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Naming For Soldiers \ ?a2ifon?a Artist Originates' System for Vocational Training 2**?- York, May lo.?Miss Juh?*j Hey^ieman of San Francisco, per- j tseit painter and writer arrived here: the. other day on a tout montns' lea^e of absence trcm the British Red iCrcss, with a new distinction for an American woman, that 01 being -y ,tite originator of .a system of voca tional training for . wounded soldiers by means of which thousands of Bri tish,.. Belgian, French and American Jighters, - crippled apparently opyond repair, have been restored to lives of happiness and nsefulnes. Before* returning, .to. England, Miss Heyneman will make a transconti - -nental tour of America, speaking be . * tdre various women's clubs, Red : Cross and Belgian war relief organi - zations on her work abroad. Her intin erary at present includes Philadelp hia, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore. Boston, .San Francisco, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Denver.. -This little American woman, who landed in England on the day Ant werp feH^to the Germans, found her self ih a whirl of war terror and con fusion. Belgian civilian refugees, old v and young, penniless and despairing, and Belgian soldiers, terribly wound ed; were arriving in London by train loads. She established in London, after much difficulty, an institution which she named "California House," ?fter her native State where the( disabled defenders of Namur andj Liege and other Belgian strongholds.. were nursed back to health and) strength and taught languages or vo cations that fitted them to earn their] own living. I So succesful was this adventure j Is war philanthropy that the British! Held Cross two years later enlisted j Miss Heynenian's services, took over her institution and established three ) similar big homes hi London known as "Entchener Houses" No. 1, 2. and 3. _he California woman was aided in her wor? by other Americans wh ?3 sustained the enterprise by volun tary donations. Everything was sup plied free to the soldiers and in three years more than 60,000 meals were given them. The-grateful Belgians, desirous of perpetuating the work for fellow war sufferers in their native land, be sought Miss Heyneman to establish a tgraiiar reconstruction center -there and to this end she visited Queer Elizabeth at La Panne and was assur ed her sympathy and support. The Queen of the Belgians, upon request. ..designated the Edith Cavell Sehe:! for Nurses in Brussels as the insti tution likely to benefit most by tb-r expansion such as Miss Heyneman proposed, that of establishing * a 1 least 25 beds and entailing an outlay of$5,000 each. One of the founders of the school named for the martyred British nurse was Mme. Marie De page, a Belgian woman, who perish ed on the Lusitania. According t the plan each bed is to be dedicatee to the memory of some fallen Amer ican soldier and already the mothers of two officers have indicated the desire thus to honor the memory c -v. their heroic dead. yAfter her tour in H\ the TJnited States Miss Heyneman i? ' tends to return to Belgium to put he j j&an into effect. "I have passed through four and a half years of the nightmare of war," said Miss Heyneman. "I never would j have believed until I got into this work j that ? could ever have done it. Itj * has been a severe but beneficial ex perience Of the 600 men who have , passed through California House, once practically helpless cripples, 90 per cent have been fed and cared for and made self-supporting. The British Red Gross, as the result of our inia tory efforts, is now similarly re-edu cating and training 6,000 wounded soldiers a year, in the Kitchener Houses and we believe that untimate ly the British War Office will put the work upon a permanent basis." ' Miss Heyneman said she was a ! member of the Execuive Committee j ot Vocational Training for England of which Major General Fielding, of . the British army, commander of the London district, is chairman. ______________________ < Horse and Mule Demobilization 300,000 Animals Being Scatter ed Though the States Dallas, Tex.,. May ii?Demobiliza v tion of the army mule and horse is going forward rapidly, according to figures on government sales jusi com plied by C. O. Moser, livestock in.; spector of the purchasing quarter master. The figures show that during the war the government bought 115.000 head of horses and mules at a total cost of $27,000,0000 in the southern and central purchasing zones. When, hostilities ended the government own ed about 500,000 head of horses and mules, 300,000 in the United states find 200,000 in Franc?-, only 70,000 of the latter number having been shipped from this country. Because of the big demand for these animals on central west farms the ^./jgovernmenl has: been hurrying dis tribution, and when auctions now ad vertise^ are completed 150.000 am. . mals will have been placed on farm; since Jan. L Cavalry horses cost the governmen' a,n average of $165. artillery horse '$190 and mules $190, according to these figures. At the sales cayalr horses have brought an average of $85, artillery horses % 150 and draft . mules $160. The sales have include many worn out animals, some s^iiinr for as little as $10. On the other hand ' many animals have brought fancj prices. . London. May 14.?The Italians are landing a large military force on the Dalmatian coast, according to a Renter dispatch from Belgrade. The troops are moving eastward and fortifying the ridges and mountain Germari Marines jsome Are Loyal Soldiers, But ? Many Thieves and Spartacists Are Wearing Marine Uni forms With the American Army of Oc cupation, April if. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)?In the opinion of American arm> officers who follow day by day the process of demobilization and readjustment of enemy forces it appears likely that General von Lettow-Vorbuck. the German cqmander who returned to Germany in March from Africa, is rapidly uniting under his command all the loyal marine units. Writing in the summary of intelli gence of the Third United States army of recent date one of the American experts who specialize upon the move ments of ah German armed forces, says: "Such a division (marines) may he expected to be one of the most powerful instruments of the present government?and might even he a reactionary power." Owing to the popular apprecia tion of the services of the marines during the war and to the initiation of the revolution last November by marines, numerous marine volunteer units have appeared in Germany dur ing the past few months seeking to capitalize the popularity. So many of them, however, developed into rob ber bands composed of men in marine uniforms who never served in the ma rine service that of late the average German civilian has begun to look upon any man in marine uniform as a probable thief. During the past few weeks the stat us of the marine units has been clear ing up and from information gather ed by the Third Army officers it is now possible to give a general idea of the marine units. In an article in the summary of intelligence issue by the Third Army one of the Amer ican officers says: "The marine units of Spartacist or doubtful leanings may be considered first. Most important of these is the \ o.ksmarine division which went over to the Spartacists in the Janu ary and March troubles in Berlin, but has now been suppressed in Berlin. However, it has a branch in Braun, schweig of clearly Spartacist pur poses. Many who we^e prominent in :he dissolved unit in Berlin are now in this unit, which appears to be the foundation of the present Spartacist control of Braunschweig. At least two Home guard units of marines are known, one at Munich and one at Frankfort on Main. Neither of these has been fairly tried, but^ both are unquestionably of strong Spartacist leanings. "Supporting Minister of War Nos fce and the present government are I several marine units of excellent mo I rale, which appear all or nearly all to be in the process of uniting a>t the present time under control of General von Lettow-Vorbeck the German commander who returned from Africa in March. "Most important of these is the 'Iron Marine Brigade' or Marine Bri gade Rohden under Colonel von Rob. den. This was organized in Kiel, of ficered evclusively by officers of at least fifteen years' service. It sup pressed disorders early this year in Bremen, 'Cuxhaven. Wilhelmshaven. and Emden, and had a large part in the restoration of order m Berlin, es pecially at Lichtenberg, in March." NC-4 on the Way Flight From Halifax to Tre passey Bay To-day Halifax, May If,.-Naval sea plane NC-4, which I'l't today for Trepassey Bay to join xc-l and NTC-2 for the trans-At lam io flight was forc ed to descend a few miles east of i his port. She took the air again in a fen minutes, however, and continued the trip. I British Flyers Ready St. .Johns. May I."..?Weather re ports received today led Hawker and Payham. the British pilots, to hope a start would he possible today in their long delayed attempt to fly to England. Short Courses for Club Boys. Clemson College, May 10 ? The time for holding a short course in agri culture for the prize winning club boys from each county has been fixed for July 7 to July IS inclusive. The firsl and second prize winners from each county according to the official! rule* of the club work, are entitled to the short course free of charge and expenses except railroad fare. The (third prize winner may be needed as; an alternate m ease the first or sec ! ond fails to attend. j Mr. L. L. Baker, Supervising Agent of Club Work, calls attention to the] fact that in counties where Corn Clubs wer'- not conducted tie- winners in pig clubs are entitled to the short course, and also to the fact that club members who are not entitled to a gcholarship at the short course ma\ attend by paying the sum of j 12. which will cover expense? of board, tuition, and laundry, during th> course. Doubtless there are man; club member- who would like to take advantage of the opportunity becaus it will he a chance tor not only valu able instruction but delightful trip and outing. Mi-. Baker desires there fore the names and addresses of thore club boys who may wish to at rend in addition to the names and ad dresses of tic- prize winner: IN- ex pects to have at least lOu boys in the course this year, and is arranging with Iii- agricultural wo "kers at the college to make it the most success ful ami profitable short course yet held Club membei ; and county agents should remember