Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1918 — Page 6

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OF THE A#M*OCIAT«* The Aseoclatad Prase is escluafveiy entitled te the one f<i repabilcstien of all of diMMtcbaa credited to H, sad not otberwlee redited in this peper. and aleo te the loenl news put isbed herein.

AMERICA SORER

Mr. Hoover Is opposed to the prohibition of beer and wine making as long, as the sale of whisky is permitted. Pro- '’public

are doing and gather around the man who Is riveting. Thus one man may do ms extra amount of work but the others are simply watching the record

broken.

The general average of the yard, it is contended, is materially lowered as a result of the contest- "This record fad.” •ays one union representative, “was devised by acme one who don't know anything about shipbuilding. And the

fallen for it becaaee it to

hlbltlng the intoxicants which contain a smaller amount If alcohol would put the nation *n a whisky, gin and brandy basis, he say* After all, why not put the nation on a sober basis and keep it there ae long as the war csnlMnest The ehaaces are that the people would be anwtllfng to go back to the otd standards, after the benefits of general sobriety were fe'f.

sensational and theatrical. The records of K.ecy and 4.000 rivets In a nine or tenhour day are humanely Impossible I want a continuous drive on: the part of our men. in speeding up the building of ships; I want them to do everything that it bum&niy possible for them to do — but this contest mania is demoralizing and a terrific waste, besides being impossible." The views of these of

MR. VAR BIX *7 It ADDRESS HI his addres# yesterday ha connection with the commencement exercises of Columbia university, Hecretary Lansing denounced the euggesttons of peace based on "a perpetuation of PruselanIsnb" and said that as Prussia had << trfeksdlyf sought war," aha "shall have war sad more war and more war, uartfl ths very thought of war to abhorrent to tbs Fr.pmian mind" Prussiantom #0*14 he[ said, b# ended only by force, as force j"to the only thing which the Prussian respects. Here is our job, ae «9hfi secretary of state pees it; it to ute supreme task of civilization to'put arj end to. Prusslanlsm. To listen ' proposal* for a Prussian peace, fo ipromise with the butchers of Initial* and of nations so that they would by agreement gain a benefit by their crime, would be to compound an international felony, which this republic will never do. * Mr Lansing spoke, not simply as an Individual, hut as a mouther of ths administration, and an olBoer of the government. His speech will be taken to be a declaration of policy as well as an expression of opinion. As such It will be read and welcomed by the American people, and by ths people and government* associated with us in the war. We ars not pouring troops into ths fighting sone in ordsr to get a eompromies peacs. sor a peacs by negotiation. The men are being sent in order that this nation may play its part In defeating Oermany. There must be ‘ victory before there can be peace, or thought of It The American people will never consent to "compound en inter-, national felony." The time for peace talk has long slnee gone by. Germany had iter ohaaee. and threw it away. She chose the sword, and*must abide by her decision. The speech of the secretary of etate may be regarded as a notice served on the German government that the war to to be proceed with ever-increasing vigor. Much a declaration does ndt Indicate any hospitality In our state department to German peace fnoyes. No “peace offensive" that may be started by the enemy will have any effect in this country. The work of our eoldlers. which has been so highly praised by foreign eriUcs, has stirred the fighting spirit of the nation, Our armies know what they are fighting for, and so do the American people, There are hard days an<f great trials, and some reverses ahead of us. All these are expected. But there to no shame ahead* of us. We shall continue the struggle Is company with the armies of the free nations of Europe till "the butchers of Individuals and nations'’ hrs crushed.

Ths country need not look at the <iuds-; flcl%} , maiy ^ wrr *ct The reaction

tkm alone from the standpoint of moral-j fnjfn th# wnMLtlonaiI may do

ity. This to not tat bt-st time, perhaps, to | more harni lhan KOO± urge prohibition sifiply because of the . _ . ^ __ evil* attending ln.1 ilgence in strong! n rnFTf nrrv\*rvrR drink; but tt to a time when there to| OTHtK vrrzyeuvr,*

It !* announced that the German offen

in strong |

it Is a time when there is (

an instotent demand for the greatest 4 amount of efficiency and the greatest possible curtailment of ail things not | |

considered essential. At such a time f ***nr one knows. But this does not tbs country to asked to use subeHtute* j **»*»*» that there will not be other

■ive against Pari* to definitely stopped. That the Americans he’ped to stop it

can com* over here and kill us with kindness. Whatever It may mean, tt is a novelty, and It is likewise something to be mistrusted. The only good German officer, as this war has proved. Is one who has gone to his long home or one who to safely under lock and

key. * SINCERE TRIBVTES

The most striking thing about the tributes to the late Charles Warren Fairbanks is their sincerity. When a great man dies it to customary for fihose who knew him to give some expressston of their thoughts. Occasionally it to an effort for them to pick the words they desire to use because back of their outward expression Is the reservation of something that occurs to them wtiw* should not be said. In thp messages that have been received by the Fairbanks family one to struck by the apon-

The Dominant Note

THE AMERICAN SPIRIT

[St. Louis Globe-Democrat I

Tfce patriotism of the Indiana Republican platform was not confined to the widely published declaration in the preamble that "in this country today there to for every individual and for every political party but one supreme duty, and that js to win the war.” A study of

PARIS. June 4.—The spirit.and morale of the American soldiers wounded in the Oantigny battle, 90 per cent, of whom wiil recover, to wonderful. The first question they ask the surgeon to: "Doc, when will I be able to go back after the Germans who fixed meT* Two young privates were waiting

the full text appearing in The Indiana- \ t^eir tuhi to enter the operating room pohs News shows that patriotism to the oL*«ldf Am<nCan h06pkal ln Pan8 -

r? f r»rvf*k **TE*VtorHL* n*f f^h a.3 *■ T V»«ael

I have been over the top three times and it to the greatest sport I ever had.

Fix me up quick, because I want to go

back after the bodies again." The second soldier, who had a serious

wound in the thigh, said:

"If I do not return to the trenches, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I fixed three—two bayoneted and one

shot. I am satisfied.”

