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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
TOIuol from City Gas

There is a scarcity Of toluol for makin(
high explosives, and the chemical commit
tee Of the Council of National Defence q
taking steps to have the gas supply q
large cities stripped OF this by-produce
This will change the nature OF gas to som1
eytert but Il will be treated in other wnys
n maintain a satisfactory illuminating
standard. Gas consumers in cities vil
h.ye 70 become accustomed to di6srsnf
kind of gas. ToluOl is used in mailing
trini.rotoluol, one Of the most valusbb
high explosives.-Engi"esring and Misiso
Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Phrases
In the Senate

MR.. HALLIS-Cash, then, is med
ium through which the ownership of
goods is acquired.
MR.. VARDAMAN - God knows
would that we had the power to give
the people what they need.
MR.. LA FOLLETTE-I do not care
for the present law.
Mr.. SMOOT-Mr. President, know
the gentleman from Washington does
not want to be wrong.
MR.. HARDWICK-I have never ia
vored the drafting Of men for service
outside this country.
Mr.. SIMMONS will say to the
Senator that ] am not as yet through
proposing amendments for the COM
mittee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
The Things That Cannot
Fail

WHEN the anchors that faith has cast
w Are dragging in the gale,
am quietly holding fast
To the things that cannot fail.
know that right is right;
That it is not good to lie;
That love is better than spite,
And neighbor than spy
In the darkest night Of the year,
When the stars have all gone out,
That courage is better than fear;
That faith is trucr than doubt
And fierce tho the fiends may fight,
And long tho the angels hide,
know that truth and right
Have the universe on their side.
-Recited in the House by the Chaplain,
Rev. Henry n. Couden, d. d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
.Whiskey Is Under
the Ban

wHISKEY through? That is the
one thought uppermost in the edi-
,nr,al stratum Of the press, judging
-, comments on the closing Of the stills
!, - o'clock on the night of September 8.
80 are many voices insisting that j, is,
.,;,t;nc that even though the distila-
-, Of whiskey may be resumed after the
:. athinrs will never be the same again"
s..ornor Capper Of Kansas gives the
80, Eve years. "The Charleston OBJ
-, saws il is doomed. THE clock
lies for John Barleycorn,' writes THE
chris,jan Science Monitor and inciden-
IN. wastes no tears over Father Times
:. From Peoria, H., comes a statement
'.,,o3 BY Robert D. Clarke, one Of the
.,.ocnized heads Of the liquor interests Of
.ha country, to the effect that the plants
,,ers will not he reopened for the manu-
t..,ure Of whiskey as beverage, regard
,.ss Of the duration of the war OF of the
.hrea,ened approach Of national prohibi-
80, The manufacture of whislley for
a.oa, he SAYS, will have been made an
;,rossibilty by the passage Of the law
;-,nosinC an additional tax of $500 a
gallon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
In the House

MR.. KAHN have only two min
utes, and / cannot yield.
MR.. MADDEN-Mr. Speaker, | ask
unanimous consent to speak for one
minute.
MR.. SWITZER-You can bring in
all the compensation experts that you
can round up between the Golden Gate
and He'll Gate, but they will never con-
vince me that it is equitable, just, and
right.
Mr.. SIMS-And what is the use of
putting hypothetical questions about
matter that is not before us, and
neither directly nor indirectly involved
in the bill?
Mr.. KEY, of Ohio-Will the gentle
man yield there?
Mr.. SIMS-Just for a question. Do
not spoil my speech, please.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
"It All Depends"

"People like you get the fun he said
"but think of the headaches and the heart
aches that we've made for people that can't
handle it and the folks that belong to them
| wouldn't drink drop for a thousand dol
lars"
"You taste it," grinned old George. "You
can't boast about having lips that never
touch liquor"
Sure taste it hundred times a day
his partner admitted, but I've never drunk
a drop since the day | came here as kid
eighteen years ago. Neither here nor any
where else!"
'If you don't believe in it, why have you
stuck"
81 DO believe in il, for the other fellow.
None in mine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16


