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Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03

American aviation units have moved up to stations immediately behind the front in France. The vanguard of tic new army of the air for which Congress voted $640,000,0 ,000 last sum- mer is about to join the forces of land and sea in action against the Germans.
 The navy has tripled in size since the war began, and the army has mul- tiplied itself by 13. These are rapid increases. But the first year plans for the air service call for an increase of more than hundredfold.
 Last spring the aviation corps had le $ than 200 airplanes of all degrees O. serviceability. Now a fleet of 2a,. 003 planes is being built. When war began there were 75 aTiators. A force oi 10000 aviators is being trained The total personnel of the old flying corps, ground workers as we'll as fliers, was 2.000. The total personnel oe the new flying corps is 100000.
 Before any real fighting planes could be turned out a new American industry had to be created. This is the great task that has been quietly accomplished in the last five months. When the Aircraft Production Board started it's work only two companies manufacturing airplanes were in op- eration in America, and the machines they had been making for the allies were of type serviceable only for practice flights.
 The first move of the board was to stop negotiations for the use of ex- isting patents and to set men at work designing a new airplane engine which should comprise as many of the good points of the different patents as those men cared to use. In week 20 experts working together had evolved the Liberty motor, which Sec. retary Baker has called the greatest achievement of the war so far.
 The Liberty motor is model of standardization. It is built with four cylinders or with eight or with twelve, and the same parts are interchange able for all three of the different sizes. The greatest automobile factories in the world have been provided with the machinery necessary for turning ort these motors-the factories that have supplied the United States with its 100000 automobiles when all the rest of the world gets along with only 100000.
 It has been necessary all along not to interfere with the supply of raw materials, particularly spruce, and of certain completed aeroplane parts to ths flying forces of our allies.
 In return for these materials the allies are giving us the rich benefit of their experience. For months young Americans have been in train ing for our air corps on the flying fields of England and France. On a dozen and more of new flying fields in America veteran f1iers from the western front are helping in the pre- liminary training of our new aviators.
 As to whether the war can be won in the air there seem to be two opin- ions. At any rate, the aviation sec tion is not leaving any stones un- turned
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03
22,00O AIRPLANES BEING BUILT FOR
 AMERICAN PLIERS
Nations Aviation Program Calls for HundredfoId Increase
 in First Year of War.
NEW LIBERTY MOTOR IS
 GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT

Engine Is Model of Standardization, and All Parts Are interchangeable for All Sizes-Great Automobile Factories Turning Them Out Tn ouantities-Aviator Abroad Train ing Cool Headed Americans for Service.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03
What Every Man Will Learn.

One lesson which this war is going Ito teach us before we get through with 1t, says the Ohio State Journal, Is that the individual doesn't amount to so much in the general scheme of things las he thOughy he did.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03
HOW THE NAVY IS HELPING TO
 BRING VICTORY
United States Sailors HuntinJ for Submarines and Guard
 ing Transports.
MANY MORE THAN 1000
 SHIPS NOW IN SERVICE

War Construction Program Being Rushed to compIetion-9ersonnel Has Increased From ss,ooo to Over 100000 During the Past Year-Edl- son Supervising Efforts of Skilled Inventors.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03

