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The Robesonian., 1918-08-22

the signal corps and will be the first
camp of its kind in the country.
A corporal in an American line reg
iment to which he was assigned as
@nlper, has made d record by account
ing for six men within the last three
sniper who had given the Americans
much trouble. The corporal brought
him down by daringly crawling out
toward 2 tree in which he wpe located
Details officially published for the
first time of gross outrages on Brit
ish prisoners and wounded men COM
mltted by the Germans lsat March
tells how Germans lined up prisoners.
some of them wounded, and turned
streams of liquid fire upon them.
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
WANT 80 DIVISIONS OF
$4,000 MEN IN FRANCE

Such Force Should Bring the War
to a Successful Conclusion in 1919"
Says March-Every Single Man 1s
to As Needed-Married Men as a.
Class Will Not Be Exempted.
Predicting that the war will be won
or lost on the western front, regard
less OF what happens elsewhere, Gen.
eral March told the House of Congress
committee Monday that with 80 train
ed American divisions of about As 900
men each in France, under an Ameri
can commander, victory ought to rest
on American arms next year. Reiter-
ating his belief that such force could
go through the German lines at will
General March went further and elec-
trlfied the committeeman by declar-
ing such force "should bring the war
to successful conclusion in 1919"
TO exert this American manpower
In securing victory, General March
| said, "every single man" between 18
and As in Class 1 would be needed by
next spring. Shipping facilities are
assured, he added, and maintenance
problems have been considered in the
program.
Suggestions that the 100000 army
program would exhaust Americas man
power were laughingly denied by Gen
eral March but he joined Secretary
Baker that it represents America s
meyinum effort for the present.
Plans for calling new registrants
under the proposal explained by Sec
retary Baker provide for three class
es-probably to be called in order
those between 10 and 81 years of age;
those between 81 and As and those be-
tween 18 and 10. Mr. Baker did not
object to separate classification of 49,
year-old youths, but he and General
March said all eligibles probably
would be called out not later than next
/ spring.
The secretary told the commite
that his previous statement of the dc.
partment's intention to liberalize the
draft regulation in dealing with the
older men to be made subject to cal
had been misconstrued. He said there
was no intention to exempt married
men as class and that married mer
who do not support their wives or are
not engaged in useful occupations viii
be called as they now are.
Discussing the work or fight amend
ment of Senator Thomas of Colorado
to the Senate bill, Secretary Bake
said, "it seems entirely consistent,
with the present regulations and il
unobjectionable. He said it does no
provide for conscription of labor, a:
contended by representatives of or
ganized labor, but merely would be {
declaration by Congress of the "worl
or fight" principle already put int
effect by the draft regulations.
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
North Carolina Airman Descend-
In Holland With Damaged Ma

Chine.
A dispatch of the 10Th from The
Hague gives the following:
Don Ryan Harris, of Alton, N. c.,
the American airman who made an in
voluntary descent Friday in a potato
field near Koudeekirke, Iceland, af-
ter his machine had been disabled by
German anti-aircraft gunfire, has ar
rived here from Flushing to be inter-
ed.
Harris, who was uninjured, ascended
somewhere in Northern France with
a Scotchman, James Munroe, and was
+, busy dropping bombs on the Bruges
docks from an altitude Of $4,000 feet
when shell splinter hit his machine
in vital part. The motor worked SO
poorly that the aviators calculated it
would be impossible for them to make
Nieuport, their first home base, sc
they made long glide with the inten-
tion of landing on Dutch territory
Their machine came to earth between
Kcudeekirke and Flushing in a fielc
from which the harvesters had just
departed.
Neither Harris nor Munroe receiv.
I'd scratch Harris warmly praises
the kindly reception both got from
the iceland country folk.
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
More Money in Circulation Than
Ever Before.

