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The Washington times., 1917-06-15
RECITAL BY JUNIOR PUPILS
Mrs. WiId's Music Class Will Be
Ably Assisted

The junior class pupils OF Mrs. Res-
sic y. Wild will give a music recital
this evening at S o'clock in the United
Brethren Sunday school house. on
North Capitol and r streets north
west
Mrs. Wild will be assisted by Mrs.
Deborah Hlckman-Lawson. soprano
and the Misses Geneva Wallace and
Florence King, pianists.
Those pupils who will play are:
Alberta Wallace, Alfred Mckenzie,
Ruth Russey, Charles Carroll, Mar
garet Wallace, Mildred Orr. Dorothy
Humphreys, John Conliff. Yolande
Malone. and Jean Jackson.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15
Press Women to Discuss Food.

Miss Jeanette Rankin. member OF
Congress from Montana. and Herbert
c. Hoover will be the principal
speakers before the woman's National
Press Association at the Raleigh
Hotel this evening at 1870. The topic
under discussion will be food con
serVation.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15
Comfort BAGS for Red Cross.

Fifty comfort bags have been made.
filled, and sent to the Red Cross by
the members Of the Ladies Benef-
icent Society and the Sunday School
Of the First Presbyterian Church.
Another lot will be completed in a
short time.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15

Examinations for admission to the
bar Of the District Supreme Court
which began yesterday viii be con-
tinued through today and tomorrow
at the law department OF George
The Washington times., 1917-06-15
RrornIor PRINCIPAL Speaker.

Commissioner BrCwnlow will be the
principal speaker at the eighteenth
annual encampment of the Spanish
War Veterans tomorrow afternoon
and evening at the Pythian Temple.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15
Seeks Drawing Teachers.

An examination of candidates for
positions as teachers OF free-hand
drawing in the colored high schools
will be held at the Franklin School.
Thirteenth and K streets northwest,
Monday and Tuesday. June 25 and o6.
beginning ct Q o'clock. superintendent
OF Schools Thurston announced today.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15
Daughter. Committee to Meet.

Miss Bertha Wolf, chairman OF the
magazine committee of the District
Of Columbia d. a r., has called
meeting for the organization of a
committee. at 1870 o'clock this after
noon at the College Woman's Club
rooms, 1904 F street northwest.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15

town University. One hundred and
ninety-two are taking the eNamina-
ton, representing half a dozen col
leges and universities. The successful
candidates will be announced July /.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15

The Capitol Hill History Club is
holding its annual picnic at Glen
Echo today.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15

Summer EXcuFslOn rates now In
effect to Pacific Coast from Chicago. Santa
Fe Rwy., Woodward Bldg. Main 7SII-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-06-15

Smith-BriSCOe make,
three different English
models. Our regular
5000 value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
The City Bakery
FOR EVERYTHING in THE BAKERY LINE

Your Christmas dinner will not be complete without
some of our pastry goods We pride ourselves the
quality of output Telephone your needs to
to get prompt delivery Everything sell is made in
our own shop under strict sanitary rules.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27

most needs now is men, and | will
deeply appreciate cooperation on the
part of the people of the state toward
securing enlistments in the various or
CARNATIONS of the National Guard. In
this field Of endeavor our citizens can
show their practical cooperation in the
first responsibility of the government"
The encampment grounds at Sea
Grit have been prepared TO receive
the entire state Guard. If necessary,
and Governor Edge announced that the
Robert D. Foote estate at Morristown
has been placed at the disposal of the
state to be used as a drill ground or a
concentration camp.
The 9Th Regiment, which numbers
1,071 men and forty-six officers, was
modified by 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Owing to lack of room at the
Paterson armory, Companies II and I.
of Orange, and X, of Montclair. re-
manned in their armories.
Colonel John d. Fraser, commanding
the 1st Regiment, at Newark, an
nounced that he has waiting list Of
enough veterans to fill IN the regiment
in case of war. The men have seen
service and will answer a call to the
colors, he said. but do not care for
routine armory work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Man Taken as Spy;
Maps Found in Room
Bristol Woman Reveals Sus-
picious Data, Including u
Boat Base Location

