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New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Chances for Men, Too

He who runs and reads the newspapers
will not escape the fact that women work
ers are in great demand. Nor will he fan
to realize that the women are rushing y
to fill the breach left in our man power
by the draft. which threatens to grow
wider and wider as time grows on. In
one days grist Of news alone these facts
are noted:
Five thousand girl clerks to be re
cruited in America to release men IN
France from military service.
Army needs 5000 nurses by the first
of wear: probably $4,000 by July 1.
Thirty girls take mems Jobs in rail
road shops at Sparks, New.
Cooks and mattresses desert house
keeping for government work in Wash
ington.
Railroad administration contemplates
employment Of women as clerks, ac-
countants, ticket sellers, station agents,
etc.
While there is no doubt Of the necessity
of calling women to the rescue in many
industries, it would seem that there might
be some tightening up of the slack man
power. More attention seems to be paid
to getting women to work than to seeing
that the men available for the nations
work are busily at it, that men in non
essential positions are shifted, that the
"work or fight" order is enforced. A
commendable tendency in this direction is
the work of the United States Employ
ment Service, which is recruiting UNI
skilled labor for war work and doing it
so carefully that local industries are not
affected.
There is no question about the women
rising to the emergency. They are, pre-
pairing themselves for bigger and better
Jobs. No task is too small for them.
From filing cashierships of big banks to
putting on overails and cleaning railroad
locomotives, they are making good Let
the men get in and hustle, too There
must be many who could spur up their
ambition to prepare FOR climb up the
ladder; there must be many who could
seize the opportunity to do real, produc-
tive work. That is what the new United
States Employment Service is for: To
help our men to find themselves.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
The Same Big National Thrill

Thanks to the newspapers, the press
associations, the telegraph and the tee-
phone, the people do not have to wait
for their war news. Big events like
the great victory of St Mihiel are
flashed over the wires and known in
Milptas, Cal, and Bake Oven, Ore,
almost as soon as they are in New
York. Even the farmers in the harvest
field get the news quickly, because the
obliging Central on the rural telephone
lines rings her buzzer for a general call
and housewives drop their kneadng or
ironing to listen to the glorious news
that AN American army "all by itself"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16

OF 5000 tons was made ready for sea in
fifteen days-which seems to be rather
quick work.
In one year, ending June, 1913. British
machines destroyed or brought down 4.102
enemy aircraft, with loss to themselves
of only 1918 machines.
One million civilians are employed on
keeping up the navy alone. There are now
100000 women doing l,701 kinds Of work
previously allotted to men. a NIL ION are
making munitions, 100000 are working in
chemicals and engineering, 300 600 are on
The land, 10000 are in the army and 10000
IN the navy
In our shpyards women are to-day build
ing vessels completely from stem to stern.
Over 100000 are in government Offices.
and, taking womens industries as whole,
there is enrolment of new volunteers even
to-day at the rate of $4,000 week
Five thousand British women are serving
in the American army in France.
When war broke out there We're three
national arsenals in England There are
$50. and state controlled factories
number 5000.
Fifteen thousand Boy Scouts have joined
the army. Over $4,000 are employed in
government offices. Two thousand sea
scouts acting as coastguards OF mem
bers of boys brgades $4,000 are on national
service, with 600 coo from the Church Lads
Brigade and 10000 from the Jewish Lads
Brigade
Despite shortage of labor, Britain has put
2,l42,000 additional acres under cultivation.
The grain crop Is the biggest since 1868
On 100000 new allo;ments 100000 tons
of potatoes were raised in 1917.
The latest percentage of unemployment
shows that out Of every lao available wage
earners 139 at their Jobs.
Up to March 81 last German air raiders
had killed or injured 1868 persons in Great
Britain Of these 342 were women. And
no fewer than 757 We're unarmed and inno-
cent children.
l cannot conclude this brief recital with
out saying that such efforts as these. which
are paralleled and it may be. surpassed in
certain respects by France and Italy, might
have worn down even the determination Of
Britain, or at least produced in her a sad
sense OF war wearness, if it had not been
Tor the fact that in the darkest hour which
precedes the dawn American troops landed
on her shores bringing with them fresh
reinforcement of hope, courage and over
"heimng certainty Of triumph.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Loose Tongues Lead to Jail

