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The Appeal., 1918-06-01
ADOPT war ORPHANS
American Soldiers Plan to Help
Destitute French.
Interesting Sidelight on the Fine Spirit
Of Our Army in
~ France.

Washington. - Soldiers are to
adopt" French war orphans and chill
dren Of families made destitute by the
war, through plan proposed by the
Stars and Stripes, the soldiers news
paper over there, and approved by the
American Red Cross.
While full details 9of the plan are
not available, it. is interesting as a
sidelight on the fine spirit of our army
and undoubtedly willFhave most pro-
found effect upon French public opin-
ion. The men will find the money they
put into this service the sweetest sac
rftice Of their military careers, for
they are now where they can see the
full measure Of suffering France has
borne.
Generations hence some French man
or woman eminent, in art, literature,
commerce, religion, politics or other
lines will publicly testify that he or
she was sustained back in 1918 as a,
child by the generous action of some
American soldier. ~ ii.
Thus the United States is welding
indissoluble links of friendship, not
only in France, but in Italy, Great
Britain, Russia, Serbia. Greece, Rou-
mania and all other allied countries.
# our: soldiers and sailors. already
pledged to give their lives for their
country, are willing also to share their
small pay with the needy civilians Of
France, Belgium and Italy, the people
safe at home will amply support the
next Red Cross fund campaign for
$100,OOO,OOO In May.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
REF0REST BARE HILLSIDES
Scarcity Of Timber Moves Mining
Companies in Pennsylvania to
-" Take Action.


Hazelton, Pa.-The scarcity Of lum-
Der for mine pillars and other mine
uses has led to the creation of for
estry department by several Of the
large mining companies, one of
which has just reforested Bear Creek
watershed with 5000 white pine and
5000 Norway spruce trees.
Thirty thousand more trees are in
process Of cultivation at Hugo, Pa, in
the Panther Greek valley. When TIM
Der is ready to cut In the vicinity Of
the mines troublesome waits and long
hauls will be eliminated ~
More timber in the anthracite region
would stop floods, add to. the water
supply, reduce the drought periods
and enable the anthracite industry to
add to it's output. Many thousands Of
acres are available about the mines
for reforestation. -f~
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
HINTS FOR w. S. S. CAMPAIGN
Worker Gives Suggestion to Make
Pledge Week Success.

Minnesota can exceed her quota of
81, 100000 in the War Stamp Pledge
Week drive beginning Thursday,
June 6 by observing the following
hints, said prominent worker:
Aiding the w. S. s. campaign IL
giving help to the Allied cause and
to U. S. soldiers;
Buying stamps is mailing plank
In the nations ultimate victory over
the enemy;
Pledg!ng purchases to be made
throughout the year means support
for thoss engaged in forever putting
down regime that glories In the
murder Of women, children and other
civilians:
Creating interest on the part OF
others to buy w. s. s. is helping to
build monuments for those heroes
who have died and been wounded in
fighting tor YOUR protection;
He who does not pledge $50 as q
minimum for each person dependent
upon him is not helping America to
make the world a safe place to live
In;
You can lend a helping hand to
those who are today fighting YOUR
BATTLES in tho front line of trench
es by buying or piedging to buy your
FULL. QUOTA OF WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS. This applies to every. man,
woman aud child in every township.
village. and county in MINNESOTA.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
120,0n,35O

''This amount includes fine Of 49,
600 pesetas imposed on the Alsatian
children who insist on speaking the
French language and refuse to study
the beautiful German language. These
statistics are most useful warning to
the neutral countries.
If there are any still thinking Of
siding with the allies let them take
warning from the fate Of Others"
Boast Also of Cruelty.
It is claimed also in this document
that more than $4,000 British have
been made prisoners, and in this con-
nection the following statement is
made:
"Although to these figures the Eng
lish oppose 124,806 German prisoners
taken by them on the western front, it
must be remembered the English treat
their prisoners with notable kindness
(blandura notoria), while the regime
imposed on the English prisoners by
the Germans is one of extreme rigor,
so that the Germans. with small
number of prisoners, have secured a
much superior moral effect.
"Besides, to the >2,264 officers and
51,925 soldiers, must be added the sew
eral thousand English prisoners that
have died in consequence Of disease,
scanty food and other accidents in
German concentration camps"
The figures regarding British pris-
oners, It is explained, refer to the total
prior to the recent drive in Picardy and
Flanders.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
WAR STAMPS TO-
HAVE BIG DRIVE
June 6 Is Opening Day for Min
nesota Pledge Week for
Their Purchase.
''CO|NC over THE TOP"
Director Culver Confident That Loyal
ty Of People viii Bring Oversub-
seription Of States Quota of
$47,ooo,ooo.

