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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
PREsENT SHIPS OBSOLETE

One effect it was said, of the adop- tion of the cruiser -battleship programme would be to render obsolete all existing battleships. The speed of these ne" type vessels would be useless in indivld- ual ships, officers said, and to construct an entire fleet of them would present a stupendous cost. It was pointed out that when Great Britain launched the dreau. naught she gave Germany an opportun' itv to catch up to some extent In naval power, since all older vessels were al once out of date.
 In conferences with the British, French and Italian admiralty officials. Secretary Daniels and his aides Will seeh full light upon every lesson taught py the naval engagements of the great war that had bearing on ship design. II has been said that since there was only one occasion when the opposing battle fleets came into action against each other, no clear light had been thrown by the war on this subject, but in the views of the officers who were with the British fleet during the battle the Amer ican officials probably can find the pass of the full report on ship types Whlch they will formulate.
 Contracts for the battle cruisers were awarded in March,. 1917, but in the case of most plants it was necessary to build
  fore these were completed available shipbuilding facilities were concen- trated on destroyers and merchant ships and work on capital war ships held up.
 However, much materials for the ships has been assembled and some work has been done on the engines.
 The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company has the contract -or two of the cruisers, while the Fore River ward and the New York Shipbuilding company each has the contract for one The other two were to have been laic down in navy yards, one at the League Island plant at Philadelphia.
 As designed the ships were to have had a tonnage of G,Oo0 and speed or 35 knots They would have been $50 feet long. 9l feet broad and would have car ried ten 14-inch rifles, eight torpedo tubes, eighteen 5-inch rifle and many other smaller guns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
DEFENDS INCREASE

Director General Hines defended the
 increase in railway employees as nec-
 .ssary to place the roads on war oasis to meet the high percentage or labor turnover due to the railroads constantly losing trained workers through the military draft and the ~t- traction of higher wages in war indus- tries and to the necessity of operating a vast number of special passenger and freight trains that involved "an un- usual empty car mileage"
 There also had to be sufficient force. Mr. Lines said, to meet any emergencies that might arise, partic- rlariy those incident to severe winters. The very facts that MT. Elliott cites,
 continued Mir Hines, strongly empha- sized that federal control has important opportunities under peace conditions to improve the situation through eliminat- ! ng the extra costs which were due to q var necessities. We are endeavoring to Make advantage of all these opportuni- 9es and to bring about an adjustment in the public interest, having at the same time due consideration of the ne- cessities of the general industrial situa- tion. I welcome and am aided by under standing and discriminating criticism which seeks to fasten on the railroad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
DEATHS

James P. Neal-Infant son of Mir and Mrs. Robert A. Neal died at the resi- dence 1900 Avenue l, yesterday morn ing The remains will be sent to Rome, Ga, this morning by Shaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
SUBMITS DOCUMENTS

Mir. Robins submitted to the com mittee copies of cablegrams which he said passed between Ambassador Fran cis and the state department and tele grams and letters which he asserted were sent him by the ambassador. The witness explained that his purpose in offering these documents was to show that at all times his relations with the ambassador were valued and cordial and that he was authorized by Am bassador Francis to maintain contact with the bolshevists.
 One of the letters was given him by Ambassador Francis, MT. Robins said. ito provide against the possibility of error in statement and subsequent re- futation of any authorization to repre- sent the ambassador in the manner in- dicated by his verbal instructions" This was at a time. when, according to the correspondence, MT. Robins was in con ference with Lenine and Trotzky and other officers of the soviet government, seeking to prevent the signing of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
 Another letter which MT. Robins said was written by Ambassador Francis contained statements as to what the United States might do in case the treaty was not signed. MT. Robins told the committee the letter was given him to be used at his discretion as evil dence to Lenine and the officials of the all-Russian soviet at Moscow to aid in the prevention of the ratification of the treaty and "as evidence of the will ingness of the ambassador to urge against intervention in Siberia by the Japanese"
 Others of the documents were cre- dentials. They were presented by MT. Robins as indicating the specific char acter of his unofficial relationship as special representative of the ambassa- dor with the soviet government" One letter mentioned the ambassadors eff forts ito bring railroad men to the as- sistance of the soviet government" and bring about the laid of the military missions toward organizing an army" for that government and of the fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
I. W. W. MOST ACTIVE

