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New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Fine Linen Strewn
At Roadside Bares
Oyster Bay Theft.
Constable Finds Napery
From Summer Home.
and Follows Clew
Residences Looted
One Member of Summer
ony Reports His Lo..
at $500
Residences Looted

OYSTER BAY, Long Island T.,
reversing byroad leading fr..
,ne Shore Road here today cons..S,a '
). ;. Thompson espied a clew To 1--WE w
u nigh; have appeared like ~ sAe
blown from somebody's wasbIin. as" s
'Ne trained eye of Constable Tbons
son oiscerned its true Significance a..
ne gathered up the table o,..a r'''
Sheets' pillow cases and garments , s.s
examined them. anu
ihey pore the monograms If h.,e
dozen summer residents of tho ca naN
soad' and the furthest-that Of Fn.a, Fmore
DDaliey, wee president of tho M gu =
G'uarantee E. Trust Company .. ii'ie
ieast 1our miles from Constable Tbo,a "S a
Arming himself and summor;r,
seIves, constable Thompson set az,
aLLohg tne Shore Road. stopping f~s,
o'e sumner nome of Donald 3, Abhot.
a New York attorney. A window ~
been forced and the house a0" bad s naa
ransacked. The house Of Mrs Tl FEE oss''
=; Rock. widow Of the founder ~ -
Tltagraph Company of America: Jame.
DolS. retired bridge builder. and 7 :
Schaefer, had been entered in a a'si si,U;,a ~ "a
~ay. The home of P. ". Rouss, son @ @.
Charles Broadway Rouss. had been a.,
tered and plundered, but the burglar
had left their loot behind in neatiy
packed parcels.
. Most of the houses had been closed
since November, but Mr.. Doig, who is
row IN the South. closed his only s;y
weeks ago. and neighbors we're Of the
opinion that he had left siIverware and
other valuablcs in it. They aren't there
now
Mr. Abbott. the only victim wifi
whom Constable Thompson could pc,
INTO communication, said that the liner
stolen had been a wedding present. Tn.
$7OO. 'eo I"
Footprints which the constable dis
covered showed that the burglars hae
made their tour since the thaw set in
and the bulk of their plunder indicated
1Aat thev had used an automobile or ;
horse and wagon.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
$50, 900 Boy Scouts Aid
Thrift Stamp Campaign

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE Boy
Scouts of America. numbering 350,000,
lave been enlisted for a house house
thrift stamp campaign. Five million
red postcards have been printed for
their use. and upon taking orders for
stamps the boys viii drop the cards
IN the nearest letter box and the post
master will do the rest.
James +. West, chief Scou. executive,
issued orders for the campaign to-
night, and Secretary McA doc sent this
word to the Scouts
"Y our splendid work in tho Liberty
Loan campaigns proved that the gov
Crnment can count on YOU and your
organization. Knowing you arc always
ready to serve your country. and reali2-
ing how widely the war saving stamps
may be sold through your efforts. |
take pleasure IN presenting you an
ether opportunity"
President Wilson Will write a per-
sonal letter of thanks to the Scout in
each state who has the highest record
OF sales during the year. and the wives
OF Cabinet officers have offered a VIC
tory flag in each state to the troop
Standing at the top. Individual Scouts
who take orders for $3.50 Will be award
Cd ace medals, and palms will be given
for each additional $l00
War savings are coming into the
Treasury now at the rate of nearly
100000 4 day.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Robber Is Slain,
z Others Wounded.
In Jersey Hold-Up

