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BOARD OF EXPERTS
IN EVERY STATE Is
NEW DEFENCE PLAN
Secretary Daniels Outlines Dc.
tails Of Mobilizing the
Country's Industries.
NINITION ORDERS
TO BE SCATTERED

wA,ui>droN. Jan. ,6.---pctails Of the
Man devised hy committee ~ the Naval
co,.ri,in- Hoard for rendering available
=, tine NJ war the industrial resources
n, tho United states were announced to-
a,v by the Secretary of the Navy.
rre ecrc ot organization, TO which
,,tr, 5''ru,. on WAS drawn for the first
,ro f,s' night iu letter from President
vr.,,, ,etd at tho National Democratic
,-,,h s ~ bc carrie ont through the
49,. ....riac societies. the American In
,,,u,c of Mining Engineers, the Ameri-
c,, society of Civil Eng necrs. the
Amer. .,u society Of Mechanical Engi-
n.,-r the American Institute of Elec-
,rD.d Egr.nccrs and the American
Chemical Society.
Those societies will he called upon 20
,ppoiri hoard ot nvr members for
,yery state IN the Union. which will
Undertake the task of getting inforna-
ton regarding manufacturing facilities,
ra.our.cs and capacity FOR the produc-
tuu ot military supplies
VITA the manufacturing plants go en-
rolled, It IS proposed to place small
order. which VIII keep them In touch
and trained for use IN emcr -enses.
In nutshell said Secretary Daniels.
'rNe course proposed Is TO do in time of
iedte. quietly, efficiently and thoroughly,
,hc very things which all of us know
must be done to achieve true PREPARED
nas eud thus prevent Tremendous losses
III lives and money possible II they are
io-'Uou"d until AN outbreak of hos
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Nen Need Gun Practice.

"When ,lcv nro TOD I'm In the wards
thcv de,.riorn,, a. t;nyorr,uaut nroner,v
Tn. ridiculously small confinement OF
men kent ON them ,,t,riorate ami grow
rusty win tho shin. These mo-, mood
IN. gunuery nr,rti,e and all of the rest
Of tho training tb,, III. mon vi,h IN.
main ae., will go, Tiny auf,r IN Of
nc,.urv nv h,try d,r,ad ,bis training
Evid.n,lv Mr. Daniels has taken seri-
ously the statement, mad. hy Thomas 4
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,r.I r'o,,, , a., ,o,,"rias 80.
"'' F'""tS anu "'N' l"''ur'"s pro-
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tra,,..a,Iv nm. or .,II n,b.r St.tcs ~.
Cer ,. -, ,b. lya.,ar,, St,t,s rho
tf....r..or If o,.,,,t.,. ia industrial
Im... ,y.u,J b,. .,rpor
'pn.. .,,,.r., ,'n,. d,t., tho nurnose
IL :. IA. ,.,. l.tor. 80 ,,n,.nrn,n.rt
al t t... way hrif.p Tia. officials I'm
tou.a with -Na .r.Ir.,,..s 50 th,t no,
on,v w.t 'n.. ,;...,.,,rinu, kroy, tbc ynl-
Uue and ,N..r, tn ,yI.,n th,s,. indus-
Ns- Ma, r,uu,r service hut II will
b au'. O.. tIy.-. md direct the indus-
u,s q. 'o I'll, r,uuIr.lu,uts of sucH
sor,..,. .- Gr l.-t.lu,p. L is proposed
70 I,d.r small orders for certain ,nuni-
TINS as-.u anon conditions existing
q 49,. tine.
Tho. orders will perhaps bring no
pro'' 10 the manufacturers. but they
VII, keep them M touch ana tuned up
f,r ser, .Dc m emergencies. They will
'hrpgEH such orders have gauges on the
shclIt, ard AT times ln the shops. blue
pra,s, specifications and samples on
hand tn, men ln each plant win haze
Workiug knowledge of Government re-
tu'i'U,uts
'bnr Of the hclligercut countries now
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UNIFIED SENTIMENT
Is URGED ON JEWS
Rabbi Schulman Begs Them to
Prepare for Problems
After the War.
A BETTER WORLD THEN

