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New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Our Counter Offensive
The Liberty Loan
By William Loeb, Jr.

TINE third Liberty Loan cam
paign was not deliberately
J. timed, as l understand it, to
..;ncide with this titanic struggle
s.c;ng in Picardy. 1t only happened
hot way. And yet, if the German
;-;ve had to come, the coincidence
!. very fortunate one for many
,sasons. To begin with, it will give
.rerv one of us civilians and stay
...homes a share in the counter Of
.msive.
This is a privilege of the first
,der Here we are the anxious
illnesses of definite and open bid
for world dominion on the part of
The mightiest and meanest foe of
human society which has ever mas
oueraded in the clothing of divine
right. To have to stand by, though
L be 5000 miles away, while such
an attempt is being made to render
this planet uninhabitable would be
an intolerable strain on the nerves
and heart Of every genuine patriot.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Kaiser now seeking to break in at
the door of civilization and liberty.
Every investor in Liberty bonds be-
comes partner in the sacred enter
prise of defending his own home
and those of his countrymen and Of
his allies from utter desecration.
What the Persians would have done
to ancient Greece had they con-
quered at Thermopyla, such would
be the Kaiser's will with US should
he break through in Picardy. 1t is
this which we are called upon to
prevent, every mothers son and
daughter of us, by providing the
money without which there can be
no defence at all
Here, then, is our opportunity.
The third Liberty Loan campaign
opens on the anniversary of our en-
trance into the world war. Fresh
in our minds are the pictures of
superheroism and slaughter on the
Western front, with everything we
hold dear in the world hanging ON
the battles outcome. In such a sit
uation the heaviest investment pos
sible in the bonds Of this third loan
should prove an act Of devotion al
most automatic.
BuS aside from the vividness of
our conception of the German men
ace to country and civilization,
thanks to the stupendous drive in
progress, what about our boys over
there? General Pershing has Of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

tered the entire American army for
service in breasting the food Of
boches, and General Foch has ac-
cepted the offer. These men, our
own flesh and blood, are already, it
may be, part of that gallant host
who are giving everything that me,.
can give to defend US who remain
behind. Shall we begrudge them
the utmost measure of our support =:
Keeping Up the
Bridge Of Ships
Between these men and their
base of supplies stretches bridge
of ships more than 5000 miles in
length. Constantly assailing this
precious bridge, their life line, are
the submarines Of the enemy. The
ships lost must be replaced. AS we
increase the number of our troops
in France we must increase the out
lut of ships to keep these men
equipped and provsioned. Ships
and more ships~form the very first
item in the list of those necessities
without which our army in France
insult surrender or starve. And
these ships are built from the pro-
ceeds of Liberty bonds.
The proceeds of Liberty bonds
provide practically everything which
the ships transport to Amerit an SOL
ciers at the front. Their pay, to
start with. 1t isn't very much, only
a dollar day to the private for the
privilege of fighting and suffering
and dying for us. AS compared with
the wages Of labor, even the hum
blest sort Of labor at home, it seems
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

the merest pittance. But it is nee
essary And then food, without
which not even heroes can get along.
and clothing and personal equip
ment. Except for the sale of Lib
erty bonds none of these things
could be forthcoming, nor could the
artillery, the airplanes, the ammuni-
ton, and last, but not least, the re-
inforcements, without which no
army to-day could last a moment in
battle, be secured. When we talk
of supporting our troops III France
we can mean only that through in
vestment in Liberty bonds we as a
nation are sending them all these
things in the tremendous abundance
which the situation demands.
Not Penny
Will Be Wasted
This, of course, takes money,
oceans of money. Already we have
weathered two Liberty Loan cam
paigns since that date a year ago
when we threw neutrality to the
winds. Both resulted in oversub-
scriptions. And yet the end seems
further off than ever. Yet the
money we subscribed on those oc-
casions has not been wasted or we
should not have the supreme salts
faction to-day Of reading that
sublime offer of Pershing's. And
now that the men for whose train
ing and transportation and support
we have provided have taken their
place in the line, it is all the more
essential that We back them up with
all we have and all we are.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
GREAT MONDAY BARGAINS TNBRTEF,|

