Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1917 — Page 6

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917,

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dugtry to strict and the sngar men thornaohroa have shown a doaire to co-oper-ate with the government. In the case of other staples where the** factors are lacking the discrepancy between the price paid by the dealer and the price asked of the consumer to probably m >rs disproportionate. Publishing a list of ‘'fair" prices for a great number of commodities might help to keep them at reasonable levels, but not certainly. The public has sympathized with the

and those who accompanied her, when they toft the city, that the well-wishee, the admiration, the 'prayer* of their fellow-citizens went with them. A great public demonstration would have made this plain. Lacking the outward show there may have been a feeling among these young women leaving peaceful homes tor the uncertainties and dangers of military service that their sacrifice

waa going unnoted and

The fault of their city, they mav be

lectum! development is contrary to evidences we have all about m and grossly unfair to womankind.

JT 0,V PA RTI SAX GGVERX31EXT In his speech last night Mr. Jewett asked for the support of all. without distinction of party, who believe "that national and municipal politics should bo kept separate.” Bo reminded his

unappreciated. * U( jience that in New York city thou-

Roumanta Inspired by U. S.

JASSY. Roumania {via Petrograd), October 21—Roumania will fight to the bitter end. until the struggle for the freedom of the world and the restoration of the rights of smalt nations is achieved. Queen Marie of Roumania today told the Associated Press America s entry into the war and the aid given Roumama has renewed the strength and hope

of Roumania.

sands of Republicans are supporting

retailer because be to generally believed \ assured, waa not of the heart Emo-1 Mr Mltchel. a Democrat, sole'y on the to take only fair profit* Even now! tiems not shown may, nevertheless, be * ground of fitness. Mr. Taft, Mr.

moat small dealers are probably making j sincere and deep. Their frtenda at home j Hugh.es and Mr. Rooeeveit are all sup- Itern^tion^^^eff^tlon"'Attired in the no more than that. Put there should . are not onmindful of the sacrifices and ; porting Mitchei. ‘Tbe*w,** Mr. Jewett ■ ^ictu^oF'emi and dt£ be aome means of getting at those who heroism of the little band of women said, "as In Indianapolis, the sole iasue S^Suwe th^ramoyS of X* Roumaare not so considerate or honest. When preparing to give all. If asked, for hu- whether the government shall be run ’nian government to Jassy the royal

•Roumania will never lay her arms down until the cause to which we have consecrated our lives is vindicated.'' declared the Queen, her voice full of de-

pleas of patriotism fall on deaf ears inanity and country. They are not far-* on a good,, clean, honest, efficient basis. huUding Y-rraeriy "occup ed ^aS array there should be a means of improving gotten, W* have been negligent of or shall be thrown to the human vul- 1 head era ^ne room^set

show, rather than unfeeling. Local or-j turns that prey upon citizens and thrive w1th Q which 0 the qifeeri makes garments

for the acldiera The queen was knittf

their hearing.

MEATLESS DATS

Tuesday thereafter, according to the plans' of local restaurant men, their

ganizaitons will net neglect the duty of providing them with all the "com-

Beglnnlng nest Tuesday and every fort*” sent to their brothers In anna

And the prayers and heat wishes of a multitude of mothers and fathers.

patrons will hav* to do without meat. ! brothers and sisters wtfl be with them On Wednesdays they will do without ‘onlkht. tomorrow night and throughout

of their hardship and dan-

THE LIBERTY LOAV

There seem* to be no further doubt a* to the success of the Liberty loan, the only question left being as to how big the euc'-es* shall be. The minimum of tt.OOO.OCtt.ttO ha* been exceeded. But there fis some distance to go before the M.OOO/kJ&.OW maximum Is reached. The country responded splendidly yesterday Better yet the rush for subscriptions is continuing, and promises to grow stronger up to the time of closing the books Haturday night. Those civilian* who have not yet subscribed ought to fsel a sense of shams as thsy read of the large purchase* of bonds by th* soldiers. The brave men In France under th* command of General Pershing hate bought fl,ea>,«8 worth of bonds. Cp to Monday 947.000,000 had come frofn I he nation's soldiers. These man are glad both to fight and pay. Bhall It be said that there are any Americans why ap| not witling even to pay? The soldiers In Hawaii have subscribed $M2,m 1 and those In Panama 1*76,000. There are not many men or women who can not afford to buy at least one bond -yst there are many who have not yet availed themselvee of the prtvll«g». K is, of course, impossible to advance Any new argumenta. nor should any be]necessary. The case Is perfectly clear. The government asks the support of the American people in fighting a people's war. The soldiers who are to face the enemy have a right to expect to be supported to the fullest extent. To fall to support them will put heart in th* Germans, and so prolong the war and postpone victory. Those who desire to shorten the atniggle and to save Amariean lives on the battl* field will pour out their money without «tlnt.| We aro all proud of Indiana's war record. It ie now for her people Be0 that its luster la not dimmed. Every effort should be made to reach the maximum quota. At laat aocount* Marion county had not inscribed its name etnong rim counties that have exceeded at leaat their minimum. But much ran and will be done In the two remaining day* The great French victory ought to rouse all Americans to a determination to strike through (his grsat loan

another blow at the kaiser.

foodstuffs made of wheat. The paring of menu# to In conformity srith the suggest!one ef the national food administrator which hav* brought similar action from hotel and restaurant keepera In New York and elsewhere. There ha* been some question as is the wisdom of setting aside a day on which no meat whatever to to be eaten because of the disturbance of the market and possible waste of perishable fresh meat, but such ill effects do not seem

the period

ger.

