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New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Plans Completed for $40,.
100000 Supply Base for
Overseas Transportation
Million Ton Capacity
Will Cover Fifty City Blocks
and Comprise 100000
Square Feet of Floor

What is probably the largest build
ing in the world, it is announced hy the
Turner Construction Company, IF this
city, will be built by that firm in South
Brooklyn for the United States gov
crnment. Contracts have just been
signed by the company, and the War
Department, calling for the expendi-
ture Of approximately $40, 100000, for
new supply base for overseas trans
portation, to be erected on the prop
crty located between Second Avenue
and the pier head line, and Fifty ighth
to Sixty-fifth Street, Brooklyn.
The plans, which have been prepared
by Architect Cass Gilbert, under the
direction Of General Goethals, Director
OF Storage, Transportation and Pur-
chase, contemplate the erection of a
building which J. P. II. Perry, manager
of the company, says will probably be
the largest in the world Six million
square feet of fireproof floor space is
to be built under one roof The build
ing is TO be approximately 1000 feet
square and from eight to nine stories
high, lighted with one street and three
courts. In addition, there are to be
three double deck steel, concrete and
timber piers 1900 feet long and 100
feet wide, together with lighterage
pier of 1850 feet by 70 feet, one story
high. About thirteen miles Of railroad
track will be installed, and hundreds
of tractors and locomotives will he
utilized to serve this supply base.
About $50 elevators will handle the
100000 tons of goods which will
eventually be stored there. There will
be facilities for loading twelve 5000
ton ships day.
Mr.. Perry said the building will cover
an area equal to about fifty of our
city blocks and will be five times as
large i'll floor area as the Equitable
Building and about seven times the
cublcal contents of the Woolworth
Building. The piers will be larger
than any existing in New York Harbor
at the present time, and will accom-
modate the biggest ship afoat. The
main warehouse will cover space
equal to that occupied by the Natural
History Museum Park, and will be
eight stories, and part basement. in
height.
Every description of article used bv
an army at war will be stocked in
this building, including airplanes. The
contractors expect to give the govern
ment partial use Of this building bv
the end of this year, and The entire
project will be completed by next
spring. Seven thousand men will be
employed in construction. Work has
already been started.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Columbia to Install
School of CamouAage
First military Concealment"
Course Open to Great
Variety of Workers

The first official college course in
camouflage has arrived. 1t opens to-
day at Columbia University. Teachers
OF the course call it military conceal
ment" and say that it is the first of
its kind to be given in any university
IN the world. 1t is opened under the
department of Extension Teaching to
artlsts and mature students in various
branches, painters, sculptors, architects,
wood and metal workers, modellers,
carvers, photographers and others of
allied qualifications.
topography, matchmaking and the
use OF color, wood, clay and other ma
terlals from the standpoint of effective
oissu1se or conceaiment, will be studied
Inc classes will take the form of lect-
ures, laboratory and field exercises and
'he results will be closely observed by
notebook and Photographic record.
Ihe course will be for twelve weeks.
bssldes the work in camouflage it will
include military training, which must
De taken. Though specially trained.''
say me instructors, "the camoufeur,
ilSe i the engineer or other technician
I Whils the War Department, under
existing regulations, is not able to
recognize officially any military course
Of this kind, persons who take the
study are qualified for more rapid ad
vancement in the service. Candidates
must be men between the ages of
elgnteen aud forty-fve.
lieutenant Fl. Ledyard Towle. of the
4lst Regiment, New York Guard. and
Richard f. Bach, curator. School oil
Architecture, Columbia University viii
give instruction in the course.
While war courses are being added
to the university's curriculum, regular
schools are daily losing students. The
annual announcement of the School Of
Law for the year 191S-'19, made public
yesterday, shows that the war de-
creased the enrolment for the presen+
session to net total of 256 students
as compared with $50 last year.
Among the courses to be offered next
year ear! is one on military law.
The new academic calendar shows
that the nineteenth summer session
Will begin on July and end on August
l6 Law courses will be offered in tho
summer session in real property
agency, evidence, wills, bills and notes
and public service companies.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17

