IIIRI) ANNUAL CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH
IN DETROIT, MICH.
OPICS TO TAKE WIDE RANGE.
nglish Magazine Publisher M ill De
liver Leading Address at Opening
Session on Business Conditions in
Britain.
DETROIT, Mich., April 2.—The
Vorld’s Salesmanship congress will \
old its third annual convention in
)etroit from April 24 to 27 and the
evnote of the gathering will he—!
i
win the war.” The congress com- j
irises the sales managers and busi- :
ioss directors of almost every great i
ndustrial and commercial enterprise
n the United States. Instead of meet-;
ng here in mid-summer, its usual
•onvention time, the congress decided
lpon a spring convention so that in
erchange of ideas and suggestions
-hould be effected as quickly as pos
sible.
Virtually every speaker at the con
gress will discuss a war topic. “Bus- |
iness and War,” or "The War and
Business” will be the basis for ad
dresses upon a variety of salesman
ship problems.
No Departmental Meetings.
In past years many salesmanship
clubs, which are affiliated with the
congress, met with the national or
ganization and held departmental
meetings. This plan has been aban
. t ltd onm i »nr
convention will be for the heads or
authorized representatives id' business
concerns which are members of the
congress and each session will be a
general one.
Herbert X. Casson, of London. Kng
land, a magaine publisher, is to make
the leading address at the opening of
the congress. .Mr. Casson is to dis
cuss the problems which confronted
business in England at the outbreak
of the war and is expected to point
out how British business men adjusted
their industries and organizations to
meet war conditions.
Official List of Topics.
An official list of topics which are
to be discussed at the congress in
cludes the following:
“To win the war, can the nation do
without the individual business man?”
“Must the war be waged entirely
on present savings, not earnings?”
‘What businesses are non-essen
“Is enough consideration being giv
en to the difficulty of starting up a
business that has been shut down?”
“Is enough consideration being giv
en to the fact that we are preparing
for a temporary and not a permanent
war ?”
“'Is so-called American extrava
gance a national asset or liability?”
“Does the collapse of the railroads
argue the possibility of national in
dustrial paralysis ?”
SKLL LOTS OF STAMPS.
School Hoy in Oregon Disposes of $727
in Small Securites.
SALEM, Oi'., April 2.—Richard
Davis a school hoy of L’nion county,
has old $727 worth of thrift stamps, a
record unequuled by any other mem
ber of the Junior Rainbow regiment
formed by State Superintendent of.
Public Instruction J. A. Churchill. The:
regiment is made up of the first 1,000
pupils in the state who sell $50 worth
of stamps. More than 500 already arc
enrolled.
INSTRUCTION FOR WOUNDED, i
—
OXFORD, England, March 30.—An
interesting experiment is to be made
at Oxford University in establishing:
short courses of instruction for
wounded officers unfit for military
duty for four months or more. Pre
ference is to be given to those who
probably will be discharged from the
service and arrangements will be
made for giving them the necessary
medical care.
BUGLER WHO BLOWS REVEILLE
IS REGARDED AS HIRED BY
NEWLY MADE SOLDIER.
MEN IN CHARGE OF EXPERTS.
Fireman on War Vessel Explains That
He Signed for Work in Engine
Room Because He Thought It Was
Hardest Task on Ship.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 2.—
“Getting used to the army,” a state
of mind which many young civilians
are .seeking to achieve, has developed
many overnight philosophies.
A youth accustomed to get up and
go to bed when he pleased, and to
spend the day on the same sort of
schedule, confessed to a friend here
recently that it all depended upon the
point of view.
“When 1 hear that bugler blowing
reveille at 5:45 a. m. it doesn’t get on
my nerves a bit” he said. “1 think to
myself, ‘Isn’t it great to have a man
hired to tell you when to get up in
the morning’, and that makes it good
sport.
“When I see my captain going up
the street, 1 reflect that I’m in the
care of more experts and specialists
than 1 could employ if I were a mil
lionaire, all looking after me, to see
that 1 have plenty of clothing and
food and am kept in good health.
“ The sergeant who puts us through
our paces at setting up exercises,
probably is just as good as any man
1 cmild pm nine if 1 were wealth
to
keep my body in good shape.
“On top of it all, 1 got paid, and
not a day goes by without a new ex
perience and a good laugh.
"It’s better luck than 1 ever ex
pected to have, and if I can do any
good for my country on top of it all.
I'm ready to do it.”