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 The navy was ready when war be- gan. Like von Moltke's army In the Franco-Prussian war, 1t had only to go ahead with plans arranged in ad- vance. It has not had to change its organization. It has simply increased in size at every point.
 The number of ships in the war con struction program of the navy is TS7, including some ships recently completv ed. This is considerably more tha twice the total number of ships il commission on the day war was de- clared on Germany.
 In the past year the navy has ex- banded from 6s,000 enlisted men to more than 100000. including marinVnl reserves and others in service
 January, 1917, there were 4,50O off cers. Now there are more than 16y 900.
 At the beginning of the year there were 300 naval vessels of all types in commission. Now there are many more than a thousand" Ships thst were on the stocks then have bes hurried to completion. Ships tl were laid up in the navy yards cause there were not men enough rsI man them have been refitted andy manned and sent to sea. Scores - yachts and power boats have been taken over from private owners to be f set at work searching for submarines.
 In the past IS months Congress has appropriated for naval purposes ST. 905 410,930. This is more money than was spent on the navy in the entire period from 1883 to 1911-the first 2S years of the existence of the "new navy" And that period includes the years of rapid naval expansion thats8 followed upon our war with Spain.
 But the navy has done more In the , past year than merely to expand. ItJ has been engaged day after day for months in the actual business of na- val warfare. It has sunk submarines. How many the department Is not tell ing.
 The first American forces to land in France for service against the Ger mans were urits of the naval aeronau1 tic corTs. They were landed at d French port carly in June.
 The navy has fourteen times as many flying boats as 1t had at the be ginning of the year and thirty times as many men in It's aircraft forces II has built its own aircraft factory In Philadelphia. Ninety days after ground was broken for the plant thd keel of flying boat was being laid Five private plants are devoting theif entire resources to navy aircraft work
 There never was war in which i was so important as 1t is in the pres ent conflict to invent new ways o1 fighting-and to keep them secret One invention may be worth 20 dread noughts What our navy has done II this way must be left for time ana results to show. But Thomas A. EdI son Is in Washington giving his entir time to his country as head of the Nh val Consulting Board. That fact | most Americans will he the best poss ble guarantee that the money vote for the navy is being expended nd only wisely, hut with the utmost iI genuity of which human nature Is cd pablo.
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03

This is the sixth article of a ,
 s series on America's war prep , k arations secured from federal , s officials by the Publicity Com- , k. mittee of the Connecticut State , k Council of Defense for publica- |,
 s tion in Connecticut newspapers. |, k They will deal with all phases , of the nations organization for !, s war and will be as complete and |,
 k informative as the exigencies of |, military strategy will permit. !
Connecticut western news., 1918-01-03

| This Is the seventh article of a ! | series on America's war prepara- [ tions, secured from federal offi- | eIals by the Publicity Committee [ of the Connecticut State Council l | of Defense for publication In | Connecticut newspapers. They will deal with all phases of the ' nations organization for war,
 t and will be as complete and h.
 ! formative as the exlgencics of !
 ' military strategy will permit.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27

these unusual conditions, and there
in lies the problem.
The most important work of the
committee is to awaken Communi-
ties to the necessity of protecting
girls and to secure facilities for ac-
completing this.
sevcnty-fve Appointed.
''Seventy-five protective officers
have already been appointed so far
in camp vicinities. They are usually
given the status of a deputy sheriff
and work in close cooperation with
the local authorities. ThOugh some
times they are given police power.
they u&e il infrequently. for their
function is t" protect. not to punish.
BY scouting End patrolng constantly
they pick up great many girls who
have left their homes.
The work is divided into two
tasks. One is concerned with the rro-
lection of young girls, who often
through ignorance are counting dan
ger. The other is rcformative work I"
Miss Miner has been for several
years connected with Waverly House
in New York. She knows Girls. She
is human. she had tasl: that IS no
small part in this greatest task of
winning the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
PAY TUITION WITH BONDS.

Bethany. W. Va, May &-Liberty
bonds viii be accepted as payment
Of tuition and expenses at Bethany
College next fail. according to Presi-
dent cramblett.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Louis Varnum Wolfe,
G. P. O. Vet, Frequent
Writer to Open Forum

Among the frequent contributors to
the Open Forum of The Washington
Herald Is Louis Varnum Wolfe, an
old employe Of the Government Print
ing Office.
Mr.. Wolfe. now employed in the Of
flee Of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
entered the Government Printing OF.
flee as messenger boy to the late
James Spottswood when he was still in
knee pants. He endeared himself 10
every employe OF the First division in
the old building and his articles pub
lished in the Open Forum column of
this paper command attention among
a wide circle. as is evidenced bv the
fact that public recognition has been
taken OF them in the official paper
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Sex Lure Of Uniform Brings
Expedient o. W Y. omen Police
Danger to Young Girls Near Camps to Be
Reduced by Many Chaperons Acting in
Social Supervisory Capacity.

