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in New York he increased the enthu-
siasm at an impromptu subscription
drive by taking a hand-and some
bonds.
Congress did not recess for the
drive, for the reason that business
made such a step inadvisable. Like
the President, it felt required to re-
main close to base. But a number Of
senators and representatives have been
running in and out on drive missions,
and aiding in that way. - -
Speaking in Baltimore yesterday,
Secretary McAdoo predicted the sue
cess of the loan, Notwithstanding the
poor start, and the unexpected handi-
cap Of influenza. The house-to-house,
store-to-store, shop-to-shop canvass
now in progress everywhere will con-
tinue, and in some communities may
prove more successful than formal
meetings would have done. The great
majority Of the people are sufficiently
advised now as to the war and what is
necessary for its prosecution. Public
speakers, however eloquent and enter
tanning, have no new message on the
subject.
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From The Net1 York Times Sept. 4th.
Not Public Library Ban.

From, The Neto York Times Sept. 4th.
Not a Public Library Ban.
To the Editor Of The Ne,c York Times:
In today's issue of THE TIMES there is
an article under the title, Censorship at
Its Very Worst in which it is stated that
"a very recent inquirer at one of the New
York libraries for The objectionable Sin,
by Rupert Hughes was told, rather scorn-
fully and rather haughtily, that it was not
the intention to have the book there or to as
sst in its circulation" 1t is not stated at
what library this happened; and fear some
of your readers may be led to conclude that
it was at some branch of the New York
Public Library.
The book referred 10 approved for
purchase for the branches Of the New York
Public Library some time ago. In d;le course
copies will 20 to every one of the branch
libraries in Manhattan. the Bronx and Rich
mond-the only libraries Under the control of
the New York Public Library. We cannot
promise fully to meet the demand for the
book, because our book funds are made
quate.
If the incident described by Inquirer"
occurred at a branch of the New York Pub
lie Library we shall be grateful to him if he
will write Us at once. giving the name Of
the branch and information that will enable
u.s. to identify the assistant who made such
a statement as he describes. 1t goes without
| saying that branch library assistants do not
tet.ide questions of this sort
l.. II. ANDERSON.
Director, New York Public Library.
New York, Sept. 3. 1918.
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Barracks for Army Clerks.

Barracks for 5000 enlisted men of
the Army detailed to clerical duty in
Washington will be built i'll Potomac
Park. This is one of the steps being
taken to relieve the congestion from
which the citizens of Washington and
the temporary war workers are suffer-
ing. The men who are to occupy the
proposed barracks now occupy rooms
in the boarding houses and private
homes of the city. The relief contern-
plated by this move cannot come for
some time because big structures for
the housing of men cannot be set up
in an instant, but it is promised that
this measure Of relief will be perfect
ed as soon as possible. Work is to be
begun on the barracks without delay,
and will be pushed to completion as
fast as the government can do it. This
move will be helpful in correcting the
evils of congestion, even though it only
partially solves the problem with which
the national government and the city
are confronted.
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Save the New War-Workers.

Cognizance is being taken in Con-
gress of the danger Of bringing at
this time to Washington 1000 ad-
ditional war workers where there are
accommodations for only a small frac-
ton of that number. Senator Martin,
the democratic leader in the upper
chamber and chairman Of the all
powerful appropriations committee of
that body, has taken determined
stand against this violation of primary
mathematical and physical laws, and
the attention of members of the House
is also aroused. =
Every senator and representative
should take a personal interest in this
| situation. The war workers are being
drawn from all constituencies. 1t is
within reason to suppose that "the peo-
pie back home" will in the end look
to their representatives at the seat
Of government If harm befalls their
sons and daughters who come to Wash
ington at the urgent insistence of the
government to do their part in the
work back of the firing lines. For be
it remembered, these young people
| are being solicited to come here by
government authorities; planned
campaign is being carried on through
advertising and placard posting urg-
ing their participation in the war work.
The prospective newcomers are in
the main doubtless unaware of the
acute congestion here. Their senators
and representatives are fully apprised
Of it, as the debates in both chambers
on the anti-profteering and other
measures bear witness. It is no ex-
aggeration to say that until comfort
able and sanitary living quarters are
assured for these young people they
should be kept away, and remain in
the protection of their own homes.
Every effort is being bent thus to
provide for them, and when the new
government dormitories are up and
| open, they can, perhaps, be accommo-
dated. But it is physical fact that
they cannot be housed and fed prop
erly at this time, at the rate they are
coming in weekly, and they should be
halted by executive order, or, failing
that, by resolution of Congress sus-
pending the appropriations for their
employment.
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The Channel Ferry.