A young sailor wearing the red
stripe of the engine room in his shoul
der seam had his own ideas of service.
“Why did you enlist as a fireman?”
he was asked. The question embar
rassed him manifestly and he
squirmed.
“As far as 1 could learn,” he ex
plained. "the firemen have about the
toughest job aboard ship, and 1
thought probably a lot of fellows
would not want it so 1 signed up to
work below.”
TROOPS (OOK WITH GAS.
Traditional ( amp Fire Has No Place
at San Diego Cantonment.
CAMP KEARNY, San Diego, Cal.,
April d.—The traditional camp lire
has no place in Camp Kearny, where
the "Sunshine Division” is preparing
for its work abroad. “Cook with Gas”
I Vs ill* ii;wlu» in 1.11*. rv i l v. i.' ii." i* i I * I m ai
with gas” might be the motto in 111<
oifices and assembly {daces which re
quire heat. Gas ranges are in use in
every kitch< n and gas heaters are used
wherever there is need, except in a
few minor ones, where electrical heat
ers are used.
The gas comes from the San Diego
municipal supply, being pi pet 1 to the
camp. Similar modern arrangements
prevail as to electric light, there being
wires and electric fixtures in every
building and tent where there is a per
manent light source. Some of the
stables, warehouses, and so forth are
equipped with lighting facilities.
The camp water supply is the same
as that in San Diego, being drawn
from the city mains and raised by a
series of “booster stations” to the
level of the high plain on which the
camp is situated. Each station has its
electric motor and results, sanitary
officers at the camp say, have been
very satisfactory, as an ample supply
of pure water has been available at all
times. A reservoir of 1,700,000 gal
lons capacity, located on high ground
near the camp, provides a reserve sup
ply in case of emergencies, such as
failure of a motor at one of the
“booster stations.” It has not been
necessary to draw upon this reserve
supply in any great degree since the
water system was completed.
JOHN S. NOLL E N, COLLEG1
PRESIDENT, IS IN CHARGE
OF ARRANGEMENTS.
AMERICAN WORKERS NEEDED
Persons Associated in Undertakinj
Must Have Knowledge of Language
of Country and Will Wear Unite*
States Uniform.
PARIS, April 2.—The Americai
Army and Navy Young Men’s Chris
tian association lias begun its work ii
Italy. John S. Nollen, president o
Lake Forest College, Illinois, and sev
j eral assistants have been in Rome fo
: some time concluding arrangement
I for conducting the “Opera di Frattel
j lanza Universale” as the association’
work in Italy will be called. A fie
| translation of the name is “Universa
Fraternal Work.”
Recreation huts, similar to thos
! used at the American training camp
in France, will be opened as soon a
possible. Workers will be recruited ii
i America and from Americans now en
i gaged with the association in Franc'
A knowledge of Italian is essential t
all workers, who will wear the oliv<
drab United States uniform with tli
Young Men’s Christian association in
signia, as they do in France.
It is the plan of the association t*
supplement and cooperate with tie
work of Don Minozzi, professor an*
( aso do
priest of Romo, whoso
Saldato” have done so much for th<
happiness of tho Italian soldiers.
It was originally planned tha
Charles If. Hurry of tho Latin-Ameri
can Young .Men's Christian associatic:
field should bo tho head of the work
hut his illness prevented and Dr. Xol
Ion was appointed acting chief. Asso
ciated with Dr. Nollen are Walter S
Cramp of Philadelphia and M. B. Ride
out, who has been in charge of Younj
.Men’s Christian association work fo
prisoners of war in Italy. With tin
assistance of the American ambassa
dor at Rome, Thomas Nelson Page
those men have been working out tin
initial problems of the new organi
nation.
The Young Men’s Christian associa
tion is to extend its work to the Ita!
ian army upon direct invitation of tlr
Italian high command. Proliminar;
arrangements for the extension wer
made last fall when an America)
Young Men’s Christian associatioi
mission, headed by Francis B. Sayre
son-in-law of President Wilson, visitei
the Italian front and was made ac
(juainted with the recreation needs <>
the Italian soldiers.
INF A NTS' COMFORT K ITS,
Spokane Red C ross Works for Refuge
Babies in War Zone.
SPOKANK, Wash., April 2.— Com
fort kits for refugee infants in tin
war zone is the latest activity of tin
Spokane local of the American Re<
Cross.
