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New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Brooklyn Man Arrested
In Hunt for f'irehuo

Alter searching for two weeks 70.
the tirebug who in that period started
hfteen cellar fires in the neighborhood
Of Evergreen Avenue. Brooklyn. the
police arrested this morning Sidney
Destoh, l405 Greene Avenue, in the
cellar Of }. J. Trauer's saloon, at 1863
wilson Avenue apd placed charge Of
arson against him. Trauer CAPTURED
DestoN himself
lie smeiled smoke early this morn
ing and traced it to the cellar. where
he found small fire blazing in a pile
Of rubbish. He just had stamped his
on when. he became aware Of man
1ching in corner OF the cellar.
rauer ran upstairs, locked tho
4oor and called for the police Pa
trolman Kesslcr responded: arrested
Destoti and took him to the Wilson
Avenue station
All OF the fires that have hoon
started in the district have been
kindled in rubbish in cellars. a Ijt,1o
after midnight.
On Saturday night three were start
ed almost simultaneously in BUILDINGS
at the corner Of Palmetto Street and
Evergreen Avenue, Linden Street and
Evergreen Avenue and Central Avenue
End Halscy Street. The ncighborhood
where the arebug has been operating is
only few blocks from Mayor HYMNS
home
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
}olln N9offat Given Gross
OF the Legion of Honor

In recognition Of his varied war
worH' the Cross Of the Legion of Honor
has been awarded to John Morat.
chairman of the French Heroes Lafay-
ette Memorial Fund and the National
Allied Relief Committee. He had pre-
vious'y received the Medaille d'Acad-
emle' The Order Of the British Erpi ire
and the Gold Cross o. Leopold II, oI
Belgium.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
lamp MI Soldiers
Save Sc From Death

cAIP LOOKOUT. Long Island. June
/ ne gangplanA broke to-day just a.
small steamer plying between this
pace and freeport was pulling out at
e'>v p. m. Seventeen women three
naDiez and several men were thrown
'"to me water, which is 80 feet deep
Many soldiers were on the pier. in
ending mer u the Quarterrna aster's
."fpz from Camp Mills, military police
non Camp Mills and several men re
GENT returned from overseas. More
'h@H 4 score Of them dived into tho
harrD~ gap between the steamer and
w. pier. and among them brought
"sfy rctim of the accident ashore
s~'s and sound The soldiers declined
- ziYe tnclr names
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Belgian Surgeons Arrive
Reconstruction for Wounded
Soldiers 10 Be Studied Here

A delegation Ct physicians and sur
geons from Belgium. headed by Cen
erai leopold Melis. chief Of the Bel
sian Medical STAT, arrived here YES
terday ana registered at the Heel
Pennsylvania. They Will study New
forS hospitals. until June 10. when
they VIII so to the International nd
zeal convention III Atlantic City.
Those with General Melis. VINO viii
help him study methods Of reeons.ruc.
tion and reeducatiou of soldiers Who
were manned or blinded during the
war. are Colonel Dapage. chief sur
geon Of the Belgian army; Professor
Jules Duesberg. DR.. Pierre Nolf and
Captain Nande Nelde. A runlber Of
others who viii attend the medical
convention have not arrived
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

hole. The bullet intended .or the o.fi-
Ger struck Private Hantschke .in the
mouth, killing him instantlysY~
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
'e"ark Man Writes Note,
Then Commits Suicide

,,.. n1 +" hEh, T. J., June l.. The police
saSsN tnc door Of room in boa rd
~ House at 20 Stgyvesant Avenue 10.
IT, H. ana found its occupant, Minor
I'M arsa from selY-nnictcd buIlee
'I,hH. Hc left this note:
~ "'nor Burns, Of my own free
.a'. 80. - Asy 81. ~ 4 .. IN. by NV
's.fn' eonimst suicide. II should G ~
ma. setore shst time Il nay be
aay God forgive nc. and NIL
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Negroes Want Lynching
Made Crime Against Z. S.

