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The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
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VOL. 24 NO. 50
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEArtCASII.
IJITEST DISPATCHES SHOW
CONTINUED ALI.IEIt ADVAM K
Kmi.ont ;f a Derisive ktory Kun
Through Official 'inl Like Wild
Fire N'otMn;: Definite t ...trnirg
American ix.
Washington. D. . July 25. With
American. French and Bnt'n rorces
pressing the enemy hard on all fides
of the Aise-Marne battie front.
the
air of Washington was electric
nlirht with a feelinc of expectancy.
to
ss
of great events impend inc. Humors
of ripciaivp vlrtnrv ran th roil eh of fi
cial circles like wildfire. Untraceable
innnitK ufrp current that the army
of the German crown prince, had been
trapped and even that tne crown
prince, himself had been captured.
Official reports gave no foundation
on which the feeling of suppressed
excitement couia oe oasea.
"The latest dispatches." Euid Sec
ere
n.nltrr "show continued advances
in
several places by French, British and
American trooos. They are not ex
tensive but are important and show
that the battle is continuing witn
great vigor.
REMARKS IN LONDON
Earlier in the day a press dispatch
tolri of rnniova in London that the
ltritlsh west iif It helms had scored
a decided success and advanced to
ward Fismes. the German rail base
i,iiiur:iv hetween SolmoDS and
Rheims. Later reports confirmed this
to the extent of a stride rorwara uy
British and French forces on a tnree
milf front lust west of Rhe ms
throwing the enemy back a mile and
a half. Probably it was this which
started wild reports of a sweeping
victory.
Still later came news of decided
gains by Franco-American troops
around Fere-En-Tardenois and north
iif Dorm tins on the Marne. It was
evident thet the southern and south
western angle of the Gerr.un posi
tion were yielding to the pre.srr
ni"iinRt ihem. News came abo im
poitance advances along the Oureij
fiont.
The outstanding fact tonight ap
ptured to be thai the enemy's front
was being forced hack all along the
mty-mile battle line. Of the gains
recorded, the Franco-British drive
nrt.lmMv has the creali'ht Possibili
ties, for it means that tho eastern
iaw of General Foch's gigantic trap
bi closing Other report show that
lb eOrman high commanJ las aiuss
ruunvM and concentrated art'l)
cry to prevent movement at th's point
cr ats conter-part, near Solssons,
where the western Jaw had already
in iven ahead in a week'" figM'n't and
now faced eGrman .eres assem
bled from the whole battle line-.
TRAP MIGHT 1'E SPRUNG
Should he Franco-Lntnh forces be
able to enlaife their advance mater
.lu ih rpHt tran mmht be Anally
sprung by final ove. mlr.ilng blows
on both sides, in tnat event, an ui
the victories pictured in tonignt s ru
i.iors might be well realized.
Tn h. pool 1iiilriiient of army of
fueri', however, the situation did not
warrant, on the basis of any inrorma
ii,, m -.Untile n u late hour tonight
tne assumption that the time had
conic when the Jaws oi rociis greai
miirht hp crushed together.
Knowing what they know of the
strength of the Germans massed to
hold baik the nieiiacinK nann auaiM,
ttuy believed it entirely possibles
in pki'miip northward. The
question 'in their minds was whether
ht' had finally determined m iruru.
uil the cround gain-
ed in his efforts since he struck the
French lines on the (jnemin-ue-Dames
last May, or had resolved to
tight it out to a finish where he now
stands or on lines slightly withdraw
from their present position near the
Marne.
Tmiiv'i advices indicated that fur
ther withdrawal was in progress
.i...,i ho ennthprn loon of the line.
Franco-American davanee-s north of
pormans shows that points 10 wnuu
v hn clone tenaciously for
day are being taken. Pressure all
along the line irom jauigonu iu m
Oureq probably has made thes most
southerly German position untenable
It was said.
