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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-03-23
March q, 1917.

everybody from the president Of the
board to pert little Miss in white
frock, who represented the Sabbath
School and recited some verses writ
ten especially for the occasion by
well-meaning but scarcely talented
Sabbath School teacher. There
were also very substantial tributes,
for the Painsville con- regation did
things handsomely, and Mrs Fridus'
eloquent plea at the Sisterhood and
board meetings had borne shining
fruit "The tenth isn't a silver we'd
ding anniversary" she had stated on
both occasions, "but we don't know
whether we'll have them with us by
that time; and anyhow | think it's a
shame that their house should look
so bare, when we could do the right
thing by them and give them some
silver that they could have as long
as they live and think of us when
ever they see it" Both the board
and the Sisterhood had agreed with
Mrs. Fridus that "you never can
make a mistake by giving silver"
both had contributed a handsome
check, to say nothing of certain pri-
vate donations, which helped to
swell the amount. Mrs. Cam, who
had 'brother in the business" had
used her appropriations thriftily,
and the table on the speakers plat.
form the night of the anniversary
banquet almost groaned beneath an
elaborate silver service, huge vase
Eyes, with ten American beauties),
and other tasty articles such as can
die sticks and card trays.
MAY you live to enjoy them at
your golden wedding," Mrs. Fridus
ended her presentation speech with
a flourish
The rabbits speech was all that
could be desired $50 sincere and
affecting,'' was Mrs. Wells COM
ment His wife said very little, ris-
ing merely to say that her husband
had voiced her own thanks in ex-
pressing his gratitude. They rode
home in their secretary's machine.
that night, SO their conversation was
limited to comments upon the sue
cess of the banquet and the rare
beauty Of the gifts. But once safely
across his own threshold, Joseph,
giving vent to his .overpowering
emotions, spoke briefly and to. the
point. Darn it !'-Jewish Expon-
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23

sistance or advice from the reichstag. He (the chancellor) would resist with all his might every attempt to change this system, and therefore he refused to resign, because the resolution passed by :he reichstag had no other effect than to make it evident that a difference of opinion existed between the reichstag and the government
 This debate took place on December g, 1913, and, with the exception of the social democrats and the Polish depu- ties, the leaders of all parties sup ported the view of the chancellor. The motion to strike out the chancellor's salary was voted down. only the social democrats and Poles voting in favor of it.
 It is unquestioned, however, that this Zabern affair and the consequent at titude of the whole nation as well as the extraordinary vote in the reichstag greatly alarmed the military party.
 It was perhaps the final factor which decided the advocates of the old mili- tary system of Germany in favor of a European war. Usually in past years, when the reichstag in adjourn melIt, nad r4sen and cheered the name of the emperor, the social democrats absented themselves from the chamber but when the reichstag adjourned on May 20, 1914, these members remained in the chamber and refused to rise or to cheer the emperor. The president of the reichstag immediately called at tention to this breach of respect to the emperor, upon which the socialists shouted, This is our affair" and they tried to drown the cheers with hoots and misses; at which the other parties applauded unanimously.
 This occurrence I know greatly in- censed the emperor and did much, believe, to win his consent to the war.
 (Continued tomorrow
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23

strict than 1t was expected at the time of the passage opments occurred under the operation of the act it became more and evident that the governments expectations regarding the number of soldiers it would produce would not be met.
 other products necessary to carrying the war, the country's first need would be soldiers that it was early that the exemptions for all causes must be reduced to the lowest possible number. It few in the United States between the of 21 and 30 engaged any occupation whose places could not be taken by older by not qualified for military service
 There has been some misunderstanding of the reasons why the government would grant exemptions Many supposed that the probable deterioration of ones business, whether the business that of farmer factory owner, would be ground for has interest Its interest lies only in the and not in his wefEe. It him in the sphere where be of the greatest service to the government regardless the effect upon his affairs large small He may be needed at home to conserve his own business but he is called the needs of the government,
 Thus it that the young who hur riedlv engaged in farming and equipped themselves with overas to look the part of the farmer still within the military without prospect of escape.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
Aliens in Military Service

