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New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Syracuse Railway Expert,
Defence Committee Mem
Der, Vanishes
Associates Alarmed
Last Seen at Baltimore Hotel
When Leaving ON Busi-
ness Trip

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.--Officers of
the American Electric Railway Associa-
tion here are concerned over the disap-
pearance of C. Loomis Allen, of SYRIA
cuse, wealthy member Of the asso-
cations war board. He has not been
seen or heard from by his f~mily or
friends since a committee on which he
was serving was abolished by the
Council of National Defence, almost a
month ago
Mr.. Allen had lived in a Baltimore
hotel and commuted to Washington
daily while acting as director of the
American Electric Associations war
board The last heard of him was
when he left the hotel on the morning
of January 10, intending to take a train
for Philadelphia on a business trip
he carried small travelling case and
left most of his clothing and other per-
sonal effects in the hotel.
Mr.. Allen is married, has a son in
Yale and young daughter. He is
forty-eight years old, widely known in
electric railway circles and is a mem
ber of the Syracuse firm which man
ages the Auburn & Syracuse Electric
Railway, the Newport News & Hamp-
ton Railway, Gas and Electric Com
pany, the Syracuse e. Suburban Elec-
trio Railway Company and other small
lines in Central New York. Formerly
he was general manager of the New
York State Railways Company, syndi-
cate Of number of electric street anc
interurban lines in New York State
Private detective, agencies have
searched for Mr.. Allen for several
weeks
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Norway's Proposals
Not Satisfactory
Statement That Neutrality
Was Endangered Consid-
cred Unwarranted
TStaf Correspondence I

WASHINGTON. Feb 8--The War
Trade Board has just received Nor
ways reply to the proposals made by
this government for the exchange of
commodities between the two coun-
tries, which involved the rationing of
Norway by the United States. The
reply is understood to be unsatisfac-
tory, although the board has not passed
upon it at formal meeting. 1t was
delivered to the Christiania government
after the communication has been care
fully studied.
Surprise was expressed in some Of
fetal quarters to-day over Norway's
effort to create the impression that the
United States was seeking to take an
unfair advantage of her and to induce
her to compromise her neutrality. 1t
was believed to have been because such
an attitude on the part of Norway was
anticipated that the American pro-
posals to the Norwegian government
were made public by the War Trade
Board.
1t is known that the United States
will not accept the Norwegian govern
ment's statement, and that if the i'm
piled ultimatum in it is maintained. the
negotiations will come to an end. 1t
IS not supposed in official circles here
that Norway has declared her final posi-
ton, as the terms offered her by the
United States are considered here to
be fair and equitable in every way.
1T was learned on the best authority
to-day that the insinuation contained
in the Norwegian statement that the
terms proposed by Jle United States.
If agreed to, would endanger Norway's
neutrality, was considered wholly un-
warranted.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Walt Mason Writes
Smileage Book Poem

The Military Entertainment Service
has received letters from Brigalier
General F.. N. Johnson, commandans at
Camp Upton; from Billy Sunday and
from many others, indorsing the plan
Of selling "smileage" books, the coupons
of which will admit soldiers to the
government theatres at the various can
tonments. All that remains is to have
the public pay for the books, which are
to be obtained at. many places in this
city, including service headquarters, at
200 Fifth Avenue.
This is what Walt Mason wrote:
III buy dozen Smileage Books, and
then dozen more, gadzooks! and send
them to some soldier chaps, and help
to brighten up their maps. Oh, any
thing that l can do, TO keep the bows
from getting blue, to keep them cheer
full. bright and sane, and drive the
fantods from the brain. I'll do with
forty kinds of glee; SO you can always
count on me. am too fat to scrap,
myself; old age has placed me on the
shelf; I'm welded to my easy chair. l
couldn't whip Belgian hare. The
see that I have liberty, and ali the
blessings | desire, while l sit doing
by the fire. For me they've left their
homes and friends, to 90 where blood
shed never ends; for me they march on
soggy moor, and pains and WEAKNESS
endure; for me to France they will re-
pair, perhaps to fall and perish there.
For me the brave young men go forth,
from East and West, from South and
North, with buoyant hearts that must
not tire, while I sit dreaming by the
fire. And am such tinhorn skate
that ! won't help to ease the weight of
dreary hours the boys must know? He
is a fake who tells you SO. Bring on
your Smileage Books, my friend; I'll
buy till nv reSources endn
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Australia Building
Wooden Ships in u. S.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 27 (By
MaiD.-Discovery that the Australian
government had placed orders in the
United States for the building of four
teen wooden sailing ships has aroused
the trade unionists to attack the gov
ernment. The criticism is intensified
by the charge that the government has
been shipping Australian lumber to
American yards for the construction Of
the vessels.
The Premier, William M Hughes, is
accused Of having broken faith with
the Australian shipwrights by giving
the American workmen the contracts
instead of having the vessels built
here.
MIR. Hughes replied by saying that
the ships were ordered from the United
States to meet the critical situation
and that, with the cooperation of Aus
tralian worhmen, the government was
ready to engage in shipbullding in
Australia. He said that the last infor-
nation from the United States was that
the construction of the fourteen yes
sells was being expedited.
Commenting upon the affair, W. A
Brown, secretary Of the Port Philip
Shipwrights' Society, said:
"lt seems disgraceful that, while Mr..
Hughes has been agitatng for ship
building in Australia, Australian
tradesmen should have been so hood
winked in regard to the scheme, and
that vessels are to be built in America
instead of Australia, especially when
timber has to be sent from here for the
purpose"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Parrot Gives Alarm
At Big Bronx Fire
Mother, Take Me Out of
Here" Bird Screams at Start
of 100000 Blaze