Rabbi Samuel Schuman NJ Temple
BETHEL. Fifth avenue and Seventy-sixth
street, stirred his congregation yester-
day with sermon on THE War and
the RiGhts Of Jews" lie said there was
no question which should arouse the
question Of the rights OF Jews to live
In the lands OF their birth or adoption
without being prosecuted and outraged
and deprived Of civic and political
rights because OF their racial descent
or religious profession.
lie expressed the hope that after the
war the world will lie better prepared
To- face the so-callcd Jewish question.
and urged the Jews In this country TO
unity sentiment among themselves and
In a spirit OF single minded devotion in
the interests OF corcligionists in lands
OF darkness rise above their own differ
ences OF opinion.
Whatever dreams or visions may oc-
cupy the souls OF Jews" the rabbi said
they are agreed upon the tragic i'm
possibility OF the present situation OF
their oppressed coreigionlsis They
know that the bulk of Jevry l. destined
10 remain scattered over the world :
that the Jewish problem is a problem Of
human rights and the possibility OF ac-
CURED citizenship. | challenge any jew
ia America to deny that there IL una
uimity with respect To- this II that is
80. why cannot the Jews OF this country
on the basis OF such unanimous sentl-
ment, come To SON" understanding for
the deNtslng OF ways and means to ex-
press their opinion Why cannot they
uSe this sentiment that uu!tes them so
as TO present solid body. appealing To
the American public opinion to help
them procure such rights for the Jew,
In the world as are necessary for their
liberty. for their citizenship. for their
comfort and happiness
The controversy as to whether We
Should have congress o. a conference
has for the moment been silenced It
mas been put 10 sleep But after all.
this was only q controversy OF words
who cares whether meeting OF jew.
for tn" Interchange ~ opinion and fo-
IA" unanimous expression of Their de-
mauds and appeals 20 the world on hes
half of their brethren Is called a con-
ference or congress" But Il larger
gathering of Jews In the form Of a con
ventipn for the Qualification of thought
and for the creation Of effective ma
chlnerN IL necessary. there must NOT bc
amy theoretical discussions as 10 WIN,
Judaism in hc'her IL is A thing Of
rae" or nation or synagogue. but above,
all II must he called for the sol, uur-
pose OF showing the world that upon
one thing all sons and daughters Of
Israel are united-upon the demand IN
III" name of humanity. justice freedom
ana democracy ~ the rights OF th.
Jew OF the world"
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Continued from FIRST Pnoc.

stead of batteries ,o generate cur-cnt
we had a pI,ss .,u,s ana .b,, ,be onIy
crrec, NJ +, c,rren, M, I, v.ag :, dcco,n-
nose water electr,calIv t,u, a ,,urr,n,
nf zoo smnerc. ,brn,rb as iu -, sub.
marina and oac,, ,,nno,o viri yc,or,,o
0ooI c,,bic foo, OF hydrnveu and oxypon
, ,ninu,e VIII Soo coiis a, n .,,h.
marina ,bi. viii o,uai , ,n,ni ,,roduc,
Of bs cubic foot ,f oxvyen .nd bvdrore,
uvdroyen ,5,i n,, .x,,oaa ,,,,ioss 4,
roacbcg a nronor,t,, ~ ono ., civ ,.,,h
,be air 4 nropor,ior of opo 4, t.er,v
ia cons,dered cool ,r,,,i,o NO ,n,Lo
/, 40 "a ons aud ns,o, 90 40 h,yh 40
Ibo 10 ono ir nc,u,i uso wh.,ayer
bvdrogen IL ror,ad T. ,,,riod .y.,.
f,n,n tho h,,,or, ,,,L i,,redia,ei,. h,,
,h. yon,uat,,,,, .,s,o,, ,,.hi,,h ,ar.,,s
ooo c,,hir ,not 81, n,,ro ,ir ,hrouch ,ha
tank every m,nu,o
coli. A.. Iu.c..o,s
ihere could nave been no explosion
"ltnln any or the cells. There ts a
water trap which VIII not permit any
name To get INTO the cell from outside
or 70 go out from inside This trap is
Whdt allows any hydrogen gas that ac-
cuniulat's to escape. tn" battery In
me f'-s was III perfect condition when
saw II to-day think. for touched
one OF IN" poles with riec" OF tin and
got severe shock. " one OF the cells
IN th' series hdd hecn out ot order this
could not have happened. None OF the
cells was broken.
"The Edison cells have been IN use on
submarines Tor long time, though this
is not generally known Mr.. Edison is
not IN the munitions business and h"
has not sold any SINCE the war. but be-
fprp tntt three submarines of certain,
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EDISON BATTERY DEFECT
WAS KNOWN TO NAVY