pARIS, June 1.-Willlam Trotter,
delegate to Paris and secretary
Of race petitioners to the peace CON
terence,' has written to President
Wilson asking him. in the name Of
the National Equal Rights League,
in view of recent lynchings in the
South, and for the sake of American
negroes who gave their lives in the
war, to send message to Congress
recommending that lynching be made
crime against the Federal govern
ment.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Restrictions Placed on All
Building Checked Devel-
opment of Company's Fa-
cilities, Says President
Big Plans for This Year
Statement Made in Reply
to Complaints Registered
by Merchants Association

The restriction placed upon all
building operations by the War Indus
tries Board during the war is respon-
sible in large part for the present
condition Of the city's telephone sys-
ten. F. H Bethel. vice president of the
New York Telephone Company. ex-
plained in statement issued yester-
oav. Nh Bethels defence Of his or
canization was in response to com
plants made by the Merchants Asso-
c.ation.
Some Of the more important pro-
ects in New York City" he said. "the
work upon which was stopped because
OF these war restrictions, included
new central Office buildings. one at the
corner Of 167th Street and Grand Con
course. Borough of The Bronx; one at
the corner OF Fourteenth Avenue and
Forty-frst Street and another at the
corner OF Liberty and Milford avenues,
in the Borough of Brooklyn. and the
installation of additional central Office
equipment in the Circle and Rhine
lander Offices in the Borough of Man
haitian and the Bay P dge, Bath Beach.
williamsburg. Stagg and Coney Island
Offices in the Borough of Brooklyn A
general embargo was placed on cable
construction and other outside plant
throughout the city
All Exchanges Affected
"a stoppage OF construction in any
part o. the citv's telephone SYSTEM
brings violent reactions on the service
IN all parts OF the city The opera
tions d, the Cortlandt exchange and
the subscribers served through that ex-
change are affected by the congestion
g. the Circle exchange in the same way
thai Circle itself IS affected
Those of US VINO study conditions
knew last fall that service in New
YORK City would go bad this spring
We knew that We would not be pre-
pared 70 take properly the business
offered US. and as there is no known
method Of em0argoing telephone traf-
fc il was clear that the break that
CAM III a construction programme
that had gone steadily forward for
twen-y years or more would be fol-
lowed, first, by the absorption Of sur
plus plant. and. second, by congestion
and the resultant poor service
Plans for This Year
Improvements contemplated this yea.
b. the New York Telephone Company,
according 70 Mr.. Bethel, include seven
few central Office buildings, extensive
additions to four more, six new central
Office switchboards and extensive ad-
dlt'ons to thirteen others. Extensive
alterations also viii be made in the
sersey and Long Island toll boards.
Additions to the undergroul cable
system also are under way to pro
vide for additional inter-centr office
trunks transfers of subscribers lines
TO relieve overloaded central Offices
ana congestion in subscribers cables in
various parts OF the city
The war. Mr. Bethel says, so depict
Cd the personne- of employees, while in
creasing greatly the number Of sub
scrbers. that II Will take some time
before sufficient normal force can
BE- restored to handle the situation.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
L. S.-Canadian treaty Would
E.Xtradite Wife Deser.er

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Wife de-
scrters who flee to Canada from this
country and Canadians who come to
the United States to avoid prosecution
will be denied their havens if the
Senate ratIties treaty, just negotiated
with Great Britain, which makes wife
desertion an extraditable offence be-
tween the United States and Canada.
Senator Lodge. chairman of the For
eien Relations Committee has called
his committee to meet Wednesday TO
consider the new treaty.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Fight on BoIshevism Begun

lns Governors Of eighteen states
together with lawyers, publicists, edu
Gators and prominent men and women
IN all walks % life, have joined the
movement Of the National Security
League TO combat Bolshevsm by the
observance Of the birthday Of the
American Conatitution, on Septcm-
ber 18.
DaVid Jayne Hill has been elected
cn"i-nHAn o. tho main committee, which
mas many branches throughout tho
country.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Father Gets Sons d. S. G.
Soldiers Killed in Effort 10 Save
His Platoon Leader
Nsa York Tribune
lrnSh,,ln,n,. Pu...c1

