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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-02-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

that the least Congress can do IS 10
provide adequate funds with which 70
further the intelligent and patriotic
work these men are doing.
81 am informed that the expenses Of
the council have increased 70 such an
extent since the declaration Of war
that additional funds are now urgently
needed. No member Of Congress se-
quainted with the Importance Of the
councils work will. | am sure, choose
TO compromise it by Withholding the
needed funds.
"The industries of the United States
are going to play the major part in
the war against Germany. But indus
tries unorganized and undirected are
as Intellectual war instruments as W.
organized and undirected men on tAs
field of battle. The work Of whipping
the industrial armies OF the United
States into fighting trim has been
delegated by Congress TO the Council
of National Defence. Let US not undo
that which We have done. and properly
done, BY failing now to make ade-
quate provision for this all-importani
work"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Balfour to Ask
For Immediate
Irish Settlement
Will Inform Parliament That
America Desires Speedy
Action
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, May Arthur James
Balfour. head Of the visiting British
mission, will cable Lloyd George and
Parliament at once urging the immedi'
ate settlement of the Irish question as
necessary preliminary to the whole
hearted cooperation Of the United
States with Britain in the prosecu-
ton of the war.
Mr.. Balfour announced his intention
TO do this at a conference this after
noon attended by cx-Judge Morgan j.
O'Brien, of New York; former Mayor
John +. Fitzgerald. of Boston, and John
Quinn, Robert d. Emmett and Lawrence
Cooley, of New York. This delegation
unofficaly represented the convention
of the Irish Societies, which came to a
close here yesterday.
The entire Irish situation, as 1t ap-
pears TO Irish Americans, was present
ed to Mr.. Balfour. It was made plain
that the overwhelming sentiment o.
people OF Irish extraction in this coun-
try, as we'll as that of the country at
large, favored an early settlement of
the Irish problem. Il was further
pointed out that men eminent in Amerl-
can public life favored it.
Mr.. Balfour extended all possible
courtesies 20 the visiting delegation
end expressed great interest in their
mission. Instead of being the mere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

French Republic were being received by
their hosts patriotic exercises. in which
more than 100000 children participated,
were held at public schools.
The ENJOYS were met at the state
line by state delegation headed by
Lieutenant Governor John 6. Oglesby,
who extended a welcome TO Illinois, and
by n deputation from Chicago.
At the Chicago Club luncheon NJ.
Viviani expressed deep gratitude for
the great sympathy he had found for
France in America and for the welcome
extended to the party in Chicago. Mar
shall Joffre, ne said, had expressed sim
liar sentiments. Lieutenant Governor
Oglesby welcomed the members of the
mission to Illinois on behalf Of Gov
ernor Lowden. and said the reception
would be made official when the party
visits the Legislature at Springfield
next Monday.
At Springfield, the Lieutenant Gov
ernor added. the ENJOYS would have
the privilege Of renewing at the tomb
Of Lincoln the pledge made at Mount
Vernon, chat liberty shall not perish
from the earth"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Sweden Sends
Envoy to Oppose
Export Embargo
King Fears Serious Results
If United States Stops
Shipments

