f SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, ig18
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PUBI7IO IRJH3ER
GENERAL NEWS
"Make a bridge of ships" to
France was the message from Gen
eral Pershing and every man of hi!
command, delivered to the Aineri
can people by Major Frederick
Pamer. chief censor of General
Pershing's staff, in an address at the
National Press Club in Washington
"Build shiDs. and let every woman
and child in the land think ships,
said he.
Disease., starvation and expul
sions have reduced the Jewish pop
ulation of Jerusalem to 33,000 or
about forty per cent in the three and
a half years since the war began,
according to cable advices received
by the Palestine restoration fund
commission in New York. With the
advance cf the British into Pales
tine, the Turks made wholesale de
portations ol Jews from the seaport
towns. From Jaffa, some 10,000
Jews fled the Turkish power or were
driven out, it is reported.
Eligibility for appointment to
West Point, now given by law to a
limited number of enlisted men in
the regular army and the National
guard, has been extended to include
privates in the National army. The
number of appointees remains the
same as before, 10 8 men annually
from the three military sources.
Commanders of divisional camps
have been instructed to designate
the men whose records indicate
special aptitude for army careers.
Foodstuffs valued at $1,315,614,
577 were exported from the United
States in 1917, an increase of $246,
000,000 over 1916, figures issued by
the Bureau of Commerce show. Im
ports of foodstuffs increased $139,
000,000, the total being $737,173,
254. Manufactured products made
up the bulk of America s record
breaking exports, amounting to $4,-
180,800,000, a gain of $418,000,000
over the preceding year. Export;
of crude materials were worth
$780,73 6,788. Horses shipped
abroad in 1917 were worth $
041,160, and mules $13,666,063
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Announcement that France will
be able before July 1 to manufac
ture enough artillery to supply 20
American divisions, or approximat
ely 500,000 troops, if the United
States mean-while adheres to an
understanding by which France
would receive the necessary raw ma
terial from American, was made in
New York by Andre Tardieu,
French high commissioner to this
country. Mr. Tardieu made the
statement also that there are in
France fc today more American troops
than comprised the American army
at the time the United States enter
ed the war.
The United State treasury has
made the computation that the war
is costing Uncle Sam $277 a second
and this makes no exclusion for
Sundays and holidays. Then, too,
the government does not obserce the
eight hour law. During' these ten
months the United, States has been
engaged in the world war it hs cost
Uncle Sam approximately $7;000,
000,000 according to the report of
the treasury. This signifies an ex
penditure of $24,000,000 a day or
$1,000,000 an hour. Add to the bill
for current expenses and you can
anticipate that running the govern
ment in war times isn't operating a
free lunch counter.
A Justiciable Complaint.
One afternoon the proprietor of a
village
store, who also was the
postmaster, was wrapping up a
pound of sugar and a pair of boots,
when a farmer rambled in, wearing
a thoughtful expression.
"See here, Sam," said the new
comer, addressing the proprietor,
"hain't there some way that ye kind
o' sepperate yer grocery business
from yer post office hnsinAe?"
"What's
asked the
the matter now, bill?"
groceryman, looking up
from his work. "Been
somethin' else to kick
"I ain't kicking any,
diggin'
about?"
Sam,"
an-
swered the farmer, in a gentle voice,
"but I do get allfired tired o' tastin'
kerosene every time I go ter lick a
postage stamp."
Three billion dollars will be rais
ed in advance of the third liberty
loan, which probably will be laun
ched in April, by sale of certificates
of indebtedness under a plan look
ing to systematic investment by evry
bank in these short time securities.
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with warm, salt water rP&
MORE MAN-rOWER NEEDED.
The Farmers Are Expected to
Pro-
duco larger Crops.
American factories, which before
the war turned out $24,000,000,000
worth of goods, ( are now under the
moral obligation of turning out
$35,000,000,000 worth during the
present year. They will have to do
some humping to make good.
Those who maintain -that there is
plenty of labor in this country
should consider the demand that ag
riculture is about to make. Includ
ing farmers who work on their own
lands there are normally about 12,
500,000 farm laborers in this coun
try. The draft, voluntary enlistment
and the attractions of factory wag
es have reduced this number by ov
er 3.000,000. The agricultural pro
gram for 1918 calls for a produc
tive record far in excess of that for
1917. The farmers are
asked tc
raise the wheat crop figures from
650.000.000 to 1,000,000,000 bush
els. Large increases in the other
food crops are also called for. In
some parts of the country ploughing
will begin in four weeks. The de
mand for farm labor thereafter will
grow more and more insistent. To
carry out the agricultural program
6,000,000 more farm workers will
be required.
