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Priest RidicnIes Interference.

The Rev. Father John l.. Relford.
rector Of the Church OF the Nativity,
ridiculcd the action OF the sunday OBJ
servancc Association.
"lt is the silliest piece Of work hat
! have seen in some time" he said.
- should think they would hav better
Judgment. sue silly business viii hold
the association up TO public ridicule.
There IS a new geological park In Pros
pect Park. | think. II would make a
fine retreat for tho Sunday Observance
Association, especially for Canon ".
Shclfc chase, one os its members
The Rev. w. W. duncan. who IL cor-
responding secretary OF the association.
would say nothing more than that a
week ago he had written Deputy Police
Commissioner Leon q. Cooley protest.
ing that the manpuvres planned would
violate the Sabbath. ON Saturday he
received An answer saying Commissioned
Cooley would investigate.
Whatever the reasons OF the two So
,i-ti.s for ihi-If,iiis may have been.
the crowd at the exhibition took It for
granted that the preparedness show had
been stopped hv paciiists, They were
outspokcu III their wrath against such a
move. as they believed. on the part OF
the ''peace at any price" people. An
nouncer Spencer. a member of the
American Legion. WAS OF the same opin-
ion. He beloved into the grand stand
- IN" guardsincn marched past such
remarks a.;
THESE men are not too proud to fight"
They love peace. but the flag more"
IT'S Just like these pacii!sts. II "A
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MANY RUSH FOR u. S.
BATTLESHIP OUTING
Navy Departments Plan to
Train Civilians for Fleet
Proves Popular.

In line with the P%lattsburg idea OF
training soldiers. tho Navy Department
has evolved a somewhat similar plan
for training sailors. and cruises have
been arranged for amateurs who would
like TO spend a months vacation this
summer working on n battleship.
The Maine and Kentucky have been
assigned to the New York district, which
extends from New London to Barnegat,
and from August IS to September Is
these battleships will be 60 per cent.
manned by civilians who enroll.
There has been a rush OF applicants.
Enrollments can be made nj any naval
recruiting station. and "A committee,
composed Of Thomas W. Slocuin. chair
man w. Butler Duncan. Becknan Win
throp. George l.. Baker, Jr.. william
Greenough. +. II. Mc.Adoo and Paul l..
Hammond. secretary, has opened an
office at 50 Pine street. where full in
formation may be obtained and enroll
mcnt blanks will he furnished.
obligations OF those who 20 end with
the cruise. Applicants must be between
II and A. years. IN sound health each
must be = graduate OF a college. a uni
vereity or a technical school. or have
a knowledge of maritime matters. or he
experienced In water craft. or he a pilot
OF pilots apprentice or have served on
a merchant or fishing vessel for az least
six months, or have had six months
experience as a machin!st. electrician,
boilermaker, plumber, shipiitter. cop
perSnith, engineer, fireman, telecraphcr
or radio operator, or have had a high
school education n be following a
trade o. occupation where The experience
gained would be useful 10 the Govern
ment in time OF need,
An applicant must pay $40, Of which
81, is FOR his uniform. which will l.,
his 10 keep. and So so that he may
get better food than that furnished 10
the regular sailors.
Tho recruits Will he subjected 10 ,hc
same rules governing enlisted men. al.
though the daily routine NIL Loo greatly
changed.
The programme ~: First week, each
vessel TO cruise alone: second week. YES
sells TO take part in the war gam" of
the Atlantic feet third week. squadron
manpuyres along the Atlantic coast
fourth week, in home ports.
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NEW NAVAL PLANS
CALLED LOPSIDED
Three Battleships Needed Be-
sides Five Battle Cruisers,
Saws J. Bernard Walker.
II DEFECTS SHOWN