Director D. s. Culver of tho Mime
sofa War Savings Committee today
set aside the week starting June
9Th and ending on June 18th,
as Minnesota pledge week
Tor the purchase OF war savings
stamps. In making the announce.
ment, he evinced confidence that the
loyalty OF people in this state will be
manifested by pledging themselves to
make purchases during the balance
Of this year which will result in over
subscribing the states quota of $47.-
100000.
AL county chairmen are now pre-
pairing for the drive that will soon
start. In messages sent from state
headquarters In the Metropolitan
bank building, Minneapolis, few
dayS ago, sub-chairmen were asked
the probabilities Of their respective
counties "going over the top in the
coming drive. Practically all replied
that they expected to exceed the
amounts allotted to their counties.
During Pledge week all citizens in
Minnesota will be asked to pledge the
purchase of War Savings Stamps dur
Ing the balance of 1918 on q minimum
basi0 of $40 per CAPITA" said MIR.
Culver today. "This does not mean
that each is to be asked for cash SUBJ
scrtptions. Minnesota must raise her
$47,O00.O00 quota during the year and
tho present amount, something less
than s4,000.000, does not make a very
good showing.
so optimistic are reports coming
In from the various county chairmen
that it has convinced us a great ma
1orfty of counties will not only secure
pledges for their required quotas, but
will quite likely exceed their allot.
ments."
Csunty chairmen are already add
ing to the personnel OF their cam
paign committees with tho expecta-
tion Of making hundred per cent
showing during the big thrift stamp
drive. Several recently have visited
headquarters here in an effort to de-
rive new ideas and straighten out
will go along without single hitch.
Vie Director ]. H. Meyering, head
ing the sales forces, said the purpose
of the campaign is not solely to ask
Immediate cash purchases On the
contrary. he explained. the pledges to
he made during the week from
June to 13, are for W. s. S. pur-
chases throughout the year. These
will probably be on a monthly basis
to extend through the coming months
in equal portions. ,..-..
"The purpose of the government in
tnaugurating its War Savings Stamps
sales is to encourage thrift" said Mr..
Meyering. THAT means that citizens
Can save from unnecessary expendi-
lures enough money to buy their
quota of savings stamps. Ii all do
that the campaign in Minnesota will
be great success" X -~ ...
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
HAVE FAMILY OF BABY BONDS
childless Couple Pledge Themselves
20 Buy W. s. s.

20 Buy w. s. s.
Until two weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs.
(deleted by censor) had been without
children during their six years of mar
ried life. Now they have two in
fants born just a week apart-and
it all came about in unique way.
They had a wedding anniversary
on April Is to which their friends
we're invited. Before the guests ar
rived, however, the door bell rang
and there, on the front porch when
they answered the bell. they found a
basket in which was wrapped a wee
infant. How delighted they were.
Taking it into the house they re-
moved the coverings and there, sure
enough. was their much longed for
baby. 1t was Baby Bond Soon
the guests arrived and extended hear
ty congratulations. for the baby-the
Baby Bond-was their gift to the hap
py couple. r.
MIR. and Mrs. (censored) have
vowed they are going to have a large
family of children for they have
pledged themselves to purchase four
War Savings Stamps (Baby Bonds}
each month during the balance of this
year. By so doing, they told their
anniversary guests, they are reaHz-
ing their wishes to raise good sized
family as we'll as to give Uncle Sam
their support in his battle against
autocracy.
BUY W. s. 8.
War Savings Stamps and ktblI
Bonds WORK well tocotha1
The Appeal., 1918-06-01

quickly adopted. In many cases the
advancing French troops brought the
nrst aid material and sometimes sue
ceeded In saving the trees Where the
tree was absolutely cut down-as hun
dreds were-there was, of course, no
relief measure to employ. Members
OF the U. S. Food Administration
brought this picture to America. Ear
~ IN the war the German govern
ment introduced policy of strict
food conservation at home and has
endeavored to curtail in every possi-
Die manner the French and English
supply. Q boat warfare and destruc-
'tlon of farming property are parts of
the same campaign.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
Gets Conu Lost Watch.