Thoughtless remarks by careless
tongues lead to jail.
Seditious remarks uphoding Germany
and the Kaiser, accusing our government
of folly for waging war, assailing the
Red Cross and army Y. NJ. C. A, result
in arrest and trial,
In one case the Federal prosecutor is
proceeding upon the theory that the Red
Cross and army y. M. c. A. are a part
OF the armed service of the United States,
since they are attached to it and doing
valuable service at the front.
Thoughtless persons and those not in
sympathy with the war should remember
Judge Landis's decision in the J. W. w
case. The time for protest against en-
toring the war expired when the United
States actually engaged in war against
the enemy. When the Republic accepted
the gage Of battle the duty Of citizens
became plain. This duty includes avoid
ing sedition and refraining from ham
pering by word or deed the conduct of
the war by the armed forces of the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Coupons for the Red Cross

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We are enjoined, for instance, to
save all our tinfoil for the Red Cross, and
we are all trying to do it as best we can.
Now | propose that we save for and turn
over to the Red Cross, all coupons of value
from soap, cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, trad
ing stamps, ETC.
This can be done directly in the store
where the purchase is made by having a
receptacle where coupons may be placed bv
customers. and later collected by the Red
Cross. People who may feel very gener-
Gus could turn over their boarded counons
In this way the Red Cross could obtain
many useful articles for its needs.
NJ L. KAUFMAN.
Nitro, w. Va, Sept II, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Hearst in Flushing

Some communities gave Hearst more
trouble than others. OF these one of thc
most recacitrant is Flushing In Flush
ing citizens burn his papers in the
streets. They post notices that they do
not, and will not, read disloyal sheets
and the newsdealers' stands bear wit
ness to the truth of Their assertions.
Those who read the American and The
Journal in Flushing 90 it in secret
"What's the matter with this town."
cries Hearst, and sends out his agents to
worry the place. Newsdealers are threat
cned. Citizens who head the movement
for decency are annoyed. When rough
methods fail Hearst undertakes concilia-
ton. Pictures of the High School and
the cid Bovine House are offered with
Thc Sunday A01erjcon. The offer is de-
clined without thanks Its only effect is
to stimulate the sale Of the reputable
papers. The Hearst journals, which the
newsdcalers are compelled to buy, form
isolated and forlorn mountains on the
stands until presently they disappear
one knows not where.
What's the matter with Flushing?
This: y night or two ago a service
flag, bearing ninety-four stars. was
raised with simple but affecting ceremo-
MES The stars represented the men now
IN the service who had lived on a single
small street. From Flushing 1900 men
have answered to the Great Call. This
little community subscribed over $l.00O,-
coo to each Of the Liberty loans 1t ex-
ceeded its quota Of subscriptions to the
Red Cross fund over threefod.
Flushing is eager to be asked for ser
vice OF men or money It is aggressively
loyal to the nation, and viii not tolerate
disloyalty in any guise. This is the an
swer to Hearst's question. But it goes
deeper even than that. Flushing has al
ways been q community of marked indi-
viduality. Founded by Englishmen, un-
der grant from the Dutch Governor.
the people presently became dissatisfied
with their rulers and established a sepa-
rate government For several months
they flew the flag of an independent re-
public and returned to Dutch dominion
only under compuson from the English
Governor Of Connecticut, Of which COLONY
they wished to become a part. Return
ing reluctantly to their unwi ling al
egiance the lttle settlement never
ceased to be thorn in the side of its
rulers
Peter Stuyvosant broke for the first.
and only, time the record of religious toll
GRAFTON in the colony by prosecuting the
Quakers of Flushing. These sturdy
fighters for peace We're strong there, and
they still persist. Fiery Peter came off
much the worse in this affair. and the
Quakers were thereafter unmoested. To
Flushing came John Fox to preach and
rest. The house where he was a guest
built in 1660--still stands, the dwelling
place of the descendants of its builder
Flushing has always possessed civic
consciousness. 1t is. in the old phrase
community of souls Its people have
always been active in good works.
Patriotism is with them not theory.
but a passion. In a garden of rich soil
steadily cultivated noxious weeds cannot
grow Is there any mystery, then. that
Hearsts papers are not read in Flush
ing?
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Britain S War Effort
By P. w. Wilson

