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EDITION
NUMBER 10,199.
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1917.
PRICE ONE CENT.
HIGH STEEL COST ! Berlin Secret Is Fatal To Girl
CARE OF SOLDIERS
RED CROSS GIFTS
PRESIDENT TO ASK CONGRESS
FOR $600,000,000 TO PROVIDE
VAST FLEET OF AEROPLANES
MAY HALT VESSELS
Denman Expected to Oppose
GIVEN TO O'HERN
URGED BY PASTORS
Singer Who Learned About Plans of Kaiser and
Crown Prince Concerning Britain Meets
Sudden Death in Riveria.
Strong' Pleas for Humanity
Heard In Churches.
Goethals' Figures.
Capital Priest Is Entrusted
With High Mission.
NAMED BY CARDINAL GIBBONS
A
ANOTHER ROW ANTICIPATED
General Agrees Provisionally on
Prices for Material.
The shipbuilding program, with
which the Administration has hoped
to offset In a degree the ravages of
the German U-boat campaign, to a'l
Appearances Is approaching another
delay-making crWr.
The flrst serious threat to the eirly
execution of a comprehensive building
plan arose from the temptestuous con
troversy between William Denman,
chairman of the shipping board, and
MaJ. Gen. George V. Goethals, gen
eral manager of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, over the question of In
cluding In the program the construc
tion of wooden ships to the capacity
of the American yards.
Now a second source of contention
has appeared In the prices that the
general has agreed to pay for the
steel ships for which he is contract
ing. Persons acquainted with the at
titude of Chairman Denman assert
that he never will let the contracts
go through under an arrangement by
which the Government will pay the
steel Interests around $93 a ton for
plates and S4 a ton for shapes. The
Insistence of the general upon these
figures as a provisional price for the
steel. It Is predicted, will precipitate
another row no less serious than the
first, unless the President steps In and
ettlea the question of authority for
ail time.
Agree Frevieloaally.
General Goethals announced today
that he had agreed provisionally upon
the price of 4'4 cents a pound for
steel plates and 3i cents a pound for
steel shapea for the eight S.SOOicn
steel ships to be built on the Pacific
coast by the Los Angeles D-ydcck anJ
Shipbuilding Company. The general
said that this price u not absolute,
hut was fixed tentatively with th un
derstandlng that the committee on
raw materials of the advisory com
mission of the Council of NatlonilTe
fenaejater would go Into the question,
of costs and determine an ("tunable
return to the steel men. The commlV
tee will meet tomorrow to consider
the question.
These prices are far above those
that Chairman Denman will permit
even In a tentatle agreement if n- Ik
able to retain the authority which he
now possesses In the shipbuilding pro
gram. Mr. Denman will not discuss
his differences with the general In
any form, but It Is known that he re
gards the price the nay Is palng
about $69 a ton as being the limit
that the Government should pay for
the steel It puts In its merchant ships..
And Denman may be expected to try
for aa low a price as $60 a ton.
Almost nobberr.
The attitude of Chairman Denman
and other members of the Shippit.?
Board nho are In svpmpathy with ills
views Is that as steel can bo inanu.
factured. according to their informs
tlon, at closely around - .-entu a
pound, nr about $45 a ton, it Is hard
ly less than submitting to rubbery for
the Government to pay $'JO or $35 a
tori for the steel.
The manner in which th-s tr- ak be
tween Denman and Goetluls Is ex
pected to come, if It does om, is by
Denman's refusal to sign tne con
tracts into which the general has en
tered on the basis of 4- snd3' cents
a pound for steel
There is a chance of the situation
being adjusted in a manner tu prevent
the clash of authorltv It will ue the
duty of the President within the next
few days to issue an executive ordr
oeslgnating the person or agt-ncy to
whom he wishes to del?at !.i- enn--mous
powers conferred by th -.hipping
section of the war budget bill,
which he signed yesterday. These
powers Include the right to romman
deer ships. shlpards. jteel prodjcts.
and steel plants, and the various ma
terials entering into the construction
of ships
ITALIAN WAR MISSION
ARRIVES IN CHICAGO
Will Remain Until Tomorrow Night,
Then to Pittsburgh.
CHICAGO June 17 United by the
world war Chicago and Italy offl
elally clasped nanus today
The Italian mission, headed by En
rico Arlotta. minister of transporta
tion, arrived at the Union Depvt at
9 o'clock this morning.
