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SENATOR ROOTS DECLARATIONS

Hon. Blihu Root, a Republican
statesman, is one Of the most dis
tinguished public men in the world
today. He Is diplomat, a gentle
man OF the highest type and a scholar
Of the "frst water" His conserv-
atism is we'll known. For this
reason, we are unable to understand
how he could have been led to use
the language accredited to him in an
address delivered by him in New York
City, Wednesday, August Is, 1917.
He is quoted as follows:
Elihu Root, head Of the United
States commission to Russia, re-
turned to his home city and among
his old friends yesterday and ex-
pressed his real sentiments and feel
ings about the war. At the Union
League Club last night. after busy
and what perhaps was an enervating
day, he had strength to spare in his
denunciation Of the German propa-
ganda that is now being carried on in
America.
His muscles tense;~ his face flushed,
his fists clcnchcd, he stood before his
audience last night and shouted:
"There are men walking about the
streets Of this city tonight that ought
to be taken out at sunrise tomorrow
and shot for treason"
"They are doing their work under
false prctcnsc; they are protesting to
be for the country and they are lying
every day and in every word.
'They arc covering themselves with
the cloak Of pretended Americanism,
and IL we arc competent and fit for
our liberty we will find them out and
get at them. And every one Of us
can help, not by talking to each other
about what we hear, but by carrying
to tho authorities charged with the
pursuit and detection OF traitors all
tho information We can gather
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25
British and French Guns Helm.

The special CORES nordent of the
Cologne Gazette on the IsOnZo front
has te!egrap"cd ae foll~w- to Berlin:
1.-THE artillery concentration for the
eleventh TsonZo battle surpassos all
earlier nre~or"t tons. The roar of more
than 5000. cannon in uninterrupted &C.
tivity can BIZ heard deep into the Ty.
roll. The presence OF a great number
Of British and French guns OF the
heaviest caltbrc has been established"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25
Two Motorcyciists Fatally Hurt.

George J. and James w. Heck.
man. OF Reading, met with ia.
tai accident short distance below
Pottstown. Pa. They were riding a
motorcycle with sidccar when they
were struck by Reading Transit com.
pany trolley ca. James Hickman was
Instantly killed and his companion sus
tanned a crushed skull.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25
Edison at White House.

Thomas A. Edison had cen
ference with Secretary of the Ma
IVY Daniels. Later he went to t"e
White House 10 cali ON President vii
tson. IT was Mr.. Edi"on's f"st visit t.
athe president since the declaration Of
war.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - Fairly active.
4Q@45c higher than Saturdays aver.
age: Rrlk. $4,000 1910; light, $I7S0
g 19a5; mixed. ST 9nm19G5; heavy,
CATTI West steady, others $50
Soc lower: average. S14.85.
S1!EEP-SIeady. CSC lower, $10.85
Lambs. $1625.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25

JOHN MITCHELL. JR., EDITOR
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-08-25

SATURDAY. 49,. AUGUST rs, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
LI1IItESoRlEs:
I%BEDDTInTE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1917, by T. W. Burgess.)
Peter Rabbit Becomes Pop
Eyed.

Peter Rabbits eyes were popping out
of his head as if they actually We're
trying to jump out and run away. Yes.
sir. if you could have seen Peter just
then you certainly would have called
him Pop-eyed Peter. He was staring
up at Filter the Bat. who was hang
ing by his heels from a branch just
above Peters head and who. being a
very neat little person. was at that
particular moment washing one of his
wings.
1t wasn't the fact that Filter was
washing himself that made Peters
eyes stick out so. No, indeed. Ger
tainly not. Most of Peters friends
wash themselves with theil tongues.
Peter washes himself that way. when
he happens to think of it. l am afraid
that this isn't as often as it should be,
for Peter is such happy-go-lucky
small person that he isn't always care
full of his looks. but he does do it once
in while. So it wasn't the fact that
Filter was washing that made Peter g
eyes pop out SO with astonishment 1t
was what Filter was doing with one
of his wings in order to make sure that
it was thoroughly clean.
You see it was one of his wings that
Filter was washing. He would take
the edge of it in his mouth and pull
and stretch it as If it were rubber. He
washed the under side and Peter could
see the shape of Filters head almost
as clearly as If there were no wing
there. You see that thin substance of
which Filters wings are made is lot
like very thin rubber and stretches in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get at
the Cause and Remove 1t.

