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New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Major George I'll. Smith,
Newspaper Man, Dies
Veteran New York Journalist
Won Commission at the
Battle of Anfictan

BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Jan. 26.-Ma-
jor George H. Smith, one of the best
known newspaper men in the state.
died at his home, in Norwich vester-
day. He was born in New York in
1893, receiY NJ his education in the me-
tropolis, and was given his first nows
paper work By Moses Beach Of The
Sum- later goiny to The Tribune, where
ne was associated with Horace Gree
ley, Charles A. Dana, Henry T. Ray
mond and Manton Marb G.
AT tie outbreak Of the Civil War he
enlisted in the 10Th New York In
fantry, and at the battle Of Antietam
was promoted o. the rank of major.
Following the war, Smith went in
the newspaper exchanges department of
the New York Postollice and later was
made a special agent between New
York and Washington. Subsequently
he engaged in upstate newspaper work
founding "The Oneonta Star" ard The
Norwich Sun"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Sing for French Children

A musical afternoon by children of
the United States for the benefit of
children of France delighted all au-
cience of young ters yesterday after
noon at the Punch and Judy Theatre.
The children sang fluently many of the
songs familiar to French youngsters.
If the audience did not understand the
words it caught. at least, the charm Of
the quaint music and the costumes,
which, with the scenery. wcr. taken
from illustrations by Boutet dc Mon
vel Ernest Guy, of the. French High
Commission. and Frederi Ccudert ad
dressed briefly the older persons in the
audience on tho work dorc by the
United States for Tie French children.
Two thousand children are now being
cared for and 500 more are awaiting
adoption, Mr.. Coudert said. The pro-
ceeds of the performance will &c to
the adoption fund.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

on buttons for the soldiers and sail
ors, and achieved great results" Mr..
Aeppel came all the way from Wash
lngton especially to attend this dedca-
ton
General shanks said that he never
made a long address in his life, but
that he felt he should state that the
work of the Salvation Army for the
soldiers and sailors had been one Of
the great things of the war.
MIR. Battle, in introducing the vari-
GUS speakers, said that the Salvation
Army had always followed the ha1S in
times of var and peace, and in times
OF dem Obligation would be of great
help with their huts. He referred to
Colonel Charles II. Smith, Of Camp
Mills, as the guardian angel of the
boys, and spoke of the great work he
had accomplished in bui ding the hut
and other work about camp.
Work in Trenches Lauded
Father Dunn rcferrco to the great
work accomD D.ished by the Salvation
Army in the front line trenches and
spoke Of letters he nad received from
relatives there, in which they spoke
IN such glowing terms OF the Saliva
ton Army.
Canon Wallace J. Gardner said that
the Ep scopal Church was most pro-
foundly impressed by the work Of the
Salvation Arm. and that the Bishop
was in favor Of helping them in every
way possible.
large crowd witnessed the ccrc-
monies, which were enlivcned by a
concert from the camp band. After
The ceremonies the building was in
spcctcd.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Church and Nation
Aid in E'edicatingg
Salvation Army Hut
Assistant Secretary of War
Keppel, Maj. Gen. Shanks,
Bishop Hayes and Others
at Opening in Camp Mills

CAMP MILLS, L. l., Jan. 26.-With
number Of prominent government and
church officials present the Salvation
Army hut and hotel was dedicated here
this afternoon and at once opened for
business. The building is located at
Clinton Road and Stewart Avenue, is
mi-oircular in shape and covers $50
feet square. 1t is planned to accom-
modate $50 people. soldiers and their
families who visit the can.
George Gordon Battle, repre- renting
he Salvation Army presided and intro
duced the speakers. Among the promi-
aent men present we're f. T. Keppel,
assistant Secretary Of War; ..ajor
General David c. Shanks, comma nder
II the Port Of Embarkation; Monsignor
John J. Dunn, representing the Catno-
nc chaplain; Bishop Patrick Hayes,
Rev Canon Wallace j. Gardner,
chaplain Of St. Paul's School at Garden
tsty, who represented the RI. Rev.
frederick f. Burgess, Episcopal Bishop
=! Long Island.
Keppel Praises Service
Azsistant Secretary Keppel said: &:
ne War Department wishes TO pay
lribute TO the Salvation Army and the
Hfeat range Of its work. which has not
kesn fully recognized until now. The
5hiVation Army people, knowing human
nature 50 well did not start 70 NOR
'+iizs and ezhort, but commenced 10 zcw
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
REV. ANDREW r. ROCHE