Sale OF Marie Antonette Lace Panels, $189 to
$7.89. Regular Prices 50 to st7.95
- Third Floor Building.
WomenS SILK Dresses at $12.9S. Were SIS
slS.75, s2o.75. Second Floor. central Building
Sale of 5000 Ready for Wear and Untrimmed
mats AT $lo9 Street and Mczzannc Building
Blouses at 1898. We're s4es to 81 oS
Second Floor, Building
Womens Shoes, $4.95 Pair; from s6.95.
Taupe Fox Scarfs at $3.50.
Central Building
2,4oo Pairs of Women's Black Cotton STOCKINGS
Two Pairs for Csc.
Street floor. street Central Building
100 Misses Serge, also Checks, Suits Wonders at
$11.98. Second floor, Eas. .ui1dne
Madeira Hand-Embroidered Waist Fronts at 5sc.
Street floor, Central Building.
Printed Voles of 2oc. and SOC. Grades at 19c Yard
Subway floor. West Building.
Fine Group of serges Specially Priced s1.7s yard
Street floor, Building
4o-nch Printed Silk Chiffon, CSC. yard
street floor, Central Building
A Surprising Sale of Silks offers Crepe de Chine
at $1.19 yard. Regularly 500.
The Famous A IS Sewing Machines Regularly
$2t98, Monday at $14.98.
subway Building
Sale of Fine White Fabrics Offers Yard Wide
Striped Voile 15c. yard Regularly 29c
Street floor, Livingston
Thousands Of Holland Rose Bushes Just Received
Monday at 23c. Subway floor East Building
An Important Clearance of Fine Leather Goods
Street floor Building
Watch for tho Tuesday Bargains Which VIII
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Sale of j. S. Browns Linens Offers Table Cloths
2x2 yards at $6.45.
Street floor, Building
Seamless Tapestry Brussels Rugs, ox9 it., $1275
and $14.5O
Third floor. Building
IS Special Corsets CSC. to 81 es
Second floor
First Quality Hair Switches in All grey Shades
SO. .95; Plain Shades $685.
.., Fifth floor Central Building
ub SILK PettiooatS $3.50; Regularly 81. 80.
Second floor.
800 Chlldren's Dresses Special. CSC.
Second floor,
handkerchief Boxes Were 98c.. Now 59c.
. :. - Third floor Central Building
Muslin Sheets, $1.15 to $l.49
Subway floor, Building
Ta1eta Ribbons, Special 3sc. yard 0N'''s
Street floor. centre East Building
IS Violet Ammonia, 6-oz, at &c., from 24c
Street floor East
Soft Finish Spool Cotton, Black or White, in Sizes
SO, 90, 7o Sold in Solid Sizes Only at &c., from 3oc
Street floor. Central
Metal Table Lamps, $s.es Were s12os
Bedspreads at $2ss and $s.es seconds 'S'i'''S
ro subway floor. West Building.
Good Shirts Reduced to 74c.
Cotton Socks, 121ze., from ,9e: -,~'' -''''''"s
Silk Lined Overcoats $24.75, from $3.50
Havana Cigars, s1.65 Boxes of IS: We're s. 90
Street Shop. East p;,,iTiDe
Boys Spring Refers, Now $3.50 and $469
Second floor. West Building
Found on Special Tables Throughout the store.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
General Killed
For Atrocities

In December, 1905, Min. the COM
mander of the fashionable regiment Of
the Semenolf Guards, was ordered 70
clean out what Nicholas II called "the
Augean stables" of Moscow. Whole
sale murders-murders they were, since
there was no trial-atrocities unspeak-
able, of which the torture chambers
alone can tell the secrets, marked his
rule and asked for vengeance.
1t was Zinaida Konoplannikova, who
had just returned to Russia from
this task. She killed Major General
Min in the fall of 1906, as Marie
Spiridonova had killed Governor Lu-
jenovsky one year before. like her, at
a railway station. No helpers or ac-
completes could be discovered, though
torture was resorted to. Resolute and
fearless, the girl whom l remember so
gentle and shy listened when brought
before her judges to the sentence of
death by hanging. Since Sophie Per-
ovskaya's execution in 1881 no woman
had been condemned to die thus.
Her last thoughts were for a free
Russia. There was hope in her breast
the certitude that Czardom would be
demolished and the sun Of freedom
shine on the vast gray fields of the
That this hope sustained her remains
to us, mere spectators, as a comfort.
Yet, thinking of Zinaida, | always see
hood and a smock covering lifeless
form hanging from a gibbet, and small
feet with white stockings and little
black shoes peeping out from under it
in the picture which appeared in the
Russian papers my friends sent me at
the time Of Sophie Perovskaya's death.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Russian Women Who Fought
Gar Now Contend for Peace

