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New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
American Planes
10 Fire Bullets That
Will Pierce Armor
Projectile That VIII yc.
Gasolene in Enemy Tanks
Designed
lStaD Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March 3-an.,
battle planes for service abroad sA ss
to be equipped with special cartr;as. ~
containing bullets capable of ,,;o..: sss
the armor of enemy planes and ;cn;4 s
ing their gasolene tanks, the oranaa s''.
department. CT the army announces ss
night. 'a To-
The bullets, developed by the ~,
nance department, have been tested ~
land and from airnlanes to determ;a.
II there is any difference in their nas
tormance when fired in the unnor =.
mosphere or from the ground Tbss
tests the department declares. ind;
cate that the United States bas ~
veloped a class of special cartr;asS
fully equal to or surpassjn@ '-4Sses .Ss
abroad
The War Department tonight on
thorized the following statement ~
garding the new ammunition. mrs.
present war brought forth new l;ns
OF ammunition for airplane use in tba
form of special cartridges contain;nn
bullets for armor piercing, tracins
and incendiary purposes.
with the progress of the war ~.
most vital parts of the aeron,.na.
were protected with light arnor -
that it became necessary to introdrso ~
the armor- piercing bullet. Ns
"AS the 2aSolerp fonl- $780,.
ticularly susceptible to incendiarv 'es er
ploslon 1t was necessary to procure
bullet containing an infammable snh
stance, lgnitcd upon discharge. which
would carry the spark or fame intn
the tank upon piercing it.
"As the target, the enemy airnlane
was within fighting range for only
brief moments at q time, and as thers
were no means of Determining tho Sra
effect, as on land, a tracer bullet cnn ,0
tanning bright burning compositiow
which would indicate the path Of tba
bullet in daylight as we'll as in dark
ness, and thereby allow the aim Of tbo
machine gun to be corrected. was in
troduced. The composition is set IN
fire upon discharge and the bullet flies
through the air as bright spark
plainly visible to the machine GUN
operator
"All of these cartridges are of the
small rife calibres calibre 80 or
thereabout. The three-tenths of an
inch diameter and short length of this
bullet left little space therein for the
armor-piercing element or for Tho
tracer or incendiary composition
Nevertheless. combinations Of armo,
piercing and tracer and armor-pierc.
ing ard inccndiary bullets have been
made.
"At the outbreak of the war furthe,
information was promptly gathered
from the Allies. and TINS subject was
studied by those responsible for this
work in the United States. OF course
on account OF the difficulties of the
problem none of the snecial bullets
possessed by any country is entirely
satisfactory or what may be termed
perfect in operation"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Connecticut Threatens
To Bar New York Autos
Secretary of State Hugo Not
Worried by Published
Criticism

An implied threat that Connecticut
may "tind it advisable" to suspend it's
reciprocal arrangement with New York
and bar automobiles with New York H.
censes, published edltorially in the cur
rent issue of "New England Roads,
gave no worry to- Secretary of State
Hugo yesterday, when it was brought
to his attention.
81 guess Connecticut motorists are as
anxious to cross the line into New York
as New York owners and drivers are to
travel into Connecticut" Mr. Hugo
commented. 81 have heard a good deal
of such talk, but I haven't seen any
thing done"
Complaint was made in the editorial
that the New York laws affecting auto
mobile operation are SO lax that in is
suing licenses the state takes no re-
sponsibilty for the "decency, sobriety
and honesty" of the drivers.
II think our laws give a square deal
to all concerned, the man in the car as
we'll as the man in the road" Mr.. Hugo
went on. "The New England states
seem to incline to give the pedestrian
paramount rights.
while it is true that there is great
loss of life incidental to motor traffic,
it must be remembered that we have in
New York the biggest automobile bu-
rcau in the world and that 415 900 ma
chimes are on our roads.
In addition, the work of the new
state troopers is serving as a great
check on reckless driving.'
Mr.. Hugo said that he had Jus,
reached an understanding with the New
Jersey Board of Vehicle Commission
ers, as a result of which motor trucks
from New York will no longer be ex
cluded from that state.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Upton Entertainers
To Tour Long Island
Vaudeville Troupe to Swell
Fund for New York Theat-
rical Performers

