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Pennsj ! ? - r- Bill
Against ?caching
Of German Vetoed
Governor Says People Must
Not ??e Hysterical in
Their Patriotism; Sees
Much Good in Language
HARRISBURG, Penn., May 3.?Gov?
ernor Sproul to-day announced that
he had vetoed the bill sponsored by
Davis, of Indiana Coun?
ty, forl teaching of German
in the ' ools and in the nor
,-ing that the people
:?? it :. . srical in their patriot?
ism and must view questions growing
ou <<:' the war in a broad, liberal
manner.
The bil 1 the House 180 to 7,
and the s : ite by 43 to '?'??
In h !iii' Governor said:
il doubt that the mo
lives which impelled the passage of c
this measure by the Legislature were \
highly patriotic and that the intention i
of the author in the matter is entirely r
good, I cannot believe that the effect of i
this proposition, were it enacted into r
law, would be beneficial to our people. ?
"Nowhere in Pennsylvania public
schools is there any requirement that i
any one shall study German unless he 1
i so elects. Whatever may be our feel- t
i inga toward our national enemies in y
Europe, now happily canquished b your (
noble allies and ourselves, no good end ?
could be xserved by forbidding our ?
! young men and women the advantage '
of acquiring a familiarity with the Ger?
man language. There are over 125,000,- ?
: 000 people in the world to whom this
language is the mother tongue, and a
very large proportion of the population
of 1'enn.syvania is made up of people
who are of Teuton stock.
"Whether we are to remain at peace
with the German-speaking nations in
Europe, or whether we are to again
i meet them in combat, it will be to our
advantage to know their language. If
we are to trade with them or again to
fight them a knowledge of their lan
| guage would give us an advantage
which is not inconsiderable. Officers
returning from the battlefield in France
say that one of the particular reasons
I why our Pennsylvania troops were so
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:!Tective in battle against the Germana
vas that so large a proportion of them
mderstood the language and could
neet the enemy upon his own ground,
inderstand his commands and his sig
ials and be forewarned of hi? military
itrategy.
".Moreover, much that is worth while
n science, in engineering, in art, in
iterature and in music has been writ
en in the German language, and it
vou'.d place our people at a decided
iisadvantage if our students were not
ible to read these writings and under
itand the shades of meaning in the.
iriginal."
English Language Law
For Churches Assailed
By Nebraska Lutherans
Special Corrcspomtinri'
OMAHA, Neb., May 3.?-The German
Lutheran Church here to-day filed a
?suit atacking the new Nebraska law,
requiring all religious services and
school exercises to be conducted in the
English language, asking the court for
an injunction to prevent the Governor
and the Attorney General from enforc?
ing the statute.
The Missouri Synod of Lutherans,
nearly all of whose pastors are native
Germans, was the plaintiff. Leaders
Df the Church contend the law of con?
trary to the Constitutions of the
United States and of Nebraska, which
errant complete religious freedom, as it
prevents worship according to the in?
dividual conscience. The case will be
heard next week.
Baby Buggies Raise Rents
Landlord Says They Are a Nui?
sance and Charges Accordingly
PASSAIC, N. J., May 3.--A. D. Mason,
jwner of the Washington apartments,
?t 140-144 Bloomiield Avenue, has
?erved notice to-day on two tenants
.hat, beginning June 1, their rent will
ic raised $25 and %?,0 a month rcspec
.ively. Mr. Mason declares frankly his
mrp'ose is to force the tenants to va
:ate their apartments because of their
?efusal to stop leaving baby carriages
n front of the building.
The baby carriages, Mr. Mason de
ilares, are a nuisance. He said he had
lotiiied the tenants that they must
? top parking them in front of the
ipartmcnt house.
May Day Quiet in Vienna;
Red Flags, but No Disorder
VIENNA, May 2.?May Day passed
?uietly in Vienna, street cars, cabs and
rains were running. There were a
!ew parades and celebrations and some
red flags were displayed, but there
vas no disorder.
The streets were filled with well
Iressed promenaders as on other holi?
days and thousands went into the
?ountry, where the farmers, men and
Ocean Fliers
Are Made Arm
Of IL S. Navy
Continued from page 1
and equipped with experimental pro- ?
pellers, but failed to rise from the j
water. Commander John H. Towers
said this was due to a defect in the j
propellers.
Throughout the afternoon the NC-1
was swung to determine the varia- j
lion of her compass. This was not
completed until 5 o'clock, and although j
the beach crew worked hard to put
fuel aboard, the task was not finished
in time for a flight before dusk.
'Planes Formally Commissioned
The commissioning ceremony took
place at 11 o'clock. The eighteen men
who will form the crews of the three
boats were lined up in front of the ?
