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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Zeppelins' Effect on Birds

From The Christian Science Monitor
From time to time, since the beginning OF
the present war, the curious behavior OF
pheasants and other animals, far distant from
the scene of actual engagements, has been a
matter Of frequent comment. Pheasants
seem TO be particularly sensitive TO gunfre
or unusual noises Of any kind, often when so
distant as to be quite inaudib.e TO the human
ear. Thus, at the time Of the first naval en-
gagements in the North Sea, in the early days
of the war, gamekeepers in the North Of Eng
land reported an extraordinary unrest among
the pheasants during the time the engage
ment was in progress, and similar stories
have been accommodating since. The pheasant
seems TO have a particular objection TO Yep
pelins, and, according 20 a recent account
given by a gsmekeeper, he was warned, by
the Growing Of the birds, of the approach Of
a Zeppelin an hour or two before the great
airship arrived in their vicinity
A particularly interesting instance Of this
sort was recently given by correspondent
of "The Manchester Guardian" Going for a
walk into the country. he stopped at a cottage
for refreshment, and the conversation turned
on a Zeppelin raid which had taken place a
few nights before. The couple who lived in
the cottage had known nothing of the raid
until the next day. but on the night IL had
occurred the woman had called her husband
10 the door, and they had listened together
TO the unusual noises which were being made
by the pheasants. 10 was long after the birds
usual time for settling down, but they were
up in the trees and flying around. making "a
fearful noise Many other people around
them, this writer adds. had similar stories 10
tell and each Zeppelin visit adds 10 them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Liquor Reform in England

The people of Great Britain are by now
more or less resigned to the prospect of
more rigid regulation of the traffic in
liquor 1t is bound TO come, and the only
doubtful point is what form it will take
or to what degree the government will
venture TO interfere with the habits of the
nation.
Every one recognizes that it is no longer
merely a question of increasing efficiency
among munition workers. That was the
main plea upon which Mr. Lloyd George
attempted on a former occasion to bring
about a radical reform-and failed. To-
day it is question that concerns the food
supply Of the country, and in all probable
ity the brewers will be hard hit 1t is est
mated that 100000 bushels of grain are
turned into beer every year; 800 1000 900
pounds of sugar, too, go to the liquor trade
1t may reasonably be expected, then, that
what many regard as the wilful waste of
these commodities will be checked, at least
in some measure.
1t is evident that the opposition of the
brewers and distillers is weakening. Ac-
cording to recent report, for instance, the
Irish distillers have come to an agreement
with the Minister of Munitions to continue
the making of whiskey to seven-tenths of
last years output, and then TO hand over
the distilleries to the government. The
elimination of the breweries will prob
ably be less sudden, if, indeed it is to be
achieved at all; but il is not unlikely that
there will be drastic reduction in the
amount of beer brewed. 1t has been
pointed out that in most parts of Germany
the output has been reduced to 20 per cent
of the standard before the war.
One reason for believing the time ripe
for further regulation is that the value of
the reforms hitherto enforced is very gen
orally recognized. Convictions for drunk
enness have been greatly reduced, the
weekly ave age for the twenty largest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Trenches as Health Resorts

From The PhilGdeiphid LtdDr)
If the war goes on much longer no doubt
the trenches will be listed among the favored
health resorts. Lord Northclire comes back
from his months visit TO the front with the
report that the annual death rate among the
natural" death rate, of course
is but three per thousand. The average death
rate for the United States is about fourteen
per thousand. The inference is that II one ~
strong enough to stand it the incessant OUT
door life conduces TO longevity. "Funch
description Of the gardener writing homo 70
his old employer is not FAR from the TRUTH
for men as we'll as for vegetation. The gar
dener tells what fine soil 1t is for roses, ana
wishes the missus might come there to sec
for herself how well the flowers grow.
Medical science is able to render the reason
for the diminishing mortality Smallpox
typhoid. typhus and other maladies are max
ing their last stand against war doctors ana
surgeons with systematic incubation. For-
merly every large military camp was rot.
bed of disease Look at the recent record o.
the Mexican border. From May to OCTOBER
16 among 10000 men there was not one
death from typhoid, of which malady there
were twenty-four cases in all. In the spanish
War. with less than 10000 men, there were
90 900 cases and 2,192 deaths. Last summer
Sir Alfred Keogh, surgeon general, reported
TWENTY-FIVE cases Of typhoid among the Brit
ish soldiers in France. and remarked that IN
former days with the same number OF men IN
the field there would have been at least 60
600 cases. Out Of all that is detestable IN
war knowledge issues concerning other
nlseues more murderous than gases, grenades
bo1l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Stating"

