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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Reserve Livingood Verdict
Aviator Explains Possession of
Poison at Court Martial

The court martial of Samuel o. Liv-
ingood, the young aviation student al
Princeton University, who was accused
of having poison in his possession and
of intending to injure others. was held
on Governors Island Yesterday. After
taking Livingood's testimony. as we'll
as that of several other witnesses, the
court martial reserved decision.
The only question left for the court
TO decide was as 10 the second count
of the charges. In his own testimony
Livingood admitted having the poison.
He claimed, however. that he had pur-
chased il some time ago and had in
tended taking it because of the failure
of a young woman he had met on the
lsthmus Of Panama TO return his affec-
tions.
Livingood, who is twenty-four years
old, was arrested after Captain Rod
man Glider. commander Of the aviation
camp at Princeton, had searched his
room and found quantity Of cyanide
OF potassium. He has been a prisoner
on Governors Island since then.
Livingood yesterday denied any in
tention Of attempting to harm any one,
and explained the fact that he had
kept the poison in his possession by
saying that he was afraid 10 throw q,
away for fear some one else might get
il accidentally and be killed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

the men who interrupted business and
professional careers TO turn Platts-
burgwsrd may work out ways and
means Of their own of handling men
which are rs good as any the army
knows.
So the Plattsburgers will have their
chance 70 apply business brains and
plain horse sense TO the business 81
hand, without undue interference.
Bell TO Work Out Plan
To Major General Bell, as TO the
divisional commanders at the other
fifteen National Army cantonments,
elaboration Of the programme has
been left. His is the responsibility,
solely and entirely, for what is made
out Of the material which New York
City has provided. This he had fore
seen. with the result that with prac-
teal training began the operation Of
his own carefully planned and border
tested theoretical course. with its
schools for officers and non-coms and
specialists.
The programme provides for forty
hours Of work TO the week-eight
hours a day on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays. The hours
prescribed are from 1880 to 1880 in
the morning and to o'clock in the
afternoon. On Wednesday and Sat
urday afternoons all the men are left
free, save those who haven't kept up
with the procession.
With the first rife promised for next
week, the division started to-day on a
four weeks course in the school Of the
soldier and the school of the squad
When they have the rifles they are to
get four hours weekly in elementary
/ sighting, position and aiming drills. Ir
the third and fourth weeks there will
be twenty-four hours more OF rife
/ drills, and from the fifth week on the
| division is TO have sixteen hours each
week of target practice under trench
/ conditions that approximate the res
( thing.
/ The reservation, including as II does
many square miles of scrub oak anc
dwarf pine jungle, provides ideal ter
/ ritory for field man1uvring and prac
/ tice battle. The system Of trenches 4.
being laid out, and every infantrymar
will do his digging under the direction
/ OF engineer officers. Work on the in.
/ trenchments Will start In the sixth
week. In the eleventh week the picked
| bombers, grenadiers, snipers, sketchers
/ lisison details, estimaters, machine CUR
/ crews and other specialists will begir
training. and in the twelfth week the
New York City division will be ain the
( trenches"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

and getting its own schooling, cutting
barbed wire, raidinR. bombing, gassing
-harmlessly sniping.
And on this Long Island front the
rigors Of winter in the trenches viii be
fully felt. That is one thing that
Major General Bell and his staff do not
need to worry about Veterans OF a
Long Island winter, shot through with
gales off Sound and ocean, certainly
will be prepared for the winters Of
France.
Colorful End Comes Later
The colorful end Of the intensive
training, Of course, cannot be started
right away. There must first be many
long weeks devoted TO more OF the
close order drilling which is the basis
Of army discipline; and before man
can do much in the way of shooting a
rife. or using it as the handle for q
bayonet. it is not unreasonable that
he should have accustomed himself TO
its feel by becoming proficient in the
manual Of arms.
SO far as the War Department Is
concerned-and the department is au-
thor of the intensive programme-the
men of Upton at this day are without
any military knowledge whatsoever.
While that is not exactly the case
(some companies already maneuvre in
close order in highly satisfactory fash
ion and others have even begun bayo-
net work. the programme must be re-
ligiously followed. The big advantage
in what has been accomplished to date
is the momentum it gives toward
achievement of the divisional ambition
to be the first National Army organi.
zation overseas and in the fighting.
Through sh the sixteen weeks every
effort will be made to develop the
self-respect, self-reliance and re-
sourcefulness that are traditional
| characteristics of the American SOL
der. The eyes Of the regulars are
wide open, too, TO the possibility that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Liberty Theatres" To
Be Built in Camps
Chairman Fosdick Issues Re.
port on Entertainment
Features for Men