Bristol, Conn, March ga man
giving his name as Leopold Cobianchl,
of New Haven, is under arrest here to-
night on suspicion Of espionage, and
the police are looking FOR a companion,
who is said to have disappeared shortly
before the arrest was made to-day.
According to the police maps and
papers were found in the prisoners
POSSESSION which, they believe, war
ranted further investigation, and
Prosecuting Attorney James I. Mather
said he would lay the case before
United States District Attorney Spell
lacy, Of Hartford.
The arrest followed notification OF
the police by Mrs. George 5. Soherr, at
whose home the men had boarded, OF
her finding in the room papers which
aroused her suspicious.
The police said that in a suitcase
thew found in the room were drawings
showing the location of the various
factories in the city. an outline draw
ing of a gun placed on an eminence al
one end Of the city and under the
outline apparently worked out the ele-
walton of the factories in relation TO
the eminence.
There were also maps Of the United
States, with various sections outlined
in pencil, a large map Of Mexico, and
time table Of the Mexican Central
Railway. Another paper, which the
police say they found in the suitcase
had written on it:
"German submarine base in Mexico
IS degrees G. J., 20 degrees C. m.," and
a note which began, "The best way OF
reaching IL without discovery is by
the remainder Of the note being in
cipher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Offers to Enlist
Come Too Fast
For Aero Corps
Aviation Division Has More
Men and Applicants than
Flying Machines
fFrom The Tribune Bureaul

Washington, March 26.-While the
navy is bending every effort to obtain
recruits, the aviation division Of the
War Department is overwhelmed with
applications from men anxious TO enlist
in the reserve corps. and the force OF
present and potential fliers is entirely
too large for the fleet of aircraft at the
army's disposal. Orders have been
placed for 100000 worth of ma
chimes. and as fast as these are deliv-
cred they will be manned by trained
and competent men.
In Joining the aviation reserve corps
the recruit enlists for period OF four
wears. in which he is obliged to under
90 fifteen days of training each year.
after first having graduated" from one
If the army aviation schools, but re-
mains in active service in time OF
war. The annual training Of fifteen
davs is a minimum period. and mem
her 81 the corps may devote more time
to it if he desires.
On entering the corps the recruit Is
graded as a sergeant, with the pay ana
Subsistence of that rank. He is trained
at the expense Of the government at
one Of the schools, and usually gradu-
stes as a proficient aviator in from
four To six months. On passing the
svia+or's examination, or test. he is
nromotod to the rank of first Lieutenant
and thereafter is in line for promotion
az rapidly rs the air feet is increased
and his proficiency and experience war
rant. -;....l -.
Mineola. n. Y; Newport News. va
where the navy also has a school;
Miami. Fla, and Memphis. Tenn, the
school which formerly was at Chlcago
having been moved to Memphis.
According 20 statements by Rear Ad-
mjral Robert f. Peary (retired), chair
man of a commission which IS working
on q definite constructive proposition
the French air service has more ofhcers
and men than there are in the entire
United States navy. and the British air
service ia bigger still. As reported less
than a year ago, Bulgaria, with a pop
ulation less than that of MASSACHUSETTS
had over 300 aeroplanes. while the
J United States army and navy together
had less than 100 and hardly could
muster fifty aviators.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Army and Navy Bureaucrats
Blind to Lessons of Great War
Story of Symngton Shows How Country Is Preparing
to Fight with Eyes Shut-No Effort to Use inror-
nation Collected by American Attaches

