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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
American, Veteran of World
War, to Train u. S. Troops

AK ATLANTIC PORT, Sept: 70,
Lieutenant F. J. Blount, OF the BRUSH
army, an American, aged twenty-ninIe3'
who has seen three years service WIN
the Allied forces in Europe, arrived
here to-day on a British steamship to
offer his services 70 the United states
as an instructor for training camps.
In October, 1914, Lieutenant blouht
received a commission with the oath
battalion Of the Queens Own. A year
later he won an army medal Tor pray
cry In saving a French unit from de-
feat by the Germans.
He was with the Allied forces at the
capture of Monsstir, and was decorated
with the Serbian White Eagle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

OF the victims, e87 we're children, and
$50 persons were past fifty.
Automobiles caused twenty-one
deaths, motor trucks killed thirteen,
horse drawn trucks eight and street
cars six. Two persons we're killed In
falls from streetcars and three boys
were killed while stealing rides.
Manhattan led all boroughs, with
1862 casualties. Brooklyn had ISL,
The Bronx 266. Queens 100 and Rich
mond 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Gunnery Class to Open
Limited Number Of Civilians
Nav Obtain Instruction

A limited number Of civilians will
be permitted to attend the weekly OH
GERS classes Of the LIST Newt York
Field Artillery, which will open at the
srmory, Sixty-eighth Street and
Broadway, tomorrow night under the
direction Of Captain Frederick h.
Ryan.
The classes are primarily for Off;
GERS of the regiment, but it is believed
that men interested in field artillery
who were not able to attend any OF
the officers training camps will benent
by tho course. The following sub
iects will be covered: Administration,
field artillery drill regulations, held
artillery material, gunnery, field ser
vice regulations organization, mill
tary law, hippology. military hygiene
and topography.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
How to Write to Soldiers

Mail for soldiers or prospective Off
GERS in training should be addressed as
follows:
John Smith,
Company x. 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 Wadsworth,
Spartanburg. S. G
John Smith,
Company X. - Regiment.
Camp Mills, l. |.
John Smith,
Company X, - Regiment.
Camp Upton,
Yaphsnk, y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

regiments" he said. "Undcr the new
pystem we have room for only four;
While the problem so far as enlisted
men are concerned resolves itselt
merely into question Of transfer ne
tween regiments. the problem OF Of
Nccr material has required considerable
thought We have been UP against tne
cold proposition of an excess OF OF
fcers, but after considering the ques-
ton from all angles and aiming for ons
goal, the good OF the service, we nave
arrived at n satisfactory solution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
War Department Orders
Gen. Organ to Trim Di-
vision to Four Units
Order Causes Keen
Dissension in Camp
Many Officers Find Selves
Without Command and
No Prospects
IstaN Cr~rcspnndenoel

lstsn Csrcspcndenoel
CAMP WADSWORTH, S. c., Sept H.
Definite plans for dividing the 27th
Division, made up Of Federalized Ma
tional Guardsmen from New York, and
matchmaking part Of it with New York
men drafted for the new National
Army, were announced to-day by Major
General John F. Organ. IL was stat
ed q few days ago that the War De-
partment contemplated absorbing some
drafted men into the National Guard
commands, but this was the first Off
cisl announcement of the definite plan
under which the absorption will be
accomplished.
ONLY four Of the nine regiments
comprising the 9th Division. inciud-
ing the famous Fighting 7th," under
the command Of Colonel willard Fisk
are 70 be retained under General
O'Rysn in the 9th Division. The 9TH
ers are to be transferred to divisions
with headquarters ranging from Maine
to California. The five regiments
which are slated to so are the 18th
and list Infantries, Of Manhattan; the
14th, Of Brooklyn and Queens; tho
1st, with companies from Oneonta,
Newburgh, Binghamton, Utica, Mo-
hawk, Walton, Watertown and ogdehs-
burg, and the 10th, with companies
from Yonkers, Noun. Vernon, Kings
ton, Poughkeepsie, Catskill, "hi'e
Plains, Flushing, Hudson and Albany.
The four remaining regiments, which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
u. S. Electrical Figures

American electrical apparatus is
gaining rapidly in popularity the
world over. A compilation by the Ma
tional City Bank of New York shows
that the value OF electrical machinery,
appliances and instruments exported
from the United States in the fiscal
year 1917 aggregated more than $40,
900 600, against s3O,OO0,0oO in 1915
s20,O0O,00O in 1914 $40 900 900 in 1911
and ss,OOO,oOo in fsoO.-San Francisco
Ar1apAuE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
2,6OS Traffic Casualties
63 Killed in August Street Ac-
cidents, Fl by Autos

