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New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Plan for u. S. Paper
Control Again Assailed
Senator Harding, an Ohio
Publisher, Attacks Proposal
as Socialistic

WASHINGTON, JAN 11.-Proposed
governmental control of the newsprint
paper industry was under fire in the
Senate again to-day. Senator Harding,
an Ohio publisher, attacked the plan as
socialistic
Under unanimous consent agree
ment reached late to-day a final vote
will be taken on next Tuesday.
Senator Smith, of Arizona, advocated
the bill as necessary to insure supplies
of paper. Asked by Senator Watson if
this resolution, by giving control over
print paper to the President, would not
permit the "rankest sort Of press CEN
sorship to be set ur IL the United
States" the Arizona Senator said it
would not, and added that there had
been no protest against the resolution
on the part Of the newspapers. Senator
Thomas said:
81 believe private operation of busi-
ness at all times is eminently prefer
able to government control, but l be-
lieve that government control is neces-
sary in certain instances, and this is
one"
The Senate adjourned until Monday,
when consideration of the bill will be
resumed.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

mighty struggle to possess that same
ancient highway and to extend it as
the highroad of worldwide empire
from the North Sea ITO the Persian
Gulf
Such is the vision of the drama
which DR.. Jastrew stages in this COM
pact but pregnant volume. 1t IS fit
ting that SO accomplished an antigua
rian deals with this intensely up-to-
date theme. 1t is less than a score Of
years ago that the Hohenzollern Kaiser
secured from Abdul the Damned - his
kindred spirit-the concession for a
railroad from the Bosporus to Bagdad.
But to appreciate the undertaking in
its true setting we must turn back the
pages-tiles and bricks-of history fif-
ty centuries. to the times the Hit
tites and their contemporaries. Not
as an antiquarian, however, does Dr..
Jastrow write; save to give the action
of to-day its proper historical setting
and perspective. He appreciates as
keenly as the most juvenile exponent of
omniscience the present day signih-
canoe of the possession of that great
hlghroad, and he sets it forth with
master hand. The whole story of Ger
man financial and political intrigue is
disclosed, with all its tortuous wind
lngs and doublings. The importance
of that international route. which the
Hun would make private appanage
OF Prussia, is explained, and the duty
OF diplomacy toward it, when happily
the world has been made safe for
democracy. is strongly emphasized. The
work is we'll illustrated, has an ex-
cellcnt map, and is one Of the works
which ase quite indispensable to a
complete understanding Of the causes
anS purposes of the German attack
upon the rest Of the world.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Profteer Here Got Tons
OF Sugar When Supply
Was LotUest, Is Charge

Tons of sugar were shipped into
New York City, some of it when the
shortage Of that commodity was most
acute, and distributed by Pncus Fried
man, 172 Rivington Street, who was
arrested on Thursday and charged with
proiiteering.
dispatch from New Orleans named
two shippers there who had consigned
10000 and 10000 pounds, respectively,
to Friedman, after having purchased
it from wholesaler who is said to
be without license.
That Friedman and all other whole
salers guilty of price imitation will be
summarily dealt with was reflected
last night in an announcement from
Washington, signed by Herbert
Hoover, National Food Administrator,
that he had revoked the license Of the
Harlem Sugar Company (Inc.), Of 2445
Eighth Avenue.
The officers Of the company were
charged with selling sugar at from -
to 16 cents a pound, and it was upon
the recommendation Of Arthur Will
iams, local administrator, and John
Mitchell. chairman of the Federal
Food Board, that the license was re-
voked.
A government inspector will take
over the Harlem Company's plant to-
cay and post a notice of the cancella-
tion of the license. Then he will super
wise the sale of the sugar in storage
from business for the duration of the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