Tho peace note "leak" and Thomas W.
Lawson have proved godsends to a do
ncdhing Congress. If public attention
can be diverted by an investigation of
Lawson's near-pronnses to stage series
Of leak" disclosures or near-disclosures,
the Democratic leaders in Congress may
succeed in covering UP TO some extent
their failure 10 do various things that
ought TO be done before the present ses-
sion ends.
They are "stalling,' and Lawson is just
the kind Of a sensationalist to help along
their game. A few Of the leaders, like Mr..
Henry, seem to be genuinely concerned
lest a leak" investigation should uncover
scandals damaging to the Democratic
party. But most of the others are willing
to take chances on Lawson's disclosures
if they turn out to deserve that name
in the hope Of getting up some excitement
with which to occupy the country. They
will stand for almost anything which may
help Congress to dodge its real work
Mr.. Lawson once pursued 1.-The System
tenaciously through 40 or 80 magazine in
stalments 1--WE have forgotten which,. tie
is a scandal trailer of sound wind and can
20 the length Of what is left OF the present
session without even getting fairly started.
Put him in the witness box, and Congress
can present a 900 reel movie which Will
last uninterruptedy until noon of March D.
Meanwhile, goodby to the real tasks of
the session. The House Committee on
Military Affairs passed unostentatiously
last Friday a resolution declaring that no
radical change of military policy should be
considered in framing this sessions army
appropriation bill. This means that moth
ing will be done to repair the blunders Of
the Hay army reorganization measure
measure whose complete failure-so far
IS the liberalization of the state militia
is concerned-was demonstrated by the re-
cent mobilization on the Mexican border.
Congress will simply shut its eyes to the
facts and let the country muddle along for
another year with its present grotesque
military system.
road bills. President Wilson urged Con-
gress to pass a measure partially pro-
tecting the country against nationwide
railroad strikes, by forbidding strikes
without notice. Mr.. Adamson, the author
Of the Adamson law, promised at the be
ginning Of the session to pass such bill.
But there are no signs now that Congress
will redeem that promise. Mr.. Gompers
and the leaders of the four railroad
brotherhoods are against strike prevention
of any sort 1t is more comfortable, there
fore, for Congress to sit tight and dc
nothing.
That being the situation, Lawson is a
real lifeline. If he starts under Con
gressional auspices another great Every
body's Magazine" serial, nothing short OF
an adjournment sine die can stop him
Listening enraptured to him, Congress car
stall on to its hearts content.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
WHY ALLIES CANNOT BARGAIN FOR PEACE

And now England herself is ready. She
has as her Prime Minister the one man
who throughout this clash of dynasties has
kept in touch with the soul Of the people
and plainly expressed their unalterable
purpose. Mr.. Lloyd George is Radical, a
democrat, a leader who hates class prvi-
lege and snobbery. But, above ALL he is a
Briton. He sees with clear eyes that mill
tarsm is the implacable foe Of freedom,
So with clarion voice, he has proclaimed
the utter downfall and ruin of the military
caste. And this is the writing on the wall
which has already announced the doom of
the Hohenzollerns and their attendant
Junkers. They will be swept into eyerlast-
ing ignominy, and the lively hope Of an
emancipated Europe is that the peoples Of
Germany and Austria will themselves as
sist in the good work. That is why the
terms of peace will include as a vital ele-
ment the question of real parliaments in
those stricken countries. Democracies do
not make war, but they are dire and I'M
yielding when war is made on them. Out
Of this weller of bloodshed will come a
lasting peace, but it must be assured by
the voices of free men, not by the unre-
liable signatures of autocrats and their
hirelin0s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

towns in Great Britain having fallen from
about 2.4OO in 1916 to less than 400 in
1916. The consumption Of intoxicants has
declined notably, spirits in the first eight
months falling from 20,OOO,000 gallons, in
round figures, to 100000.
There is at present a considerable de-
mand for total prohibition, but az it comes
mainly from employers and has met with
decided opposition on the part of the work
ers it is unlikely that any attempt will be
made to enforce it for some time to come
A middle course is what may be expected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
The Impossibility Of Bargain

