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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Aircraft Output
Will Be fastened
Manufacturers to Discuss Speed
ing Up of Supply for
Defence

Washington, March ls.--American
aircraft manufacturers have been
called 10 meet in conference here next
Thursday with the National Commit
tee for Aeronautics TO discuss speed
ing up the manufacture Of airplanes.
In announcing the call to-day, DR..
Charles d. Walcott. chairman OF the
comm ttee. said the vital need of air
service preparedness was machines
with which 10 train pilots. Every air
craft factory in the country is loaded
TO it's limit with orders, and the Ad-
visory Committee is overwhelmed with
applications from young men for
training as avIators.
Sinct the army and navy were pro-
vided with adequate appropriations
for aerial defence. orders have been
placed for 500 planes for the army.
but only dfty-four have been deliv-
cred In the navy the situation IS
similar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Faculty Censors
City College Vote
On Preparedness
Student Canvass Showing
Pacihst Leanings Will
Not Be Published
Swiss System Favored
Belgian Senator Declares Men
Must Be Ready to Fight
for Freedom

Students Of the City College have
been forbidden to publish in "Thc
Campus" the undergraduate newspaper
the results Of QUESTIONABLE circulated
last week 70 ascertain the college senti-
ment on preparedness, universal mill
tary training and the question oil
referendum in case OF war.
President Sidney +. Mezes, in warn
ing the editors Of "The Campus not to
publish the result. IL became known
Yesterday, said it would be detrimental
TO the college. Students said the re-
suit showed the college ITO be II hotped
Of pacihsm." II was also announced
tina. the students would not be per
nitted to publish the result OF can
vass as 20 how many persons az INC
college had refused to sign the pledge
Of loyalty to President Wilson which IS
being circulated b. the Mayors Com
mi.tee on National Defence.
Pacifsts were told BY Henri La fon-
tame, SOCIALIST senator u w
tina. they might accomplish some
thing" if, instead of fighting prepared
ness. they worked for a constructive
military system like that of Sritler-
land. He spoke at paciflst meeting al
the Labor Forum, Stuyvesant hish
School, yesterday.
you might we'll approve Of the SWISS
system in your paciflst, propaganda,
said Mr.. La Fontsine. There are times
when men have TO fight for freedom
and you should be prepared for them
Dr., David Starr Jordan, chancellor oil
Leland Stanford University, will confer
With officials Of the Emergency Peace
Federation to-day on plan to induce
President Wilson TO appoint "a Joln'
high commission" TO settle the diner
ences between this country and Ger
many,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Nations Press Favors
Universal Training
Metropolitan Dailies Strongly
in Support of Military
Measure

The National Security League. which
has been keeping tabs on newspaper
editorials dealing with universal mill
tary training. reported Yesterday that
the editorial opinion Of the country
was strongly in favor OF IT, Metropoli-
tan dsilies were found very strong in
their support Of the measure. "The
Chicago Tribune" il dubbed prize
booster" because Of its twenty edi-
torials.
Exceptions TO the rule in New York
are THE Evening Post THE Journal
Of Commerce" the "Staats-Zeitung'
and "The Call" "The Evening Post"
heads the list of opponents. with thir-
teen editorials against universal train
ing. The league quotes "The New York
World" to show that it was converted
90 support Of the Chamberlain bill be-
tween December and February.
Among eighty-nine newspapers OF
New York State which published edi-
torials on the subject the league found
fifty advocates OF universal training
thirty non-commttal and nine opposed
or forty-eight newspapers in Pennsyl-
vania. twenty-slX favored the measure,
three opposed it and nineteen expressed
no definite opinion.
Nine Illinois papers had editorials
urging the passage of such bill, five
expressed no opinion in their editorials
and two opposed the project. In Mas
sachusetts seventeen favored universal
training. three opposed IT and twelve
were non-committal. or tucnty-seven
New Jersey papers. none opposed the
idea. although eleven expressed no
opinion ia their editorials.
Other states IN which the trend tow
ard universal training was marked are
Missouri California, Ohio, Iowa, Ore
Con. Connecticut, Minnesota. Utah,
Louisiana, Kansas. Maryland, Michigan
Idaho. Washington. Virginia, Indiana,
Alabama. Vermont. Texas. North Caro-
lima. Rhode Island. Arkansas. Colorado
Georgia. New Hampshire, Mississippi.
South Carolina, West Virginia. Mon
tana. Nevada. Oklahoma, North and
South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyo-
ming
Opposed or evenly divided opinions
were expressed in the papers of Ne
brsska, Maine. Florida and Kentucky.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Fiske Sees Need
OF Battle-Planes
To Guard Coast
Big Aircraft Would Pre-
vent Foes Landing if
Fleet Was Lost

Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. mem
Der of the central committee on aero
naut;cs Of the Aero Club. which Is a..
sisting the commandsnt Of the Third
Naval District in the organization OF
the nsval reserve flying forces. has
submitted 10 Alan r. Hawley. chair
man of the committee and president OF
the club, a memorandum in which he
declares that the quickest defenes
which this country could raise wouin
be by the development of the large bat
tleplsne.
Battleplanes OF the type under con-
sideration by Admiral Fiske are being
used successfully in Europe. One OF
them recently carried twenty-seven
passengers. and another. an air cruiser.
carried $500 pounds of crew and equip
ment. Some Of these battleplanes are
being constructed in the United States.
and one American aeroplane manufaet-
urer has stated that he could build
such an aircraft capable of carrying
and launching full sized torpedo,
weighing $500 pounds.
"In case our feet is defeated in the
Atlantic during the next year. Ad-
miral Fiske writes In his memoran
DUN. I'VE shall not have an army that
could stand up against any European
army that might land on our shores.
But if We had division Of. say. 100
bsttleplsnes near New York, costing
about 100000. we could certainly
prevent the Decentralization. transit in
boats 10 the shore and landing Of any
force Of soldiers. especially II the bat
tleplanes were assisted by. say. 200
small aeroplanes. dropping bombs.
Divisions at other points. including
one at the Panama Canal, could per
form similar services. and the great
speed OF the aircraft would enable
each division to guard long extent OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Croans at News of Sinkings
Men of Dr.. Hillis's Church to
Organize for Defence

Men living on Brooklyn Heights have
been invited to attend a mass meeting
Mt the Hotel st. George, IN Brooklyn,
at $3.50 o'clock tonight, for the pur-
pose OF organizing home defence
league. Announcement of the meeting
was made in Plymouth Church last
night By the Rev. Or. Newell Dwight
Hills, who urged, especially, that al
men living in the section west OF Full
ton Street and north of Montague
Street should attend.
Colonel William c. Beecher told the
congregation of the sinking of three
American boats. The news was greeted
with groans.
DR.. Kills closed the meeting by ask
ing every one present 10 join IN sing
mo verse Of America and an
nounced that this would become Gus
tom hereafter at the end OF all MS ser
ICES He said he intended to urge
that the custom be adopted in all the
churches in the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Two Killed, "a Hurt
In Auto Accidents
Former Captain of New
Haven Grays a Victim
Skid Throws Ia from Car

Tvo ne1sons were killed and twenty
four hurt yesterday in automobile ae-
c;dents in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut. The ioy-riding chauffeur,
more certain prognosticator Of spring
Than robin or bluebird, made his APP
pearance.
Arthur Phillips, son Of the Rev. Dr.
Watson L. Phillips, Of New Haven
Conn. and a former captain IN the
New Haven Grays, was killed al
Rridgeport. James 7. Patterson, secre-
ard treasurer OF the Cronwall &
patterson Company, Bridgeport manu-
f,c.urers. received injuries that may
Cause his death, and Mrs. Patterson,
who was in the tonneau with nim' II
mortally injured.
The party was returning from 2
dance at the Brooklawn Country Cluo
early Yesterday. Mr.. Patterson owner
o, the car, swerved TO avoid running
down a dog. The automobile ssldoed
and capsized. Mrs. Patterson - tne
daughter Of George NJ. Gum, banker
of Milford and New Haven.
William Masoni, OF Roselle, y. j.. vas
killed when an automobile IN ~hicn ne
and Ave other men we're riding MT a
buggy containing two men in Elizabeth
\. ]. Benjamin Jacobs, OF BellevIlle'
y J.. and Louis Ashin, OF 7 Hinsdale
place. Newark, who were in the buggy,
sustained serious injuries, and were
taken 10 the Elizabeth General Hos
pital Tho other five escaped with
minor injuries. 3,
Nicholas Mulachcogtes, OF Stamford,
who had thirteen passengers IN his
6v.-passenger car, attempted curve
on the Boston, Post Road at Darien'
conn. at such speed that all WEI
smiled. The fourteen were taken TO
ne Stamford Hospital. Joseph Shear
ness. Of Bridgeport, and Nathan Sus-
man, eight years old, and Harry, SIX,
az Stanford, sustained fractured
skulls and may die.
Samuel Golding, lawyer, OF 664
West Islst Street, learned at the break
fast table that his 1917 model car was
a wreck on the Post Road. at Rye. n.
y. and that tho police were looking
for hi, chauffeur, James Martini.
Martha Dale, Of <ei East lsSth Street
one Of the four occupants OF the auto
mobile. had been taken TO Fordhsm
Hospital. Her injuries are not serious.
Martini, Mr.. Golding said, had taken
The car without permission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Entertainment to Aid
Junior Patriots Fund
Mayor Mitchell Will Speak at
Benefit in Hippodrome
Next Sunday

