New-York tribune., 1919-03-18

ERbERT GRIFFIN, clerk in q
drug store at Forty second Street
and Sixth Avenue, saw man snatch
bottle of cod liver oil and jar of
cold cream from the counter last
night. He started for the man. The
man started for the street.
At the door the fugitive fell and
cod liver oil smeared all over the side
walk. SO was Herbert Griffin Patrol
man Gaines picked. up the clerk and
his quarry. From the latter's cloth
ing as he was jerked to his feel fell
one egg, >He sausage, a deputy sheriff S
shield of the vintage Of 1912. a box
of cigars and twelve bottles Of per-
fumery.
In the night court he said he was
Lawrence Hunt, process server, lv-
for special sessions charged with lett
larceny. He said shat The perfum ery
was his own invention. He per-
mitted that, the deputys shield, the
cigars, the cold cream and the f1ag-
ments of the cod liver oil bottle to
remain in the custody OF the court
He insisted upon taking the egg and
sausage to his cell, howcver
A MEMBER of the American Ex-
peditionary Force who started for
Syracuse yesterday with men of the
9th Division going home on leave is
held at the East Fifty-frst Street sta
tion, and unless the army claims him
is going to join the force.
Rouge" is his name, according to
the Identification tag around his neck
He is big brown French poodle
The men on leave were hurryinp
for the train through the Grand Cen
trail station when Assistant Station
Master Scott coniscated Rouge" and
told the soldiers they would have t.
have him checked. Faced by the choice
OF catching their train or checking
the dog, the men chose the former and
ran for it. Scott turned the animal
over to Sergeant Callahan of he East
Fifty-first Street station.
rouge wears no Wound stripes
but there are three bullet wounds on
one of his ears and scar that looks
like shrapnel wound or his shoulder
He can forward march" wheel and
malt, but he does not understand the
word retreat"
THINGS are coming to such pass
in Harlem that not even the prop
erty of a police inspector is safe
Patrolman Shubert knows that. Last
night, while driving the automobile
OF Inspector. Calahane upon official
business, he drew up alongside cigar
store near the Alhambra Theatre and
went inside to buy a smoke.
When he came out Inspector Cal
ahane's automobile wasn't there any
more. Some one who didn't believe
in signs had ignored the "p. D." on
the license tags and had taken it. A
general alarm was sent out at once,
but the machine has not been recov-
cred.
A NTI ORGANIZATION Democrats in
Queens were chuckling yesterday
over Lawrence T. Gresser's successful
sally into an organization ball The
ball was given Saturday night by the
Connolly Democrats in Cedar Manor.
there were 1000 present, of whom
1898 were organization Democrats.
The minority consisted of Mr.. Gresser
and friend.
His friend led Mr.. Gresscr to the
platform and introduced him as "our
next munlc1pal court justice. An
undiscrmnating orchestra which was
receiving organization pay struck up
Hail to the Chief" Mr. Gresser sail
ed boldly into campaign speech in
favor of his own irregular candidacy
while a few thunder-struck organiza-
tion men hastened to telephones.
Within half an hour they had Sewer
Commissioner John II. Higgins, Dep
uty Public Works Commissioner w
Augustus Shipley and William Finn
doughty district leader, on hand to
cope with the emergency. BY that
time, however, Mr.. Gresser had fin
ished his speech and been invited to
lead the grand march, which he did.
DETER, n German police dog, which
i American soldiers gave to Miss
Margaret Stewart in the Argonne
helped the Motor Corps of America
get money yesterday in the lobby of
the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Peter sat alcrtly beside the desk
where contributions were received
When the gift was silver Peter wagged
his tail politely. When it was dol.
lar bill he barked cnthusiastically
Whom IL was 81 St0 hill ha aas,r, ~ n