Washington Bareau
ASHlNGTON. June l. Max
Hantschke, lla Winfield Street. Brook
lyn, father OF Private Edward Hantsch-
Ae' who was killed by a German sniper
while attempting to save the life OF his
commanding officer. is to receive the
Distinguished Service Cross conferred
posthumously or the soldier to-day b,
General Pershing.
The citation, made public to-day py
the War Department, said:
Private Edward Eantschke de
ceasedl, Machine Gun Company. 165th
Infantry. For extraordinary heroisn,
IN action near Pannes. France. Sep
tember y, 1913. Seeing that his pla
toon leader was being fred upon bv
German sinner, Private Hantschks
who was under cover. jumped to his
feet and stepping in front Of the off
Ger, tried to push hmm into a shell
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Jane Ad5lans to Visit
Germany on Food Survey
Neio Yo1.l- Tribune

Neio York l'ribuue
Special Cdbte Srylce
Copyright 1919 NV York Tribune lnco
PARIS, June Miss Jane Adams.
OF Chicago, and Dr. Alice Hamilton. Of
Harvard University, Will visit GER
many as members Of the Quakera
Commission to make food and social
survey and to assist the Quakers. who
have raised a fund Of $4,000 for food
distribution in Germany and have been
promised limited FOOD supplies by Her
ber' c. Hoover.
Miss Addams and Dr. Hamilton have
protested with deep feeling against the
delay in feeding Germany. which they
characterize as "a vast experiment ln
human vivisection."
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Italians at aris
Have Hotel Named
After King g Edward
Nsa0 York Tribune
ForetON Prs.ss Burec7i

Foreign Press Bnrecu
The Italians, like the other Great
Powers now represented in Paris, have
their own hotel, and the Italian hotel is
one which would have seemed pre-
oestined by its name to the use Of the
English, who have, however, settled
elsewhere. writes a correspondent in
The Manchester Guardian" 1t is the
Hotel Edouard Sept" standing in a
stree bearing Che same lame. nd run
ling of the great Boulevard The
Partisan habit OF naming streets after
men Of the moment Is very handsome
and gracious one President Wilson,
like Edward VII, has received his testi-
mon:al in the Rue President Wilson, -
the name Of which has only recently
been put up by the workmen. 1t is
indeed the worst OF the custom that
the French not only name streets after
their distinguished guests, but in the
most lig.lt-hearted manner they re-
name them, and people who spend a
large part OF the morning looking FOR
The Avenue d'Alnla are apt TO be a lit
tie annoyed TO find that they have been
in it all the time under its new name
Of Avenue George V"
The Italian delegation at the Hotel
Edward VII is not nearly as large as
the British party at the Majestic or
the American party at the Crlllon Rut
the hotel is a fairly large cne, and the
italians quite fl it, and spend long
sen.i-domestic evenings in its great
central lounge, with the flags of all the
Allies hanging from the ceiling Here,
as at the Majestic or the Crillon, the
student of celebrities gets great
chance, with Sonnino IN conversation
with some one IN a corner and Orlando
passing through
Two daughters Of the late William
Michael Rossetti are included in the
delegation, and are doing valuable work
for their beloved Italy. Orlando. by
the way, is responsible for the last Of
the linguistic difficulties of the con-
ference In the council Of four, Lloyd
George, President Wilson and NJ
Clemenceau speak English. and the ac-
complished Professor Mantoux attends
only for the benefit Of the Italian dele
sate. and turns the English into French
And this is done on the new system of
Interpretation, by which the interpreter
as nearly as possible keeps pace with
the speaker, though in softer tone of
voice.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