The I. W. w. is perhaps most ac- lively engaged in spreading this prop uganda and has at its command large field force known as recruiting agents, subscription agents, etc, who work un- ceasingly in the furtherance of the cause
 "This organization publishes at least five newspapers in the English Ian guage and nine in foreign languages, as shown in the list given below. This list comprises only official papers or the organization and doees not take into account the large number of free lance papers published in the interest Of the above organization"
 The newspapers listed were: The New Solidarity English, weekly, Chicago; One Big Union, English, monthly, Chi cago; Industrial unionist, English, weekly. Seattle: California Defense Bull letin, English. weekly, San Francisco. ly, New York; La Neuva Solidaridad, Spanish, weekly, Chicago; Golos Tru- zenta, Russian, weekly, Chicago; Ii Nuove-P Prolitari. Italian, weekly, Chi c1go, Nya vartden, Swedish, weekly, Chicago; Der Industrialer Arbiter, Jew ish, weekly. Chicago; Probuda. Bull garian, weekly, Chicago; A Felsbadus, Hungarian, weekly, Chicago.
 COINCIDES WITH ROBINS
 The information furnished by Mir. Lamar coincides to an extent with the statements reiterated today by Ray mond Robins, former head of the Amer ican Red Cross mission in Russia, when he again appeared before the committee, primarily to answer state ments concerning him made Saturday by David R Francis, American ambas sador to Russia.
 MT. Robins insisted that it was the desire of bolsheyists to overthrow all the governments of the world and in their place set up terroristic govern ments, similar to those in Russia. He said he did not know of his own knowl- edge that bolshevists from Russia actu- ally were engaged in trying to accomp- fish this purpose in the United States but that he was convinced certain peo- pie here were engaged in propagating bolshevist ideas.
 The I. w. w." he added, "has been doing it for 20 years"
 In reply to questions MT. Robins said he did not know whether bolshevist agents were being sent into South America, but he agreed with Senator King of Utah that 1t was quite prob able the Russian reds would under take to aid any radical groups wher- ever operating.
 Turning to Ambassador Francis tes timony, Mr. Robins denied that he had gone to the headquarters of the bol- shevists in Petrograd. asked about their principles and indicated his approval of them. He also denied that he had ever pretended to represent the Ameri- can government in Russia. Ambassador Francis told the committee he had heard MT. Robins was spoken of in Moscow Is the mouthpiece of the Amer ican government and as consequence the ambassador thought it wise to make public announcement that state ments coming from sources other than the American embassy were not au- thoriZed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
GENERAL DISAGREEMENT

from studies of foreign plans and spec ifications."
 GENERAL DISAGREEMENT
 The navy has not had similar con troversy over ship designs for ten years In this case the navy general board charged with deciding upon the military characteristics of new ships. disagrees with the opinion of the high officers who have had experience overseas in the present war. On the board are two for mer commanders of the Atlantic fleet, Rear Admirals Badger and Fletcher. They believe that the construction Of both dreadnaughts and battle cruisers should continue.
 The difference of opinion began last year when the British admiralty decided to alter the plans for the battleshlp Hood to make her a composite battle ship and battle cruiser. n1 effect the decision was to build very high speed battleshp, sacrificing gun power to some extent for speed, but retaining the defensive armor of a ship of the line The Hood vii carry eight 15-inch rifles, full battleship armor and have speed of a little more than % knots an hour. Her displacement is in excess ol 40000 tons.
 It is understood the original purpose of the construction of the Hood was to produce a vessel to meet the raids of the German battle cruisers on the British coast Officers who have no1 taken sides in the dispute here say that so far as they know Great Britain has not laid down any additional ships of this type.
 The advantages of a very high speed battleship however, appealed strongly to American ideas overseas and have urged this construction so strongly that the whole building programme here for a time threatened to be blocked by failure of the naval establishment to agree on what was desirable.
 It was originally planned to bring Vice Admiral sims home as head of the gen eral board in order that the differences might be worked out there, but he pre- ferred duty at the naval war college to which he was assigned in naval orders made public today.
 Examining the Hood design, some of- ficers said that the gun power Of this huge vessel was of little more than hasi of the broadside weight of the new American dreadnaughts carrying twelve 16-inch guns Some officers have esti- mated that to get such gun power in a ship that would approach 30 knot speed and at the same time carry full battleship protection would require a 55, ,OO0-ton ship of about 900 feet length, the cost of which would be not be less than s40,000,G00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-11
SUSPENDED ON SIX CRUISERS
 TILL FUTURE TYPE
 IS DECIDED UPON

