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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20

PARIS. November IA monster
procession through the Are, de-Tri-
Of President Wilson to Paris. All
Kings and Premiers of the allied ma
lions will lie present.
PEKING. November I9.-Dr Well
ington Koo, former ambassador to the
United states, has been officially ap-
peace conference.
zEyENAAR, HOLLAND. November
ls.-The German minister at Tho
Hague and n Queens commissioners
have arrived here in anticipation OF the
coming OF augusta Ss victoria nohen e
peror. Her whereabouts at present Is
unknown.
NEW YORK. November 19.-"PresI-
Cent Wilson's presence in Europe is
absolutely csscntiar' was the declara-
ton made to-day upon his arrival on
Charles Ross. inventor OF the Canadian
service rifle, and one OF the largest
land owners of the British empire.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y. November 49,
There Will DO no daily papers issued
in Rochester tomorrow and probably
ment was made to-niGh. ut o'clock
when the publishers refused tho de-
mands Of the printers for s34 n week
for day work and $50 for night work.
NEW ORLEANS. November 19.-Re-
adjustment of the American lumber in
dustry to conditions of peace will be
discussed at n series of mass me tings.
beginning Friday. November 22 at the
Congress Hotel, Chicago.
CAMP MEADE. MD. November 10
Because he refused to carry coal for tho
detachment kitchen Mt the base hos
pital here. Private Russell S. Powell, Of
Pennsylvania, attached to tho medical
department.. has been sentenced TO fif-
ten years in tho disciplinary barracks
at Fort Leavcnworth. Kans.
WASHINGTON. ID. G., November 10
knowledge in possession of officials
here of conditions in Germany during
the war was so accurate that the Amer
lean general staff had computed. many
weeks in advance almost to the exact
would be reached. a chart which was
hung to-day In Secretary Bakers Of
fee. shows the fluctuations in the mo-
rnle of the German nation" from Au-
gust. 1914. to the present month.
GENEVA. November 1s. Emperor
Charles. of Austria. has not formally
abdicated: neither has he renowned his
rights, but only their exercise. says the
Nueue Freie Presse, of Vienna. This
form of remuneration was new and un-
forcseen by the Austrian constitution.
WASHINGTON. November 1e.-sec-
rotary Daniels to-day commended FL
mer Il. Lloyd. machinists' mate, Steel.
ton. Ontario. Canada. for heroism.
Lloyd swan under seaplane wrecke ed
October Oft Gull Point, Escambia Bay,
near Pensacola. and recovered the
bodies of two men killed when the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, November 19.-
in Rochester tomorrow and probably
not for several days. This announce
ment was made to-nigh, ut o'clock
when the publishers refused tho de-
mands Of the printers for s34 week
for day work and 500 for night work.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20

CAMP MEADE. MD. November 10
Because he refused to carry coal for tho
detachment kitchen ut the base hos
pital here. Private Russell S. Powell, Of
Pennsylvania. attached TO the medical
department. has been sentenced to fif
taen years in the disciplinary barracks
at Fort LeaVenworth. Kans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-25
HUN ALLOWS URUGUAYAN
MISSION TO PROCEED
Incident at Sea Is Only Partially
Cleared.

Washington, April 25.-Thc Cru-
guayan mission to France. which re-
Gently was intercepted by a German
submarine operating off the Canary
Islands, was, according to latest re
ports received here, finally permitted
to proceed, but it is not known un-
der what conditions.
The mission, on the Spanish
steamer Infanta Isabel de Borbon
was halted near the end Of its Jour
ney. One report says the commits
soners were removed from the ship.
Reports received here do not make
clear whether the Ururguayans ac-
tually were taken on the submarine.
but do establish that they finally
were permitted to proceed.
1t was the halting OF the mission
which caused Uruguay to call on
Germany for an explanation, and
gave indications OF disposition to
regard the interference as an act of
war.
Coupled with recent reports from
London that Uruguay, as well as
Argentina, was preparing to enter
war, the incident has aroused un-
usual interest in Washington.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-25
REPULSIVE CONDITIONS
IN HUN PRISON CAMP

Geneva, April 24-Two French
prisoners who escaped from a Ba-
yarian camp arrived here yesterday
and declare that the camp is swarm
ing with ycrmin, as their bodie,
showed. They said that the hungry
German guards constantly stole
iood parcels sent from France.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
'Corn.Less Day"
for Feet, Every Day
Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn Dis
covery! Makes Corns Peel Right Off!

