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New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
500, 900 War Plant
Fire Investigated
Mystery in Explosion at Life
Raft Factory in
The Bronx

TIRE Marshal Brophy, city detectives
and members Of the Army and Navy IN
selligence bureaus are Investigating tins
cause Of the fire which swept through
the plant OF the American Baisa Com
pany, at 152d and Exterior Streets
The Bronx, yesterday afternoon, prac
tcally destroying the factory, which
was at work on life RATS for the gov
eminent
The fire had It's origin IL one e-sto*y
BRICK building known as the ''dousing
room" where the wood is stepped in
molten parafiin az waterproofng.
According 10 Thomas Moore, VINO vas
- worn n the structurc at the time
one Of the .va:s o. p1raffine suddenly
urgt into Fare.
Before, fire apparatus arrived men
employed b. Tho company fought the
piaze, aidfe ~ two tugs IN the Harlem
i' nlrer' bus = z,rAad 70 the singlc-story
Wooden shacks that make up the maj jor
par OF the plant Firencn summoned
~ t"o a'arms, under direction Of
'lepnty Chief Hayes. finally succeeded
n ateitnT the fame9 Damage IS ~ 4
= be about 800 900. =
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29

upon him, pummeilcd him into sub
mission and carried him to the fourth
floor of the building, where he is sale
to have submitted to its sentence.
D;sloyalty Shocks Mother
His mother learned Of his discharge
yesterday when she came to the office
to protest against his treatment. She
was astonished to hear that he was
suspected of dislcyalty. She is secre-
tary OF the women's auxiliary of Com
pany NJ. 23d Regiment. She and her
son live with her mother at 349A Gates
Avenue, Brooklyn. The grandmother
was knitting an olive drab garment yes
terday when inquiries were put to her
concerning Meyer She averred that
the young man had been goaded by his
companions taunts into his present
position. She is German born, but has
been in this country more than sixty
years. Meyer declared that he was
400 per cent American
Fourteen former employees of the
William Street office Of the Niagara In
surance Company have entered the
military service and one of them has
lost his life
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Free Gas for
Automobiles in
Upton Service

The gasolene which will be used in
the automobiles of the American An
tomoblle Associations free transporta-
ton service between New York CITY
and Camp Upton on Sunday will be
supplied free.
James A. Hemstreet. manager of tbe
touring bureau of the association, an
nounced yesterday that machine CON
tributors will be given a card to be
presented at the Dsbrow Garage. Hill
side Avenue. Jamaica. They will be
supplied with enough fuel to COMPLETE
the outward and return journey.
ne parties contributing this gas
prefer to remain incognito,n said Mr..
Hemstreet.
A survey of the roads leading into
camp was made yesterday. The South
Shore Road to the cantonment was re-
ported to be in a favorable condition.
Up to Lake Ronkonkoma, the motor
Parkway Will be used.
"A slight change has been made in
the reception of the parties in camp.
instead OF going to the hostess houses
the cars will be driven to the reri,
mental areas, where the families will
meet their boys in khaki.
Mr. Hemstreet once more deplored
the oyerw whelming numerical superior
it.y of applications for places ia ma
chimes over offers. The automobiles
obtained in the last few days have been
the result of diligent soliciting rather
than spontaneous volunteering. he said
Frank H. Newcomb, president of the
Long Island Automobile Club, notified
Mr.. Hemstreet yesterday that five mem
bers of mis- organization had pledged
their machines, with many more il
prospect. Charles Jerome Edwards
president of the Brooklyn Rotary Club
also has been enlisted in the car col
lecting task.
The efforts of A. H. Prindle, of the
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
were richly rewarded yesterday Mr.
Prlndle, after communicating with vir-
tually all on Automobile Row, an
nounced success with the following
companies: The White. Van Cortland
Detroit CADILLAC. Oldsmobile Company
of New York, Stearns- Picard and Colt
StrattOn
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
10000 Schoolboys
Work on Farms
During Summer
1000 Will Go From This
City-Enlistment Starts
on Monday

