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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Vote on Soldiers
Insurance Held Up
Opponents Fail in Efforts to
Change Measure; Passage
To-day Seems Certain

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--Final vote
on the soldiers and sailors insurance
bill was delayed IN the House again to-
day By repeated unsuccessful attempts
of it's opponents to change the measure
When overwhelming support OF the
bill became apparent through decisive
defeat of amendments. Administration
leaders abandoned plans made yester,,
day TO resort to special rule TO end
debate. They predicted its passage by
tomorrow night without material
change.
Representative Parker, of New Jer-
sew, made several futile efforts to
limit the power Of officials designated
to enforce the provisions Of the bill
and TO transfer the authority TO the
Pension Bureau and the War and Navy
departments. The optional insurance
section was not reached.
Only one amendment OF Importance
was adopted. 1t was offered by Repre-
sentative Cannon and struck out a pro-
vision for additions Of $1,000 a year TO
the salaries of officials enforcing the
provisions Of the bill.
Representative Huddleston, OF Ala
bama. advocated the same pay and al
lowances for officers and enlisted men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Influence of Chinese Guilds

The guild is still the powerful factor
in Chinese business. Modern in
dustrial activities, however, have be
gun to throw shadows over this ancient
institution. In Shanghai ! talked with
Mr.. Chang Lot-chung, an old gentleman
with a strong and genial countenance,
who speaks no English and appears TO
be prosperous merchant belonging to
the old school But Mr.. Chang Lot
chung is president of the Welfare As
sociation, and the Welfare Association
is a new institution in. China. The
Welfare Association is not a guild It
is a combination of guilds. It's sig
nifcance lies in the power of its idea.
Who can say TO what movement TO
federate the guilds of one province with
those of another may lead? Who can
say what pressure the combined guilds
of China might bring finally upon the
wabbling internal administration of
China or upon the foreign trade within
her borders Richard Washburn Child,
in Asia Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Salonica Settled by Jews

Salonica. swept by destructive fire, ia
locally pronounced Saloniki, but still
retains among educated Greeks the full
Biblical name of Thessalonica. St.
Paul would now find his compatriots
far more numerous, for the city is
mainly populated not by Greeks, Turks
or Slays. but by Jews, who speak an
archaic form of Spanish. They settled
there four centuries ago, when banished
from Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella.
This Macedonian Jerusalem possesses
one peculiar feature which involves
dubious compliment 10 the British
navy. Il has, or had, beer shop
named after each battleship of its
Mediterranean squadron!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Housing Workers Is
New British Problem
One Million Houses Is the
Estimate of Needs
After War

One of the most important questions
in Great Britain for several years past
has been that Of housing the working
classes. This subject is now studied
by committee appointed by the gov
eminent, while the local government
board has requested town and urban
authorities throughout the country to
report, not later than a date IN Octo-
Der, the housing requirements OF the
people in their towns and districts.
It is admitted by the board that 500,-
900 houses are now urgently wanted,
but other authorities, including the
Joint Committee on Labor Problems
After the War, estimate that not less
than 100000 houses are necessary,
costing S1,216,625, 900.
Financial Aid Promised
Government financial aid has been
promised, although no stated amount
has been named, pending the report of
the newly appointed committee. In the
mean time a grant of S97.330,000 has
been asked for by some housing organ
iZatlOns.
The government in November. 1914,
decided in favor Of a free grant from
the Exchequer, rs well as loans, to per-
init of local councils charging Gus
tomary rents without mourning loss;
and while that policy is still in force,
il has so far only affected certain
munitions areas.
1t is recognized that bad housing has
led TO high infantile mortality, notably
in the northern industrial centres. In
three Scottish districts there IS urgent
need for accommodation for 100000
workers.
Since 1906 there has been a decrease
in the building Of houses for the work
ing classes. due. it is stated, 10 pre-
vious overbuilding. which led to towns,
being burdened with empty buildings
which, paying no rates, increased the
taxable proportions payable by those
that were occupied.
The new land valuation and taxes
authorized under the finance act OF
1909 proved an additional cause in the
decline in building small houses, which
for some years previously had formed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Lafayette's Home
To Be Shelter for
Manned Soldiers
Roosevelt and Others Plan
to Buy Chateau for Hos
pital and School