Mrs. Sarah Wise, who lived in the
three-falnily dwelling at 1860 jerome
Avenue, went to bed early last evening.
She was just doing off to sleep when
she heard her parrot, in the front
room, calling: Mother, mother, take
me out Of here!"
A hurried investigation and Mrs
Wise discovered the house to be
wrapped in flames. Not only was it
blazing itself, but the buildings to
either side were also on fire. Throwing
shawl about the parrot and an over
coat over her own shoulders. she made
her escape just in time to see the
house consumed by the flames.
The fire, which started in 1870 Je-
rome Avenue. the only unoccupied
house in the row, ran all the way to
1850 Jerome Avenue, and then turned
the corner and consumed the building
at 2 East Mount Hope Place. In all,
thirteen three-story dwellings were
practically Quilted by the flames.
The fire was discovered shortly after
7 o'clock. Practically every one of
the tenants of the buildings was at
dinner, which undoubtedly saved many
lives, as the buildings were of wood
and burned rapidly.
Four alarms brought Fire Chief
Kcnlon all the way out from Manhat-
tan. The fire was practically under
control before he arrived, however.
Several witnesses have been sum
moned to appear before Fire Marshal
Finn. who is to conduct an investiga
tion into the fire this morning The
loss has been placed at about 100000
and the cause is still mystery.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Camp Mcclellan Soldiers Are
Barred From Birmingham

CAMP MCCLELLAN, Alabama, Feb.
8.-Alabama's 8. metropolis, the city Of
Birmingham, is now forbidden zone
to soldiers Of the Blue and Gray Divi-
sion. The order was issued suddenly,
while many of the Guardsmen were on
leave in the city, and a lieutenant with
dozen men was sent to order every
body to report to camp.
No reason for the order has been
made public, but it is known that Ma
jor General Charles G. Morton has
been in conference with the municipal
authorities regarding the moral stand
ards of the city. 1t is thought that the
conclusion to keep the soldiers away
from Birmingham grew out of these
conferences. All passes have been re-
vpked and no others will be issued. A
squad of men with an officer is to be
assigned to the city to prevent men
from visiting it, whether with or with
out leave from camp.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
By Frank ". Getty