Twenty Thousand New York State
high school boys will forego their sum-
mer vacations this year and take their
places on the farms of the state to
help solve the food problem. Two thou
sand of the boys will be taken from
New York City, and the rest will be
drawn from cities, towns and rural dis
trlcts throughout the state.
Frank A. Rexford, of Erasmus Hall
High School, who is supervisor fo- New
York City Of this movement, announced
yesterday that boys are needed from
April l until after harvest in the fall,
and said that he is receiving applica-
tlons every day from farmers who ask
tor help Immediately. The State Food
commission has provided $4,000 to
facilitate the work. which is organize d
as the New York State Boys Working
Reserve, with the cooperation of the
State Employment Bureau, the Depart
ment of Education and the Farm Bu-
reau Associations. The New York CITY
Board of Education has voted to release
boys of good standing in school for
farm service and to give them their
school credits for the whole term. Most
OF the supervisors VINO will go with
each unit of twenty boys will be high
school teachers.
In order to become farm cadet a
boy must be sixteen, in good health
and willing to work at least twelve
weeks of the summer. The permission
OF his parents must be obtained before
he enlists. and he must answer some
other pointed questions, such as "Can
you milk?' DO you smoke?" and
What is your Church preference -
A boy may live either in camn with a
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
German Club,
Watched by u. S.,
To Close Doors
Famous Organization Votes
to Suspend Permanent
ly Monday

With the government net closing
tighter and tighter about the activities
OF the Deutscher Verein, otherwise
known as the German Club. announce
ment was made yesterday that the ex-
elusive Teutonic organization at 112
Central Park South has voted to sus-
pend it's activities permanently.
On Sunday night the last dinner will
be served in its big gilt and marble
south dining room. Monday will find
locked doors and shuttered windows.
The decision to close the institute,
which, government officials declare,
has formed the central rallying place
for all the German spy masters in
this country, was reached at hastily
summoned meeting last Friday night.
For long Federal agents have had
the place under surveillance. Saturday
a meeting, presided over by ATTORNEY
Genera Gregory and A. Bruce Bic
laskl, head of the bureau of investi-
cation Of the Department of Justice,
was scheduled TO draw up specific
plans for the raid that was finally
effected in this city last Tuesday.
German agents at the capital, it is said,
got wind of this and sent an advance
warning to the clubs officials here.
Friday nights meeting, with its sud
den decision to disband, was the re-
suit
This prompt action OF the club, it is
SAID, alone saved 1t from forcible clos
ure by the Department of Justice. AS
II is, two agents of the department are
on constant guard there. Several trunks
NaIl i
nave been seized, together with a great
mass OF papers and documents belong
ing 70 various members.
We have not yet had time TO 90 over
these" Charles f. De Woody, in charge
% the Department Of Justice investipa-
ten section here, said yesterday. but
j. is expected that they will throw val
jsc bic light on several eases now pend
ing before the department. A numbe,
0t the German Clubs members are al
ready IN lnternment camps. We want
IL complete the cases against these
men. 1t is too early at this stage Of
tfe proceedings to give out definite de-
tails. but important DEVELOPMENTS NAV
b. expected very shortly"
Boyd resided at the club before
MS deportation and von Papcn had his
headquarters there during the busiest
days Of his minIstrations in behalf of
Germany Carl Hyman had a suite
there, while Hugo Schmidt. Adolph
Pavenstcdt and others prominent in
The Vaccinations of Bolo Pacha in this
country were all on the clubs mem
bership list. From the day of It's
founding the German consul generals
and am moassadors in the United States
have been honorary members, an Won
BernstorT never made one Of his visits
70 this city without dropping in there
~. DeWoody yesterday emphasized
the fact that all members of the
Deutscher Verein arc by no means
auti-Amcrican. But IN other quarters
it was asserted that those who are
not have simply furnished the camou-
fage behind which the real business
Of the organization fourished.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Negro Physician
Loses Libel Suit
Against Tribune
Article Told of Doctor
Arrest in 1914 on Drug
Selling Charge

