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Evening star., 1917-10-28

they have been q tower Of strength to
the government, contributing not only
Of their large money possessions, but
of their knowledge of managing such
business. Valuable suggestions on the
subject have come from them.
This, however, fine as it is, simply ae-
cords with the record made by the Same
class during our civil war. The bankers
and fnanciers Of the north served the
Union cause nobly. Mr.. Lincoln never
turned to them for assistance in vain.
They always responded in full measure,
and so as to elicit his praise and appre-
citation.
And, important in the equation as
these men are now, they will become
more important still. The longer the
war, the larger the bills; and meeting
the bills is going to tax tho resources
and the ingenuity Of the foremost fnan-
cial minds Of America
Fortunately for the government,
America contains now some OF the lead
ing financial figures of the world-men
known all over the world-men whose
credit is far e1tended-men whose sug-
gestions carry weight abroad as we'll as
at home.
Nor are these men punched. They
are pretty well scattered over the coun-
try. know the country, and can calculate
with accuracy about the country's per-
formances in an emergency as we'll as
in the ordinary course of things.
The present emergency is so great, it
is for all classes and conditions of men.
Capitalist and wage-earner; the man
who works with his brain, and the man
who works with his hands; the skilled
and the unskilled Of all callings must
answer. If either capital or labor balks
to any material extent, the governments
machinery will be thrown out Of gear,
and disaster may follow. And disaster
if it comes will affect all.
So that there is a selfish as well as a
patriotic side to what is now in progress; {;
and the two motives, working together,
should accomplish the end aimed at.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

What's the Answer.
Never mind the queries
Voiced from day to day;
Shun the care that wearies.
Shun the idle play.
He who theories
Nurses fancies fond.
Since this question rises,
DID YOU BUY YOUR BONDf
Problems are impressive,
Helping US to show,
Oft with zeal excessive,
Lots Of things we know.
Now our mighty nation
Does not look beyond
This Interrogation:
DID YOU BUY YOUR RONDl
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Blaming Wall street for everything
that ever did or ever may go wrong
gets to be habit. Pounding the pluto
Gratis was such short cut to the interest
Of campaign audience that the more
laborious processes of reasoning have
been rather too much neglected.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

By his purchase Of $1,000 worth of
liberty bonds Mayor Thompson Of Chi
cago put up the best argument he has
yet had to offer in support of his
patriotism. 1t revives, greatly to his
benefit, the adage, Actions speak louder
than words
Evening star., 1917-10-28

That these are NO days for the glory
grabber is appreciated by Secretary Nc
Adoo. His waiver of the distinction that
would come from naming yesterday
"McAdoo day" indicates the sense Of
proportion that invites public conf
dence.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Confident Assertion,

