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Freiohtcr Sinks USoat.

London. Aug. 11.-AnOther unarmed
merchantmen has sunk a submarine.
Because of the fate Of Captain Charles
Fryatt. of the British steamship Brus-
sells. who was killed by the Germans
for attempting to ram a submarine.
the aemns Of the captain and the ship
will not be published. The captain
and crew Of the vessel have received
s25OO from Sir William ]. Tatem,
chairman of the Tatem Steam Naviga-
ton company, for their deed.
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BRITISH LABORITES
FOR PEACE FARLEY
Decide to Send Delegates to
Stockholm,

London. Aug 1.-THE conference
of the British labor party, held at
Westminster, voted by 1,046.O00 to 55,,
600 to send DELEGATES to a consultative
international Socialist conference at
Stockholm.
James Ramsey Macdonald, Socialist
and Labor member OF parliament ana
former chairman of the Labor party.
made a vigorous plea to the delegat es
to bury the past go to Stockholm
lay your case before the conference.
hear the other side, discuss matters
generally and return with the basis of
peace in you@ pockets"
Arthur Henderson, Labor member OF
the war council who was cheered
VIXEN he rose to speak. said:
"It must be borne in mind that the
situation in Russia is constantly chang.
ing. Otherwise Injustice will be done
TO the merits of the case Before
went o Russia I opposed the holding
of ar ordinary conference. On my ar
rival in Petrograd met the executives
of tie council of wOrkmen's and sol.
der delegates and in view of the
condition of public opinion I intimat
ed tc them that if they were prepared
to change the conference from an obi
cat.rv to a consultative one 7 woulo
recommend that the British labor
movement reverse its previous decis
ion and make a consultation possible
T'boL position maintain
"The Russians wanted a binding
conference to actually discuss Tear1
terms. | made it clear that if our req,
rcsertatives participated there ,CriG
be no question of negotiating term;
Our case is not properly understood il
Russia to this day. and to have refused
point blank to consider the question
would have cone incalculable harm
The Russians still insist upon holding
a binding conference.
81 still favor a consultative confer.
ence with a proper safeguard. I leave
the decision as to that to the confer
ence, but it should be settled from TIE
standpoint of national interests an6
not of party"
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British Gain at Bixschoote.

London. Aug. 1.-THE French fore
es on tie left flank of the british lines
IN Pelgium made fur her progress II
the east and north of ! 'vschOote
The official report made to the wal
office by Field Marshal Sir Dougla!
Haig 50 states.
British raiding parties blew mp the
German dugouts on a wide front cas-
Of Monchy-le preuv, on the Arras front
the renort adds. and greatly damaeef
the Teuton defenses
On the battle front directly east o
the Belgian town of Ypres. the Pritisf
comDlated the capture of the town o
Westhoek and secured the remainins
positions held by the Germans on The
Westhoek Ridge the official Statement
saws
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-11

4 French chemist attributes TO car
Donate of manganese i'll very minute
quantities the power of rendering fer
tiliZers more readily assimilable with
out undergoing any change itself. Ex-
perimentS have tended to show that
with the use Of an ounce to about
seven square yards termination was
more free, growth more rapid and yield
better-that is, used with other fer
tilizers. BY itself it is supposed to have
"a effect whatever
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Standing Of the Clubs.
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - Quiet.
Straight, $1O75d11.25; city mills, s14
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel, $40
Oil.
WHEAT-Nominal
CORN-Firm: No. yellow, $3.50
2.40.
OATS-Strong: No. white, 9e@
POULTRY-Live steady: Hens. 22M
24c: old roosters, 16G17c Dressed,
steady; choice fowls, 1850: old roos.
tiers, 18c.
BUTTER = Firm: fancy creamery,
43c per Id.
EGGS - Firm: selected, Asa acc;
nearby. SIC: western, &c.
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GERMAN ARMY BREAD SHORT
Order Found Enioining Officers to En-
force Strict Economy.

