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Mrs' sam schin' chairman NFs' i"eo'
'I.t-'halftlai'
hospital Booth-Mfs Johh = 'r'"-
ley, chairman.
Tea R"om-Mrs FRANCES MAYER
chairman Mrs Aoram Benedict wee
chairman.
Oriental Ca'e-MrS /" 6. To!edono'
chLirmdt,
Mems Furu''hing,- Mrs Harry LIV-
irgs'oua, chairman Mr. l'.rIN schultz.
vi'e-cha'rmIn
Country store Nrs : A Neno,hs-
berg. chairman: Mrs Harry Brewster,
N.co-,hairm1u
Choice Eou'h-Nrs Ni,licent Late,
chairman: Mrs. Robert M5ushtch, vice.
chairman
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Resides The usual novelties suitable
for holiday pft. which WIN lie found AZ
,bs sen, Wn,d rbrls,r,,s StoS a, ~.
pI,za m C,tu,l,, ,r,r. vii he r,rry
dapclrr under lie direction 81 Mss
LIisc VS. Ou,i.,
Mis- Hrrh1rl kr,l.v viii civ. "a lie.
SON vith , t,,I" =, v,rds and must,
,,d I'm tr, yr,,n Win n.r Nil ~, Mis-
A., tlsi,y. Ni. ,.,I,s ,;,ilj Nfss
nnroth,a nan MI Nice u,n. Mis-,
\d,lire k,ll, Nj. u.'.n o.t-rit Dc,
and Miss K,,harip. Bissc1 Nj PRS
CHA K,r,,. and Miss Alrhca Sprlguc
ull ..r,,. ~ uag.- T., Mis- k.rI., mn.
,ondu,tor of MS number vii h.. Lorm.
} Patterson Also assisting WIN lo N,ll
caldwell John Rogers. p,ilp Sprarur.
y wilson S.nr' ron,rt y West. U,rr,
Hrowuer Ch,unco, t',ol;e ari douglas
Itt,c,or
Miss Edith phiuip. daughter n, pr
and Mrs Wendell g philins aud andre
Lord win give an .xhihttion dance Hc-
tween the numbers there Will he gen
eral dancing. Novelties from Janan wul
ha served nj Mrs lanes G. Greenway'.
Iapanese booth \ feature OF the Christ
mas shop win be a table d'ho,e luncheon
and tea.
man Of the committee of arrangements,
and the directors include Miss Ellen
Louise Adee. Mrs, Horace r.. Andrews,
Mrs. {. Vanderbilt Barton, Mrs. Sylvan
Bier, Mrs. Hermann NJ Higgs, Mrs,
James Francis Case. Mrs. O G. Cole
man. Mrs. Arthur J.. Coppell, Mrs,
Walter iieer, Mrs. James g freenwaN,
Mrs, Frederlc w, IackSon, Mrs. lI"l"n
hartley Jrnklns' N.Y." JNNlrS rd"dfd
NrWro'r' MI. NI.L"'a- NJ Pond, Mr~.
WI al. ~ rows WIS I~''rn'rl J." sat
t'''''' MI fllnN y Np''El,' Mrs. Zen
'"'' MISS '"r' - VAN NN'N' AIS I.n-
uLunu N'uE'h 'h" N'S' James l."
"r%,,s.,
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of the Metropolitan Opera and Miss
BEATRICE Harrison. '%cellist.

Mrs. Harry Sedgwick. who expects
to leave New York for England in
February VIII give a luncheon to-nor-
row ~ Sh.rrN's for Miss Alice Craw-
ford WaiuWright, the debutante daugh-
Ter of Mr.. ana Mrs. Richard 7. VAIN
wright. On Tuesday night Mrs. J. Rich
Steers will give a dinner at her home
Tor MIR. and Mrs. William Appleton
i!urnham. who were married here
early in the summer. Mrs. Burnhan
Nas Mrs. william Manic-.
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Continued from First Page.

EAST Is made up OF young women OF
society who are directly Identified
with. tho welfare OF this settlement.
which is situated at All Eas, Fiftieth
street, and they hope to raise suf'
iclent money to carry on the worthy
charitable work of the home.
Miss Grace Henry and John X.