Awaiting It at the station was a
committee headed by Alderman Rob
ert H McCormlck The members i.f
the mission were Immediately driven
to Mr McCormlck's residence
In the afternoon they were luncheon
guests at the Paddle and Cycle CluL,
and tonight they will itfrd a Cln
ner arranged In their hir bv the
Italian colony
The mission will be th- ?,' t of the
city until tomorr w night, u lien it do j
parts for Pittsburgh. I
Vraixam Le Queue:, who here eAronU i closely associated with or know more
ete for hit friend, Count Ernst ron f the astounding inner machinery of
BeUtendorf, the Jailer's revelations of HV ' "
( tnrr l.i. e. -.,.-,- n Count ron H elteendorff became an in-fA.jl-.ner
hfe of the Imperial German ,.,, o Lf QueuI ftvml ynn
-.., -,. .-, -. ....,... .-.rv.v-,-
out Europe at the possessor of its Inner
most secrets.
The English "Whot Who" says of
Aim: "He hat intimate knowledge of
the tecret terrice of Continental coun
tries ana Is considered by the govern
ment to Great Britain) an authority
on such mattert." Another authority
says : -rew people Aats been more
Late on the night of November 18, 1912, 1 -was busily at
work in the crown prince's room at the marble palace at
Potsdam.
I, as his imperial highness' personal adjutant, had been
traveling all day with him from Cologne to Berlin. We
had done a tour of military ln -
spectlons In Westphalia, and, as usual, 1 j
"Willie's" conduct had not been ex
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actly exemplary.
On the night In question much had
happened. The Emperor had, a month
before, returned from a visit to 'Eng
land, where he had been engaged by
speeches and handshakes, public and
private. 'blowing r narcotic dust In
the nostrils of your dear but too con
fiding nation.
Prom "Old Frleaesj."
"Heltzendorff!" exclaimed the crown
prince, as he suddenly 'entered the
room where I was busy attending to
a pile of papers. "Do get through
all those letters and things. Burn
them all If you can. What do they
matter?"
"Many of them are matters of grave
Importance. Here, for Instance, Is a
report from the chief of military In
telligence In Washington."
"Oh, old Frlesch! Tear it up! He
la but an old Tossll at best. And yet.
Heltzenuorff, he la designed to be of
considerable use. he added. "His
majesty told me tonight that after hla
visit to England he has conceived the J
Idea to establish an official movement
for the Improvement of better rela
tions between Britain and Germany.
The dear British are alwaya ready
to receive such movement with open
arms. At Carlton House terrace they
atrongly Indorse the Emperor's Ideas."
and he tells me that the movement'.,.. ...... .... .,...
...,a,.:.. ... .. ..,. I puln nerallsslmo of the French
should 'first arise in-commercial and
shipping circles. Herr Ballln will
generate the -ea In his offices In
London and the various British ports.
while bis majesty baa Von Gessler.
the ex-ambassador at Washington, In
view aa the man to bring forth the
suggestion publicly. Indeed, tonight
from the WUhelmstrasse there haa
been sent a message to his schloss on
the Motel commanding him to consult
with his majesty. Von Bernstorff
took his place at Washington a few
months go."
A Friend At Met.
'"But von Gessler Is an lnve'erate
enemy of Britain," I exclaimed in
surprise, still seated at my table.
"The world does not know that.
The whole scheme la based upon
Britain's ignorance of our Intention.
We bring Von Gessler forward as
the dear, good, Anglophile friend
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
HAIG HAS GERMANY
UP IN AIR OVER PLANS
Kaiser Tries to Stir Up Holland
Against Great Britain.
LONDON. June IT -Germany's rest
lessness oer conditions on the west
ern front and Von Hindenburg's anx
iety oer where Field Marshal Halg
Intends to attack next have led to a
campaign of insinuations regarding
England a attitude toward Holland.
As the British pounding proceed
with methodical force northward from
the Somme to Arras, the Vlmy ridge,
and now to Ypres. the Hun military
critics have continued Jumping to
conclusions They are now predict
ing a British attempt to turn the Ger
man northern flank Continual hints
have been thrown out. reeentlj that
England's sea forces might partici
pate In a blow against the German
right wing on the Belgian coast.
Lieut. Osten Sacken. writing in the
Westfallsche Zeitung, declares that
the German supreme command Is pre
pared for an) British move. een for
a stroke at Holland Major Moraht
suggests that the British intend si
multaneous attacks by land and sea
SLEUTH'S WIFE GETS THIEF
New York Woman Makes Thirteenth
Arrest Within Year.