NOT CLEARLY GAUGED
Thn uitnatinn cannot be clearly
gauged until further information is
received as to tne r rancej-uriimii vy
eration west of Rheims. If the at
tack is pressed successfully, It seems
Impossible that the enemy can stabi
lize his line south of the Aisne. The
situation on both sides of the Oureq
Is equally obscure, but the clear pur
pose of all reports coming in is that
the Germans have been unable to
Hem the tide of the attack and must
now either fall back swiftly along
supply lines that are under constant
nhell-fire, or hurl the whole weight
of their available) reserves into the
fght in a desperate eleventh hour at
tempt to halt Foch's armies in a
pitched battle.
Secretary Baker has so far received
no word of the American losses in
the present fighting There is no
doubt that he construes Generl Persh
ing's silence on this point as a mean
ing that the cost has not been great
er than the numbers engaged or the
effort made would Justify. German
..nnrii nf icni nt thousands of
Americans dead before their lines aref
put out as a sop to tne uerman peo
ple. It I believed.
Mr. Raker's attention was called
to the German dispatch referring to
thfc Ame can troops as further "can
non fodder" put into action by the
French.
"The best Information we have,
he said, "ac-ema to indicate that they,
the Germans themselves, are supply
ing most of that material at the pre.
ent time.
"We have no reports on our own
casualties as yet; but our people
have a much better opportunity to
know our losses than the Germans
have, because we are taking ground
they have been giving up and in that
situation; we have a superior oppor
tunity for observation."
KuiM-r Said to Have Keen at Cha-
tcati Thierry June Nerom!.
v.itn tre American Armies in
France, July 24. It was reported to
:i:e today that the Kaiser was in Cha
teau Thierry on June 2, two day
after the German hordes in their
great push southward entered that
place. He proposed then to watch
the start of what was intended by
the German high command to be the
trlupmhant march on Paris along the
Paris-Metx road.
I am informed that his staff ac
companied him and that the event
was the cause of a great celebration
among the Germans.
The Germans are retreating north
ward far above Chateau- Thierry
leaving many dead, large numbers of
guns and great quantities of amniun
itions and paraphernalia along the
roads, abandoning it as they retreat
There is no question but that the
great crisis in the war has been
reached. The French, Americans end
British are continuing their tremend
ous artillery attacks against the ene
my.
The Germans are drawing a score
of divisions from the British front
in the north, where they intended to
make a drive late in July. They hope
that they will be able with the aid
of these divisions to check the Al
lied onrush.
It will be a long time- before the
enemy will be able to start anotner
giant offensive. The German null
tury genius has been eclipsed by Gen
eral Foch and General Petain.
The County Work of the Young .Men
liiistlHii Association.
One of the main departments of the
Youne Mpn's Christian Association i
ihfr Count v Work Department. Thi
is a rural Y. M. C. A work which has
a countv for the unit of operation.
f.iimv connnillpp of 15 or 20 bus!
npKs nipn and farmers of the county
is vested with the entire control o:
thp organization.
No equipment or building is needed
in the County Work other than mhat
is already existing in the rommunt-
iim vtpptlnirs with bovs and voting
men are held In small groups in the
school houses, churcnes, oinces, va-
ant halls and homes. A county sec
rpt.irv la pmnloved hv the county
committee to give his whole time to
the department of work all over the
county. The duty of the secretary is
tn trnvpl from community to commu
nity organizing and supervising the
work.
Thp nincram of activities is varied
uih numerous. Organizing small
groups of boys with an adult lender
is the most Important feature. These
crouns meet weekly and nave oe-
hntPB nraetical talks, nailimentary
iirill Itihln Mtudv. iranics. scouting, na
tnrp stiwiv. craftnianshlD. first aid
work and other wholesome- activities.
Country wide features are summer
amiia nldpr hovs' conferences, con
vention, organized athletics and con
tests. The State Committer, through its
representative, J. Howard urnwn. is
making investigation in inion county
and is meeting with favorable re
sponse.
OVKIl THH TOP W. S. S. DKIVK
FOK I NION llMil'iH Al'lil'ST 5.
'liMiiiiiaii It. A. Morrow Siijt Work
Must Not Ue Mopid I'ntll Word
(Joes Across to ilie loy That l'n
ion Count' Is ll.i'kiotf Them to tlie
Mmit.