steel; connected with steel braces to
enable them to carry the loading and
unloading hoists, which operated as
hooms to be swung out and in.
WI nile the official naval report as
serts that the weather during the ne
Tiod OF the Cyclops's absence was mild.
.ne heaVy superstructure Of the vessel
IS pointed to MS sufficiently pondcrous
10 make the vessel cranky" should
..,ougn weather suddenly develop and
tne vessel get caught in a trough of
the sea. -
Unlike the destroyers and battle
ships, the. colliers Of the American
navy are incapable Of riding the seas
with great facility While destroyers
can roll to maximum of 45 degrees
or more the Cyclops could not right
itself If heelcd 10 such an extent. Naval
men who hold the theory that the yes
SCI tailed to weather storm declare
'ha' the heavy superstructure carried
would cause the vessel to quickly cap
SIZE should the sea become exceedingly
rough. They frankly admit that there
IS no answer available for the sudden
disappearance OF the Cyclops, but none
are inclined to make their statement
more positive than conjecture.
Recalls Marie Celeste Case
, mere are lew who share the be-
lief with Secretary Daniels that the
mystery of the seas eventually will be
cleared, but many have not forgotten
the battling disappearance of the en-
tire crew of the Marie Celeste, which
was found, without man aboard.
drifting in the sea near the Azores
and towed into port at Gibraltar This
mystery Is even more unexplainablc
than the Cyclops, as the tables were
set as though meal had recently been
completed, sewing material was undis-
turbed on the machine used, perhaps.
by the skipper's wife and not a chair
was moved, nor the slightest evidence
of any mistreatmcnt of the crew. The
Marie Celeste was found in the early
7Os, and not since that time has the
navy been face to face with p mystery
OF the proportions that the sudden
disappearance of the Cyclops has as
sumed.
If the Cyclops does not appear with
in three months from the time of her
disappearance. March 4, the navy win
officially declare the vessel lost and
insurance due on the members of the
crew. and the passengers will be or
dered paid.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Daniels Has Not GivenUp
Hope for Missing Cyclops
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,
WASHINGTON, May 16.-Is the
Cyclops at the bottom of the sea?
Has the missing American collier
been captured by the enemy and driven
into a port of safety, with her crew
and passengers held prisoners of war
These two questions thus far have
not been answered by the Navy De-
partmcnt. although hope for the safe
return of the vessel still is held by
Secretary Daniels, who to-day declined
to declare the ship officially lost.
The Cyclops last touched Barbados.
q West Ardian port, on March d. She
was due tc reach an Atlantic port on
March 13. The Navy Department off,
claily announced the absence of the
big collier on Ap,il ii, y hen this state
ment was made:
NO we'll founde reason can be
given to explain the Cyclops overdue.
as no radio communication with ~,
trace OF her has been had since leav-
ing the West Indian port. The weather
IN the area in which the vessel must
have passed has not been bad
and could hardly have given the
Cyclops trouble. While a raider or
Submarlne could be responsible for h ,r
loss, there have been no reports thai
would indicate the presence of either
IN the locality in which the Cyclops
was" '~A0P'
One of the two engines of the
Cyclops was injured and she was pro
ceedlng at reduced speed with one
engine compounded. This fact. how
ever, would not affect her ability to
communicate by radio, and wireless
calls to the ship from all possible
points have been made without an
Swer
Possibly No Trace Left
Navigators of years. experience in the
Navy Department. while sharing the
optimistic hope of Secretary Daniels
tor the return of the vessel, do not
deny that a tidal wave or rough sea
might have cnveloped the Cyclops.
causing the monster vessel to topple
over and sink quickly without leaving
a trace. The Cyclops, like her sister
ships-the Neptune and the Jupiter
carried six large steel derricks on her
superstructure. the framework arising
more than fifty feet from the deck.
These were made of heavy fabricated
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Auction Boxes for Concert
Actors to Sell Seats for Italian
Red Croee

