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Evening star., 1917-09-09

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in response TO a comment
made upon the trained spirit and enthu-
stasm which exists between his officers
and men.
That the power of the trained men OF
the country might be made efficiently
available to the nation In the emergency
OF war was the vision of some far-sighted
American educational men long before
the British field marshal made the above
statement. and several months before
this country declared war bureau was
established in Washington charging it
self with the task of mobilizing the
trained men of America in such manner
that today through its agency thousa nds
OF college-bred men filing respon-
sibie positions in practically every de-
partment of the United States government
and In organizations allied with il in war
work.
The man who is taking the leading part
IN making practical the vision Of those
prophetic educators is Dr. William Nc
Clellan, dean of the Wharton School of
Finance of the University of Pennsyl-
vania- The organization which lie was
largely instrumental in setting in opera
tion early last February is the inter-
collegiate intelligence bureau This CEN
trail office in Washington has small es-
tablisnment here, but it is the avenue
through which the students and alumni
OF some two hundred colleges. technical
and agricultural schools throughout the
country have been brought into working
contact with official Washington.
The officers of the central organiza-
uon. besides Dean Mcclellan. who is di-
rector and chief executive officer. are Mr..
James L. Phillips of Yale. who is the ma
tional secretary. and four assistant secre-
tarieS nf Va.
Mr. James W. Allison of Columbia and
Mr.. Edward B. Leisenring of Yale who
are working on departmental calls. and Mr..
Edward B. Hayes of the University of Illi-
nois. who is in charge of the division OF
data and reports.
DR.. Reed Smith of the University of
South Carolina has had charge of the
relations with the civil service commits
sion. and has been assisted in the work
by Mr.. c. ]. Harrison of Columbia.
Mr.. Spencer Shannon OF the University
OF Pennsylvania has also been engaged in
the work on departmental calls. and Mr..
Mosenfelder of the University of Michi-
gan has been serving in the bureau OF
public information.
are all college men who. following the ex-
ample of their chief. are not only giving
their services without compensation as a
measure Of patriotism. but also pay
Ing their own living expenses in Wash
ington- The outlay incurred for offices.
small force of minor clerks and Office
equipment Is being met by the colleges
throughout the country.
x
In reply to a question regarding the
actual function of the bureau. the fol-
lowing quotation was given from it's
organization:
The establishment of the 1ntercol-
legiate intelligence bureau is to pro-
vide necessary machinery by which all
existing agencies can be brought in di-
rect contact with the proper depart
ment of the national government with
a0ut duplication of effort. The maximum
machinery il to be located throughout
the country and a bureau with mini
mum machinery established in WASH
fngton.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

IT. HE author of this article
served in the Foreign Legion
of the French army for about a
was honOrabIy discharged be-
cause of physical disability. He
hns n record as n fighter and n
soldier of fortune, as he has
taken part In Ave wars. fought in
the revolutions of Mexico and was
condemned to death once. He has
been wounded several times.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

To make matters worse, one of our
opponents claimed. he had been stabbed.
showing a profusely bleeding wound on
his under lip in substantiation. The
adjutant, also a Swiss. who held tho
preliminary examination, confiscated
our knives and wiped the blades on
cigarette paper in search of clues. Alas,
a sticky red stain appeared on the pa
per when my knife was wiped on II.
Things looked bad for me for couple
of days, until the chemical analysis.
which I had demanded, proved the sup
posed gore to be only straw berry Jam
from a can had opened with my knife.
The wound was later explained by the
medical expert, who showed how the
Swiss must have bitten through his
own lip when Casey tapped him on the
Jaw.
For almost two months Casey and my.
self remained in the guardhouse await.
ing trial. In the meanwhile We pre-.
pared our case, getting much publicity
through our newspaper connections, for
Casey, I might mention, is the well
known cartoonist, Jack Casey. Over
score of witnesses offered themselves In
our favor. despite the fact that not
even a dozen persons saw the night
This will give an idea of the unpopus
larity of non-comS. in the army.
Eventually the military prosecutor
decided to drop the case. as our nc.
ouittal was certain; but, as 1t would
never do to give the right to a private
against a superior. we were summarily
sentenced to twenty days lookup for
having as was read out at roll call,
'brutally beaten several legionatres.
Since we had already spent more than
that time in our cells, We were imme-
diatelv put at liberty
In those days, / was still credulous.
so. when a comrade assured me was
entitled to a furlough Of the Same du-
ration as the extra period. had put in
in prison, l believed him. and applied
to my captain for leave on those
grounds.
Thinking that I was trying to be
fresh. the captain gave me an addis
tional four-day sentence.
Copyright, 1917, by The Bell syndicate. rns.y
Evening star., 1917-09-09