= OUNG TOMMY RYAN and old George
" Tietien, boss stillmen in New York
States biggest distiilery here
(Peekskill, y. ". spent half hour
Iaet NIGHT in philosophic discussion. 1t was
Tho half hour Immediately preceding the
rateful hour of 1.-THE hour at which dls-
+",o,ion Of liouor ceased throughout the
nation. ,...;..a ho
.,,.oan a biq wall clock that hung above them
a,d the rows Of black copper tanks that
e,ood before and behind them, like soldiers
o,.o,+io, II was not so much the tanks
.to~,so,ves as the little brass boxes attached
g. .bow that drew the eyes of the stillmen'
cy.,o3 ike bird cages we're the boxes, only
- nloto GLASS in their sides, instead OF
-, From mines al their tops a white
- rourcd cndlessly, TO be carried away
-, O drain in the bottom, while ht'!e
-. bobhed in a glass set in one cor
ner. -, IL o,,orn said
60 % ,ounc Tommy. Seems funny
now" said young Tommy "that !, eve -
at all depends on how you iooN . az
smoke the philosophic voice o. ass a,,
~ all the human fun that's found us wa!
". &C on,, one of the stills. All you've got
~ do is 10 use it right. I've been mere
forty,four years, making it and using W.,, ~
T ITn seyentv.two wears old next week Would
YOU say it had hurt me -. .L..
Old George Tietjen threw out MS .meo,
and stood erect. His very BODY seeineu
a.tinele with pent-up energy. II anythlne
was wrong with him, it was some'hing no,
apparent on the surface 200 pounas iO0'
of him. Tommy admitted that mueh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Turning the Plants Over at
Once to New Uses

Asa matter Of fact, statements on the
.,-b. d;slocation of business occasioned
Nv he closing down appear as perhaps the
r,st interesting angle on the emergency
-sssure. Prepared for the change, the
Bst;llers lost no time turning their plants
"a other business. Indeed, twenty-six out
: tvertv-seven distilleries in the Mary
and district, representing investments Of
hstvean Ss.OOO,OO0 and S10,000,000, shut
s,ur before the law went into effect. This
,,u occasion no loss, it was stated, be-
cause the plants already have been con-
ver,ed into storage places. In Peoria,
IN the home Of the largest diStilleries in
to country. it was announced that be
tween 1900 and 1000 men would be put
ont Of employment, but that there would
10 Mace for them the following Monday
rornirr in the tractor factories, nipple
rert works and other industries. Peoria
will never know the distilleries have
closed one business man is quoted as
saving. And THE Charlotte Observer
remarks that in states where distilleries
have previously been shut down they were
Invariably converted to the profitable use
Of some other industry. "'The Observer
especially recalls the case of large
brewery at Golden, a mining settlement a
few miles out from Denver the article
continues. chat had found itself faced
with the necessity Of closing its doors or
entering upon some line of business other
than the brewing of beer by the going
into effect Of state prohibition for Colo
rado. The brewery company had antlcl-
pa.ed the situation and jumped from beer
70 matted milk without the loss Of week.
With the springing up of the new business
there spranc up new conditions, also. The
grounds Of the matted milk factory
formerly the brewery-were laid off into
flower gardens, fountains were installed,
and the old brewery was converted into
one Of the pleasure grounds of Denver. 1t
found an immediate market for its prod
yet and was run on full capacity from the
Jay it turned to the new article. There
was a transformation, also, in the town OF
Golden. which was converted into one OF
the prettiest resort places in that region.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
n estriction Of Individual Rights
N Seems Growing With the War

Few editors revamp the old cry about
persona, rights" in commenting on the
temporary ban on distillation. The
sacramento Bee" it is true, wonders where
prohibition will end, however, and insists
hat the disposition to restrict or abolish
rights Of others is growing with the war;
from prohioitorv laws to the Kansas en-
'ctment against cigarettes.
But "The Chicago News" fearful OF
The drift Of things, advises brewers TO
give hearty support to movement oe-
signed to improve conditions in public re-
sorts in which liquor is sold
The one ray of hope in the present stu
alton for those that thirst, assuming that
the distilleries may reopen after the war,
is that there is approximately three years
supply OF liquor still in the country. But
The Christian Science Monitor would
even take all the Joy out of life" by nav
ing the President exercise his right to con-
hscate the entire liquor stock and redlstiii
It for the making of.munitions. "Alcohol
necessary TO this purpose must be pro
duced," saws "The Monitor" with an argu-
nent that will gain many supporters
among those supporting the food conserva-
ton programme, land if the stock now IN
bond and in the hands of jobbers, whole
salers, clubs, saloons and private persons
is not seized and so utilized we shall have
the spectacle Of the country unnecessarily
Withdrawing great quantities Of food ma
terial to meet the munition demand. How
Illogical and even ridiculous this will be-
IN view Of all that is said with regard 10
the Importance of food conservation, must
appear to every thinking person"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

luminous seconds-hand, has now been on the
market for some months, and appears TO
have before it distinctive sphere Of use
fulness.-Chambers' Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

making it easy to read the exact hour in
any light.
A watch fulfilling every one OF these con-
ditions, and fitted in addition with small
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
eve Should Not Pause"