WBT BELGIUM WAB LOOTED A few month* ago w* had the story of a conference held tn Berlin three weeks before the outbreak of the war. In which th* kaiser participated, at which war was decided ea. There was aa Indignant denial that there had been any ■Rich thing. Then cam* Henry Morgenthau, former American Ambassador to

apparent when the w heme has been ; Turkey, with his account of his talk tried elsewhere. Dealers should have j with the German arabaaaador to Turkey, no trouble rearranging their schedule | Baron. Wagenhelm, who said that the

of purchases when the effect of the ''meatless” day on the demand to made plain In two or three successive weeks. "WheaUes*” days in th* restaurant will probably not fall ao painfully on the majority of patrons as the "meatless” days, because acceptable and palatable substitute* for wheat bread can tie- made In rye, graham and corn bread, which many prefer to wheat breads. Such substitutes on# day out of the week will be welcomed tn moat caaes by the restaurant patron and will Involve little sacrifice. There to no question that great savings of the moot urgently needed foodstuffs can be made In this way. The amount of meat and wheat products eaten In restaurants each day is not calculable, but It to, without doubt, enormous. On® day'# savings each week In the eating places the country over should go a long way toward helping meet the pressing food needs of the allies. Th* public will give the restaurant men sympathetic support In carrying out their scheme, provided they show a patriotic Instead of a selfish animus for thslr program by cutting the price# of meat and wheat substitutes, which cost them less than the genuine article.

STUBBORN FACTS Next v we*k food conservation will he the uppermost subject throughout th* United State*. There to danger that this them# will become stale without sinking In. We all talk glibly about conservation. In Washington, the very capital of the nation, the most outlandish waste Is reported in hotels, not to apeak of barrooms. Throughout the cities and towns, Including many Indiana communities, no efforts to econotpise are visible. When the government agent# suggest smaller cuts of meat, or the substitution of something else on at least one day, there to hilarious gibing with some such comeback aa, "Wall, I raised this pork, and I guess I hav* a right to eat It”; or. "Do you think my guests would eat that stultr Happily this attitude of mind is not common and the day to coming, not far away, if, Indeed, li to not her* already, when It will not be tolerated. Every man and woman ought to understand that th# wasteful ways that w# have had In this country must come to an end because honorable peace can not he accured without economy. Perhaps the biggeat thing we shall learn In this country aa a result of the war to that w« have been a foolish and pervere* nation. running headlong toward destruction because of our self-aatlsfled state, our oily way of overindulging in everything good and pleasant. This kind of fatness leads to fat-headedness. sloth and finally to decay We have brought ourselves up with a sharp turn tn good time; and it is well. And now let us get at this food conservation In the same spirit that we have taken lo th* bond subscription Murines#; cut out the stubborn streak that wants to assert independence of all suggestion as to how w® can conserve our strength and gather our thunderbolts to hurl at the oppressors of mankind. Everybody should make ready to receive with open minds all the practical auggestiona that are to be offered during the conservation period.

FAIR PRICES The Illinois plan to stabilize and maintain reasonable prices by the publication of a list of "fair” pries*, truating to public opinion to bring conformity to dealers, may not work out satisfactorily. Public sentiment is a powerful faetor in keeping prices within reason .but, experience would indicate, it is not powerful enough. The national food administrator stated the other day that there "was no warranty” for the advance In sugar prices by retailers "to over 9 .cents a pound,” which allows a fair profit to dealers based on prices paid to manufacturers. Notwithstanding this statement of the administration. lt» effect establishing a "fair” price, w© are still paying !♦ or U cents a pound in Indianapolis for sugar; N«w York pay* 11 cents Government control of th* sugar in-

OERMAN TEACHING The Hoboken board of education has formally abolished the teaching of German in the public schools of that place and transferred the Instructor In that department to the "Americanization department.” Thiz to the right idea. There has been some opposition to the elimination of German froifi the public schools by those who disliked to #e# teachers of long and faithful service dismissed. No loyal or efficient teacher need be dismissed. There to a place for all of them in "Americanization departments,” or lit th# teaching of English in which their German knowledge should help them. Th# eentlment to abolish German from th* achoota doaa tiot com* from dislike of Germany temporarily induced by the war. Th# war has merely served to call Into prominent notice what seems to have been a general mistake In our ed«* cationat syatem. It to doubtful If any foreign language should be taught In the grade schools, but If one Is to be taught it would he difficult to suggest a reasonable basis for the selection of German as that language. Spanish would be of greater use commercially and French would be of greater advantage culturally, passing over th# claims of th# dead

languages.

But there are Sbtdencee that we do not need th# second language s</ much aa greater concentration and further efficiency In the teaching of our own language The energy devoted to the teaching of German could not be diverted to better advantage than In the teaching of English. Th# average grade school graduate, justness men have often complained, can not write a simple business totter correctly. With the language of the high school boy on the corner or on the street car we are all familiar and of it w# are not at all proud. Let th# schools first prove their success In teaching Unglisn well and then attention can be turned to the question of a second language. Agitation against the teaching of German is pro-American sentiment and pro-effi-ciency sentiment induced by a school failure which the war has brought to notice In such a way that It can not be

disregarded.

conference had been held, and war decided on, to be begun as soon as th# German banker* were ready. Th* first blow waa struck at Innocent Belgium, of whom the German ravagers have said that she got only what she deserved. And now it is announced that Germany has extorted about SLito,000,006 from Belgium, "exclusive of what she has gained by occupation of the country and systematic exploitation of Its resources and people.” The Germans have wrecked the Industries of Belgium, stripping them of their machinery and raw material They have deported thousands of Belgians - and are still doing so —"for forced labor on the German front in France/while the recruiting for Germany by means of false promises and moral pressure goes steadily on.” We quote from the dispatches: German newspapers have printed during the last year, according to the Information. notices Inviting German manufacturers In need of labor to apply to the German industrial bureau, the organization operating in Belgium during the violent deportations in Belgium of 1V1«-11*17. The federation of German metallurgists has issued a circular announcing that ut the request of tne munitions department the director of the federation has been appointed intermediary to procure for German workshops the machinery and plants taken from the occupied territories. The information also la to the effect that manufacturing secrets of Belgian trade have been violated by the Germans, etc.