THE CREAM OF THE JEST. By James Rranch
Cabeh l2mo pp. $50. Robert NJ Mcbride
l. Co.
This seems to be the heart revela-
tons with thin fiction as the medium
a favorite form for such soul ad
venture-of an author who has had a
hard time with unfeeling publishers
it is impossible not to read between
the cynical lines--and who holds no
brief for amy Of them. We all love
courage in any form, and it must have
taken considerable grit on the part of
Mr.. Cabell's publishers to print such
complete arraignment of their ilk
he Cream of the Jest" is a curious.
rambling story, without form, and told
in sort of laundering, disorderly
fashion. The work is uneven, pass
ages of great beauty being crowded
on either side by others of gray dul-
ness. The author thus states his un-
derstanding Of his hero: at was with
appropriate silence. therefore that 7
regarded Felix Kenneston as parable.
The man was not merely very human:
he was humanity" To interpret al,
humanity in $50 pages is a big under
taking
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

Kammerer svo. PIP XIV. s4e Little. Brown
A study Of five hundred Criminal Sci
trated l2mo, rp 4S2 Charles Scr bner's Sons.
comprehensive textbook for advanced stu
dents.
The War
l2no. pp 2os The John Lane Company
record of the spiritual presence Of one
killed in the
THE HIGH CALL. By Ernest NJ. ssircs. l2mo.
pp. $50. y. p. Dutton G. Co.
Discourscs the and Americas part in It
A cRrsApER OF FRANCE. Translated BY &C 6
Frederic Lees With portrait limo. pp 5ts.
Tie letters Of Captain Ferdinand Belmont. Of
the Chasseurs Apins
THE FORUM OF DEMOCRACY. By nwisli;
l2mo. PIP * 1893 Allyn & Bacon.
Selections from notable patriotic utteranccs
THE COMMONWEALTH AT WAR. BY A i.
Pollard svo. pp 256. Lonsmans' Green 6,
Essays on various phases OF the great world
LEAVES FROM An oFrlcER,s NOTEBOOK
p XVI. 2s4 l,oaNnans' Green sc & Co. .l =.
FACING THE n1SpENBrRG LINE. By Bur
rs 4. ;Ienhins Emo. pp. 256 The Fleming
French and Italian camps.
THE DIARY OF A FRENCH ARMY CHAP
LAIN By Abhe Felix Klein With portrait
l2lno PIP. 2sS. A C. McClurg 4 Co
Experiences in the ambulance service
NORMAN PRINCE. With memoir by George F
Rabbit With portrait. svo pp 10. The
Iloughton Ni.n Company.
Memoir Of volunteer who died for the cause
he loved.
THE UNITED STATES AND PANGERMAN1A
by Andre fheradane. WITH maps limo. pp
10 Charles Scribncr's Sons
warning America OF German designs.
THE WILLY NlCKY CORRESPONDENCE. By
Herman Bernstein. With foreword by Iheo-
dore Roosevelt l2mo pp. l5S Alfred A
knopf.
Stcrct correspondence between the Kaiser ane
tre Gar
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Some Recent Fiction
A Doll's S Awakening

