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The Washington times., 1917-06-09
MARINE CORPS READY
FOR DRIVE NEXT WEEK
Hope to Fill Ranks Up to Their
Maximum Strength.

Plans for the Marine Corps big driv.
for recruits nsxt week were completed
today.
Maj Gen. George Barnett. head of the
Marine Corps. and the local recruitins
onieers believe Marine Corps Week.. IS
beginning Monday and ending next
Saturday. viii produce almost enough
men to get the corps up to It's maximum
complement
A most extensive campaign Of educa-
ton regarding the marine corps and the
duties Of Its members has been carried
on for the last several weeks
II Is an open secret that WashinRton
has been backward about coming for-
ward with recruits for the Marine corna
The local recruiting officers intend burn-
Ing this fact into the minds Of thu
young manhood OF the National CapitaI
The Marine Corps viii send $500 men
to France before many weeks, and the
prospects OF getting into the thick Of
II - held out to prospective recruits.
The regiment OF marines under Col.
CHARLES Doyen will be sent to France
because OF the mariner ability to
take care OF their weight in wild
cats, and because. for more than 100
years, II has been traditional in
America that they are FIRST 10
tight"
The Washington recruiting officers
nave received a number Of booklets
containing the nifty most frequentIy
asked questions and the answers.
Pamphlets containing prose, poems.
cartoons. and photographs depicting
life and activity in the marine corps
also will be distributed among pros
peotive recruits.
Recruits in the marine corps are
now Permitted to enlist for the pe-
riod OF the war only.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
BOY SCOUTS NEAR
END OF BIG TASK
Wrap 10000 Loan Posters
Hourly for IL Days.
SEEK WAR SERVICE MEDALS
Distribution Of Bond Applications
to Begin Monday.

Working feverishly, Washington
Boy Scouts are today at the Govern
ment Printing onice putting in their
last ticks" on the biggest Job they
ever attempted.
Beginning May %, twelve days ago,
the lads In khaki have folded, wrap
ped. tied. sealed and franksd the
colorsd Liberty loan posters, which
they will use in their campaign to
be inaugurAtsd here Monday. They
prepared the posters at the rate OF
10000 an hour. or more than 1000 900
each day.
The boys have worked from twenty
fve to thirty at q time, continuously,
one shift relieving the other at the
end Of each eight hours, except on the
shift from midnight to eight o'clock
In the morning, at which time the
ScoutmAstsrs did their bit.
Respite To Re Brief.
But their respite from their poster
lHbors will be only . brief one. Mon
day morning they are scheduled to
begin distributing the posters bear
ing applications for . Liberty loan
bond to all the residences and apart
ments in the city.
Each OF the seventy-six scout
masters has received 500 Of the color
ed posters to be distributed By the
1.soe scouts June IL and IL. On June
u the same scouts will call to collect
the applications for q Liberty loan
bond This collecting will be con-
cluded June IL. Flag Day.
Knows SMIIIIonAsS Meaning.
One Of the lads. busy tying the bundles
this Afternoon. remarked to q COM
panion:
Say, Dick. amt never going to let
the word million slip OF my tongue
at all easy hereafter"
You bet not" returned his friend.
When I say that word after this I am
going to roll It on my tongue In syIlables
Of one letter"
The poster order IL the largest ever
filed at the Government Printing Ofrice.
Scores OF kilograms arriving at the
Printing ONCE request additional sup
plies Of the Liberty loan posters These
kilograms come largely from the West,
Chicago and San Francisco.
During the twelve-day period OF work
'orty separate sets Of electrotypes have
been used on from ten to sixteen of
he highest powered presses.
Cards For ReEistratIon.
The next largest printing job has
been put out at practically the same
lime 1t was the printing Of the 15,.
700. 900 CONSUMPTION registration
ards, by 8 inches In size. The ]
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
PUTSFOODC CONTROL
ONPATRIOTC BASIS
Hoover Outlines His Plan to
Conserve Supplies.
WANTS ANH:"SKNK" Law
Power to RsquisiiOn Products
Withheld Is Contemplated.
WANTS ANT" SKIM" Law