An entertainment will be given at
the Hippodrome next Sunday evening
for the benefit OF the Junior. Patriots
OF America, an organization formed 70
raise funds to send boys TO the mill
tary and naval training camps. Mayor
Mitchell will speak and an elaborate mu-
steal and vaudeville programme VIII De
given Among those who have volun-
teered their services are Nine. Frances
Aida. Ethel Barrymore, Constance Col
lier, Mile. Gabrielle Dorzlat, Mile
Baron fonariova, Roshanara. Johh
Barrymore Sam Bernard. Frank TN
ney, Grace La Rue, Joe Jackson,
Arnaut Brothers and Dickson and ny
son. Scottish airs will be played by
Angus Fraser's Scotch Pipers.
Hamilton Fish. jr.. is president oil
the organization, and the patronesses
end box holders are Mrs. Charles b.
Alexander. Mrs. Frederick II. Allen,
Mrs. Don Barber, Mrs. Edmund Baylles.
Mrs. August Belmont. Mrs. J. d. F.
Leigh. Mrs Moses Pyne, Mrs. James B..
Haggin. Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell,
Mrs Henry 7. Bull. Mrs. Storrs Wells,
Mrs. Oliver Hartman. Mrs. William
Dsston. Mrs +. II. Hartman.
Mrs. W. X. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson. Mrs John r. Drexel, Mrs.
Otto Kahn, Mrs. Burke Roche, Mrs. c.
{. Cuyler. Mrs. Joseph W. Hartman.
Mrs. Benjamin Guinness. Mrs. Walter
r. Maynard. Mrs Newbold LeR. Edgar,
Mrs. John II. Hammond. Miss Elsie de
Wolfe. Mrs. Preston p. Satterwaite,
Mrs. c. p. Dugmore. Mrs. II. l.. Sat
tcrlee. Mrs. Linzee Blagden, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt. jr.. Mrs. Reginald
de Koven. Mrs. James II. Kidder. Mrs.
II. J. Whigham. Mrs. James Lowell
Putnam. Mrs. William Forbes Morgan,
Mrs. Lawrence Keene, Mrs. William
Jay, Mrs. Charles Marshall and Mrs.
Marshall Fleld.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
League
Ready to Aid in
Defence Census
|.,ie.s offered to Prove
| Examinations Useful
ness in War

., ,r,us committee Of the Ma
l., League Tor Women's Service
.,.I,v sent out word that the
L. Of New York arc ready TO give
I--or whitman their services IN the
|-,s.,d census and inventory OF state
|..,-,. They wish 70 be included
!, census. not only to show their
~ in preparedness. but because
: klisye that they may be Of real
.-r 70 n. country in case OF war
,y,ror whitman has promised the
H.. ;hat i tho Robinson bill is
H. "men. women, money. indus
and material resources, munitions
military supplies will be in
I'd
Sould the occasion arise. ! shall!
AMY look 10 your league for as
a,e,." the Governor wrote. 81 APP
Ne The offer % the services of the
+ r. 10 the state. and assure you that
us. heartily indorse the movement
e K has undertaken and that ] APP
y Of the purposes for which II has
sugsnized."
a mere list Of names. but pro-
s,-s Of usefulness for the citizens
ne state. is the aim Of the pre-
a-.,ss workers. The league already
a ", a programme mapped out, and
M Eher women's organizations.
~ H.olleges and clubs, are mobiliz-
gtxrvice.
N coelet Gallatin. as chairman OF
2, .,sBs committee OF the league. is
Tg the passage OF the Robinson
q ;.e best aid 20 carrying out pre-
'r,.,sss plans
F,nsn must rla, tre.r part II war
'-a % this country. Mrs. Gallatin
II Yesterday. "W- want 20 reach all
, vtnen in the state. and. in fact.
+ ration. The women in the rural
'rac,s. for example. are playing all
,,s';1nt part in the war IN Europe.
b Z Is very difficult 20 reach and
H,.rs women without state tsbu-
:, d a basis"
;sry l. Stmson. former Secretary
Ear, has written the league, heartily
zring rs work.
i'ie than thirty women's organlza-
- N the state have signified their
tgnsss 70 cooperate with the Ma
"a. League for WOmen's Service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19