The suggestion made by The Republican the other day for the disposition of aliens that they might be available for military service, either by making them subject the draft by returning them to the friendly belligerent countries which they jects is not original as we then supposed. An ar engagement has just been agreed to between Great Britain and Russia relative to the reciprocal liability military service subjects either country residing in the other. The text of the agreement follows
 His Britannia majesty's government and the pro- visonal government of Russia being convinced that it is in the interests of their countries for the better prosecution of the present war that British subjects resident in Russia and Russian subjects resident in Great Britain should their respective
 tries there to fulfill their military duty in the ranks of the of their country that they should enroll themselves in the army of the country of their resi- dence, have concluded the following agreement:
 l. His Britannia majestys government and the provisional government of Russia will reciprocaly bid their subjects inhabiting respectively Russia and Great Britain, and belonging the categories called to the colors In their own country to proceed their respective countries
 2. .IIis Britannc majesty's government undertakes far possible effect during the course of the summer of 1917 the transport by of the above mentioned persons.
 Such of these persons refuse, after due notice given return to their country at their own expense by proftng by the means set forth in Article of the present agreement will be compelled to undertake military service in the country their residence The call or these persons will be effected by the competent authorities of the country of their residence, who will for this purpose apply the dispositions in force in their respective countries regards absentees.
 4. Will be exempt from the obligation to the call to forth in the preceding article persons who furnish documents delivered by their diplomatic or consular authorities certifying their exemption from military service.
 5. This agreement shall cease to have force from the date of the conclusion of the present war.
 No doubt such arrangement could easily be made between the United States the allied coun- tries and it would certainly result in larger num- Der of aliens entering the service from this country than from any other.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
SOLDIERS WANT FRUIT
 NEWS FROM BUSY AJ0

AJO, Ariz., Aug. 22.-Mr> and Mrs. Holmes celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary
 Sunday evening. MT Levy of the White House store in Clarkston, found some clothing or the store floor and on Investigating discov- cred a hole cut in the iron screening through which some one of boy size, had entered the store and taken hose, clothing, firearms and ammu- milton. No clue has been discovered as to the guilty party.
 The soldier boys are hoping that Phoenix will not forget to send some peaches to this camp.
 Last Sunday the government exam iner was here and examined 34 men who answered to the call and 30 of them passed E. M. Taylor was the first to De examined and passed a perfect examination. Mrs Taylor was quite indignant the next day to see husbands name among the list of "slackers" published in one of the papers. MT. Taylor was properly registered.
 It is reported that this company of soldiers will soon leave for another camp and new company will come to AjO
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23

down and a complete change of the officials at Zabern helped to bring about a normal condition of affairs.
 The viceroy, Count Wedel. and Sec retary of State Zorn von Gulack re- signed and were replaced by Von Dall- Vitz and Count Rodern
 The Everlasting Question Came
 up Again
 However, the everlasting question came up again a little later during the regular budget debate of the reichstag. The chancellor made his speech giving a review of the political international situation. He was followed by Herr Scneidemann, leader of the social dem ccrats, who mercilessly attacked the chancellor and stated that if the chan celior still thought that he was the right man at the helm, he (Scheide- mann) would show that the contrary was the case.
 He then enumerated what he called the many political failures of the chan cellor, the failure of the bill to amend the Prussian franchise law, and stated that the few bills which had been passed, such as tie bill giving Alsace Lorraine a real constitution, had been carried only with the help of the social democratic party
 The speaker then once more rehashed the incidents of the ZaberE matter, referred to the attitude of the em- peror, who, he said baG evidently been too busy with hunting ard festivities to devote time to such trivial matters as the Zabern affair, and also said that if the chancellor had refused to withdraw, the only possible conclusion from the vote of the 293 reichstag members, who were certainly not in fluenced by personal feelings against the chancellor, was that the charcel- Tor must be sticking to his post only because of the mistaken idea of the emperor's authority and because he must believe in the fetish of personal government. Scheidemann begged that the same majority which had passed the vote of censure should now follow it up by voting down the chan cellor's salary and thus force him out of office.
 The chancellor immediately replied. saying that he needed no advice from Mr Scheidemann. and, when the gov ernment had consented to change the rules of the reichstag, that he had ex- pressly reserved the authority either to regard or disregard any resolution passed by the reichstag after an in- terpellation; that formerly, after dis cussing an interpolation and the answer of the government, no vote could be taken in the reichstag to ap- prove or reject a resolution expressing it's opinion of the course of action taken by the government Such resolutions might be considered as valuable ma terial, but that it had been agreed thai it could have no binding effect, either upon the government or any member of it, and nobody had ever dreamed that by a mere change of business rules the whole constitution of the empire was being changed and author ity given to the reichstag to dismis! ministers at will.
 He said, further, that in France an' England conditions were different, bu that parliamentary government did no exist m Germany. It was the consti tutional privilege of the emperor to ap point the chancellor without any as-
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
Though Light, The Last Stnu1v
 1he Gey1N0M Camel COllnbSed