Boxes in the Metropolitan Opera
House for the Italian Red Cross CON
cert to be given next Friday evening in
commemoration Of Italy's entrance into
the war will be sold at auction this
afternoon at Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney's home, 871 Fifth Avenue. Mrs.
Sonn Magee has announced bid of
$1,000 for one of the boxes.
Members of the reception committee
are Mrs. Howard G. Cushing, Mrs.
Henry P. Dawson, Mrs. William A. De-
lano, Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey. Mrs.
William Payne Thompson and Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt, jr. Some of
the auctioneers will be Elsie Ferguson.
Billie Burke, Grace George, Marie
Doro, Pauline Frederick; Nazimova,
more, Percy Granger, George Cohan,
Clifton Crawford ard James Mont,
gomery Flagg.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
u. S. Major, Dying,
Asks Military Burial
Funeral and AN That Goes
With It," Last Request
Of Oregon Man
fEy The Associated Press

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 16.-Major Andrew Ras-
mussen, Of Portland, Ore. who was
killed few days ago on the Picardy
front. gave up his life like a soldier,
has last expressed wish being that he
might be given military funeral.
The major, known to his friends as
"Ras," was in billet near the front
when she'll came through the wall
and exploded. The officers arm was
broken and fragment of the projec-
tile penetrated his side. A surgeon was
soon by his side. and after examining
the wound said: you'll be all right.
It's only broken arm and little
wound II the side" thinking to COM
fort him.
Major Rasmussen. however. had seen
death too often in his fighting in Mex
leo and with the Canadian army in
France and was not deceived. He
calmly told the surgeon that he was
going to die and asked for military
funeral, with al that goes with it."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Merchant Marine
Offers Chance 10
Men of Draft Age
Fifty Thousand Appren-
tices ON Passenger and
Freight Ships Needed

Americans of draft age who have not
been called into service will be ac-
ceptcd as apprentices in the merchant
marine, it was announced yesterday at
the Office of the Mayors COMMITTEES on
National Defence. For six weeks, be-
ginning to-day, Recruiting Officer
Thompson will be in Room 615, Hall of
Records. Chambers and Centre streets.
to receive applicants for the job of
manning the vessels that haul the sup
plies for our army cover there
Enlistment is for the duration of the
war discipline is less rigid than in
the army or navy. The pay TO begin is
sac a month, with nalf as much more
for voyages through the war zone.
Good cyesight and hearing are essen
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
House Approves
Draft of Youths
Who Reach Fl
Measure Providing Reg
istration at Foot of Classes
Goes to President
Seeks Man Power Data
Senator Cummins Objects to
President Determining
Size Of Army
Seeks Man Power Data