we keep none of the registration
cards here Such list would soon be-
come dead in central office, and it is
obviously desira Bile to keep the supply
as fluent as possible. All the details of
demonstrating, registration and clas-
sifying are taken care of by the in
dividual colleges. Those men in each
college who are experimenting this
part of the work send on to US regular
ly a numerical analysis showing how
many men of each class they have on
their lists. All calls for service are
made to us. We examine our numerical
lists of the classes of men desired and
send out the call to the establishment
which can best supply the demand.
.As an indication of the Interest
which the colleges have taken in this
work I would like to mention that the
University of Michigan sent out 10000
Questionaires to be filled in by it's stu
dents and alumni, and the University Of
Pennsylvania sent out more than 30,-
000." said Dean Mcclellan. These
have since been worked into a most
valuable collection OF statistics. which
may be made Immediately available to
the bureau. For the use of it's own
registration card system. as we'll as for
the use Of our bureau here. the Uni
Evening star., 1917-09-09
fe i'm French Training Camp Il By Gerald Brandon

Legion that none but allied Languages
should be spoken This ruiine was
made necessary by the fact that among
the various nationalities that go TO
make up our heterogeneous outfit
there are thousands of Swiss, Poles.
Gees. etc, who habitually speak GER
man, much to the disgust of tho French.
to whom a Teuton cultural is as a red
rag to bull.
one evening at La Nalbonne Jack
Casey an American artist in the serv-
ice, and myself were talking over OLD
times when a couple of Swiss objected.
citing the aforementioned rule. we
explained we were speaking English.
but to no avail Our fnterlocutor had
lived several years in England. and, not
understanding our Broadway vernacu-
lar, insisted il was not the queens
English.
Casey as his name would indicate.
is not the most patient OF men, ana In
the fight which ensued knocked out one
Of his hectorers with as clean a M 1sis
hook to the jaw as 1 ever saw. The
Swiss took long time to recover, and
while / was working over him with q
towel his compatriot came at me with
a cane.
Look out, Brandon" shouted Casey
as a warning-but too late. the cane
had descended.
Despite "the pacifism which char:
acterizes me-" as the Spanfards say. L
was Obliged to reply in kind, and. In .
few moments, there were a half dozen
Swiss falling over each other in =
vain attempt to punish two elusive
Americans We did not escape abso-
lutely unscathed. for broke knuckle
on some one, and Casey's hands were
soretfor many days after.
This alteration. the only one ever
had with comrades In the Foreign Le-
gion, came near costing us dearly one
of the Swiss was non-commissionea
officer, and took advantage of his rank
to charge US with INSTRUMENTATION.
Had it happened at the front the pen
atty would have been death, but at La
valbonne we were only liable to sem
tence of five to ten years at hard In.
Dor.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

,6NH1S is a war of efficiency: it
takes trained teamwork to
win," said Sir Douglas Haig,
in reSpOY n comment
Evening star., 1917-09-09

WONDER if in the training camps
now being established for our new
Army. the men will receive the
.a,,. 90 ,ha
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
COMMISSION ATTITUDE
FAVORABLE TO PLANT
state May Print Its Own Elementary
School Books As Well As
Routine Printing.
BELIEVE SAVING BE LARGE.
Would At Least Have Tendency to Re-
move Recurring Book Adoptions
From Discussion On the Hastings.

