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Noted Athletes
March to Aid
Scouts' Drive
Baseball, Football and Box?
ing Stars of Past and
Present in Line With
Nation's Future .Leaders
Gty Campaign Lagging
Committee Seeks to Stir
Enthusiasm for Last
Effort at Over the Top
U G I. E S cleared
Fifth Avenue of
traffic at.10 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Then from the
Washington Arch
started the long
planned athletic
parade of the Boy
Scouts. There were ;
more than five
hundred great ath?
letes, stars of
track, prize ring,
gridiron and base?
ball diamond, and more than 9,000 Boy
Scouts in the long, well-formed column
that tramped up the avenue until it
had passed the reviewing stand in
i'ront of the Public Library.
Once more the broad avenue was
. illed with olive drab figures, flags
and pennants. But these were not sol
? iiers retuming from the war. Rather
they were America's hope of security
in the next war that may come, and
.he wide-shouldered athletes who
.-miled as they marched with them
suggested the possibilities in the
alender limbs of these athletes of to
morrow.
Untanned Knees in Unison
Bare, untanned knees, the knees of
city boys, were lifted in unison as the
scouts marched ahead in a column of
'louble squads. Row upon row of lads
with purple neck scarves, stamped
their left feet hard on the asphalt to
the cadence of the band, and were fol?
lowed by other rows with scarlet
scarves and yet others with shoulders j
v.vathed in yellow, followed by rows I
and rows of scouts who favored green. {
Up at the head of the marching col- j
?:nn was William G. McAdoo, former.
'ecretary of the Treasury and now
chairman of the National Citizen's
Committee of Scouts. He carried a
-irge American flag and in the halts
that occurred once or twice he "marked
time" with. the same seriops mien as
he quartet of diminutive Scout cubs
who flanked him as a color guard.
Then came "Big Bill" Edwards, col
lollar in Boyhood to Build Manhood
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Scouts Bear illied Flags U~o Avenue
Copyright, Unuerwoou aru! Underwood
Flags of Allied Nations Being Carried up Fifth Avenue Past the Public Library by Scouts as a Part of the Bij
Boy "Sticrut Parade.
lector of internal revenue. He marched
in a dual role. The big orange and
black flag that he carried testified that
he was there as an athlete, one of the
huskiest football players that ever had
a place in the Princeton line. He was
also there as the chairman of the
Greater New York Citizens' committee
of Scouts. He, too, had a guard of
Scout cubs, chaps so small that they
seemed east for thc. role'of Liliputians,
with Mr. Edwards playing Gulliver.
Citizens' Committee In Line
Then marched the citizens' commit?
tee, Martin Vogel, Assistant Treasurer
of the United States; Guy Emerson,
a member of the executive committee
of the Boy Scouts drive; R. A. C.
Smith, -former Dock Commissioner, ahd
G. Sel-mer Fougner, director of pub
licity for the drive.
After this group marched the police
band and then fifty Boy Scouts carry?
ing American flags, followed by the
rest of the parade, unrolling itself as
an ever interesting alternation of
athletes, marching Scouts, floats show
ing athlctic events, both outdoors and
in, and r\'\ne other bands. Scattered
through it all were myriads of flags,
so that the avenue seemed again like
the river of color that it was in the
Liberty Loan parades.
If some of the Scouts near the head
of the line t-rod on the heels of the
Scouts ahead of them it was not fjom
a lack of consideration for their fel
lows, but ra.her it was due to their
effort to get a better view of the base?
ball players who marched just ahead
of them.
Baseball Players March
Miller Huggins was there in uni?
form, but without his splT.es, and the
rest of his Yankeps in mufti tramped
ahead of Hughey Jennings and the
Detroit Tigers. Ty Cobb and Bobby
Beach marched, too, and if the Scouts
behind them maintained their distances
it was nothing less than a modern
miracle.
Mike Donlin, and John M. Ward
-marched at the head of a group cf
baseball players whose playing days
are over, and in those frequently
cheered and oft-applauded rows of
marchers were Keene Fitzpatrick,
Princeton's athletic trainer, and Bill
Clark, now the baseball coach at the
same university. Bill Reed, former
Harvard star, was march ing besidc
"Pooch" Donovan and tho Harvard
'varsity baseball team.