The soldier probably will recover, but he will never cross bayonets with the Germans again, as he will lose his leg.

for wheat, and the people willingly use ! offensive*. Germany he» vast reservs# ' 'bake was as hearty and his smile was these substitutes. We are expected to which have not been used in the Marne a* ready for the lowly as for those who conserve in regard to everything that fight It to believed that there will be held th * hJ «*i Piece* Power and tnfluwe eat, and one official ha* mid that he {a drive for Amiens and the channel, * DC ® dld 001 rob him of. his great af-

doroinant note. "Every action of the Republican party in state and nation shall be determined solely by bow we can add most to the sum total of war good,” was one of the platform assertions. There was a sweeping denunciation of "any criticism of public officials, high or low. when such criticisms are inspired by partisanship, malice or disloyalty.” The candidates of the convention were pledged to be "men who are supremely pro-American, men who will give our all for the most

taneity of expression. Evidently these I vl * orcas prosecution of the war. and

^ ^ tnese J W |j 5 str jve unconditionally for a P«a«>

men — leaders of ths nation's thought with victory,” The platform praised the and action — have deemed it a crivi- war ® f bhe two republican sen-

~ t ^ 11 * Frm ! atom and of the nine Republican repre.ege to say what really was within j tentative*, all of whom voted for the

their hearts. They loved Mr Fairbanks ; war and ha '® supported its vigorous i | ura .._ s * umrt Walker Players At 1:15 became tv.,- wi ® r ’ * aJr '* DK> | proaecutiort. and pledged them to "use K el'h e-Vaudeville At 7:» and s because iney knew him. and ft fotloom every possible means to win the war Lrric—Vaudeville At ; *>. 7 JS ani » that all loved him who knew him * now' - Nor did the Indiana Republicans

Knew him. I hesitate to say how the war should end. I * , They declared for "peace with victory,: Notes of the Stage, and never peace by a compromise bar- ' IS a intereattog George Geul gaining of principles which would %t the Murat this week. He has been seen

late American rights, interests and honor, and make of our sacrifice a sacrilege, to be made again by our

An official note describing the share borne by American troops in the flghttng at Veuilly, Jaulgonne and Ghateau-

Thierry. says:

"Only a few units are involved at' present, particularly machine gunners, but at the points where they have been called upon to fight they have won the admiration of the French troops with whom they fought. Their help was just

Thrush.

All through the sultry hours of June, From morning bllths to golden noon. And tilt the star of evening ehtobe The gray-blue Bast, a world too soon. There sings a Thrush amid the limes. OOd’s poet, hid Jn foliage green. Sings endless songs, himself unseen; Right seldom come his silent times. Unger, ye summer hours serene! Sing on, dear Thrush, amid the limes!

Nor from these confines wander out. Where the old »un. bucolic tout.

w hat we expected from gallant soldiers. a AL d ** hi ® murderous crimes;

1 are sweet, no oc amid the limes.

e may hope everything from them ” American men and women attached to the American T. M C A ufiita with the French troop* played heroic parts in the recent retreat east and west of Sotoeon*. and one, Carl I.,,yule, of North Brookfield. Maas., is believed to have sacrificed his life. Lyttle, who to thirty-

three years old. is officially reported [Minstrvi thou, whoa*- brow n wing,, tty missing Amid a rain of gas shells he I Through silent ether's summer climes, went into a certain burning village to I Ah, never may thy music die! rescue refugees after the troops had I Sin* on. dear Thrush, amldjhs times-

come out. and has not been seen since. '

Emphasized in many of the tribute* to the trait of friendliness which the d«*d statesman poaseoaed. His hand-

PLAYS AND PLAYERS

AT THE THEATERS TODAY.

who eat* between meals to a slacker. , ports. It was announced yesterday tnat If this 1* true, then there to *11 the, greet numbers of German troop*, and

DKCUh'im BIRTH RATE A world war has emphasised the importance to the Ilf* of a nation of a maximum birth rata. When two welltralned and well-equiphed adversaries meet, the odds are greatly In favor of the nation poacasslng the preponderance of man-power. Possibly the greatest aeusce of Germany * strength t* Its oamparatlvely rapid human productivity which ha* enabled tt to fill, or nearly to fill, the depleted ranks on the battlefields with fraeh. young traopa, Germany’s population growth. In contrast with that of France, has boon remarkable, constituting a menace that must be met If the opposing nations are to survive. The problem will be more serious at the end of the war, when the population of all fightlag countries will be depleted. Tha greatest and freest nations of the future will be those that can most rapidly replenish their population, either by birth or Immigration. Tha declining birth rate in France caused much concern long before the war. Louis I. Dublin, formerly an officer of the American Association for the Advancement of- Science, in an address' reprinted in the CongreastonaJ Record, give* some significant figures on national birth rates: Let us consider the growth of 'population during the last century In the three leading countries of western Europe, namely. France, the United Kingdom, and the state* composing the German empire. At ths beginning of the nineteenth century ■‘Franc# wm* the leader of the three countries, with a population of about 29,000,«tt. The state* which mm compose the German empire were second, with a population of about 8,000,000, and the United Kingdom stood third, with a population of about Ik000,000. A century later we find the situation totally changed. The German empire headed the list with a population of nearly * il.000.000; the United Kingdom was second, with, a population of 42,000,000; and FYanoe was third, with a population of only SVWO.OOO. in other words, while the population of the German empire had nearly trebled 'hr*j the United Kingdom had Increased two and one-half time* Its early numbers the population of Franc* had Increased lose than one-half. In 1980 the birth rat* in France was 90 to th* LOffi; in 1214 the rate was 18 to the L000 and the death rata 19.6, exceeded th# birth rata The birth rat* until recent years has continued high in Ihe United Kingdom and in Germany, but since 1896 in the United Kingdom it ha* been declining, and since 1908 in Germany, unless as has been charged. Germany ha* been systematically tying In her vital statistic*. Despite the increase in population in the United State* there to no reason for felicitation on our situation. The growth, •* Car as can be deduced from Inado# qua** statistics, has been due principally to immigration and births among

more reason why all # foodstuffs should be used for food Instead of some foodstuff being diverted s to th* breweries and to th# wine-makers. The borineea of putting the nation on a sober basis can be brought 'about by taking what appeals to the thinking people as merely logical action in a time of great need. W# need not go on a whisky, gin and brandy basis when w# stop th* making of beer and wine. W# can go on a strictly sober basis and do without th# whisky, gin and brandy. The government needs ail the real alcohol it can get for the manufacture of explosive*, so there would be little loss to those who make alcohol. Indiana has gone on a sober basis, and has eliminated all forms of Intoxicants. The experience of this etate shows the beneficial results that com# front such a condition. There to no reason why th* whole nation should not benefit from