Should the general assembly follow
the apparent inclination of the legisla-
tive commission named to investigate
the matter OF establishing a state
owned and state-operated printing
plant for the handling of the printing
required by the state government there
~ no doubt that such an enterprise
VIII be authorized at the forthcoming
session of the legislature.
The commission held a protracted
session here yesterday afternoon and
VIII reassemble on Friday, October &c,
at o'clock p NJ. to formulate it's RE-
port. 1t is made up of Senator Waller
Il. Addison, of Lynchburg, chairman:
Senator c. Harding walker. of
northumberland. and Delegates D. II.
Pitts, OF Albemarle. w-B. Walton. OF
Hanover and e. r. Fuller, of Rich
mond city
These gentlemen yesterday afternoon
had before them dealers in printing
material and machinery experts In the
matter of cost of installation. as well
as large amount of data compiled.
and they are convinced that a sufficient
plant can be installed at a figure that
the state can well afford to pay. Not
only do they propose to equip the
plant for doing the routine state print
ing. but they would go extensively into
tee printing of school books for the
state.
1t is believed that many thousand
dollars can be saved the citizens of
the state in school books alone each
aar. IN fact some say as much as
100000 & year.
1t is believed that a plant can be
set up here that will he sufficient for
all the purposes of the state for from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Ask state Board For Information.
At the meeting yesterday resolu-
ton was adopted requiring the state
board OF education to furnish the COM
mission with HIST of the books used
in the elementary grades of the schools
of the state and the number required.
While there seems to be diversity
of opinion as to the practical results
secured in such other states as have
established plants of their own, and
the educational world is apparently In
clined to look askance At that part of
the proposal which would include in
the program the printing of text books
by the state. a prominent educator
said last night that he believed that
there must come change in the
method of handling the school-book
situation. that there was too much OF
what might be termed at least a COM
mercial atmosphere around book adop-
lions, and that the state would do wen
TO create that competition of brains
which il might bring about In asking
for manuscript from text book authors.
He said that in his way text books
suited to the individual needs of each
state could be readily obtained and
W hether the people were able to save
c---rpt -+7s- transaction -the present
situation would be relieved wherein
the question of school books and of
school book adoptions was frequently
made a pliticaI one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
CHICAGO GRAIN AND raovrsroxs
tQuotation. by Miller & Co.. Members
ChtcsRe board Of Trade

Chicago. October 15--The break In
stocks In wall street was q heartsh In
fuence not only in the corn market but
in oats as Well There was a state
ment out by the agricultural depart
ment showing that the acreage dam
aged by frost up TO October was only
try with the heaviest losses in the
states that seldom II ever become com
mercial producers Cash sales were
$4,000 bushels. Prices were II q lc
lower with the future market here.
The market for ,ests closed s. with
sosses Of ,etse fEf.st4s II, tnTeA ii & lii u 4
cents for the day There were many
changes in this grain on buying by
comisston houses and selling by pro-
fessionsI interests. Those having orohts
whether on the long or short side Of
the market proceeded tn change their
paper profits into actual money. Ship
ping houses took the cash at good
premium mainly at TX to i over the
Country of rings of oats were light
and receipts were relatively small.
There were fair advances in the mar
ket for hog products. although the
price of hogs at the yards we've 100
i5c lower. Brokers who generally act
fer packers led in the selling OF Mo-
vemher lard. The government ia taxi
ing the various products In goodiy
quantities and the semi monthly report
on Chicago stocks as issued late today
showed heavy reduction In the -arious
commodities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
CHILD WELFARE TOPIC
OF EARNEST ADDRESSES.
American Association for the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortal
ity in Annual Session.
MANY VISITORS ATTEND.
csiss Phases of Nursing, Social
Work, Relief and Allied Subjects.