A hold-up man was shot dead and
his two confederates were dangerously
wounded in an attempt to rob the
butcher shop of William J. kieb, at $50
Brsmhall Avenue, Jersey City, late
Saturday night, the Jersey City police
announced yesterday.
Three men entered the shop when
hleb was closing up. alone, and asked
for pound Of steak. Before the
butcher could fill the order he as
commanded to hold uo his hands, and
covered by two rcvolvers. He promptly
drew revolver from his hip pocket
and fired at the bandits One of them
dropped. and the other two fed, both
wounded.
Kieb was arrested on a charge OF
nianslaughter. An ambulance. surgeon
said that the hold-up man had been
SHOT through the heart and killed in
stantly. The dead man was identified
a. Thomas Brady, twenty-four years
old, of IA Ivy Place. Jersey City. Kieb
will be arraigncd IN the First Criminal
Court of Jersey City this morning
John Brady, seaman. twenty-five
'N'Ai y ot", " oAoIHci VI tnS uodu OdNClt,
was taken to the Jersey City Hospital
late yesterday afternoon, dying from a
bullet wound in the abdomen. He ad
mitted being one Of the three hold-u,
men. Later the police arrested Vim
cent Conway. twenty three years old
at his home. 80 Atlantic Street, Jersey
City. Conway WAS taken to a hospital
suffering from bullet wounds in the
neck and right shoulder Kieb identi-
fed him as one of the attempted rob
bors.
Kieb told the police that he had con
siderable money in his shop, havins
done big business on Saturday. The
police refused 70 give out any informa-
ton until Brady and CONWAY we're ar
rested. They say that Che three men
have no connection with the lone bandit
'1ho tcrrorizcd Jersey City few weeks
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Beat Kaiser First,
Then Educate Huns
DR.. Bohn Suggests This as the
Best Way to Create Ger
man Democracy
man Democracy

Dr.. William Z. Bohn, who spoke
night on the subject "W-ill There
Revolution IN Germany at the foron,
Ct the Church OF the Ascension. an.
swered the question. conditionally, in
the negative. Unless Germany was
soundly beaten and the Allies carried
on energetic propaganda among its
people, there would be 10 successful,
rebellion against the Kaiser. he said.
He is q member OF the Friends of Ger
man Democracy.
I'VE III America must fight for the
very German people themselves" he
said. "A defeated monarch is much
easier for his people to deal with than
victorious one. The Germans may be
Influenced through propaganda by men
living in foreign countries who are
German by blood and talk German
But the Germans Will regard the utter
arces Of enemy statesmen as sheer
hypocrisy.
"Already the Friends OF German
Democracy are sending their message
rom Switzerland over the border to
Germany and soon We shall have bet
ter system.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
East Side to Aid Orphans
Asylum for Children From
War Zone Planned

Abraham Zuckner manager OF the
Peoples Relief Committee of the Eas,
Side, announced yesterday that the
principal business that would come be.
fore the committees convention in
Cleveland at the end of May would be
plans for the erection of an orphan
asylum to house 200 children from the
WarzOnc.
We will open buildings for the in
struction and maintenance of the
orphans" he said, land will see to il
ttat they are properly fed and edu-
Gated"
The committee already has raised
81 800, 600 for war sufferers and will re.
eclVe days pay from each of $4,000
garment workers next week. The gar
ment workers obtained permission 70
work on Washington's Birthday and de.
vote their earnings to war relief.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18

ways narrow-mind ded; they can see no
further than their own selfish inter-
ests If the Chinese and Japanese can
get more out of our industrial re
sources let them come and get it. II
we are not willing TO compete with
them on the industrial field they will!
compel us to compete with them on the
military field"
"Socialists would bring coolie labor
into this country and the coolie labor
would ruin the country" contended Mir.
Maurer. "Thc trouble with the Asatics
is that they cannot be unionized, and
VIC have to be unionlzed III order to
live"
Louis p. Lochner. secretary of the
conference, reported that Of the 500
registered dc gates all but % repre-
sented organizations. Of the organiza-
tions 81 were labor, "a Socialist, So
radical and pacitist and 10 miscellane.
Gus. They came from twenty-seven
states.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Young Women's Hebrew
Association Spreads Out

Inc Young Women's Hebrew Asso-
cation held its annual meeting yestcr-
day in ITS headquarters, at 81 Wes'
burden of war work, reports showed
that the organization was prosperine Q
and had established additional branches
III many parts of The city.
Mrs. Israel Unterberg was elected
president; Mrs. H. Pereire Mendes
honorary vice president: Mrs. A. \.
Cohen. Mrs. Adolf Gucgenheim and
Mrs. Felix NJ. Warburg, vice-pres dents :;
Mrs. Simon Libbovitz. treasurer. and
MIS-. Samuel |. Hyman. honorary see
retarY.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18

