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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
MILLION YANKEES
NOW IN FRANCE
Baker Tells President 521,717
Sailed in May and June.
100000 ARE FIGHTING Mex
Nearly 100000 Have Had Six Months
or More at Training Behind the
Battle Line.

Washington. July 3.-Mo.e than
100000 American soldiers have gone
TO France.
The exact number, 1.0l9.ll1. was
disclosed in correspondence between
President Wilson and Secretary OF
War Baker In May and June Pill.
men sailed for the O her side.
Approximately 100000 are fighting
troops.
Shortly before the acknowledgements
! WAS made the house appropriations
committee made public testimony be.
fore that body IN connection with the
army budget In il General T. r.
/ Wood. acting quartermaster general
at the army. di::Ci se;i the fact that
by January i the United States will
have in uniform an army of 1000 0t
men.
Said the president issuing The state
ment:
Il have received the following let,
ter from the secretary of war which
seems to me 20 contain information
which will be 50 satisfactory to the
country that is publication will he
welcomed and will give additional yes
to our national celebration of the
Fourth of July.
"'War department. Washington,
July !. 1918.
My dear Nj President More than
1HW,O00 ALlerican soldiers have sail
"a from the ports in this country to
participate in the war in France. In
; reporting this fact to you, | feel thai
yuu will be interested in a few daa
showing the progress of our overseas
military effort.
THE first ship carrying military
! personnel sailed May s. 1917. having
on board base hospital No. and mem
bers Of the reserve nurses corps.
General Pershing and his staff
sailed on May 80, 1917 The embarka-
tons in the months of May. 1917, to
and including June. 1918, are as fol
i lows:
1917. 1913.
- ..... LIS January 80. 46,776
lure ...... .12.2i1 February -. 4S,O27
! luly ....12: IS March ... S3,S11
August u.s. 23 April ......117.212
/ september 1928 May ...... PA 3345
| October .3S,259 June $500. .27S,372
! November ..23.Ol6 Marines 80. 1864
December ..4S.S40 Aggregat-
ing .... 1921 15
The total number of troops re-
turned from abroad, lost at sea and
casualties is S16J. and OF these by
reason of the superbly efficient protec-
ion which the navy has given our
transport system, only PSI have been
| lost at sea.
The supplies and equipment in
| France for all troops sent is by our
latest report adequate, and the output
Of our war Industries In this country
is showing marked improvement In
practically all lines of necessary equip
! ment and supply.
Respectfully yours.
"'NEWTON D. BAKER,"
ITO which l replied:
THE White House, Washington,
July 2, 1918
My dear Mr. Secretary: Your let
er of July 1 contains very signifi
ant piece of news and an equally sig
niticant report of the forwarding of
rOOps during the last year to III"
other side of the water. 1t is a record
"hi"h | think must cause universal
Lotion, beN use the lArrt Of th'
nILIry is unqueslinnably in this wal
Ed the people of the United States
rejoice TO see their forces put faster
nd faster into the great struggle
which is destined to redeem the
world.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
en-Year Cotton Boycott on Huns.

Liverpool. July S-At n gen. rai
mre,fng of tn" members of the Liver
ponl cotton e~ch"n%a it was unani-
mo'Isly reSolv"s' '''''n- no member of
q firm shall trad" either directly or
Indirectly with IT," n""Sent enemies Of
Great Britais for 4 period Of ten years
after the war.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
SI,O0O,0O0 DAMAGE IN
GUN COTTON PLANT
100000 Pounds Destroyed in
Aetna Co, Blaze.

Mt. Union, Pa, July 3.-Fire unde-
termined in origin. destroyed four
buildings of the Aetna Chemical com
pany's plant mile and half east
of this place.
The loss is estimated AT S1.010,00o.
The fire started i'll the gun cotton
department of the plant. More than
10000 pounds of the cotton Were.
consumed.
There were no explosions. No casu-
alties have been reported.
In an explosion at the Aetna's
plant at Oakdaie near Pittsburgh.
May is, ninety-tiye lives We're lost.
The disaster was caused by an eXp,"-
sion Of INT
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
Bandits Xiii Four America,S.