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomeI, act gently on
the bowels and positively do the
work.
People afflicted with bad breath
find quick relief through DIR. Ed
wards Olive Tablets. The pleasant,
sugar-coated tablets are taken for
bad breath by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards' Olive Tablets act
gently but firmly on the bowels and
liver, stimulating them to natural
action. clearing the blood and gently
purifying the entire system. They
do that which dangerous caIomel does
without any of the bad after effects.
All the benefits Of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping, pain or any disagreeable eff
fects.
DR.. F. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of
practice among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint with the
attendant bad breath.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets are
purely a vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil; you will know them
by their olive color. Take one or
two every night for week and note
the effect.
l0c and Csc per box.
All Druggists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
MISTAKE IN THE VERDICT,
DEATH PENALTY RESULTS
Jury in Sweetsburg, Quebec, Convicts
Man Of Murder When "Manslaught-
er" Was Its Decision.

MONTREAL. October 6.-At Sweets
burg, Quebec, yesterday afternoon a
French Canadian jury, by mistake.
found George Benjamin guilty of the
murder of Joseph Pellerin. a fourteen
year-old boy, when they had intended
to convict him of manslaughter. De-
tails of the incident received here to-
day show that it was not until Judge
Hackett had sentenced Benjamin to be
hanged November 80 that it dawned on
the jurymen that mistake had been
made.
One of the jurors informed the court
that they did not understand that the
death penalty could be imposed for
manslaughter. The court explained that
the verdict was homicide coupahle"
Then it was made clear to the cour,
that the jury had overlooked adding
the qualifying word ''involuntaire."
which would have carried the convic-
ton as one of manslaughter. As it was
then too late to rectify the record. the
twelve men of the jury drew up state
ment addressed to the minister of JUS
tice at Ottawa stating the facts in the
case and petitioned for 4 verdict of
ma slaughter
Benjamin, who is forty years old. was
accused of the murder of Il boy at
Farnham. Quebec, on the night of Au-
gust IL last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
Began New Era for U. S.
COOPERATION HELPS TRAFFIC.
Figures Show It Affects Saving to
Rails and Shippers.

Cooperation of the railroads and the
shippers is effecting a saving more than
10 per cent in freight car space. accord
ing to figures just made public by the
Pennsylvania railroad system dealing
with its lines east of Pittsburgh. Or
these lines alone the saving by quick
loading and unloading and more eco
nomical routing of shipments was
equivalent to adding S1.2SS freight cars
to the system. A statement sent out by
the road says:
The average load carried per car in
July of this year was 1881 tons. In
July. 1916. the average load was 29.57
tons. The improvement this year was
3.91 tons per car or more than Is per
cent. which means that the shipping
public made IS per cent betters use of
thefreight car facilities of the Penn
sylvania railroad. This effected a saw
ing of S1.26S cars in the number re-
quired to handle the traffic of the lines
east of Pittsburgh during July of last
summer. 1t is the belief of the manage
ment that when the results for August
and September are obtained it will be-
found that an even greater improve
ment in freight car loading has been
achieved"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06

