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THE FARMER .. MAY "31, 1918
PRESIDENTS REQUEST TO CONGRESS
f UK LEGISLATION
Gentlemen of the Congress: 1
It is with unaffected reluctance that
I come to ask you to prolong your
session long enough to provide more
adequate resources for the Treasury,
for the conduct of the war .1 have
reason to apreciate as fully as you do
how arduous the session has been.
Tour labors have been severe and pro
tracted. Tou have passed a long
series of measures which required the
debate of many doubtful questions of
judgment and many exceedingly diffi
cult questions of principle as well as
of practice.
The summer is upon us in which
labor, and counsel are twice arduous
and are constantly apt to be Impaired
by lassitude and fatigue. The elec
tions are at hand and we ought as
soon as possible to go and render an
intimate account of our trusteeship to
the people who delegated us to act
for them In the weighty and anxious
matters that crowd upon us in these
days of pritical choice and action. But
we dare not go to the elections until
we have done our duty to the full.
These are days when duty stands
stark and naked and even with closed
eyes we know it Is there. Excuses are
unavailing. We have either done our
duty or we have not. The fact will be
as grosa and plain as the duty itself.
In such a case lassitude and fatigue
seem negligible enough. The facts are
tonic and suffice to freshen the labor.
Explains Wisdom of Action.
And the facts are these: Additional
revenues must manifestly be provided
for. It would be a 'most unsound
policy to raise too large a proportion
of them by loan, and it is evident that
the four billions now providedvfor by
taxation will not of themselves sus
tain the greatly enlarged budget to
which we must immediately look for
ward. We canot in fairness wait until
the end of the fiscal year is at hand to
apprise our people of the taxes they
must pay on their earnings of the
present calendar year, whose account
ings and expenditures will then be
closed.
We can't get increased taxes unless
the country knows what they are to
, be and practices the necessary econ
omy to make them available. Defi
niteness, early deflniteness, as to what
its tasks are to be is absolutely neces
sary for the successful administration
. of the Treasury. It cannot frame
fair and workable regulations in
haste; and it must frame its regula
tions in haste if it is not to know its
exact task until the very eve of its
performance. The present tax laws
are marred, moreover, by inequities
which ought to be remedied. Indis
putable facts, every one; and we can
not alter or blink them. To state
them is argument enough.
And yet perhaps you will permit
me to dwell for a moment upon the
situation they disclose. Enormous
loans freely spent In the stimulation
of Industry of almost every sort pro
duce inflations and extravagances
which presently make the whole eco
nomic structure questionable and in
secure, and the very basis of credit is
cut away. Only fair, equitably distri
buted taxation of the widest incidence
and drawing chiefly from the sources
which would be likely to demoralize
credit by their very abundance can
prevent inflation and keep our indus
trial system free of speculation and
waste.
Unfair to Wait.
. We shall naturally turn, therefore, I
suppose, to war profits and incomes
and luxuries for the additional taxes.
But the war profits and internes upon
which the Increased taxes will be lev
ied will be the profits and incomes of
the calendar year 1918. It would be
manifestly unfair to wait until the
early months of 1919 to say what they
are to be. It might be difficult, I
should, imagine, to run the mill with
water that had already gone over the
wheel.
Moreover taxes of that sort will not
be paid until the June of next year
and the Treausry must anticipate
them. It must use the money they
are to produce before it is due. It
must sell short time certificttes of in
debtedness. In the autumn a much
larger sale of long time bonds must
be effected than has yet been at
tempted. Wlhat are the bankers to
think of the certificates if they do not
certainly know where the money ie
to come from which is to take them
up?
And how are investors to approach
the purchase of bonds with any sort
of confidence or knowledge of their
own affairs if they do not know what
taxes they are to pay and what econ
omies and adjustments of their bus
iness they must effect? I cannot as
sure the country of a successful ad
ministration of the treasury in 1918
if the question of further taxation is
to be left undecided until 1919.
The consideration that dominates
very other now, and makes every
other eeem trivial ami negligible, is
the winning' of the war. We are not
only in the midst of the war, we are
at the very peak and crisis of it.