States Military Academy. and Mrs.
Iiilman announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Katharine Della
paine Illlman, to John F. Martin, jr..
son Of M, and Mrs. John F. Martin, of
Jacksonville, Fla, and nephew Of Henry
I. Fletcher, American Ambassador to
Mexico.
Mr.. Martin graduated from Prince
ton IN 1911 and has since been in the
diplomatic service. He is at present
in this country, but viii sail shortly
Tor London, where he is second secrer
tary of the American Embassy. The
wedding will probably take place in
the late autumn.
Miss Edith H. Grifenhagen, daugh
ter Of former Sheriff and Mrs. Max S.
GNienhagen, will be married day to
aptala lsaGore freeman, formerly of
he Canadian army, at the country
home of the brides parents, The Stonv-
hurst, Freeport, Long Island
Edward S. Martin, Of 178 East Sixty.
fourth Street and Wilton, Conn, has
announced the engag cement Of his daugh.
ter, Miss Mary Martin, to Paul =
Degener, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John F
Degener, OF AZ West Seventy fourth
Street. Mr.. Degener was graduated
from Lehigh in 1903 and is member
Of the Morris County Golf Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Henry Sherwood. Of
South Regent Street, Port Chester, n.
\, announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Helen Frances Sher-
wood, to Frank Gibson, of Belleville.
y. J. The wedding will take place the
gave g tea to. thirty Of her friends at
the Hotel Aston, New York, yesterday
afternoon.
Nj and Mrs. Joseph l. Buttenwieser.
CT l35 Contra! Park West, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Florence, to Lieutenant Pau
Il. AliAgenstein, 4. Z. F. After gradu-
ating from Columbia University Law
School, in 1877, Lieutenant Klingen-
stein joined the overseas forces in
France. Miss Buttenwieser was active
in the younge: social set in Red Cros7
and kindred wsv york.
Mr and Mrs. Joseph SCHNEIDER, o.
73o Riverside Drive, announce the en-
gagement Of their daughter, Miss Clare
SCHNEIDER, to Lieutenant Albert A
Raphael. Lieutenant Raphael is law
yer and was recently discharged from
the Gath Machine Gun Battalion.
Mrs. Louise Bovine, of Ridgewood.
n. j., announces the engagement of her
daughter, Miss Helen Bovine, to San
ford Green Lansing, son of DR.. and
Mrs. J. 3. ". Lansing, of Tenady, n J.
Announcement has been made Of the
enga cement OF Miss Ruth Beatrice
Zegat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Paul
HenrV Zaqat OF 255 West lO2th Street
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Dozen Weddings in One Day
End Society's Busiest Week.
Miss Marion Henrietta Perry Becomes the Bride of
Lieut.. Lawrence Taintor Phillips; Miss Katharine
Fulton Married to Lieut.. James Emory Squiers

Society's busiest week in years was
brought to a close yesterday with more
marriages celebrated than have taken
place on any one day since before the
~ar began. A dozen weddings of I'M
portance took place eitho" = the city
ts g. country places W 81 asy dis
kNce OF New York.
One Of the most notable o-.es in the
city was that of Miss Marion Henri
eta Perry, daughter of Mrs. Ernest
Fahnestock, TO Lieutenant Lawrence
Taintor Phillips, L. S a., at the home
OF Or and Mrs. Fahnestock, % West
Flfty-fourth Street. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Thomas F. Kane,
Of the Holy Rosary Church. The bride,
who was given away by her step
white satin, trimmed with point ap-
plique lace, with which she wore a veil
of the same lace. and carried white
orchids and lilies Of the valley. She
had 10 attendants. Giles Taintor Phil
lips served as his brothers best man.
There were no ushers. Lieutenant
Phillips and his bride will live at 255
West Ninetieth Street. She is grand
daughter Of the late E. Ritzema de
Grove.
Lieutenant Phillips, who was gradu-
a-ed from Princeton in 1917. was
awarded the John Garrett price for an
essay on The German Influence in
South America" In France he served
with the General Staff Corps at Chau-
mont. While On duty there he was sent
to Versailles to report at an inter-
allied conference, and later. because of
his familiarity with the French, Ger
man and Spanish languages, he was
transferred TO the llaison service at
clermon -Ferrard and lie Mans.
The marriage Of Miss Katharine Full
ton, daughter Of Robert MacMil,an
Fulton, 10 Lieutenant James Emory
Squiers, l. S. A. took place yesterday
Afternoon in the chantry of Grace
Church. The ceremony was performed
By the rector, the Rev Dr. Charles
Lewis S!attery, and an informal re-
ceprion followed in the rear Of the
chantry. The bride was in white satin,
w.-h long court train. over which
fell tu,le veil, and she carried bou-
cue of white roses and sweet peas.
Miss Josephine Bedle was the maid Of
honor and only attendant of the bride.
She was dressed il pearl gray taEeta,
with which she wore large black
picture hat, and carried lavender sweet
peas and pink roses.
John Squiers served as his brothers
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