The jury in Justice Emerson's part
Of the Supreme Court rendered yester
day d sealed verdict in favor of The
Tribune in libel suit brought BY
David |. Hoage, a negro physician, OF
1873 West 135th Street. The jury
reached It's verdict after an unusually
short deliberation.
The article upon which the suit was
cember, 1914, was headed doctor Ar
rested in Coroner Probe" and said that
the arrest followed q hearing in the
coroners' office investigation, conducted
by former Commissioner of Accounts
Leonard NJ. Wallstein. 1t said that the
plaintiff was arrested at his Office
"Charged with having a blackjack anC
with selling morphine and other drugs
illegally. According to Detective Cros-
son, who made the arrest, drug was
sold to Ethel Reed, all investigator fol
, the Department of Correction, for ar
illegal purpose A marked $5 bill is
said to have been found on Hoage
The police say many white women
were among Hoage's patients, and that
he has enjoyed immunity for long
time, although suspicion has been di-
fected against him more than once"
NJ. Wallsteln, now counsel to the
CltlZens' Union, was witness for The
Tribune. He told the jury how his
coroners' Investigation, which led to
the passage OF the law abolishing the
office OF coroner, had brought to light
the inqulsition proceedings in March
1910, into the death of Alice Threet
d negress, IN connection with which
Or. Hoage was brought as a defendant
before coroner. He said this case
led him to make an inquiry into the
plaintiffs practice of medicine. with
the assistance of Detective Charles S
Sfosson and two investigators of the
Department Of Corrections The arrest
followed. Detective Crosson testified
that he had arrested Dr.. Hoace on the
charges stated in The Tribune article
Counsel for The Tribune submitted d
evidence of prior arrests of DR.. Hoage
10 snow that suspicion had been di-
rected against him more than once
ne testimony was that he had never
oeeh convicted on these charges. but
mad enjoyed immunity.
Justice Emerson charged the iury
mat the article reflected upon the
piaintif IN his profession but that
Ilerc was no evidence of malice on
ne lrlbune's part and that DR.. Hoare
couid not recover a verdict if the
article was true or if it was a fair
report OF judicial or other public and
omclai proceedings, as The Tribune s
counsel contended
The Tribune was defended bv Henry
". Sackett and Harold L. Cross. Of the
tlrm of Sackett, Chapman g. Stevens
Toe plaintiff was represented bv Mur-
ray Bein
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
u. S. Agents Arrest
Aliens in Erie Yards;
Many Flee Raiders

Agents OF the Department of Justice
and deputy United States marshals Of
New jersey rounded UP ten Germans
yesterday while they were at work in
the Erie yards, in Jersey City. near
the scene Of Tuesdays explosion.
The advent OF the rsndng party
caused commotion among the EN-
ployes, and several aliens scrambled
over fences and got away. The ten
prisoners were examined by William
Wallace, head Of the New York Enemy
Alien Bureau, and will be interned.
All of them had registered and had
cards to prove it. Three asserted that
them in Tuesdays fire. Mr. Wallace
enemy aliens from state census re
police and United States marshals' OF
fees. When that is complete the police
will be asked to supplement it by a
house-to-h house canvass of the city.
Paul kuhling. who leaped from his
workbench in a shop in Varicll Street
at the sound OF the explosions on Tues
day. crying, cat last the Germans are
coming to clean up" was sent to the
Tombs for fifteen days to mediate on
his error.
Anton Manik, who is said to have
tried to snatch q service pin from a
woman. is still under investigation and
probably will be interned. Sixteen
enemy aliens found in Tottenville.
Staten Island, were directed to obtain
DprinitS
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Defects and Ailments To Be
Treated at Special
Hospitals
$4,000 in New York
All Curables Will Be Recalled
to Take Examina-
tons

An order received by the exemption
boards here yesterday from the pro-
vost marshals Office at Washington
provides for the certfcation for full
military service for all men with
durable diseases. This remedial
disease class, which takes in men for
merly rejected, adds $4,000 to the ser
vice eligibles in New York City alone
according to the local director of the
drafts Office
The order marks the second de
parture from the draft act as origi
nally passed on May Is. The first al
teration was embodied in the ques-
tlonnaire, which included for Limited
service those men with physical de-
fects who could utilize their trade OF
profession to the advantage of the
military service
Almost 100000 men rejected under
the provisions of the first draft law
were reclaimed for service
The "remedial class" which will be
known as Glass B, provides for treat.
ment of men suffering from durable
ailments as soon as they are certified
for service. They will be taken to mill
tary hospitals and attended by spe.
cialists.
The curable diseases which warrant
ed exemption until now are hernia, be.
nign tumors, poor teeth, fiat feet anc
nose and throat diseases
Hospitals will be set aside bv the
government for curing such cases
Those who have already been rejected
because of remedial diseases will an
ooubtedly be recalled for another ex-
animation with the PRONUNCIATION of the
new regulation.
Close on the heels of the final in
stalment of the first draft, New York
VIII begin Monday to send the first in.
creWent OF is second draft to Camp
Upton. BY this prompt action the state
Is getting ahead of practically all
others in the Union.
The movement of troops will begin
Monday and will continue for five davs
The state will send to camn l2.22S
men. Of this number, the city will
furnish 6,3S8.
>, There are four divisions at present
They include:
Glass A-Men physically fit for gen
eral military service.
Class B-Fit for military service
when cured of incapacitating ailments
Class Cit for limited service onlv
Class D-Untit for any service.
Of the $4,000 fegistrants in New
ork City about 100000 will be certi-
ned Tor induction into some form OF
service.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Court Finishes Disloyalist;
Workers PummeI a Suspect