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Raymond B.
Fosdick, chairman Of the Commission
on Training Camp Activities, in his
first official statement, issued to-day,
said that the entertainment of soldiers
in the homes of citizens was one OF
the most popular features OF his pro
gramme. In one community, he said,
5000 soldiers were invited TO dinners
in neighboring homes In a single Sun
day.
Liberty theatres" seating 5000
each, are being built in each Of the
National Army environments. Marc
Klaw is in charge Of the productions.
Fifteen, 20 and 25 cents will be charged
for seats. The entrance fees will be
devoted to expenses connected with the
enterprise and any surplus will 90 to
make up deficits in other projects.
College presidents and other edu-
Gators have been appointed as a COM
mittee to frame an educational Pro-
aramme such as could be found hith-
erto only in the larger universities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Daniels Asks Doctors to Save
Army and Navy From Social Evil
Declares Disease Among Fighting Forces Menace to
Successful Prosecution of War-Terribe
Toll Already Taken

deplored the ravages of this disease
The late Hgures from the British army
gave $4,000 cases, and all other coun-
tries have also been weakened.
"Sir William Osler places these IN
fictitious diseases at the top as men
ace in war and in peace. The time has
come to realize that this subtlest roe
Of humanity must be conquered. and
it cannot be conquered by denying ~
existence. saying IL 10 a necessary EVIL
or applying palliatives. IL is deadher
than smallpox or cancer or tubercu-
losis. A Canadian authority says; !ts
ravnges to-day are more terrible for
Britain and Canada than Vimy Ridge,
the Somme and Lens
"The remedy, there Is but one--con-
thence. II must be preached IN the
home. In the school. In the marts or
trade, in the pulpit and military camps
and among shipRetes sfoat. The Grad
ication of the evH effects must be thor
ough. but the teacher who will be
heard and needed when the teachings
of all others will fall on deaf ears Is
the word of authority from the medical
profession.
Doctor Best Teacher
young men expect ministers OF the
Gospel TO call them 20 clean living
The preacher seeks to save their souls
and too many youths hardly realize
they have soul. But they know they
have bodies, and the doctor 4. the man
10 whom they trust the treatment OF
their bodies. When he breaches CONT
nence as the only rule OF life to young
mon. and points out tho dire penalty
for ispscs, his words have Q weight no
other admonition possesses.
"You, gentlemen OF the msdleh pro
fession, deal with life and death. You
bring the bodies into the world and you
close the eyes Of the dead, Yours 10
the ministering function. the intimate
touch, and out of such relation you
can enjoy an amazing power OF sugges-
ton. II ia this power that America
calls upon you TO use. Tell our youths
the truth. 1t is duty laid upon you,
not by the moral law alone, but by the
law Of self-preservation, that operates
in nations as we'll as individuals. That
duty is imperative upon you now as
never before. II you perform IT and
our young soldiers and sailor. heed
vour wise counsel-and many Of them
will follow your teaching with lasting
will contribute more to
the winning OF the war than manufact-
urers Of shells
To-day az never before American
manhood must be clean. We must have
fitness. America stands in need OF
every ounce of strength. We must cut
out the cancer II we would live"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Preliminaries Completed,
Men Start Drilling in the
Methods Used at Front
Trench Lines Planned
French Battlefield To Be Re-
produced When Guns Are
Placed
star co-rwrudoneeI