To the left, Mrs.. E-skfns Clark PaYie.
erho serred "a matron Of honor at the
NeddinO yesterday OF her sister. Miss
Narooret Sh1m. 10 Ensign Albert N. BIZ
tnoe. Mrs Paris ucs married on Aop !.
(Photo by Campbell studio)
Belou. Miss Edith Mortimer. rho ie to
rtc-ry Count Md-io 2. Zeppeln, Of the
cir force Of the ital,1n army, OIL Juns 81.
ct Roslyn- Mss Mortimer "a q dunghter
OF M and Ms. Stanley Mortimer.
(Photo by Bachrach)
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

teTAoon o'clock in st. Paurs Epis-
copal Chul0A. The guests, many from
New York, were seated by nine ushers;
Caspar c de Gersdortf, the bride s
brother; Frederick Watson Buck, Les
lie ". Deveroaux, Frederic s. Allen, Of
New York; Alexander Winsor, Cor
nelius c. FELTON,. Donald c. Watson.
Frederick !. Bradlee, ir., Of Boston.
ard c. Sewall Clarke, Of PHILADELPHIA.
John Z. p Morgan, Of New York, the
bridegroom brother, was the best nan
The bride was given in marriage by
her father She wore a gown of white
satin ornamented with old Spanish
lace, and tulle veil with white orange
blossoms. Her sister, Mrs. Frederick J.
Bradlee, jr.. Of Boston, was her only
attendant Mrs Bradee wore a gown
Of pale green chiffon ard a white hat
trimmed with Gala lilies
reception followed at the Orchal
the country place Of Nh and Mrs. 49,
Gersdorft on Prospect Hill The recep-
tlon was = small affair owing to the
death last September Of the brides
grandfather, the late Frederick Crown
inshieid, the artist.
guests at the Lenox Club last night.
Mr. Morgan was graduated from
Harvard University, Glass of Is. He
rowed at Henley with the Harvard crew
in 1914 and was OF the varsity crews
of 1915 and 1915 being captain Of The
1916 crew. Ee was lieutenant in the
American Naval Reserve air forces in
France. Mr.. Morgan is taking 4 course
, in cheMica. engineering at Columbia
University.
Many New York guests went out to
East Islip, L. l., yesterday on q spe-
c.al train which left the Pennsylvania
Station at 1920, for the wedding of
Miss Caroline Burr Knapp, only daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs Harry Kearsarge
Knapp, of this city, to Ensign Charles
Knitting Post. L. s. n, a son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Waidron Aintzing Post The
ceremony was performed at 1870 by
the Rev. William II. Garth. Of Islip, and
the Rev. DR.. William G. Thayer, Of ST.
Marks School, Southboro, Mass, at
"Brookwood,' the country place OF Mr.
and Mrs. Knapp. Miss Mary L. Post,
sister of the bridegroom, was the maid
OF honor ana the other ATTENDANTS were
Mrs. Henry Taylor, Miss Jeanne Gourd,
Miss Katharine Oakman, Miss Violet
King and Miss Belle Baruch.
Langdon ". Post was his brothers
best man and Winthrop Burr, jr. q
cousin of the bride; Regis H. Post( jr.,
cousin Of the bridegroom Harry Kear-
sarge Knapp, ir, and Theodore 2, ].
Knapp, brothers Of the bride; Lieucen-
ant J. L. McCrea, E. H. Bryant and J.
r. Cooley, the ushers The ceremony
was followed by seated breakfast.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

