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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03

emphasized and re-emphasi1ed by
important officials in the govern
mont The president himself. in
Welcoming At the white house the
British labor commission which Wis
itcd this country last spring, said
that nothing would be more de-
plorablc" than "to set aside even
temporarily the laws which have
satoguardod the standards or labor
ana Of lifc,' when we are fighting IN
"a calise which means the lifting
or the standards of life" Secretary
Baker as chairman OF the council
~ Defense, In April OF last year
stated in a letter addressed TO the
governors OF the states . resolution
passed by the council That the
Council OF National Defense urge
upon the legislatures OF the states,
as we'll as all administrative agen-
cies charged with the enforcement
OF labor and health laws, the great
duty of maintaining tAc existing safe
guards as to the health and welfare
Of workers, and that no departure
from such present standards in state
laws or state rulings affecting labor
should be taken without the declara-
ton Of the Council Of National De-
Tense that such departure Is es-
[ the national defense" The council
since strongly reaftirmed this stand.
and the woman's committee OF the
/ council has taken, as it's official
standards for the employment of
I women, the standards issued by the
ordnance department as part of gen.
] eral orders No 13 The departments
/ NJ women IN industry Of the woman $
/ committee throughout the country
are doing and will 40 all I'm their
/ power TO put this endorsement into
/ practical effect. with the co-opera-
/ tion OF tho department OF women in
/ industry OF the womau's committee
4 at Washington.
what are these standards and
why are standards for working
womeH-or such prime Importance to
the nation at This time Proper
Conditions or womcrs labor have
always been ot peculiar Importance
/ to the state In peace times the
United states supreme court held
that for tho sake Of future genera
to0s II Was constitutional To limit
the working hours of women to
eieht hours a day Todaycin war
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
German Ambassador Told
Americans War Decided
Upon July 5.
Won TIRPlTz SPOKE FOR NAVY
Unmistaklable Evidence That
Germany Precipitated In
Methodical Manner.

The inside story of the Potsdam
conference, at which the kaiser. de-
sided on war, was told to United
States Ambassador Henry NJ. Nor
genthau by German who was pres
ent at the kaiser's command. This
man was Baron Won Wangenhfm'
the German ambassador at Constan'
tinople when the war began. Mr..
Morgenthau tells the story in the
June issue OF the worlds Work,
just published. He says:
The German ambassador left for
Berlin soon after the ASSASSINATION
of the grand duke, and he now re-
vealed the cause OF his sudden dis
appearance. The kaiser, he told
me, had summoned him to Berlin
for an imperial conference. This
meeting took place at Potsdam on
July 5. The kaiser presided; nearly
all 9the ambassadors attended;
wangenheim came to tell of Turkey
and enlighten his associates on the
situation in Copstantinople. Moltke,
then chief Of staff. was there, rep
resenting the army, and Admiral
Won Tirpitz spoke for the navy, The
great bankers, railroad directors,
and the captains Of German indus
try, all OF whom were as necessary
TO German war preparations as the
army itself, also attended.
"NVangenheim now told me that
the kaiser solemnly put the ques-
ton to each man in turn: Was he
ready for war? All replied Yes
except the financiers, They said
that they must have two weeks TO
sell their foreign securities and TO
make loans. At this time few peo-
pie had looked upon the SaraJeVo
tragedy as something that was like
~ to cause war. This conference
took all precautions that no such
suspicion should be aroused. 1t de-
clded to give the bankers time to re-
adjust their finances for the coming
war. and then the several members
went quietly back TO their work or
started on vacations. The kaiser
went TO Norway on his yacht, Won
BethmannT THollweg left for a rest
and Wangenheim returned TO Con-
stantinople.
Germany Precipitated War.
in telling me about this confer
ence, Wangenheim, Of course. tad-
mitted that Germany had precipi-
tated the war. ! think that no was
rather proud Of the whole perfor-
nance; proud that Germany had
gone about the matter in so meth
odical and far-seeing way; especial
ly proud that he himself Mad been
invited TO participate in so momen-
tous a gathering. The several blue,
red and yellow books which flooded
Europe the few months following
the outbreak, and the hundreds OF
documents which were Issued by
German propaganda attempting to
estabGeh Germanys innocence, new
er madseYany impression on me. For
my conclusions as TO the responsi
biiity are not based on suspicious OF
belief or the study Of circumstanua'
data. 1 do not have TO reason OF
argue about the matter. l know
The conspiracy that has caused thi'
greatest OF human tragedies was
hatched by the kaiser and his i'm
perial crew at this Potsdam confer
euce on July 8. 1914. one OF the
chief participants, flushed with th'
triumph at the apparent success o
the plot. told me the details will
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03

