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New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Bv c. w. Gilbert

Washington. June s.-Skilled work
men. in addition TO the 1000 railroad
men already recruiting, are likely to be
sent 70 France By this government. II
is understood that this plan has been
agreed upon between this country ana
France since the arrival Of VI. Tardieu'
the French commissioner now IN TINS
country.
The sending of such workmen is the
most practical way Of aifording prompt
aid TO a nation which has borne the
brunt Of the lighting from the outset
Of the war until the present time, and
whose supply Of men is now nearly ex-
hausted.
France needs a vast number of work
ers back Of the line to keep the efii-
cheney Of the army in the trenches up to
the highest point. A recent report OF
a trained observer there put her need
Of workmen at 100000. That docs not
moan she is going without that guam
tity OF labor. Women are ming the
places which this observer thought
should be filed by men in order 20
maintain the efficiency of the army.
Shortage in All Departments
The shortage runs through all de-
partments of war industries, especially
.b.4 of kaenino in repair the tools used
b. the army. In particular, the need oil
men TO repair the aeroplanes and auto
mobiles used by the army was empha-
sized. The shortage Of railroad work
ers. which this country sought to sup
ply by sending several regiments OF
engineers, was merely the most press
ing deficiency at the time the Viviani
commission was here. Accordingly 1T
was the one first met.
If this country were in position to
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Wilson Promotes
3 Generals; Raises
l8 Colonels in Rank
Brigadiers Morrison, Sibert
and Morton Are Now
Major Generals

Washington, June s.-Presldent VIII
sor to-day nominated these brigadier
generals to be major generals: John
p Morrison. William L. sibert and
Charles G. Morton.
Eighteen colonels were promoted 70
be brigadiers The are Edwin +. Glenn
John Biddle, Henry c. Hodges, r.;
Adolbert Cronkhite, william Fl. Sage,
Omar Bundy, Richard VI. Blstchtord'
David c. Shenks, Robert L. Builard'
Augustus T.. Blocksom, George /.
Bartlett. Joseph T. Dickman, Henry /
Allen, Chase ". Kennedy, Harry C.
Hale. Samuel d. S:urgis, William N.
Wright and Peyton C. March.
Examination of the army register
shows that a process of selection was
applied in appointing the new general
officers. Nine Of the present brigadiers
were passed over TO secure the promo
ton Of three new major generals. Cen
eral Morrison, first on the promotion
list. stands No. among the brigadlers.
This is his second rapid advancement
as he was selected from junior posi-
ton among the colonels to be brIga-
der du-ng Secretary Garrison's ad-
ministration. General Sibert, second
to be ramed, vas No. II among the
brigadiers, and General Morton No. 10.
The lists show that ten infantry
colonies, four cavalry. two coast artil
lerv. one field artillery and one engi-
necr colonel we're advanced. In the or
der named the infantrymen stood Nos.
8. II. 20, "a, 26, %, 81. 33 and % in
the list Of seventy-three infantry
coonels.
The cavalr.men stood, respective ~,
Nos. S. 7. IT and 23 among the cavalry
colonels.
The coast artillerymen were Nos. .
and in the list of twenty-siS colonies OF
that arm, and in the field artillerymen
Colonel March was No. in fourteen
colonels, and Colonel Biddle, former
superintendent Of West Point, ranked
third among engineer colonels.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Three Men in Ohio
Indicted for Treason
In Resisting Draft

Columbus. Ohio, June S.-Ihree
Columbus men late TO-DAY were ID,
dicted for treason by the Federal grane
Jury on charges of having coHspred 70
resist the draft. They are Ammon
Hennacy. Cecil Bailey and Harry
Tounsley. who were arrested whNe
printing and distributing anr-conscrip'
tion circulars.
John Hammond. Of Coal Run. Ohio
was indicted for having refused 20 reg
ister; Fred K. Jerger, Martins Ferry
Ohio, for failure to register, and Ham
ilton S;ickrath, Marietta. for hayhs
made threats against President wilson
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
New Army DRY" Law
Will Apply to Navy
And Marine Corps
Daniels Telegraphs Ruling by
Gregory to All Naval
Posts