The "ftvpr thp Ton'' War Saili!:S
Iliivp hprlna Mnnd.iv wpek. AuEUSt !.
end closes August 10. The pu'pose
or this drive is to raise the j.to.uuu
yet remaining to cover the entire al
lotment of War Savings Stamps for
this county. The townan'p chairme n
who had charge of the irv; in me
big campaign will also have charge of
It this time. Union county must not
stop this near the top.
Only 136.000 remains to e pieog-
ori tn pnvpr thn entire allotment as
signed to this county. ChaiT.ian R.
i. Morrow and his committee nave
nnnrtioned this amount to the vari
ous townships. "It can be raised and
it will be raised." he say.?. "The work
moat not ston until the word eooj to
the boys overseas that Union county
is backing them to the limit." All
the- township chairmen are optimistic
over the outcome.
Thp amount tn be raised bv each
township to total the 436,000 is as
follows:
Monroe-township 111,000.00
Uuford township il, 000.00
Goose Creek township 6.0OO.00
Vance township s.tioo.oo
Sandy Ridge township 2.250.00
New Salem township ...... i.o.u
Jackson township 2,250.00
Marshville township 2.250.00
Lanes Creek townnip .... 2,2SO.OO
Presbyterian Cliurrh Notes.
A cordial invitation to the follow
ing services:
11 -on a. m . Worshin and sermon.
Theme, God's Sovereignty.
6:30 p. m., Forty minutes service
f praise and meditation.
The Sunday school will meet at ten
'clock as usual. Let none omit this
teaching service of the church.
IUSPOR rt-Ji.
ATTEMPT TO TRAP Hl'NS
IN' BIG POCKKT iOES ON
Aim'iHmiM and Allies steadily Puh
in8 Forward on All Side of the C
NIinI little Lino Mouth of the
Pexket Narrow to Twenty One
Miles.
By the Asmiated Ptess. General
Pich has taken a leaf out of tt.e book
of Geru.tn military strategy fend or
dained the use by the cllied armies
l the pmcer system of offensive '
the Soissons-Rheims saliet.t.
Both jaws of the pineer are mov
ing smoothly, with the pivot along the
Maine working in unifon. and the
process of attempting to rapture many
of the nearly half a million Germans
in the big pocket is well on the way
to what at present seems like possible
success.
The Germans, however, evidently
do not intend to permit thmselves to
he entrapped without fighting. Hav
ing thrown thousands of reinforce
ments into the already congested sal
ient, they have started a counter-at
tack of great violence all along the
?t mi-circular front from the Oureq
river to the region immediately south
west or Kheinis, and their men are
said to have orders to stem the allied
tide of advance at all costs.
Nevertheless, at last accounts the
American, French. British, and ltal
ian troops, themselves well reinforced
to meet the new turn in affairs, were
steadily pressing forward at nearly all
points on a battle line to Rheims
while east of the cathedtal city, a
Polish contingent the first of tle
Poles to enter the combat is declar
ed to have carried out successfully an
enterprise against the enemy in which
more than 200 Germans were made
prisoner.
The western jaw of the pince-r cqit
tinues to move eastward along Vne
Oureq river on both sides of the
sti earn, and the Franco-American
troops now are virtually knocking at
the gates of Fe-re-En-Tardenois, the
important railway junction and store
house of Germany's war supplies,
Further south to the Marne new ad
vances, in keeping with those in the
north, have been attained.
At the pivot of the pi ncer, north
of the Maine, midway between Cha-
leau-Thierry and Rheims, the French
have eNtended their line northward
in the forest of Fere.ln the Riz forest
and north of Dormans, while the ea&ly
urn law of the n ncer. under the pre
sure- of the British has noticeably
moved forward in a northwestern di
rection for about a mile and a half
over a three-mile front to Mery Prein-
ecv and Gueuz. the last named vil
lage five miles west of Kheims and a
scant mile and a half from the
Rheliiis-Fisines road. At Mery Pieiu
ecy the Allied line- nov stand about
ten and a half miles southeast ol
Fismes, which is the ce-ntral station
on the railway runnine between Soia-
sons and Rheims.
