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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Peace the Betrayer

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following quotation from John
Ruskin's address, "The Crown of the Wild
Olive" delivered at the Royal Military Acad-
envy at Woolwich, in 1866. seems to apply to
the presentday state of affairs in America:
"All the pure and noble arts of peace arc
founded on war; no great art ever rose on
earth but among a nation of soldiers. There
is no great art possible to nation but that
which is based on battle. When | tell you
that war is the foundation of all the arts,
mean also shat it is the foundation of all
the high virtues and faculties of men. 1t is
very strange TO me TO discover this; and very
dreadful-but | saw it to be quite an unde-
niable fact The common notion that peace
and the virtues of civil life 1ourished to-
gether, found to be wholly untenabe. Peace
and the vices Of civil life only flourish to-
gether. We talk of peace and learning OF
peace and plenty and of peace and cvillza-
ton; but | found that these were not the
words which the Muse Of History coupled to-
gether: that, on her lips, the words were
peace and sensualty-peace and selhshness-
peace and death. / found, in brief, that all
great nations learned their truth of word and
strength of thought in war; that they were
nourished in war; and wasted by peace;
taught by war, and deceived by peace; trained
by war; and betrayed by peace; in word,
that they were born in war, and expired in
neace." II. JERMAIN SLOCUM, Jr.
New York March "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
The Barbarian"
A Call for Americans to Defend
Their Country Against Germany
ne Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial in The Tribune Of b.
day, "The Barbarians," is beyond praise i
is the latest, though ] hope not tae is't
Of series that should go down in hisisT
in company with the orations Of ca"
against Carthage and of Demosthenes sgsins:
Philip of Macedonia.
So plainly are cold, hard facts arrayed ma.
I cannot see how any person not ahle'N
with the German mind" can avoid agreeing
with your conclusions-that we should 81
sert our rights and stand shoulder
shoulder with the Allies in tas great hc'
for civilization.
II seems to me that all persons within your
influence who can be reached by appeals 70
their sense of right, or to their sympathy '@
the oppressed and wronged abroad, or mo"
who have human feelings and fear the repe-.
ton of German brutishness upon their lo'ea
ones here in America, must have been co.,
WINGED.
Yet there are others. II they do not 70
spond TO your ringing call to stand up i0'
our rights, if their hearts do not tnliH
sympathy for those wronged abroad II ln'
regard without concern the prospect Of u'''
man foray on our coasts and rislng "i'a"
our borders, all duly provided for "l'nou'
doubt down to "the last button" Why the'''
one appeal that will reach them. 1t VIII
direct TO their hearts. Tell them ths' 'aV
- sot.A AmfrlCdN
zens, not their loved ones, not tneir N'''.
These things they know, and knowing s's ".
moved by. Tell them "You will lose !'''
money"
Mr. Morrison I. Swift IN his letter on '0.'
editorial page to-day says: Never
riches so needed as Germany neeo' ~,
We have colossal wealth, Germany ="
colossal need. Join to these facts 'ns a.,
20 take and what follows" However,
Swift sees this danger only in the case ', 90, -.
Germany wins the war. Germany -. n.
win. She has lost She lost "nen ss,,,.s
vaded Belgium and outraged the -,
world. Since that time she has been nv. -.
increasing her need Of money hS'e orr
tanned for nearly two years no" 'a
great danger is from Germany aei ,s =. o,.a
Germany wins the whole world VIII W 20.
70 her. She cannot slaughter an '"'
not take all. .,i;tN
But when she loses! How long VIII " a.,
before a German feet appears oeiO's :.
coast cities and demand is made i0 rr..s,,,i
demnity? What then? Neither .1
nor France would permit it" l am .', .rdR
time were given US which will no, Dc, ', S,r,
the governments of England and frs .o0i,, j.
wiling to protect US. would their peOpSe,I. 'lr
low further sacrifice Of their men sna , -,,
money 10 protect our dollars wruns u
measure from their necessities! :. . u.
New York March q, 1911. !"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27

might have forgiven the past. They might
have forgotten the long years when we
were lulled into apathy and cozened into
sleep by an administration which thought
there were more votes in pacifsm than In
patriotism and more political prestige in
an alliance with Bryan than with Lindley
NJ. Garrison. But the country will not
forgive the past if those men who told the
truth at that time are now TO be punished
because they did tell the truth-if all the
machinery placed in the hands of an adj
ministration by a patriotic people is to be
turned TO such mean and contemplate ends
as the qualification of the grudges OF men.
however high or low, in the Administration.
Was it with full knowledge Of pur-
pose to do such things as these that Jose
plus Daniels sought to frame up a code
Of censorship which would deny to the
press of the country the right and the OPP
portunity to tell the people of the country
what Josephus Daniels and the men like
Josephus Daniels in the Administration
were doing?
Neither Leonard Wood nor Bradley A.
Fiske will suffer by what has been
done to them. Two able and efficient men
have been eliminated from a field of pos
sible service. The nation has been de-
rrived of two of its most conspicuous and
commanding servants in national defence.
The prescription which ran through all
the years of the Wilson Administration
against men of courage and vision has
found its measure in one more covert"
act. But The Tribune is mistaken if the
people of this country submit patiently or
for long to the policy which has already
brought us to the present crisis and to
those officials in high places who owe their
power to the conviction that those Cabinet
officers, serve their Administration and
themselves best who serve national de-
fence worst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
For an Anglo-American Alliance

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In you issue of March % IAN Ameri-
can Of the Vintage of 1880" suggests a roll
call Of opinion among Colonial Americans
on the desirabiity of an alliance with Great
Britain, implying that it would be distasteful
to many Of us.
| am an Anglo-Saxon American Vintage
1920, and | am convinced that an over
whelming majority of us-and we are the
standard Americans-is whole-heartedly for
such an alliance.
We have no special liking for the English,
but we have a profound sense of the high
destiny of our race. Its different branches
may dislike each other, as relatives naturally
do. but we should get together for the good
of the family.
And, as a family gathering is always more
agreeable for the presence of sympathetic
outsider, the associate Of the Anglo-Ameri-
can Alliance should be France, if she would
so greatly honor us.
We might offer her the things of this
world, but she could show US the kingdom
of heaven, which is within her clear head
and flaming soul. MARTHA LEONARD.
New York, March "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
A Gift to France

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: American sympathy for France and
her allies since the outbreak of the Great
War, augmented by recent events, has grown
to such proportions that it calls for imme-
date expression. America does not need to
be reminded of its debt to France which
dates from our Revolution, during which
French gold poured into our treasures
America is burning with the repressed desire
TO be of service TO France.
Is it not possible to give concrete express
sion to this desire by raising a tremendous
sum Of money to be sent to France as a gift,
testifying TO our deep affection and graft
tude? There are few who would not be will
ing to subscribe something to this fund.
VI. II. STREET.
New Canaan, Conn., March "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Another Origin for John Brown

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The whole question of John Browns
Body" can be settled by consulting "lmmor'
tai Songs of Camp and Field by the Rev.
Louis A. Banks. | may add, the music WAS
written by william Stefe, Of Philadelphia,
who in 1856 was asked by fire company of
South Carolina to compose an air for n song
whose chorus begins: "Say, bummers, will
Won meet u.s." This tune was fitted later TO
"Say. brothers, will you meet us?' favorite
hymn Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
,ion. MARY l.. ID. FERRIS.
Garden City, Long Island, March 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Freedonnl

To the Editor Of The Tribune c.-r,,
Sir: 1t is unfortunate that MI 80.
doesn't like the decision OF the ss
Court on the Adamson law. he :,.,;o,.
is out of harmony with the free in'"'
of this Republic" =, .,r.sc
Talk of "free institutions SOUNDS or
and hollow coming from the hes' o,ly
canization which believes in freeaY. II d.
for It's members, and submission Of six,
rest Of US to its tyrannieal ed'e',' vos.,
believes in depriving every man snO lirrs
in the country of the right to earn -, sss.
Unless they consent to work un'ef ~
ner Of trade unionism. han men sr:
What sort Of freedom is II Wne" ,urdsrsi
assaulted manned and sometimes caa,rrc,rss
unless they bear the brand OF MI, -, Dos,
organization. or some branea OF ~, ~ sslirf
let us pirate about freedom WINE .ssonld.rs
yoke is pressing down up0" 'O' LIBERTY.
New York, March "a. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27

tional Guard is our chief military resource.
1t can be depended upon to do its duty to
the best of its ability. 1t should be re-
cruited up to full strength without delay.
May its patriotic ardor and eagerness to
learn enable it to make up in part for the
wretched muddling and laundering at
Washington which have imposed on 1t a
first line duty beyond its present military
The country must never allow
itself to be caught in such situation again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27
Give. Not Lend
Or OF The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II we are going to fight against Ger
many, now that we are at war with that coun-
try and fight we must in some way, why
should we expect the Allies to spend all the
money and do all the fighting for us? If we
lend them the five billions or any sum or e1-
tend to them credit, in the course of time
this money will be paid back with interest
and we shall be richer than ever.
Why not subscribe this money toward the
war and put it in the common chest and do
our part? Are we always going to be out
for the other fellows money and never chip
in 20 the common fund?
w. Il. WINSLOW.
New York, March "A, lSu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-27

him is DANCE a
duMon
abeatuuh the United
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
DEATHS REPORTED.
WHITE.


James Sloan. 90 yrs., tuberculosis Hospital
Mary +. Washington, Il yrs., zoo Flaglei
pl. NV.
Mary A Dailley. f3 yrs. ST. Elizabethis Hosp
Milanda B. Northrop, 70 yrs, 500 Belt pI.
August KuenDel. 81 yrs., sibley Hospital.
Louise Tolson, . yrS, Columbia Hospital
Joseph B. Collins, ss ys., U. s. Sold. Home
Hospital.
Scott A. washburn, % yrs, st. Eliz. Hosp.
Fred W. Ruess, 2 yrs-, ioH Conn. ave NV.
Charles L. Glsdmon, % yrs., Io5 llth st. NV
Henry Ellis, s. yrs., Garfield Hospital.
Robert L Jones, 8 mos, io8 3lst st. NV.
COLORED.
Carrie Giles. p US, Freedmen's Hospital.
Margaret A. Sommsryille. 50 yrs., II e st. sv.
Ara J. Hicks. g. yrs., 1893 I7th st. NV.
Richard Robinson. yrs, lZ34 ID st. sv.
Thomas Miller, IS yrs., IL a st. sw.
Alexander Mason, s. yrs., l60 D st. Sc.
Mary 2. Brown, Is yD., Freedmen's Hospital.
John Ford. , mos, Freefmen's Hospital.
Rosa Andersen. 8 mos, SIT ID st. ne.
Roman r. Tollfyer, Il hrs, so4 44th st. ne.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
SUPPLY OF WHEAT
MUST Be INCREASED
Secretary of Agriculture Advises
Farmers to Plant More Grain.

The production Of over 1oeo. .ooo. 900
bushels of wheat and over 5000, 900
bushels of rye. through the planting
of 1881 900 acres to winter wheat and
Of 5,1a. 900 acres to rye this fall. is
the immediate war agricultural pro-
gram for the nation announced by
David +. Houston, Secretary Of Agri-
culture This record winter wheat
acreage. an increase of eighteen per
cent over last year. would yield 672.-
100000 If the average yield for the
past ten years Is equaled, or under
a repetition of the favorable condi-
tons Of 1915 would give $50. 900 BUSH
els. In either case with a spring wheat
crop next year equal to that Of 1915,
the nation will have more than 1.00o.- :
100000 bushels of wheat for domestic
use and export.
Following Is the advice of the de-
partment REGARDING winter wheat:
THE planting of approximately A.
357. 900 acres to winter wheat Is nee
essary. on the basis of the average
yield for the past ten years.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09

Ths Mans Stors-OMlcial wsafhsr
Rspoyf-Shoveys aad Cooler
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE.