Washington, June s. Prohibition
provisions Of the new army law apply
20 the navy and marine corps as well
a. the army. An opinion by Attorney
General Gregory made public to-day
holds that the statute covcrs all the
military forces Of tho United States.
whether on land or sea, and not the
army exclusively. Secretary Daniels
asked the Attorney General 70 pass
upon the question. and has te!egraphec
his ruling 90 the officers commanding
all navy posts
Specifically, the law forbids the sale
or possession Of liquor at military
posts, except for medicinal purposes
under regulations. and makes it unlaw-
ful 20 sell intoxicants TO "any officer or
member % the military forces while in
Uniform
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Labor for Canal Boats Short

London. May - shortage OF labor
Is preventing fuller use OF the canals
IN this country 30 relieve the congcs-
tion Of railway traffic. Hundreds Of
canal boats are tied up for want Of
men. At present only about 2.4OO
miles OF the total of 1858 miles OF
canal system are m use IN England
and Wales. When the canal traffic
was a. i's height In 1905 the traffic
amounted N 37.5oo.Qo0 tons.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Mines Sink 2 Ships; 20 Die

London. June s. The Norwegian
steamers Sunniva and Skarpens have
been sunk by mines in the Atlantic and
twenty sailors drowned, according TO
statement BY the Norwegian Foreign
Office. says an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
Feuds Frightened
Kentuckion, Held
AS Draft Resistey

John Calhoun Allen. Of Kentucky. sir,
saw enough bloodshed in the feuds Of
his native Clay County 70 make him
shy At war, so he spent last night in
the Tombs in default Of $1,000 bail,
charged with having refused TO regis
New-York tribune., 1917-06-09
in London
Plan Lavish Honors
For Pershing's Party

London, June s.-General Pershing
and the twelve officers Of his senio-
staff are TO be guests of the British
government AZ the Savoy. The rest OF
the contingent will he looked after by
American societies in London.
The American Chamber of Com
merce, the Pilgrims, the Luncheon
Club. the American Society and the
American Womcn's Club have COM
bned 10 entertain the visitors. and
James Dunning, European manager of
the National City Bank, has been dele
gated 10 take charge Of the civil enter
tainment The junior staff officers are
also 10 have quarters at the Savoy,
while the officers and enlisted men
comprising the special headquarters
detail will be quartered in the Tower
Of London. The civilian clerks will
stop at the Imperial Hotel.
Young Scouts as Messengers
In addition TO the establishment of
an information bureau at the Savoy,
the government has detailed corps of
boy and girl scouts to act as messen-
gers.
Among those taking an active part
on lNe various comm Llees OF enter
tainment for the American contingent
are Mrs. John Astor. Mrs. Whiteaw
Reid. Mrs. ". Wilton Phipps and Mrs.
r. Craig McKerrow. and Washington
Wood, Almeric Paget and L. W. Black
well.
The programme of entertainment for
the next few days is a full one. The
schedule for General Pershing and the
senior staff officers is not yet known,
but Ambassador Page will entertain
them and other guests on Monday
night at dinner. For the rest Of the
contingent the programme may be
roughly indicated thus:
Friday night. the theatre; Saturday
afternoon. q trip on the Thames and a
visit 20 Windsor Castle; Saturday even
ing, the theatre; Sunday afternoon and
evening, entertainment al the Dunning
residence in London; Monday after
noon. tour Of London, with a theatre
party in the evening; Tuesday, a motor
trip 70 Aimeric Paget's country home
az Panshanger for the afternoon and
gupDer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-17
New Tariff Commission.

Washington, March l6.-President
Wilson has selected the following
men as members Of the Tariff Com
mission ..-.
Prof. Frank W. Taussip, of Har-
ward University.
Former Representative David j.
Lewis, of Cumberland. Md.
Former Representative VIM. Kent,
Of Kentfield, CAL
Daniel C. Roper, Of Mccall, S. C.
r. P. Costigan, of Denver, Col.
W. S. Culbertson, of Emporia, Kan.
The commission are to receive ST.
500 year each. The first commits
sioners will be appointed for two,
four, six, eight. ten and twelve years,
respectively, but the term Of office of
their successors is to be twelve years.
The President must designated annu-
ally chairman and vice chairman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-17
THE EGGLESS CAKE
High Cost Of Living Reduced
by Several Millions.