Yale was represented by a large
delegation of baseball players an
track men, all led by "Dutch" Cai-ter,
one of the best pitchers Yale ever
had.
Then came the dusky "Lincoln Gi?
ants-?World's Colored Champions."
lifting their feet smartly to the tune
of "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here,"
played by the Street-Cleaning Depart?
ment band.
Football Stars Present
In the baseball division there was a
ball ten feet in diarneter, but at that
it wasn't as large as the huge football
that was the most sensational object
of the division containing the players
of that game.
Foster Sanford, football coach of
Rutgers, led a big delegation wearing
red and white hat bands. Yale, Prince?
ton, Harvard and most of the big
Eastern universities were represented
by old gridiron stars. Among these
were: Walter Camp, iVyllis Terry,
Eugene Richards, House Janeway,
"Bummy" Booth, "Shep" Homans,
Jack Gates, Ted Coy, Charley Brickley,
Brink Thorn,. Billy .Ford, Bill Smith,
George Lancon, Howard Ameli, Walter
Cosgrave, Elmer E. Thompson, Ross
and Stevc McClave, Dave Fultz, Donald
McFayden, Harold Short, Harry Kers
berg, Colonel Reed KiipaVick, Ford
Murphy, Tom Thorpe, Irv Withington,
Dick Hodge, Tracy Harris and Herbert
L. Pratt.
Judge Henry A. Gildersleeve led a
section of the parade that was com
posed exelusively of members of the
New York Athletic club.
Boxing Float Cheered.
A boxing float that carried Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion, and
Ted "Kid" Lewis was cheered all along
the line of march, while these two
boxers _ took turns punching a bag.
This section of the parade was under,
the direction of "Kid" McPartland, a
former boxer, who is now connected
with Collector Edwards's office.
The biggest hit of all was the float
labelled "The 01' Swimmin' Hole." This
included a tank of water covered on
the sides by canvas "rocks." A Boy
Scout in a bathing suit, who had volun
, teered to "tread" water all the way
! from Washington Square to the point
i of disbanding at Fifty-ninth Street,
found the bath too cold after he had
travelled a few blocks immersed to the
neck. Thereafter he sat on tho side,
l and in response to rjueries, "How's the
water?" he'd shiveringly reply:
"F-f-f-f-fine!"
Hylan Backs Cause
At the Public Library Mr. McAdoo,
Mr. Vogel and Mr. Edwards fell out ot'
the parade and joined Mayor Hylan in
the reviewing stand. The Mayor, inci
dentally, at the invitation of Mr. Mc?
Adoo, gave $10 and became an asso?
ciate Scout.
That $10 was needed, too, for it was
discovered yesterday that with the
$1,000,000 Boy Scout drive half over
only $130,170 has been officially re?
ported. This was made known at a
luncheon of team captains at the Bank?
ers' Club. The total should have been
$250,000. A. B. Leach, chairman ofthe
Manhattan canvass committee, told
those et the luncheon that if they
slackened their efforts the drive might
meet with a disastrously poor finish.
It was announced that $25,800 addi
tional had been raised since Tuesday
noon, of which amount $15,860 was sub
scribed by individuals, while the rest
comprised adult memberships.
Subscriptions to Fund
The subscribers and the amounts
were:
Western Union Telegraph Company,
55,000; Henry C. Frick, $5,000; E. C.
Converse, $1,000; Jacob H. SchifF,
$1,000; Harold T. Pratt, $1,000; Fred?
erick B. Pratt, $1,000; Franklin Simon,
$1,000; John T. Pratt, $250; Herbert
A. Pratt, $250; Columbus O'D. Iselin,
$200; Wolcott G. Lane, $1,000; Ralph
D. Mershon, $50, and John F. Hylan, $10.
Franklin Simon, besides a personal
contribution of $1,000, sent word that
1,000 workers in his department store
had agreed to become adult members. .