Y HAVE received from reliable source
4 certain further facts illustrative of
n~'t.'o's war efforts. Possibly these
may be Of interest
In the past our army was small, and gal
liant Frence stood in the breach In the
.....4>. 4o4c4s ua the United States may
rgodomina,c. A this moment Great Brit
ain "nas The largest army in the field of
all of the Allies
The empire has raised S,7500O0 900 000
from the dominons 100000 from India
and 6250,000 from Great Britain. With rs
per cent of the forces Great Britain has
suffered S6 per cent of the casualties falling
on her empire.
Current History" for August a periodical
which always deals fairly with British mat
ters, states that our casualties up to July l,
this year, were 1.4l8928, and that we have
always published them precisely. Perhaps
/ ought TO correct this For several years
we have not published casualties precisely
and for this reason: The enemy wanted
the information. Our casualties up to De-
cember 81 last were 10 fewer than 2000.-
o00 and are now 2,500000. or 1000. 900
above the quoted figure Current His
tory" says that we have lost 434, TIA dead
Lord Northcliffe, confirming figures which
| gave YOU some weeks ago, states that our
dead are 10000, or double the above num-
ber
When war broke out the British navy
consisted of 100000 tons of shipping and
$4,000 officers and men The tonnage is
now 100000 aud the total personnel near
ly half million.
Thirteen million men have been conveyed
by this navy, with the loss Of only 2.7O0 by
enemy action. Cargo conveyed for the war
includes 100000 horses and mules, 500 900
vehicles 25O00,000 tons of explosives, ST.
000000 tons Of oil and fuel, with 10000
600 tons of food
Germany is closely blockaded In 1915
only 256 vessels out of l,4O0 eluded the
patrols In 1916 only go vessels out Of
5000 slipped by. In one month of 1917 not
one vessel, even to neutral ports, escaped
examination
Britain has furnished her allies with So
100000 600, 99,000000 tons of explosives
and 90,O000OO tons Of coal
Homes in England have been provided for
100000 destitute refugees. A complete
garden city in the North Of England has
been built for Begians, who manage it
entirely themselves. 1t is called Elizabeth
Vile, after their heroic Queen
Out of $50 U-boats built by Germany 200
have been sunk, 1870 by the British navy
in a British shpyard a standard vessel
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Unfair TO the A. 2. /.

To the Editor cf The Tribune.
x IR. seem to detect. in unfriendly com
y mcnt here aud there, tendency to
make goat" of the American Protective
League in the recent "sackor' raids. Only
the .otner day Attorney General Gregory.
obviously aiming at the members of this
association. said of the raids: "Besdcs be-
ing unlawful, the employment of members
ii the military forces and of a private
plnzation in making arrests was i'll judged,
as such men not generally fitted by
training or experience to exercise the dis
crotion required IN the circumstances.'
In the first place, the members Of tn.
American Protective League, VINO tooA
major part in the raids had definite pria
instructions issued by the Department. -
Justice. These they followed to the .1t.e4.
Furthermore, the membership of thig 70
unteer organization, which has done Won
dcrlul work in experimenting the activities
Of the Department Of Justice for months
past, is made up of bankers, lawyers, news
paper men, merchants and others who have
sacrificed time for which they would other
wise be highly paid to carry on the volun-
tecr work. They are, contrary to what the
Attorney General said mostly trained in
vostigators of a high order
There are, for instance, $500 members in
New York City, and by very force of num-
bers they have handled thousands OF in
vcstigations which the Department Of Jus
ticc has been unable to tackle. because it
has only handful of agents here This
organization is spread all over the country
and Is working just earnestly o-day in
spite of unfair and unfavorable comment.
as ever. A great injustice is being done to
the ?. /. by the unjust criticism Of its
work.
This comes an expires ssion of apprecia-
tlon of the work of this body, of which |
have known for long time have come
in contact with A. P. l.. men all over the
country and | know them to be earnest and
patriotic. Furthermore, they are ntelli-
gent, trained professional men, who do not
60 off half cooked They have been selected
with great care, with these qualifications in
mind. There were undoubted y some mis-
takes in the handling of the "slacker" raids.
That is inevitable IN any thing of the sort.
But it isn't fair or right to give the i'm
preston that the A. p. L., out Of mere bump-
tlousness, handled the affair as it was han
died. The Instructions were followed as
given and they came from the Department
OF Justice c. L. 7. S
New York, Sept. 49, 19lS.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16