In other words, Belgium, forced into this war by the brutal assault of Germany, has been compelled to contribute several billions of dollars to its cost. The Belgians have been coerced into paying 91,600,000,000, directly, to the support of the war against them. One can readily see, therefore, what was the motive that led Germany to raid Belgium. The country is vastly more valuable as an enemy than It would have been as a neutral, or even a friend Had the Belgian government permitted the German armies to go through there would not have been a town destroyed oy a dollar stolen. As It is the Germans have stolen 91.600,000,000 in money, and a good deal more than that in machinery, raw material, labor and loot. Not only that, but they have been able to use the Belgian coast as a base of operations for their submarines, which they would not have been able to do had Belgium allowed the German armies to pour through their country. As far as America is concerned there can be no peace till Belgium has been made

whole.

WOMEN AND DRUDGERY A woman writer in the New Republic frankly expresses her disgust with the business of homemaking. Freely translated, her idea is that It is all drudgery and no play, stifling to Intellectual development. and unworthy of the mental attainments of womankind. She aays of the housewife: After a score or more of years of monstrous repetition of tedious, trivial details, she recognizes at last, if she haal-any sense at all. that the kind of drudgery to w-hich she has been faithful is not a blessing, that instead of experiencing an enlargement of life she is growing narrower every day. She has a sense of injury that she has fallen upon a career aa uninteresting as uncongenial. If her husbands income ts large enough she escapes from domestic service and tries to enter broader fields. But the fact that individuals are able to, and do, exchange their routine life for more stimulating occupations does not greatly alter the general condition. Such escapes are exceptional. Large numbers of women who are highly endowed, and smaller numbers who were once even brilliant, continue to maintain homes to rear children at the expense of their own highest mental development.

only when vice to triumphant-” Th* choice to, as every one should

know, between Mr. Jewett and the mask. That to a fact that should be borne tn mind by th# many Democrats who want good government In Indianapolis. The candidacy of the mask' has made the success of Mr. Miller impossible. For it to Cfaiefig the Democratic vote that is divided. The great effort of the Democratic organization to to get back from the mask those Democratic voter* who, as waa suppoeod, had been only lent to him. There to no reason why partisan considerations should hare any weight whatever with th* people of Indianapolis in this city campaign. What they want to good, efficient and economical government. They can get It from Mr. Jewett. They can not get It, can not

even hope for it from the mask. The appeal, therefore, to not to parti-

sanship, but to citizenship. That it wtil be heard and responded to can hardly be doubted. The people of Indianapolis have formed the habit of Independent voting in city elections, and there Is no evidence that they have lost it It should not be forgotten that a vote for Miller Is at least a half vote for the mask. The situation ts strikingly like that In New York where the Tammany candidate hopes to win through a division of the forces that seek good government. Whatever may be true of the New Yorkers. It ought not to be possible

to deceive the people of Indianapolis.

queen w

a woolen cap for a soldier as she talked to tbe correspondent. . . America's aid, -Queen Marie declared, came at the crucial hour when the need w-as greatest. "Our hearts warmed with gratitude.” she said, “and our hopes were re inspired by this evidence 0; 4Sr^'!.'«Sh , i President Witson. with which I am in sympathy, touch closely our country, for Roumania entered the struggle in the hope of realizing national unity with th# other 4,<W6,000 Roumanian* beyond the Carpathians. Teil the people of the United States," said the queen, ‘ that Roumania will ever remember their thoughtfulness and generosity. America has lifted us from the threshold of despair and doubt into the realm of. for hen a brighter future. I trust that Roumania. still suffering from the ravages of war. disease and famine, may look with confidence for continued aid from our generous ally on th# western continent May Roumania thus be strengthened to do her part In achieving the victory which in th* words of President Wilson will bring peace and safety to all nations ana

make the world Itself free.”

If there 1s still "any human person In Indiana so numb above the collar," using the language of George Ade, as not to understand our necessities as a nation, he should read aaain the Indiana humorist-philosopher's page Liberty bond advertisement in last night's News. We take it for granted that everybody has read Jt once, both because It was in The News, and because of its distinguished authorship. But if it did not penetrate on th* first reading, take another try at it. If it does not "take” then it will be too late, for any on# who does not waken up now to going to be "tagged, nof as an asset, but as a liability, to the United States,” Get this: Our present occupation is to sort out the quick from the dead. If you are alive you will feel the impulse and act on It. Invest liberally in Liberty bonds, stop all foolish waste at the table and everywhere and act as if you knew that war Is going on. that it is the biggest thing in all history, and that upon the United States depends tbe issue. —— — The resolution adopted by the state council of defense favoring the investment of trust funds now held on deposit in banks by circuit court clerks in Liberty bonds should, if there is no legal Impediment, be put into practice. This would put idle money to work in the most useful way in which It can just now serve the country, and bestow it as safely as is humanly possible. When the time comes for it to be turned over to the proper owners many of them will doubtless be willing to accept such bonds, and for those who would prefer the cash the bonds can readily be converted.

