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The sun., 1917-04-16
MARSHALL FIELD TO
ENLIST AS PRIVATE
Heir to 500, ,OOO. 900 will Join
Chicago Regiment.

CHICAGO, April 16.--Marshall Field,
grandson Of the founder Of Marshall
Field Co.. one of tho richest young
men in America, has declared his In
tention Of doing his bit" He will en-
list as q private in the First Illinois
Cavalry the first of this week. coming
from New York. where he 10 at present,
to join the Chicago organisation.
Young Mr.. Field and his brother.
Henry Field. inherited practically the
entire estate Of their grandfather. This
estate Is now held in trust for them.
1t is estimated at $500. 100000.
Marshall Field was educated in Eng.
land, at Eton ana sfterward at Oxford.
He was married In February. 1915. to
Miss Evelyn Marshall. daughter of the
late Charles H. Marshall OF New York
They have one son. Marshall Field, Js,
Who u about . year cid.
The sun., 1917-04-16
JEWS PLEDGE
$2,560,0OO AID
Sum. Exceeding Fourth of
National Assessment,
Raised in Six Hours.
IL MEN GIVE A MILLION
julius ROsenwald Offers Tenth
of Total Given by All
Others.
IL MEN GIVE A MILLION

Within six hours after the National
Emergency Conference. the organization
OF Jews who have devoted themselves to
relieving their coreligionists In the war
ring countries abroad, had decided upon
a nationwide assessment Of $4,000 900
for this year. more than one-quarter OF
that sum had been contributed or pledged
at the dinner given in the Hotel Savoy
last night by Jacob Schiff to Julius Ro-
senwald and Henry Morgenthau.
The conference had apportioned the
levy according to States. However, the
flood Of $2.550.o00 poured In last night
without regard for territorial divisions
group Of twelve men at table No. at
the dinner pledged themselves for 81 .O0O.-
900. From other cities in instant re-
sponse to the message telling the action
Of the conference came another $1,000
900.
In a little stack Of checks came $780,
900 in cash. So quietly did the collec-
ton progress that Henry Morgenthau
spoke. upbraiding the New York diners.
without knowledge that more than half
million dollars had been put into the
treasurer's hand. Those who gave these
oh ko
The sun., 1917-04-16
u. S. PLANS FOR CARE
OF SOLDIERS FAMILIES
Employers Told to Make Tenn
porary Arrangements.

WASHINGTON, April Is. - Secretary
Baker IN communication to the Ma
tlonal Chamber of Commerce has urged
employers to mako only temporary ar
rangements for the care Of dependent
families OF their employees who enlist
It is the aim Of the War Department to
work out a uniform plan. To this end
the Chamber OF Commerce. which has
been requested to make an investga-
ton of the subject and make report
to the War Department. will begin work
at once.
Secretary Baker. in his reply to a
letter Of inquiry from the president Of
the chamber. II. GOODWIN Rhett. said (:
"we have not ms yet had opportunity
to give consideration to the matter OF
voluntary civilian assistance IN the care
Of dependent families of men enlisting
In the military and naval forces. but
deem 1t OF very great importance that
the question should be thoroughly inves-
tigatsd ~ promptly as possible. Its
propsr selution viii have . material
The sun., 1917-04-16

