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Evening star., 1917-10-17
DAUGHTER AND DADDY"
ARE NOW BUYING BONDS
She Is Only Eight, But She Per
suaded Her Father It Pays to
Lend Money to Uncle Sam.

Daughter and daddy" have gone into
partnership on buying a bond. Daddy
didn't want to. He'd been knocking
with the men at his Office dissatisfied
with the way the country was being run
At the dinner table daughter started talk
ing liberty bonds. She is only eight, but
she thinks things over for herself She
wanted to know when he was going to
bring home a liberty bond Then she
started arguing-"If you lend money to
the government and get more back, isn't
that better than working overtime at the
Office? Don't the government need the
money to win the war? If the government
don't have the money and don't WIN the
war will you have any good job? Mrs.
Smiths boy has gone away to fight the
Germans: what are we going to do to
help win"
Well, the upshot of it was that daddy
got ashamed of himself. And when daugh-
ter finally said. I'm going to do without
candy and without dessert and mother is
going to give the money we save that way
for a liberty bond and Eli let you save
with me if you want to do without snok-
in,." daddy" decided then and there that
the only way he could save himself from
being the worst kind of a Stacker was
to go right out and subscribe for two
bonds one for daughter and one for him
self-and he's felt a whole lot better ever
since.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
SITE FOR PROVING GROUND
APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
War Department Authorized to Take
Over Area Selected at Gun
powder Neck, Nd.

President Wilson has authorized the
War Department to take over the site
for artillery proving grounds recently
selected by the department at Gun
powder Neck, Hartford county, Md. Land
within the prescribed area which can
not be obtained by purchase before Oc-
tober 20 VIII be taken under condem-
nation proceedings.
The tract. containing about $4,000
acres. embraces two separate pieces of
land lying between the Gunpowder and
Bush creeks and fronting on Chesa-
peake bay. Seven million dollars were
appropriated in the urgent deficiency
act to purchase land and build neces-
sary buildings and equipment. The
proving ground, the largest in the
country, will be used for the testing of
coast and field artillery
The work of clearing the tract and
building machine and carpenter shops,
barracks, wharves and roads will be-
gin at once. Assurance has been given
that persons whose homes are on the
site will be inconvenienced as little as
possible, particularly in harvesting
their crops.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
UNIFORM IS PASSPORT.
Ccrcoran Gallery of Art Admits
Army and Navy Men Free.

A uniform is now a passport to the
Corcoran Gallery of Art at all times
This will be an appreciated boon to the
thousands of officers and men who are
now stationed in and around the Ma
tional Capital. and who are elther ac-
tive or potential art lovers.
At the quarterly meeting Of the board
of trustees of the gallery, held Mon
day, 1t was ordered that Until this ac-
ton be rescinded. all officers, soldiers,
Ga ilors and marines, wearing the serv-
ice uniform. be received as the guests
of the gallery during all regular n hours n
admission fee; and that the trustees
cordially hope that all the men of the
service will freely avail themselves of
this invitation
The hours during which this nation
ally known gallery Is open are: Mon
week days. from 9 am. to 4:30 pm.
Sundays, from 1870 to 4:3o pm
Evening star., 1917-10-17
SAYS TURKS PERSECUTE
GREEKS IN ASIA minor
Frank W. Jackson Discloses That
100000 Are Victims of Various
Forms of Atrocities.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. October 17.-Not sated
by the slaughter of hundreds of thou
sands of Armenians and Syrians. the
Turk has turned against the Greek
Christians in his dominions, and more
than 100000 have fallen victims to per-
secution In the form of death, suffering
or deportation. it was declared here to-
day by Frank W. Jackson of this city,
chairman of the relief committee for
Greeks of Asia Minor. He said the real
details of these new Turkish atrocities
were just beginning to leak out.
THE story of the Greek deportation
is not yet generally known said Mr..
Jackson. Quietly and gradually the
same treatment is being meted out to
the Greeks as to the Armenians. AL
though closely guarded. certain echoes
of these horrors come out from time to
time.
There were some two or three mil
lion Greeks in Asia Minor at the out
break of the war in 1914. subject to
Evening star., 1917-10-17
PATRIOTIC MEETING FRIDAY.
Gen. lie Clercq to Appear at Board
of Trade Event.

At the patriotic meeting of the Wash
ington Board of Trade Friday evening
at o'clock in new Central High
School. 18th and Clifton streets north
west, the speakers will include Gen.
Matthew lie C!ercq, chief of the Bel
GUM military commission to the United
States; Col. W. w. Harts T. S. A. and
Maj. A. Barnes Hooe. U. S. A.
Motion pictures of the King and Queen
of Belgium at the front and in the air
are to be shown. under the auspices of
the bureau of commercial economics.
Woman relatives and friends of mem
bers of the Board of Trade are invited.
Cards of admission for the meeting
may be obtained from the Headquarters
Evening star., 1917-10-17
TO DISCUSS CONDITIONS.
Mr.. Roper Calling Internal Revenue
Collectors to Washington.

Commissioner Daniel c. Roper of the
internal revenue bureau is calling to
Washington. several at time. the COL
lectors of internal revenue of the
United States. His purpose is to get
acquainted and also to discuss local
conditions and general propositions.
Several such conferences have been
held. Before he Is through he will have
met each of his principal subordinates-
from coast to coast.
Among other things discussed, natu-
rally, was the new war revenue act.
The conferences. however. covered the
full range of activities of the bureau.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
Edward A, Dithmar Dies.

NEW YORK. October 17.-Edward A.
Dithmar. dramatic critic Of the New
York Times and for forty years a mem
ber of the editorial staff OF that news
paper, has died in hospital here after
an abdominal operation. Mr.. Dithmar
was a keen student Of British and
American politics and a vigorous ed
itorial writer. He was sixty-three
old
Evening star., 1917-10-17
Grain Elevator Destroyed by Fire.

NEW YORK, october 1.-THE grain
elevator of ]. w. Gestergder & Son. on
the water front in Brooklyn. containing
large store Of grain. was DESTROYED
by fire last night. with loss estimated
at 100000. building adjoining the
elevator was burned few days ago,
and IL is believed smoldering cmbers
caused the 6re last night.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
States in Each Zone.

Following Is the system under which
the country has been divided under the
new plan:
Zone Maine, Massa chusetts, New
Hampshire Rhode Island. Vermont.
Zone 2-Connecticut, New Jersey,
New York. Porto Rico
Zone 3-Delaware, District of Column
bia. Maryland. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nir-
ginia, West Virginia.
Zone 4-Illnois. Indiana. Iowa, Kan
sas. Kentucky. Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri Nebraska. North Dakota.
South Dakota. Wisconsin.
Zone 5-Ala bama. Florida. Georgia.
North Carolina. South Carolina.
Zone G-Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi. Oklahoma, Tennessee. Texas.
Zone 7-Colorado Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico. Utah, Wyoming.
Zone S-Alaska. Arizona California,
Hawaii. Nevada, oregon, Philippines.
WashinptOn
Evening star., 1917-10-17

of the organization in Tho Star build
ing.
This meeting is in honor Of members
Of the board and sons OF members who
have Joined the military and naval
services of the United States. Thirty
two members Of tho board have en-
tered the United States service.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
ADOPTS'A INNOVATION
|NP4N CAMPAIGNING
Democrat< National Committee Ap-
portions Work by Zones, With
G CSirman for Each.

The demetratic national committee
has determ ed upon an innovation In
major political management. Instead
Of one nat hal chairman in sole COM
mand of Residential campaign. there
are to be eight zone chairmen. each
with his cI-cumscribed territory, in
which he shall have full swing and be
accountable or results.
National nmitteemen representing
the states ar territories in the various
zones under the now system will CO.
operate in the direction of future cam
paiEns in their respective regions.
while all of the subcommittees Will
oIRrate under the supervision of the
permanent headquarters of the national
committee in Washington.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
First Meeting Today.

W. r. Hollister. assistant secretary.
and w. d. Jameson. assistant treasurer
who are the directors of the permanen ent
national rganization in Washington.
today are attending the first meeting of
zone committeeman and leaders at Den
Yer. Another zone meeting will be held
in Boston Monday, and further meet
ings Will be announced
Evening star., 1917-10-17
Always Law-Abiding.


