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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 19181 - I . The News and Observer ablet, w. C MhM Ivct Pwkkt Teat It' TBI KIWI AND OB8CKVEB PUBLISHING COMPANY , lOtemUt DANIELS, . . ufTICBl . ' Mm AND OBK1VM UILDIKt I14-1K Wat starts IM, Ultnrlil Komi . Leeal Newt Dept. Advertlstn Dept. ...111 Clrauktlon Devt ...UT MEMBH 0 TBI AMOCUTSD BIM T1w iMfaM Press It cveltwlTtrr set let talkiM fee reeaellcaUee ef all Hn dwaatclMe ttetitea' I H h M etserwiee eretltfi' la Ifclt teaer sue alia tha laeal Mwa IIM ktraU. All rltaw a( reaseUea etaa ef easrlsl tuatrlna aersla an else iiiiwi rVIX ASSOCIATED PRESS kIPOBTS umm irnoN rucii liM la Advenes DaBr easTlande DeOr (Mf (hat Tar ...lift One Test N-M tla Hontka IH 81s Mentha I M Tkrm awalka Lit Tars Hon las ..... l.M 6m Meats M Om Mania ..., .M Om Taw n.M Bui Meats ...... .ItH Tha News end Oiii nr It eenvcrel a terriers la fcairtse ead sabers a Mleea teats set Dally Dallf ear, twelve cents asr wesa. Nail al the lestef see at Kalabjk, Martk CiriHaa. M eeteeul-elaas sutler. Mawaaleeueae Vlfl fee ralattal. ai crtsl will ka retaraae ulia We kf A POOR WAY TO HELP I pledge aflegmnee to MY FLAG and to tha Republic for which it etaadti aaa aattea ladiviefcle wil't Liberty aaa! Justice far alL MORNING TONIC TT b astonishing that few United Stetee Sea ator will continua to obstruct war legisla tion by needles and fruitless diaeuaaion a( cam pulsory universal military training. Wa have tha tpacUcle of necettsry war legislation such, aa tha anactmant of maaauraa to facilitate the' fur ther operation of tha draft held up while tha Senate heart discussions by Senator New, of Indiana, on tha raaaont why tha country ought to compal all it youth to undargo military train ing, whila Sanatar Shtrmsiv of Illinois, amploya hia tima calling tha Secretary of War a pacifist and denouncing him in general bacauaa ho soma months ago advised against a policy which would seam to Germany to contemplate for America the very thing America is condemning so strongly in Germany. - Speaking in Now York Monday Capt Andra Tardieu, French High Commiesioner to the United States, counseled the hastening of prepa rations in this country to ileal tha enemy "blow for blow." That is likewise the message of the Archibishop of York, a distinguished visitor from England. The Allies, staggering under the blows of the desperate and reckless Teuton military machine and sailing for men now, hear in response argu ments of New and others for steps to guarantee a supply of men two or three years from now. It aeems to be a settled policy with J some Senators to hinder war progress in various ways under a cloak of superior patriotism and then to take up more, valuable time by long drawn out lamentations b a cause the achievements of the exeoutive agencies of the government are not what these illogical and unreasonable critics say they ought to be. This is e poor wsy of helping this country to "get on" with the war. LIFE IN THE COUNTRY (Raskin.) rjE thoroughly great men are these who have dona everything thoroughly, and who have never deepised anything, however small, of Cad's making. UNCLE WALT MASON THE WEARY WORLD rPHE war Is breaking tha world and making it ticker thaa aa ewlj tha farthest nations are short of rations, and putting up a hswL I've Just been readia' how poor old Sweden Is aaa big snarl and kink) tha Kaiser's war way has bus rati Norway, and Denmark's ea tha blink. No land so humble, it does net gnunblei aa con try's so remote It isn't reeling, and madly feeling that it wul lose be goat, la ovary dwelling soma goat is yelling that war a frightful (rest) ba mountain cartage tha pee seat's pottage casts twice what eece it cost The lone Nyansas, as well as Kan sas, have felt the deadly chill) in Chinese Canton they got a slant aa a vastly bigger bilL Tha shep herd lonely whoaa task is anly to guard his wooly bunch, feels Wilhelm hitting whoa down he's ait ting to eat his frugal lunch. Tha Arctic hunter, whose spear is blunter thaa any spear should ba, thinks war coots trying when ha goes buying a brand new snichersnee. There is no tavern, mo bale or eavara, no jungle dense and dark, bo river dismal, na gulf abysmal, where war's not loft ka mark. TN Oklahoma, primarily rural State, more than one-half of the farms sre worked by tenants who "own nothing but whet they can put into a wagen and drive off with," according to the re port of a study made by the Notional Child Labor Committee at tha request of the University of Oklahoma. The report has just been published by the