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Evening journal., 1917-02-17
Editorial Opinion
OUR NAYY,S TALK.

From the New York Tribune.
Since II is manifest that in case OF
war with Germany we could not hore
for a long time to add materially to
the strength of the armies in Eu-
rope, popular expectancy is at pres
ent centered principally upon the
navy, and there is a great deal of speo-
ulation as to the part our fleet may
possibly be called upon to play in the
immediate future.
The editor of one English paper
takes so sanguine a view OF the pos
sibilities as to declare that "the addi-
ton Of the United States navy to the
Allies battle strength would perhaps
make possible operations which might
finally destroy German hopes at the
source" This is a flattering tribute
to our power at sea, but we can hard
ly accept IL without some more def
mite information about the operations
so vaguely limited at. And as IL is
extremely unlikely that definite infor-
nation will be vOuchsafed to US, we
are justified in leaving the underlined
possibility out of consideration for the
present.
For, in the first place, II is not clear
that any reinforcements We could
spare at once would be Of decisive i'm
portance to the fleets in European
waters. We have ourselves an exten-
sive coast to protect, and it is TO
torious that we are none too well
off in the types of vessels best adapt
ed to the purpose, and these are per-
haps the types most urgently needed
abroad. All sorts Of small craft would
undoubtedly be of great use even
now, hut there is no reason to sup
rose that as yet we can spare any.
AS number OF our ships are still
virtually out OF commission fer want
OF men. one OF the first tasks will un-
doubtedly be 10 make good the short
age. This cannot be done overnight
The raising and training of sea
men for modern fighting ships Is a
much longer and moro arduous task
than the raising and training OF men
for the army. The late Admiral Ma
han nut the case clearly many years
ago. Take" he said, "an entirely
fresh man; a battleship can be built
and nut in commission before he be-
comes a lIdlutu Nldn-bl-WoA A4eA'
and a torpedo boat can be built and
ready for service before, to use the
cid sea phrase, the hayseed is out OF
his hair
We must therefore pay for our want
Of preparedness. And as the lack OF
thousands OF men detracts from the
apparent strength Of our fleet. so the
fleet is further handicapped by mani.
fest shortages in sundry essential
units. These will have to be sup
piled as speedily as possible. that we
may have we'll balance and efficient
fighting force at sea.
For the rest, It is idle to guess al
b the part the navy would be called
upon to play apart from coast defence
= The cooperation Of the several fleets
already at war is full OF complexity
] and very little detailed information
3 has ever been given out to the public
b in anv of the countries concerned
Should we be compelled to fight, oul
- fleet too, would speedily be envel
oped in the fog Of war.
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

Greece also has refused to follow the United States
in severing diplomatic relations with Germany. II
King Constantine and his Hohenzolern corsort dared
So they would prefer to sever diplomatic rela-
tions with the Quadrupe Entente Powers. Greece is
in sorry plight. With a pro-German King and Queen;
with an anhGerman population, and with the Quad
ruple Entente coercing its government the Hellenic
kingdom well may say that in view OF present cond-
ions' Greece is not in position to contemplate
sI'ea action for the protection of the neutral ship
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

earn their board and something for
the family. as well as help the hard
pressed farmers.
Evening journal., 1917-02-17
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT.

From the Smyrna Times.
If we understand IL right the main
object of giving Smyrna a handsome
ly equipped and finished $4,000 fed
eral building is TO give the patrons
Of the Smyrna postofice better ser
vice With this idea of Service" ever
in view and we know Postmaster Cum
Minis is willing to do what he can
personally, why is it the stamp and
parcels post window cannot be st all
times available. AS it is, patrons who
oftimes are in a hurry are obliged to
wait until a mail is sorted. before they
can buy a postage stamps or mail
their parcels This delay causes in
convenience and knocking" at the
new postohlce service that should not
be- AS one man put it what does
all of Smyrna's fine federal building
mean, il the public can't get full and
complete service" The selling of
postage. stamps and the attending OF
the wants of the public in mailing
parcels, is as important during the
hours for sorting and delivering mail
as any other time during the day. II
there is not enough help for the post
: master TO give patrons continuous
/ service at the stamp and parcels win
, dow, then the government should pro
vide the postmaster with additional
help. Il should be so that whenever
the postofiice is open for business
the stamp and parcels window should
be always accessible. II will not only
/ increase the efficiency Of the office bu
will naturally lead to more revenue.
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