Hundreds of thousands of our men,
carrying our hearts with them and
our fortunes, are in the field, and
V ships are crowding faster and faster
to the ports of Prance and England
with regiment after regiment, thou-
: sand after thousand, to join them un
til the enemy shall be beaten and
brought to a reckoning with mankind.
There can be no pause or Intermis
sion. The great enterprise must, on
the contrary, he pushed with greater
and greater energy. The volume of
our might must steadily and rapidly
be augmented until there can be no
question of resisting it. If that is to
be accomplished, gentlemen, money
must sustain it to the utmost.
Our financial program must no more
be left in doufot or suffered to lag
than our orunance program or our
ship program or our munitions pro
gram or our program for making mil
lions of men ready. These others are
not programs, Indeed, but mere plans
upon paper, unless there is to be an
unquestionable supply of money.
Call of Duty.
That is the situation, and It is the
situation which creates the duty, no
choice or preference of ours. There is
only one way to meet that duty. We
-- must meet it without selfishness or
fear of consequences. Pontics is ad
journed. The elections will go to
those who go to the constituencies
without explanation or excuses, with
a plain record of duty faithfully and
disinterestedly performed.
I, for one, am always confident that
the people of this country will give a
Just verdict upon the service of the
men who act for them when the facts
areuch that no man can disguise or
conceal them. There is no danger of
deceit now. Aa intense and pitiless
light beat upon every man and every
action In Una tragic plot of war that
UrUN WAK lAAto
la now upon the stage. If lobbyists
hurry to Washington to attempt to
turn what you do in the matter of
taxation to their protection or advan
tage the light will beat also upon
them.
Thero is abundant fuel for the light
in the records of the Treasury with
regard to profits of every sort. The
profiteering that cannot be got at by
the restrains of conscience ami love
of country can be got at by taxation.
There is such profiteering now and
the information with regard to it is
available and indisputable.
I am advising you to act upon this
mater of taxation now, gentlemen,
not because I do not know that you
can see and interpret the facts and
the duty they impose just as well
and with as clear a perception of the
obligation involved as I can, but toe
cause there is a certain solemn satis
faction in sharing with you the re
sponsibilities ot such a time. The
world never stood in such case oe
for. Men never before had so clear
or so moving a vision of duty.
I know that you will begrudge the
work to be done here by us no more
than the men begrudge us theirs who
lie in the trenches and sally forth to
their death. There is a stimulating
comradeship knitting us all together.
And this task to which I invite your
immediate consideration will be per
formed under favorable influences if
we will look to what the country is
thinking and expecting and care noth
ing at all for what is being said and
believed in the lobbies of Washington
hotels, where the atmosphere seems to
make is possible to believe what is be
lieved nowhere else.
Spirit of Nation.
Have you not felt the spirit of the
nation rise and its thought become a
single and common thought since
these eventful days came in which
we have been sending our boys to
the other side? I think you must read
that thought, as I do, to mean this:
that the people of this country are
no only united in the resolute pur
pose to win this war but are ready
and wiling to bear any burden and
undergo any sacrifice that it may be
necessary for them to bear in order
to win it.
BUSINESS LIFE
IN MADRID IS
ALMOST DEAD
Madrid, May 28. Business life in
Madrid is almost paralyzed by the
outbreak of a species of grip. The
exact nature of the disease has not
been determined, although it is not
fatal. .
Theaters and moving picture houses
are deserted, while the tramways are
crippled because of the sickness of
employes.
Reports from the provinces show
that 30 per cent, of the population is
affected by the strange disease.
King Alfonso is indisposed and is
believed to be suffering from the dis
ease, which he apparently contracted!
yesterday when, mingling with the
crowds in the palace chapel Many
other prominent persons are siok in
bed, including the president of the
chamber of deputies, the ministers of
finance, marine and public instruc
tion and the under secretary to the
president.
PLANS MADE FOR
CONFERENCE ON
REVENUE BILL
Washington, May 28 Responding
to the call of President Wilson in an
address to both houses of Congress in
session yesterday, plans were made by
Congress today for preliminary con
ferences looking to the enactment at
this session of a new general revenue
bill. Although heretofore of diver
gent opinions, members of both the
House and the Senate today declared
themselves united by the address of
the President and the news of another
German offensive in the belief that a
revenue measure be passed before ad
journment
Pubic hearings will be started by
the House committee on ways and
means early in June, according to
tentative plans under consideration
today.
Woman Candidate
Loses Nomination
Kelghley, England, April 20, The
first woman candidate for Parliament
Miss Nina Boyle of the Voters League
has been refused a nomination on the
ground that each of the two nomina
tion papers handed in by her con
tained the name of a man whose
name does appear on the Kelghley
register.
Previously Miss Boyle appeared he
fore the returning officer stated he
had received instructions from the
Sheriff to admit her nomination with
out question privided it was properly
signed, so that her rejection appears
to be the result only of a stranger's
name appearing on her paper.
Miss Boyle said she considered that
a "moral triumph" had been achiev
ed for women, as she had been in
formed that her nomination ordinar
ily would have been accepted.
"While I am disappointed," she
continued, 'that a fluke of this kind
has prevented actual nomination, it
matters little, for if accepted I had
decided to withdraw. My purpose
in coming to Keighly was simply to
test our right to nomination. My
test has been successful.
"Unless Parliament decides the
question of women entering the
House of Commons, it will mean
that many women will secure nomi
nation and, if elected, there will be
an illimitable number of election pe
titions against their return, bringing
contusion in its train."
The result of her experience, Miss;
oyie asserted, would be of great
encouragement to all women's pol-
uicai organizations throughout the
country.
Secretary McAdoo left for White
Sulpnur Spring for a week s rest. The Iblessmgs of SbdanstB so they are I lowing a receipt of a protest from the I and in Milwaukee the weekly con
Secretary s voice la ell husky . 1 nappy. , oishop of Cologne. 'sumption reached 25,000 pounds.
Count Plunkett Among
the Irishmen Arrested
Count Plunkett, Sinn Fein member
of the British ' parliament, is one or
the most prominent of the Irish lead
ers among the 500 arrested in the re
cent roundup of plotters by the Brit
ish government.
WHEN, HOW AND WHERE
BOYS OF 21 MUST .REGISTER
WHO MUST REGISTER: All
male persons (citizens or aliens)
born between June 6, 1896 and
June 5, 1897, inclusive, except of
ficers and enlisted men of the reg
ular Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, and the National Guard and
Naval Militia while in Federal Ser
vice, and officers in Offiflicers' Re
serve Corps and enlisted men in
Enlisted Reserve Corps wnile -n
active service.
WHEN: On Wednesday, June
5, 1918, between 1 a. m. and 9
p. m. ,
WHERE: At office of local
Board having jurisdiction where
the person1 to be registered per
manently resides, or other place
designated by that Local Board.
HOW: Go in person on June
5 to your registration place. If
you expect to be absent from home
on June 5, go at once to the of
fice of the Local Board where you
happen to be. Have your registra
tion card filled out and certified
Mail it to the Local Board having
jurisdiction where you permanent
ly reside. Enclose a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
registration card for the return of
your registration certificate. Fail
ure to get this certificate may
cause you serious inconvenience.
You must mail your registration
card in time to reach your home
Local Board on June 5. If you
are sick on June 5 and unable :o
present yourself in person send
some competent friend. The clerk
may deputize him to prepare your
card.
INFORMATION : Tf you are in
doubt as to what to do or where
to register consult your Local
Board.
PENALTY FOR NOT REGIS
TERING: Failure to register is
a misdemeanor punishable by inv
prisonment for one year.: It may
result in loss of valuable rights
and privileges and immediate in
duction into military service.
SUFFS CAN VOTE
IN THE SENATE
ANY TIME NOW
Washington, May 28. The Suf
fragists can get a vote in the Senate
any day they desire it. The National
Woman's party, which is charged by
(some eOmacrattic congressmen witn
being a Republican adjunct, claims
that the Republicans are ready, but
intimates the Democrats are delaying
a vote.
The leading advocates of Woman
Suffrage in the Senate withdrew the
announcement that the proposed
amendment would be taken up on a
certain day two weeks ago. They
feared a show down.
The Alice Paul lobbyists have been
busy for several days, trying to win
over one or two senators, and to hold
in line some of those who are in dan
ger of cold feet on the eve of a vote. J
It is apprehended by Senators Curtis,
Shepard, Hollis, Jones of Washington
and Jones of New Mexico, that a vote
would tua-n out badly for the Suffra
gists. They are not certain of two
thirds. A statement, of which the following
is a part, was issued by the National
Woman's party yesterday:
"Suffrage is now in the hands of
President Wilson.
'After a conference with the Presi
dent at the White House on the sub
ject of the amendment, Mrs. George
Pass of the National Democratic com
mittee announced: 'The vote will be
taken soon.'
There is known to have been a
gain in the Suffrage forces since the
debate on . May 10, caused by the
President's repeated support of the
amendment.
'By word of mouth, on May 14, and
by written statement from the White
House on May 23, he declared that he
was doing everything he could to se
cure its passage.
This hrst written assurance was a
letter signed by Secretary Tumulty to
the women munition workers, who
had asked for an appointment with
the President.
'Senators have received letters from
the President written by his own
hand, laying 'before them his reason
for desiring the passage of the amend
ment.
v. a. in net memDers heretofore op
posed to the amendment have an
nounced' their support. Secretary Lan
sing and Postmaster Burleson have
both stated within the past week they
would support the President in this
matter." .
A yield of 98.411,822 bushels
promised from the Kansas wheat
crops to be harvested for next
month.
Eggs cost 75 cents apiece in Petro
3 but t"en the Russians have the
UNCLE SAM BUYS
GOLD AND SILVER
as old r:
Unique Shop Opened in
Fifth" Ave. to Save Geld
From Leaving Country.
New York, May 28 A new Fifth
avenue shop unlike any other was
opened yesterday In the Winficld
Building, at Fortieth street. It buys
old gold, silver, platinum and by a
process of alchemy whicn is every
body's secret transmutes the metal
into guns, uniforms, airplanes, de
stroyers all the paraphernalia and
implements of victory.
It is kept by Uncle Sam. It is
the War Savings Metal Market- To
this shop one may take ware that is
but of date or superfluous or cumber
some, or has been idling in a safe de
posit box and costing the owner
money. On the spot the government
pays for it in War Savings Stamps,
and then melts the metal into bul
lion. Thus, from the standpoint of
the person who has metal to sell.
good business, thrift and patriotism
are combined.
So many men and women seized the
opportunity yesterday to get rid of
hoarded possessions and at the same
stroke turn them into Savings stamps
that the force of women and apprais
ers who are running the shop in the
name of the United States will have
to be enlarged today. More custom'
ers appeared than could be taken care
of. They carried boxes and bundles
containing articles ranging from
silver collar button, which brought
25 cents, to a gold mesh bag, in re
turn for which the owner received
$125 worth of the precious green
stamps.
Many singular offerings were re
ceived. The most appealing was that
of a gray haired woman. Her clothes
were not made this year or last. She
carried no box or bundle. In the lit
tie English she knew she asked for
some one who could talk German,
Mrs. Joseph Griswold Deane, chair
man of the committee in charge in
the War Savings Metal Market, re
sponded. The woman slipped a gold
band ring from her finger.
She said she was born in Germany
but she wanted to see the Germany
that had tried to wreck the world
beaten in order that the Germany
she loved might be restored. She
had only her wedding ring to give,
She wanted to give that to the United
States. She wanted nothing in ex
change; this was a gift.
Now the Metal Market is not
the habit of accepting such priceless
items as wedding rings. Mrs. Deane
tried to dissuade the German woman
from her purpose, but could not
Then Mrs. Deane explained that the
committee was not accepting gifts,
but that if the wedding ring had to
be accepted it must be paid for, at its
bullion value, in War Savings Stamps.
"Very well," the German woman
said. "But don't give me the stamps.
Give them to the Red Cross."