Stockholm. May Alderman Lager
crantz. former Swedish Minister to
Washington, left Stockholm tonight
for the United States ne special envoy.
His appointment is the consequence o:
the fear in Sweden that the United
States may place an embargo on eX-
ports to this country.
VI Lagercrantz consented TO go 10
America on the personal solicitation OF
King Gustav. The former Minister IS
now bank president, head of the
Swedish Export Association and presi-
dent OF four large iron works.
NJ Lagercrantz was reluctant to re-
enter the political arena, and consented
only after the King pointed out the ex-
treme gravity of the situation FOL
Sweden.
The Swedish government will ask the
Riksdag to adopt the proposed law es-
tablishlng compulsory civilian service
for males and females between the
ages of fifteen and sixty. A memorial
points out the necessity OF the govern
ment having power, Ii needed, to or.
ganize and compel certain kinds OF
work being done, especially IN an
things concerning necessaries OF lie.
Washington, May 1.-The Swedish
Minister. Mr.. Ekengren, said he had
been informed several days ago by
his government that a commission OF
a commercial character, headed by
Herman Lagercrantz, was coming TO
America.
II is learned that similar commissions
are also coming TO the United States
from the other Scandinavian countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Bill Asks S50O,OCO
To Help Work of
Defence Council
Clifford Tells House That
Funds Are Urgently
Needed
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, May A bill to appro-
pirate 100000 for the Council of Ma
tional Defence for it's increasing ad-
ministrative expenses was introduced
in the House to-day b. Representative
William II. Carter. OF Massachusetts.
This amount is urgently needed. it was
stated to-day by Director Clifford of
the council, to meet the extraordinary
expenses incurred by the council in
handling the tremendous mass of cler-
ical detail imposed upon it in organic
ing the Federal and state agencies on
a war basis. Representative Carter
made the following statement regard
ing his proposal:
"Ihe appropriation OF 100000 pro-
viJed for the Council of National De-
fence under the terms Of the national
defence act OF last August will be en-
tirely inadequate to meet the expenses
properly incurred by the council and
its advisory commission IN It's present
work Of modelling the resources OF the
country for the prosecution OF the war.
MANY leading men in business and
industry have volunteered their SER
vices to the government and are now
serving without remuneration as ad-
visers to the council. II seems to me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

,r-,r , S.s- ,,--,.ls. l,.. .- TIE rdbunel
Baltimore. May The wooden ship
is mere stop-gap. 1t is all right TO
take a. many as can be gotten FOR de-
livery up TO ten months, but contracting
for wooden ships TO be delivered more
than a wear ahead is sheer waste
This is the opinion of Bernard y. Ba-
ker. Of Baltimore, former member OF
the Shipping Board, cX-prcsidcnt of the
Atlantic Transport Line. and recognized
a. one OF the most experienced steam
ship men in the United States.
Mr.. Baker ndoIscs absolutely the po-
sition attributed to General Goetha.s'
who is insisting that steel ships. and
not vessels Of unseasoned lumber
should be the real reliance IN the fight
TO get foodstufs and munitions TO
Europe despite the submarines.
81 would make it unpatriouc to build
skvscrapers while this submarine men
ace lasts" declared Mr.. Baker to
Tribune corr2sp ondent to-day. Il would
also make j, understood TO be an AZ
patriotic &C; TO start any other large
piece OF steel construction. There are
two reasons for this. In the first place,
The steel mills which are now busy max
ing orders for skyscrapers and bridges
could be started instantly, with no de
lav Tor transformation, turning out
steel ship plates. Then the structural
iron and steel workers, the riveterrs
and other mechanics who are usually
employed on construction jobs could
be utilized with virtually no training Al
all for the building OF steel ships.
Building Capacity Unlimited
at is idle TO say that the building
capacity for steel ships is so limited.
There is almost no limit which cannot
he reached if the country seriously
turns its attention to the necessity OF
pouring out big steel ships IN unlimited
81 would also have the railroads
acrce-and I happen to know they are
willing to do this If necessary, from
conversations with some big railroad
mon in the last few davs-not TO buy
any more new rails for year or So
so hat the mills now turning out steel
rails could be diverted to steel plate
plants.
Wooden Ship a Stop-Gap
"The only use the wooden ships can
serve IN this emergency IS that OF a
stop-gap. It ray be possible to rush
out in the next eight months a number
Of these wooden vessels, to aid IN get,
ting supplies to our allies. And | would
favor doing so, since it takes a little
jonrer to get started in steel ship
building than in wooden ship building.
But | would not think Of taking any
contracts for delivery later than ten
months hence a the outside. what is
sncnt on wooden ships for immediate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
British Labor Men
Arrive ToDiscuss
War with Compers
Members of Parliament to Give
United States Benefit Of Eng
land s Experiences

Three Englishmen-two labor mem
bers Of Parliament and one member
Of the Minis.~y Of Munitions arrived
IN New York yesterday on their way
70 confer with Samuel Gompers on the
problems of labor in war time They
will point out what mistakes, made in
England at the outbreak Of the war,
this country can avoid. And they hope
TO learn from Mr.. Gompers something
about labor welfare work.
The three visitors are Charles Bow
erman, NJ. F., a Privy Councillor; J.
II. Thomas. NJ. p, and Heathcote ".
Garrod. Mr.. Bowerman is a repre-
sentative in Parliament Of the Com
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

nositors' Union. and Mr.. Thomas OF the
Railway Mems Union. Mr.. Gsrrod was
a Fellow of oxford when. in June, 1919
he Joined the Ministry of Munitions
Thev are in this country at the INVITA-
ton of Mr.. Gompers, who, as preSluehI
Of the American Federation OF LABOR
and a member of the ADVISORY OoilIiI,S-
sion of the Council OF National De.
fence. is virtually the labor dictator OF
the United States.
To Study Labor Mobilization
Avoidance Of strikes and proper mob
ilization of labor are among the MAJOR
nroblems which Mr.. GOmpers hopes 10
solve with the help OF their advice.
They are not inclined to 80 into par
ticulars regarding their recommended
t;one o. the lessons to be drawn from
Fnrland's experiences before confer
ring with HIM
1--WE have come quite as much 10
learn as to teach Mr.. Oarrod eN-
NAMED. "Mr. Gompers, We believe,
viii be able TO give US many valusoie
rointers on welfare work. OF course.
we shall be only too glad to give MN
the benefit of our experience IN tne
various matters affecting labor IN 'h'S
war"
One Of the delegation pointed out
that strikes must be averted and that
men and women must be kept constant.
~ at work. The question Of hours OF
labor should not be allowed to over
shadow the necessity for unremitting
toll. he said. Every man. woman ana
child in this country should strive for
the destruction of autocratic Germany;
He pointed to the imperative need need
If turning out more ammunition than
the soldiers can use. employing as an
illustration one Of the recent great bat
Ties near Arras, where the artillery hree
rcsembled hailstorm, while at the end
there was more ammunition in reserve
than there had been at the beginning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
u. S. Must Rely on Steel Ships,
Declares Bernard N. Baker
Wooden VESSEL Requiring Vast Amount of Labor and
Lacking Tonnage TO Be Efficient, Mere Stop
Cap, Shipping Expert Says

delivery Will be at least two-thirds
wasted. but # We spend S3J.ooo,oOo Oh
one thousand Of them. and we get yen
millions OF value out Of II, IT prooaOIE
will have been worth while.
PERSONALLY. think the value oil IN
seasoned wooden ships viii cease When
bad weather comes at the beginning OF
next winter. The boat will be- IN
seaworthy They cannot run before a
gale like our cd windiRmmers could
and they have not sufficient power 10
battlt. Nor will they have the length
for turning around in big sea.
think many a mother will hear that
her boys are missing. and nothing more
e big feet Of these boats IS kept
sailing on 5hc North Atlantic next
winter.
Wooden Vessels Too Small
There gre two tremendous economic
reasons. however. why the WOODEN snip
is not the permanent solution OF the
vital need for tonnage. In the first
ulacc DESPITE the reasOrableness OF the
argument that when the submarine gets
s. small shin the loss Is not so great,
tbeee nronosed wooden ships are TOO
small. Our vital need in facing TINS
additional tonnage problem rs TO sup
plv officers TO the tremendous number
Of sbips which must be sent TO Europe.
Now il takes exactly the same number
Of officers for a ship OF 10000 tons as
for one OF 5000 tons. with the advan-
tare in favor Of the big ship that she
hauls more than three times as mucn..
I'VE will probably lose a lot OF navi-
cators during the submarine campaign.
and i, is going to be harder and harder
"a frd the men to man our ships. OBJ
viously. a year from now. or eighteen
months hence. a 10.000-ton ship VIII
he far more desirable from this stand
noint than whole feet Of small boats
an the second place. there Is the
Question of labor for ship construction.
I have pointed out that enough WORK
men can be diverted from building con-
struction all through the country 10
man a large number of steel shipyards,
and the material can be PROVIDED oy
suspending the very sort of work these
workmen are now engaged IN.
No More Ship Carpenters
But there are no ship carpenters
any more. The ship carpenter. or 'he
man with the adze. is quite a different
man from the house carpenter or the
man with the square and plumb line.
And the old ship carpentering ~ not
trade which a wise father. would ike
TO see his son take up, since IT VIII
again lapse into desuetude with the
end of the wal. .;..o
"The wooden ship cannot survive
after the war in economic coompeu-
ton with the steel ship, and for the
same reasons is not as good in trans,
porting supplies TO Europe as ste .,i
hin. She is heavier for what she Will
carry. and therefore wastes power; she
is slower than steel ship of equal tom
mage ard power, and, in addition 10 the
economic waste of time OF this score
she would be an easier victim for the
submarine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

presentation of memorial. as had
been the original intention OF the lrlsn
Society representatives. the conference
with Mr.. Balfour developed into an m
formal discussion Of the entire irish
situation. during which the British Sec
rotary for Foreign Affairs won the
complete sympathy of his visitors
through his unconcealed friendliness
toward the Irish people and the cause
Of Home Rule.
At the end of the conference Mr..
Balfour voluntarily agreed 70 dispatch
the message TO the British government
which may write a new chapter in Eng
lish history. and. incidentally. It ~
believed. will do much toward making
the war with Britain as an ally moro
popular in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Mine Sinks British
Destroyer; 62 Lost
Warship Of Old Type Goes
Down in the English
Channel

London. May 4.-The loss OF tor
pedo boat destroyer and OF probably
one officer and sixty-one men is an
nounced by the Admiralty in a state
ment issued tonight. The statement
says:
"The Admiralty announced that a de-
stroyer OF an older type struck a mine
on May in the English Channel and
ssnA. One officer and sixty-one men
are missing and are presumed 10 have
been drowned"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Denmark and Norway
To Have Bureaus Here
They Will Represent Various
Business Interests in Mat
tiers of Export

Copenhagen, May 4.-The' Social
Demokraten" says that Danish com
mercial bureau will leave soon for
Washington under the auspices of the
Merchants Guild and the Industrial
Council Norway also is expected to
establish a bureau in Washington.
Washington, May Minister Brun
OF Denmark, said to-day that while he
had no official information regarding
the coming of Danish commercial bu-
reau. he understood its members would
have to do especially with matters re-
lated 10 the expectation of goods from
the United States to Denmark. The
bureau will represent various business
interests, not the government.
Since the beginning Of the war =
Danish commercial bureau has been
maintained in London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05