Anti-Kultur Co-operation

HOW CAN INDIANA HELP?

n*y Marry & New, Scnter United States Senates frem Indiana] In a recent magazine interview Henry P. Davison, that wonderful financial genius of th* J. P Morgan firm, who has recently assumed th* management of th* American Red Cross with such masterful results, said: The greatest humanitarian task that ever had to be faced is that which now confronts th# American Red Cross. It can be successfully accomplished only tf the whole nation realizes its immensity and tta urgency and responds to the call for help with true American generosity and pa-

triotism.”

Had he saM that of the task set for the American government and people he would have been within fact*. The problem w# face is not merely how to win th* war. but how to insure th* future .peace and security of our beloved country and the world itself. To my mind this does not overstate the situation. In the numbers of men engaged. In money cost and tn th* final results to all mlnkind. th* present war overtops all previous struggles recorded in history. Th* sacrifices that have been made by Franc* and Belgium hav* been made aa much for us a* for themsel ves. Now that w* are In It, we MUST win in order to survive. What can Indiana do ts help? Much. It to difficult for us, living In the peaceful and fancied security of the central state, to realize what failure would mean. To do so at all w* must think tn terms to which we are not accustomed—In international terms. Th* success of Germany would make it the supreme pewer of the world. Gorman methods and systems would be extended to every country on the round globe. These methods .are Incompatible and Irreconcilable with American thought and ideals. It is simply impossible to overestimate the dread consequences if democracy loses. To win. we must be purposeful. W# must be harmonious We must think of other things than making money Political differences must be minimized, cherished domestic reforms laid aside until such time as they may be considered on their merits Economy must be practiced tn every way. Every eouro* of the state must be devoted to the one single purpose of winning the war. Food, munitions, money, men must bs supplied unselfishly and without stint. They must be sent In a steady and unbroken stream. There Should be but one thought In every American mind, one fixed resolve to inspire the American soul, and that to win in th* quickest time possihto. There can be no peace without victory. Indiana has never failed tn an emergency. Think ef the marvelous record ah* mad* tit th* civil war. Don't you feel your bosom swell with pride and your heart beat faster in the contemplation of what the old Hocsler state did to those tragic days? It is a record that can not be surpassed in all th# history of glories won. but Its luster must not be dimmed by the failure now. Th# greatest monument ever erected to the valor of American troops stands where it belongs—in the heart of Indiana’s capital, erected by a grateful people. Let us prove that the quality of our manhood haa not failed with the birth of a new generation.

EASTON, Pa., October 25.-Plans for the overthrow of German “kultur” atj the end of the war by an inter-ally educational exchange were announced her* yesterday by Dr. Lyman Powell, president of Hobart college, and Francois Monod, secretary of the French high commission. Dr. Powell has Just returned from France, where he represented the Association of American Colleges In conferences for the furtherance

of the program.

In brief, said Dr. Powell in outlining the plans, the idea Is to cut away from

the before-the-war habit of American ysung men to

TRAINING PIGEONS FOR PERSHING

FIELD HEADQUARTERS. AMERI-. pigeon fanciers in the world. The CAN ARMY IN FRANCE, September “ t ;*. ,< ‘ arnlnK Bel «Pji. n methods

2$ <by mailF—The change from a Philip-

pine Insurrection, get-VUla-dead-or-sendtoS alive sort of army, to a vast organixa-

I „ 0 the graduate Ron on the European plan has made it ^. r ”LV“ ?L G *J r ^Lff^! necessary for American officers to turn

^jxchang* b8 professorships^ between their hands to unwonted tasks In maa-

* 'Ip tering th# new specialties of warfare.

Possibly one reason that German chancellors don’t get along any better is that the impossible is expected of them.

If any noeey people come along pretending to be government inspectors, and want to take a look at your private stock of home-made canned goods, 'tell them to brush by, and then call th* police. You owe it to the country to buy Liberty bond, and after you have bought it the country will owe it to you — and pay interest on It, too. The Chicago Board of Trade has stopped trading in November and December com. Maybe that'll help some.

THE NURSES

There ts a discomforting feeling that In the press of sending the drafted men off, of cheering the regulars and the guard, of knitting socks for the sailors and of boosting the Liberty loan, we have almost forgotten an adjunct of the military forces that should com-; mend itself peculiarly to the sympathy !

and well wishes of the nation. This is ! wh ° *° eS t0 lhe ° ffice ° r the * hop * s forcibly suggested by an article In the ! of that done by lhe Wlfe who staya at

New York Fo^t relative to a parade of i Red Cross nurses recently in that city.

Interesting views, certainly, but probably hardly reflective of those shared by her sisters in bondage. Drudgery is an essential part of most work, of that done by -the husband

It foliows: She was one of the Indianapolis delegation of nurses who are shortly to leave for the front. She was slender, blond and a girl of the type who you would imagine had not been face to face with serious things the greater part of her life. She stood for a moment at the curb in the shadow of Washington arch as her unit broke ranks yesterday, watching advancing waves of white-robed women. "I have heard of prayers being offered for soldiers going to the front The papers are filled with stories of comfort kits and tobacco funds and woolen sweaters and socks. It’s tine and yet Pm wondering.” ‘•Wondering what?” asked a woman who stood by her side. "Well, no one speaks of offering prayers for the nurses, yet the mortality among nurses is not low, they teil me W# are going to the other side to risk our live* Personally, I should love to think that prayers are going up for me while Pm on the sea in a transport and white I am in the field hospitals ” ’ Perhaps Indianapolis Is culpable In not making clear to this young woman

home. Repetition and monotony exist

in both cases.