So one dollar's worth of thrift
stamps were duly transferred to an
agent of the Red Cross, and the re
cent wearer of the wedding ring de
parted, saying that she had made the
best possible use of it, whereupon
the women of the committee looked
at one another rather mistily and re
sumed their work.
Gov. Whitman sent down from Al
bany a tiny individual silver coffee
pot. It was the first article bought
when the market opened at 1 p.
and the governor's stock of Federal
securties is increased by $3 worth of
thrift stamps. Martin Vogel, Assist
ant Treasurer of the United States,
in charge of the New York Sub-Treas
ury, was on hand with V; M. Bovie
superintendent of the Assay Office.
Mr. Vogel talked to the committee
and visitors, telling them how badly
the government needed bullion. He
said so serious was the shortage of
silver that 87,000,000 silver dollars
were being melted into bullion to be
used in transactions with nations
that have the silver standard, includ
ing India. Every bit of metal turn
ed into the War Savings Metal Mar
ket keeps its value in gold from be
ing sent out of the country. Mr.
Voger explained.
At a long counter sat those who had
come with metal,- waiting to have it
appraised. With three sets of Jew
eller's scales, for gold, silver and plat
inum, an expert from the store of E.
M. Gattle & Co. weighed the ware.
while Mr. Gattle sat in another cor
ner and passed final judgment on
values. In the weeks to come men
from Gotham's, Tiffany's and Crich
ton Bros.'s will contribute their ser
vices as E. M. Gattle & Co. did ves-
teraay.
ITALIAN TROOPS
BREAK DEFENSES
Rome, May 28 Italian trooDS on
Monday night broke into the Aus-
tro-German defenses at Capo Sile, on
the lower Piave front, to a depth of
ou yaras. The Italians captured 431
prisoners.
HEALTH OFFICERS
OPEN MEETING
Boston, May 28 Public health of
ficials throughout Massachusetts at
tended the opening session today of
tne tour day school of health in this
city, conducted by the State Medical
society in conjunction with the" state
department of health and the pub
lic health service. The care of water
supplies was the principal matter dis
cussed today.
CANNOT ENLIST
IN NAVAL SERVICE
Boston, May 28 Registrants under
the selective service law who have
been placed in class 1A by local boards
cannot enlist for naval service, under
instruction received from the war de
partment by Major Roger Wolcott, In
charge of the draft in Massachusetts.
Eligible draftees other than those in
Class 1-A are not barred from en
listment in the navy, however.
During March 32,626 tons of Nor
wegian shipping was lost. From Au
gust, 1914, to December,' 1917, SV4
lives .were lost.
The Pope has appealed to the bel
ligerent nations to stop air raids, fol-
IEW rjLFORD BOY
REPORTED KILLED
N RECENT FIGHT
Casualty List Contains the
Names of Four Conn. Men
Besides Maj. Lufbery.
Names of four Connecticut men
appear in the latest casualty list is
sued from Washington as a result of
fighting upon the Western front and
reported by General Pershing. Ezra
Woods of New Milford is reported as
killed in action; Arthur M. Hubbard
of New Haven, severely wounded, and
Frank J. Aliano of Bristol and Ray
mond C. Kirby of New Haven, miss
ing. . The list has 38 names as fol
lows:
Killed in action, 7; died of wounds,
died of drowning, 1; died of diSr
5; wounded severely 18; miss
ing in action, 6.
The list follows:
Killed in action Major Raoul Luf
bery, Dieppe, France, and Walling-
ford. Conn.: Sergt. LeForse. Flem-
ingsburg, Ky.; Corp. Christian S.
Anderson, Spencer, Iowa; Privates
Arthur S. Cook, Chicago: James P.
McKinney, Batesville, Ark.; David D.
Nehrenber, Drake, N. D.; Ezra Woods,
New Milford, Conn.
Died of wounds Private Joseph
Ash, 345 Park Street, Lawrence.
Mass.
Died of disease Corp, Alexander
Dodge, Algonac, Mich.; Privates
James Burton, Salada, S. C; Alfred
A. Ferguson. New York: Walter P.
Hennessey, Scranton, Iowa; William
Roe, Russell, Kansas.
Died of drowning Private Mike
Shade Makarova, Voronsh, Russia
Wounded severely Sergt. Elijah
v: jrettis, Gordo, Ala.; Corps. John G.
Flynt, Mount Alive, Miss.; Oro D.
Ockerman, Koleen, Ind.: Arthur H.
Quick, Kansas City, Mo.; Wagoner
Dexter J. LeClair, Albany, N. Y.:
Privates Forster R. Barry, McKees-
port. Pa.; Timothy J. Callaghan, Port
Daring, Ireland; Roy R. Carter,
Punxsutawney, Pa.; James A. Hol
land, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Arthur M.
Hubbard, New Haven; William
Kearns, Morris, Park, N. Y.; Omar
E. Lahue, St. Joseph, Mo.: Herbert
J. Lewis, Maiden, Mass.: Ben Moats.
Oglesby, Tex.; Herman H. Reich,
Bloomer, Wis.; Samuel Schwartz,
Chicago; Jan Spelak, Detroit; Michael
T. WUman, Ashland, Wis.
Missing in action Lieut. Walter
B. Schafer,. Ottumwa, Iowa; Privates
Frank J. Aliano. 66 Park St., Bristol.
Conn.; Raymond C. Kirby, New Ha
ven; Anton Linhart, Bee, Neb.; Chas.
M. McGovern, Charlestown, Mass.;
uiarence Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo.
LIBERALS WILL
QUESTION ARREST
OF SINN FEINERS
i-Kjnaon, may za i'arnament reas
sembled today after a short Whit
suntide vacation. Although the busi
ness formally set for discussion was
not exciting, the members met in
keen anticipation of some official ut
terance regarding the alleged German-
Irish plot and the arrest of Sinn
Feiners.
Irish Nationalist members have not
returned to London and, it is under
stood, they will not appear m West
minster until after an important party
meeting in Dublin Thursday, when the
question of the date for their return
will be discussed among other mat
ters. But in their absence certain
Liberal members have decided to
question the government, their desire
being to ascertain especially whether
the government proposed to bring the
prisoners to trial and whether any
evidence of the plot would be divulg
ed.
SAVE THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS BY
CONSUMING FISH
Washington, May 28. One of the
most curious anomalies of the present
war, which has been called the great
est destroyer in the world's history,
has been the addition of many thou
sands of dollars to the national wealth
of the United States, through the
utilization of fish foods which were
thrown away as worthless until ne
cessity demanded their conservation.
Fishing communities on the Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific coasts and even on
the interior lakes have found their in
comes augmented materially by the
public readiness to eat fish, which
formerly was regarded with prejudice
through ignorance of the food's tasti
ness and nutriment.
The radical change which has been
wrought iby the war in the fishing in
dustry is reflected in the Fisheries
Service Bulletin, published by the Bu
reau of Fisheries of the Department
of Commerce. Instead of being con
fined solely to items concerning sal
mon, shad, and other fishes which
have had a ready sale, the Bulletin
devotes much space to news concern
ing the catch of pole flounders.
sharks, rays, skates, carp, grayfish,
which formerly rejoiced in the unin
viting name of dogfish, and other
types of water-food. Regarding the
pole flounder, or gray sole, the Bulle
tin records that it was virtually un
known as food prior to the fall of
1916. As a result of the Bureau's food
conservation campaign, which taught
the value of the flounder and attrac
tive ways to prepare it, demand for
the fish increased until last season
there were 35 boats taking flounders
to the New England markets, and
probably 2,000,000 pounds have been
marketed. Carp abounds in interior
lakes. An agent of the Bureau was
sent to St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha,
Minneapolis, 8t. Paul, Milwalkee, Chi
cago and Indianapolis to stimulate the
use of fish. A bulletin containing
recipes for codking carp was pre
pared'. State commissions' of Minne
sota, Wisconsin and Indiana co-qper-ated
in the wtrk. The result was a
greatly increased demand for carp,
which continued to grow in favor as
the public became acquainted with its
value. More than 1,300,000 pounds of
carp were sold from Minnesota lakes,
BERUAQ8 AGAW DODO
AMERICAN HOSPITALS
HIGH EXPLOSIVES AND GAS SHELLS HURLED BEHIND
LINES IN PIGARDY BOMBARDMENT WHILE
' FUNERALS
With the American Army in
the Associated Press) What was apparently a deliberate at
tempt to wreck American hospitals in the rear of the American
lines in Picardy occurred Sunday
hurled high explosives and gas
yards of two hospitals.