NEW YORK. June 17. Mrs Mae
Conroy, wife of Edward J. Conroy. a
detective of the third branch bureau,
made her thlteenth arrest of this vear
yesterdsy when she captured a thief
going out of the apartment building
with several bottles of milk and a bag
of rolls. She forced him Into her
apartment to the bedside of her hus
band and awakened Conroy to take
him to the station
Mrs Conroj. who oefore her mar
rlage. was a school teacher has made
twelve other arreus. Including a
negro murderer and an armed burglar.
- ll( outbreak of Ike tear; he hat teen
living m retirement in France since
August, 1914. and it teat there that Le
Queux rrceiied from the Crown Prince't
late pertonal adjutant permission to
make public thete retelationt of the
inner life of the Hohentollcrnt. To-
day's ttory tells of the airl who knew
I tAe croirn prince's tecret, and at a re-
tun came to a tragic end.
5 -
PERSHING GETS DOWN
TO REAL WAR WORK
American Commander At the Front
Ends Lionizing Program.
PARIS, June 17. The hardest work
ing man In Paris right now Is John J.
Pershing. commander-in-chief of
America's expeditionary force. The
midnight oil waa burning In the
American headquarters In the Rue Con
stantly fast night, and today the gen
eral and hla staff plunged Into the
mass of detailed business Incident to
arranging for America's fighting parti
cipation, on land. In the world war
for democracy.
Yesterday was the first chance Per
ahlng has had, since his arrival here
to get down to brass tacks In the
handling of letters and orders. And
even at that he had two engagements
left over from the two days of en
tertainment which the hospitable and
enthusiastic French had arranged fur
him.
Loaches with retain.
I Hn lim.k.n. tik rr..-.,l
forces, at hla headquarters "Some
where In France," the other waa at
tendance at a gala performance of
Charpentier'a "Louise" at the Opera
Comlque last night The visit with
Petaln was Intensely Interesting to
the American soldier.
Pershing arose at the Hotel Crlllon
early enough to create a sensation
thrriv anrl hrltrhf satirl ir1v Via
at his "desk"-, plain board table-llnto
In the Rue Constantln. dictating to
relas of stenographers.
jenda Busy Hay.
A couple of hours of this, a num
ber of conferences with callers from
the French war office, the motor trip
to General Petaln's hesdquarters, the
return at 4 o'clock, back to the office
again, and at It hard until late In the
evening this waa how Pershing
spent the uay
The American commander and every
one of his staff officers are Intensely
anxious to clear away the prelimi
nary mass of detail connected with
the arrangements for the American
troops that are to come, and to get
out to the front, so that they may
perfect these arrangements In even
greater detail.
Secretary Haker Is high In his
praise or MaJ. Ren. John J. Ter
shlng's Initial actltltle In Pranc-
"HIs speeches are fine." eald Baker. '
"General I'ershlng has the happy '
abllit of making a fUe minute'
speech In five minutes The Impres
sion he Is making In France l shar
ed at home He Is representative of
the nation In Its crisis strictl busi
ness." BRITISH BAG ZEPPELIN
DURING MORNING RAID
when a special squad of "pickets"
Two Teuton Craft Make Attack. I,unt" ,mot ,n nl" "" bl J',,ow
n ntf - n. banners It Is recalled, however.
Beaten Off By PlaneS. tlm when he was In this country
three jears ago he nade a statement
LONDON. June 17 Two German that "no self respecting man would
Zeppelins executed an early morning eer otr to enfranchise women. The
bomb raid on the English coast it'm.mnr) of that declaration Is pre
Jam today, according to an offl-. sumed to hate been the Inspiration of
clal announcement by Lord French, ' the demonstration yesterdav
commander of the British home de-1 Iord NnrthcllfTe has established of
fense forces. , flee- In Xew- York, and tl larlous
One of the monsters glided out of
the night across the 1'aet Anglian
roast and another over Kent The
latter was sent plunging to the earth
in flames by the combined assault
of aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns
as It bombed the coast town.
This Is the second Zeppelin bagged
by the British within the last week.
Ko loss of life nor extensive prop
erty was announced In the off Heal
statement.