Thc team captain carrying on the
drive in traction circles said he had
received assurapecs from officials of
the Fifth Avenue Coach Company that
every member of the organization
would join the cause. The largest
amount reported by a team captain was
$1,535, and the next largest was $1,198.
These amounts all represented $1 mem?
berships.
Miss Mildred Fitzgerald, the only
girl present, raised $160 in $1 member?
ships during the noon hour yesterday
in the financial district. She has been
averaging $100 every day during the
lunch hour since the opening of the
campaip;n.
Pleads for More Dollars
"We have three more days," Mr.
Leach said, "and we have not arrived.
If the l?oy Scout story,were told prop
erly, nine persons out of ten would
gladly give a dollar. Perhaps we are
too modest in asking only a dollar.
Persons that limit their interest in
boyhood to one dollar are not giving
the. necessary thought to the impor?
tance of this movement for the better
ment of America's youth."
Mr. Leach referred to men of in?
fluence and money in the city who
have not resnonded promptly to the
appeal. Hc pointed out that a special
committee had been formed to reach
individuals who are not giving the
cause the support it merits.
Mr. Leach also said: "Of course we
havG been working under high
pressure, and it would be quite impos?
sible to keep up the pace. No doubt
our campaign will wind up with a
whirlwind rush, as was the case with
the last Victory Loan.
Noticeable Apathy
"Another matter brought to my at?
tention by workers is that many per?
sons seem to be apathetic?do not
seein to have thc proper interest in
our boyhood. Although we expected
the machine to slow up, we did not
expect it to come practically to a halt.
Now this has to do only with large
subscriptions, not the ono dollar adurt
memberships.
"A flying squadron will be formed to
oooperate with the Rainbow Division
of the committee in the prosecution of
Programme for To-day
In Boy Scout Drive
TVTOON, Sub-Treasury?Friars "Day:
.Speakers, Martin \ogel, Assist
ant Treasurer United States;
Captain John J. Gleason, Lieu?
tenant J. C. Y'orke, twenty
juvenile Friars, with Jack "Gold?
berg, Jess Dandy and the Friars'
mascot, ""Cognac"; Police Com?
missioner Enright; Representa?
tive of the American Red Cross
Mischa Applebaum; Will Robins,
singer, and Police Department
Band and Glee Club.
12:30, luncheon, Rotary Club, Hotel
McAlpin. Speakers: William G.
McAdoo, Chairman Citizens'.Na?
tional Committee, and L. W.
Barclay.
1 p. m., luncheon?Team captains,
Bankers* Club, 120 Broadway;
subscription reports. Speakers:
A. B. Leach, chairman Manhattan
canvass committee; James E.
West, chief Scout executive.
All day?Camps in fifteen public
parks throughout the city; Boy
Scouts' demonstration of Scout
life under canvas. Drills, ex?
ercises, cooking and routine.
12-2 p. m.?Meetings: Pennsylvania
Station, Grand Central Terminal,
Public Library, Madison Square
and Union Square; speaking and
special attractions.
8-9:30 p. m.?Outdoor meeting: Long
acre Square, Forty-seventh Street
and Broadway, speakers and en?
tertainment.
8rllp. m.?Outdoor meetings: Nine?
tyvsixth Street and Broadway,
125th Street and Seventh Ave
fiue and 181st Street and "St.
Nicholas Avenue, speaking and
entertainment.
9:30-11 p. m.?Outdoor meeting: Co?
lumbus Circle, Fifty-ninth Street
and Broadwaty, speakers and en?
tertainment.
their work among the big financiers,
to whom we must look for .aid if we
are to attain the $1,000,000 fund. This
. squadron will be composed of six mem
I bcrs of the leading men in financial
! circles."
Although the campaign has taken a
j turn for the worse, the air of opti
mism that has been the dominating
; characteristic of the officials of Scout
| dom is still as great as ever. It was
pointed out by Mr. McAdoo that reac
. tion of the nature in question marked
| ali the loan campaigns.