CAMP UPTON. Long Island. Oct. %.
Usually IL Is plaintive. il unver-
a1ious, "I can't get 'em up" that the
hugles sing az reveille. This morning
their song sounded more like 81 must
get EN- up. I will get 'cm up" In the
ears Of tire New York City division.
With this forty-second reveille Of
Camp Upton's existence. mob days and
hurry-scurry organization days were
past Go as you please methods were
definitely done with. Tho sixteen
week intensive training course. which
f. 20 turn out as ft and ready modern
soldiers. the division OF one-time strap
hangers. whom ;hc big town has given
the nation. was under way.
From now on the military education
~ tire 18th Division will move briskly
and tsngibly toward the objective ideal.
L so short time that it seems In
prospect only day after tomorrow. tho
woods Of the reservation Will be criss-
crossed with trenches as wide. as deep
and as thoroughly practical ss those
running red In France. Machine guns
will be nesting in the woods, big field
pieces and mortars will thunder. bayo-
nets will clash. real poison gas will
blow on the wind and battles will rage
ds~ and night.
Casualties Only Difference
The only difference between this
warfare on the threshold Of the city
snd that overseas will lie in the length
Of the casualty lists and the scope of
operations. OF casualties IL Is hoped
there viii be uone-but you never can
teli what will happen when men play
With dangerous and unaccustomed toys.
Then this new Long Island front viii
stretch only 600 yards from flank 20
flank. There viii be room for the COM
municst.on trenches, traverses, listen
ing posts, observation posts. firing
trenches and dugouts that the men
must learn 90 use. before they can be
thrown into action.
There will be two such sets Of
trenches, opposing each other. In them
. whole battalion can train az the same
time. Living the trench life, crawling
out into a placid but practical "No
MANS Land" by night, flowing over
ths top in day attacks, with the artil-
lery laundering theoretical barrsges,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.--Dealing frankly
and boldly with the social evil as
menace to the nations military eff
cheney, Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
in an address here tonight before the
Clinical Congress Of Surgeons Of North
America. appealed to the medical pro
fession "to end the false double stand
ard that decreases military effective
ness"
The profession. he declared, must
share its part of the blame for the
objectionable prudery that endured a
fostering evil rather than have 1t ex-
posed and eradicsted."
There is not an army in the neld
whose effectiveness is not reduced by
reason of immoral disease said Secre-
tary Daniels. "The navy suffers Ike
wise. and business halts because venc.
real diseases destroy the manhood OF
workmen and fighters, During the last
statistical year men Of the American
navy lost 141.37s days sickness from n
small group Of absolutely preventable
diseases, or rather diseases contracted
by sin. This means that every day
throughout the year there were 456
men disabled ny this disgraceful NAL
adv. Add 10 that number those re-
ouired 70 care for the disabled, and We
have enough men on the non effective
list each day 70 man q modern battle
shin. And this does not count those
who though diseased we're not disabled,
or the evil Of the loathsone danger OF
contsgion 10 the clean members of the
crew.
Pay Is Now Stopped
an the navy in 1918 there were adj
n1itted for treatment for venereal dis
eases 1l2 persons in every 1000, and
in the army ga for every 1000, the
number in The army having decreased
from 145 TO the 900 after the passage
Of an act stopping the pay Of all SOL
diers admitted for treatment for n
venereal disease. The new navy law
stops the pay Of men so afflicted, and
will probably reduce the number 10 the
army ratio. But these figures show a
condition of immortality upon the part
OF the minority in both arms Of the
service that challenges the thought OF
the authorities.
"The German army in Belgium, rep
resenting only a small part Of the total
German forces, is reported during the
first FIVE months of It's occupation to
have furnished $4,000 such patients.
Canadian and Australian officers have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Constitution Gives Congress
Right to Raise Armies,
Says Decision
Power Unconditional
Granted" Declares
Ruling, and Not Restricted
to Volunteer System

