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New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
a, 1000 New Workers
Go to Camps To-day

Four thousand Class A men will
leave New York to-day to don khaki
This will be the largest number de-
parting any day this year.
Altogether 1000 New York men will
leave for National Army camps in the
next five days. This will leave less
than 10000 in Class A in the city. How
ever, Glass A shortly will be replen-
lshed by the young men who registered
June 5 and by those now in deferred
classes who may be raised to Glass A.
The men modified this week will 60
to Camp Upton and Camp Wadsworth
S. G. Of those leaving to-day l,577 will
go to Camp Wadsworth. Men from
Long Island City, Richmond Hill and
Jamaica will entrain at Long Island
Railroad stations between and II
o'clock this morning. New York men
bound for Camp Wadsworth will mob
lllze at the Liberty Street ferry at
/ 80 o'clock Manhattan men for
Camp Upton will mobilize at the East
Thlrty-fourth Street ferry at o:30
o'clock and the Brooklyn recruits at
the Carlton Avenue yards of the Long
Island Railroad at 10 o'clock. Army OF
hcers from Camp Upton will supcrin-
tend tosdayS entrainments
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Emperor Tells Swiss
Victory Is Certain
Serious Civic Troubles Re.
ported in Vienna and
Budapest
by The ASSOCIATED Press

GENEVA, June 23.-Thc Swiss news
papers print stories to-day of the visit
OF Emperor Charles to the Italian front
At Martlnsbruck the Emperor talked
with the local Swiss postmaster while
standing on the bridge which divides
Switzerland from the Austrian Tvrol
asking him questions concerning eco
nomic conditions in Switzerland. He
said the war would end soon in v;ctorv
TOR the Central Powers and before tbt
American troops could be made cffec-
tive. ''eo-
Ihc journal "Democratc" savs il
learns from reliable source that sor.
Gus troubles arc in progress in Vie,na
and Budapest. The military situation
is reported to be secondary TO the civic
unrest N'' -
Other newspapers assert that famine
has began to spread rapidly in Austria.
where the bread allowance has been re-.
duced from $50 grammes to 80 grammos
Give pounds).
The newspaper "Az Ujsag." of Buda-
pest, has-this to say of the situation:
""hilc few hundred individuals
have been thrown into prison for trca-
son, there arc hundreds of thousands
IN the empire serving the enemy by
spreading discomfort"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Fighting Decalogue
Proposed by Women
Means to Combat German In.
huence After War To Be
Discussed TODAY

A fighting decalogue to be observed
in continued battle with German
now and after the war will be consd.
cred by the Women's Auxiliary of the
American Defence Society to-day at a
loyalty mass meeting in the Maxine
Elliott Theatre. Speakers will include
Mrs; Caspar Whitney, Miss Elizabeth
Marbury, Mrs. Louis Tracy and Cap
tain Thomas Z. Feddon.
The ten proposals Of the women's
programme which the league will try
to put into effect are:
Universal service of citizens at home
and abroad.
To fight Teutonic influence in every
direction.
To see that no German propaganda
is circulated in American military
camps.
To adopt and circulate the pledge, 81
will never knowingly purchase any ar
ticle made in Germany"
To advocate universal military train.
ing.
To refrain from criticism calculated
to weaken patriotic energy.
To assist the intelligence committee
of the society and 10 urge the arrest
and swift punishment of all spies.
TO be active in preparing and dis
trlbuting literature to aid in American
izing our foreign citizens.
10 pledge ourselves to one purpose
and that is to win the war;
To dedicate our souls to God and our
country and to determine to make any
personal sacrifice in order that "they
shall not pass"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Snow Visits Coney
On Coolest June 23
In islands History
Crops Menaced by Frost;
Negro Troops Cry for
Overcoats