Easton, Pa.-Twenty years ago
William D. Evans lost a watch in
Washington township, between Ban
gor and Centreville. He took no less
than twenty-five bicycle trips between
these points In searching for the time
piece, but to no avail. Several days
ago Evans was talking about the incl
dent to a friend at Centreville. As a
result Of the conversation It was
learned a resident of Centreville had
found the watch, and after explana-
tions the long lost watch was returned
to Its owner.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
Bet $40 on Who Will
Kill the Most Huns

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-To settle
bet Of $40 as to which could kill
the most Huns, Alexander Cor
macki, twenty-eight, and John
Gorinskf, twenty-three, enlisted
in the United States army here.
I'VE have arranged to carry
stick over with us" said Cor
macki, "and every time one Of
us knocks a Hun over notch
on the stick will go to that mans
credit. We trust each other.
When the war is over and we
come back the man with the
most notches wins the bet"
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
J. X :: j. + !. + !. j. + j. i. +
+ HOW MANY PAVE WAY
+ TO SAVE TO BUY w. S. S.

+ Some men eat only 2 meals !.
4 4 day! :
+ Heavy smokers buy a thrift {.
+ stamp when they light cigar! :
+ Golfers play for w. s. S.! 4.
+ Country clubs sell w. s. 8. i.
+ when members call for drinks! .
+ Autoists reduce time spent !
+ In pleasure driving! =.
+ Some office employees take .
4 lunches to work! :
+ One woman saved 81 on her :
+ new hat and bought a w. s. s.! .
+ Sell old clothes and shoes .
i" and buy w. 8. s.! y
+ Some walk to and from work .
+ and spend money on w. S. s.! .
+ Take less expensive vacation .
+ trips to buy w. 8. s.! :
+ Reduce number of visits to y.
+ movies each week by one to :
+ buy w. 8. g.! !
+ Plant a war garden. Use =.
+ money saved by time so spent (!
+ and from sale Of products to {.
X buy w. 8. S.! !
i i. !. !. .&< /. i. i 4. i. i, j
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Sells Short Pants; Enlists.

Steubenville. OF sold my short
pants at Newport News" writes Gil
bert q. Boycan, negro boy aged ff-
teen, from somewhere in France to his
parents here. Playing truant from
school to see some .selective soldiers
depart, the boy decided to join the
army and enlisted at Wheeling, w. Va
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
- bU w. y. ..
SAVING "CHlCKEN FEED"
TO BUY SAVING STAMPS
Minneapolis Editor Says Opportunity
Is Making Us Nation OF Savers.

Saving buffalo nicxels and new
dimes to buy War Savings stamps is
pastime these days with Ebert E.
Stevens, editor of the Labor Digest, 9
Minneapolis publication. He has dur.
ing the past month purchased two
". 8. 8. with change given TO him In
theSs denominations,
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
EVERYONE MUST HELP

wars cannot
every financial demand ation.
e men OF the country cannot do country
eo 90 one but all OF u.s. the people
9a'ono forgetting ehsh
supremacy OF right and determining
ana splendid work which God has called o
w. G. McADoo,
Secretary Of Treasu
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
HxN1Z%xE5 Af:AAf7z1sW [&Ar1x
A1572oxzo 1L1zze11zmo 6ears4xs
HEN the Germans re-

[EN the Germans re-
treated from long held
positions in Northern
France they girdled ev-
cry fruit tree that time
permitted. Here is
such a tree, hacked be-
yOnd chance of the
trees surviving unless
first aid measures wera
The Appeal., 1918-06-01

I'm Poland also large number of
churches have been destroyed for mill
itary reasons. The figures concerning
= these have not yet been published.
"As a result Of the stupid stubborn
ness Of the Belgian people in contin-
uing the struggle after their bloody
and final defeat on the battlefield, the
German officers were forced, against
their will, to impose punishments on
many rich individuals and wealthy cit
les. This has contributed the follow
ing amounts to the German treasury:
Pesetas.
Punishments .......................S $1,000 900
Security 1900 500
Reprisals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is. 900
Forced contributions .............. 4,320.850
roto, n11 oso.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01

'These figures show large in
crease over those Of the campaign
against France in 1901.
"Punish Catholic Churches"
I'm Belgium, besides many art
treasures, they have confscated old
paintings valued at 100000 pesetas.
"Due to the treachery of Cardinal
MERCER and other priests, who did
their utmost to stir the priests
against the good-hearted German SOL
diers, they were forced to teach a Sc
we're lesson to the Belgian and French
Catholics.
The Appeal., 1918-06-01
GERMANS BOAST
OF own CRUELTY
Tell Neutral Nations How Church
and House Are De-
stroyed.
IS MEANT AS 4 WARNING
Circular Recites Amount of Booty
Seized in France and Belgium,
and Mistreatment of English
-. Prisoners Of War,