7 REGARD the discussion at this time
l. of peace or the terms of peace as un-
fortunate. Such discussions will be &C
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

The significance Of tn e
whiskey law, which went into
effect at II p. m. September
Is:
No more distillation of whiskey
in the United States until the end
of the war.
Saving of food enough annually
to feed an army Of 5000, 900 for a
year.
Possible seizure Of liquor stocks
by President Wilson to make alco-
hol for munitions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Doing the Kaiser's Work

Dy DcIidtOr IuStIIIB
"a song for our banner" the watchwords
recall,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

From The Tribune. September l0)
v = DUNG TOMMY RYAN and old George
" Tietjen, boss stillmen in New York
4 States biggest distiilery here
,Peekskill \. ", spent half hour
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
News Of Fifty Years Ago
SFrom the Richmond Dispatch, July 10, 1871

Capitol Square last night addressed by J.
l.. c. Banner, now convert. Burnham Ward
well introduced him "a man who had fought
Stars and Stripes. but who had now repented of
his SINS and had come to ask forgiveness from
God and this audience" Danner made ram
bling speech and made no reference to his
record to which WardweH had alluded.
Twelve hogsheads of English shipping to-
bacco, raised by Ed r. Johnson, OF Amelia Coun-
ty were sold on the Tobacco Exchange yester-
day at figures considered high up for this class
per hundred, and three at $25. Colonel E. Hes
ter was the buyer OF all Of this lot.
Passenger trains commenced running on the
Richmond and York River Railroad yesterday
for the first time since the war. The trains will
now make n regular schedule between Rich
mond and White House.
AT last the Manchester market house has been
finished and turned over to the town by the
contractors.
One thousand bushels OF new wheat were sold
in Lynchburg yesterday for $2.15 per busheL
Tho board OF directors of the Lynchburg and
by the Pittsylvania Courthouse route.
Thad Stevens had quite setback in the House
of Representatives yesterday. He tried all that
he knew how to have the Judiciary Committee
President, but the committee refused to do SO.
and the House, although goaded by Stevens. de-
ciined 70 order an Immediate report. The COM
mIttee decided not to report until October.
In Rockbridge County registration shows Lib
whites on the list Of voters and only $50 blacks.
and the books have been closed. Rock bridge is
a good place OF refuge for white folks.
Ex-Confederate General Lewis T. WIgfall.
formerly United states Senator from Texas, has
boon commissioned to practice law in London.
have refused to offer for sale Hunnicutt's paper,
the New Nation. s.. 10 ~ e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
Books and Authors

~ H { n.. Of Four Gates" by an ex-min ri,i.
book study Of sf8fTfs lire in mrs,
eorner Of the countryside from the rec
conquest Of woman undyins love- over The
anu aner 'gaanny. over absence despair@even
Of this is tho tea,m nooyt the the
a and history have been closely inter
i ss5y e R SHnr and ID
outline Of ~a aseons GsaRsI
gives the reader Idea The Chinese aaa
Later charters with the Ae ees, u rne
how si@ 1r e1haet with the world ain, to show
OF his spirit are in Chinaand the western worIds
The Origins OF the Triple Alliance" nv Ar,,,
sra Ia. os pseS of
press Of Charles serbners Sons. SS Tes from tho
which TIN, i"' aHetsnes and
G Gnn mat portentous chapter OF European
figure i is BY SO Clear s aom aenss
the period as hes a u es se and
the European nations as to give sineUiariv
period which. eliminating in this es Wao OF a
supreme present Significance ''"s 30
has the Just Sem
sas ns. ea,ss the Popusr fancy
h tsn Du, more ,d fun than barrel
mails like sube! il You don't repeat ca g hs eb sn
haircut. the k Ioss'h is
shs rTees ,sssons Church Tie dry
S fs4s S Or ths
He's a cure for the blues ''u "eea suoe'
oo Germany has not yet aeeompiahed military
is sho
concern. The American business man think ag sn
say. ~ The .sn..
radical teachings ON the application Of nsy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
GOVERNMENT DIVISION
TO REGULATE TRAFFIC
I. G. G. VIII Deal With Car Short.
ngo to Facilitate Movement Of
War Supplies.
FIRST STEP BY GOVERNMENT
New Organization Expected to Ex-
ercfse Permanent Supervision.
Shippers Heartily In Favor Of
Plan.
rBy Associated Pre,p.1

