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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-11-26

Frank Burger and family, OF Lady
smith, Wisconsin, are here on visit
with their parents, Ulrieh Burger,
wife and family, Thomas Reynolds,
wife and family. Frank reports the
corn crop In his section Of country .
partial failure, this year.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-11-26

Lyman Marion, Of Maitland. had
business In Oregon, Thursday Of last
week.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
NAVAL VETERAN HEAD
DESCRIBES SERVICE
"HandIing Scrap Iron," Saws
Commodore w. E. Jacobs, of
New Haven, Conn.

Handling scrap iron.r is the way tho
newly chosen head of the Naval Vet
Grams Association, Commodore w. e.
Jacobs. OF New Haven. Conn, describes
his service during the civil war. 1t was
literally that, he states, because most Of
II was aboard an irOnclad and he was
busy with handling the shot and shell
that were hred from the vessels guns
The ironClads We're new ships at that
time. and Commodore Jacobs came to
the Nantucket after having served q
year on board the old frigate Flam.
beau. With the Nantucket he was on
duty off Charleston, S. c., in the block
ade service. He states that the ship
would run in towar! the shore bat
teries every day or two and fire a few
broadsides and then r-n out again. He
spent most of his time in this duty.
Commodore Jacobs entered the naval
service In 1861 as first class boy, when
he was seventeen years OF age He was
discharged In December. 1864, first
class petty officer. After following the
sea several years he became an employe
OF the New Haven railroad, and served
forty-three years. He was retired by
the company a short time ago on a pen.
Haven He has been an active member
OF the naval veterans Organization
since II first started
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
THIS MAY Be LAST
GRAND ENCAMPMENT
Strong Feeling Among Veterans
That Necessary Railway Ac.
commodations Can't Be Had.

Is this to be the last .encampment %
the surviving veterans Of the Union
Army?
There was much feeling to this effect
among the old veterans in and around
Camp Emery today. II was predicted
frequently that the next gathering OF
the Grand Army of the Republic might
be a convention of delegates rather
than an encampment of posts from all
over the country.
The attitude of the railroads toward
the organization as reflected in the
statements made bv delegates to the en-
campment during the fight for the nam
ing OF the next meeting place Is said
to have forecast the end of encamp.
mcnts.
According to one of the best informed
delegates when it was finally determin-
ed that Kansas City would be the meet
Ing place. the question of whether 1t
would be the meeting place of 100 or
2o) delegates or the entire organisation
came up for serious consideration, and
has not yet been entirely settled.
While the sentiment OF most of the
veterans aDDears to be that an encamp-
ment Will be held at Kansas City. there
Is a strong feeling that the necessary
railroad accommodations for the various
organizations cannot be arranged. Tho
various posts will not go to Kansas City,
so the veterans seem to think, uniess
the most generous concessions with
regard to special rates. can be made.
So far as can be learned the railroads
are not in q position to make the con-
cessions that will be asked.
For this reason. therefore. the pres.
ent ent.a eneampment takes on q new i'm:
here on the fiftieth anniversary
Of the grand review of 1866. but
also. according to this reasoning,
It may be the last meeting OF
the veterans as national body,
While this question will not be finally
determined for some months. unless the
encampment today takes cognizance Of
II and orders an encampment instead Of
a meeting Of delegates there is an un-
dercurrent of feeling among the old
soldiers that they have met for the last
time. and that in the future their re-
unions will be small affairs, conftned
to the separate army corps division Ind
brigade examinations and the organiza>
tons having special purposes.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
GREECE AND THE ALLIES