-iBtlee! Metrapelltan flraneb Com.
inuters In order to Insure the prompt
srrltal In Washington of Baltimore &
ihlo train ts'o 3"!, effective June COth,
lie stops at IJerwooo. lialplne. Silver
Springs. Lamond, Terra Cotta, and
nlverslty will be discontinued and
'apltol View added on that train.
AdvL
Represents Catholic Church of
America In New Duties.
The Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern, C. S. P..
of St Paul'a College, at Brookland,
was today accredited by Cardinal Gib
bons aa the official representative of
the American hierarchy In all that
pertains to -the spiritual care of the
Catholic soldiers In our army, the pro
vision of halls for services, and all
similar matters calling for relations
with the National Government
Expressing the solicitude of the
church for the welfare of the men
who are fighting "for God and coun
try," the cardinal said today that Tope
Benedict has given a dispensation un
der which priests at the front mtfy
celebrate mass and administer the sac
raments under conditions that hereto
fore would have been barriers.
Keeps Only Essentials.
The temporary waiving of the ec
clesiastical rule relaxes for the time
the order regarding the use of certain
colored vestments and allows the chap
lains to dispense. In emergencies, with
all but the essential and vital parts sf
the church ritual. According to the
cardinal It will thus be possible for
the chaplains appointed by Father
O'Hern In the name of the hierarchy
to glva the very fullest spiritual aid
to the American Catholic soldiers.
The appointment by the cardinal
archbishop of this diocese carries the
indorsements of Cardinal Farley, arch
bishop of New York, and Cardinal
O'Connell, archbishop of Boston. In
his official communication. Cardinal
Gibbons, speaking for the archbishops
and bishops of the entire country,
states that the office waa decided
upon In connection with .the estab
lishment of the national commission
for safeguarding the morals of the
soldiers.
Confer Hla;- Honor.
Representing as it does the Joint
selection of the highest three prelates
of the, church In America, the ap
pointment is regarded as one of the
highest honor ever conferred by the
American hlerachy upon an individual
priest
Father O'Hern Is well known
throughout the counto as a writer, a
lecturer, and a pulpit orator. For
several years he has been the repre
sentative of the archbishops and
bishops In the appointment of chap
lains for the army and the navy Ills
duties In this office have brought him
nt",e - c"lal relations
(Continued on Fourth Page )
NORTHCLIFFE LEAVES
FOR NEW YORK TODAY
Statement to Press In Promised
By British Publicist.
I-ord N'orthcllfft?. had of the Ilrlt
lh war ml Ions In th United Mates,
Iae today for Nw York to begin
acutely the work of co ordlnatinjr th
activities of the arloun commleMons.
rWor leaWntr the National Capital
he expremed keen aatlflfactlon over
the part th United states Is taking In
prosecuting the war, but declined to
make art) formal statement. He alao
stated that he waa "amazed at the
olume of work performed by 1he
Itritfsh embassy staff under direction
of th- ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring
Rice.
"When 1 return to N'ew York I will
have something to say to America,"
h ssld. "I will say It through the
pre-s. and after that I will be silent
about the serious business that
brought me once again to the United
States."
Lord ?orthcltffe hsd nothing to say
about the spectacle staged for .lis
benefit at the White House gates by
one set of local suffragists yesterday.
representatives of the British govern
ment In this counto on war missions
will meet there during the week to
perfect definite orgsnlzatlon.
GERMAN SHIPJORPEDOED
Thurlngen Falls Victim to Subma
rine In North Sea.
AMSTERDAM. June 16. The Ger
man steamer Thurlngen haa been
torpedoed and "sunk while en route
from Hamburg to Rotterdam, accord
ing to word receiied here today.
Sinkings of German steamers by
submarines have been exceedingly
rare Few German ersels are now
able to nalgate the seas, except occa
slonal ratdera.
COLLECTIONS ADD TO FUND
Community Rally At Keith's Likely
to Produce Big Results.
"Serve humanity and Christianity
gle to the Red Cross." was the plea
voiced this morning from practically
every pulpit In the city, marking the
opening of Red Cross Week.
Most of the clergymen In Washington
based their entire sermons on the Red
Cross Its splendid work, and Its great
needs.
In many of the churches special col-1-ctlons
were taken at the morning
.ervlce to be turned over to the Rejl
Cross JlOP.000.000 fund.
The services In many cases were of a
patriotic nature aa well, ministers tak
ing advantage of the opportunity to
urre their parlshoners to be loyal and
-do their bit,"
"If you can't fight or farm, contribute
to the Red Cross. waa the sentiment ex
pressed In many churches.