A CROWD BY William Caine. l2po
pp. 1876 Houghon-M -Mrlin Company
1t is a long time since we have read
SO thoroughly consistent character
study Of tbat kind of American woman
who, pampercd and guarded and petted
is after all only grown-up spoiled
Doll Bracket. On the very first page
we get an impression of her, which tie
author cnlarges upon without passion
in delightfully."- detached manner. The
mother and sister Of George, Dolls
tiance, are calling on Doll and her
mother.
Here, in Mrs Brackets suite in the
Savoy Hotel, they had large opportu
nifty for improving their knowledge
of the girls appearance. In the room
there were, great and small, eight
photographs Of her. She was to be
seen equipped for dancing, walking,
dining, bathing, riding, motoring,
being presented at court, as baby,
as a child, as a girl, as g young wom-
an; looking down, looking up, look
ing sideways; with fan, with
bouquet, with horse, with her
mother. No one who should so much
as glance around this small reception
room could fail to perceive the i'm
portance Of DOLL OF course, Mrs.
March and Hilda were already quite
alive to Dolls Importance, though,
perhaps, not in the same way as was
Mrs Bracket. They thought of her
as Gcorres future wife.
Mrs. Bracket thought of George as
Dolls future husband"
After this felictous beginning MIR
,..l,%
simpler manner but with the same
edith's immortal pictures of the com
plctc male egoist, to draw us one OF
the female sex. One constantly recalls
Sir Willoughy, and is even driven tc
speculation as to the cngrossing events
which might ensue should Doll anc
Sir Willoughby chance to meet outside
the pages of fiction. And yet Doll is
much pleasanter creature ~than Wll
loughby. even if Mr.. Gaines book is
not so great literary tour de force
"Three's a Crowd" is very human
little story. turning with new variety
on the old theme of the meddlin2
mother-in,-law. 1t skirts tragedy a.
times. but the authors method makes
him turn what might have been tragic
into clever comedy. Mr.. Caine has s
DELIGHTFUL sense Of humor, which. en-
livens what otherwise might have beer
difficult situations, and he takes th'
reader into his confidence in a charm
inglv intimate fashion. The story turn:
around the manner in which Dol
Bracket, a girl made thoroughly self
ish by her dcplorably pampered bring
ing up, "comes alive as she hersel
expresses it. Her mother having man
aged all her affairs and made all he
decisions before marriage, is unable tt
relinouish the reins after Doll acquires
q husband. The Christening of Mrs
Bracket is not the least interesting
nart of the story There are man.
Dolls in the world, but one seldom find
them SO we'll and undidactcally il
felton,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Egg Dealers Warned
Against Raising Price

The National Food Administration at
Washington has issued warning to
Wholesale dealers in eggs all over the
country that any effort to raise prices
with the weather as an excuse will not
be tolerated. No prices may exceed the
average for the first five days of this
month.
Two bakers were before tlfe food
board yesterday in response to sub
poenas charging unfair business meth
DDS They were Joseph Forst. Corona
Avenue, Elmhurst, L. l., and George
Stiehl, of Corona. l.. I. Each was
charged with selling bread not up to
standard weight, and Stiehl of doing
business without a license. Both prom
ised to adjust their businesses and were
dismissed.
Administrator Williams was much
disturbed yesterday by reports of eff
forts to intimidate witnesses who have
complained OF price imitation by deal
ers. The intimidation. he said. is on
the East Side. and he fears some of
the complaints may be without result
unless it is checked
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Back Yard Gardens Needed
if Allies Are To Be Fed,
Says C.. L. Pack
Appeals to New York
Campaign Started to Raise
Crops on All Vacant
Plots
[Staf Co,vespondcuce1

WASHINGTON, Jan. lift the
United States must feed the Allies
after March, as Indicted in The Trib-
unc to-day. the city people of this
country must awaken to the fact right
now that every foot of Stacker land in
this country must be put into war
gardens in 1918"
This is the statement made tonight
to The Tribune by Charles Lathrop
Pack, of Lakewood, N. j., president
Of the War Food Garden Commission,
which is campaigning for vacant lot
and backyard gardening throughout
the country.
"Thc Tribune's correspondent" con-
tlnued Mr.. Pack, "has information that
brings out the tremendous Importance
of organizing for war garden work
We must have food as close to the
doubt but that under the direction Of
Secretary Houston the farm produc-
tlon campaign will go forward by great
er leaps than ever.
"But the urban population, at which
the drive of the War Food Garden
Commission is directed. must organize
now. The town and city man must do
everything possible to feed himself.
He will at the same time be aiding the
railroads by relieving them Of just that
much Of the transportation burden that
faces them.
eve hear talk of the United States
placing three million men under arms.
1t costs 40 cents &; day to feed q SOL
dier, according to the estimates IF
this be true it means that Uncle Sam
will be spending $1,20O,O0O every day
for food for his soldiers alone.
"The commission will send its war
garden primer to any one who sends
two-cent stamp to pay the postage,
and it will be glad to cooperate with
Chambers of Commerce. banks and
other concerns on a bigger scale.
cannot impress upon the people of the
City Of New York the great Importance
of organization now. and The Tribune
has done we'll to call attention to the
food situation as it confronts the world
at this time"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