Patriotism will be made the basis
Of food control during the war-st
least at the start Autocratic meas.
ureE, such as absolute price liking
and reQuisition, will not be utilized.
except as q last resort
From farm to kitchen the regull-
tion of prices and supply will be ad-
ministered through voluntary agree
ment, according to the plan "i
Herbert c. Hoover.
"Slackers" or "skinks"-as he terms
those who might refuse to enter the
proposed agresment-will be taken
care Of by powers to be authorized by
Congress.
To Control All Products
Hoover proposes to have q control
ling body in charge OF each product
that will come under his department.
This body will be composed Of repre-
sentattves Of every link in the chain
from producer to consumer. They
will work out q voluntary arrange
ment designed 10 conserve the 1000
supply and greatly reduce prices.
There are certain 70 be few Cd
directors, but IS per cent Of those TO
be called In will respond on patriotic
grounds. Hoover believes.
Powers Of requisition must be given
the Government, therefore, to force
the other Is per cent to follow the
leaders.
From Field to Table.
Here is the Hoover plan, worked
out from the farmer to the housewife
with wheat as an example:
Reach an agreement on g price for
wheat, say S1.50 q bushsl, based on a
ten-yeAr average pre-war price, with
Allowances for increased production
cost
simultaneously determine q price
for every other cereal SO as to pre-
vent substitution.
Gail the elevator owners Of the
couHtry together and say to them:
THE farmers are willing to give you
wheat at $3.50. The Government will
arrange to loan you money necessary
to pay the price and relieve you of
EoiAs to the Chicago market TO pro-
tect yourself"
cali the millers together and tell
them the elevators have wheat at a
basic price from the farmer. to which
they added a legitimate charge
agreed upon for storage, grading and
the IKE, and are now ready to sell It
TO the miller At q price to be stipu-
lated
The miller will then be urged to
mill a straight -four and to agree on
nxed charge for so doing, so that
the consumer will get the nour at
practically q nat rate, with some
variation for transportation.
Would Cut Flour Price.
Following t1.6o wheat through this
course, Hoover says, would result in
-four to the consumer at $3.50 or
81 a barrsI-about one-haIf the pres
ent price.
an other words" Hoover has de-
clared, here lies the protection of
the consumer, and at the same time
protection and inducement to the
farmer, and the elimination of specu- !
lation.
A similar course would be pursued
along the channels OF productive de- |
velopment in other necessities. Many
elevator men have already responded |
to the idea, and will be prepared to |
start work along this line as soon as !
Congress creates the penalty meas
ures which will eliminate the posSi- |
hility OF "slackers."
The Washington times., 1917-06-09

scout posters are I'm bY . inches,
and are printed on both sides In two
colors.
Some Of the boys now have forty.
eight hours TO their credit toward
one Of the coveted war service"
medals to be given each scout who
works eighty-four hours In the In
terest of the Liberty loan
But every one OF the boys, whether
buoyed by anticipation Of . medal or
not, Is working toward the noble end,
best phrased In the slogan given them
by President Wilson:
Every Scout 70 Save q Soldier"
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made by Congressman p. D. Norton Of
North Dakota The Rt Rev. Thomas ].
Shahan. rector OF the Catholic Univer-
sitT. presided at the exercises
Those who received diplomas in the
academic course were Helen A. Clark.
Mary II. Cusack. Margaret N. Make,
Estelle @. Stone, and Helen NJ wrenn.
Musical diplomas were given to Anna
J. Ready and Helen n. True.
MAdinia Gashins received q diploma in
the art course.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
RUSSIAN DISTRICT sEcEpEs

PETROGRAD, June e.-CompIste
autonomy has been proclaimed by the
PereyaslGv district according to word
received here today. Inhabitants
there have refused TO furnish supplies.
even for troops at the front, and have
sent their own representatives. TO
meet with troops.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09

nisrs. whan they md they viii Be
unable to get eommissions in the
line.
No specine detail Of men from the
officers training camps to the avia-
ton section will be made By the war
Department. This viii be left to the
choice OF the student officers.
All such men who express q desire
TO enter the aviation branch will be
detached from the training camp and
sent to one OF the ground schools"
OF the signal corps. These are To-
Gated At the University OF Illinois,
Cornell. Massachusetts, Tech, the
OF Texas, the University OF
Ohio and the University Of California.
sent To Flying Schools.
After receiving training In the me-
ehanicS OF flying and in Topography
and map making. and after they have
been taught all they must know OF
the handling OF q gas engine these
student officers will be sent to the
flying schools OF the army.
There are now flying schools at
Chicago, MineolA, L l., and san
Diego. New flying schools are be-
Ing built at Champaign, ILL.,. Dayton,
Onlo, ana Detroit The Champaign
School 10 to be named Chanuts field,
after Chanuts. the aviation author
lty; the Detroit school IL to be named
5slfridge field, after Lieutenant Self
ridge, the first officer Of the army
10 lose his life in aviation. and the
Dayton School will be named Wright
Held after the Wright brothers.
The new flying schools will be
-sady for use, War Department. Of
teialS bellows before the influx Of
student officers expected from the
raining camps arrives. since these
'tfieerS viii nrSt be sent to the
Iround schools for preliminary train
ng in aviation bsfors being taught
o ny.
TWO CAMP SITES SELECTED.
Chillicothe, Ohio, and Petersburg. |
u 4
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
HEBREWS VOTE TOMORROW
Delegates to Congress In September
VIII Be Chosen.

