The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-11-16
NEWS NOTES
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Though the national institution for
moral instruction a prize of $20,000has
been offered by an unnamed man fc.,
the best method Of educating the char
acter of children in public schools. Di-
rectors Of the institution will act as
judges in the contest in which hun
dreds of educators throughout the
country are expected to participate.
Soldiers and sailors will not be for
gotten this Christmas; each man, at
home and abroad will receive a pack
age from the Red Cross containing
chewing gum, tobacco, writing mate
rial, games, dried fruits, candies,
knives, mouth organs, or other articles
1t is planned to make the value of eAcA
package approximately .$L50.E-pN&
home made provisions viii be incfoEH
Ignace Paderewski, the famous Rol-
ish pianist, has cancelled most Of his
concert engagements for the purpose
Of devoting his time to the gathering
and arranging of details concerning
the politics Of Poland, the country's
business and national ideals and 9TH
er matters in which a peace conference
would need to be informed in fixing
Poland's status after the war. Pad
erewski has taken up headquarters in
Washington and will conduct the work
conformity with Col. E. NJ. House who
is also at work collecting data for Che
use of peace commissioners.
An appeal made by Oscar Bloch to
have his name changed so that people
averse to doing business with a Ger
mar would not shun him was refused
by the courts in New York. eff it
be true" the Judge said, 'that there
are people who prefer not to do bus
mess with people of German birth,
they are amply justified under present
conditions in exercising their indiyid-
ual preference. The change Of a Ger
man name, under such circumstances
to an American name would tend to
deception"
According to a promise made by Col.
Richard Enderlin, a Chillicothe, Ohio,
shoe manufacturer, every boy or girl
in the city who successfully com
pletes the eighth grade next spring
will receive from him a $50 Liberty
Bond. There are about 1870 students
eligible for the test. If all are success
full Col. Enderlin will be obliged to
spend $4,000 to fulfill his promise.
Believing that political clubs COM
posed of foreigners tend to retard the
growth of Americanism in this coun-
try, the supreme court in New York
refused to grant a certificate for the
incorporation of the Armenian demo-
cratic club. "This court will not APP
prove the formation of a political or
ganization which has for its purpose
or tends in any way to the segregation
of citizens of foreign birth or descent
into distinct and separate political
groups" the judge said.
The novel expedient of cutting ships
in two in order to move them from one
place to another is being resorted to
at the Cleveland ship building yards.
The vessels thus being operated upon
were formerly freighters on the Great
Lakes. So urgent is the need of ships
for transatlantic service that it was de
cided to take over several of the lake
vessels for that purpose. The locks Of
the Welland Canal, through which they
had to be moved on their way to the
Atlantic ocean were too small to admit
their passage, however, so, they were
placed in dry dock and cut in halves
with acetylene torches. Each section
is boarded up and caulked and then
towed through the canal and locks Of
the st. Lawrence river as far as Mont
real. Here the ships are temporarily
and taken to the Atlantic
port where they will be overhauled and
for ocean service.