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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24

TO turn loose her rebellion December
1 at the society meeting, when the
proposed change is 70 be voted on.
"The officers and the executive COM
mittee," said Mrs. Van Rensselaer, last
night, "want to change the constitu-
ton to eliminate the present monthly
meetings. They want 10 FIX Il so spe-
cial meetings could be called only By
the president, a majority Of the execu.
tive committee or upon demand Of 100
members.
"As il would be practically impos-
sible to get 100 members together 70
demand a meeting, that would leave
only one meeting q year, the annua!
meeting, az which the members could
have a voice in the conduct Of the
society. The proposed change would
leave the society in absolute control
of a few men for periods Of possibly
twelve months at time. Our fight is
70 retain for the members the present
monthly voice in society affairs"
Mrs. Van Rensselaer's drawing room
at 1874 East Ninety-ffth Street is re-
bellion field headquarters. Councils OF
war we're held there yesterday. An
inportant one is scheduled for to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Bankers Daughter Shines
Shoes to Aid War Fund

PITTSBURGH, Nov. %. - Evelyn
Charlier, aged seventeen. daughter Of
J. J. Charlier, president Of the Mid
way National Bank, In Washington
County, is shining shoes TO earn $40
which she pledged TO the Y. NJ. c. A..
war fund for soldiers In France. Miss
Charlier ~ senior in the Mcdonald
High School and il performing her
sboe.shinlng tasks after school hours
each day in barber shop.
Many other girls have obtained en-
ployment after school hours working
In Offices and stores, others have be-
come wsahwomen and others sre
cleaning the school building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Artificial Light Is
Aid TO Concentration

Contrary to expectations, 1t IS found
.bst certain kinds Of work go forward
isster BIZ night than by day. with
he particular field OF operations
A each gang bathed in artificial light
and with darkness shrouding the yard
a. whole. the men seem 70 concen-
rate and work more steadily and eifl-
gently than in the daytime.
Al the wood shipyard controlled By
the United States Steamship Company,
sbere this double-shift experiment IS
bang made. is TO be found another OF
bose remarkable adaptations OF Amer
iean executive ability TO lew enter
,rises Here we find John J. hcCaoe,
NO was not long ago engaged IN
manufacturing wall paper at Ilehs
FAILS. y Y. now directing the opera
tons of d big shipyard, employing
about goo men. II Mr.. McCabe used
% manufacture wall paper with some
eonventionalized Dutch sloops on the
borders. that was about all he knew
about ships.
mean no reflection on Mr McCabe.
For the purpose Of getting things done
in 2 hurry ne is the better for not
moving the game. Such phrases as
shat is the wav they used 70 do X,
-,his is the right way" 81 never heard
q il being done any other way" etc,
mean nothing to him. he subjects
s-erv process TO the test OF results, ana
toesn't care a tinker's dam about trade
custom.
the result is that, like the record
hating shipbuilders of the Pacific
Coast, he mas discovered new ways OF
doing old things, and has even orig
mated devices for Fastening work.
b. way OF diversion, II might be re-
marked that the Pacific Coast builders
asa whole have speeded up more. far
rore. than tire Atlantic Coast builders
The exclamation probably is that they
vefe less shackled By custom and eraf'
tradition than the Eastern yards. FOR
that reason II is probable that the
rswer yards on the Atlantic Coast VIII
mt the pace for the Others.
While many-probably most-ot the
Eastern yards are worrying along with
o,e eight-hour shift, Mr.. McCabe s
Yard is working q ten-hour day shi1'
and twelve-hour night shift. The re-
sglts are in evidence. Although the
ysrd has 20 wait about six weeks foI
the government 70 deliver the material
is ships arc probably further advanced
han those Of any other wooden shiI
urd on the Atlantic Coast, and II
would doubtless have made a brilliant
record II i had not been for the de-
lag oecasioned By the alteration Of the
plsns Of oil the wooden ships in order
70 strengthen them, a full account OF
which was given in this series some
tine since.
The delay is twofold In the first
plaza there is the extra work Of laying
tne big strengthening timbers on tor
o. the naval timbers the whole length
o. the ship, and in the second place
there is the delay occasioned by waiting
ior the additional timbers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Naval and Merchant
Marine Corps Is Body
Hero Land Dropped