More actual money-gold, silver and
paper currency-is in circulation at
present than at any time in the ma
tion's history and there is bigger
share for every man, woman and
child. A U. S. treasury report Mon
day showed $3.50 100000 in circula-
ton-$7OO, ,OOO,OOO more than a year
ago and $175,O00,O00 more than a
month ago-making a naverage of
$52.44 for each person. These figures
on the stock Of money bear little rela-
ton to the nations wealth or to its
credit resources since these, pyramid
ed on each other, amount to many
times the actual money available.
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22

blood, the disease being caused by an
infection which breaks out through
the skin. That is why the most salts
factory treatment for all so-called
skin diseases is S. S. S., for this rem
edy SO thoroughly cleanses the blood
that no impurities can remain. Get a
bottle to-day at any drugstore, and
you will see results from the right
treatment. Write for expert medical
advice, which you can get without
cost, by addressing Medical Director,
21 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22
The Itching and Sting
of Blazing, Fierv Eczema
Seems Like the Skin Is on Fire,

Seems Like The Skin Is on Fire.
There is a harrassing discomfort
caused by Eczema that almost be-
comes a torture. The itching is al
most unbearable, and the skin seems
on fire with the burning irritation.
A cure from local applications of
salves and ointments is impossible,
because such treatment can only al
lay the pain temporarily. The disease
can only be reached by going deep
down to its source.
The source Of Eczema is in the
The Robesonian., 1918-08-22

666 cures Headaches, Bilious
ness, Loss of Appetite, foul breath,
or that tired aching feeling due to
Malaria or Colds.
It removes the cause
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
New State Barge
Canal to Open for
Business To-day
lnaugurates Through Traf-
nc Between Hudson River
and Great Lakes
Main Line 352 Miles
Experts Estimate Its Freight
Capacity at Half a. Million
Carloads

ALBANY. May 14.-The new State
Barge Canal, completed at cost of
more than s150,0O0,OO0, will be opened
TO through traffic between the Hudson
hlver and the Great Lakes tomorrow.
formal observance of The opening will
oe held later, probably OH July a.
Inc main line Of the Barge Canal,
which follows in part the route of the
famous old Erie Canal from Troy to
buffalo, is S52 miles in length, and the
tributary oswcgo and Cayuga Seneca
canals give an additional mileage of
1oo. The Champla,r Canal. connecting
Lake Champlain and the Hudson, is
eighty miles in length, making the
total mileage of tho New York system
Of navigab!c inland waterways 5S2.
The E>'n line is the only direct
water route between the Great Lakes
ana the Atlantic seaboard. Traffic ex
perts and engineers estimate its canac-
lty OF 100000 tons of Freight an
rcually, equivalent to half million
freight car loads. Control of the canal
lral1ic was taken over by the Federal
government on April II, in connection
with the administration of all trans
portation lines.
IN the construction of the barge
canal more than 100000 900 cubic wards
or rock and earth were excayated and
more than 100000 cubic wards Of
concrete have been used in construct
'ng locks, dams and retaining walls.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Art
Braun California Paintings
Exhibited at Babcock
Galleries

An exhibition of California paintings
by Maurice Braun is attracting much
attention at the Babcock Art Caller
les. Mr.. Braun, who is director of San
Diego Academy, is lover of the West
and paints his -sun-fooded landscapes
with understanding and enthusiasm.
Storm Clouds. Mission Hills" is rich
in color, showing great coppery clouds
looming over the blue mountains. A.
wonder Of blue sea and sky. with city
iridescent in the distance, is BAY and
City of San Diego from Iona Point"
The same bay in moonlight is also poet
ically depicted. The famous eucalyp-
tus trees of California prove fascinat-
ing motive when painted by Mr.. Braun's
facile brush, and group themselves in
flowing design in "Out There Beyond"
The exhibition will continue until Sat
urday.
conference on psychological pho
tography conducted by Baron Dewitt
took place yesterday afternoon at
the studio of Miss Mary Dale Clarke.
The baron stated that only a trained
observer is capable of determining
whether or not the person to be pho
tographed possesses distinct psyche
logical identity. He explained that
Galli-Curci, Robert Ingersoll, Ethel
Barrymore and Billy Sunday have dis
tinct identities; successful politicians,
the average millionaire and Congress
men, BARRIERS, undertakers and bartend-
ers have not. Many prominent people
attended the conference, among them
Prince de Malta, Baroness Hedeman
and DR.. Carter Troop.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
F irst Aerial Mail
Service i'm America
Will Start TODAY