CAMP UPTON, L. l.. March 3.-A
travelling vaudeville troup of the best
entertainers in camp has been organ
lied, and will begin a tour Of Long
Island towns, with a matinee and even
ing performances at Rockville Center
next Saturday. The proceeds will be
devoted to the fund being established
to paw the expenses Of New York the
atrical and musical folks who come to
camp.
The troupe has been organized by
Charles Wayland Towne, amusement
director of the Y. NJ c. A. 1t includes
several men who were playing on the
"big time" when called in the draft.
On the bill will be Mario Rodolti, Of the
3O6th Field Artillery, who was formerly
tenor with the Boston Opera Com
pany; a dancing team, made up OF NC
Cormick, of the 308th Machine Gun
Company, and Werber, of the 3ooth
Machine Gun Company, with Lurch, OF
the same unit, at the piano; nelly ana
Cronin. 3O5th Field Artillery, singing
act; Joe Capello, 305th Field Artillery,
ragtime violinist; Lyndon Byrd, head
quarters troop, female impersonator;
Waldron and Jones, 304th Field Artll-
depot brigade, and Snyder, OF the 10th
Engineers, Russian dances in costume !;
McManus and McNulty, 304th Field Ar
tilcry, in a nut" act; Bob Yap, "oAth
Field Artillery, Hawaiian guitar player
and thc "Servico Five quartet
The announcing Will bd@done by Her
man Cohn, Of the 30sth Machine Gun
COMPANY. one of the cantonment's star
monologue artists.
Kelly, Cronin, Weber, Jones and
Waldron were playing in the Keith
circuit when drafted. Jones is a
nephew of Sam Bernard. Snyder
under the name OF Romanof, began his
dancing career in Petrograd. Theodore
Kline, Kenneth Johnson and Ray Bren-
nan, of the "Service Five" toured the
country in the "Sailors' Quartette" tc
aid recruiting. The fourth member of
the quartet is William Lieblng, and
T0bias FitZpatrick is the pianist.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Women Plead for Soldiers
Ask President to Spare Lives
of Men Who Slept on DUTY

y SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-An ap-
peal by 5000 clubwomen of San Fran
cisco for clemency for four American
soldiers in France subject to sentences
of death for sleeping while on sentry
duty was telegraphed to President Will
son last night after the adoption of a
resolution by N1e San Francisco City
Federation Of Women's Clubs. The
telegram said:
while we realize the need of army
discipline, especially in war time. and
while we appreciate the breach involved
OF sentry falling asleep at his post in
the presence of the enemy, neverthe
less the San Francisco City Federation
CT Women's Clubs, representing 5000
women, respectfully appeal to your ex-
cellencys distinguished sense Of hu-
manlty to extend clemency to those so
accused, particularly in view of Cen
eral Pershing's references of these
cases to you. The mothers of America
Will applaud your leniencv.v
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Mrs. Whitman to Aid
In Review at Garden
Troops From Camps Dix and
Upton to Parade at Army
and NAVY Meet

