Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1917 — Page 2

“STRIKE GERMANY THROUGH THE AIR,” SLOGAN OF AIRCRAFT ORGANIZATIONS

Recent Conference in Washington Shows the Great Importance of the Participation of the United States in This Regard—Has Better Facilities Than the Allies Had at the Beginning ofthe War.

Washington.—“We Must Strike Germany Through the Air” is the ntew slogan which has resulted from, the meeting in Washington of members of the aircraft production hoard of the United States and the board of governors of the Aero Club of America, after study of the present war'situation and of the ways and means for carrying on an effective campaign of education. Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, issued the following statement; “Germany’s U-boat warfare and the necessity of keeping the German fleet bottled up are occupying the navies of the allies, and no decisive victory over the Germans is expected in naval actions in the near future. Likewise advances against the Germans on lantl are slow, and Germany has seemed able so far to always throw new thousands of men and new lines of trenches and countless guns to meet the advances of the allies. The only victories on the part of the allies so far have been as a result of supremacy of the air, as a result of the matching of skilful, .daring allied aviators agaipst German aviators and observation balloons.

Masters in the Air. “It was not until the Germans were deprived of their aerial eyes and the allies’ aviators, being masters of the air, could follow the movements of the enemy and locate their batteries and their strongholds, that the allied victories became possible. “While the United States is beginning to help substantially now, effective help of the kind that leads to permanent victory can only come .at the end of months of preparation, and in considering in which way we can best prepare to help to achieve permanent victories it is found that the aerial branch of the service affords the greatest possibilities. - “British, French, Russian, Italian and American authorities who have studied the matter closely have come to the conclusion that the addition of 10,000 aviators today to the allies’ present aerial forces would insure blinding the German batteries and preventing German aviators from conducting operations over or near the allies’ lines. An additional 10,000 aviators would make it possible to conduct aerial raids on a large scale and to strike Germany in the most vital places, to strike hard enough to lead to permanent victories.” The authorities who met in Washington readily agreed that every effort should be concentrated in striking Germany through the air. Several instances during the meeting emphasized that although different persons present had obtained their information from separate sources, their information was practically alike. Board of Governors Meets. The meeting of the board of governors of the Aero Club of America was held in Washington and Howard E. Coffin, the chairman of the aircraft production board, who is also a member of the board of governors of the club, presided. The members of the board present were: Mr. Hawley, James A. Blair, Jr.; W. Redmond Cross, Charles Edwards,, Max H. Fleischmann, John Hays Hammond, Jr.; Capt. James E. Miller, Raymond B. Price, Henry A. Wise Wood and Henry Woodhouse.

Having reached the conclusion that efforts must be concentrated to get and train thousands of aviators and arrange to manufacture tens of thousands of modern airplanes of different types for training, bomb-dropping, artillery spotting, fighting machines and subm arme des trovers, - the - boar d

ONE MENACE REMOVED

One of the most effective weapons

in the war, bat one which has had but small notice, la the ship that scours the seas for the death engines that lurk everywhere waiting for unsuspecting merchantmen. This is a good view of a mine Just taken aboard a ■weeper. Great- Britain’s fleet *of ■weepers have been very successful in destroying the enormous fields planted U the North sea by the German*

next turned to consider the ways and means of getting the aviators and machines. To do this the aviation training facilities and the sources of supplies for aircraft must be greatly extended. It was shown that at the beginning of the Britain did not have third of the aeronautic manufacturing facilities we have in the United States today and there was read a statement from the British controller of aeronautic supplies reporting that there are 958 firms engaged on work for the British directorate of aeronauticsupplies, 301 of which are direct contractors and 657 are sub-contractors. This report states that the total number of hands employed by the 50 firms of greater prominence is 66,700. There was also brought out the fact that the British budget for aeronautics for the present year totals $575,000,000. This is made public as. a result of its publication in connection with a discussion which took place in the house of commons recently. England ami France had to come up from a production of a few airplanes a m-snth to the present production of about 4,000 airplanes a month and have had to do that with limited resources in personnel and materials. The United States today has a better start than either France or England had at the beginning of the war and it has tremendous resources in workmen and materials.