The Rev. Andrew 7. Roche, pastor
Of the Roman Catholic Church of the
Holy Name, in New Rochelle, died yes
teraay of pneumonia IN his forty-sev-
eNth year lie had been attached to
the church since it's foundation six
years ago.
Father Roche was graduated from
Manhattan College and later from ST.
Joseph's Seminary. He was ordained
IN st. Patrick's Cathedral twenty-one
years ago. Immediately thereafter he
was assigned as assistant priest to the
Church of the Holy Rosary, in East
ll9th Street. Funeral services will be
held Wednesday. He will be buried in
Calvary Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

Stravinsky's Ballet ''Petrushka"
Al Metropolitan Next Week

"Pctrushka," the fantastic ballet for
which Stravnsky wrote the music, will
be added to the Metropolitan opera sea-
sons repertory on Thursday evening of
next week. 1t will be given in a double
bill with "La Tmviata,' sung by Mines.
Hempel, Egener and hatfield and
Messrs. Hackett, de Luca, Rossi, Bada,
Reschiglian and d'Angelo, Mr.. Moran
Zoni conducting.
The principal dancers and pantomim-
lists in "Petrushka,' which will follow
the opera, will be Misses Rosina CALI
and Regina Smith and Adolf BoIm,
Giuseppe Bontigio, Ottokar Bartik and
Armando Agnint, with Mr.. Monteux
conducting.
Other operas next week will be: LA
Refine Fiammette," on Monday evening;
LA Forza del Destino," Wednesday eve
ming; "L'Oracolo" and "Pagl iacci,' Fri
day evening; Carmen" Saturday after
noon and "Manon Lescaut' at popular
prices in the evening. Mischa Elman,
violinist, will play at next Sunday
nights "opcra concert"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Music
American Work Again Is Used
in Philharmonic Concert in
Carnegie hall

The American composer, who seems
happily ignorant OF the fact that he
is in great danger of being codd ed to
death, having received extraordinary
attention at the hands of Mr.. Josef
Holman on Saturday, came in for an
other measure of the encouragement
which Mr.. Stransky has generous be
slowed upon him for several years
past. At The concert Of the Phil
harmonic Society in Carnegie Hall yes
terday afternoon Mr.. Ssran Ky, un-
Like Mr.. Nofmann, did not give up an
entire programme to the proclamacions
OF native genius. but perm tied his as
sistant W. II. Humiston (who is also
the official annotator OF the society's
programme) to produce an orchestral
compos zion, between Cesar Franck's
symphony in d minor and Saint
Saens's pianoforte concerto in c minor.
Mr. Humlston is pupil and apostle
OF the late Mr. MacDowell who for
years before his death was emphatic
IN the PRONUNCIATION of belief that the
America composer was not un fitted
but degrsdcd by beng segregated from
the rest 0. the worlds Representatives
# the musical art. 1t may, therefore,
be assumed that Mr. Humiston was
CONSCIOUS of the ordeal to which his
composition was subjected yesterday
IN being brought into juxtapos
with MASTERPIECES ike those mentioned
TO say nothing OF the excerpts from
WaGner's Tristan und Isolde" which
pfought the concert to q close.
Such contentment as could be given
hlm by the loud and long applause Of
Sunday afternoon Philharmonic
audience he received. That may also
suffice for criticism, though it may
be added, simpiy in the way OF his
tory and description, that the work
nally writtenA as Mr Humi ton tells
us. for solo violin and orchestra. in
which form 1t had presentation be-
fore the Mcdowell colony at Peter
borough then published for violin aud
olanoforte, and finally rewritten as an
orchestral suite. An effort at unity Of
design is to be observed in the use of
b sic motif in its contrasting move
mentS.
Miss Novaes played the solo part in
the planoforte concerto. Her perform
ance was not one Of notable exec llence
There were occasional evidences of the
tonal charm which the fair pianist has
at her command, and of a technical
skill such as the work dem0Nds Rut
there was no time when a critical lis
tcner, familiar with the c0mpos ton,
could say that solo payer, conductor
and hondsmen were at one in an un-
dcrstanding Of the contents Of thu
music and n capacity to make them
manifest. II. E. X.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Robinson Gives Dinner