Yesterday was the coldest June %
since the Weather Bureau was estab-
lished, forty two years ago. Overcoats
replaced light summer wear Beach
resorts were almost deserted, and
Coney Island, home Of wonders, re.
ported a snow furry.
In both New York and New Jersey
crops were threatened by frost. warn
ing of which was issued yesterday after
noon from Washington. The local
Weather Bureau reported minimum
temperature of At degrees, with indica
tions thai it would be lower.
The Coney Island snow furry WAS re-
ported to the police by Captain August
kuhne, Of the Bath Beach station, who
said a motorman of a Coney Island car
between Ulmer Park and Coney ISL
and, had run into a snowfall that last
ed four minutes.
The beaches on Staten Island were
almost deserted and a bather was 2
curiosity. 1t was the poorest Sunday ir
the history. of any of the beaches, and
many of the resorts at Midland and
South beaches closed down.
thousands of dollars worth of Gran
berries were threatened with destruc
ton at Burlington, N. j.. because OF
the cold wave. To prevent the destruc,
tion of the berries the bogs in the
most exposed regions were flooded.
For the Lords sake, give US those
overcoats," said about $500 half-frozer
negro troops from Florida when they
reached Camp Dix. N. j., yesterday at.
tternoon. When the negroes alightec
they were met by soldiers who wore
heavy overcoats. When they asked fo,
theirs they were Informed that there
were none. but that the garments
would be distributed in few DAYS.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Twas a Lovely Funeral Until
The Corpse Appeared at Door
John Crcsanoo Breaks Up His Own Wake and Stampedcs
Mourncrs Gathered About Coffin in His Home
Leaving Undertaken Out $35

en-, whence led tho fire escape to solid
land of rcalitics-c -clotheslines and gar
bage cans-wherc ghosts do not in
trude. With a babel of screams and
confusion Of pushing and hauling the
mourners somehow or other managed
the descent Back in the Cresanolo
home John and Angelina were locked
in each others arms. while Caroline
and Joe and Ernest chung dclightcdly
to his legs and Pete frisked about the
place like pup demcntcd.
"And you have the Sl.8oo after all
my John!" sobbcd the ex-widow
"Sure--but who t'hcll is that dc
mandcd the cH-corpsc.
"That"--the body of 3 man with a
sweeping mustache, SIS suit Of
clothes, a 81 shirt and S3 pair Of
shoes. all newly purchased save the
mustache-brought them back to the
cxigsncies Of tho occasion. It was the
body of the man who had been killed
by a motor truck at Ninetyninth
Street and Third Avenue while trying
to rescue his dog the preceding even
ing 1T was the body that Mike, Johns
brother, who has a fruit stand on the
corner and to whom John had said
good night according to his custom
only few minutes before the accident.
had hysterically identified as that Of
his brother. It was the body which
Angelina, fearful and shocked by the
news Of her husbands death, had iden-
titled at tho police station short
time later and for which she had
bought the new clothes.
Undertaken Presents Claim
And, IS Frank Ruggicro, the under
taker, informed them when they had
awakened him from sleep few minutes
afterwsrd. it was body in which nc
had invested $35 worth of skill and
embalming fluid a few hours before.
John, Angelina, Ruggiero. Mike and
Mrs. Mike adjourned to the East 104th
Street police station. But there no
light was thrown on the mystery. The
police were willing to admit that the
body wasn't Johns; they were willing
to believe John didn't care to keep it
III his dining room. Whose it might
be tho police didn't venture to guess,
except that in all proba biIity it was
the body Of the owner Of the dog
which was locked up IN cell after
having been almost killed by motor
truck.
"a dog" shrieked Angelina. "Why
didn't you say so? would have known
at once that it was not Pete, and then
we should not have had this troubled"
Eventually the body was taken to
the Morgue.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24

John Cresanolo, who was killed Sat
urday night trying to save his mongrel
dog Pete from a motor truck, as all
the newspapers told yesterday. morn
ing, dropped in at His own funeral
party about 3 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. to the utter CONSERVATION of the
mourncrs and the exuberant delight Of
his wife. children and Pete.
Rich haneings of heaviest gold and
deepest black deckcd the entrance of
the tenement at 21l1 First Avenue. on
the third floor of which the Crcsanolos
live. for John worked in munitions
plant and his funeral was to be al af-
home, where candles burned dimly, sat
thirty-ninc mourncrs, whispering dole
fully of Johns good qualities.
When the undertaken was not tip
toeing among them with wine, fruit
and cake they discussed with bated
breath the delicate and mysterious
topic Of the $1,000 which was neither
sewcd to Johns underwear, where it
should have been, nor yet in the wash.
taste which had been displayed in the
purchase of the burial suit, the burial
shirt and the burial shoes.
Dozens Reused by Steps
Whispering and doing they were
in the fickering candlelight when the
hour of 3 approached. Twas the
time John always came from his
work" sighed Angelina, his widow. IN
voluntarily she glanced at the coffin.
in which lay the earthly remains of
the man who had given his life for his
dogs.
Steps sounded on the stairs. A
steady clumping tread it was. Pete, the
dog, had been moaning from grief or
cake over in a corner. He now pro-
cceded stealthily to the door and stood
motionless, his head cooked inquiringly.
The eyes of the mourners turned to the
door. A startled, indefinable expression
stole over the face of Angelina as she
listened to the approaching footsteps.
With the confidence of long practice
they came along the darkened hallway,
paused. and the knob of the door began
slowly to turn under the gaze of eighty
eyes that stared as if mesmerjzcd.
The door opened. A tall figure with
sweeping mustache was dimly re-
vcaled i'll the dark opening. Candle
light. set TO dancing by the draft,
cleaned back from his eyes. His mouth
gaped. No words came.
Rush for Fire Escape
With one accord thirty-nine men and
women arose and rushed for the kitch
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Free Upton Trip
Proves Boon to
Girl From West
1t Enables Beauty Lacking
Funds to Bid Farewell
to Sweetheart

James A. Hemstreet, manager of the
touring bureau Of the American Auto
mobile Association and director of the
free transportation service to Camp
Upton, was cngrossed in some strange
bookkeeping early yesterday, as he
sat in tho corner of springess four,
just outside of Rockville Centre He
was counting the occupants of four
huge automobiles and a convoy of
smaller machines as they swept along
the Merrick Road, the main channel of
Long Island traffic
As the cars passed by, Mr.. Hemstreet
vas forced to nod in greeting 50 so
many passengers that he resemble d
man shaking his head in emphatic
assent. When the last one had gone
he turned to tho only other occupant
of his modest machine and said:
Cone hundred and forty III all, and
she is along"
Then, as he guided his car through
the line of machines surging Upton
ward, he told of "she."
"'She' was on the last seat of the
big bus he began. "Very pretty, with
light hair and all that. She come
here last week. She had heard that
Camp Upton was near New York CITY,
and had come to say farewell to her
soldier sweetheart. But scant funds,
scarcely enough to maintain her until
she reached home again. threatened to
prevent her from visiting the camp
The fare is now $4.21.
She said she had read in The
Tribune of the auto service, when she
shyly called at the associations rooms.
While she sat there | was 'phoning for
the loan of cars, but achieving poor re-
suits. ! said that we could accommo-
date her in the buses After while
she suggested that should ask all
those who could not contribute their
cars to give something toward tinanc
ing the journey Of bus. I tried this,
and as a. result. four buses made the
trip to-day instead Of the usual two"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Non-Partisan League
To Ask Federal Aid
Wants u. S. Troops to Prevent
Deportation of Members
From Minnesota
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune


ST PAUL, Mimi, June 23.-Officia
Of the National Partisan League
will ask Washington for Federal troops
the organization from at least one
county in Minnesota, according to
officials Of the league tonight.
Three hundred and eighty 1.-TWO mem
bcrs Of the league in Rock County were
on Saturday ordered to register with
county authorities and rcnouncc theiI
league connections. Unless they die
this it was said in the posted order
the members and their families would
be deported from the state and their
ropcrty seized.
r. j. Cornell, city marshal Of Luvcrne
county seat Of Rock County, and G. O
Wright, Mayor Of that city, tonight
confirmed the issuance Of the order
hey say that little trouble is being
encountered. Only twelve f"lmers, thcS
said. had refused to rcpudiatc the
league, others when brought to Luverne
by members of the homo guard, re-
nounced the league and said they were
misled in Joining it.
John Meintz, ono Of the farmers who
refused to rcnouncc the league, was
tckcn to the Iowa state line. and told
rot TO return TO this state. His prop
crty was seized W. w. Latin, editor
of "Thc Tuvcrnc Leader" weekly
owned by a farmers cooperative com
pany, and his wife, were escorted from
the county after their property was
seized.
The Luverne Loyalty Club issued the
order, according to Mayor Wright. He
said he did not think the league loyal
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Threatens to Expose
Willis as Pro-German
Prof. Johnson Hints He'll
Print Letters if Ohio Ex-
Governor Is Renominated
rial Dispatch 10 The Tribvn,

Especial Dispatch TO The Tribunsl
COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 23.-The
threat of Professor ". Fl. johnson. Of
Denison University, to publish letters
alleged to have been written by former
Governor Frank B. Willis, which. it is
allegcd, upheld the sinking of the Lusi.
tania, has caused alarm in Republican
circles throughout the state.
Professor Johnson said to-dav that
he did not care to publish them "uu-
less politics shall take such fnrnn
as to make it matter of public duty y
BY this statement it is inferred that
the letters, which are alleged to have
a ro-German tinge, will be published
# Willis is renominated by the Repub-
licans for the gubernatorial post.
Professor Johnson is former SUM-
porter of Willis. Johnson in a state
nient says the letters were written In
1918 because he was indignant that the
Executive head of the state should no
giving the weight of his official po.i.
tlon to views which also were heinc
promoted with desperate energy by the
most dcspicable system of underground
propaganda.
He wrote to express that indiena-
tion, the Governor replied to him. and
several letters were exchanged. Pro.
fessor Johnson explained that the epis.
ties repeated what Willis had said
publicly. During the course of the
correspondence the Governor admitted
that the view of neutrality he held had
no standing in international law and
custom, but he defended his course
upon alleged moral grounds, disclaim-
ing any interest in what might have
been the result on one side or the
other of the conflict. This result. if
the Willis view was accepted, would
have ended. says Professor johnson, in
a quick and easv Pr1Issian yicfor,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Columbia Trustees Accept
Rves Memorial Addition