"Rome wasn't built in a day" re-
marked the cautious man.
"No," replied the manager of sky
scraper construction company. "But it
could have been if they had given us
the contract"
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for the nerves. especially of those
whose daily work is mental.
He has developed marvellous sense
of touch with his forefinger and thumb
and says the carpet or rug does not ex
| ist in Washington, from which he cam
not gather at least an ounce of crumbs.
He says that If the war should play
havoc with his regular occupation. he
Will hire himself out as official crumb
picker on the rugs of the rich. at SO
| much per square yard, with a guaran-
tee of so many ounces of crumbs per
rug, If he has to bring pocket full
| from home.
| l happened into a sectional meeting
of the American Public Health Associa-
| ton. which met here several days ago
to line up the doctors of the United
States with the health officials of the
country to cure all the ills that flesh
is heir to during war times
| Dignitied doctors were to the right
and left of me. Official boards from
far away cities loomed all around The
/ health officials were discussing some
phase of the prevention of disease
among workers in munition factories.
They had just finished talking about
| dust and diseases caused by dust
| DR.. Royal Meeker, chief of the bureau
| OF labor and statistics. was among those
| present DIR. Meeker recently COM
| pleted a study of living cost conditions
| in the District of Columbia which is
making people take notice.
Dr. Meeker didn't appear to be satis-
fed with the phase of the discussion
| into which the meeting had drifted.
He hadn't finished what he had to saw
| about something which had gone be-
fore.
He arose in his seat
He nearly broke up the meeting,
when he said, solemnly:
Let US return to dust"
Washington women are patriots.
IL any one doubts this, let him
surely him-look into a certain do
partment store at the big knitting
class being conducted there daily
All the women are knitting for SOL
diers or sailors. They learn TO knit
sweaters. and caps and all sorts of
useful things which soldiers and sail
Iors are supposed to chortle with gles
to receive. AS each woman knits she
has mental image of a sailor dane
ing a hornpipe in his nice new sweat.
er-
They are very much in earnest, these
good women. and II the sailors don't
dance hornpipes when they get those
sweaters l don't know anything about
Uncle Sans tars.
A recruit was added to the class tho
other day. She was young, she was
pretty. she was everything that a
woman should be. And she was learn
ing to knit rapidly. After several les
sons the other patriotic women began
to take an interest in what she was
knitting.
Your sweater must be for a rather
small sailor remarked one woman.
gazing at the garment growing under
the hands of the knitting recruit.
ITS for little Billy" smiled the
young woman.
Little Billy" What a romantic
name for a brave sailor, all the wom-
en- agreed.
''But-er-my DEAR" said an older
woman. you have four arms starteds
The young knitter smiled.
1.-TWO for his front legs, and two for
his hind legs
Front legs! Hind legs! The women
all stopped their knitting. Needles
waved helplessly in air.
who is Billyr" they clamorsd.
BILLY Is my bulldog"
And now she knits at home. r
CHARLES n ERACE
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Champ Clark is so strongly estab-
hshed in popular esteem that he can
permit himself an occasional impulsive
utterance Of incompieted thought with
out disturbing the confident conviction
that his heart is in the right place.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Progress,

care you trying to economize?"
Yes. I've actually gotten on so far
that 1've quit telling other people what
to go without and am going without a
few things myself"
Evening star., 1917-10-28

"Dollar diplomacy" and "shirt sleeve"
diplomacy used to be associated with a
sneer. But dollars and shirt sleeves are
precisely the things needed when di-
plomacy fails and ruthlessness forces
civilization into war
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Mayor Mitchell may at least be graft
fed that his opponents have confined
themselves to the old-fashioned mud
Singing and have not resorted to liquid
fire or poison gas.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

The news Of Italian reverses came at
the psychological moment to impress
the American public with the fact that
the liberty loan is not proposition to
be trifed with.
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Alaskan

and in The Star Of October 25, 1867, is
an item regarding reports from that
quarter:
The Treasury Department has receiv-
ed dispatches from the steamer Lincoln,
sent to the waters of the new territory
of Alaska Leaving San Francisco July
20 she proceeded by way of Victoria and
Fort Ripper. Nancouvers Island. to
Fort Simpson. Three attempts We're
made to take observations to fix ac-
curately the boundary between British
Columbia and our new territory, which
were. however, unsuccessful on account
of rain and fog. though six days were
consumed in the trial. Thence the yes
sci proceeded to Sitka. arriving on the
morning of August y, still surrounded
by a fog which quite hid the town, the
locality of which could not be made
out Soon after the mist lifted suffi-
ciently to ena BILE the steamer to reach
the town. where her officers met a cor
dial welcome from the Russian officials
The latter exhibited every disposition
to forward the objects of the cruise
and immediate preparations We're made
to proceed with it. going first TO Ona-
laska Island. AT the date of it's report
il was expected to set sail the 23d of
short time that had elapsed since their
arrival in those waters. but the officers
expressed themselves as satisfied that
the resources in timber and fisheries
have not been overrated."
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Exports to the
West Indies.