"That has to be expected," he said,
j "and more r.o in .this drive than in any
i of the previous drives. Solicitations
jhave been the order of the day, and
peopie are a little tired, but before the
campaign winds up the nation will dem
: onstrate beyond question its interest
I in America's boyhood. If we do not
; love our youngsters well enough to
{make sacrifices in Nieir behalf to in
sure not only their future welfare, but
j also the future welfare of the country,
| we have no right here and we are not
' worthy of the name American."
The Record They Wrote?IV
?4|?EEP up the morale of the people back of the front," was the
continuous plea of -American generals abroad throughout the
war. They Tealized malicious stories circulated by German propa
gandists here had to be met convincingiy.
Literature xd-all sorts was prepared at Washington in order to
keep the various nationalities in the United States informed as to
conditions in the countries these newly-made Americans had ' [??
behind them. .In many cases the names of the people whom it ^vu
most important to reach were not readily obtainable.
The J3oy Scouts again! The committee on Public Informatioi
like every other department at Washington, called upon the natioo.' I
auxiliary army, turned the task of reaching every man and woajai '
in the United States over to it, and asked the Scouts to deliver thi
important literature. The Scouts delivered many millions of pieee;
and, by their cheerful and patriotic demeanor, are credited with doin<
much to keep up the morale of the country.
British Biplane to
Make 5-Hour Test
Before Sea Flight
Handley-Page Machine to
Take Last Tryout To-day
Preparatory to Start From
St. John's for Irish Coast
*
Nete York Tribune
Special Cable Service
(Copyrisht. 1019. New York Tribune Inc.)
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., June 11.?The
giant Handley-Page biplane, which yes?
terday made its first test flight for the
transatlantic voyage, will take thc air
again to-morrow for its last tryout be?
fore starting aeross the ocean.
It will remain aloft about five hours,
testing the petrol consumption under
conditions approximating those of the
transoceanic flight and also to test
out thoroughly the directional wireless
equipment of the machine and de
termine its efficiency. After these tests
the biplane will be ready to start for
| England at the first opportunity the
: weather affords.
Captain Frederick P. Baynham, whos
Martinsyde plane was damaged in a
crash when he attempted to start
l aeross the Atlantic with Harry Haw
| ker several weeks ago, announced to
I day a new engine for his repaired
plane is aboard the steamship Graci
ana, which reported by wireless to?
day that .she likely would arrive heTe
to-morrow forenoon. Captain Ra?n
1 ham said the new engine would be in
'? stalled at. once, test flights would b#
j made within a few days and he hoped
i to make another start aeross the ocean
| by the first of next week.
Captain Raynham said he was un
j able to give out -yet the name of the
; navigator who will accompany him, but
the impression exists in some quarters
! that_ he .has chosen the man who is
j now oh his way here. Others doubt
| this, saying that Raynham will start
| with another capable airman aiow in
, St. John's.
The Vimy-Vickers officials promise
a start before the week-end if weat;
conditions are favorable. Their bi *"
cial supply of gasolene ordered t'i\ l
England will arrive on the Graciana.
-.
Rodman Wanamaker in
Battlesite Corporatir i,
Rodman Wanamaker, it wa?
I nounced yesterday, has contribue
j per cent of the purchase price ..
Fort Washington site. It is ,,
stood a corporation will t>e forn',
take over and preserve the hi
locahty. It comprises eighteen 1< i
the north side of lS3d Street. bc
Fort Washington and Pinehurst .
mies, and is part of the James G >i
Bennett estate, all of which is .,
sold at auction by Joseph P. Day
One of the fiercest battles "o
Revolution was fought on the site i
it was at the instigation'of a number l
patriotic citizens that it was purch . I
as a whole Tuesday instead of d< ...
sold in parcels to individuals, as i;: thi
remainder of the estate.
Another group of elgnteen lots
which held the home of James Gordon'
Bennett and his father, has T.een pl?ced
by the purchaser at the disposal of aa
association that will build some euit
able improvement upon it as a tribute
to the memory of James Gordon Ben
nett. It was intimated yesterday that
this probably would take the form of
the home for newspaper men provided
for in the Bennett will. Rodman Wana?
maker has contributed 10 per cent of
the price for this tract also.