If an occasional housewife believes she has “fallen upon a career as uninteresting as uncongenial” so does an occasional business man, lawyer or doctor, perhaps more than occasionally in the latter cases. Yet In no case need the careers be followed "at the expense of their own highest mental development ” The business man finds time for mental and cultural stimulation outside of business hours, so does the average housewife — more time probably than the average business man. Whether she has greater opportunity or not. fair men will admit that the ordinary housewife reads more, attends more club meetings, lectures, theatrical entertainments, movies, etc . than the ordinary business man. -''Generally speaking, she knows more of current literary, art and sesthetic tendencies than the men, possibly because ehe has more time for such study. To charge that home making prevents woman's iatsi-

Everv person engaged ih the coal business is required to conform to the law.— Coal administration statement. *And maybe that'll help some; too. There are evidences that the Thanksgiving turkey shortage feels that it is about time for It to wake up arid do its bit. \ i"'!. No meat on Tuesdays, and no wheat on Wednesdays at the downtown restaurants will be a great joke on the fellows who are boosting meatless and wheatless days at home and filling up at lunch

downtown.

Cutting off sugar supplies from the retail profiteers will likewise win enthusiastic applause from the much put upon ultimate consumer. Food is 47 per cent, higher than it was at the beginning of th# war. and If you don't buy plenty of Liberty bonds — which you can get at par —it is likely to be a whole lot higher than that in the future, and a long future it will be, too. The chances for the average consumer to become an expert conservationist before the end of the war are also good. In these days of extraordinary prosperity it must be doubly disappointing for the hard-working burglar to blow a safe' and get nothing. Now that we know the persimmon crop is "one of the largest in many years,” let us prepare to pay the largest price in many years for them.

America and Germany, and to substitute therefor a system giving Americans. French and British easy access to the

colleges of those three nations.

"I have conferred with the educational and governmental authorities of Fra nee and England in this all-impor-tant matter,” continued the speaker. "It gives me great happiness to announce that the plans are formed, that the idea has been heartily indorsed and that we only await tbe close of the war to put the new educational program and policy

into effect in the three great nations.

"We are embarking upon a movement that will make for cohesion of all the great national forces for democracy. Out of it will come International understanding that will be a powerful factor

for the prevention of future wars.

”We have planned specifically for the overthrow of that kultur that demands the abnegation of a people's will, a people's happiness, at the behest of autocracy. We wish to give the youth of the three greatest democratic nations the vision of nationality for service as opposed to the cult of nationality for the

sake of ruthless domination."

Buy Them for the Children

| By KUMHt MovrerJ An elderly woman, of my acquaintance, having bought Liberty bonds for herself when they were first offered, is now buying them, as she can afford it, for her grandchildren. She means that

One of the strangest of these to pigeon

study.

There are a few officers now at Gen. Pershing's headquarters who have become recently moat enthusiastic pigeon fanciers. They hav# put a dove cote near their office, from where each day they send carriers of various breeds, awaiting their return as eagerly as did Noah on the last day of the flood. They take careful notes of the time of departure and return of the birds, their physical stamina, all their habits. They read books on poultry raising and caxe. Strange as this pursuit may seem ror American officers, it is in reality an exceedingly important feature of the army’s work, and on their efficiency may depend much when the Americans get Into the trenches. Every army of Europe has found pigeons an invaluable aid In carrying messages In battle under certain conditions. When telegraph and telephone wires are cut. when the smoke of battle Is too dense to permit wig-wagging or airplane report*, a carpigeon can often bring back re-

rier

ports which through.

otherwise could not get

Need More Equipment

The American pigeon officers are looking forward to the day when they will have the same equipment as other allied armies, a number of traveling cotes. These are simply two storied trucks, the upper story with cotes for a score or more of pigeons, the lower with the equipment and bedding for th# crew. The trucks can readily move from point to point along the line and are so marked that the pigeons return

from an American now an officer in the Belgian army. He is Captain Francis T. Colby, of Boston, a Harvard graduate. who was first an ambulance driver

An Airman** Dream

When I am tired through and through. And all the things I have to do Seem little, senseless, brutal things. Mg mind escapes on happier wings To an old house, that is mine own.

Lichen-kissed and overgrown;

With gables here and gables there, And tapered chimney anywhere; With millstone hearth* for burning logs And kettles singing from the dogs: With rough-hewn beams of darkened oak. Fragrant with a taint of smoke; With unexpected steps and nooks. And cases full of leather book*—

Soft water-coiors that 1 love;

And In the bedrooms, up above. Large four-post beds, and lota of air. Where I can lie without a care. And hear the rustic of the leaves And starlings fighting in the caves. Around the house a garden lias,

A many colored paradise;

With beds of Bowers, not too tame,

All bright and never twice the same.

And if th* Lord t» very good

And all things happen as they should.

There Is a rtver gliding by.

Transparent as th* summer sky. Cool to dh* touch, and very deep,

Quietly smiling in its sleep

There large, well-educated trout

Scull themselves lazily about;

And there a brook with cheerful not## Comes chattering low Its little Joys. Telling how. through Newton Wood, Jt stole, sedate and very good. But when it tumbled through the mill I*, thumped the old wheel with a will. Down the stream a mil* or two Th* fen lands come, where, trees are few, Thera sturdy, sad eyed fenmen toll. Tilling their heavy deep-brown noil; A land where the gray heron breed*; And wild fowl paddle in th* reeds; A land of molten, golden reds. Of ripwing corn and oeier beds; * A land In which, where’er I go. Thera ia no man to say me no. Fd hav# for my companion thera A boat, a gun. of dogs a pair.

Cocker spaniels, silver gray.

With tails a wagging all th# dav, And other things I’d have are the**! large breakfasts and enormous teas. Honey and home-made bread, ztUl hot. Fresh butter In an earthen pot. And new laid eggs, and clotted cream,

rdi to think it's aJl dream. •Mile*, to London Speotater

O Lord!