Hodges have written the book. and
the music Is by Vinton Freddy. The
principal roles will be assumed 10y
Miss Mimi Scott. Miss Amy Bradish
johnson, Miss Helen IIoadley. Miss
Grace Bristed and Miss Betty Carson.
and some OF the young men In the
cas- will be John *. Hodges. Reginald
Townsend, Henry Sturgis and Curtis
Brown
The chorus will include many al
this and last seasons debutantes as
well as several of the young dancing
men Of society. Among them are the
Misses Mary Colt. Angelina krech,
Nina Ryan. Jeanne Gourd. Clara Leo
and Madeleine Lynch, and the Messrs,
Theodore Knapp, Frank Stevens.
Wallace Fleming. Louis Curtis. Rod
erick Tower. Maitland Belknap. Brad.
ford Locke, Leslie Devereux and
Julian Sloan.
~.rr.m. Nj" a.e. az
. -, .,a 90, ,a,."- '''
49, q ,l".se oi Wv
each.
The other members OF the commi.te,
ns.rna r'sann VIZ
Di~on >U.. &C., 80 "
C.r.n,., o. s"e' ""Soh anu "'s'
a.. -,
scti,o,,. ,r,o.oa,o. - -
ushers. flower sellers and assistants n
the Ice cream. soda water and confec.
tionery booths. Among them will h,
the Misses Louise Butler, Mary Jas
Schiaffelin. Gertrude DamroSch. Juii.
Gilbert. katherine Lamont. Cert rad,
Mall. Mary Luce. Helen Byrne. n icI
Flake. Madeleine Carey. Chariot,
Plat. Evelyn Scott. Dorothy Anderson
Madeleine Dahlgren. Eleanor Dariinu
ton and Roxana Bowen.
Among the patronesses are Mines
Walter Jennings, Alvin krech. Dtni.
Lamont. Harry j. Luce. VIII m
Kinssland Macy. Pierre Mali. Gcor,,
Grant Mason. Clough c. Overton. ii-r
bert l.. Satterlee. Samuel Sloan. !
Todhunter Thompson, VANDERBILT
: Webb. j. Grlswold Webb. stephen {;
Williams, Vincent Aston. Philip G
Bartlett, Howard Carroll. L.inlsa,
HOFFMAN Chaplin. Richard e. Colt
William X. Dick. Courtlandt =. Dixon
John r. Drexel. Frederick Edcy. Will
lam Pierson Hamilton. Howard Henry
Russell II. Hoadley, Amory G. Hodge
and Walter 3. James.
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Ns-s ch,r,o. \, co,,, !,
Delaheld. Mrs. Arnold Wood. Mrs. \
Edward Ellis. Mrs. Andrew Fletcher
Mrs. Rufus l.. Patterson and Mrs. "
Ross Proctor. has had much success i
h sale of boxes and tickets for III
violin recital which Fritz Krrisle
will give on saturday evening /
Aoolian Han for the heuon' of Il
Winifrod Wheeler Day Nursery.
Among those who have secured boXc
or seats are Mines. Henry Sandersoi
Henry W. Dcf'orest. Howard G. Bro
Raw. William c. Sheldon. Edmund !
' Twining, Dom Barber. Howard Town
ecnd Martin, William l.. Harknesp
Edwin Campbell. Arthur W RIOS
sitter, Acosta Nichols, william {
Low, Jr.. Edward s. J. McNicka,
Thomas w. BLACKWELL, Junius ParkeI
Thomas Denny. Arson NJ Rcard En-
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one OF the entertainments of last week
was a dinner given by Willinm +. Z-l-
u" in the annex az the Metropolitan
club for Miss Lorraine Allen, the debu-
tante daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. q.
Marshall Allen. Afterward he took the
party to the Gaiety Theatre to Sc.
Turn To the Right" Among his
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Allen, Miss
frerles OF ST. Louis. Miss Adelaide
WIlmerdins, Miss Nina Dearth, Miss
Josephine Gibson. George 4. Brokaw,
Raymond Coke. Richard DAVIDSON and
Robert Carrere. After the play Mr..
Heller took his party to the crystal
room Of the Ritz-C arlton for supper
and a dance.
Mrs. Allen will give a luncheon OF
sixty for her daughter At the Ritz
Carlton on Friday.
Tho artists at Mr.. Bagby's musical
morning, tomorrow. will be Nine.
' Era n Aid and Cioyoppi NSelo>p,
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j. sanford S.utuA vino Is the vice.
president Of the Wrench Museum ~
.Nrt of this city. gay an interesting
dinner on Wednesday night in the ran
Mall room OF the Ritz-Carlton. for
Arsene Alexandra. the famous art
ciitic Of Paris, who IL also the in
spector in chief OF al, th. national
museums OF France. The other guests
# honor Were Stephane ~I.auZanne, .ii-
tor ~ H. NntH Of Paris. and his AS
S"ciate. Marcel knecht. Among tel
cher guests were McDougall Hawkes.