ing the north end Of the North Sea
that submarine route could be cfcc-
lively guarded in six months All that
is needed is agreement upon this policy
and strong. able executive TO carry it
out.
The materials required are all such
as can be quickly manufactured. Nets
and mines do not take long TO produce.
An agreement on this policy would re-
lesse for this single purpose a great
many boats which would otherwise
have to be difuscd upon the surface
or the waters.
American Craft Could Aid
For example. VIC shall have to patrol
our own coast line If submarines are
let out as at present. If they are con
tanned in the North Sea our coast
patrol may be added TO the British yes
sells available for this purpose 20 watch
the northern outlet into the Atlantic
Ocean.
No other policy o. meeting the sub
marine menace offers much hope Let
Us take other schemes in order. Ann
ing merchantmen. which Admiral DC
Chair. the British naval commissioner
here. recently described IS the most
hopeful way Of guarding against sub
marines. Is proving Disappointing.
Most OF the American vessels recently
destroyed have been AIMED and manned
by expert naval gunners.
The building Of ships TO replace
those being destroyed offers. as
showed Yesterday morning IN The
Tribune. little hope. In SIX months
from now If al the estimates Of quick
ened production are realized the Allied
and neutral production OF ships Will
fall several hundred thousand tons
short Of eoual!.ug the present rate OF
submarine destruction. And there is
always the fear that Germany is pro-
ducinc submarines faster than they
arc being captured or sunk, and VIII
increase her ravages upon the seas.
Wooden Ship Plan Questioned
Moreover. in that estimate Of anti
German mercantile tonnage is included
our own estimated 100000 tons OF
green timber wooden ships, whose
feasibility General Goethals, who is
building them, gravely questions and
the best shipbuilding opinion OF the
country almost unanimously rejects.
Moreover. even if We had dependable
shipbuilding programme. which we
nave not, its execution would simply
mean more ships for the German sub
marine TO sink. The problem of de-
stroying or multiplying the submarine
itself would remain unsolved.
Now for inventions of which much
hope is expressed and upon which the
best brains in the country are busy.
Suggestions take the form generally
of some electrical device TO explode or
defect the torpedo launched at a ship.
Such a device may not be discovered
before this war is won or lost in the
waters around the British Isles. More
over. IL device is invented number
less ships will have 10 be equipped with
IT, Machinery taking months to build
will have to be constructed.
II is such considerations as these
that have driven the naval experts here
20 return TO the fundamentals Of naval
strategy and insist that it is both pos
sible and vitality necessary to bottle up
the submarine in the North Sea by
closing the north exit TO the U-boat
as the southern exit has already long
been closed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-05
Germany to Send 100000
CITY Children to Farm,

Berlin, May At is officially ar
nounced that 100000 city childra
will be placed on farms this summer
by the government. Fifty pfennigs
daily will be paid for each child, ex-
cept in East Prussia, where the farm
ers who suffered from the Russian in
vasion have refused any Fay.
The midland journal., 1917-02-16

"And how have things been going?f
asked Sidney practically.
"Your steward has little to report.
Aunt Harriet, who left you her love,
has had the complete order for the
Lorenz trousseau. l thought I'd ask
you about the veil. We're rather in
a quandary. Do you like this new
fashion of draping the veil from be-
hind the coiffure in the back"
Sidney had been sitting on the edge
of her chair, staring.
"There," she said-'T knew it! This
house is fatal! They're making an old
woman of you already" Her tone was
tragic.
He sucked calmly at his dead pipe.
''Katie has a new prescription-rec-
ipe-for bread. 1t has more bread and
fewer airholes. One cake Of yeast"
Sidney sprang to her feet.
'Tt's perfectly terrible!" she cried.
Because you rent room in this house
is no reason why you should give up
your personality and your-your intel
ligence. Mother says you water the
flowers every morning, and lock up
the house before you go to bed. II
never meant you to adopt the family!"
K. removed his pipe and gazed ear
nestly into the bowl.
"Bill Taft has had kittens under the
porch" he said. sand the groceryman
The midland journal., 1917-02-16
SHIPBUILDERS TO RUSH
WORK ON u. S. WARSHlPS
Big Firms Double Their Forces and
Put Contracts for Navy Ahead
Of All Others.

WaShington.-Constr of navy
craft by the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Drydock company, the Fore
River Shipbuilding company and the
Electric Boat company will be speed
ed up to the limit of the plants. Work
on two battleships at the plant of the
Newport News company, at Secretary
Daniels suggestion, already is proceed
ing under doubled crews, and the Of
fers of the other two companies to
take similar steps met with the secre-
tary's hearty approval.
At the Newport News plant it is
estimated that the battleship Missis-
sippi, recently launched, can be COM
pleted by midsummer instead Of Jam
uary 1, 1918, as called for in the con-
tract. The keel of one of the four
new battleships recently contracted
for will be laid on the slip vacated by
the Mississippi instead of merchant
vessel, as had been intended.
Representatives of the Fore River
and Electric Boat companies called on
Mr.. Daniels, offering to rush work on
destroyers and submarines for which
they have contracts, setting aside 9TH
er private work to that end. They
were told to go ahead at full speed.
The plan is to get the vessels launched
as soon as possible, freeing stocks for
the new set Of destroyers and subma-
rines to be authorized in the pending
navy bill.