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New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Offers N. Y. Camp to Poles
Baker Tenders Shelter and
Training at Fort Niagara

WASHINGTON. Dec. Secretary
Baker. having officially approved re-
cruiting activities in the United States
for the Polish army in France, has
offered accommodation for 1000 of the
Polish recruits at Fort Niagara, New
York.
The congestion in the Polish camp
at n-the-Lake in Canada
threatened for time to cause halt
in recruiting. In this emergency Sec
retary Baker responded with the offer
to provide shelter and training facili-
ties in the United States camp at Fort
Niagara. This news has been com
municated to the French-Polish Mill
tary Mission and to other organiza-
tions interested in Polish army recruit
ing. The arrangements for the ac-
eommodatiOn were made at confer
ence between |. J. Paderewski and the
Secretary of War yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Draft Questions
Sent Out by Tons
Austrian War Will Change
Status of Thousands OF
New York Declarants

Af,er 1905 selected men IeiI ioi
Comn linton Yesterday morning com
nIo,;ne the mobilization OF 80 per cent
of Tho city's contribution to the hrsO
draf, army. Adjutant General Charles
u Sheriff. announced that the Sehu'ns
out of missionaries for the suoSe-
ouent drafts would begin on DeceiA-
her 10. as scheduled.
According to the adjutan' general
Sftv.nine and one-half tons OF ques-
,;orraircs have been sent 10 TINS sta'e'
and collectively they form bulk sew,
entv feet long, twenty feet VIDE ano
nine feet high. The statement oil zen,
.-sI. Sheriff. that the first per cent
o,,ho ouestionnaires would be sent out
on December 10 contradicts the impress
s;on that has spread among draft oni-
ciels here that there would be delay IN
.,ar,;,o the new system because lo
.or cont Of the men selected in the first
Lraf+ have not yet been ordered to
report TO camp.
The local boards received orders yes
.crdav that they would have to seno
otber men in place of the Austrian de-
clarants, who became ineligible to par
.;c;cate in the mobilization By the dec
Isration of war on Austria-Hungary'
Il was learned also that the order not
20 ontrain AIstrians came 70 Philip j.
NcCook, director of the draft here too
late Saturday to affect the men who
left from Long Island City and the
Carlton Avenue yards. Twenty 1t is
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Gunner's Mate Who Rescued
Man Cited by Daniels

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Secretary
Daniels has commended Ray Nye, chief
gunner's mate, United States Navy, for
heroism displayed in jumping over
board from the Pennsylvania and res
cuing a man from drowning on the
afternoon Of November 10. Nye's
achievement is described as follows in
a Navy Department statement: A
THE water was covered with debris
as the result Of collision with tug
boat carrying freight cars. but with
out hesitation Nye. removing coat and
cap. jumped overheard and, swimming
against the current made by the pro-
pellers going full speed astern. reached
the drowning man and kept him above
water until picked up by tugboat."
Nye enlisted in the navy June 26,
1897. at Newport, K. |.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Too Late for Presents for
France, Friends Advised

WASHINGTON, Dec. s,-rhe adiu-
tant general o, the army to-day re-
quested relatives and friends OF SOL
diers in foreign service 20 discontinue
the sending Of Christmas packages to
them. Notwithstanding the notice that
delivery Of presents could not be un-
dertaken after December 5, his state
ment said, packages continue to be de-
livered at the embarkation pier at the
rate OF about 5000 a day, and it is i'm
possible to transport them for delivery
before Christmas.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Gen. Organs Staff
Undergoes Changes

CAMP WADSWORTH. 5. C., Dec. 0.
Captain c. ". Wickersham, son of
George W. Wickersham, former United
States Attorney General, was appointed
assistant chief of staff of the 9th
Division to-day. Other changes were
also made in Major General Organs
staff.
Major A. L. Reagan, who has been
acting as divisional adjutant, has been
assigned to the 47th Infantry, and Col
onel +. W. Ward takes his place. Cap
tain II. H. Battenburg has been ap-
pointed assistant to Colonel Ward.
Colonel Ernest +. Jannicky, who re.
signed yesterday from the command Of
the 47th, has left for New York. There
has been no announcement as TO who
will succeed him, and Colonel John X.
Hewlett. commanding the l4th lnfan-
try. has been assigned to his place tenn
porarily.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Jewish Home Inmate, 107,
Dies S Weeks After Chum, ia