Samuel W. Fairchild, Charles T.. Samp-
e'n, Harry O.. M!lliken, CASTOR I.iebert
ihe French Consul General in New
York: Joseph II. Freedlandcr, George
i.umenthal. Thomas II. Kelly. William
H. Wilcox, W Francklyn Paris, Mau.
rice kozmlnskl, William II. Britton
I.uc!en Jouvaud MD John u. Lunger
After dinner Mines. Lecomte anc
~Fhance-Ariel sang old French foll
songs In costume. NJ. Larricu being a
the piano.
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George i. Butterworth. John Munro,
Andrew Carnegie. George y. Phelps
Simeon y. Chaplin. Charles +. Roe.
Ashton Crosby Clarkson. John y.
Stearns. Vernon NJ. Davis. Francis :.
Smithers, Parker d.. Handy, Algernon
<. sullivan. Helen Hartley jenkins,
Henry A.. Todd. James Lees Laidlaw.
benjamin Il. Thayer and Frank :.
Nitherbee.
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Witherbee.
Another interesting entertainment
will Dc given in the ballroom OF the
Waldorf Astoria on the night Of De-
ceinber Is by dcbuta,tes Of the winter
for the benefit of the Fast Side House
settlement. by reason of h large
number Of young people who are going
To take part the entertainment has
been called The Debutantes' Charity
BAH"
Preceding the dancing there will he
a novel moving picture thriller called
The Submarine Pirate" This will he
supplemented by various other diver
sions. in which n large number OF
debutantes will take part. franzcn's
orchestra will play for the dancing.
Mrs. Charles -. Smithers Is chairman
of the committee in charge of the ar
engagements for the ball. and Mrs.
Charles l.. Riker is receiving applica-
tons for tickets. TOY are s. each
and boxes for parties Of eight and
twelve are $50 and siOo respectively.
Mes Louise darkness will head the
floor committee. whose members will
llltlhIt lIt NIl~FNS
marsh. Ray Bulkley. Elizabeth Chaplin.
He.en GARRISON. Frances ballard, Bea.
trice Beck. Katherine Biggs. Helen
Cameron. Elizabeth Clark. Polly Dam
rosch. Frances Field. kather.n. IIol-
lister. Hazel Hopkins. Ev;,nReline
Johnson. Martha Keep. Esther KIM
ball. Alice Lawrence. M1delaine
Lynch, Grace Montgomery. Ellen Nc
Carter. Sally Palmer. Beatrice Pynch-
on. Amy Reick. Marjorie Siilcocks.
lilly Strhli, Henrietta Talcott ana
Margaret Whiting.
Among the patronesses are Mines. A
Fillmore Hyde. Eugene Maxwell. Her.
bert Mcbride. Gates W. Mct;arrah
Richard W Meade, John \. Mitchell
Frederick W. Moss. Graham Mics.
Herbert l.. Pratt. Theodore Pratt
Rufus Patterson. Car, :. P-trasch.
~Shelhurn" Prescott, William Ross
Proctor. William II Porter. Il. Stuy-
vesdnt Ptcfiepont. Roy A.. Rainey.
George Il. Read. Charles L.. Itiker
Samuel l:ik-r. Jr.. Philip \. Rollins,
James Il. Sheffield. John :. smith,
Christopher II. Smi'hers. Francis :.
Smithers. Charles Smith.rs. Sylvestus
!" Schoonmaker. Emil J. St-hii. james
Il. Strong. Joseph X. Seaman. Lucien
Tying. John Van Nostrand. Howard T..
Whitney. Everett +. Wheeler. Albert
~. Wiggin. W. de Forest Wright
Philip q. Bartlett. Robert &. Black.
Thomas Blagden. Miriam +. Blagden.
Jonathan Bulkley. Theodore Buckley.
A. Campbell Bnrnham. Irving Brokaw.
Henry w. j. Bucknall. \. j.. Drexe.
Biddle. Jr.. Hermann Biggs. ID. Fair
fan Bush. Henry l.. Batterman. John
Christensen. Robert w. earle. Sturg!s
CONN. Henry i. Dawson. William G.
Demorest. II. Blanchard Dominick,
Clement l., Despard, Angler Il. Duke
Andrew Fletcher. Benjamin T. Fair
child. Dona,d G. Geddcs. William l.
darkness, Arthur Glib. Legg How.
ard. frances l.. Hine. Trowbridge IIol-
lister. Worthington Hine. George 4.
lde. James lmhrie, Daniel s. Lamont
Frederick T.. Lewis and John IL
LYNCH.