WASHINGTON, May 1s. The House
to-day adopted, without a record vote
The conference report on the bill re-
on;r;ng registration in the draft OF
youths who have become twenty-one
rsars Of age since June 5 last. The
Senate previously had agreed to the
report. and after its acceptance by the
House ii was sent to the President.
As finally agreed to, the bill provides
,hss youths registered under it shall
Be placed at the bottom Of the lists of
those classes to which they will be
assigned, and that students now in
medical and theological schools shall
be exempt from the draft.
Speaking in the Senate for his resoh-
ton calling on government depart
ments for information as to the ex-
lent Of the nations industrial man
power, Senator Cummins, of Iowa, de-
elared that all energies of the coun-
try must be called into action if the
gsr is to be won.
sMy proposition" he said, "is that
every able bodied man in the country
between the ages of eighteen and FORTY
hye-and ] am not sure but that few
years ought to be added to the latter
lirait-must work in a useful way or
fight. This at least should be the
policy until we see clearly that there
is surplus OF civil energy"
The resolution asks the departments
10 determine how many men can be
withdrawn from civil life for the army
without crippling industry, how many
engaged in non-essential tasks can ha
transferred to more important work
aud what legislation is needed to ac
complish the transfer.
Opposes One Man Decision
Senator Cummins said he understood
the increase OF the army and the ad
justment of the civil population to
production were to be decided by the
President. In his opinion, he said.
this "forbodes irretrievable disaster "
"As commander in chief, the Presj-
dent has nothing. should have nothinr.
to do with raising armies" he declared
Il take no pleasure in either remem-
bering or mentioning the COSTLY
humiliating blunders which some of
the executive departments of the GOV
ernment have made since was declared
clared go ~
I'VE can recover from these blunders
i cur allies can hold on, but we ere
lace to face now with a situation in
winch mistake will be fatal. and /
Tor one, am utterly unwilling to have
u deast with and its questions decided
ny one man. or a few men. in the
sscrecy and prejudice of council of
enleers whose training and tradition :
may Di'he them TO the most essential
iassoFs OF the mighty problem
upoh me suggestion of Senator Sim
~ ,ss"S' o. y orth Carolina, who declared
sne resolution provides for a mos
sweeping investigation" the noe.s,ro
was W, referred to the Military Comm
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
order Closes Camp Dix
To Visitors for Week End

"a, LAMP DIX, N. j., May 16.-Orders
,ls lsued by Major General Scott TODAY
,vSso .;O;,'a Camp Dix to civilians and
ss.iish ss.h automobiles over the comine.
srss ssss end The order, which was is.
saa sasu Tor military reasons it was an
s@tvuaeed, st"ad, Will cover the period from
seps siaps Saturday night to "reveille',
s'9mnaay morning.
ve., w,aetner the order will cover future
s,oma vsa ends is not announced. The
,hs hs"n ~. IN the camp last Sunday. was
rits sstsgest ~ on record ard interfered
''A 'he movement of supplies. u
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Men in Service Ride Free

Before a soldier or sailor digs
down IN his pocket for carfare in the
future ne will scan the horizon for an
automobile displaying a "Have Lift"
card.
"Men in service, have lift as far as
we CO." say the cards, in biz red let-
ters. Lots of them will be on The
streets in few days, judging from the
number of applications that have been
received from automobile owners bv
the Mayors Committee on National De-,
fence.
Automobiles who wish to do SOL
diers and sailors good turn NAV OBJ
tam the cards from Edward B. Co.
chems' OF the Mayors committee, in
the Hall of Records. 40
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Wage Increase Granted
Car Men by Labor Board

WASHINGTON, May l6.-A temno.
rary 10 per cent wage increas sa ~,
granted by the National War ,.haS
Board to-day to st. Louis car comnanx
employees. The strike of the man has
been definitely settled through tbs tbs
boards action. s"s
The Department of Labor to.dav
detailed Commissioner of Immiprst;"yy
Greenewalt at Philadelphia to adinst .
strike there of 1000 street railway am
ploycs. N4
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
Unexpected Draft Cell
kor 5000 Men Received

w; IN unexpected call for 5000 New
5,ork sork Class l men to entrain at Fort
+ slocum between May 20 and Nav IS
sss received from Washington and
maae public by the adjutant general
:, tnis g soa call is independent of the draft
isooo men which greater New York
10 20 furnish from May 25 to Nav 20.
Az local boards of the city except
s1samners !. ), 10, ID, ii, 60, 81, 65. IS.
~, ~; 70, %, "a, 90, o., 90, 90, 102, 1903,
.r 1 ,. iUS. 1T. 126. 127, 140, 151. 152
eau.Ie are to contribute to the 1000
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17
100000 Cigars a Month
From One CITY for u. S. Arm