Before they got General Pershng
safely jailed, one Of his warders had
lost a healthy mouthfu Of trousers
and the other was nursing a bitten
Eand. Ten minutes thereafter Per
shlngs fellow prisoners had been all
reduced to subjection, to the accom-
paniment of racket like a Bolshcvik
convention and the loss of enough
feathers to stuff a sofa pillow.
Then, having done his duty. Pershin2
Topped up 10 the topmost perch and
glared with golden untamcd eyes out
over the reaches Of the Bronx zoo
Thus he sat yesterday afternoon, a
jailed leader, yet umdisputcd monarch
Of the other eagles that sat warily
at a distance. and commanding oili-
Ger of the delegation Of rcgimcntal
mascots that has streamed into the zoo
since war was declared and troops
began to leave for Franco. whittier
they wnrc not allowed to take their
pets.
Has Clear Field to Rank
Pcrshing has clear title to his rank
for he is tho property Of the com
mander Of the American cXpcditionary
forces. He is boarding at the zoo until
his owner returns TO America anC
claims him. The general after whom
he was named was recently Informed
that The people Of Missouri. his native
state, had sent TO Governors Island a
great golden eagle as d present to him
Not even the general of the American
army might violate the rule which for
bids regiments to take their mascots
abroad with them.
This. keepers declare, is a pity Two
Of them nurscd their wounds yesterday
and asserted unanimously that if the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Federal Officials Quiet
On Nearing Attacks
LStdG Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il. Depart n9nt
OF Justice officials to-day decin ID 20
indicate whether Federal action against
Scot Nearing, the Peoples Council
peace propagandist, was IN contempla-
ton.
The policy of the Department. said
John Lord O'Brian, special assistant to
tie Attorney General in charge Of
espionage Investigations, "is to decline
to make any statement on what is pro
poses 20 do in cases still under in.
vestiration. When action actually has
been taken announcement may be made
by the department if it is deemed cx-
podient."
The Tribune story, in which S. Stan
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax

Inhabitants of Fishers Island. which
lies in the Sound between Long Island
ana connecticut, are complaining that
their coroner is not attending to his
job.
revolutions may be all right in their
way, and Russia undoubtedly needs
some one TO work out her salvation,
Dut that does not excuse the continued
absence Of Fishers Islands coroner.
Nicholas Lenine.
some one slipped the name of the
Doishevlk leader into the list of can
qidates at a recent election and Mr..
Aehine got most of the twenty-seven
votes cast.
), Coroner Lenine doesn't quit
pnlianderlng around with the Kaiser
aiid the tate of nations the free and
''loepehdent voters of Fishers Island
ore gong to fire him and elect another
coroner who will stay on the job, by
reports from Denver say that women
o. ol mat city have taken to wearing
lhrift stamps as beauty spots. Liberty
was eyer a feminine goddess.
here were bushes on the face of
Hlias Pettypool and extreme modesty
IN II ms bearing when he appeared be-
tore the medical examiner OF the
iske, MO, draft board and began to
strip Tor examination.
several other candidates were ahead
OF MN, but all of them were examined
before Silas finished disrobing.
dont LOOK very good" he apollo
gIzed. "l'm all over spots"
One, glance from the physician was
enough.
allpoX!" he pronounced.
several respectable citizens at once
showed desire to go forth into the
World attlred in the costume of the
Apollo belvedcre. The doctor restrained d
onem and treated them to vaccination
al around. Slas received deferred
classiilcatlon e until he gets rid Of his
re had just returned 70 his New
York home from Russia, where he had
spent several months after the revolu-
lIon: lie had seen the rise and fall
OF herensky and the first splash Of
the bolshevlki Naturally, everybody
asked hlm about Russian affairs till
lie gre" tired Of talking about chaos.
ana one night, after quiet hour or
so in Broadway bar, where he had
been gossiping with some friends. an
Ola acquaintance walked I'D, slapped
hlm on the shoulder and asked the
same old question.
And what's the matter with Rus
sia. anyhow?'
"oh, Russia is just one yeethins.
eltanlc Greenwich Nillage.''
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
News in Brief