tan. IS in The Bronx. 295 in Brooklyn
and % in Queens. From the total OF
$50 churches about $500 more sigma
lures were received.
Preaching on "Our Ships Must Sail.
the Rev. B. c. Warren, st the Eigh-
teenth Street NJ. Z. Church. said:
American ships should have the right
10 sail the seas, 10 carry the principles
for which America stands all over the
world" lie then urged members OF his
congregation TO sign the pledge. After
the service men and women crowded 10
tho chsncel rail. where tables upon
which to sign the pledges were pro-
vided.
Desks were provided in the vestibule
OF Trinity Church. and members OF the
congregation signed as they left the
church The Rev. William T. Manning,
speaking from the pulpit. laid stress on
the importance of signing the pledges.
Several hundred persons signed and
many took away blanks TO be signed by
friends and returned later TO the rector.
Women Circulate Pledges
A Manhattan women's committee 10
circulate the pledges among members
OF women's clubs and in society cir
cles was selected yesterday by Miss
Alice Carpenter, the chairman. An su-
tomobile squad to carry the blanks
from the headquarters. at so East For
ty-second Street, TO various parts OF
the city will be in charge of Mrs The
odore Roosevelt. jr. The members on
the committee are:
Mrs. Willard Straight, Mrs. F. Louis
Sade, Mrs. William Grant Brown. Miss
Ruth Morgan. Mrs. c. Dana Gibson
Miss Maude Miner, Mrs. Victor Mora
wetz. Mrs. Philip :. McCook. Mrs
Alexander NJ. White. Mrs. J. b. Stanch-
field, Mrs. Elihu Root, Mrs. Herbert
Parsons, Mrs. John Mitchell, Mrs
Francis G.. Landon. Mrs. William y
Dykman. Mrs. Charles ". Farnham
Miss Mary +. Dreier. Mrs. Henry A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Fth Israel Hospital
Aids 1000 Free Patients

70 thousand free patients we're sd-
20 70 the Beth Israel Hospital. az
s''istn and Cherry Streets. last year,
e''trg 70 the report read yesterday
= iSsniy-seventh annual meeting.
-, iaan LOO patients were rejected
iek Of room and 3O.455 were
,fsc IN the dispenssry.
%euneement was made Of the gift
lind By Mrs Isaac L. Rice for the
We Of sending deserving conva-
',a 70 the country. The following
20 we're elected: Joseph II. Cohen,
en-; A. T. Rothstcin and Harry
-. Tiee-pres dents. Arnold Herr
~ rsssurer y j. Scholle. secre-
'ia LOUIS !. Frank, sgperinteH4-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Members Of $50 City Churches
Sign Pledge Of Loyalty to y. S.
About 1890 More Names Added Yesterday Services
Cardinal Farley Approves Observation-Disclosures
Committee at Work Circulating Pledges

Cardinal Farley announced yesterday
that ne had Joined With the 100000
or more citizens OF New York in sign
ing the pledge Of loyalty 20 President
Wilson. which is being circulated by
the Mayors Committee on National
Defence. Cardinal Farley also sent a
letter 20 the committee, saying he not
only approved OF the pledge, but would
cooperate in its distribution.
when the pledge was first brought
20 the Cardinal he deferred signing it
because he wanted TO consider it," said
Monsignor Michael J. Lavele. "Only
a few persons had then signed, and the
Cardinal wanted 20 make sure of its
purpose. When he vss convinced that
il was a pledge of patriotism he signed
readily. He never refused TO sign
The Mayors committee issued this
statement:
"A member Of the executive COM
mittee called upon Cardinal Farley a
few days ago and asked him 10 sign
the pledge He did not refuse 70 sign.
lie merely said he was not prepared TO
do SO at that time. The committee con-
sidered it only natural, in view of the
wide influence exerted by any decision
OF his, that he should want to think the
matter over.
To-day the committee was informed
that the Cardinal had signed the pledge
and would cooperate in every way pos
: sible 10 bring it to the attention of the
public"
$4,000 More Signatures
Signing the pledges in the churches
terday took the form, in many in
stances. OF patriotic rallies. The
pledges we're circulated among the con-
gregations OF 222 churches in Manhat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19
Churchmen Favor Defence

Announcement vas made AZ ST.
Thomass Episcopal Church. Fifth Ave-
nue. and Fifty-third Street. that its
Men. Association had unanimously
adopted resolutions fsvoring univer-
sal military training-hrst. to prepare
America for what may come 70 II, but
second. and not less important. 10
bring rich and poor men. educated and
uneducnted. men OF family distinction, (.
and men OF none into friendly ana
fraternsl competition and cooperation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-19