Indiana’s example.

some Austrians, were being massed at Meta This would suggest the po*sl

grandchildren

The platform and the convention speeche* showed no diminution of loyalty to the Republican party They denounced the subterfuge •nonpariteanship” Speaker Clark advocated in his

■■■■■ recent speech at Fort Wayne, which

man who has lived r, i»* m ® ant Democratic partisanship of the

. 1TT * d rui!y *‘ nd who hM worst type The Hoosier Republicans do

not need to lay

principles to be

fectior, for men and women, nsgardiess of the path of life they trod. When

taken a vital part in the history of his

bility of an offetislve against the Toul w>umrv - re * ch ** that wh "«

= r: ir sSSS

th# concentration at Metz may be In . ** been wel1 done -

l tnat in the past there are no rer^eta

anticipation of an attack on that partt Th . r , . [ * re no

, . * . ^ | Th b< thought must have come to Mr.

of the German line. Th* German com- | FaLlrban>g ^ dwUh approftched menders are. It to said, looking for a 1 thought must come

PATRIOTISM AND PARTISANSHIP Job E. Hedges, of New Tork, gives the country come sound advice on the question of criticism as applied to politic*. He recognises the growing effort, in some quarters, to make It appear that th# exercise of judicious freedom of speech and the expression of Individual or collective opinion Is akin to disloyalty, unless such expressions meet with the approval of those who are watchful a* well ss jealous of their interests. Mr. Hedges believe* that every loyal cltlsen desires our successful termination of the war. "EvsrV loyal citizen follow* every official act with jealous interest." he asye, "hoping that It may be efficient in the highest degree toward a culminating .victory. And that to the real test of loyalty to the country, as distinguished from loyalty to the administration, which is temporarily and necessarily responsible for the country** official conduct." Further on, tn an article In the New York Times, he says: Th* argument that to criticise the manner of conducting the war means disloyalty, and. therefore, should not be tolerated, leads to the Inevitable conclusion that the war is a mere party matter and th* only persona interested in It are those who are conducting It PrtJe of opinion from the inside 1* as dangerous as pride of opinion from the outside. Criticism of an official act for th# purpose of advertising the critlctoor to a* much to be regretted a# the resentment of the criticism by an official for th# purpose of advertising selfmartyrdom. The conclusion is that th# moot active, efficient, practical *nd constructive work ripe# we entered the war ha* been done rince. there began to be general dtocunrion, suggestion and criticism by the people at large and by intelligent, thoughtful leaders of opinion. No man of mental breadth. Mr. Hedge* Insist*, oares who to appointed to public office or from what party, providing the appointee is Che beat that can be obtained' in th* United State* for the partiou^ar

eqrvloe.

The Philadelphia Evening PubUo Ledger oorera th* point a* follow*;

* No mo** certainly fatal mistake could be mad* at this time than for th* nation to surrender it* judgment to any on# man or any group of men. We have Ipadere and we must continue to have them; but they are human and fallible. They need the advloe and assistance of the whole people, for it wtH take th# combined wisdom of our ablest statesmen and eoldler* to win the war and to solve the problems growing out

of It.

It is fortunate for the country that th* Republican national committee has decided not to be cowed by any charge that criticism of Inefficiency is an attack on th* government of th# United atates, but that It has determined to conduct a congressional fight for th* purpose of bringing to the support of that government th* beet men In order that we may both win th# war and •oive th* problems of peso*.

great allied offensive. Unless this takes place — and it to not known that It to yet contemplated — the Germans will again assume the offensive. It will be directed against what is believed to he the weakest part of the allied line. Th* important thing to that our people should not be led to believe that the worst is over. On th# contrary, the next German drive may be much more formidable than that which is just ended.. There ie a great deal of hard fighting before us. The people should understand- this. Th# Oeornan drive of last March was stopped, but another one followed which carried the Germans clear to th* Marne, and even threatened Paris. There IS no reason to think, in the light pf that experience, that there will be no

further attempt*

wtrito

THE TELEGRAPHERS

It to not conceivable that the govern-

ment will permit a general strike of

commercial telegrapher*. The have not carried a heavier traffic years than now, and much of the volume to government business. A serious

strike would disrupt this channel of

business and official communication and seriously embarrass the* nation. Both company and employes might as well make up their minds that a strike can not be tolerated. Their differences can

not be made the occasion of wrecking

th* commercial and military machine of the nation at a time so perilous. Here to

a situation where th* interests of a

small section of the nation threaten the interest* of the whole people. Employers and employed muet realize this. The Western Union Telegraph Company puts itself in the position of precipitating the strike by refusing to accept a compromise proposal submitted by the national war labor board. On the other hand, the men are charged with taking advantage of the war situation and federal Interference in labor disputes to gain ends which they could not gain unaided. Th* Pommercial Telegraphers’ Union .has not been active, generally, since 1907, when the companies "broke" a long and costly strike. No Indianapolis telegraphers are said to belong to the brganlzation at the

present time.

Regardless of the merits of the controversy. of which thq public can not bs expected to judgv until move facts are available, eome basis for oompromise must exist. It to not known what effect the tesuano* of a strike call hy the president of the telegraphers’ union, will have, but a general strike must be avoided at aJI costa Th* country can not afford to have even a minor proportion of It* telegraphers idle. They are too badly, needed. Government operation to proposed as an alternative. In view of th* experience to date with government operation it win be hoped that the telegraph lines can be kept in the hands of private owners.