J. Bernard walker. editor Of the
Scientific American and chairman OF the
National Security Leagues naval COM
mittee, attacked yesterday as inadequate
the construction programme or the
House Naval Committee.
Mr.. Walker said that naval strength
means nothing except in its relation to
the strength OF the navies OF other ma
tons. Ten years age, at the beginning
of the dreadnought era, the United
States had twenty-five battleships 10
Germany's twenty, and the total gun
muzzle energy Of our fleet was consider
ably more thar 100 per cent. greater
han that of the German fleet. he SAID
In the last ten years there mas been a
complete reversal or position no" We
have twelve d~readnoughts. while Ger
MANY has twenty-six her u muzzle
energy Is nearly 100 per cent. greater
than hat Of our dreadnought fleet, said
Mr.. Walker. He continued:
"In the presence of this emergency II
il the duty Of Congress-as we see IT,
the paramount duty of Congress-'o
bend the whole financial and shipbuild-
ing of the country to the task
Of bringing our navy with all possible
| speed INTO that position or second IN
| strength which is necessary TO our peace
and security. ,
..That the House Committee on Naval
| Affairs has either failed to grasp the
| serious nature OF the crisis, or Tor rea-
| sons of internal politics is deliberately
| ignoring il, IL shown by the pitifully IN
adequate programme which 1t has re-
Gently voted. To begin with. in spite
OF the fact that the battleship Is un1 a
SALLY admitted to be the determining
factor in naval campaigns, the commit 'e
| has asked for not Il single one, ana mas
contented itself with recommending the
| construction of five battl, cruisers' me
| proyision of five Of these ships Is excel
| lent : for 1t woul Civ us a fuii DIVISION
hut to these should be added at leaSt
three battleships. thus giving us me
eight capital ships reconiinenaed 'hIs
year nv the General Board or the navy
..rhc committee asks for four scout
cruisers: we should authorize az ieast
eight Of these, tn, d.
s,rovers, IL is held by all naval al
thorities. both here and In Europe, thai
there should be -four destroyers built 'o'
every capital ship. On this OASIS 'hf
committee should ask for at least twenty
doatroyers 10 match the nVe pattie
cruisers recommended
'"The committee asks for twenty sun
marines. three of the seagoilS Meet type
ard seventeen for coast defence. IL Is
the belief OF our seagoing officers, az thG
rssult Of their recent experience IN wal
that all OF our future SUB
war,ncs should be OF the seagoing type
IL viii be the policy Of our navy to NEE,
and destroy the enemy 1000 or i'b"'
miles from our coast, n our sunni
tines should be big enough lsay l'oo'
tons dispiacemcnt) to w
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German army landed here tomorrow
they'd get out an injunction against
them
All this was vigorously applauded by
the audience.
There were two accidents at the field.
Two German shepherd dogs were pro-
duced with the intention of having IN m
go through some stunts ia saving the
wounded and sentry work. one dog.
pecvish at having been confined in a
small cage, took a bite out Of the leg
OF his keeper. and that part OF the show
was cancelled.
The other mishap WAS more serious.
II occurred during the m~anWuvres. Cor
poral Joseph Grohs, n motorcycle rider
Of the mounted detachment. was carry
ing orders 20 an oiii,t under iro. When
just in front Of tho judges stand his
wheel struck something and he was
catapG,ted over the handle bars. He got
UP Immediately. game through and
through, and staggered 10 Ma machine.
He half fell over II, and. unable 20 rise,
pretended 70 DO fixing the mechanism.
A few seconds later he fell over on mis-
back.
S;rctChcr bearers ran out - l'''l ard
carried HIM to the temporary hospital.
II wa sud he had received slight in-
ternal injuries.
Mr.. Stevenson. tho sunday Observance
Associations Law ser. SAID last night that
he wrote several DAYS ago 10 commIs-
Toner Woods. nr',I'y COMMISSIONS
I"o- Cooley. Nator-''"o leonard wood,
L. :. \. and Mator-Gen. o'Rvan. y. Y,
y. o.. He protested against the show as
a violation of the Law Gen. Organs
answer he said. was 10 the effect that
sunday observance Vas u matter Of per
sonal opinion and that he. personally
would prefer TO see the National Guard
taking part In the tournament.
Nj Stevenson said that j." tried 20 get
a prominent property holder in Sleeps
head Bay. a member of the l;p!scopa'
Church. To- apply FOR an injunction
against the show, Tn" property owner
refused. he said, saying that the tourua.
ment could do no harm.
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NEW YORK ON SPEED TEST
pr'adn"ught on for Boston 20
Undergo stnnda r~dixatIOn Trial.