Look at the Illustration below.
See the two fingers peeling off
corn as though it were a banana
peel! And the man Is smiling while
he's doing It'll All done painlessly,
joyfully. The moment "Gets-1t"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
MaV0r'S, Statement
Explains Amendment

A special election will be held in
the city of Ashland, Oregon, April l,
1918. Polls will be opened at a.
m. and closed at 6 p. m. For the
purpose of amending the charter and
making the mayor ex-officio judge,
or he may appoint judge if he does
not wish to act. The appointment to
be confirmed by the city council.
If this amendment carries it will
mean a saving of at least $500 per
year and still give to our city fully
as good or better service.
The judges and clerks Of election,
realizing the Importance Of this
move, have offered to give their serv-
ices free On election day, so the ex-
pense of the election will be practical
ly nothing.
The council and mayor heartily en-
dorse this amendment and urge every
body to get out on election day, as
we are anxious to make our taxes as
light as possible.
C. B. LAMKIN, Mayor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
WOMEN TO SPREAD
RULES OF SILENCE

A league of publicity women, Of
which Miss Jane J.. Martin of New
York city is president, is actively
working to bring about "speechless
days" of unnecessary gossip pertain
ing to war activities, among all wom-
en- of the country who have the win
ming of the war at heart. The idea
is to place in conspicuous places in
the advertising copy which they give
out for publication, some warning to
their readers against trivial gossip.
These women's advertising clubs.
of which there are six or seven
throughout the country, can reach by
this means thousands of loyal Ameri-
can women in every walk of life.
They have adopted the slogans which
have been sent them by the division
of advertising of the Bureau of Pub
lie Information at Washington, and
besides are originating ideas of their
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
The Conscrlptlon of Men.

Reverting now to the subject of the
conscription Of men, know ] speak
the sentiment Of all those beyond the
years Of young manhood when / say
that there is not one of us worthy of
the name Of man who would not
willingly 60 to fight If the country
needed or wanted us to fight. But the
country does not want or call Its en-
tire manhood to fight. 1t does not
even call anywhere near its entire
young manhood. It has called or in
tends to call In the immediate future
perhaps 25 per cent. of Its men be-
tween twenty and thirty years of age,
which means probably about q per
cent. Of It's total male population of all
ages. But 1t has called from incomes,
business profits and other imposts fall
ing principally on the well to do, ap
proxlmately ninety per cent. Of our
war taxation, not to mention the con-
tributions to the Red Cross, the Y. M.
G. A. and other war relief activities.
Let me add in passing that the chill
dren Of the we'll to do have been taken
for the war In proportionately greater
numbers than the children of the poor,
because those young men who are
needed at home to support dependents
or to maintain essential war Industries
are exempted from the draft.
Our Laws Favor Sons Of the Poor
The draft exemption regulations dis
erImlnate not, as In former wars, In
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
own to curb the wagging tongues of
those who gossip thoughtlessly.

own to curb the wagging tongues of
those who gossip thoughtlessly.
Needless gossip" says Miss Mar
tin, "is demoralizing to our own peo-
pie, for small piece of gossip, re-
peated from one to another, develops
until it seems to be more than NOR
sci and is regarded as something
quite momentoIs.
For instance" we hear the news
that a few of our boys have returned
from the trenches wounded and are
convalescing in some hospital. Some
body has overheard this conversation
and they in return repeat it. With
out intending to do so they exagger-
ate the fact until the story finally
reaches point where the six or seven
mes have increased to a thousand.
It. is just this kind of needless gossip
that is demoralizing to our people"
Among the silence rules suggested
by the government and adopted by
the women's league are the follow
ing:
Our enemies over here are trying
to hurt our boys over there. Our en-
emies are listening. Don't talk.
One German army already has oc-
cupied America. The invisible host
of spies is everywhere.
Keep your eyes peeled, your lips
sealed, your heart steeled.
Germans, their agents and sympa-
thizers are trying to overhear you.
Keep quiet; don't talk.
Cut the public conversation. Don't
talk. Do not make the Germans wis
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
favor Of the rich mans son, but In
favor Of the poor woman's son.