Missen Rosenstein, one Of the Oldest
of the Jewish patriarchs who spend
their declining years in the Home Of
the Daughters of Jacob, So2 East
Broadway, died yesterday at the age OF
1O7. He was oorn in Lomza, Russia,
and came 10 America thirty-four years
ago.
Mr.. Rosenstein was member OF the
Jewish secret society, Chezra Achim
Anshe Chomska. Five weeks ago his
best beloved brother in the order, Bo-
ruch Wollinsky, died in his Hath year.
Mr.. Rosenstein then made arrange.
ments TO be buried next to him in the
Bayside, Long Island, cemetery, and
to-day will occupy the resting place
which he picked out for himself.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Camp Mills Men on Ice
,,:or, Get First Taste OF
Winter Sport

mp MILLS. L. T., Dec. ''-An'lc- i.
~ cold snap, many soldiers
i''',Ds Rempstead Yesterday ana
0''' s,stcs. Most Of them VIII go
S''sn' .o.morrov to buy arniea' Tor
% So ,.-r degree temperature fr01' the
8 'i',.' !. the August Belmont property
-. s..l, y that s, viths'oOd the shock
% 80. .rsr,s. though 70 be sure the
&" - -. did not fall upon 1t en- masse'
''I case Of skating or sOins to
j. x-sre y- Mems Christian Assoeia-
e' -. zen warm to-day. In The midst
tor 70 h'sp h'pcbts storm the wind up
q lss' .,,crous tents, driving their
'o'tea ' oa. into the downpour to
-i@ .sbian artil'cryman IS the envy
A. nLe..sry. Whatever the weather
q hs be- strips OF his outer clothing
ray es ~, .~ his evening devotions out
20 peI.o,' De- the custom Of Mahometans,
d'.T.s, '.,a, ~, 5ashes Tor o cold shower lie
SC lad = cold yet
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
By Henri Bazin

Especial Correspondence of Tho NCw York Tribune
and Tho Philadelphia Evening lHdger)
Copyright. all r'shu rzered)
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS,
Nov. 1T may have been good cup,
but the man who selected it showed
questionable taste. To each and every
soldier in a certain regiment of infan-
try auartered in n certain town IN
France the Y. VI. c. A. recently gave
comfort bag" These bags were made
OF brown canvas. and contained a mini
ature shop. There was comb and q
niece of soap. a tube OF tooth paste,
pair of woollen wristlets. a Turkish
towel. a pocket mirror, pipe ana d
bag of tobacco. two handkerchiefs, some
chocolate and folding cup-one OF 'he
kind that collapses into a third OF
opened length.
These cups were OF aluminium ana
had a tiny folding handle that made
their use more practical. They made a
bic hit with the men because oil their
size and enduring quality. But one
soldier whom I met to-day was IN tne
act of hoaving his across the muuuS
country road near his billet.
"What's the hea?" | asked; "'hous"'
YOU fellows liked those cups, -,
eve sure did, replied the DroNl,
clad youth. but ! amt got no ihoie
use for mine. And here's why. ,ho
With the words he hustled across IN; Ine
road and picked up the cup, and orlhe-
ing it back pointed to the FOLLOWING .sy rs
words stamped on its bottom: "au'
in Germany" III :, in
"Can YOU beat that?' he said IN IN, M,
donation. What do you THINK OF tnen, ~,
YW. c. A. guys? Can you neaI IL
And with repetition OF tne MoIuS h;s %
beaved the cup as far away as MS
strength permitted.
coro rhilanthropist whose name Is
,;5Sen beneath his or her modesty mas
reccntlv opened near these quarters
lomIort barracks. It's much on the
I;res of the Y. NJ. c. A. and Saivation
Arny booths, but has the distinction
- bcinq a separate and individual az
Sa;r Permission for its installation
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

lumber and building materials 26.7,
drugs and chemicals il.6 and house
furnishing goods 293.
Rising prices were absorbed TO a
greater extent BY the wholesale trade
than BY the retail trade. the report
said, as wholesale prices Of all ar
ticlcs increased more than the retail
price, especially the prices of bacon,
-four, ham, lamb. lard, meal, milk and
potatoes. Only granulated sugar
showed larger per cent increase in
the retail than in the wholesale prices.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

estimated, went to camp from those
two points, and are now in the service.
with the same status, il is said, as the
other 1000 Austrian declarants from
this city who joined the National Army
with earlier contingent.
An important change in the new
draft procedure will be that physical
examinations of registrants will come
after the hearing Of exemption claims
instead of before. as heretofore. ac-
cording TO Meier Steinbrink, of the
District Board.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Chinese Labor Bill in Senate