LONDON, Jan. 27.~~Mastery of the
air, in so far as the expression is taken
to mean the total "blinding" of the
Snemy. is not attainable under any cir
cumstances in the present war. Lord
Rothermere, Britain's Air Minister.
made this statement in an exclusive
Interview with The Tribune yesterday.
l asked Lord Rothermcre if, with
Americas full cooperation, mastery Of
the air could be attained in 1918.
Mastery of the air is not a suitable
expression to describe any degree Of air
superiority" said the Air Minister.
mo superiority can be sufficient to in-
sure that hostile aircraft will not break
through on limited offensive No
amount of superiority, whether of num-
ber or quality of machines or of pilots.
can hope to secure absolute mastery OF
the air, nor can even dominant posi-.
tion be assured unless the organization
Of force and spirit and skilled pilots
keep pace with the provision If
mechanical appliances"
Can every possibility Of success
full German offensive on the West trout
be definitely removed by the establish
ment of allied command of the air?"
asked.
"No," he replied "Such statement
would not be justified according to our
present knowledge"
at is hoped that with the coopera-
tion Of America our present superiority
may be maintained aud considerably in
creascd.''
Every Resource Is Needed
This unqualified statement from tho
chief of our ally's air service should
dispose of any undue optimism over
the possibilities Of achieving complete
control of the air, but it does not in
any way minimize the vital Importance
Of the United States bending every
effort toward airplane production and
the training of skilled pilots.
Supremacy, not mastery, in the air is
still attainable and still necessary to
insure the success of Allied operations
in the West
The question of reprisals is one
which is interesting every one now that
the weather is beginning to clear, and
the British government is popularity
supposed to have adopted such policy.
"Will the British enforce the policy
OF air reprsals during 1872" ] asked
Lord Rothermere.
"The British intend to continue their
air offensive against military objectives
in Germany" he replied. "The name
that is applied to these operations does
not matter
This opens the question as to just
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Miss Barker Wins
Long Will Action

Announcement was made yesterday
Of settlement in the claim of Miss
Beatrice Arabella Barker for $50, 900
share Of the estate of her great-grand-
father, Charles Barker Miss Barker
is now nineteen years old. 1t is said
that she is to receive almost the entire
amount of her claim, which has been
before the courts for five years.
Other heirs of Mr.. Barker contested
her claim on the ground that the young
woman's mother prior to her marriage
with Charles Barker, the testator's
grandson and the claimants father,
had gone through a marriage cere-
mony with Alphonsus Murtha. She
was only sixteen at the time, and
neither she nor Mr.. Murtha regarded
the wedding as anything more than a
joke. 1t was annullcd in 1914, but for
five years it threatened the fortune
of Mrs. Barker's daughter.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
German Food Riots
Frequent, Say Serbians
Former Captives Declare Peo-
pie Are Starving Through
out Empire
[Staf Correspoudence1 I

=
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-The Serbian
press bureau has made public the
following report on food conditions in
Germany, received from it's corrcspon-
dent in London:
"a number of Serbian prisoners Of
war have recently succeeded in making
their escape from Germany into Hol-
land, whence they have come to Lon
don. These men were distributed in
various parts Of Northwestern Ger
many to do field work They describe
the state of affairs in Germany as very
bad, particularly in regard to food
shortage, but as not yet desperate.
"The German people are beginning
to groan under the iron discipline Of
militarism; they arc irritable, and
their nerve is undoubtedly shaken. The
people were told that the war would
be over by last Christmas, but the de-
preston came at the certain prospect
Of falsificd hopes. Everybody is talk
ing about peace, but talking in whis-
pers to avoid arrest and possibly being
sent to the front
"The adult population, these men re-
port, is not starving, but the mortality
among the children, owing to psor feed
ing, is very great.
"The most serious conditions prevail
in the great cities, where frequently
bloody conflicts occur between the fam
ished mobs and the police. In the
villages, however, one may also see at
any time starving, wandering towns
folk, begging for bread.
Nobody talks about the military op-
erations, but every success or reverse
makes itself felt among the people
Very often we saw the whole family
weeping say these Serbian soldiers.
The gathering together Of families for
meals we're often the saddest occasions.
Often we met people weeping-men as
we'll as women-by the roadside.'"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Rothermere Says Mastery
OF the Air Is Unattainable
British Minister Asserts Aviators Alone. bv
'Blinding" Foe, Could Not Make Impossible
Successful German Offensive in the West