few days ago from Washington, where
he was "a guest at the British Embassy,
gave a dinner last night IN the private
dining room Of the Ri.z~Carlton His
guests inc udcd the Chilian Minister to
Great Britain and Mme. Edwards;
Lady Susan F.tz-clarencc a. dc Car
tier. the Belgian Minister to this .oun-
try; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Guinness,
Mr. and Mrs. john jay Chapman, Mrs.
Hebcr Reginald Bishop, Mrs. Marshall
and Mrs. John Sanford, Mrs Edmund
Randolph, Mrs. NcWbold lie Roy Edgar,
j. Norman de Il. WhItehouse, Mrs. Ly-
dig Hoyt. Miss Geraldine Miller Gra-
ham, Henry r. Eldridgc, Ensign Her
bert Pulitzer, u. s. N. and Hermann
Oclfichs.
After dinner the RUSSIAN Balalaika
orchestra played.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
CHARLOTTE MORRILL,,


Charlotte Morrill,, registrar Of
Adelphl College, Brooklyn, and one of
try, died yesterday after short i'll
ness in a saratorium. She was born
n st. Johnsbury, Vt, in 1871, and was
graduated from Mount Holyoke Col
leg4.
For many years Miss Morrill, was
trustee of that institution and was
president Of its alumnae. She went to
Brooklyn in 1862 and taught in the
Old Lockwood Academy, the predecas-
sor Of Adelphi College. She was pro-
fessor Of mathematics in both institu-
tions, secretary of the faculty and
registrar. At the time of her death
shc was preparing to celebrate her
fftleth anniversary with the college,
She had published a history of Adelphi
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
MISS IDA WAIrGu

Miss Ida Waugh, portrait painter
and sister of Frederick J. Waugh, the
landscape artist, died Saturday at her
home, 245 East Nineteenth Street.
Miss Waugh was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel b. Waugh, we'll known
artists Of Philadelphia in former days.
she was graduate Of the Julien and
Deleciuse academies in Paris. Her
principal work, "Iagar and 1shmael, +"
now the property of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, attracted much
attention in the French Salon of 1888.
She won the Norman w. Dodge prize
with a portrait of DR.. Paul J. Saritan
at the National Academy of Design IN
1896.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Board Submits
To Craig