A large and enthusiastic meeting OF
physicians, trained nurses and child
welfare workers was held in tbs au0i-
torium of the jefferson hotel yester-
day in the first three sessions of the
Am erican Association for the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality.
The convention will continue through
out today and will close with meet
ing on Wednesday morning.
Today's program of meetings of the
American Association for the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality
follows:
II A. M. to- P. NJ. report from ru-
raj community workers and general
welfare workers In country districts;
the work of the Red Cross,
From p. NJ to 2 P. NJ, war relief
subscriptions.
$50 p. NJ. to 4;s0 r. NJ. discussions
Of nursing and social work.
2:30 p. M. 20 4:30 p NJ, eugenics.
SIS P. NJ. to 10 P. M. nursing and
social work.
Among the speakers programmed for
the day are Miss Hattie Clement, of
the National Red Cross IN Washing
ton: Miss CrandalI, executive seere-
tary OF public health nurses In New
L Va ESS AiiiDAt Nts oA view III ~
DIR. Roy X. Flanagan and DR.. II. II
Hibbs both well known in this city.
Tomorrow morning the meeting
will discuss public school education
for the prevention of infant mortality.
The meetings of yesterday were well
attended. AT the early afternoon ses-
sion, from $50 to 4:30 o'clock. the
subject for discussion was "Ohstet-
RIGS" DIR. \. Is. Emmans. of Boston
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16

Pals First.

The story of Pals First" that de-
lightful comedy of American life that
is coming to the Academy tonight and
Wednesday and Wednesday matinee,
is of the present day, so to speak, but
its appeal is one that is as old as time
and rs young as the present hour.
There are two picturesque go-as-you-
please persons L s. it's chief figures, and
quickly they become veritable Locke's
beloved vagabonds to the auditor
traversing the broad highway of life
and visiting all the inns OF amusev
ment along the way.
Finally they cof1e. quite casually,
upon one of those stately old man
sions that exist nowhere but in the
Southland and there a stately negro
servant of the old school welcomes
them home, believing the younger of
the two to be the long-absent master
of the manor. They accept that situa-
ton as they have ever accepted any
that life offered with delicious indif-
ference 10 results Existence smiles
on them. puts food into their stom-
achs, fine raiment on their backs and
gold into their purses
They debate on their good fortune
They wonder whether il would be wise
to seize everything In sight and fee
or TO linEer. tempting fortune, in their
present estate. Many a person and
many "A problem enters upon their en-
vironment of luxury to lend variety
TO life. And at the end there is one
of the most delightful surprises that
the theater has furnished its patrons
in many a year.
The fact that Tim Murphy. known
from coast To coast as one Of the most
versatile and appealing comedians we
have, is one of the vagabonds Is suf-
hcient in itself to assure an entertain
Egs@nt 2of the 4fsstle@t character. -. Mr.,
Murphy In the many PARIS Me fias
played. notably the leads in these in
imitable farce comedies of Charles II.
Hoyt, has demonstrated that he is one
OF that high few chief comedians OF
the country. and In Pals First he
has a role that not only appeals to
his audiences but---.take it from the
best authority, Mr.. Murphy himself
is the best that he has ever played.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16

was the chairman. and Mrs. Max West.
of the achildren's bureau in Washing
ton. the secretary Among the speAkS
ers were DR.. r. v. Better. OF TIM
Maryland state board of health. Mabel
Belt, of Baltimore; pr. Lydia A. De-
vibless. of the state health depart
ment of Topeka, Kans.
At the meeting from $3.50 to 6:2D
o'clocEN yesterday the subject under
discussion was Propaganda" Among
the prominent speakers were Dr. y.
Herbert Young. of Boston: DR. Dorti-
thy Reed Mendenhall, of Madison.
Wis: Miss Josephine J. Eschenbreu-
ner, of the National Child Labor assc-
citation of New York city. The CHAIR
man of the meeting was DIR. A. ID.
Emmons. of Boston.
DIR. w. G. Woodward, Of washing-
ton, president OF the association, adj
dressed the meeting at $3.50 o'clock
last night, after which he was hon
ored with an informal reception, at
which many OF the prominent women
or the city acted MS nostesses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
New York Money Market.