bearing uron the morale OF those who
enlist. besides giving a very necessary
protection for those whom the nation
must take care Of In the present crisis.
1--WE would be exceedingly obliged to
your organization II you would under
take this investigation for us. report
Ing the result Of It. together with such
advice thereon as you may feel author
ICED to give, AT the earliest practicable
moment. In the lAeantime wo would
urge that employers Of labor make only
temporary arrangements with their en-
ployees until such time when II is hoped
some uniform system can be suggested
which will adequately take care OF the
situation"
The sun., 1917-04-16
NO U.BOAT nv PACIFIC OCEAN.
Toxic Admiralty Says Jspapese
Navy Protects Cur Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, April l5.-The Japa-
nese Admiralty officially denied yester-
day that there was a German submarine
In the Pacific Ocean In cable message
to japanese newspaper here.
THE Pacific coast of the United States
Is safe from the depredations of an
enemy raider by the protection of the
Japanese navy" the Admiralty an
nounced.
Cart. Gilmer. commandant Of the
Twelfth Naval district. whose office on
April IL issued warning that German
submarines were In tho Pacific, said /:
~ am very glad the Japanese think
there are no German submarines In this
ocean. We have had reports to the con-
trary, none Of which we have been able
to verify"
The sun., 1917-04-16
CALDWELL COOL TO T. r.
VIII he Guided by Wilson ON
Army Plan.

Col Theodore Roosevelt made a visit
OF almost an hour yesterday morning to
ue Forest Hills. L. l.. homo Of Repre-
sentative Charles Pope Caldwell to urge
Mr. Caldwell, who is member Of the
House Committee on Military Affairs, to
insert In the army bill. which will be in
Noduced on Wednesday, a provision that
army division to hs sent to France as
soon ar It is possible to train and equip
the men
Representative Caldwell did not take
Kindly 10 the suggestion. and II was said
last night he told Col Roosevelt that he
would be guided entirely By President
Wilson's wishes.
The sun., 1917-04-16
King Albert's Men Find
Positions at DiXmude
Evacuated.
LONG LINE BREAKING
Heavy Counter Attack on
Arras Front Results in
Big Losses.
ST. QUENTIN IN POCKET
French Approach From South,
While Haig's Troops Press
on North.
BERLIN ANNOUNCES
ONLY LIVELY FIGHTING

BERLIN, via London, April
I5.-The official communication
issued by the Imperial German
War Office this evening says:
There has been an artillery
battle along the Aisne and in
the western sector of Cham
pagne which at intervals in
creased to the greatest vio-
lence. The fighting continues.
There has been lively fight
ing north of the Bapaume-
Cambria road.
The sun., 1917-04-16
sweden for New Russisn n Treaty,

CoPENHAGEN, April 15.--A despatch TO
the National Tiderde says the Swedish
Parliament has adopted a resolution
calling for the opening Of negotiations
for new arbitration agreement be-
| tween Sweden and the new Government
of Russia. The resolution was pro.
posed BY Carl Llndhagen. the Socialist
Mayor of Stockholm.
The sun., 1917-04-16
TURKS INTERN THE SCORPION.
American Guard Ship Now Held At
ConstantinOple.

AMSTERDAM. via London. April 16.-
Tho American guard ship Scorpion has
been interned at Constantinople by the
Turkish Government, according to a
news despatch obm the Turkish capital
quoting the Turkish newspaper Sabah.
The Sdbdh says that the Scorpion was
given twenty-forr hours TO leave the
harbor. but was unable to do so and
was therefore interned "in accordance
with the Hague convention"
The sun., 1917-04-16

The Germans drove out the civil popu.
lation OF Lens on Friday, herding the
French residents, w.o have lived n~aue
the thunder Of the guns under German
rule throughout tEe Two years that their
city has been in the hands OF the invader.
British patrols fought their way into
Lens through Grirnccs seemingly i'm
pregnabc through a driving rain which
started this murnnE. The rain could
stop them no more than the Tnows'orm
n few days ago, however. Tney scram-
bled over the STAG hc1ps thrown up at
the pit mouths of the conf mines Groped
through suhrerran"au tunnels and INine
galleries and fought across bitches.
correspondent reports that the whole
network was known 10 have bacn liter
ally stacked with guns and il is re-
garded as certain that al least $50 were
In the mines and pltheads. Many OF
them must have fallen into the hands OF
the British.
By the capture Of Lens the British are
practically assured of control Of the
whole OF the coal mining district about
the city. Lens had population 81 30,-
900 before the war ana was surrounded
by the mine settlements and many sub
urbs. 1t Is the richest coal district In
France, producing 90 per cent Of the
coal mined In the republic Unless thS
Germans have worked out the mines
they v Ill eoon alleviate the coal shortage
In France.
AT St Quentin the British devoted
The sun., 1917-04-16

