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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
Band Enlivens Evening.

The North Atlantic chill soon disap-
reared. The big fighting machine was
washed down and made shipshape again,
and on the third evening, as she rolled
along through following sea off the
coast Of South Carolina. the band
came out into the open after dinner ana
PLAYED on the quarterback. The Michigan
has a low quarter-awash when there IS a
heavy sea-and as the band banged dway
at waltzes and one-steps, with the men
scattered over the deck, the two big
twelve-inch gun turrets and the boat deck
and battle mast above. hills OF blue water
chased close after always just about but
not quite catching up.
The band played until darkness had
closed in. and then a moving picture
screen was rigged up, and for the rrNt
two hours the whole afterpart of the ship
was turned into al open air movie
theatre 'Tis thus the modern bluejacket
goes to WARMTH the band playing away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30

The news few through the ship HN"
came chasing on each others -
through the hot night. The des"us -.
had been detached and ordered 10 Tam,
pico where the situation was CRUZ
The Michigan might he ordered OIL 90 -,
minute 10 Tampico. to the lsthn'a' :.
Tehuantepec. No orders came anu
ploughed on. =,
Intercepted wireless orders picked w .
breakfast time told that inc =,
ready there were firing on the 'o" ,
the hills about 1t, and a little al',.
O'Clock the smoke OF the ships tneinse go.
and then land itself raised on the no''
CONS edge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
Continued from page l

| States in the highest perfection Of mil
itary training, after months or the most
scientific practice oil the rife range.
Each day Of sitting idle on the SAND
hills or pounding the pavement as po-
licemen threatens their fitness. Any
rife team trained TO compete for the
Palma trophy, after a month Of en-
forced idleness, would make poor prac-
tice.
II the latest story circulated here is
true incident. one Of the bluejacKets
instructed by his officer to challenge all
approaching at night with Alto,
ouien?" was heard last night. shouting
ALTO quo vadis?'
The Fitzpatrick. first transport TO
touch the wharf at Vera Cruz, founo
waiting to greet her force consisting
Of exactly FIVE persons--four Mexicans
and one moving picture man. Not Mex
lean dirlomats; not Mexican civic dig
nitaries; not even Mexican soldiers
/ No; four Mexican stevedores.
As three thousand soldiers swarmed
down the ratlines in eager anticipation
OF az least some activity on the wharf
the four stevedores looked up at them
and yawned.
/ IT was an unexpected reception, pct
more chilling had been the lack OF
greeting from our bluejackets, who. as
we drew past battleship after battle
ship-there were so many II looked IKE
the maneuyres off oyster Bay-sur-
viewed our khaki-covered decks In mo-
tionless silence.
Four DAYS we were without news
Whenever we wirelessed the LOUISIANA
our convoy was ordered TO keep OUT
so we knew nothing. In time OUT
plight touched the heart Of one man
aboard the battleship--a red-headed
sailor. With his cap he semaphored IN
one word the amazing truth. The word
was Mediation"
II ran from deck to deck Of our tram
sport. and to all ranks it brought n
sense Of wasted effort. But as though
il had expected this f1asco-as though
for eighteen months It had trained for
no other purpose than assuming the
duties Of a constabulary-the army al
once started taking over the policing OF
the city.
No city ever was better policed. II
is patrolled and roped off and every
belfry holds squad Of expert marks
! men. You cannot walk fifty feet with
out having a bayonet pointed at YOU
beltline.
After visiting the scenes Of the two
=, days Of fighting / am impressed oy tive
- mounted by our sailors in fighting thcl
=, way through streets barricaded at tn,
:, skyline and their adaptability in no
only making themselves at home bu
I'm making themselves masters Of tina
home. Everywhere-in cafes. shops, IL
Q the plazas-our men seated themselve
: next 10 Mexicans who, from balus
h trades. in civilian clothes, had fired OF
II them. In an orphan asylum which
!, men from the Arkansas had converted
p into q barricade ] found orphan boy
: teaching our bluejackets TO throw
d lariats and .he bluejaokets recipe
Il eating BY teaching the orphans TO pla,
0 baseball
on the same clothesline were huns
\ 10 dry the petticoats Of siX-year-olC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
Auto Dashes Into Bedroom