A ferry across the Washington chan
mel would make available for greatly
increased number of people the recrea-
ton facilities offered by the play
grounds in East Potomac Park. This
fact has been urged by the officer in
charge of public buildings and grounds
and has been recognized by Congress
in making an appropriation of $4,000
for the establishment Of such ferry.
Col Ridley, in charge of public build
ings and grounds, wishes to set the
ferry in operation this fall. Only one
difficulty remains to be overcome and
it was not thought that such q diff
Guilty would arise. Tho need is for q
boat to transport people to and fro
across the. channel from point near
the foot Of 7th street, where tho street
cars run and which can be reached by
street cars from every point in the Dis
trict and the Maryland and Virginia
| environs.
Boats are scarce and high-that is,
they all seem to be so busy in the di.
| rect work Of winning the war that it
is hard to find one to take up the in
cidental war work of increasing the
efficiency of the war-working popula-
ton of Washington. But as long as
| the situation has been made n1a;n and
Col. Ridley has told the public what
is needed, it seems reasonable to ex-
pect that q patriotic boat and its pa
triotic owner viii come to the rescue,
and that thousands of people viii be
able to enjoy the health facilities pro-
vided by the Fairgrounds in the great
park reclaimed from the marsh of the
Potomac. The public waits to hear
the merry bell and whistle Of the
channel ferryboat!
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spicuous service, and the most impor-
tant he was able to render during his
long House membership. And he will
be long remembered for it,. -.
One looks back with amazement now
at the opposition men like Mr.. Talbot
encountered in the House in their eff
forts to advance the interests Of the
Navy. It seems almost past belief that
what was so clear duty and so ear
nestly demanded should have been SO
long denied. :, ----s7 rH
But, though often defeated, they
never despaired. They counted on III
innate success, and worked for it un-
faggingly. ::
Success finally came, though not in
fullest measure until the world war
had silenced those who had resisted
and retarded the Nays growth.
It sometimes happens that a public
servant does not live to see the fruits
of his intelligent labors. He dies be-
fore they ripen, and with sense of
failure.
Mr.. Talbot had better fortune. He
lived to see the Navy become much Of
what he had desired and strived for,
and on the way to become the most
powerful equipment Of the kind in the
world. 49,.
Gan incompatible .Navy'-the Presi-
dents phrase-is now the general de-
mand; and we shall get it. The need
Of it all see. No postwar appropria-
tons will be better approved by the
people than those for the adequate pro-
lection of our long coast-Enes and
growing sea traffic. We shall be carry
ing heavy war debt, and be charged
with other heavy obligations, but the
Navy will be generously provided for
without protest. It will not be neces-
sary again for anybody to make the
fight in Congress that the friends Of
the Navy had to~make during the score
of years preceding our entrance into
the present war.
That fight was CALAMITY made, and
won, upon its merits, and the victors
are entitled to the highest praise.
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The Closing Week.

The liberty loan drive closes week
from today. In some phases it has
proved a disappointment. In no quar-
tershave subscriptions come up to ex-
pectstions or requirements. However,
there is strong hope and arrangements
for stirring and adequate finish.
No blunder seems to have been made
by those in charge Of the drive, and on
that account keenly anxious for its
success.
Secretary McAdoo did not tour the
country as on previous occasions, for
the reason that his physician advised
against it. On the drive for the third
loan, when he travelled across the con-
tinent and spoke both geing and 70
turning. he wore his voice to fragile.
At tho close he had but . whisper left.
Public speaking is something new to
him; and, consequently, in the world
Of oratory he is tenderthroat.
Tho President cancelled his projected
tour for the good and sufficient rea-
sons he gave. Urgent business related
to other features of war work de-
tanned him here. Great receptions
awaited him, and the subscribing spirit
Of the people would have been quick
ened BY his presence and personal ap-
peal But the necessity for his re-
making d3ose to base was pressing,
md he properly yielded to it. he has
not neglected ths loan, but has spoken
for Il hsn IL Snes; and iast night
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D.: Civil Service Retirement.