WASHINGTON, May 14.-America's
first airplane mail service Will be in
augurated tomorrow between Wash
lngton, Philadelphia and New York,
with planes starting simultaneously at
1880 a. m. from the national capital
and New York. President wilson, Cab
met members and other government
oftlclals are expected to attend the GER
emonles at the flying field here pre-
ilmlnary to the initial flight.
The President as head of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will, receive the first
letter by airplane from New York.
The communication will be from Gov
ernor Charles S. Whitman and will ex-
press his wishes to the President for
the success of the Red Cross campaign
to raise $1oo,oo0,ooo for war relief
work, which starts next Monday.
The mali airplanes will be piloted by
army aviators especially detailed to the
service for experience in 'cross-country
letter to the President will be piloted
from New York to PHILADELPHIA by
First Lieutenant Howard P. Culver and
by Second Lieutenant j. c.. Edgerton
from Philadelphia to Washington. The
plane leaving this city will be taken
to Philadelphia by Major R. II. Fleet
and from Philadelphia to New York it
will be piloted by First Lieutenant
Walter Miller.
The stamp on the first letter to be
carried from Washington to New York
Will be cancelled and autographed by
President Wilson. The letter will be
sent by Postmaster General Burleson
to Postmaster Patten, of New York.
who will turn the stamp and envelope
over to Noah w. Taussig to be auc-
toned off for the benefit of the Red
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Mail Aero to Garry Red Cross
Pledge from Whitman to Wilson
Postmaster Paen Arranges Give Letter Precedence in
Service Starting To-day Hughes Holds Corporations
May Contribute to Fund Without Stockholders Vote

A letter from Governor Whitman to
President Wilson pledging the states
aid in the second war fund campaign of
the American Red Gross. which starts
Monday, will leave Belmont Park for
Washington this morning in the first
aeroplane mail.
Inc Red Cross communication was
turned over to Postmaster Patten yes-
terday by Francis X Disney, of the
New York State Defence Council. who
brought it down from Albany. I'M
mediatey on receipt of it the post
master announced he proposed to give
it precedence over all other mail
scheduled to leave for Washington
when the air service opens this morn
ing.
ut seems to me highly appropriate, :"
SAID Mr.. Patten, chat the first letter
the first to be stamped, cancelled and
lostmarked. the first to be placed in
the mail pouch and the first to lie de-
ilvered-in the first United States
aerial postal route should be this COM
munication.
at is equally appropriate that this
States, who also is head Of the Red
Cross, should pledge the cooperation
Of the State Of New York in the cam
palgn TO raise second war fund of
Tl00,ooo,00o for the organization.
Corporations Can Contribute
Red Cross executives in New York
City were delighted yesterday when
William c. Breed, chairman Of the New
York Red Cross Committee, received d
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Southern Methodists
Veto Women S Rights
Bishops Set Aside General Con-
ference Act on Constitu-
fional C,roupde

ATLANTA, May 14.-The College of
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, to-day vetoed the action
of the General Conference of the
Church, giving full laNy rights to
women. 1t also reversed the change By
the conference Of the words in the
ritual, "Holy Catholic Church" to
"Christ's Holy Church"
The bishops held the action Of the
conference was illegal, that both meas
ures must be submitted to the annual
conferences, and that not until two
thirds of the anual conference voted
for the changes could the action Of the
General Conference be held constitu-
tional
A motion to adhere to the action of
the General Conference on laity rights
for women was ruled out of order by
Bishop Hendrix, but on appeal the mo-
ton was sustained and the conference
voted to ratify it's former action. Both
questions will now be submitted to the
annual conferences.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15

an opinion from Charles E. Hughes in
which the former Supreme Court Jus
tice stated he believed ali corr rorations
organized under the laws Of New York
may contribute to the Red Cross with
out first submitting the matter of a
special dividend to its stockholders for
their consent.
Ex-Justice Hughes's opinion affirms
ene previously rendered by George l..
Ingraham, former justice Of the appel
date division of the Supreme Court,
porations to take this action, enacted
by the last Legislature, is constitu-
tional.
Both opinions were sent to Jesse S.
Phillips, State Superintendent Of In
surance, by Haley Fiske. vice-president
Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. Superintendent Phillips in
his reply to Mr.. Fiske said that in
view Of the opinions of these two
Jurlsts such contributions would not
be questioned in subsequent cxamina-
tions by his department.
Mr.. Hughes held further that the act
authorizing directors or trustees of
corporations in this state to expend
the moneys of their organizations for
the support of instrumentalities con-
ducive to winning the war could not be
properly construed to be limited to
stock corporations solely.
Plans for the drive next week are
being developed rapidly. Yesterday
Mayor Hylan addressed a gathering Of
sections of all denominations in City
Hall. Their ranks were swelled by
engineers from many factories in New
York City who will aid the sections in
spreading news Of the progress of the
drive.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Ban on~Alcohol Is
Urged as War Measure
Wilson Gets Memorial Signed Bv
Representatives of Many
Churches