T0e supcrdreadnought New York
SWING free Of her mornings at the navy
yarn al II 10 O'Clock yesterday forenoon
ara, with the assistance of a swarm OF
Jugs tnd the depth OF water which "A
'."' tide afforded. began the first leg
ny 4 IMP 10 Boston. where she IL to
uIl'iEp "A series 81 Standardization
speed tests, She had been at the yard
'or several weeks undergoing repairs
s'l a general o~verhaullng.
Preceding the giant battlcship by
i''llF 'hroc hours, the torpedo boat
n'''f"Sfrs Wlnslow and Wadsworth
""Hod for the open sea, whittier bound
j." one at the yard could or would say.
me lni.mation was that they were
gong 10 their base at Newport. OFF,
s!a.a d'd say. however. that neither the
ne" York nor the destroyers were bound
Oh any secret mission. SO far as they
Lnow.
TIE speed tests OF the New York are
Toy l,e purpose, II Is understood, not
only 81 Improving her own speed but
OF s~'andardizing the speed Of vessels
VI her class, Where she goes from BOs-
Won "hiclals at the yard were unable
70 say,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-22
SAYS BATTERY BARS JEWS.
Morris Sim spanish War Vet
ernu, Accuses National Guard.

Morris simmons, past commander or
the Hebrew Veterans OF the War with
Spain, said last night at a joint me-
mortal meeting of Hebrew veterans OF
the civil and Spanish wars in the He
brew Tabernacle In West Th!rtleth street
that on May 10 twelve Jews were sin
gled out from among the applicants for
enlistment in the Second Battery in The
Bronx and told IN IA whisper by an OFF,
Ger OF that company that as long as he
was CAPTAIN no Jews would be admitted.
Dudley Field Malone. who spoke I'M
mediately after Mr.. simmons. said that
he had been greatly Interested by the
story OF discrimination against Jews IN
the National Guard and that proofs
should Toe gathered and submitted to
Gov. Whitman. II such "A condition
existed, he said, the Governor should
dismiss all the National Quar- officers
concerned in II,
Mr.. Malone praised the selection OF
Louis Brandeis for the supreme Court
bench and said that President Wilson
had chosen him regardless OF his faith'
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Continued from First Page.

capers In the air In his Curtiss machine
and Miss Ruth Law looped the loop sir
times and did some upside down flying.
Victor Carlstrom. who broke the dis
lance record coming to Sheepshead Bay
on Saturday from Newport News. took a
flight with Alan r. Hawley. president Of
the Aero Club, in his ~two-motored Cur
tiss JIM. The fireworks were omitted.
and II was announced that the evening
show would not be held.
The reason for the action taken by
the Sunday Observance Association was
explained later In the day by the Rev.
william Sheafe Chase. one OF its vice.
presidents, who is rector OF Christ
Church. Williamsburg.
1.-The particularly offensive feature
was the charging of admission he said.
THE principal object of our association
Is to prevent the com~mercializing OF
Sunday. 1t seemed to US that the ex-
hibition WAS made a military affair
merely as n preteNt. l do not believe
we would have offered am objections
had admission been free"
He spoke also of the proposed Liberty
day to be held by German and Austrian
societies on Sunday. June 4.
II cannot say whether we shall take
action 20 prevent that entertainment or
not" he said, but AS planned the show
will be clearly contrary to law"
Sees Broken Penal La ".
Mr.. West gave the same reason. He
said. when questioned In Albany: "T'.is
ournament Is "A violation of the Penal
Law. II is advertised as a public show
20 which an admission is charged and
IL cNuses the employment OF labor not
a public necessity. The Law and order
League is trying 10 prevent all com
---.It.-l I,,,In. ,Np, NIa llNN
nut a stop 10 Sunday baseball TO which
an admission is charged. We do not
intend TO show any Partially. whether
the sports are held by the knights OF
Columbus. the Odd Fellows or the
Methodists."
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He added that ne had heard that motor
boat races for prizes are to be held on
Long Island, and announced that he
would use every energy to stop them on
the ground that races for prizes are rio-
lations OF the law
The managers of the show hold that
their h ton IL not for profit. Harry
$. Hardness. owner OF the stadium. who
has financed the show. announced that
anything received above expenses would
be donated TO the cause Of preparedness.
a committee has been appointed to carry
out this plan. John Leary, lawyer for
the show. advised Mr.. Dillenbeck that
the law did not apply in such cases. but
WAS intended to prevent celebrations
which would disturb public worship. AS
the Speedway is a private place, situated
outside the residential and business part
of the city, he held there could be no
such disturbance.
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KILLED FAvORING NEIGHB0R.
woman Handing bird Seed Fr"m
window Falls 10 Death.