the big mystery of the present conhlct'
than any other American. Inc bureau
Gratis of the Navy Department thoush'
otherwise, and sent him almost at once
10 the command of the Tacoma, an IN
ferior cruiser, fit only for knocKiIg
about the coast Of Mexico. fropapiy
some regulation requiring sea duty
after a certain period OF assignment
ashore afforded the reason, but sys-
TEN that puts such experience as sym
ington's out of the reach OF the gov
eminent in q crisis like THIS neeus
mending. -, l.
Instances of a like sort might be
cited in the army. though none IS 80
striking as this one in the navy, pc
cause army observers have been nu-
merous. Here is recent case:
CAPTAIN Cosby, who has been Ameri-
can Military Attache at Paris, recent
ly returned to this country. After a
brief stay here in Washington he is
TO 90 to some post in the active ser
vice. And this though the one thing
that is needed now in Washington Is
knowledge Of the lessons of the Euro
pean war. ut,
The bureaus here have no traditions
of efficiency. They need to know what
foreign war efficiency means. They are
like employees of business house that
has been badly run for many years and
has no standards but those of failure.
The British War Office was in SINH,
lar case when the war began, and had
to be cleared out complete before
any army could be organized for VIC
tory. Something like that may have
to take place here.
This much is certain. Whether for
failure to place men like Symington in
posts where they will do the most
good, or for other reasons, which |
shall make clear in a subsequent dis
patch, THERE HAS BEEN NO SYS-
TEMATIC AND SUCCESSFUL Eff
FORT TO MAKE USE OF 1NF0RMA-
TION COLLECTED ABOUT THE EU-
ROPEAN WAR. Individual officers
have informed themselves as best they
could. But so far as the army as an
organization is concerned the war
which has revolutionized military sci
ence might almost as well not have
taken place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
By {. W. GILBERT

NTASHINGTON, March 26-Ihls Is
w the story of Symington, Powers
Svmington, captain in the Ohlteu
States Navy. It is worth telling De-
cause it is a story Of how this country
g preparing for the war with its eyes
deliberately shut. 1t happens TO De a
story Of the Navy Department. But IL
is typical. 1t might have been true OF
the War Department.
When the great war broke out Sym
ington. then Commander Symngton'
was the American Naval Attache IN
London. He had been there since
1912. and was we'll established in the
regard Of the British navy, as events
subsequently showed. An American
naval attache is the eyes of the Ameri-
can navy at the capital where he is
stationed. Symington was an extraor-
dnarily good pair of eyes. He created
for himself the opportunity of seeing
more than anybody else saw. Not even
the French and Russian representative
at London, though coming from Allied
powers, enjoyed more freedom for OBJ
serving the war on the sea than sym
ingtOn did.
A great many people, foreign OBJ
servers, newspaper correspondents and
others, have seen the war on the land.
1t has few secrets except regarding
movements that have 10 be temporarily
guarded. But the war on the sea has
been conducted behind a dark veil.
Symngton was within that veil. Sym
ington practically lived upon the Brit
ish battleship lnfeXible. Only brief
absence on shore saved him when the
Infexible sank.
With all this valuable knowledge
Symington came back to this country
last fall, retiring as London naval at
tache on October 20, 1916. A very use
full man TO have about headquarters,
you would say, knowing, as he did,
more about the great war on the sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Senator Weeks Assails
Gen. Woods Transfer
From Tho Tribune Bureau

Washington. March 26.--The follow
ing statement from Senator John w.
Weeks, of Massachusetts, a member
of the Military Affairs Committee of
the Senate, was given out at his office
last evening:
"The transfer of General Leonard
Wood to the comparatively unimport-
ant division of the Southeast is most
disheartening, coming as it does ut n
time when patriotic citizens every
where are trying TO make the military
establishment effective.
THE promotion of DR.. Grayson was
without excuse, but it was not of suf-
fcient importance to affect greatly the
naval service. General Woods detach-
ment, however, at this time is a matter
Of the greatest military Importance.
No man has done so much during the
last two years TO stimulate patriotic
endeavor. Moreover, he knows this
department better than any officer on
the active list and his rank entities his
retaining it.
an due time those responsible for
weakening our military organization at
such time as this will have TO explain
the reasons for doing this. In the
meantime, those competent to judge
will have but one opinion-that it is a
pernicious piece of petty politics"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Reserve Calls for Doctors
Physicians Needed in Medical
Corps in Case of War

