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Evening star., 1918-05-19
MOTHERS OF FRANCE GIVING
ALL IN EFFORT TO WIN WAR
Patience and Bravery of Peasantry in S pite
of Affection and Sorrow-Lack Of HUI
man Life Both In Town and Country.

old men and women took the place of
sturdy lads at Verdun; old horses or
very young ones replaced those COM
Wandered. And SO, in this fashion,
with much trouble and labor, they
. managed to plow their fields. to SOW
evenings the peasants would meet to
talk Of the war and the certainty of
victory. They endured all with ad-
mirable courage and patience, and
waited, waited. waited.
Untiring Industry of Peasants.
i 1t was great privilege and a great
| lesson to live the simple life of these
people, to see and to understand their
untiring industry. to observe and
wonder and admire their patience and
bravery in affliction and sorrow. In
spite of almost unsurpassable Difficult
] ties. the old and the very young have
succeeded in replacing their gallant
sons.
i A whole volume might easily be
written about Paris. there are so
many sides Of life, but without doing
injustice to Paris. 1T is on the stout
peasantry of France that the main
not so easily moved as is the Partisan.
They are not. as rule, as excitable.
They do not give way to panic and
reports do not affect them. They
know the war will be long. but they
have made up their minds to face it
opt: The Russian debacle has not
shaken their faith. though they are
greatly disappointed.
Only yesterday l heard. in the bar
racks where I am awaiting orders.
discussion between a soldier from
Paris and another. The former was
bewailing the treason" of the Rus
slams. The other soldier defended
them thus:
You must not forget that they
fought heroically. two years and
were T,a~ BY Their Their
broomsticks and bayonets attached.
Only one man in four had a rife. Re-
member the offensive of Brusiloff. We
could not have done better with such
means. They are still being betrayed.
w nat can you expect? For myself, 1
shall not forget that-poor Russia"
Famous Anecdote Retold.
will conclude this article with an
other answer, given by a French
general. This story may have been
repeated In various forms, as I told
it broadcast in the earlier days of
the war. but it!bears repetition. and I
was the first to relate 1t. The order
ly of the general told it to me him
self. He came from the Charente and
he was on leave when he told it to
me. 1t was at the battle Of the
Marine. The general was struck by
the fragments Of a shell and throw
ing his hands up he cried out. MY
God. I am blinded" His orderly, who
dearly loved his chief. broke down
and sobbed. The general heard him
and spoke these memorable words
Laying his arm gently on the back
of the soldier. who was leading him
and his horse back to the hospital,
he said:
"Pourquoi pleures-tu. mon ehfant?
Quand on WI les Allemands en- fuite,
un vieux so1dat francais peut fermer
les yeux."
This may be roughly translatedthus:
Why do you cry, my lad? When
one has seen the Germans in fight
an old French soldier can afford to
close his eyes,"
Evening star., 1918-05-19

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The Height of Meanness,

From the Passing Show.
Yes. my dear. I've a sister in the
country who makes her. own butter,
and when told her there was. moth
ing to be had in London, she sent me
a hamper Of pertatoes and her love"
Evening star., 1918-05-19
BY ALGERNON SARTORIs.
Correspondence Of The Sunday Stal
and Chicago Daily News.