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The New York City Mothers Club. Mrs.
Lewis : Marx president. will have it's
regular meeting tomorrow afternoon AZ
the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. Mortimer
M.nken will tell its members about the
Night Court and Miss Alice Smith viii,
also speak.
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MRS. CRAM SAVES STRIKERS.
sentence Suspended In lasr Of Girl
Accused 81 Assault.

Tile npprartrC" OF Mrs. i. Sergeant
Cram heior" Justice Mayo IN the hill
drcn's Court yesterday was the caus.
OF "A suspended sentence being given To-
one oi two girls arrested in connection
With the snirtWaist makers strike. The
girls are Rose Arcuri OF ?3a Second ave-
nue. and CONFETTI Lombardo OF li3 West
Fourteenth street.
A girl named Milly Courto. working
III "A factory AT .l32 Second avcnuc. vas
attacked and the two girls arrested were
accused Of being the assaIlant.. Miss
Lombardo, who is over Ii, was held IL,
$500 bail to appear in tn" Harlem court
Monday. Mrs. cram. iN signing h"r
bond. .aid
Il am heartily IN sympathy With tho
strikers. Their working hours are TOO
long and their wages too low. am oI
picket duty with them nearly every day
and | know that the plain clothes m'u
there act like rtngstrrs. They shove
the girls around roughl, aud will not
permit them to talk to the other work
cis who have not Yet gone on strike.
They. handled me roughly too, til they
fouud out who | Was"
THO charge that the strikers had been
banded iouGhly by officers on strike
duty was denied by Policemen Snowlon
and Near, who aIi".tei the uAo girls.
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, inner and outer Mongolia, but, helms moi

inner and outer Mongolia. bu, being NOT
with this and anxious to estate
lish her Influence also in iii aud Thibet.
She b noW shaking hairis with Jaran
and trying 10 seek her cooperation. The
Russian and Japanese prrss IN advoca,-
ing "a Russo-Jaiancsc alliance last year
did not do 20 without "A purpose
Japan plays the diplomatic game In Il
similar way. Before 1904 che joinel
Britain to checkmatc Russia. but after
then she tried to undermine britain nv
h%effiending Russia. Japan's participa-
ton In the bomisirdment of Tsing-tau.
though nominaily to assis, Britain, was
i'll fact "a move to weaken Brttafn's inru-
'nce and prestige. This statement IS
horne OUT by the fact that after tn. fail
Of Tsing-tao Japanese politicians strongly
advocated All a~llianc" with Germany.
Apart from this Japan's repeated at
tsmpts to obtain railway and mining
concessions In the Yaugtsc Valley can
only be interpreted as unfricudly 70
britain. Thus. when Japan wanted tn
get Port Arthur and r'alny sli" needed
the good will Of britain. so she became
the latt,r's friend. hut now she l. de-
siious Of sterping into Britain's shoes In
the Yahgtse Valley. therefore she IL seek
Ing Russia's friendship"
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SCHOOLBOY ARMY
BUSHES TO ENROLL
Joins National Camp A>>ocia-
ton aud Hears Talks on
Preparedness.

With an cu'husiasn that would make
Inc heart % q rrJra,tiug sergeant re-
joic. tho scnoplp-ys of New InrN poured
into the asmo~.e~ Of the i'~or'y-scventh
RcIimcut. in Marc avenue. nr"oklyn;
the Tw.Hty third Regiment, iu bedford
avenue. Hroohls II the Eighth coast Ar
tillery, a. N!ncty-;ourth street and Park
n-ers. AZ ltS,h street AID Frrt Wdsh-
ingtou Avenue. Manhattan. yesterday
and enrolled a. members % tho National
School camp Associat :" Ali,loIgh the
Board ~ Education had fari.ii"u the
distribution OF circulars announcing the
mobilization II the h",s, the news had
spread through the daliy pap"is
The largest ''uWd appeared NJ the
Tw~euty-th.rd Regiment \yWNty, IN
Brooklyn. where more han 500 en-
rolled. capt. Murphy of For WadS-
worth addressed The boys here. Nine
teen school We're r"prcsrui,! Al this
nrinory. mons them the l'ruohl % Poly
tcchni,. \ battalion = being organized
IN the pulN 'rrlIat. whirn will We atfili-
a,ed with the associations
Al the Forty -s"Ncnth Regiment ten
different s'hou's were rsurcSri ted and
III ll' I.lS mn I 'tts' Nlllli''NA lttNf were
representatives from eight schools. The
rwentN-s"vpn Re- p.m'nt Arluu"y had
twenty -ou' schools irII'rScnt"d. Al the
Forty seventh Reg n"ut l.out. Frederick
Hanna Of Fort Hamilton addressed the
no! -. Al the Eighth coast Lieut.. T..