tie- date. Juiy 7 to July IS. and make all prep arations to attend. The boys are ex pected to reach the college on the aft-rnooii of July 7. and iea-'e on the j morning of July 19. J To Keep Peace in Toledo Citizens to be Sworn in as Spe cial Policemen Toledo, Ma> 10? Severn] thousand leading business, professional and working men. of Top-do?members of the city's liberty loan bond selling organization?will be sworn in in dividually as special policemen Mon day nisht in order to insure suffi cient police protection during the la bor troubles at the Willys-Ooverland automobile plant, where approxi mately ten thousand workers were [forced out of employment this week I when they refused to work forty-eight hours instead of forty-five hours a week. At a meeting today the liberty loan workers pledged their support to Mayor Schreiber and to_night the mayor issued a proclamation urging the loan workers to attend a. mass meeting Monday night and be sworn in as policemen. Admittance to the meeting will be by liberty loan work ers' badges only, it was said. Mayor Schreiber and a committee of five Overland employees were in con ference most of the day with officials of th? company in an effort to reach an adjustment. Xo announcement of results was forthcoming when the meeting adjourned until Monday. France Calls for Papers Seized and Carried Away by Germans in 1870 t Paris, Thursday. May S.?The clause in th?peace treaty calling upon Germany to return to France papers taken in 1870 belonging to Eugene Rouher a prominent French states man under the empire, has caused much speculation as to the nature of the documents. Kouher. who was min ister of justice when the Franco Prussian war broke out." had secreted a great number of private ami official documents in his chateau. These were seized and carried away by the Ger mans when they invaded France and were never restored. The treaty does not ray to what questions the official papers related but it is recalled that Rouher was violently opposed to Theirs in Ps<;7 on the question of German unity and Italian unity as well as on the ques tion of confiscating the property of the Orleans family. Rouher was a refugee in London during the Franco-Prussian war and was among the followers of former Empress * Eugene. He returned to France in 1S71 but Theirs had him conducted to the frontier. Afterward he became a member of the chamber of deputies and was active in attempt ing to reorganize the Bunapartist party. Enlarged Air Service French Experts Working On Plans for International Aviation Paris. April 17 r Correspond en ee of the Associated Press)?Elaborate i plans for international air services are now being worked out by the French government and it is probable that some of them will lie inaugurated soon after the Peace Conference has finished work and promuglated its de cisions for the control of aviation. In addition Frame will establish air routes which will he entirely within her own boumiriex and therefore un der her (. oiii roJ a lone. One of the most pretentious schemes is that for a service which will i im London-Pa ris-Marseiilos R orne-Xaples-Brindise-Consta ntinople. Amcher fine will be established be tween Paris and Morocco, ami Paris and Madrid probably will he linked up. There are at present two services out of Paris, one to London and the othehr to bilk- and Brussels. The form er is at the moment for military bus iness only but plans have been laid for a service that will benefit the general public. So far there is no in tention to make this a passenger ser vice but the feasibility is being dis cussed of sendimr telegrams and spe cial delivery letters between the two capitals by air. U takes only about three hours for the trip so that a tel egram could be delivered quicker in ! this tnanner than bv wir?-. It is prob j able ihat a charge of perhaps three francs would be made for the car rying of letters. The line between Paris and Brus sels is for passengers and an airplanei is making one trip a week each way. The fare is about three hundred francs. This service is a private en terprise run by one of the big airplane ! firms, although it. is government con-1 trolled. j Two other firms are about to start] similar services with the permission! of the government. In view of this ii is probable thai no regular govern ment service will he established, al though of course, military airplanes are carrying supplies and despatches to the front daily. The time required to llv to Brussels from Paris is about two hours and a-haIf. - May Be New Embassy I Geneva, May 14 (French Wireless) ! ?Rumors thai He- seat of the French ! embassy in Switzerland would be ! transferred to Geneva are based onj a misunderstanding, according to in-j formation from Bern**. Ii is said that! the rumor has some connection with the fad that the committee on organi zation of the league of nations i-: ex J amining the question of creating a| special diplomatic branch, which will enjoy ih<- same privileges with gov ernments as embassies and legations, such as rh? righi of extra territorial I ity :i nd i he u: e of ciph< rs and diplo- j malic eoinle )..?:. it t his step i: finally decided upon ! it i--. probable thai the great powers! will have two distinct diplomatic mis-i sions in Switzerland, one :,i Perne j with the Swiss government and the other at Geneva, the seat of the League ?f nations* j: The Hall of Mirrors The Famous Room in the Cha teau of Versailles Where the Peace Treaty Will He Sign ed Versailles, France, April ?'