Washington" Teutonic frightful-
ness as Rracticed in France and Bel
GUM has| been made the subject of a
German warning to neutral nations of
the fate which they may expect If
they take up arms against the central
powers.
If there are any still thinking of
siding with the allies let them take
warning from the fate Of Others" says
the warning. 1t is in the form of a
circular, which recites the amount of
booty seized in France and Belgium.
the number Of churches damaged and
destroyed, the money wrung from the
stricken inhabitants and finally the
deliberate mistreatment of English
prisoners of war.
German propagandists have flooded
Spain with this document printed in
Spanish, and copies have come into
the possession Of the state depart
ment. Having established it's German
origin the department made public
this translation:
Besides an untold amount of war
material captured on the battlefield
the Germans have taken possession Of
incalculable booty In France and Bel
gium, including:
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War Savings Stamps and kblyt
Bonds WORK well toeothax.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
GERMANY'SFOOD
SITUATION DAILY
GROWING WORSE

AMSTERDAM, July s.-Germany's
food situation is daily growing worse
The food for the civilian population
today consists OF carrots and mangel-
wurzels. boiled in water, according to
Dutch workmen who, unable to stand
conditions, threw up their Jobs at the
Krupp works and returned here.
Great discomfort prevails because of
the reduction OF the bread ration, but
the people fear to grumble too openly
because they would be sent to the
front or deported-
The Belgians. said the Dutch work
ers, are roughly treated by the Ger
mans. II a Belgian refuses to work
one day he is sent to prison for five
days.
People will pay So for a sick dog
to eat. The Germans have a soup
made Of pulyeriZed caulihower leaves
and singing nettIes finely chopped.
The war is becoming very unpopular
among the workers, and placards
showing the harm IL has done to the
workers are circulated at night and
ripped down by the police next day.
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HALF MILLIONU.S,
TROOPS ON FIRING
LINE Within MONTH

In a month or less, Generally Per-
shing will have more than half a mil
lion men under his direct command on
the western front ready for the fight
ing line, according to information re-
ceived by members OF the Senate Mill
tary Committee today.
The PSI 900 Americans now in the
fighting line, according to General
March, chief of staff. do not include
Americans brigaded with the British
and French In addition to these, all
the troops sent over during June are
still in training. There are nearly
100000 OF these who by the first of
August will be ready for battle duty.
The unprecedented speed with
which Americans have been sent
across has caused new efforts to speed
up the ordnance program which
naturally has been unable to keep
pace with the shipment Of troops.
Even England and France have been
unable to supply the maximum amount
of artillery needed, but by speeding up
in this country and abroad, It is hoped
American troops will be adequately
supplied.
Committee members said today the
utmost confidence exists among Amer
lean military officials that any new
push the Germans attempt will be met
with even sitter resistance than
those they have undertaken since
March 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08

phone lines now rests with Congress.
With telegraphers agreed to remain
quiescent until action has been had
by the Government. Congress today
again considered the wire bill author
izing the President to take over the
lines.
Hating the scheduled telegraph
strike was due to urgent appeals sent
President Konenkamp, of the wire
mems union, by Secretary of Labor
Wilson and President Gompers, Of the
American Federation of Labor. They
pledged that Congress would act on
the wire bill soon.
The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee proposed to start hearings
early this week on the telegraph reso-
luton already passed by the house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
WATER MASTERS {
INDISTRICT VILE
REPRESENTED

Persons Who waste vstsr in ~
District Of Columbia. while the
present shortage exists with resDeck
to the Capitals water supply, Win
be prosecuted.
water conservation rulss must -
observed By Al users II q walor
famine here II to be averted- Staps
will be taken By the water depaft-
ment to detect cases q water wa1la
and court actions WIN be tahsn
against offenders.
ThiB Warning was prompted to4Hy
by the disclosure BY officials Of IN
sfs7oea whore the city's water hes
been allowed to 80 to waste b. resi-
GeG-s, IN lawn sprinkling and side
walk washing.
The day the recent ruios Wsfo
promulgated BY the water depart
ment through the District commio--
sioners for the rigid saving Of WateE.
. citizen IN the northwest section of
the city came from his place OF
business and went cut 70 water o.
lawn The lawn v small about i1o
by Is feet In area, and. inasmuch -
and the rain has been plentiful not
much water was needed to frsahs1
up the flowers and shruba
So after q few moments % play-
ing the hose on the little green SPOT
in front Of his house. he turned 70
the street and stood for an hour
throwing water on the pavement OBJ
servers kept time-watch en- the pro-
eedure. For exactly SIXTY minutes
the stream Of water flowed from
the hose onto the pavement. and
thence to the gutter 70 run into the
sewer.
II II now asserted BY the Civil
Service Commission that by the end
OF the year there viii be 10000 en-
ployes Of the Federal Government in
Washington Water supplies then
will be closer to exhaustion and
conservation practices. the officials
say, will be necessary II the conduit
is to meet the consumption demands
Of the CITY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
NO STRIKE BECAUSE NO
UNION TELEGRAPHERS,
DECLARES w. U. HEAD