Theodore Roosevelt, Henry White,
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, jr., and
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman are among the
directors of the French Heroes Lafay-
cite Memorial Fund, which yesterday
applied TO the Supreme Court for a
certificate Of incorporation.
The organization plans to buy the
birthplace of Marquis de Lafayette. IN
France, and land adjacent to it for
the establishment of hospitals. homes
for soldiers and destitute women and
schools for children.
The petition sets forth the pur-
poses as follows: THE raising by vol
untary contributions and subscriptions
of funds to be used for the purchase
and acquisition of certain property
known as the Chateau de Chavaniac
LAFAYETTE, at Chavaniac Lafayette,
Commune of st. Georges d'Aurac,
France, together with all appurte-
nances except the furniture and per-
sonal property; also to raise funds to
acquire land and property adjacent to
and in the neighborhood Of the Cha
teau de Chavaniac Lafayette.
1.-THE erection and maintenance in
the neighborhood Of the chateau and
elsewhere Of homes, schools. hospitals
and other institutions for the relief
and care of crippled, manned. blinded
or sick soldiers. and homeless, destl-
tute or tuberculous women and Tor the
relief OF education OF children Of the
Republic of France or the countries OF
her allies.
1.-THE maintaining of permanent his
torical museum and monument TO the re-
lation of mutual interest and apprecia-
ton now and heretofore existing be-
tween the peoples of the United States
and the Republic of France, and in
recognition by the people of the United
States Of the close ties binding them
to the people of France because OF
the signal services rendered Oy Cen
erel LAFAYETTE TO the United States.
ARTICLES of historical interest con-
nected with these relations viii be
collected and sent to the Lafayette
chateau u,,,
Among other directors are Mrs. Will
lam Astor CHAMBER Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Clarence II. Mackay' John
G. Milburn. DIR. Nicholas Murray But
Ter. James NJ. Beck and James A.
Blair, jr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

whether spoken or unspoken.
Of the 2,l56 men who expressed a
preference as to the branch OF the ser.
vice to which they should be assigned
1920 chose fighting assignments. Inc
cards indexed thus far reveal the fol-
lowing selections:
Infantry, 722; engineers, 1885; ma
chinists, I; artillery. 479; aviators, o.;
cavalry, 8.
The significant feature Of these fig
ures is that the men learned soon after
their arrival here that the cavalry had
the least prospect of seeing actual
fighting; consequently, it was avoided
like the smallpox. IL was found that
there were seventy-one college grad
yates among the men already mustered
in. OF these, one was earning $4,000
a year before he resigned to become a
private. Three others were $4,000 a
wear men, while others were making
salaries that seem comfortably large
when compared with the modest $50
they will receive monthly because OF
their military employment for Uncle
Sam.
Food Is High Class
The quality Of food being served at
the camp continues 10 De tue "oHuei
Of the ever hungry draft army. Since
the meals all are being prepared under
the direction of men who until short
time ago were high salaried chefs in
New York's biggest hotels, nothing is
lacking in flavor and preparation. The
meals to-day included: Breakfast-Oat-
meal and milk, bacon, bread, coffee.
Dinner-Soup, pork and beans, toma,,
toes, bread. Supper-Steak smothered
in onions, potatoes. bread and butter,
tea.
Next to the interest in food came the
curiosity concerning the meaning OF
the various bugle calls. Before many
hours the men learned that the first
call at daybreak came at 5:45 o'clock,
reveille at 8, breakfast at $3.50 and the
call for bunk inspection at 1880.
Tomorrow the men will be initiated
into a system of intensive drilling, and
will be measured for uniforms. Then
they will realize for the first time that
they are actually members Of the army
and be able to prove it to those who
doubt them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
100000 Red Cross
Manuals Distributed

The American Red Cross has just
sent 100000 manuals to its chapters,
giving exact directions for the prepare
ton Of surgical dressings. In a letter
accompanying the manuals, the ma
tional committee of the Red Cross en-
phasizes the Importance Of this work
and warns that all contributions whl,a
do not meet the requirements as set
forth will be rejected.
ST. Georges Church, Stuyvesant
Square, presented TO the Red Cross an
ambulance purchased by popular sub
scription throughout the parish.
Hugh X. Pritchitt, member Of the
banking firm of Pritchitt & Co., has
received q Red Cross commission and
will sail for France soon, to join the
staff of Major G. NJ. 2. Murphy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
IL New Typhoid Cases
Staten Island Officials Still
Blame Milk for Outbreak