what military objcctivcs consist Of. I
asked Lord Rothermcrc it the policy Of
hombing open German manufacturing
towns was not now recognized as a
sound military measure
THE bombing of suitable military
obJectves in Germany appears to be
a useful measure for the prosecution
OF the war;" was the nearest the air
chief would come to giving a direct
answer to this question.
Regarding the question of announc-
Ing the names and records of a coun-
try's best fighting airmcn, asked Lord
kothermere whether he considered it
advisable for the Uiited States to adopt
the French policy Of announcing them
or the British policy of concealing
them. e
French and British Policies
"The two policies are not quite ac-
curately stated" he said. "The French
announcements refer to the most sue
cessful fighting pilots. The best flying
men may be employed on more i'm
portant operations than fighting. The
British system is not to conceal the
names and records of flying men, but
to publish them after they have been
examined and approved bv the COM
mander in chief and the King.
MY own opinion is that the British
policy is better, both as matter of
justice and as tending to keep up the
level of efficiency throughout the ser
.vice, whatever work the pilot may be
engaged on.''
as it practicable" asked. "from the
point of view of your experience in this
country, for America to adopt stand
ard Liberty motor? Will the same
rapid advance in this line necessitatc
constant changes and improy emcnts ?"
"America has already, and, in my
opinion, wisely, adopted the Liberty mo-
tor as the Standard" he replied. "but,
naturally. in a science which is ad-
vancing as rapidly as aeronautics stand
ards must change. The efficiency Of the
Liberty engine, however, is such that it
appears safe to manufacture it in large
quantities."
Reticent About the Future
The British air commander was ex-
tremcly retcent about discussing the
details of future policy or operation
and declined to predict in which branch
of the air work the American machines
and aviators were most likely to be
used. This same reticencc prevented
him from venturing any prediction
about the coming air siege of London
which the German air forces are ex-
pected to conduct this spring.
The general feeling in regard to this
Is that while the enemy will certainly
make more determined efforts to at
tack the English capital when the
weather improves. the newly estab-
Gshed system of air defences will rem
der these attempts abortive.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Government Plans
Licensing Of All
Exports and Imports
Reduction Of Foreign Trade
Proposed to Release More
Ships for Troops

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Licensing
of all classes of American exports and
imports is planned by the government
as its first step in reducing the coun-
try's less essential foreign trade to re-
lease ships for the transport of troops
and supplies to Europe.
Already most of the chief export
commodities are under license, but IL
censng has been extended to few of
the import materials.
A plan worked out by the Shipping
Board contemplates cutting imports
probably one-half, to divert a million
tons of American shipping now en-
gagged in coastwise and Pacific and
South American trade to the transat-
lantic service. The place of the ton
mage removed will be taken to some ex-
tent by neutral ships obtained recent
ly by negotiations.
The War Trade Board has taken up
the Shipping oBard plan for consider
alton, and will decide what class Of
exports and imports best can be dis
penScd with
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Nine Rintelen Aids
Start for Prison
Convicted Bomb Plotters to
Serve Is Months Sentences

=, Nine of the men convicted. with
franz Rlntelen, of conspiracy to place
bombs on food ships, were Yesterday
started on the road to Atlanta neni.
.entlary, where they are to serve sem
tences of eighteen months. ~
Between rows of Secret Service men
and deputy marshals, they were taken
from the Tombs in patrol wagons to
1he pennsylvania Station. where a
heavily guarded train received them
to-day ''''o
In tho party were Captain Otto VOL
pert, pier superintendent; Eugene
Kelster, former proprietor Of the Turn
verein,. In Brooklyn; Ernst Becker
electrician Of the North German Llovd
steamship Friedrich der Crosse: George
Praedel, Friedrich Wilhelm Karbade
and Wilhelm Parades, assistant en-
glneers; Walter Uhde. Bonford Boni-
lace and Joseph Zeffert, messengers
Tor the bomb plotters
Captain Franz Rintelen and CAPTAIN
Charles Won Kleist, who were convicted d
with these men, were sent to their re-
sspect've prisons on Wednesday, Rim
telen to Westchester penitentiary
where he is serving a years sentence
1or or another crime, and Won Klcist to
Atlanta
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
More 4-Minute Men Needed
Call Issued by Local Branch
for Additional Speakers

One of the most worthy volunteer
activities for men VIII are compelled to
remain at home has issued call for
workers. The Four-Minute Men need
speakers urgently and ask men of good,
appearance and address to report at
once for duty at So East Forty-fourth
Street.
Through this division of the Com
mittee on Public Information the gov
crnment submits its viewpoint on every
vital issue to Americans by four-minute
addresses in moving picture theatres.
The government assigns the topics.
More than ten thousand of these
speakers are working throughout the
country. Moving picture theatre pro-
prletors have cooperated loyalty.
Joseph B. Thomas is chairman of the
speakers bureau for this city.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Holland Intercedes for
Dutch-American Editor
[St0f COrrespondence

LDVo1W wv 7ooP oPO71t1oHt6J
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The Neither
lands Foreign Office has requested the
against NJ. Carl Minister, editor of
"Der Kampf," Dutch newspaper,
pending all investigation by the Dutch
authorities to ascertain whether his
arrest was facilitated by the violation
of Dutch territory, as has been alleged.
Minister is a naturalized American
citizen and a revolutionary Socialist.
1t was charged that he was decoyed by
German spies to the Dutch German
frontier, where he was showed to the
German side and taken into custody.
Minister had given offence to Germany
by publishing articles against that
country.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Upstate Democrats
Pick Ex-Dean Bailey
Want Former Cornell Agri-
cultural Official to Run
for Governor
FOR Governor
Especial Correspomdence1

ou sl slRACUSE, N. T., Feb. S.-Demo-
NN.@uc NSn. chiefs OF Eastern and Central
iyew i,t' York, in secret conference at
CCutta, definitely decided that the
sb. sJbs.'Hrnatorial nomination this fall
souid ssaeuid fall to DR.. Liberty Hyde Bailey,
Amer An.; dean of the Cornell College of
astiicuiture: Letters from Syracuse,
TTsoany' Tya' Schenectady. Norwich, Rome,
pledged their support to the plan. it
Eai,. Eas announced here to-day by w. H.
les.dieey' Onondaga County Democratic
eoaa, Inc Democratic chiefs reached the
cow om.lusion that the candidate must
opne opd" from the upstate districts in
erns usl 70 beat Governor Whitman They
irnpoe irp,essed the opinion that it would be
rurs, rrTss,oIe , to corral the heavy upstate
leadaiv vote, large part of which the
,IS.aers ,S. r believe has been alienated from
gree Governor. for candidate from
>''a'es New York. For that reason the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
News in Brief

non iua Goldman, thirty months old. found
peanut shell on her mothers kitchen floor.
ne chld was choking when her mother
Before physician could relieve her she was
dead from sutfocation
, Three times in month Eugenia Kelly
Davis has been plaintiff in a forecosure
action, becoming the possesser on the last
occasion of five story apartment house on
washington Avenue. near lS3d Street. The
Bsonx. Her bid of $4,000 was trihe less
than the amount due her on the mortgage
Two westbound Fourteenth Street cars
crashed together yesterday west of Fifth
AVenue lnJuring seven persons and tying
up traffic for fifteen minutes. " '''f'
The Broadway subway has had it's first
fatality. the victim being Henry Schremser,
was run over and killed by southbound
train. between Spring and Prince streets.
yesterday.
Two frozen water mains which hurst
caused meatless day in the yicintv of
third Avenue and 18th Street, The Bronx
The resultant food crippled the refriReratino
plant of a wholesale butcher
MILLERToN. N. Y.-when the will 81,
Alfred. E. Broslin was read Mrs. Naomi
Chandler Rowell, his former secretary. dis
covered that she inherited $500 because
she could keep secret and always minderd
her own business. The testator whose &C
tate is estimated at $l6O,OO0, also left 81 o00
70 provide for the comfort of his favorite
horse e
SUSSEX. N. $50 many residents of
this place signed petition saying that thev
needed physicians care that Dr.. Henry i
Harp. first lieutenant in the Medical Re.
serve Corps, who formerly practised here.
has been discharged from the service to at.
tend to them W
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.-Louis Ser
vetzman., who was hit by George j. Gould's
automobile and promptly brought sn;t ca,
100000 against its owners wife, who occu-
pied it at the time. has obtained verdict
for $780,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09

conference went on record unanimously
for an upstate candidate.
The name of William r. Hearst and
other downstate Democrats were sug-
gested. only to be vetoed.
Leaders who have been sounding the
farmers in various sections Of the state
expressed the conviction that Governor
Whitman has lost the farmers vote. or
a good part Of it. This is borne out by
the resolutions which are being passed
by farmers organizations in upstate
districts censuring Governor Whitman
for different appointments, on the
ground he broke faith with the farm
erS.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Germany to Repress
Secret Food Traffic

AMSTERDAM, Feb. THE clan
destine traffic in Germany with all
kinds Of foodsautfs and materials, in
which hundreds of thousands Of per
sons have been engaged, has reached a
Point that necessitates new and most
stringent legislation. according to the
memorial to draft bill which will
soon be introduced in the German
Bundesrat.
The punishment proposed will be
Imprisonment in all cases of convic-
ton, with additional fines up to $780,
0OO,. and confscation of the goods.