Mr.. Schiff announced that he wanted
his subscription used specifically for the
establishment Of complete hospital unit
to be presented In behalf OF American
Jewry to the Russian people in recogni-
ton OF their emancipation. He said
that for the manning OF this unit a sufii-
cient number Of physicians and surgeons.
born in Russia and now American citi-
Zens, had volunteered
The sun., 1917-04-16
Nation IL Apportioned.

Tho assemblage that gathered for the
conference In the Temple Emanuel
Fifth avenue and Forty-third street
divided up the United States into q
series Of districts. making tentative as
sessments according to the Jewish popu-
lation in each State. New York has
been put under obligation to raise s4,-
900. 900 Of the 81. 100000: Illinois. ST.
000.0 900; Pennsylvania. si.000.o00; Cali
fornia, 100000. and SO in lower gradua-
tions to Arizona. which is expected to
furnish $4,000 Of the total.
Tho conference was invited in Q body
as the guests OF Mr. Schiff to greet Mr..
Morgenthau at the dinner In the Savoy.
II was a function that combined the
patriotic ideals OF the race in upholding
President Wilson as well as the object
Of massing the immense sum for relief
"May not say something Of the duty
of the hour" said Mr.. Schiff. "of the
duty Of every American. irrespective OF
his origin. to seek in his own way and
In his own sphere to cooperate In light
ening the burdens of our great President
by doing his individual duty In its en-.
tirety2
"And to us as American Jews II must
be particularly gratifying that our coun-
try enters this momentous struggle fol-
the liberation of the modern world from
the possible rule Of those who would
make automatons OF all over whom they
might gain dominion. Just at the mo.
ment when the great stronghold Of au'
tocracy-R Russian Czardom-has sue.
cumbed to the onslaught OF the people
whom II had so long oppressed and do
prived OF the rights which should be the
Unborn possession of all mankind.
"As American Jews we are full OF
gratitude that Providence has placed
our lot within this great nation and that
a. part OF It We can and shall Willingly
do our duty with our entire heart. with
our entire soul and with our eatirs Dos
The sun., 1917-04-16
Troops APPROACH Lens.

The British War Dfli'e statement Is
sued tonight says. huwever. our troops
are approaching the outskirts OF Lens"
from tho west, The day statement said
that ''our troops are pushing on in tho
direction OF Lens" from the west and
from the northwest.
There can he no doubt that the Ger.
mans were thrown into complete con-
fusion by the British advance to Lens
and that II was no part OF the prod gous
Hindenburg plan 10 eva cuatc Lens The
city was fred. frantic efforts were made
to get away stores and guns ana above
all TO get away the German troops from
the encrclng British "nutcra cker"
From prisoners We know that wild
scenes took place in Lens frantic ef-
forts being made 10 get away guns and
stores, and defend the line retreat by
blowing up the roads" says Llovd's
news correspondent. Orders were given
to destroy the Goa! mines by firing
charges into the pits and by flooding the
mine galleries"
The sun., 1917-04-16
Rosen vald Pledge.