Houston, Tex, July -Four Amer
lean citizens were killed by Mexican
bandits near Tampico. Mex They
were carrying the payroll of the Mex
lean Gulf OIL company. according to
advices 10 the comnany's offices Leslie
r. Milinrd. of BeaN ont. Tpx., assist
ant cashier, and l. \. Dunn. r. NJ
Copper and Alfred f Esrarcia We're
.ha victims.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
Sixty Die Of Shell Explosion.

London, July 3.-An explosion oc-
Cured in the national shell filling fac
tory in the Midlands Monday night.
This was officially announced. Be
:heir lives
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

tatHfrnaI Dea1neSS SannOC De Surcu
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased. portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
catarrhal deafness, and that is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it Is
entirely closed, Deafr ess is the re-
suit Unless the Inflammation can
be reduced and this tube restored to
it's normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever. Many cases Of
deafness are caused by catarrh. which
is an in1amed condition of the mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine acts thru the blood on the mu-
cous surfaces OF the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
,or any case of Catarrhal, Deafness
shat cannot be cured by Hall's Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All
Druggists, 75c.
F. J. CHENEY G CO.. Toledo. o
Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03

Bear your own burdens first; after
that, try to help carry those of other
people-George Washington.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-03

HStick To 1t, You're Rightly Named"
Sticks injuries were better she was
allowed to spend the days with her
master, and at night to sleep on the
end of his bed.
"And so after q time they both got
well agaia-but the doctors said they
had both been brave and had won
great distinctions and now they must
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
First Relay Gives Commit
tee Power to "Take Ac-
ton" When Necessary
$4,000 Are Involved
Walters Demand SIS Weekly
Instead of Present Scale
From Employers

Fifteen thousand members of the In
ternational Federation of Hotel Work
ers, comprising the dining room and
kitchen employees in 250 New York
hotels and restaurants held "relay'
mass meeting during the night at the
New Amsterdam Opera House, in
Forty fourth Street on the question Of
caling>a general strike to enforce de-
mands for increased wages.
The men, it was said, would meet in
relays Of 5000 until the entire mem
bership had been given an opportunity
to vote on the question. The first ses-
sion was called to order at 8 o'clock,
and it was announced later that a reso-
luton favoring general strike and
empowering a committee of five, head
ed by Otto Wagner, secretary Of the
federation, TO "take any action neces-
sary" had been adopted by the first re-
lay, with few dissenting votes.
1t was said at a late hour that the
final relay would be able to vote about 6
o'cioc this morning.
The walters and cooks employed in
nine hotels and restaurants are already
on strike for SIS week instead Of $40
month, the present scale. Hotel AS
sociation officials would not say last
night whether arrangements had been
made to cope with the situation which
will arise should a general strike occur.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Court Refuses to
Make City Break
Garbage Contract
Brooklyn Petitioners Lose
in Fight Against Barren
Island Plant

Sitting in the Brooklyn Supreme
MED the motion brought by Brooklyn
taxpayers to restrain the Mayor and
other city officials from fulfilling their
contract with the New York Sanitary
Utilization Company, operators of the
Barren Island garbage plant, for dis
posal of the citys garbage.
Justice Mlnning based his decision
from disposing of The garbage might
jeopardize the public health. His ac-
tior vacates the stay contained in the
order issued by Justice Aspinall call
ing on the city to show cause why q
permanent injunction should not be is
sued restraining city officials from
carrying out their contract.
The decision came after Commits
sioner OF Street Cleaning Arnold B.
MacStay had filed an affidavit witt, the
court stating Brooklyn's garbage had
not been disposed of this week and q
mountain of refuse had been piled high
beneath the Delaney Street end of the
williamsburg Bridge. The only relief
MacStay was the use of the Barren
Island plant.
-Four days accumulation of garbage
is stored in carts at the Wallabout
dump in Brooklyn" said the Commis-
soner who elaborated his affidavit in
an interview yesterday. "Ths is a
menace to that borough's health. To-
morrow we hope to be able to send it
out to sea.
an Manhattan we have been obliged
to dump refuse beneath the Delaney
Street end Of the Williamsburg Bridge
This refuse was removed to-day. The
situation is a serious one. The public
health is menaced. If we should hap
pen to have a streak of bad weather
now our availab Bile scows would be tied
up and we would face the prospect Of
storing refuse in the streets of Man
haitian. Brooklyn and The Bronx. Only
utilization OF the Barren Island plant
can save US
"a great emergency now confronts
the City of New York. In view Of this
and in the interest Of the public health
I was obliged to enter into the agree
ment which I did with the New York
Sanitary Utilization Company, thers
being no alternative. AS soon as the
emergency ceases will terminate thai
agreement"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
I irne Extended to Send
Gifts to Men i'm France
Red Gross Will Begin To-day
Distributing Labels to Friends
of Soldiers Abroad