"This Is a work which should be sup
ported to the utmost by every Chris
tian, said the Rev. Jamea 8hera Mont
gomery, pastor of Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church, Columbia road. In
his sermon this morning, which was
based entirely on the Red Cross and Its
activities.
Mast Ask CU' Efforts.
"Such blessed causes aa the Red
Cross are alwaya practically depend
ent on the churches and other re
ligious organizations," continued Dr.
Montgomery, "andl we must all unite
In a mighty effort to make the cam
paign a complete success In every
way."
The Rev Randolph II. MeKIm read
the President's Red Cross proclama
tion at the Church of the Epiphany
(Episcopal), a street, this morning.
He painted a graphic picture of the
great service performed by the or
ganization at all times, especially In
this war. and closed with an appeal
for everyone of hla parishioners to
contribute to the cause aa liberally aa
possible
He announced that a special collec
tion will be taken at the church next
Continued on Fourth Page.)
MARINE CORPS WEEK
NETS 3,000 RECRUITS
Number Still 1,000 Below Re
quired War Strength.
"Marine Corps Week." which ended
last night, obtained ror that branch
about "f.ono men. It was announced
today. This Is l.Ono below the re
quired number to bring the organlza
tlon- up to Its maximum war strength.
The unusually high standard set by
recruiting officers Is given as the
reason for the failure to get 4,000
men Thousands or men were ex
amined, but many of them were re
rjected. some because they were too
young
That every man cannot get Into the
Marine Corps was made known to
thousands who attempted but couldn't
treasure up to the mental, moral, and
physical requirements
Complete results are not In yet.
There Is a bare possibility that the
number of men necessary to (111 the
ranks of the corps will be reported,
but It Is considered doubtful.
The local station finished "Marine
Corps Week ' w Ith a rush, getting
eleven men. six for the regulars, and
the others for the reserve. All. how
ever, will be assigned for war duty
at the front.
PLOT SEEN IN-ESCAPE
OF TEUTON AT NORFOLK
Federal Agents Go to Direct Search
for Arnold Henkel.
Department of Justice sgents were
dispatched from Washington to Nor
folk today to direct the hunt for Ar
nold Henkel, lieutenant In the Ger
man nrm, who escaped from the Nor
folk Jail yesterday.
The Government suspects treason In
connection with Henkel's escape, as ft
Is certain that he was aided by one
or more confederates outside the Jail.
H- filed the bars of his cell and of a
window In the corridor, swinging
down to earth by means of an Impro
vised blanket ladder.
Henkel Is reported to haie escaped
from a British army camp, where he
obtained Information of value to Ger
many. CAMP HAS "CHILD POUND."
CARNEYS POINT. N. J . June 17.
A "child pound" has been established
at the quartermaster's office In the
guard camp So many children are
allowed to run around that some get
lost
After the parents miss a child for a
time, application Is made and In aria
bl the child Is there.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
OF RED CROSS WEEK
Inasmuch as our thoughts as a nation are now turned in
united purpose toward the performance to the utmost of the
services and duties which we assumed in the cause of justice
and liberty;
Inasmuch as but a small proportion of our people can have
the opportunity to serve upon the actual field of battle, but all
men, women and children alike may serve and serve effectively
by making it possible to care properly for those who do serve
under arms at home and abroad;
And inasmuch as the American Red Cross is the official
recognized agency for voluntary effort in behalf of the armed
forces of the nation and for the administration of relief:
Now, therefore, by virtue of my authority "as President of
the United States-and president of the American Red Cross,
I, Woodrow Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week ending June
25, 1917, as Red Cross weekduring which the peop,le of the
United States will be called upon to give generously and in a
spirit of patriotic sacrifice for the support and maintenance of
this work of national need.
(Signed) ' WOODROW WILSON.
The first of a series of big Red Cross rallies will be held at
Keith's at 1230 tomorrow. General Gorgas, General Brawled,
and Miss Boardman will speak and Mrs. Newton D. Baker will
sing; the "Marseillaise" and "The Star-Spangled Babner."
Want Cocchi For Girl's Death
Police Ask Lansing to Request Extradition of
Italian in Ruth Cruger Murder
Case.