who deals more or less in labor news. I'M
medlately after the publication of this al.
'eged official announcement complete de-
NAL of 1t was issued by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in Washington and COPY
furnished to the Washington bureau Of
each New York newspaper
1t Is regretta6le that this unauthorized
statement should continue going the rounds.
1t places Mr.. Gompers in light in which.
am sure, ne does not wish to appear. since
the only official statement of his purpose
IS to the effect that he went to Europe 70
assist in uniting the people of all countries
in support of the war.
CHESTER NJ. WRIGHT.
New York. Sept l3, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16

has driven back the Hun. Then they
send "Willie" to run out to the fields
to tell 'Pa" and the hired man.
Nothing does more to promote ma
tional solidarity than quick, accurate
dissemination of the news. Whenever
your heart swells at news of great
national triumph remember that the
G. A. X. veterans at the corner gro
ceries, the women sewing at the Red
Cross centres are receiving the same
thrill, too
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Office Girls
BY Christine Valleau

ssNH, BO-o-Yi" we call, as usual, wit
~ out looking up from our desk
Almost instantly small figure appea
at our elbow, and hand is stretched for,
for copy. It's a less grimy paw than usus
and that and the promptness of the n
sponse to our summons make us raj.
our eyes. Our boy" has long, red, bot
bing pigtails. wears white mildly bcu:
with big red tie and short blue skirt
and smiles shyly
1t was no budding feminism among hi
sisters that put the office boy to rout. H
simply dwinded away. Barney first an
nounced the acquisition OF lucrative j.
as assistant to a theatrical press agent
one of the fabulous salaries offered by ii
shipbuilding yards claimed Harold; GeoH
who was eighteen, joined the navy litti
yellow haired Tommy, the general favol
ite. was plucked from the city room to Il
better position in another department
And so it went, TIL one day a single boz
vas on hand to rush copy about as
sharpen pencils and hle the daily papers
Something had to be done, OF cOurs
Boys were as scarce as the youths of drs'
age had been in the summer resorts. Til
obvious and apparently the only soluiS.
lay in girls. SO here they were, ut
already.
It's disconcerting, this sudden shatterlns
Of traditions; but we whole heartedly sP
prove. It's Ike having little sisters abOa
to run errands for US. Among the maj
quarters Of the staff, however, v'
think we have detected slight emb''
rassment at the innovation. There SUI
persists, apparently, . remnant of the o'
chiValry that makes it much more dlfhci
for man to bawl out a girl than boz
Dehghtedly We grin behind our scissors s.
we observe the Difference with which IL
demon editor the Office boys bogey, msis
ms request for copy paper; the poteis
bestowed upon a freckled, short-skE's
thing by the star reporter as he asks l
she would mind finding a telephone O'sl
for him. Is it possible that the youngsS'I 4
are to exert the refining influence thai Y
before them failed to bring with Us?
There's another cause for us to rej0"
Time was-and not many years ago-T's
the feminine portion Of the staff cOnsi'f
Of one household expert and one prF'E
secretary to the editor. They were l'a
long years the women spent undignia''
crawling through the barbedwire is'E
that man had constructed about his ns'l
paper Office. or scrambing over the
scratching themselves on the barbs.
very definitely now the wires have
torn down. Isn't this adm ssion Of
babies into the fold final proof?
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
The Bars Are Down
From It(o)

lFfon LIol
Now that Champ Clark has praised Theo-
dore Roosevelt it begins to look as if the
bars are down Why not the following:
Yes said Colonel George Harvey, ain
spite OF Secretary Bakers little pacifst or
rors, consider him by far our prcatast
American"
Mr. Hoover?" said Senator James A.
Reed OF Missouri "A wonderful man.
And always right-yes, always right"
President Wilson smiled austcrely as the
name OF Leonard Wood was mentioned. "A
great general he said; "perhaps the great
est the world has ever seen"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
Unrest in
KulturLand
By II. w. Smith
Especial cable TO The 7}ibunc)
Copyright. 1915 New York Tribune Inc)