SCRAPS

Experiment* are being conducted in Austria with a method for producing illuminating from sewage sediment. Apparatus for automatically spraying oil from the bow of a vessel upon a rough sea has been invented In Eng-

land.

There is only one reference In the Bible to ebony. It occurs only in Ezra xxvii, IS, as one of the most important commodities Imported Into Tyn% Among th# new locks to prevent theft of automobiles is one that secures the steering wheel after it has been turned slightly, enabling a car to be moved only

in a circle.

with the Belgians and later entered the ! By systematic "WrMlUtiWi Belgian army and is now attached to constantly Increasing itf teak forests.

repreeenting

rr'uoh better thins? for tbe ohilf? to I from the trenches as they fly ovct. Aside from the material benefit to both country and child, it makes for good

citizenship.

Buy all you want (and more) for yourself, but buy also for the children. You might even buy for the children before you buy for yourself. Every child whose parents can possiblv afford it should be the owner of a Liberty

bond.

If you have no child of your own, find a substitute. You have a nephew or a niece, perhaps, to whom you would like to have a Liberty bond mean something. There surely is some child in which you have a deep personal inter-

est

Buy for the child for the sake of the country!

St. Mark's in Armor

VENICE, September 29 (Correspondence of the Associated Press).—Measures for the protection of St. Marks, the most famous monument of Venice, from the enemy's bombs have now been completed. The face and sides of the cathedral are Inclosed by an armor of bags of sand held in place by scaffolding, which is lined with asbestos as a protection against incendiary bombs, such as the one that fell a year ago within a few yards of the main en-

trance.

The mosaics, both inside and out, are protected from rushes of air that might result from explosions by canvae stretched beneath them which would serve also to catch all the fragments that might fall, preserving them for restoration. All precious objects and works of art that could be removed, including the four colossal Greek horses on the facade, have been removed to safety in the treasury of the basilica, which has been transformed into a strongroom, stoutly armored. Those in the interior that could not be removed have been covered with mattresses stuffed with seaweed, around which are piled buttresses of sandbags. The high altar beneath which St. Mark 1* buried, and the tomb of Andrea Dandolo have been protected in this way. The domes of St. Mark have received a thick coating of liquid cement. "which, hardening, constitutes an armor, while the wooden portions have been treated with a noninflammable

liquid.

General Pershing's staff the Belgian army. When American troops enter their first attack it is quite likely that each detachment will he accompanied by men carrying pigeons in crates to be ed• in case ot 1 s of colu-

mn nioat ton fail.

The British army Invariably does this and has found the results excellent,

except on one occasion.

It was during a recent big British attack, the news of which occupied columns In the American papers. A certain general had received reports by telephone or airplane from every one of his detachments save a battalion to which had been assigned the mo«t diffi cult task of the day, the storming of an especially strong position. There was the keenest anxiety at headquarters; all the wires connecting with the battalion were out and no message had come in from It. Runners had been dispatched, but none bad returned. The only hope was that the troops could

get back a carrier pigeon. Takon to the General.

The moment one appeared with drooping wings, exhausted by a long flight, it was taken to the general. The whole staff crowded around while the general unfastened from the bird’s leg the message which all hoped would reveal the fate of the battalion and how the most critical rftage of the attack had gone. This was the message,

hastily scrawled In pencil:

“I've carried this crate two hours, and that's enough. Here, take back your

damn pigeon.”

Francis Thompson Colby, mentioned in the above correspondence, Is the son of Rear-Admiral Harrison Grev Otis Colby, United States navy, retired, of Boston, and was a lawyer in New York before he went to France. He had been a miner, a big game hunter and traveler, and the rooms of Captain Jphn J. Stephens, at the armory of the 2d field artillery, In New York, are deco rated with trophies of Captain Colby's hunting trips In Africa. Captain Colby is thirty-five years old.

Co-operative Arrangement of Red Cross Branches

Njfew YORK, October 2S.-The terms of the co-operative arrangement between the American Red Cross and the American Fund for French Wounded were announced todt?y In the following official statement issued with the approval of the Red Cross from the head-

quarters of the fund here;

“The American Red Cross arid the American Fund for French Wounded have entered into an agreement, the es-

sential points of which axe:

“1. The American fund maintains its present status and continues to operate as an independent organization, collecting funds tn its own name and continuing the manufacture of supplies. ■'2. The Red Cross will transport to France standardized supplies furnished by the American Fund for French Wounded as may be practicable under the limitations of shipping space and in the same manner that it transports like supplies received from Red Cross chap-

ters.

“3. The Paris administration of the American Fund for French Wounded, having its headquarters at the Alcazar d'Ete. has reached a mutually satis-

distributlon in France whereby the two societies work in co-operation.” The American Fund for French Wounded has nearly 500 committees throughout the country and supplies 4,000 hospitals in Franc*. It is providing medical and comfort necessities for the French wounded and Americans as well, and Its civilian relief work now extends over a large part of the devastated region behind the battle front.

Women Take Various Jobs When the Men Go to War

Now, Mr. Hangback. sine* many stores and even the internal revenue man will accept Liberty bonds as cash, there isn’t a ghost of a chance to slip out from under. -A' The Russian fleet was bottled up, all right, but the cork seems to have blown out with a disastrous effect for the German*. "":N; z' A* Mr. Woollen might have appointed the weather man as an assistant, with good effect. '*

Maybe Champ Clark and Jim Reed didn't go as far as they liked, but they have evidently realised that they went further than other people like, so now they are aeosting Liberty beads.