The Naval and Merchant Marine
Corps. it was learned yesterday, was
the organization dropped from the ros-
ter OF the relief units participating in
Hero Land" This action on the part
of the bazaar management, taken after
an investigation into the affairs Of the
CORDS. came almost simultaneously with
the abrupt disbsnding OF that organi-
ration.
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. L. s.
n. (retired), was represented as spon-
sor for the Naval and Merchant Marine
Corps when IL was started, less than
month ago. Prominent men and women
in society were also induced to join, and
the former Iselin home. at East flity-
sixth Street, was obtained as headquar-
tiers.
Captain Till Prime Mover
The prime mover in the new organi-
cation was captain Lewis TIL. formerly
a drillmnster in the United states
Junior Naval Reserves. u is uhuIi ,
stood. According 20 an ofhcial OF tns
reserves, Captain Till was dischsrsed,
some time ago. and started Tue "A'S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Rotarians Urge u. S. Direct
Relief to Prevent Graft

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-Recommenda-
tions that control Of welfare and social
work for soldiers and sailors be cen
tralized under direction Of the War
and Navy departments were embodied
in resolutions adopted here to-day by
the board Of directors Of the lnterna-
tional Association Of Rotary Clubs.
Confusion has been caused in the
public mind by the multiplicity OF APP
meals for charity as result of the war,
the resolution asserted. 1t concluded
with the assertion that patriotic i'm
pulses Of the charitably inclined could
best be manifested by supporting only
those measures which were Endorsed by
the government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Opera
Samson ct Dalila" Retains
Popularity With Caruso
in Leading Role

One of the surprising things OF
opera has been the extraordinary pop
uality Of Saint-Saens's Samson Ell
Dalila." Both at the Manhattan, when
Mr. Dalmores and Nine. Gerville-
Reache sang the title parts, and more
recently at the Metropolitan, with
Mr.. Caruso, Mrs. Homer and Nine
Matzenauer az the protagonists. II
has filed the houses with eager and
enthusiastic crowds.
Yet, we have been assured that
Samson" is really nothing but dis
guised oratorio. a charge more power
full than all others for the emptying
of lyric theatre. The reasons for
its triumph over such odds are, how
ever, manifest.
Samson ct Dalila" may be rather
static, but it is a gorgeous spectacle
surpassed not even by Aida" in scenic
possibilities. Mr.. Hammerstein and
Signor Gatti-CasazZa both took full
advantage of this opening. and the
glories of the Hippodrome were thereby
furnished. Then again, Biblical sub
ject. the mingling Of religion with
sensuous beauty, always possesses ar
extraordinary attraction.
At the Metropolitan, too, we have
Signor Caruso as the Hebrew paladin
and this, in itself, would fill any the
atle. And so it is that Saint-Saens's
disguised oratorio runs Aida" and
GD,ctf,,ofN c1aua for nnnnlar
suffrage.
Signor Caruso finds in the opera a
part which he has taken 20 his heart
and he makes of Samson a vital and
when required a pathetic figure. Sig
nor Caruso was not cut out for hero
Of tragedy, which makes his victory
over mere matter the more notable. In
addition, he sings the music with great
beauty Of tone and phrase.
There was a new Dalila last night in
Nine. Julia Claussen. but the reasons
for her presence were not clearly mani
fest, when the Metropolitan contain.
two such contraltos as Mrs. Homer and
Nine. Matzenauer. Neither in appear
ance nor in voice was Nine. Claussen
equal 10 the part, though some con
sideration ought undoubtedly TO DC
MADE Tor NrSL dpptdldNSe'
Nine. Claussen's lower tones were
weak. and her other tones hollow, and
while at times she sang with consider.
able skill, her voice never carried
power or conviction.
Clarence Whitehill made Of the High
Priest a superbly vindictive figure. a
figure which ought to rank among the
most powerful enactments the Metro
politan has seen of recent years. Mr.
Whitehill is an actor Of high order
and a singer of intelligence and taste
whose voice is fully equal TO all re-
ouirements. lie must be heard more
often in the future than has been
vouchsafed 20 US in the past.
Mr.. Rothier's style is always CRATE
full. and Mr. Schlegel does Abimelech
creditably. Mr.. Monteux again showed
his authority and sympathetic under,
standing in the conductors stand, and
a special word should be given to Mr.
Ordynski's management OF the stage
pictures.
This was the cast:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
German Opera May Find
Home in Irving Place

Miss Clare Ruge, a conductor Of Ger
man opera, announced yesterday that
such performances. exiled from the
Metropolitan Opera House from pa
triotic motives probably would be pro-
duced this winter in the Irving Place
Theatre.
1T is expected" she said, that a
number of Wagnerian operas will be
produced in the Irving Place Theatre.
German operas having been barred
from the Metropolitan Opera House,
these opera producers are now driven
20 the Irving Place Theatre TO present
their operas and operettas."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Bv Theodore M. Knappen