NC hangar. On the concrete base in I
front of the hangar were the NC-1 ?
and NC-3. Inside the hangar was the
NC-4, while beside her lay the NC-2,
shorn of the wings that had enabled
her to do the experimental work which j
will bring glory to her more fortunate
sisters. Those wings now adorn the :
NC-1.
Outside a bugler sounded 'Fall in." j
The men upon whom falls the honor I
of carrying the flag to the conquest of j
another element sprang to attention, i
"Colors" sounded sharply, and from !
the stern of all three seaplanes Old
Glory fluttered. Simultaneously the
graceful commissioning pennant was
released from the bows.
The ceremony was completed when
Captain Powers Symington, chief of
stuff to the commandant of the Third
Naval District, read the telegram or?
dering the commissioning, followed by
Commander John ll. Towers reading
j his orders for the flight.
The commissioning over, Captain
Symington shook the hand of each man,
congratulating all upon the honor they
enjoyed and wishing them good luck.
With Captain Symington was Com?
mander G. C. Wcstervelt, superin?
tending constructor of aircraft for this
district, one of the men responsible
for the construction of the giant ships.
The other members of the party were
Lieutenant Commander II. W. Scho
field, aviation aid; captain W. R. Hall,
of the coast guard, inspector of aero
engines; Lieutenant H. K. Johnstonc
i and Commander R. W. Cabaniss, com?
mandant of the Rockaway Naval Air
Station.
Status of Commander Fixed
Yesterday's ceremony places air?
craft on the same status as vessels of
war for the fir.^t time. It is reflected
in the orders to Commander Towers,
which state that he shall "assume com?
mand of that division when, they are
placed in commission. As commander ? \
of NC Seaplane Division 1 of regu
larly commissioned seaplanes, his I
status will be the same as a com- |
mai.der of a division of seagoing ships
of the navy." i
Commander Towers said the rations
to be carried will be the emergency
ration as supplied to lifeboats. When
leaving Rockaway sandwiches and cof- ?
fee in thermos bottles will be put
aboard. A first aid packet and small |
medical supplies will be carried. !
"The wide interest and uublicity of ;
the NC seaplanes has brought me a j
tremendous number of letters," said
Commander Towers. "Many have con?
tained useful suggestions which will ?
be adopted. We have been asked to '
carry a bunch of rcses across by one
man. A Gloucester fisherman wrote :
offering me a talisman he had carried
for twelve years and which he asserted
had brought him the greatest good for- .
tune. We cannot accept any of these
offers."
Weather Bureau Data
Said to Insure Fliers
From Danger of Storms
WASHINGTON, May 3.?Meteorolo- ,
gists of the Weather Bureau who are'
cooperating with the Navy Department
in preparations for the transatlantic
flight regard it as probable that in go
ing overseas the three naval seaplanes
under Commander John H. Towers will
maintain an altitude of from 1,000 to
2,000 feet. They believe the 'planes
will not have to fly as high as would
a transcontinental aviator in order to
derive the greatest possible assistance
from the winds.
Wind is the one element of para?
mount importance to a successful flight,
according to Professor Charles F.
Marvin, chief of the Weather Bureau.
Extensive reports as to weather con?
ditions have boon gathered by the
bureau, and a friendly cooperation ex?
ists with the meteorological services of
Canada and Croat Britain and aviators
of other nations preparing to make the
flight.
"As a part of its work," said an an?
nouncement to-day, "the Weather Bu?
reau is using its daily reports from
all its stations in the United States
to give indications of the most favor?
able day for the long flight to begin.
It has arranged to receive wireless
ar:d cable reports from observing sta?
tions on the west coast of Europe.
"As far as storms go, the naval avia?
tors have little to fear. When North
America and the Atlantic are clear of
great atmospheric disturbances, it is
almost sure that an airplane could
travel over the whole breath of the
ocean, from west to east, without en?
countering a storm. The reason for
that is the eastward drift of the at?
mosphere, credited sometimes to the
?evolution of the earth."
Since compasses have been found to
lose much of their precision on air?
planes, experts of the weather bureau
believe they will be almost useless on
Trans-Atlantic flights. The oscillation
o? the plane itself is a large deterrent
factor, and others are the attraction of
the motor or machine material for the
needle, and the impracticability of
making corrections while making flights
at high speeds.
"Under clear skies," said the bu?
reau's statement, "sextant observations
make possible the correct determina?
tion of positions, but in cloudy weather
the compass is the only guide, unless
the aviator can fly high enough to get
above the clouds. It is believed neces?
sary that Trans-Atlantic airplanes, in
the present stage of development,
should be in constant touch with ships
that could indicate positions by wire?
less."