Preparedness is not all on one
side of the European war, as matters
stand today. The allies have mani
festly done some very adequate pre-
pairing on their own account, not
only for military and economic ne
cessities, but to meet diplomatic
exigencies as they might arise. They
have had their eyes on the Near
East, and they announced that fact
in the plainest possible way in the
statement by Sir Edward Grey re-
Gently, In which he declared without
qualification that the quadruple en-
tente would interpose to protect its
friends in the Balkans with all their
force. This was a plain threat to
Bulgaria that if she entered the war
against Serbia, Serbia would be sup
ported by the allies to the limit.
1t was no idle threat, if Berlin
dispatch is to be credited, which
says that British and French troops
have been landed at a Greek port,
to cooperate with the Serbians. For
long time mystery has surrounded
movements of Italians and other al
lied troops on the eastern Mediter-
ranean. There may be a great Ital-
ian force close at hand to aid the
Serbians, and it has been for a long
time reported that the French and
British have large forces in reserve
in the east, ready for use wherever
developing events may require.
The use of a Greek port as a land
ing place suggests how slender is
the thread that holds Athens back
from the war. Her army was mobil-
lied Immediately following and as an
answer to the Bulgar mobilization.
Bulgaria thus faces the prospect, if
she plunges into the war, of being
attacked by Greece, France, Britain,
and Serbia. The prospect of an
Austro-German expedition smashing
through Serbia and providing quick
relief to Bulgaria is not bright. The
Serbians have 100000 troops of their
own, and the finest defensive terri
tory in Europe in which to make
their stand. They are thoroughly
equipped, and are fighters of the
finest quality.
The one still persistent uncertain
ty concerns Roumania. Seemingly
that country is determined to main
tain her neutrality a little longer;
but it is inconceivable that she will
be able to remain neutral, and cer-
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
HISTORIC GAVEL USED
BY NAVAL VETERANS
Made From Wood Of Vessels
Participating in Three Amer.
ican Wars.

One of the most historic relics
brought tc the city by the veterans
and cne which preserves the memories
Of the revolution, the war OF 1872. az
well as the civil conflict-is the gaveI
which WAS used for the first time DUR
ing an entire session of the Naval
Veterans Association yesterday AZ
terncon.
This ga>el is made from wood taken
from the Royal Savage, British
ship-of-war on Lake Champlain.
which the Continental forces fought
with under Benedict Arnold in l776;
from the Niagara, Commodore Perry's
flagship at the battle Of Lake Erie,
and from the Hartford. Admiral Far
Iagut's flaG ship at the battle of No.
bile Bay. and in Sany other battles.
The eavel was presented to the as.
sociation at it's last annual meeting
In Detroit by u. F. McCollum. of New
Haven, Conn. who was yesterday
elected secretary and paymaster Of
the organization. 1t replaces as the
oihcial EaNel heavy instrument
made from wood that also has a his
tory. This came from the ruins Of
the Gaspee House. in Providence r.. l..
which was the headquarters Of the
so-called Gaspce plottcrs. who attack
ed and burned an English revenue
cutter sent to enforce the stamp tax
in l772. several years before the
faEIous Boston tea party" and is
credited with being the first forceful
protest of the colOnistS against the
tax which resulted in brin Sing about
the war OF the revolution.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01

the nation, this credit for half a
billion dollars to the allies is going
into operation as smoothly as if a
great American corporation pos
sessed of unlimited resources were
discounting an ordinary note in a
rich and powerful bank.
1t is to exactly that state, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the
Comptroller of the Currency as
senting and approving, with all
others of influence and Importance,
that this country has come
emerged from a debtor nation to a
creditor nation, lending with ease
and satisfaction half a billion
abroad, able and willing, if there be
cause for it, to lend it several times
over again.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
THE MOT Do0" INDICATED