This

to his family now.

bringing comfort and sunshine Into a period of great sadness. , For w# all know now — we who were his intlmats associates and we who knew him but casually — that be was a great man, one who shed luster on his state and who faithfully served his nation. No greater tribute can be paid a msn than to say that the people lowed him and no more fitting epitaph can be carved .han these two w'ords: Weil

done.

ihdianspoita audiences in a wide variety of parts, but in none quit* like that of Van Tuyl tke etderiy man-of-the-world of the crinoline period tn “Romance." The play-

wright has (.‘rented in Van Tuyi,. as

other two important flgurve of the play, human ani likable character*, but on the actor re*ts the responsibiMtj- of doing the drainattot justice. Gaul succeeds as admirably tn this ss in practically everythin* ela* he has undertaken in Indianapolis. Net a •good” mac in the orthodox and narrow

. -. , sense, he make* Van Tuyl a broad, lovable, aside their life-toag t tolerant gentleman of a bygone generation, ■ militantly patriotic. I whose sacrifice and suffering as his youth

Militant patriotism has always been a {vanishes touch th* sympathetic chorda of

hardened theatergoers, it is a well conceived and finely executed portraiture, a worthy ad-

dition to an interesting galiery.

INDIANA NEWS IN BRIEF

May I not dream God sends thee there.

Tho« mellow angel of th* air. Even to rebuke my earthiier rht'enes

With music's sou!, ali pralt* and prayer.

1* that* thy lesson 16 the limes? Closer to God art thou than j:

Mortimer Collins.

in the * etate contains monuments to Hoosier patriots. The state itself has erected at Indianapolis s unique monument to the state's soMlers and sailors which is tne showpiece of the capital and a shrine for Hoosiers. Such ringing declarations from the Indiana state convention bring no surprises, the surprise would have been at less militant

patriotism.

AGAIN ST RITETING CONTESTS American Federation of Labor officials daoiare they may take steps to expel from unions any members who part In riveting contests at the shipyards in this country. Buch contests are ! denounced by the labor officials as! "simply sensational and theatrical, while they derooraltoe the workers, etow up shipbuilding, waste energy and create a riotous expense to ths government tor phantom results." This statement was mad* In Philadelphia hr Charles F. Mousley. representing the union of holler makers and shipbuilders. He and other union officials announced that the English union recently had prohibited its members from taking part in any more riveting con-

testa

The country was in a frame of mind to believe that the rivalry between riveters was speeding up shipbuilding to a great extent. Eastern newspapers offered weekly prises to further stimulate riveting. But the union officials now contend that these artificial stimulants do more harm than good. They eay that one man who set 9.799 rivet* in nine hoars was so exhausted that he could not work for nine days thereafter. The officials contend that when th* word goes out that some riveter te trying to break a record, a osowd of wta stop Whateves they

Concerning the question of home, rule for cities, the Indiana Republican platform suggested that there should be legislation permitting cities in this state to adopt the commission form of government. Experiments with the city manager plan and government by a small commission elsewhere are being watched by students of civil government. but so far not sufficient evidence to warrant a blanket recommendation for the commission plans has been given, neither have sufficient shortcomings been found to condemn it utterly. Residents of cities should pay more attention to their affairs. There can be no satisfactory system of government as long as untried men are placed in office. Eventually th* people may get round to the point of hiring qualified men to conduct their city governments, and this will mean that such men will have to be paid as much as they could command from private employers. Where one man with ability and vision would thus draw & large salary, several small salaried and unessential officials could be dispensed with. The home rule question is entitled to deep study, and should have an important place on the legislative iprogram

of the general assembly.

Mr. J. P. O’Mahony announces his complete approval of the subject matter of Mr. Albert J. Beveridge’s address on the league to enforce peace, etc. Now if O’Mahoney will Just assure the government that he is as much concerned over the suppression of Prussian tyranny and of the German conspiracy in the United States and Ireland as he Is over the Rhoades-Carnegie plot (whatever that to) to "manacle” this country. Uncle Sam will knout what he is talking about «nnd may proceed accordingly. Americans are believed to hare turned the tide at the Marne. Evidently the

British Tonnage for Year

LONDON, Wednesday, June 5.—Merchant tonnage completed in United Kingdom yards and entered for service during May, 1918, was 197,274 gross tons, the highest figure for any month during the last year. Official figures published today show that-the completions for May marked an increase in tonnage over April, 1918, of 85,741 tons. The next highest figures for any month in the last year were 10,674 gross tons in March, 1918. The total completions for the twelve months ending May 31. 1918. were L406,888 gross tons. Th* corresponding figures fer ‘the year ending April 90, 1918, were L270.337 Commenting on these figures, the con-troller-general of merchant shipbuilding says the satisfactory output for May reflects great credit on the whole industry, particularly on the firms engaged In fitting out vessels. The average time for fitting out has been reduced considerably. In one instance, during May, a 5.000-ton steamer wm completed for service within nineteen days of its launching.

Omaha Has Been Cleaned Up

To the Editor of The News: air—Meredith Nicholson. In an artioi* in the June issue of Scribner’s, quotes somq one as saying that there were recently 3,500 school children studying German in Omaha. During the 19161917 term there were only 9,646 children studying German. Today only 197 high school pupils are studying it In order to complete courses. The board of education has prohibited the study of

German hereafter.

The Etc pi re Comedy Four, playing at BF. Keith’s this week, male a record trip last night to Ft Hamem In order to entertain the euKUerti and near I y missed the regular ahow. Joe Jenny, the barytone and comedian with th* quartet, aays that he never rod* so fart over strange roada Before starting from the theater the boys donned their makeup and stage ciothea and, while no time was lost on the roed. plenty Of excitement was created en route because of their odd costumes apd rouged faces. B. F. Keith’a plane to contribute to the weekly program at Ft. Harrison as often a* possible while the soldiers are them. Lent summer, during the flret o(fleers’ training camp, several complete vaudeville hills were presented, and a similar arrangement may be made for the present period. Alice Hamilton, who come* to the Lyric next week tn a vaudeville divertissement which eh© calls -"A Breath of Lavender and Lace.” Is an Indianapolis woman who has been on the stage for many years., both In the drains tic and vaudeville branches. In vaudeville she impersonates a middle-aged country woman describing her first visit to a large city. She poses as— a rich contralto Voice that exactly suits her old-fashioned song number* on* of the featur— of her offering.

STILLTyAN—The taenty-ntnth annual convention of the Epworth League of th© Vincennee district will be held at Hyrocra June

T, 8 and •.

of th© MacR«h-Evans glass factory of this cltv, has been elected a member of th© liarion board of school trustee*, lo succeed O. l>. CTawsor whoa© term had expired BRAZIL-The city council has reappointed H. D Falla as a member of the school hoard and appotr ted Harlan Henderson as anot’-cr member Henderson succeeds Dr.