WHILE.
Isaac and Celia Ginsberg. girl.
George c. and Beatrice Rice, girl
James P. and Bessie Esan, boy.
Abraham and Sarah Krupsaw, girl
Harry X. and Antoinette Bos, boy.
lloyd A and Alma n. ChaIkley, boy.
Lincoln R. and Ellen n. +. CLARK. boy.
Edward A. and Helen ]. Kane, girl.
Mike and Olga Rarrick, girl
Harry 3. and Louise Jenkins, boy.
Giuseph and Catsrina Ner, boy.
Elmer W. and Coma Reese, boy.
Rudolph ]. and Laura v. Strickland, boy
Vasilios and Christina Kusthemis. boy.
William q. and Mary ]. Nichols, boy.
William G. and Lourctta Tungate, boy.
Harris Z. and Josephine McIlxain, girl.
Crosby and Ethel Field, girl.
Edward ] and Anna L. spoerl, boy.
George Z. and Edith r. Sullivan, boy.
CODORED.
Levi and Susie A Thomas, girl.
Clarence d. and Annie Lucas girl.
Leonard B. and Beatrice Punch, bog.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
SELLS FAKE TICKETS
FOR CHURCH OUTING

The police have been asked to look
out for a young white man. about
q years old. who yesterday sold to
Percy c. Miller, a guest of the Met
ropolitan Hotel, two tickets for an
excursion to Marshall Hall. Va. un-
der the auspices of local church.
to be given last night.
Inquiry by Mr.. Miller developed the
fact that no such excursion was sched-
uled.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
Sold with This
GUARANTEE

If this bottle of Vinoi does not bene-
fit .yos afts, .yoH haze faithfully taken
Il for some oilnent for 5phieh IL is rec
commended, yos may return the empty
bottle to The druggist from srhom yoa
get q and hoOe your money returned.
I has eogers the use and retwn of one
bottle only.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
SISTER susie Il ssre.

Ordinarily Susie Broolxins hasn't q
mean disposition, but she has got
some very tender Feelings. Her next
door nsighbor has been complaining
lately about the racket in Susie's
house. especially after midnight. Susie
says there was no noise. but there
was noise enough to be heard all over
the square. SO the neighbor sum-
moned . COP Tuesday night at mid
night and It sounded like q ten-ring
circus inside OF susie's domicile.
The noise was stopped when the cop
insisted, but the next morning Susie
got after the neighbor for spelling
the show. Then she lost her head
and swore something scandalous. The
other woman said nothing and that
made Susie all the madden. She
couldn't understand why another wo-
man could keep still when she was
being cussed. A cop was near and
woman kept quiet. Today she IL out
Is bill.
Il Works ssnetimes.
John snowden has been married about
four times. And each OF these times,
save one, he has managed to boss his
household just as he liked. Wife
No. is q younger woman than the
ether three and here Ii what got John
into trouble.
wifey would go to the dance hall on
Georgia avenue and John was deter
mined she wouldn't and to keep her
from going he thought 1t was neces-
sary to hurt her so bad that she Just
couldn't 20. He hit her real hard
several times, but she went anyhow
and she also had John put in the coop.
The older John gets the more he
learns about the women. Upon prom
Using never to hit his fourth wifey
again he was released on his personal
bond. Now he must behave himself
for six months or be out 800.
A PHI for BILL
Why work when someone else will
support you? This Is what got Bill
Hooper in trouble. BilPs work wasn't
at all legitimate. He used to hang
around the rear of barrooms. so the
police say, and watch for a thirsty
soldier and buy him some liquor and
accept a tip for his services. So
that makes Bill about as useful to
Uncle Sam as a German spy.
Bill Is big and strong enough to
driSe a truck, but 1t Is feared that
Nlrd days work would put him
in tte hospital before he could get
used to 1t. For q whole month Bill
has managed to eat, sleep and be
merry without doing a lick of work
and he was such a bad example to
the younger generation that Judge
Pugh sent him away for thirty days,
1t was time he was going on his vaca-
ton, anyhow.
AUST ButtinE In.'
Frank Adams and a man named
Brooks were having a drink in a bar
room. When they finished Adams
stepped out a minute and during that
minute Brooks managed to get ar
rested. Policeman Broderick had him
by the collar for violating some law
or other and here Is where Adams
got himself in bad.
He called the policeman down for
arresting his friend and interfered
with him. Broderick told him to 90
way back and sit down." but Ad-
ans got worse and began to cuss. It
was no business of Adams what
Brooks got arrested for, as he saw
none of 1t, and the first thing Adams
knew Broderick had him. too. 1t cost
Adams $40 for not minding his own
business
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