klllJoys, IN the guise OF health o.
ficers and food inspectors, have
robbed life Of some Of its chief com
pensations. The pink lemonade that
furnished the final touch for the cir
Gus epicure has been banished in the
name Of purity; the ice cream cones
that tasted better from the grimy
hands of the Italian venders have
been abrogated; the candy of the
little shop around the corner has
been frowned upon, all because of
homemade dyes.
Praise be, though, that the ''hot
dog" is to remain with US. These
grim health officers have been prowl-
ing about Coney Island, and there
they give the "dogs," all the 1,sO0,-
900 dispensed there this summer, a
clean bill Of health. Even a food in
spector must realize he cannot 20
too far. The great American peo-
pie have a fondness for "hot dogs"
and dislike of autocrats.
The 'hot dog" is the most demo-
cratic institution we know. Per-
haps that is why it is so palatable.
Baked beans do not vie with it, be-
cause eating them is a sort of dis
sipation and condescension Of the
intellectuals. Corned beef and cab
bage is not so savory; one always
eats that combination with a sort
Of. unspoken apology.
There is a feeling these days that
sauerkraut and roast beef are
equally un-neutral. But no one,
from Mrs. Farmer, of cook book
fame, to a food inspector, would
question "hot dogs" They are eaten
by the rich and the poor. The day
laborer devours one, and the hur-
ried business man snatches one for
his luncheon. They are served on
the tables Of the lowly and they
grace the breakfast fare of the
mighty. Statesmen have declared
their fondness for them, and Tam
many has linked (no pun intended)
picnics with politics, through them.
Thanks to the Coney Island
health officers. They are safe and
sane gentlemen, fit to be trusted
with more talents. A keen appre-
citation of national institutions,
not too close scrutiny of the newt
able, no futile attempts to un-
scramble a sausage. but simply
reflection of the popular verdict,
was theirs.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Opening OF National University Law Schoo,
N6-ls Thirteenth street northwest $50 n
M. Address by Justice Siodons -
Organ recital for G. A. h. members Eirs,
Congregational Church. Tenth and G streets
northwest. p. m.
Special devottons. Chapel OF Perpetual Ador.
alton. street, between Fourteenth nd
Fifteenth streets northwest. $50 o m
Convention, Methodist Protestant District
lnion OF Young Peoples Work Tabor
Methodist Protestant Church, Thirty-tifth
aud L streets northwest, s p. m
Concert, United States Soldiers Home Rand
bandstand AT Home p. m.
Meeting. Park View Citizens Association
Whitney Avenue Christian Church, Fark
road. near Georgia avenue northwest. S.3o
p IN. "
No. :; School OF Instruc.
tion, Royal Arch Masons. Martha Nc. 4:
Mfzpah. No. s. Ascension. No 20. Eastern
Star.
Odd Fellows-Central, No. !: Metropolis No
l6; Phoenix. No. IS: Magenenu No 4 En-.
campment: Miriam. No, 6, Rebekahs
Knights OF Pythias-Syrscusans No TO-
Smoker and entertainment. Epsilon CHAPTER
OF the Sigma Chi Fraternity OF George
Washington University. fraternity house
1888 Fifteenth street northwest. p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
SUCCESS OP THE LOAN

However many American bankers
and investors were timid about the
loan to Great Britain and France
when the proposal was first put be-
fore them, there seems an almost
unanimous demand for participation
now, for the word in financial cir
cles is over-subscriptions. The
question is no longer whether they
will take much, little, or any at all;
it is whether they will get what
they want. And before the notes
are apportioned among the banks
the public is knocking at the door
for its share.
It is no explanation for this ex-
traordinary change of sentiment
that English newspapers and bond
holders are astounded and shocked
by the rates and terms conceded
by the allies commissioners for the
loan. There never was any doubt
that the loan would be a success
both with the bankers and tho
public.
Every financial man knew that
unexcelled security could never fail
to command loans from surplus
capital when it went to get them.
Investment considers geography; il
decides on security.
Every business man knew that
the basis of international business
must be credit. 1t was credit and
facilitated business, or cash and
hampered business.
Every farmer with deposits in the
bank and with crops waiting to be
converted into more deposits, every
manufacturer with his plants fit to
operate, every wage-earner with his
hands ready to work, knew that
every dollar of the loan was going
to stay in this country to draw prod
ucts from the land, keep machinery
turning, and lengthen payrolls-and
that all this huge industrial activity
directly and Immediately created
by the loan would indirectly and
more remotely create five, ten,
twenty times as much more.
And SO, amid the enthusiasm Of
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
THE NEW SEVENTH STREET

The carnival next Monday evening
to celebrate the repaving of Seventh
street marks a milestone in the his
tory Of an important thoroughfare.
In some matters the ancients were
more thoughtful than Americans.
The Romans knew the value Of
roads. A new one was the occasion
Of . national celebration. They real
lied that good roads, as arteries Of
commerce and travel, meant much to
the prosperity and comfort Of the
people.
n the railroad and street car lines
robbed the road and the street of
their importance, the automobile has
restored the balance. Farmers, in
trying to get good roads, have calcu-
lated the money and time they could
save by having better highways.
Some efficiency expert may calculate
how much Seventh street has lost by
having . cobblestone paving that
made team travel slower, hampered
delivery of goods, and made the
street taboo among motorists.
That is past and gone. In the
earliest days Of Washington a link
between the northern District of Co.
lumbia and Washington, Seventh
street has steadily developed despite
its handicap Of bad paving, and TO-
day is ono Of the busy retail sections
Of the city. It will be more i'm
portant now that the paving is COM
pleted. What at first glance seems
. commonplace thing, a new sort of
street paving, on closer analysis is
found to have a vital significance in
the growth and life Of this import
ant shopping center.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
Again Consider the Midnight Wall
Of the Genus Cat,