,FW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 20
~ Washington dispatches several
Y weeks ago reported that {. W.
y,-.. of the United States Steamship
c.rnary. had told Chairman Hurley
+be shipping Board that If the
- would stand the expense Of
-;,,i,r one Of his shipyards with
-, lights he would make q DEM
..-stion Of how fast ships could be
ksilt -
81 thought l would just drop in"
:, end out how the demonstration
Getting on. It's getting on all
-. It's doing so well, in fact, that
,S;.b Mr.. Hurley and Mr. Piez and Mr.
u.vuOrth would examine it themselves
- then see what they can do to get
.,bsr wards 10 put on double shifts and
mild ships night ana day.
According 70 reports from Washing
-, Nj Hurley is beginning TO hedge
. r..le on his estimate of the amount
:, tonnage that will be turned out be-
.v.sn now and the end of 1918. With
little more pressure and little
-ore driving. he need have no misgiv-
e.. The more | see Of the Eastern
Ids the more l am impressed by the
..,, that there is lot of room for
1,n all 70 speed up. i know that
s.rb.s have been expressed in some
.SsTters as TO the adyisabihty OF
ionbie shifts, but l believe it the best
~ 70 hasten construction, not only
Sscsuse it results in more effort being
~ forth in each calendar day, but
ss.anse il is the best way TO dilute
.k;IIsd labor with unskilled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
George Pope Seriously iii

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 23.-George
Pope, of Brooklyn, scholar and con-
noisseur, who was made Knight Of the
Order of st. Gregory by the late Pope
Leo XIII, in 1902, is seriously i'll at his
residence here from a complication Of
maladies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Great Steel Works
Spring Up in a Month

Some miles away from the happy
working place of the rejuvenated build
ers of wooden ships the same Morse in
tercsts are blasting out of tough New
England granite steel ship yard that is
the modern Of the moderns.
In single month a vast plate shop
has arisen on the site-of an old Yankee
estate; six ways of concrete are near
ing completion; between them three
viaducts Of massive concrete for the
travelling cranes are rising; the first
steel for the first S,S00-ton ships is ar
irving; the huge tools are going into
place, many minor structures are
being erected and a big human organ
ization is being put together. Beyond
doubt this new yard will complete six
great ships long before 1918 is over,
and be al work on others.
Be assured, o We of little faith in
the building of ships, The strikes, the
led tape. the changes in plans and
specifications, the delays in delivery of
materials, the slowness of officialdom
to realize the supreme importance Of
speed. and the failure to inspire, as yet,
an invincible esprit de corps-a kind
of continent-wide sporting sprit-all
these are the birth pains Of the crea-
tion Of the greatest shipbuilding organ.
iZation mankind has ever known.
Even as the aching back, blistered
feet and sore muscles Of the recruit
mean the hardened soldier Of the 1918
drive, so all the troubles and tribula.
tons Of these shipbuilding throes pre-
sage mighty performance in the months
to come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-24
Ships Ships Ships
= w Morse of u S. Steamship Company, Shows How
r.st Sbips Can Be Buit-Asks Chairman Hurley
to Supply Electric Light for Night Work

they sniff with scorn at the long leaf
pine that has taken the place of the
old-time oak. they are as happy as
larks. Nothing can shake their faith
in wooden ships. If you 90 among
them as they raise the towering fabric
Of the ships, it is easy TO understand
their love of the wooden ship.
In the building it is more impress
sive thing than the steel shin. II is
so massive, the keel is so big, the
keelsons so heavy, the fuddocks so
strong, the knees. as nature shaped
them in the slow process of forty
years, so tough. the bilge- seiling so
thick, the planking so bulky. the floor
timhers so ponderous, the stanchions
so firm, the haring headpieces so i'm
posing.
Now add TO the sentiment of the
golden age returned. the solid salts
faction of $50 week in your pocket,
as against long years of SIS. and the
renewed respect Of the neighbors as
they pass you on the street and come
respectfully 10 watch your work, and
you can get some inkling Of the mean
ing of the golden age come back 10
the men who recall the great time of
the sea for America and have lived
long enough TO see another great era
returning.
Evening star., 1917-12-14
DR.. ID. .WALG0TT HEARS
AVIATOR S0NHAs FALLEN
Smithsonian Director Fears Lieuten-
ant May Have Been Killed Fol-
lowing Attack Over France.

DR.. Charles D. Walcott. secretary OF
the Smithsonian Institution, today re-
ceived unofficial word that an airplane
bearing his son. Lieut.. BENJAMIN Wall
cott, had fallen in France while re-
turning from a flight over enemy lines.
Dr. Walcott has not recefved. any
direct notification OF the incident. IA
which it Is feared his son may hare
been killed.. nor has the War DEPART
ment verified the report.
The unofhciai report was that youpg
walcott, a skilled aviator. had brought
down an adversary in the aerial ena
counter, but that three German ma.
chimes later attacked him, and his
plane went down "a
Lieut. Walcott- was about twentysone
years old He graduated from Prince
and went to France in the spring. abouf
the time this country declared war on.
Germany. =
He served in the Lafayette Esquadrille.
in which he distinguished himself before
being given commission in the United
States Aviation Corps ~
A brother, Sidney S. Walcott. is. n
lieutenant in the Signal Corps. sta
toned in this city, and a sister, Miss
Helen Walcott, is visiting somewhere
in the south. His mother is dead
His father was attenS:,lg the an
nual meeting of the board of trustees
of the Carnegie Institution of WASH
ineton, 18th and P streets. when news
dispatches. telling Of his sons fan
were brought to him ----.4
Evening star., 1917-12-14
Miss Rankin's Theme.
BILL PROVIDES PURCHASE
OF D. c. PHONE SYSTEM

Purchase Of the telephone system of
the District OF Columbia by the govern
ment is proposed in bill introduced In
the Senate today by Senator Gore Of
Oklahoma. Any surplus of the postal
service for the fiscal year 1918 Is to be
made available for use in purchasing
the Districts phone system. The opera.
tion Of the District telephone system is
to be placed under the Post oiice De-
partment.
a similar bill was introduced In the
last Consress BY Senator Gore. The
rscommsnded that the government taEe
over the telephone and telegraph sys-
tens OF the country. ff the District tcIe-
phone system were taken over it would
be regarded as an entering wedge into
government ownership Of ali the teie.
phone and telegraph systems Of the
To facilitate the sale OF farm products
direct TO- consumers, the Bill would as
tabiisn expsrimsntal telephone service
District IF Columhas. es
Evening star., 1917-12-14
URGES EIGHT-HOUR DAY
FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES
Representative Borland Argues in
House for Increase Of the Mini
mum Period Of Service.

Effort to increase the working hours
Of postal employees in the District OF
Columbia to minimum eight-hour
day was made on the floor Of the
House today by Representative Borland
Of Missouri. In arguing for an amend
ment to the postal appropriations bill
he said:
Before the war there were approx
mately $1,000 federal workers in the
District OF Columbia There are now
about $4,000. The postal employees con-
stitute to 10 per cent Of the federal
workers All Of the federal en-
ployes except those in the District Of
Columbia work an eight-hour day.
These to 10 per cent in the Dis
trict who have q minimum seven-hour
day constitute favored class We are
now in q state of war when the Ameri-
can taxpayer IL being taxed to the
limit. There is no place In the capital
of the nation for q group Of slackers."
In arguing that an eight-hour day Is
an honest day, both for employer and
employe, he said: IF the salary is not
sufficient that is another question.
am assuming that Congress knows how
to fix the salaries and that it will do
SO in justice and fairness to the fed
eral employees"
Evening star., 1917-12-14
NITRATE POWDER FOUND
IN TENDER OF ENGINE
Fireman at jackson, Miss, Was
About to Shovel It Into Fire
When Discovered.

JACKSON. Miss. Deeenber IA
ten-pound can of. nitrate powder WAS
discovered in the tender OF the engin4
on passenger train No. /. southbound
limited of the Illinois Central railroad
Just as the negro fireman was about TO
toss the can into the hrebox % the,
locomotive while the train was stsuas
ing on the tracks at the station hers
early today ~
The negro fireman was sheveltng
coal into the engine when he discoy-+
cred the can of powder. which was
blackensd and battered SO that IN the
dim light In the tender 1t resemhlsd =
lump OF coal. The nreman had thS can
on his shovel and had turned TO toss
II into the nrebox when he noticed its
peculiar shape and paused to examine
tho contents of hts shovel.
Ihs Aremau callsd other tfetuusn.
ana tnvesti stion revealed TIN e1a cons
tainsd powder. II was turned oypr -
the auth9fifies hers, and sn anyesties-
tioM WSt begun BY the EailrQaA. ef9en
and fSdSfal 6uthertt4es. The traIH. g
WA stated, MA 6h4AgeA g1&@n69 e
Canton. KtsA. en- xouts to fhtd <f1Z
Evening star., 1917-12-14
NOT WILLING TO DISCUSS
DELAY IN ARMING FORCES
Secretary Baker Declines to Talk in
Advance Of His Appearance Be-
fore Senate Committee.