Traffic accidents during August Re.
suited In the death or injury Of 2,e0s
persons, according TO a Police Bureau
Of Statistics statement yesterday. The
figures are smaller than those of July,
but larger than those of August, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Stories of Unpreparedness
as to Meals and Quar-
tiers Are False
New Barracks Ready
CONGRESSMAN Caldwell Pays
Visit to Men, Bringing
Comfort Kits

CAMP UPTON, L. l., Sept. l8.-Dont
worry, New York; don't believe Tor
minute any of the stories that have
been drifting around town to upset the
home folks and make the men Of this
second National Army increment look
ahead to privations to begin with their
arrival In camp.
There will be nothing that by any
stretch Of Imagination could be called
privation; no sleeping in the chilly
outdoors; no going without blankets;
no skipping Of meals.
Camp Upton-proving that you can
not believe all you hears ready. AS
there were clean and decent sleeping
quarters and wholesome and filling
meals waiting for the boys Of the first
increment on their arrival, SO there will
be for the boys Of the second.
At 8 o'clock this evening twelve bar
racks, each built to house upward OF
two hundred men, stood ready for &C.
cupancy, complete to the last electric
light bulb and mess hall bench. In
all, they would comfortably accommo-
date 2,400 men and more, so 1t Is self
evident that the contingent due to ar
rive between noon and 1 o'clock to-
morrow will be we'll taken care Of.
All Reedy Night Before
Six o'clock OF the evening previous
to arrival has been set as the deadline
upon which preparations for their re-
oeption must have been completed
And It may be pointed out that the en-
ginssring and construction forces at
Camp Upton haven't missed real
deadline yet. Hampered from the first
by obstacles that have arisen almost
! daily obstacles natural and other
wise), they have done and are doing Q
work that Is worthy Of the highest
praise.
By the schedule given out to-day on
Headquarters Hill the camp will take
in the second increment, representing
! 20 par cent Of New York City's Nation
al Army quota, In five instalments. To-
morrow come the advance guards. On
the goth arrivals will number l,726;
on the 21st, 1,729; on the 22d, 1852
and on tho Esd, 1,706.
The men will be handled much more
expeditiously as they pass through the
enrolment routine than were those OF
the first increment. This will be pos
sible because of the experience that
the reserve officers have had and be-
cause the medical staff has been nearly
doubled.
Il Is the plan 70 have every man re-
examined by o'clock on the evening
following his arrival, assigned to his
permanent barracks By 9 o'clock the
morning thereafter and settled down in
them two hours later.
Table Of Temporary Barracks
The following table Of temporary
barracks assignments will serve as O
guide TO visitors who come out TO see
to-morrow's arrivals within the forty
eight-hour period;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Clubs Give Playing Cards
For Red Cross Comfort Kits

The appeal Of Charles H. Stout, sec
retarv Of the New York County Chapter
Of the American Red Gross, for play
inc cards 20 be included in soldiers
comfort kits has elected responses
from many clubs.
The Union League, the frst 20 re-
gpond, donated a gross OF playing cards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19
Wednesday, September 19, 1917

Ths department. is engaged in separating the sheep Of
advertising and Of tho service which backs up adver'nG
from the goas-snd hanging bell the goats IL invites
letters describing experences-pessant or unPea'sn-th
whether they be manuae wholesale houses
retail .,ore. or public service corporations 1t will print
those letters which show most Spiealy how
advertiser deed. square with tho words OF his aave'ins
Only signed letters giving tho writer's address, will be read
But the name will be printed withheld as preferred
Address, The Advisor, The Tribune New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

Representative Charles Pope Cald-
well, OF Queens, had no such list to
guide him to-day, when he came out
With Judge William E. Kennedy and
members Of Local Boards III and 10
20 have to look at the men from the two
districts. By this time the men have
been scattered, and even with the aid
OF a guide assigned to him by head
quarters, the Representative, was
able to find only few Of them before
dark.
Mr.. Caldwell was warmly received at
headquarters, where he was gnown as
chairman of the House subcommittee
on aviation, and father of Uncle Sans
ss4O, 100000 army in the, air" He
and the local board members. Louis
Gallucci, John A. Rspelye and John p;
kissing, had their limousine loaded
with comfort kits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