". Wildriok Of ne coast Artillery
Corps, Governors Island, talkcd TO the
boys, and At the Tw"ut! -sc,pnd rcG!-
m"ut headquarters ldcut, By.Is ut GOV
rrnor Island told them of 4, reed of
preparedness.
The boy If tn" different ~sctonls will
h" orrpniLrd TINS week "a the r schools
/ and rach school viii cl.o; q roprcscnia.
tive 10 l"nh after thu recruiting Of mou-
hers. lN i">i saturday II - ,stimu;Cd
that fully ","up boys viii hc enrolled.
one organization in this CITY having
1000 members has tlr,ady mtd' appli-
cation to an ltato VITA the organ cation
and the arrars ;Cmcuis viii lc .oIcluded
this week. The same armorics viii he
used again next SATURDAY morning for
the second day of mobilization. Drills
Will he carried on weekly.
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The new dMigble d NL thef wt of the air flee built for the U. S Navy, in the armWy at
Hartford.

to dcsrrud tie" operation ls reversed thu
front OF the marhIr" being mad" heavier
than the rear.
\ system Of pull, - through which
the susaendinv ROPES pass keep thu car
Itself nj "A horizontal position, No matter
what the angle OF inclination OF ~" en-
velopc may ht. \ tube rises from the
ear which ~ for the purpose OF driving
air into the two compartment. which
arr known as balon"ts.
Thc two propell.rs can lie rotated
by means ~ a h~audwhccl and worm
gear in a vertical plane. So that their
line OF thrust can Ice kept parallel TO
the horizontal axis of the eu,elop" no
matter what the angl. of inclination OF
the car.
Every proyaution has been taken to
make the dirship safe for those who
vii. navigate II Tho wrc'N az the
Nann man balloon AZ Atlantic CITY. IN
which M" ivrsuns lost their lives and
which cost $1,000 to Sioc.o01 80 tn"
Goodyear interests. builders OF the bal
loon. IL stI,. remembered,
Every portion of the ,lotp that went
into the -uNclop, uf thiS balloon was
examined With the AID uf strong light
and wherever "a" war o Noui threads
appeared 60 De s"uvi.fci "r 'hiri"r
than usual IN, pats wore r""uturc'd.
although the alutf ~ absolutely '.v.
In the ccndo!t = i,,'g" margin -
safety ht~ been nhs'r''d. Wa" the
balloon tnr e.. ~. .- si,d 10 %" nore
powerfully "ti4iucd ;i'u any now IN
.NiSi'u...
Will" TIN d.ri-i,'c 81, - ,wa'l uor.
rigid lr,ir compared to III, /,pp"liu.
IN u" ON TN. Other side. Tic ,"Musuv is
alrcliy WORKING on plans tor ih- con-
structiou al ono ~ a large snip ~ the
iigid t!'" aud bulir o. IA, li'"~ az the
latest models now Ia usc IN t.urupc. II
will he used a. a training ship for the
instruction ~ pilots.
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ASKS $4,000 OF CAVALIER.
Dsy Her Failure TO Sing Hart
sInn. That Much.

THE failure Of Lima Cavalier and her
husband l.uuten Muratore, to appear
h&e on February II last as soloists II
tie concert OF the Russian symphony
Society resulted yesterday in the fling
ofa suit against the singers asking S25.-
CGO damas.> for breach of contract.
Tie complaint alleges that they are
'Angera or great renown throughout
tire world and that on December -
las, they contracted to appear here io'
four concerts, tne first to be held FEB
ruary II. They were 10 receive ha!i
OF one-quat,cr ~ the subscription seat
FADE. and for the February II concert
hIlf of the receipts.
The complaint states that they ior-
WSrded their music on February ! The
oIfhes,ra then iehear~ed II, but OH the
day Of the concert they declined To
sing. The plaintiff was compelled To an
nounce their correspondence ana obliged
90 refund money TO many seat purchas-
ers, while intending purchasers went
away. The plaintiff estimates the dam
age to it, good will and the cost OF
advertising the singers at $50 600.
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DEATH NOT DUE TO WOUNDS.