Receipt for “War Butter’

[Special to Th* Indianapolis News] HUNTINGTON, Ind . October 25.—J. W. Caswell, principal owner of the Caswell-Runyan Company, and president of the Commercial Association, to setting an example for Huntington county people by using "war butter." The butter is made from creamery butter and it yields two and one-fourth pounds for every pound of butter used. Following is the receipt: "To each pound of butter use one pint of rich milk; one tablespoon of gelatine, one tablespoon of salt. Cream the butter as for cake (squeezing it through the hands). Dissolve the gelatine In a little milk. Heat the rest of the milk to the boiling point, then pour over gelatine fas for pudd:r.g> and sty- until thoroughly mixed. When about lukewarm— warn; as new milk—pour slowly over the

Take a spoon anJ ladle on to a plate, and as you do this each spoonful will set, piling up into firm butter.” The butter ia used on the Caswell table and for every ptber purpose except frying.

[Special to The Indianapolis News] BELLEFONTAINE, O.. October 25Mrs. Jessie Deem is wondering what the war will bring for her besides making her agent for an express company here. Confronted with a shortage of men for express handlers and wagon drivers, Mrs Deem is wondering if she must shoulder those duties, too. She indicates her willingness to do her ut-

most.

Mrs. John F Casebolt, of Quincy, whose husband haa been called to Camp Sherman, will continue to operate his meet market. Her slogan, she says, is “Business as usual." “I can get along all right,” declared Mrs. Casebolt. with confidence, after her husband had

departed for camp.

COVINGTON, Ind., October 25.-Mrs. Eugene Mintner is now station agent

at Riverside, north of Attica. She to the _

wife of Eugene Mintner. who enlisted i at about *100. which h« is sll*z*4 to hav*

at Phil- : stolen troja the Munete-PortlanJ traction lln*.

clerks lutve been appointed on the Damocratlo ticket; Julia E. McCuaig, Edna si. Gardner and jJ/ma Mlll*r. WINOHESTFJR--John H, Bolts, formerly auditor of Randolph county and later an accountant on th* state board of accounts, has lo*t his eyesight. Mr Bolt* lost the sight of ons *y* two years ago, which Impaired th* sight of th* other. At that time h# waa forced to give up his work as accountant and moved to Winchester. RUSHVILLE—Th# Rushvtlle city council will buy a signal light to guide student aviators flying at night between Dayton, O., and Itantoul, III. Kushvlll* wilt b« on the south boundary of the zone which will be established, th* center of which win be the National road. The light probably will be placed on top of the Odd Fellow building. SHELBYVILLE-S. B. Morris, eighty-eight years old. and his grandson. Morris Toner, of this city, will leave here Krlflay for an automobile trip of MO miles. Mr Morris Is eager to make the start and scoffs at those who believe he should not attempt the trip at his age. He will go to Lebanon. O., to attend the golden wedding.celebration of hie cousin, David Morris. He plans to return home Monday by way of Cincinnati. ALEXANDRIA—The Alexandria police force Thursday underwent lu third change in two months when William Mitchell, a Democrat, was appointed patrolman to succeed Earl Million, resigned. Million Joined the force after the entire department had been Indicted by a Madison county grand Jury on a charge of neglect of duty. The indict meats followed an Investigation In regard to vice conditions In Alexandria by Prose-

cutor Ryan.

MARION—Dr. K. O. Zimmer, county coroner, say* evidence he has obtained Indicates that Martin Cechlln, a veteran of the Marlon branch of the National Military home, who was killed Monday by a Ebnnsylvanla train, purpoeely stepped In front ot the train CochHn had been despondent since his bunkmate. Enoch Hewitt, fell from a veranda and suffered Injuries from which he died two weeks ago. When he left his barrack Monday morning, t'ochlln told friends they never would eee him again. SOUTH BEND—Andrew and Alec Katt, convicted of arson, were each sentenced to one year at the Indiana state farm and fined J!00 and costs, in the St. Joseph superior court Tuesday. The brothers were arrested July 11. on a charge of setting fire to a tenement house. The building is owned by Charles Eagerly, state senator, and was occupied by a number of negroes....Andrew Fitzkantiz a as found dead from ass Tues day. He had retired ae usual, but had opened a gas Jet. Coroner Swantz, in his verdict, said the man had boon In poof health, and th# coroner explained the belief that he had committed suicide. TERRE HAUTE—On agreement of counsel, the nppeal of Dr. William H. Robert*, county health commi*slori*r. from th# action removing him for alleged neglect of duty in cleaning up TaylorvUIe, again was postponed Wednesday in circuit court, this time until November 5 Dr. J. N. Hurty notified the court he could not be here to assume th# defense. ....Wad* Duncan, a wealthy cafe owner here, was arrested Wednesday on a grand Jury indictment charging Involuntary manslaughter. In connnettlon with the killing of Leo Swetteman, infant eon of George fiwetteman. a laborer, three weeks ago. Duncan’s machine knocked tha baby out of its father's

arm a..

HARTFORD CITY—A man giving his name as William Collins, was arrested here with a suite*ee full of copper trolley wire, valued

which now cover more than 1.480.000 note#, despite the great amount of Um-

ber cut every year.

A recently patented eyeahade to #upported from the no#* Ilk* *y*glBas«« and Is reinforced by a malleable metal band that permit* It to be fitted to

beads of nil shapes.

Mechanism consisting of a aeries of Jointed strip* of metal has .bean Invented in Germany for raising or lowering several ventilators at once by manipulating a single lever. An Austrian engineer has Invented apparatus for taking photograph* mad* by a number of cameras at different angles from a balloon and combining them Into a single correct view. In th# parable of the sower thtvX^rd refers to grains of wheat which wood open ground produced ti hundredfoM (Matthew xlll. 8>, The common trittoum vulgar* will sometimes produce 1<W

grains to the ear.

The body of Tina, a pet canary belonging to Colonel William Glassford, commandant of the aviation school at North Island, Cal., was cremated and taken up 5.000 feet In an army aeroplane, whence the ashes were scattered to the

air.