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a bill au-
thorizing the Senate Committee on Ag-
riculture to investigate the advisability
Of permitting the importation Of Chi
nese farmers into this country during
the war under proper restrictions has
been introduced by Senator Gallinger
and referred to the Agriculture Com
mittee.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

Send him away with a
smile
Give him a Christmas
order on us for some of the
things he has to have.
Now, before he goesl
Uniforms-all of our own
manufacture. The highest
type Of tailoringl Fit we
guarantee.
Sweaters with and without
sleeves. The heavy knit kind,
too.
"Westpointer shocs-the
ame last as officially approved
for West Point Cadets. Field
boots. Cordovan leggins. Dress
boots Slippers. Sneakers. Rub
Der boots. Moocasins. Spurs.
Polishing kits. Extra shoe laces.
Aviator hoods. Indebtedness.
Amy caps. Field hats, includ-
ing the stiff brimmed kind same
Is recently re-ordered from
Setson by General Pershing for
lis personal wear.
Pajamas of double thickness.
Outdoor sleeping suits. Outdoor
Sleeping bags. Blankets. Cots.
Flash lights. Folding lanterns.
Cold feet warmers.
Clothes rolls. Bed rolls. Col
apsble clothes-closets. Sheep
lined vests and coats. Drab
mole coats, leather lined.
Warm wooden underwear and
socks.
Handkerchiefs. White shirts.
Collars.
Drinking cups. Mess kits.
First Aid kits.
0. D. shirts. Camp stoves.
Wnstlets.
Tobacco pouches. Pipes.
Lighters. Waterproof cigarette
cases
Canvas basins. Canvas buck
cts Ihermos and Ferrostat bot
ties (the latter unbreakable).
Rubdry towels-lintproof and
famous for long and satisfactory
wear Army bathrobes.
Air pillows. Compasses.
fiorsehide gloves. Wool lined
gloves. Wool gloves. Wool mitts.
Sam Browne belts.
Woolen undercoats of camel
Heece' for wear under raincoats.
Raincoats, including those of
eryiceable gabardine.
Wrist watches. Field glasses.
Lockels.
Amy Locker" trunks.
Handy telescope cases for ship
ping laundry.
Money belts. Unbrcakable
mirrors.
Aviator outfits.
The Rogers Peet Camp
Toilet Case. A soldier S
dressing roll-everything he
needs and not a thing ne
Doesn't. $3.50 complete.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
~'Vao"ay Broadway
'''n 81 THE at 34th ST.
Four
s'usoway Corners" Fifth Ave.
warren AZ 4lst St.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

The United States man is making
real progress with the language.
notice he does not use more than 90
per cent of the signs he did when he
first landed. He goes about armed
with a little French-Englis dictionary
md he "puts across" his desires IN
the village and town shops as though
he had French from the beginning. He
has quite some weird accent of course.
But he gets there, and that's the cs-
scntisl.
met one Of his kind standing to-
day in the hall Of the French town
majors office. lie was looking at n
number of postcards tackled to a bull
letin board. They were mostly months
old and, in a few cases, dated back
two years, being messages from French
inhabitants of invaded disticts, sent
back to their relatives through permls-
sion of the German authorities. These
cards never had reached those destined
to receive them. through reasons di-
verse, particularly that Of removal TO
other sections Of France for work IN
munition factories or elsewhere. This
one the soldier was inspecting with the
aid of his dictionary was message
concerning Madame -- and her
three children sent from st. Quentin.
II read:
ave are in good health. but incon-
solable at our separation"
The Khaki clad one said to me as he
made it out: That's one Of the things
we are over here to clean up. | sure
would like to bring that mother and
her relatives together again, and I'm
going TO try and remember that when
we mix it,"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
German Outrages
Told in u. S. Book;
Children Slain
Latest Official Publication
Uses Teuton Testimony
as Evidence
No Quarter Shown
How Merciless Uhlans Made
Shambles of Belgian
Villages
No Quarter Shown

