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New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
FeWer than 1000 Madison
Men viii Get Commissions

Madison Barracks, July 17.-Fewer
than one thousand Of the student Off
GERS Of this camp will receive commits
sions in the National Army, according
TO statement issued to-day by the
commandant. Colonel Sample. There
will not be places for more than that
number. he said.
This means that many men entitled
to commissions will not get them. Some
OF those left over may enter the quar-
termaster's corps. or the 2.45O men
who entered the camp Is per cent have
been dropped on account of physical
disability and military inaptitude.
The latter reason includes MANY
whose youthful appearance disqualifes
them, il being the opinion OF examining
officers that they would not be able 10
command the proper discipline from the
men under them.
Students who showed qualities that
would tend TO make them good officers
but who have slight physical defects
have been placed in the hospital for
observation in an effort 10 bring them
up to the required standard.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Dash of American Troops
Amazes French Villagers
Natives Gaze IN Wonder as New Allies Set About Clearing
Up Countryside Until 1t Resembles Regular
Army Camp Back Home

without music since the outbreak OF
the war.
Lion Cub as Mascot
An attractive feature OF the camp is
a lion cub, which occupies corner w
the camp OF a certain regiment. ne
cub was presented as mascot py
Americans resident in Paris. lie was
Young and playful and harmless snort
time ago. but is growing astonishihgy
and is veritable terror TO the towns,
people and now source OF douDtluI
amusement to the soldiers, many OF
whom bear scratches to TESTIFY 10 inc
nature OF his playfulness.
An even more strenuous course ol
training is in force here than at the
original camp near the LANDING point
of tho troops. The men work mimi
mum of eight hours daily; the othcers
from twelve to sixteen. In addition
thew take tremendous hikes to get INTO
condition. Here and there one fails by
the waysde. but the majority are
standing the gsff in way that SPEAKS
volumes for the efficiency OF the sys-
tenn.
Plans are developing rapidly for reg
ular and constant training in coopera,,
,ion with the French troops encamped
in this district, whose long experience
has been placed at the disposal OF the
newcomers.
Cooperate with French
The French and American hesdquar-
ters are in the same building. and there
is constant cooperation between the
two forces, which will soon be so de-
veloped that the Americans not only
will have guidance and instruction
from French officers. but virtually
there will be an experienced and
trained mentor for each trooper. They
will be willing mentors, too, for the
French are so enthusiastic about the
Americans that they even march about
with American flags attached TO their
bayonets.
An amusing. but not altogether
happv. feature Of the Inauguration of
the training camp was the confusion
INTO which the telegraph office was
thrown when it found itself confronted
with numerous newspaper dispatches
to handle in place of occasional brlei
messages. The length of the dis
patches-even though they were all too
brief-completely upset the operators
az the beginning, and their unfamiliar
ity with the English language IN
creased the difficulties. The situation
however, is improving.
As a tribute to the marching ability
of the troops, it might be mentioned
that the soldiers have lost so many
hobnails on the roads that about half
of the motor cars in camp have picked
them UP and have rejoiHed thereby in
punctures.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
fBy The Associated Prossl

American Training Camp in France,
July 1.-THE American troops have
teen here for less than a week-they
are not all here by any mesns-and
they have already made themselves
thoroughly at home, so much so that
this section of France looks like little
bit Of America.
The correspondent made an extended
visit TO the encampments this morn
ing, and found the men ft and in good
spirits and full OF praise for the friend
il cooperation of the French people,
who have willingly and gladly given up
many of their own comforts to accom-
n,odate the army. The available houses,
however. are not sufficient to accom-
nodate all the Americans who have ar
rived, and so the countryside is dotted
with newly erected barracks that have
sprung up overnight and make this
beautiful neighborhood even more pict-
uresqu..
Water Thirst Amazes Natives
Water is abundant here, but uncer-
tain as to purity, so the troops are
adopting fltering methods by means of
bags suspended from tri-poles, which
sstonish the local habtants almost as
much as the Americans inexplicable
thirst for water, which is unknown TO
wine drinkers, many of whom seldom
touch water
A task which the army has taken
upon itself is the clearing up of the
entire countryside, and at the present
pace the whole district will soon look
like a well ordered garden. Such
prisoners as are under arrest for minor
infractions of the regulations are en-
ployed each morning in making head
quarters spotless, and are bringing
such a degree of orderliness into the
place that the original residents are
amazed.
Likewise the French find it difficult
to understand why the soldiers take so
many baths. for the men make for the
nearest stream and dive in as soon as
they are at liberty.
The presence of the soldiers here has
naturally introduced many novelties
but probably none is more welcome
than the daily evening concert, which
3ttracts people from far around, people
chiefly who have never heard lively
American music and who have been
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Flat Feet Can't Run
Navy's Typewriters;
Two Girls Rejected
Prospective Yeo-Cirls With
Fallen Arches Find Am
bitions Thwarted