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 16.-Or-
ders have been received by the larger
cigar manufacturers of this city for
cigars totalling 25o,0OO or more month
ly, Of best grade, for use of the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces. The size of
the orders is limited only by the guam
tlty the concerns can put at the dis
posal Of the government. In Westfield,
also cigar manufacturing centre, sim
liar orders have been placed.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-17

ts9oesl ii temperature yesterday, 81 degrces tat
q; 81; lowest. 81 tat GAS =. m.1. average.
asss ~ sasne date last year. E4: average same
p tass thirty three years. 5S.
i Humidity
s. osll ., m.......3sis p. M. u. .<e
4 barometer
I Will .. M. .3o42is p. M. :. SO
efseask.--Fair and warmer to-day and
E We S nodssa4s to south wtnds
Evening star., 1918-12-01

\ special lot OF very flne
in the new barrel shape;
something particularly at
tract:ve in ralue-gis-ing.
Sale ptice
Evening star., 1918-12-01

Maj c. c. Riner. L. S. NJ. C.. has
gone to Mare Island for a visit to
his wife and little daughter. who
have been visiting relatives for some
months.
Evening star., 1918-12-01

Mrs. John Morgan. wife of Co.
Morgan. e.. d y. accois panied ,.Is.
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their daughter. has gone to Houston.
Tex. to spend the winter with her
mother. Mrs. Charles keilar. during
her husbands absence abroad.
Mrs. Henry Terrell, jr., wife Of
Maj Terrell, L. S. A.. went to New
York last week to meet her husband
on his return from France, where
he has been with the 4th Division.
Col G. NJ Grimes. L. S. A., has gone
to San Antonio, Tex, to spend a
short leave with Mrs. Grimes and
their young daughter.
Mrs. Henry Goldthwaite,- wife of
Surgeon Goldthwaite. L. S. A., after
a visit to Mrs. Mark Bristol, wife
of Commander Bristol. L. S. NJ, in
Washington. has sailed to join her
husband in Panama, where he is now
on duty.
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Commander Alexander Sharp, L. s.
n, and Mrs. Sharp are settled for the
winter in their new home. 1909 35th
street.
Mrs. Ralston S. Holmes wife of
Commander Holmes. L. S. n, accom-
panied by their little daughter. has
gone to Germantown. Pa. where she
has leased a house for the season.
Rear Admiral i. d. Taussig, L. S. ~.
and Mrs. Taussis have gone to New
York for the winter and are at Hotel
Britton Hail.
Prof. f. X. Rawson. L. S. ~. and
Miss Katherine RaNsou have re-
turned to Washington for the winter
and are established in their home
2137 Leroy place.
Lieut. Donald F. Washburn, L. S. ~.
and Mrs. Washburn have gone for
duty for the winter to New London,
Conn.
| Mrs. W. G.. Eunally. wife of Lieut..
Nunally. L. S. n, has gone to Annapo-
lis, where she is visiting Medical Di-
rector James G. Fields, U. S. n, and
| Mrs. Fields at their quarters at the
Naval Hospital
mander Cresap, L. S. n. returned to
Washington last week after visit to
Mrs. Charles r. Nash at Norfolk. Va.
Mrs Bowman McCalla. widow of
| Rear Admiral McCalla. L. S. n. is
spending the winter at San Diego.
| Cal, with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
| Macarthur, wife of Capt. Macarthur,
U. S. A. Mrs. Macarthur also has visit
! ing her; her sister. Mrs. Dudley w.
| Knox, wife Of Capt. Knox. Z. S. n.
| Rear Admiral WE. Rodgers. L. S.
n. is visiting his aunt. Mrs. A. Rod
gers, at Piedmont. Cal. before sailing
\ for the far east
| Mrs. Edward Y. Isaacs, wife of Lieut..
Isaacs. U. s n, who since leaving
Washington has been with her par
u. S. A.. and Mrs. Cabell at Fort Sam
! Houston. Tex, came last week to
| Washington to meet her husband,
WHO recently returned from Europe
4d af5er WSe2 he in na5 er@an eeeted pT'iHa hia
escape.
f, Mai. c. c. Riner. L. S. NJ. C.. has
gone to Mare Island for a visit to
| his wife and little daughter. who
, have been visiting relatives for some
| months.
Mrs. Henry T. Burgin, wife Of Col.