Where Haroun Reigned
The Hohenzollern Dream Of EN-
pire in Two Continents
THE WAR AND THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. BY
Morris Jastrow jr. Illustrated. l2mo. pp. 100.
j. i. Lppincott Company

THE WAR AND THE BAGDAD RAILWAY BY
MOTIFS Jastro,S. jr. illustrated. l2mo. pp. 100.
Cycle on cycle hastens to close.
Where civilization began, civilization
fights its greatest fight to avert un-
timely ending. The very name of Mes
opotamia arouses visions Of the i'm
memorial past; perhaps before Egypt
itself was born. Babylon and Ninevah
tire memory; yet there were those
before them in the land which above
all others is the centre of the world.
Between the Bosporus and the Persian
Gulf the crises of humanity have Gen.
tired. Darius and Xerxcs, Cyrus and
Alexander, are names which are the
landmarks in history. America itself
owes its discovery to the passage of
the Straits and the closing of that
highroad to India and Cathay. And
now this twentieth century Armaged-
don, in which the Drunken Helot of
Sparta, armed with the arts of Athens,
turns civilization against itself in a
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
$50 Student Aviators
Ordered to Phantom Camp

CHICAGO, Jan. II. One hundred
and fifty fledgling aviators from Chi
cago were spared the embarrassment
of going to a phantom aviation camp
at Fort Wayne, Ind. as ordered by the
department at Washington, when the
mistake was caught to-day in the Of
flee of Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Wins
ton. The men had received transporta-
tion cards for that point when they
should have read Fort Wayne. Detroit.
Mich"
Several officers and enlisted men
from other points had already put in
several hours searching for an aviation
camp at Fort Wayne. Ind. The ground
school at Detroit is 8 new institution.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Palpable Propaganda

THE HIGH ROAD. By Emma s. Allen Illus
tFated. l2nio. pp S26 rhe Meridian Press.
We suppose that at this time. with
the agitation for national prohibition,
we must expect to be bombarded with
books full of temperance propaganda.
Authors. and particularly amateurs
with little knowledge Of fiction and a
burning desire to put their theories in
print, will never learn that the novel
is not the place for propaganda, unless
it is SO sugar-coated by an excellent
plot and we'll told story that its real
nature is successfully camoufaged. The
author of THE High Road" has not
succeeded in doing this. She tells an
obviously purposeful story in stilted
language, without insight or sense of
justice, and in an unskilful manner.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Book News
Authors and Publishers and
Their Works.

Henry Holt E. Co. announce for this
month the Poems" Of Edward Thomas,
who was killed at Arras, and Helen T.
and Wilson Follett's "Somc Modern
Novelists"; for next month "Camion
Letters" from young American ca
mionneurs in France, and for March
Joseph K. Anthony's novel, "Stanislav
and Stanley"
Boni E. Liveright haze in hand Leon
Trotzxy's "The Bolsheviki and World
Peace" an analysis If the causes, aims
and settlement. of the war from the
Bolsheviki point OF view.
adding to its exquisite "See America
First" scrie; Colorado, the Queen
level of the Rockies" by Mrs. Mae
Lacy Baggs; FLORIDA, the Land Of
Enchantment," by Nevin 0. Winter, and
"Maine of The Sea and the Pines" by
Irwin l.. Gordin.
Harper e. Bros. will publish next
week National Progress, ~" a
new volume in "The American Nation:
A History" by Frederic Austin Ogg:
"Principles of American Diplomacy"
by John Bassctt Moore, and "A French
English Military Technical Dictionary"
by Colonel Cornelis De Witt Wilcox,
L. s. A.
Robert J. Shores announces a budget
Of fiction. including: "The Green Opal
Ring by 81 Comanche; "Deruyer' 5
Double" by Marriott Watson; The
Strange Crime by Ian Roy; "The
Mocking Birds Breed" by Jennie Nc
MILAN; THE Face Of the King" by
James Roberts; and "Told By Tele-
graph" by George Saint Amour.
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce that
Joseph Conrad is writing new preface
for future editions OF his principal
novels. They will publish on January
"a Captain Alan Bot.'s Cavalry of the
Clouds" formerly announced as The
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Government May Sell
Officers Uniforms at Cost