The prestige of the hen is being
curtailed in a new and interesting
way.
She lays billion eggs or so for the
human race each year, and, under
world war conditions, the price OF
eggs per dozen to consumers had APP
preached a dollar in some parts of the
United States, and has reached the
prohibitive price of two dollars or
more in the belligerent countries.
Therefore when the high cost of
living looms large, in the public eye,
unusual importance is attached to the
announcement of the best known bak-
ing powder company in the world that
it has evolved ready and practical
way for the housewife to save, in the
aggregate, many millions of dollars in
household expenses through the use
of more Royal Baking Powder and
less eggs.
Months of experimenting Lave elio<
tied large number of recipes for the
making of home baked products with
fewer eggs, and these recipes are be-
ing distributed gratis. 1t is claimed
that they prove conclusively that the
baking powder saves eggs-in some
cakes about half the cost Of the cake
is saved. In recipes calling for the
use Of eggs, the number can be re-
duced and good results-healthful,
appetizing cakes. mullins, corn bread,
c.,-obtained by usinga small ad-
ditional quantity, about teaspoon, Of
Royal baking powder in place Of each
egg omitted. ~
The acme, or top-notch achievement,
in this connection is an eggless, milk
less, BUTTERFLIES cake that is pronounc-
ed by all who have tasted il to be de.
/ licious and wholesome. Its appe-
tizing quality, it is claimed, will be
surprising to the housewife who tries
II according to recipe given.
The idea of using more Royal bak-
ing powder and less eggs in baking is
not entirely new, but the elaborate
enlarging and perfecting of the idea
just accomplished readers it a very
present help, meeting the necessities
of the housewives of moderate means
in time of soaring food prices.
: In the British Isles the news has
been received with enthusiasm. The
baking powder company, while not
being accused Of being an out-and-out
philanthropist in the matter, Is point
ed out as having provided the means
of effecting an enormous saving in
household affairs in way that bene-
fits everybody and harms nobody
except 1t be the pride of the autocrat-
ic hen. The company only completed
its experiments recently, and already
the announcements are being spread
broadcast in the newspapers, which,
ii will be remembered, many years
ago made the name of Royal Baking
Powder household word used all
| over the world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-17
IS FREED OF
MURDER CHARGE
Jury Deliberates Twenty
seven Hours Before Agree
ing Upon Verdict.

Evansville, Ind, March 6.-Wm.
Sutton, local street car conductor,
charged with having killed Fred Hag-
gard, a railroad man of Mt. Vernon,
Ind, in this city last November, was
acquitted in the Circuit Court here,
after the jury had been out twenty
seven hours. Sutton formerly lived
at jacksonville, Ky.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

The fellows who haven't any are
unanimous In the opinion that the fell
lows who have automobiles have no
right to drive them on the streets.
If you want to give a statement the
widest degree of publicity, start 1t on
it's way as a secret that must not be
repeated.
When an employe gets the idea that
he is hired to instruct his boss, 1t is a
sign that the employe will soon be
hunting a new job.
Maybe the reason why man takes
sides on a question is because if he
doesn't he'll have to listen to argu-
ments on both of them
You can always depend on the motion
to adjourn being carried by a unani-
nous vote.
Some people do not know where to
draw the line between enthusiasm and
| gush.
| We notice that some of the SUITS who
demand equal privileges are raising
mustaches like the men. But we doubt
lii the suffs will ever insist on the male
privilege of being bald
/ Women love nice clothes. But there
never was a mother who dressed bet
ter than her unmarried daughter
| Even if fellow has to work all day
and can't get out to see the sights
when the sun is shining through the
transparent skirts, he can occupy a
street corner at night and watch the
girls cross the street in front of the
automobile headlights.
/ Many a man loses wad OF coin on
a sure thing because he was too smart
| to take a chance.
/ 1t must be great relief to some men
l ~ 1r~ Il II. L 49, \
to death by the voice of conscience.
Some of the June brides have settled
down by this time and are wondering
what momma put in their coffee to get
them to go to the altar with what they
| married.
! Men have lot of fool ways of hunt
| ing for trouble. But woman takes the
prize when she marries a man to re-
form him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
A CANADIAN AVIATOR