class room, the citizens of the future,
their work will be i'll accomplished If
those in charge are not thoroughly ia
miliar with the practical workings OF
the government of today.
The nation, the State, the community
needs the college men. Politics, social
ed, needs the brains and the ideals Of
these men, The aloofness held from the
crowd makes for an ill-founded class
Culture and life become set apart. If
continued, culture become set apart. II
continued, culture will live in country
whose government is administered by
those out of patience with ideals. Al
least give cheer to those giving then
best in keeping true the Democracy
founded and nourished in the college
halls Of the revolution.
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

Il I'm Tho Associations Of Amsr-
falklAl lean Advertisers has ex-
W@H aminod and certified TO
che oirculAtlan Of this pub
, heation. The figuFes Of eirculstisn
oonteinod In the AssociAiion's -
port only are guaranteed.
Association Of American Advertisers
No <iy Whitehall Bldg. 4 7. CITY
Evening journal., 1917-02-17

Tha Association ef
Amerisan Advertia.
ers ia composed Of
al the great advor-
tissra Of thls coun'
try. The Asaocia.
ton endorses only
such papers as sub
mit 20 its examina-
tion 81 any moment,
and positive proof
must BE- submitted.
The accompanying
certificate. No. tt5l.
has been Issued ~
this paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

Preparedness is the watchword oil
garden success. Nothing illustrates
this maxim better than the necessary
operations against pests. Plants Kept
in a healthy condition will resist the
attacks of pests, just as healthy chill
dren throw off the germs of diseases to
which weak children succumb. Con-
slant cultivation is the first requisite.
Constant watch for pests is the second.
Once you have sighted them, make no
delay in gettirg after them. Over
night neglect OF this sort may make a
great deal Of difference in the ultimate
condition Of your crops. Remember
that there is no birth control among
garden pests.
OF the various insect pests with
which the vegetable gardener has to
contend perhaps the most troublesome
is the cutworm. He attacks plants
both above ground and below the sur
face, and especially when things are
still small he cuts them literally in
two. He is sluggish, brown, fat
worm from three-quarters to two
inches long, with a stripe along each
side.
There are three general methods OF
checking the cutworm's depredations
Hand picking. poisoning and mechani'
cal protection.
Hand picking is practised at night
when the cutworms are working above
ground. Take lantern along, and
dispatch the captives in any way which
appeals TO you. During the daytime
if any plants are noticed with then
stems cut. dig close around their bases
and the chances are you Will ind the
worms that did the damage. When cut
below the surface, the first indication
is n total whiting of the leaves.
On the whole, particularly if done
before the vegetables fave sprouted
tho best antidote for cutworms rs tn
use of poisoned bait. Paris green o
arsenste of lead is the standard poison
Put il on punches OF clover, pepper
grass or MULLEN, scattered between thf
rows of plants in the evening. These
bats should be put out before the
vegetables are up. when the cutworm'
are foraging for something TO eat
Later on, when growing things are OBJ
tainable, the poisoned weeds may mo-
be attractive.
Another scheme is 10 use poisoned
bran mash, putting tablespoonful Of
it at the base of each or the larger
plants such as cabbagcs and tomatoes
Snail quantities may also be scattered
between the rows OF smaller vegetables
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