Women police have become an old
story. Lady police for military camp;
are not so widely known. however.
But there are women police for the
military camps and their work is 10
look after the young girls who live
near the camps. Miss Maude f. Miner
is the chief of these women police.
Upon her. as head of the committee
on protection work for Young girls OF
the Woman's Council of National De-
Tense, falls the work of shielding the
young girls of the country from too
much lure of the uniforms ard brass
buttons.
Work of DipIOmatist.
OF course, it is a very diplomatic
sort of work that Miss Miner has to
do. 1t isn't at all her duty to attempt
to make the life of the soldier color
less and without the company of the
opposite sex. Miss Miner has not as
part of her work any attempt to
cast pail over the enthusiasm and
exuberance of military men and the
admiration. they arouse in the femi-
nine hearts. Rather it is her work to
just keep a watch to see that girls do
not lose their heads in the whirI of
military luster, and that war does not
affect the standard of morals of Amer
lean womanhood.
There are some eighty camps in
the United States containing about a
million and a half of soldier boys.
In seventy-five of these camps there
are lady police. Perhaps that isn't
a pretty name to call them. for they
are more in the nature of chaper-
ones. They wear no uniforms and
they carry no sticks. They merely
mingle in the places of amusement
and see that propriety rules and
that intimacies do not become dan
gerous. Their work is rather a task
of observation. They have in some
camps hostess houses where the
men and the girls may meet III
other camps they use their influence
to open private homes for the en-
tertainment of soldiers.
The lure of the uniform Is more
than a phrase" Miss Miner said: "t
Is an actually. More than a million
and a half men are concentrated in
ABOUT eighty camps in this country.
Girls often lose their heads in a
whirl Of emotion brought about by
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Burglar Makes Second
Visit and Home Owner
Charts House for Him

Paterson, n. J., May 26-When a
burglary is bungled and only half done
1t ought to be done over. Thus reas-
oned a clever young man the Paterson
police are looking for, who cleaned
up, as men of his profession express
II, all the loose vaIuables that could
be found in the home of Capt. OrviIle
B. Hagen. health director of Paterson,
who IL absent in the American service
II was the second intrusion the ply
sician's home, located at No. 167 Car
roll street. has suffered in two weeks.
The first robbery. disturbed, it is
believed, by young woman, was not
completed.
A dapper youth about 20 years
old appeared late Saturday and show
ed q badge to Mrs. Hagen and an
nounced himself as a police detective
assigned to investigate the robbery
committed two weeks ago.
Mrs. Hagen gladly showed the alert
caller through the house. She showed
him the window where the burglar
had gained entrance, described how
he must have made his way through
the house, showed the location Of
various silverware and jewelry which
the marauder had overlooked. Then
she explained how the robber invaded
the room Of Miss Violet Wolf. a high
school teacher staying with Mrs. Ha-
gen while the latter's husband is
away. Miss Wolfe was taking a bath
during the burglars call, it was ex-
planned
Mrs. Hagen concluded by describing
the jewelry the burglar got in Miss
Wolfe's room. All this seemed to sat
isfy the investigator and he left, Civ
ing assurance that no doubt he would
soon recover the jewelry.
There will be some other central
Office men here lAter," he said,
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
FOUR HUNDRED
TOSAVE.
FRENCH BABIES
Death Rate Among Infants
Tremendous, Says
DR.. Lucas. J