Duncan Campbell Scott, in the August
Scribner.
Tossed nike falcon from the hunters
wrist,
A sweeping plunge a sudden shattering
noise,
And thou hast dared with long spiral
twist
The elastic stairway to the rising sun.
Peril below thee and above, peril
Peril within thy car; but peril cannot
daunt
Thy peerless heart: gathering wing and
poise,
Thy plane TRANSPORTED. and thy motor
chant
Subdued to murmur-then a silence
And thou art but disembodied veture
In the void.
But Death, who has learned to fly,
Still matchless when his work is to be
done,
Met thee between the armies and the sun
Thy speck of shadow faltered in the sky
Then thy dead engine and thy broken
wings
Dropped through the arc and passed In
fire
A wreath of smoke-a breathless exhala-
tfn-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
wAR-wINNING INVENTIONS

IHO1IldS r. Logan, III LSSlic ).
Americans confidently believe that an
American will shortly come along with
an invention that will win the war.
However long the delay, nothing shakes
their faith in his ultimate arrival with
the proper and effective instrument. A
glance at past achievements may help
to explain the grounds for this i'm.
piled faith Harveyized steel, so neces-
sary in naval armament was the in
vention of an American. Ericsson, an
adopted American, revolutionized naval
warfare in his invention of the mont
tor. The Calling gun was brought into
being by a North Carolinian, while the
Lewis gun, rejected by our government,
was accepted by the European govern
ments from an American The first
air machine was made by an American.
The two Maxims, both born in Maine
have led the world in the development
Of powerful explosives. When Holland
made the submarine practicable, he lit
Ito dreamed that he was setting a task
for some future countryman to grapple
with. There are others among the
names of American inventors who are
foremost in war inventions, but these
are enough to justify the sanguine faith
that one more will come forward in the
present crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
WHITMAN'S NEW FIGHT
BY HOLLAND

New York, August s.-(special.) -Gover-
nor Whitman is to have a struggle with
the New York state legislature, which Is
now in special session, that may pc
compared with some of the antagonlsm
in Congress which President Wilson met
and at last overcame. The governor has
summoned the legislature into special
session chiefly for the purpose of secur-
ing legislation which will make it pos
sible for New York state to conserve and
regulate food products and especially
to put an end to the powerful grip
which influential men have secured
whereby they are able to control food
and speculate in it,
This would be of Importance only to
New York state were it not that the
legislation sought by Governor Whitman
will. II adopted, bring New York state
into close alliance with the national gov
eminent SO far as food production, dis
tribution, cost and kindred matters are
concerned. The proposed legislation is
understood to have the cordial approval
of Mr. Hoover and in 1t he sees an OPP
portunity for New York state greatly
to aid the government as well as it's
own citizens IN this important mat
ter.
Many Of the representatives of the
legislature represent farming districts
and the farmers by certain insiduous
methods have been persuaded that the
proposed legislation Is wholly in the in
terest of consumers of food and adverse
to the interest of farmers. The poll
ttcians who are in close association with
the food SPECTATORS have persuaded the
farmers that Their interests are in dan
ger. Governor whitman must overcome
the opposition If he is to secure the
legislation he wants and If he does he
will reveal fine qualities Of leadership.
Nearly 20 years ago Mr.. Perkins con-
templated the utilization of the entire
west bank Of the Hudson rver, and con-
siderable stretches of land reaching
westward almost to Tuxedo for the pur-
pose of a public park. No other one
than he had ever suggested that this
beautiful bit of scenery, comparable as
1t Is with some Of the scenery on the
Rhine, should be set apart by the states
of New York and New Jersey and for
ever held as a public park. Mr.. Per-
kins undertook to secure individual sub
scriptions with which to begin the work.
He did obtain one very large subscrip-
ton from J. P. Morgan and with some
difficulty obtained funds enough to pur-
chase the title to stone quarries which
were rapidly defacing the Palisades.
Subsequently under his leadership the
states of New York and New Jersey APP
propriated funds and established joint
commission, of which Mr.. Perkins was
chosen as president. The office carried
no salary. The plans for this park are
very comprehensive and when it is COM
pleted 1t will be the largest and in many
respects the most attractive park east
of the great governmental reservations
in the far west. Some day the govern
ment may take it over and make it one
OF the great national parks. Within a
short time Mr.. Perkins has secured by
state appropriations and by private sub
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10