Copyright. ois. Ncw York Tribune Inc)
N OTTERDAM, Sept. l5.-Rumors Of
TX mutinics in Germany have long
ceased to impress one unless they are
supported by more evidence than is usually
forthcoming, but accounts given to me to-
day from three different sources agree in
pointing to more or less serious trouble III
Cologne, Mulhcim and Ax-la Chapelc The
organ of the Christian trade unions in
Cologne issues an appeal calling upon
workers to keep their heads cool, saying:
"lf we do not hold out and come through
without disaster we condemn ourselves and
those who come after us to the lordship Of
England"
There is no mistaking the signs OF grow
ing unrest in Germany. "Vorwarts,' the
ORGAN Of the German Socialist party, IN
commenting on the demand Of the Socialists
for the dissolution of the Landtag, says:
"An immense majority of our people say
that our leaders went into the war not to
maintain Germany, but to fight for freer
Germany. The bitter dsllusion they have
been sub jccted to has produced depression
and cmbtterment at home and at the front
against reactionaries in the Landtag who
put class interests above the vital need of
the people and prejudice alike the interests
Of national defence and of peace, since it
is easy for the peace by victory party in the
allied countries to excite hate and mis-
trust of Germany and German institutions
by eur denying the people the right that is
withheld in no other land"
Whether or not the demand for the dis
solution of the LandtaG Will be realized we
shall see. But it is noteworthy that the
manifesto follows The speech Of Won lIert-
ling week ago before the committee III
the Herrcnhaus, in which he dec AIRED it
was his honest conviction that on the solu
ton of the franchise problem depended the
safety and the maintenance of the crown
and the dynasty.
There is growing anxiety in this regard,
which is certainly indicated by the changed
tone Of the Crown Prince and the Kaiscr's
speeches to my dear friends at the krupp
works"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
The Black Dog
a Broton legend

"a Breton Legend
Now, IN the time of the autumn rains
The Black Dog howls in the Breton isn
After the hour of the hooting owls
In the gray OF the dawn the Black
~zowls.
What does the howl OF the Black Deg I"
In the gray of the dawn, like an el''
thing?
What does it bring 70 Brittany
Woe and dolor and misery?
Nay, for down the vale Of the years
The Black Dogs cry is sound
cheers
A sound that ever has seemed 10 be
Glory for France and Brittany. n
CLINTON SC0LI4a''
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
1t Is to laugh

,Fron The Philadelphia Record
Germany now complains that her reyerses
were due to mistakes made by her spies.
This should induce rivers of sympathetic
tears in this country.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16
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The force we have pledged-all that is
in us--to destroy the intOlerable German
thing has touched the enemys frontier.
American shells have begun to fall upon
that myth of invulnerability which is
Metz. Gott is failing the Huns. And
New-York tribune., 1918-09-16

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1918-06-16

M Vltipn arrived here from
BAHIA Friday night and went from
bore 90 Vega whore be- made O
speech boz the interest 0f the War
Saving campaign Saturday night.
ife zoe NJ Hereford today and will
10 lu this diauiD of tho state Tor
several DAYS spelkiur boo the inter
nat 90 fho War stamp campaign
Outline Plans
T. @ MAYER county rampaign
manager boz 70 clear g detailed
manner outlined f0 fho mon pres
rut ai iUr meeting .ntorday The
plans fu bo followed in this cam
1alrn beginning with tomorrow
rho mon all begin rn organization
~ Vsr sIfI1r 50..rfies Iu their
lsri.f 900 sI'I H... pr,prra O. l.tt
10 tho adult l.rn0. fr fh.Ir dia-
fr.DiH which uI'I H. mHI.I 90 the
county manager H once
Cards liberation. lud Hlaukf for
m" organization . fhr war Saw
nr sDD.,n. N... Iu'ied the
mon yesterday
Tho campaign Boo ihr rural dis.