give Them a chance compelled us all
10 forget hours and everything else
no" as the war went on the sick
ness returns showed an alarming
increase The general health of the
people was going down. HOLIDAYS Won
must remember were abandoned and
the strain was beginning TO be felt.
Inc government set up a committee
composed Of employers, trade union
representatives and government Of
fficials ,an impartial tribunal. They
came to the unanimous decision that
long hours and sunday labor were
disastrous. not only to tho health
Of the men and women. but to the
efficiency Of the service ana they
were unanimous in condemning long
hours. And we say without beeita9
uoh, having regard to that eynari
ence, that II is uneconomicl IL is nm
wise and 1t Is bad management to
work men or women abnormallv long
nous because II does not paw in the
end HN' ." ''ie
hritlSh official estimates state that
since the war began. some 1,4O0. 900
women have directly replaced men.
ana some 100000 are employed di-
rectly on munitions. The replace
ment OF men by women has. com
paratively, not bee nextensiye in the
United states as yet. But dav by
day we hear OF new occupat tons en-
tered. and old ones extended. Women
are the reserve labor power OF the
nation, and, If the war goes on. will
inevitably be called into industry in
greater and greater numbers. In
creasing demands will be made upon
theu,> unwise sacrifices will without
doubt be demanded, short sighted at
tempts will be made to break down
labor laws. But because, in the light
OF England's experience, and of our
own best industrial practice, We
know that exhausted workers mean
decreased production-and because
In the case OF women workers. they
mean, too, deterioration of the
race, the people of the country must
be on guard with that vigilance" de-
mauded by It's chief of ordnance
Test the safeguards with which the
people Of our country have sought
to protect labor should be unwisely
AMI unnecessarily brokep down."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
Nurse Anxious to Go Back
to Babies "BOrn in He'll

NEW YORK. June Could
we take the hell that Dante des-
cribed TO us and turn 1t up we would
find on the bottom that little semi
circular stamp, Made in Germany
But even that inferno was made
when the German was only practis-
ing-that hell is an obsolete toy to.
day alongside of the modern hell
which is made in Germany"
DR.. Esther Lovejoy is speaking
She is about to go back TO France
where she has been serving with the
children's department OF tho. Amer
lean Red Cross. whence she recently
returned to this country for a brief
respite. She goes on:
Where IS there n hell more hell
ish than one in which babies have
never learned to play; one in which
hatred Is sucked in with the mothers 8
milk from breasts profaned by the
Hun one in which the mother
tongue Is furtively whispered when
used at all and where the things
'verboten' must be done slyly even
by the babies who are schooled from
Infancy in treachery, deceit and
stealth: one in which boys are no.
boes at three years old and girls are
tramps at two?
THAT is the hell that exists today
In conquered northern France. be-
hind the German lines. That is the
hell into which babies care being
born every hour, every day. every
month--habies whose birthday is
war, babies shocked into the world
by the confusion and hatred ruling
at their cradleside where love and
tenderness and confidence have
been SLAIN
Asked 20 Go TO Francc\
DR.. Lovejoy year ago was prac-
tising medicine in her home city.
Portland. Ore. where abe was health
commissioner and a leader in all
work OF women physicians. She had
not specialized in babies troubles
She had only an average Americans
appreciation of what the great war
meant. The Hun was a beast to be
detested-to he wiped off the earth
and America was about to wipe
him.
Then she came east TO the Med
ical Women's National association
convention. Speakers brought the
war a little closer to her. the conven-
ton asked her to so to France to
report the needs Of French women
and children and she Was soon IN
Paris. The children's department
OF the Red Cross has just been or
eanized and she went 10 Eyian-les-
BaIns. through which Germany
sends back to France the repatries. s
Here she saw the constant stream
OF broken peoples the old and in
firm, the mothers of more than one
child. the children in arms, the
children Just able to toddle along
half immersed in the protecting
folds OF a mothers ragged apron.
the children without father or moth
er. coming back to France because
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
FAIR CONDITIONS
ASKED BY WORKERS
Want Reasonable Hours and Rca-
sonablc Production With Proper
Wage Scale.