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
LOCK LIKE A SAFE
FOILS MOTOR THIEVES
Philadelphia Company Makes
One That Can't Be Broken
or Picked

The F.. O. b. Manufacturing Company.
with executive offices In the Real Estate
Trust Building. is marketing an automo-
bile lock that will foil the most expert
car crook
In explaining the construction Of this
lock, Mr.. Howard. general sales man
ager OF the company. said
Every newspaper you pick up con-
tains some mention of the enormous in
crease in motor thefts. This increase Ia
due TO two reasons--first, carelessness
on the part of car owners who leave
their cars unprotected second. the fact
that "A great majority of car crooks are.
as many car losers will attest, very
adept at picking auto locks.
When we perfected the +. o. b. COM
bination automobile lock we took this
latter fact into account and endeavored
TO make a lock that could not be picked.
our lock is a combination lock similar
to the safe locks and can only be un-
locked by the car owner knowing the
correct combination. Every lock has its
own combination. Il is made from
aluminium alloy with a tensile strength
of 10000 pounds to the square inch. II
can't be hammered or pryed Off
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
ATLANTIC CITY
BOXING REVIVED
Jeff Clark Meets Booker i'm
Wind-Up at Opening Show
Tomorrow Night
II. TAYLOR MATCHMAKER

Boxing is about to break out In
Atlantic City The hustling match.
maker brought some of the shore breeze
into the office yesterday and confided
that boxing was going big" in Allan
tic City this season. Herman Taylor is
the boxing official who will be respon-
sible for the class of boxing at the
shore. In that evsnt successful shows
are assured.
Matchmaker Taylor plans to have the
best boys available TO exhibit. He
virtually has clinched contracts with
Joey Fox, Johnny Tillman, Clay Turner.
Benny Nalger, Joe Burman and Ted
(Kid) Lewis for at least one appearance
this season.
The Atlantic City Sporting Club will
throw open its doors tomorrow night
for the first time this season. JEFF
Smith, of Bayonne. y. j., has been
named to appear in the wind-up against
Jim Booker. a colored middleweight.
Matchmaker Taylor yesterday wanted
to prove that Jeff Smith was a star and
proceeded to place on display $1,000
gold belt, the property Of Smith. The
engraving was in French, but Inter
prefer Taylor INFORMED us tnat II was
embematic OF the French middleweight
championship. Smith hopes to put away
Booker, and thereby start the season
right.
Patsy Johnson, OF Trenton, has drawn
the assignment as an entertainer In the
semiwind-up. Dave Astey will oppose
him in an eight-round battle. One six
and one four-round bout will precede
the two eight-round sessions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
PRO" GOLFERS
TOPLAY SERIES
Four Cities to Be Repre-.
sented i'm Matches Planned
for the West
WORKING ON SCHEDULE

Chicago, March 12.--Plans are under
city golf matches. to be contested this
season, it was learned today The cities
represented are Chicago. Minneapolis
st. Louis and Detroit, each to have -four
professionals in the contests.
Bob Macdonald. Jock Hutchinson
Phil Gaudin and Eddie Loos are the
Chicago players: Tom Nardon George
Sergeant. Jack Burke and Cyril Walker
are the Minneapolis professionals Wal
ter Hagen, Alexander Ross, Diegel and
Wilbur Oakes the Detroit contestants
and Jim Barnes, Stewart Maiden and
two unnamed golfers the St. Louis four
-Four games are to be played in each
city and work on the schedule is now
under way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
BENEFIT CAGE GAME
Old.Time St. Simeon Team Plans
Comeback for Bows Overseas