ahiS!'meAt informal and formal, fol-
lows hnrd on the heels Of dislova1tv
or suspicion Of it, as two men discov-
cred yesterday.
"'er IN Aoboi.en Joseph Reik. who
was watching 4 detachment Of soldiers
hafcA down First Street. EXPRESSED
nope audlblv that U-ooats would drown
'"c lot OF them. On the instant the
.s0"o 'orsook the soldiers and. led bv
MRS Neil Server, OF 2o5 Bloomfield
9'rees, pursued Reik into an express
office where he was employed.
y policeman rescued him only by
vigorous measures. and half an hour
atser the soldiers had marched past
Heik was marched out of tho Record
u court on the first lap Of q twelve
months sentence
=, IN shls side Of the Hudson Harry
Meyer. whose fellow employees accuse
aim OF frank admiration for Germany
ana remuneration OF President Wilson.
discovered that he had lost his lob
win the Niagara Insurance Company,
Us William Street.
Coworkers Start Inquiry
That discovery followed charges
made against the young man by the
Self-Government League OF the COM
pany and an encounter between him and
MS fellows IN the Office on Wednesday,
IN the course of which Meyer was hus-
tied about in a corridor of the William
Street building and forced 20 kneel and
KISS the American flag.
Meyer was on his way home when the
vigilance committee overtoon him. It's
charges. signed by Robert Hemphill and
ll!lam +. Hunt, were read to him
ihey dated back to the torpedoing of
the Lusitania, when Meyer is alleged to
have appeared wearing a necktie "com-
posed of the German colors-in other
words. the German flag They recited
further that Meyer was Germany's de-
lender and criticised America for enter
ing the war, that he called the Presi-
dent vile name, and placed bets that
Germany would dictate peace terms and
Shat her advance would reach a certain
point by given date. He also was ac-
cused OF twlttlng a young woman en-
pioye with Italian ancestry when she
sought to defend the United States.
In view Of the foregoing." demanded
the spokesman, I'VE now demand that
you get down on YOUR knees and kiss
the American flag. that you swear
allegiance to the United States, and
that you state before this committee:
l am dirty, yellow dog for having
taken the stand | have taken against
the United States and l hereby swear
that from this day forth | will keep
my tongue clean in this respect and
defend America and her Allies when
ever | hear any one uttering treason
against them; so help me God -
Meyer is said to have objected to
kissing the flag. The committee set
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29

strain of front line fighting. The
country spends millions Of dollars to
train these men TO DE front line fight
ers. Yet when these trained fighting
men get to France, two out of every
hve must do back of-the-line" work
IN the transport service, quartermas-
ter's corps, construction and clerical
forces, hospitals and so on.
Colonel Dalton indicated that bill
for the draft of the older men to do
this work would be introduced in Con-
gress soon, and asked the Rotarians
to support it.
Colonel Dalton was optimistic re-
gardlng the shipping situation.
I'VE are much better off regarding
the available tonnage than most per-
sons think" he said. 1--WE will be
able to handle the situation until the
new ships come in.
This country does not need a NUM-
tlons minister. but it should have a
Secretary of Marine After this war
the United States should be next to
the largest merchant marine power in
the world, next to Great Britain
alone"
Concerning the German drive, he
said:
This drive is terrific thing to
mold, but we believe the bulldog deter
minatl1l of the English will hold it,"
Colonel Dalton devoted much of his
speech to a defence of the War De-
rartment and the Wilson Admins
tration's war accomplishments thus
far.
"Considering what we had to start
with, | think We have done very we'll" "
he said. The people Of the United
States must bear the responsibility
Tor any army shortcomings due to the
lack of preparedness. The pleas of the
War Department, in fact OF previous
Admin nistrations, for preparedness were
ignored
"Now we have broken the ice in re-
gard to universal service After this
war it would be most wise to use
the present cantonments for training,
thirty days each year, men between
nineteen and twenty-five"
Colonel Dalton was followed bv the
Rev. DR.. Merle St. Croix Wright, pas
tor of the Fourth Unitarian Churcn.
who spoke on The German War
Philosophy"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Army Rank for Women
Doctors Sought in Bill
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March %. - Repre-
sentative Jeanette Rankin viii put
up another weighty question for deci-
sion to the War Department when she
asks approval for bill to give women
physicians and surgeons military rank.
Several units of women physicians are
planning to go to France shortly to
operate hospitals on wheels behind the
front line trenches. Fifty women doc
tors are already in France.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29