I'm view Of the urgent necessity
for prompt increase in the volume
OF production ot nearly every article
required for the conduct OF the war.
vigilance is demanded OF all those in
any way associated with Industry
lest the safeguards with which the
people of this country have sought
to protect labor should bc uuwisely
and unnecessarily broken down"
This sentence sounds the keynote
of the Industrial policy Of the two
great divisions ot the United states
army today placing numbcrless con
tracts VI fabulous size and value
tbe ordnance department and the
uuartcrWls,er's department. IN
"gener0l orders No. l2," from which
this sentence IS quoted, issued not
.ong ago by the ordnance depart
ment and later adopted by the quar- 70
termaster general are set forth IN
some detail the PRINCIPLES OF thls
policy. and In no uncertain words the
reason for it's existence Tt is tair
assumption" II goes on to say that
for the most part these safeguards
are the moChanisms Of efficiency
Industrial history proves that reason
able hours, fair working conditions,
and a proper wage scale are essential
10 high production" EnliGhtoped
patriotism, in other words demands
nor that tho workers shall work lpng
hatrs at top speed for the least posi-
BILE wages. but that for the sake ot
output they shall make a steady reas-
enable expenditure Of strength for
reasonable length OF time under pro-
per conditions .We have Ions heard
these things demanded for the good
OF the work but now a new part
nership has been formed. Efficiency
and humanity 20 hand In hand.
From the time Of our entrance in
| TO the war; the Importance OF con.
| serving labor standards has beer
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
! Facts Worth Kn0,cing.