TO The Editor Of The Tmes:
It. c." takes exception to my conten-
ton that church bells and cat serenades
are unnecessary noises which might
and should be done away with. T. c.
evidently did not take the trouble to
read my article to the end or he would
have found THAI stated that the
aforementioned nuisances were only
two. and that II these were remedied
It would help make Washington city q
less noisy place OF residence.
Your correspondent inquiries why I
did not mention the number Of meows
a cat has. do not claim to be
statistician: neither did deem II
necessary to remain awake throughout
an entire night In order to ascertain
how long the doleful sound would con-
tinue. 1t will be conceded that the
repertoire Of felines IL limited. I take
1t that cats were the last animals that
were embarked in the Ark The caudal
appendage OF Mr.. Thomas must have
been left outside when the doors were
closed. causing Mr.. Thomas to vent his
feelings in a certain way. and II would
appear that that same melody has been
handed down to posterity. continuing to
this day. THE SUFFERER
Washington, September a
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
CONSUMPTION ONCE MORE

Lord Kitchener told representa-.
tives Of the British trades unions
that the beginning Of the great drive
in France and Belgium makes more
pointed the necessity for insuring a
regular supply of trained soldiers te
take, the places of those who are
certain to be lost. The present
method of voluntary service, he de.
clared most positively, is not pro.
ducing satisfactory results, and his
entire address was a plea to the
union men to withdraw their opposi.
ton to enforced service.
It ought to be manifest to the
whole British public by this time
that this advice is sound. Great
Britain need feel no humiliation at
the breakdown, at the present stage
Of the scheme of voluntary enlist
ments. The world never saw such
an army raised, under this plan, al
the United Kingdom has produced.
The enlistments have been better, in
proportion to population, than they
were in the North during the civil
war, prior to the application of the
draft. In a crisis in which it is nee
essary for a nation to exert its ut
most strength, impartial and en-
forced service is fairest to all in
terests, classes, and individuals.
There will be cases, of course, Of
withdrawing from industrial life
men who can give best service there,
and there must be provision for
exceptions in these cases.
But with honest administration Of
the rules, strictly on merit and with
out allowing influence to creep in
and mar the system, compulsory
service will produce the right re-
suits.
The great offensive is going to be
fearfully destructive Of life and Of
Of the fighting forces.
Many thousands will be temporarily
incapacitated, whose places in the
ranks must be filled at once if early
advantages are to be held and
further ones gained. There must be
no uncertainty about this supply Of
fighting material. It will not be
safe to rely on outbursts Of popular
over victorieA or Of
evaporation over Zeppelin
outrages to keep the lines filed.
Organized labor in America has
recently been giving proof in its at
titude toward preparedness Of q
broader and more creditable attitude
than that of the British unions.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
The Boys of Sixty-One and Nine
teen Fifteen.

To The Editor OF The Times:
They are here. the boys OF Sixty -one.
They were old timers yesterday. but
today their great deeds shame us. They
answered the taunting four to one chal-
lense. They faced the cannon. They
stopped the cavalry charge. They met
steel with steel over the breastworks.
They waded the swamps. They climbed
mountains. They plunged into the will
derness relentlessly searching out tho
enemy.
We are here. too. the boys Of Nine
teen-fifteen. We are too proud to fight
Our mothers did not raise US to be SOL
diers. Once we pointed with pride to
ratuesnake flag OF seventy-six that
flouted the red coats and shrilled at
the naughty George. Don't tread on
our feeble protest on behalf Of outraged
humanity.
7 toll these idiotic Americans to hold
their tongues" and we shut up.
0ood-by. boys Of Sixty-one. Take care
OF yourselves. for we won't c. r. P.
Washington, September ~
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
A GERMAN LOAN, TOO