NO SIGN OF GENERAL RETIUWT
For a wiek and a (lay the Allied
troops have hammered again.t the
Soissons-Rhelius salient until i t f
width across liotween the cities has
been narrowed to about 21 miles from
an oiiuinal width of 3" miles, while
the triangular salient has been weld
ed into a seini-circulnr cul-de-sac
Over the entire pocket Allied ait il It ry
ontinues to rain shells from all sides
the airmen are keeping up their in
tensive bombing of troop formations
and military winks.
As vet. notwithstanding the in
roads of Allied troops, the-ie has been
no sign cf an Impending general re
treat on the part of the Germans and.
if he elects to stand and fig.it it out
and the Allied gains continue with
the same success as heretofore, it
seems that, with the daily narrow
Ing of the neck of the pocket the t'n
my necessarily will lose many of hit
men when the times conies to make
his way northeastward.
Some perturbation is -being caused
in England through a strike in sev
eral cities of munitions workers. 1 re
work-men threaten a further exten
sion of the strike unless their de
mands are met.
Mr. (iriff'm Mends Letters to MenhniiN
Uegardlng Flour mikI Sugar.
Mr. Lee-Griffin, the alert Food Ad
ministrator for Union ic-unty, has
mailed to every merchant !n Union
county the following instructions:
To all merchants of Union county
The food regulations require you not
to sell flour in excess of six pounds to
one person per month. You will de-
and of each consumer If !tey have
bought an amount In exiess of this
quantity. You will keep a detailed
record of all flour sales to enable the
Food Inspectors to check your i.ales
and enable you to keep icrord of the
uiiount sold, lou are allowed to sell
24 pounds to consumers in (owns uiid
48 pounds to consumers in the coun
try. Every sale of flour r.i'ist he
made with an equal amount of c-ienl
uhstitutes, or certificate figned that
they have produced and are ccnstim
ing an equal amount of cereal substi
tutes.
The sugar situation Is becoming
very acute and the pUotment for he
future is very uncertain. our allot
ment of certificates for August will In
all probability be ut 5-) per cent.
Urge the strictest economy in the use
of sugar by all consumers; urge the
canning of fruits without sugar. The
sale of sugar for any purpose, includ
ing caning. Is forbiduesi, except In two
and five pound lots, only upon certifi
cates approved by this County Food
Administrator. Lee Griffin, County
Food Administrator. ,
t.KILMAX t.KNKRAlX DltlYIMj
THKIIt ME MERCILESSLY
Effort Made to Hold Open Jws v
I'oekH. t;rteM Battle of War-
Enemy fx- Estimated at 2MJ.
4MMSeeuty ;niiin PitNioii-
Engaged.
Villi the American Arr.y on the
Aisr.e-Maine Fron. July 25. (By
the Asso?iated Puss). With the
sites of the Soil sous-Rh iuis sack
coming steadily clover toj ether, the
German cicwo prince's generals are
driving their men mercilessly in an
eflort to hold theu off long enough
to extricate the arii ies threatened at
the beittom, north of the Marne.
The American and French troops
are never far behind the retreating
forces, and the vicious rear guard ac
tions are not sufficiently resistant to
enable the Germans to proceed in the
orderly inanue; planned.
At Dormans, north of the Marne
and east of Cha'eu-Thierry, the Ger
mans counter-attacked, taking the
position, but were pronptly driven
out. They oeeuj led Treloup, west of
Dormans, and lave held it.
Minor tdvance-s have been made by
the Allies in the- woods in that part
of the sector, while further to the
east, south of Rheims, thee wtie ad
ditional Allied successes.
The American have occupied Cour-
poll on the road to Fere-En-Tr.rde-nois,
and the French position have
been advanced until Oulchy-Le-Cha
teau is dominated by the guns.
Nearer Soissons the Geimans fail
ed to hold all their positions, not
withstanding re-inforceuients and
their desperate reed.
It is estiniate-d unofficially tonight
that the enemy losses are more than
00,000, of which 50, 000 were in
flicted by the Americans. The pris
oners alone number over 20,000 and
the losses in dead and wounded are
appalling.
With the French Army in France,
Jttly 25. (Ey the Associated Press.)