By a coincidence the bombardment
was going on while American funerals
were held. Several shells fell a
short distance from one funeral party,
but the ceremony was not disturbed.
German attempts to carry the war
fare to American sick and wounded
began about 10 days ago when, with
the advent of a new moon, enemy
aeroplanes circled over the little vil
lages where it has long been known
JEWISH COLONISTS
PERFORMANCE FOR THE RED CROSS;
SUCCEED IN RAISING LARGE SUM
A correspondent with the British
army in Palestine has found time to
write a fascinating description of a
benefit performance in aid of the
Red Cross which was given by one
of the Jewish colonies in the terri
tory over which the Union Jack and
the Six Cornered Star of David float
in triumph.
"Everybody in the neighborhood
was goin" writes the correspondent,
and as we rode over from camp we
passed the rumbling American carts
that were carrying the gentry from
the surrounding Jewish villages. We
arrived half an hour after the time
stated for the performance and found
a great gathering in tne vast cellar
of the wine-distillery, the biggest
building in the colony, which, deco
rated with the British and Jewish
flags and with flowers and foilage,
made a fine public hall. About fif
teen hundred people were assembled
one half of them officers and soldiers
from the regiments in camp around
and the other half villagers, old and
young, who had come with their fam
ilies. The women and girls were in
their best clothes, and very attrac
tive they looked in their bright col
ors and their Oriental embroideries.
"It is wonderful how within the
space of one generation the Jewish
youth living on the land has gained
an upstanding gait, clear Strang eyes,
and a bright fresh color, which seem
to be ages away from the bent backs,
the sallow cheeks and the hunted
look of the Ghetto. All the Jewish
part of the Assembly talks Hebrew
as a point, of honor, and they are im
mensely delighted that Jewish sold
iers from England (the land as they
regard it, of full liberty and decay
ing Judaism) should be able to utter
a few sentences in his own language.
The rejection of Yiddish, the .Ghetto
dialect, for Hebrew, the national
tongue, is indeed symtomatic of the
outlook of the new generation.
"The entertainment began with s
play, which was, of course, in He
WILL HEAR ALL
COMPLAINTS ON
NEW INCREASE
Washington, May 28 Complaints
against the order of Director-General
McAdoo increasing freight rates ap
proximately 25 per cent, and raising
all passenger fares to three cents a
mile will be heard by the interstate
commerce commission, despite the ac
tion of that body yesterday in ap
proving the order without hearings, it
was pointed out today by railroad ad
ministration officials. It was said that
suggestions would be welcomed either
from individuals and concerns, or
from state railroad commissions, and
it is hoped that in this way a satisfac
tory adjustment of the new rates can
be made.
MAY CALL MEN
OF CLASS ONE
B AT ANY TIME
Announcements were received by
the local hoards advising them that
despite the' fact of the belief of many
that all Class one A men will be
called for service before men in Class
one B. The orders received by the
boards states that the men may be
caled at any time. Class one B in
cludes men that are married, with or
without children, who fail to contrib
ute to the support of their families
Advices were also received announc
ing the fact that many hospitals
throughout the country have gener
ously thrown open their institutions
to treat and care for men with slight
physical defects. The letter cites that
in Maryland where the hospitals have
co-operated on a great iplan there are
now 80 men who will shortly be placed
in - the first class. Men who have
slight physical defects and care to
submit to treatment are asked to no
tify their local boards. '
SIR HENRY WOOD ,
REFUSES OFFER
London, May 28 Sir Henry Joseph
Wood has decided not to accept the
offer to become conductor of the
Boston symphony orchestra. He
will remain, in London.
On the Pacific coast, there is a
growing demand for sharks, rays and
whales. Sharks sell for 10 to 12 cents
a pound. It is said to he especially
dielicious when salted or smoked. Nu
merous canneries have undertaken to
lprscsrve the seat.