It is all a question of adopting an extensive enough campaign to insure large production and of placing orders for continuous deliveries of airplanes and training of aviators and mechanics in large numbers. To do that there will be required large appropriations, but no trouble is anticipated In that direction. The government’s committee on public information has issued the following statement regarding part of the details of the steps already taken to train aviators in large numbers: “Last month a group of army officers visited the training camp of the Flying corps at Borden, Ont., one of the four camps established in Canada, and the aviation school at Toronto, where cadets are trained under military discipline for the service. In these schools there has been incorporated the latest European experience in the development of this new’ art of the air. “Our officers were deeply impressed with their observations, and as a result we called together here the heads of six prominent engineering schools, which also have military training, and made arrangements to establish a similar system in the United States. The six institutions are the Universities of California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Corhell university. Three technical instructors from each of these places were sent to Toronto. They returned after a comprehensive study of the course given there, prepared to teach it themselves. These six engineering schools have opened similar cadet aviation schools at their respective institutions.

Courses in Aviation. “These cadet schools might be described as laboratory courses in aviation. The students are given thorough instruction in the theory of flying, including the necessary physics and mathematics and the mechanics of airplane construction. The training schools are thoroughly equipped with samples of airplane parts and instruments for demonstration, as well as text-books. Technical matters relating to map-making, photography, bombdropping, sun-sighting and all simitar subjects which a military aviator must know rireaTsotatight. Allduring this time the cadet is under military training, following the methods Which Great Britain and Canada have found so successful. At the end of two months of this preliminary work the cadet is given a final -test to determine whether he shall go on to the aviation camp. “General Squier’s office has been handling these schools. All applications from persons who' wish to become military aviators have - been- turned over to this department, pver which Prof. Hiramlßingham of Yale has been" gi<ven~general direction by General Squier, and there have been far more applicants than could be admitted. The" schools began on May 10 and 25 cadets a week—are .entering each of the six colleges, which means that as soon as the first entering class completes its preliminary work approximately 150 students a week will be

available for the regular training camp with a'good ground work on which tostart their practical training. Six Hundred Cadets in Six Colleges. “There will be 600 cadets In the six colleges by July. In the meantime arrangements are going ahead for the nine aviation fields to receive their men when they are ready. The aircraft production board Is working constantly with’ the military departments in preparing for the construction of these fields. The standard field on which we are basing our program will provide for accommodating squadrons of 150 students each with the necessary officer instructors and enlisted men, together with a certain number of additional e«listed men

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Experiment on Barley as Wheat Substitute

Madison, Wts. —Barley muffins, barley bread, barley breakfast food and barley cakes may become as common on our -tables as white bread, graham muffins and oatmeal, according to the results of experiments now being carried on by the war research committee of the home economics department of the University of Wisconsin. In seeking cereals to relieve the wheat shortage the department found that the food and commercial value of barley made it advisable to begin research along lines that would conserve the barley industry of Wisconsin, while ,at the same time bringing about economical results for the housewife. Wisconsin, according to recent statistics, produces oneeighth of the barley crop in the United States.

MAJ. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., of the Officers’ Reserve corps in training at the Plattsburg camp. Major Roosevelt is only one of the Roosevelts in camp. Kermit, another son of Colonel Roosevelt, and J. A. Roosevelt are also training there.

who wflll be training at the same time. “The hangars will take care of 72 airplanes. The preparation of these fields will cost approximately a million dollars each, including the construction of the necessary buildings, dormitories, work shops and hangars. A standard set of buildings has already been worked out, the fields will be approximately a mile square, and great care is being taken by the military officers as regards their location. “We are estimating about four months as the period for getting these students ready for army service. “The aircraft production board is working hard to assist the military departments in their arrangements to have all these related activities coordinated and at the same time to get the necessary training machines ready in time for their use. “Both the manufacturing problem and the 7 training problem will be much simplified the second year if we can establish the proper co-ordination of effort this year. ’ The manufacturing -capacity-can easilybe -doubled- the second year. In getting the co-operation of the manufacturers in placing their facilities at the disposal of the government we have found the organization of the Aircraft Manufacturers’ association, effected last February, of great assistance. “A prominent British general has asserted that America’s greatest contribution to the war will be aircraft and aviators. We believe that once started upon quantity production Xtnerican mechanical genius will over' iwjne any present obstacles to the prog<_ Egress of the art.”