After years of struggle, a civil serv-
ice retirement bill has reached a COM
handing parliamentary position in the
Senate. The Mcclellan bill is now the
unfinished business in that body. This
measure has the hearty support of
members of the Senate and House who
favor legislation for the retirement
and pension Of superannuated en-
ployes of the government. It has just
as strong support of the employees
themselves, who have finally united
to ask for the same legislation. In
years gone by the employees them
selves were divided into factions, one
supporting a straight pension plan and
the other favoring a plan by which
the employees themselves contributed
to the fund from which they were to
draw their pensions. The McKellar
bill is fifty-ffty proposition, the
employees paying half and the govern
ment half of the expense.
With such a united front the bill
should be passed. That it will meet
opposition from senators who are op-
posed to any pension at all for civil
employees Of the government is ex-
peeted But the measure has many
strong friends in the Senate, who be-
lieve that this act Of justice should be
done the thousands of civil employees
of the government who give their ac-
tive: years to the service.
Americans believe their country to
be the most progressive in the world.
Yet the United States alone among the
great civilized nations of the world has
failed to provide for its superannuated
civil employees. Great Britain, France,
even Germany-denounced as the most
brutal nation in history-do not turn
out their superannuated employees with
no provision for their declining years.
The Mcclellan bill is essentially a
war measure, as it has been called by
its author, and by the employees. It
means greater efficiency in the govern
ment departments at a time when the
maximum of efficiency is demanded.
1t means that young blood will take
the place of old and that in many
cases more work will be done by a
less number of employees. In the end,
the efficiency experts and economists
Of the government have predicted, the
operation of the proposed law will save
the government millions Of dollars.
The Senate can well spare the time
% pass this measure while it is await
ing the report Of the war revenue bill
from the finance committee. And the
House would render the country a dis
tinct service if it would act also with
out delay.
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A Friend of the Navy.

The late representative Talbot Of
Maryland was, and had long been, a
warm and active friend of the Navy.
he had stood for years among those
members Of the House with the proper
appreciation of what the Navy meant
in our governmental equation, and
ready at all times to give it the proper
support. He never failed to exert him
self in the cause Of an adequate sea
power for this country. = was q, con.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-12

Base ball experts after studying
Woodrow Wilson's reply to Prince Max
agree that he is entitled to credit as
a man who resists the temptation to
make a grandstand play which might
jeopardize a steady, reliable game.
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go. /.
Shall We Censor. Fiction 10 Hide the Truth?
Rupert Hughes New NoOel
The Unpard SIM,

+ From, the Nep York Times Sept. Sd.
ceueorShin A very recent
= IL inquirer at one Of
-, the New York IL
Very Worst braries for .rrhe
objectionable SIM" by Rupert
Hughes, was told, rather scornfully
and. rather haughtily, that it was
not the intention to have the book
there or to assist in it's circulation.
No explanation of the.:refhsal was
made, but it would be both interest
ing and profitable to. have one, and
] it might: we'll be: obtained by: The
federal authorities. For, OF: the in
Vulnerable books that the war has
produced, not half: a dozen;. it as
many. that would be catalogued as
fiction better deserve reading by
good Americans Of every age and
both sexes than does THE Impair
donable Sim" and none better re-
wards a careful perusal.
Many parts of the book, indeed.
will be found highly Objectionable by
pro Germans. and by pacifists, and
there are, perhaps, a few people out
side. Of those two closely. related
classes who, in this instance as in
so many others, think ignorance is
innocence and hope to abolish pain
full or terrible facts by ignoring
them. 1t is true that Captain
Hughes tells plainly, but always de-
Gently, of certain aboninable crimes
committed by the Germans in Bel
GUM. He doesn't tell all of those
crimes, or the worst Of them, be-
is possible only in official reports
and technical treatises on psychic
pathology. He exercises a wise dis
cretion and keeps we'll within the
limits of the permissible. the COM
mendable, and the essential-the es-
sential because only by telling what
he tells, and only by telling it as
well as he tells it, can the American
public be forced clearly to realize
just why the United States and its
allies have sternly determined, cost
what it may. to fight this war with
Germany to real finish -
For every statement made by'Cap-
tain, Hughes as of: fact there is the
warrant of sworn testimony, with
names, dates and places, in the re-
ports of the Bryce Commission and
those of the French and Belgian
governments. He has exaggerated
nothing and set down nothing in
malice. And tbs this book that a
New York library sees ft to Danish
from its shelves! Whye Who re-
jects the theory Of dfsloyalty-and
to protect the enemy from deserved
obloquy.is a form of treason must
resort to the alternative explana-
ton, hardly more charitable. of
silly and vicious prudery. Anyhow.
such censorship OF the public's
reading matter by library officials
is nothing less than 'intolerable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-12

It is a great and wonderful country
that refuses to ask odds of patriotism,
but pays AZ per cent for the money
needed to safeguard its citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-12

Guard against influenza not only for
your own sake, but for the sake Of
friends, neighbors and the public in
general.
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IF Nicholas Romanoff had managed
q successful abdication, the kaiser
might feel more encouraged about his
personal prospects. =,
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The landlord himself is being inter
viewed on questions Of heat that were
formerly addressed only. to the janitor.
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The most that Grown Prince Willy
has to hope for is the discovery: Of
some unostentatious method Of retir-
ing him from public life. -, =
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Bulgarians now desire to fight along
with the allies. No doubt lot Of the
Turks and Austrians feel the same way
about it.
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A number Of men required to ill
out questionnaires have bean surprised
% discover how little they really know
about themselves.
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The influenza germ is too small to
be examined for made in Germany"
mark.
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# required to rebuild all he has de-
stroyed the Hun viii be, sentenced to
hard labor for many generations. -
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Prussian politicians are now casting
about for some method Of evading the
debt which staggers humanity.
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Prussia has hung on to her navy as
the only threat that is still available.
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Every new German chancellor finds
the job a little more difficult.
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District National Bank.
1905 Ct Street.