the same way. So when Filter pushed
his head against it from .he under side
it just stretched tightly about his head
and showed the shape of il. OF course.
Peter knows nothing about rubber and
he never in all hrs life had see any
thing stretch like that. He called it
skin. but i is something diffeTe,t from
ordinary skin. 1t is what we call mem
brane.
Presently Filter took his head out
from under his wing. and as he did SO
he happened to look down at Peter.
My goodness. Peter he exclaimed.
IF you don't look out your eyes will
jump out of your head, What under
the sun is the matter with you?"
Peter grinned. 1t was foolish sort
of grin. for to tell the truth Peter felt
rather foolish.
IL" he began and then stopped.
You see he didn't know just what to
say
Well. what is it?" prompted Filter.
It's the skin of your wings" con-
fessed Peter. II never in all my life
have seen anything like it. Doesn't it
hurt when YOU pull il all out of shape
the way you were doing just now
Filter laughed. 1t was a funny little
squeaky laugh. He laughed and laughed.
When at last he stopped laughing he
found his voice again.
Bless you, no. said he. "Of course,
| it doesn't. You don't suppose / would
! pull and stretch it SO if il hurt, do you p?
| If ! couldn't pull and stretch 1t that
way l never in the world could keep my
wings clean. and that would be dreadful
| You see I've got a very short neck and
| If I couldn't pull and stretch my wings
that way ! couldn't get at all parts of
| them
| With this Filter began on the other
| wing and Peter watched, his eyes still
| popping out. 1t was SO astonishing tina,
| he couldn't find another word to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06

Capt Lee Baumgarten. Joe C. Kaufman
Edgar kaufman, Ike Goodman and Will
Baumgarten. members of the Happy
Five" participated in pleasant week
end outing at Buzzards Roost, near Pen-
nfleld's.
THE captain had to keep up his rec
ords for mshaps,' said Joe kaufman
though he didn't do so much this tune.
All he did was to dsiodge an oarlock
and break an oar. I had pole. however
and was able to navigate the boat to a
landing
ike Goodman proved to be the jonah
on the trip. He absolutely failed to get
fish,, said one of his companions; but
we gave him two to take home, and
suppose his relatives think he caught
them
Windy weather interfered with the
sport and possibly prevented a record
catch. The sportsmen had action all the
time they were on the water. they stated.
notwithstanding the blustery weather. but
were only able to catch seven gamesters,
and Joe Kaufman landed six of them HIS
heaviest fish weighed two and onehalf
pounds.
Pscatorial sportsmen always are pre-
pared to experience surprises and dlsap-
pointments. Usually they come singly,
but Bernard Harding on week end out
ing at Aqua creek, was both surprised
and disappointed. He was surprised to
find the creek literally filled with crabs
and was disappointed at not catching any
bass.
He fshed away more than one hundred
smelts." said Mack Sparrough, and
caught one yellow perch. almost as many
as Dr. Randall Parsons or myself caught
Our combined catch was a dozen bass
and a few yellow perch
Sparrough said the water was very
brackish and crabs were so plentiful that
they were annoying, and they Killed mos
Of the bait He said he thought cordi-
tons would not improve to any great
extent until two or three rains freshe1
the water.
r. G. Fletcher and wife, Misses Edith
and May Graham and II. E. Edwards were
members of a house party at Quaker lake
Pa. the past month:
..The lake is filed with fish of al
kinds and sizes. said member n, r. OF o, the
water. but they did not seem anxious te
| take the bait. We did still fishing ant
| trolling and Mrs. Fletcher was the only
| one to score She landed one fsh.
| the lake shore was an interesting diver
| sion for the Washington people. being the
| first time some of them had witnessed
| such bake. They saw the clans, chick
| en-, Holsters. fish and vegetables cooked
| on the hot stones and fully enjoyed them
| Walter Johnson. not the favorite
base ball player. but Dick Peed's friend
| from Indianapolis. thinks the fishing
game in this city needs little pep to
! bring 1t up to the standard of the sport
| in his home town.
Walter ought to know" remarked
Peed. after the difficulties he expert
enced getting in the game here"
Dick related a story of his friends
experiences. and the latter admitted
| the truth of it. which included sucf
things as cutting his hand and acct
dentaIly throwing new knife over
| board, falling overheard with a choice
| lot of bait, slipping into spring ant
accidentally setting a lockhouse afirt
with a lantern.
| with it ALL" concluded Peed. Wal
| ter has caught his share of fish. he
has become accustomed to the sport II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
GIRLS IN FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT.
Bryn Mawr Freshmen Students Re-
sent Attempt at HaZing,