- William Sakolowch, Il soldier from, Can,,,
DiX' missed the last train to the cantonroenf
ana was taken i'll By a frend-to the ext.nt
ol -, ne told the police. Edward Farrinu.
lon' OF To- Richardson Street. Brooklvn ia
'rend' has been held on 4 larceny charge.
Mary Gartone. who is said TO have t.l.,,
John Schelzuch with her on shopping exne,,;.
,ions TO help stuff the enormous pockets ~ ;
nsr ns SKIRT lining formed has been held in
hroofiSn as shoplifter. with her ALLEGED ac-
Lieutenant Pat O'Brien. Of The Roy,,i ,sl,.
in& Corps, VINO escaped from u Gnrnan
prison train and made his way TO Hol,and
mIas "a glYsn one Of his lectures in Carns,,,n
hal and viii speak there again next Sund,,,
evening. iaS
:, MON ICLAlR n. DIR. NJ j. Synnctt Of
uS thlS c'ty, who entered the Medical Reserve
Sorps last August with the rank of canta;n
mas received his commission as major, Ia ia
al inc base hospital at Camp Dix.
MON iCLAlH, y. j. Tho Mayor. the c,,,
ro'ninissioners and numerous civic organizH
.ons WI go to Trenton on Tuesday to nro.
leSt against the order of the state Roard of
health permitting the Montclair Water Cow.
pans to pump untitcrcd water
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
General Pershing Wins Right
To Rule Over Zoo Mascots
Golden Eage Left Behind by American Commander Soon
Establishes His Supremacy a Fighter Over
His Feathered Rivals
BY BRIGGS

people of Missouri had only sent Per-
shing to Hindenburg the war would
now be over
THAT old fowl began an offensive b,-
the time we got the cover of his box. >
eone of them said. "And when we put
nun in the cage-good night! He Just
pulled out fists full Of tail feathers and
bit everything in sight until he had
help"
Pcrshing stretched his splendid
golden wings. On the floor of the cage
a battered eagle squawked Historically
and hobbled away.
Hes tho one he argued with 1,s+ ;,
said the keeper
Zoo Has Other Mascots
There are other mascots boarding at
the Zoo at present, but none has an
equal claim to fame with Pcrshinr tha
war eagle, unless it is William tbc
ai,V'atHor,goat, a, formerly the property OF
'hc 9eth Aviation Squadron.
1t IS Williams boast that hc has
'laVei!cd more than 500 miles bv aero
p'hnc, none too willing passenger
"'Vn inc ar warriors who insisted that
u was good luck to have him alono
while making trial flights.
"A Mexican white-tailcd deer Of a
species never before exhibited at the
park came recently from the 1st Troon
United States Military Police. The
capsured aim on the border year ago
-Four bears have also been added ~
the zoos collection by donartinp
troops. Two black cubs we're dcnos7
'ted at the park by the l6lst Infantry
regiment from the Far West. Two
CHEERS cinnamon cuos- are the Gift of
the l63d Infantry = ''' "
II the war lasts for year and rcei-
ments continue TO collect mascots the
EronX 200 will have to construct an
annex. officials say. "''
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
What Is Going on To-Day