London, Aug. 11.-Reuter's CORE
pondent al British headquarters re
ports that an order issued TO the Ypres
group of the armies of Crown Prince
Rupprecht has been found, which
reads:
The fact that economy in bread
cereals has been taken into considera
ton makes it necessary TO sanction
announced ration only where 1t IS real
" needed. Officers are required TO eN
plain again to their subordinates the
serious nature of the economic sitna
ton in Germany and give instructors
that the strictest economy must be eX
ercised with regard to all supplies
Nothing must be consumed beyond
thtt which is really necessary and no.
the smallest particle must be wasted
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Catalrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat Of the dis
ease. Catarrh is local disease.
greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions, and in order to cure 1t
you must take an internal remedy.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts thru the blood on
the mucous surfaces of the system.
Halls Catarrh Medicine was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. 1t is COM
posed o. some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect
combination of the ingredients in
Halls Catarrh Medicine is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in ca
tarrhal conditions. Send for testi-
monials, free.
F. J. CHENEY G CO., Props.
Toledo, Ohio
All Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tfOn-Adv.
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REGULAR ARMY COMPLETE
Full War STRENGTH Reached by Regi
nents-Marir7es Also Recruited

Full War STRENGTH Reached by Reql
ments-Marnes Also Recruited.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE regular
army has reached and passed war
strength with a days recruiting OF
1117 men.
The total since April I. is 1S4,422
and only 1873. sos were needed.
The war department will continue
recruiting until each state completes
its quota Twenty-three states are still.
below their set figures.
The marine corps also reached its
authorized war strength of 10000 men
the navy department announced
Recruiting has been suspen ed 'or
ten days. The corps now numbers
1908 officers and 1000 men. includine
all reserves.
The marine corps has been more
than trebled in year, and more thar
doubled since April 6. the day war was
declared.
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Damascus Swords.

Damascus swords, whose fame at one
time made them almost one of the won.
derS of the world. were made of al.
ternate layers of iron and steel, sc
finely tempered that the blade would
bend To the hilt without breaking, with
an edge 50 keen tl,at no coat Of mail
could resist it and a surface so highly
polished that when MuSlem wished
TO rearrange Ms turban he used his
sword for d looking glass
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The heather.

Forecast for this section: Fair and
warmer today and probably tomor-
row; moderate winds.
The Pulse Beat.
The readicSt and toughest estimate
Of time is the pulse beat. 1t is sad to
know that the human pulse beat Is not
exactly sixty to the minute. That Is
one of the faulty disarrangements Of
life. But it comes pretty close. And
the rou@h and ready calculator of the
time between the flash of lightning
and tI" thunder depends on his pulse
whc; IL cannot see his watch. To the
ordinary man second is pulse beat
-Lohion Chronicle
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Summer Complaint .

During the hot weather of the
summer months some member of al
most every family is likely to be
troubled with an unnatural loose
ness of the bowels, and it is of the
greatest Importance that this be
treated promptly, which can only be
done when the medicine is kept at
hand Mrs. F. F. Scott, Scottsville.
N Y, states, Il first used Chamber
lain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as
much as five years ago. At that time
had a severe attack of summer
complaint and was suffering intense
pain. One dose relieved me. Other
members of my family have since
used it with like results" Adv.
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BIames Farmers For Meat Prices,

CHICAGO Aug. 11.-Beef and polk
will continue high as long as the farm
err can get 50 or more a bushel for his
corn. This was the explanation by
Chicago wholesale and retail dealers
for soaring meat prices. Beef and
pork were bringing record prices
Lamb is high also. due to homestead
ing in ep-grazing sections cuttlno
Down acreage
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CALL PRESIDENT KAISER"
Suffrage Party Banner Insulting to E,
ecutive Torn Down by Crowd

Scfi' aye Dd'TlCi " =
ecutive Torn Down by Crowd.
Washington. Aug. IA banner dis
played at one of the White House gates
by a womans party suffrage picket.
addressed to Kaiser Wilson," was
torn down after an indignant crowd
had jeered and Kissed the suffragist
The banner was carried by Miss
Lucy Burns, who has figured In sew.
eral previous demonstrations in front
of the White House 1t was inscribed
KAISER Wilson-Have you forgotten
your sympathy with the poor Germans
because they are not self governed!
Twenty million American women are
not self-governed. Take the beam out
Of your own eye"
It drew a crowd. which gave free
voice to its Indignation There was nc
concerted attack on Miss Burns James
P. Delaney, a navy department clerk
tore the banner from the pole He
shot out through the crowd and up
Pennsylvania avenue before any one
could touch him. He was Mt pu-sU :
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EAGER FOR DEATH ON CHAIR
The Sooner the Better Says Upstate
Murderer on Sentence.