l realize but too well that the bur-
den Of the abnormally high cost of
living, caused largely by the war,
weighs heavily indeed upon wage earn
ers and still more upon men and wo-
men with moderate salaries. / yield
to no one In my desire to see every
thing done that is practicable to have
that burden lightened. But excessive
taxation on capital will not accom-
pllsh that; on the contrary, 1t will
tend to intensity the trouble.
Taxation must be sound and wise
and scientific and cannot be laid In a
haphazard way or on impulse or ac-
cording to considerations of politics,
otherwise the whole country will suf-
fer. History has shown over and over
again that the laws Of economics can
not be defied with impunity and that
the resulting penalty falls upon all
sections and classes.
The question Of the individual is not
the one that counts. The question is
not what sacrifices capital should and
would be willing to bear If called upon,
but what taxes 1t is to the public ad-
vantage to impose.
do not say all this to plead for a
reduction of the taxation on wealth or
In order to urge that no additional
taxes be imposed on wealth If need be.
There is no limit to the burden which
in time of stress and strain those
must be willing to bear who can af-
ford 1t except only that limit which is
imposed by the consideration that tax
alton must not reach point where
the business activity of the country
becomes crippled and Its economic
equilibrium Is thrown out OF gear, be-
cause that would harm every element
of the commonwealth and diminish
the war-making capacity Of the nation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
The Thrifty Would Be PenaIlzed.

The fact is that the government
would gain nothing In the process of
capital conscription and the country
would be thrown into chaos for the
time being. The man who has saved
would be penalized, he who has wasted
would be favored. Thrift and construc-
tive effort, resulting In the needful and
fructifying accumulation Of capital,
would be arrested and lastlngly dis
couraged.
can understand the crude notion Of
the man who would divide all. posses
sions equally. There would be mighty
little coming to any one by such dlstri-
button, and It is, of course, an utterly
impossible thing to do, but 1t is an un-
derstandable notion. But by the con-
fiscation Of capital for government use
neither the government nor any indl-
vidual would be benefited.
A vigorously progressive income tax
is both economically and socially
sound. A capital tax is wholly un-
sound and economically destructive.
It may nevertheless become neces-
sary in the case of some of the belllger-
ent countries to resort to this exDedl-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28

er. Be conversation miser. If you
want to can the kaiser, don't talk.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28

ent, but can conceive of no situation
likely to arise which would make it
necessary or advisable In this country.
More than ever would such tax be
harmful In times Of war and pOst-bel-
lum reconstruction, when beyond almost
all other things 1t is essential to stimu-
late production and promote thrift, and
when everything which tends to have
the opposite effect should be vigorously
rejected as detrimental TO the nations
strength and well-being.
There is an astonishing lot Of haSy
thinking on the subject of the uses of
capital In the hands Of Its owners.
The rich man can spend only rela-
lively small sum Of money unproduc-
lively or selfishly. The money that 1t Is
in his power actually to waste is ex-
ceedlngly limited. The bulk of what
he has must be spent and used for
productive purposes, just as would be
the case If It were spent by the gov
ernment, with this difference, however,
that, generally speaking, the individual
is more painstaking and discriminating
in the use Of his funds and at the same
time bolder, more imaginative, enter
prising and constructive than the gov
ernment with its necessarily bureau
cratic and routine regime possibly
could be. Money in the hands of the
individual is continuously and fever
ishly on the search for opportunities
i e., for creative and productive use.
In the hands of the government 1t is apt
to lose a good deal of its fructifylng
energy and ceaseless striving and to
sink instead into placid and somnolent
repose.
There need not be and there should
not be any conflict between profits
and patriotism. I am utterly opposed
to those who would utilize their coun-
try's war as a means to enrich them
selves. The "war proAteer," as the
term is generally understood, is pub
lie nuisance and an ignominy. Extor-
tionate profits must not be tolerated,
but, on the other hand, there should
be reasonably liberal disposition to-
ward business and willingness to see
1t make substantial earnings.
For, taxation presupposes earnings.
Our credit structure is based upon
values, and values are largely deter
mined by earnings. Shrlnkage Of
values necessarily affects our capacity
to provide the government with the
sinews of war
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28

''Gets-It." the 0nIy Genuine. Thorough Corn
Peeler Ever Discovered. Demand "Gets-lt."
touches a corn or callus the growth
is doomed. 1t takes but two sec
onds to apply "Gets-It." The corn
pain is eased at once. You can sit
at your desk or walk about, dance.
think. love and work with absolute
ease. You can apply "Gets-It" con-
veniently almost anywhere where
you can take your shoe and stock
ing off for moment or two. Gets
It" dries at once; then put your shoe
and stocking on again. There's no
further excuse for suffering from
corns and c0rn-pains.
"Gets-1t" is sold at all druggists
tyou need pay no more than 25 cents
bottle). or sent on receipt of price
by E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Ashland and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy b.
Bros.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28

Elder B. G.. Tabor left last evening
on train No. SO for San Francisco to
attend the worlds conference of the
Seventh Day hdventists to be in ses-
sion there.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28
War PrOfiteer is
Public Nuisance
BY OTTO H. KAHN.

Much is being said about the plau-
sible sounding contention that be-
cause a certain portion of the young
manhood of the nation has been con-
scripted, therefore money must also be
conscripted. Why, that is the very
thing the government has been doing.
1t has conscripted a portion-a rela-
lively small portlon-of the men of the
nation. 1t has conscripted portion
q large portion of the incomes Of the
nation. Capital and business pay more
than four-ffths Of our total war taxa
tion directly and a large share of the
remaining fifth indirectly.
If the government went too far In
conscripting men the country would be
crippled. If 1t went too far in con-
scripting incomes and earnings the
country would likewise be crippled.
Results of conscrlption of Capital.
I would ask those who would go
further and conscript not only incomes,
but capital, to answer the riddle, not
only in what equitable and practicable
manner they would do 1t, but what the
nation would gain by It?
1t is true that few years ago a
capital levy was made in Germany, but
the percentage Of that levy was so
small as to actually amount to no more
than an additional income tax and that
at time when the regular income tax
in Germany was very moderate as
measured by the present standards Of
income taxation.
Only a trifling fraction of a mans
property is held in cash. II they con-
script a certain percentage Of his pos
sessions In stocks and bonds, what
would the government do with theml
Keep them? That would not answer
its purpose, because the government
wants cash, not securities.
Sell them? Who is to buy them when
every ones funds would be depleted?
II they conscript certain percent.
age of a mans real estate or mine OF
farm or factory, how Is that to be ex
pressed and converted into cash?
Are conscripted assets to be used as
a basis for the issue of Federal Re
serve bank notes? That would mean
gross imitation, with all its attendant
evils, dangers and deceptions.
Would they repudlate a percentage
of the national debt? Reputation Is
no less dishonorable In a people than
In an individual, and the, penalty for
failure to respect the sanctity Of obll
cations Is no different.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-28

Philip Snyder and family and John
Snyder of Waterville, Wash, stopped
off last week on their return from
California, where they had been
spending the winter. They were for
mer friends of the Kincaid and Case
families. They were favorably i'm
pressed with Ashland and are think
ing of returning here to make their
home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-22
WAR STAMP DRIVE
ON AGAIN IN FULL
FORCE SATURDAY