New revelations OF the horrors Of
German war practices are made to-day
ty the United States Committee or
Public Information in second install
mcnt OF its propaganda dealing with
German cvildoing. Many of the sto-
ries arc made public for the first time
in this Official publication that is being
sent to the Americat soldiers and
press.
Many reports from American sources
have been printed, NOTABLY in The
Rape Of Belgium" just finished in
"The Tribune but the new volume,
German War Practices, like its prede-
cessor, Conquest and Kultur," is nota-
bic for It's use Of German testimany
against the Germans. The most re-
markable Of thes deal with the Belgian
atrocities, and are taken from German
soldiers diaries. Excerpts follow;
Horrible Bath of Blood
"A horrible bath of bloodi The whole
village burnt, the French thrown into
the blazing houses, civilians with Tic
rest" From the diary of Private
Hassemer, of the Sth Army Corps.
"In the night OF August 1919 the
village Of Saint Maurice was punished.
The village was surrounded,
men posted about yard from one an
other, 50 that no one could get out.
hen the Uhlans set fire to il, house
bv house. Neither man, woman nor
child could escape. Any one who
ventured to come out was shot down.
All the inhabitants left in the village
were burnt with the houses" tFrom
he diary of Private Karl Scheufele, Of
the Sd Bavarian Regiment of Land
wchr TnFan'ry.)
"The inhabitants have fled in the viii
laCe. It was horrible. There was clot-
4. ted blood on all the boards and what
faces one saw were terrible to behold!
The dead, sixty in all, were at once
buried. Among them were many old
women, some old men and a halfde-
lvered woman-awful TO seel Three
children had clasped each other and
died thus. The altar and the vaults of
the church are shattered. They had a
telephone there to communicate with
the enemy. This morning. September 2,
all the survivors were expelled, and
saw four little boys carrying a cradle,
with baby five or six months old in
il, on two sticks. All this was terrible
to see. Shot after shot Thunderbolt
after thunderbolt! Everything is given
ove- to pillage; fowls and the rest all
killed. | saw mother, too, with hel
two children. One had great wound
on the head and had lost an eye
From the diary of Lance Corporal Paul
Spielmann, of the Ersatz, 1st Brigade
OF Infantry of the Guard.)
Children Ordered Shot
Ambassador Brand Whitlock's report
on Belgium is, of course. published in
full, with its terrible indictment of
German sayagery:
"But whether their hands were cut
off or not, whether they were impa!ed
on bayonets or not. children were shot
down. by military order, in cold blood.
In the awful crime Of the Rock Of Bay
ard, overlooking the Meuse below
Dinant. infants in their mothers arms
were shot down without mercy. The
deed, never surpassed in cruelty by any
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
Gift Cup with "Made in Germany
Label Stirs Ire Of y. S. Soldier

vas given by General Sibert, and IN
ouirv al his headquarters as to who
ia financing the outfit brings nothing
more in the way Of information than
can he secured at the barracks itself
where the attendants merely reply IN
answer TO questions: "Oh. just some
neople at home who don't care to have
their names made public
There are tables and chairs and
games. with books and magazines
loaned to any man N KHAKI, and
plenty Of free writing material. Also
signs. One directly in front OF a rack
full Of penhoders and pens reads:
"The pen is mightier than the sword
but not to the man VINO has 10 pen.
Please. therefore. Colleen rule yours
back to this rack
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10
The Basis of True Temperance

"Ten1perance to be virtue must be free and not
forced" said an eminent Boston Divine-the Rev. DR..
Cyrus A. Bartol-nany years ago. and in that one SEN
tence he crystalized whole moral truth of the Tenn
perance question
In 1907 the French Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences awarded the first prize for the best essay
1.-THE Struggle Against Alcoholism" to Dr. L. Vaud
out of many competitors In its published FORM with
preface endorsement by Dr. Emil Cheysson president
of the French National League Against Alcohol Dr.
Viaud voiced the scientific that the consumption
of wine and beer far from being "a necessary evil" for
which remedy is be found is in fact the ANTDOTE
FOR ALCOHOLISM.
The United States Brewers Association
New-York tribune., 1917-12-10

Especial Correspondence q Tho Ncw fork lTio'
and Tho Philadelphia Evening IDdseT)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28
Federal Officials Al1ege Five U. S. Aviators, Recruiting Officer and Two Navy En- signs Conspired With German Lieutenant. Latter, With Department Store Employe Involved, Arrested and Removed to Internment Camp on An gel Island.