Terre

SCRAPS

in the A. T. SpeaiT*. who has moved to

Haute to enter th# coal busine—.

INDIANA DEATHS

GHEEXSBURG, Ind.. June 4-John W Johnson, age seventy-one. U dead here. He was a civil war veteran and Mason for thirty-$v* years. Two daughters survive. WINCHESTER. Ind . June «.-J#remlah Williams, age eighty-two, Is dead of heart trouble at his home in Harrisvilie. He was born in Darke county, Ohio, and came to this county when twenty yearn old and has lived in Wayne township for more than sixty years. He waa a veteran of the civil war. The widow survives. BRAZIL, Ind., June H. B. McMillan, age sixty-three, died yesterdag at his home in Brazil of tubercular bronchitis. The widow. one aon, Harry McMillan, of Indianapolls, and one brother. William, of Olaysvllie, Pa., survive. Mr. McMillan was at one time chief of police of Brasil. He alno served as superintendent of the Brazil Fir© Brick and Sewer Pipe Company. He was a member of the city council at one time. During th© last few years of his life he was engaged In farming. Funeral services.win be

held Friday afternoon.

NOBLEBVtLLE. Ind.. June e.-Mrs. Margaret Burton, ago eighty-five, died at her home In th* northeastern part of tfie county last night. She was th* mother ot fourteen children. Thoee who survive are Mrs, William Gunn. Mrs. V. M. Honnold. Mra Edward Small, Mire. Charles Honnold, Mra. Thomas Ogle and Janie* Burton, the latter

of Orange county.

TIPTON, Ind.. June Mrs. Ruth Anna

Mr. Nicholson also quote* some one £ ro 7*‘ —venty-fiv*. wife of David Croy.

as sayinsl that there were fl,800 men holding 14,000 Jobs as Omaha city commissioners, but the people have recently cleaned out the city hall, and that is

no longer true.

OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BUREAU OF PUBLICITY. Omaha. Neb., June 1, 1918.

Thtf German Way

LONDON, June «.—Th# crew #f a German submarine vres brutal In Its

boys have not forgotten why they ment i treatment of the crew of the Glasjgovr

Increased prices on canned goods and dried fruit from California hare been awarded to th* consumers.

are not expected to woots wheat because shipment* a being 'held in th* state tempcwssrQy, News that the troop flow to Franaa Is to continue will be welcome to tha fallows who hare held book, fearing they they would not get to go over after enlisting. It to wen that the Germans poos* to catch their breath when they can. Th*y will hav# less time when beaded for* Berlin.

While th* worM Is teaching America to fight, the Yankees are teaching the

world wholesome sport*.

Borrowing a baby 4o escape the draft

is surely borrowing trouble.

There to, however, no objection to a personal embargo against liquor tn the "dry* states us til the President change*

his mind.

Instead of bripg awakened, New Tork may hare soon t* guard against being

soared to death.

It most be getting hsrfisr and harder fo# the habitnat loafer to defend himself

against a job.

A wireless from Africa says ths lion has abdicated tn favor of the kaiser as the king of beasts.

UNUSUAL GERM AX DECENCY

Captain C. M. Gilmore, of the schooner Edna, torpedoed off the Atlantic coast by a German submarine, tells a highly Interesting story. After he had been warned that his craft was to be suck he admits that he was In something of a hurry to fcet his belonging* together. Th* lieutenant who had approached the ship told him not to grow excised because “well be around here an hour and a hall" Bo Captain GMlmore took a Utti* more time and managed to leave th# ship with practically everything of ! Talue, except a silk umbrella. He mentioned his loss, but it was too late then to go book for it After the ship had

been destroyed, some German Bailor* How like a burglar and thug 1* the r°~d OMt to —tow th. OTckw. Tta, “**“*“ ^ “>• , ^ . , . _ I American tin.©, o<: If po. caU roe bale picked up a few thtega for themretre*, yjj ,

and when they returned to the submarine, Captain Qfknare was surprised to ••• that they had brought hhn his silk umbrella. In addition to thle act. the captain says he and his men were well fed and kindly treated while they

were held on board the U-boat. If the German captain had been a

real Prussian, left to his own devices and Inclinations, he would have sunk the Edna without warning and would have snapped his fingers at the loss of life. If he happened to develop a streak of humanity, when he reached American waters, he Is Likely to be courtmartialed when he gets back home and fails to tell a tale of atrocities. The reasonable assumption Is that this submarine captain wm acting under orders. It is to be presumed that he was told to assume a thto-hurts-me-worse-than-it-hurts-you attitude and,

above all things, to be polite.

"It to now time tor relaxation," aays a summer reeeurt advertisement. Wkong again. Ths time for relaxatkm will not ooms until after we hare ended th* big fuss In the right way.

Latest reports indicate that th* potato bugs are being repulsed by counter-at-tacks on all fronts. But, of course, if you want to buy War Savings stamps you don't hare to wait for the drive to begin. They - ** on sate all tit* time. ' The sight of a seated man, his nose buried In a newspaper, while an ~ord woman stands In a street can, to another picture no artist can paint. And still another reason for a gmy. powderie&s Fourth of July is the shortage of medicaments for th* treatment of

wound*.

The profits shown by the reports of seme of th* large oorporationa notably

Perbaas tht- i. . ~ • cm * ^ *«>d products companies, P«rhaps this is a nsw kind of German suggest that perhaps tbrtr war prices

steamer KHa-ton, sunk, several days ago. Renter's Limited learns. The steamer was shelled for three and one-half hours. The British captain returned the gunfire until his ammunition was gone and then abandoned the veseel, which the huhiharlne crew boarded and sunk by bom bs. The captain was taken prisoner on board the L-boat. The drinking water la one of the lifeboat* was removed and the Germans also took the must, sails and all the onrs except two, leaving the British to find land as best they could. The other lifeboat, which was not molested, was picked np by a schooner near Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Thoee in the first lifeboat suffered great hardships and did not reach Las Palmas until ala* days after the ether host.