The American Red Cross will begin
to-day the distribution Of Christmas
parcel labels to relatives Of soldiers
who, through some accident, failed to
receive a label from the soldier. In
order to accommodate those who have
been forced to wait for these additional
labels before sending along their
Chr. .stmas gifts, the War and Post
office Departments have arranged to
extend the time for the closing of the
mail to November 80.
The first Christmas mail closed yes
terday. Hundreds Of thousands of par
cells were sent to the various Red Cross
headquarters in the past few days, and
the greater part OF them have already
been started to France.
Warning was sent out by the Red
Cross yesterday that November 80 is
absolutely the time limit. Anyone who
falls to get his parcel to the nearest
Red Cross headquarters by that date
will be unable to send a Christmas
gift to man in the service abroad.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
rison Chaplain rays for
Clenency for Paul Chapman
The Rev. Anthony N. Peterson Writes The Tribune That
Brooklyn Boy Under Death Sentence in Sing Sing
Never Had Murder in His Heart

The Rcv. Anthony N. Peterson. Of
Scarboro on Hudson, Protestant
chap ain of Sing Sing. has written to
The Tribune, asserting that Paul Chap
man, the siXtcon-year-old murderer,
"ncver had murder in his heart" and
that execution Of the death sentence
upon him would "leave black stain
upon the records of New York State"
His letter, in part, follows:
''It has been my joy to shout Amen
to so many of your editorials during
the ast few years that feel impelled
to write you about it.
81 prayed a double Amen this morn
ing when read your editorial 'Cem-
ency for Paul Ch apman' Since the lad
entered the condemned cells have
been, as Protestant chaplain Of Sing
Sing Pr son. his spiritual adviser, have
had many talks with him, and am deep
ly convinced that the lad never had
murder in his heart or mind.
Hopes Governor Will Act
"The Court of Appeals, however,
could hardly hand down any her de-
cision than a confirmation sof his sem
tence. but we hope that our Governor
VIII be so touched by the appeal of the
people that he will not permit the
electrocution Of this boy 20 take place.
1t would be black stain upon the
records OF New York State that could
never BE- cffaced.'
Chapman heard the news that his
death sentence had been approved by
the Court of appeals in the death
house at Sing Sing this morning. The
guard who took the boy his breakfast,
told him that the morning papers had
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Building To Be Resumed

George Mcdonald, chairman of the
specia- committee on Budding and
Construction of the Mayors committee
on National Defence, announced YES
terday that ali restrictions on building
projects in New York will be removed
in few days.
He made public the following tele-
gram to the committee from D. z. Nc
C'ellan. chief of the non-war con-
strucion section Of the War Industries
Board:
From the best information obtain
able here we believe there is now avail
able sufficient labor, fuel, transporla-
tion and bui ding materials to warrant
the. withdrawal of all restrictions on
building projects. We feel it the duty
of this Board to aid the public and the
industries to return to normal condi-
tions as quickly as possible and un ess
there be sound objections to this
course by the State Councils it is our
purpose 20 take immediate action along
this line.
"Will you kindly wire promptly your
views and recommendations having in
mind particularly the conditions in
your section of the country.v
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21

