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PREp v RATIONS OF ARMY AND NAVY OFFICIALS AND CIVILIANS FOR DEFENCE Guardsmen Rushed Home Schedules Disregarded in De? partures from Border H Paso, Tex., March It. All former schedules for sending National Guards? men home from this part of the border bare been ordered disregarded and the troops will be sent home in day coaches as rapidly as equipment can be ob taiiied from the railroads. Troops B. ( and 1> of the Tennessee (,'svalry left late to-day in day coaches for Chattanooga, Tenn. The 2d South Carolina Infantry also left for Styx, S. C. The t-th Ohio has entrained. / rtoiH+TUSt PARIS ^ NtW YORK 'TrJl t*?e-J ">?>oe O? aaatKio* WILL Show ^NTORH-ULY^ ((beginning monda r jwsv ions INCLUDING tvert)'available Mobcfrom /lie vwnas most unions 2esiana*s received -yi\i: <<S learns nips ESPAGNE CHICAGO TOURAINB -and ROCHAMBEAU JnltOQucina mana new jasliioti features" newr ke?ere s/io.ou, ?a jrCnicrcca^ ?an? InrUit?ina mcuuj 'ideas ?absolutely exclusive wUkJ?c \\\ -^ Jtnmedtafc detection - '^orj.tna?t ?MZSz3 U. S. to Rush Fleet Of Wooden Ships; May Seize Yards Federal Board Summons Builders to Conference on Emergency Plan Will Aid if War Comes Thousand Vessels Likely to Act as Food Convoys for Allies N\ a.-nington, March 10. - Stepatoward ? ?.'? peedy construction of a large num | ber of wooden ships of from ;',000 to I 'l.fiOO tori register, in American yards : on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to aid ' American industry in greeting the 111 Iteraatiaaal emergency, nets ?"'' ?ay by the Paierai Shipptag Board in ; the issuance of a call to the chief 'builders of such crafl for a meeting with the board here OB Wednesday. The board's progr?male calle for the ; fcdoption of one cr more standard ti7.es, tie tra.iimg of unskilled labor should ?i labor be rrouisitionrd by the fcu.eminent ?? course l'.kely in caso of .?*,?) cooperation of lumber inter and tic railroads in furnishing and lit ine niate After ti,? conference -aritli Atlantic Uuli coast builders the board will Bilden on tbe Pi I i oast. Should the builder- not voluu Bgree upon a uniform pro ! gramme, ?t was broadly intimated to? day that the government might com i mandeer the yard?, and take over the ; work. Tentative c.-'imatrs show that a 8. 600-tOB wuodoii ship ran be built in from four to live months, and that the yarda available can eouatruct 1,000 auch craft within a comparatively short time. I'n sen' plans are ta BBS the vessels ? aniic t rade and, if nie??. ( sat??,, through the Panama I Baal II ???h- Moi that the ?-hips might be u-ed to cor.voy loodstutTs to "other na ?hd?r iatereata would be in bar monv with thoae of th<? United Btati o a <>f war." and that the types would he? choecB for availability.ia war Bl peace. iV. Y. City College Aids National Research Council l?r. Sidaey E. Mr/e.*, president, of the College of the City of New York, ap? pointed <? committee yesterday to co? operate with the National Research I. ouncil by keeping it informed of the progress made ifl research work at the college and by stimulating auch work. The committee is composed (?." Piafes* BO( Charlea Paskervillr, of the chem? istry departm??>it, who ?a chairman; Thomaa A Storey, head of the hygiene department: Frederick G. Reynold . ? raatica; George ??. Scott, biology; Joseph <?'? l Off u . i rederick K. Breithut. chemistry, and Alfred N. i'iitn. radio engineer. Professor Paul Saure!, chairman of the militarv training committee, hag , r rr-e of the collection of data Oil the work of specialists in the college. Pro fei-sor Herbert llolton, who made a ?-urvry oi the training ??.-tern Bt Har? vard, has charpe of the training. The college hatt-alien, man?, atembe 1 of which are ai-o memb-era ?f the Home Defence League, has frequ??nt drills, and Profeaaor Holten hope? to have ?* reeogaiacd bv the gorerameat. In that event th?r government would :uppl? eriuipmei-t ??rid would :''!'