The War Savings Stamp Drive will
be on again in full force today and
from 10 O'Clock in the morning until
the women are too tired to stay up
longer, they will be at their booths
selling these certificates. Following
are the names Of those at the booths
and the stations:
Central Pharmacy-Nfiss Ida Palmes,
assisted by Mrs. Guy Mcleod, Mrs.
Ferret Palmes, Misses Duncan, Pader-
lex, Cafiero, Laney, Bingham. Hatton,
Mcdonald, Swain, Howe, Green Shut
tleworth.
White & White-Afrs. Nell Mayer,
assisted by Mrs. V. Fauria, Mrs. Rob-
inson, Miss Gutherie Sims.
Kozy Korner - Mrs. o. J. Semmes,
assisted by Madames Palmer, Cant.
Leonard, Lusk, Caldwell, Miss Avery.
Kress & Co.-NIiss Martha Whiting,
assisted by Misses Maud Suter, Anna
Orr, Waite, Groom, Genevieve Carter,
Howe. Bingham and Mrs. Brown.
Imperial Cigar Store-A1rs. hunter
bEONLs dSSISbCd ~ WI 49, $500 -
roe Elkan. Miss Daisy Hyer. Mrs. FL
bert Clubbs, Miss Frenkle, Mr.. Hunter
Brown. Mrs Langley. Mrs. Henry Yonge
and Mrs. Dan Oppenheim.
American National Bank Mrs. Louise
Buck. assisted by Mrs. C. w. Lamar,
AIRS w T. Blount, Jr., Mrs. II. \.
Brosnaham, Miss Doris Merritt, Miss
Marcia HIGGINS, Miss Davis and other
young ladies
Citizens and Peoples Bank Miss
Jane Durham, assisted by Misses Grace
owen. Robbie Hyer, Miss jamie
Knowles.
Bears Corner-Mrs. John B. Jones,
assisted by Mrs. c. w. Oliver, Miss
Gonzalez. Mrs. Anderson.
Post Office Mrs. r. F. Mitchell, as
sisted by Mrs. Dan Shepherd, Mrs. E.
+. Bruce. Mrs. Lee Mcdonnell, Mrs.
Eugene Wilson. Mrs. Joe Wilson, Miss
Eleanor Mitchell, Miss Yon, Miss La
mar. Miss Grace Anderson. Misses
Sadie Fell. Lay. Park a~d Praswcrl
Isis Theatre-AIr. Earl Thornton
and Mrs. Thos. Brent. assisted by Mrs.
Narenie. Miss Oppenheimer, Misses
Picrpont. Edwards and others assisting.
Rays Corner-Nlrs. Tom White, as
sisted by Mrs. Marion Bowes, Misses
McKinnon. Mayes and others.
Everlasting Fabric CO. Mrs. John
Bullock, Mrs. 1. H. Aiken. Mrs. Hubert
Moog.
Watson. Parker & Reese - Miss BOY
er. Mrs. Harry Lurton, Miss Mayme
Freeman.
San Carlos Hotel - Mrs. Chas. Her
vey, assisted by Mrs. Leslie Partridge,
Mrs. B. s. Hancock. Mrs. G. w. Owen,
Mrs w H. Watson. Mrs. F. w.
Marsh, Misses Frazier, Moreno, Rowena
Marsh.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-22
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT MAY
FLY OVERSEAS SOON,

WASHINGTON, June 81. Big
American air and seaplanes should be
flying across the Atlantic to reach the
front by next summer. Major General
w. Brancker, Of the British air min
istry, said here today IN formal state
ment to the press. He is in Washing
ton to cooperate with American air
craft officials and believes that a pio-
neer transatlantic flight should be at
tempted without delay.
"An enterprise which must be car
ried out as soon as possible" General
Brancker said, sis the fight of the
Atlantic. There is really no reason
why a considerable number of big
airplanes and seaplanes should not
cross the Atlantic during next sum-
mer."
General Brancker disclosed the fact
that the British air council had def
nitely decided upon transatlantic air
craft flights in order to find a route
for the movement OF American-made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-22
M A r X EFT S
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

New Orleans, June 2l.-The arrival OF
the first bale Of the new crop in Gal
weston, together with somewhat more
moderate temperatures in the western
belt, caused selling of cotton today I'M
der which contracts lost "a to 80 points,
in the first half hour of business.
The bullish construction placed on
war news and reports Of spot sales al
ter hours yesterday at higher prices
caused a reaction from the decline. To-
ward the middle of the day, prices were
6 TO ii points under yesterdays flnai
quotations.
Spot cotton steady, quotatioS- re-
viseI. Middling unchanged. Sales on
the spot 1,346; to arrive ass. MiddlinS
3i.0C.
Irregularity developed with July
showing more strength, on short COW
ering, than the new crops. At i
O clock, prices were ii points higher
to 81 points lower than the closing
level Of yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-06-22
frcraft to the front. as mission In

aircraft to the front. His mission in
this city has to do with arrangements
for the pioneer fight which It is hoped
the United States government will CO.
operate.
It is expected the initial fight will
be made this autumn in a machine
of British make. probably a seaboat
starting from New Foundland and
touching at the Azores and Portugal,
before arriving in Ireland.
It has been estimated the trip can
be made in forty hours of flying. Plane
under consideration call for crews OF
four men, composed of an engineer, a
relief Of pilots and a navigation off,
Ger.