Certain classes Of Americans
whose Americanism is good deal
diluted, have seen reason for dis
affection that this country should
be making a big credit loan to the
entente powers. They have protest
ed that it was utterly violative of
our supposed neutrality, and there
have even been threats of boycotting
financial interests that Joined in
making the loan.
To these especially, there will be
food for reflection in the fact that
Germany has plseed = precisely
similar credit han in Sweden.
Sweden, through its terror Of Rus
sia, is driven to an attitude Of SYM
pathy with Germany perhaps more
pronounced than the preponderating
sentiment of America for the al
lies. The one available neutral
market, Sweden has been used by
Germany as a commercial base
through which to get imports past
the British blockade, and also as an
original source Of every kind Of sup
plies Sweden could afford. AS a
result there has grown up a huge
trade balance in favor Of Sweden.
The case completely parallels the
relationship of the allies to the
United States, though the scale is
far smaller. Germany has been
forced to take measures to stabilize
exchange with Sweden; and to do 50
has f1oated a loan Of $10,000,000 in
that country in order to establish a
credit basis for the commercial re-
lations. Sweden violated her neu-
trality" with the same eagerness
that the United States is doing tho
same thing, and for the same rea-
son: because it was necessary to
make the loan if her great and
profitable commerce with Germany
was to be continued.
The fact is that neither Sweden
nor the United States has commit
ted any improperly. Each has ex-
tended credit to a customer sudden
ly demanding a larger line than
usual and able to give satisfactory
security. That is the whole story
in both cases. But the fact Of Ger
many completely paralleling, in
Sweden, the allies credit here, is
to worry those pro-Ger-
man "neutrals" who want nothing
80 much as to make it impossible for
the United States to 60 ahead doing
business with nations that are ready
to do it.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01
THE SLIDES IN THE CANAL

A vessel sailing from Santiago
De Chile to Europe has two choices
Of route. She may save coal, dis
tance, and time by using the Pam
ANA canal route. On the other hand
she must pay the canal tolls. The
elements balance pretty closely
when a number of ports on the west
coast Of South America are con-
sidered.
It Is therefore important that the
factor Of time be preserved on the
side Of the canal route. Interrupt
ton Of the traffic through the big
ditch, or the serious liability to in
terruption, Is q constant menace to
tho confidence Of navigators. The
most recent slide in the Culebra
section 10 reported to hav COM
pletely tied up traffic for ten days.
Tho utmost efforts are making, to
remove the material that has
blocked tho waterway, and experts
8 are studying more diligently than
ever before the problem Of making
tho ditch permanently safe from
such Interruptions. There is oppor-
tunity for some new genius to put
the finishing touch on the canals
perfection by devising a plan that
will meet this need. The Govern
ment could we'll afford to pay a big
bonus to the engineer or scientist
who will come forward with the
right plan.
The Washington times., 1915-10-01

IN the world. 1t got control OF the
world market. and then adopted the
plan OF remorselessly underselling any
competition that tried to interfere with
us monopoly. 1t could stand the strain
or such competition. and 1t presently
discouraged most Of the competitive
Efforts. In certain chemicals much
the same has been exper!enced; and
would seek to meet such conditions
when the war-bcrn industries in this
country shall once more have to face
times
May Favor Inheritance Tax.
Experts have been for a long time at
work at the Treasury Department, in
tnc trades commission. in the Bureau
or Foreign and Domestic Trade, work
ing out these measures. How To Der
tect the income tax. simplify the law.
extend 1t to wider range Of incomes
than II now touches. Is one Of the tasks
10 which much attention has been
gwen. a very great difficulty in cal
cciatinS income tax returns nder the
present law arose from the fact that
the Incomes affected Include mainly the
larser ones. the number and size OF
which could not with any accuracy be
estImated. Getting down to smaller in
SI" co. IL rs peleVeQ, much better eSti-
mates can be had. and a law can be
PR pared with more confidence in cal
culstions of probable returns under IL.
inheritance tax measures have been
introduced by many members OF Con-
sress In the last two or three sessions.
both Democrats and Republicans being
represented. 1t is believed that a
rather mild insistence by the Admins
trstton on passage OF such a bill would
produce results. Here il has heen
easier to estimate probable returns
than In the case OF the income tax. be-
cause so many States have their own
tax measures Rut hou 80
superimpose a Federal inheritance tiny
above the similar exercise Of about a
third Of the States. is worrying the
mel who are considering such legisla-
tion.