ON SEPTEMBER advertisement appeared the Mail and tie
~ Journal:
psara rT:y Ell ~ s4,.; &. el P.;
Taylor Shops the greats, o 9 sB. town
for W To do h, we o s on By manufacturing al our own
tnGImg sa We eliminate the wholesaler, profit"
Two Tribune investigators called the shop Thirty
They looked l at 5sTstf e % e sd 4:
ssiesman smiled and metaphoray dSeksd b
HS at IS shf sSs sass sf Investigators
Tb Out dmSt stated that the suits hand-ao.d this
Tat f hsns say sFslsds says it %
+ "It heG lust Is as " the advertisement stated"
The investigators wasted no more sutT mS % hs S
man the Of the appraisers were erS,5g They al;
suit ss coa n ns s
anp o faaF b: Even machine
paa that to nsgf hsn .sr. oa clothing
ss 1 vis e ess n5 S f.aFfa %
s Of fW fbu was3 S the
% suit hso aPPssssss a By Bs
esaggeratons as much obscure the real wh Of their
the ParTsyOs COMPANY a Fyo AM tGvs we
heartily This does S Sa6 ps % cong
aiming misleading a% On.s e 1ngs6r claims all"
Ave-: s ssss, sfa Ss sGsn p; 5
they ,.sa useless s :oas fe's p
s ss 1 ffh In s Sf that as
the ss sssgtsn cur; S 'i s
/
have more faith in up % s advertising specialists
MEDICINE s 9 asms shss b1 1 ao ns sST
s oS:r P aa Waking %I e Sn s
opinion of some & MRs v Hf nd
Every now and then The reads his column and sayso
advertising in % the adR Rai department %
lis newspaper published by the Associated Advertising o.3 Of s
such efforts are the buying public 5, e; we'll Is h IF Pro
Shoulders of legitimate advertising. r-...., - Liza,
ar. orr B eGOusR to MAX. ons
the Of any patent ten %s Bernard shaw O
Claimed reading booklet containing many patent msa
sSs h @ n he aaf
s es cS1s p H fSS T he % he
Suggestion undoubtedly important phase Of the psychology
gest realistic pictures and inaccurate descrpto s
II health merely prelude to the deeper aa me disease y ADDS
the suspicion which still attaches many kinds Of advertising the minus
Of the public
s.:sS New ng s Ss e ss Ts s s E:
interpretive dancer was attracted by the a'ser
lesson and Ts sds verbal SS: sso enter
deserted n ma: ian mbo"s d sod
would b eeY YSr Sff %s fas He also
for the two lie. but isat but ER O % my
resi T grateful is putting mildly NJ,
There is much talk days of sorts q wars
operation than this To give this %
only but good judgment and tact The o. I
covers several years. did influence Mr. halfS attitude
o as will be given at least equal consideration merchants profit,
indeed that the buyers interest is OF more importance Wv
seller than his own gam
HERE example editorial sGsDI@@ 5r win .a
IL advertising experimentation the Souhanpt9n,
The inclosed clipping is a regular item reading:
say, TG,sr iPsr Fo.sn G Ra r S sd had
and feels that he deserves rest s sn[ T i BE- able to find
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

HERE Is an interesting example editorial cooperation with ths
II advertising Experimentation the SOuthampt2rv LEE ~
f.LAA O''iN'"
The inclosed clipping Is a regular item reading:
Rosenberg making sell his ewery bushes.
a in satisfied him
Rosenberg has worked hard for twenty 9d ys
thirty will be able TO md
another Of this weeks Press u
The always preached cooperation between the
and editorial departments does not ep
exactly the kind Of cooperation mean. r.brs
mail with Mr. Ormans letter from ia
in which, quite badly request was made Tor an
mere reader correctly takes for granted tha
giving advertisers unethca Inc
advertiser should
enlightened The Tribunes pocymak his request IN
advertiser He is asking than Is frequently
do blame the who encourage such pracs
only sell the advertising columns, but throw IN as oo
editorial where should be so far ABOVE i
the advertiser of the most popular patent
afford to buy much quarter Of an inch
r REGENSBURG SON, of New York have been advertising
lL The Mild Tampa Cigar Of one Of her
tsements the editor of the Tobacco World with TINS
enclosed advertisement ana r
advertising legitimate Admiration ana
made Tampa. You probably know that me sby
like Admiration" factory not IN the
hO'''i'|
We Regensburg Company asking for their c9
this practice but they This indicates
Of their statements or dehoera
manu-
fact Gems and Miniature are are
pipes the Regnsburg Company has no more
them sell Togo hats as panan sh
only and that's the MADE from
American plant; and there's only one knd oil tampa s
that's the kind that actually made in Tampa Florida
(The Advisor wiu appear Wednesday, SEPTEMBER '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-19