BRYN NAWR. Pa, October 6-Sey-
eral students were badly beaten in a
free-for-all fight which followed an
attempt to haze members of the fresh
man class by G group of Bryn Mawr
college sophomores Thursday. None Of
the fair combatants was seriously
hurt.
The cries of the girls. who were pull
ing each others hair and rolling around
in the street. attracted reinforcements
to both classes. Freshmen in automo-
biles overpowered the sophomores and
rescued their classmates. Before the
police arrived the sophomores also
managed to gain their motor cars and
escape.
Hazing has been a feature of the
opening week of the school, of which
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of former
President Taft, Is dean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
GERMAN NEWS PLANT SEIZED
Proprietors and Editors of New Jer
sew PAPER Arrested.

NEWARK, n. J.. october 6.-Agents
of the federal government have seized
the publishing plant in this city of the
New Jersey Freie Zeitung. widely
read German Language newspaper. and
arrested it's two proprietors and three
editors on charges of publishing sedi-
tious and reasonable articles.
The five men. Benedict and Edwin S.
Prieth, publishers. and William Won
Kattler, Frederick ]. Hartmann. and
Henry Waechter, were arraigned in
SIS, 900 bail each for a hearing October
l6. Agents of the government are in
charge of the plant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
SEES AID OR AMERICA
ON THE F|CHT|NGL LINES
Italian Would Have U. S. Troops Re.
place Forces Now at Front to
Produce War Material.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
Cablexram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, I917.

chicago Daily Nc"Bs SOPyEAShss AoAs'
ROME, October g. The extent to
which Italy is counting upon American
aid in winning the war Is expressed In
an interview granted by Deputy Cic-
cotti to a representative of the Gior-
male d. Italia.
In my opinion American troops and
all others organized under the auspices
are not in a position 20 tip the scales
Immediately in our favor, should grad
ually take the place of the forces now
fighting at the front.
These forces would be gradually re-
duced and demobilized to take again
their places in the production of food
stuffs and war material. Thus these in
stead of being largely brought across
the ocean would be produced in greater
quantities in Europe. in this way
tightening the heavy problem of trans
portation.
Meantime the Italians are laying new
taxes. The ministry of the treasury has
announced Il new decree to come into
force during 1918 and 1919. whether the
war continues or ends. Under the exist
ing law all males of military age
exempted from service. pay a specia
tax.
The new decree provides that al
persons regardless of age and sex
who have no son or father in the wal
or have not had within a year or whc
have not themselves served one year II
the war shall pay an extra tax amount
ing TO one quarter Of what they already
pay in direct taxation. This tax Is t.
be calculated on land and stocks wher'
the tax on these already exceeds 21i
lire $3.50. Persons without land oil
stocks are to be assessed according t
the family tax or house rent they pay.
Strangely enough the measure pro
vides that only those persons alread!
paying taxes shall pay the next tax II
order to save the government clerica
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
As an Ancient Exhortation.

cBlessed God of the worlds. peace and
pose to all prophets and to their am
-ss"dors and to those who. having be-
eved in them, became their followers:
:Iy-m most holy God, the king of kings,
.e artificer of each thing. the sempi-
--nal who commands all. whose glory
the cause of what exists in the world,
-nder happy upon the throne of his
-igR, throughout the centuries, his
-l1esty the just and popular King
ector Emmanuel III: let his power in
ease from day to day. rendering his
ropie happy and increasing the MEM
of his family, and may the glorious
IN. Bandini be permitted by divine
race to apply the law according to the
= IL of his king, general whose COM
q with mission to protect the weak
-nors US by his presence Let this ap-
coach be a pledge of joy and glory
d the cause of an unrolling of works
. justice and let it be the harbinger of
re definite victory of his army. And
.ty his banner. raised here today. wave
-ernally- Amen in honor of all proph-
. and their ambassadors for the glory
the worlds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
Town Spared From Attack.