Hard to Hold Yankees

WITH THE AMERICAN. ARMY IN FRANCE, Wednesday, June 6 (by ths Associated Press).—An American machine gun battalion accounted for approximately l.iWO Germans while holding a bridge at Chateau Thierry during the

Lion &c< Gertna

ns while holding

recent fighting. The Americans lost only one man killed and a few wounded. At the same time French .troops wiped out a force of 300 Germans who hod obtained a footing on the southern bank

of the Marne.

While the Germans dominated the town from Hill 204, the Americans and

French set up machine guns tn th* win

of houses

dows and doorways fierceness marked the raged for several days

fighting.

Great which

officer told the correspa&deat that It waa all th* commanders couka do to keep the Americans from crossing the river in the teeth of the enemy-fire and

assaulting the hill position.

60,000 More for France

WASHINGTON, June A—Organization of fire new regiments and nineteen battalions of railway engineers tor service In France has about been completed by Ramuei M. Felton, director-general of mUitary railways. They will add 60,u00 men to those already ensra^ed j n road construction and operation In France, said an announcement by the war department today. • Nine regiment* have gone across. Six are engaged m construction work and three in opera-

tion-

The government, today s anouncement said, has spent 91®,000,000 on railway materials for France.

Silent Orator on War

The United States district attorney, through the BHIet Orator, the graph on the Merchants Heat and

Company baUdlng, win

motoLight

y bonding, will express his view* on haw the people can help the government. It oegtna tonight as fol-

lows :

War measure* are necessary in war time. Law and order protect persona and property. Officers must enforce protection against crime Courts guarantee Justice, equality and liberty under law. Every cittoer, stoouid uphold courts, officers and law* CteUteation depends on

died at her home near Kempton yeaterday. Th* husband and several children survive. NEWCASTLE. Ind., Jun© «.-Frank Rob©rtaon. age sixty-eight, died at hi* home vast of Newcastle Tuesday. He was ,a wellknown farmer of Liberty township and lived in Henry county all hi* life. Th# widow and three children survive. The funeral wafc held at the Brick church near Hageretown Thursday Benjamin Heaeton. age ©ewentyflve, died at hi* homo In Huntington Tuesday. Th© funeral was held today at Hunt* Ington.. ..The funeral •errio©# for Mr*. James Net*, daughter of Edward Smith, poet master of Newcastle, wan held at the Smith home in North Sixteenth street today, with the Rev. E. M. Jlerr In charge. Mia. Net*, whoa© home is in Hattiesburg, Mis*., died at a hospital In New Orleans Monday

following an operation.

EVANSVILLE, Ind.. June 6.-Mls* Emma M. Roach, principal of the Blankenberg public schools here and for more than forty year** connected with the local schools, ia dead. She la survived by t *o brothers, John Roach, of Bvansville, and Newton Roach, of 6t Louis ...Mrs. Anna Eva Strohm, age ninety, one of the oldest women in Evansville, is dead. She is survived by several grown children Harry Flach, age ©©venty-flVe, to dead of paralysis. He to survived by the widow and one daughter. SOUTH BEND Ind., June S.—John A Valentina age eighty, died at Ms home her* Wednesday. He to survived by two children. A eon. Clyde M. Valentin*, lire* in Indianapolis.... Mrs. Ella Bennett, age ftfty-flre, wife of Amo# Bennett, to dead at her home here Henry Bowers, age seventy-nine. Is dead

at his home.

EL WOOD, Ind., June 6.—Daniel R, Mooney, proprietor of the Kramer hotel, ia dead, after an Ulceus <rf six week. He formerly conducted a hotel at Lima. O., going from there to Montpelier. Ind., from which place he caane to Elwood, six months ago, ORLEANS, Ind., June 8.—Mrs Jane Troth, age seventy-six, widow of William H. Troth, and the mother of Robert A. and William V. Troth, of the firm of Troth Bros., of* this city, dlsd yesterday at Spencer, after a short Illness. Eleven sons survive. The funeral will take place Friday. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., June 8.—Simeon a Elliott, age fifty-nine, is dead here as the result of injuries suffered & few days ago when kicked by a horse The widow, Sarah, and three daughters survive....Mrs. Caroline Davie, age seventy-four, Is dead at her home, near here. Three sons and on* daugh-

ter eusvlre.

Hun Censorship Protest

AMSTERDAM, June 6.—Allegation* that the German censorship is growing more stringent were mad* at the opening sitting of the reichstag Tuesday by Baren von' Rechenberg. of th* Centrist party, and Deputy Bauer, a Socialist. Matters were growing continually worse. Deputy Bauer said, and the censorship increasingly had placed itself in the service of the ‘lust of conquest," even meeting* for equal suffrage being forbidden, although their aim* coincided

with government policy.

The feeling among the people waa becoming ever more exasperated, the deputy added. He complained that while

the pad flats were harassed, the annex a-

mst politii olaxed tha

ably lead to a catastrophe.

tiontet politicians were encouraged, and declared that this policy would inevlt-

Secretary of the Interior Wallraf gave figures intended to prove the impartialitv of the censorship, especially in the matter of newspaper prohibitions. He declared that after an examination of the demands made by the reichstag in regard to the censorship the government • would be unable te adopt them.

Ml-NCIE—It ie estimated that between 600 and TOO students will enroll for the first summer term of the Muncte branch of th© Indiana State Normal school, which will open her© June 17. Th© college property for several weeks has been undergoing repairs. ELWOOD—Thle elt* to facing a potato famine. There are no old potato*# to be obtained at any price, and new potatoes are so scarce that dealers say th© supply to not on*tenth of the demand Two carloads en route here from Wisconsin were shunted to Indianapolis by an oversight at Kokomo. TIPTON -Frank R. Russell, prosetsuting attorney of‘Tipton county, will hav e charge of the enrollment of labor for assistance on Ttptcn county farms during harvest and thrashing ©©aeon*. Th© clerks of the various stores are enrolling and will spend several days on Tipton county farms PERU—Indications are that l.jOO.OOO bushels of wheat wtll be harvested from this year's crop and farm help will be short. The county council of defence has appointed a commit*©©, consisting of W. A. Hammond. H. E. Ackereon, Frank W. Weeks. Jess# T. Stevens, J. E. Oroth and Outer Holman, to establish a farm help agency at one©. RUE-HVIUJS—John Toten, a native of Meace-Lorraine, and Michael Goran, who was horn In Austro-Hungary, were tmed IW and costa In circuit court Wednesday by Judge Sparks This to th© maximum fine under th© state vngraney law. They wore unable to pay and were taken to the state

farm.