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Complete
prohibition of the manufacture and
s,: sale of alcoholic beverages during the
war was asked of President Wilson and
congress to-day in memorial sirned
by the national service and war-f;,na
commissions of twenty Protestant d..
nominations ~ and six .nterdcnomina-
tional agencies. III"
The signers included the war con,
missions of the Federal Council of the
Churches Of Christ in America the the
Northern and Southern Baptist con-
yytentlons, yt the Northern and Southern
Methodist churches. the Northern and an i
Southern Presbyterian churches the the
Protestant Episcopal Church. the Con. %
gregatlonal churches, the Disciples Of
G,,hrist, the Evangelical Association the
evangelical Synod. the Reformed I
church t.h in America. the Reformed
IN! Hnurch III the United States. the
onlted Presbyterian Church. the Math-
odlst Protestant Church, the rIn;tad
evangelical Church. the Unitarian
churches, the Lutheran General Svnod
the Salvation Army and the War Worl tnJ
eouncli of the Y. NJ. C. A.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Plays and Players

The season of the Actors and Au.
thors' Theatre begins next Monday
evening at the Fulton Theatre with
Her Honor the Mayor" three-act
comedy by Airline Van Ness Hines. and
THE Good Men Do,' by Hubert %,
borne Laura Nelson Hall. Amelia Sum
meWllle, Auriel Lee and Etienne
alrardot ere in the cast of the comedy
and Hllda Spong, Mrs. Thomas Wise
and II. Ashton Tonge will do the one
act play. 1t has been said that event
uaily the Actors and Authors Theatre
Will be used to present plays gathered
up from trunks and cupboards of the
members, but this will not be the case.
Inc public will see as good (and most
likely good deal better) plays given
by the Actors and Authors Theatre
as are on view at some of the more
commercial theatres.
Edith Taliaferro, hitherto unsus-
pected of voice and nimble heels. is
TO have musical comedy in the early
fall. Recently the Robins Players. a
STOCK company III Canada, put on can
mabel Lee" and Miss Taliaferro re-
celved SO many compliments from the
local critics shat she decided to find
out New York's opinion. The book
was written by Earle Browne and the
music by A. Baldwin Sloane.
The Dolly Sisters will join the mid
night revue at Century Grove next
week, doing six new dances. Weber
and Fields have lent the twins to
Elliott, Comstock & Gest until Au-
gust only.
Glove o. Mike" musical show that
ran last season, will be sent by the
Shuberts to the sixteen training camps
OF the country. The Shuberts will do
nate the scenery and the costumes and
the actors will find only living ex-
penses in their pay envelopes. Cliff
ton Webb and Stella Hoban are among
the patriotic players who have aban>
doned any idea of regular summer en-
gagements III order to entertain the
boys in camp.
Marjorie Rambeau, who has been
absent from the cast of ''The Eyes of
Youth" ever since she went skating
one afternoon last winter, returns to
her dressing room at the Maxine Ell
llott Theatre Monday evening with all
bones whole again and new clause
in her contract regarding athletic
proclivities.
The first aeroplane mail carrier fy-
ing to-day from New York to Phila-
delphia. Baltimore and Washington
Will carry contracts from Elliott Com
stock d Gest to five members of the
"Oh Boy" company. now in philadel-
No stars will be seen strolling on
broadway next Sunday, for they will
all be at the Liberty Theatre, Camp
Upton, giving performance in honor
OF Major General J. Franklin Bell. Pri-
vate Irving Berlin is arranging the
event, and Fred Stone, All Jolson,
George M. Cohan. Will Rogers, the
Dolly Sisters, Adele Rowland, Ann-Pen-
nlngton and Harry Fox are among
those taking part.
Fanny Brice has been engaged to ap-
pear in the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic"
on the New Amsterdam Theatre Roof
on May 27. She will have a new act.
nut VIII incorporate into it the ac-
cent that so endearS her to Naxy Voyk
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
The Ruin
OF Prohibition