The famous PIT" in the basement of
st Simeon's Protestant Episcopal
Church. Ninth street and Lehigh avenue,
Will have a bareback of its old days on
Friday night. when four members of the
team that represented st. Simeon's In the
old Philadelphia League during the sea-
son of 1905-06 will take part in benent
game. playing against Hancock, second
place winners in the American League.
Kid Dark is staging the, battle, and
the proceeds will provide welcome
home banquet for the 1bS young men
from that church who are in the service.
The line up at the start will be Dark
and Cole, forwards Haggerty, center,
and Wick and Allie Mclaughlin, guards.
Jack Boyd, who played guard with Nc
Laughlin. Is out of town, and Toner, the
center of the old team. is dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
BRUCE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Veteran Track Coach Given An.
other Position at ,afayette

Easton. Pa. March 1.-THE appoint
ment OF Harold Anson Bruce as director
of athletics OF Lafayette College was
announced yesterday by Mr.. Thomas
Fisher, chairman of the trustees COM
mittee on athletics. The appointment
OF Mr.. Bruce is the second step in the
reorganization OF athletic affairs at the
Easton institution. The first step was
the appointment of DR.. John B. Surnrr-
land to coach of the FOOTBALL team. The
appointment OF Mr.. Bruce is likely to
be followed by the appointment of a
graduate manager within few days.
Mr.. Bruce has been at Lafayette as
director OF physical training since 1909.
During that time he has built up a very
strong department Of physical training.
has combined II with the development
of track teams for the college and has
attained both for himself and hisS
proteges an enviable reputation in the
realm of sport. The new appointment
will not interfere with Mr.. Bruce's man
agement of physical training and track
athletics at the college.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
IN,

MAJOR ROBERT KET.SO CASSATT,
IVl head of Cassatt & Co. bankers, who
has Just returned from the war college.
Washington, led more than half his em-
ployes TO war. He was followed by
two other members Of the firm Majors
stewart and Ward. and by twenty-five
of the rank and file
In commemoration OF the fine record
In war service of Cassatt & co. hand
some bronze tablet has been cast, which
hangs In a conspicuous place in the
office, Commercial Trust Building. and
reads as follows:
Permanent Record of the Members
OF our Organization
Engaged in the Military or Naval Serv.
Ice OF the United States During
the World War
Major r. n Cassatt
Major W. Plunkett Stewart
Major T. Johnson Ward
Private Louis Carson
Captain John w. Converse
Major A. J. Antelo Devereux
Lieutenant w Grahm Glass
Oliver H. Grubb. c p. O., L. s. y.
Private Il. Clifford Hammer
'Captain Howard II. Henry
Ensign Frederick @. Hostetter
Captain Robert Hunter
Lieutenant Harry ]. Lawrence, Jr
Ensign Neville Leary
Private Rene q. Lyet
Private Willis $. McCauley
Lieutenant Paul j. Nowland
Lieutenant A. J. Drexel Paul
Corporal Russell J. Sellers
Private Charles p. Shaw
Major r Penn Smith, Jr.
Sergeant w. Donnell Stewart
Lieutenant Emmett r. Tatnall
Sergeant ]. Walter Walleigh
Lieutenant William l.. Waring Jr.
",That this Nation, Under God, Shall
Have a New Birth of Freedom, and
that Government Of the People.
by the People, for the Peo-
pie, Shall Not Perish
from the Earth.
Major w. Plunket Stewart is with the
army of occupation in Germany. Major
Ward. who has recently returned, was
one Of the $50 officers on the general
staff. who. under General March. chief
of staff, controlled the destlnies of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
SELECT STAR TEAMS
Officials of American Basketball
League Choose Two Ouintets

The post-season meeting of the Amer
lean Basketball League announced last
night that last seaGon has been the best
financially in the leagues history. Other
business transacted was the picking Of
two all-league teams.
The first all-league team lineup irf-
cludes Liz Powell. Hancock and little
Cal Gallagher. forwards; Jocko Law
renee, St. COLUMBIA, center. and Harry
Franckle, Dobson, and James Brown, st
Columbia guards The second team in
cludes Bill Black, Yours Truly, and Zid-
die Trautwein, Hancock, forwards Sam
Moorehead, Dobson, center; Lou Martin,
st. COLUMBIA, and Eddie Armstrong, Han
cock, guards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
HANNA, TENNIS
OFFICIAL, DIES
President of Phila. and
Suburban League Vic
tim of Pneumonia
ONLY SICK ONE WEEK