Labor Committee under the title of "Child Welfare in Oklahoma." -Oklahoma is leading the wsy in a very im portant forward movement. It ie necessary to know not only tha sort of chance the child has In the city, but also the sort of chance he has in tha country. A little whila ago a careful sur vey was jnadeo'n child welfare conditions in Ral eigh. How about the same conditione in Wake county). How about child welfare conditions in II the countiee of the State There is undoubt dly a tremendous field for effort in both country and city. Oklahoma is the first Stats, we are informed, to gether information aa to actual con itions in the rural sections aa a basis for legis lative action. The Governor of North Carolina hat started movement to make country life as pleasant as city life and practical steps have been token in that direction. It is a movsmsnt which will stand out in the record of the present administration. What Oklahoma is doing affords a valuable suggestion to North Carolina and North Cam- ina't ttept to improve conditions in the country hould give some useful hintt to Oklahoma. Making the country mora attractive for the people that are there it a much snore feasible plan for stimulating the production of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life then the back-to-the- arrn movement. MORE SERVICE FOR THE DOLLAR Henry Pages the Farmers Union Bulletin. Germany can cuss, but America. and England have got the Dutch ships. Da a Stampa. thriving business by buying Thrift . The British whila they are , falling having a hog killing time. beck Tha school of experience has no specific en trance or tuition fee, but it alweye exacts its cost The profiteer la doing all he can to keep every aaa from doing his or her bit' The regulation for the American people to ea Mara corn ie just around the corner. The way the mob in Delphos, Ohio, went efter ,i pro-Germans reminded one of a lyching party. Tha conservation of wheel is coming through tbo rye. j. The man who goes into pig-raising now is ths 4" aem wha win be able to hog things bye and bye Beauty is said to be akin deep and sometimes ike man wha ie taken in gets deeply skinned. Petrogrsd may fall, but it won't mske any Tha prepoeition to appoint a national junk dealer seems to have been sent to the junk heap. Von Hindenkurg and the Gormen militarists call It bath of blood on the Western front. Y and the British are furnishing them the bath tub h fa going to take some push to put the third Liberty Lose aver, and it behooves every one to . get ready ta do the pushing. When tha casualty list af the big off snsiva gets back to the people af Germany those wha have loot reletivee will not feel as gleeful about th matter as tha Kaiser. Geo. Wood's opinion that America mutt raise aa army al four or Sva million men should dispel lha lllusioa that any ana might have that Amor lea ta going ta get through this war with a email army, - - The goad roads rally at tha auditorium tomor raw Bight will ha a meeting of groat importance to Raleigh and there aught to be a largo attend snca. Vigorous steps should ka taken ta snake aura thnt Raleigh ie aa tha route af tha Bank head highway. The men wha are trying ta see " to It Ithnt thik la accomplished are doing a work ikt should command tha support and a onaratioa af the Releiab Public - FOR A STRONGER PEOPLE rpHE Maryland Legislature is considering the question" of compulsory physical training in tha schools. That 70 par cant af tha young men af the country are physically deficient and that this deficiency in tha great majority of could have been prevented were among tha state ments made before tha Sonata Committee af Edu cation recently by Dr. Joseph C Blood good, af Baltimore. Dr." BUodgood ie a major In the Medical Corpe of tha army and ie In position to speak with, authority. Ha Javors compulsory military training in the schools. "If, said Dr. Bloodgood, "the State is going to the expense of educating a boy, why does it not go to a little more expense and give that boy a constitution that will enable hint to snake the fullest use of his education after he gets it)" Another speaker apposed the military feature but advocated compulsory physical training. This teems more practicable. There ie staunch objec tion in the mindt of a great many people id this country to anything that looks like a committal of ' the people to the policy of militariem, but compulsory physical training in the schools might ba desirsble. It could hardly be misunderstood aa an endorsement of militarism and it would tend to halt the tendency to physical inefficiency which is such en alarming feature at tha present. The need for stronger physical equipment of the growing youth of the nation is ana that must be met. The value of a sound body as a means of accomplishing tha greatest general efficiency ia now generally recognised. WHEN TO START DAYLIGHT SAVING A CORRESPONDENT inquires if clocks are to be set forward as a means of saving daylight or to be eet beck. 'They are to be set forward one hour. That is alL I he time to atari accommodating one a lite to the new schedule it next Seturdsy night. The deylight saving will begin then, for one ought to go to bed one hour earlier. Before going lo bed. however, eet your watch or clock or both up one hour. Then if yon have been getting up at seven by tha clock get up at seven Sunday morn ing. You will have bed the same period of sleep end you will have saved ona hour's use of arti ficial light. It is simple enough. " Set the clock forward Arte hour Ssturday night and forget all about it. Everybody else will do the same thing end the new regime ahould be ushered in without the elighteet confusion. I ' T' BUTT YOUR HEAD OFF! 1 rr -p - " "j ' ! s . I JT . f atl bT JLM A VWVvWW , Vei. WW IM lFJH MW Iff W it MM M .1 I It MIA SMI I ffKr - V weWSc from rySCONTlNUANCE of freight end passenger traffic solicitation by individual railroad lines will be quite a blow to many deserving men for Is hard to sea, certainly for a layman, how places in other lines of railroad work can be made for all those whose present position will bo abolished by the order of the regional railroad directors. Yet the railroad business as a reeult of tha war and of this country's participation in it hat grown wonderfully and there are not. it seemt, tha men or the facilities for handling it with the promptness that the public would like. Accordingly there should be quite a large field in Other lines of railroad work for those who have heretofore been occupying their time in solicitation. In any event the step is necessary as a patriotic measure. I ne railroads being under a single control the reasons for meeting and overcoming competition thst formerly existed do not obtain now. That is ona af tha benefits of government control. It reduces the expense of operation so that when the public pays its freight bill or buys passenger ticket it is not helping maintain a whole retinue of men kept employed lo make certain that some other rsilroad does not give more than its share of tha business. Under the new plan the cuetomer's dollsr will buy less so licitation but more transportation. HEED THIS APPEAL 'JJHE appeal for second-hand clothing for the French and Belgians is one to which neerly every one can respond in some measure. The feci is we have e sort of feeling that Americans ougni 10 eon our caei-orr clothing agnin and send our beet end next best to tha French and Belgians. Certainly we ought to send tha best and the most we can afford to eead to these hard pressed people. Today they are hearing the thunder of the gum of the kdvancing Cermans. Every hour is one of anguish lest the news coma that tha enemy ia on the read to Paris. The liberty of France and Belgium ie trembling in the balance and if ever the sympathy of Americans ie to go out warmly to those stricken people it is now. There are but a few dsyt ia which to assembla the carload af clothing thst is ashed of Raleigh. So there shauld ba no daisy. The call is one of the moot touching of all tha war calls thai have been made. The plea of the needy families of blooding France and Belgium will go straight to the hearts af tha mothtrt of Raleigh. Those wha, want ta help in thia wark af mercy should telephone Mrs. Griffin at tha Ysrborough, who hat arranged to receive donations in one of the store rooms in tha Yarbotough Hotel building. A diopatrh rrreivtd in Ottawa, Ttntda, .... London, kt.i; ... " It develops thnt the Germans sre unlikely to Kin a decision in the fare of the mainten ance of such splendid British rssistancs. Public opinion, which, though anxious, has novfr been duly expressed, it now bracing itself into a strong determination to se quiewe in whatever measures srs necessary to meet aa admittedly critical situation.. All contention has been tilenred. Every where nnshsken eonflilenee ia cxprsssed that the undaunted front presented by the British troops will bafllle tho enemy. To what extent hs puhlie opinion retched similar condition in ths United States t This it a question which every man as one of those re sponsible for public opinion may well k him self. Undoubtedly there is too much opposition to the various measures that have beta,, proposed for enabling thlt country to do Its part la "win ning the war. There are ttill people who fuss and fret because they ars required to eat less flour bretd than they hsresbeen In the habit of eating. 'Why things are worse than they were during the Civil War," a man said the other day, adding that at no time daring the Civil War wnt the population reduced to a corn bread basis. The reply to this line of argument 1 ob vious. This ia by all odds the greatest war in all history and it would be surprising if it did not bring unprecedented eondltions. Submitting to a fen change! in eating habits it surely one of tht smallest of war services that could be ren dered. It Ie hard to understand how any one ran eomplain of that when for the future of the eompUinera brave men in Europe are daily meet ing death. The time is here "to acquiesce In whatever measure! are hereieitry to meet IB admittedly critical situation.'' The' article on lha question of the proposed school taa for Wake county which appeared few days ago headed "Cary School Teacher Dis cusses Tag Qu eet ion," should not have been so headed. Tha writer at the communication, Mrs. W. H. Hall is not a teacher. . The world will agree with the Kaiser in ona thing and that ia that a few hundred ' thousand Germans, more or leaa, ie no loes to the world al thia time. More than fifty people were arrested in Chi cago for celebrating what they called the Ger man victory in France. Strains of "Die Wacht Am Rheia" were heard from a house and the police went in, halting the festivities. It was found that the whole settlement was celebrating in various waya and before the drive wae finished over a half hundred celebranta were asking them- sefvee if they had not been a little too exuberant. Chicago is to be commended for taking vigorous action. Now the next step will be lo impose a penalty commensurate with tha offense. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS Only For Seasoned Veteran. Savannah News. "Representative -Longworth vigorously cnti cited the administration." Nick should leave that game to hie papa-in-lews it isn't a sport for amateurs. KaWa Plana And Our plans. Memphis Ceramercial-AppeaL Kir Bj!l ia planning what he will do when the war is over. We are planning what we will do with him. By No Mesne Unresponsive. Indians polie News. How could voo Hindenburg ssy thst we were unresponsive to (ermany s pesce intentions) Havea'l wa got aa army on the West front that ia growing larger every day) No Time to Look Sharp. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Don't leave your feelings lying around loose to be hurt; these war limes people hsven'l time lo watch where they step. IT MAY BE YEARS. He SAVOYARD 'THE Kaiser congratulates hia Chancellor on the .i ,, . peace ino uerman tworej nee conquered in RoseM, and wo now know what value to attach to a German-made peace "without annexations and without "indemnities." Beaten byjuCeimsjv guile .i .i i n v- . ranter man. oy vsrman arms, rvussia is prostrate and her conqueror may gather what ""Spoil he covete from her. And the peace Germany has made with Russia is ths only peace Germany would consider at the West front. She will sur render Alsace-Lorraine as readily as she will relax her grip on Belgium. That is msnifeet in the speech of the Chancellor in reply to Presi dent Wilson. That Germany is very snxious for a peace confsrsnce is certain) but it it in the hope that such a gathering would bring disten tion lo her enemies. And so the war muat ba fought to a knockout and that may lake years. If the morale of the American people, the English and the French, can be maintained at its present stats, thsre is not one bit of doubt of ultimate victory, but the end ie not yet in sight, and it is doubtful if the war is half over. Fortunately, her enemies can stand the racket better than Germany can. Their fectoriss are all busy, while the only in dustry Germsny now msintains is that neces sary to arm and equip her soldiery. She is msking not sn ounce of merchandise for ex port, and her hope is to levy upon and collect from England and the United States indemnities suAcient to reimburse her manufacturers for the losses due to her idle mills during the wsr. It is quite likely thet Germany has bit off more than she can chaw. Unless shs can make ths Baltic provinces loyal to her Rag shs would better have nothing to do with them, and there is nothing in the history of the German to give the elighteet hope of such loyalty. Austria could nsver acquire the good will ol en alien race un der her dominion. She could not do It even when thst superstition we may csll rsligious fanaticism was a means she employed to thai end. A case in point. The Thirty Years' War was fought in Germany, and it grew out of religious hatreda between Catholics and Lutherans. It wss the most devastating war Christendom ever sew. In those dsys soldiers took their fsmilies to war, and at the close of this war few of the surviving men who fought it had ever Known any life but thst of the camp and the merely of the siege and the battle. Austria wee the pillar af the Catholic aide; but even the Catholics hatec her and would not trust her. Richelieu, a prince of the Catholic church, invited Gustsvu: Adolphus, the Lutheran from Sweden, to entei the tight sgsinst the Catholics, and even tht Pope of Rome himself, the head of the church, sc feared and hsted Austria that he sent money l the Swedish heretic and persuaded Catholic nobles to lend him the aid of their swords. That wss the way aliens felt toward the House of Hapsburg in n purely religioue war when re ligion and fanaticism were twin. The Hohenxollern is even less capable of com mending the confidence and love of aliens thai the Hapsburgs. It is all due to temperament. In many respects the German is admirable, bu' when it comes to governing n foreigner he i execrable. He appeals to force and to fear while your Englishman appeals to tha materia interest of his vassal, and the Frenchman to hif sentiments. That is why tha German is such s fsilure as a colonizer, whereas the English and ths French srs markedly successful. Unleee the Allies shall choke her off, Cer msny, at the end of the war, will have annazec tens of tboussnds of square milee of Russian ler ritory and tens of millions of Russian subjects sliena ia race, ia manners, ia religion. If aha car make these folks loyal es loyal as the people o Alsace-Lorraine were and are to France ther Germany will wan in military power and ma) become as complete mistress of trie world ai Rome wae when Trajan or Julian wae Emperor But to implant loyalty in tha souls of these sliena. Cermany must change, her nature. Sh must sheathe the sword, and if sha does that slit must forego that world-wide dominion she so covets. i Cermany made that "peace" with the Russiar lunatics and traitors because Germany simply would be ruined if peace was made eetablishinr the status qua ante. Tha Kaiser is bound It have something tangible lo show hia people f spoil of the war. That is why he will have tc be driven from Belgium at the point of the bayo aet if he Is driven thence. At thlt moment ht hat no mora intention to surrender Antwerr than ha has to eurrsnder Hamburg, ar Munich. He is avea pretending to make alliance with tht Flemings, annexing Flanders to hit empire. There ie a way to do that overwhelm, beet, and capture tha Allies tn t ranee. That ie his anly hope, and that It why this war is not yet half ever, for at the cloee Germany will be In Paris and at Calais, or tha Entente will be tn Berlin and ta Ureeden. It is a fight to a finish. Washington. March 2J. f RXCV OF THE SOIL "The Rat Tail Crab." Cleveland Htar. Dr. It. M. Oidney, farm demonstra tor, surprised the editor ofTha Htar with the announcement of the organi ration of a "rat tail eltib." Yet, he is actually receiving in mail and other wise the tails of dead ratt at evi denee that they have been killed by the members of the elub. Nome1 people might shriek to find a package of rat tails in their mail, but lr. Oidney lookt upon them with delight. He says the rata do two billion dollars worth t damage in the United Htatet a year md in thia day ef eontervation, when everything U needed to help win the war, it la highly important that the boys open war on the ratt. Aside from the damage in destroying groin, they earry diseases which play havoe. when least expected. PrUet will be awarded in each township and if you want to be come a me..iber tit this club, tend in your name and address at once to Dr. Oidney and set to work killing rats, tending their tailt to him to be counted. The contest will clote about Ike istn of November next. TAR HEEL BRAINLETS Belflshnest li great handicap. The selfish person does not see it that way, but everybody knows how people de spise this elatt and enjoy their dis comfiture. The reputation of being close fitted and self-centered it not a good business or social asset Oxford Or phans' Friend. r ess One of the largest bit! of German propaganda is an effort to unguent to Protettantt that the national govern ment it permitting the Catholic! un- lue