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Officer and $121^250 Gone
COBLENZ, June 11 (By The Asaocl
ated Press).~G3rman army and police
authorities in the unoccu-,;ied terrifcor.
oppositc the Cobler.z bridgehead hav*
been requested by American intelli
gence officers to keep a lookout for aa
American disbursing officer who has
disappeared with 4S5.000 nark.
($121,250). "?
The money was ir.tended to be Daii
to the men of the Fifth Field ArtillTry
of the lst Division, which holds th?
outermost post of the bridgehead In
telhgence officers have reported ta
Ihird Army Headquarters that t??
missing officer was suspected of enter
taimng German sympathies, and that
this had led them to believe that he
had gone in the drrection of Berlin
tt^T5-^ ?fficer ijW?nder bond toth.
United Mates government
boys?
Boy Scout influence extends into every home, school, factory and business office in the country.
Read This:
THE SCOUT OATH
THE SCOUT LAW
Before he becomes a scout a boy
must promise:
On my honor I "will do my best:
1. To do rny duty to God and my coun?
try, and to ohey the Scout Law;
2. To help other people ai all times; \
3. To keep myself physically strong,
mentalty awake, and morally straight
fe&
This advertisement is paid for by friends of the Boy Scouts.
L
!. A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY.
A scout's hon.or is to be trusted. If he were to violate his honor bv tell
ing a lie, or by cheating, or by not doing exactly a given task, when trusted
on his honor, he may be directed to hand over his scout badge.
2. A SCOUT IS LOYAL.
Ile is loyal to all to whom loyalty is due; his scout leader, his home, and
parents ar.d country.
3. A SCOUT IS HELPFUL.
He must be prepared at any time to save life, help injured persons, and
ehare the home duties. He must do at least one good turn to somebody
every day.
4. A SCOUT IS FRIENDLY.
IIe is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout.
5. A SCOUT IS COURTEOUS.
Hc is polite to al!, especially to women, children, old peopie, and the
weak and helpless. He must not take pay for being helpful or courteous.
6. A SCOUT IS KIND.
Hc is a friend to animals. He will not kill nor hurt any living creature
needlessly, but will stiive to save and protect all harmless life.
7. A SCOUT IS OBEDIENT.
He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, patrol leader, and all other dulv
constituted authorities. y
8. A SCOUT IS CHEERFUL.
He smiles whenever he can. His obedience to orders is prornpt and
cheery. He never shirks nor grumbles at hardships.
9. A SCOUT IS THRIFTY.
He does not wantonly destroy property. He works faithfullv wastes
nothing and makes thc best use of his opportunities. He saves his monev
so that he may pay his own way, bc generous to those in need, and helnful
to worthy objects. He mcy vork for pay, but must not receive tUs foi
courtesies or good turns. r '
10. A SCOUT IS BRAVE.
He has the courage to face dangcr in spitc of fear, and has to stand up
for the right against the coaxmgs of friends or the jeers or threats of
cnernies, and defeat does not down him. * ""c^ia oi
11. A SCOUT IS CLEAN.
He keeps clean ir. body and thought, stands for clean speech clean
sport, clean habirs, and travels with a clean crowd.
12. A SCOUT IS REVERENT. #
He isTcvcrcnt toward God. He is faithfu! in his religious duties and
respects the conviction of others in matters 0f custom andl reUgion
The motto of the Boy Scout Movement is "Be Prepared"
fcach Boy Scout is required to do a good turn daily.
Sign this:
Nation Wide Campaign for
1,000,000 Associate Members
250
500
1,000
2,500
5,000
Boy Scouts of America
natiio83!r#oJi?c5f ^Si&^^LS^i&SSSSSt ? THE
SSS^a^ AGREE TO PAY ^ SSS^ iS^SS^&?J^
.Cash
.Check Herewith, $.
.PLEDGE: To be paid before June 30. 1920, aa follows:
Name ... .eh.sce.-C*.. ? ? ?
Address .?.
Make check. Payable to Geor?e D. Pratt, Trea.urer
200 Flfth Ave., New York City