Riverhead. Long Island Npln I'd
Patrick Mentally, twelve y snEe up up tbs
their beds The car Is Owned ,n " fror,
Fred e. Dettner He was returr ,ns gear
Wading River when his s'eer rn,,sh The
locked and he went headlons TIT sn,V ear Was
Later ae u bs che out OF the house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
All This Money--FREE

All of this, in bright new silver
dollars, is now displayed in A win
dow Of Richie & CornelrS cloth
inc store. at 1859 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
Drills by Day, "Movies' by
Night, EnIivened Long
Trip Southwark.
WIRELESS WAR NEWS
KEPT OPERATORS BUSY
Dreadnought's Forces Ready for
Landing Before Vera Cruz
Appeared on Horizon.
Ry ARTHUR RUHL.

on board United States battieship
Michigan, Vera Cruz, Wednesday Aprh
22.-Boomng along under forced drart
last night. her decks covered with GIN
ders. the whole great fabric quivering, the
Dreadnought Michigan heard b. wireless
when still twelve hours from Vera cruz
that Admiral Fletcher had taken posses
sion OF the custom house. the docks and
the central part OF the town. -Four men
had been killed and twelve wounded.
The Michigan. officers and men, were
then ready to land with service uniforms
on. emergency rations, tents ana camp
equipment packed. There was no attempt
TO clean ship this morning. and, biach
and cindery as Newcastle tramp the
big ship ploughed into Vera Cruz haroor
ready for quick action OF any kind. In
the likelihood that mail may be made up
and sent off at once. | am CLOSING THESE
notes, jotted down during the trip sou'h-
ward, as a sort OF log OF the voyage
This is what happened on the Michigan
more or less what happened. doubuess'
on other ships OF the big feet, dispatchea
on moments notice week ago on
mission whose potentialities one can d'
this moment, only guess
The Michigan got under way from
League Island Navy Yard less than t"eh-
tv-four hours after the order was issued.
All night her crew were passing COAL ana
nv o'clock of the following afternoon,
with $50 enlisted men. who had not h"u
time to get back TO the Louisiaha'
crowded III with her own men, she was
ready TO sail.
II was a cold. rainy afternoon-like the
day in Kipling's song:
Eyes OF gray, sodden quay.
Driving rain and falling tears,
40 the steamer wears to sea
Midst A falling storm OF cheers'
There were driving rain and futterlns
handkerchlefs from the League isianu
dock where the officers wives were waV-
ing their last goodbys and there may nave
hecn n few cheers. There might well
have been a tear or two lost in the weep
ing skies for the Michigan had already
spent months in Mexican waters and been
chased all over the map, always just
about TO come home and never quite get
ting there-a comic opera might De VIII
ten about the fruitless pursuit OF the
Mlchgan's officers during the last year
by their hopeful but aiTays-to-he oisap-
pointed wives.
Far away and Before the war are such
frivolous considerations now, real az tEry
eeered at the time. The weather was 50
thick that first night that 1t vas inposSl-
BILE 20 see the ranges, and the Michigan
came TO anchor In the Delaware River OH
Deepwater Point. where she lay until
o'clock the next morning before proceed
ing on out past the Delaware Capcs 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
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Evening star., 1914-05-02
sCHOONERS DAMAGED.
Gale Robs Vessels Of Masts, One Be
imp Wholly Disabled.

As the two-masted river schooner
Bessie Ford WAS on her way down the
river from this city she encountered
Il heavy flaw from Il northeriy gale
vb,n :, short distance below Fort
Foo,e and her m;Linnast was broken
off close to Che deck and fell over the
side Fortunately. 10 oHe aboard the YES
-, was injured by the crash. The vessel
was brought to anchor, while Capt Abi;l-
h;jin Lee and his men cleared away tine
tansle.i mass oI rigging, and under the
foremost. soop style. she con ntinued
down the river. She will he lit,ed with
a new mast at Il river point before re-
turning 10 this city. The Bessie Ford
runs lumber and cord wood TO this city
and is in port here about twice each
month.
1t is understood that the schooner
Cora McKenney, which lost both masts
and bowsprit in q fall gale and which
has been lying at Alexandria since be-
ing dismasted, will shortly be taken to
Bretons bay. where she Will be fitted
with new spars and will be made ready
to resume service i'll the wood traf-
tic on the Potomac
Evening star., 1914-05-02
BARNARD Of ENGLAND
IS ''0LD" AT THIRTY
Very Few Men Found Behind Bars
in the United
Kingdom.
Generally Respected by Workmen,
But the Prey of Men
About Town.
LONDON. April -, lsi