VIII BE Chosen.
Hebrews in all parts OF the United
States tomorrow viii hold q national
election and vote for delegates to .
congress in this city in September.
This is the outcome OF two years
work carried on by many Hebrew or
CARNATIONS.
At a preliminary conference in
PhIlsdelphia the scope OF the con-
sress was limited to consideration OF
securing full civil. political. and re-
ligious rights in all lands and pro-
lection of Jews in Palestine. The
congress is also to take up the recon-
struction of Jewish communities in
the war zones.
The Washington Jewish commun-
ity is to be represented by two dele
gates. At a recent convention the fol-
lowing candidates were nominatedi
Judge Milton Straussburger. NJ. FreI-
licoff, A DanzGnsky, and B. Cohen
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
GET HOLY CROSS DIPLOMAS
Eight Young Women Receive Honors
at Academy,

Eight young women received d.
plomas at the graduation exercises of
the Holy Cross Academy. held yester-
day at the academy chapel.
The commencement day address was
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upon the active list at once, and It IL
expected he will be assigned to i'm
mediate duty in France.
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, com
mandant OF the marine corps, strong
ly recommended Mr.. TheGlTs restora-
ton to the active list from which he
was transferred. with the rank Of
lrst Iieutsnan. in 1897 because of
physical DISABILITIES. A few days ago
Mr.. TheGIl stood a good physIcAl ex-
animation.
Newspaper men assigned to the
Capitol have long regarded Elisha
TheGll as one OF the Indispensable"
about the Capitol A graduate OF An
nApolis, he possessed q technical and
practical knowledge OF naval Affairs,
and is far more familiar with naval
legislation than the average member
of Congress or even OF the Naval
Committees.
Both Pride aAd Regret
Chairman Padgstt. OF the House
Committee, expressed both pride and
regret that Mr.. TheaIl had sought
restoration to active duty. That the
committee would be embarrassed by
the departure OF It's expert clerk he
realised, but Mr.. Padgett assisted
Mr.. TheAll In his lsudsble ambition
to serve during the present war.
In urging the Navy Department to
restore Mr.. Theall to the active list,
Major General Barnett wrote an un-
usual letter of communication. It
read:
The within application of First
Elisha ThsAll, United
States Marine Corps, retired, for res
toration to the active list Is, after
careful consider alton and mature de-
strongly approved and
recommended to the departments fav-
orable action for the following rea-
sons;
First-Mr. ThsaIPs record while on
the active list was excellent
Second-I have been personally 40
quaintsd with him for twenty years
and know him we'll He is q high
grade man, and possesses worth and
character.
Third-He is an officer of brilliant
Fourth-He Is at the height OF his
powers mentally. and is apparently
In excellent physical condition, as tho
work he has been doing is practical
ly as arduous as that which he would
have done had he been on the active
list
Fifth-The marine corps can use to
advantage the services of an officer
Of his attachments and qualifications.
Sixth-He has, while on the retired
list, kept in close touch with naval
affairs and has rendered to the coun- |
try most efficient and valuable ser
vice during that time.
Seventh-He would be, by reason ]
Of his special knowledge, particular I
Iy valuable to the marine corps in
the present emergency.
LeEfsIafIon On Books.
The approval OF Mr.. ThealTs ~
quest differs from that OF other gem
eral requests OF this character, in so
far that previous requests have re-
luired special legislation for their |
approval, while in this case the leg |
Station is on the statute books, and !
the only question presented to the |
for decision is, shall II |
avail itself thereof. I earnestly REQ
ommend that the department do avail 1
itself OF the authority granted IL by /
The legislation in question, that Mr.. |
marine examining board for the pur-
pose OF officially ascertaining his
Illness, and that, IL he be found
Qualified, he be restored to the &C
i've list Of the marine corps.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
Clerk In House Quits To Fight
Elisha Theall Winding Up Work Today to Re-
join Marine Corps With Rank
of Colonel.