HOTEL MEN TO TRAIN CHEFS

Amerlcans Wttmatety to Supplant the Foreign Chefs in the Big Hotel* Muncie, Ind. American chefs, trained In an American hotel man's training school, will ultimately -supplant the foreign chefs in the big hotels of the country. This is the alm of members of the Hotel Men’s asso l ciation who have concluded an agreement to . establish a large training school for cooks ahd other hotel employees in the Muncie National Institute, which is In financial trouble. Telegrams were received by repre sentatlves of the association front many of the leading hotel men of the country pledging support before th< agreement was signed. Messages hav< also been received from many Uqlte<! States senators and governors, who de dare It Is a “patriotic movement’’ an# that It is now most timely, in view o; the world crisis.

ATHLETICS STILL STUCK, IN TRENCHES

FOUR IMPORTANT COGS IN MACK’S MACHINE.

The Athletics are still in the trenches. Several seasons ago Connie Mack disrupted a marvelous machine, retaining only Strunk, Mclnnis, Bush and Schang, and began to build anew. The cagy one hinted at another pennant winner about 1917. But the boys are still in the trenches. Wally Schang, the snappy little catcher of the club, is Mac’s chief assistant in dragging the boys from their Last Place dugout. Schang is one of the most valuable players in baseball. He not only stars as one of the very best —if not the best —catcher in the American league, but he can perform most creditably at any other position on the diamond. Wally has filled in everywhere—particularly specializing for Mack at third base and the outfield, while canny Connie was combing the bushes in search of capable cogs to fit in those positions. Mack would have fallen out of the league last year without him. And now we find him, in addition to directing the play on the field, batting fourth in “clean-up” position —a most unusual place to find a catcher.

DIAMOND NOTES

Maisel continues to play second base for the Yankees in fine style. ♦ * * The Indians have signed Art Hoffman, veteran Cub, to act as utility man. Add sorrows of w r ar: Paying a tax on baseball and seeing the home team lose. Jack Coombs may be able to beat the Giants, but the Cubs have less respect for him. * * * Happy Felsch and Joe Jackson are swinging at the’ ball as if they meant business. • « • Arguing with an umpire is about as satisfactory as playing poker against a cold deck. President Tener’s decision not to tolerate rowdyism on the diamond is an excellent one. • * • ’ ’George Burns, the doughty left fielder of the Giants, is earning the adoration of the New York fans. • * « Coumbe, who was not much of a left hander last season, is one of Cleveland’s Surprises this spring. • .* * Habits are generally to be encouraged, but Walter Pipp should not be held back from his swatting habit. ♦ ♦ • Armando Marsans may be the next ex-Fed on the St. Louis Browns to depart. Marsans is hitting nothing at all. • ♦ *

Some well-known pitchers would make excellent material for the aviation corps. Going up in the air is their specialty. Mule ..Watson of the Cardinals Is starting' off the 1917 season with the brand of pitching which featured, his work during 19T6, Z * » * .t. ManueL Cueto’s blg league name is “Squatto.” He gets the title from his sawed-off stature and his crouched position at the plate. * * * Second Baseman Grover of the Athletics is a graceful fielder, but Mack is patiently waiting to find out whether he can hit or not. * * * Johnny Evers is very much needed in the Boston lineup. His inspiration as a leader on the field is a big advantage for a team. • • * Members of the Boston Braves team have subscribed to the , Liberty loan. They took several thousand dollars’ worth of the bonds. • • * Jake Daubert must feel start of proud over the fact that Colonel Egberts turned “down an offer of $25,000 for the Robins’ first sacker. Stuffy Mclnnis, Connie Mack’s star, is agile and ambitious and will outplay any first-sacker in the» American league, if not in the country.

GREAT RECORD FOR ASSISTS

George Stovall, While Playing First Base for St. Louis, Helped to Retire Seven Men. ■ ■ ■ A Fans love to know who holds the many records that are changing almost daily, but George Stovall, when first basing for the Browns, made a record for assists at that post, and he made the mark against the Athletics. The record is seven assists in a single game. In the first inning he tossed out Rube Oldring on a sacrifice, Del Pratt covering first base. In the second inning Jack Barry, now’ manager of the Red Sox, grounded and Stovall scooped the Dodgers at second. Later Col-

George Stovall.

lins, now of the White Sox, grounded and Stovall threw out Barry at the plate. In the fourth Inning Coombs grounded and Stovall tossed to Baumgardner, who covered first, retiring Coombs. Melnnis grounded in the fifth and Stovall agaln threw to Pratt, who covered first base. Stovall took a throw from Bert Shotton in the seventh inning and nailed Frank Baker, now of the New Yorks, at second. Bris Lord then sacrificed in the eighth and Stovall scodped up the ball “and tossed it to Pratt, who covered second, and made it the seventh assist of the day, a world’s record for a first baseman.