No stenogrspher with fat feet will be
allowed to run typewriter for the
United States navy.
This bittcr truth was brought home
to two young women yesterday morn
ing, when their ambition to serve their
country in the clerical forces of the
censors Office was thwarted by the dis
covery that their arches were fallen.
One of the young women is reported
TO have sputtered: 81 don't expect to
run the typewriter with my feet"
This made no impression on the navy
physical experts, however, and the
young woman was rejected. Later she
showed up again with a doctors GER
tiicate and a written statement from
her teacher in high school, saying that
she had played basketball and hockey
in school and had never lost a game on
account of her fallen arches. Lieuten.
ant A. y. Baldwin, to whom she ad.
dressed her complaints, said he was
very sorry, but the navy required
women as well as men to be in perfect
physical condition.
The navy recruiting Office at &c Cort-
landt Street was overrun with young
women Yesterday morning. in spite of
the warning issued the day before that
there was none of the glamour of war
about the work for the censor. OF the
twenty-five who applied on Monday, all
but the two with fiat feet were ac-
cepted.
The "yeo-girls' will wear uniforms
of blue navy blouses and white skirts,
II was announced by Lieutenant Joseph
b. Wright. No sooner was the an
nouncement made, however, than the
Lieutenant had reason to regret his
words. The young women said they
were perfectly willing to serve their
country, but they wouldn't. simply
wouldn't, wear those horrid hot flannel
blouses in the summer. The Lieutenant
mopped his brow.
"Oh, all right; well have another
meeting, | suppose, and vote some other
kind Of uniform for you" he grumbled.
"You can't expect navy men to know
what kind Of blouses girls wear"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Joe Cox, Who Defeated
Willard, Enlists After
ailing Three Times
Was Rejected by Army, Navy
and Marines as Too Big
Coast Defence Takes Him

Joe Cox, who made Jess Willard lump
out OF the ring one night few years
ago, has finally been signed up for the
war. For days his life had been lust
one recruiting station after another
while he tried 10 find a surgeon who
wouldn't call him too big and strong
Tor the soldiers life.
The twenty-four-year-oId fighter tried
the navy on Monday. He wanted to be
naval aviator, but nothing came OF il.
although his muscular development was
so perfect that photograph of it was
sent to Washington with his applica-
ton.
Yesterday he went 20 the navy re-
cruiting station at "a East Twenty
third Street and offered to enlist as a
machinist, but DR.. Farwell, the exam
ming surgeon, told Cox he was too big.
Il flew in hydroaeroplane with Har-
old Mccormick, of Chicago, for a year
and half, and nothing happened" he
protested. There's too much red tape
hanging to the end of your machines.
] want TO get into the service, and I've
passed up a fight with Carl Morris and
another with Fulton to do il. You'll
draft me anyway, and you'd better take
me now when ! offer to 60"
He even tried to sign up as apron
tice seaman, but it was no go. Then
the Marine Corps turned him down.
The army recruiting station in the same
block made it three straight, and then
Cox wound up by addressing a crowd
from the deck of the Recruit, in Union
Square.
In the afternoon he succeeded. He
enlisted with the Naval Coast Defence
Reserve as a first class fireman.
Dad is sixty-three," explained Cox.
"but he's as big as ! am, and he told
me if / waited to be drafted he'd lick
me-and | think he could come pretty
near doing il. too"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Motor Trucks for ChapIains
GBy Telegraph to The rribun.l

Albany, July 1.-THE regimental
chaplains of the National Guard or.
ganizations. recently sworn into Fed
cral service, Cor the first time in the
history Of the state Guard. will be pro-
vded with motor trucks when they 20
into camp. This was announced TO-DAY
by Governor Whitman at "A luncheon
Of the chaplains at the Executive Man
sion.
-. Among the chaplains present were
Major Monsignor James y. Connolly
and Lieutenant Francis ?. Duffy. of New
York; Lieutenant Emil s. Harper. Lieu
tenant Percy K. Edrop and Lieutenant
Nehemiah Boynton, Of Brooklyn, and
Lieutenant Horace r. Fell. of The
Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Gus Edwards Leads
Show on the Recruit
Inspired Crowd with Laddie
Boy" Others Give Services

Gus Edwards, Of vaudeville fame, led
a crowd of several thousand singing
Laddie Boy" last night at show on
the L. s. s. Recruit, Union Square, and
as the chorus swung into do and dare
and die" many young men were seen
to elbow their way out Of the crowd
and talk with the sailor boys on duty.
Bert Levy. caartoonist, did the an
nouncing. and Frank Evans, Of the
United Booking Office, whipped the acts
into line.
The entire Gus Edwards Band Box"
troop donated their services, as did the
following: Jones and Johnson, Harry
Ellis, Bernie and Baker, Kitaro Japs,
Lazar and Dale, the Alvas, Yvette. Ryan
and Joyce, Eva Shirley, Ed and Lew
Miller, Duffy and Inglis, the Seven
American Singers. the German Sisters
and Miss Anna Chandler.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" ended
the performance, with the crew Of the
Recruit lined up on the deck.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Cos Cob Man a War Hero
Eric Bolton, Wounded in Bat
tie, Saved Life of Comrade
lBy Telegraph to The Tnbun.I


Greenwich, Conn, July l7.-Eric /.
Bolton. of Cos Cob, twenty-five years
old, who was wounded in the leg on
June 10 somewhere in France, is recov-
ering in a hospital, according to a
cable dispatch received here. Notices
from Ottawa state that Bolton, after
receiving a gunshot wound. carried a
wounded soldier who had fallen near
him to a dressing station two hundred
yards away. He had participated in a
number Of battles, and only recently
was promoted TO lieutenant of the l02d
Canadians, No. IL Platoon, c Company.
His brother has received a similar com
mission.
Bolton. British subject, enlisted in
March, 1916. He was associated with
his uncle. r. T. Bolton, consulting en-
gineer in Liberty Street, New York
before leaving for the front. His wife
was Miss Elizabeth Seymour, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Seymour, of Cos
! Cob. They have one child.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Business Troubles
pefltion In BnnsrupicN

Petition In Bankruptcy
NEW YORK Gas AND ELECTRIC SuPrLY
GO A petition iu taukrup,cS has he~u Md
against Paul Abcrt. doing business a. the Ncw
York Gas and Electric supply Co A. l19 Grand
49,. hy tho fo.loaing creditor Henry Crseu.tein
$500. Morris II. schwartz. so. and Charles ~
llamtcrg. SIG.
Schedules
CHARLES SCHROEDER. a provision dealer. At
no EAst llth s'.. has hlcd schedule. in hanE-
fupfy with liabilities Of tls.5sO and sssets N
;7A1l Among tho largest creditors sre m.
North side ssrIngs Bank. $1,000 aud Msrgare,
Schf.~dtf $1,000
sAMrEL DlAMONpSrTlN. grocer ~ 10
Audubon Az. has fied schedules in bankruptcy.
with liabilities given a. unknown and assets o'
500
Judgment,
4 transcript of judgment from Alhany County
has hs~n MED here FOR f7's. ll2 a5 sssirst the
Pittsburgh Cincinnati. 'Hielsp St Louis Rail.
road Company in favor ~ , Bradley Cor The
Judgment Wa obtained in me supreme Court oi
Albany County. y. " on July li. 1917
tnisnmsnt
THE AMERICAN CHAIR COMPANY. INC n
$40 Grand sf. has assigned 70 Abfam Il Freedman
Barnett Press 10 president Of tho company, which
49, L-lstpesated IN 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Naval Militia Off
S. |. Battalion Boards Train
ing Ship; $4,000 Cheer

A crowd Of $4,000 saw the Staten
Island Naval Militia battalion of last
right for training. There were eXer-
ciscs at Borough Hall. 81. George, where
the speakers were Borough President
Van Name. Representative Daniel Rior-
dan. County Judge j. II. Herman, Mrs.
William G.. Wilcox, Mrs. Charles A.
Simonson and Walter W. Price. A pa
rade preceded the exercises. A brisk
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Kills Actress and Himself

New Brunswick, y. j.. July IL Mrs.
Edith Simmons. known on the vaude-
Vile stage as Edith Creighton, was
shot to death at Theatrical City, two
miles from here. to-day by Leonard
Morris, an electrician. who then killed
himself
Mrs. Simmons has had home mt
Theatrical City for the last two years.
Since she was divorced from her hus-
band this spring Morris has been very
attentive 10 her. This morning she
was in a grocery store making pur.
chases. when the man entered. He
shot her through the heart and then
put the muzzlc of the pistol in his
own mouth and pulled the trigger.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Gamers Save Army Supply
$500 to Reserve Portion Of
Output for Country

Washington. July i7.--To insure an
adequate supply of canned goods for
the army and navy the Defence Coun-
ellis supply committee to-day asked all
the country's Gamers 10 reserve II per
cent OF each pack of peas, | per cent
of corn. Is per cent of tomatoes and 6
per cent Of salmon. Tese percentages
are based upon the Gamers entire pack.
not on the ursold surplus. The request
affects $500 Gamers in eighteen states
The Gamers already have agreed TO
accept a price to be established by the
government
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

shower failed TO discourage the audi
ence.
Borough President Van Name prom
ised that the borough would see de-
pendents of the Naval Mllitiamen
should not lack care, and that their own
names should be engraved on tablet
in the Richmond County Court House,
now in course Of construction.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Y. w. c. A. Ask War Service

Washington, July formal appli.
cation has been made to the War De.
partment by the Young Women,
Christian Association for permission
10 send an organization of women 10
France for welfare work among the
soldiers similar 10 activities of tho
Young Mems Christian Association.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
George w. Boyd Recovering

Cape May, n. j., July H. George W.
Boyd, passenger traffic manager Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, who has been
very i'll Mt his home here, is now out
Of danger. His sor, Oliver T. Boyd,
district passenger agent Of the Penn
sylvania, has returned TO New York.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
Wednesday, July 18, 1917

This department is engaged in separating the .h.,,.
advertising and of the service which backs up .dv.rs.
from the soats-.nd hanging bell the goats, h -"
letters describing cxperiences-pessant unplea..n,
Advertisers whether they be manufacturers, wholea.
retail stores or public service corporations. Il vii,
those letters which to show typieally bo~
advertisers deeds square with the words of his sdv.r
Only signed letters giving the writer's address, will b. ~
But the name will be printed withheld. a. pr.f.,
Address: The Advisor, The Tribune, New York
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

"EvERY time man or woman is misled by false adver,s
exaggerated printed in advertisements all av
dscreded a certain extent AS of efproeion
who adveres and who is believer in the value Of ~
should help to drive out the fakers.' 't~S
The Talking Machine World said whole doubeface ,.
when printed these few lines. An advertisement certainly
the company it keeps. '''
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

ON MAY purchased from May Co for 30 cents each .v,
~ candles inches long electric csndestcks Th,I
afterward, be bought FOR W
When got they small for ~. N
boy, Mr. May informed him that tb.v
back goods Last Saturday went there with ~ ave
Mr. He told they did back, ~
they away When sa
my bringing them back he could nav W
1t, and did not care. VII
We sent this complaint to Mr. May We received from him 49,
envelope adorned with his Wire to May Wire" slogan ~
tanning only tiny yellow card On side of the card was
May electrician; everything electrical; all repairs prompt G
other; wire May Wire 37h St. 9th Ave; 18th St. Ma
Electricians Greeley 72" No made our nos
Here where S. May, Electrician shortcrcuid W,
experience readers may be thoroughly insulated N
" should done take his chandeliers
ceiling and carry Mr.. Mays shop be fitted with csr
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
THE Vigilance Bureau Of the Mi