Bursin, u S. NJ. c., went last week
to New York after spending the
months since her husbands departure
for France with friends in California.
Miss Rhoda Fullam. daughter Of
Rear Admiral F'ullam, Z. S. n, and
Mrs, Fsullam has been honored with
a second lieutenancy in the Woman's
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Motor. Corps Of California. where she
is now on furlough with her parents
at Coronado. .
Lieut.. Commander A NJ. r. Allen,
u. s. n, after q visit to his mother
at New Bedford, Mass, has gone to
Norfolk to join his wife. who has been
for some time on a visit to her par
ents, Capt. John Quimby. .. 8. n,
and Mrs. Quimby.
Lieut.. Col. J. H. Read. 7. 8. NJ G.,
recently returned from France, mas
now gone to Norfolk, cconapanied by
Mrs. Read, for stay. with Dr. anu
Mrs. Leigh.
/ Lieut.. /. B. Colbourn. U. S. NJ. and
Mrs. Co1burn, recently in Washing
ton. have now gone to sNoT1oik ior
station.
Mrs. Lawrence TreadwelL wife of
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Col. Bowers Davis, L. s. A.. who
has been in Washington in attend
ance on the War College. has gone
to Fort Sam Houston. Tex. to spend
his. leave with his wife and children
before going for station to Camp
Bowie, where he has been detailed
as an inspector.
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NEW YORK, November 30.-The
health department reported today
that there had been total of 130.sa6
cases of Spanish influenza in New
York city since the epidemic started{
with a total of 1924 deaths from thy
disease. The pneumonia cases nun6
bered 1880. with 1929 deaths. CoHsT
paratiyely few cases are now being
reported.
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4 4
Commander Treadweli. U s. n. has
returned to this country after spend
ing the past year in China, and has
gone for the present to Norfolk. Va.
Mrs. Frederick L. oliver, wife of
Capt. 0lfver,r U. s. IN. will shortly
leave the city, accompanied, by their
sons. Robert and Smith Hempstone
Oliver, for New London, Conn.,. where
in command Of the submarine base.
Mrs. Edward H Campbell. wife of
Capt. Campbell, Y. S. n, has come to
Washington for a short visit to. Mr..
and Mrs. A. C.,Downing at their home
in this city.
Capt. Campbell is at present COM
mandant Of the naval training sta
ton at Newport, r. I.
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Capt. Edward +. Elan, U. S. A, re-
Gently assigned as adjutant of the
1sd Searchlight Regiment. has re-
turned with Mrs. Elan to Washing
ton and is now quartered at the bar
racks.
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Mrs. Omar Walker Pinkston. wife
of Lieut.. Col. Pinkston. U. S. A.. has
gone OF Asheyille, y. c., for the win
ter.
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Mrs. David f. Cain, wife Of Maj
Cain. L. S. A.. has gone to New York
to spend the winter with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Cheever Newhall Ely
at 1870 Madison avenue. during her
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i820cijQitX, 0cijQitX
ArmyNotes.
Continued from Second Page.)

guests at Washington barracks the
formers brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Sheedy, who re-
turned last week to Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Herrod, upon the departure of
their guests. accompanied Mrs. B. NJ.
Gregg to Philadelphia for weeks 9
visit
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Navy and Marine Corps Notes.

Commander Alexander Sharp. T. S.
n, and Mrs. Sharp are settled for the
winter in their new home. 1909 35th
street.
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Mrs. Henry r. Burgin. wife of Col
Burgin. U. S. NJ. c., went last week
to New York after spending the
for France with friends in California.
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Miss Rhoda Fullam. daughter of
Rear Admiral Fullam, Z. S. n, and
Mrs. Fullam has been honored with
a second lieutenancy in the Woman's s