Mrs. Ida Weller OF SIS Charles street.
West Hoboken. was killed yesterday
when she fell from the second sto''
window of her home and landed head
first on the concrete walk.
Mrs. Weller was leaning out or her
window to hand som" bird seed TO n
woman living nest door when she lost
her balance. Dr. George King, cor
oner's physician, SAID that Mrs, Well"r's
neck was broken and hat sh. must have
died instantly,
She was the wife OF t'roderl"k Weller,
sup.rintendrnt of IN" lI"buhrn Mani
featuring Railroad Company and mother
of Councilman William Weller OF lio-
bokcn. She was ilftv years old,
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Canon Chase OF the Sunday observ.
ance Association has been active In the
past on similar cases. lie appeared be-
fore the House Committee or Education
in Washington In May. 1915. TO ask Tor
a Federal censorship OF motion pictures.
He was said to be responsible for the
introduction of the Hughes hill to create
a Federal board of film inspectors. The
New York Civ!c League. Of which he
was president, caused the abandonment
last November o: the Lady q So!acc
Day celebration at Steeplechase Park
ana "A Knights OF Columbus fair In he
Bushwick district
Arthur l.. Brown, president or the
Kings County sunday Observance Assoc
citation. said las, night at his home that
he knew nothing Of the details OF the
action his society had taken. Such
things had been left in the hands of the
association attorney, j. Gardner
Stevenson. He admitted having AID the
matter before the lawyer. with instruc-
ticus to take IL to the proper police
authorities and. falling there, TO 60 70
tho courts about II.
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fleet wherever II goes. II would be bet
ter to spend the Sl6,0 00, GOO recon-
mended for submarines in the construc-
ton of ten submarines of the seagoiIg
type.
The provision for one hospital ship,
one fuel ship and one ammunition mp
is to be commended. since il Is iu agree
ment with the recommendation If the
General Board
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memorial services for the soldier and
sailor dead were held Yesterday on the
recreation pier at l2sth street and North
River.
After the speeches and music a mln'a-
ture warship made OF flowers was sunk
Tn the river in honor OF the sailors who
lost their lives IN the active service.
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fought the French privateers in the last
decade OF the eighteenth century and
that did great service in the war of
1912. the Constellation and the Consti-
tuition, are still afioat and still carry
the flag.
with reasonable care" said Mr..
Roosevelt, they should he good for gen
crations, an inspiration TO every Amcri-
can boy and girl"
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ASTOR SEES rL1ER TRIED OUT.
his HsdroaeropIane 60 nc Cscd by
New York Naval Militia.

VII ANoNo
BosToN. May 2l.-vincent Astor's big
hydroaeroplane, which has just been
completed at Marblehead. was given
a fifteen minute tryout there to-day in
the presence Of Mr.. Astor and Lieut..
Samuel Peirce n Enslgns Lawrence.
Blackburn n Poor of the New York
Naval Militia
With Clifford L. Webster as pilot. the
big biplanc made n flight from Salem
to Marblchead harbor and circled around
the Aston yacht Mona. from which the
owner n the naval militia officer
watched the evolutions.
Mr.. Aston did not attempt a flight.
He will 60 to New York tomorrow and
return tho latter part OF the week for
further trials Of the aeroplane. The
craft is to be loaned by MFR. Astor to the
Second Battalion OF the New York
Naval Militia.
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mo legal steps were taken" he said.
although We prepared TO take them.
We authorized ounsel to call the atten-
ton of the police to the fact that an un-
lawful show was being held AT the
Speedway. that admissions were being
charged and that the state had no right
u break its own Laws by permitting the
militia to participate"
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Navy's Work In Span War.