(Ths nex Advisor H appear Wednesday, September 90
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23
TELLS OF EFFORTS MADE TO
DIVIDE IDAHO IN EARLY DAYS
lContinued trom page b

to him were repeated verbatim in his speech
on the measure | gave him very definite
outlines of what the future had in store for
the state of Idaho all of which have since been
realized / also correspondent with Senator
Stewart of Nevada, and in hope of creating
stragetic diversion, suggested that he advo
cate the annexation of southern Idaho to the
state of Nevada.
"As matter of fact the people of the
northern counties generally regarded the an
nexation theory much as they later regarded
women's suffrage, prohibition and other of
the freak legislation. Nobody for moment
apprehended any serious effort would be
made to enact it into law, and the measure
was tolerated more with a desire to inject
ginger into the campaigns than with any
real desire of ever seeing it accomplished.
1t therefore happened that great public in
terest was awakened in the northern counties
in the subject of annexation when it trans
pired that there was real danger of its he
coming an accomplished fact. When the
measure passed the lower house of congress
there was blood on the face of the moon. The
2OOO voters in the new Occur d'Alene coun-
try were up in arms. Kootenai and Idaho
counties sent on official remonstrances, pro
testing against the annexation bill, and these
were met by what was known in those days
as the squirrel petitions, made up of old pc
tions which had been filed with the boards
of county commissioners for squirrel boun-
ties.
"a final meeting was called by the annex
alton republicans in Lewiston to protest
against the veto of President Cleveland. This
meeting was captured by Hon. J. w. Reid, r.
NJ. Davis, (present postmaster of Boise) and
myself and having gained control, we con-
verified it into statehood meeting, which was
the initial movement which finally led to the
proclamation of Governor Shoup converting
the constitutional convention Of 1889 and our
admission to the sisterhood of states in 1890.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23
PLAYING POLITICS

Ten members of the state senate
introduced bill providing for COM
plete audit of the affairs of the state
land department from the date Of the
admission OF the state into the union
and providing the audit should be
made under the supervision of the
governor. the secretary of state and
the state treasurer.
This provided for two democrats
and one republican to oversee the
audit and certainly displayed spirit
of fairness, on-partisanship and
disposition to go to the bottom and
get at the truth, but that is not what
the majority in the legislature seem
to desire Another measure was in
troduced which provides for an audit
by Clarence Van Duesen, state au-
ditor, and the first bill was put to
sleep by the democrats in the sem
ate.
In the first place the audit to be
fair should be non-partisan. In the
next place 1t should be searching and
complete 30 that when the result Is
announced there can be no doubt in
the minds Of the people as to the
correctness of the report. Van Deu-
sen does not measure up TO either re.
quirement. He is partisan and .
doubt would be thrown on his state.
ments as there has been in every
county where he has attempted Il
make an audit. In the next place HI
is not competent and members of thu
legislature need go no further thar
Canyon county to find as glarinl
mistakes as were made by any OF tn,
county officials. His work has hat
to be gone over by others and II b.
cannot properly audit the books 0
a single county be certainly Is not tn
man to audit the books Of the lam
4 department, the largest business in
stitution in the state.
The republican senators who In
troduced the bill were in earnest an
our democratic friends will make
mistake If they do not rescind thei
action and allow the audit to be mad
by some competent person capabl
of doing the work. and who is disiT
terested. to the end that when th
J probing has been completed it wi
not be necessary to repeat the dos,
Surely the governor. the secretaE
of state and the state treasurer al
capable of finding the right party
Z Weiser Signal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23
Work and play.