ming Red Cross performance at one
Of the local theatres on the evening OF
June 3, for which it is hoped TO secure
the cooperation Of summer theatrical
vacationists who may have arrived at
the shore by that tine.
Two classes are receiving regular in
struction in nursing, elementary hy-
giene and care Of the sick. under the
supervision Of DR.. Leslie ID. Wise and
members of the Helping Nurse Associa-
ton staff. Permanent headquarters for
instruction have been established in
the Schmidt Kopps Building, and In
early June bsndage rolling and gar.
ment making headquarters will be
established at the Club House, on
Ocean Avenue. It Is here where the
summer people will do most OF their
active work, except those who 60 in for
nursing instruction.
Rumson Garden Club
The Rumson Garden Club Of Long
Branch will cooperate during the com
ing season with the Board of Edrca
ton in each Of the several towns OF its
district, which includes Long Branch.
Red Bank, Middletown, Seabright and
Atlantic Highlands. Though the origi.
nal purpose of the organization had
more to do with identifying and inn
provement work, due to the food de-
mands Of the country, this seasons ef-
forts will be directed toward the erea-
ton OF more garden truck plots. The
June meeting will be held at the Rum
son Country Club, through the ccopera-
ton of that organization. during the
first week of the month. Colored views
OF work being done along the Hudson
and on Long Island, prepared by Miss
Fannie Johnson. will BIO shown. The
organization will later announce a gar
den contest with prizes for "bests" in
several lines. Mrs. Thatcher Brown. OF
Long Branch, entertained the club dur
ing the last week, when Mrs. A. Rich
ardson. of Princeton, spoke on "The
Humanity of Flowers" The present
membership numbers $50; the second
largest enrolment of community in
thu entire national organization. The
officers for the present year are Mrs.
James Willett Cunningham. Of West
End, president; Miss Nellie Porter,
vice president; Mrs. Alfred Porter, jr.,
treasurer and Mrs. John B. Lunger and
Miss Shipman, secretaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Army Of Children With Rakes
To Help Allies Garry on War
Thirteen Million Minors from Six to Twenty, Are Avail
able in u. S. for Agricultural, Social
and Industrial Preparedness

The first report is in from the
civilian army whose hoes and rakes
will make il possible for the soldiers
of America and her allies TO carry on
the war at the front II covers munic-
ipal sectors from coast to coast and
indicates that in measures of agricult-
ursl, industrial and social prepared
ness the country is far outstripping
the pace it has set in a military way.
Out Of 1900 cities TO whose mayors
and leading organizations THE Ameri-
can City" sent a preparedness ques-
tionnaire on April 10, 554 had sent re-
plies in time to be incorporated in the
current issue of the magazine.
In almost all OF them. the reports
show, cultivation of vacant lots already
has been begun. Ploughing is being
done and fertilizer supplied, as a rule,
at the expense of the community, while
school children, women and men whom
physical disability. age or family re-
sponsibilities will keep out OF the hrst
overseas army are doing the work.
$4,000. 900 Children to Work
The biggest single labor source is
the schools. In the country, as COM
puted by those who are conducting the
magazines campaign, are no less IMAM
l3. 0OO. 900 minors between the ages OF
six and twenty. Grammar and high
schools, at the end of study hours, are
sending their quotas into the gardens.
and there is work that even the chill
dren from the kindergartens can do
and are doing.
Fifteen questions were submitted TO
the cities, questions which were al the
same time suggestions as to what
might be done behind the lines to help
TO win the war. The QUESTIONABLE
aimed at getting information cover
ing what is being done in the way Of:
l. Vacant lot cultivation.
.. Care of families of soldiers and
sailors.
3. Coordinating and financing of To-
cal charities.
4. Plans for Independence Day re-
ceptions to encourage NATURALIZATION
Of aliens.
s. Promotion Of increased agricult.
ursl production in areas adjacent to
cities.
6. Improvement in market methods.
7. Training school children in gar
dening.
s. Vocational training in night
schools.
Q. Teaching English to adult for
eigners.
10. Physical preparedness through
improved housing conditions.
IL. Baby Week campaigns and other
child welfare work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Brokers May Let Out 5000
Chicago Houses Hit by Stop.
ming Of Futures Trading

