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Evening journal., 1917-05-11
rRAIN ron EARMiNG.

- REATEsT difficulties about the fadmng situation
VI high cost Of seed. scarcity OF farm labor and
tho unframed condition Of much OF the labor that is
volunteered for farming.
From New York il is reported that out Of hundreds
volunteering TO the Mayors committee to do farm
work perhaps majority" UNFIT because they
know nothing Of farming
Farming is no job for unframed Farming IS
trade The best farming requires special education
and special training.
But enough training TO make men At TO help on
farms be given quickly.
just now the whole nation is calling for men to
work the land Perhaps later there may be seectye
service for farms, just are to have II for the
trenches. But cannot wait We must hurry and
get men into training fast they volunteer
Each county each state should set up training
school for farm hep-call training farm, training
camp, or whatever seems best It must he a
place to train for farm work.
This whole work Of organizing training camp for
farmers can be done in week Al the end OF that
time the soldiers Of the farms be learning their
work
Their manual OF drll will he the proper and
handling OF farm tools the Of live stock know
edge OF farm crops and their cultyaon and harvest
and so on.
This is serious work There is great need for It.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11
EVERY DAY WE LOSE ADDS no THE PRICE WI
WILL HAVE TO PAY.

THE world war is costing 10000 lives and ssO,-
100000 day.
II you will take pencil and paper you can figure
what this means in year.
The figures stagger the imagination.
And yet there are many people in this country in
and out Of Office who cannot or will not see the ne
cessty for the United states to throw the scales
against Germany at the earliest possible moment
every ounce Of its physical and material power
The sooner get in clear up to the hit the soon
or will the war be ended.
Every day that We lose means the loss to the world
Of 10000 and S6OOOOOOO
The world cannot for very long stand this tre-
mendous drain upon its physical intellectual and
material resources without becoming bankrupt
Even il not in this could not avoid
bearing our share OF the terrible burden.
And yet Congress is in deadlock certain phases
Of the army bill because the Senate and House
sgree.
In the whole history Of legislative bodies there
wer another such tragic spectacle?
Evening journal., 1917-05-11
ATTENTION!

z ERlOUS days coming
= Women will bear the brunt as well as men.
Women who are mothers or wives Of lighting men
Vill bear the burden even harder
Let's show women that their bravery and sacri-
ICES are appreciated
Let's make it the rule not the exception. to give
hem our seats in the street cars
Standing in street is good for men
1t isn't good for women.
Let's organize strap-Hangers League for Patri-
tic Service
The password Have my seat, MADAME
Evening journal., 1917-05-11
4 BELATED CENSORSHIP.

r last the administration has produced censorship
"A in a very practical form, by putting ceusors in
the cable offices to prevent the leak Of from the
country In a form favorable to the enemy The
was on in form at least for three weeks before this
simple and obvious and sensible step taken
Mckinley was not so slow in 1898. No sooner a
state OF war declared than he directed the signal
vice OF the army, then commanded by General Greely
tho Arctic explorer 10 take over all tho cable offices
the country Immediately censors were placed at the
cable terminals and tho lid ciemped down tight
The newspapers were not disturbed in their work Of
publishing the news for tho people at home.
This administration. however. FIRST turned its at
tenon to the newspapers-whie tho opportunity for
leaks at tho cable Offices was overlooked
"
Expert official opinion IA that the American wheat
crop this year will be the smallest have had in
thirteen years that true II emphasizes the neces
sy for everyone assisting the work Of making It go
as FAR az possible supplying not only the food
needs OF our own people but also those Of allies
Americans are roes Berlin declares The perspica-
city Of Berlin is astounding,
------------
Wen prove Sherman right unless we adopt unt
versal service.
The mere thought OF draft gives Congress cold
feet,
This war emergency has leap year beaten mile.
The right will can defeat the wrong way.
Where there's garden there's patriot
Who're there's treason, find the reason.
Evening journal., 1917-05-11

German hopes OF Russian downfall seem to be doing
he Hindenburg stunt
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
FOIL PARIS COCHERS

about routes. They have solved the
night holdUp by climbing into the cab
despite the proteS-ations IF the cab
men. If il is not later than the hour
fixed for him to quit work he must
take them AT the regular fare whore
they wish t. 20 or drive to a police
station and justify his refusal.
AS the average cocher wants Is little
to do with the police IS possible, he
rarely if ever apneS:s 10 them.
At one Of the Ierts used by the
Americans for LANDING troops the cab
men charged the soldiers such exor-
bitant prices that the men went to the
police. Obtained copies Of the regula-
tons governing the coChers and there
after paid only regular fares. giving
10 tips. The coche<S retaliated By re-
fusing 10 take American sOldieeS as
passengers. and if the men got into 4
cab anyhow they stopped dead where
they were and refused TO move. II
was some days before q compromise
was reached.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
RED CROSS EXPANDS
Growth of Organization a Marvel
of the War.
From a Membership of 10000 II Has
Increased to More than 10000 900
Members.

hicago-Thc growth of the Ameri-
been one Of the marvclS of the war.
The public mind has in some measure
Kept track of the army. the navy, the
aviation corps. the marines, and other
parts of Uncle Sans great fighting
machine rs they expanded. But con
slider the case of the Red Cross-least
known of all three years ago:
When the war began there were 20
900 members Of the Red Cross scat
tered about the country, chiefly in the
ty could have told how it worked or
what 1t did. except that in great dis
aStprS it cared for the victims.
Even one year ago, when the war
had been going on for more than two
wears. and il seemed inevitable that
we should be dragged in, there We're
only 1G3.IS7 Red Cross members and
80 chapters.
ToGay there arc more than i.OOO,OW
Red Cross members. and 2,73G chap
tcrS, with new chapters being formed
and new members enrolled all the
time. -Four hundred thousand Of these
100000 members are paid subscribers
Of the Red Cross Magazine.
OF course this tremendous cxpan-
sion. coming in Il single year has III,
tcrly overwhelmed the scheme Of ad-
miniStration which was adequate for
10000 members An entirely new
system was imperative. and It IS now
being installed. Briefly, this is how
it works:
The active head Of the Red Cross Is
General Manager Harvey d. Gibson,
who has volunteered his time for the
duration Of the war. The work Is
apportioncd among bureaus-thoS" OF
development. publicity. women, nurS.
ing. civilian relief. military relief, sup
plies and accounting.
The territory Of the United States
has been divided into thirteen sections
each headed by a division manager
Each Of these managers, like Mr. Glib,
son, has volunteered his services with
out pay so long rs ne war shall last
Each manager is now reOrganizing the
administration Of his division to cor
respond with that at Washington, win
director at tie head Of each bureau
many Of them also volunteers, work
ing without pay.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
TOLD TO ELOPE BY SPIRITS
Then Girls Companion Pleads Guilty
Under Mann Act at Frank
fort, Ky.

Frankfort. Ky.-Rogor w. Dale,
alias Frank Hancock, pleaded guilty
before United States Commissioner
Wizard to violating the Mann act by
bringing sixteen-year-old Bessie LII
ellie Smith Of Toledo, Ohio 10 Frank
fort. where they have been living since
October 3.
According to the girls story she met
Dale in the building where her father
has his office. Dale became the 90
between for written questions and an
swers passing between the girl and Il
trance medium. whom she never saw
and who was supposed to live at 201f
Putnam street, the home of Dalc's
mother.
One of these communications from
the medium conveyed the information
TO the girl that she was In love with
Dale. who WOULD marry her. Then
Dale asked her To run away with him
Dale told her they were married and
showed her certificate.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
United States Soldiers Prove Not
to Be Easy Marks.
victimized at First, They Study Re3u-
lations and Now Pay Only
Legal Rates.

Paris.-Paris cabmen have not YET
decided whether the American sol
diers will prove 4 welcome or an IN
welcome ado. ton TO their patrons.
When the men from across the sea hrst
arrived they were all hailed by the
cabmen as millionaires and the tips
they received were in keeping with the
reputation thus bestowed upon them.
But trust the Paris cocher TO kill the
goose that lays golden egg.
He practiced his old game of taking
the most indirect route to reach his
destination and never had any change
when rendered payment. At night If
no policeman was in sight he always
baked at taking an American uniform
without first extorting a promise TO
pay a fixed price for the course,
which was at least twice his legal fare.
The Americans stood this imposition
for time but finally got tired Of being
continually bIed. Now they give no
more than the French as i tip and as
they become better acquainted with
the city check the willy cabman when
he attempts to take them icy round
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15

ordinary fedora hat and ordinary
heavy shoes. He wasn't half as SNOWY
us the newspaper men who were with
him. not at his invitation but unbe-
known to him until they burst in on
the landscape and discovered him
calm. pleasant and unafraid.
We went into Fremont county one
day. The miners had been in an ugly
mood Rockefeller couldn't be diStin-
guishcd. by them, from the others, for
they had never seen a Rockefeller. II"
inquired for one of the miners. TINS
fellow had the reputation of being II
bad actor Rockefeller found him at
the mine mouth. They chattcd Il few
minutes and then stepped on the Gag"
and down they went, several hundred
feet into the earth.
At the first level the rich mans son
stepped off the cage and pcered
through the dimly lit streets of the
underneath. Then he said:
"Mcn, l am John d. Rockefeller, Jr.
What seems to be the trouble out
here?"
They were dumfOunded, helpless.
Then he walked with his men into
the dark places with his face taking
on goodly veneer Of black dust. He
looked his men straight In the eye,
firmly but kindly. and asked them what
they thought could be done or should
be done to better conditions. He didn't
patronize, apologize, strut or talk
loudly.
SO he walked, in the earth. with his
men who had hated his name.
When he came up to the top of the
world again he walked down the min
| ing town street to the Golden Bow
saloon. This was the only town in the
Rockefeller group that had saloon.
He inquired for Tony, the barkeep.
Rockefeller shook hands with Tony
while Tony's eyes all but jumped out
of his head. Tony was disappointed.
There was no plug hat, no policeman
no proud and naughty person before
him, no sour face, no overlooking bus
incss-just a pleasant, mild-mannered
and unafruid man.
John d., Jr, said he had heard Tony
was interested In him and he had
taken the trouble, which was no trou-
bic at all, to come and say hello and
wish him well, although doubtless
wishing to himself Tony would get
| into some other business.
Down south Of Trinidad up high In
the hills where the fourfusher lasts
about a second, Rockefeller sent
everybody back to Trinidad. He stayed
/. for the night-alone. He rolled up In
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15

a miners blanket. The next morning
when we found him he was washing
his face In q tin basin. Then he looked
out over the receding slopes Of the low
er plateau and observed earnestly that
1t truly was a noble country.
We came into Walsenberg finally. In
the civil war some Of the Bulgarian
miners placed cannon on the noun
tain top and fired into the militia.
Just how many were killed was never
stated.
They were surly, Rockefeller had
been Informed. He was advised to
watch himself.
Well, wonder of wonders, he had a
| society" evening at the big camp
some miles from the town. They had
fiddle and organ. They played selcc-
lions from most Of the Italian operas,
and then Rockefeller suggested a
dance. Not such another dance was
ever held in the eternal hills Of Colo
! RADIO. Rockefeller is some dancer, too.
He danced with the miners wives and
daughters, and before they knew it he
Was the one normal person there. They
forgot he was the son Of John u. Rock
cfeIier. after q while, and had the
time Of their lives.
Again he fired US all back TO town.
come W in the morning" he said.
He was alone thar night again with bis
men-his partners, IS he called them.
We came back in the morning. He
tad explored the mines with his men.
/ He had inquired about the school ia
cilitieS. how they woIld like 70 have
i a banGstand, provision for small gar
dens. a Y. ". c. a. and lot Of things
+ like that.
/ We found hiIa, as down beyond Trim
idad, standing On the high bluff, look
ing out over the foothills. wrapped in
: the flooded gold Of the sunrise.
I'D like 70 live here part Of the
/ year" he said.
And so from mine camp 10 mine
camp. always insisting that he 90 alone
TO see his partners.
The Big Meeting Called.
| At one mine camp he vent alone 10
| the homes Of tbe miners 10 talk with
the wives and the children. He was
| 50 afablc 50 miId-mannered. 50 ap,
parpntly sincere. that the haIf-billiGn
! dollar business soon was lost sight u
and they felt sD.aehow-jheSe human
/ beings with oaly Wretched chance d,
The best but with soul and love Of
life like kis-they found friend
They were coming together from the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
Weekly Ration Not Sufficient to
Maintain Bodily Health
and Vigor.
8 OUNCES OF MEAT A week
Food Allowed to Germans and lnhab.
. itants of Territory Occupied by
Germans Is Lacking in Energy
Producing Elements.