the news that his last hope for new
trial had been denied
The boy took the news stoically. In
a measure he had been prepared for it
the night before. when the Rev. A. NJ.
Peterson, .he prison chaplain, warned
him to expect some such report.
For perhaps minute, young Chap
man appeared to be in daze. Then,
his guard reported later, he turned to
his breakfast and ate with seeming
relish. He made no comment of any
kind at the time. Later in the day,
however, Chapman talked for some time
with Chaplain Petersen.
Sorry for Mother
'It's pretty tough" the boy said. II
feel sorry for my mother.
"Im more worried about mother than
am about myself" the boy continued.
II was prepared to hear bad news, but
she was always confident the higher
court would give me a new trial
~ wasn't though" he went on. "T
had feeling all along that the SEN
tence would be affirmed. Don't think
hastily. "My friends will try to see
Governor Whitman and I believe will
be saved yet.
ITS pretty hard on me, don't you
think?" he asked the chaplain plain
lively. you know I didn't shoot any
one myself"
Chapman was examined this morn
ing by Dr. Amos 0. Squire, the prison
physician, who found the boy to be in
good physical condition.
The boy told several Of the guards
that he expected his mother would ar
rive here tomorrow and that thew
would then plan his last fight for his
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
; Directors Admit
M ere Attendance
At 3. II. T. Meetings
Testify al Disaster Hearing
They Took No Part in
Management

Three directors Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company, who were fre-
quent.y referred to by District Attor-
ney Lewis as dummy directors" %
their apparent annoyance, testified yes
terday in the John Doe proceedings in
Brooklyn, in which Mayor Hy.an is
sitting as a magistrate, in an effort to
fix respons. binty for the Brighton
Beacn elevaled train wreck that cost
nearly 100 lives.
In the main their testimony consisted
of admitting that tney were directors
of the New York Consolidated Rail-
ways (the chief operating subsidiary
of the Is. II. T.) only because the
statutes provide that every corporation
must have d board of directors.
DistricC Attorney Lewis also made
several similar allus.ons to Presluent
Hal lock, OF the New York Consolidated
Raj ways.
Mr. Lewis also gained an admission
from swtchman that at the direction
of Division Superintendent Thomas
DleWlLJ hc tau Operated an eIeVated
tram on The day of the wreck because
OF the shortage OF m0tormen caused by
the strike, oesplte the iact tnaC he
never had operated passenger tram
alone PRIOR 20 that date. ! his man
was Rooert hetcham, 825 Thirty-sev
enth Street, Brooklyn.
The three directors who testified yes
terday were Charles l.. Boody, presi-
dcng of the Peoples Trust company;
W. S. Benedict, of the INSURANCE hrm
of Benedict 4 Benedict, and George W.
Chauncey, chairman OF the board OF di
rectors Of the Mecnanics Bank.
Nv hat do YOU do Z" Dlstrlct Attorney
Lewis demanded of Director Boouy
81 attend meetings and remain until
they are over" was the reply.
Did you ever make any recommen-
dations or ever remove any officers or
employees as provided by the bylaws 2"
$50"
"Who shapes the policy of this
Colonel Williams and the executive
committee OF the b. Il. T."
"Have the directors ever made sug-
gestions as to the kind of motormen
or the kind and number of cars oper-
ated %
'rlo."
The examination and replies of the
| other two directors were similar.
w S. Menden, assistant to Colonel
Williams, president Of the b. r. T.,
i
inches in the elevation of the outer
rail Of the curve at the Malbone Street
tunnel where the wreck occurred
was made after the original plan and
elevation had been approved by the
Public Service Commission
Mayor Hylan was disposed to believe
the elevation may have caused the
wreck.
Mr.. Menden said two revisions were
made in the track plans for that part
Of the line whore the wreck occurred
after the Public Service Commission
had approved the originals.
zone Of these changes" said Mr..
Mcnden, "was this: The elevation of
The outer rail of the curve was changed
, from five inches to two inches"
J isn't a five-inch curve the rule on
/ that kind Of Il curve?" persisted Mr..
Lewis.
"Not when it runs into reverse
curve. A liveinch clcbation would have
caused train to be thrown off the
track when the forward cars passed
on TO the reverse curve"
The hearing WAS adjourned until II
a. NJ. Tuesday, and in the mean time
District Attorney Lewis viii digest the
reports Of engineers who had been IN
vcstigatjng the wreck for him
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Gun Instructor Drops Dead