west 1noleS. er of the United
States to obtain data OF special interest
to himself and to help increase the export
trade of the country. In this connec-
ton, the bureau maintains a number of
it is to visit foreign countries and obtain
information of special interest to the diff
ferent trades.
that have recently been made is that of
the West Indies as an export ield. 1t
is interesting to note in this connection
that in the islands Of the West Indian
5000. 900 people to be furnished with the
necessities OF life Manufacturing in
these islands is virtually negligible Their
Industries are concerned with the eX-
ploitation of agricultural. mineral and
forest resources 1t was found by those
making the study that vast quantities of
manufactured goods must be brought
from the great exporting nations OF the
world. As a source OF supply for these
requirements the United States occupies
a peculiarly favorable position.
Many manufacturers of this country do
not realize fully the Importance of the
West Indies as a market for American
goods and this Is one of the reasons that
the investiga ton was made by the bu-
reau. The position of the archipelago in
the foreign trade of the United States
may De pest Illustrated Dt comparisons
with other fields. In the past fiscal year
Of 1915 this country sold to the West
Indies. including Porto Rico. more goods
than to the entire continent of South
America. the figures being sl91l95 ,791
and sl17.62S.611 respectively. In that
year Cuba alone bought from the United
States more than Argentina. Brazil. Bo-
livia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Paraguay
together. The West Indies took nearly
eleven times as much rs the Central
American republics Of Guatemala. Hon
duras, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa
Pica combined.
Experts of the bureau say that China
is rightly regarded as one of the principal
fields for commercial effort by American
exporters. yet in the fiscal year 1916 the
great oriental republic, with its 400. .0o0-
600 people. purchased from the United
States less than one-seventh as much as
The West Indies, in fact, took consider
ably more than two-thirds as much as
the entire continent of Asia and all the
islands Of the East Indies.
1t can therefore, be seen that the West
Indian islands constitute an export field
OF genuine Importance to the people of
the United States: a field moreover, that
is susceptible Of great development Haiti
ana the dominican Republic for exam
pie are countries rich in agricultural and
other possibilities, needing only stable con-
dltlonS and the judicious utilza ton of
capital TO produce in abundance many
articles that are eagerly sought in the
markets Of the world. With the expan-
Son OF domestic production there will IN
sVtaoiy follow an increased, diversified
demand for imported goods, an awaken
ing desire for modern conveniences and
Injuries. a quickenng of all the chan
neiS OF commercial life.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

There are said to be enough Germans
body Of soldiers, if the kaiser could per-
suade them to cross the ocean and en-
list.
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No Statue for Him

No Statue Tor Him.
perhaps posterity will place your
statue in the public square"
II hope not,' protested Senator Sor-
ghum. ~ have started enough argu-
ments during my lifetime. / don't want
to be a source of perpetual contention
among future art critics."
Evening star., 1917-10-28

What the German government an
nounces as the seventh successful loan
is in reality the seventh compulsory as
sessment.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Many a foreign language editor will
yet be grateful for the establishment of
a censorship sufficient to make him
think before he prints.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
The Simple Truth.

This is no time to hoard your cash
With obstinate solemnity,
For if you let things 90 to smash
You'll pay it in indemnity.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

No early western train robber ever
dreamed of holdup so extensive as
the kaiser has been planning.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
By Slow Degrees.