When Controller Craig heard that
the Board of Education had directed
that in preparing tho p&yrolls for
January the seq cation Of budget
items made by the aoard Of Estimate
be disregarded to wrote President
Somers that such action would result
in delay in paying the teachers. After
further correspondence conferences
were arranged between the Board of
Education and the Controller and it
was arranged that the auditing officers
Of the two departments should meet
and try to agree upon the form in
which the payrolls should be con-
structed and information desired by
the Controller be furnished. To make
his position clear tho Controller fur
ther called the attention Of the Board
Of Education to schedule Showing
the items that were eliminated by the
Board Of Estimate from the tentative
estimate for 1919 Of the Board Of
Education"
"Your board viii exercise care he
continued, mot to incur liabilities for
any purpose for which no appropria-
ton has been provided
Among the items eliminated are:
(a) Salaries Of telchers appointed to
reduce the size of large classes.
(b) Ten additional teachers for in
(c) Additional teachers in the Man
haitian and Murray Hill trade schools
to care for increased register and for
new branches Of instruction.
All teachers salaries are paid from
the general school fund, which, even
under the old law was administered
By the Board of Education in it's
discretion. And the new law, which
went into effect in January, 1918,
purports to give to the Board of Edu-
cation full control over all its funds.
The Board Of Education, by accepting
the inhibition pointed out by the Con-
troller, is abandoning even it's control
over the General School Fund, which
previous Boards Of Education, when
similarly assailed by City Controllers,
refused to relinquish. Though Control
Ter Craig in words declares that the
Board OF Estimate has no wish to
determine school policies, its acts con-
stltcte sucn termination, for no
school policy could be more important
that the reduction Of the size Of large
classes and the extension of the work
Of the vocational school. Yet the
Board of Education is forbidden, even
by economizing elsewhere, to eXpend
money FOR these and numerous other
purposes.
In the Supreme Court, Albany Coun-
ty, Justice Rudd has upheld the right of
the State Commissioner of Education to
entertain the appeal of Superinten-
dent Ettinger to recover for school
use the allotment of 1918 OF the state
school funds, amounting to $2,300,000.
The Board Of Estimate will carry the
case to the Court of Appeals.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
GENERAL JOSEPH S. SMITH

BANGOR. Me, Jan. 26.--Word was
received here to-day of the death of
General Joseph S. Smith, of this city,
in hospital at Hampton, Va, last
night. General Smith, who was eighty
two years old. served throughout the
civil war and was awarded the Congress
sional medal Of honor. He was appoint
ed by President Hayes as collector Of
the port of Bangor He was governor
of the Soldiers Home at Hampton, Va,
from 1915 to 1918.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
High School Of Commerce
Called Menace 20 Health

specific and necessary items Of work"
on account of dilapidation, work
which was detailed as to each item,
making a total Of $ls65 Sl2. The sum
asked for ordinary repairs was per
cent Of the accumu ated cost of the
construction and equipment of the
buildings. Real estate authorities have
frequently testified that per cent is
requisite annually to maintain school
buildings and equipment in thorough
repair. The Board of Estimate denied
altogether the special budget Of s024,-
4i4 for dilapidation and granted only
$926939 for ordinary repairs seven
tenths Of per cent Of the cost Of the
build ngs Due to the high price of
labor and materials, the sum granted
will procure this year not more than
two-thirds Of the repairs which it
would have Aought before the war
Conditions OF disrepair in the schools
cannot fail to grow worse.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Farrar Ill, Matinee Postponed

The special matinee performance Of
MADAME Butterfly" billed for Tuesday
ut the Metropolitan Opera House mas
been postponed until Thursday after
noon because Of siight cold fsom
which Geraldinc Farrar is suffering,
according to ans announcement made
yesterday by the management.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
HENRY VAN NESS

Henry Van Ness, aged ninety three,
who is said to have installed the first
passenger elevator in the United States
in the old Astor House before the Civil
War. died Saturday night at his home
in East Orang N. J. He leaves seven
children, ten grandchildren and five
great grandchildren
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
School of Janitors
Paid Lump Sum