IT'LL be bit of good news to Berlin to read
4 that WasIlingtonians let the Fourth Liberty
Loan fail! Don't let it happen. Go little
stronger than you have already in bond buying.
II everybody does more it'll soon be accomplish
ed! Wen help you to finance it. All together
now--let the sky be the limit
Beginning next week open evenings for
vour accommodation.
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A responsible German government
means q prompt dissolution Of the Ber-
lin chapter Of the Ananias Club.
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Looking for Excitement
Now doth the tired business man
Exclaim: errhere are no shows to scan.
Since there's so little to be done,
I'll buy more bonds and fight the
Hun" ,.
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Still Held RESPONSIBLE.

Still Held Responsible.
sDo you think that men will con.
tinue to exercise a general guidance
in politicsf"
"Td some extent" replied Mr.. Meek
ton. @Henrietta is scolding me now
for not reminding her sooner that if
she wants to vote she'll have to reg
ister:" @ -
'Ts thinhn,;n' said Uncle Eben,
a'bout gittiR de boss. to change de
name o dat old race boss Of hisn, to
Hum Den mebbe he kin run some. i"
Step Lively.
Lazy dollar, come along
Fall in line and sing a song!
Do your task and do it right.
It's your turn to work or fight. go
Lazy dollar, cease to shirk.
It's your turn to fight or work.
Join the glorious battle throng.
Lazy dollar, come along!
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Buy Another Bond.

From the New York Sun.
Germany has asked for peace; buy
liberty bonds!'' = - -. - -
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SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ 1HuANDER JOHNSON.
Civic Precaution

Civic Precaution.
care you doing anything to make
Crimson Gulch a greater and better
community"
"You bet we are" answered Three
Finger Sam. eve are buying all the
liberty bonds we can carry so as to
make sure the Hun will never exercise
any influence in our affairs, whatso-
ever" ~...
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Random Conversation.
do you think the kaiser has talked
Of abdication7"
@Why mott He has talked about
everything else on earth"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-10-11
ONLY CHANGE IN MACHINERY
Hand Knitting Now Done in Exactly
the Same Manner as II Was Many
- Centuries Ago. s

There are a few touches OF humor
in the countryside revival of knitting,
such as the over-large and the. enVlous
feminine group about the lady who,
with practiced skill, deftly turns the
heel of a sock, but behind 1t all is a
fine display of service, says writer In
the Detroit Free Press. When you
see a sweater or muffler in process OF
evolution it may interest you to know
that the work is being done just about
as 1t was when the art was in Its in
fancy. There have been great improve
ments in knitting machinery, however,
and the first of them was directly due
to somewhat common malady-un-
reciprocated love.
The Rev. William Lee of Cambridge
university, as the story goes, was deep
ly smitten with maiden of his native
town, marlborough, Nottinghamshire,
but In spite of his ardent wOoing could
make no impression. The fair one
calmly kept on with her knitting, then
the common occupation Of English
hOluChs
In revenge Reverend William swore
he'd invent a machine which would de-
stroy the market for hand work. He
kept his word, but Queen Elizabeth re-
fused to grant patent and to give her
financial support because too many OF
her subjects would be deprived of their
means Of livelihood. So the inventor
took his machine to France. This
story may be entirely fanciful, but In
1859 William Lee did revolutionize
hosiery making by producing the knit
ting frame or stocking frame. Amert-
can names In the list of those who
have labored to perfect knitting ma
chinery are W. G. GIst, Almet Reid and
Griswold.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-10-11

human bodies, all racing for the OPP
posite bank. We could see this tenn
porary structure trembling under this
enormous burden.
Our officer saw the situation and he
nervously pressed the telephone re-
ceiver to his left ear. His right hand
was on the switch. Breathlessly he
stared at the fleeing masses. 'If only
the telephone connections had not been
broken" he muttered to himself. He
knew as we'll as all the rest of us that
he was to act on the instant that the
curt order came over the wire.
1t was not much that he had to do.
Merely make movement of his hands.
Masses Of troops continued to rush
across the bridge until more than half
were safely over. The bridge further
above was not in such great demand.
and with the lessened congestion al
most all who crossed here were
already safe. We could see how the
first Of the French units had crossed,
but the bridge continued to stand.
The sergeant who manned the appa-
ratus at this bridge became restless
waiting for orders, and finally on his
own initiative blew it up. Some