<! an officer t? ae1 as instructor. He would be appointed to the professorship of militar ^? d tactics. The traaaformatioB of the sunken garden; m fr< nt of ComptOB Hall into a ??ifl?? range ;, under consideration and a report ia being prepared for the stat? Military Trainii . on th< . nta b tween the eg? and Beieen. Und? r t b? ? ite the?,? mast ?irill threi . week at some ??rmory. German Sailors Sentenced Officers Who Sank Ship in j U. S. Port Get a Year Each Pa-ai-aacOi S. i'., March 10. F.ight ef? firers of the (iernian steamship Liehen* fei*, aunk in I harle?ton harbor OB January "1, to-day were .-cntenced to a year in the Atlanta Federal I'enitrn t ary sad to pay - tine of %r,oo each. They were convicted yesterday ?f link? ing a ve- ? el m a navigable stream. Bond was Axed at $m\. ?? each ease pending appeal, which the defendant! were not immediately able to give. Dynan Stars for Lehigh R ? hlehem, Tenr., March 10. Lehigh oloa-fd her basketball season with an 4? to 10 victory over Dreael Ir.'titute. of Philadelphia here ?o ,}-., I'jnan starred, with eieren basket., to his credit. < The Food of the City | FROM the battery to the Bronx - throughout every neighborhood in Brooklyn ? cast side, west side, all around Greater New York -in every home regardless of class-bread has, in these days of high food prices, come to be the food staple of the city because it is the best, cheapest and most nutritious food you can buy. If you would eat bread which provides the greatest food value for the money - buv the ten cent loaf of WARD'S BREAD (Tip-Top or Dainty-Maid) When you buy either of thesr large size loaves you indeed grt your money's worth. You get morr bread and better bread than in two small loaves it is better tasted won't dry out so quickly has less trust slices, butters and toasts better and in every wav is more satisfactory and econominal. Navy Enrolling 10,000 Civilians To Chase U-Boats from Harbor )00 Vessels Needed to Patrol from New London to Barnegat ?Training Association Opens Campaign? Many Noted Yachts Available The Navy Department, in cooperatioi with the Naval Training Associatioi and other civilian organizations, ha begun an active campaign in ?nrol ii i the Naval l?e?ervx five hundred yacht. ' ?ind power boats and ten thousand me? - approximately the number compris mg the entire navy at the outbreak ol Spanish-American war- for an ad.. Tiate patrol of the 84 Nava! l?? trict, extending trom New London to Harne ]gat. A general office of these organiza? 'tions has heen established at. -<\ (ort ! landt Street, where all the machinery i for enrolling applicants has been in? stalled. Until recently thi- work has been earned on ai the Brooklyn Navy , fard, where Rear^Admirnl Usher, com ; mandant of the district, has his offices. Type ol Boat Needed According to a British na\al officer the type of boat which has proved moat successful as a coast defender, par j ticularly as a submarine chaser, in tho i present war is ? craft of moderate ? speed driven by a .-low-turning engine, i The boats built in Canada under the ?contract with the Electric Boat Com ! Pan** were 80 feet lour and were dri\?n 'by two standard eng.nr? of -i0 horse* I power each, making nineteen na.itical : miles an hour. An analysis of the yacht t't it , ?hows that there are in the United! ; States 1 >_'0 power yachts, ranging from "n to over 150 feet in length. This by no n-.e;.i..- complete many yachtsmen have -.???? lifted then The ?arge majority of th? boat? listed ?rt owned in the 3d Nava Di-trict. In recent table? published ?>v "Th* P.uddet*' MS power-boati ander -to fed and l.'.'T,") or greater length were listec for *'il .. tr ' ' ? , 437 are ho? tween 40 and M fee'. U6 between M feet, '.!'' b? ? ? ? ? ? 60 and "0 feet 122 between 70 and M feet, M bel BO and i"1 foei 17 between M and 100 feet, and .">1 over 100 fee!. .V '.<<> per cent ol those vessels would be of -?in.?- lervicc for ?oast, defence. Available \ essel?. Among these boats are the Conntesa, owied by W, II Hund, -t.. the fa U exprosi i ruisei' of '. ?n; th?' Flyaway II. owned by Commodore Up? iohit: the M a una I.oa. OW1 . .; I modore Arthur ?'urtis^ .lame-; Ralph Pulitzer' Mystery; B. R. Stoddard - Whipppt; the Ifarpesse, atened I .1. Math? son ; Shadow lil. ou iied by (ail G. Fisher* the Raven ill. owned by Commodore Kotch??i : [fatson Wy eth's Boomerang [I, W. P. Boi bl Kos?