The Medical Officers Reserve Corps
of the United States Army will open
headquarters at the New York Acad-
envy of Medicine for the examin a ton
Medical Officers Reserve Corps of the
army.
In the event of war. it was said. "the
members of the regular Medical Corps
of the army. on account Of their small
number, will all be required for in
structve and sanitary work, for which
their long training has fitted them, so
that IL will be necessary to call on the
members of the medical profession in
New York and all over the United
States TO help"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
linn Tho Tnnuns Bureau

Washington, March 26.-The State
Department made it plain to-day that
treaty relations with Germany have
for all practical purposes; ceased to eX-
ist. due to repeated violations oy
Germany of the treaties with TINS
country. although they were framed TO
remain in force even in the event Oh
war II Is not known, however, what
procedure may be necessary TO de-
nounce them formally. Secretary Lam
sing was in doubt as to the power Oh
the Executive to abrogate the treaties
without Intervention of Congress.
The text of a reply to the German
Governments request through the
Swiss Minister on February III Tor
CONTAMINATION of the treaty OIL 1893
was made public.
The United States not only refuses
TO entertain the proposal, which IS Ge-
clared to be "slmost wholly IN the III
terest of the large number of German,
subjects residing in the United states,
but adds that this government is Sc
riously considering whether or not the
treaty of 1928 and the revived articles
Of the treaties of 1875 and lI99 nave
not in effect been abrogated by the
German governments fragrant VIOLA
tons of their provisions"
German Government Rebuked
The note rebukes the German gov
eminent for its presumption In ASKING
even larger liberties for its citizens IN
this country than the treaty PROVIDES,
gin view of the clear violations by the
German authorities of the plain terms
of the treaties in question: and IN
view further of the disregard OF the
canons of international courtesy ana
the comfy Of nations in the treatment
of innocent American citizens in Ger
many"
The purpose Of the German govern
ment in asking reinterpretatlon o.
the treaty of 1899 between the UNITED
States and Prussia was to insure tna'
the German merchant ships which nave
taken refug. in American haroors
should not be seized in the event OF
war There is nothing in the language
OF the treaty TO indicate that SHIPS
were to be protected from SEIZURE IN
his way, and State Department otii-
Gals say Germany is In effect asking
the United States on the very verge
Ct war tb guarantee TO Germany i'm
runity from certain inevitable effects
+ war.
The German proposals, the American
fnswer points out, also aim TO give
Germans in this country practically the
same privileges as Nneutrals, after a
state of war is recognized. There
could be no possible advantage in this
agreement for the United States, as
there are scarcely a thousand Ameri-
can citizens in Germany, while the Ger
mans here rim into the millions.
The note cites many specific in
stances in which Germany has violated
the terms of the treaty in time Of
peace, and POINTS to the absurdity of
any hope that Germany's treaty pledges
would be better kept after the out
break of war.
Illegal Acts Cited
The note, signed by Secretary Lam
sing, says in part: .
"1h position of the government of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Edge to Recruit
Jersey Regiments
To War Strength
Urges People to Aid State
in Filling Up Ranks of
Militia Commands

Governor Edge of New Jersey issued
a call yesterday for men to recruit the
seven regiments of the National Guard
in that state up to full war strength.
The examination and signing up Of
new recruits were begun Immediately
by the 1st and 5th regiments, which
were modified during the day at New
ark and Paterson in answer to the
Federal call. More than 600 recruits
applied at the 5th Pe~iwo0. '',-r-.
in Paterson, and over a hundred OF
these we've aN-~ps~d. CO4n... .+..rl.
A. Van Walraven announced he be-
lieved the full war strength of 2,002
men and fifty-six officers would be
reached within the next forty eight
hours.
Last night the regimental band pa
raded through the streets of Paterson
and was given an ovation. Prospective
recruits fell in behind it and marched
to the armory.
Wants Utilities Guarded
Following long conference with
Adjutant General Charles w. Barber,
at Trenton, Governor Edge sent tele-
gram TO the War Department, at Wash
ington. asking that the two regiments
already modified be used in protect
ing the munitions plants and public
utilities in TIT state. Later he sent a
second telegram asking permission to
call out the other regiments.
81 am grateful for the earnest offers
Of citizens to form home defence
leagues, inspire census propaganda
and their other activities along many
allied lines" his proclamation to the
people reads, but what New Jersey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Took Post at Charleston in
Preference to Manila
or Hawaii
Move Called Blunder
81 Salute and Obey My Or
ders," Generals Only
Comment