privileges. Loyal American citi zens have to Tie ever on ttiS alert for tho licrmau agent. Asheville Times. s 8o, as the London war office states, he present tituttion it "serious but mt alarming.'' It was not to be ex nix'ted that the allied armies would ;o on indefinitely without a cheek when hey are opposing the greatest military rgnnixation ever known. At remarked n thete columns yesterday, the Gor nan drive must and will be itopped. sheville Citizen. AS I WAS SAYING a POEM FOR THE DAY FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on tea and land, In Peace and War Thy Will we tee Shaping the larger liberty. Nations may rite and nation! fall, Thy Changelest Purpose rules them all. e When Tath fllet twift on waves or field, Re Thou a ture defense and thieldl Contole and succor those who fall, And help and hearten each and all I O, hear a peoples' prayer for those Who fearless fact their eountry't foes. For those who weak and broken lie, tn wenrinett and agony Great Healer, to their beds of pain Come touch, and make them whole , again! O, hear a peoplei' prayert and blest Thy tervantt in their hour of it rets. For thote tn whom the call shall come We pray Thy tender welcome home, ' The toil, the bitterness, all patt. We trust them to Thy Love at last. O hear a peoples' prayer for all Who nobly striving, nobly fa HI For thote who minister and heal, And spend themselves, their skill. their teal. Renew their hearta with Christ-like - faith. And fnard tJiem ifrc-m disease tad death. ' And in Thine own good time, Lord, send Th P'tee on earth till Tim -shall all The only thing that will prevent a record-breaking tobacco acreage In Per son eounty," said Mr. T. H. fitreet, of that county, "it tho scarcity of labor. "Because labor is so scarce there will be a tendency to plant crops that do not require as much attention as to baero. I think there will be on this ac count' appeals from the government considerably more than the ntual acre age planted to foods in my eounty. "Big money was made in tobacco lat year and there is a great temptation to plant largely again thia year, but the 'abor shortage will interfere to tome extent." - Mr. Street said he knew of one col ored man in Person on whote land last year there waa made by himself and hi tenants tobacco that ,0,(1 ,or thirty thousand dollar. "Yes I am of French extraction, tald Bev. John P. Bross, of Troy, with a touch of pride in hit voire. "The nam used to be des Brosies." There il a Des Brosses street la Hew York, I lielieve," a friend remarked. "Yes," Mr. Bros went on, "that street waa named after tome of my ancestor who came over with LaFayette." It can be guessed from Mr. Bross' an cestry that he is watching with the deepest iutcrcst the mighty conflict" in France and thnt he is doing all in his power to stimulate patriotic effort in North Carolina. He recently held pa triotic meeting in bis church when a service flag was presented, nearly a wore of stars nn the emblem Indicating th number of young met who had gone to the front from tha households represented In the church. He it pas tor of the Methodist church at Troy and is in Raleigh helping Rev. B. Y. Taylor in a revival at Epworth Metho dist church. "Where two or three are gathered to gether you will find a Fonr Minute Man,'' said Mr. riant ford . Martin, Four Minute Men chairman in North Caro lina, outlining the program which will send ipeakert throughout North Caro lina with the call of the government for the various activities in connection with the war. "We will not be satisfied la reach ing the theatres in North Carolina." Mr. Martin continued. "We must go out to the schools, to the churches and to all other gatherings of men and women. Particularly is it necessary to carry the government's message into the rural districts, into every rural church and every rural school. Essentially, the Four Minute Men are to be th mouth piece! of the government, they will earry itralght to the people the needs of th various departments of th gov ernmtat "That far the l,mea la th Stat have been Four Minute speckers. W must extend th n amber of speaker to thnt practically every maa who it able to raise hi voire effectively for the cause of the nation shall be heard and tht weight of bis influence felt." MASSACHUSETTS IIOUSE RATIFIES AMENDMENT (By the Associated Pre) . Boston, Mass., Mar. 3& Th Hons ef tha Massachusetts Legielatnr late today ratified th prohibition amendment to the federal constitution by a vots of 145 t 91. Th rsoolntioa ut goes U the 8aatt ' '.,' 'Yt ,i I
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