Correspondence OF The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS. France, April 16.-Glorious
is the story of the French army al
the front. For nearly four years II
has borne the brunt of the fierce Ger
man onslaught. In comparison with
the line held by the French. the Brit.
ish and other lines are. even today
comparatively small. The French
army has certainly earned all the
praise bestowed upon 1t. Its endur-
ance.' its cheerful acceptance of all
the sacrifices demanded of 1t and it's
dauntless spirit at this and every
other hour of the war cannot be toe
highly extolled.
In giving our unstinted admiration
to these brave men, we are apt to
forget those whom they leave behind.
the old, the halt and the MANNED. the
mothers, sisters. brothers, grandfath-
ers and grandmothers. Upon these
people mainly depend the provision
ing of their gallant sons.
French Not Easygoing.
The average American. until very
recently, had been apt to Judge
France and the French-and this de-
spite some individual protests-by
Paris and more particularly by the
districts of Montmartre and the Latin
quarter, An American authoress dis
missed France and the French nation
with this phrase: THE French are
polite people, fond of dancing and
light wines"
This is. of course. perfectly true.
so far as it goes. and l verify believe
1t voiced the views of the average
American public before the battle OF
the Marne. Frenchwomen. too. were
generally considered as being very
volatile in their affections. This re-
Montmartre and to the average
French novel. which invariably cen
ters around intrigue.
Today. happily. there Is no need
to defend the Frenchwomen from
misunderstanding. The war and suf-
in their true light and the world
takes it's hat off to them now. I am.
nevertheless. little pleased that l
never did misjudge them. ] married
FrenchwomaR myself. and l am
very proud that I did so.
Old Men and Children in Fields.
The first thing that struck my at
tention on my way to Ruffec. the
nearest station to my destinations
little town situated between Poitiers
and Angouleme-was the absolute
lack of human life. The fields were
foufishing. the woods and foliage
were in all their beauty. but man
was rarely to be seen. Occasionally
the traveller could observe a plov
drawn by an aged team of horses
all the young horses, together with
the young men. had gone to the war
driven by an equally aged man.
helped by a child or an old woman.
but otherwise there was no sign of
life. At the time Of which I speak
the battle of Verdun was raging in
all it's fury. Upon my arrival in the
little village I soon found out that
nearly every family had all their
sons Of military age, and sometimes
their fathers. too. at the front.
Daily the news of death or some
other disaster would reach the hamlet
and bring sorrow to one or more fam
lilies. Every one was waiting; every
one was anxious. Yet l never saw an
impolite action nor heard a disloyal
word The work In the fields went on
as well as it could go on. Children and
Evening star., 1918-05-19
Referred" Letters.

For years persons who have writ
ten to some government departments
have complained that their letters
would be referred" or TRANSMITTED
all over the departments. and that
1t might be many days or weeks be-
fore they could get an answer
At least one new bureau. that of
war risk insurance. has nipped that
possibility in the bud. A simple de-
vice. known as a routing sheet, fol-
lows each letter received there until
1T reaches all those who must con-
tribute to the answer and it lands
in the hands of the man who must
answer 1t. If he delays, the tell
tale sheet discloses the fact, and
there is no passing the buck"
In q certain old department the
chief clerk found himself the goat"
of numerous complaints of delays,
and when bureau chiefs were asked
why they had not forwarded certain
papers to him they would point to car
bon copies Of memoranda which seemed
to indicate that the matter already
had been in the chief clerks hands
for several days. A purchase of
few time clocks. and the stamping
of all papers coming into his Office
not only put a stop to a practice the
chief clerk had suspected, that of
pre-dating these papers, but also
gave him q means Of checking up his
own clerical force on the speed in
handling the papers.
Evening star., 1918-05-19
RED TAPE SLASHED
BY WAR DEMANDS
Government Bureaus Break
Away From Ancient
Traditions.
EFFICIENCY GETS BOOST

Red tape is being slashed SO rapidly
in some government departments in
Washington that its passing gives a
mental picture of a small mountain of
discarded typewriter ribbon
Talk of short cuts. elimination of rou-
tine. direct methods, speeding up and
quick action has become commonplace.
A small sign devised by one bureau
chief sums up the predominating spirit
: in handling Uncle Sans business: I'VE
are at war. Forget how you did it be-
fore the war;
Pressure of national emergency, and
nos any specific general order. has
brought about a change that hours of
talk in Congress, reams of paper in
magazines and such surveys as that of
the Cleveland efficiency commission
seemed unable to accomplish.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-12-21

separate body of citizens The last two
classes have been especially opposed by the
Polish government
''The Poles have recently formulated two
popular charges against the Jews. First,
that they speculated in foodstuffs and cloth
ing, raised prices and worked into the hands
Of the Germans second, that they attempted
to get Lemberg included in Ukrainian terri
tory for the alleged purpos eof securing
Ukraine for themselves. These two reasons
have been the cause Of pogroms but these
disorders have been limited and only a few
persons have been killed.
"In Lemburg, however, there seems little
doubt that the Jews failed to support the
Poles in defending the place; if they did not
actually help the Ukrainians with money
and men,
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THOSE EUROPEAN JEWS