stantly shared their political views.
She seemed. on the contrary, listless
and unlnterested in everything except
the children on the estate, who wor-
shipped her
One day she went away suddenly,
1eaVlng a note saying that the life she
mad led for the last two years was too
easy for her and that she was taking
service under the government. should
nave forgotten her had my friends not
written to me sometimes about tho
strange girl who at heart was a revo-
lutlonary and even a terrorist It was
only much later we understood that
not knowing my friends sentiments
and for fear of compromising them.
she had preferred to 60 away. There
were so many dangers surrounding the
revolutionary cause that for the safety
OF the many implicated one OF the
chief conditions exacted from the rev.
olutionaries was absolute secrecy and
silence
The task which had been set to III
mazda nopliannikova, as school
mistress under the Cars government.
was to Russianize the children Of Es
1honlans in the province of Livonia.
teaching them the Russian language to
the exclusion of their own. Whole
provinces had been Russianizcd under
the Cars regime with fire and sword.
10 the tender heart of Znada this was
most revolving task. A year later,
she was appointed by one of the Zemst-
vos or Municipal Councils to :. school
IN the vicinity of Petrograd, and there,
acting more decidedly than she had
done hitherto in the Peoples Cause,
she became suspected" and finally was
arrested. The impossible position in
which she had been placed, to develop
the character of the children intrusted
to her care, and the tyranny and hu-
mutations to which she was now sub
Jected by Car Nicholas IFS satellites
during the two years imprisonment
which followed made of Mile Konop-
ll2rnikova more determined Revolu-
zionist than ever.
The "Bloody Sunday" on January 2l,
1905, began in reality a revolution
which would have succeeded, given the
people the constitutional monarchy
they asked for, had the leaders Of the
revolt which swept over the country in
October taken the reins in hand. A
general strike had paralyzed the gov
ernment. as we'll as Russia's civil and
economic life, and the Gar was going
to issue the much longed for manifesto o
granting parliamentary form of gov
ernment. Unfortunately, those at the
head of the popular movement trusted
weak willed, unstable Nicholas, who was
a mere tool in the hands of others.
The reactonary tide which followed
once again swept over Russia like the
desert wind, which destroys everything
in ifq potb
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Cant we do something?" "Let US
help IN some way are the express
slons which escape us when we dis
cover neighbor in distress. On this
occasion it is the whole civilized
world as we know it that is the OBJ
Ject of our solicitude. And we most
certainly can do something; we can
help materially.
Best Security
Known in History
Liberty bonds are issued. ON the
best security known to history, that
the United States government NAV
meet the vast expenditures neces-
sary to the conduct of a modern
war. The proceeds obtained from
their sale are devoted to the SUD-
port, equipment and payment of
soldiers and sailors, to the fabrica-
ton of ships and airplanes and
guns, to any one of million pur-
poses connected with the effort to
defeat the burglarious and brutal
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

in its patti
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
THREE KINDS OF gentlemen
Somewhat Peculiar Distinctions That
Are Made by Inhabitants Of the
Emerald island.

Ireland is the only country in which
it lias ever been customary to classify
gentlemen rs of three distinct kinds OF
species.
Probably the distinctions are still
recognized to some extent in the En-
erald isle, but two centuries ago, and
even much later. they were defined
respectively as (one) the 'half-mount-
ed" (wo) the gentleman every inch
of him. and (three) the gentleman to
the backbone"
The first class consisted of descend
ants of Cromwell's soldiers. who. If
they could ride well, were called
"Buckskin Breeches," or "S%quireens."
The second class was composed of
descendants Of old families whose es-
tates had been forfeited to the crown
(for rebellion or other reasons), and
who had been compelled to lower them
selves by working for a living, in trade
or the professions.
The third class-the gentlemen to
the Observation-Disclosures the old
stock, or folks who lived on the ancient
family estates and the labor of the
peasantry pertaining to their domains.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
PROPER PEAR TREE PRUNING
As In Case Of Apple Low Head Is
Most Desirable-Retain Three
or Four Branches.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
Since pears are grown both as
standards and dwarfs in commercial
orchards, a consideration of the prun-
ing Of both classes is necessary. A
low-headed pear tree Is quite as de-
sirable as a low-headed apple tree.
In forming the head of the pear, how
ever, more branches may be left than
In the case of the apple. While three
Is given as the ideal number for the
apple, as many as four or five may be
retained by a well-grown pear tree.
These should be distributed about the
body SO as to give practically an equal
space between them, and, If possible,
they should stand at different heights
upon the main stem. The number Of
branches to be left upon any partic-
ular tree must, however, be deter
mined by the condition of the root.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
Nav Come to This.