of the centrum, Hauss, a progressive named Roser, and the socialist deputy from Mulhausen in Alsace, Peirotes, commenced by moving and seconding the interpolation and related in ve- hement language the occurrences at Zabern.
 The chancellor replied in defense of the government Unfortunately. he had that morning received family news of most unpleasant character, which added to his nervousness. He spoke with a low voice and looked like downtearteo and sick man. It was whispered afterward in the Hobbies that he had forgotten the most inn portant part eff his speech.
 The unfavorable ipression which he made was increased by Von Falken- hayn, appearing for the first time be- fore the reichstag. If the reichstag members had been disappointed by the chancellor, they were stirred to tho highest pitch of bitterness by the speech of the war minister.
 In a sharp, commanding voice he told them that the military officers had only done their duty, that they would not be swerved from their path by press agents or hysterical indi- viduals, that Forstner was a very young officer, who had been severely punished, but that this kind of , courageous young officer was the kind the country needed and so on. Immediately after this speech the progressive party moved that the at titude Of the chancellor did not meet the approval of the representatives of the people, and it became evident that, for the first time in the history of the German empire, a vote of censure di- rected against the government would be debated.
 German Government Brought to
 Accounting
 The debate was continued all the next day, the chancellor making an- other speech and saying what he prob ably had intended to say the day be- fore He related what he had achieved at Donauschingen. that the emperor had issued a cabinet order directing that the military authorities should be kept within legal bounds, that all the guilty persons would be punished, that the regiment number ninety-nine had been removed from Zabern, that the absolute jaw of 1920 had been abolished for Alsace- Lorraine and that no chan ceuor should for one moment tolerate disregard of law by airy government officials. civil or military and remain in his position.
 This second speech of the chancellor made better impression, and some what affected the mere extreme mem bers of the reichstar but it came too late to prevent the passage of the vote of censure by the remarkable majority of 293 to 54. Only the conservatives voted against it.
 A few days later, when the social democrats demanded that the chancel- Tor take the consequence of the vote of distrust and resign. the attitude of the members of all the other parties. who had been favorably impressed by { the second speech of the chancellor, showed that they were not yet pre- pared to go the length of holding that a vote of distrust In the reichstag mu st necessarily mean the resignation of the chancellor
 Public excitement gradually calmed
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
Cutting Down Exemptions

In passing upon claims for exemption agricu- ura and industrial grounds the district board at first session yesterday it will be seen followed closely the rigid instructions by the provost general Comparatively few of those claims were al- lowed and such allowed granted only temporarily permit the claimants to gather crops
 The regulations in respect of such claims are more
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
THE NEW-FASHIONED GIRL

Oldboy-Whats become of the old fashioned girl who used to say Ask father?"
 NeWSuy-She has a daughter who says, Give her more gas, George: the old man is gaining us."-1he Lamb.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
NO CLAIM TO EXEMPTION

Madam, you and your family entirely de- pendent upon your husband?"
 Laws -a-mercy, Mir Ossifer do we uns look that starved ?'-Baltmore American
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
zABERN INCIDENT
 MADE REVOLUTION
 AGA|NST EMPEROR
So Aroused Was the German Nation That Wilhelm II. Gave His Reluctant Con- sent to the War

Mir. Gerard's story, for which The Arizona Republican has acquired the exclusive rights of publication in this field. began August 5. Its publication will continue in daily installments. 1t will not be pub i. Iished in book form until Mr. Ger ards testimony of his experiences in Germany during the crucial period of the worlds history shall have appeared completely in the columns of this newspaper.
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23

Adolph c. Miller, well known eco nomist and member of the federal reserve board. speaking for the ad- ministration recently declared that the country should pay for the war as far as possible as it goes along. He said that to borrow money to run the war would play into the hands of the rict-
Arizona republican., 1917-08-23
By JAMES w. GERARD

American Ambassador to the Ger
 man Imperial Court, July 28, 1913,
 to February 4, 1917
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-05

To the southwest toward the head
Of the Limestone for about twelve or
fifteen miles and west across that valley
TO Oak creek about the same distance
away to the southwest so the forks Of
the Solomon, past where Cawker City
is now located and about twenty-five
miles south OF the Solomon river, and
southeast toward where Beloit is now
situated, say fifteen or twenty miles,
and away across the Solomon river as
far as field glasses could carry the
vision toward the Blue hills, there was
a moving black mass of buffalo, all
travelling slowly to the northwest at a
rate Q! about one or two miles an hour.
The northeast side Of the line was a
bout one mile from US; all other sides
were underlined. They were moving
deliberately and undisturbed,
The herd was not less than twenty
miles in widlh-we never saw the 9th
er side and at least sixty miles in
length, mabe much loDger--two count
les Of bufaloes. There might have
been 100000 CT 100000, I don't
know In the cowboy days Of Kansas
I saw 1000 head OF cattle in one
roundup. After gazing at them my
thoughts turned to that buiillo herd.
For comparison, imagine large pail Of
water; take rom il or add 70 it a drop,
and there you have it. Seven ihous-
and head Of cattle was not a drop in
the bucket compared with that herd Of
buffalo"
This was in 1869 and ten years lat
er there was scarcely a buffalo on the
continent. They had been slaughter,
ed for their hides and the meat was
left to rot on the plains or as food for
the cyoles. The hides only brought
an average Of us each and one good
surloin steak from bufllo COW would
be, worth that much now. What a
pity some before gis time food conserv
atioDist could not have been on hand
inthe skies 70 save this mighty herd.
Joplin Globe.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-05
No Potatoes for the Hogs.