An architectural addition TO Colum-
ola University offered by Mrs Rives
as a memorial to the late George +
Rivcs, has been accepted by the mi :.
versity trustees, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by Pres
ldent Nicholas Murray Butler.
The memorial. including a ha]us.
trade, stone parapet. steps and tor.
race, will run along 116th Street from
Hamilton Hall to the School of Jour.
nai'sm building, balancing the library
terraces and forming uretentious an.
prOach to South Fold p
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Negro Troops Ask
Same Rights as Whites

The right Of negro soldiers to enjoy
the same treatment as their white
comrades was demanded of Secretary
Baker yesterday by the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored People as the result of the recent
banishment of Private S. P. Jones, a
colored infantryman, from a Pullman
coach.
Private Jones was travelling from
st. Louis to Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ.
on government transporta ton. He paid
for a berth and was getting ready to
go to bed when the Pullman conductor,
he asserted, ordered him out of the
sleeper.
"The uniform of the United States
should protect any citizen from indig-
nifty" it was stated in a letter from
the association addressed to the Sec
retary of War. Eve ask your syrspa-
thetic consideration of a problem
which is typical of the treatment which
is accorded or likely to be accorded to
thousands of his fellow American SOL
diers."
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Aircraft Director Issues No
Statements, but Is Said To
Be Getting Spruce
Has Difficult Task
Silent Man of Department
Has Got Down to Real
Busines.
cSpcc,al Dispatch 10 The Tribune

WASHINGTON, June 23.-- "John d.
Ryan, Director of Aircraft Production
is saving wood and turning a deaf car
to All lnquircrs as to the results he
has attained in the first two months
hc has been on the lob"
rms statement, given to newspaper
mon day at the Bureau of Aircraft
Production, was interpreted to mean
that Ryan was busy getting out spruce
for the American feet OF alrpans and
that he wisely sidcstcppcd the practice
of hambuoyant publicity.
He has issued only three statements
to the press involving his department
since he took over tho gigantic task
of making arplancs for thc American
armies. In only ono Of these stories
was Ryan himself directly quoted.
Since the issuance Of that statement,
May 16, which told Of tho appointment
Of Archer A. Landon, of Buffalo, as
head Of the production division. Ryan's
office has been the least productive
news source in Washington.
But it is known that the hnancicr
and copper king has already made
big step toward the ultimate production
of Americas feet of airplancs. In
fact. military mon declare that he has
made definite accomplishments in one
neglect. This is the production of
airplanc spruce.
War figures arc all large, too large
for most people to digest but lumber
men say that Mr.. Ryan has demanded
100000 feet a month from the Cas-
cade forests and little things like the
drafting Of 5000 men, the planning Of
logging railroads and tho mobilization
of rather large existing industry for
war production indicate that he in
tends to get it.
When it is considered that only 35 to
40 per cent Of the wood in the trunk
ency that airplane struts and spars re-
quiro, and the further fact that the
Sitka spruce thrivos only when cur
runded by trees of different species,
Ryan's task Of getting out the spruce
assumes unusual proportions. 1t takes
special machinery and special handling
in numerous mills, small and large, to
get out this IS per cont, but Ryan is
doing the job.
spruce. lumber operators declare, un-
less the surrounding trees also are re-
moved All the logs arc immense in
size, and it, takes railroads, motor
trucks or donkey engine cables to move
them. Working out the problems
means that to get the 100000 feet
of arplane spruce sought by Ryan will
require the handling Of t0O,O00,oO0
feet of other timber monthly.
But immense as the task is, there
are unmistakablc signs that it is being
done. Mr.. Ryan persists in his refusal
to talk about the method employed,
but it is known that he is getting out
the spruce"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Jewish Drive Nets $4,000
Order Makes Large Collection
for Army Work in First Week