The men at No. 8 table who promised
themselves and the conference to add
million to the relief were Harry Bron-
ner. Joseph II. Cohen, William Fisch-
man, Felix Gould. S. I. Hyman. 8. c.
Lamport, I. L. Philips. A. L. Rothstein.
r. Sadowsky, Bernard Semel Julius
Schwartz and Max weinstein.
At the head OF the speakers table sat
Mr.. Rosenwald. who as president OF
the ars-Roebuck Company has been
chosen as a member Of the Council OF
National Defence. He has offered to
give one-tenth Of all amounts collected.
an offer which amounts practically to
81 100000. Thus, with the checks and
the pledges the conference already has
been assured OF s3.500.000.
Men Of the same organization already
have sent more than $s.000,o00 to their
suffering brethren in the stricken war
fields. This work Of charity ranks Sec
ond only to the contributions that have
been made to the Belgian relief.
Five hundred men were at the confer
ence, all united for the common aim
There were read to them guarantees OF
assistance from every city in the coun-
try For instance. Gov. Simon Bam-
berger Of Utah has promised TO give
one-tenth of all the money raised in his
section; Gov. Alexander OF Idaho has
made q similar proposal. Morris Levy
Of Omaha, L. B. Finkelstein of Wells
boro. Pa. Jacob Epstein Of Baltimore.
Adolph S. Ochs Of Tennessee and a host
Of others have promised the same. Mr..
Morgenthau was elected chairman Of the
campaign committee and presiding Off.
Ger Of the conference.
The sun., 1917-04-16
Retirement in DeIgium,

This event. so momentous to the an.
saved nation. Is announced in the fol.
lowing brief bulletin from the Belgian
War Office:
In the course Of the night. after vio-
tent artillery preparation. Belgian troops
penetrated DiNmude as far as the second
enemy lines, which they found unoccu-
pied. On the entire Belgian front thA
artillery fighting was spirited to-day"
This combined with tho staggering
blows the British ire dealing to the Ger
mans and the fact that the French have
yet 10 Strike, may mean a German re-
treat in Belgium as we'll as in northeast-
ern France.
Though the War Office. always eau
tlous. docs not announce the capture of
Lens. the correspondent OF Lloyd's Ne,Us
with the British army. telegraphs that
British patrols entered ILe city between
and O'Clock tins morning Other
correspondents say that the Germans
have evacuated the CITY, leaving only n
few rear guard detachmeuts TO delay the
British.
The sun., 1917-04-16

LONDON, April 15.--A great defese
faces Won Hindenburgs army on the
western front The Germans are now
retiring from Lens, and the pursuing
British are In the outskirts Of the
great French coal city. Great fires are
burning, indicating that the Germans are
destroying their stores preparatory -
retreating. St. Quentin is tottering iron
another blow to-day
Won Hindenburg made his first bis
effort to-day to save the remnants Of tn
shattered northern sector of the limo that
bears his name. A counter attack az
tremendous energy was launched 81 Q
six mile front at the point whsre Field
Marshal Haig Is astride the line. The
Germans lost thousands Of killed ana
wounded and 900 prisoners. The British
everywhere stood firm.
The Germans appear to have begun a
Dig retirement In Belgium. Troops Of
the little Belgian army. that has waited
Two years to advance, marched last
night into the Belgian town Of Dixmude.
They preached the second German line
ana round II empty. The Germans had
gone.
The sun., 1917-04-16

Fair to-day; tomorrow unsettled and
warmer, probably rain; west winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, ": lowest, -.
Detailed weather reports OH page g.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
Torpedo. Boat Destroyers.

Most people are familiar with the
ordinary torpedo-boat, swift vessel
of from 400 to 600 tons In displace"
ment, carrying no defensive armor'
but armed with tubes for discharging
the deadly torpedoes. To counteract
these wasps Of the sea, type OF ves-
sci was designed of about double the
size Of torpedo-boats, little greater
speed, and in addition to torpedo
tubes, armed with rapld-flre six to
twelve-pounder guns, for the avowed
purpose of destroying tOrpedo-boats.
Lately all the great nations have
stopped building torpedo-bhats, as
originally designated, and are building
topedo-boat destroyers. Recent en-
gagements have developed the fact
that torpedo-boat destroyers are used
almost wholly as torpedo-boats. So,
they are really battleship destroyers.
To defend the capital ships for tor
pedo attack the dreadnaughts and bat
tic cruisers are armed with secondary
batteries Of rapid-fire guns from four
to six inches in diameter One we'll
rlaced shell from gun Of that size
will ordinarily put destroyer out OF
business, as the destroyers have no
defensive armor whatever.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
SING TO SETTLE QUhRRELs
Eskirnos Have Peculiar h.anner OF
Adjusting Their GrieVsnces--En-
emy Must Listen.