To save the lives Of at least nfty
thousand French babies this year -
the hope of the infant welfare unit
~ the American Red Cross now WORK
ing four hundred strong in France.
where the death rate among IN
fants Is tremendous. according 70
statements made by DR.. William z.
Lucas, chief Of the bureau just re-
Turned to this country.
SIN America there is one physi-
clan to every 800 people," said Ut.
Lucas. "In France there Is but one
physician to 5000 people. and l
know of communities where there Is
but one to 10000 people. As re-
suit the death rate Is enormous ana
the birth rate has fallen as 1t has
in each of the belligerent countries.
No Home visiting.
"The infant mortality work has
several phases. One Is directly
through our centers, where the pub
lie comes for preventive work.
France was the first country that
started preventive work for infants
and has the best Organization. where
the doctors meet the mothers and
children But there is no organ
lied home visiting and we are as
sisting to create schools to train
women in this work.
Two months ago we started an
educational campaign. The first in
FAINT welfare exhibit was in Charities
and the success there and the gem
eraI interest were immense. We
Immediately started the organize
ton of the most successful infant
welfare exhibits l have ever seen.
, The best American record was one
in Philadelphia. in 1912. when. a
Qine-day baby show was visited BY
81 900 people. In Lyons our infant
welfare exhibit was visited by H.
955 in the same first nine days. We
showed kindergarten work. recrea-
tional and playground work. food
exhibits. moving pictures and lam
tern slides. as well as demonstra-
tions of washing and caring for in
fants. This is the general type of
our educational work throughout
France"
DIR. Lucas said the bureau had ex-
amined $4,000 repatriated children
coming through Evian in the past
six months and altogether had come
into touch with 10000 French chill
dren.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
BIG CROWD DUE
AT ARLINGTON
FOR MEMORIAL
Presidents Address Will
Draw Many Only G. A.
R. Autos Admitted.

Owing to the fact that President
Wilson win speak at the Memorial
Day exercises at Arlington Cemetery.
an unusually large crowd Is. expected
to be present, and the Depot Quar-
termastsr's ONCE Of the War Depart
ment which Is in charge Of arrange
ments for handling the crowd has an
nounced plans for preventing the
congestion of vehicular trafflc.
Because of the limited parking
space within the cemetery, the De-
pot Quartermaster has declared that
IL will be necessary to restrict the adj
mittance Of automobiles and carriages
to those conveying civil war veter-
ans. who, owing to their age and In
firmities, would find 1t dffficult to
walk. All other vehicles must be
parked outside OF the cemetery.
The regulations governing traffic at
Arlington Memorial Day are as fol-
lows:
The Regulations
1. Only those automobiles and
vehicles that are properly tagged with
cards from the G. A. R. will be al
lowed to enter the cemetery. until the
services are over. These vehicles will
be allowed to enter the main Fort
Myer gate only.
2 Tags will be issued to civil war
veterans only who intend to reach
the cemetery in automobiles or car
riagesL Applications for such tags
should be made to Abram Myers, III
Eleventh street northeast, this city,
stating plainly the soldiers military
record in the civil war.
Z Tags should be conspicuously
fastened to the vehicles to avoid un-
necessary delay and confusion at the
entrance gate.
l. All vehicles not properly tagged
win Be parked on the drill field on the
west of the cemetery.
& Pedestrians will be permitted to
enter only the main Fort Myer and
Confederate gates on the west, reach
ed via the cars from Rosslyn.
& All gates on the east side of
the cemetery reached via the High
w9y Bridge road will be closed.
Z After the services are over, the
Fort Myer and Confederate gates on
the west and Treasury and Mcclellan
gates on the east will be opened for
the use Of automobiles, carriages and
pedestrians.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
SUFFRAGISTS TO HEAR
VIM. HARD, JOURNALIST

William Hard. journalist and con-
tributor to the New Republic, the
Metropolitan, and other magazines, is
to speak at the National Woman 5
party headquarters. II Jackson place.
at o'clock tonight on Women in
War Industries"
Mr.. Harris articles suggesting the
reorganization of various government
departments have attracted wide at
tention and have been followed in
some cases BY changes along the lines
advocated by him. Some of his aTti-
CleS have concerned the government
labor policy in war time.
Mr.. Hard. formerly professor of his
tory at Northwestern University. now
devotes his time to writing and is Iiv-
ing in Washington
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Three Escaped Soldiers
Hunted IN Baltimore

Baltimore. Md. May &.-The local
police and a number OF government
military police are combing the city
and its surroundings for three soldiers
who are reported to have escaped sew
eral days ago from the Federal gov
eminent prison at Curtis Bay. .
The men, whose names are given as
stephen Ja,res, Downey and O'Malley,
by means Of a razor cut their way to
freedom through canvas guardhouses,
and are believed to be hiding in the
city. They are wanted. IT is said. on
the charge of deserving from Camp
Mcclellan, Ga.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
DESERTS HUSBAND,
ENTlCERS ARE HELD