On the general ground that he pre-
ferred not to be drawn into a contro-
versy regarding alleged delays in arm
Ing American forces, In advance of his
appearance before the Senate military
committee, Secretary Baker today de-
clined to discuss questions of respon-
he made to newspaper men last night,
that as Secretary of War he is re-
sponsible for practically everything
that goes on IN the War Department
At that conference in the course Of q
running conversation, Mr.. Baker made
no attempt to excuse the situation and
practically assumed personal RESPONSE
bility for the delay in the adoption Of
machine gun. He declared that the
added that the enemy undoubtedly
would be pleased to learn details Of
the ordnance troubles in this country.
Declaring that he could not go into
details in public, Secretary Baker in
sisted that the supply of small arms,
machine guns and other ordnance will
be adequate for the men by the time
they reach France. and adequate also
for the men under training in this
country. Every manufacturing facil-
ity in the United States capable of
making machine guns. he said, is turn
ing them out as rapidly as possible
and the facilities are being increased
He made no criticisms Of Gen. Croxfer's
testimony before the Senate COMMITTEES.
and said it was his duty to tell the
plain facts. His statement that the Sec
guns. Secretary Baker said, was correct.
and he assumed full responsibility for
the action OF the department in that
matter.
Evening star., 1917-12-14
HEAR SENATOR NEWLANDS
ON RAILROAD PROBLEMS.
Editors of Trade Papers Told Of Sc
rious Situation Confronting
the Country.

Senator Newlands OF Nevada. chair
man of the Senate interstate commerce
committees addressed the editors Of
trade papers here today on the trans
portation problems now confronting
the country.
Senator Newlands said that additional
facilities and equipment were neces-
sary rising out of war conditions, and
the money must be Immediately sup
piled a. a war measure, either by the
railroads or by the government
.If the railroads were unable to
reach the money market because of the
liberty loans, he said, 1t would be nee
essary for the government ITSELF either
to provide the additional equipment and
faculties, leasing them to the railroads,
or to provide for direct loan or guar
antee to the railroads.
"There should be no delay in i'm
nediately meeting every requirement
for proper equipment or facilities for
the railroads." he said. .as upon them
rests more than on any other factor
the successful prosecution OF the war"
Evening star., 1917-12-14
new YORK CITY STRUCK
BY BLIZZARD WEATHER
Traffic, Telegraph and Telephone
Service interrupted by Heavy
Snowstorm.

NEW YORK. December IA snow
storm. approaching blisxard propor-
tions, that ragged throughout the night
crippled all trafiic in New York today.
interrupted telegraph and telephone
service brought intense suffering to
the poor and acoentuated the serious
shortage Of coal. The gale whipped
up heavy sea, driving small craft to
cover and causing considerable damage
along the water front
The weather cleared just before day
break, and the wind, which caused the
snow to drift to a degree unusual for
New York. died down.
+ With trolley service virtually para
lyzed in many sections Of the city and
tho elevated trains running spasmodi-
cally. tho early morning rush or work
ers to the downtown district over
crowded the subway lines
The coal situation, which has been
acute FOR weeks, caused much appre-
hension today. Reeve Schley, local fuel
administrator, said there were 10000
tons of New Jersey ports awaiting
transportation here in scows. The high
seas made it dangerous for the craft
to attempt the trip during the morn
ing.
IN the Bronx yesterday the entire
supply OF coal was exhausted. and
crowds OF people besieged empty yards
In vain In Brooklyn and on the New
York East Side there were small riots,
in which the chief participants were
women, who pleaded that their children
were dying Of cold at home.
Evening star., 1917-12-14
BLIZZARD HALTs MINING.
$4,000 Coal Men at Shamokin, Pa.
Idle-Cars Tied Up,

SHAMoKIN. Pa, December lift
teen thousand miners in the shamokin
anthracite districts were idle today.
and not a pound Of coal will be ship
ped as a result of last nights blizzard.
Railroad sidings into collieries are un-
der snow drifts ranging from three to
seven feet in depth. closing in whole
trainloads of coal mined Thursday.
No freight or coal trains were being
moved at noon today. Mining superin-
tendents have called out men to aid in
opening colliery sidings. in the hope
that anthracite production may be re-
sumed tomorrow.
Tfre, attributed to incendiarism
early this morning destroyed the Sus-
quehanna Collieries Companys Hickory
$4,000. The washing was being re-
modelled.