P. g.: Here in Admission $1,000 Americans
are to be trained to do their bit.
PUMPING VIRTUE INTO PEOPLE

VIVA ~ ~ ~ = " $3.50 49,
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
1t is a matter of common observation
that the debates in Congress are not
very enlightening. But when the aver
age congressional spouter gets on to a
religious text, or moral topic he fairly
emulates the Dutchman who every
spring bored holes In his cellar door.
as he said, ''to lot the darkness out"
The latest example of this is Senator
Morris Sheppard Of Texas, who believes
in pumping virtue into the people by
legislative process.
He Is as pious as Satan when rebuking
sin and as orthodox as Barebones him
self. His theme is temperance. his
method incorporate. The constant ac-
tlvity of the liquor interests is a peril
to free institutions. according to the
Chinese craftsmanship which would burn
the house to roast the pig. while alco-
holic liquor is menace to the nations
health, morals and efficiency. Organ
lied labor, cried the gentleman from
Texarkana, has been asked to oppose
prohibition because bartcnders and brew
cry and distillery employees are mem
bers Of unions.
To man of Senator Morris Sheppard S
stunted intellectual growth and limited
mental vision the yawp of the temper
ance lecturer, like the cackle Of the lit
tie barnyard hamlet where he lives
when at home seems the noise of all the
world. But men of his environment-the
two-state wilds of Texarkana, where a
gentleman who gets drunk in Arkansas
may sober up in Texas, and vice versa,
escaping the sheriff of each vicinage
the while-could profit by nothing he
might read in the doubtful event that
he ever read at all. Such a person in
the Senate of the United States recalls
nothing we can think Of except Mrs.
Poysers cock that thought the sun rose
just to hear him crow. Obviously Mr..
Sheppard is the original son-of-a-gun
from Bitter Creek. high UP and north
side!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
Encourage Corn
Bread Habit

n N view of the record breaking
y corn crop and the short wheat
crop hotel and restaurant proprietors
in the principal northern cities of the
country are taking concerted action to
promote the corn bread habit. In the
north food conservors speak of popu-
larizing the table products of corn
meal. In the south they are already
popular and have been from earliest
colonial days.
What is more toothsome in the
bread class than properly baked
corn dodger or cornpone? Can any
bread food beat hoe-cake or a grid
die cake? Can anything beat bolten
bread?
If corn bread has not been seen
generally on tables in northern hotels
and northern homes as it is In the
south it will be more cultivated in the
future. And besides bread and shot
cakes" made of corn meal, we have
grits and hominy. Grits is excellent
food all the year round, and as for
hominy-lye or the other kind-life
would hardly be worth living, at
least in hog-killing time when all
pork sausage comes fresh from the
farm, without this corn-product &C
compartment.
This years corn crop is the third
of the three billion record. The gov
eminent estimate calls for 3,191 ,000,-
900 bushels ST 100000 bushels more
than that of 1912, the largest previ-
GUS crop. This country and the allies
will send up song of thanksgiving
to the Giver of all good gifts for this
years corn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
Misleading Figures
On U-Boae Campaign

On U-lB0aG Campaign
m REAT BRITAIN'S official sum-
WI mary of vessels lost by sub
marines and mines is misleading. The
government has been criticized for
not taking the public into its conf
dence regarding the submarine, but
clings to it's policy Of Withholding the
exact number of tons sunk during a
given period.
The natural inference to be drawn
from this attitude is that the British
government does not wish the world
to know how great is the destructive
power of the U-boats. If the contrary
were true, there would be no reason
for secrecy, since an official an
nouncement would encourage the
allies and correspondingly depress the
Germans
The mere statement that a certain
number of vessels over 1900 tons
were sunk, and certain number un-
der that, gives no idea of the actual
tonnage lost. The sinking of a con-
siderable number of ships under 1900
tons might not cause as great varia-
ton in the figures as the loss of a
single ship of 10000 or $4,000 tons.
The submarine campaign is based
not upon the number of vessels Great
Britain has, but upon the tonnage of
her mercantile marine, and if the
U-boats sink comparatively a small
number of ships cover 1000 TONS"
they can easily keep up the desired
average, provided the vessels are suf-
ficiently large. For example, if there
were a British ship of 100000 tons
and the U-boats sank but that one
ship in month, the British admiralty
might say that only one ship over
1900 tons was sunk, but the loss in
tonnage would still be very great.
Furthermore, the British admiralty
limits its reports to British ships.
The U-boats are accounting for a
large number Of ships belonging to
her allies and to neutrals.