Free admission 70 tie American Museum Of MAJ
ural History. New YORK Geological Park Amer
lean Museum Of Safety ard tie Aquarium
Board meeting cf tho Minerva Clu9 Of Ne. lorS
Wador. Asto,.a. 10 a.
New York. Waldorf Astoria II d.
Mcc,iug of tho MaH MurTay chapter q X
Daughter of Anerlcai NeTolution. VALDEZ
address hy Mrs Margaret N crampscks a.
NJ Personal Experiences ia thu Trenches :,
,he meeting OF the Daughters OF Indiana. BEE
Me"tne Of tho Association q Women Principal
Waldorf AsioHafi p.
Meeting of the federation Of Bronx Roal Esss
Owners Hunts Point I'afArc. l5Jd Street as'
Southern boulevard. p IN ~
lccur by Morris lrliquit on socialism As
tho War" East Fifteenth Street sl5 p n.
Address by bishop Luther y w:lson .oTs, ,s,
There ana over lore a, The meeting Of s.N
Young Women's Christian Association. elo ba'
lngion Avenue. SIS =, n ..,....,.
Address by d.. Charles Cpson CLARK on ''FiEhuns
Above the Clouds before the American in.'' p
tute Of the Cit. Of New York. 29 West Ihir--
ninth Street. s:l5 y. m
PUBLIC LECTURES OF THE BoARD OF EDt-
CATION. SD p NJ.
MANIIAlTAv
Social and Commercial Life IN ra;in Anc'ics .
b. Livingston r. schuyler IN. d. Wasfinseii
living High rchoo iI9iog Place. siAtecnih 'D'
Srvsllte.nib streets.
=, Mediterranean crilse. ls Harry c. os;ran,
der Public School Il. Forty seventh Street "'''
''Sw.tzcf,aad and ,ae ryrol." 10y George F s'li'
le5. :, ICbhe schooi IS. 10th Stree; and =
Nicholas Avenue
''Rag,.ad ard BABYLON under the British Fig
y silHeg :. ussher Public School ~. -
Last Fifty seventh Street. 3.
Our Great Northwest 10y Robcrs G Meyh -, Z,
lubrc scllsol G.. Hester. issex and Noo0''
streets.
"s@nst Ths, Never oie sy Frank T Moons, ",
rgtlic schoo. ~. - Nicholas Asenus '''
Cruising IN the Mediterranean. by Ms "
i.sndoa Reed institute Han 2ls EAsi i'''s
'"Wiiilam aIaiepeace Thackeray." by P-ots,.sess
Carter Trpp. Pilgrim Hsli 'Rfoa'NN
rabernece' 5Gih Street and Hroadway. 80,
Much Aao Abon' Nothing." V Ms. arsa.v a,r'
Ca,ter. ~ Goumha Hall. 3i5 West fse'D
hfth Street,
Agriculture in $40 United states - Morris 4 4
i.nnn s.. Luxe Hall .-3 Hudson Street. '0'~
- CHRISTOPHER Street.
TIE BRoNN
Organ Hctai Wcrsel 4 Rah.oi, a>-i+sd
Nis. George i>c,ah aal Alfred L. la s,h. u.
iIiga S'iieoi. icstb Street ara H'siea h0a
i'ao Antarctic. Nha; Wo knew aal Natt
Want - hno~." by Herbert :. Hrcsrsn. w., a.
lic S'-'ori T. l51th S,r,s.. beiYssn Neirole 'N'
courilenit avenues.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18

wood Mcnken, president of the Ma
tlonal Security League, was quoted as
recommending Federal action against
Nearing, was shown Department. oe
justice officials. Except to .lisola,
slight interest in Menken's SUGGESTION.
no announcement Of the departments
plans was forthcoming. When the rec
ommendation of Henry A. Wise Wood
INA! attorney General Gregory should
was recalled, none of the offic,.Iss I's e
seemed disposed to offer anv comnenr
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
japanese Physician
Purchases Hilltop House

DR.. Minosukc Yamaguchi, vel
Known japanese physician, is going to
live atop O. Inwood HILL He has
bought a house and frame stable on
Il plot OF about ten lots on the summit
Of the hill For his own use and will!
occupy the premises in the near future
The properly is on one OF the highest
points of land in the greater city. II
was purchased from the estate OF Isaac
D. Cole.
DR.. Yamaguchi has long sought for
home in the city with rural features.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Roosevelt Has Good Dav

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt had an
other good day yesterday following q
restful night. The, surgeons report
trouble, is row healing nicely. No bull
ietln was issued during the dag.
There were numerous callers o+
Roosevelt Hospital during the dav. but
none saw tic patient Among those
who left cards were Henry Fletcber.
the American Ambassador to Mexico
and Lemuel ELI Quigg.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18