NEW YORK, July S-Newcomb
Carlton, president of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, declared
in = statement here today that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
Chicago Boy Escapes
And Makes CaptOr
Run Toward Berlin
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, July st doesn't
pay to monkey with q Yankee.
The Germans raided one OF our
listening posts on the Toul sec
tor one day recently and gathered
in a boy from Chicago. Two OF
them started home with him. hast
ening his progress across No
Mans Land by prodding his legs
with bayonetA-
In their hurry to get home the
boches had failed to rifle the
Americans pockets He still car
ried two grenades and as the trio
approached the German barbed
wire he pulled the cap from one
Of them, dropped 1t and Topped
into a shell hole. The resulting
explosion killed one OF his cap
tors: the other ran toward Berlin
and the Chicagoan crawled home
unhurt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
PROPAGANDA SHOT BY
RIFLES INTO GERMANY

PARIS, July S-Thousands Of spe-
ciaIIy devised rifles for sending
propaganda over the enemy lines now
are in use in the allied armies, ac-
cording to James Kerney. director
of the Franco-American committee OF
public information. From these rides
Erenades are discharged, by means OF
which tracts and pamphlets may De
scattered along enemy trenches with
considerable exactitude at a range OF
more than 200 yards.
For greater distances small bal
looms made OF cloth are used. Each
OF these lifts twenty pounds OF rropa-
ganda literature. and by means Of a
mechanical device drops a quarter
pound Of these documents at fifteen
minute intervals. The radius OF &C
ton of these balloons IN a twenty-five
mile wind would be Hamburg. Berlin.
Vienna, and Trieste.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
LOCKOUT OF UNION MEN
OVER SUNDAY LEADS TO
WkLK0UT IN ATLANTA

ATLANTA, July s.-Action by the
Western Union in locking out some
union telegraphers over Sunday re-
suited in $50 men and women en-
spIoyed in the local office quitting
their keys this morning.
A telegram was sent by union
officials to President Wilson declaring
the action was taken only because the
telegraph company failed to play
square, and issued lockout orders.
A strike OF telegraphers through
out the Southeast because of the
wholesale discharge OF men by the
Western Union yesterday, is predict
ed by President A. J. Joyner, of the
local union. By noon, he said, there
will be no more than six or seven
men left in the office here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
LOANS TO ALLIES TOTAL
OVER S2,OOO,OOO,OOO

The United States has furnished
s.. 114. 900. 600 to her allies to help de-
feat the Germans as shown In q state
ment issued today by the Treasury
Department and ssnt to the President
OF the Senate
OF this amount. So7y SOC. 900 has gone
to Russia Tia statement h . com
plete list Of purchases CT obligations
of foreign governments under the acE
OF April "a, 1917.
Great Britain heads the list with
81 ,155 .000. 900. Other nations who have
been helped financially are FraneA,
$3.50, 900 900; Italy, S175. 1000 900: Rus
STA, S97 800 900; Belgium, So, 900 yooo,
and Serbia, 81 500, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08

Potatoes are n native American
crop. don't let the Germans beat M
Mt our own game They are eat1Ag
potatoes and conserving wheat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-08
WOmen's Shoes Will Be
Cut Lower Next Spring,
Manufacturers Agree

Milady's high shoes are to be
cut down. The shoe manufac-
turers, meeting here today with
the War Industries Board, have
practically conceded that the ex-
ira high ladies' boot must go with
the advent OF spring.
Beginning October 1, when the
manufacture of spring styles for
1919 is begun, the following maxi
mum heights in shoes will prob
ably be in effect: Women's shoes,
s inches; misses, 6IA inches; chill
dren's, 8 inches; boys and youths.
ga, and women's overgaiters, not
to exceed inches.
The answer is that the Govern
ment needs leather.