OF course prohibition will ruin
business-of a certain kind. That
is what prohibition is for, writes
Mrs. N. G. Munns, of Evanston, ILL.,:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the controversy over prohibi-
tlon the vets always insist that to stop
the manufacture and sale of liquor, in
Guiding wine and beer, will cause great
financial disaster. They insist that
business will be ruined, stores and
houses will be vacant, drunkenness and
crime will increase, etc. Well, of
course, some kinds of business will be
ruined--that's what prohibition is for,
but there are some kinds of business
that prohibition does not ruin
For instance, the liquoritcs said that
under prohibition in Colorado and
Washington the hotel business would be
ruined. In Colorado the number of
tourists has doubled and in Seattle the
new Washington hotel, the largest in
the city, after year or SO Of prohibi-
tion doubled its capacity.
In Denver, under prohibition the de-
posits in the savings banks have more
than doubled, while the bank clearings
have increased 80 per cent. The popu-
lation has increased, there are fewer
vacant houses and stores, business men
report 80 per cent. increase in collec-
tions and 10 per cent increase in
sales, while the country judges report
marvellous decrease in divorces and
family troubles. Also, crimes of vio-
lence have largely decreased; all penal
institutions in the state show large
decrease in population and the warden
of the state penitentiary has closed one
wing Of that building. There is also
quite a decrease in the number Of
inmates in the asylums.
Yes. some business has been hurt.
The business of making divorces.
drunkards. criminals, paupers, insane
and incompetents has been hard hit.
But. on the other side, the president
OF the National Education Association,
Mrs Mary G. c. Bradford, stated pub
hcly not. long since that prohibition
had wonderfully helped the homes Of
Denver, had caused 10 per cent in
crease in public school attendance, 8
per cent of which is in the high schools,
and that there has been 80 per cent
increase in Sunday school attendance,
and 10 per cent increase in church at
tendance.
Such ruination as prohibition has
brought to Colorado and Washington
ana other dry states can we'll be en-
dured by the entire nation. If the
abolition OF the liquor traffic means
such financial disaster let the disaster
come. Towns, cities, counties and
states have prospered amazingly under
that kind! Others can stand it!
MARGARET C.. MIINNS.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Frederick Remsen Hutton
He Was Member of Columbia
Faculty for Thirty Years

Frederick Remsen Hutton, professor
OF Of mechanical engineering at Colum-
bia University from 1877 to 1907. died
yesterday morning at his home. 257
West Eighty-sixth Street, He was six
ty-four years old
Professor Hutton was dean of the
faculty OF engineering at Columbia
from 1899 to 1905. He also served for
a time as consulting mechanical en-
gineer for the Department. of Water
Supply, Gas and Electricity, of New
Besides editing "rhe Engineering
Magazine" in 1892 and "Johnson's
Encyclopedia" in 1898, Professor Hut
ton wrote several textbooks and other
works on engineering. He was mem
ber of the American Society of En-
gineers. the Society of the Cincinnati.
the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the Century and the En-
gineers' clubs, and was trustee of The
Collegiate School of New York. He
leaves a widow and two sons.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Guns for Women's Votes
Tammany Launches Educa-
tionaI Drive for Primaries

Tammany started drive yesterday
to secure the women voters for the
fall primaries through the special en-
rolment on May %. Over 100000 cir
culars, designed to afford information
to women who desire to enroll with the
Democratic party, were sent from Tam
many Hall to every Democratic dis
trict clubhouse in the city. Meetings
will be held every night until May 25
in each clubhouse at which the women
voters will be given instructions in re-
gard to the enrolment.
The Tammany instructors will urge
the women to enroll SO that they may
participate in the September primaries
An eductional meeting for the women
was held last night at Tammany Hall
Similar meetings will be held at the
hall Friday night, and On Tuesday and
Friday nights of next week.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Vast Amount Of Capital and Labor
Wasted on Drink, Writes Analvst

man with family. My wages are $50
per week; am not a drinking man. but
enjoy a glass of beer once in while.
| cannot afford an auto. and cannot voc
why my pleasures arc to be denied me.
We have laws that say you cannot fish
on Sunday, cannot go to a baseball
game on Sunday, but a man that can
own car can 60 for ride on Sunday
Now, ! think it high time that these
hypocrites should get some one to omen
their eyes, and wake up to the idea
that the laboring man should have
some pleasure in his lifetime - even
though it be only glass OF beer now
and then.
Only the other morning heard one
dry" say to another: 81 am all in this
morning. did not get my coffee and
l cannot get along without it." Who
ever heard of a man or woman say that
they were all in because they did no,
get their glass of beer for breakfast?
Talk about bad habit, if that fellow
has not got one then l am crazy!
Why should the majority OF the pco-
pie of the United States be denied theis'
privilege Just because a few cannot
control their will power?
I0UN