Four solutions of the general la
bor supply problem have been pro-
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posed. rne urst is mooiiization,
but mobilization does not solve the
problem of actual shortage. The
second is the employment of wom
en and children to take the places
of men, but although the help of
worsen and children will be needed
their labor is not equal in produc
tiveness to that of men. Moreover,
the e .rLiuovr. Qit of women and chil
dren :': certain industries and on a
wholesoio scale would have physio
logical and social effect that are not
desirable.
The third' method is the elimina
tion of non-essential industry. But
what is non-essential idustry? Dur
ing the coal famine Government of
ficials have given widely divergent
answers. Some have put the schools
and churches in this category, but
not the breweries. Differences of
opinion on the subject are irrecon
cilable. The fourth method is to let down
the bars to Japanese and Chinese
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There is a
immigration ifor the duration of the
war. Immigration from Europe has
been entierly cut off. Immigration
from Asia could be made to take its
place so far as labor is concerned,
but such a radical step would lead
to complications which in the end
might be more serious even that the
shortage of. labor itself.
Whatever be the difference of op
inion on all other points of-the la
bor problem, there should be none
on this point: Every man who can
work should be engaged in a useful
occupation.
MISS. lUAEHART'S APPEAL..
Mrs. Mary Robert Rinehart, the
novelist, for herself and for the
women of the country, has investi
gated hospital conditions in camp
and cantonments . here and abroad.
She has a son in the Army and thus
has the strongest possible personal
interest in the matter. She was
trained as a nurse and married a
doctor, and thus posseses consider
able qualifications for speaking on
the subject.
Her testimony is that the number J
of inefficients in the medical
md surgical service is small and
that of cruelty and indifference she
has found nothinar. In resrard to
general health conditions she believ
es that ninty-nine out of a hundred
men in the drafted army are re
ceiving better care than they could
afford at home.
Mrs. Rinehart does not, however,
assert that everything is perfect,
that nothing is left to be desired.
&ne declares that the women of the
country are entitled to know the
facts, good and bad; demands that
improvements be made where im
provements are possible, and em
phasizes especially the duty of re
assuring the mothers of the nation.
Her own testimony is reassuring.
Secretary Baker gives his cordial
approval to the sentiments express
ed and suggestions made by Mrs.
Rinehart.
Senator Chamberlain cited two
harassing cases of death attended if
not caused by the neglect of physi
clians and nurses. It is yet to be
proved, however, that neglect is
common. The evidence shows that
every
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it is extremely rare. A million and
a half men have been gathered in
camps and cantonments and the
needless death of two of them
should not be taken as proof that
the lives of all the rest are simi
larly endangered. In truth, the
health conditions in the Army are
miles better than in any previous
war, and the death rate among the
soldiers is lower than it would liave
been if they had stayed at home.
HISTORY PROVES FRANCE
OWNS ALSACE-LORRAINE.
Chancellor von Hertling's conten
tions, proclaimed to the Main Com
mittee of the Reichstag that Ger
many way lawfully entitled to
Alsace-Lorraine, is disproven by the
following facts, gleaned from his
tory: Alsace.
Settled by Celtic tribes and Gauls,
the forebarers of the French.
4 In Roman possession for 500
years.
Taken by force of arms about
950, by Otho I, of the Holy Roman
I Empire.
Changed hands repeatedly until
1648, whent at the end of the Thirty
Year's War it was ceded to France
by the treaty of Muenster.
1697, formally ceded to France
by the treaty of Ryswick, remaining
French until 1871.
Lorraine.
Settled by Franks, Burgundians
and Frisians, forebarers of French.
Ceded by treaty of Verdun in 843
to Lothair I.
Ceded to France by treaty of
Bonn in 921.
Changed hands
middle of eleventh
French civilization,
repeatedly until
century when
language and
learning gained a foothold
Ceded to France by the treaty of
Ryswick in 169 7 and remaining in
her possession until 1871.
No " individual licenses are now
required by the War Trade Board
for the exportation of horses to
Canada and Newfoundland. Ship
pers will be given notice through the
press if there should be a change in
this ruling in the future.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
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to make settlement with me. All
persons holding claims against said
estate are warned to present the-i
to me within one year from the dat
hereof or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery.
This February 11th, 1918.
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