Its highly cOmmendaDe on the part Oh
William Howard Taft to speak out in meet
ing in defense Of the oppressed Jews through
out Europe, who according to reports in
the press from time to time have had trou
bles enough, and it should be remedied by
the Peace Conference, if such be possible.
Mr.. Taft s plea is as follows:
The earnest effort of the Jaws of the
United States to induce our executive to
remedy the intolerable condition Of their
coreligionists in the backward countries of
Europe has often been met and defeated by
the argument that our government cannot
interfere with the domestic affairs Of an
other nation.
This argument has little if any applica-
ton to the present situation. There is much
evidence accumulating to show that the po-
groms and abuses Of the Jews continue in
the countries where they have heretofore
existed and that the chaotic and lawless
condition in these countries has offered an
opportunity for the cruel qualification Of
race and religious prejudice.
On the whole it is not too much to say
that the people Of the Jewish race have
suffered more in this war as non-combatants
than any other people unless it be the Ser
bians and the Armenians. In Poland and
and losses is heartrending
Now we five nations who are to draft the
treaty at Versailles, are setting up govern
ments in Poland, in the Ukraine and in the
Baltic provinces In all Of these the Jewish
population is a substantial percentage of
the whole.
In their sad story we find the Jews in the
middle ages seeking refuge from the op
preston and cruelty Of Western Europe and
rushing to the great empire of Poland, then
stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Black
sea, to take advantage of charter of re-
ligious tolerance and opportunity granted
by one of the liberal Polish kings. The
Polish kingdom and a large part of it was
turned over to Russia, which ground the Jews
under it's tyrannous heel
That is why half Of the 100000 Jews
living in the world at the beginning Of this
war were to be found in the Russian pale
in which Jews were permitted to live, to
which they were limited, and which was
practically coterminous with the territory
which Russia had taken from old Poland.
One Of the great projects of this congress
of powers at Versailles is to set up inde-
pendent governments in these territories of
the Jewish pale. We shall be derelict in
our duty if we do not require as part of
the fundamental law Of these new republics
that the Jews shall have as great religious
freedom as they have in the United States
But we must do more. We must have a
league of nations to see to it that such funda-
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WHAT OF THE COLORED MAN?

And thus are the great men of the United
States among the whites moved to rise in
defense of the Jews and their words are
taken up by the all powerful public press
and taken to the utmost ends Of civilization
that public opinion may be moulded accord
ingly and we hope it may, for wherever
human being is oppressed by another the
evil should be remedied during this great
reckoning period. But Mr.. Taft have you
nothing to say for the betterment of the con-
dition of the thirteen million cOlored persons
in the United States the ma jOrity of whom
are in the former eleven states of the South,
where they have neither civil or political
rights, yea not even human rights-not given
the same protection of life, liberty and the
pursuits of happiness as the fishes of the
sea- the fowls of the air or the beasts Of
burden? Have you no plea to make Mr.
Taft for the multiplied hundreds Of col
ored folk who have been lynched without
judge or jury? Have you no condemnation
for the hundreds of white men in Georgia
from the best homes of that community, all
Christian gentlemen(D and more or less
college bred who, because cOOred woman
protested against the lynching Of her inno-
cent husband, strung her up by the heels
disembowelng her and then stamping into
mincemeat the unborn baby that rolled from
her stomach? Can you not have the all
powerful press reg lister your protest against
a colored woman being tarred and feathered
and driven in a nude state through the
streets Of Vicksburg? Why, Mr.. Taft do you
not condemn in unmeasured terms your
brother Charlie and others all over the
North who will not prevent colored persons
to ride in their passenger elevators? Say
something to the world through the powerful
press condemning the practice all over this
country of refusing colored persons employ
ment even though competent and thereby
forcing all of them to ''hustle" for an exist
ence. Have no fear, Mr.. Taft that if you
do all Of these things and if the World and
his family follow in your wake that "your
daughter will have to marry a nigger." Re-
member Mr. Taft, that the average colored
man has no more desire to marry your
daughter than you have to marry his It's
not social equality that the colored folk
want, but judicial equality. The coored
man wants the same protection from the
flag that is given to the white man. He has
fought as hard for it and in proportion to
their number as many have died for it. To
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-12-21
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