Up to the rresent, seventy German
divisiou have been identified in the
present fighting zone, and the battle
therefore may te ugaided as the big
gest since the beginning of the war
The prisoners taken number over
25,000 and nue than T00 cannons
and thousands of machines guiis have
been captured.
LOOKING OX THE
UKK.HT SIPE OF LIFE
II' 'ou Would Hae More Ft lends
And Fewer Enemies He n Opti
mist.
An optimistic view is one of the
greatest blessings one can possess. If
you don't already possess it cultivate
it. It is really a habit of mind that
way some people have of seeing the
advantageous tide of everything
iind is a natural exliilarator. With
optimism behind ou, more friends
aie made and fewer enemies. More
buttles are won and fewer are lost.
More helping hands are held out ti
the optimistic than to the-- pessimis
tic, because a sunny r.y always pene
trates further than gloom. One sun
ny smiling lace can Kyht up a whole
ilroad station lull ! gloomy ernes
waiting for the first train on a drizz
ly morning.
Don't, howeve-, i.nk that common
mistake of lnlieing that optimistic
.sunny nalured people are so because
they have nothing to woriy them
is it is comii;ony put "thy have noth
ing on their minds." They may have,
or they may have not, but if they are
naturally sunny mituied they have
learned the value tf keeping their
sorrows, their troubles and their ills
to themselves.
A sunny, even-tempered outlook
on all things Is en eliminator of dis-
ord. Such individuals are worth
their weight in gold, and disagree
ments cease before they reach them.
Start out in the morning with your
chin up and smile on, and the smile
will stay there, but it is awfully hard
to coax a smile where there has been
frown. Always let sunny smiling
faces beam on our men as they pass
on to fight, for humanity, freedom
and liberty.
One rainy, cloudy day recently the
writer was privileged to serve on
canteen service, with one of the very
brightest, sunniest and, yes, may say
it without conceit, one and all were
not behind the door when good looks
were handed out. Our captain, a ray
of sunshine, and all others seemed to
me as they flitted about among the
troops (raining had mind) treating
men and officers alike, no distinction
in service; truly typical of the Blue
Bird hue of uniform which all wore.
Emblems of Happiness" and were
too. to both colored and w hite troops.
M us wait until after the regarding
reforms as to entertaining and cheer
ing soldiers. As to our young ladies
w ho kindly take various visit i s to
ide around our city, (only chant e of
seeing it), the nnny letters of thai.k'
and admiration of our city, for said
kindne-ss has and will do mote to
boost Monroe than anytb'ng 1 can
think of.
Some day when you are fe'eling
real good anyhow and your smile is
naturally sunny try counting the
aces that catch that smile from you.
It's fun that's worth while, and will
bring more opportunities your way
and make more enjoyment for you
than frowning.
Three cheers then for all Canteen
workers "Mesdanies" and ' Mesdemoi
seJlcs" who are bringing sunshine to
the hearts of "Uncle Sam'g men" as
they pass on their way "Over There."
Mr. Nan Carllle.
Enrollment of I nitenJ Mte Student
Nurxn ftrsrrie.
The Government is callirg for 2
000 women between the ege9 of 1
and 35 to join the United State Stu
dent Nurse Reserve, and North Caro
lina's share in 460. Enrollment will
b gin July 29th. Every woman w!io
enrelis in the Student Nurse Resnr'e
i releasing a nurse for sevvice at the
frort. They niust be intlligent, res
ponsible, of geiod education and sound
health.
The enrollment cards will indica'
two classes of registrants, pref.Mred
and deferred. The preferred will he
those who will accept assignments to
whatever hospital the government di
rects them although they may state
what training school they prefer. The
deferred class is composed of those
who limit their se-rvice to certain ?ios-
pitals.
For all further information enquire
of your county chairman. Council of
National Defense, Men's Committee
or Woman's Committe, or of Mrs. I.
F. Hill. Durham, N. C.
Ited Spider In Cotton.