NEW YORK, June 17. Four months and three days to
the hour of untiring effort byTiIrs. Grace Humis too, n Jawver,
broueht its reward vesterdar
of Ruth Cruger, the pretty Wadleigh High School girl, who
so mysteriously disappeared
All the legal maehlnet-y of the city,--
State and nation Is swiftly moving to
day to bring Alfredo Cocchi. accused of
the murder, back for trial In this coun
try. This was accomplished a few hours
after the body of the siain giri was
found burled under the cellar of
the bicycle repair shop, formerly con-
ducted at M2 West 117th street by Coc-
chl, who Is now In Italy.
The police commissioner, district at-
torney. Governor Whitman, and the
Secretary of State are already at work
In the attempt to solve one of the most
baffling rmaterles of New York city. I
From the day of her disappearance not i"1 - ,--- tomorrow afternoon. Be
a clew to her whereabouts was dis- -"ore that he Is expected to pay his
covered until Mrs. Humiston. a law) er i respects at the State Department and
engaged by her parents, took up the In-
estlgat'on.
Arthur Woods, the police commissioner.
is conducting a most rigorous investiga-
tlon Into the case. He is determined to i
find out why the detective bureau over- ,
looked evidence that has since come to'dent and Baron Moncheur ,omorrow.,
us..u .,u..,rr0u .iin -.. ...a
examined, some of them women.
uoternor nniiman n bibucu a j
warrant for the arrest or cocchi, ac
cused of the murder. The warrant
has been forwarded to Secretary of
State Lansing, with a request that the I
exirauuion 01 toccni, oun in ju&i, uc
asKea ror rortnwiin.
Coroner Reardon will hold an in
quest today.
How Mrster Was Solved.
How the mjstery of Ruth Cruger's
disappearance was solved Is the tale
of the triumph of a woman's deep.
Initiative sense over man's laborious
"reasoning faculty," She has won
when the police lost.
Mrs. Grace Humiston. a lawver, to
whom Is due the credits of solving the
mystery of the seventeen year old
nigh school girl's vanishing from
home. Is a soft eyed, low voiced,
gentlewoman, without a hint of the
professional manner.
"How did you come Into the case?"
she was asked. She said
"Felix Adler, leader of the Ethi
cal Culture Society, has been Inter
ested In It becouse he thinks It typical
of many similar cases of peril to
girls In New York He thinks it
touches the families of all' classes
He sent Mrs. Adler to see me about
it. I promised to Investigate That
was seven weeks ago I have been
at work with two detectives since. My
chief assistant was Julius Kron, of
the Donnelly Detective Agency, at 111
Bru-iway He had worked with me
In the peonage cases, and I knew I
could depend on him. It was he who
made the first grim find As soon as
he saw those pathetic little feet ex
tending from the heap of refuse he
telephoned me I hurried to the eel
lar. Aa soon as I saw the skate shoes
I knew we bad found Ruth's body.
in the unearthine of the bodvrin "' ' " wr c-ermany
on February 13,
BELGIAN MISSION HERE
AT 4-30 O'CLOCK TODAY
j , Mint
Baron fflonchenr Heads Delegation
from Ravaged Kingdom,
,.
I The Belgium mission, headed by
Baron Moncheur. arriving In Wash-
j Ington at 4.10 o'clock this afternoon,
i will get down to business tomorrow.
,. -,,(,.-,.,.- f0,m,nr will meet
I President Wilson at the White House
present his credentials. The Presl-
(dent will give a dinner to the mem-
I b- of ,h. ,, -, ,, ,.,,.
HouJe tomorrow. nlKnt-
Objects of the mission will not be
di,cu.d , -.,. d...i, hr ,h ,.
but a ,! nf conferences has been
arranged with department heads for
. week
A conference with Secretar of the
Treasury McA'doo relating to 4 loan
Is one of the moat Important on the
j8t
The mission
111 be met at the
Union Station this afternoon br Sec
retary of State Lansing Counsellor
Polk. Assistant Secretary Phillips and
Warren Robblns of the State Depart
ment, who has been assigned as aide
to the visitors. R. de Cartler de
Marchlenne. minister from Belgium,
and Charles Simon, counsellor of the
Belgian legation, also will be In the
reception part)
Two troops of cavalry from Fort
Mver, under command nf Colonel
Fenton, will escort the mission from
the Union Station to Ills Massachu
setts avenue northwest, the home of
Larz Anderson, former American min
ister to Belgium, which will be the
headquarters of the members while
in Washington
A special guard will be twelve
motorcvcle policemen detailed by
Major Pullman. Superintendent of Po
lice. A squad of Secret Service men
also will be In the party.