SO | maintain that Germany is not only
beaten now, but has lost many decisive
battles both in the field and the council
chamber. She behaved like a vicious de-
generate when she lost the good will Of
every neutral nation by her excuses in
Belgium and Northern France. She was
beaten in her attack on Paris. She was
beaten in the race for Calais. She was
defeated at Verdun and the Somme. She
could not cajole Italy or coerce Rumania.
And her greatest failure of all has been
this latest attempt to save some of her APP
parent gains by pretending that the races
she has wronged ought to bargain with
instead Of furnishing her. AS a military
power Germany was able for a time to
stupefy the world. automatically, she is
q heavy-wtted boor. Her present policy
can best be defined by Rabelaiss oft-quoted
couplet:
"The devil was i'll; the devil a saint
would be;
The devil got well; the devil saint
was hel"
The German devil must be SICK indeed,
when he talks of peace, but let him burst
the ever-tightening shackes of the venge-
full hosts in France and then we should see
the true fiend once more, callous monster
in gray-green uniform stalking through
desolate land!
One word in conclusion When will the
war end? When Germany is knocked
out" That was Mr.. Lloyd Georges an
swer to the same question, and it cannot
be bettered. And when will that be? In
all human probability about August or
September of this year, unless, as is highly
possible, internal disruption helps the ex-
terror squeeze.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
Denaturing the Monroe Doctrine

From The Louisville CONFECTIONERY
Nothing is clearer than the fact that tine
President, az the President OF Humanity
rather than OF the United States, meditates
a vast revolution in the foreign policy Of our
Republic Wilson Doctrine to replace the
Monroe Doctrine-and it is well that every
step in the approach to such policy should
be deliberately weighed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

You can purchase merchandise advertised in
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14

Entered At the rostonoe At New York IS Second cla'
Nal Matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
DRAMATIC CLUB GIVES.
SOMEBODY'S WIDOW
Columbus Country Club Benefits By
Performance Given at
Gonzaga Hall.

Members of the Knights of Columbus
Dramatic Club last night presented
Somebody's Widow" at Gonzaga Hall,
under the auspices of the Columbus
Country Club. The performance is to
be repeated this evening
Leading parts were taken by Mrs
Sarah Deeds, Misses Estelle Murray,
Martha Ford. Mabel Cosgrove. Virginia
Ford and Jennie Whalen, and F. ]. p.
Cleary, Bernard Fitzgerald, Denis E.
Connell, Frank Hail and Frank Clancy
John F. Luitich had charge of staging
the production. Arthur NJ McCreigh
was the musical director.
Specialties Were given by Misses
Marie and Edna Strudley, Agnes Whe-
Ian, Ora Hemling. Agnes Holden, Es-
telle Murray. Louise Luitich. Margaret
Tucker. Mabel and Beatrice CoSgrove,
Ruth Hoffman,, Esther Smith and Marie
MilitZer, and S. Leo Mccarthy, Irwin
Cosgrove, Denis Council and Bernard
Fitzgerald.
The chorus included Misses Anna
Ford, Virginia Stack. Marguerite Keane.
Marie Mcdonald, Blanche Slattery,
Nina Pairo. Agatha Lannigan, Nellie
Mccormick, Gertrude Quinn, Mary
Gam. Catherine Mcdonald, Emily Lou
den. Elsa Schwarz, and Messrs. Will
liam Stack, Robert McCreight. James
B. sullivan. George Geddings J. II.
Gill. jerome Mckee. John Costello B.
j. Smith, ]. A. Sheehan. George Vie
mann, Paul Sullivan. George Mcdonald
and Edward Mccormick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
GIVES ILLUSTRATED TALK
ON ART AND Archaeology
Prof. G. H. Edgell Lectures Before
Washington Society on Medieval
Paintings of Siena.