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE War
Department now is considering the ad-
visibility of selling uniforms to off,
GERS at cost, Senator Jones, of Wash
ineton, told the Senate to-day in urg-
ing early considerati of his bill.
which provides that. the department
shall furnish all equipment to officers
at cost prices.
The Washington Senator urged that
the government should commander
the stocks of all private concerns
handling officers equipment.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Old Themes Revoked

ru1, nrvII,S OWN Py Randall Parrish. Illus
rated by the Knneys l2mo. Up. $50. A. c.
McClurg & Co
Parrish has given us another tale
Of the Middle West at the time of the
settlement of the country. The back
ground is the best part Of the story.
The plot is a rather threadbare one
and is not worked out with distinc-
ton. The villain is very heavy, The
hero light weight, and of course the
heroine is surprisingly beautiful and
Wonderful. The illustrations are the
best part of the book
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
The Torture Of Training

MTCTTAFI4 BROTHER OF JERRY By Jack Lon
dca Illustrated l2mo, pp. 3ii The Macmillan
Company.
In writing of animals Jack London
was at his best. 1t will be recalled
that it was his Call Of the Wild" which
first brought him into prominence.
"Michael' is good dog story and it
is also propaganda against the cruel
~ which is perpetrated frequently in
training dogs for public performances
Jack London has done more than this:
IN Dag Daughtry, Kwaque and tho
Ancient Mariner he gives US some ex-
cellent character studies. If one-half
the things that the books tell about
the training and exhibition of animals
arc true the authorities should step
III and take action. They hardly seem
credible, and yet the author would
not have written them without a knowl.
edge of the facts.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

Professor J. Halliburton Bliss goes to
Ja!iagar on mission for his college
and finds there tho girl Of his choice.
She is a bit difficult in the winning,
although we'll worth the endeavor. ana
the price Of her hand is male tor
tolsc, shell cat desired by her father
who has reverted, or advanced, as you
please. 10 Egyptian cat worship A cat
mas nnc lives. so we are told This
one had nine tales, each one swift in
tho telling aud all blended into we'll
balanced and very funny plot. Things
move quickly and joyouslv If one is
looking for amusement unalloyed bv
any problems, "Wanted, a Tortoise
Shell" will furnish it in abundance.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Cherchez lie Chat!

WANTED. A ToRToIsE-SHELL- By Peter Blum
A perfectly ridiculous situation which
involves staid but very nice young
fellow, n charming and humorous girl
and camouflagcd tortoise-shell cat!
The story is delightfully."- told. and
while lot of extraordinary things
happen none of them is impossible.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Books Of the Week
Biography and Memoirs