In some quarters the opinion was
advanced yesterday that the transfer
OF General Leonard Wood to the new
Southeastern Department was really a
compliment, as his duty would be to
organize a military department that
might be Of vital Importance. Inc
War Department and other authentic
sources of information refrained from
throwing any light on the shift.
A telegram from the War Depart
ment to General Wood, however, came
to light which casts some doubt on
the complimentary aspect OF the
transfer. 1t shows that the depart
ment considered either Hawaii or
Manila a more important post, that 1t
suggested that General Wood could 60
to either if the less important assign
ment didn't suit him, and that neither
General Wood nor the General Stan
was consulted as to the redistricting.
Telegram Sent Saturday
The telegram, signed by Adjutant
General Mccain and sent from Wash
ington on last Saturday, said:
"The President has ordered the divi-
sion Of the present Eastern Depart
ment into three parts, and has desig-
mated General Edwards to command
the Northeastern Department. with
headquarters at Boston; General
George +. Bell TO command the East
ern Department, with headquarters at
Governors Island, and the Southeast
ern Department has headquarters at
Charleston, S. c. The Secretary of
War directs that you be given your
option as 10 taking the latter depart
ment or the more important one at
Manila or Hawaii. MCCAIN.
General Woods answer. sen. on sun
day, Just a few hours before the re-
districting was announced, said:
Acknowledge receipt of your conf
Dental and personal telegram of March
% informing me that the Eastern De-
partment is to be divided into three
parts and rendering me command at
Charleston or command at Manila or
Hawaii. ] prefer Charleston.
All General Wood would say on his
transfer yesterday was:
"I'm a soldier. I click my heels to-
gether, salute and obey my orders
Calls Change Blunder
Commenting on the change, c. s.
Thompson, founder of the American
Defence Society, said:
"The transfer of General Wood is
the crowning blunder of an Admins
tration which has made a splendid
record on the score of unpreparedness
and which has been marked from its
beginning by q foolish and insulting
disposition to ignore our army and
navy officers-the only men in the
country thoroughly equipped to tell the
people about our defences.
"The singing and unwarranted re-
buke to General Wood is made none
the less deplorable by the fact that
his old command, the Eastern Depart
mcnt, is cut into smaller parts. The
very least that the Administration
could have done was to have permitted
General Wood to remain on Governors
Island. BY the transfer the honest
movement for defence in this country
has been injured and the Administra-
ton once more stands discredited be-
fore the people of the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27

Received regularly from Paris eli, "a, d..
orss,Ions in Peries Electra and S'n' "a.
monds. Hair Ornaments. Dc. .0'eeS el'ar,ia
deaux. Moire Velvet and ~ 49,, yofk.
with rnountings and motifs o. w W.
manshlp. JAAlMES. $40 ON Ave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Vermont Prepares
81, 100000 to Equip Guard Is
Recommended

MONTPELIER, VT, March 26.-After a
conference with Governor Graham and
military officials to-day the executive
committee of the Committee on Public
Safety voted to recommend that the
Legislature appropriate Sl,OO00.OOO to
provide equipment for the Vermont
National Guard and organize the home
defences Of the state.
Governor Graham is expected to send
a special message to the Legislature
fn-mOrroW.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Ted Meredith to Enlist
lBy Telegraph 70 The Tnbunsl

Philadelphia, March 26.-James f.
(Ted) Meredith. famous former Penn
sylyania athlete and holder of the
worlds quarter and half mile running
records, announced to-day that he in
tended TO enlist in the aviation corps
and is arranging his business affairs so
that he can start taking instructions as
soon az he is accepted.
Donald Lippincott, former Pennsyl-
vania track star. along with several
other Pennsylvania athletes, has also
sgnified his intention Of Joining with
Meredith.