New York. October 15.--Money on
call AT the Stock Exchange opened at
an per cent high 3 - per cent low.
3 per cent; closed al per cent, Most
of the days loans were made at 5 per
cent. Time money opened very quiet.
There were TO be su lscient to meet all
demand, but rates were firmly held
Demand was light. large proportion
of borrowers supplied their needs
which had been the case for several
days past in the call money. market
where there was quite an advantage
in rate. Rates same, at 5Ia 0s per
cent.
Mercantile paper volume limited.
Banks were not in the market to any
extent Sales were made mostly TO out
of-town institutions. supply WAS very
as assortment was varied,
although the volume was not over
large.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
SOLDIER PROVES TO BE
ESCAPED ROAD FORCE MAN

Just what the fate OF G. Herbert
Jennings will he will probably be de
termined on in a conference between
civil and military authorities. Jen-
nings escaped from the convict road
camp at smoky Ordinary. where he
was sent after conviction in this city
on larceny charge some time ago
After escaping from the road camp
he enlisted as private in Company
@, Seventh infantry 1t is said that
he gave the name OF George Jones
when he enlisted; Yesterday, in the
uniform of the United States army, heI
was arrested by Detectives Sowell and
Tiiler and Is now held Mt Second pre-
cinct station Jennings was here on
leave from his command, which lis
said 70 be in camp at Gettyshurg
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16
THE NEW CAl0MEL IS
HARMLESS AND
DELIGHTFUL :.
All Sickcning and Dangerous Qualities
CONGRATULATIONS Virtues Vastly
Improyed--New Variety Called
"Calotabs."

Science has given us smokeless pow
der. celorless iodine and tasteless quiz
nfne--now comes nausealess calomel,
a new variety known as Calotabs, that
is wholly delightful in effect, yet more
effective than the old style celomel
as 6 system purifier and liver-cleanser
Your doctor prefers calomei above
all other medicines. as Ii LIS the best
ard cn;y sure remedy for biliousness,
indigestion and constipation. New
that calomei is delightful to take,
everybody is asking for the new va
riety, Calotabs One tablet at bed
time. swallow of water-thats all.
No nausea. no gripping, no danger.
Next morning you wake up feeling
fine. your liver cleansed. your system
purified Eat what you please--no
restriction or habit or dies.
Calotabs are sold only in original,
sealed packages. price thirty-fve cents.
Your druggist recommends and guar
antees Calotabs.--A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16

Quotations by Miller & Co., Members
New York Cotton Exchange.s

New York, October f5.--Heavy SELL
ing, due In part to weakness in securi-
Ties, broke the cotton market yester-
day after IL had risen into new high
ground for the season in the initial
trading. The market had very active
and somewhat excited opening with
prices 20 to ~ points net higher. rep
resenting new high records.
Sales were wen absorbed on early
reactions of 20 or IS points owing to a
broadening OF outside demand and
trade buying
At the same time bulges met consld-
cradle cotton and there was some
southern selling which gave the irnIne-
date market rather an unsettled ap-
pearance and for the rest of the day
and fluctuations were irregular after
IT O'CLOCK about y 70 55 points net
higher.
Steady pressure of realizing sales
and more or less local selling proHered
by the weakness Ia the stock market
led to an easier tone in the afternoon.
The close was steady at a net advance
Of ] points TO a decline TO Is points
Receipts Ss,4s9 bales against 2s.6Ia
bales week ago and 72,27o bales q
year ago.
Stocks In New York warehouses are
42.4l2 bales asainst 53.e52 bales year
ago.
The Chronicle estimates the world $
visible supply al 3.ns3.05s bales against
@,9ss.4Sl bales last year The Ameri-
can supply is 1859, $50 bales compared
with 3,25l, ssI bales last year
The exports fer the day aggregated
IS z I,a a9s&apsj -s3s >zU sseaat Britain s}
fsss1 tfisse asrsASs4r Il, iaSe III 8 atsar 71css
amounts 10 1,024745 bales compared
with ls45.340. bales for the corre-
spending period last season.
Spot was quiet at s7oo; no, sales
spot ct New Orleans was firm with
middiing IS points higher ut 27,19. The
sales were II, 303 bales
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-16

practically at standstill in the curb
market today. Prices were heavy,
some of the issues showing small de-
clines. The only interest in dealings
was purely professional,
Industria4s were quiet in the be-
ginning. gaining movement In the af-
ternoon. Few issues showed advanc-
ing inciinations at the outset and late
decline was due TO lack of demand
and continued liquidation.
Independent oil shares were quiet,
with prices heavy, Declines were
confined to fractions There was
small demand for metal stocks. prices
dropping below the previous weeks
final price