Although in Joplin, consumers haven't
noticed it particularly, the frs; effect Of
bounliiu potato crop is upon US. In
Springfield new potatoes are advertised
for 40 cents peck, and in Aurora it is
reported that farmer brought a load
Of new potatoes to town and was unable
to find a market for them at any price,
and in the end took them back home
TO feed to the hogs"
This last story is likely an exagger'
alton, but the part about feeding pota'
toes 10 the hogs has menancing sound
to it. II there is a big crop OF potatoes
and the market becomes poor, which is
easily possible, there will be many po'
tatoes wasted, and that will be the next
thing to crime. 1t has only been
a few weeks since we were making up
all sorts Of jokes based on the scarcity
and high price Of potatoes, and that we
should abruptly turn to talk about feed
ing them 10 the hogs is enough to jus,
tily a special effort Of considerable mag
nitude to prevent anything OF the kind
taking place.
But Joplin people will not be worried
much about potato waste until they are
given some cause to considering it pro
bable. Just now they would prefer to
work on the problem Of why it is pota
tatoeS sell in Springfield for 40 cents a
peck when they are selling 10 Joplin
for much more at many stores.
Joplin Globe,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-05
Make il a Glorious Fourth.

A week ago we called for return to
to the old'lashioned fourth of July cele
bration this year, in which, as we are
asscred by the president himself, the
sons of freedom are again returning to
old soun,a Of inspiration to aenew their
lealty and devotion democratic ideals.
We drew the line against nothing in
the old lormulaa, and included even
pyrotechnic orators, with the under
standing that they shall not twist friend
liens tail. That view has found
wide acceptance, which may account
for the Public Information Committee
at Washington now saying: Noise, use
less illumination and unthinking cele.
bration have no proper place in such
times as these. Every organization
should CO operate to make it such a
celebration as will carry home the gray
ity Of issues that strike to the root Of
the nation borh 14l years ago and dedi
Gated TO freedom"
We would call for three cheers, to
be postponed until after the fourth Of
July is past, but FOR the solem gravity
which, it is easy to see, is animating
the Public InIormation Committee.
The Fourth ci InlY, in every year Of
the four that our county was at war
for its ideals and its existence" was
tumultous for noise, enthusiasm and OF.
atory. Men who would die ol a rose
in aromatic pain" are having 10 much
too say now, when a war for national
defence should call out the people fol
glorifcation Of themselves and not fol
funeral ceremonies. Better no celebra
ton than lugubrious one. Move the
mourner's bench faom the front to The
rear. There is even more piih Of sense
in our local contemporary which insists
on saving the powder for battle, There
may be something in that. But grea
supplies Of fireworks are already manu-
flrtured, and their powder cannot b.
90, out any other than the convention
al way shall it be wasted in time Of wa
Would that be ccnservation1 Let tn
eagle scream so on The Glorious Fourt
that our allies will be cheered 10 ne'
p'odigies Of vrlor aud the Hapsburg
Hohenzollems will shiver on the
, shaky throns. Globe Democrat.
? Proof Of the pudding is chewing Ii
S string and test Of chicken farmins
taking care Of the coop.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-05
The Day Of the laundering Herd.
Bg The NOVPrnO
TSEAL1
JOHN L. SULLIVAN,
Secretary OF State

In these days when a good steak
costs about five times what it cost two
decades ago and sometimes is scarcely
to be purchased at any price. the
American people can look back and
feel sorry they slaughtered the buffalo.
That was one Of the greatest instances
Of foolish economic waste ever perpe
trated by an unthinking nation.
Few people Of today realize how
many buffalo there used 10 be 10 this
county, Up in northwestern Kansas
there used 10 live a man by the name
Of Street, who was an Indian scout in
the COS in Kansas ard who later be-
came man Of considerable political
importance in that section and al one
time was speaker Of the Kansa: house
OF representatives. He could tell
many interesting incidents Of the early
days on the plains, and a short time
before his death wrote an article for the
Kansas historical society in which he
described The main herd" Of buffalo
H. Woe:
"ODe night in June, 1869, company
D, Second battalion Kansas stat
militia, then out on a scouting ezpedi
ton 10 protect the frontier settlement.
camped on Buffalo creek, a. here Jewel
City is now located. All night loDI
the gu'rds reported hearing the roa
Of buffalo herd and in the stiffness c
a bright morning it sounded more lik
distant thunder than anything else
can be compared with. 1t was tn
trampling Of the herd and the moanin
| Of the bulls"
The DETACHMENT in which Street VIZ
| a member advanced TO a high blu
and were greeted with an ex raordinar
sight which Captain Street describe
thus: