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The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
SOUR, ACID sT0MACHs,
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each "Pape's Diapepsin" digests 5000
grains food, ending all stomach
misery in five minutes.

Time it! In five minutes all stom-
ach distress will go. No indigestion,
heartburn, sourness or belching of
gas, acid, or eructations Of undigested
food, no dizziness, bloating, foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for it's
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
1t is the surest, quickest stomach rem
edy in the whole world and besides it
is harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting a large
ffty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless it is to suf-
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest.
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.-Adv.
olocfy.io b1OIuor tolyoS tho n1acn
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Germany Gives U. S. Peace Terms.


Washington, Jan. 3.-Germany is
willing to conclude peace with the al
lies on a basis of mutual reparation,
restoration of all the small kingdoms
involved in the war and adequate
guarantees for the security of world
peace, according to details reported to
President Wilson, summarized as fol-
lows:
Restoration of Belgium as an in
dependent sovereign state on condi-
ton that neither it's frontier nor Ant
werp shall be fortified.
Preparation for Belgium by Ger
many, reparation for Greece by the al
lies, and reparation for Germany and
Austria by Russia to compensate for
damages occasioned by the invasion OF
East Prussia and Galicia.
3-Restoration of Serbia and Monte
negro as one independent sovereign
state under ruling family other than
the Karageorgevitch dynasty OF
Serbia.
4-Restoration of Rumania, provid-
ed Rumania cedes to Hungary and
Bulgaria strip along her western
boundary which, together with strip
from northeastern Serbia, will consti-
tute a connecting link between the
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

To be true diplomat is to remerD-
ber a woman's birthday but forget
her age.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Some Required.

"Mr. Jobbins is very brave man."
eyes; that's why Gladys asked him
to her mistletoe party"
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

California annually ships between
twelve and fifteen thousand carloads
of deciduOus fruits.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

An acre of land in Nova Scotia is
said to have produced 500. bushels of
potatoes.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good irocers. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
His Literature.

His Literature.
''NOt literature, eh?"
'The only book he cares for is the
volume of business
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

The man who has ScrupIes against
gambling is generally unlucky at cards.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

Strangely enough, people with the
most taste use their tongues the least,
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

Dimes in Demand.
The new dimes are in great demand
so are the old ones.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Corrected.

corrected.
"What was the import Of his
speech?"
1T wasn't imported at all. He made
it all up himself"
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
on1x One "BROMo ouININE"

To get the genuine, call for full name LAXATIVE
BROMO QUININE. Look for signature of II. W.
GROVE. Cures q Cold in One Day. 25c.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06

An electric blower takes the place
of towels in the washrOoms of some
large industrial establishments.
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
'H:Y y YSERsINEE

Avoid operations. Positive Liver j. Stomac ch remedy
mo Oil)-Resuts sure; home remedy Write today.
casone Remedy Co. DsDk St. Chicago
The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Entente Powers Declare Propo-
sltlon for Conference Empty
and Insincere.
PARATION DEM ANDED
Disclaim Responsibility for War
and Deny Foes Assertion
That Victory Is Theirs.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09

form of defence not inaptly described IN
Colonel Churchill's phrase.
1t is easy in the light Of what has hap
pened in the war TO point to what should
have been done years ago, but considering
the difficulties he had to encounter Colonel
Churchill did much. He had foresight
enough to see how great a part aircraft
we're destined to play in future wars, and
long before their practical value had been
demonstrated he had laid the foundations
of the present singularly efficient service.
He gave increasing personal attention to
its development, and Mr.. Balfour, after
some experience Of administration at the
Admiralty, has told US that had he left 1t
to the traditional routine of. the Office 1t
could not possibly have been established on
so firm and sound basis. 1t would seem
then that Colonel Churchill is peculiarly
well fitted to direct a service which prom
ises to play an increasingly important part
in the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
The British Air Service

Though it is now denied that Colonel
Winston Churchill has succeeded Lord
Cowdray as chairman of the British Air
Board, it is by no means unlikely that he
is willing to accept the appointment. "The
Times" of London, while denying the re-
port, which, by the way, had semi-offcial
sanction, admits that a change is "likely to
come in the near future" If there is to be
a change it is highly probable that Colonel
Churchill will be chosen. For a man of his
temper the relative inactivity he has been
condemned to since the failure of the Oar
danelles enterprise must be extremely irk-
some, and there is little reason to believe
that he would decline a task which is full
of possibilities and particularly suited to
one Of his enterprising and energetic dis
position.
II is, moreover, task with which he is
thoroughly familiar. His successor at the
Admiralty paid handsome tribute to his
work in this field on the occasion of his
resignation as First Lord. Whatever may
be said of Colonel Churchill's shortcomings
in office, there can be no doubt of the value
Of his work in the development Of the
navy's air service. In fact, it owes its
origin entirely to him. 1t is true that he
sometimes talked too enthusiastically of it
in the early days. His bold threat about
the "nest of hornets" that were awaiting
the first Zeppelin that dared to cross the
North Sea proved for while as empty as
the celebrated boast about digging out
the rats" But these oratorical explosions,
regrcttable as they were, may possibly be
forgiven as il-timed> rather than wholly
false. Something approximatng the pro-
posed treatment Of the rats is perhaps
already in progress on the Belgian coast,
and in their recent air raids in England
tNCcrmans have in fact encountered q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Bleeding the People White
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
c.. TLaxo aeo so,orol -, nf 81 ?

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: There are several classes of citizens
masquerading as Americans, and dare say
great many of them are wearing flags on
the lapels of their coats, thereby dscharging
their obligation to this country, who may be
considered worse traitors than any Prussian
propaganda now plying his trade on our
shores speak of food spectators and men
aligned with them in boosting the prices of
food. They are the ones who are making
it doubly hard for the valiant citizens who
desire to enlist, but are skeptical about going
away and leaving the women at the mercy Of
these gigantic robbers.
Why are the people who can least afford
it compelled to pay the price of the war, for
that is what they are doing?
The high cost of labor is a cause attributed
by food barons, when it is really an effect.
for the price of food started to jump when
the price of labor was at its lowest and labor
was compelled under the lash of starvation to
take some means of meeting the high cost of
living The increase of the cost of production
is only small percentage of the increase in
prices, which proves that the controllers of
the food industry are making more money to-
day than they have ever made before.
1t is high time the government took hand
and stipulated a temporary regulation OF
prices, pending any action Congress will take
toward the permanent establishing of food
prices. If they don't the public will be
''bled white &" WILLIAM r. MONAHAN.
Brooklyn, June 5, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Buying Goods to Keep

The Commercial Economy Board Of the
Council of National Defence, having just
completed an investigation showing con-
clusively the economic waste involved in
the return privilege afforded by most re-
tail and department stores, seems to favor
its adjustment as war measure. In
several cities it was found that the stores
we're cooperating to limit the practice Of
taking back goods sold and delivered, and
Mr.. Shaw, chairman of the Economy
Board, favors extending that policy to
cover the entire country.
There can be no question about the saw
ings which could be effected by discon-
tinuance of the practice of returning
goods. 1t would permit reduction of
Office forces, of delivery forces, of pack
ers; it would reduce the use of material in
wrapping parcels; it would reduce the de-
mands on the sales force, and perhaps per-
nit a reduction in the number of sales
PEOPLE; it probably would reduce by Ger.
tain amount the capital tied up in stock
UUueT chlSllllS al sli6NilShN'' ~AiA Si'NS~
economies would release employees and
money for other uses, either in govern
ment service or in industry.
Putting such a reform into practice
might impose violent strain on the
shoppers nature. But it would be whole
some. The war is bound to make many
changes in the business methods of the
country, and there is no reason why this
one should not be among the first. 1t
would be the more welcome if it resulted,
as it really ought to do, in a proportionate
lessening of the prices which purchasers
have to pay The merchants could min
imize the shock to the shoppers materially
by showing them how they would gain in
the long run by purchasing an article only
when sure they want it, and then sticking
to their bargain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
One Of Our Heroes

There are many sources OF division ana
dissension in our country, as the Great
War has sharply brought home to us. 80
it must necessarily be in new nation yet
in the making. But there is one item OF
union, one bond Of national good will, that
is extraordinary enough and significant
enough to counterbalance a wealth OF n.y.
phenate disloyalty and give US hope and
assurance of our national success. That
is the bond symbolized by the statue Of
General Robert Z. Lee, dedicated yester-
DAY on the battlefield Of Gettysburg
The whole episode constitutes record
Of mutual generosity and nobility that has
few parallels in history. From the height
of Seminary Ridge General Lee looked
down upon the bloodiest and most mo-
mentous charge Of the Civil War. He saw
that high tide of the Confederacy surge on
and on, weakening yard by yard, faltering,
breaking and finally failing on the crest of
the Union lines The fate Of the nation
hung on the fate of Pickett's men there on
Cemetery Ridge. Seldom in history have
so much passion and warning devotion
been poured out on a single battlefield.
Yet to-day, again, as on that July 3,
1868, the great general of the South looks
across to that historic slope. North and
South strike hands to honor him. A rare
figure was General Lee in victory; and a
rare figure he was in defeat. He DELHI
erately refused to continue the guerilla
warfare which President Davis desired;
in that bitterest hour he read the fortune
of his people truly and served them with
courage and nobility. He lived to become
again a loyal and useful citizen of his
country. His monument on Seminary
Ridge is a monument to all that is high in
our ideals. That America can thus take
her late courageous enemy as the common
hero of us all is the best proof Of our unity,
q unity living and imperishable, we
fondly pray.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Social Equality Not the Cause

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Ryland, of Richmond, Va, whose
letter you publish to-day in The Tribune, is, |
fear, very like the person described by Josh
Billings-or was it Artemus Ward who
knew a great many things that are not So"
The reasons which he adduces as the cause of
the negro hegira from the South are silly, to
say the least. Mr.. Ryland's extravagances of
statement will be laughed at by negroes who
read his letter and who know as well as he
does that the question of Social equality" and
steam heated apartments free of cost are not
the inducements that are causing them TO
leave the South; but, on the con.
trary, mob law, starvation wages, I'M
sanitary homes and the intolerance of
that class in the white South who have
come to think that the negroes are still their
personal property. The real reason, then, for
the negro exodus is the unfairness and injus-
tice of the white South toward the negro,
whose unrequited labor is the basis OF the
great fortunes controlled by white men in that
section. Who denies it? JOHN +. BRUCE.
New York, June 6, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Free Night Colleges for Women

1t is to be hoped that the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportionment will ratify the
position taken by its committee on educa-
ton favorng the free admission of women
on an equality with male students to night
college courses maintained by the city.
At present the city provides night instruc-
ton, leading to degrees for men properly
qualified to be pupils, at the College of the
City of New York. For the instruction so
given no charge is made. For similar
courses for women at Hunter College there
is a considerable charge. Despite that,
many young women have taken the course,
and doubtless many more would have done
so if they had been able to pay the fee
required.
This is manifest discrimination
against girl students, which in fairness
and decency should be abolished. If the
city is to give collegiate courses to its
young men no reason appears why 1t
should not afford equal opportunities for
acquiring higher education to its young
women. as il does in its lower institutions
of learning. Such night courses, almost
always undertaken by students earning
their own living, are no play. The fact
that a student-of either sex-enrolls is
in itself proof of the strong desire to profit
by the work. The city should not dis
courage or penalize any girl who is will
ing to undertake to improve herself under
such conditions by exacting a fee from
her when it gives opportunity for improve
ment for nothing to her brother.
The Board of Estimate might well set
aside the $4,000 suggested by the Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs as sum to pay for
this night college instruction for women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
How Many Bonds Have You Sold?

The news from the Liberty Loan sub
scriptions seems discouraging to the pessl-
mists. Our one hundred million citizens
have not leaped TO the financial support of
their country overnight. They insist on
being informed; they require to be edu-
Gated. At present the loan is failure IN
the sense that too much Of its burden falls
on the banks. The popular subscriptions
have come in-they are coming IN; but
whole lot more of them must be gained by
June 10 if the bonds are to be placed with
small holders and the finances Of the coun-
try kept in their most efficient state.
We are confident that these needed sub
scriptions will be made. The task of plac-
ing two billions of $50 and 500 bonds with
a people utterly unused to that form of
investment is a gigantic one. 1t was
botched at the outset through misappre-
hension in Washington Of the undertaking.
Volunteer workers the country over are
now giving their time and energy and en-
thusiasm to overcome this handicap. From
countless quarters we hear of their patri-
otto service and their steadily growing
success. But such education takes time.
The financial preparation of the mind of a
nation for financing war takes time just
as much as does preparation for fighting
a war. Unless we realize this fact we shall
underestimate our duty and overestimate
the slowness of the country's response.
That duty involves first, subscribing, each
of us, for all the bonds we can pay for out
of current savings; and, second, talking Lib
erty Bonds in and out of season, wherever
we go, to anybody and everybody. Every
American ought to become not only bond
holder but bond salesman. Learn the
facts about the two billions. Then talk
them out We have got to make govern
ment bonds as familiar subject of speech
as Ty Cobb or the new fashions. You can
help there. Everybody can and must help.
How many bonds have you bought? That
is the first question. How many bonds have
you sold? That is the second and by no
means less important question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Knitting Revived
New York, June 5, 1917.
ditor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: letter in yesterdays IhOuH.
sIgned MARY Constance" which spoke o.
conserving the wool supply for the govern.
nent. was read with much interest," ou'
think the writer has overlooked two pom"
in her wholesale condemnation OF the ia"N'
sweater craze" The first is that manuiS''
urers of fancy yarns had made up tnOU'
sands of pounds of these yarns before o.,
one realized what the national need w. 0S.,
be. and this constitutes the bulk OF 'n''
rroduct now on the market. mere
been no advance in the (list) retal pis'
OF the best grade yarns for over six mon'n,
although some retail shops have taken ~
vantage of the situation 10 increase pi0N'-.
The second point which occurred % %
is that these fancy sweaters nave ied -
almost unprecedented revival Of the arr %
knitting. think you will agree that re
proportion of the labor involved IN mSAln'
these sweaters was hitherto absolutely -"
productive, and if a woman can haAe
herself a sweater, buying the yarn al III
Of. say. SO TO 81, when last year she "O soo
have purchased a handmade article ior -
TO SOS. are we not the gamers? hofeo's.'
uumberess women. many OF wnom pe'su~r
have never been able 10 sew or mehu' -"
graduated from absorbing If selnsn We
er-making into the knitting OF al sO
e comforts for our army and navy a..
most of them are so delighted to als0o,.
that their hands are given them 70 use 'H''
question their ever being idle again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
The Tornado's Freaks

(Mattoon, H., Dispatch 10 The 81. Paul Dis pd'ch)
The tornado's visit to Nation offered
MANY instances of tornado freaks"
Mrs. Mary P. Kemper heard the roar OF
the approaching whirlwind, and stepped TO
the door to see what it was. Her two chill
dren covered against her in terror. The
next moment her home was lifted from over
her, while she and the children were left ur-
harmed on the floor.
A horse and a COW were grazing in Joseph
Abel's yard. The storm picked them up and
carried them a quarter of mile out on the
prairie, where they were set down easily,
and resumed their grazing. Abe's home was
picked up from about him, leaving him un-
hurt, while a baby was carried out into the
orchard, where she found unhurt.
As d. S. May, his wife and three children
knelt in prayer their house fell about them
They were uninjured.
Mrs J. n. Sexton was watching the storm
when her brick house fell about her, bury
ing her in bricks up TO her neck. She re-
ceivcd only few slight scratches.
When J. l.. Folrwell saw the storm coming
he ran out TO the street, caught up his two
small sons and started for the house with
them. The storm picked them up, carried
them about twenty-five feet in the air. and
then set them easily upon The porch. mo-
mcnt later returning 10 pick chem up again
end rs gently to carry them back to the
street while the house fell in ruins. Nont
WIS injured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-09
Lands and Lots
How Alberta Tries to Solve Problem
of Feeding Cities
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The interesting article by Mr.. Slough
ton Cooley in The Tribune of May 20 called
attention to the great economic loss which
has resulted from the subdivision of farms in
the vicinity of New York and other cities
long before the land is needed for residential
purposes. The result, as Mr.. Cooley points
out, is that this land, which might be used to
raise food is held idle, while the community
has to get its supplies from farms which are
much further away, thus adding TO the ex-
pense of hauling.
The fact that the anticipated profit to be
made from these vacant lots has not been
realized does not alter the economic waste,
and the problem to be met is how TO get such
idle land back TO it's normal use with the
least possible friction.
Recent legislation in the Province of Al
berta offers a partial solution that might be
worth considering in this state. AT the 1916
session of the Alberta Legislature the tax
laws were amended so as TO give local au-
thorities the power to compromise arrears
Of taxes on vacant subdivided areas, provided
that the lot plan was cancelled and 1.-The land,
which is not and may not ever be required
for subdivision purposes, put TO some use
whereby it may be an asset to the commu-
NIFTY" In describing the purpose of this leg
islation the Department of Municipal Al
fairs says in its report for 1916:
"Many of our rural municipalities, which
include territory adjacent to cities and the
larger towns, have had their records bur-
dened with uncertain assets in the shape OF
arrears of taxes on subdivided areas which
should never have been subdivided and were
only of use as farm land. Under the added
powers above mentioned many owners OF SUBJ
divided areas have been issued clear tax re-
ceipts on payment of a sum amounting to a
good deal less than the outstanding taxes
As such a compromise has always been ap-
proved subject TO the cancellation OF the
rlan of subdivision, the result has been to
bring under production and cultivation a
great deal of land that had been withdrawn
from use as farm land for the purpose of
making it subdivision property. This dong
away with such subdivided areas will be
beneficial TO the community in many ways,
not only by enabling the municipality to have
A better idea of its real assets, but also by
bringing under cultivation good farm lands
that had been lying idle. This result could
hardly have been brought about in any other
way. as the taxes which had accumulated in
many cases amounted to more than the land
was worth"
Of course, this plan will be effective only
in cases where the owners Of such land real
ize their mistake in making a premature
subdivision OF farm land. and would not sf-
feet those tracts where the owners are pay
ing taxes regularly and expect some time to
recoup themselves out of the increment
which may come to the land in the future.
But at least it offers q partial solution Of
very serious problem.
A. C. PLEYDELL,
Secretary New York Tax Reform Assoca-
ton.
New York, June 4, 1917.