Il shall want some money today,
DEAR" said George %Pipwhistle to his
wife before the latter set out for bust
ness one morning in 1927. And Mrs.
PipWhistle, grumbling the while, hand
ed out the chips and waved her hand
from the garden gate, as she made a
dash for the eight-nineteen.
Three hours after Mrs. r. had re-
turned from the city. George Pipwhis-
tie came In. He had 4 mountain of
parcels in shis arms and the light of
triumph in his eyes.
YES" he painted, as he united the
parcels and disclosed four corkscrews,
a stuffed owl, an assortment of paint
brushes, a remnant of cloth-bound
"Uncle Toms Cabin" six walking
sticks, q toasting fork, a brace of tin
openers and a roasting jack. "Such Il
scramble! It's just about the best
bargain sale that ever was!"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
KEEPING HENS TO
AID FOOD SUPPLY
Poultry Constitutes Military Re-
source Not to Be Ignored
in War Times.
MORE CHICKENS ARE NEEDED
What 100 Fowls 'on Every Farm in
United States Would Mean to Ma
ticn's Food Stock-War
Emergency Program.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of ~Asriculture.)
There should be 100 hens on every
farm in the United States. We should
obtain 100 eggs from every hen. With
approximately 100000 farms, that
would mean OO,0OO,OOO hens and Co.
O00,OO0,O00 eggs per year.. That num-
Der of eggs constitutes a military re-
source not to be ignored.
One hundred hens on every farm is
not a particularly big contract. There
is hardly a farm in the United States
but could support that number of hens
practically on it's waste materials and
without materially added cost. One
hundred hens to a farm Is considerably
less than the average number OF hens
to a farm in many of the better poul-
reproducing sections of the country.
1t is an average that could as easily be
maintained in the sections of the
country where the average per farm is
now lower than 100 hens. One hum
dred eggs from every hen, while far
below what could be obtained with
proper encouragement Of fowls, is
considerably more than the average
egg production the country over.
These two items are the basis Of the
war emergency poultry program for
1913. The carrying out of that pro-
| gram is an important part of the war
| against barbaric domination.
Two causes combine to bring the ne
cessity for a special effort to secure
the raising of more poultry this year.
One is that the war needs Of the nation
make larger average stocks Of produc-
tive poultry important. The other is
that the number Of fowls on farms has,
from a multiplicity Of causes, been re-
duced during the past year.
a succession of sharp advances in
prices of poultry feeds in 1917 and
uncertainties in supplies of feeds, be-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
BARBERRY PLANT IS
A MENACE TO WHEAT
Spreader of Stem Rust Should Be
Cut and Destroyed.
Principal Factor in Reducing Yield OF
Wheat Alone in North and South
Dakota and Montana by Mil
lions Of Bushels.

From the United States Department Of
A~griculture.)
The common barberTy is Il direct
spreader of black stem rust, a terri
bic scourge of wheat. oats, barley and
rye in the spring-wheat districts. Com
NOR barberry on lawns and in hedges
in cities and suburbs. as well as or
farms, throughout these districts IS
a fearful thorn in the side Of the
wheat raiser. The presence of this
shrub in your yard may mean that
your county or district produces less
bread to feed the nation and the al
lies. While the farmers are being
urged to take every cultural and pro-
tective measure to prevent rusting Of
their fields, owner of city yards and
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
Common barberry, showing cluster
cups on the leaves. Note the three
forked spines and the irregular
edges Of the leaves.

estates are called upon to help by
digging out and destroying this spread
err of stem rust.
How serious the black rust is to the
bread supply of the nation may be
judged from the fact that this disease
was the principal factor in reducing
the yield of wheat alone in North Da-
kota. South Dakota, Montana and Min
nesota by nearly 200, 100000 bushels in
1916.
The common barberry bush Ger
beris vulgaris). including the purple
leayed variety, nurses the black stem
rust through one OF its stages, helps
it develop, and enables it to spread
to the grains in the spring and early
summer. The most direct method of
attacking this rust is to keep common
barberry bushes out of wheat-growins
regions.
The effect of a single barberry bush
may extend for miles. They should
be dug and destroyed throughout the
upper Mississippi valley, especially III
the following states: Montana, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Minnesota. Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
Less is known about the Importance
of barberry elsewhere. The question
will be investigated in all grain-grow-
ing regions this season.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
Keeping Chickens Does Not Tax Farm
Labor Problem-Any Member Of the
Family Can Do Most Of the Work
Required by the Flock.

of congested transportation,
caused many poultry keepers to cur
tail production or reduce stocks on
hand. AS was inevitable under the
circumstances, the sections of the East
where poultry keeping was most high
" specialized were most affected.
Shortage Of feed in drought-stricken
e in the West and Southwest also
led to reduction of poultry stocks on
general farms ia those areas.
Elsewhere flocks appear to have
been maintained at about normal num-
bers, and in some places slightly in
creased. Reports of heavy selling in
sections where feed is sufficient have
in many cases failed to take into ac-
count the disposition Of the stock sold.
It has usually been assumed that all
stock sold went to slaughter. Some
reports, however, state that many hens
and pullets sold by poultry keepers
who were short OF feed or Of capital
passed to others who were In q posi-
ton to hold them. The volume Of re-
ceipts Of eggs at certain markets
seems to bear out this statement.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
No Pleasure in IdIeness.

1dleness is Il source of pleas
ure. The nation puts folks on CHI
forced idleness as Il punishment. A
well-earned rest is a boon to any busy
man, but that's far from idleness. The
idler is just a spender, q parasite, a
candidate for social ostracism and
the ~poorhouse. He soon loses the
power for real enjoyment. He's just
q burden to himself and the folks
around him. He's always hunting
happiness, but is too sluggish to use
the means that bring it. His is the
passive existence Of Incidence, stag
nation and deafness. The very facul-
ties capable of giving pleasure are
C~bsOlescent. It's no use TO dream
about happiness unless you are will
ing to do a l.ttle to help bring 1T.
Like love it wears best when used.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
Recruiters Please Notice.

In our city they were recruiting q
battalion Of short men known as the
"Bantams.'
One day our little four-year-old sol
der came in complaining Of tiredness.
When asked what he had been doing
he said, i've been recruiting I'LL day.
for?" he was asked.
"The Bantams,' he replied.
"How many did you get?" vas the
next query.
oh" he said with q little sigh of
WEAKNESS. II recruited 500 bantams
and one rooster !'-Canadian.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
REALLY SEEMED ONLY WAY
Smiths Idea Mas Bright Enough if the
Horse Would Only Dc His
Part in the Game.

John Smith bought n horse. The
first Sunday after the purchase he and
his bosom pal harnessed the horse to
IL trap and went into the country on
Il fishing trip. At the shore of the lake
they embarrassed the horse, and let
it loose while they fished.
Presently the sun began to 90 down,
and Smith and pal decided to get ready
for the return journey. They caught
the horse, and Smith began to harness
1t. But here they met Il difficulty.
The horse wouldn't open its mouth for
the bit.
They tried every means the! cauld
think of, but still the stubborn animal
stood with closed mouth, placidly
watching them.
At last Smith sat OF the ground and
began to tell iokes-horrible, moth
eaten jokes. that Adam would have
thought chestnutS.
"Nhat on earth are you doing!"
asked Smiths pal.
"Trying to get the beast to yawn,"
said Smith.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
More "un Boat Victims.

"And this" said the keeper, sis what
we call Inventors row."
II see" replied tn e visitor. "All
the poor lunatics In this ward tried to
invent something"
That's right. There are eighty pa
tients in these padded cells and every
n Of them has IL different solution
Of the submarine Notwithstanding
ham Age-Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
Not a Best Seller.

"Have you any worthwhile books in
here?' asked the superior person.
I'VE have thousands Of volumes, SIR
replied the clerk. I'm sure there is
something in our stock to suit the most
eXacting taste. What do you requireg"
II want want a book Of synonyms
"Just Il moment, sir, until speak to
the boss. / don't believe we have any
of-er-Synonym's works."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-17
BE PRODUCER

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.)
Are you going to raise food
for your family this year?
Or are you going to buy what
someone else has raised?
Are you going to the trouble
OF handling a garden-it will un-
doubleday mean some additional
work?
Some say: "Let the other fell
low have the garden, I'll spend
my time making money to buy
what he raises"
That's not the problem-the
nation needs more food to win
the war.
You can help by having a gar
den filed with vegetables to be
substituted on the home table
for food that can be shipped to
feed your boy, or some other
boy, who Is fighting In the
trenches.