The seleotive draft law was held con-
stitutional In an opinion handed down
yesterday by the Circuit Court OF Ap-
peals here. The court affirmed the
order Of the District Court in dismiss
ing the equity injunction suit brought
BY John Angelus against members OF
Local Board No. lb5.
The suit by Angelus, subject OF
Austria Hungary. was to procure re-
view In the Federal Court OF action
by tho local district exemption boards
created under the CONSUMPTION act.
Angclus argued that the seleetive
DRIFT law was unconstitutional and thA'
,hs Federal District Court had jurls-
dlction to enjoin Local hoard NO. 100
from certifying him for military duly;
He claimed that he was q native OF
and since his arrival
here In November, 1918. he had never
declared his intention Of becoming a
citizen of the United States and, being
An alien. was not subject TO the draft
law.
District Court Dismissed Suit
Judge julius NJ, Mayer, in the Dis
trict Court had dismissed the suit ior
lack Of jurisdiction, holding that the
draft law @as military MEASURE
time Of war and that 1t would be sub
y.rsive OF military control and the
proper disposition Of this extremely
difficult problem II the courts shouio
interfere.
Judge Rogers, writing the opinion OF
the Court of Appeals, declared that the
Supreme Court Of the United states
has said that a judicial trial does nor
prevail in every case and that tna'
tribunal was never called upon 70 pass
upon the validity of the draft act OF
1868.
The opinion says in part:
"The Constitution in Article /, Sec
ton s, expressly provides that the Con,
gress shall have power 20 raise ana
SUPPORT armies, and to provide and
maintain a navy, and 10 make rules Tor
the government and regulation Of land
and naval forces. The purpose OF the
conscription act is 20 raise an army
and the right TO raise IL does not IN
volve the exercise Of an implied
mower. but one expressly granted. How
can the courts deny TO Congress a
righ. which the Constitution In plain
and distinct terms confers upon III
"It II had been intended that Con-
press should not have the power TO
raise anything but a volunteer army,
the grant of power would have been re-
stricted, and not unconditional"
Points Way Out Of Draft
The higher court, however, did not
wholly agree with the opinion expressed
by the District Court, namely, that the
courts cannot interfere with the action
Of boards. II held that civil courts can
afford relief from orders made by such
boards II such orders have been mani.
testify unfair.
The higher court held that Angeln.
should have sought relief by writ
of habeas corpus, instead Of By an
equity injunction suit. as II was per.
fectly clear that he was not subject
to the draft.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

boxing lessons will materially aid the
men in deftness and speed during bayo.
net fighting.
The Liberty Loan climbed nearer the
million mark to-day. The total is now
1921 200 This does not include the
s120, 200 900 which employees of contrac
tors and bosses have subscribed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

The courses are optional. Already q.
study Of TIE French language snd rsos.
raphy has been taken UP in HaHsrs,
Army and National Guard caatss'
ments
Post exchanges have been ss.sA.
lished to provide a smoke and xos,',
centre where articles not supplied h,
the government may be bought. To,
are in operation, and each Nstiss,l
Army division that has one is avsrss.
ing a daily gross business Of 5000,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Kid Mccoy at Camp Dix
Ex-Pugilist to Teach Men How
to Use Their Fists

CAMP DIX, N. j., Oct. 22.-Beside
learning to punish the Hun with rife
and bayonot, men of the National Army
encamped here also will learn how to
sail into him with their fists under the
tutelage Of Norman Selby. who fought
under the name Of Kid Mccoy
selby was appointed boxing iNtruc-
tor Of the camp to-day. He will begin
work tomorrow. II is expected that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
How to Write to Soldiers

Mail for soldiers or prospective off,
GERS IN training should be addressed as
followa:
John Smith.
Company Y. 49, Regiment,
designate infantry. Cavalry. ARTILLERY
or Engineers).
American Expeditionary Forces
John Smith.
Company X. R. o. T. c..
Plattsburg, N. Y.
John Smith,
Company X. - Regiment.
Camp Wad.worth.
Spartanburg. S. C.
John Smith.
Company X. - Regiment.
Camp Mills. L. |.
John Smith,
Company x, - Regiment.
Camp UPTON. N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Peasant Council in kiev
Hangs an Unfaithful Wife

The following cable dispatch has
been received By "The Jewish Daily
Forward" from its Petrograd CORE
spondent:
The Peasant Council in the Prov
inoe Of Kiev has sentenced a woman 70
The gallows for sdulterS. and the SEN
tenoo was Immediately executed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Graduate Manager Resigns

ITHACA, n. Y, Oct. %. - George
Erwin Kent, graduate manager OF the
Cornell University Athletic Associa-
ton, resigned to-day to become bust
ness manager of motion picture pro-
ducing company. He entered Cornell
from DAYTON. Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23


CLASS
1.-Sin men relatives.
widower) children 70 sup
port his family.
usefuy engaged family
supported by income Independent Of his labor .
included other this oher
6.-Unkllsd laborer
ohss chldrsn, usefuy engaged but
from his daily labor to afford reasonably
Married children; wife herself dnty and with
hardship
agricultural
Dependent. daily labor for support
invalid grandparents dependent on
daily labor for
themselves, de
n daily labor support
County municipal officer
5.-Ffremon policemen
r,enss and yards
IN Custom clerk
in transmission OF mails
a.-N n United States
io.-Tighly specialized administrative experts
1i.Techncai mechanical in industrial enterprise
o.
associate agricultural
CLASS
dependent reasonably adequate
port available r.,,..
8.-Ieads Of necessary Industrial enterprises.
4.-Head Of agricultural enterprises
Officers Of or the United States
2-R o. duly ordained ministers
9--Students OF divinity
Al in military naval service
6.-Alens
6-Alen enemies
IL Persons morally
ply o r mentally UNIT
9+Iicensed pilots
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22--The hve
classihcations into which men await
ing draft will be divided. under tho
new regulations approved by President
Wilson, have become public much be-
fore the time planned by tho provost
marshal generals Office. and are here
published.
II was discovered to-day that what
was TO have remained an official secret
for a week or moro was divulgsd Sat
urdny night at a dinner in New York,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
5Draft Classes Defined by Crowder

which Secretary Baker and Provost
Marshal General Crowder attended.
The provost marshal general dis
cussed the new regulations without IN
tending TO make public the classified
tions, but some members Of New
York local exemption board. thinking
to elucidate the generals speech,
printed the classifcations on the back
Of the menu card.
The classifcations are AZ follows,
and show every man registered 70
which class he belongs and in what
order tho different clsssiications will
he called TO service:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

Tho man ~ tbrfft plans
carefully, manages econsrs-
csliy. spend. vis<ly and
saves consistently"
He sub&rfhrs 70 th- ID
erty loan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

How much per year do
my clothes costl is the ques-
tion for the economical man
to ask himself.
Cheap clothes are the most
expensive and never more 50
than now. Therefore, pick
out first a trustworthy dealer
and then put it up to him to
sell you clothes that will both
last and keep their good
looks.
We sometimes think that
some Of our clothes last too
long-but that sort make Vi,
lasting friends and we expect
to remain in business a long
time.
Everything men and boys rear.
Army officers uniforms.
"westpointer" shoes. oHcry
stetson hats. Sam Browne belt,
The Rogers Poet Camp Toilc. Case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23

"Westpointer" shoes. oEcsry
Stetson hats. Sam Browne belt,
The Rogers Poet Camp Toilc. Cas-.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-27
WITHDRAW CUTS TO
SEE WHO IS MAYOR

Iowa Falls, March 26. Mayor Kel'
logg will have to retire from his Off
cial position in Bows unless he is lucky
In drawing cuts with G.. H. Jameson,
who was candidate for the position
when the two men received the same
number of votes.
If they do not consent to this meth
cd Of breaking the tie, an appeal may
be taken to higher court and the dis
pute over the election be thus prolong-
ed until Mayor Kellogg's tenure OF Of
flee expires. The case has been in the
courts for several months and hinges
on majority of one vote, which Mayor
Kellog9received
He was declared elected by the cleo
ton board that canvassed the returns,
the board holding that disputed bal
lot was legal.
The court now holds the ballot in
question was illegal and that tie vote
was cast. The vote in question was
cast for Kellogg by man who was
not legally entitled to vote in the pre-.
cinct in which the ballot was cast, not
having lived there long enough to
establish legal residence. Mayor kel-
logg has been holding Office on the de.
cison of the election board and pend
ing the adjustment Of the matter by a
court decision. If they draw cuts and
Jameson wins, both will have had a
shot at the mayOralty hOnors.