Governor and Mrs. Whitman will re-
view troops from Camp Upton and
Camp Dix in the same parade when
they visit the army and navy meet to
be held at Madison Square Garden on
March Is. IS and II.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ryle Strange. chair
man of the meet committee, announced
last night that the Governor had &C
cepted the invitation to review the
troops on Army Day, which will be
Saturday, March 10
There will be arllls by picked men
from every regiment in greater New
York. Camp Dix Will send its famous
Singing Sammies" and Camp UPTON its
best amateur vaudevllians There
viii be contests in bavonet fighting,
riot formation, machine gun work, gas
mask drills and signalling. The pro
grammc is in charge Of r. H. Burnside,
director OF the IIppodrome. The
Woman's Motor Corps Service will rep
resent the work of women in war.
One of the stunts planned to attract
attention to the meet before it opens
will be aeroplane flights over the city
at 500 trip. The passengers on these
trips will drop leaflets advertising the
performance.
The meet is for the benefit of tic
Women's Overseas Hospital, which is
on its way to France to establish a hos
pital for French women and children.
Among the patrons of the meet arc
Castor Liebert, Consul General of
France; Sir Frederick W. Blake,
X. c. g., ice-chairman of the British
War Mission; Brigadier General Evan
NJ. Johnson, Major General Hugh l..
Scott and Rear Admiral Nathaniel X.
Usher.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Delaware Day at Camp Dix

CAMP DIX, New Jersey. March g.
This was Delaware Day at the canton
mcnt. Special trains brought relatives
of soldiers from that state Hundreds
improved the opportunity to visit their
soldiers. Tomorrow will be New .Jcr-
sey Day. Troops from this state will
be reviewed by Major General Hugh l.,
Scott. Governor Edge and members of
the Legislature. Several hundred of
the recent arrivals will march in re-
view. There will be trench mortar tar
get practice also.
Miss Margaret Wilson will arrive to.
morrow to sing at concerts tomorrow
and Tuesday nights in the Young Mems
Christian Association auditorium
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
General Recruiting
Office Opens To-day

A central recruiting headquarters
where men may JOIN any branch of the
United States military service, includ-
ing army, navy, marines and state
guard, will be opened by the Mayors
Committee on National Defence in the
Hall of Records to-day. 1t will be the
only place in the city where recruiting
officers of every service are stationed.
Henry Macdonald. director general
of the committee. said last night that
dc the result of the new arrangement
his committee is now prepared to an
swer all questions about cnlistmcnts
and the draft. A man desiring to serve
with the co!ors may hereafter find out
in a few minutes in just what branch
he can be of the greatest aid and the
enc for which he is best fitted.
Appeals for 200 photographers for
the school at Rochester, n. Y. to open
in few days, were issued yesterday
by Martin Conboy. draft director, who
is aiding the committee. Patriotic citi
2cns are also urged to supply the COM
mittec with the use of automobiles for
the facilitating Of its work.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Officers Training Camp
Men Ask to Go as Privates

CAMP MEADE, Md, March 8
Eager to do their bit at an early date
and in new branch Of the service,
thirteen students at the officers train
ing school here have sacrificed their
chances Of winning commissions and
have volunteered TO serve in tank units
with the engineers. Two lieutenants
at the school also have volunteered to
20 into tank units. and their names
have been forwarded for the service
they most prefer.
Lieutenant Clenard Mclaughlin. com
mandant at the training school, has
been assigned to the Office of the in
spcctor general in Washington Major
Noble j. Wiley, Of the 315th Infantry
has been named to succeed him. The
oihcers in training gre nearing the last
stages Of their course.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Mrs. Marshall Darrach
To Continue War Work

BOSTON, March Mrs. Marshall
Darrach. having just completed the
york. Of sending section of ambu
lances to France. which was begun By
her husband, Marshall Darrach, be fore
his sudden death last summer, will CON
tinue her lectures on "Newspaperg and
the Party They Are Playing in World
Affairs"
She will devotc the profits Of her
work for the duration Of the war TO :.
fund for the establishment Of a dis
pensary in one Of the devastated DIS
tricts Of France, as recently advocated
mere by Ary Benjamin Lathrop. OF the
Fund for ffench Wounded.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Pershing Needs Workers
Mechanics, Stenographers and
Cooks ON His List