In the Spanish war II was the navy
that permitted US TO select the field OF
operations. to keep the fighting away
from our own shores. We we're so u
poriNr TO the %SpanIards on tho sea hat
there was never a doubt as TO the out
come. TIN" result was that we scarcely
knew "A war was being fought.
And that is the great lesson OF pre-
p~arcducsS. IL We maintain "A navy big
enough and efficient enough We can
make the enemy light where We please,
not where h. pleas.s, That is why We
must ave "A fleet big enough to main
tain our security and our honor. We
are no longer 10 think that we are an
isolated nation that "A draw n ring
Of submarines. let US say, around us and
then go to sleep. We owe a duty 10
Alaska. to Porto Rico, to Cuba. still
80 Guam, - that great achievement the
Panama Canal, and even to our sister
republics Of this continent"
Mr.. Roosevelt said that II ought "a
be "A source OF pride to every American
that two OF the fine old frigates that
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DEFENDERS HONORED.
Memorial Services for soldier and
sailor Dead

Under the auspices OF the Ella Bixby
Tent No. Is. Daughters OF Veterans,
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After the Revolution the navy was
permitted to &c to pieces, and when the
Barbary Corsairs seized our ships and
enslaved our sailors President Wash
ington had no navy TO send against
them. Fol five years he wrote notes
which bear "A singular resemblance TO
recent diplomatic literature. and he
sent messages to Congress asserting the
right of American citizens to travel
freely whenever and wherever they
pleased. Eventually a feet was built
and LEANED out the corsairs. but for
years. n this the books don't mention,
we paid an annual tribute OF 800. 900 q
year to the Mediterranean pirates.
AS far as the war OF 1sl2 goes, II
was nothing 20 be proud of, no matter
what the school books say. We lost
every engagement of consequence on
land and the only battle of importance
We won. at New orleans, tool place long
after peace was made at Client. We did
better at sea. but again We failed 10
break the British grip on sea control.
The war Was "A draw. That's the best
one can say about u, and had not a
gentleman named NAPOLEON Bunaparte
been keeping the British busy about that
time there might have tecn another
story TO tell.
I'm the clvtl war. the navr-tNe navy
~ the Cuion-actually settled tho con-
test. The South did not give in be-
cause IL was beaten from a military
standpoint. It had TO quit because Il
was starved. Tho blockade was ire
sistible. 4 hard measure. true enough.
but necessary from the larger stand
point.
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BOASTFUL HISTORIES
HIT BY ROOSEVELT
Assistant Secretary Lectures
on War Truths Left Out
Of School Books.
U. S. IN TIGHT PLACES

aome of the things the school books
leave out were mentioned by Franklin
d. Roosevelt in his lecture on tho his
tory and meaning of the United States
navy at tho Church OF the Ascension
last night. Mr.. Roosevelt and h best
known Of all Colonies derive their pa
triotism from The same family stock
and neither balks at the plain truth.
Therefore the former State Senator
and Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
talked pretty plainly about the idiocy
Of school book writing which tries TO
make the American boy believe that one
American can lick ten Englishmen or
ten Germans. for that matter. and which
seeks to make II appear that the United
States has beer g~loriously victorious In
every war 1t has waged.
AS a matter of plain fact" said Mr..
Roosevelt. I'VE won the Wal of the
Revolution largely eau the French
were able to send lis "a fleet at a criti-
cal time and were successful. briefly. In
wrestling from the British the control Of
the seas. That brought about Corn
wallis's surrender at Yorktown. Our
W. naval exploits were heroic enough,
but they never seriously interfered with
Great Britain's trade or her ability ia
send troops and munitions wherever she
pleased.
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Saks Golf Suits
Are Made Expressly
for Golfing
SIS to $50
Win trousers or Rnickers

q Norfolk Suit is not necessarily a golfng
suit. A Saks golf suit is Norfolk in effect,
but golfing in purpose. 1t has the orthodox
pleats and belt, but it has something far
more important concealed in the shoulder
blades. Just as you start to go back" the
pleats feed out fabric for your accommodate
ton right up to the top Of your swing, so
that, instead of being impeded, your stroke
is absolutely free from restraint, and if you
%"slice" or stop or pull" it's your fault
and not ours!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-22

lT Made in solid color
coverts, gabardines, and
fine herring-bones; in
new fancy color Knit
cloths. homespuns, rough
cheviots. mixtures. and
fine blue and green fan
nels, offering practically
an inexhaustible variety
of smart color schemes.
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And they arc ''par for
the course" on style!

q Modelled in both full
and half bcltcd effects,
with yoke of plain
fronts, fancy slash
pockets. patch pockets,
and combination flap and
patch pockets; and add
ing to the elasticity of
their construction the
beauty of sporting lines,