"The Greeks of Asia Minor have al
ways been law-ablding and perfectly
loyal to the Turkish government. I'm
der Abdul Hamid they were well treat
ed but his successors adopted pro-
gram to crush them.
AT the declaration of the present war
all prosecutions were stopped, but the
spring of 1915 brought to the stage a
cory of the world as to its horrors and
destructiveness-that is. the Armenian
deportation: under that innocent name
the determination of 4 Christian race
was started.
Along with the Armenians most of
the Greeks of the Marmora regions and
Thrace have been deported on the pre-
text that they gave information to the
enemy Along the Aegean coast Aivalik
stands out as the worst sufferer. Ac
cording to one report some 10000
Greeks there have been deported to-
ward koria and beyond. A least 1000
have been slaughtered. The Greek Bishop
Of AiNaltk committed suicide in despair
The latest account from TrebiZond
shows the towns along the Black sea
are being emptied of their Greek popu-
lation. From Lyndon S. Crawford. mis-
sionary of the American board at Trebi-
zond. we have a letter dated July "a,
1917, in which he says the following or
der came from Turkish army headquar-
ters at Sheishehie: BY 1926 July let
no Greek man over sixteen and under
fifty be found in Ordou. Send all such
on into the interior. AS for the families.
we will send further orders later
Mr.. Crawford also wrote: First let
us express once more our thankfulness
Evening star., 1917-10-17

Gen. Manuel Mestas has been named
governor of the lower half of Lower
California and has left for La Paz to
assume his post.
Evening star., 1917-10-17
Letter From Greek Minister.

from the Creek minister to the
United States. Georges Rousses. l have
letter. September q, 1917, in Whlch
he says:
Backed by the Germans. the Turks
have put into execution and even or
ganized their wildness. They have de-
cided to exterminate the Greek element.
which is the most important and most
numerous in Asia Minor.
"'Under pretext of necessities OF war
entire populations have been deported.
Members of families have been sepa :
rated. The old. the men unfit for mill
tary service and the women were sent
into the interior of the country, aban-
doned without the slightest help and
exposed to all sorts Of deprivations. The
men fit for military service were taken
by force into the army. despite the fact
of having paid for exemption; some of
the wealthiest have even been called
on to pay this exemption fec three
times over"
The relief committee for Greeks of
Asia Minor. Mr.. Jackson said. has been
organized for non-poltical and purely
humanitarian purposes and aims at Sc
curing means to aid these Greeks re-
duced by sudden prosecutions to a state
of want.
Evening star., 1917-10-17

to God for the deliverance He has sent
US by the great, grand Russian army
and people. We are more and more ap-
preciating what the Russians have done
for this region. Immediately after the
Russian occupation of this province IN
April, 1916, hundreds of Armenians ne,
gan to come out of their hiding places
Evening star., 1917-10-17

Turkish rule. According to the latest
reliable and authoritative accounts some
been deported. mainly from the coast
regions into the interior of Asia Minor.
Evening star., 1917-10-17

pretty plaid et-
fects; double-bed size;
subject to slight imper-
fections: colors-blue and
tan: pink or gray combi-
tions.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
Easy for the Boy Scout
A TROOPS BIG GOOD TURN.

Troop Of Santa Fe, N. NJ, had its
first opportunity to do a community
good turn when the New Mexico State
Education association met for its an
nual convention in their city.
hotel accommodations were limited
and many Of the visiting teachers had
to be assigned to private houses. The
scouts served as guides, one riding on
the running board Of each automobile
and helping the teachers with their
luggage.
No tips were taken, although many
were offered. The work Of the scouts
made great hit with the town as well
as with the visitors. The chamber Of
commerce and the women's clubs are
to give the scouts a banquet to show
their appreciation. The association
adopted resolutions thanking the troop
for its efficient service.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
AMONG THE SCOUTS.