Elisha Thea who has prepared assisted in the prepa-
ration Of report annual and special naval bills for the
last ten years. winding up his work today clerk to the
House Committee Naval Affairs. Mr. Theall who was
nominated yesterday colonel in the Marine Corps will
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
FLYERS soMsARo U.soArs.

BOULOGNE. June e.-Announeo
that French aeroplanss had variously
bombarded German submarines on
June 2 and was officially made hsrs
today.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09

Pereyaslav is a city IN southern
Russia $50 miles west Of Poltava and
near the Dneiper. Its population is
about 1900.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
Patriotism
and
Wise Finance

An investment In United States Govern
ment 34T0 Liberty Loan is both patriotic and
wise. know of no stocks or bonds in the pres
ent situation plunging deep into war as we are
that purely In an investment sense, are attrac-
tive these 8 % non-taxable United States
Government bonde-bonds that are convertible
into higher interest bearing issues if any put
out by the Government.
They are the most attractive because they
furnish the soundest and safest investment In all
the world and at this juncture safety counts.
Free from taxation their interest yield will
measure up well with the net yield of other sound
securities after deducting all taxes.
Moreover, if the war continues for two or
three more years the Government will be COM
PEELED to put out other issues, with always
mounting rate OF interest, and these 81 % bonds
are convertible into the issues bearing the higher
interest yield And too, at the end of the war,
be it near at hand or far away. the United States
Government war bonds then obtaining, either
those OF the present 8 % issue the issues of
later date bearing higher rates of interest will
undoubtedly go to premium very hand
some premium, should say.
Ordinarily one takes great chances in
strongly urging the general public to invest in
any particular stock or bond, but this is one of
the times when one can justify himself in so urg-
lng as he takes no chance at all. 1t is both the
patriotic thing to do and the smart thing to do
to invest literally according to ones means in
this Liberty Loan Government issue.
am saying this over my own signature to
give it whatever additional weight a personally
signed argument may have over the impersonaI
we of editorial FORM | cannot indorse this
investment too strongly
FRANK A. MUNSEY
This bank will buy Liberty Bonds for you
and you can pay us back in monthly installments
We want to make it possible for every one to
own Liberty Bond.
For full particulars apply at either of our
offices
Munsey Trust Company
MAIN OFFICE, MUNSEY BUILDING.
BRANCH, 18TH & H STREETS N. w.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09

! TWO CAMP SITES SELECTED.
chillicothe, Ohio, and Petersburg.
Va, were selected today a. sites for
cantonmsnt camps for the new army.
The Washington times., 1917-06-09
Cards For ReEistratIon

The next largest printing job has
been put out at practically the same
timA 1t was the printing Of the 15..
100000 eonscription registration
cards, by 8 inches In size. The
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-09-28
YOM KIPPUR ON THE NORTH SIDE
Impressions by Jeanette Frisch.

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"'Tho Thy sins be as scarlet
They shall be washed as white as snow"
The week of penitence, prayer,
fasting and meditation has just passed.
Since Rosh Hashonoh the gates of
Heaven had been ajar and petitions
to the Almighty had assembled fast and
furious And now on Yom Kippur
eve like silent gh o IT'S thru the
brooding twilight of the autumn eve
ming, muffled figures wend their way
to the house of supplication. The
white of the dresses signifies the pur
ity of the soul. For they have cast
off their sins, and now those sins, big
and little, have been swept away by
the stream.
To those who have not been init
ated into the mysteries of TaShHch
let me explain that it is an old Ortho-
dox Jewish ceremonial performed on
New Years day. It is custom as
picturesque as it is symbolic. If you
ever had the good fortune to be on
the North side during the old days
when Bassett's creek flowed unhin
dered thru Forest Courts hospitable
environs, you would have seen long
rows of typical ghetto characters
with prayer books in hand, lined on
both banks, mysteriously shaking
their garments which signifed the cast
ing away of their sins with the run
ming current.
What matter if Bassett's creek no
longer serves that purpose? The kit
chen sink and the bath tub are kosher
substitutes, and with true American
ingenuity our Orthodox Jews and
Jewesses had turned on the faucets,
violently shook the folds of their
garments as with prayer books in
hand they intoned the words that
worked the charm. And presto they
emerged spiritually renovated. A
wonderful ceremonial for starting the
New Year with clean slate, and anew
to pave road of good intentions.
The sins of the Minneapolis Jewry
can be safely trusted to find their
way to the great Father of Waters,
where in all probability they will
catch up with their old friends and
relatives from across the bridge, have
reunion and exchange New Year
greetings en- route to their watery
graves.
X X X X
Jacobs mother had worked hard
on the previous dav baking bread and
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-09-28