Had they dared. the bloody incendiary
Txeek bands would doubtless have re-
luced Argirokastron to ashes. as they
I'D -Tepeleni and SO many smaller
faces. But the Greeks were not equal
a-the task OF assaulting a town in
tabited by 10000 Moslems, and the
yhite minarets of the mosque are in
act and proudly monumental to the
over of the prophet.
Luckily only slept in the hotel, TAX
-lg my meals at the mess of the general
COMMANDING, simple, plain spoken
J4dfer with thirty-five years of mill
tsry service behind him. The civil adj
Illustration of these mixed regions de-
lands an immense amount of labor.
fhnicallly. religiously, intellectually,
n inhabitants of southern Albania
Irn a salad. How to establish forms
government adapted to all minds,
eeds and social conditions is a COM
icated task. For. besides the new
toanians" returned from Greece, Italy
I'd America, there are the old believ-
y. whose lives are without event.
8 hose ideas are handed on unchanged
)wn the generations. whose souls
and attentive to naught but the time
SIS edicts of Allah. One of them
1djah. or priest of village-upon the
casion of visit by Gen. Bandini, sent
m the following message:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
DENIED BY MRS. HAVEMEYER.
-ew York Suffragist Says Liberty
Loan Story Is Incorrect.

NEW YORK, October 6.-Mrs. Henry
. Havemeyer of New York, who was
noted as having said in an address at
altimore Tuesday night before a meet
Ig of suffragists- that she would not
IT finger to aid the liberty loan be-
ause women who demanded true de-
iocracy at home were thrown into Jail
OF so doing. declares today that she
as been Incorrectly quoted. She de-
Jared she never had advised any one
OF to buy liberty bonds and that she
,ot only worked for the sale of the Sc
uEities in the first loan. but had sub
cribed for some of the second issue of
heb bonds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-06
us. AS WORLD POWER
FORESEEN BY M'KINLEY
Mr.. Taft Says Martyred President
Would Have Been Supporter
of Present War.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NILES. Ohio. October Give could
not keep out of world politics II we
would. That which affects the world
affects US. The Monroe doctrine is be-
coming a more serious Limitation upon
European action than ever before"
This was the declaration of former
President William H. Taft in the prin-
cipal address here yesterday at the
dedication of the big marble memorial
building and monument erected to the
memory of the late President William
Mckinley. who was born in this little
northwestern Ohio town.
Foreseen by Mckinley.
Ohio's martyred President was given
credit by Ohio's living ex-President for
being "the man who saw most clearly
when others We're blind to 1t the real
position of the United States in the
world Were Mckinley alive today
how his patriotic heart, his broad
vision and his vibrant words would be
united in supporting the government in
its constructive measures to carry on
the great world struggle to victory.
With what firmness he would reject
all propositions to compromise by pro-
posal of patched-up peace. He would
not ran TO see that In the present issue
no peace is possible until secured by
victory-that no solution is worthy OF
our history but defeat of militarism."
Mr.. Taft declared that it is better to
fight Germany in company with the
allies than to fight her alone later He in
sisted that had we been able to stay
out of the war we would have found
ourselves in continued friction with
Germany until she thought the OPP
portunity had come for her to strike"
Began New Era for U. S.
Our present situation is a mere de-
velopment of the disclosure of our real
situation in the world which Mckinley
recognized and made preparation to
meet" continued Mr.. Taft.
Mckinley began a new era in the
life of the United States. His success
sors in office followed him in this. Tho
contrast between the situation OF the
country in Washington's time. when
the policy of isolation was adopted. and
our present position answers every OBJ
lection to recognizing the part we must
play in the family of nations