WASHINGTON. July 12.-Crcation
or a division of chr service to deal
with tho movement. distribution. ex-
change. interchange and return Of
freight cars was announced to-day by
tho Interstate Commerce Commission.
Il. II. Degroot has been appointed
chief OF tho division. A. G. Gutheim
VIII have executive charge of tho or
sanization and it's operation. assisted
by H. c. Barlow.
Through this division tho commits
sion Will regulate car service through
out tho country through direct orders
to the carriers, with the purpose Of
dealing with car shortage and seeing
that troops war materials and neces-
sary supplies are moved promptly.
Tho creation OF the new division,
which Is the FIRST definite government
step for permanent supervision over
traffic movements. is in nccordan nee
with the car service act approved May
20. amending tho act to regulate COM
merco.
The urgent necessity for regulation
in tho distribution of cars has been
pointed out to the commission many
times by both shippers and carriers.
Despite the efforts of the railroads.
certain sections have suffered more
than others from shortages. Shippers
from the Southeast and the Pacific
Northwest recently told the commission
that thousands Of carloads of lumber
and other commodities in those sec
tons have been held for months at
mills and factories. because OF failure
to get cars for their movement
The carriers have appointed local
car service committees at twenty-five
points. and the National Industrial
Traffic League has named similar
bodies representing shippers at the
Same points These committees will
hold joint meetings to insure prompt
and efficient adjustment Of local traffic
problems. Irreconcilable differences,
it Is expected will be submitted to
both the carriers commission and the
Interstate Commerce Commissions SER
vice division.
The new division will develop neld
forces quickly. and probably will place
agents In many OF tho great trafnc
centers to facilitate adjustments In
local shortages. COMPOSITIONS and other
problems.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
FORCES OF REPUBLICANS
FINALLY ENTER PEK|NG
Report Indicates That Monarchial
Coup d'Etat Has Como to Conn
plete Failure.
CHANG HsUN's ESCAPE CUT OFF
Second and Final Abdication Of
Manchu Emperor Hsuan Tung Is
Expected Along With Arrest OF
Military Adventurer.

WASHINGTON. July 1z.-Entry of
tho republican troops into Picking was
announced Ia dispatch to tho Chinese
legation. indicating that the monarch
ial coup d'ctat had como to a complete
failure.
Tho dispatch was tho first In two
weeks to come through direct from
the Picking Foreign once. The second
and final abdication OF tho Manchu
Emperor Hsuan Tung, It said, IL ex-
pccted along with the arrest of Con-
oral Chang Hsun. tho military adven-
turer responsible for tho coup. ordered
taken into custody by tho new Presi-
dent.
General Chang has Withdrawn to tho
imperial city, a sacred section of
Picking. where II Is reported his troops
arc fast DESERVING him. Escape is cut
or. the republicans controlling all four
railroads out Of the capital. and Of
flcials hero believe that at last China
is about to rid herself of military
leader who has been thorn in tho
sido OF the republic ever since its In
ception.
Apparently Chang Is not now in .
position to carry out his threat to de-
stroy the priceless .<,mples Of the city,
for assertions arc thought to have left
him SO weak that secret flight alone
remains possible,
Tho legation dispatches are not clear
AS to whether President Ii, reported
to have ned to the Japanese embassy
In Picking for safety. has returned to
his office. or whether acting President
Feng Kwo Chang Is still serving.
To-dny's dispatches reported resig-
nation Of DR.. WI Ting Fang as Min
lister OF Foreign Affairs by the Presi-
dent. DR.. WI has resigned several
times before. but 1t is thought that.
now the republic has weathercd it's
most serious storm. he will retire per-
manentiy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
MIR. Roots Russian Laurcls