could give no other reason for doing
what she did than the simple one,
my mother taught me to mehmem
chale, and she was a good woman,
that's why | do it," That wasn't
enough for Jacob, and he turned for
further information to his father, who
was an enlightened Orthodox Rabbi.
"There is beautiful idea connect
ed with that ceremony. At one time
when we had our temple and oficiat
ing priests, everybody was required
to give a portion of his goods or har
vest to the priests and another portion
to charity 1t was meant to impress
upon the individual that his goods
were gift from God, that they
really did not belong to him, but that
he must share it with the hungry and
the needy. Now that we no longer
allow promiscuous giving, we like to
remember and pay tribute to that bene-
fcent sentiment of our forefathers."
Fasting is looked forward to as a
feat by the younger generation. Some
willy youngsters cheat that "old fast"
by 1ounging in bed till noon day.
Then they dress leisurely, and make
the rounds of the different Shoots
impartially, spending the time in
friendly shmumeS and harmless badin-
age Then when the sun begins to
sink they watch at the window for
the first star, vying with each other
for the prior glimpse of it till the
shrill blast of the rams horn startles
them to rush for home and "eats.'
North Side presented an unusual
appearance Yom Kippur day. Tho
an undercurrent of sadness was appre-
ciably felt on account of the war and
departure of so many young men,
there was nevertheless an undehnable
feeling of hope in the atmosphere as if
some angels had sent message.
Fear not, all will be WE'LL" Surely
the optimism of youth is irrepressible.
A wonderful day, in spite of that pessi-
mistic much-married gentleman who
expressed the wish that the good God
should make it rain, so that the young
ladies wouldn't come parading their
new garments and disturb his peniten-
tial meditations. Is there any harm in
appearing your best before the Lord
on the day of Atonement, even tho the
cynical stranger might mistake this
for North Side Style Revue? So
much the worse for that miserable
cynic in whom the spark of youth is
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-14
FOR
OSTER MURDER
John Henry Blue Dies In
Electric Chair at Eddy
vile Penitentiary.

Eddyville, KY, Aug. 10.-John
Henry Blue, a negro, was electrocut-
ed this morning at 4:l0 O'Clock for the
murder of Adam Ostor, a white man,
of Louisville.
Blue went to the chair unassisted
and never has man executed here
displayed more nerve. Before he
took his seat he asked permission to
make statement, which was grant
ed. He said: Gentlemen, | wish to
thank the officials of the Kentucky
penitentiary for the kind and courte-
Gus treatment accorded me since
have been here, and hope that God
will bless you all"
He admitted killing Oster but said
he did it in self-defense.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-14

SHOW GOOD
Well PatrOnized Yesterday
and Creditable Street
Parade Given.

Yesterday was show day and as
usual large and enthusiastic crowd
was in town. The circus came in
Sunday morning and unloaded and
pitched all the necessary tents at the
old baseball park. The evening was
spent inr resting after the all nighttrip.
Early yesterday morning the crowd
began coming in from all over the
county. AS usual there was crowd
of lemonade and lunch stands on al
most every down town street.
The parade took place at II O'Clock
and was one of the cleanest and best
seen here in a good many
years, The afternoon and night per-
formances were largely attended and
proved satisfactory to those present
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-14
TALENTED
VOCALIST
HopkinsvilIe Girl Whose Mus
ical Genius Is Attracting
Wide Attention.

Those who were fortunate enough
to attend the services of the Ninth
Street Christian church Sunday morn
ing, had the. rare treat of hearing
Miss Addie Belle Gary sing. Miss
Gary is the talented daughter of
George E. Gary. She has lyric
soprano voice of remarkable range
and sweetness and gives promise of
making name for herself in the
musical woodland taking her stand
alongside of those other great singers
which Hopkinsville has given to the
world.
Miss Gary's selection Sunday, 1.-THE
Crucidx,' was rendered in faultless
style and her hearers were delighted
with the manner Of her rendition.