Chicago. May 19.-It is estimated
that about 5000 employees of brokers
in Chicago will be given indefinite
vacations" within the next few days,
AS a result of the cessation Of trading
in futures on the Board Of Trade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Missouri Labor Bureau APP.
peals to Philanthropists
to Aid Colonization
SIS, 100000 Needed
Vacant Lands Could Contrib.
ute to Food Supply, Says
Bulletin

jefferson City, Mo, May 18th,
Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistic:
is of the opinion that millionaire
could readily solve the high cost Of
living by donating toward a fund fol
first payments on farms for Ameri
cans. Belgian and other European
refugees who are willing to take W
agriculture as pursuit. Twenty
FIVE million dollars could quickly be
raised if philanthropists would heed
this patriotic call for settling and i'm
PROVING the fertile lands of the South
and West. says bugeau bulletin.
This frst-aid idea is conveyed IN q
letter of the Bureau of Labor Stats
tics TO a New York woman, who Of
fered to "do her bit" toward coloniz.
ing vacant farm lands.
The bureau points out that " Missouri
las plenty Of fertile, unsettled land
good for agricultural PURPOSES, open
to Belgian or any other refugees, and
in fact. also Americah-born farmers
No attempt is being made by the
state authorities to COLOMBO any ma
tionality or clan in Missouri. These
lands are open 10 any one Win SUM
Gent funds to make the first payment
They are not government homestead
areas. but are privately owned. A
small first payment will secure pos.
session of a fair-sized tract AND
standing timber would pay for al
agricultural tools and implements
furnish enough lumber for the home
barns and fences, and the sale Of the
surplus, in the shape of logs and rail
road ties. will provide funds for liv'
ing expenses until the first crop is
garnered.'
The women of the land can start
the movement by appealing to mil
lionaires. Enough funds for first
payment supplied an alien or native
born person will cause thousands tc
heed the lure of the land and become
prosperous farmers. This little bit
undertaken by American women, if tho
frst-aid plan succeeds. will certainly
start movement which will greatly
benefit posterity.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics fur
Their states that. whatever steps the
women of Missouri take, it Will CO.
operate with them through newspaper
publicity and otherwise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
New Jersey Reserve
Recruits on Leave
Many Home from Fort Myer
for Sunday Visits

Washington, May l9.-Many OF the
New Jersey candidates for commits
sions in the Officers Reserve Corps
who have been training at the camp
at Fort Myer left Washington this AZ
ternoon for trips TO their homes. They
have been granted leave OF absence
until midnight, Sunday.
To-day was inspection day. All
arms and equipment and every nook
and corner of the quarters and mess
halls underwent thorough examina-
ton. Inspection was concluded about
10 o'clock, when liberty was granted
TO most Of the men.
This afternoon Mrs. Fenton, wife of
Lieutenant Colonel Fenton, commsn-
dant of the post at Fort Myer, was
hostess to the corps of instructors
and the reserve officers at tea at her
residence.
From company officers to high pri-
Yates in the rear ranks" was the step
taken by those who had been serving
in the former capacity during the last
week. Those who served as privates
assume the rank of company officers
during the coming week Through
serve in all capacities during the
period Of his stay at the camp.
Major l.. W. b. Rees, member of the
British commission to this country
who is 10 serve as an adviser to the
force of regular army officers in the
instruction Of the candidates for COM
missions. has taken up his residence
at Fort Myer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20