LEE LEE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS HoDGKIN.
445 iN',se nars"'@, Hisfrated Svo. pp. Kill.
The story Of sies', great leader p of the Friend,
EToN SIXTY YEARS AGO. BY Arthur Campbell
n,msoT I,n.,a inuSsFated. M s'o. pI xvii. 353 l.. r
personal history of an interesting period.
sIS RussIAS S,s scHooLnoy. BY Serge Aksakor.
Au;ob.ographical gmpses OF Russian life two
Economics
THE COMING GOLDEN AGE Rv Frank Rose
water l2mo. PIP. ~. Published by the All
An attempt to solve the social problems Of,
STATISTICS. BY William n. Bailey and 1o,,
Cummings. l6mo. pp. 1853 A. C. Mcclure
How to gather. tabulate and interpret facts
THE WORKS MANACER~TO- DAY. BY Sidney
Webb l2mo pp. l62. Icnsmans, Green & Co.
An expert discussion OF business mana cement
Educational
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE CHILDREN
By Frank c. CARPENTER illustrated Small TO
Up. K l33 American Book Company. w.
Geography for small folk In narrative form.
NEW AMERICAN HISTORY. BY Albert Bushnell
Hart. Illustrated svo. PIP. III. $50. American
A concise but comprehensive work. from Left
Ericsson to the Great War.
THE SCIENCE AND THE ART OF TEACHING
pp $50 American Book Company '''
\ guide for teachers.
HAMU.rON'S STANDARD ARITHMETIC poots
"a American Book Company N'''
Three volumes 10 tho wor: Of eight wears
EVERYDAY ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By Emn,
Miller boleniis l2mo. pp $40. American BOOK
An inductvc presentation
Fiction
INTIMATE PRUSSIA. BY A. Raymond lemo, pp.
Realistic tales OF Prussia. just before the war
TIE FLAMISGo's NEST. BY Roger sprar,e.
l2mo. Up; 369 Ie'icser. Street Il zeus. Ber-
A@.s'' novel vel O, Honolulu.
History and Travels
Fare Iiusrated Two voIumas '' svo ses'"na np
3lI; s2s. Edwin Arnold onsmans. Green n' & c. G.
Travels in China and Tibet.
Arnold I@nsman, man. GFes1 i q CO
lands
Poetry
r4t nEoARwAy s,,ss HEroLscY gy ra"4M
ley and Murdoch peroerton. limo. DID, 60
Free verse on current themes
SILENCE AND TRUE LOVE. BY ] Broo..,
More lGmo, pD Il. ThEash-LicA Co. For
Based on W h. Felconers prose translation
SKETCHES N VERSE By NJ. c. s,r.ch-v
With foreword by Frederic Harrison Illn.
tratcd l2mo. pp. rs I-ongmans. Green Co
Lyrics cf ltay. Egypt. England and othe
lands.
GARDENS OVERSEAS AND OTHER POEMS. 3,
Thomas Walsh l2mo. pp. I55. The John Ian,
Company.
Both original work and TRANSACTIONS from sou.,
American poets.
NONGs OF THE CELTIC PAST Bv Nor-.y
Jephson O'Connor. Frontspece by Emily Woe
Colby. l2mo, pp. III; The John Lane Company
lyrical aild dramatic.
Sociological
THE UNMARRIED MOTHER By Percy Gamhl
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
In Open Air

GASloN OLAF. ly iIcny Oyen. lomo DID, .oi
George II. Doran Company 'N
This is the conventional "out of
DOORS story. 1t begins with the reg
ulation fight between the hero and
the bad man, in which the hero bv
herculean effort triumphs, and the bad
man swears vengeance; and proceeds
with the same sort of incidents with
which such fiction is replete. The
book is exciting and will have it's
public. but originalitv of theme and
of subject matter it has not.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Incendiaries Are Burning
Crops in Argentina

BUENOS AYRES, Argentina, Jan. II.
The burning of, crops is continuing
in many parts of the republic.
The incendlary nature of at least
some of these fires is indicated by the
action of the manager of the Province
of Buenos Ayres Railway, who has re-
ported to the authorities two individ-
uals seen setting nre to grain fields
just ready fof harvesting.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
F ederal Food Boards
Daily Price List

Retail 0rocers' associations here haze
agreed not to charge more than the prices
below. on q cash-amd-ccy,y basis. The prices
arc suggested 6y the Federal Food Board,
and persons compelled to pay higher prices
asked to report to the Federal Food
Board. 220 Vest Fifty-seccnth Street; tcle-
phone Circle 300.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
War Department Studies
Water Power Resources

WASHINGTON, Jan.11.- Water power
resources of the country are being in
vestigated by the War Departm
preliminary to government action
where necessary to keep in operation
factories working on war contracts.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

The supply Of fish in the salt and fresh
water malkets extremely light to-day,
high prices generally prevailing
Note.-The cisco. common lake fish of
fine edible quality, is in great abun-
dance in the New York Wholesale market.
In taste and favor it is very pleasing and
deserves much more attention from the con-
sumer than it has received This ns., at
present is selling at Il wholesale price of
lo-l2c per pound and in the future the Fed
eral Food Board will quote cisco prices in
its regular bulletins.