The kits are to be put in a pink o
blue figured or striped muslin bag, si:
inches long by eight inches long. Th
; contents of the bag are to consist o
six large safety pins, six medium safe
1 ty pins, six small safety pins, one cak<
castile soap, knitted or bath towel inf
wash cloth, can of talcum powder
small roll of old linen pieces, piece o
flannel or small case containing si:
needles and a spool of white sewinj
! cotton and a thimble.
THEN IT HAPPENED.
“1 wonder if you could?” mused th(
| Rummy, as he took a handful o
• matches.
“Yon wonder if you could what?’
demanded the Barkeep, as he reaches
| under the bar and grabbed a club.
“I wonder if you could say that i
\
j thirsty physician is a dry dock?” re
' plied the Rummy as he headed for the
I
; door.
Job Printing of Distinction at the
Times office.
: VESSEL IS 320 FEET LONG ANL)
HAS CAPACITY OF FIVE
THOUSAND TONS.
. SAVES STEEL AND WOOD.
' New Craft Is Much Cheaper Than
* Other Vessels and Owners Confi
I dently Predict That She Will Suc
cessfully Meet All Tests.
1 A PACIFIC PORT, April 2. — The
-1 largest concrete ship in the world was
i ; launched here recently. If the vessel
f stands all tests the builders hope this
type will help to solve the nation’s
! need for ships. Every step of the con
* I struction has been watched by the
- government. The vessel is 320 feet I
s between perpendiculars, 44.0 feet wide |
? and 30 feet deep, and when loaded will
1 draw twenty-four feet of water. Her
1 displacement will be 7,900 tons and
,! she will have a carrying capacity of
. ! 3,000 tons and make ten or eleven
J knots an hour with triple expansion!
! engines furnishing 1,700 horse power.
_ | She is ten times larger than any con
! crete boat now on record in this coun
l Advantages claimed for the new
vessel are that concrete construction
does not interfere with steel construc
tion, plenty of concrete can be had
concrete vessels can be built for the
present cost of wooden vessels; con
crete vessels of 7,300 tons can be
launched within ninety days after
work starts; while the cost of the
-plant” is “as $25,000 to $500,000”
compared to a steel shipyard.
Conceded to lie Success.
"When the first steel vessels were
1 built, people said they would not float,
' or if thev did, they would be too heavy
i • _ ' _ / i
to he serviceable,” safd W. Leslie
Comyn, president of the concern which
• built the boat. “Now they say the
same thing about concrete. 15ut all the
: engineers we have taken over this
boat, including many who said it was
an impossible undertaking, now agree
that it is a success.”
The floor of the vessel is about -Cl
inches thick; the side four inches, with
a great steel shoe down the bow. In
bedded in the concrete are 540 tons of,
welded steel mesh, and hundreds of
heavy iron bars, also welded together.
A watertight wood flooring resting'
on the bottom beams constitutes the j
' i double bottom of the vesel. No pro- i
1 vision is made for water ballast, the
I theory being that the vessel will travel I
• without ballast, riding safely with her ;
^ heavy bottom. Six concrete bulkheads i
divide the vesel. The main deck is;
wood laid on concrete stringers; the,
shelter deck is concrete. The dead
weight is put at 600 tons more than ;
that of a steel vessel of like capacity.
The vessel will burn oil, using 160 j
' barrels a dav and her reinforced con-.
crete tank will carry thirty days’ sup
-, ply.
' Must Stand Every Test.
“This boat will have to stand her
II tests, like any other vessel,” said the
builder. "1 expect we will send her L
the orient, and when she gets back wc
will know all about her. At present,
there are no insurance quotations coy i
ering concrete vessels; it’s all as new ;
.
to everyone else as it was to us.
“Besides the low first cost, we will j
save 75 per cent of our lumber, on
later boats, be re-using it. Two other
vesels of 7,500 tons each, will be start
ed as soon as we get this one out of
| the way. In these we will use forms
i built in sections and bolted. When we
i strip them from the concrete, they will
| come off a section at a time.
“A concrete boat will last—I don't
: know how long. We know that con
| crete gets better the first nine years of
j its life and after that it should last a
| long while. The life of a steel boat
ordinarily is twenty five years.
ADVICE.
“Learn this bv heart, you’ll find it
true,”
Advised old Uncle Dover;
“Make hay while the sun shines, and
you
Always will be in clover.”
BADGES ISSUED
SOLDIERS THAT OCCUPIED VK- 1
RA CRUZ ARE DESIGNATED
IN SEPARATE CLASS.