unit, in the home of the farmer. or at
home if he is working near mis- home
In some cases the boys will be given
cultural schools at Delhi, Cobleskill and
Morrisville. They will be paid mini
mum of 1915 weekly the first four weeks,
IS each of the next four weeks and s6.25
per week for the third four weeks.
Their fare. board and washing will be
paid, and they will be given one holiday
week and legal holidays. Boys may
make application through any high
school. Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. Young Mems Hebrew Association
or library.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Alien Property Bill Signed
PRESIDENT Pavcs Way to Seize
German Holdings

WASHINGTON, Marcs, 2s.-presi.
1S1t wilson today signed the bill
Sniea pa7ez the way fer the sale oi
IasYe herman proDe rites In America
she permits the government to acquire
tsns TO the big German steamship piers
arg docks TT Uoboken, n. j.
saaer toe new law, the alien prop
srty custodian does not intend 70 in
sssIsrs with the property OF mere In.
Z III ~ uass, bat aii the great corporate
holdings, which practically were adj.
isnets ~ the German Foreign 0gire
sha fsslitasy system, will be sold ia
pfea& rp the agencies Of sprensiYg
ksstns in America. .
r. Properties and investments Of the
.ls.ssfmas. l.ss. junkers, including the former
1nanesHeY, yon Estbgianu- -HoI veg.
- ersr Of the KAISER himself. viii
Ss void 70 the highest bidders. -
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Drastic Action
Urged to End
Spy Menace
Defence Society and Se-
curity League Unite
in Move
Demand Internment
Enemy Alien Problem Here
Complicated by Lax Meth
DDS, 1t Is Charged

The American Defence Society and
,ss National Security League, working
,,dependeutly OF each other. yesterday
moved 70 end the spy menace = the
former By demanding that lax methods
Of handling the enemy alien situation
cease. and The latter by preparing an
appeal to Washington for more drastic
action under tee espionage act.
The Defence Society. which made
rs protest against existing conditions
in the form Of an open letter to William
wallace, chief Ct the recently formed
New York Port Enemy Alien Bureau,
calls for "extensive intcrnnent IS the
only way 20 prevent further disaster.
The Security League will file formal
recommendation with the government
Laxity Is Protested
While our army and our allies at
the front face military situation OF
unprecedented seriousness" the society
saws in its letter TO Mr. Wallace. "ths
situation at home IS complicated by
the alarming laxity OF officials in deal
ny with the problem OF the alien
enemy. -,
According 20 the figures OF The
New YORK Tribune there are $4,000
enemv aliens in New York. $4,000 Of
whom registered under the Presidents
proclrnation. The extreme slownes IS
with which the registration proceeded
indicated the current of feeling among
them. and tie headlines appearing
from day 70 ddg IN the press show the
effectiveness OF their Vaccinations.
a survey OF headlines for the last
few months shows a constant reltera-
ton of cautions like these: Teuton
Bomb Found on Scow.' Find German
Agents in Munition Works. German
Threatens to Dynamite Building snip
Bomb Mystery Still Unsolved. and SO
CT ad infinltum.
Fer months the American Defence
Society has urged the extensive intern
menr of alien enemies as the only way
10 prevent further disaster.
I'VE believe we are expressing the
feeling Of the majority of the people
Of this city in asking for Immediate
and drastic action"
William Guggenheim, trustee Of the
aociety and head of the New Yorl
Vigilance Corps. commended the ar
resting Of Dr. Muck as q belated bu
encouraging move toward extensive in
ierLment.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-29
Hoboken Elk Exonerated

Walter f. Ahrling, former Exalted
Ruler Of the Hoboken Lodge of Elks,
was found, by jury of Elks, ycster-
day no. guilty Of charges of conduct
unbecoming an Elk. He had been ac-
cused Of having used his influence to
prevent the members OF the uoboken
Lodge participating in the parade to
aid the Second Liberty loan last fall.
Two other Elks face similar charges.
William ID. Bindewall. former secre-
targ of the lodge. and Justus G. Pfcif-
Ter, u former trustee, viii be tried nnxt
Wednesday night.
The specific charges agninat the men
is that after it had been arranged for
the Hoboken Lodge to participate in
the parade, they personally told mem
bers tbs lodge would not parade.