A revised chart of New York harbor, on a scale of 1-40,000, haa been Issued by the United States coast and geodetic survey. The labor involved In bringing such a chart up to date 1* Illustrated by the fact that In one year there have been for this chart 2P different items of change, which required 222 working day* to compile and engrave. Marked changes in the contour of the bottom, disclosed by recent surveys are shown at the entrance between Sandy Hook and Coney Island. —

In the Marine Band and to now at Philadelphia. Mrs. Mintner is a bride of

only a few months

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

FRANKLIN—Hubert Clemmer has been appointed recorder of Johnt,on county, to fin tbe unexpired 't*rtn of his father, George W, Clemmer, who died recently. NEWCASTLE - Mayor Watkins ha* asked tha city council to establish flash lights for the airplane route, as Newcastle will be the north boundary line of th# aviation ;an* established between Indlanapoha and

Dayton, O.

MONTICELLO—Women will hav# repre- _

sentatiMJ on to* etauUea board to the «ity caused his arrest.

He Is being held In Jail bare pending the ar rival of traction officials to identify th* wire. When th* suite*** containing th* wire was taken to th* office of Jus tic* of th* Peace Pierce*, It was reported It contained dyanmlts. Mr. Here* immediately ordered ft

taken oat of th* courthouse, and a mlltee” “ ' ‘ * “ ""

,"e(ia»r

was appointed lo examine tbe contents ...H E. Weavar. a Ft. Wayne dote*.

live, was released from Jail Wednesday on a recognisance bond by Judge Eichhorn, fob lowing bis agreement to appear here November * as a witness for the ststs In the trial of Andy Markin*, charged with opera ting a ••blind tiger.” Weaver and J. J. Wlldeson, also of Ft. Wayne, were here last summer in the employ of the anti-saloon workers. Posing as map agenU. they visited a number of places and bought liquor. It was on their information that Markin* was arrested. I .earning Weaver a-as about to leave th« Jurisdiction of tha court. Prosecutor Puraley

| ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | L. O, Peterson. Flora-Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy 1* dead. City Reader—Aa near as an English speaking wngue can compass it. It ts pronoun end cahm-oo-flahzh, with the accent equally distributed. W. O. M., Frankfort-You can find President Wilson’s flag duy speech on "Why We are at War.” In Tha News of June to. or you can get It in pamphlet form with notes, by writing to Commutes on Public Information. Washington, D. C. Plmento-The mango !» a tropical fruit used for pickling, but small green melons ar# sometimes pickled In Imitation of mangos. Pimento is a spicy, mild pepper plant also Used for pickles. A good coflk book will 1*1! you how to treat them. Helen T. Brown, Oxford—The Rev. A. N. Andrus, who was quoted In the story of Armenian massacres, published In The News of October *. is a Congregational missionary and llvss In New York city, but w* can not give you his street address, aa ha only rscentjy retumsd from Turkey. Probably » letter addressed care of tbs Independsnt would reach him. F, F.-The Bldwell swindle occurred in 1872. Four Americans, named Georg* and Austin Bldwell, Georg# McDonald and Edward Hills, conceived and carried out a scheme by which they succeeded In defrauding th# Bank of England of several hundred thousand dollars. On* of th* Bldwell brothers had lived for a while In this d'y and kept a small candy store U» Massachusetts avenue Th# sharpers went »o London to carry out tbe scheme and came near getting away with their big winnings, but were finally caught, convirted and sent to prison for life. After a few yeare one of the Btdwella was pardonsd and returned to this city, broken in fortune and health aad very

seedy.

phlrts for Soldi srs—Tbe News receives many letter* from women to Ir.dianapolia and elsewhere to the state asking about opportunity to do work in their homes on sewing shirts for soldiers. The women a employment bureau at the Federal building, Indianapolis, haa been regtetering names in the hope that a (Substation will 'bo established in Indianapolis. If su< ti a substation should be opened here, however, it would provide work only to Marlon county. The depot quartermaster at Jeffersonvin*. who has general charge of such work indicates in a tetter to Tha News , that he Is unlikely to be able for a long time to supply such employment either at Indianapolis or elsewhere away from the substation* already established. Immense quantities ef material, be aays, ar* necessary to supply the depot at Jeffersonville, which alone manufactured lto.400 shlrU last week, and not enough shirting was received to keep busy the substations at Madison aad Scottsburg. Ind.. and Frankfort. Ky.. which had, therefore, to be placed at work making bedsacks instead of sblrta. U O. H —Tha highest mountains to the world, that Ik continuous range of greatest average hight, ar* the Himalaya mountains In Asia. The range or sy stem ia nearly l.MO miles long, more than 100 miles arid*, contains many mountains from 1*000 to U.OOO feet high, and a number much higher. One of them. Mount Everest, rises to ».00| f*«t and Is lhe highest on tbe glob*. There ar« fifteen other mountains tn th# rang* from 22,240 to 28.278 feet In hight. Of twenty mountain* in th# world which are over 28.000 feet high, fifteen ar* in th* Himalayas and five In the And** in South America, th* highest to the Andes being an extinct voL eano »,<»» feet. 'Tt>« famous Chtoibwmzo, in Ecuador, long believed to be the highest . mountain in the And#*, ia now known to be only,80.#8 tost above sea level, and there are least seven other peaks In the Andes that or* higher The highest In the Rocky mountains aro Mount McKinley, SMM feet, aad at. Elias, 11,018 feet, both to Alaska. There ar* many peaks in th* Rocky mountains from 10,880 to 18,840 feet, or from two t* thro* mUes. There ar* 4,2to feet to a mil*.