Z L1HU ROOT had won the eminence Of
IL being one of the two or three first
political minds Of this country. He has now
crowned that eminence. according to the tes-
timony of Premier LvoT, of the Russian gov
eminent. by his personal service head of
the Root commission. Mr.. Lvof told the
Petrograd correspondent of the New York
World that he was amazed. how. despite Mr..
Roots newness to Russia and the limited
opportunities he had to see the country, he
was Immediately able to grasp the essential
fact that its troubles were transitory, and he
understood the broader and more essential
problems which the Russians themselves have
not yet been fully able to understand.
Another observer, Albert Thomas, the
French Minister of Munitions. says the secret
OF Mr.. Roots success was that he struck
straight from the shoulder in his speech and
told the Russian people just what democracy
meant and that its ultimate strength is or
gained self-contral., His words aroused
tremendous enthusiasm and renewed faith in
the United States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
Mistaken Humanitar,an,sn

l his plans for vigorous prosecution of
the war against Germany by limiting ex-
ports OF foodstufs to neutral countries so
as TO prevent their re-exportation to German
territory, the President is meeting with tho
protests of well-meaning humanitarians
against the application OF this policy. Under
the guise of this false sentimentalism. II ia
urged that the embargo will result in bring
Ing actual starvation to the innocent women
and children of Germany
Even so. But is not such an embargo All
solutely necessary to weaken the enemy and
hasten the hour Of his downfall? Ia n NOT
MS boastingly declared purpose, in waging
submarine warfare alike upon enemy and
neutral commerce, to bring victory to his
arms by starving the populations of the al
heo countries, thereby forcing the govern
ments OF these countries to sue for peace7
Let Germany provide for her own popula-
tion as best she cannot depend unon
America to feed her women and children
while she appropriates their food to the feed
ing Of her armies Of conquest Since she "a
lighting under the black flag of Terrorism
that spares neither women nor children. let
her experience fully the isolation of n pariah
among nations.
America owes the duty to her own ponu,a
ton to safeguard it against the menace OF
fruss1an mlitarism and this duty cannot
DC mef by contributing to the strength Of
the enemy that seeks to destroy eyery vital
principle OF human freedom
President Wilson will hardly he moyed
from his sound purpose by appeals SO Lack
ing In wisdom for safeguarding the interes,.
OF the people, whose chosen leader he Is IN
this great war. ito make the world go
fer democracy"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13
Business Warned

D president WILSON'S appeal to the bust
i ness interests to give unselfsh aid to
the nation as freely as the men who offer
their lives the battle field. carried with
it a determination that the public good must
not suffer that business may enjoy it's usual
profits. The business that is not conducted
in such way as to render the greatest pos
sible service to the country is without real
patriotism. and there is the implied warning
that profteerng will be promptly dealt with.
The appeal in brief. puts business generally
on notice that it must consider itself as
much modified for national service as the
men called to bear arms, and give like whole
hearted service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13

chology to business efficiency have attracted
widespread attention. He finds German me
ehHn ,a efficiency" everywhere rampant in the
square hole. says this eminent scientist. The
employer who demands certain nxed output
, vidaal fitness for their tasks. may succeed in
getting results for time, but sooner later
he will destroy their efficiency. Only with a
round ROM peg in a round hole says pr. de Kerlor.
German psychology, which Ignores the human
clement. falls short And 1t Is where FRENCH
employee employee not to drive the human maehines'
Ing out people Mt for the job, to increase his
output and decrease his expenses. In order to
French Psychology. pr. de Kerlor has just trans
Emile Borac. our Hidden Forces" (Stokes).
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-13

condition. and that the acreage is greater
than ever before. Potatoes show a prospec
tive yield Of 60 per cent above last year.
All this is heartening. 1t means that our
resources must play even greater part in
the success of the war than had been hoped
for in the beginning. Already the whole ma
ton is practicng voluntary self-denal that
presages greater contributions to our allies.
The embargo which the President has laid
upon those exports which might find their
way to our enemies increases the effective
help which may render.
And these manifestations of strength are
coming at time when Russia is throwing
her enormous forces into the fight; when Ger
many is being torn by internal strife; when
Austria is having domestic disturbances, and
when Japan seems about ready to jump into
the fight. Verify, this is season Of good
news.