The ESkimos. who live in the ice.
bound, barren Northland have a way
of settling quarrcls which seems very
strange and amusing to those who live
in land of policemen and courts of
justice There. when Quarres arise,
the man who has Il grievance writes
song in which, h" tells the wrongs that
have been dorc him. When this has
been composed to his satisfaction. he
invites his enemy 10 come and hear
him sing il. This the enemy must do
and he brings with him all his rcla.
tives and many Of his friends. while
the singer also has gathered his friends
and relatives for The occasion. which
Is considered something of general
entertainment by tn" PEOPLE Of the viii
lage in which the IEtn live.
Then, while other inon of the village
pound mndly on huge d:umS. the song
of wrongs Is begun. When il is fin
iShed, If the nlltit"nrc expresses ap-
proval, the singer is considered to have
won and to have Just cause of com
plaint. But if dissatisfaction Is ex.
pressed. that is considered sufficient
punishment. After the song everyone
dances and the party breaks up In
great good humor.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
Consolation.

When one Is filed with Ills and
groans, when one has cares and aching
bones, when every scene presents to
view but woes and bills far overdue, In
short when all the worlds place OF
fretfulness and sorry case, then what
solace one can find if he will only call
to mind the words that someone used
to say, '"This too will only pass away"
They seem to have the proper ring,
heap Of comfort they can bring and
when the day is drab and drear they
somehow seem to please the ear; when
In a wretched circumstance they may
not make you sing and dance, they
may not fill you full Of glee and make
you joyful as can be, they may not
seldom fail to please. So when you
have no shirts to wear or when you're
losing all your hair or when you're
filed with aches and means or when
you can't collect from Jones, when you
are weak with toothache's Ills and
when you cannot meet your bills, when
all the weary worlds askew and you,
In short, are really blue, here is the
little piece to say: "This too will soon
pass away."-Illinois State Register.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
lcelanders as Cmiorants.

1t IS claimed for the Icclandic set.
tiers that they have played no small
part in the progress and prosperity of
the province of Manitoba, Canada and
1t is asserted that the story of the for.
eign population of Winnipeg must nec-
essarily begin with the Icelander. He
has set the pace for all the incoming
races. He is the illustration par excel
lence of how people Of ambition and
industry can master uilhcu!tlrS, 1rl-
umph over pvcjudce, ard attain their
desired place in the commercial, the
political, the intellectual and sociaf
life of Il hustling and growing city IN
strange land. Outside the city it fs
not unusual to find Icelanders with
farms of 1000 acres.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
A Freuuent Result.

"Ah, Mr.. Howklns," said Brown
to wealthy merchant, II believe
poor boy named Wilks sought your as
sistance twenty years ago and you
were very kind to him! You gave
him food and sound advice, a suit Of
clothes and half dollar, and dis
patched him on his way rejoicing.
He told you at the time that you
never would regret your kindness. Am
I right?" "Yes, you are" replied Mr.,
Howkins. "He sald," Brown went on,
that If he prospered he would see that
you never had occasion to regret your
kindness to poor struggling lad"
"Gracious exclaimed Mr.. Howkins.
ut sounds like fairy tale! Why, you
must have seen him!" II have" said
Brown, "and he sent message to you"
"What Is it?" Mr.. Howkins asked ex-
pectantly. "He told me to tell you
that he would like another half dol
lar" replied Brown.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
APPROACH ToTAE CATHEDRAL.