Prof George II. Edgell of Harvard
University, contributing editor of Art
and Archaeology. was the lecturer at
the seventy-eighth regular meeting Of
the Washington Society of the Archeo-
logical Institute of America at the
residence of Miss Mabel Boardman
vice president of the society, 1901 p
street northwest. last evening. Prof.
Edgen gave a lecture, illustrated with
stereopticon views, on The Medieval
Paintings of Siena. with Special Ref
erence to Works in America" He was
introduced by DR.. Walcott, president of
the local society.
The lecturer discussed the paintings
of Siena during the city's greatest
period of artistic activity and from the
end of the fifteenth century to the be-
ginning Of the sixteenth. The work OF
Duccio, Smone Martini, the Lorenzetti
and their followers was briefly re
viewed and compared with contemporary
painting outside of Siena, especially
with that of Giotto.
The artistic ideals of Siena, which.
according TO Prof. Edgell. had manifest
affinity with those. Of the orient, were
discussed.
Prof. Edgen closed his talk with a
discussion of the more important
Stenese paintings in the United States
in public and private collections and
their relative value in the development
of Sienese art.
The following new members were an
nounced' as elected by the executive
committee: Alexander Boiling Gait
oscar J.. Crosby. Miss Anna N. Rich
ards and Mrs. Samuel Spencer. The
next regular meeting of the society
will he held March - at the residence
Of Mrs. +. Il. Moran. 1915 Massachusetts
avenue northwest Prof. l.. b. Patton Of
Hartford Theological Seminary will
give an illustrated talk on our Debt
to the Ancient Babylonians."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
TELLS OF STRIDES MADE
BY RUSSIAN RED CROSS
Former Embassy Attache Here Lee
turing in U. S. to Raise Funds
for Ambulances.

The first of series of lectures on the
European war was given yesterday art
ernoon by Count Andrew Kalpaschni-
koT -camack, formerly an attache at
the Russian embassy here, but now
colonel in command Of the 2lst Tying
column of the list Serbian Corps of the
Russian army, st the Russian embassy
before an audience composed OF per-
sonages high in official circles. MEM
bers of the diplomatic corps and others
prominent in the social life and philan-
thropic work in Washington.
This series of lectures is to be given
in the principal cities Of this country
to raise funds FOR the equipment OF the
Russian Red Cross with adequate am
buiance facilities, under the patronage
of the Russian ambassador and Mime
Bakhmeteff. The lecture yesterday re-
veaIed the wonderful work and d*Vel-
opmen. of that service since the out
break of the war.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British am
bassador. and Lady SPRING Rice and the
French am bassador and Nine. Jusse-
rand were present.
Count Kalpa schnikoff-Camack, who
has risen to his present rank from a
volunteer in the ranks at the outbreak
of the war, told how Russia, unpre-
pared for the great struggle, has de-
than two years.
starting with beds for only 5000, the
Red Cross now has beds and hospital
facilities for 100000 wounded said the
lecturer. 1t has $4,000 nurses at the
front and 10000 physicians, while
$4,000 woman dentists care for the teeth
of the cars troops. In addition to car
ing for the wounded the Red Cross
daily furnishes 10000 zoe dinner por-
tons to the sick and to passing troops.
The one serious handicap to the Rus
sian Red Cross at present is its trans
portation facilities. The service has
only 100 auto ambulances. For the
whole quota of Serbian troops there are
only two. The result is that we have
TO haul our wounded twenty-five miles
or more to hospitals in small wagons
without springs. Frequently, because
of the scarcity of these small wagons,
we must leave rpe wounded in barns,
abandoned buildings or other tempo
rary shelters for many hours"
In praising the Serbian troops the
lecturer showed a number of pictures
displaying the effects of wounds said
to have been inflicted by German dunn
dunn bullets and scenes of death re-
sulting from German gas attacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
de many worth-Whlle savings.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06
MUCH GIVEN FOR Relief.
Several Hundred Dollars Contributed
to Associated Charities Fund.

Several hundred dollars have been re-
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ISOLATED Charities. issued Saturday.
Each contributor of So or more is en-
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Those suffering from cold are begin
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-06

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