Published every Saturday at Seattle, Washington.
U. S. A.
interest Of equal rights equal Justice to
all and for ''all men up
A publication of general information but in
the main voicing the sentiments Of the Colored
Citizens
rates made to clubs and societies
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred as second class matter August 49, 1916, at
the post office at Seattle, Wash. under the Act OF
March 3rd, 1916
TErEPHONE: BEACON 1910
Office 3O3 22nd Ave. South
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enforced We find full precedent for such
a provision in the law in the treaty made by
the congress at Berlin in which Bulgaria and
Rumana were established as independent
countries Rumania, which had long been
a heinous sinner against the Jews was forced
by the Berlin congress to accept as part of
it's constitution declaration that there
should be complete religious freedom and
that no citizen should be Disseminated
against on account Of his religion in any
respect.
The Rumanian government had the au-
dacity, after incorporating the guaranty in
it's fundamental law to declare and hold
that Jews who had lived in Rumania for
200 or 300 yeras, father and son. were not
citizens, but were aliens. In this way the
protection of the Jews provided for in the
treaty of Berlin was fouted and this was
after Rumania had secured recognition as
a government on an additional promise Of
fair treatment OF the Jews.
Let us have no farcical result in working
out this treaty at Versailles.
Could we find stronger argument for
the continuance of our league of nations
gress in 1879 under the presidency Of Bis
marck to carry out it's declared purpose?
If there be any people who should be earnest
ly in favor of a league of nations as the out
growth and the condition of this treaty now
being framed at Versailles, the Jews are
that people,.
Whether Mr.. Taft's accusations against
the various European powers be correct is
question as may be seen from the follow
ing press report Of but recent date:
"While there has been talk in the outside
world of disorderly conditions in Poland,
it would seem that there have been gross
exaggerations as to conditions here I'm
biased and semineutral opinion is expressed
to the correspondent by Leon Coldstand,
member of the Polish conservative party, al
though Jew, who said: ''The whole agi-
tatlon seems to me to be largely manufac-
tured and based on false rumors
From what [ know [ believe these ru-
mors were started by a large number Of
Jews interested IN securing peculiar political
rights Of their own," he continued ''It is
my opinion that if the Jews would accept
Polish nationality and act in the interest of
Poland, they would be adopted as political
equals by every one.
'During German occupation of Poland
Jews were employed as food buyers and
army furnishers by the German army Of
ficers. They grew rich by this work and
there is now natural suspicion among the
Poles that the Jews wished to defeat the at
tempt to unite Poland and that they are act
ing as tools for the Russian Bolsheviki'' -
Prof. b. Romer Of the University of Cra-
COW pointed out that there is no doubt that
there is large number of Jews in Poland
who are attempting to claim international
citizenship.
''There are three parties of Jews in Po-
land, - he said. "Those wishing to be Poles;
Zlonlsts wishing to establish themselves in
Palestine, but privileged to travel and live
elsewhere, and Nationalists by which I mean
those wishing to live among the Poles, but
having to live among the Poles, but having
special privileges which would make them
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-07-11
Serial 02S59. Sur. 1213

Serial 02S59. Sur. 1918 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Juneau, Al. Feb. 22, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company a corporation, as assignee of George c. Laws, being entitled to benefits of Sections 23O6 and 2307 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-mineral Survey No. 1918, situated just South and in- side of Point Divide, Herendeen Bay, Boring Sea. Alaska, more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears East .63 chs. dist; thence East l2.1S chs. to cor. No. 2; thence North 1900 chs to cor. No. 3, from whence U. s. l.. NJ. bears N. IS deg. 39 min. w. 8.53 chs. dist; U. s. l.. M. 1047 bears s. 20 deg. 4S min k. 253.99 chs dist; thence West 11.60 chs to cor. No. 4, cor. not set, wit cor. bears East 1.24 chs; thence meandering beach of Herendeen Bay at ordinary high tide CD s. deg. 45 min. w. 6.20 chs. (2) s. o deg. "A min E. 6.S2 chs. to cor. No. l, place ofbeginning. Area 15.68 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. co min. E. Longitude 16O deg. 47 min. West. Latitude 55 deg. 5S min. 25 sec. No.
 AS additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws, H. E. 95S at Irenton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming adver- sely any portion of the above describ- ed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of pub lication or within thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. Walker
 Register
 Date st First Publication, May 15, 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IT,, 1918.
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Sur. 1908, Serial 02SS