Lieutenant John H. Shelly, T. S. A.,
attached to the artillery school at
Raritan, n. j., dropped dead in his
suite at the Hotel McAlpin last night
He was talking to Lieutenant Harry
Smith when he suddenly collapsed
DR.. Robert Adams, the hotel physician,
said his death was due to heart failure
Lieutenant Shelly was a veteran Of
the Spanish-American War in which
he served with the State Guard. For
several years he conducted tool max
ing establishment at Saranac N Z
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Fugitive Leaps From Roof

Nathan Lax, United Cigar store
salesman. whom hold-up men tied and
gagged yesterday in his store at 108
Avenue &, got rid of his gag and yelled.
Whle crowd mum mbering hundreds
watched three robbers ran out and two
got away. One of them ran to the roof
Of LOG Avenue b.
Policemen reached the roof in time
to see a figure vanish over the coping,
and later found man lying helpless
on the roof of the next building. thirty
five feet below. The man said Re was
George Young, seventeen years old. He
had a broken leg. also a revolver and a
blackjack.
Young was taken to a hospital under
arrest on charge of highway robbery.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
5000 Workers Vote
For "Mooney Strike"
Seattle Union Want English to
Join in Protest to Save
Condemned Man

SEATTLE, Nov. 20. - The Seattle
Metal Trades Council, representing
approximately $4,000 workers, to-day
voted to strike to bring about the re-
lease of Thomas j. Mooney and his CO.
defendants convicted in San francisco
in connection n the preparedness
day bombing case.
An attempt will be made to make
the demonstration an international
affair, union men said. The resolu-
ton passed by the council asks that
Arthur Henderson, leader of the Brit
lsh Labor party. be requested Dy cable
to ak the British labor organizations
to take similar measures to secure
Moneys release
The resolution first fixed the date for
the strike at December |, but this was
amended and the date LETT ohen to be
decided on by national labor officers in
order to make The strike general
one,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Freed in Raincoat Case
FL. E. Lazarus, Manufacturer
Acquitted Of Charge

Harry E. Lazarus. the army raln'OS,
manufacturer who las been on "l''
for several days in the Federal Dls'fic'
Court on charge of bribery was AZ
quilted yesterday By jury after a.
hours deliberation The lndlctmsl.
charged Lazarus had given OrIoe ,", y,
$50 to Chief Inspector Charles fo'is. -
of the quartermaster's department "
influence his official acts. ,..
When the prosecution closed its css'
Tuesday. on motion of Martin Llt.e::
ton, counsel for Lazarus. Judge n.l. ~.
dismissed an indictment charging ~. ~.
manufacturer with violation o. i
sabotage act. No defence was one'''
to the bribery Indictment.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-21
Woman, Attacked With
Acid, May Lose Sight
VitrioI Thrown Into Her Face
in Her Uncle's Room
in Hotel

", Meyer e. Ginsberg, of t51 East
Thghty- sixth Street, followed his wife
kose' twenty-seven years DID, when
her enter the Hotel Prince GEORGE in
East Twenty ighth Street, and 90 to
tie room of Jacob Laskin. her Uncle.
q merchant from Chicago.
At II O'Clock Ginsberg entered the
room A few minutes later patrons
O., Tf 1he hctel were aroused by screams.
those who rushed into Laskin's room
found Mrs. Ginsberg cropping about
her face, arms and breast soaked With
vitrol. " i''i
DR.. Barnett and Dr. Taylor called n
attend her, believe at least half-nint
or the liquid was thrown upon her,
Hhe ~bo w was ;t taken to Bellevue Hospital,
be lost. Ginsberg was arrested and e.
taken to the West Thirtieth Street
pcllce station by Pat1olman Doneran'