South Americans have not yet
learned that plny IL ns necessary to
the child as Is work. "a sound mind
In a sound body has not been stressed
to the people OF tlat continent az II
has to those of North America. They
think That time spent In play Is time
iost--Hnd they frown upon IL. THE
parents wish 10 keep their children
porting over their books, and believe
that recreation Interferes with their In.
tellectual development said "a MEM
Der of the national committee on ply
steal education OF Uruguay recently,
IL is only In recent years TINT the peO-
pie of the United States have realized
that children must be tnuRht to play
just as they must be taught TO think
There are yet among us some who
think that money spent on Playground
and on Instructors is money Iost-bni
We are gradually learning: and tbs
South American will lenrn, too.-H0us
| ton Post.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23
Ne Surely Had.

William J. Bryan was expected III
st. Paul the other day. He didn't come,
but that is another story.
A reporter and photographer, bent
IN overcoming the commoner's well
known aversion to talking or having
his picture taken, were seeking him
aboard train just arrived at the
Union station.
They approached a dusky whlsk.
broom wielder and inquired If Mr..
Bryan was aboard.
"Shuah he Is. Henh he comes now
Heah. Mr. bryan, gemmen wishes Il
see you"
Neither the shiny top nor the curly
hdelocks OF William ]. were In sight
and the lnquisitlve pair waited unit
smother son of Africa approached nne
said:
Abs Mistah Bryan. What can l d,
foah You. sahY"
"Not thing. But, gosh How yot
have changed. Mr.. Bryan" said TIN
photographer ns ne hastened down tn.
steps with his compnniOn.-St. Pun
Pioneer Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23

II do not take the present movement ser
iously. What are the people going 10 gainG
Will il lessen our taxes build our railroads
bridge our rivers, increase our tradeor i'm
prove our moral or social status, increase
our political influence, promote immigration,
or in any other way hasten the development
of the resources of the northern countieS1
Will it give us better educational system,
or better form of municipal, county or state
government VIII it add to the liberties or
political privileges which we are enloylngf
Under the generous and equitable laws of
Idaho, there is an even distribution of wealth
and more opportunities for its requirement
than in any other state to my knowledge,
where class legislation favors the rich, haras-
ses the poor and fosters the monopoly of ev-
cry form Of wealth. To the best of my infor
nation there is no state in the union where
wealth is more evenly distributed, where
there are fewer millionaires and less poverty
than in our own state of Idaho.
1.-THE attempted removal or talk of re-
moval of the state university and the state
normal school has undoubtedly aroused
very great resentment among all classes OF
our population in northern Idaho. We take
great pride in our state educational instl-
tutions in the north and are doing our best
10 prevent them from pelhS ihaue loo'Ooii
for dirty politicians.
"There is nothing to the argument over
section diversity Of interests and resources.
The state is still in its infancy, with POSSIBLE
tiles of development in every line of industry,
which are now undreamed of. Whatever of
argument applies to sectionalism between
northern and southern Idaho, applies to east
ern and western Washington, eastern and
western Oregon northern and southern Cal
ifornia 1t is true that under existing trans
portation conditions, communication between
the two sections of Idaho is difficult, but
these will be overcome by railroad construc-
ton down the Snake river from Homestead
to Lewiston, and by the construction OF the
North and South Idaho Pacific Highway
from Weiser to Lewiston, which the leglsla-
ture is now considering"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-02-23
HONOR BELONGS TO FITCH
Connecticut Man Built Steamboat
Twenty Years Before Fulton
Launched the clernont.

The first trial Of John Fitch's plon-
eer sidewheel steamboat was made on
the Delaware August %. 1887. antici-
pating Fulton's Clermont by 20 years.
Fitch was asnative of Connecticut and
prior to building his steamboat had
been an armorer In I'll military serv-
ice during the Revolution. a surveyor
in Virginia. and manufacturer OF
sleave in Trenton. In 1876 he com
menced work on his first steamboat.
lfter experimenting with skiff pro-
PEELED by steam. This pioneer craft
was fitted with an engine of Pinch
cylinder, and though the boat did not
attain sufficient speed to answer the
purpose of a packet, the trial proved
conclusively the efficiency Of steam as
motive power for vessels. In l7Ss
Fitch built second steamboat, which
made several passages between Phil
adelphia and Burlington at the rate
II four miles an hour. In 1890 third
craft was built and was run as a pas
senger craft on the Delaware. maxim:
during the season more than 200
miles at an average speed of sever
and one-hnlf miles m hour. Although
John Fitch scored the first practica
success In steam navigation. he was |
failure financially. and In 170s he com
aItted suicide Of BaFdstawn. ~.