Vigilance Bureau or the Minneapolis Advertising
issued its third annual report In we find record many GOOD
accomplished Investigations have been conducted every line
ness artificial limbs a The Ford Tractor ConA
forced through campaign of publicity originally nst
Vigilance Bureau change its its place residence M
directors underwriters Some have been the
the campaign clean the wanad situation 1t has as
its efforts discourage the practice Of using misleading
An exhaustive study the comparative value question
In Of the bureaus policy of attaining its ends by moral
rather than by legal force only two prosecutions have been found
The following paragraph, under the heading Burden Of U
Suspicion well worth quoting, and throws side light
paign for honest advertsng
advertising whole; that they discount all advertising without IL
that this burden Of unust apan
this burden all advertisers The elnu,r
Every unfounded complaint therefore
the advertiser The
plants the this burden of suspicion
to have diminished.
Your submits following however showing
during the last three ,
considers proof that merchant needs
Of the bureau:
l5o-l9lf 20 Z per
The Vigilance of the Minneapolis Advertising Forum ss
congratulated report that attractive, efficient and n
ayman and also splendid of constructive work
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

THE following letter written recently and copy y
4 the complainant to the store in question:
To-day a we'll shoe pair a,a
has my for the last twenty on
experience the lack of the Of the saesm
took my took watch and there to be v.
upon. exactly fysx minutes after down before
asked had been waited upon, and only few
make my purchase, always buy the style M
is necessary only furnish the serial number n
Gated
There people my family, been pI
the complaint about the delay the Of esmen We
with folded talking among themselves. while Others
another 1t impossible for have been overlooked
me and saw the watch in my hand IT'D
The store then replied to j. T. D. follows:
Your of the 25h inst. hand reply would Q" tn
there is absolutely for the sehon y"
ceiyed
We have called the men together and given them good s &
such letters appreciate and accept our @
for the interest have taken calling the our s'e-
This is example of how criticism may be both courteous &
structve and of how immediate its effect may be- The modern
knows that is his job to sell service well merchandise ~
higher the quality of both the better his patronage The old m
girl who stood with her fellows in groups from wn
dgnant customer caught only occasional And he ses
ses to him. is rapidly disappearing, but there are st ns
customer neglect about which the merchant always glad to Know
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18
THE Newark Evening News recently printed very eS's"
timely editorial, from which we quote:

"A stream of nerve-shaken wound out Of one OF m
picture houses afternoon Of them nal
gather sufficient strength board hOmeward JUS I
the beginning of the oupouring ribbon Of humanity fe
came from the interior of the place to the Of those on
woman had watched the atrocities of warfare thrown by e
until the longer there her, and the
humans actually engaged in battle The fayorte tope IA
womanhood and the spectator filled with wonder that real
enter into and cooperate with the schemng Of the moving
ducer so vie cruel indecent awful IN every sense
war pictures aax 81
Yet this paper comments Mr. Charles y hnaPpi ar
amounts of advertisements Of these pictures
The Neglected Wife The Sins Of the Children and forth %
of The Newark News must be modelling his Journalistic II.
those of Mr. Hearst. He is determined that his editorial s'
never know what his advertising left hand is doing.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

(The ncrt Advisor rciu appear Sunday, JHy a. '''"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

Shortly before the Mr c. OF Chicago hen go
The Hotel Warwick, ST. Louis, sgraphed lor come rs
on account Of death in his immediate family lfe NJ
early in the morning misplaced By the clerk on du d
lett on his days business without getting H. Neal ,ssS
IN st. Louis had been eached or the phone from %
TO md HIM He 70 the Warwick and the telegram
the m. The last
at about and there other until AZ night sr
hotel set about calling of place OF
Mr. C. might be found but avail Just TOO ls vs.
his friend found him. told him and MN
wick No had he reached his than there
MIN card with the managements condolences. apol'SeS H.
,rrw ~
"Mr. C. will find awaiting him Fast ST. Louis N; sxrts
Chicago, which the that viii
The offer declined with a word Of appreel."'"
The cost of the would have been than sou"
If the of the Warwick had been like some M mn
have heard he would have protested that no h
patrons against the of employees There are s ~
have not yet learned that service is at least 90 per '
transaction, saying with Shylock
i cannot find 1t; It's not in the bond"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

THE following letter written recently and copy dtw
the complainant to the store in question:
New-York tribune., 1917-07-18

The Vigilance Bureau of the Minneapolis Advertising Form ht
congratulated report that attractive, efficient and ns
layman and also splendid of constructive work