comma ndants absence for y few hours
yesterday afternoon, made emphatic de-
NAL that the explosion, as intimatcd by
naval men In Washington ON saturday.
had been caused deliberately by a yard
workman or others.
ANY stories being spread" said
Commander Upham, that the explosion
WAS caused by bomb or anything OF
that sort are absolutely false. The fact.
We already have at hand prove that the
explosion was due to natural causes, and
any contrary report Is lie"
When Admiral Usher returned TO the
yard for dinner last night he. like Com
mander Upham. refused to make any
statements AZ to conclusions so far
reached by the investigating board.
The board Of investigation has been
looking into the cause Of the explosion
all day." tho Admiral said, and has
not yet arrived Mt a conclusion. The
board will meet again tomorrow. There
have been no further deaths and no
other new developments"
Some Doubters In the Yard.
Although naval officers In the yard
refused. with the exception noted. to
discuss whether or not the explosion
could have been caused deliberately, the
non-Commissoncd men from warrant Of
U''IS ubhI menus SIdkiilS
and talking in low tones, seemed TO be
of one mind, that the catastrophe was
not an accident
YOU can't tell me that a gas explo-
sion couh send that piece OF metal Uhe
steel "ompanionway or ladder OF the
ED up through the hatch and away
over on that shed over there - you
can't convince me that II was an acci-
dent &c.--these were examples OF
the sentiments heard from the warrant
officers and submarine bluejackets
around the dry dock. as bsttere, ma
Chinery. pieces OF soaked and charred
clothing. cooking utensils and other bits
Of wr"ckage were being piled ashore
or the four enlisted men injured and
now IN the naval hospital In the yard.
Louis L. Niles. chief electrician of the
-. was In most serious condition
last night Every low" was the an
sw"r when inquiries were made about
Milce's condition Guy H. Clarke. Jr.,
ami John Holsey were reported as very
serious" and Raymond Otto as mot
critical" The sin injured yard workers
in the Cumberland street hospital all
have serious burns.
John schultz. the Nard laborcr among
the killed Vas honorably discharged
from the service eighteen months ago
lie had taken part IN tNc Vera cruz
Landing a year ago last spring and there
fore had seen service under hre. His
body Was removed to the home OF his
father at 80 Vernon avenue yesterday
afternoon and he will be buried to-mor-
row afternoon IN Calvary Cemetery. An
escort Of sailors from the navy yard
Viii prOhahiy accompany the body 20 the
grave
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'There isn't an experienced officer in
tle navy who can read such statements
without sense of shame for the Gov
crnnient." said this officer 81 know and
every other officer knows that such state
nients are meant TO sugar the public
ana are designed 10 conceal a most dan
Ecrpus lapse of efficiency. Secretary
Daniels said IN his annual report that
the navy is now recruited 10 Its full
authorized strersth and that the enlist
ment situation s now in such satisfac-
tory state that only one IN six Is accepted
from the rush Of applicants
There Is the half truth. more dan
gerous than an absolute falsehood. OF
course the navy is recruited up TO the
fun strength permitted by the present
law--that Is $4,000 men. The implica-
tion which this statement is meant to
carry is that there are enough enlisted
men and officers to keep I'm active ser
vice all Of the first line battleships Ut
terly untrue. as | shall point out in "A
moment.
''Refore the New York Southern So
Cietv Mr.. Daniels anticipated this mis-
leading assertion and further colored II
by referring to waiting list Any
newspaper reader would quit. properly
assume that the navy had all the en-
listed men T. needs to keep it's first line
ships up TO til. mark. Sheer nonsense.
and nobody knows IL better than Mr..
Daniels.
Before the Republican Club yester-
day Representative Padgett went even
further After speaking OF our having
the best navy In the world and saying
that the personnel was very satisfac-
tory he added this
There has been much said about a
shortage Of men. ON November II. 1914.
the Navy General Board recommended
legislation to keep IN active service all
ships under fifteen years of age. That
called FOR l3.37? men and we had year
later - 200 men. We have a personnel
sufficient t. meet the policy and require
lueuts Of the General Board as laid
down BoSh
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DANIELS is ACCUSED
OF NAVAL DECEPTION
raise Statements as to Efficiency Of First Line Battle
ships Are Deliberately Given to the Public,
Declares Distinguished Officer