Baltimore. Md. May 2S.-Accused of
violating the Mann white slave act,
James Narice, "a years old. and An
cello Valentine. ~ years old, who gave
their address as 300 AIbemarle stree,
were held 70" Federal authorities by
Justice GereCht in Eastern Police
Court. The two men were arrested
by Patrolm m Gusick and McGann on
complaint OF Frank Ripino.
Ripino told the police that they in
duced his wife. Mrs. Josephine Ri.nno,
to leave INN and a 9-month-oId child
at Cohasa. y Y. He recently came
here to work and met Varice en- Pratt
street.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Police Cabinet Latest
Innovation in Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio. May 26.-Wrong-
doors here now face the action of a
cabinet similar to that of the Presi-
dent of the nation. and which will
pass on matters of policy in conduct
ing the police activities of the city
The cabinet is composed of Chief of
Police Smith. Inspector Rowlands
and three deputy inspectors. This
board will sit on all matters of i'm
portance to police action before any
orders will go out to the force. The
members also will be called on by the
chief for their opinions on many i'm
portant changes in the police system
which are now being effected.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Brown Alumni Arrive
For Commencement

Providence. r. l., May % Hundreds
of friends and relatives of graduates
and members of the alumni of Brown
University arrived today at the open
ing of the commencement week. The
reunion of alumni took place tonight
at number of the frat" houses. To-
morrow President Faunce breaches
the baccalaureate sermon at the First
Baptist meeting house. Monday is
class day. The 15Oth commencement
exercises will be held on Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
HUNDRED THOUSAND
BOOKS SENT SOLDIERS

More than 10000 selected books have
been sent overseas by the American
Library Association during the last
four months. and more than a mil
lion have been distributed among the
camps and stations in this country.
Some of the leading librarians of the
country are in charge of the work
under the direction of Herbert Putnam,
of tho Library of Congress Iester-
day william Hepburn, Librarian of
Purdue University. arrived in WASH
ington to take charge OF the work in
Camp Humphreys.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
DYING, GIVES ALL TO U. S.

Philadelphia. Pa. May 26.-"I am
going to die in a few weeks" said a
man plainly broken in health as he
dropped $50 in bills on the counter
of a liberty loan booth here. Il drew
that money out of the bank to give
to Uncle Sam. don't want bonds
the money is gift" The donor then
hurried away without leaving his
name.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27

1t is OF great value I'm correct
ing and neutralizing the Acid
buccal secretions, protecting the
teeth from premature decay. 1t
is also an efficient corrective for
acidity of the stomach.
Why pay SOC for a small bot
tie when you can buy OQH
pint bottle here for. -OS
The Washington herald., 1918-05-27
Puts Municipal Funds
Into Liberty Bonds

Two Rivers. Wis, May 9s.-This city
is one of the few in the State and
probably the entire country which
has invested municipal funds in Sib-
erty bonds. The common council de-
cided to subscribe 5000 to the liberty
loan, and in addition every alderman
has bought bonds personally.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-23
ALL ARE AMERICANS NOW.

] have avoided mention of individ-
ual instances of courage, of cool in
itiative, of the wounded still fighting,
of comradeship's loyalty tested by
danger of sacrifice and generous, fear
less impulse, because of their univer-
salty.
Don't say Wop." as a soldier who
was of several American generations
exclaimed. mo! Won don't go any
moren An Irish American joined in.
That's looking down on them. We're
looking up to them, these days"
Those little dark skinned einigrants
from Italy had shown the character
which is the only kind that interests
you in the man at your side under fire
81 gotta keep up as | heard little
man, staggering from fatigue, under
his pack say one day, when keeping
up" meant that it was moving into
heavy shell fire. Again ''sheeny'
does not seem just the right word for
q Jew who charges machine gun
nest. There is an old idea that men
fight best in the defense of their
homes / am not sure that they do
not fight best for a principle far from
home. Did any CZechs, or Poles or
Greeks want to serve in contingents
of their own race? No They wanted
to be in the American army; and they
saw this war as an opportunity to
show by the blood test that they were
Americans.