Observation-Disclosures concern
Ing the weekly ration now being al
lowed the German people and the civil
Ian population of the occupied por-
tons Of northern France and Belgium
Z have been received by the United
States food administration. In food
A value the ration Is insufficient prop
erly to maintain bodily health and
vigor.
The German ration is as follows, the
amount being those allowed per per-
son per week:
Flour. 3.45 pounds; potatoef, 7O5
pounds; cereals Goats, bear and
peas), ounces: meat. So ounces; ;
sugar. 3 ounces; butter and margarine.
2.S ounces; and other fats, IS ounces.
Stated in terms of American house
keeping. these items amount to suffi-
cient -four to bake Az pounds OF
bread; one-half peck of potatoes; a
cupful Of beans. peas and oatmeal !;
one-half pound Of meat; II dominoes
of sugar; individual patties of but
ter; and an equal amount of other
fats.
In Northern France.
For the population Of that portion
of northern France occupied by the
Germans, the allowance is as follows: :
Sufficient flour for five pounds OF
bread; one-fifth peek of potatoes; one
cupful cereal, IL 1-3 ounces OF bacon
and lard; and 10 dominoes OF sugar.
Here meat, butter and margarine
are oil replaced by bacon and lard.
TIE allowance of -four and cereals
nre slightly increased. but the allof-
ance Of potatoes Is less than half the
German ration. while sugar is also re-
luced even below the meager German
allowance.
The ration for the civilian popula-
ton of the occupied portion of Bel
GUM Is similar to that OF northern
France. except bacon and lard are re-
placed by meat and butter.
The German ration. compared with
the ration used as standard for pur-
noses of comparison by the food adj
rninistration shows that In body build
ing protein the Germans have Al OF
a Mound. and the standard ration 1.oS
hounds. In fats, the German ration
contains .43 of a pound, as compared
with standard 7 pounds. In carbohy-
drates. the German ration contains All
pounds, as compared TO SO pounds for
tba standard ration. In total calor-
les. the German ration aggregates ~
$40 as compared to 24,000 in the stand
ard ration.
THE standard ration is regarded as
sufficient only for person in seq
entary occupation. or one involving
relatively slight physical labor; ana
yet ii provides two and one-halt tilnes
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15

be perfectly fair about 1t. But 1t sure
was to be "spurlos versenkt" for John
D., Jr.!
An old philosopher said that while
distance lends enchantment to the
view it also begets q dimness fatal to
our. purpose.
Hand to hand, elbow to elbow, soul
to soul, right up close where men can't
camouflage-well, 1t was a violent dis
illusionment!
l make bold now to assert, mindful
Of inherent prcjudices, that this is the
man:
Take all his money from him, set
him down on the top of the mountain
or in the midst of the interminable
desert and he would be all there
lust man. the rightest Of the right
est merely as man-to-man stuff goes.
He'd do his part-without q whimper.
He'd be the last man TO give up.
lie went up against q sure-enough
proposition in Colorado. He won over
to hin-as a man-hundredS Of una
fraid men in the mountains who jEdge
fellow humans by stern standard
nerve. They might hate the power Of
his money, probably still do in way
but they liked this human being,
That's the acid test in the high hills
and on the desert. He went through
unscathed.
There wasn't a man among Us Hfter
two weeks who wasn't ready TO agree
"Well. what do you know about
that: Hes human
At the hearing by the federal trades
commission in New York. after he had
surprised the members with his ap-
parent grasp of industrial and socjolog-
zeal problems Mother Jones. angel Of
the miners everywhere. laid her hand
on his shoulder and asked him 10 come
TO Colorado.
81 believe in your sincerity" she
said, substantially. Il believe you
mean TO do what is right, but you don I
know. Come and see for yourself,
John"
He said simply:
"Tll come"
Some one asked him il he didn't
lear such a trip.
He said: No"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
PEOPLE UNDERFED BY TIE GERMANS

as much bodybuilding protein, and
nearly twice as much fat, and nearly
two and One-half times as much carbo-
hydrates as the German ration.
Ration Not Sufficient
In the ration for northern France
the substitution of bacon and lard
makes the weekly allowance of pro-
TEN equal only three-fourths Of the
German ration, and only one-third Of
the standard ration.
In the whole, it may be said that for
person in an occupation requiring
only q moderate degree of activity,
these rations provide considerably less
than the amounts requisite to main
tain bodily health and vigor.
The greatest efficiency Is in energy
producing foodstuffs. although the lack
Of bodybuilding proteins is physiolog-
ically more important. and liable to
have more serious and more perma-
nent results.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
Operated Upon Monkey,

st. Paul, Minn.-Adherents Of tie
Darwinian theory Of mans decent
see additional evidence in its support
in the announcement that Joe" pet
monkey belonging 70 Frank A. libel.
had just submitted to a successful OF
eration for appendicitis. The monkey s
a;i1nent was diagnosed by Humane So
physicians. and under an aEaes-
tlleiic It's appendix was removed
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
Arrow Cost Father $500.

Virginia. Minn-Twenty-five hun
dred dollars was the amount awarded
w. F. Mcdonald Of Evcleth for who q
few years ago was shot in the eye by
a dart from an arrow in the hands If
Simon. the four-ycar-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Solomon Sax Of Eveleth. The
plaintiff asked $1,000.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
ROCKEFELLER, jR.,
WINS HEARTS OF
COLORADOMINERS
Proves to Men and Families That
He Is Human and Interested
in Them.
FIRM AND KNOWS NO FEAR
How Son of Americas Money Mag.
nate Brought to an End One of
Countrys Greatest La
Dor Wars.
BY CHARLES NJ. WHEELER.

Mr. Wheeler IS a reporter on the Chi
cago Tribune staff. and was sent to Colo
RADIO to report Mr.. Rockefeller, Jr.'s. visit
during the coal miners strike. He gives
an interesting impression OF the world =
richest mans son and only made heir
Editor.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
YALE HAS COLLECTION
or WAR LITERATURE

New Haven, Conn--1aie uni
.e-stfy has collected probably
the most exhaustive mass OF ma
ter,aI on the great world war in
this country. Under direction
Of prof. Wilbur c. Abbott, a
committee. appointed In the fall
Of 1914, has secured this coun-
try aud Europe for publications
III ali kinds on the war. The
eoiieet;aa consists not only of
books, but complete files OF
newspapers and magazines from
Europe aud this country besides
pamphlets. proclafnations' post,
e,s and letters of all kinds and
descriptions,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15

A rather mediocre literary person
once advised all young and mediocre
reporterS-One of whom | am, both
young and mediocre-to pick the big
gest subject in the world If he would
get away with it. He mentioned two
subjects as the biggest money and
the Bible. He put the Bible first.
Both subjects, somehow. fit into the
story of John d. Rockefeller, Jr., but
Of the two subjects the Bible end, or
the man himself, is the one worth
bothering about. Fortunes change.
Character usually is fixed.
To write about million dollars is
easy. To write about q hundred mil
lion dollars IS easier. To write about,
say. half billion dollars-the approx
innate size Of the Rockefeller potts
easiest But to write about the man,
entirely disassociated from his money
that is 8 horse Of another color, but,
withal, not unpleasant, If one happens
to know his man.
Believing every wallop ever aimed
at the Rockefellers, and II was con-
genial believing, l hurried off to hob
mob with the very rich mans very rich
son, gloating in my soul at the oppor-
tunity TO break another lance on his
supposedly soulless hide-and, also, to
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-15
Common Everyday Man.

He would not permit detective or
policeman 10 accompany hiin. He wore
the kind Of clothes lie wears in New
York-fabrics Of ordinary texture
probably costing about $40 Il suit. He
wore an ordinary oyercoat t!iat prob
ably didn't cost as much. He wore an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17

WANTED-Second hand church pews,
 enough pews to seat 800 people. Give best price, Address B, 1239 Browh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17

local corporation, young man for stenographic and general of flee work. Good salary to competent man. Apply by letter to N55, care Age-Herald.
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LIBERTY CARS-The best automobile on the market for the price. Sl445. delivered to your door; phone for demonstration. De Shazo Motor Co.,, 404 s. 21st St. Phone 1761.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17

WANTED-A bright young man who is a competent stenographer and who is ambitious to get a good newspaper training. Please address in writing, M-55, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17

manufacturing com pany opening branch office in Birming- ham wants competent man to manage it; must take at least $1000 interest in company; salary $150 per month; 15 per cent commission; manager should earn $10,000 year. John R. Cavanagh. 10 S. IaSalle st Chicagn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17

As far as food supplies are con- cerned, Alaska can be made self-sus taining. The soil of the territory is ca pable of producing grain, vegetables and berries the greatest hindrance to large crops being the short summer season.