Temperature and conditions of water At 8
a. m: Great Fslls-Temperature. 81 condi-
ton. misty. Delecariia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
s.; condition at north connection, clear; condi-
tion at south connection, clear, Georgetown
distributing neutrality-suspicious. a.; condi-
tion at infuent gatehouse, clear; condition at
edluent gatehouse, clear.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of columbia-Showers and not quite
30 warm Thursday. Friday fair; light north
west winds
Mayland-Occasonal thundershowers Thurs
day; cooler. Friday fair; light northwest winds.
Virginia-showers in east portion. fair in west
portion Thursday; cooler. Friday fair; gentle
northwest winds.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
LOCAL MENTION.

Our best ten, 49cy Wonder coffee,
zoe; 2f lbs. our best flour, S165;
2O-oz. cans baking powder, 12c.
AZ Fourth st. s. E. and all the
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
OTHER TEMPERATURES.

TIDE TABLES.
Compiled b. United States coast and geodetic
surTey.)
Today-Low tide, T3 a. N. and 73e D. N.
high tide, RH a. m and lso6 p m.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-09
LOCAL TEMPERATURE.

Midnight. IS; a. m. 75; a. m, rs; sa m,
"a; a m, Is; 10 a. m, n; u noon. 81; .
p m. A;4p m, o.; p m, 81; p m, s;
10 p m, 76 Highest, IS; lowest, II.
Relative humidity-s a. m. 81; . D. m, 90;
p. m, u
Rainfall 70 p. m to p m-), o.; hours Of
sunshine, IS; per cent Of possible sunshine. 50.
Temperature same date last year-Highest, 81;
lowest, u
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-07
WANT TO MAKE
LOAN TO ENTENTE
Exchange Bonds for Two
Billions is the Present
Plan.
tRy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, April 7.-Plans for
financing the war were discussed to.
day by Secretary McAdoo with mem.
bers of the House Ways and Means
committee and with Chairman Sim.
mons, of the Senate Finance commit
tee.
The $3,4oO,oOO,oOO already asked for
the army and navy is expected to sui.
flee in addition to the regular appro.
priations bills until June 90, 1918.
The steps considered most important
now is the extension Of an immense
credit to the Entent allies-probably
at least $4,000, OOO.OOO-was an indica.
ton that the nation is going into wa.
to the limit.
Bonds under such plan would be
issued to take over bonds of the al
lies making them in effect surety for
those obligations. Most of the money
derived from such bonds, it is expect
ed would be spent in the United States
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-07
WINTER WHEAT TO
Be A SHORT CROP
Drop of 5O,OOO,OOO Bushels
Indicated in the First
Report.
(By Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, D. c., April L.
A prospective drop Of more than So
100000 bushels in the winter wheat
crop as compared with last years
crop is the first war feeding problem
to confront the country. Official esti-
mates Of the Department of Agricul-
ture for the first 1917 harvest fore.
cast that much of decrease although
the acreage is greater.
Notwithstanding the heavy decrease
in prospective winter wheat crop the
production of rye is forecast by the
department at 60 million bushels, the
largest output of that crop ever report.
ed in the United States.
The food problem of the coming
year seems one of the paramount ques
lions affecting the United States in
the war, extraordinary interest cen
tiers in the government reports show
ing the condition and production fore
cast of winter wheat crop planted last
autumn.
The extent of the winter wheat crop,
usually about two-thirds of the entire
production of wheat in this country,
is a vital question inasmuch as the
allies will depend to large degree on
American supplies and Argentina has
placed an embargo on wheat and flour
exports. The winter wheat area last
autumn was 4O,0S0,O00 acres, one OF
the largest acreages ever planted.