Hosmer Hanna. one of the most popu-
lar and best known of tennis players
and officials Of this city. died early this
morning at his late residence. 544 San
som street, victim of pneumonia.
The announcement of Mr.. Hanna's
death was great shock TO his numer-
Gus friends and acqualntances Few
were aware of his Illness as he par
ticipated in the middle states covered
tennis championship tournament on the
roof or the Wanamaker roof two weeks
ago, and was spectator at virtually all
the junior matches week ago.
Last Wednesday he complained of
having slight cold and not feeling well.
He thought nothing Of this, but on
Thursday. when his condition was no
better, decided to &c to bed under
physicians care
Instead of improving his condition
took turn for the worse. Hope was
held out that he would pull through,
but he passed away early this morning
lie is survived by widow. Funeral
services will be held Saturday afternoon
at O'Clock from the funeral parlors
of William Chew. Eifty-sixth and Spruce
steets.
Mr.. Hanna was leading factor in
the tennis circles in this city for many
years He was president of the Phila-
delphia and suburban Tennis League, n
member of the executive committee OF
the Philadelphia and District Lawn Ten
/ mis- League. member of the Board OF
/ Govrnors OF the Stenton Athletic Club.
chairman of the tennis committee OF
the Stenton A. G. and secretary of the
! Philadelphia Indoor Tennis club. He
also was a member of the Cynwyd Club.
When It was proposed that an indoor
| tAnniS fnlirnapnpHt no hold In this oil q
Mr.. Hanna volunteered his services and
worked day and night to make the
tourney success. In addition to being
a member of the committee he entered
the tournament and played In the sing
les and in his spare moments referred
some of the matches. His loss will be
| 4 great one to the local tennis circles
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12

to go. lie was undersized and under
weight, but IN May, 1918, he was called.
six weeks later he was in France and
on the nghting line with the Seventy
ninth Division. L happened that they
needed "a man In one of the companies
at Camp Meade to fill out, and they put
him In.
As machine gunner he went over the
top three times. lie was in front all
the time he was in France and raw
heavier fighting than any OF the others.
He was several times commended tor
bravery and wounded once
MIR. Sellers is still over there After
trying long and hard TO get in and fall
Ing" he writes, ''it seems that now they
have me they can't do without me, and I
feel very proud OF that fact" At the
signing of the armistice he was recalled
just when about to go over the top a
fourth time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-12
CAMP TOO BUSY
FOR A. A. U. WORK
Yale Athletic Authority De-
clines to Run for Amateur
Sports President
PLANS MASS ATHLETICS

New Haven, March 12.
vNTALTER CAMP. head of the athletic
~ division OF tho navy commission on
training camp activities and for thirty
years athletic adviser of Yale, today is-
sued statement, declining TO allow
the use OF his name as a candidate for
the presidency of the A. A. U.
r- He stated that, between his private
business duties and his work in connec-
tion with recreational sport in the navy
and aviation fields, he Is unable to de-
vote tho time needed to the presidency
of the A. A. u.
His statement asserts that Industrial
athletics, recreational sport to the mass
es, Is the great problem OF the future,
and that he proposes. to regard 1t as his
life work. His statement Is as follows:
II regard It as a very great honor
TO have been considered as head of
the A. A. u, a body which has made
suoh q record for the advancement OF
athletic sports. But, unfortunately. II
would be impossible for me to consider
tho acceptance of the position because
1 could not give the time that it would
require.
II was obliged for similar reasons to
decline the invitation from the new Ma
tional Boxing Board. an organization
which has grown out of the war and
which should be of great aid to that
branch of sports.
Every boy and man, every girl and
woman has a heritage of health in play
and believe that the greatest field fol-
our endeavor will be that of industrial
athletics, and in this al lof our most
powerful organizations should becomt
factors
IF one considers Americanizatlon II
this country. he finds that the cleares,
democracy is that of the athletic field
whether In school, college or club"