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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

TIME Sunday school teacher was ex-
planning to the children how Sum-
day came to be instituted. 1.-THE
Lord worked for six days" she said, land
rested on the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed
it. Now, has any child any question to
ask" Willie wishes to ask a question.
What is it. Willie?" why did tn Lord
pick such a dead day as Sunday for holi-
day." asked Willie. The teacher couldn't
explain.-Lincoln State Journal.
The acumen Of Julius Rosenwald. who
subscribed 100000 to the Liberty Loan,
led a Chicagoan to say,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
"A Ar. Wilson Prophesied the
wi Unity League

The Presidents inaugural address con-
tanned prophecy which bears directly
upon the present developments toward
unity. He said:
at is imperative that we should stand TO-
gether We are being forged Into new unity
amidst the fires that now blaze throughout
tho world in their ardent heat we shall IN
Coos providence, let us hope, be purged OF
faction and division, purified OF the Grant
humors OF party and of private interest, and
shall stand forth in the days to come with
new dignity Of national pride and spirit
There has been widespread newspaper
reaction to the formation Of this league
the fact that it Is necessarily more alb
stract In it's working and essence than
most of the organizations actively engaged
in war work apparently causing no en-
barrassment. A thoroughly graspable
proposition, It would seem, "a definite
movement for unity Of thought on the part
Of the American people" "The Washing
ton Post" defines It.
And now "those doubtful Americans, who
have been going about with an appearance
of great solicitude, inquiring what Amer
lea is In the war for, probably don't want
an answer" grimly notes 'The Kansas
City Times" which continues:
ar they we're forced 10 accept their occu-
patton would be gone. But the League for
National Unity. formed in Washington and
representing all phases OF American life,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
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Nothing Needed in Working 1t o~
but Pencil and Paper

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Of substantial value either 20 the army OF
to the navy, has been devised by }. T.
Springer, Of New York City. We give De-
low sample passage in this new oiphef.
Experts who read these lines are invited
by Mr.. Springer to try their hands at de
cphering it. 1t Is permissible 20 say N"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

ut was impossible to overreach Rosen-
valid, even when he was boy.
zone summer day, when a boy, he de-
livered some eggs to a druggist for egg
phosphates and such like drinks. The drug
gist counted the eggs, and there was one
egg over. julius demanded it back, but the
druggist said:
"'No; III keep it, and you can have a
drink at the fountain
"'All right said the boy.
"'Now, then said the druggist, what II
you have?
EGG phosphate said Julius."-De-
troit Free PresA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21


Gently in "Leslie's Weekly" as de
claring that
"To-dsy Russia wants $500 Locomotives
.ust As soon as they can be obtained, and
10000 ears. Why should we be interested IN
that? For this reason, for this very, very
good reason. Il Is estimated tina; the Ger
mans have some 100000 Of their troops on
the Eastern front Suppose that Russia
should be unable 10 get supplies, 20 get
food, to get ammunition, 70 get guns and
all the other things necessary for her army'
She might have TO quit whether she wanted
to or not II Russia should make scfa-
rate peace with Germany those 2,SoO,ooa
Germans that are now facing the Russian
army would be released and would be moved
70 the Western 'front.' facing France and Eng.
land. That 100000 is the exact number,
suppose, Of additional men which we would
have 10 send over to oppose them. In other
words, (. may mean 100000 more Of our
yaung men 20 France II Russia is unable 70
meet her transportation problem sstsfae'
torily.
"The railroads will not be able 20 carry
all the freight that will be thrown upon
them during the war, and this is why; They
were measurably well equipped to perform
the service Of the country before the war
began. As matter Of fact, for period OF
some seven or eight years there was nearly
always a surplus Of anywhere from 10000
TO $780, 900 freight cars II cannot be said
that the railroads were not fairly equipped
to do the work required of them when the
war began.
"Sincs then the traffic has grown enor-
nously, end II will continue TO grow, bat
the railroads have not broken downi never
before In their history have the railroads
carried as much business as to-day, but We
must carry those things first that are es-
sental to the winning Of tne war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Louvain and Edith Cavell
Two articles, also in Worlds
Work." by Hugh Gibson, first
secretary of the American Lega-
ton in Brussels at the time of

