up to the
postoffice window and inquired:
81 say, my dear sir! Would you
kindly tell me if you have any letters
for William Shakespeare, care Of Mr..
Bacon?" The young man at the win
dow eyed the smiling countenance,
took note of the voice and remembered
the epidemic of Shakespeare tercen-
tenary celebrations breaking out all
over the country; he answered:
"See here, old fellow! You can't
pull off any Of those stunts on me!'
Pacific Coast Musician.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
An Immense Army Planned.

A press dispatch from Washington
dated July "a gives the following in
formation:
The draft age limits are going up
as we'll as down, and the government is
preparing to increase the army to a
strength Of from 100000 to 6,000,-
900 men.
These will be mainly men without
dependents and every one Of them will
be sent to France if necessary to van
quish the Hun. The government does
not contemplate the invasion Of de-
.ferred draft classifcations for at least
two years if at all.
There will be, however, an increas-
ingly rigorous combing of the deferred
classifcations for men to take places in
essential war industries. The work or
fight order will be extended to many
additional occupations within the next
year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
GERMANY

Mr.. and Mrs. r. Manke and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gems and family
spent Sunday afternoon at w. Marks.
A. Navison Of st. Paul came up on
Saturday evening and is visiting at
"A. Falk's.
Misses Della and Elizabeth Heitman
called at o. Hoeft's on Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. stahnke and chill
dren spent Sunday evening at E.
Gems.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hoehn arrived
home from their honeymoon trip to
North Dakota on Monday evening and
are spending a few days at Joe
Hoehn's.
Milda and Title Hoffman, Elsie and
Tillie Prahl, Henry Fisher and Walter
Arnhold Of Minneapolis spent Sunday
afternoon at R. Kornman's.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Due of North Dakota
are visiting the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. f. Hoehn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
LIKE SCENE FROM FAIRY AND.
correspo ndent's Graphic Portraiturs.
Of Children Leaving Petroarad
Cathedral After Services.

q was just crossing the snowy square
IN front of st. Isaac's. returning from
the last mass before the midnight
Easter service. when suddenly
the gates Of Fairyland flung open2
Down the aisle Of columns, out from
among the dusky pillars Of the great
cath edral, in twos and threesor
sometimes alone, voluminous
shtawled and aproned nyanya in the
Dackground-cam figures grayely in
tent little figures, each carefully
shielding his candle with tiny. cupped
hands or twists of white paper, the
yellow candle light flaring up into
faces as cherubic as Reynolds, ..Age
OF Innocence" but weighted with all
rhe sweet solemnity of Miltonic angels !:
children bearing home sacred candles
lighted at the altar Of their own Lares
and Penates. Out from among the in
scrutable shadows and down the steps
OF the vast cathedral they flickered
and floated in twos and threes: and
still farther down the canyons Of the
dark streets. the spirit lights wavering
and ana cleaning like myriad will-o'-the-
Vlsps, phantom Ships floating on a
phantom tide. It reminded me of moth
ing so much as of that night Of ances-
tor worship in the East, when lotus
lanterns burning for the dead are set
af1oat on river and bay and far out to
sea.-Olive Gilbreath in Harper's
Magazine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-07-25
Chippewa Indians Ask Freedom.


Minnesota Indians wish to be free,
Theodore Beaulieu of the White Earth
reservation informed Governor Burn
quist on Tuesday. He presented a
copy Of resolutions adopted by the
Chippewa Indians in council at Be-
midi early this month, asking the
federal government to give them full
citizenship rights, to withdraw the APP
preparation for the maintenance Of
reservations, and to give them full
power to administer their property.
He declared the agents of the Depart
ment Of the Interior, who have had
charge Of Indian affairs in Minnesota,
have as rule been incompetent and
incapable, and that the Indians are
able to take care Of their own affairs.
He requested the governors aid in
obtaining the rights sought.