The father Of tho daylight saving
movement was William Willett, an
Enehshnan In 1907, he published
book entitled, Waste Daylight"
In .90S a davlight-saving bin was
introduced In the house OF commons.
\ notice posted along the route
OF a certain southern railroad states
mat during Il months 2,792 head
or cattle, horses and sheen were
Killed by the trains This Is the
e9ulNaitnt OF one million pounds OF
food, and would be sufficient to feed
seventy thousand soldiers for thirty
days
Al airplancs manufactured In the
~ United states for the army and
navy Will hear on the wings a red,
white aud blue hulrs-eye OF three
Sunreniric circles similar TO the in
sigma OF other allied planes, and ver-
ll'1I rcd, white and blue stripes on
the uddcrs
I'm" first or the hundreds OF thou
| sands OF names on the card-lndex OF
the bureau Of war risk and insurance
or the United states is clayton Aloy-
Slus Aah, the last is joseph Zyny.
The army has more than one hun
| ored thousand smiths" There are
150o William smiths, 1000 Iobr
smiths and 200 John 4 Smiths
! II has 1900 Millers, 5000 WI.
/ sons and 262 John O'Briens. There
| are 1000 John Browns, 1900 Iohr
/ Johnsons and l,040 George MIllsrs
More than lghillion dollars worth
or -Americsn ( agricultural export,
were sold during 1917 to the Euro,
pean nations at war with Germany :.
"Camouflage," E7wade promlnen
by the war, means more things thar
any other word" SAYS "A Frencl
scholar. II really is another word 10
deceit"
over a million women are worIlin
12 hours day In the five thousln,
J factories Of Great Britain
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 2-Frorh a
Belgian who has escaped into Eng
land after three yeara~of captivity
In German prison camps, tho Bel
gian legation here has received in
tcressing details of, the clumsy eff
forts OF the German conquerors to
ALLEVIATE the Belgians OF Flemish
extraction from their countrymen
OF Walloon descent, az practiced
among Belgian prisoners In Ger
many.
The project, which has been de-
scribed as stupidity conceived and
executed had It's birth. the advises
say. In tlfe dreams Of the pan Ger
manists who would set up Ia north
ern Belgium Flemish state that
would assume the status Of Ger
man proctectoratc.
The first advances were made
toward the Belgians Of Flemish en-
traction confined In the prison
camps, They were segregated and
forwarded 10 other prison centcrs
where they were treated with some
degree OF kindness in an effort 10
win their support IN estAhlishing
the new state. An measures calcu
failed miserahly said the legation +
Informant, and the groups rcmaiued
indlssolubly Belgian.
Patts of the letter describing tho
German intrigue follow.
The plan OF the Germans was
TO concentrate all the FlcmiuEs in
the camp of Gottupcn, to civ,
them privileged treatment under
the supervision OF a civilian. FRO.
fessor Strange Of the Gotunger
university, and to induce them I,
Join the actiVist movement aiminl
at the separation Of Belgium int,
two political states, Flanders fauinl
under German direct or indirect
control.
I'm the course Of July / decided
with n few companions, 20 Noun.
teer for Gottingen in order TO coun
teract the cnemys iutrigues W,
found there Professor Strange ant
n few OF his activist disciples har,
at work. Strange was PRACTICAL,
the commander OF the camp. W,
were treated with great considera
ton by the sentries, the system o
blows and threats was suspendc,
and we were much surprised TO b.
addressed as "Herrschaften.
The converted men were onl
a very small minority includn
some students and artists. Happil
the new regime allowed tho pa
triots to speak out and to unmas
the traitors. Our work was mad
considerably easier through the In
terference Of two members Of III
Council OF Flanders Borms an
Weert. Their interference stampe
Strange's Flemish activity as
, purely German maneuyer and on
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03
Germans Have Little Luck Alternating
Flemish and WalloOn Clans of Belgium

by one the prisoners ceased to at
tend the Club 'Fursorge.'
AT the same time the regime in
camp changed entirely, The Herr
schaften' were again 'Schweinhudo'
and new commander was sent to
the camp, The civilian had failed
In hiss mission and the military ex-
erted Its former power withba ven
EeanCe.
Most OF the Flemish at Coffin
gen tncarly 10000 passed through
the campl were sent to various
kommandus The number o,
STANCES conversions among the
Flemish prisoners might be almost
n hundred. Even the fear OF beins
sent TO salt mine did not Undue
more than one man In a hundred
10 lend patient ear to separatis,
propaganda"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03

On the twelfth floor there will be
a lounging roo mand library. a large
and small dining room. kitchen and
serving rooms, also ladies' parlor
Nn the roof viii be "a large ballroom
with stage and pc Ugoh running the
fun length Of the south side OF the
building
The board so arranged the plans
than three scpardtc meetings and
luncheonS can Dee held at one time in
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-03

private which will make 1t possible
TO serve other local clubs and or
ganizations The dining service Will
extend through the day and evening
with popular priced business mems
lunch. which, together with the club
featuEes, will enable the members to
entertain visiting guests and business
associates.
The roof garden and pergola
should he the most popular spot in
Tulsa providing dancing and refresh
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-02-15
TALK UNITED STATES
Public Speaking In German
Discontinued by Some.