A scout walks through the woods
with silent tread. No dry twigs snap
under his feet and no loose stones
turn over and throw him Off his ball
ance. His eyes are keen and he sees
many things that others do not see.
He sees tracks and signs which reveal
to him the nature and habits Of the
creatures that made them. He knows
how to stalk birds and animals and
study them in their natural haunts. He
sees much, but is little seen.
A scout can make himself known to
brother scout wherever he may be
BY a method which only scouts can
know. He has brothers In every city
in the land and In every country In the
world. Wherever he goes he can give
his signs and be assured Of a friendlH
welcome. He can talk with q brother
scout without making a sound, or he
can make known his message by imi-
tating the click Of q telegraph key.
The New York State College Of For.
estry at Syracuse university has Of
fered one scholarship annually to a
Boy Scout who Is a resident ne the
state Of New York, ----~,-zl.. J
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
DADrYSEV[NDN(
EARY TALL e.!
~ MARY GRAHAM. BONNER
THE MON KEY.

"a hurdy-gurdy, or hand organ"
said Daddy, "came to town one day
when 1t was very, very hot. Down the
village street the old man played tune
after tune as he stopped In front Of
different shops and houses.
"A monkey was with him and the
monkey took off his cap and put the
pennies which were given to him into
his cap and then into his little pocket
Of the red coat he wore. He was all
In red and he looked rather hot and
uncomfortable.
"The man would make the monkey
do tricks and the people who watched
gave the monkey money. Later on
the man took the money. For what
could the monkey do with pennies? He
could not go out and buy food. No,
he had to take just what was given to
him. And sometimes he did not get
quite enough.
"And yet the old man was almost
greeted with smiles. No one asked
him If he was good to his monkey. No
one said that he ought not to be max
ing the monkey work on such a hot
day.
"They all Just watched! Lots of
them watched the monkey, who had
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
SCOUT HANDBOOK BIG SELLER

Our country's most popular juvenile
book Is not, as might be supposed,
Robinson Crusoe" or Treasure Is
land" but the Handbook for Boys"
published by the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea. Within the last two years there
have been published more than 36O, 900
copies Of this book, and 1t 10 a good
guess that more copies have been sold
than have been sold Of both Treasure
Island" and Robinson Crusoe" togeth-
er during the same period. Indeed, 1t ia
not too much to say that If the figures
were available to make such q COM
parison possible, 1t would be shown
that there have been published In the
last two years more copies Of tho
Handbook for Boys" than all the
standard stories for boys published
during the same period.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
After the
Years

By George Elmer Cobb
copyright. 1917. by W. @. Chapman.)


copyright. 1917. by w. @. Chapman.)
"Crack!"
There was q flash at the open win
dow, sharp, snappy report, and the
man who was lurking in the shadow
OF q high lilac bush turned and ran
like whitehead.
"Oh, uncle |" exclaimed Meta Deane,
springing to her feet and selling and
drawing back the trembling old hand
that held smoking revolver.
&T didn't hit him, whoever he was"
announced Gideon Deane, II just
scared him. Prowlers-burglars? Why,
they stole our new bucksaw last week.
and as you know some Of the washing
of Mr.. Rodney and his children disap-
peared from the line last night"
tIt must be those tramps," suggested
Meta. Then, restless and disturbed by
the exciting episode Of the moment,
she passed from the room out of the
house and walked around the garden.
Just at the edge Of the big lilac bush
Meta stopped to pick up a handker-
chief. 1t was of large size, clean and
folded except where one edge had been
crushed into the yielding loan by a
human foot. Doubtless the lurker had
dropped it in his flight. Meta opened
1t and held it in the focus of the lamp
light that streamed through the open
window.
She uttered sudden but half-sup-
pressed cry. Her face paled and her
lips quivered. In one corner of the
handkerchief two initials were inter-
woven: 81. D." And well she knew
they stood for Leslie Dayton, and
~surer still, for her own busy hands had
six months previous embroidered those
initials on half-a-dozen handkerchiefs
presented to Leslie Dayton on his
twenty-second birthday.
Her breath came fast, she thought
rapidly. The sequence to her discov-
cry was patent. Leslie Dayton was
the prowler who had escaped the
craftsmanship of her suspicious-mind-
ed, excitable uncle.
Then the tears rushed to her eyes.
In retrospection she went over the
weary months since Dayton had gone
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
SCOUTS EDUCATIONAL WORK