ny 0IOW OcXKGGS.
"Do you really enjoy Camembert
cheese7"
"I'm eating it as a matter of dis
cipline. If can learn to like it maybe
I'll get so I can stand old-storage
egg"
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Castro, once regarded as an interna-
cept when he is being told to move on.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Amid all the concern as to advanced
prices the high cost of hard liquor is
not getting a ripple of sympathy.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Hail, the champion crumb picker.
If YOU don't know what a crumb pick
er is. here is your chance to learn. and
At the same time put yourself In line for
a new employment.
There Is q certain staid business man
around this town who claims to be the
best crumb picker that ever picked
crumbs in Washington.
One day his wife happened to go into
the living room. to find hubby down on
hands and knees. eagerly searching
around on the rug.
why. dear. what are you looking
for?" she asked.
Crumbs" he said, making a stab at
the rug with his forefinger and thumb.
"Why, just swept 1t with the carpet
sweeper she exclaimed. trifie indig-
nantly.
that ever swept" he answered.
AS proof he held up his left hand. and
there in the palm nestled quite num-
ber of crumbs, little bits of lint, etc.
This staid business man swears that
his new-found occupation, which he In
dulges in about. once q week. ID great
Evening star., 1917-10-28
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Elder Washingtonians are fond Of re-
when the 14th street
One. Horse fore cars were drawn by
on 18th Street. snsas on,v morse, t .n, ,oo. sn
Of the hill. But that was considered a
good service fifty years ago. In Tho
Star Of October %. 1867, is this item
about these one-horse cars on 14th
street:
THE new one-horse cars on street
much commended. The only want noo
felt is more of the same sort. Yester-
day the Washington and Georgetown
Street Railway Company inaugurated
the same improvement upon the 14th
street branch of this road. These cars
differ a little from those OF the F
street line. and are OF the same style
as those in use now on the 9Th avenue
road in New York city. They are light
and roomy and reflect credit upon the
employees Of the company, by whom they
are built in their shops in this city.
The sane company are now having
tol large and commodious frame
building designed for offices for the
president and secretary, meeting room
for the directors and accommodations
for the clerical force of the company"
Fifty years ago at this time Carl
baldi was about to make his remarkable
campaign for the unification
Garihaldi of Italy. In The Star of Oc-
tober 23 1867, is a sum-
AePo1es. mary of foreign dispatch
es. including a cable from Florence to
the following effect:
1T is reported that Gen. Garibaldi is
in Italy with his son Menoti. Gen. Cit
Ratazzi may remain prime minister.
The agitation and Indignation through
out Italy is very great and frequent
demonstrations occur in Florence. the
tall" 1t is reported that Garibaldi has
not only eluded the vigilance Of the
government, but has made his escape
from Caprera and has succeeded in
reaching Italy and is now with his son
Menotti.''
A dispatch from Paris in the same
issue says: official assurances have
been given that the government will
not find 1t necessary to send military
expedition across the Alps. and that the
force which had been massed for that
purpose will be dissolved. The bourse,
in consequence. is greatly relieved and
rentes are puoyant. The Moniteur in
its official article announcing the ces-
sation of warlike preparations against
Italy. says: France beheld the spectacle
Of an invasion of the papal states by
armed bands from the neighbour
provinces of Italy She could not. con-
sistently with duty. dignity and ma
tional honor. suffer the September con-
vention to be thus violated. SO she pre-
pared to send an army across the Alps
and a fleet to Rome. but Italy has since
given ample pledges to fulfill on her
part the obligations of the treaty i'll
the largest sense; consequently all hos
tile preparations have been suspended
by France
In The Star OF October -, 1867, in a
paragraph descriptive of a man then
particularly interesting in
Tau,var view of his civil war rec
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Lawyer
Mosby

in Washington:
when the railroad meeting was in
progress yesterday at Leesburg, turn
ing of heads in the direction of an In
dividual at the rear of the hall indi-
Gated that he was a parsonage of more
than his outward appearance indicated.
and presently the word 'Mosby' buzzed
about the room told the story. The
famous partisan cheftain practices law
at Warrenton and is now attending the
court In session at Leesbure. He knows
everybody in this part of Virginia and
has a very good practice. 1t will be re-
membered that he abandoned law to
enter upon his military career. In per-
sonal appearance he looks the lawyer
even less than the warrior. Dressed in
careless. easy, Virginia. country style,
with white slouch hat. dust stained.
bob-t tail coat, milk and molasses col
ored pants and vest. the latter minus
two or three buttons. a badly adjusted
false front tooth, a figure of medium
size. close shaven, sunburned. youthful
face, slouched shoulders, quiet. taciturn,
undemonStrative in manner. il was not
quite easy to believe that he was the
individual whose name and daredevil
achievements figured in the papers al
most daily during the war.
Evening star., 1917-10-28

tories and farmers elevators are thu
leading types Of CO
| Co-Operation operative purchasing
and marketing enter
oy FARMERS. prtses among farmers il
vey made by experts of the office Of
markets and rural organization of the
Department of Agriculture.
The number Of farmers purchasing
and marketing organizations in thu
United States is placed at about 10000
| The creamer,es and cheese factories are
said, to do an annual business of ss3.
36o,64S, and to have an average mem
| bership of eighty-three farmers. The
farmers grain elevators and ware
houses do a total annual business OF
$234,52s.7l6. They have an average
membership of 1O2 farmers. The 81
fruit and produce organizations do ar
annual business of s140.629.91s.
Minnesota leads the states in the
number Of purchasing and marketing
organizations among farmers. OF the
total number reporting in the recent
survey of the department. IS per cent
were located in that state. Iowa stood
second. Wisconsin and North Dakota
next in order. Farmers elevators
creameries and cheese factories and live
stock shipping associations are the
principal types of cooperative effort ir
these states
Fruit and produce associations are
the chief forms of cooperative activit.
| In Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana. The farmers grain com
panies are next in rank. In California
SO per cent Of the organizations handle
fruit and produce. Cotton associations
lead in Texas. North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia; fruit and produce
organizations second. Tobacco asso-
cia tions are found chiefy in KentucLy
Creameries form the larger share OF
farmers cooperative enterprises of the
New England states.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Status of the
Marine Corps.