Wise Wood. Mrs. V G. Simkhoviteh
genheim. Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes
Mrs. Nelson II. Henry.
Mrs. Montgomery Hare. Mrs. Eugene
Grant. Miss Charlotte Delsfield. Mrs
Frederick Y. Dslziel. Mrs. A. Gordon
Norrie. Mrs. Sumner Gerard. Mrs
Philip Lydig. Mrs. Henry Moskowity
Mrs. Sidney Borg. Mrs. George W
Wickersham. Mrs. Henry l.. Stimson
Mrs. Alfred E. Smith. Mrs. George W
Perkins, Mrs. Morgan J. 0Brien. Mrs.
Cleveland II. Dodge. Mrs. Lewis l.
Clarke and Mrs. Francis II. Cabot.
I'VE don't want the women OF New
York to be behind the men in showing
their patriotism at this time. said
Miss Carpenter. I've have appealed
10 the women 70 lend their automo-
biles to help"
Organizations Oher Aid
A request for blank pledges yester-
day came from the Association for the
Blind. III East Fifty-ninth Street
The Business Mems League OF New
York announced that its members
would sign and would help the Mayors
committee circulate the blanks.
More opposition 20 signing the
pledges came from the pacifsts yes.
terday. 81 will not sign, because
think if person is loyal 1t is not
necessary to sign" said Mrs. Amos
Pinchot. of person is not loyal
then signing will not make hlm So
I'VE stand opposed 70 signing any
thing that implies approval Of wal
measures" said Mrs. Margaret Lane
secretary of the Woman's Peace Party
"If il was a pledge approving OF peace
we would sign it,
Professor Dana Objects
DR.. II. ". l.. Dana. of Columbs
University. said: "The pledge has thu
phrase, Confident that .he government
has exerted its most earnest efforts
TO keep us at peace with the world.
Now. if il used the present tense. as
we'll as the past, and said, The gov
ernment has exerted and will eXer'
its most earnest efforts all pacitsts
I think. would sign. But, as it stands
it is Objectionable"
Robert l.. Hale. instructor in eco
Monies at Columbia. said: al objec'
only 10 the unrestricted nature of the
nledge. | believe it would hinder
criticism of the government. and criti
cism | believe TO be highly necessary
in democratic government, Aside
from this single objection. don't sec
much to the pledge. 1t is like signing
a pledge TO be good
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02

measure will become a law before
The present session OF congress ad-
journs.
5. Previous to the time the in
terror department designates the
areas that may be entered under this
law a prospective entryman may
file affidavit showing that the land
he desires to enter is grazing land
and make application to the local
land office for suspension of the en-
try until the character of the land is
designated. The entry may then
be suspended until the land is des-
has been designated as grazing land,
the application to actually make the
entry will be received. Of course.
If the department should hold that
the particular tract of land sought
to be entered under this procedure
Is not grazing lands. no rights would
| accrue to the prospective entryman.
8. AS each applicant is required
to swear that he is well acquainted
with the character of the land de-
scribed in his application. and as
all entries are made subject to the
rights OF prior settlers, the appli-
cant cannot make the affidavit that
he is acquainted with the character
of the land or be sure that the land
Is not already appropriated by a set
tier until after he has actually in
| spected 1t.
z. All proceedings connected
with the entering and filing on a
homestead are conducted by the Of
ficials of the local land offices in
the states where the land is located
The general land office at Washing.
TON does not issue maps showing the
location of vacant public lands sub
eet to entry. This information car
De reliably obtained only from the
-ecords of the various United States
district land offices.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-02
BIG OUTPUT FROM
PHOSPHATE MINES

California parties recognize the
value of Lincoln county phosphate
and some time ago interested them
selves in this industry near cokeyillc
The mine is situated about one and
one half miles above Cokevilie on
Smiths Fork. and a. present 8 tons
are being mined. sacked and hauled
TO the railroad for shipment. all of
1t being consigned to Honolulu.
There ARE seven men employed at
the mine, which consits Of tnnnnis
into the side of a mountain. Tho
phosphate ia easily mined and 81
loaded onto slcds in 1000 pound lots
Four OF these Ionds are being taken
to the railroad daily by Tony swn-
son and Harry Buck. who have a
years. contract for hauling tho pro
duct
Phosphate In being used as q fer
tillzsr among other things. and It in
believed that tho Cokeviils product
Is being shippd for the sugar fields
Of tho the Hawaiian islands. Very
little is known locally of the company
owsang the cokeyiIle mine. an no in
formation IL given concerning their
operation. Republican.