TO CONTINUE MILITARY TOIL

American League Teams to Be Kept at Drilling All Season—Good Lesson Jn Patriotism. Don’t mistake about this, the American league teams are going to continue their military drilling all season, unless Ban Johnson loses his grip on things, and none believes that possible. Many a time this summer you’ll go out to the ball park a bit early to see the players performing their various evolutions. It will be a standing lesson in patriotism to you, especially you youngsters eligible for military service. So. don’t think there’s any joke about this, for there isn’t.

WATCH FIELDER JONES

Manager of St Louis Browns Satisfied With Outlook. Has Shifted His Men Around and Only; Weak Spot Appears to Be Third Base—Will Be Formidable Team in Pennant Race. When 20,000 fans tujn out to a St Louis ball park on a Sunday In the spring it’s a sign that the sport is popular there. That’s the number that turned out at Sportsman’s park and the crowd was rewarded by a double victory over the White Sox—one of the battles being a no-hit affair. Fielder Jones is getting under way again. Predictions were made before the season opened that Fielder had profited by the 1916 campaign, and had noted how the combined players from American and Federal leagues shaped up. This has evidently been coming true. Jones has shifted his men around and now is fairly satisfied with the results. The only spot that can be called at all weak is third base, where the veteran Jimmy Austin holds forth. St. Louis fans are impatient because Austin is kept there —or at least a good percentage of them are —but Austin is a crack fielder, and hits in streaks. He is the best they have for the job at present. Jones, according to St. Louis scribes, would rather beat the Sox than any of his other rivals. He'drives his men to do their best against his old team, and has been sensationally successful of late. Fielder Jones is unquestionably a great manager, one of the best in the history of the game. He always gives the best he has to his men and superiors. He plays every game to win, at no time does he give up. In this respect he is an exact counterpart of Hughie Jennings, the great leader of the Detroit Tigers. It’s too early to do much predicting, but one can be fairly safe in stating that the St. Louis Browns will be a formidable team in the race this season, and cannot be too closely Vvatched, Jones won a pennant with a less effective team 11 years ago, and has his eyes set on the same direction In 1917.

TO SECURE RECRUITS

There is one way that Uncle Sam could get a million, or several million recruits over night. Just let the announcement go out from Washington that every man and boy who enlisted would be given a free ticket to the big league games for the rest of his life afer the war is over.

BALL PLAYERS NOT EXEMPT

Assurance of President Johnson That They Would Not Be Drafted Was Without Authority. Denial from Washington of the report that the members of the National and American leagues w’ere to be exempt from the draft until next fall has caused a lot of anxiety in the ranks of the players. The men of the American league had been assured by Ban Johnson, their president, that they would not have to fear draft until fall, but that assurance was given without authority. The war department has given no one authority to announce any such policy and the players will be subject to the same regulations ae other men of fighting age. It would mean many changes in the big league races if some of the star men are grabbed. The drafting of Heine Zimmerman would mean that the chances of the New York “Giants” making a runaway race of the National league pennant would go a-glimmer-ing. The drafting of Eddie Collins from the Chicago Americans, the taking of Tris Speaker from Cleveland, or Ty Cobb from Detroit, would change the whole race in the American lea'uge.

SURE SIGN OF FLAG WINNER

First Team to Make Triple Play of Season Bound to Win Pennant, According to Players. According t 6 & St. Louis writer who has. interviewed ball players on the subject, the team that makes the first triple play of the season is bound To win the pennant. The Browns made = the.jrst one in the game against Cleveland on-April 30, therefore, say the superstitious ones on Fielder Jones’ team. they rrre-att set for flag honors. This may be a superstition, but brief inspection of the dope probably would send it the way all superstitions ought to go.

CUBS’ SECOND SACKERS HURT

John Evers and Larry Doyle Both Suf* fer Broken Legs While Cavorting Around Keystonp Bag. John J. Evers and Larry Doyle both suffered broken legs as Cub second baseman. It must be that Fate has her machine gun trained on this particular spot. Larruping Larry will be missed in .more than one important way if he is unable to sit in regularly, as reported. Not only is his big mace a vital aid in time of trouble, but his widespread popularity and his unbreakable spirit are great developers, of team morale.