LONDON. April -, 1914.
Too old Ut thirty is the unhappy lot
oi the British barmaid described in Il re
port by Mrs. Bernard Drake OF an in
quil.y made by the Wornen's Industrial
Council.
Earmaids are i British institution. Very
few men are found behind the bars III
tie saloons throughout the United King
dom. except proplieJorS. There are 22.ce,
bsriaaidS il, England alone FCequ.nt
ey,lsadts have been started with the pur-
pose Of eliminating women. and particu-
larly girls. from this vocation. but moth
ing lasting has been accomplished One
rc as1n is that the saloon is the working
mans club, and lie prefers those places
where lie can gossip with the girls. ON
the whole the influence OF barnaids is
10 raise the atmosphere OF saloons, but
the inriuenc, Of the saloons upon the
y;oul.: * considered bad.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Barnaid Soon Grows Old.

The Jarlaid soon grows old. says
the report. Sometimes she is old at
twenty-five. She is generally too old at
thirty Her chances of marriage are
small unless She narIi@s the barman or
the manager. and almost the only re
course left To her is the streets. The
number of women on the london streets
who have once been barnlaids is out of
all proportion to the total numbers in
the trade.
Mrs Drake writes synpathetically Of
the women behind the bars. She says:
The barmaid is cheaper than the bar
man. she is Elore Industrious, more
sober more anenable to the wishes of
her employer. less rebelious against the
hard conditions OF public house life.
There are women. women of fine char
acter, who earn in the bar decent and
respectable living. and are not unhappy
There is even woman of rebust health
and temperament. who finds in the public
Evening star., 1914-05-02
THE NEEDS OF our ARMY.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Sixteen years ago yesterday Commo-
dorc George Dewey. now the admiral OF
the American navy. fought and won the
battle of Manila bay. Our navy today is
a new navy. just as there is Il new army,
and it is capable OF fighting another bat
tie of Manila bay against any feet that
floats: but the offensive work of our gal
liant navy in the present crisis is over
with the capture Of TWO seaports. and it
is the urgent needs of the army that now
engage the serious attention of the coun-
try 1t is the army that must bear the
brunt of the lighting in Mexico, whether
it be few short and sharp engagements
or a harassing pacification campaign OF
three or four years. In time OF peace
prepare for wai'" has been the constant
motto of our military leaders. Because
This is so. and because certain vital
agencies have grown w within our land
forces since Is9S. the people plainly see
its requirements.
Tie leading fuctol III bringing; the small
bat terribly effective A!nerican army to
its present state Of high efficiency, and
II outlining so clearly its needs Of the
instant. such as the organization of Il re-
serve army, i the general StaTf. In the
new army. upon which the whole Amer
lean people nov rely. the general staff is
the ealstonc of the system. 1t had no
such standing III the old army: us Il di-
receive force its influence was insigniii-
cam. Today it IS the brain of the s-rN-
ice. Every Improvement in equipment.
every change III techIilc. every new ldea
every Stcp toward coordination, comes
from the general staff. 1t Is made. up
of officers OF all branches Of the service,
from captain to c,ilonel inclusive. SerV-
in.. on fuur-ye:lr' details. with two gen
,raI officers as chiefs. Ii periects all the
w:.r plans. and the Mexican campaign
was mapped out TO tn. last move over a
wear ago. even though intervention
seemed politically improbable Ut that
time. ard an alternative from Which all
Americans shr;lnE. II was the duty of
the .eucrai staff to have the army ready
and il w:as ready.
The. technical training o. effects Is an
other vital element in our :lftN Ever!
citizen knows that the nited state;
Military Academy at West Point : the
college thar trains most ot our officers
Io- a period of fou4 years betote they
enter ACTIVE. service as second Hfuten-
ants. Perhaps they also know that il is
recosni Zed. and not infrequenty openly
praised, by roresn military experts as
the bss; ot its kind III the world. No
other military academy has such u
thorough curriculGm. or has such mag
niticent equipment.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Well Informed on U. S. Tariff.