San Francisco, Sept. 2S-Five of the United States aviation corps, an army re- cruiting officer and two navy ensigns are said by federal of ficials to be involved in a plot against the government.
 The conspiracy is alleged to have been headed by 1Lieuten- ant Erwin Frederick Schneid- CT of the German navy, and Theodore Kasinger, department store employe, both of whom were taken into custody here recently.
 This disclosure came last night as the result of an order from the de- partmente of justice providing for the immediate removal of Schneider and Kasinger from the county Jail to an internment camp on Angel island. which contains Franz Bopp, former German consul general here, and his aide, Baron E.. H. won Schack, former vice consul
 The authorities refused to dfvulge the nature of the alleged participation of the army and navy officers in the plot. They said all information on I the case had been sent to San Diego and Los Angeles, where it was under stood the conspiracy centered.
 1 At the time Kasinger and Scf aeider were taken into custody federal agerEs l asserted that the two had associated
 with four Austrian army officers sub-
 sequently detained at Laredo, Texas,
 and who, it was believed. were plan- ming to embark from Mexico for Ger
 many or Austria It was said they
 were suspected of having obtained mill fftary Information.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28
BOY TAXES OWN
 LIFE FINGERINC 4 LOADED RIFLE
Stratford Child Sacrifices Himself In Effort to Prove
 His Bravery.
fspecia1 tp The Farassiks

stratford, Sept. 2s Following the refusal of his younger brother. Joseph Cato, aged seven years to pull the trigger of a breach loading rifle after he had been repeatedly asked, Tony Cato, aged Il years. of Wood End road, discharged the weapon himself, the charge of buck shot shattering his right arm into pieces and penetrating through the second, third and fourth ribs. Death was instantaneous.
 Medical Examiner William B. Cogs- we'll gave the cause of death due to accidental shooting. Coroner John J Phelan will begin an investigation in to alleged carelessness of the parents leaving a loaded rifle in the bed room
 Tony awoke yesterday morning a, 6:30 o'clock and seizing the weapon began playing with 1t. He called his brother, Joseph, and wanted to show him how to operate 1t. The younger boy refused from the beginning to handle it despite the repeated taunts of Tony telling. him it was not loaded At one time he had the gun placed against his body and begged Joseph to- pull the trigger. The young boy stern1y objected. Tony not, meeting any success from his demands, again placed the deadly weapon against his right side, and discharged the trigger
 The buck-shot pierced several part. of the arm shattering it and the re. nainder entered the three upper righ1 ribs. The boy fell instantly to the floor. Joseph, terrorized with fear screamed for aid. His parents wht were downstairs heard the noise rar to the scene. Medical Examiner Cogs we'll was summoned but before an, medical assistance could be given lift was extinct. Permission was given fol removal of the body to undertaking parlors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28
Work For Armies
 In Fields at Home

Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, also addressed the American Bankers association, say ing in part, that if the war is. to be won the United States not only will have to put an army in the trenches but will have to put several other armies in the field at home.
 eve shall have to have an army of food producers In the furrows,' he declared. "A womans army of food conservers, bearing back the at- tacks of that world-old camp follower of war, famine, and a patriotic ramy of civilians in the business and po- litical worlds, fighting against dis loyal greed, unpatriotic partisanship perverted personal ambition and economic treason to the public.
 ''Ten million of the flower o1 American manhood by the selectiye draft have had their names writer on the nations immortal roll o1 honor. The nation calls today for ar equal number of volunteers to fghI in the business world and at the bal lot box to make the conduct of this war as clean and patriotic, as heroi, and self-sacrifcing in the busines world at home as it is in the trenches 1 of France and Flanders"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28
COAST STRIKE IS PROLONGED
 INDEFINITELY
Refusal of Boiler Makers to
 Resume Work Holds Up U. $. Contracts.

San Francisco, Sept. 28-The strike of. 30,000 metal trade unionists here, which was to have ended today, was indefinitely prolonged late last night when members of the Boiler Makers union voted not to return to work under any terms of a temporary agreement made Sunday and which had been accepted by majority of the unions affiliated with the Iron Trades council.
 The action of the boiler makers will paralyze indefinitely all work on one-eighth of the entire shipbildine contracts let by the United States gov- ernment.
 The Boiler Makers union is one of the four organizations affiliated with the Iron Trades council that voted against acceptance of the temporary agreement. The boiler makers face suspension from the Iron Trades council for their action. it was an. nounced today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-28
BRITISH HOLD
 ALL POSITION MS

London. Sept. 2s--Anotfler German counter attack was made last night against the new British positions near zonnebeke. The attack was broken up by the British, the war effice an nounces.
 The statement follows: Yesterday evening another counter attack by the Gerrnans against our position in Zonnebeke was broken up by our rifle and machine gun fire and artillery. South of.Tower Hamlets and south of Polugon wood isolated strong posi- tions in which parties of the enemy were holding out close to our new positions have been cleared up.
 I've killed or captured several Ger mans without loss. to ourselves in car ryine out . successful raid last night southwest of Cherisy.
 '-The enemy's artillery showed con siderable activity during the night south of Lens. The artillery on bott sides has been active"