? (Corre. spondence of tlv Associated Press) ? Thai much discussed and still pro jected peace treaty has already been signed seah-d and delivered in spirit scores of times from the historic cha teau here if. indeed, the good in tentions of hundreds of energetic j young American soldiers count for anything. It would he difficult to find a F?nkee warrior who. having got as near as Paris, has not come to Ver sailles to express his approval or dis approval of the place where the real treaty will be signed, and to subscribe his name to peace document of his own for the folk back home. Having sought out the wonderful Hal! of Mir. rors, doughboy and officer alike in variably make their way to the table i upon which it is said the treaty will j be signed, and with much inking of j fingers from leaky pens indite post card memorials which begin. ?'This is being written in the fam ous Hall of Mirrors in ifto Chateau of ! Versailles, upon the very table" etc. (etc. j The doughboy is by no means alone 1 in his desire to see the renowned jpalace in which the world peace will I he concluded. Thousands of French I people have been Hocking to Versail les for many days on sightseeing tours. I In fact Versailles has become a. sort j of Mecca which is drawing the na I tionalities of the world who wish t" j worship ;it the shrine of peace. All th'- pre_war splendors are rap idly returning to the palace under the practiced hands of expen workmen j who are renovating the vast halls and replacing the priceless relics for the advent of tie- peace delegates. [When th?- Germans were threatening Pans the Chateau was stripped of .-ill I portable valuables which were taken i to Bordeaux and other places for j rate beeping. During the past few j days ancient tapestries of untold value and furniture worth ransom of a king have keen reappearing in their accustomed places, and the dust of many months has been cleared away from walls and floors. Today beng Sunday people Mocked to Versailles in great numbers, for it was the first really sunshiny holi day of the season. Hundreds of Amer ican officers; doughboys and nurses j were among the pilgrims who filled J the huge Chateau and overran the lawns and already green woods of the beautiful grounds. The doughboy for once was see# ?ing something which had no counter part at home. The Woolworth build ing was higher hid?well, they could hardly be compared after all, they were so different. His first impression was one of amazement at the grand, tier, and the thought, came to him:? "What a lot of money it must have cost." Then he got interested in art for art's sake. The Hail of Mirrors, where tin treaty will he signed, held him long, as he ga2ed in awe at the myriad re flections and the superb decorations of tin* ceiling, lie found his way to the exact spot where hi InTi stood the dais from which the foundation of the German Empire was proclaimed, and heard his guide say that for rea sons of sentiment the table upon Which (he treaty will he signed would probably be located in the same place. The great hall, the doughboy was told, win be reserved for tin- treaty makers, but the ceremony will be witnessed from adjoining rooms by members of the press from many countries and by some distinguished guests. The wife of President! Wilson will probably be one of those who will see the President and other delegates place their mimes to the most impor tant document <?f history. Then- was little that the doubhgoy didn't see today. The apartments 01 King Louis the Fourteenth, and the Council Chamber of that monarch am! his sucessors. alii of which will be fused for conference purposes, proved attractive to his imaginative mind. The boudoir of Madame de Mainte non, which also is to be sacritied to committee work, drew many wise I shakings of the head from the dough-j I boy. who said little but looked as j though he could tell a. great deal 'about the fair occupant of bygone days. The Gallery of Itattles with its painted history of the glories of France on the bold of honor appealed to the boy in khaki immensely, per haps because he himself had been liv ing similiar martial scenes over al ready historic ground. This gallery is to he assigned to the press of the world, tin- guide said. All the great paintings held the doughboy long, but the one which struck his fancy most was that of Washington and Lafayette; standing in from of their headquar ters just before the i>.-ittle of York town. "Why, if there .-lin't. old George himself." exclaimed one delighted boy in uniform, and in the ecstacy of his discovery he summoned all his pals forthwith to see '"old George." For i In- purposes of the conference some of the sacred rooms are being! modernized, temporarily undoubted- j l.v. by the installation of the tele phone. For the firsi rime in histor.\ too. tea will he served to the delegates from :i 1111lf< l thai is being installed. .lusi how many Germans will come to Versailles is noi known. Inn plans are beim- made to ;u eomm?date about j 200, including secretaries and s<-r- j vants. 1 ? l gu< ss tin- lii i re old Company, j American Expeditionary Force could handle thai mam boehe, all right.**! commented one doughboy thought-J fullv. i St. Johns, M;i> I.".. X.iv.il dirigi ble C ... scheduled for .-< possible non stop Itighi from this port to the British Isles arrived here today af er a day and nighl cruise from Mon lauk Point. ,\. V. The balloon had ?een in the air twenty-live hours: and ort/nfive minutest Humbert Freed Lenior Must Die j French Senator Acquitted on; Serious Charge > i j Paris. m:,y ? fp..v the Associated] I Press?.- Senritor Humbert, who has been on ivia 1 by eourtsmartial ..n a ? charge or having had dealings uiin; the enemy, was acquitted today, i Capt. Georges [.adoux; former chief' j of the intelligence bureau of the min jistry of war-, a eodefendani with Hum bert, was acquitted. Pierre Lenoir. jstili another of the eodefendants. was 'sentenced to death, while William I Desouches, was convicted and sen tenced to five years' imprisonment. Charles Humbert, senator and form er editor of Le .Journal, was arrested t in February of last year during the {trial of Polo Pasha, and .the directors I o'* the (lormnnophile newspaper. Bon net Rouge. Bolo was put to death for treason. Tt was brought out that, he had bought an interest in Le Journal (with money that came from the Gor [man foreign office through banking j houses in New York. Later alleged j fresh evidence charging Humbert with ?communication with the enemy was I discovered. 1 Proceedings were begun last March (against Captain Lado?x in connection iwith th?- Bolo Pasha and Bonnet I Rouge ease and he was arrested. \ charged with the loss of a document relating to persons said to be ini I plicated in a case alleging trading j with the enemy. j Lenoir was accused of trading with [the enemy. When arrested his case iwas placed in importance to the gov ernment higher than that against Bolo Pasha. He was a Parisian capi ! taiist and with Desouches bought Le [ Journal in 1915 for 10,000.000 francs 'and later sold it to Humbert The (money was declared to have come i from a German source. Lenoir tes ! tried ;it the preliminary hearing that he had received the money for the pin-chase of the paper from Swiss merchants who desired to control a large French newspaper. Desouches, although nearly 60 years old, fought with the French before Verdun. The prosecutor in present ing the ease against him said he knew that the money with which Lenoir- bought l>e Journal was Ger man, but that the defendant's record at the front as a volunteer liaison of ficer might permit the court to iight en his sentence on conviction. Quick Construction American Engineers Build Big Hut in France in Thirtv-three Hours Paris. April K> (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)?To have erected in 33 hours a building of 15, 000 square feet floor space, including a 1 heater, social rooms, two canteens, class rooms, kitchen, offices and five sleeping rooms, the whole being what in army parlance is known as a "hut" is an achievement of which the 101st Engineers, of the 26th (Yankee) Di vision, American Expeditionary Force, may well be proud. The "Vork Harbor Y. D." hut of the Yankee Division, opened by the Voting Men's Christian Association at Le Mans, owes its inception to Miss Grace Thompson of New York, who raised a fund for the purpose in York I Harbor, Maine. Owing to the early return of the 26th New England di vision to the states, the origina. plan was modified to the extent of allowing the New England boys to erect a hut by their own la bor. Time was pressing, but that was a detail which only put the eager ben eficiaries of the scheme on their met tle. Foundations had to be leveled, j French municipal authorities had to he deal! with for Ihe site and for the location of sewer-, water- and electri_| cal connections; one car of material carrying tie- iloor- joists went astray! and other timbers had to be cut at I a local mill. Notwithstanding all these difficulties, the hut, which is the lar gest one used by the A. E. F.. was! erected. New England stone fireplace and latticed doorways all complete, in a space of time that made the people of Le Mans rub their eyes in amazement. Suitably decorated for the dedica-l lion ceremony, the big hut was turned over by th<- 26th Division to the use of the American army en its way home. George Y\\ Perkins of the National War "Work Council made the formal presentation to the 2t>th, whose com manding officer, Major General Harry C. Hale acknowledged its acceptance oir behalf of the Division. After the war-, the hut will he han led over- io the people of the city of Le Mans, "as a token of cordial friendsip. "as said Major General George W. Read who. in his capacity as commander of the American Era. barkatibh Center, committed the ope ration of the "New England Home/*! to the care of the Y. M. C. A. Report of Carnegie Library l*oi* March. Now mem hers in March. >" Previously reported .. ... . _:*7 Total membership.:)34 Number of books lent in .March l,26l j Previously lent.12.226 Total number of books lent . 13.487 j Financial Report. 1 tui-a 1 mem borships Fines; Pay I lOOks.J16.1S Total.$1 fi.lS I Report of Carnegie Library for April ? \'ew members in April . -7 j Previously reported .. .. .. j Total membership.!'|>1 N'umber of books lent in April I 're\ iouslv lent.1 3,187 Total number of hooks lent 14,41? j * Financial Report. I Rural memberships. 1 Fines p Pay Rooks.$12.40 j, Total .. .. .. ?. t?t i c l . $i2.i0 \ Booze in Ohio What Will Happen to Traffic After May 27 Columbus ?.. May y?Just what is going to happen to the liquor traffic in Ohio after May 27 when the pro hibition amendment to the State con stitution adopted last autumn, be comes effective, is a problem that is bothering state and local officials. The State faces the situation of hav jing a dry constitution but no statu jtes to enforce it. The General Assem bly enacted enforcement measures ' but they must run the gauntlet of a referendum in November before they jean become operative and should the [voters disapprove of them there will jbe no particular authority by which to enforce prohibition, it is said. An jti-saloon league officials say they have : not given up hope of obtaining some ; legislation that will be effective May i -7 j Most of the saloon-keepers are plan ning to cpjit business May 27 and jthey may have to retire even befo're ithat date. The license year of saloon | keepers expires May 24. None has j applied for renewal of license and the time for making application has pass ed. The Ohio Home Rule Association, the '"wet" organization, is planning its campaign to defeat the enforce ment bills next November. It has also started a referendum on the res olution ratifying the national pro J hibition amendment, but this is 1 e.ng j resisted in the courts by the Anti ? Saloon League. - Aztec Culture. J Mexico City. April 17.?A statue of "Xochipilli". Aztec god of flowers^ has been discovered by William Niven. an I American archeologist who has been j conducting .investigations for many ! years in this city. The statuette, the i first representation of the god known I to have been discovered in virtually I a perfect state of preservation in med fern times, was dug up at Atzcapotza lco, a suburb of the capital and which {prior to the coming of Cortez was the [seat of a powerful Indian nation, but j'which at the time of the conquest was the great slave mart of the inhabL tants of Tenoxtitlan. home of the Az tecs and the site of the modern city ! of Mexico. In addition to its slave j trade. Atzcapotzalco was noted for its I expert, jewelers and wonderfully culti vated gardens. "Xochipilli" is sup, j posed to have presided over one of these ancient gardens. Aviation Casualties _ Deaths at Three Texas Fields Number 106?Tail Spin and Nose Dive Responsible for Majority Fort Worth, Texas, May 10.?A hundred and six men were killed at the three big government aviation fields here between November 15, 1917. and the recent close of aerial activities, according to official figures just made public. In the same period, the three fields now being closed turned out 1,475 finished aviators, most of whom were sent to the western front. A thousand i commissioned aviators were also sent J here from other schools to finish their gunnery course at Taliaferro field. The statistics made public show that during the training period the actual dying hours at Carruthers field totaled 35.000, at Barron field 26,60S, and at Taliaferro field, 52,488. The tail spin and nose dive were responsible for a large majority of the accidents, according to officers. In {the entire training period not a single American cadet was killed on the first solo flights This is attributed to the thorough instruction in ground work. I Three British fliers were killed on solo i (lights. While the tail spin and nose dive were chief factors in the fatality list, there were many other contributing causes. Captain Vernon Castle, the Ameri can dance interpreter, who had faced j death numerous times over- the Ger man lines as a British aviator, swerv ed his machine sharply to avoid bit ing another aviator here. He lacked height for the manoeuver, crashed and was killed. x The young son of General Peyton C. March, chief of staff, was killed at the gunnery field while engaged in combat practice at a height of 2.000 feet. The wings of his machine be came entangled with those of his op ponent's plane. Captain Robert Isett, of Providence, . post adjutant at Barron field, fell from the greatest height, 5,000 feet. Two men fell from their planes at great heights because of frfilure to strap themselves in. The Cotton Corporation Convention Today Will Find Scheme for Cotton Move ment Ready for Consid eration New Orleans. May 13.?Subcommit tees meeting in advance of the con vention tomorrow of representatives from ten cotton growing States today developed plans for the organization Of a $100.000.000 cotton exporting corporation and the permanent or ganization of cotton growers, dealers md bankers in the cotton growing States. The plans will he submitted at the general conference, which opens to norrow with Governor Pleasant of Louisiana as chairman. Governor Pleasant said tonight he expected the inance corporation plans would he >Iaced before the conference Thurs la y when Go v. W. P. G. Harding of he federal reserve board would be ?resent. That there will be some dans was made evident by the filing ate today of a minority report. Gen ial sentiment, however, according to eading advocates of the plan, strong y favored it.