General Pershing wants men with
special technical knowledge. He has
trained to do great number of things
most urgently in need of being done,
and the office of the adjutant general
has undertaken to supply the men
asked for.
AS part of the contract it has as
sumed the adjutant generals office
wants $50 general engine and special
automobile mechanics or repair men,
1873 gunsmths, typewriting machine
makers or reparers, 100 stenographers,
200 cooks and 10S wireless constructors,
1t is expected that New York City
alone will supply one-half of these
particular quotas. The call for volun-
tcers has been sent broadcast through
the country.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Red Cross Invents
Bread, Feeds rench

PARIS. March 2.-One hundred under
nourished school children Of the over
crowded southeast corner of Paris re-
ceivcd their first taste of American
Red Cross food to-day in the form of
scientifically prepared sweetened rolls
made of -four, rice, milk and sugar.
There also was substantial bar of
chocolate for each Of the little ones.
Doctors of the Children's Bureau,
working in Red Cross dispensaries,
had found that the children, who in
cluded many repatrlated from the
north, suffering more often from lack
of proper nourishrnent than from i'll
ness. They decided, therefore, to make
this addition to the daily food which
replaces the slice of bread and a piece
Of chocolate, which were traditionally
given to French children at four O'Clock
in the afternoon. Since the war began
this olf custom has been abandoned I'd
and the children also suffered through
missing hot midday meal because
of their mothers absence IN munition
factories.
Ferdinand Brunot, Mayor of the
Fourteenth ACCOMPLISHMENT. a noted
phIlOlogist and a professor in the Sor-
bonnie, invited a group of Red Cross
workers to visit four schools III his
section on the first day OF distribution
The schools were decorated with Am
erican flags and posters told the child
ren the new food came from America
Tne pupils in one school sang "The
Star-Spangled Banner" in French while
- girls in another school sang tive
verses in English.
DR.. Mason Knox, of John Hopkins
University. replied to the Mayors
speech of thanks, while Elizabeth
Wallace, former Dean at the Univer-
sify Of Chicago, and Mrs. William Pal
mer Lucas, aided in serving the rolls
The distribution Of the rolls Will be
made in other sections through the ex
Ssting school canteens.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Military Training
Planned for 1000
Boys This Summer
Construction to Begin Soon
on John ]. Pershing
Camp, Upstate

Preparations are being made to ac-
ccmmodate /, 900 boys from twelve to
eighteen at the John j. Pershing
Training Camp, which will be opened
July / near Yankee Lake, in Sullivan
County. The Junior Training Camp
Association. Of 25S Broadway, has OBJ
tanned a 500-acre tract as the perma-
nent site Of the camp, and is now pre-
pairing plans for barracks and gym
nasiums, the construction of which
will begin IN few weeks.
The Camp Association, which began
work in the summer of 1916. gives the
boys sixty-1ay course in physical
and military training. This year the
War Department cannot detail any
commissioned officers or men from the
active army list, but retired non-com-
missoned officers and veterans of the
Canadian overseas forces will have
charge of the young cadets.
The camp site will be thoroughly
severed. The buildings will include
a hospital and barracks equipped with
iron beds. The washrooms will con-
tain shower baths.
The training course will cost the
boys 81 day, which includes board
and quarters. They must equip them
selves. Schoolbcys may enroll for not
less than thirty. days. Working boys
may enroll for the period of their
vacations.
The personal equipment consists of
a uniform, slicker or poncho, two
heavy blankets and the usual outfit of
underwear and toilet articles.
The National School Camp Associa-
tion will have camp at Sheepshead
Bay for boys who cannot 60 to Sulli-
van County.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
New York Men Win
Army Commissions
Wallace Morgan Gets Captaincy
in the Engineer Corps