Greensburg Pa. Aug. 11.-"Judg'
this woman made me kill her. | wan
to die as | killed her. The sooner yol
kill me the better l will be pleased.
want the little girl | love to be presen
and witness my death so that she ca'
tell the world The sooner the bette".'
Thus spake Mike Uptic when aske
whether he had anything 10 say hefcr,
sentence of death should be passed OF
him. Uptic was sentenced TO death i
the electric chair by Judge Mcconnell
He had been convicted OF killing Mrs
Annie Sapulsky and her two-year-olt
child in April He was angered be
cause the woman stood in the way o
his marrying her ffteen-year daugh
ter
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A Form of Preparedness.

I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
temper when | make this speech" said
Senator Sorghum
Deliberately"
Yes. Some of the remarks l want
to make will never be excused unless
it can be claimed they were said in the
seat of debate w Washington Star.
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STANDING of the Clubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At delphia-Athletics I; st
Louis, 0. Batteries-Noyes, Schang;
Rogers, SEVERED.
At Boston-Boston, ); Detroit
1st game.) Batteries-Ruth, Thomas
James, Spencer.
Boston, 5; Detroit, /. ed game.)
1atteries-Foster. Agnew; Ehmke
Yedle.
At New York-Cleveland, 8; New
York. 7. f13 innings) Batteries
Klepfer. O'Neill; Mogridge. Walters
At Washington-Wash ington, 4 Chi
cago. 0. Batteries-Johnson, Ainsmith
Fiber, Schalk
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WILSON SIGNS
FOOD MEASURES
Control and Supply Bills Are
Now Laws.
HOOVER is ADMINISTRATOR
Getting the Machinery Ready to En-
force the New Act. Which Contains
Many Drastic Features.

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE epoct
making food control bin that precipi
tated 50 many weeks OF wurdy warfare
In congress is now a law.
Without ceremony OF any kind Presi
dent Wilson signed the measure il
his study.
Speaker Clark. of the house of rep
reseutat;ves had .igned the measure
and after senator salisbury. president
pro tenn Of the senate. signe I. the bills
were sent 10 the White House
The pen with which the president
signed the control bill will be pre-
scented to Herbert c. Hoover. who was
later appointed as food administrator
under the new law
Hoover conferred with the president
| on details OF the work
At ~ same tim" the president sign
ed the bill providing for food survey
! Control OF al food in the country thus
is in the hands of the government,
The food control measure carries
| drastic prohibition features Briefly
| it makes these provisions:
| Fo"bids government agents from us
ing their influence in letting contracts
| to concerns In which they are interest
| ed
Declares it unlawful 10 destroy
waste. permit preventable deteriora
ton. hoard. monopolize. discriminate
make unfair rates. consptre to limit
! transportation. production. harvesting
| manufacture. supplying. storage OF
| dealing. restrict the supply or dtstri
| button. prevent manufacture or pro
! duction. or exact excessive prices with
respect to neressares.
REQUIRES licenses 70 do business I'm
der regulations to be made by the
president
Provide, that boarded necessaries
NAV he seized and sold bv the gov.
| eminent,
| Authorizes the president 10 requi
! sition supplies for the army and navy.
Authorizes the president to bnv and
sen wheat four meal beans and pota.
toes
| Authorizes the president 10 reuuisi.
! ton and operate any factory hacking
/ hOuse oil nine line mine or Otner
pIant and sell the products
! Authorizes the president TO prevent
iniurious speculatjon and regulate ex.
changes
Elves q minimum nrice of 50 bush.
81 IN payt wears wheat c-op
Prohibits nsa of foods fruirs food
materials mr. feed. IN manufacture Of
DISTILLED sp,rits for beverages leav.
ING IN tho presidents discretion the
| quantities tn he used In hear and wine
| Autbo~izes and directs tha president
tn commander distilled srfrits in
stock or bond for military needs.
Anpropriates 1852 500 900. of which
t15o 900 400 is for general adrni 1ElsIl -
| lion of tho act $40 600 000 ia for pur.
chase of nitrate Of soda. and $500, 600
Is for sundrv EXPENSES
No nerson emploved under the act
shall he exempt from military service
under the army law.
| RenuIres detailed raport from the
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We're REFUSED, Saws Berlin.

Berlin, Aug l1.-Between the User
and Iys rivers in Belgium. the officia
statement says. artillery activity W.;
increased in drumfre when entente al
He'd infantry attacks were launched
over wide sectors east and southeast
of YpreS.
Deep masses of British troops at
tackled the German positions on the
Arras front between the Moncfy
Pelves road and the Arras-Cam ra
road The storming waves. according
to the statement suffered severe los
es and we're repulsed after hand-to
hand fighting
North Of ST Quntin the German:
captured some lines of French trench
es over front of 1000 Yards and tool
$50 prisoners
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Live Stock Quotations,

O-HOGS-Active. 1OG15c
higher. Bulk, S15.4501645: Fg"t,
S14.856 1910: mixed. $50 6 50;
heavy, s1475@1655: rough, s1475G
1885
Steady. 10c higher. Top,
e14.10.
SHEEP-Slow, generally steady.
Top, 31065.
fAMRS-Tnn ego
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London, Aug. 11.-Allied warships
have been bombarding the Turkish
batteries along the coast Of Asia Minor
according 10 a despatch from Athens
to the Exchange Telegraph company
British monitors have successfully re
duced to silence one of the Turkish
batteries and have destroyed an air
lrome installed near another.
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NEW ORDER HITS GENERALS
May Keep Department Commanders
From France.


From France.
Washington. Aug. 11.-Army depart.
ment commanders, by war department
orders, are relieved of the national a..
my cantonments and national guard
camps within their departments.
They will devote themselves entirely
to the regular troops within their juris,
diction
The effect of this order. unless there
are changes in high commands. will be
to keep some of the best known Ameri-
can commanders, such as Major Cen
era1 Leonary Wood, Major General ].
Franklin Bell and others at home, in
stead Of sending them with the armies
to Europe.
There are to be more than 200 new
generals appointed within the next few
days. Some of these might be assign
ed to the regular departments, to per
nit sending high line officers with the
Sighting army.
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CANDIDATE FOR SHERH'F.

Ny FTIenuS and The Public IN
General:
Having previously served you
faithfully for the term of two years,
my record you know, / hereby
announce myself as a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Dorchester
county, subject to the will of the
people at the Democratic primaries.
If no linated and elected, l promise
you that my hat Will remain the
same size, and that l will perform
the duties of the office to the best of
my ability, and experience, and give
everyone d square deal.
GEORGE F. SHERMAN
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Comprehensive Business.

Il suppose You built up your colos-
sal fortune 10y attending strictly to
your own business"
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. But
l made 1t my business TO keep inform
ed as to what the other people were
doing. Wash 'ugtun star
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Steel Tonnaue Down.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE unfille
orders OF the United States corpora.
ton, on July 81 were 1O,844164 tons
according to the monthly report issu
ed. This is decrease of 539123 tons
from the orders on June 80, and com
pares with 9,593,59 tons on July 81.
1916
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BUS TO MILTON.

l am running bus to Milton ev-
cry Tuesday and Thursday, to con-
meet with the boat to Baltimore.
Fare, Ace, and bus leaving at one
o'clock will call at the homes of
passengers.
WILLIAM l.. DEAN.
Phone 59.-Adv. 7-16-tf.
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Hurlock Bros. Bus Line

Leave Cambridge 7.30 a. m., to
connect at Hurlock with train for
Baltimore.
Leave Cambridge at 10 a. m. to
connect with train for Salisbury and
Ocean City.
Leave Cambridge $50 p. m.
Bus leaves Hotel Dixon, but will
call for or deliver passengers any
where in city.
Sunday Only.
Leave Cambridge at 4.30 to con-
meet at Hurlock with train for Balti-
more.
Leave Calls at Hotel Dixon.
ADV. 6-12-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-11

There are families who always aim
to keep a bottle of Chamberlain
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
house for use in case it is needed, and
find that it is not only good III
vestment, but saves them no end Of
suffering. AS TO its reliability, ask
anyone who has used it.-Adv.
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Peru Firm on U-Boats.

Lima, Peru. Aug. 1.-THE chamber
of deputies has unanimously approved
the energetic attitude of DR.. Francis
co Tudela, the foreign minister, In
handling the case Of the Peruvian
park Lnrton.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-11
Chemical Explosion Kills Many

London. Aug. 11.-Nn explosion anf
fire in big chemical works in St
London wrecked the bui! ing and XII
ed or injured scores of workers. Thir
teen bodies of women so far have beer
lescued from the ruins.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-11
Chronic ConstinatiOn

1t is by no means an easy matter
to cure this disease, but it can be
done in most instances by taking
Chamberlain Tablets and comply
ing with the plain printed directions
that accompany each package.-Adv.
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Announcements
To The Democratic Voters of Dor
chester County:

Believing the lower portion of the
county is entitled to the nomination
for Sheriff at this time, the present
Sheriff being from Cambridge, and
the one previous from the upper part
OF the county, l hereby announce
my candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for this office. Ny ex-
perience as deputy sheriff has given
me a knowledge of how to conduct
the office, and l earnestly seek the
support of all Democrats in the ap-
preaching primaries.
DEWBURY WEBSTER,
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l hereby announce my candidacy
for the office OF Sheriff Of Dorchester
county. subject to the action of the
Democratic Primaries, and shall feel
deeply grateful to all OF my friends
for their support.
v MURRAY SULIVANE,
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No end of misery and actual stuff
ering is caused by disorders of the
stomach and liver, and may be avoid
ed by the use of Chamberlain's Tab
lets. Give them trial. They only
cost Quarter.-AdY.
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The We ather,


Forecast for this section: Fair tod:
and tomorrow: north winds.
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BASE BALL SCORES
Following 10 the Result of Games
Played Yesterday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At MISUNDERSTANDING l; Phila
delphia, 0. Batteries Cooper
Schmidt; Rixey, killefer.
At st. Louis-New York, Z; st
Louis, 4. BatterieS-Benton, Rariden
Packard, Gonzales.
At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, !; Boston
0. Batteries-Mitchell Wingo; Ri
dilph, Tragresser.
At Chicago-Chicago ); Brooklyn, 1
I'll innings) Batteries-Pfeffer, Mil
Ter; Hendrix, Dilhoefer.
S$andinn Of The Clubs
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BRITISH TAKE
FOES FIRST LINE
Capture Forward Positions in
Flanders Drive,
HEAVY FIGHTING IN PROGRESS

Was Repuised With Heavy Losses
French Again Advance
British Front in France and Belgium
Aug. 1l-Ficld Marshal Sir Dougla-
Haig's .orces attacked and capture
virtually all the German forward posi-
tions east Of the Belgian town CT
HOo&e on the German forward posi-
tons east OF the Belgian town OF
Hooge on the battle front between
Frezenburg and the Ypres -Menin road
The assaulting forces gained yictu
ally all their detectives to the depth c.
several hundred yards i'll the first rush
The German detenses stiffened al el
the first onslaught and heavy fighting
developed at some places but at the
latest reports the British were-hold
ing thei" : wv line strongly
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Ray j. Slacum
NOTARY PUBLIC
With Farmers and Merchants
National Bank. Cambridge
For SALE Or RENT.

FUH S-ALH1 OIt HH1NT.
House and lot, a very valuable resi-
dence property, No. 205 Oakley street.
formerly occupied by Mr.. w. D. Pow
ell. Pretty view of the large Choptank
river. This is one of the best located
and most desirable residences in Cam
bridge. Immediate possession. Terms
to suit purchasers. Apply to
CHARLES II. MACE.
I20 Race ST. or 2O7 Oakley So.
s-19-tf Cambridge, MD.
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
FIRST AID CORPS ASSURED
District Building Employees to Sack
Home Guard.
Co-operatlon of the Dlstrict I

Cooperation Of the District gov
ernment in orsanizing the Home
Guard First Aid Corps was assured at
q meeting OF employees In the District
Building today ~
Following an address en- purposes
OF the league by Its founder, Dr. L.
w. Glazebrook, Commissioners Brown
low appointed q COMMITTEES consisting
and Daniel L. Garges, chief clerk Of
the Engineer Department, to organ
ize the units. There viii be q meet
ing Friday night In the Potomac
Electric Power Company's offices.
A meeting of the Agricultural De-
partment branch viii be held in the
offices OF the power company tonight
The Washington times., 1917-04-16
BARRETT WOULD DRILL ALL
Pan-AH1erIean Union Director Draws
Lessons From War.

Fresh from q visit to the war zone
of the western front, John Barrett,
director general OF the Pan-American
Union, last night told an audience in
the Pan-American Building what he
had seen, made Q plea for universal
military training and teamwork,
play, and urged summary punishment
for the slightest disloyalty.
"Only q miracle saved France and
England from being brought abjectly
to their knees in the first year of
the war" he said, '-and In view of
this experience I cannot understand
how Intelligent men and women can
stand against q policy Of prepared
ness"
Present SUCCESSES of our allies are
due In large measure, Director Bar
rett declared, to the aid given by
women. He told how 500. 900 womeh
filled positions 80 the latter might go
to the front and added that working
efficiency had increased 40 to 120 per
cent.