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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
WILSON ON JOB EARLY.
President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nentIy to Keep In Touch With War.

President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nentIy to Keep In Touch With War.
Washington.-While a majority Of
the $4,000 government clerks were still
asleep the president was working in
his office early. He reached his desk
at 6 o'clock, and it became known he
Is determined to adopt this hour as the
daily beginning of his work. Govern
ment clerks go to work at 9 o'clock
and finish at 4:30. The president fire.
quently is in his office at night.
The presidents determination to get
up early is not prompted wholly by
desire to avoid the hot hours of the
day. The fact is that he is keeping in
the closest touch with the details of
the war making activities Of the ad-
ministratiOn, and longer working hours
are necessary if he is to have time for
the recreation prescribed by Rear Ad-
miral Cary I. Grayson, his physician.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
CHINA GETS TWO HOSPITALS.
Rockefeller Foundation Will Spend
100000 There.

Baltimore. B. Frank Bennett, a
builder. will leave here for China, where
he has been commissioned by the Rock
efeller foundation to build two hospi-
tails at a cost Of 100000. The first
hospital will be constructed In Peking
and is to. be modelled after Johns Hop
kins hospital. The plans were drawn
after suggestions Of DR.. Winford b..
Smith, superintendent Of Johns Hop
kins. The other hospital will be built
In Shanghai.
1t Is said the project Of the two
American hospitals is the outcome of a
tour OF Investigation made last year by
DR.. William 81. WEIGH for the Rookie
Teller foundation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23

some extent to his technical ability
The man, whether he has marked me-
chanical ability or not, who has an in
telligent mind, is willing to work with
out having tasks assigned him and Is
above all so thoroughly careful and re-
liable that an aviator can feel perfect
ly confident while flying an aeroplane
he has been working on is desirable
for the flying corps. On account Of the
nature Of the work it becomes impera-
tive to remove a man who shows the
slightest signs Of carelessness.
Qualifications for an enlisted pilot are
mainly physical and psychological, and
men for this position will be chosen
for their suitable qualities. In general
the man should be absolutely perfect
as regards heart, eyesight, digestion,
sense Of equilibrium and nervous sys-
TEN. He should not be over thirty
years old. There should be no question
as to the quality Of his nerve" This
does not mean recklessness. The man
who has undermined his constitution
with dissipation will not be chosen.
Marines assigned to the flying corps,
whether trained as pilots or not, re-
ceive 90 per cent increase on their pay
and 80 cents per day for extra duty as
aviation mechanics. The crew Of each
aerOplane consists Of the chief me
chanic, with rank Of gunnery sergeant
Or sergeant; one noncommissioned Off
Ger as motor man, one noncommission-
ed officer as plane and wire man and
two priVates as helpers. From this 1t
can be seen that the flying corps needs
comparatively few men who are not
suitable for noncommissioned officers.
Enlisted men in the navy flying corps
have unusual opportunities not only
for advancement in rank, but they re-
ceiVe an excellent mechanical course of
training which will fit them for a good
position in civil life.
Enlisted men assigned to aviation,
regardless Of their rank, are treated as
students until they have been given.
thorough course Of training in han
ding, cleaning and repairing aeroplanes
and motors on the ground. They are
then trained in assembling aeroplanes
and lining them up properly. Next they
are given a thorough course in disas-
sembling, cleaning, assembling and
making all adjustments to each type
OF aeroplane motor used at the station.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
SEES ALL AMERICAS IN WAR.
John Barrett Predicts Western Henri
sphere Will Be United.

Baltimore.-Within a year all Amer
icas will be fighting together against
Germany was the prediction made hero
before liberty loan mass meeting by
John Barrett.
IF Brazil enters the conflict, as to
day seems imminent" he said, 1.-TWO
thirds of the entire population and five
eighths of the total area of the western
hemisphere will be at war with the
common enemy. Can the remaining
one-third of the population and three
eighths Of area stand against the psy-
Geological, sympathetic and economic
appeal of their sister peoples and com-
tries having similar interests, similar
institutions, similar governments and
similar destinyr'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
Burned Their Fathers Will.

Milwaukee, Wis. AS they did not
like their fathers viii they threw It in
the stove. This was the burden Of a
story brought to probate court by the
sons and daughters Of Augustus s.
Hanks Of Granville, who died Jan. 81.
There was no thought Of wrongdoing,
they said, and nothing would have come
Of 1t only for the fact that they dis
civered they must prove the will In or
der to probate the estate. The estate is
valued at $4,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
LIONS KILL BURROS.
Hoofs No Match For Pointed Teeth
and Sharp Claws,

Mentone, Cal. Hunger has driven
mountain lions and wildcats closer to
the settlements than in many years, say
old timers. One night recently two big
lions made their appearance at the Edi-
son power house at the mouth Of Mill
Greek canyon and killed two burros
kept In a corral there.
One burro was killed outright by the
lions. The other burro fought and at
racted the men at the plant, but it
was so badly torn by teeth and claws
Of the lions that it had to be shot.
The tracks showed the mountain
Hons to be Of great size, and the men
kept a close watch In the hope that
hunger would drive them out again.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
AVIATOR BALL Is DEAD.
British Announce Missing Filler Was
Fatally Hurt May z.

London.-The war Office has received
information that Captain Albert Ball.
who had made brilliant record in the
aviation corps and who had been miss
ing since May Z, is dead. He was
twenty-one years old.
Captain Ball was engaged in a fight
with three German planes on the eve
ming of May near Lens. When he did
not return to his base it was reported
that he had been captured by the
enemy.
At the time Of his death Captain Ball
had a record Of bringing down forty
German machines. He had received
the medal for distinguished service
and the military cross. He lived in
Nottingham.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
CALLED 1.-THE WAR OF 1917"
Present Struggle So Designated In
Documents on Pension Claims.

Present Struggle So Designated In
Documents on Pension Claims.
WaShington.-In the annals of the
pension bureau, which already has on
He two applications for pensions on
account Of deaths since the declaration
VI war, the present struggle will go
uoWn to poSterity In America as "the
war of 1917"
Announcing the official designation
ue bureau said that it was decided on
tVr use in the records because no other
Sultable name could be found.
Inc applications came from Ruth
tnomas Of Annapolis, widow Of Lieu
nant Clarence G. Thomas, killed on
e Vacuum, and Mrs. Hannah Hall
rs OF jamestown, N. z, whose son,
frankie Hallberg, a member Of the ma
Sonal guard, was killed by q train
"nen guarding bridge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
Calf erazss With Wooden Leo.

Kansas City. Mo.-Probably the only
Missouri calf with a wooden leg Is
browsing on the farm Of W. D. Brown
In Ray county. The calf belonged to a
neighbor and last winter stuck q nail
In its hoof, sustaining injuries promis-
ing to be fatal. Craig Brown saw the
calf and had an idea. He bought the
animal and sent for a veterinary, who
amputated the calf's leg. Later
wooden leg was substituted, and the
calf Is now only a little slower than
he other cattle in ths pasture.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
OLD WOUND REMAINS.
Civil War Veterans Pierced Leg Gives
Way In Half Century.

Greensburg, Pa. - More than fifty
years after he was injured by bullet
In the civil war, a bone In the left leg
Of Louis Osterwise gave way, and the
old soldier fell helpless In his chair.
When he was taken to the Westmore-
land hospital physicians found that the
bone had broken OF at the point where
the bullet had struck. Mr.. Osterwise Is
seventy-three years old. His condition
Is critical.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
Dog Hero Home From War,

Port Washington, N. Y.-wounded In
action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war
dog, returned here from France after
doing his Bit to spend his declining
years In comfort. A bit Of shrapnel
gouged out one eye and another cayed
In his chest. Jupiter trained with his
regiment ut Salisbury Plain In the first
year Of the war.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
BOY, PLAYING SPY, DIES.
His Mother Finds Him Hanged to
Redpost.

Bedpost.
New York.-Joseph Heissner, ten, a
lieutenant in the cadet corps of Public
school 4, Long Island City, INDUCED In
many games while alone in his home
at 80 Sunswick street, Long Island
City. His favorite pastime Of late has
been to capture spies and deal with
them as all spies and traitors deserve
to be treated.
In the absence Of his mother recently
the boy was practicing with rope and
moose and slipped the loop about his
neck, with the other end made fast to
the bedpost. The game was more re-
alistic than little Joseph intended 1t to
be, for when his mother returned she
found her son strangled to death and
fast to the bedpost-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
GERMAN NAME PREVENTS
HIM FROM BEING HERO.

Syracuse, n. Y Christopher
Schlachter, gridiron hero Of SYRIA
cuse university, has learned
: whats in a name" Merely the
{ Teutonic flavor Of his appeIlation
{ was enough to keep Schlachter
{ out of the university ambulance
{ unit soon to go to France, al
{ though the All American player
put in an application.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23
xsgg NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VILLAGE POPULATION
DEPLETED BY THE NAVY.

y Rondout, I1l.-This place has y
. given to the navy every one Of y
y its citizens eligible for service.
y Recruiting officers who drove y
y through in search Of recruits \
y learned from the oldest citizen y
y In the half dozen farmhouses \
y that there were none. I'VE had \
y Just two young lads" he said. \
= Both Of them enlisted In the Y
= navy several weeks ago" \
4 " " " ~ ~ ~ " ~ ~ " ~ " " " ~ ~ \
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23

Unusual Opportunities Are Offer
ed For Advancement.
ENLISTED MEN STUDENTS.

Those Assigned to Flying Corps,
Whether Trained as Pilots or Not,
Receive so Per Cent Increase In Their
Pay and so Cents Per Day For Extra
Duty.
Nv FIRST LIEUTENANT ALFRED A.
CUNNINGHAM. U. 8. NJ. C.
Washington.-The last congress es-
tablished a navy flying corps, which
consists of officers and men detailed
from the navy and marine corps in the
proportion Of four Of the navy to one
of the marine corps. Civilians Will be
taken in as acting ensigns and second
Ieutenants.
Numbers Of men do not win pro-
motion readily as soldiers because they
lack that military bearing and manner
so essential to good soldiers, but who
are intelligent and have mechanical
ability and can be readily trained as
good aviation mechanics. For such
men the flying corps is their best
chance for promotion. Discipline In
aviation is as important as In any other
branch Of the service, but a mans mil
itary smartness can be subordinated to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-06-23

Nv FIRST LIEUTENANT ALFRED A
CUNNINGHAM, U. s. NJ. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
GR|FFMEN WALL0P
INDIANS PITCHERS
Win in Cleveland, 9 to 5, Get
ting Thirteen Hits for
Twenty-Five Bases.

Raking a trio of Indian pitchers for
thirteen hits. including five doubles
and a brace of triples, the Griffmen.
with Johnson pitching. yesterday
downed the Indians in Cleveland to
). making their record for the seven
games played with the tribe in six
days stand at five victories and two
defeats.
Judge and johnson led the attack
with the fail, the former collecting a
triple. double and two singles in four times
up. and the latter, three doubles in hve
att empts.
The Washington players did not ap-
pear to be tired by their all-night ride
to Cleveland for the single Sabbath
encounter, but they were by the time
they got through running around the
bases. They hoped on Lambeth in the
opening round and scored two runs,
driving him to the showers. Coumbe.
who succeeded him, got by until the
fifth. when bombardment OF hve safe-
ties and an error gave them five runs
and caused the passing of Coumbe.
Gould, who took his place, was nicked
for a counter in each of the seventh
and ninth rounds.
Johnson held the enemy scoreless
until his mates had obtained seven
run lead for him, then he let down
somewhat. In the eighth and ninth
frames, when the tribe made four OF
its five runs. he merely lobbed the
ball over.
The score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
ARMY ORDERS.

MAI Nelson N. Black. Medical Reserve
Corps has been assigned to active duty in the
Office Of the surgeon general, in charge of oph-
thalmology a subdivision of the section of
Capt. William n. Sem. Medical Reserve
Corps. is honorably discharged from the Army.
serve C9rps, will proceed to the Army Medical
sclooi for instruction.
Ori,rrs' Reserve Corps. will report at Wash
ingtou barracks for duty.
Second l-i"-'. Samuel T. Perry Field ARTILLERY
OFFICER Re- rye Corps. is honorabiy discharged.
First Ii-ut. L. man F. Whitney, Aviation Sec
tioa.~Signal Officers Reserve Corps, viii report
iie chief signal officer for duty in his Office.
Capt. Shepler W. Fitzgerald. junior military
aviator Signal Corps. VIII proceed to Toronto,
Canada aud assume command Of a detachment
Of the Aviation Section now undergoing instruc
Mai Elliot C. Erackett. Medical Reserve
Corps. will report TO the surgeon general for
duty in his Office.
Mai. Harry A. Leonhaeuser, retired. Is de-
tactics at the University Of Vermont. Burling-
The resignation Of First Lieut.. William J.
by the President.
Each OF the following named officers, In this
city. will join his proper station: Col Marx L.
18Th Field Artillery; Lieut.. Col. Edward ID.
Anderson, cavalry: Lieut.. Col. Sherwood A.
Cheney, Corps OF Engineers, and Maj. George 3.
First Lient. William Earle Battey. Ordnance
Officers Reserve Corps. Will report TO the CHIEF
of ordnance for duty.
Capt. Dougla3 Is. Nc:lerwood. Junior military
aviator. signal Corps. VIII report to the chief
The following named officers of the Medical
Reserve Corps Will REPORT at the Army Medical
School for instruction First Lieuts. Robert H.
Gave. Harold Is. Hedrick and Francis L. VIII
lams.
First Lieut.. William Albert Tarleton, Medical
HesnTy" Corps, will proceed Fort Des Moinvs,
Iowa. and report to the commanding officer of
the training camp at that post for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
NEGROES DEMAND OFFICES.
Want Voice in New York Bodies
Also Exclusive Bathhouse.

NEW YORK, July 30.-A demand that
negroes have representation in the
state assembly and in the board of al
dermen of New York city was made in
resolutions adopted yesterday at a
mass meeting of delegates from negro
clubs. churches and fraternal organi-
cations of the city. The meeting. which
was held under the auspices of the
United Civic League, also asked that a
squad of negro f1remen and a squad of
negro police be appointed in New York
and that bathhouse be provided for
the exclusive use of negroes.
John NJ. Royal, president of the
United Civic League. who presided at
the meeting. declared that denial of
political justice and repressed indus
trial opportunities made it imperative
for negroes to take action demanding
that their rights be respected. He said
that recent acts against the negro, such
as lynchings in the south and East ST
Louis. would cease if the negroes band
ed together and demanded their rights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
u. S. WILL NEED $4,000
. PHYSICIANS FOR ARMY
Two Out Of Every Nine of Military
Age Will Be Taken Through
System Of Selection.

Two out Of every nine physicians Of
military age throughout the United
States and its principal possessions
will be required for war service. That
is probably the heaviest demand made
by the war upon any profession, but
meeting it readily. There are in the
United States approximately 10000
physicians of military age-twentytwo
to fifty-five years-and fully $4,000 Of
this number will be needed, perhaps
more.
These professional men will be mob
1lized through a system of selection
which will operate in Alaska. Porto
Rico and Hawaii. as well as in CONT
mental United States, and will draw
from each community a contribution
proportionate to the number of availa-
BILE physicians. but will not strip any
village of all of it's physicians, how
ever anxious they may be to engage
in war work.
: Some 1900 medical officers and
10000 enlisted men in the Medical and
Sanitary Corps will be needed by Octo-
Der l. when the National Army, the
National Guard and the Regular Army
will all be in camp and at war strength.
A detachment from each national army
regiment will reach the environments
ahead of the troops to supervise prepa-
rations necessary for safeguarding
health.
These numbers-12,o0o medical officers
and 10000 enlisted men-must be ap-
proximately doubled to meet the demands
which will be made upon their service
when troops are overseas for battle. That
order will be filed, too, as the men are
required. In other words. before all the
troops are abroad. total of about "a 900
medical officers and 10000 enlisted men
for medical department work must be
ready.
The trained cannps are at Fort Ri1ev
Kan; Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. and
Fort OgIethorpe, Ca, each with a ca
pacity of 1000 student medical officers
and l. 800 enlisted men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
CAPT. BABCOCK ADVANCED
TO THE RANK OF MAJOR
Adjutant at Reserve Officers Camp
!. Wins Promotion-Busy Week
for Students.

1t is now Maj Conrad S. Babcock who
is adjutant at the Fort Myer training
camp for reserve officers. He has just
received his promotion from captain on
account of the increase in the regular
army. AS Maj. Babcock has been popu-
lar with the more than 1000 men in camp.
he has been busy over Sunday receiving
congratulations.
Under command of Student Officer Capt.
Clinton d. Winant of New York city the
3D. Company of Infantry hiked off to the
Edsal rifle range yesterday afternoon just
as the Sunday afternoon throng of Wis
1tors was arriving. They wore the heavy
packs They are busy today on the range
with combat firing practice which will
last three days. The firing is to be at
unknown ranges and at disappearing
targets.
During the next two weeks. before the
camp closes. all of the thirteen organiza-
tions in camp will be drilled under con-
ditions approximating those of actual
warfare. Many of the student candidates
for commissions have qualified as expert
rif1emen. and others are gaining skill in
the use Of special weapons, such as ma
chine guns, grenade throwing. the rifle
bomb, etc.
The troop Of cavalry returned today
from the range, where they have been
for the last three days. Thew were imme-
diately thrown into a mimic battle fought
in the outlands Of the camp, where Capt.
Sidney Haight. the regular army officer
instructor. said they deported themselves
as veterans.
The three batteries Of field artillery
have a strenuous week ahead. For ex-
ample. the I'd Battery, of which J. Howard
Eager of Baltimore is permanent captain.
has been divided into four batteries and
IS being tried out in actual battle forma-
tons on the field, each battery under a
student captain for the entire day.
Forty men from this battery were given
a stiff examination in all work pertaining
to battery formations, gunnery and gen.
eral military tactics. This was given by
q special board consisting of two lieuten-
ant colonies, a major and a captain, and
It Is believed that its purpose was to choose
from those already designated for COM
missions men who will receive higher
commissions as commanding officers for
a regiment of artillery.
Ellis R. Fentress Of Norfolk, Va, Is
stop" sergeant Of the I'd Battery this
week
Most Of the reserve officers at the camp
in anticipation Of soon going to Flanders,
are studying French and many of them
are speaking the language generally in
the camp for practice. AS each unit in
the camp has a number Of men who have
already seen service in France with the
American ambulance or in the trenches
and hospitals. the embryo officers are
learning the 'argot" Of the trenches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
LEONARD MAY BOX DUNDEE.
Offers by Four Promoters for Bout
Between LightWeights.

NEW YORK, July 30.-Scotty Mon
tieth, manager of Johnny Dundee. the
local Italian lightweight, announced last
night that four of the leading boxing
promoters of the country have offered
purses for a no-decision bout bttween
Dundee and Benny Leonard, the light
weight champion
Tom Andrews of Milwaukee has Of
fered the lightweight titleholder 81, 900
for a bout with Dundee to be held at
the Cream City A. c. of Milwaukee,
during the first week in September.
Matt Hinkel of Cleveland is out with 4
like offer for bout in Cleveland.
Equally flattering offers have been
made by John Weismantel of Brook
Ign and John Shibe of Shibe Park,
Philadelphia None. of them has vet
been accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30
MACK MAY GET BACON,
Reported Southern Pitching Star Has
Been Selected by Athletics Scout.

PHILADELPHIA. July 3O.-Word was
received from the south last night that
Bacon, the young pitcher Of the Chat
tanooga team Of the Southern Associa-
ton. had been purchased by Connie
Mack of the Athletics.
Manager Mack. however. stated that,
SO far as he knew. no deal for Baco1,
had been closed. Connie said he had a
man scouting for him in that section
and it was possible he had been look
ing Bacon over. but had sent no word
about signing him or making him an
offer. Pat Flaherty, the veteran south
paw pitcher who was with the Ath-
letics' pitchers at Fort Pierce last
spring. is one of Mack's scouts in the
south, and 1t is likely he has been talk
ing business with the Chattanooga star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-30

Due to the presence in their lineup
of Ty Cobb. the greatest of 'em all,
the Tigers draw as well as if not better
than. any team that visits Washington,
regardless of their position in the race.
Right now the Georgia Peach is trav-
cling at as smart pace as he ever
set. both at bat and on the defense.
The Junga1eerS come here from Phila-
delphia. where Cobb twice broke up
Mack rallies by trapping drives in
stead of catching them thereby turning
in double plays rather than retiring
only one man. At bat. in the six games
in Quakertown, he drove out eleven
safeties in twenty-three times up. an
average Of AIS, and in one of these
contests raped the offerings of Harry
Seibold for four hits in as many at
tempts.
Just what pitcher will start for the
locals was a question Manager Griffith
could not answer this morning. He will
use Harper if the lanky Southpaw ap-
pears to be in form, but the last few
times Harry has warmed UP he failed
to show anything. Either Ayers or
Shaw probably will work if Harper
does not.
As a result of twisting his ankle in
sliding into second base in the game with
the Indians yesterday Howard Shanks
may be compelled to lay off for a day or
sprain. This morning his ankle was
swollen and painful. Mcbride will cub
at short during Shanks' absence.
With the passing of Joe Boehling from
the majors both of the players Washing