School ianitors are paid lump sum,
according to the size of the building
and must engage their own help. This
padrone system has been investigated
over and over again and many propo-
'sitions for changing il have been in
CURED into, but no satisfactory sub
stitute has ever been discovered. The
pay Of janitors WAS only barely
enough before the war-incrcase Of
wages to allow for the hiring of suffi-
cient help to keep the buildings clean
ard to run the heating and venti'ating
systems. Wages have wellnigh
doub ed for the class of labor when
janitors hire. but the amount allowed
the janitors has been raised only 10
per cent though the Board Of Educa-
tlon desired to raise it nearly 25 per
cent. At present thirty-threc schools
are without ianitors. Either more
money must be allowed Tor janitorial
service or school buildings will get
more and more dirty, until the period,
some years away. when wages tall and
janitors can restore their pre-war
stats.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
happened, as though they could not

happened, as though they could not
see fc~ themselves
Tully Marshall gives wonderful
lawyer Frank Campeau. we think it is,
is del ghtful as the reluctant butler.
To him falls the best line of the play.
When he Is forced to write his con-
fession he does so sullenly and finally
turns to Brockton and says, How
many D's MURDER
This serves for final curtain in the
play. but there must needs be a fade
q .ay cf Tom and Ruth in each others
arms, else every one would to disap-
pointed. Some strong minded directors
have made pictures without throwing
IN the clutch." but we doubt if they are
successful.
Jack Holt gives nice. well-balanced
performance OF Tom and Nayme Kelso
is far more effective in this role OF
Mrs. Broc ION than she is in her usual
society parts
Frcde ick Burton is George Brock
ton. The production was directed by
Allan Dwan and is a Select picture.
The comedy is called ASK Father"
with Harold Lloyd furnishing the
comedy. There is a Bird Island"
picture done in Prizma natural colors,
the Rivoli Pictorial and the dance Of
the Ieggman" as a prelude for the
feature picture.
James Harrod the possessor of q
tenor voice of great sweetness, range
and power, sang Bonnie Sweet Bessie"
The overture to Raymond" was played
conducting
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

AMY GRANTS OPERA RECIrAIS.
Hotel Plaza, Tuesday. at 80 PM. Jan. 28
Mireiiie--5eWe.s of Che Ma.Iooln.
NJ Terriberry. Sec. rs West 55h St Circle 457
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

"Cheatine Cheat2rs" is the feature
p'ctu~V at the Rivoli tbs week. 1t is
aiken from tho stare success in wh;ch
Marjorie Nar5eau starred.
ter having seen the play. as we
did, threC times K is 3Ncul- to decide
i-st how good the picture IS. for one
bound constantly 10 compare !. with
he play
Viewed thus Clara f,imbai Young
r..ers. lar hrr conception Of lte rart
Of Ruth Brockton is Gu te different
-lom N.e vlpretat'cn 81 Mss Ram
eau We are sure cle cririnal Ruth
was net cons stantly tNeaking the neck
'.e OF Lac re, Tor she never could have
done It without arousing our ire, and
We have 10 recollection of It.
In fact. the original Ruth had so
mucA ro'se and breeding that we Won
defea the crock band did not suspect
her from the first
The scenario, which was made by
kathryn Stuart, follows the plav as
closely as may be, which is, in fact
much more closely than is usual in
sach cases There was plenty Of ma
terlal IN the original play without hav-
ing TO tesor5 to a prologue showing
baby Ruth IN her pareats' home at the
age Of 1hree or the trip to Europe,
where she met Tom p mo- The pct
ure stars 81 just RS did the play in
the hired nome Of the Brocktons.
1t was evident that many people in
the theatre Lad not seen The play and
we're not famil ar with the plot. for in
tsat deheh' nj SPOT where the nature
o. he re'9ticns between tie Brocktons
and the Palmers is revealed exclama-
ens were heard all over the house
And The man next TO US insisted on ex-
p-aining 70 everybody just what had
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Richman School
Conditions Also Bad

These conditions are no worse than
in the Julia Richman High School.
They are the inevitable outcome Of a
policy Of stinting the amount which
may be spent for repairs and for jani-
torial service. For the year 1919 the
Board Of Education asked for an allow
ance Of s1,24o,898 for ordinary repairs
on school buildings and 1924, Ala for
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Ossip Cabrilowitsch Plays
At Aeolian Hall Concert