An officer OF distinguished service In
the United States navy. whose name
would carry conviction of the truth we're
THE sun to print II, asserted yesterday
that the Wilson Administration and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels In par
ucular were deliberately deceiving the
public in official statements that all first
line ships Of the navy are being kept
IN high state OF efficiency.
TUE SuH Is unable to print the name
OF this officer because OF the probability
mat his frankness would subject him 20
hhfsh treatment on the part Of his
CIVILIAN siperiors. since the Adminis-
tfdton applied "A gag rule to officers In
the navy not one has been at liberty to
speak out on the facts he knows
The substance of the comments made
hN the officer, who was interviewed by a
reporter FOR THE SCN, is that the Wilson
Administration by the a .sseinination OF
half truths and colorcd statistics Is at
tempting to deludc the public regarding
the readiness for instant service OF the
hrst line hattleships. The official state
niehts which particularly irritated this
officers sense OF the truth were those
made by Secretary Daniels in his speech
before the New York Sout hcfn society
on the night of December s, 1915; Sec
rotary Danlels's annual report and the
address delivered on Saturday at the
Republican Club by Representative
Innue. i. Padgett of Tennessee, chair
man of the House Committee on Naval
Affairs.
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"NoN le' mo give THE SIN q few
up 20 date and incoutrover,ible facts
The fourth division Of the Atlantic feet
is composed OF the flagship louisiana
Rear Admiral Herbert o. Dunn: the
Connecticut. the New Hampshire. the
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Minnesota and the Vermont These are
$4,000 ton battleships and three Of them
the Vermont. Minnesota and New 1anp-
shire. are less than ten years old. The
Louisiana and the Connecticut. oldest OF
the division, are ten years in service. Hut
every one Of them falls under the General
Boards requirements for ships under
fifteen years Of age and every one OF
them In placed by MIR. Fadgett In
the f,hly prepared, completely manned
class.
well. let us see what has happened
TO them. Two. the Minnesota and Con-
nccticut are tied up In the League ISL
and Navy Yard at Philadelphia. Two.
the Vermont and New Hampshire, are
Idle at the Norfolk yard. Only one.
the Louisiana. was sent with the At
lantic fleet to participate In the indis-
pensable gunnery practice and ma
npuvres that are to take place In West
Indian waters.
why? Simply because there weren't
enough men and officers to take them
south. Sixty per cent Of the compile
mcnt Of the New Hampshire. the Ner-
mont. the Minnesota and the CoiHccti-
cut had TO be detached from these ships
to provide men for the fifteen battleships
that were sent south The complement
Of each ship IL. theoretically. $50 men.
Actually they are kept In service with
about $50 men each. Now each has lost
from 400 to 400 men, and therefore is
unable to stir from the yards. This
fact In itself is a thorough refutation
OF the misleading statements made by
Secretary Daniels and Mr.. Padgett.
Most of the men necessary TO keep the
Fourth division ships IN decent trim have
gone 10 the other divisions. or are being
reserved to man the oklahoma and the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-01

years experience in the sixth and
seventh grades. She Is one Of the best
teachers in Mississippi in the higher
grammar grades and we feel fortunate in
Getting her. State Supervisor of Schools
J. T. Calhoun, under whom Miss Mize
and Miss McCracken taught, says that
two better teachers cannot be found in
the state.
S. We offer these advantages to you
without any cost on your part except
that you furnish the transportation for
your children. With good roads and the
necessity for coming to town almost
every day there will be very little extra
cost for you to do this. Heretofore VIC
have charged tuition for the months the
county schools were not running, but
this year we propose to charge no tut
ton provided you send your children the
whole session, starting them when school
starts.
In conclusion wish to thank you for
your patronage and cooperation OF the
past. We wish you to feel that the Ma
con Graded and High School is your
school.
The great movement in school work
TODAY is consolidation and with the uni
ty of interests and the advantages
that we have in our school we believe
that it will soon be seen to be to the
interest of town and the rural commu-
mites close to Macon to join school
forces at Macon, bring in five or six
nearby schools into one school here,
and have one of the largest and most
progressive schools and communities in
the country.
Please call on me for any informa-
ticc1., ANY help.
ours for educat' .lal progress,
J. L. MCMILLAN,
Supt. Macon Schools.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-01
Macon Booster
Club Plons to Make the ChGt0uqd
a Big Event-Intsrestine Fro
gram Has Been Prepared
Stock Fair to be Fedture-Bie
Crowd Expected.