Silver, are the canning committee 10
arrange for preserving the produce.
Separate from the Woodcraft League,
yet cooperating with the general move
ment for increased food production, 10
the work being carried on under the
supervision of Superintendent Gregory.
I'VE have about six hundred children
interested in the work." said Professor
Gregory, "but to date We have not been
able to provide ground for all. We ex-
pect to have additional donations this
week. however. and | believe most OF
our planting will be finished by the end
of the coming week" The educational
department has provided for q series
Of lectures on canning by instructors
from the State Department Several
hundred jars have already been DO,
mated, and the girls Of the school Will
be prepared when the canning season
opens.
New York society at Long Branch,
West End. Elberon, Deal and nearby
points will carry out an active patri-
otto programme il the present plans OF
the Long Branch Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross materialize. With an
organization headed by Mayor Marshall
Wooley and prominent Long Branch
residents. the committee in charge OF
the active work had outlined a cam.
paign for a countrywide enrolment OF
members. Assurance that New Workers
are backing the organization and Will
be ready for service Immediately upon
arrival at their summer homes has been
announced by Mrs. Charles A: Wimpf.-
heimer, who has submitted this week
TO the local committee the names of
125 New York visitors who have signi-
fled their willingness TO do their DIT
and have already contributed $1,000 to
the Long Branch chapter.
Volunteers for Summer
This volunteer group will be in q
sense a summer auxiliary, though 1T
will cooperate directly with the regular
organization and will be under its su-
pervision. II is expected the season
will see a continual round Of teas. ben
eft fetes and entertainments, in which
townspeople, as we'll as the colony folk,
will have an important share. Mrs. IL.
Edgar Mason gave the first benefit card
party of the season during the. last
week. and the women OF the Young
Women's Hebrew Association are plan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Fear Of Steel Sharks and Lights
Out" Order Banishcd from
Jersey Coast.

On the Planting Line with the Jer-
sey Hooverites, Perth Amboy. n. J.,
May 19.-"Who goes there?" will not
be a term entirely restricted to mill
tary usage this summer. Although i,
will have a military flavor it will not
be demand upon the intruder to
throw up his hands and drop state
papers and the plans of the enemy's
Notifications which he has concealed
about his person. At least it won't
have that sinister. death at-sunrise
meaning when used by the potato
guards of the Perth Amboy Woodcraft
League. There won't be any bullets in
their scout STATS. of course, but any
unusual interest in the spuds they are
nursing or any unnecessary attempts
at familiarity with members Of the
potato family will be the signal for
trouble hardly worth the stakes.
To Guard Potato Fields
Guarding potato plants may seem
unnecessary and ridiculous to the out
sider," said Mr.. Will H. Menaker,
guide of Raritan Tribe. Woodcraft
League. at Perth Amboy. "but some Of
our unpatriotic citizens in the past
have shown such disregard for the law
that we intend to guard against van
dalism on our potato crop by having
the regular summer camp of the
Woodcraft boys combine service with
pleasure
The Woodcrafters have already
planted four acres of truck vegetables
in a park site offered by the city, and
the heavy work of preparing the soil
has been started on an ls-acre tract
on the public water department prop
erty near the city line. Park employees
and equipment have been turned over
TO the Home Defence League. which is
directing the farming activities of the
Woodcraft League. under the supervi-
sion of Professor Shull, superintendent
Of Perth Amboy schools.
The Home Defence League has APP
pointed this food supply commission:
chairman, Alderman william c. Will
son; Walter II. War;. secretary of the
Y. NJ. c. A.: DIR. c. S. Thompson, Al
dcrman Chris. Anderson, Henry loft,
chief OF weights and measures depart
mcnt, and head Of city market; Will
lam p. Nolan and w. II. Menaker, sec
rotary of the Y. NJ. II. A., are the other
members of the committee. This COM
mittee will provide for the distribution
of the produce through the city mar
ket. all of which will be sold at cost.
Girls Grow Garden Truck
"The girls will have charge of the
smaller park site in the city. growing
the general garden truck, while the
boys will work the waterworks tract,
devoted entirely to potatoes said Mr..
Meuaker. "Tents will be provided for
the sentries. A guard will be main
tanned during the night. Others will
he detailed to work in the fields during
the day time" The boys seem greatly
interested in the plans Cor the summer