>AAN SolbS
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Included
IN the recent commissions issued by
the War Department to New Workers
was a captaincy IN the Engineer Corps
Of the National Army to Wallace Nor
gan, 312 West Ninety-third Street Mr..
Morgan is one of the artists selected
by the department. to depict the war in
colors for historical use.
Other commissions issued to-dav in
cluded the following:
Richard j. Dobins, 1O4 Broad Street;
Victor A. Foster. 27 Cedar Street; !;
fhlllp II. kircher and Carleton NJ. Rey-
noIds, 81 Beaver Street, and Thomas
Beer. address unrecordcd.
FIRST lieutenants, Medical Corps,
Mark Cohn. 1872 Franklin Avenue,
Bronx; Louis JOSEPH De Russo, Gou-
verneur Hospitals; Samuel j. Blumen-
thal 81 Hewes Street, Brooklyn;
!ullus Kaufman, Bellevue Hosuital;
Jacob krieger SIS Stone Avenue.
hrookiyn; Samuel Strumwasser, Bronx,
and Leon Joseph Grant, Louis Frank
knoli William Rain, Jacob Joseph Sci
denstein, Leo Zimtbaunl, Alfred Abra-
ham Richmond, Edward Leo Berger,
PhlIlp Horwitz and Abraham Ravich, of
Brooklyn.
Major, Medical Corps, Raymond
Clark, $40 Clinton Avenue. Brooklyn.
Second lieutenant. Engineer CORPS
Henry b. Smith, 131 East Twentv-third
Street
Second lieutenant, aviation section,
Signal Corps, John II. Wall. Comtany
l., 303d Engineers, Camp Dix.
Second lieutenant, Quartermastcr
Corps, John S. Gordon, Camp Upton.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Trial of General Cruise Now
Question for Ar,nv Chiefs

CHICAGO, March 3-1hc fate Of
brlgadier General Thcmas II. Cruise,
U >. A. (rctircd), who has admitted that
ne ~as employed by Henry A. Lippcrt,
faanlfacturcrs' agent. to aid in obtair-
inG blanket end clothing contracts for
the army, now rcsts with the inspector
general ard the judge advocate gen
cral Of the amy. Local gcycrnmon,
officials declared tonight that they did
not know whether or not he would ne
court martiaiIed.
General Cruise has said that he re-
ceivcd pcrmission from Washington to
acccnt employment with LiDpcrt.
Lippcrt and his son RALPH are now
under arrest, but have been released or
$40 600 bonds ench.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Want Women to Do
Full Share for War
College Girls to Begin Campaign
Here for Patriotic Workers

a campaign to recruit the woman
hood Of the United States for real and
practical war work Will be begun next
Friday with mass meeting of college
women here.
DR.. Henry Noble MacCracken. presi-
dent of Nassar, who made the an
nouncement, said in an accompanying
statement that American women to
date "have not done their duty by
their country
"Volunteer organizations,' he went
on, are full of women VINO 20 to work
rooms, not from patriotic nstanct. but
because it i the fashion. They have
never been trained to obey or to work
under supervision. For every volunteer
who is willing to sacrifice her whole
life scheme indefinitely for the sake
OF her country, there are ten thousand
who are willing to give an hour week
OF volunteer service of very little
value"
Recruits enlisted at the mass meet
ing viii be sent to the training camp
for nurses which the Red Cross has
established. Within the next few weeks
similar meetings will be held in at
least twenty cities
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
To Save Army Detectives
Move Started ON East Side for
Better Glass of Citizens

A movement to remedy conditions
which caused the rejection Of large
number of East Side draft registrants
was started at a meeting held yestcr-
day at the office of Dr. William |.
Slrovltch, at the Peoples Hospital,
Second Avenue and Twelfth Street. A
committee of nurses and physicians re-
ported that the physical defects of the
rejected men were due largely to NAL
nutrition and ignorance of sanitation
and the laws Of hygiene. Many chill
dren, it was reported, are growing up
under the same handicaps.
1t was decided to Immediately begin
an educational campaign on the East
Side, accompanied by treatment of
children developing defects At yes
tcrday's meeting $4,000 was con-
tributed toward fund to finance the
campaign. The contributions were
made by Louis Krohnbcrg, $780,
Irving Sherr, $1,000, and J. Goldman,
$4,000.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
One Killed, Four Hurt
On Aviation Field
Two Machines, Each Carrying
Two Fliers, Fall During
"Spinning Nose Dive"