Despite the report of the New Jersey
Board of Health that the typhoid cpl
demic in Richmond was not caused by
impure milk shipped from Delaware,
n. j., the Staten Island health officials
are convinced that the milk delivered
from that point did contain typhoid
germs. The embargo on milk from
Delaware is still being maintained.
Chemists who analysed the Catskill
water supplied to Richmond reported
the water contained no typhoid germs.
Twelve new cases OF typhoid in Rich
rond were reported up to 10 o'clock
last night. There are also sixty-eight
suspicious cases under observation. No
deaths occurred yesterday. Twelve
hundred citizens were inoculated in the
course Of the day with anti-typhoid
vaccine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Seaplane Service for
Sweden and Finland

The we'll known Swedish sirman,
Captain Dahlbeck, has proposed a
scheme 70 the Swedish government for
The establishment Of seaplsne ser
vice between Sweden and Finland. The
Swedish General staff is now consider
ing the plan. The idea is that the
seaplane shall start from Norrtelje,
north Of Stockholm. and finish at the
mouth Of the Gulf Of Finland. The
seaplsnes will carry both passengers
and mails. The journey from Stock
holm TO Finland via Haparards now
takes three days and three nights
BY means Of scaplanes IL will be pos.
sible for tho journey TO be covered in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Worlds Record Broken
Italian Aviator Flies From
Naples to Turin and Back

Captain Giulio Laurcati has broken
the worlds fight record by flying from
Turin to Naples and back without de-
scendinC.
Captain Lsureati. who .pilotcd a new
model STA with q Fiat motor, left Turin
at 10;O7 one morning, arrived at Naples
ut $3.50 p. m, and after circling over
that city returned 90 Turin, where he
arrived AZ $40 y. m.
The distance between Turin and Ma
pies is about AGO miles in a direct line.
London Globe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Germans Smuggie Jewelry

Jewelry is evidently not considered
very safe in Germany, judging from
the amount that is pouring into Hol-
land in mysterious parcels. Accord
ing 70 a consular authority in Amster-
dam, the Dutch government has been
obliged to appoint special officers TO
trace and keep a record OF these arti-
cles of value. Some are for sale, but
the greater quantity is dispatched in
fictitious names 70 banks and places
of deposit. The Kaiserin is reported
to have disposed Of much of her jew
elry in this fashion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

OK September s,sn r3 s %ar R Bazaar and opened
Brighton Beach last night This is the r'i s ba tf a qss
opening night designated as French night thousands were
That item where unwttingy slipped up in our first
policy o the and 1 tbs notice. appeared on THURSDAY morn
ing In the second place do not believe mat ns G
lR oe IST n Friday ngh the seventh found Carnival qog
about speed practically and the booths almost
began find out all sorts Of things about this latest
The date St for s Rsn anG Sssf 5aa ss9
exhibit at the coming Bazaar one SucH was
Se @ the National Plant Flower Fruit Guild They
the Advisor august n %;fg a S S had s heard that G no @
organization back of the Bazaar and that people % e @ S s
thing about the Bssaa 9 B stated that relief
would be given wGui 9ssfg o aTe B6
and in addition they might f aya funds on any sales in excess
admission tickets privileges by the Bazaar COMMITTEES
fqa the M Sae sS boas sSg Fund
psf s French en- Consul s General or to the
included first ALL Consul General Castor sosrs Coy
whitman Senator WadswGTth and long list Of DSs ana
relief organizations Of these persons nuGe @ %
R mao who wSs NATURALLY the valuable the affair
wrote hat had fs1 a whn Wilson, who had been
would officially the American Frensh War Relief Bazaar
finally because of alleged misrepresentation concerning
the % o h5 pEo@P s sd S
what without doubt rather sordd moneymakng scheme only slight
favored with charity And that brings Us to the real SGT Re calls
Executive Secretary and Fuoy manager
War Relief Bazaar and Carya and PACK Oh nm
rather vague figure named with equal vagueness Smith VINO was inc
man that originally conceived idea Of the Bazaar We don't know
who Smith is but A. DeVere Storey IS seasoned press
agent Storey their heads together fixed up the ne
Of the Bazaar upon Brighton Beach the scene thereof and
get Brighton Beach Hotel 70 let them use Its premises
This by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and STOREY
condition that the Bazaar g0ody te U
Furthermore Bazaar
ted extensively on Rapid Transit bboards The hay
Smith q slice of the General Fund receipts and the tire
Storey over his efforts By the time the Genera
Fund hands Storey and the Brighton Beach Hotel o|
Rapid Transit total nearly
General Fund and pays the Of employees stamps ara
bilooards ana possibly
the relief organizations exhibiting
Q the Bazaar .p-.- -
That French War Relief Bazaar and
sorry have few inches OF space IN o
unfortunately people who try TO take Gva
CT the patriotic feeling which runs high and TO use Tor @
highest impulses of generosity which are ALREADY taxed
legitimate It preach not only the open purse M
the sharp the detection OF quesn
bread and soldiers
garments, with wounded Tommies and po dying @
of
the mysterious Mr. Smith even TO the brooklyn N
Transit Company dollar of much needed gifts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
$lO,OOO-a-Year Buyer a
Private, as Is Son OF
c.. w. Perkins
Men Anxious to Fight
Drafted New Workers Show
Anxiety to Reach the
Trenches
fStAr Cmrvsponientl