At meeting of three hundred heads
OF the lodges comprising the Tndepen.
ham held at the United States Lodge
81 Seventh Street. yesterday for the
purpose of directing the three-weeks
drive to get 100000 for the Jewish
Welfare Board it was announced that
during the first week of the drive
$4,000 had been collected.
The Jewish Welfare Board, it was
stated. uses the money to promote So
clal activities in the cantonments here
and abroad through the work of reru-
iarriiy constituted regimenta, field and
religious workers.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Mikado Decorates
DR.. Clay MacCauley

TOXIC. May % BY MaiN.-On the
occasion of The seventy fifth anniver-
ssry of his birth the Rev. Clay Mac
cauley. Of Roston, head OF the Uni
tartan Mission to Japan, was the guest
of honor at dinner given by large
gathering of representative Japanese
and Americans. Vjscount Kentaro
kaneko presided, and Roland S. Morris,
the American Ambassador. delivered an
address, roying tribute to DR.. Mac
tauley as an American who had always
devoted Ms life to public service and
the welfare of others.
Emperor Yoshihito conferred on DR..
MacCauley the Order of the Sacred
Treasure. DR.. MacCauley has supple
mented his saccessful missionary en-
deavor by number of books interpret
ing Japanese life, literature and his
tory. He has especially labored for
the promotion of the friendship be.
tween Japan and the United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Wool Drive Opens To-day

A drive for funds to supply wool for
the summer work of New York's knit.
ting army viii be launched to-day by
the Comforts Committee of the Nav
League
There arc thousands of wonncn in
tie city who are eager to knit. but
cannot afford WOOL" said Mrs. Herbe TT
l.. Slatterlce, chairman of the commit.
tee We are arranging to buy wool
and will try to keep all the volunteers
busy. We have already disbursed s26,-
GOO to supply comforts for our fightinr
men. and the fund must be renewed
The 800 units in the metropolitan
district have finished nearly 10000
garments, and great many more will
be needed. Besides the free wool
more than S125.000 worth of raw hanks
have been purchased and sold at cost
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
100000 in Navy;
.U-Boat Raids Break
Recruiting Records
l4,4O6 Enlist During First
Week of Attacks, 12,308
During. the Second

WASHINGTON, June 23.--The ap
pearance OF German submarines off
the Atlantic coast and the exploits of
the Marines in France have so stim-
ulated recruiting that the enlisted
personnel of the navy now totals 49,
ooO--26.2S5 officers and 423.80S men.
Secretary Daniels announced to-
night that enlistmcnts in the Naval
Reserve the first week of this month,
when it became known that the sea
wolves we're preying on shipping off
the American coast, totalled 14,406, a
record for this branch Of the service,
while in the following week 12.30S men
We're added. The enlistments, the Sec
rotary said. arc continuing at rapid
rate and indications are that June
will be banner month.
Enlistmcnts in the Marine Corps
have brought the total strength Of the
corps to approximately $4,000 men.
Recruiting is proceeding so briskly at
the stations throughout the country
that officials anticipate no difficulty in
speedily bringing the corps strength
to the $500 authorized in the naval
appropriation bill now before Con.
gress.
The enlisted strength of the various
branches Of the naval service were
given by Mr.. Daniels as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24

release some Of the twenty-five en-
glneers called to the colors. Fifteen of
these engineers are employed in the
Public Works Bureau, and if these
men we're taken only ten American
engineers would be left to supervise
the great insular programme of public
works.
Governor Harrison has adopted an
attitude of non-interference, except
where the men called express desire
to remain in the Philippines.
captain Claude Russell, Director of
Public Works. is included in the call
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
Mass at Pelham Bay
For 1000 u. S. Sailors

Father Thomas McGrath, chaplain
of the Pelham Bay Naval Training
Station, said mass yesterday for more
than 1000 sailors.
Chaplain McGrath told the sailors
that if they were true to their COM
manders and their country they would
be true to themselves. Samuel
Mathews, nephew of Cardinal Far
ley, served as an acolyte and the music
vas furnished by the Pelham Bay
Naval Band.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-24
$4,000 Tons Sunk
By U-Boats i'm May
This Is Berlin's Claim, but Its
Reports Have Been Shown
To Be Exaeperated

AMSTERDAM, June 23.-Ship tom
mage sunk by German submarines in
May aggregated $4,000 gross tons, ac-
cording to an official statement at
Berlin.
The claim also was made that in
addition badly damaged ships with a
tonnage of $4,000 were taken to ports
of the Entente Allies in April, besides
the losses already announced for that
month.
German claims of ship sinkings re-
peatedly have been shown to be cx-
aggerated.