WERE HELD.
France; Monday, May 27 (By;
afternoon when the Germans
shells within a few hundred
that hospitals were located, and drop-;
ped bombs. Several civilians were
injured in a rec?-t air raid while not
far from the American hospitals. They
were asleep when the attack began,
feeling secure in their proximity to
the hospitals.
The only comment of the sick
and wounded American soldiers is
that they want to get out as soon aa
the doctors will permit so as t5 strike
back at the Huns.
GIVE BENEFIT
brew, and was enacted by workmen,
of the colony. Music is the art in
which the infant Jewish Palestine
community already excells, and will
surely mark a great advance in the
next generation. Then came a little
speech-making by the chairman of
the "vaad," or village council who
was one of the original settlers 35
rataw oo-n - TT a m 'i H t an annM fni
the Red Cross funds in Hebrew, and
his words were translated into Eng
lish sentance by sentance. Young
ladies wearing the red shield of David
on their arms made a collection and
sold lottery s tickets and sweets and
cakes for the cause.
"Business over, we had more mus-
ie, this time from the village band.
The young men played with instru
ments which had somehow been hid
den away from the Turks, and the
violinist conducted. The pieces were
selections from Yiddish operas the
Hebrew era has yet to be born. The
next part of the entertainment was a
display of gymnastics by the school
children. They looked admirable in
their uniforms and they performed
with the vivacity and eagerness which
has made the Jews among the
world's best entertainers. After that
a comic dialogue m Hebrew transla
ted from the Russian. And so till
the early hours of the morning.
"It is a good life and a merry one
in the village settlement of Jewish
pioneers. The young men and wom
en know that they are remaking a
homeland. They are at last freed
from the cramping persecution that
some of them have known in Russia,
and - from the menace of Turkish
spies, which for the last three years
has been the skelton at every feast.
The words of the prophet of an ear
lier Restoration are being fulfilled
anew: 'The redeemed shall return
and come with singing into Zion, and
everlasting joy shall be theirs. They
shall obtain gladness and joy, and
sorrow and mourning shall flee
away' ." "
SOLDIERS WELL
FED EVEN WHEN
IN BATTLE LINE
London, April 22. The method of
feeding troops during a conflict of
many days is now so complete that
even in the most critical circum
stances the supply train is in constant
touch with the. fighting line If
communications chance to be out
temporarily each man can rely upon
his emergency ration carried in his
haversack and which he is forbidden
to consume until he receives the or
der. Of this emergency ration, consist
ing usually of bully beef, biscuit, tea
and sugar, the sugar is not the least,
important, aa it is not only a nour
ishing foor but an excellent stimulant
to men suffering from exhaustion. In
the event of a retreat, troops sub
sist largely upon what is known aa
the Maconochie ration, a meat and
vegetable stew packed in cans and
easily prepared for consumption.
The majority of the men are reg
ularly fed from the traveling fields
kitchen, marvelously ingenius, whichs
cooks foods while in motion. It cart
bake or boil for 250 men and is In
charge of regimental cooks under the
command of the quartermaster, who
must keep in close touch with tha
transport officer of his corps, who
in turn has to bring supplies from,
train headquarters.
FRENCH WOMEN
TO TAKE CARE
OF GRAVE YARDS
With the American Army in France,
Monday, May 27. (By The Associat
ed (Press.) Aged French women in.
the villages in the rear of the Tmeri
can sector in Picardy have asked and
received permission to take care of
one or more graves of American sol
diers. This tribute is all the more
impressive because it comes from
peasant women, most of whom have
been robbed of then- husbands and;
sons by the war and have had a hard
time to sustain themselves.
The affection with which the vil
lagers regard the Americans is most
pathetic at times. The difficulties of
language is, swept aside and the vil
lagers share the American sorrows
and joys. In the villages where
American troops are billeted and
which are in constant danger from
enemy GheHs the Americans shara
their gas masks with the peasants
and teach them how to use them.
Lieut Webb with 200 pounds of
mail arrived at Belmont Park fro at
Philadelphia in &2