! CAMP UPTON, l.. l., Sept. lin n
struggling line of raw recruits that
gathered before barrack here this
/ afternoon for the A b c lesson In
military life stood George j. ketter-
| ling, until yesterday $4,000 a year
BUYER for a New York grocery house,
Before the line stood dapper young
Observation-Disclosures who in private
life had acted as Private KetterlinG'5
assistant.
Remember that soldier is judged
largely by the manner in which ne
salutes his superior officer said the
lieutenant, looking very severe. NOV
let me see you salute as / count"
Every hand went to the correct posi-
ton at the head Of it's owner and was
brought down with a rcsounding whacK
upon the seam of his trousers. Where
upon the Lieutenant continued the les
son, while his former employer listened
attentively.
This incident is characteristic Of the
levelling process that has in but TWEEN
ty-four hours converted New York
fnanciers, lawyers, cooks and walters
into privatcs in Uncle Sans army.
George w. Perkins, jr., heir to mill
ions, and Quong Lee, army cook, ap-
preached their new duties to-day with
the same eagerness to learn. Both
men won the praise of the mastering
officer before whom they passed be-
fore being finally accepted as additions
70 the National Army.
34S Recruits Mustered In
Thus far, exactly 34S of the recruits
who landed here from Long Island
trains yesterday have been mustered
into the service. The machinery for
absorbing the camps human material
is being speedeG up, however, and it is
probable that the work of mastering
the men in actually will be completed
tomorrow.
Physical examinations made to-day
served 10 vindicate the judgment Of the
city's eXemptors in almost every par
ticular While it is probable that a
few of the first 1900 men TO arrive
here may be rejected, none has been
thus far.
The camp is filled with lot Of
pretty sick youths tonight, however.
More than 800 were inoculated against
every known disease of soldiers dur
ing the afternoon, and some of their
number look ready for the hospital,
although but two men actually have
found their way TO that dreaded insti-
tuition because of this ordeal.
But the spirit of the new soldiers,
rather than their physical condition,
has aroused the admiration of the reg
ular army men.
in filing out his card to-day young
Perkins announced that his only work
since leaving Princeton last year had
been that Of secretary of Y. VI. c. A.
He underscored the words auto driver"
on his mastering card. however As a
I consequence il is probable that he will
/ Immediately De assigned 70 one Of the
I officers here as chauffeur.
| Eager TO Get to Trenches
Still another cheering bit of news
/ to the commanders here was the dis
! covery that the great majority Of the
men are seeking branches of the ser
vice that will get them into the trench
| es quickest.
"Cut the route TO France just as
short as you can, and you'll please US
! best" is the attitude of the men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

g ::,AdNsof?;2NF
Wednesday, September IL, 1917

Th. department engaged in separating the sheep Of
.dx,,,,nv and of the service which backs sdver'ns
from the xoats-.nd hanging bell the goats It invites
letter. describing experencesplesant or unpes'sn-~h
sdve,cr whether they be manufacturer wholesale houses
It'll ,r. n, oubl;e service corporations. II will print
,bo,. latter, which seem show most typiesly how
advertiser. deed. square with the words Of his .aver'ns
Only signed letters, giving the writer's address, will be read
But the name will BIO printed withheld, as preferred
Address: The Advisor, The Tribune, New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
TN CURRENT OPINION for July is Of article by
i Forbes which appeared in Hearsts Magazine:

appeared
mlop doaFs daysnSgh vtS to m s beng I paid by
sa ss ni American public soeast
sni are bsst been So rich for dishonest promoters
ss STis 1a . f the general belief only very
suggests need of s.ssegry aas2f
TsdeT statute n 5sss in PgPs p S se pure %
agree Forbes part We with him when he
should be & statute to protect the he 6gys
pure food law based finely but m:sEsD
n1g rp Ss stock sellers about s. after they had snde their
out sums asgregatng something like S2oTOg Let US a
the punishment commensurate with the crime
CERTAIN percentage advertising with the high
M bsHf 5rfr ba P s Of PSs an en- Few o
good schools just there doubtless good p
getting until part paid makes lonssta1Ss
eapcu sa with fs S bs
charge brought against him was the fact that he was concealed "
received many complaints correspondence schools that
This is also boon reliable schools There something sSo:
cessfui saesmanshp Of Beacon Street Boston
trouble hardly qualified offer to others really valuable information
s science and S art 5rsss R s; doubtless valuable asset scheme
The faculty found consist of the schools gifted founder
selling The fee for the $50 positions guaranteed
according to the advertng AS matter OF TACT SIae e marks
to the good work Of Postoce Department Successful
Forrest O. Gophorne fields his talents
preparing the above have been T S5o4n s
who operated the second instance under the of the Crawford the
solicitor of the POoe Department charged o'tensiDy the
sold card index folowup for collecting
accounts a Copthorne dauded agents
advertised by demanding deposit from them and then
he himself collected the e
sold his index and then refused TO
money the creditor settlement by which Cop
profted considerably
Such schemes at least ingenious II great pity tna
should be turned legitimate channels me ~
from
Department eventually the ingenuity OF the
OF such a scheme.
the Of these recommended on june "a
second July OATH might call the talented gehu
whom they directed Get Rich Quick WaUngord'
(The AdVsor rH appear Wednssday September H. s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

a few hours. Captain Dahlbeck pro-
poses to establish this new seaplane
service as soon as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
SCHOOL AGENCIES

American and Foreign Teachers Agency
Supplies Professors. Teachers, Tutors
Goyernesscs, etc. to Colleges, Schools and
Families Apply 10 Mrs NJ J. YOUNG
.EULTON. q Union SQUARE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Eager TO Get TO Trenches

Still another cheering bit of news
to the commanders here was the dis
covery that the great majority Of the
men are seeking branches of the ser
vice that will get them into the trench
es quickest.
Cut the route to France just as
short as you can, and you'll please US
best" is the attitude of the men,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-10

of their teacher; Miss Oyen, made
trip up thru the coulee west Of town
in search Of the beautiful anemOne
and other lovely blossoms.
A couple of strange looking objects
were seen skulking down side street
one afternoon and their, suspicious APP.
pearance has given rise to much spec
ulation as to their identity. A re-
ward has been offered that may result
in some sleuth determining IL said OBJ
jects were dangerous German spies or
simply malefactors Of great wealth.
Dave Houston, Jr., our popular
drayman, reports rushing business
these spring days, as between those
who have the moveitis fever and those
suffering from attacks Of gardenitis,
necessitating the services of Dave and
his trusty plow, they keep him on the
Jump from early morn to dewy eve.
The last chapter in E. A. Madson's
efforts to propagate prize-winning
birds thru the medium of an electric
incubator has been written. For full
and intimate particulars regarding
same address E. A. Madison, Burling-
ton. We would suggest that you en-
close q fire-proof container in which
he may forward reply thereto. It
seems that Einar, not to be discourag-
ed in well-doing, again loaded his cleo
trical contrivance with an assortment
Of choice and valued hen fruit inn
ported from the east, and with an as
surance which would have done credit
to more worthy cause, rested from
his labors, satisfied that the "juice"
could be relied upon implicitly. Alas,
and alack, again on Sunday morning
Einar awoke to learn that some un-
accountable contingency had arisen
whereby the powers that be had shut
of the juice; and his precious, not to
say costly, hatch was doomed to de-
struction. Hence the above injunction
to enclose an asbestos container for
details if your curiosity leads you to
write Einar for particulars.
E. A. Harthouse, who presides over