No organization In the country has
any stronger leadership in educational
matters than has been secured by the
Boy Scouts Of America. Members of
the board are well qualified to keep
the work of the Boy Scout movement
In full accord with the most modern
and best ideas Of education. The ma
tional council has planned to refer to
this department all matters Of an edu-
cational character. The department is
now preparing:
1. To give leadership In a series of
conferences for scoutmasters and other
scout officials throughout the country
as deemed advisable from time to time.
2. To promote and develop training
courses for leadership in scouting
throughout the country either in con-
nection with established educational in
stituions or under the auspices of local
councils.
8. To arrange for the presentation
Of the merits Of the scout program and
Its appeal for leadership before vari-
GUS student bodies and educational
and religious conventions and confer.
ences.
4. To cooperate in making scout
Ing" the official bulletin, helpful to
scoutmasters and others actively en-
gagged In scout work through definite
suggestions and general educational ar
ticles.
8. To develop correspondence courses
for inspiration and instruction for
scout leaders.
6. To cultivate the interest Of school
teachers and others particularly inter-
ested In educational problems through
educational journals and conferences.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
A Tribute.

When Julia Ward Howe died me-
mortal services in her honor were held
at San Francisco, and the local liter
ary colony attended practically en-
masse to pay by their presence a
tribute to the writer.
A municipal officer was asked to pre-
side. Dressed in his long frock coat
and his broad white tie, he advanced
to the edge of the platform to launch
the exercises and introduce the prin-
cipal eulogist. He bowed low and
spoke as follows:
"Your attendance here, ladies and
gents, in such great numbers shows
San Francisco's appreciation of good
literature. This meeting is great tes-
timonial to the immortal author of
Uncle Toms cabin-the late Julia
Ward Howard"-Saturday Evening
Post.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06

to the city to seek his fortune. No
word of love had passed between them,
but they had mutually shared a COM
panfonship that had made of half a
dozen brief weeks in their lives a
period of delight for both.
Il expect to make something of my
self in the city," Leslie had told Meta
at parting. 81 expect to return at the
end Of year. hope you will think
of me once in WHILE" and an earnest
glance in return for his own made him
believe that he would be welcome on
his return.
In his heart was the full ardor Of
love. To his lips there almost came
the words that Meta would have been
glad to hear. They were repressed.
however. Meta lived wretchedly with
her old uncle, who was poor. Meta
mad many suitors. Dayton had moth
ing but his hopes. He was in no po-
'Ndon to marry. He determined to
make his way in the world. Then he
would return and ask Meta to become
has wife, able also to care for the help
less relative whom Meta would not
desert.
+ And now he had come back-alas /!
what a sad return of the wanderer,
tor he had brought with him neither
money nor promise, nor prospect for
the future. He had invested the few
hundred dollars he had in little busi-
ness with partner who had not only
fobbed him, but had defrauded their
creditors. Then he had decamped,
tteaying Dayton to bear the burden of
the hour, accused of fraud, almost
fhreAtened with prosecution, a pauper
After that there was no place for
him amid the sneers and suspicious
OF the community that ruthlessly de.
graded an innocent man. Like a thief
In the night Leslie stole back to the
little town that held the only woman
he loved. he met an old friend secret
ly, who fed his half-famished soul with
news of Meta. The Deanes were as
poor as ever. Meta was the sole SUD
port Of the house. An invalid, a wild
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
NO PLATFORM TRICKS,

"The senator's speech seemed to fall
dat,p said the practical politician.
"Tm not surprised" answered the
old-fashioned voter.
"NoT
"How could he expect to stir the
boys up by such tame performance?
He didn't wave his arms, he didn't
pound the table, he didn't mop his
brow and he didn't even pause now
and then to take a drink of water"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
A TALENTED PERSON.

; "As we grow older our ideas Of
amusement undergo a radical change"
remarked the philosophic mdn.
| "Unquestionably."
"For instance, when was a small
boy, was chiefly interested in the ex-
.hibits that composed a Congress Of
Wonders but now the amazing volu-
Ibility of the spieler fascinates me far
more than any feature Of the show"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-06
Learned by Experience.

! "Just because we have different po-
litical views is no reason why we
shouldn't be friends"
"You are wrong there" answered the
contentious man. "As casus belli
there is positively nothing more pro-
ductive Of results than a difference Of
political opinion"