and Lille, by Valenciennes, Maubeuge,
Avesnes, Hrson and Vervins.
It Is by these roads and railways
coming down the valley converging to-
ward Paris and the heart of France
that the German rush was made. 1t
was In utilizing our beautiful French
roads, the convenient network Of rail-
ways, and the canals from the north
and the east that the Boches thought
to reach Paris In few weeks and par
alyze all resistance and any offensive
effort. "Nach Paris !" they cried, JOY
ously, emptylng the cellars Of Cham
pagne and Brie. Their career ended
wretchedly on the banks Of the Marne,
and pursued by the armies Of Joffre
md the heroic little English army, they
fell back precipltately to the banks OF
the Aisne.
After the bombardment of the Cloth
hall of Ypres, the belfry Of Arras, the
cathedral of Rcims, and hundred
other useless outrages on buildings cell
ebrated for their beauty and their ar
tistic and historic interest, there Is
unanimous fear in civilized countries
that the retiring Germans will destroy
the beautiful towns of Belgium and
France. The town Of Laon possesses
some remarkable buildings, as we'll as
museum, art and antiquity, and 1t has
q library rich in manuscripts. Archie
ologists and tourists recognize the In
terest of the Palais de Justice, the So
issons gate, the Chenizclles postern.
The destruction of the cathedral Will
be an irreparable loss. 1t was built
In the thirteenth century, Is one OF
the largest and has been better re-
stored than any other In the north OF
France. Two towers, each $50 feet
high, rise on either side of the porch.
The west front is-after Notre
Dame de Paris-the most remarkable
Gothic facade for its purity Of taste.
It Is flanked by two towers, each ITO
feet high, surmounted by little two
storied belfry towers, decorated with
colossal figures Of animals represent
tng the oxen which dragged from the
plain to the summit of the hill the ma
terials required for the building or
this beautiful monument. The nave
Is 800 feet long, 65 feet broad, and ~
feet high; the side aisles inclose ~
chapels. The pulpit is very beautirul.
Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-08
)NT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1917
ALBANIANS ARE ODD PEOPLE
Some Of Them Arc Highly Civilized,
But as Body They Will Have
Nothing Of Progress.

AS a matter of fact, Albania is
network Of mountain tribes under
hereditary chieftains, each Of whom is
Independent Of the rest and of all the
world, and they do not want any
other form of institutions. Any gener-
al government they regard as limita-
tion Of their immemorial freedom.
They are natural fighters, and esteem
no privilege higher than the privilege
of warfare among themselves, tribe
against tribe. They are Of several
faiths and churches-Moslem, Catho-
lie, Orthodox Greek, Moslems with
Christian customs and Christians with
Moslem customs, and in some tribes,
in the same family, the boys are
brought up as Moslems and the girls
as Christians. With these people re-
ligion is mere incident. The main
thing Is to be let alone. Only In this
disposition and in their language are
they united.
Yet these picturesque and free-spir.
tied barbarians are the Oldest, purest
and probably the handsomest repre-
sentatives of our race. In lineage they
are the Aryan aristocracy Of Europe.
Ardent tribesmen, most dignified shep-
herds, devoted mountaineers, they new
erthless wander over the earth; and
many of them are engaged today in
backing boots in Boston, New York
and Chicago. Individually capable of
civilization and education, we'll en-
dowed with brains, their native prefer
ence for the wild nationless life of
their mountain home suggests a doubt
whether they have not after all the
right idea Of llfe-whether the rest Of
us, in modifying the purity OF the
blood which these rude Skipetars have
maintained so nobly, have not degen-
Grated instead of risen, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Why else, curious
mind might ask, should the Albanians
placed in the most beautiful nook OF
Europe, facing the Adriatic sea, poised
between Rome and Constantinople
and Athens, have remained illiterate
barbarians through all the centuries
never Hellenized, never Latinized,
while at the same time they preserved
some of the noblest characteristics
and virtues of the race? Isolated they
have been, and very much civilized
some of their members have become.
But Of progress they will have nothing.