4 prone ttnds M Foul ria. E~i.
d~urr In Nrs. CIarc's Gaze.

Janr~ J. Clare, IA" Hot.l keeper. roli-
,iriau and c>-prgil'-' of Queens Bnulc-
ward and F'';irc avenue. Long Isln'.i
CITY. Mhoe" wif., Ida. Va. found d.u,.
III her bedroom Oh F'"luaN sNtriag, vas
arraiSnod ?,ei.rday beior. Magistrate
Fitch in the Long island fity police
cour; on AN affidavit made by detective
John \. iiur;on OF information and be-
l.rf. Ito WAS ordered held without bail
for icrty.clght hours. Former Assistant
~I'istric, Attorney william J. Dreamer.
clar.'s attorney. said IA" was confident
an Investigation into tho wointn's ,ieath
viii result IN complete ,indics,ion for
his client.
CORONER Daniel Ebert OF Queens said
an autopsy disclosed that heart trou ole,
cirrl,vsis of the liver ana Bright disease.
together with abuse ana exposure. were
contributing causes OF death. The
oman body was covered with
scratches and bruises. but there was
nothing to indicate death WAS due TO
these Wounds.
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NV HAVEN, March Is.--The final ad-
tustments on the airship DN-i. the frst
OF the navy's fleet 81 d,r,gibles. were
completed to-day after an inspection 10y
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS McCrary. The
big balloon was assembled for the frst
time last week at the Stat, Armory in
Hartford. the only place in the State
ltrsc enough to hold 1t, by the coTucc,i-
cut Aircraft Company OF this city.
watch built 30. This was done so that
Crmutatc~ McCrary NIGH see Il, COM
Ileted before /, WAS shipped 10 the nava!
acionautic cation at Pcnsacol,. Fla,
;ur It's trial tight.
Commander MCCrary Just returned
from England. where ne went under or
Ccrs from tn Navy Department. Pre-
,ious to that he had been watching for
several months the work Of the DN-l.
loilg over each stcp in It's construction
here in this city. at Naugatuck. where
the h.- envelope Was made. n at Ports
mouth. y. H.. where the envelope was
rrst inflated. After spending a day at
the aImorN. during which time he made
4 thorough Inspection OF the craft. he
suggested n fe~ minor changes which
wee competed 'o-aiN. lie seemed we'll
satisfied with the finished product.
Before leaving. Commander McCrary
said hat The big balloon would he taken
down some time within the coming week
and packed for shipment I" Pensacola.
the navy testing grounds II is under
stood tat the Government contract calls
for delivery TO the Navy Department
there on April l..
While work has been progressing at
the state Armory in assembling this
aircraft. thousands of visitors. especially
since the recent Mexican d~evelopm.n ts.
have visited the armory. As the big en-
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velorc was lcing inflated with air and
slune from the girders OF tn. arInory
roof, hundreds of military men ard citl-
zens Watched the work.
Zen. George NJ. cole. adjutart general
ot 'onncciicut. through whom the Con-
necticut Aircraft Company got pcrmis-
sion to us, the state .lrmory, has been
anon those much Interested IN this air
ship ~ we'll as the officers and privates
Of the military companies that use the
armory. II ~ generally believed that
the bN-i Is only the frs, Of what will In
time become one OF the most important
n formidable dcf,nCcs ~ the couu-
try.
The diricihle is ~ fec, long. 81 feet
In diameter and % feet nigh II weighs
300" pounds and has \ lifting capacity
OF ".oho rounds. making "a total Of 1000
bounds. II" envelope will contain lJ0.-
GOO cubic feet Of hydrogen and the craft
will trave AT Il speed Of thirty-fyc miles
al hour.
The car * twenty feet long and i've
feet wide M will carry "A crew uf cight.
II is built to fioit on the water Motive
power * provided by An eight CYLINDER
gaSolenc engine which operates two
four-hladed pr"pell-rs. one uu each side
VI the car. The car will 10, st-.i"d by q
big canvas ruddrr hung on the rear of
the envelope. while horizontal planes.
running ON tn. equator II IN. envelope.
Will prevent q rolling motion.
In the front and back ends OF the
envelope. separated from the main ,ou-
ptrtinent fer the lifting hydrogen gas
are two compartment To- direct tn.
balloon vi and Town ~ II travels
through the aii. When II IL proposed
TO ascend the rear compartment n
pumped full of air. which makes that
end much heavier ,h,A the front. The
envelope points upward. ana Is driven
by the propellers. when IL Is desired