-mary, William Karl DodfjC1 S?balo, C. P. Brigham'; < lungarhook, K. I.. II. Kisenlohr's ?.\f and boa'? of the Vol? unteer Patrol Sqnadron. Jooenhos Daniel , Secrel Navy, is the honorai- of ths Naval 1 raining Association, ?md its honorary vice-presidents ?**? Hi I., r-aiterlfe, \v. Bntler Duncan, Rs . Pulitzer, Andre. .1. Peters and Alexan? der Van Ren. ?< laer. Fishermen Rush To Fight for U. S. Hardy Gloucester Men Crowd Hall to Enlist in Coast Patrol Gloacester, Ma-?.. March 10.?(?lou? t-ester fishermen responded in force to- j day to their rounirv.? call for service. \ -mall recruiting party, consisting of two officers irotn the Boston navy curd and representatives of the Massachu setts Committee on Pubi;?- Safety | I : into port seeking recruit, foi 1 patrol work. They found their hall 'jammed with fishermen, moat of whom i had just returned from the Ashing ground?. At the first rail for volunteer-, the ?roughly clad seamen .swarmed to the1 platform. In the van was the sturdy form ?T the aeventy-nine-year-old vet? eran, Captain Sol Jacob.*. Brhi'id him WBB the fleet's youngest doryman, with I master mariners and aide seamen el? bowing each other to affix their aigaa? ! tures to the recruiting roll. The enlisting party, head??! by I inef Machinist. A. A. (iothermann and Sur? geon H. L, Smith, worked well into the ! night, and announced thai anoth? <rui':n?_- part| '.?oiJ,ld come from BoatOfl | Monday to tikt eare of further enrol?I ; menta. Naval officers who have been making | a survey of the auxiliary fishing v? - ? | . led their ???. orl to d.i- , having selected forty-One Vf tell '.?hirh I might be tnk< n for governmeBl use m an emergency. a Navy Yard Speeding Up - ? Cruiser Birmingham and Bat? tleship Arizona Repaired f'?e acoul iruiMT Birmiagham, > has been tied up at the navy yard for' ead to o K?mira '?ia>o'i ?Atlant?' fleet, and the h g battleship! ! Arizona, one of the two largest m tin? American navj end lister hip of the flagship Pennsylvania, wilt he readv to leave arithin a weeh. The Ar.?una came to the ?.aid leal lhati six week- hit" with a broken turbine, and the fart that ''?at tuce a.(I ?re Would not be rr?.]>- fot rea for four month*. . hOB a? what peed work a' the '.Hid nod oti- There ?.r?- h? ? ? ent only two ?coui cruiser nrlt-h the le fleet? and Admiral Maye need nf thii type of craft. Belgian Queen's Hospitals Ask for American Aid Frederick H. Allen, recently returned fresa the Western battit front, bah is? sued a', appeal urging American?1 to ; | eon tri bo te to the two hospitals whirh Rlizaboth, Queen of the Belgians, i? conducting on the narrow strip of her land which he? between the Genuaasl and the e? Roth of these hospitals are near I.? l'aime, and the Queen, Mr. Allen aajra, : pends -ever^l hour: a da? in each. ; RUperintending tue care of the wound? ed, lor this ?.cork she dependa almost, 'entirely upon aubacriptioaa by Kngland and Praace. With the beginning of the Allied ?ir:\e t h's spring th? duties; placed wpoii lei shoal-lei-a Will be heavier than ever before. Mr. Alien a?ks that contributions be sent in his rare to '.'00 Fifth Avenue, \'ew York ("itv. -1 Mule's Ears Used As Death Certificat? Problem o? Burial Solved fo Puzzled Cjii.4rdsnien By tiif? time that l'arrel!. ?>f the (Jua. tennait? ment of the National (iuard. that Generiere lay ?kad upon th? amp ?Vhitmai her so ;1 had beei too long tVd to permil her bodj b? m presented al headquarters a- proof o her .h ' burial pro v .;. .1 Ye? audei .?i'!.!. ? . Gene be pronounced olRcinl I) deceased until her bodj ? i .-.. proof then life Generiere was .? difficull mule te moi e. Wiiilr Captain I "ai 11 ? '??. ? t this military problem tl ?rbicli bad inspired ?' 1.,. tai .. d promising beneath the ky. M the offic appealed tn hcadqUI liiition. and hisdquartei -1 nmped. I If one thin** it s s Il had ' .. de re lo ha e .1 I? d? i", ited s e city ;. prr.nl' ' nu' il ( ? HS DO m? All other 1 b?. luid up while the the pussle if a regular had ? into the cent re 0 ? ?? mili? tary acti? itie the other da' He heard the troubles o? hi amateur brethren ;at d then laughed. "Send for hrr m\ ." he Uffgi '.'ii Yesterday two * ' -a 111 put at f.l r.ir la-, in :. b? headquarters, and Gene? eve, on ??.h" head the; had < ?cr?