dependent branch of the military serv-
ice of the United States, generally
serving under the direction of the Sec
retary of the Navy. They protect gov
ernment property at naval stations at
home and furnish the first line of the
mobile defense of naval bases and naval
stations beyond the limits of the United
States. They guard American lives and
interests abroad and are used as ex-
peditionary forces and for advance base
duty. The marines go with the war
ships, do guard duty on board and act
as landing parties ashore. 1t is quite
possible that. owing to the active part
the marines are taking in the present
war. their status will be somewhat
changed
The Marine Corps was first called
into existence by the act of the Con-
tinental Congress of November TO- 1775,
and served throughout the revolution
ary war. 1T was disbanded at the close
of the war. but was reorganized and
permanently established July IL, 1898.
1t has participated in every expedition
and action in which the Navy has en-
gagged and has co o-operated in cam
paigns with the Army.
Until recently the organized strength
of the marines was 17.400 men. but in
Evening star., 1917-10-28
HEARD AND SEEN.

Up in the Navy Department they have
telegraph and cable office which Is
in the nature of sacred place. Those
not having business there are shooed
away as rapidly as they approach
You've got to belong" to get in there.
| But as closely guarded as this I'M
portant Office is, it is very human, after
all, and the people in it are quite apt to
make mistakes. Underground intelli-
gence flashes forth the following:
One employe has the job of putting a
special number on all the messages sent
from the Office. The cables go to all
points of the world. and officials must
have means of keeping track Of every
message.
So the duty of this particular employe
is 10 atfix a certain number to each mes
sage He just sits there and stamps
away.
one day a ck;ef happened to pick up a
cable sent to the Pearl Harbor naval
station at Honolulu. Horrors. There
was no official number on the ef.icial
copy.
See here cried the chief. angrily.
why haven't you put number on this
cable to Pearl Harbor?"
The number fixer grew indignant in
his turn.
Pearl Harbor," he shifted. Who's
she?"
Lieut. John Philip Sousa, U. S. y. r. F.,
looked very imposing and severe as he
marched up Pennsylvania avenue re-
Gently at the head of his Great Lakes
Band.
But the beloved bandmaster in reality
is not so stern as he looks. Like a great
many men in the public eye, he holds
himself with much dignity when "on
parade" but off among his friends can
unbend considerably.
Friends of the march king" who had
the pleasure of being around when the
unbending process was in progress are
reciting some choice verses which
Sousa made up.
1t is well known that Sousa gave up
his famous band to join the naval re-
serve force. Just how patriotic an act
this was perhaps nobody but Sousa
could ever tell, for his band was very
dear to him.
The delightfully."- human quality in the
stern-looking leader is shown in the
verses, which are causing friends to
chuckle every time they fecite them.
Here is the way Sousa rhymed about
himself:
! Joined the reserves the thirteenth Of May,
| gave up my band and one thousand per day;
dollar q month Is my government pay
My God. how the money rolls in!
Evening star., 1917-10-28

Farmers creameries and cheese fac
tories and farmers elevators are the
Evening star., 1917-10-28

The principal function OF the bureau O,
foreign and domestic commerce. Depart
Evening star., 1917-10-28

The United States having purchased
Alaska from Russia, there was keen in
Evening star., 1917-10-28

II The Star of October "a. 1867, in
ragraph descriptive of a man then
particularly interesting in
wyer we" OIL ms ci''i war rec.
ord and subsequently one of
Mosby. the most familiar figures
Evening star., 1917-10-28

The exact status of the soldiers of
the sea-" as the Marine Corps has been