The route will be from the station
to the Capitol plase, to- Peunsylvanla
avenue, west to Fifteenth street,
south of the Treasury, north through
Madison place to H street, to Six
teenth street, to Massachusetts ave
nuel CORN CROPS BETTER.
ST. TAUL June IT. "Corn 1 s
somewhat backward, due to cold, but
It Is In better condition than laat
year and wheat and oats are In far
better condition than previously,'
said Immigration Commissioner F. D.
Sherman here today.
NEED IS IMMEDIATE,
WILSON DECLARES
Estimates, to Go to Congress
DfriigCoif Week.
EXPECT "LITTLE OPPOSITION
Necessity Too Appareit for Delay,
Is Opaiefl.
By THEODORE THAEn.
It was disclosed at the Capitol to
day that -Congreai la to be asked by
the Administration to appropriate Im
mediately for the greatest aerial armr
in the hlitory of the world.
The sum of 600,000,000 more than
lh fiOJsUntj totals -of the aim aiidr
nary appropriation bills of three
years ago is wanted for aviation
alone.
The estimates are scheduled to so
to Congress this week with the ap
proval of the President. Army and
navy officers are understood to have
completed a program for aeronautics
that calls for a total authorization of
more Than half a blUlon doTliri. This
enormous sum Ii for a "continuing;
program" that will build up the aerial
fleet Just as the "continuing- program'
for the navy was authorised In the
lsst Congress.
It was only a few years ago that
Prof. Langley came to Congress and
asked for a few thousand dollars to ex
periment with a heavier-than-alr ma
chine. By many of the supposedly
well-informed men of that day he
was regarded as a dreamer and im
practical theorist.
Raised a Babbnb.
Less thsn Ave years ago an appro
prlatlon of 130,000 for aviation in. th
army raised a hubbub in Congress,
and there was trouble about getting
It through:
' Kow,to-i admthfstratlon Is con
vinced that aviation Is to play a lead-
' .vutorVh, tunued'stales. "n"
proposed to send thoussnds of flying
machines over the trenches of the
eastern and western fronts. Millions,
not thousands, of dollars are wanted.
Congress may gasp a bit at the sU
of the proposed approprlatlona for
aerial flrhttnr maehlnea. It mar even
spare the estimates ana doubt the wis.
dom of expending so much money for
one branch of the service but in the
end It Is certain that mllli&ns upon
millions will be provided, and there
will be no harmful interference with
the Administration's plana.
The S600.000.000 aviation bill is au
thoritatively reported to have been
worked out by officers of the War Col
lege, the army, me navy, and the
Council of National Defense. Al
though his Immediate duty is with
the Emergency rleet Corporation,
General Goethals Is reported as being
In favor of a great aerial fleet and is
expected to lend his influence toward!
securing the desired legislation.
V 111 Go ta Heuse.
Members of Congress whose aid is
expected Include Chairman Padgett,
of the House Committee on Naval Af
faire; Congressman Hulbert of New
York, whose hobby is aviation, and
Senator Sheppara of Texas, co-author
of a bill for the establishment of a
department of aeronautics.
The Administration estimates wilt
go to the House of Representatives.
It Is not known to what committee
they will be referre... The 500.000.000
appropriation is for the use of both
the army and navy for airplanes, hy
droplanes, hangars, aviation schools.
Instructors, maintenance of aerial
fighters, and the various other ex
penses incident to the operation of
thousands of airships.
Out of the war may come the aerial
supremacy of America the birthplace
of the first successful heavier than
air machine and the full develop
ment of a science that already is revo
lutionizing warfare and has mado
obsolete all other methods of ob
servation. Both for purposes of observation
and attack (women, children, and non
belligerents barred) the sum of S600,
000.000, or any sum approaching It.
should make the United States array
known as "the army with Its thou
sands of eyes." "
Warna Agalast Scoffing.
It Is not expected that narrow
vlsloned members of the House and
Senate will dare ridicule the unprece
dented aviation bill, dilatory warns
against such scoffing and reminds
one:
That Prof. Langley was laughed at
while he experimented, and he died of
a broken heart
That the submarine was doubted
here and brought to Its fuller develop
ment abroad.
That the purchase of Alaska was
contemporaneously condemned as a
piece of folly and the acquisition of
an Iceberg.
That the Louisiana purchase had its
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