In one of the most enthusiastic
citizens meetings ever held in Macon
the Macon Booster club was organized
last Monday morning and plans started
to make the Chautauqua one OF the
greatest events in the history OF the
county. The three days meeting will
mean the mobilization of the county's
industrial, educational and social forces
for the good of the town and county.
The Booster club has secured the
Radcliffe attractions of Washington,
D. c., to furnish entertainment for the
three days. These entertainers are
noted for their work.
To insure the success Of the under
taking the Booster club was thorough
ly organized and committees appointed
to do the work. j. L. McMillin was
elected president of the club and j. T.
Boggess was elected secretary-treas-
urer. The Executive committee
is composed of the officers OF
the club and the following gentlemen:
|E. v. Yates, w. P. Patty. W. NJ.
Lamberson, w. E. Stokes, Rev. E. N.
Broyles, A. G. FAINT. R. E. V. Yates,
The Arrangement committee is
Sheriff J. T. Mcclure, ]. E. Dorroh
and J. W. Patty. D. D. Patty, J. L.
Kloua and n C. Ferris compose the
Advertising committee. Rev. E. n.
Broyles, w. E. Stokes and DR.. E. M.
Murphey are the Program committee.
R. E. ". Yates has charge of the
ticket selling business. He is assisted
by Supt. ]. G. Chandler, Major of the
Blues, and John R. Dinsmore. Major
of the Reds. All the. committees are
at work and successful event is as
sured.
The whole county Is invited to CO.
operate toward making the gathering
Of great worth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-01

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Western Headquarters, Karpen Building.
Chicago. Illinois.
Editor of the Beacon:
The western headquarters Of the
democratic national campaign Is now
organized and everybody hard at work
Mr.. Vance G. Mccormick, the national
chairman. was here for two days. He
is a very attractive man personally.
and one can see from his daily state
ments that he is we'll fitted for his job.
Senator Walsh is equally well fitted
for his western work.
I have just mailed out my first
weeks output. You may have it in
the Beacon. This went to 1896 weekly
papers, democratic and independent.
How many are going to use it we
don't know. By request copies were
sent to eastern headquarters at New
York, and the printers requested to
hold the forms as they might want
10, 900 copies for their use.
Mr.. Cochran, my chief. is an old
newspaper man. He has been on St.
Louis, Chicago and other papers and is
Washington correspondent of the St.
Louis Republic and other papers. He
is an able man and a hustler.
The other day paid ten cents to see
some war relics. There were French
rs shells, shrapnel, German war
plane that had been wrecked in France,
gas masks, Yep bombs and caps and
helmets galore, including some of the
death-head hussars. There were
plenty of rifles, too. And there was a
little rag doll without head, picked
up in Belgian village. Who knows
where it's little owner is now?
Chica 60 is certainly an orderly city.
| | have not been off the main streets
any except a little excursion into
Chinatown, but I have not seen a
single very drunken man and very few
at all under the influence Of liquor.
Nor do you ever see any women on
the street who by dress or conduct ap-
pear disreputable.
It is really beautiful to see how
street and sidewalk traffic is handled
at crowded corners. A whistle blows
and all traffic north and south across
streets stops and everything going
east and west surges across, and as
soon as congestion is relieved, vice
versa. l have not seen any person even
get in danger. but Gen. Sterling OF
Jackson, Miss, was run down and
dangerously hurt yesterday. Thursday.
But two or three people are killed in
autos every night-jov rides mostly
with some other mans wife or some
other woman's husband. And one OF
two people are drowned in the lake
every day; sometimes an accident,
sometimes suicide.
It is curious. but in talking with
Chicagoans l hardly notice the burr in
their voices, but over the phone 1t ID
horrible. can't understand them hall
the time.
The best joke l have heard this
week was a man Dragging about his
brother. Said he was the smartest
man in the world. Was making a for
time right now selling pretzels in Lon.
den. Two Japs sitting near me
laughed at this-the frs Jap l ever
saw laugh. There are plenty of them
and Of Cinnamon here and syri.ns, to