Tie tourist from the states tirlds the
Venetian merchants well posted with re-
spect 10 the new tariff. When the matter.
Of nricc is mentioned and ;<ttention IS
allied to the fact that Americans have
to pay duty on goods bought abroad, the
business man ilnmediatciy cites thc new
law. aud quotes the rates OF lack of duty
under il. They are also ap. in quickly
ranslatiuS lire and centissimi into dollars
and cents. They speak several languages
and thus adapt themselves to their pc
cuiiar trade in a most efficient manner.
II il no longer possible 10 buy such re-
Evening star., 1914-05-02
house certain vocation. The bar is to
other women immediate ruin.
Dread of the Future.

"Bu; all these are exceptions. The
harnaid who is of the majority, although
she loses nothing of selfrespect. yet
continues at her post only in WEAKNESS
and loathing, and with !; great fear in
her heart OF that which the future is to
bring
Wages for barnl;ids are no more than
domestic servants command in the L nited
States and the average working day is
fourteen hours. In houses patronized by
workngmen TIL. average pay is $50 to s.
a week: in hotels it may rise to 500, and
for Il head barmaid to $40 or even 81.
Board and lodging are always furnished.
but the girls are expected to dress Well.
The barlnaid, according to Mrs Drake,
belongs to the type of normal and aver
age working girl, industrious, sober and
honest, although she is to be distinguish
ed from her sisters by greater measure
OF the love of youth for adventure. She
seldom adopts the career as the result
of false Stpp
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Respected by Workmen.

The workingman seldom loses his re-
spect for the barmaid as woman work
er; it is reserved for the man about town
10 be without all sense of honor or chiv-
airy to women. Young and pretty girls
are deliberately chosen for the west end
saloons which are the resorts of disso-
lutte men and fallen women. because the
inexperienced girls attract the men. They
are given 10 protection by their en-
ployers.
Two great evils of the present saloon
system are pointed out by the report.
one is the long hours affecting the health
of both men and women and leading to
excessive drinking. The other Is the
exploitation of young girls which is re-
sponsible for their degradatio One re-
form proposed is that no girl under the
age of twenty-one shall be employed
after o'clock, except on the premises Of
her parent, and another is that the bar
shall be a more tit place for both men
and women.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Regular Army Officers
With Direct Volunteers

may direct or guide the less experienced
officers However. not more than four
regular army officers will be commits
stoned with any regiment Of volunteer
cavalry. infantry, field artillery or any
twelve companies of coast artillery in
cludinS their field and staff, at the same
time. Army officers thus temporarily
promoted will not lose their relative rank
in the permanent establishment. Tempo
rary vacancies SO caused in the commits
stoned personnel of the regulars will be
filled by temporary promotions of officers
who remain with their commands.
All details of administra ton. the prop
er sanitary care of troops, disposal OF
Signal Corps. quartermaster and commits
sary departments, and all other provisions
necessary for the prompt and proper
handling Of large bodies of volunteers are
provided for by the new bill. 1t marks
distinct advance in the military legisla
ton OF the country. Not only does it
give the federal government ample ma
chinery to meet the present crisis, but it
Will always be ready for future emer-
gencies.
Another great need of the army a need
now more apparent than ever. and one
that has been urged in vain, IS the re-
organization of the entire United States
army into tactical units. AT the present
time the distribution of regular troops is
according to the various posts that are
scattered all over the country. 1t is
held by the army authorities that this
system is wrong and that many Of the
posts are useless. They are convinced
that our land forces should be stationed
at strategic points in the proper brigades
and divisions. just as they would go into
battle. Our plan always has been to
divide the commands to conform to the
size of the various posts, rather than
keeping the proper balance Of the various
arms of the service and making the posts
conform TO this basic principle.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
GONDOhs
Low III
BORDERING THE CANAL. II. MARCO.