Raleigh. N. C July 25. D.image
in cotton by Red Spide-r in more wide-
spiead in the State this year than at
any time since the establishment of
the Division of Entomology, accord
ing to Mr. Franklin Sherman. Chief
in Entomology. Nearly a hundred
specific complaints have been answer
ed by the Division, these coming by
letters, telegraph, telephone, and per
sonal callers.
The area of the- worst infestation
extends directly across the middle of
our cotton belt, extending almost to
the northwestern limit of cotton cul
ture, but not entirely to the coast.
The measures recomended for the
control of this pest are as follows:
To prevent its start in cotton by
destruction of weeds around edges of
cotton fields, especially the pokeweed.
as this often starts it.
Destroy the first stalks affected
while in small area, and prevent
spread lengthwise the rows by tak
ing out a few stalks ahead or its
pread in each row, making a gap
which it cannot easily cross.
Gather visibly affected leaves from
talks slightly infested, placing them
in an oil-soaked sack, and burn.
Then, if practicable, spray the
flightly infested plants, and a few
:eyond, with the ready-made lune-s-ulphur
solution which is used on
fruit trees, using it at the rate ot
one gallon to fifty gallons of water.
Mr. Sherman hag assurance mai
many are putting one or more of
these measures into effect. As a mat
ter of information, he add that rainy
weather has a strong tendency to
check outbreaks of this insect.
Ten War Commandments for the Pen.
pie of France and For Our People.
Paris, July 21. The economic and
social section of the League of Pa
triots, with headquarters in Paris, 4
Uue-Ste. Anne, has distributed a leaf
let, urging the French to endure with
out complaint the restrictions imposed
upon them in the interest of then-
country. The lollowing is a copy:
"(li Do not torge-t that we are ai
war. in your smaiitwi e-xpenuuures
never lose sifiht of the interests of tin-
native land.
"i 2) Economize on the products
ne-cess.iry lor the Hie ot me country:
mil, bread, liie'iit. milk, sugar, wine-.
bilMer, clothes, leather, oil. Accept
nitions. ' 'ion yourselt as to lend,
loiMn::, .iisements.
"Cil Sine the products of French
soil, lest si:ne day you deprive your
father, your son, your husband, who
ire- shedding their blood to defend
you.
"(4 1 Save products that France
mist huv from foreign countries. Do
not drain reserves of gold, which are
ndi'ipensable to victory.
"(5) Waste nothing. All waste
s a crime which imperils the national
deft nse prolongs the war.
'(6) Buy only according to your
needs. Do not hoard provisions:
your selfishness raises prices and de
prives those of smaller means of
things indispensable to existence.
'1 7) Do not travel unnecessarily.
Reflect that our trains are, before all.
destined for transportation of the
troops, the feeding of the population,
the needs of our national production.
"(8) Do not remain Idle. Ac
cording to your age and your ability,
work for your country. Do not con
sume without producing. Idleness Is
desertion.
'(9) Accept without murmuring
the privations which are imposed up
on you. Reflect upon the sufferings
of those who are fighting for you, up
on the martyrdom of the population
whose hearths have been devastated
by the enemy.
"(10) RememheM- that victory he-
longs to those who can hold out a
quarter of an hour the longest.
That France may live., she must
e victorious."
Who Is tbe Slacker?
V.'ho is the slacker? N every man
who s'ands bade m vi-i? his ser-
ire to, his coun'iy bv joini:ir the ar-
uv or navv, but tne man wno loves
his money better than he does his
country; the man who is able and
refuses to buy War Savings Stamps
because he says he- can make a bel
ter Investment in something else: the
one w ho criticises the government and
discourages others from taking a part
in financing its proiams; the man
who hides behind his business and
says that he has no time for war
work; the man who boasts loud and
long of his patriotism, but whose
deeds are not in keeping with his
words.
Lick stamps and lick the Kaiser
SUJAIt RATIONS KEMCEII
ONE THJIUI AFTEK Alt;. 1ST
Two Pounds er Month -r Capita
Thif in Order to Meet Shortage
and Mmand of Allies and Aioe-f
lean Army.