Sur. 1908, Serial 02SsS
 UNITED STATES LAND 0FElCE
 Juneau Al. Feb. 22, 19lS
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Comp any a corporation, as assignee of GeoSge c. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of Sections 2S06 and 2So7 of the Re vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, ,fias appli- ed to make entry of the lands' embrac- ed in United States Non-mh>erel Sur vey No. 1908, situated on Gravel Point, Herendeen Bay, Boring Sea- Alaska, more particularly described as follows: Beg. cor. No. 1, on beach Herendeen Bay at average high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South .75 chs; thence South 1.94 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wit cor. bears North .66 chs; thence meandering beach Herendeen Bay al average high tide CD S. 5S deg. 07 min. W. 4.26 chs; (2) s. Al II min W. S.OS chs; (3) s. 19 deg. IS min. w. 2.21 chs. (4) s. IA deg. 30 min w. 2.S1 chs to cor. No. 8, COT. not set, wit. cor. bears West 1.20 chs dist; thence West 4.96 chs to cor. No 1; thence North 17.81 chs to COT. No. 5 cor not set. wit. cor. bears South l0.06 chs, from which wit. cor. U. S. l.. M. No. 1922 bears s. 27 deg. fl min. E. 7.69 chs; U. s. L. M. No. 1046 bears N IS deg. 35 min. w.; thence from true cor. 5 meandering beach Herndeen Bay at average high tide (5) S. 25 deg. co min. E. $40 chs; (6).! s. 36 deg. co min. E. 3.S0 chs; (7b S.. 57 deg. 15 min E. 1.20 chs; (S) Y. Ss deg. AS min. E. sos chs. (9) N. S deg. S6 min. E. POT chs to cor, No. ( I the place of beginning. Ares. 1nl , acres. Variation at all corners 19 ds g co min. E. Longitude 160 deg. 42 nt 1T 30 sec. West Lat 55 deg. A min. N.
 AS additional to original homea1a a entry of George C. Laws, H. E. aSS a Ironton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming ad versely any portion of the above { de scribed tract of land are requredf file with the Register and ReceiverN o the United States Land offiae at I | neau, Alaska, their adverse claiw thdl to, under oath, during the pesiod a publication or within thirty days then after, or they will be barred h;r tBs provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. WSlkan' '
 Rggia&er.
 Date of First Publick6oa. May r5; 1918.
 Date of Last publissisp .Auguse1n
 -e1snnoupu,~.'
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Serial 03602

Serial 03602
 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT
 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, Juneau, Alaska. March 90, 1918. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Shumagin Packing Company, a cor poration,as assignee of Haziah George, being entitled to the benefits of Sec tions 2306 and 2307 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in U. $. Non-mineral survey No. 1237, situate On North shore of Baralof or Squaw Harbor, Unga Island, Shumag- in Islands, Territory of Alaska, more particularly described as follows:
 Beg. cor. No. l, shore of Baralof Harbor at ordinary high tide from whence U. s. l.. M. Sur. 1855 bears S. 4S deg. 16 min. 51 sec. E. 5.56 chs; thence North S.43 chs to cor. No. 2; thence West 14.14 chs to cor. No. 8 thence South 4.S1 chs to cor. No. 4; thence meandering shore of Baralof or Squaw Harbor at ordinary high tide CD N. 67 deg. 26 min E. Al chs; (2) s. S9 deg. 5S min. E. 1.50 chs; (3) s. 54 deg. 0S min. E. 0.95 chs; (4) S. 31 deg. 53 min. E. 0.53 chs; (5) s. GA deg. 05 min. E. 1.4S chs; (6) S. 72 deg. 06 min. E. 0.54 chs; CD N. so deg. or min E. O.93 chs; (S) S. SS deg. IA min. E. LII chs; (9) S. IT deg. AS min. E. 1.65 chs; (10) S. 7S deg. 02 min. E. 2.74 chs; CID S. 56 deg. IS min. E. LA chs; (12) s. 49 deg. 5s min. E. 1.43 chs to cor. No. l, place of beginn- ing Area TIC acres. Varation at all corners IS deg. 45 min. E. Longitude 160 deg. 34 min w. Latitude 55 deg. IA min. N.
 AS additional to original homestead of Haziah George, H. E. No. 6S12, made Feb. 23, 1869 at Bonneville, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming adyer- sely any portion of the above describ-