markahle bargains abroad as were for
merly possible. espeC ially in the way of
lactS and other fabrics. tnWise cxcla'ni-
tons respecting the cheapntss OF the
goods have served to cause the vendors
to revise their scales. and a ihreWd ca
uacitv fn, "spotting" an American en-
ablcs them IL make sudden shifts N All
cases where the price is not PLAINLY
marked. one merchant-not here-to
whom We had becu introduced by ffiends
who insisted upon square deal 1or US
our nationality. frankly
acknowledged that Americans We're
charged more than others. because they
were in most cases better able to pay. l
suppose that DESPITE all our F;tuhted
Yankee shrewdness. our tourists are ho''
as a class. good barssiinerS.
Venice. is filled with ALI sorts of people.
lust at present, Cor some reason nave
been unable to fathom, there are more
GermaIl-speaking visitors than any o'h-
ers Perhaps this is a general conaltion.
Venice is convenient to the two great
Gerrnan-speaking empires as touring
point. and possibly il is the TRADITIONAL
Teutouc objective when vacation tiHie
arrives. All | am sure of is mat ever
where. in the churches. the palace tue
niazza. on the streets. one hears the pc
cuIiai. tones of the German tongue-so
different from the fluid Italian.
Intensely Teutonic.
We are almost personally conducted
on this stage Of our journey by per-
sonage who | though existed only in the
pages of Fliegende Blaetter or some
other Teutonic comic paper. We saw
him first on the train from Milan to
Venice as he engaged in a discussion
over tickets with d most gracefully po-
lite guard Since then he has bobbed
up everywhere, and we are conndentlS
expecting to see him tomorrow morning
at the railroad station as We take train
for Florence.
lie i. about five feet five inches in
height and about a yard in diameter at
the broadest point. He wears a coat of
SNUFF color that flares until at the hips 1t
mas the appearance of being held out by
a hoop The lapels are faced with green
and the buttons are of bright metal. FOR
1. necktie he wears mauve SILK cord
with large taSselS, tied in Il bow. His
hat is Alpine and the crowning feature
is IL bunch of feathers at the back. by
which we see him at q longer distance
than his stature warrants.
altogether he is Il joy to behold, and
we bless the day of our encounter for II
has disabused our minds of a suspicion
that the fully rigged German tourist OF
the funny papers existed only in the
imaginations of the artists. He is an in
defatigable sightseer, with guide book to
eve at all stages. Bless his good-na-
tured heart He has made Venice mem
orable even as a competing factor for
attention against her Incompatible
charms q. y. LYON, Jr.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Richmond Park Citizens to Meet.

The Richmond Park Citizens Associa
ton is to meet at $ O'Clock Tuesday
night in room ST. Evans building. The
principal business to be considered at the
meeting is to be the adoption of con-
stitutiou and bylaws.
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Leaves No Stain.

1t vii! wipe oil without leaving a
stain. he sajG. demonstrating, a. HI.
spoke. or ii it Is dry it can be removed
with soap and rate". The varnisu per-
saanently protects the leather
II Is idle TO Try To describe the I,,Iati-
fu! things We saw there. And il is need
,css To say that We made no atte,np; To
bargain for goods that ran into 1arp.
numbers Of thousands of francs m.
.,our We spent in that shop Factory was
one of the most interesting of o4r .tav IL,
Venice. disclosing a hitherto u!.suSp-ct I'd
arr and revealing its ialiuite :4S r-alll a.
The do2es and mobiles OF Old Venice used
leathcr because II Was Cap: i'ss ~ D-auti-
.i;l treatment. iand SJIGc uf their designs
%"E" mdGe bN famous artists. Now ttfis
wealth of furnishing is being again mad.
sfttllable through the initiative ;t.lG cutc.-
.. Is" Of NeAotian OF today, who mast.
ot course. in this narrative remain name
.ezs- list II be thought th;,t lie had gone
even hevoud his brethren OF tha city IN
securing publicity END advancing his
sr.,G,
Evening star., 1914-05-02
Two Other Institutions
to Train Army Officers.

the time they wear the uniform. Our
modern army maintains two institutions
that give technical training to its COM
missioned personnel long after student
days on the banks of the Hudson are left
behind. The infantry and cavalry