-i' in the re? problem no looicei burial. Captain James W. Dixon Dead ? spta 1 Jam? Wyllyi llixon, ;. rel eran of the < Ml u... ..?. rl campaign . died ' rom spopl? .lay m' I . home, 241 !? ranklin I lushing. He *?? old and wai bor I II? was a mrmher of Georjte Huntsman Post, <>rand Army of thi Repuh e, and ..f ;he Loyal Laeffion. brot !?er and t ero ' . ... Daniels Enlists Aid of Builders Of Motor Craft Will Learn Nation's Capac? ity for Making U-Boat Chasers Conference Is Called Naval Officers Seek Wooden Boats About 110 Feet Long for Defence Washington, .March 10. Plans for, the immediate construction of a large number of submarine chaecrs for use ? the navy in coast patrol work will ?d with motor boat builders at :? conference called by Secretary Daniels to meet here Monday. The be ordered, as well as the number, it 19 understood, will de P'imI i] the builders say as to the ?opacity of their plants. The Navy Department ha- deigns for several types of chasers, ranging from 80-foot boats up to big, swift ? , ? more than 1 '?0 feet in length. In order . I of the small boat that dot the American coasts, || propo ed to build many of the. ? o?..I. instead of steel, in |y different labor ami a!-o I ? kterial mar-, I ' Larger Boa??, l'a\i>red ? off) ?. generally have favored ; A boat 110 feet long ? ?.?.ou!.! keep the sea continu? ousl] m ordinary weather fora consid-, ?rable period. Heavier gun-, could be ? i lind living conditions for the to bettor. ..s been estimated that ih?* ? :..i en could bo constructed in two, month* o.- less, and that dual .. produced B< th? rate of thirty ;i ?reek thereafter. The engine *uppl) probablj would br th. govern? bul il : believed that with to require manufacturing take navy orders this can be IH her Data Are bought <'n M< id also the major ihipbuild? g eompeni? ?.'I furnish ihr <r,-m. iili written statements of their capitalisation , contracts, plant plan.? and oth??r data to distribu? '.. i Iding programme the speeding tip requirements ? d by Congre - \*'. M? ? inference repre tativi the i mufaeturers who supply ?iiarliinery and equipment fur navy vesaeU will tee the Secretary. Th?* See ?m? to (rI| npei gin?* and boiler builder for codpora imilar to that for ?hieb ? I pbuildei U.S.ShiPGain,313,814Tons Increase Due to Transfers to American Registry M.. ? larch i". ? I be Amei can merchant narine ha? mude h net -?'.-H gross tons through linee the lluropemi \?..ir bc-an, 11 a Navigation Bureau an? nounced to-day. Actually, however, a rn iter number of v? tel - left the v .,' II ng i ' came under it, but. egisl ry m most. hips of large tonnag?-. ? Rockaway in Coast Defence \ compnny to complete the re lei of , . , , ? i lefenee Command ol ?? ional Guard is to be organised in Far Rockaway. Colon? 1 : ' ? . ommander of the K h, n,. red the application-, of 101 ind will for em to adjutant <?cncral Rtotet* bury tr"~ "'' inetion \ loon as ed on them media will go to Fs r Rock men. _ BROOK I WS BES r KN0 M'.V _ -===== PIANO HOUSE S-S=atSAUmm\tomnm ONE PRICE NO COMMISSIONS COMPENSATIONS of the SPECIALISTS' SERVICE When you buy ;i SU rlinju; Piano you pjcl not only ;ill that is bes! in progressive piano construction, but you gel tlie com? pensations which are really obtained from llic sen'ices of llii*- great organization ?f piano specialists. A genuine service backs every purcha.se you make antl in even branch of th'' business il strives to maintain the honor tu which lli< name Sterling 11 .? i *-. attained. Tuning out/ Tone Restoring Repairing and Rebuilding Moving and Bowing for shipment \ i W Pianos for Uni I til Pianos taken in Exchangt Returned Reniais ni l<>:K- juin .?,? Exchanged Pianot ni low prices ( abinets, Bench* s mul Scarfs Music Rolls ut special prices Victrolas and Victor ??tennis Prompt A it lo Delivery Service Our iah im n arc rmployed on ? salary; nml tin v an employed because <>i their musical experience nul ability, general kii?t\vl<?djt<- oi Piano construction and tone raluea and their qualifications to jive the intelligent informa tinti d?sir???! by i porchaaer; thej are strict!