Fort Worth, Tex, March 4.-One
dead and three seriously injured is
Sundays toll of the spinning nose dive
at aviation fields near Fort WORTH All
the victims are members of the British
Royal Flying Corps. The dead:
Mechanic W. A. Hayes.
The injured:
Lieutenant Bate.
Lieutenant Frank Flynn.
Cadet Filler f. A. Carroll
The home addresses of the men could
not be learned tonight.
Hayes and Lieutenant Bate were rid
ing in the same machine at Hicks Field
when the plane crashed 400 feet
Hayes died at a hospital an hour later.
Bate incurred fractured leg and in
ternal injuries, from which it is said
he cannot recover.
Lieutenant Flynn and Cadet Carroll
also were in one machine. Carroll was
being instructed by the officer. This
plane was wrecked at Benbrook
Flynn's face and head were badly
crushed. Carroll received fractured
jaw, broken knee. broken hip and
internal injuries.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Jersey Filler, Burned, Dies
Lieut.. j. w. Bennett Succumbs
to Injuries at Cape Nav

CAPE MAY, N. j., March 3.-Lieu-
tenant John William Bennett, of
Worcester, Mass, who was badly
burned in the hydro aeroplane while at
practice at the Cape May station last
Monday with Ensign Weed, died yes
terday and the body was given naval
funeral to-day, being sent this after
noon to his home. Weed died Thurs
day and was buried at his home, in
Montclair N. j., yesterday.
Lieutenant Bennett came to the Cape
May flying station only last SUNDAY
and was mortally burned on his first
days practice.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Children's Relief Army
Joins Junior Red Cross

BOSTON, March 3.-~-Thc merger OF
the Children of Americas Army of
Relief with the Junior Red Cross. n
branch Of the American Red Cross, was
announced tonight
DR.. Henry Noble MacCrackcn. ma
tional director Of the Junior Red Cross.
said that the merger added 100000 new
Tcmbers to the five million existing
members Of the Junior Red Cross and
avoided the duplication Of agencies an.
ycaling TO school children.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Prepares for Army Fliers
Great Activity Expected on
Three Fields at Hempstead
HEMPSTEAD Innr Island nIa.<

HEMPSTEAD, Long Island, March 8.
nPlans are rapidly progressing at the
three avlat'on fields here to accommo-
date the largest number of ayiators
ever assembled in this country.
With three fields soon to be in opera-
tlon and the overflow accommodated on
the Mineola Fair Grounds, probably a
hundred or more machines will be daily
in flight. Lieutenant George Freschere
of the French army, is almost daily
performing wonderful feats in the air
Camp Mills. under the work done by
Major c. S. Smith and Captains Alfred
). Callan and M. Crosby, is now ready
for another divis'o if necessary.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Student Court Martialled

MlDDLETOWN, Conn, March 8
Edward c. Hartsock, of Scranton, a
member of the freshman class of Wes-
lcyan University has been court mar
tailed and dismissed from the reserve
officers training corps and suspended
from college until after the Easter re-
cess it was announced Saturday by the
faculty, for absenting himself from
drills of the battalion.
This is the second sentence of this
kind to be inflicted within two days for
New-York tribune., 1918-03-04
Labor Leaders Coming

PARIS, March 3.-According to the
"pctit parigicn," Leon Jouhaux, sccrc-
tary Of the French Federation OF
Labor, j. =. Thomas, representing the
National Union Of Railwaymcn Of Great
Britain, and Hclgium Representatives.
will form "A delegation to visit the
United States ~ discuss Che project OF
an international labor conference with
Samuel Gomper1, president of the
American Federation of Labor.