Blakc's remarks, without. however.
openly criticising the clergyman.
eve must not deal soft-handedly
with tho German sympathizcrs in this
country" he declared "If foreigner
criticises our country and the princi-
piles for which it stands he ought to
go back where he came from"
Not Pacifist Speech
While DIR. Rcisner stirred the indig-
nation of Judge Blake and apparently
good portion Of his audience, his
address could not be termed paciiistic
The part over which Judge Blake took
issue with him dealt With his plea for
justice for persons of German descent
"There are in this country fifteen
million citizens with German blood in
their Veins" Dr. Reisncr said. "EX
cepting very small number, they are
loyal. rcd-bloodcd Americans. They
are joining our army and our navy
We should not he unfriendly toward
them. And in entering this war we
must remember that We have no hymn
OF hate to sing"
cts too bad | wasn't there Dr..
Rcisncr said in discussing the meeting
last night 81 would have had some
fun with Judge Blake. A whole lot Of
these lawyers think that preachers
haven't any sense. | could tell him
that there arc hundreds of us fighting
in the ranks as privates. Of course,
with his son on board. YOU could bard
ly expect Judge Blake 60 be balanced
il his Judgment. know that if my
son had been on board | should not be
responsible for what | thought or
said.'
His Chum Was Lost
JudgN BlaSe's son. Roger Blake. en-
listed in a forestry division at Seattle.
Rogers chum, Percy II. Stevens, AN
eighteenyear- Seattle boy. who en-
listed with him, went down with the
Tuscania. Before the boys left Wash
ineton for the East. Judge Blake said.
Percy's widowed mother and young
sister had commissioner Roger to loal,
after the boz.
kilograms Of sympathy and congrat-
ulation to relatives of the dead were
read at the meeting by DR.. lTentrick
They included messages from Secretary
OF the Navy Josephus Daniels. Gov
ernor Charles s. Whitman. Cardinal
Gibbons. William Howard Taft Lord
Reading, chairman of the special Brit
ish Commission in Washington, and
Stephanc Lausanne. head of the spe-
clal French national committee in this
country.
A poem. written by Mrs Isa II. Lind
Of Ridgeiield Park. n. j.. an aged
Scotch woman whose childhood home
was near the spot where the Tuscania
victims arc buried. was read
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18

orEaa recss' weu4el a Rah,ei assisted
iiis. George i>creh and Alfred l.. la s'f u.
IS iIign S'iieoi. icsth Street ara Boston h0a
'i'ao Antarctic. Naa; Wo knew ana N'ai
Want - hno~" by Herbert T. Hrcsrsn Fs'
lie sis-iocl g. l57th sircr.. beiYs sen Melroae 'a'
Courtlenit avenues
New-York tribune., 1918-02-18
Appeal for subscriptions

During lull in the proceedings
Ch1abeth Freeman, of the Peoples
Sourcl, appealed for subscriptions to
send Mr.. Maurcr on his peaco mission.
HARRY Noinberger. attorney for
HicNandef Bcrkmsn and Emma Cold
men, the convicted anarchists, started
Tho fund with donation of $500 on
behalf of the emancipation fund" r.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-06
The National Livestock Market

NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, EAST
ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, Aug. 6.-The live
stock market for today was as follows:
HOGS: Receipts 5000; Market
steady.
Lights $19.456s19.75.
Pigs $1S.256 $500.
Mixed and butchers $4,000 6S19.7O.
Good heavy $19.5O@s19.65
Bulk $Is.4O@$19.65.
CATTLE: Receipts $500; Market
steady to strong.
Native beef steers $11506S1S.25.
YeaTling steers and heifers s9.50@
$3.50.
Cows $7.5Od$12.5O.
StOckers and feeders SS.506S120O.
Prime Southern beef steer $4,000
$17.7O.
Beef cows and heifers S7.50Gs15.00.
Native calves S7756s14OO.
SHEEP: Receipts $500; Market
steady to strong
Lambs s140O6S17.O0.
Ewes S11.O06$12.OO.
Gamers and Choppers s6.00d 5000.