* in our employ and receive no commissions ?>r money interest outside of their salaries as an inilin?? m? ut i<> make ? ial. or make representa? tions t" \'>u which are noi -.tri?-tI\ trm ?n? Sterling Piano c* Manufacturera, Merlin? Building 51S-520 Kulton Street, Cor. Hanover PUrr. Bi??oklyn, N. Y. Irlrphonr ..?MMI M.iin ?onnrrla All llrpurtmriil? Pli ?. i \ i ? UNO HI I? i i ? Jersey Urged to Prepare Bill Provides for Military and Industrial Census The National Security League has urged New Jersey to make the prepara for ..ational defence already ted by other states. To-morrow, ? .1. r its auspices, a bill will be intro? duced in th? Legislatur? at Trenton empowering the Governor to take a military and industrial census of the *tate and follow this with whatever Itopa he consider? necessary to equip for war, The bill provides: "The Governor is authorized to caj with a censu? ard Inventory of the re? sources of the state in men and mate iia'.s available for use in the event of '?ar. and the information thereby se? cured will be placed a' th? ?ervice of hoth the state and Federal govern? ments." Massachusetts, Khode Island and Connecticut have formed, under the in? spiration of the league, provisional ?ommittees of public safety, appointed by the Governors. Plan to Save U. S. Fleets Retaliation Proposed for Can? ada's Fishing Orders Washington, March 10. Measures to keep the celebrated Gloucester fishing (loot of hundreds of small well as the American fishing fleet m the Pacific, under the American flag were considered to-day at a conference between Secretary Redfteid and Com? missioners Brent of the ?shipping Board and .Smith of the Pisheriei Bureau. Canadian ports, reported t?> he act? ing under order? of the Dominion go* crament, have refused to seil lupplies and even food to crews of Am? rishing craft unless the catch w.*r<* sold In Canada instead of the i ni ted Si il It is said here i?:?i? ?he Canadian "rninpif' wants th? American boats to replace those sent to the war zone. Officials at to-day'l conference .ire under-'ood to favor r?introduction of the Chamberlain amendment to ?lie shipping bill, prohibiting the importa? tion of fish, unless under bond, Si n retaliatory measure. Business Men Named to Aid Army's Buyers Organization of U.S.Cham? ber of Commerce Com? mittees Completed Part of Defence Plan All Parts of Country Respond Promptly to Secretary Baker's Request .' ? "? . * Huraaia, tVaaaiagtOB, March 10. The S tary of War, Newton D. Baker, as pre* idctit of the Council of National De? fence, recently requested the Chamber of Commerce of the United States tj appoint local committee.?, through affiliated commercial organizations throughout the country, ?I cooperate with tin? arm* district depot quarter? masters in the purchasing of supplias now authorized by law. The work of organizing the commi? tees was intrusted to Ba?-com Little. formerly pre ident of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the committee on national ?I? fence of the national ehaatttr. , lick ha? nein the response from aU parts of the eoaatry that the com mit'.e.?* are now prs-rtically complete. Seen tary lioodwin of the I lined Sta?. - Chamber laid to-day that tkaae earn? linttee? would coop?r?t?? continually. Their personnel is announcer) in the March issue of "The Nation's Baal? r.ess," the official magazine of _? . tioi.ul chamber, ae followi: *? New York Edward D. P.,ge Ln* R. Eastman, jr.. Hills Brother, r?!? pany; Daniel P. Morse, Morse *t ?? crs; A. L Salt and Henry K. To*?1 president Yale & Towne ManufeetI2 I Chicago H. IC I.\t.ar,i, \,(e.pr??i(j,r. Hibbard-Simon-Bartlett 4*o npany _ fred Decker. Alfred Docker 4 ?fi Ml ton J Floriheim. Fl?rsheim '$k_ Company: William Y lis;..? Vfa.,?r*' F.eld - Co.; John MacMahonTfS nt Raid, Murdoch ?t Co. Philadelphia?-Calvin M Smyth, ??>?, i'"'. Young-Srayth-Ficld ? .nip?!??; ? pre id _^as Compan] '' ? l ? K >:, lidenl \ I Krschbi.?, pr? . Leather t'ompain 860 More Army Officers Gen. Bell Recommends Enlist, ed Men at Border !'. T. El Taso, Tc\ . Marcii 10. 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