The Tuesday supper dances devoted
to the etin-American sojouraers.
which we're inaugurated in the grill
room of the McAlpin, will be continued
on the roof garden, which opens to-
morrow night H. U.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

The roof at the Astor is going to
open Tuesday evening. The entire
Forty-fourth Street side of the roof
will be devoted to open air dancing
and there will be both an "orchestra"
and q band"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

This is the plan for playground memorial to
Major John Purroy Mitchell of the army air forces,
former Mayor of New York, who lost his life while
in the service The playground, 1T is proposed, shall
occupy the site of the old reservoir in Central Park and
will the taxpayers penny Jacob II. Schif,
treasurer Of the Mitchell memorial committee, has
given assurance that the required S350,000 will be
raised by private subscription 1t will be known as
the Mitchell Memorial Playground.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

The marriage of Miss Alma de Gers
dorf, the younger daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl 4. de Gersdorf, of SO East
Sixty-fourth Street, New York, to David
Percy Morgan, ir son Of Mrs. Edith
Parsons Morgan and D. Percy Morgan,
of New York, took place Yesterday af-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

The plan the conception of Thomas Hastings a
we'll known architect, provides for making the entire
tract covered by the reservoir--rendered obso-
ete by the Catskill Aqueducta recreation centre.
1t will be sub.divided into Fairgrounds and prone
nades with lagoon and wading pool in the centre
and music stand and commodious seating arrange
ments at end.
The pool will be 1,4Oo feet lo~~ by $50 feet wide,
the outline of which would be - - tx tsasr
from the RESERVOIR walls 7'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

night, which was q surprise to every
body. Copeland Townsend had ans
nounced that it would not open unt1
next week, but when torrid weather
descended on us he c1.,ed his chief
magician. who summoned his genii, and
over night the roof of the hotel became
the Hurricane Deck. The deck win
be open Sunday nights also, but not
for dancing.
One young husband whom we know n
so undiplomatic that he has forever
sealed the entrance to the House OF
Mirth" at Murray's. at least so far az
he is concerned And his remark vas
such an innocent one. He only said
Let's 60 in the room where they have
the House of Mirth arrangement of
the mirrors. You can see who's behind
you without turning round"
Somehow. the fact that rne- aessrA
Susskind v>11e the hosts at Pelham
Heath inn on Pelham Parkway and
Blossom Heath Inn at Lynbrook always
appealed to US, but we never before
mentioned it. But when you think Of
it, isn't Susskind hospitable kind Of
name?
Healy's, up at Sixty-sixth Street, had
to hang out the s. r. o. sign all last
week, for every one wanted to go up to
Blossom Festival and sit as close TO the
ice as possible. And between the
shows you can dance on the ice II you
wish.
Lieutenant Tim Brymn is taking tho
credit to himself because of the fact
that the Hotel Shelburne, at Brighton,
is more crowded than it ever has been
before at this season. In the Black
Devil Band is one Jazbo Giles, who
bears the title of sergeant. Jazbo hon-
estly tries to behave himself. but he
, finally loses all military control and
rushes out in front to do solo dancing.
1t is the most infectious thing we ever
saw
ne new snow, "JOlr0 Some, opened
at Resenweber's last Tuesday night.
under the personal direction of Henry
Fink, and we are ready to announce to
the universe that it is a great show.
We saw it over at the Ritz, in Brook
| lyn, before it crossed the bridge And
piece of news from Reisenweber's is
&. that Sophie Tucker is going upstairs in
Paradise for the summer
The girls. or girlies. as some people
! love to call them, in the "Attaboy"
revue at the Martinique baked and
sold 2,le7 doughnuts and collected
$500 pieces Of dough from the
doughty gallants who thronged the
Omar Khay, am Room, and then gave
the money r. the Salvation Army.
Each morning at 10 o'clock the girls
took possession Of the kitchen and
baked the little life-savers that have
made Salvation famous.
The T,Iesdav ernper dnrres deyntad