ton IN bruSSeiS OF tiie tiAiie VI
the German invasion.
THE first paragraph of Mr. Gibson's
D. picture Of Through the Louvain In
ferno" is typical
Brussels, August G7, 1914. There is bad
news from Louvain. The reports we have
received agree that there was some sort
OF trouble IN the square before the Hotel
dc Vile a day or two ago. Beyond that no
two reports nre alike. The Germans say that
the son of the burgomasteT shot down some
staff officers who were talking together al
dusk before the Hotel de Vile. The only
flaw in that story Is that the burgomaster
has no son. Some Belgians say that two
bodies Of Germans who were drunk met in
the dusk; that one body mistook the other
for French and opened fire. Other reliable
people tell with convincing detail that the
trouble was planned and started by the Ger
mans in cold blood. However that may be,
the affair ended in the town being set on
fire and civilians shot down in the streets
as they tried TO escape. According to the
Germans themselves the town IS being wiped
out OF existence. The Cathedral, the Library,
the University and other public buildings
Rave either been destroyed or have suffered
severely People have been shot by hundreds
and those not killed are being driven from
the town. They are coming 10 Brussels by
thousands and the end Is not vet This
evening the wife of the Minister Of Fine
Arts came in yith>the news that her mother,
woman OF cighty-four. had been driven
from her home at the point Of the bayonet
and forced to walk with stream of refugees
all the way 10 Tervueren, distance OF about
twelve miles, before she could be put on a
tram 10 her daughters house. Two old priests
have staggered into the -- Legation more
dead than Give after having been compelled
to walk ahead Of the German troops for miles
as a sort Of protecting screen. One Of them
IL I'll and II is said that he may die as a
result Of what no has gone through
In his story Of "The Last Hours Of
Edith Cavell," Mr.. Gibson continues his
indictment of German methods. With the
article Is reproduced facsimile history
Of the entire case in Miss Cavell's own
handwriting, including even the last tragic
entry, Died at a. M, on October 18th,
1915" indicating the hour when Miss
Cavell expected TO be shot. But Miss
Cavell was surreptitiously executed dur
ing the early hours Of the morning.
Mr.. Gibson's story Of her end bears out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
TIME ninth annual convention OF the
Southern Commercial Congress,
"A held In New York last week, was

southern NOIilifcASlh NShbiN
u held In New York last week, was
addressed by many prominent men upon
topics of keen and far-reaching import,
home being by no means confined to South
rrn affairs.
For instance, S,ephane Lauzanne, editor
If "Le Matin," speaking at a "get-to-
rether" luncheon given in his honor on
Monday, said;
"France will fight 70 the end. We have
suffered much We are prepared 20 suffer
more. We arc ready 70 die, even TO be
wiped out az nation, rather than see Ger
man militarism triumphant
"You and We are seeking the same goal
We have given you our hand-the hand OF
an unsuhducd nation. The fight is not now
Trance for all tho world as French states
man said. but all the Allies for all the world
including our friend Japan
DR.. Toyckich Iyenaga, director of the
East and West News Bureau. denounced
the activities Of American yellow journal
Ism, which, he said, have seriously endan-
gere6 the relations existing between this
-ount.y and Japan. In the course Of his
rema, Ks he said:
AN. RIGA and japan are now brothers IN
arms. lighting against common foe. Amer
ica's erewv is Janan's enemy, and japan 5
enomv s Americas enemy. Japan, there.
fore. no longer fears the calumnies heaped
upon her head By yellow journalism, for the
eovernmon. and sound opinion Of America
are al her bach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
checking Tex Legislation Which
u May Be Dangerous


On Tuesday Fred l. Kent, yice-president
of The Banker Trust Company, appealed
to the DELEGATE, TO bring influence to bear
upon Southern Representatives in Congress
In an effort to "crcc', destructive taxation
md financial legislation" These he held
to be responsible for Impeding the re-
Eponse to the second Liberty Loan
After asserting that business men are
ready 20 bear their full share Of the war
burden but were in doubt as to whether
sufficient income was going to be left
American industry to earn an income for
stockholders, Mr.. Kent continued:
"The Liberty Loan and our very success
IN the war are in jeopardy to-day because
Of Federal taxes which have been MADE
law. TIA. have so shocked those in this
oountry responsible 70 millions OF stock
holders and bondholders that they arc at
actual loss TO know how 70 proceed and are
positively unable to determine what amount
can be safely invested IN Liberty bonds and
still leave sufficient margin TO pay their
Federal taxes without having to overborrow
or be forced into bankruptcy. Because their
hearts are right the will is there TO do their
part, but great accomplishment requires IN
spiration as we'll as will, and inspiration Is
being killed.
1--WE have so-called excess profits tax
that Is not a tax on excess profits at all
hut Is merely further burden on all In
comes. whether they have increased or de-
creased since the war started. Then there
80 An undistrbuted surplus tax that menaces
conservative financing. and that will have
n tendency TO curtail development in the
future.
1--WE have tax on trades, business, oecu-
nations and salaries that entirely ignores
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Fewof the Latest
Suffrage Pros

ovERNOR ERNEST LISTER
1 r woman suffrage Is a distinct asset
- to the State Of Washington. No one
perhaps, except some one disgruntled on
account of its having interfered with some
pet scheme, has ever even suggested that
Washington was not better for IT,"
George f. Morris, Chief Justice OF Su-
preme Court Of Washington: 81 have no
hesitation in saying that, looked at from
every angle, the result Of woman suffrage
has been most beneficial in the State OF
Washington"
Fred B. Morrill,, a prominent lawyer OF
Spokane, an opponent Of suffrage before
the vote was won in his state: II think
that women vote as intelligently and hon
estly as men, and / know that they are
more interested in an honest and efficient
government"
United States Senator Miles Poindexter
"The women who have voted are those who
arc best informed and the most interested
and most concerned about the effect upon
conditions, upon themselves and upon their
families of the laws which are enacted in
response to the suffrage Of the people at
the polls
United States Senator Wesley L. Jones 4:
"Never was a class so well fitted by intelli-
renee, education, capacity, refinement, lofty
motives, high aspirations and native ability
to receive the full power to discharge the
duties of citizenship in great nation as
are the women of the United States"
Representative J. W. Bryan: along the
lines Of morality, Of intellectually, OF
physical healthy development, Of all things
that 20 to make strong government,
woman's influence will help, and, in order
to get that influence into action, you must
put that strength of woman's love and
woman's heart into the statute book and
enact it into legislation"
Mr.. C. Herbert Moore, prominent busi-
ness man of Spokane; "The granting OF
the right Of suffrage to tho women makes
a decided improvement IN the electorate of
a community"
Mr.. Charles Hebberd, leading business
man of Eastern Washington: washington
men believe in woman suffrage. They have
tried it and found the result good"
Suffragists are willing to rest the case OF
suffrage on the relative weight Of the testi-
mony adduced. But where they need more
light is on the question Of the anti-suf-
fragists' dear delight in circulating the
Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
The Terrific Reverses France
/ Has Survived

NJ. Jusserand, the French Ambassador,
speaking of after-the-war conditions, said !;
"An immense reconstruction will be need
ed by those nations which have fought the
enemy on their own soil. You Of the South
have solved your problems with mastery
everybody acknowledges and admires. we
shall solve ours. We have done II pefore'
We have survived the miseries, much worse
Of the civil and religious wars OF the SIX
tenth century, when it seemed that the enc
Of France was a. hand. But on the morrow
we had the splendid times Of Henry w.
Richelieu and Louis XIV"
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, OF Florida,
president Of the Congress, warned against
a relaxation of Americas war efforts,
saying:
"There must BIO no overconhdence. II
would be an evidence Of weakness to stop
now and argue the reasons or causes We
are engaged in the most stupendous war OF
oil times. The one great task Is TO wage
Il 70 a successful conclusion"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
,"O A large majority Of the people
Of this country" declares "The

OF this country, declares Inc
Il Galveston Tribune" there will
appear TO be little need for the organiza-
ton Of a league the purpose Of which Will
Re the unification OF American public opin-
ion., From all outward manifestations
there appears to be but one direction to the
trend of American sentiment, at least so
far as tho war Is concerned, and that d.
rection Is toward the crushing OF force
which now threatens the future OF democ-
racy in the world and purposes to make
the nations of earth either join issues with
and become submissive to that force or
maintain perpetual guard in order to pro-
rect the remnants Of humanity's rights
which may be left In the event that mill
tarism energies victorious from the present
conflict"
However, such a league has come into
being, and "none too soon," in the estima-
ton Of 1.-THE Cheyenne State Leader"
which paper, reading between the lines OF
dispatches from Washington announcing
Mr.. Wilson's hearty approval, discerns "a
certain evidence of relief on the part Of
our overburdened Executive, for this new
body can do much to uphold his arm in the
prosecution of a stern war against the foes
without and within our borders"
The league was formally launched in
Washington on October 8. welcoming
the leaders Of the movement at the White
House in brief speech" one dispatch
read, "the President expressed the belief
that American public opinion, although
understanding the wars causes and prin-
ciples, needs guidance to remember that
the war should end only when Germany is
beaten and Germany's rule Of autocracy
and might are superseded by the ideals of
democracy" The President laid a new
emphasis upon the Importance of team
play" although he felt certain, he said,
that the people Of the United States were
"wholeheartedly behind the prosecution Of
the war to a successful conclusion"
Creating a Medium for
~ Patriotic Expression
The object Of the new organization, con-
cretely stated, WAS this:
ITO create a medium through which the
loyal Americans of all class sections, ereeds
and parties can give expression to the funda-
mental purpose Of the United States to carry
on TO a successful conclusion this new war
for the independence OF America and the
preservation Of democratic institution, and
tho vindicstion of the basic principles OF
humanity"
And the following declaration Of prin-
ciples was adopted:
an an hour whom our nation Is fighting for
the principles upon which It was founded, In
an hour when free institutions and the hopes
of humanity are a. stake, we hold 1t the duty
Of every American to tako his place on the
firing line Of public opinion.
at Is not time for old prejudices or
academic discussion rs 70 past differences.
Those who are not for America ere against
America.
an this crisis The unity OF the American
people must not be impaired by the voices
If dissension or sedition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

Gallo tribes are practically all preserved IN
the names Of modern French cities or towns
Thus the PARISH naturally suggests Paris
the suessiones, Scissors, the Remi, Rheims
the Atrebates, Arras, the Caleti, Calais the
Senores. Sens-and so on indefinitely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

IN. value % the community Of tho indus
trious, and that does not properly diferen-
tate between dead and living income-that
is. income from securities held and income
produced by the individual through labor
of brain and body"
He concluded with these words:
To-day our President and his advisers
are striving to the limit OF their ability
TO fit our country to take proper part In
subduing an evil thing which has hold OF
great nation, and which, If allowed to sue
coed. will destroy all nations. and yet some
Of those who should be counted upon to help
most are committing sabotage and jeopardy
ing the success Of the nation. 1t IS to-day
within the power Of you men Of the SOUTH
as it has never been with any people before
in the history Of tho world. TO bring order
ont Of a world of chaos and prevent suffer
ing to millions who have not yet been
touched by tho bloody hand Of war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

Suffragists are willing to rest the case Of
suffrage on the relative weight Of the testi-
mony adduced. But where they need more
light is on the question of the anti-suf-
fragists' dear delight in circulating the
worst that they hear about women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
The Railroads and
the War

- ANIEL WILLARD was quoted re-
Gently in "Leslie's Weekly" as de
claring that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

wv YHAT it's originator believes 70 %
w thoroughly workable and yet IN
W decipherable cipher, which may /"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-12
"iDYLLlC BELGIUM"

Djemel Pasha, one of the highest
Turkish officials, has just completed a
tour of Germany and of the country on
the west that the Germans have con-
quered Speaking of Belgium, he
said: Life in Belgium today is idyl-
lie. People in the towns 60 for walks
all day long, while in the country
happy peasants are gathering in the
harvest with the help of contented
prisoners. The fairy tale of the ill.,
treatment of Belgium is really too
grotesque."
or course, the precious Turk did not
explain that the reason the Belgian
city jewellers walked all day long was
that they had nothing else to do
all factories being looted by the Ger
mans, all stores being practically put
out of business. He also did not ex.
plain that the happy peasants were
SdIucTluS Ill udI VCSIo WulCh lASiA
Prussian masters would seize for the
benefit of the Prussian armies.
But naturally life in Belgium would
seem "idyllic' to this Mohammedan
governor Of Syria. In Belgium the
people are only starved and mulcted
of all their money. In Belgium the
women are only outraged and the men
deported into virtual slavery. Com.
pared with what Djemel and his pals
did in Syria and in Palestine and in
Armenia this is very tame.
The good Mohammedan allies of the
kaiser butchered Armenian and Syrian
Christians by the thousands, sent 9th
err thousands to perish miserably in
the desert, and turned thousands of
girls over to Turkish harems. The
kaiser still has a few things to learn
in the way of "screcklichkeit."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-12
THE NEW WAR TAXES AND The FO0OSMNC
CAMPAIGN PEEVE YOU, LET LYON tell YOU !
WHAT IT'S LIKE IN FRANCE

The waiter is grieved because
you've forgotten it is Monday.
1T is prohibited to eat meat on
Mondays and Tuesdays, monsieur" he
says.
You soon find that Tuesday is the
black day for eating.
On Tuesdays you can neither eat
meat nor pastry. Pastry is also for
hidden on Wednesdays.
About 40 per cent Of the people In
Paris eat their meals in restaurants,
and these restrictions on meats and
pastries have resulted in enormous
savings of food supplies.
If your room at the hotel is dark,
you try to turn on the electric lights
soon after supper. But there's no
light.
The very minute each evening when
"the lights come on is fixed by law.
Conservation of coal again.
If you burn kerosene in lamps or gas
in your cook stove your consumption
is limited to 65 per cent of what 1t
was before the war.
Only the rich can afford to run
autos any more, because gasoline In
France now retails at $l.29 a gallon.
1t makes one smile to recall the
storms of protest in America about a
year. ago when the price OF the juice
got up to about Is cents a gallon.
You go to the theater, and after
the performance you wonder why ev-
erybody rushes away pell-mell for the
subway entrances.
You follow leisurely, only to discov-
err, when you arrive at the subway,
that the last car is gone.' And
there are no "owr' cars for late stay
ers.
ION account of the war, service Is
prohibited after II o'clock" say the
signs.
IL you've missed the last car, the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-12
SAFE AND SANE THANKSGIVING.

SAFE AND SANE InHNNoo''''o'
And maybe war will give us a safe
and sane Thanksgiving.
There has been much extraordinary
stutfing of ourselves mixed up with
our thanking of God, on Thanksgiving
day. We will have. on the coming
national day, more than ever to be
genuinely thankful to God for, and
more than ever will it be sinful and
senseless to stuff ourselves. If we
continue our usual gastrOnomic policy,
we are likely to waste more in one
day than all the campaigning for food
conservation can save in week.
President Wilson, in his proclama-
ton, appeals for unity OF spirit and
purpose Of service to the world. The
world as whole is going to be al
mighty hungry on Thanksgiving day,
with frightful shortage Of food in very
many parts. There is no better way
of arriving at such unity and perform
ing such service to hungry humanity
than by neglecting our usual Thanks
giving gorging ~- s ,afr.
Thank God and treat your stomach
as if it were a sane part Of you, on
Thanksgiving day!