U. of P. Wins Air Race;
Columbia is Second
First Intercollegiate Event for
Seaplanes Floten at One
Mile and a Half a Minute
ATLANTIC CITY, May 3.?S. Ray?
mond Beckwith, representing the Uni?
versity of Pennsylvania, to-day won
the first of a series of intercollegiate
seaplane races which features the sec?
ond Pan-American Aeronautic Congress
here.
Flying a new Curtiss boat, Bcckwitl:
travelled at the rate of almost a mil?
and a half a minute. His time for the
event of thirty-one miles over a three
mile circular course was 23 minutes
and twenty-six seconds. Beckwith, whe
is a sophomore at Pennsylvania, wor
first award of $250 and also carnee
for his college the first leg on the
$2,000 intercollegiate trophy put up bj
the Aerial League of America. Thii
cup must be won three times before
any contestant takes permanent owner
ship.
Columbia University finished second
The colors were down by Ensign M. S
Martin, with Lieutenant R. M. Craig
myle as passenger. Ensign Martin':
time was 25 minutes and 13 seconds
two minutes slower than the Red an<
Blue entrant. Ensign Martin's casi
award was ?? 150.
There wore two other entries. En
sign A. A. Beckwith, a brother of th>
winner, represented Yale Universit;
and finished third. Ilis time was 2
minutes and 51 seconds. Flying witl
the Yale entrant was E. Kenneth Jac
quith, a local aviator. August Post
secretary of the Aero Club of America
represented Amherst College. His tim
was 29 minutes and 3 seconds.
"American "Planes Won't
Hurry Us" Says Hatcke
ST. JOHN'S. N. F., May'.'!,-Wind con
ditions hero this afternoon prevente
Captain Frederick P. Raynham, Britis
aviator, and Harry G. Hawker, his Aus
tralian rival, from starting on thei
proposed trans-Atlantic flights.
Speaking of conditions, Hawker, pile
of t he Sopwith plane, said:
"We will go to-morrow if the weathe
is right, but the American planes wi!
not hurry us at this stage. It will b
time enough to worry about the N"
planes when they get here."
Major Mannack Britain's
Champion Air Fightei
?lredited With 73 Enemy 'Plane
and Lieut. Col. Bishop la
Second With 72
LONDON, May 3.?The air ministr
has decided that so far as can be as
certained the champion British airma
of the war was the late Major Edwar
Mannock. Lieutenant Colonel Williai
A. Bishop, the Canadian aviator, wh
won the Victoria Cross, comes ncx
Major Mannock brought down 7o" enem
machines, and Lieutenant Coloni
Bishop 72.
Of all thn Allies, Lieutenant Ren
Fonck, the French ace, holds the rc<
ord, with 78.
The late Baron Richthofon, of Ge:
man circus fame, claimed to hold th
world's record for the number of mi
chines ho had destroyed, but the Gei
mans worked on a different systei
respecting official confirmation of eac
victory and his record has not bee
confirmed.
Major Mannock was born in India <
British parents, thirty years ago, an
was considered the ' greatest aerii
tactician tho Royal Air Force produce.
'Vmong his awards was the War Modi
of the Aero Club of America. He w?
finally shot down by Arc from th
ground?
Transport Breaks
Record for Speed
Cruiser Arrived at Brest,
Unloaded, Loaded, Left \
in 3 Hours 15 Minutes
The armored cruiser Frederick, with
1,613 officers and men from overseas
service, arrived here yesterday with a
record for expeditious troop trans?
portation, having remained in Brest
only three hours and fifteen minutes,
the time being consumed wholly in
troop embarkation.
She left New York April 11 with
sufficient coal and water to take her to
Franca and back, and steamed into
Brest harbor on April 22 at 1:30 p. m. I
She was under way westward for New
York at 4:45 p. m. The previous rec- I
ord for the shortest stay in port was
nine hours, and was held by the Mount j
Vernon.
When the Frederick was at sea a J
radio of congratulation was sent to her
from the embarkation authorities at i
Brest.
The vessel brought home the 118th
Field Artillery of the 32d Division, in
command of Colonel Chester B. Mc
Cormick, of Lansing, Mich.
The General George W. Goethals
brought back yesterday from Bordeaux
1,417 officers and men, including the
323d Field Signal Battalion.
Among the returning soldiers was
Sergeant William L. Edison, son of
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, who
enlisted with the 1st Engineers in the
Spanish-American War and joined the
service again when the United States
entered the war against Germany. He
went overseas attached to the 306th
Battalion Tank Corps, which operated
with the British before Arras. Later
he became foreman of the repair tank
and munition salvage detail.
He made a careful study of the
ffectivencss of tanks and urged that
the big tanks be discontinued, as they
were too cumbersome, slow-moving and
veritable death traps for the men
within when under artillery fire. The
big tanks, he said, were excellent tar?
gets, and were generally unsatisfactory
compared with the speed and efficiency
of the "whippets."
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