WABASH—Damages In the aum of ITdO from the Wabanh Railroad Company b*'’© twwn a war lad Mrs Mary Hfgtoy by a JuryIn the circuit court. The verdict to the outcome of an accident which happened one year ago, when Mre. tllgley. who was driving a horee, waa struck by a w est-bound Wabaah train. M ONT 1C EL DO—A t a recent rpeetlng of th© city council. D. D. McCualg waa re-elected as e member of the school hoard for a term of three years. A new rate of cent#, an Increase of U* t cents on the 1,000 gallons, waa fixed by th* council on th© water used by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for their engines. OREl&NSHU RO—Th*’ case of Edward Demaree. charged with murder In th# second degree, which was eat for June 70. has by agreement of counsel for th© state ana defendant, lean continued until tho October term. 'In th© meantime Demare# Is at liberty on 8f\000 bond. Th© frontlnuatkm of the murder case we* due to th# court not wishing to cal! a Jury in tho harvest season. HUNTINGTON—Mis* Orsc* Walkup. of th© Purdu© university extension department, has been appointed woman county agent for Huntington county. The women's section ot the county council of defense to paying pert of th© ©alary, and- money provided by the Smith-Lever act to paying the remainder through the extension department of the state agricultural school at Purdue, COLUMBt’K—What to supposed to ho a companion to the number of carrier pigeons reported picked np In different parts of th© ’county during th© last few daya ailghted at th© home of Mr. end Mra Newsom, east of Columbus. Wednesday,, and Is being cared for there. Th# pigeon, which waa apparently exhausted, had a hand on each leg, one of th© hands bearing the number W-B008 Th© uther band waa blank. , FT.- WAYNE—TT# greatest grain crop tr the history of Allen county will bo harvested' this ©aeon The wheat average t* toig«r than in former years, and tho yield WUl bo 20 per c*nt. above the yield of a normal ©easnn. it to estimated An early harvest to predicted....Whether Ft. Wayne will hav# one-man cars on the State and Lewis street lines will be decided by th© public service commission in session at Logansport on June 1#. r LAFAYETTE—“8 O S’* signals are being sent out by Tippecanoe county farmers who find themselves facing th* greatest harvest In years without sdeouate farm help. County Agent Otto Crane declares the situation to serious. He asserts that unless vol unteer farm labor to mustered within i f©w weeks the farmer* will lose much of what they stand to gain by rea#on of in creased crop acroago and Ideal growing

conditions.

BH’KNFLL—An electric storm did much damage to growing crops and flattened hundreds of acres of wheat here Wednesday. The Vandnlla railroad was washed out for a considerable distance by the heavy* rain. Tho contract for the erection of th© new Methodist church, which will cost 120,000, has been awarded to Harrell A McKinley,, erf Charleston, III. Their bl^ was 916,100 for the erection of th# building. Bunding work will

begin at once.

PETERSBURG—Ford P. Veeck, secretary at tb* Petersburg Buirinees Men’s Association. will register all clerks and professional men until June 16. Those who register wffi take two days off during wheat harvest and help save the greatest wheat crop ever gioem In Pike county. TT© farmers ars so busy with their hay and corn crops that unless sxtra help to obtained for barresting th# wheat crop there to danger that some

of tt will be lost.

8HELBTV IDLE—The ffiielby County Country Club, which owns several acre* of land north of Shelbyvfile used for golf link*, ha* a flock of 100 sheep grasing on the land. The proceeds from the wool will be used for patriotic purpose#....The shelbyvlU© city council be# consolidated th© offloe# of elty market master, city weigh master, city sanitary Inspector and Inspector of weights and massurea James Fleming has been appointed

to the office by Mayor tee Hoop.

MT'NCIE—A compromise was reached after a day of the trial of the suit erf Albdrt Ftegler against the Hine-Dauch# Paper Company and Henry Mohk-r for 918,0*0 damages, Stagier, an electrician, asserted that while he waa on a ladder twenty-five feet In thq air at the Hlne-Bauch© paper rtilH, Mohler. sn employe. In charge of « truck, bumped Into the ladder and caused Stagier to fall to th# hard floor. He alleged he re-

ceived permanent internal Injuries. NEWCASTLE—-Three suits asking dam-

Oliver J

MARION—James H. Deaktn. superintendent j women from acting as messengers. ^

, Algeria haa 7,500,000 acrea of foreats.

of which em-k trees make up 1.112,000

acres. v . Kxperimems are being tried tn Nor-

way with the operation of automobiles

with acetylene gas.

- According to a Yale sciential's estimate a particle of radium remain* ac-

tive about !.i®o years.

To re piece worn heels on shoes an inventor has patene<1 a separate heel that can be attached without the ua* of

tools.

Danish scientists claim to hav* discovered a method of manufacturing yeast without using grain as raw ma-

terial.

The number of traveling saleswomen in the United State* is Mtimated ’to have increased at hast 35 per cent since the war began. It is planned to use some of the 150,000 horse-power available at the Assuan dam in Egypt for the production of atmospheric nitrogen by electricity. The Baltic provinces, ceded by the Bolshevik! to Germany, have four ports, Kiga._RevaI. Libau and Windau, the first named leading all Russian porta in exports. Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Md., waa tiie signer of the Declaration of Independence who lived the longest after Julv 4. 177©. He survived until November 13. 1S32. The trade between the United States and the contiguous territories of Alatika, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines and Guam reached a total of l5O2,9SJ.Ofi0 in 1917. as compared with 1396,837,000 in 1916 and $29*.863.000 in 1915. Buttons, marbles, trinkets amt small toys may be made from the nut of the doom palm, a line substitute for ivorj. The doom nut grows In South America and in northern Africa. The latter variety is by far the most desirable for commercial purposes. Recent archieblogical researches In the Virgin islands, formerly th* Donlah West Indies and now belonging to the United States, indicate that the ancient Indian inhabitants of the islands were pirates who made tong voyages in their canoea In search of loot. The total palm sugar production of India is staged in an authoritative publication to be about 800,000 tons, of which Bengal produces roughly 100,000 tons, worth $2,400,000. India's total production of sugar both from cane and palms is somewhere about 8,000,000 tons a

year.