PUNITIVE FORCE IN ANOTHER.! f
Troops That Were Stationed Along
International Line Where Bandits
Made Raids Are Also Entitled to
Military Decorations.
EL PASO, Tex., April 2.—Service J
badges for the various campaigns in h
Mexico and along the border have ‘ .
been ordered issued to officers and <
enlisted men of the United States ar- j i
my and many veterans of the Mexi- <
can campaigns are now wearing the (
bit of green and yellow ribbon which j <
is attached to this new service badge. ;'
The president authorized these <
Mexican service badges and the war 1
department, in a recent order, desig- j
nated the conditions upon which they ! (
would be issued. These the:
In Mexico, afloat or ashore, as mem- \
hers of the Vera Cruz expedition be- j
tween April 24, 1 !>14 and November
26, 11)14. ]
In Mexico as members of the puni- .
tive expedition or other authorized j
expeditions between March 14, 1916 A
and February 7, 1917. i<
Those who were actually present *
and participated in an engagement <
against Mexicans between April 12, i
1911 and February 7, 1917, in which j
there were casualties on the side of ]
United States troops. .
Those who were present as mem- ,
bers of the border patrol, between
April 12, 1911 and February 7, 1917, i
in proximity to an engagement be
tween Mexicans which resulted in cas- •
unities among their own company,
troop, battery or detachment.
This provides for almost the entire j
border army including General Fun- i
ston’s forces which landed at Vera ;
Cruz and General Pershing’s punitive i
expedition as well as Colonel George ■
T. Langhorne’s punitive expedition i
after the Glenn Springs raiders and ’
troops stationed opposite Juarez,
Agua Prieta, Nogales, Naco, Ojinaga 1
and other Mexican border ports dur- ;
ing battles between revolutionary (
troops and government forces. ,
Because it is not convenient for of- ;
ficers in the field to wear these badges ■
only the ribbon is worn on a bar pin, <
the badge being worn only with full
dress uniforms.
SPOKANE TO SEE FOOTBALL.
Games Are Scheduled for Next Fall
Between University Teams.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 30.—The
football game between the Washing
ton state college and the University
of Montana November 23 will be held
here, according to arrangements made
between the coaches of the two insti
tutions during the northwest collegi
ate conference meeting here, it has
been made known.
Arrangements are under considera
tion to play the Oregon Agricultural
college-University of Montana game
in October in this city, it is said.
Job printing at the Times office.
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SIS’GIFT TO
,ONGEST OVERDUE CHRISTMAS
PRESENT FINALLY REAC HES
WAR ZONE SAILORS.
>ENT FROM QUINCY, MASS.
ifuletide Remembrance Was Dispatch
ed by Young Women in Fore River
Shipyard to Men Aboard Vessel
That Was Built There.
BASE OF AMERICAN DESTROY
'D FLOTILLA IN BRITISH WAT
ERS, April 2.—The longest overrule
Christmas present to the Americans
n the destroyers came from the girls
>f the Fore River Shipbuilding corp
iration at Quincy, Mass. Thev were
omfort boxes for every man on a
vessel built at the shipyard. The pres
•nts were delayed because a hold of
’■■e steamer on which they were sing
led was flooded en route and some
>f the boxes were damaged.
Accompanying the boxes was a let
er to Vice Admiral Sims reading as
ollows:
“The girls of the Fore River Ship
milding corporation, Quincy, Mass.,
ire forwarding in your care a Christ
nas box containing individual boxes
'or distribution to the boys of a ves
;el built at Fore River and stationed
across the pond.’ Being unable to se
o government ruling, they are leav
ng it to you to see that the box
•caches its destination. It is our de
;ire that these presents shall cheer
ip the boys who find themselves far
Vom home and friends at Christmas
;ime.
“We trust that you will be able to
dace it on a ship in time for Christ
mas day.
“With the season’s greetings and
learty wishes for a Happy and Merry
Christmas (in spite of conditions), we
ire The Fore River Girls.
“Per CATHERINE J. YULE.
“Hull Department.”
Vice Admiral Sims immediately for
varded the letter and boxes to a Fore
liver destroyer at the base. On board
he ship here the letter was read to
ill the men and the gifts were passed
mt. The men responded with “three
•heers for the Fore River girls.” and
isked their captain to write a letter
;o Miss Yule expressing their appre
ciation.
THE WISE FOOL.
“Politeness is never wasted,” ob
served the Sage.
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