Washington, July 25. The Amer
ican public was asked by the- food ad
ministration today to go on a sugar
ration of two pound per capita
monthly beginning A u trust 1, to meet
a world shortage in this commodity
and to rare for immediate demands
of the Allies and American Military
forces. The American public at pre
sent is on a three pounds per capita
ration monthy. under a request Is
sued by the food administration a
month ago. Household rationing will
be voluntary at present, but public
eating places will be required to ob
serve new regulations effe-ctive Aug
ust 1st, permitting the use of two
pound of sugar for every 90 meals
served instead of three pounds un
der existing regulations.
The sugar situation confronting
the United States Is described by the
food administration as follows:
"The sugar supplies throughout the
country, in homes, stores, lactones,
and bakeries are at low ebb; the pro
duction from the American beet and
Louisana cane crops have been dis
appointing; the yield in Porto Rico
has likewise been smaller than anti
cipated; and the inability of the Unit
ed States and the Allies to secure
sugar from Java and other distant
source on account of the imperative
call for ships for the movement of
troops and their supplies has mater
ially reduced the supply from such
quarters. Added to this already dif
ficult situation, the quantity needed
by the army and navy greatly exceeds
earlier estimates we must send a
large amount to France and Italy to
take the place- of the great volume
lost throuKh the German and Aus
trian invasions, during which much
beet land was overrun and many fac
tories destroyed; we have to supply
certain quantities to neutral nations
under agreements; and finally over
50.000.000 pounds were lost recent
ly through submarine sinkings off our
Atlantic coast."
In asking the public voluntarily to
reduce- their consumption to a level
more nearly equal to the compulsory
restrictions in effect in France, Eng
land and Italy, the statement says
that while sugar Is often used as a
luxury In America, It has become an
"essential element for the success of
the war among the nations of Europe-."
WHAT WOMEN ARE 1MIN(J
All Over the Country They Are Work
ing to Hol Win the Wur.
Coinmittie on Public Information.
M'-s. Wood vow Wilson has accept
ed the chairmanship of the advisory
committee for the pageant. "Demo
cracy Triumphant," to be given in
Washington, D. ('.. July!.
A country club for girl employees
of the Government has been opened
in Washington, D. t. by iln Young
Women's Christian Association. A
clubhouse on a seven-acre lot belong
ing to the Friends' School has boen
procured.
Two women psychologist, l)r.Mitbcl
1-Vrnald and Dr. Margaren Cobb, have
been appointed to the Army Medical
Iicpartiiuvil at Washington, 1). C. Ac
conliiiK to Major R, M. Yerkes, of
the psychological division, trained
women can be used for the highly
specialized work of handling the nr
iny reports, anil may eventually be
eallod upon to assist with work in
special hospitals dealing wilh cases
of re-constiuction.
The Girl Scouts of America receiv
ed their first official recognition from
the War Department last month when
ele ven of them were appointed mes
si.nge'is by the Surgeon-General's of
fice. "We want trained girls for this
work," said Lieutenant Ralph H.
Jone's. "That is why we employ Girl
Scouts. They have had the advan
tage of discipline, they have been
trained in courtesy and the care of
the body, Their uniforms, too, gives
them a military appearance."
Thirty women besan training as
industrial secretaries at Bryn Mawr
College June 10. The Younj Wo
men's Christian Association has ap
propriated $15,000 for the- purpose
and the work has the approval and
encouragement of the Department of
Labor.
According to the announcement of
the Emergency Council of Education,
the universities of France has accept
ed the offer of one hundred scholar
ships for French women In American
colleges and universities, and appli
cation are already being received.
The council made the offer on behalf
of the Association of American Col
leges. Four of the passenger vehicles of
the Depot Quartermaster's Depart
ment at Wellington. I). C, are now
beir.r driven by wom.cn. Two of the
nioto -s are inter-office busses run
ninc on a schedule. The remainder
are kept on call. According to the
regulations governing other drivers,
the women are not responsible for
the upkeep of their cars. They re
port at nine o'clock in the morning
and are dismissed at 4:30 in the af
ternoon. They are paid at the same
rate as the men drivers, which aver
ages $70 per month.
Are-you grateful that 2.000,000 of
our boys, enlisted in our army and
navy, are giving us security at uomeT
If you are. turn your gratitude Into
War Savings Stamps.