The shipment* of Siamese product* to the United States for 1917 amounted in value to only 8190,079, against 1196,M3 in 1916, and $434,122 in 1915. Th* decrease may be accounted for principally to the continued tranaahlpplng difficulties at the British porta of Hong-Kong and Singapore. In France the stock* of absinth, th* l>anned liquor, are now being converted into Ingredients for explosives at a cooperative dtutfflery at Pont©!*#, which him been supplying clear alcohol extracted from Inset root* to government explosive factories, where it is uaed in the manufaeptre of guncotton. The director* of the Swedish state railroad* have been negotiating with German manufacturers for tha delivery of 80,000 f tons of roils for $6,164,000. The condition* of payment stipulate that half of the amount be paid upon the signing of the contract and th* remainder when the deltreiles tak* place. Consul Fred C. Slater reports from Sarnia, Ontario. Canada, that the principle of putting th# date of canning on canned goods has been agitated in Canada of late. The public Is looking for remedies to frustrate the hoarding of food. It la supposed that if the date appears on each can it will prove an incentive to dispose of th«m within a rea*onabJ# time. ; Our national bird, the bold eagl*. wild tn its native haunts, is »o large, so majestic, and file* with an eytdencs of so enormous strength, that on* 1s impressed with the thought that here Is th* king of birds, write* T. Gilbert Pearson, of the Audubon Society. On one occasion while eating my Inach in the shod* of a little bush on a ■outh-. ern prsdrie, I saw one carry off a

lamb.

It has been known for a long time that the German Oott and th# German religion differ materially ffiom th# civilized world's conceptions of th* Deity andj^hrlstiantty, and if additional proof were Wanted we hav* it in an incident just reported from We*t Africa. When the members of the Roman Catholic mission at Lome, In Togoland, wer* deported, they actually sold the supplies of sacramental wine and of flour Intended for the host, so aa to prevent ths incoming French priests from discharging their religious offices. The story should interest the Vatican.- London Globe.

filed mm Compsny Louis 6.

Rlfner and hi* wife. Mary J. Rlfaer

and for <toma«9 to an automobile, hare bee* “ ' —’T#t the Indiana Onto# Traction

in the Henry circuit court by Rffiver, who to admintotrator of th*

two astetes. ...Mias Ruby Fratzsr wms s#riousVy tnjnred wbce an automobile In which she was rtdtnf overturned south of Kennerd Mies Frailer remained unconscious for several hours Her brother, who wee driving the ear. and Orris Leakey, who was

In ths car. were unhurt.

JEFTERSONVILi-E — Jeffersowrlll# observed cleanup day Wednesday as an tnotdwt In th* campaign to Improve sanitary conditions in th# sone of the cantomnent at Canp Zachary Taylor. Tb© United States qukrtermastsrts corps oe-opsrated and supplied a number of teams end wagon# and many tent# auto trucks and motor dump wagons with gang* of laborers.,.. Samuel L. Soott «o«mty superintendent of schools, who was seriously 111. to convalescent and able to sttend to hto west H© mpect* to be restored to health by the tha# the fan political campaign to on. H# to a candidate for renomi nation eg the Democratic convention for state superintendent of pub!to In-

struction.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Hun Treachery

PARIS, June 6^—Tho Petit Parisian records a new manifestation of German treachery. In the Domremy region Tuesday, say* th© newspaper, a British airplane was brought down by a "spad” machine carrying a French cockade. "The close rang# and the elevation at which this happened,” says th* Petit Parisian, "make it impossible to doubt that it wag & cos* of a German airman securing a cheap victory by nrtng undeterred the era blame of a machine Wttoqtv

Poodle as Burglar Alarm Routs Barefoot Intruder

Peter P*j*. m t»*y Freacli poodle at tiko home of Clyde B. McNulty, Ml Lexington avrorwe, awakened mrmbeo* of the family early today tn ttma for them to make a barefoot burglar taka to kto keoU. The burwiar bad entered a aecoad ■tory window by cltmbinu to the roof of a porch at th© rear and vrs© ransacking upstairs room* when the dog a wakened Men Ity. Ho said aa ke started apotalra the Intruder ran to the roof of the porch, dropped to the ground and ran down an alley. John P. Nutting, 1335 East Kleventh street, reported to th© police that ho mtaaed hta porketbook coat taiming glO late yesterday, joat after ho had been Jostled by three men te

Uom" to correct.

O. M. F.—Files ©f old newspaper* might be sold to a second-hand book dealer or a collector of curio*, who might also buy *peci•r,«r.a of petrified wood, but w# do not know where you could find such buyer#. Park Avenue—Tb* death of the person named ha# not been announced. (2). Secretary of War Baker to a cltlsen of Cleveland He waa born In Martlneburg. W. Va . December 8. 1871. and to a Democrat. U> The woman's prison at Bast and Michigan ,*t s ts surrounded partly by a brick wall and partly by an Iron faoo*. <4) W* know of no official statistics showing tho religious affiliation* of the men In the army end navy. (51 In th* various discussions on th* causes of tb* war we have seen no charge that it was caused by the attempt of Austria to force, the Catholic religion on Serbia. j -yy h —What was th* Aroostook war about, and when did tt occur 1—It was not a war though popularly so called, but a long continued dispute between the United States and Great Britain which might have ended In war It waa a boundary dispute growing out of the fact that the treaty of 1753. which followed the revolutionary war. did not accu_jv defir.© the northeastern boundary line between the United State* end the British T.oAxanms. The dispute involved a strip of territory now constituting part of Maine, and drugged along for fifty years until tt was settled by th# Ashburton treaty, concluded at Washington tn 1142. Th# commtoKioncr© Who negotiated th* treaty were Left A.Ktnirtor. for Orest Britain, and Dani«l Webster for tho United States. A* neither n-rty was anxious for a third war following the revolutionary war and the war of ISM, there was not much trouble in reaching a settlement. By It th* United States received a little more than one-half of the disputed territory and Great Britain a Utti# less then 0 n*-half. Part of the territory phlch th* United States thus acquired, to now embraced In Aroostook county, the extrema northeastern county and tha largest wm la