Boise, Idaho While the law does
not prohibit Idaho people from
speaking the German tongue nor
groups OF individuals from employing
the German language at public meet
ings, personal safety might make it.
wise that aliens use English both 10
the home and in public places, DR..
Euoch A. BRYAN, chairman OF the
state defense council, pointed out In
a letter addressed TO one of the
auxiliary county councils.
The letter was written 10 reply to
a commuuicatiop in which it was
stated that TWO Of the four German
pastors In the county had voluntarily
agreed to conduct their religious
services In the English tongue. Two
other ministers have not consented to
make the change as yet.
Said DR.. Bryan in his letter:
ut Is a matter OF profound regret
that thus far two other pastors have
not consented to like arrangement.
Assuming that these pastors aud
their hocks are loyal American
citizens, it is regrettable that they do
not see not only, the reasonableness
but the necessity in the midst of war
to AVOID any thing through which aid
and comfort might be given to the
enemy government or which might be
suspected Of being means of doing
so.
1.-The American people are sending
their sons to war against an enemy
government. they are giving money
and making sacrit fees to overthrow
the hostile power Of that government
aud they are 10 no mood to tolerate
anything which is not plain and open
SO that IL may be known by all thai
there Is nothing hostile under cover
"As yet, few Of our sons have
fallen 10 battle, but soon the lists
will lenRthen, and as the blooc
sacrifice for what America believes II
be the cause Of human liberty, begins
to press III upon our minds aud hearts
we will become less tolerant OF an.
hiding place where an alien enem.
OF an eoemy citizen may iurk ant
from which he may do bis deadl
work."
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-02-15
German-A mericans
(Lincoln, (Ill.) Courier Herald)

(Lincoln, Ull.) Courier Herald)
Louis Block, a Davenport attorney,
caused sensation at Des Moines the
other day ia letter read before the
German American conference. And
he brought out some facts that
Americans of German descent have
come to understand 10 the past few
months.
"In the Germany of today" wrote
Mr.. Block, ''no one but the soldier
has any opportunity at all, and even
he has little chance unless he belongs
to the official class. Germany has
become a. nation which simply
worships war, which exalts soldering
high above every other calling in life
and has thus become constant
source Of awful danger to the other
nations of the world-a danger loaded
with disaster, one that may suddenly
destroy all human happiness and
suffering.
cit is as a result of GermanY's
militaristc system alone that her
men have been turned from kindly,
gracious human beings into snarling,
ravenous beasts who have tOppled
over the beautiful and shapcly built
structure of civilization until now
they lie 10 hopeless, smokeless, mad
dening ruins at their feet. The
Germany of today has become 6end
at the fireSide OF the family Of nations.
and in such a sulphurous atmosphere
the flower of human freedom has be
come scorched and shriveled and
liberty has been utterly lost in land
ruled by the soldier.
81 want our German A merlcans to
know the truth-to know that these
things were not British lies, but that
they were actually done. l want
them to know that the public think
ers of Germany, the writer's of h l
books, the editors of her papers, the
preachers in her pulpits, the teachers
in their schools aud colleges, the
members of her legislative bodies, al
of them writing, speaking, and work
ing under the lash OF the kaiser anC
his military gang, have filed th'
; souls of a great majority of tn,
l CONTINUED ON LAST PAeE)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-02-15
FROM OVER The COUNTY
POST FALLS

The planer started up last week.
A local effort is being made to get
corr for farmers 10 exchange for their
wheat at the same price rs wheat.
H. NJ. Strathern has been elected
president OF the Western Pine asso-
citation.
The Young, Frazier and Mellck
sawmill southeast of'here is running.
The timber on the school section
lust southwest OF town has been sold
to the Bradford Kennedy company
and will be logged to the local
Sawmill.
Miss Nellie Glover ands Will S.
Oycrcash were married Feb. at
Occur d'Alene.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-02-15
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Helps, PAY FOR BREAD

There has been much misunder-
standing about the bread program in
England. 1t is true that the English
man buys a loaf of bread for less than
an American can, but 1t is poorer
bread, and the British government is
paying $2OO,OOOOO0 year toward the
cost of 1t.
All the grain grown in Great Brit
ain is taken over by the government
at an arbitrary price and the imported
wheat purchased on the markets at
the prevailing market price. This Is
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at a price that allowH the adul-
terated war bread loaf OF four pounds
to sell at IS cents, the two pound loaf
at 8 cents and the one pound loaf at 8
cents.
In France, under conditions some
what similar, but with larger ex'
traction, the four pound loaf: sells fol
16 cents.