Owing to the indisposition of Miss
Hulda Lashanska, Ossip Gabrilowitsch
took her place as soloist at yesterday
afternoons Symphony Society concert
at Aeolan Hall Mr.. Gabrilowitsch
played the Tschaikowsky B flat Piano
Concerto, played it brilliantly and SYM
pathetcaly. Especially fine was the
second movement, in which his delcacy
of touch and his feeling for tone color
were masterly. MIR. Damrosch furnished
one of his usual excellent accompani-
ments. The symphony was the Raff
"Lenore," which is always liked by
audiences despite the fact that the
passage of the years have left their
effect upon it. But Mr. Damrosch led
it COP Gnlore, and the march in par
ticular he brought out with fine effect.
The programme closed with Charles
Martin-Loetfler's interesting symphonic
fantasy, LA willamette du Diable."
There were two artists not members
of the company at the Metropolitan
Opera House concert in the evening
Leopold Godowsky and Rosalie Miller
Mr.. Godowsky played the A fiat major
Piano Concerto Of List and a group
of short numbers with his accustomed
technical mastery. Miss Miller sang
Massenet's al ect doux," from Hero
dlade, most admirably, with fluent and
incisive style, clear diction, and tone
of warmth and sufficient power. Nine.
Margarete Matzenauer sang u group of
songs and an air from LA Gioconda,"
and the orchestra, under the direction
of Richard Hageman, played Svendsen's
overture, Carnival in Paris" Debussy's
Noctune No. 2 and the Dnnse Personne
from Moussorgsky's "Khowantchina."
The audience was small.
George Reimherr, tenor we'll
known to New York, gave recital last
night at the Princess Theatre. A
feature of the programme was group
of Japanese folk songs arranged by
Kascah Yamada, with Mr. Yamada at
the piano. Mr.. Reimherr sang them
we'll and both he and Mr. Yamada
were warmly applauded. Mr.. REIN
herr is singer of taste, whose voice,
though light, is pleasing in quality,
and whose diction is unusually clear.
Among his songs last night we're
Claude Warford's Orchard Corey."
Cecil Forsythe's "Terre Promise" and
Gaetano Braga's "Bella del tue sor-
riso."
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
J. BYAM SHAW

LONDON, Jan. 26.-J. Byam Shaw,
the artist, died in London to-day.
j. Byam Shaw was born in Madras
in 1872, and came to London in 1878,
where he studied art, entering the
as an illustrator, having illustrated d
Browning's Poems. "Pilgrim's Prog
ress." Coronation Book and some Of
Edgar Allan Poe's works.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27

At The Rialto Tom Moore is appear
ing in go West Young Man" This
viii be reviewed tomorrow. The Heart
of Humanity" is at the Broadway HU.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
BY John Martin

\ committee of the Public Education
Association consisting OF Mrs. Emil l..
Boas and Mrs Walter L. Jonas, recent
ly inspected the High School Of Cont
merce. at l55 West Sixty-Gfth Street.
because conditions had been brought
TO tie attention of the association as
being menace to public health.
Their report was forwarded to the Su-
perintendent Of Schools, and the prin-
cipal OF the school, DR.. Arthur NJ.
go fson, was officially asked to reply
to the report. In general he indorsed
and supplemented the complaints, ad-
hitting that the building was dirty and
in grievous disrepair, but showing that
he and others had been trying for
years in vain to get the bad conditions
rcmedied-
The committee found that the lunch
room. situated in the basement, must
be ventilated from one window below
street level that the room is dark. the
stone Aoor in many spots damp, and
that lavatories adjoin the lunch room.
The principal says that the committee
has not stated the case half strongly
enough. Nothing short Of complete
remodelling will do any good" The
committee found the ventilation en-
tirely inadequate ard the air generally
foul. The principal says that "the
heating system has degonerated so
completely that it is almost impossible
when the temperature falls below freez-
ing to get sufficient heat into any of
the rooms on the north side"