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Evening star., 1918-02-24
Spend Millions IN !.
SALOONS OF CHICAGO
Packing House Workers, 1t Is
Asserted, Pay Out $780, :
600 Yearly for Drink. y
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 23.-Residents
of the district known as back of the
yards" spend $4,5oo.ooo a year for
drink. according to testimony given to-
day in the stockyards wage arbitra-
tion by Ebert BeemAn. In charge OF
employer welfare work for Wilson q
Co. The section embraces 125 square
blocks OF tenements occupied almost
exclusively by foreign-born laborers.
40 per cent Of whom are employed in
the packing house industry.
The witness read from a report pre-
pared by Young Mems Christian Asap-
citation workers in 1912. which showed
that the gross receipts OF each saloon
in the district average $4,000 a year.
The district now has 800 saloons. or
seventy-flve more than in 1912.
Beeman introduced in the evidence Q
large map Of the territory showing
there are seventy-five more saloons
than retail stores where food is sold in
the section. The number OF food stores
given was 225.
Cause Of Poverty.
Witnesses for the packers declared
that the saloon is responsible for much
OF the poverty and distress among the
foreign-born unskilled laborers en-
ployed in the stockyards. One block In
the section contains thirteen saloons
and is known as whisky point"
Packers introduced evidence bearing
on welfare work done among their en-
ployes. pension systems and even sum.
mer resorts maintained for woman
employees. Swift & Co.. for instance &C.
commodated 800 women at Fish Lake.
Ind. last summer.
the visiting nurse work in the Armour
& Co. welfare and relief department,
said she and her two assistants made
between 1900 and 1900 nursing calls
at homes of stockyards workers in
1917. In addition to this 5000 calls
were made to give advice and fnan-
cial relief to poor families.
Conducts Summer Camps.
The witness said Armour & Co. con-
duct q summer vacation camp at Round
Lake, ILL.,, for woman employees, and IL
has q capacity Of forty. and each visitor
is allowed to stay two weeks and given
half pay. 1t is always crowded
throughout the summer. The woman
employees most in need OF rest are sent
to the camp.
Harvey G. Ellerd. chief Of the wei.
fare department OF Armour 4 Co., was
cross-examined by Attorney Frank p.
Walsh. He sAid the majority OF ac-
cidents occur on Mondays
do you wish to give the impression
that this is because OF drunkenness
on Sundays?' inquired Mr.. Walsh.
mo; I am not explaining it."
'Is it not true that the majority Of
accidents occur in the last two hours
OF the day. when the men are tired
out?"
'Tt is not true" replied Mr.. Eilerd.
The peak OF accidents at our plant 10
at IL am. and p.m."
Evening star., 1918-02-24
EDUCATION IN EUROPE.
Topic of Congress of Mothers' and
Parent.Teachers' Associations.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February z3.-
Educational conditions in Europe and
this country will be discussed at the an
nual national convention Of the Con.
gress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers
Associations which will convene in At
lantic City February rs. Mrs. Hence
orme, chairman Of the publicity COM
mittee of the congress. announced here
today.
Among the speakers will be DR..
LYMAN P. Powell. who will speak on
educational conditions in France and
England; Mrs. Mary C. o. Brandford.
president Of the National Educational
Association, and P. P. Claxton. COM
missioner Of education of the United
States. Wartime duties Of the congress
also will be discussed.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
ALLIES and Germans Sparring;;
. Teutons May Stay on Defensive
Kaisers People Still Trust to U-Boats to Weaken
Entente and Failure of West Front
Drive Might Bring Reaction.

I scouts and photographers have been
| more active and daring than ever be-
fore. The activities resemble a huge
| sparring match preliminary to the main
bout. A long period of fine weather has
been followed by rain and high wind
which has prevented aerial reconnois-
sance. But it will be recalled the Yer
dun drive began in a snowstorm-
fensive or the defensive policy in the
west should be known within very
few days. This is an occasion when
time is on the allied side. Col. Gaedke,
the military expert of the Bremen Bur-
ger Zeitung. writes:
We fear that an army Of maneuver
Is to be formed. If we translate this
into plain language, it means simply
being in ignorance Of the enemys plans.
The entente will accuU,ulate mobile
reserve to use as required on one or
more fronts 1t is new name for an
old thing. This step would mean GER
tain confirmation of reports in foreign
newspapers of an attack by the enemy
the Italians in Italy or the French
and English in the west.
Want United States Aid.
Each feels his own territory pri-
marily threatened. position we can
easily understand. Each, therefore,
wishes to see the forces of the United
States at his side, the arrival of which
is constantly announced and again and
again postponed.
Occasional rumors also reach US OF
the enemy's offensive in the spring. AS
We are not in the secret of the enemy
plans we must also reckon with the
possibility of this. For in war it is not
only a question of what we consider
probable, but also of what the enemy
considers promising or advisable. He
may. like MacMahon before the march
on Sedan, be forced by considerations
which are not purely military"
Expects Land War.
After picturing the economic condi-
tions in England, France and Italy in
far from favorable colors. Gaedke says:
Il have always held the view that great
decisions by land must break the
enemy's will to war; whether it will be
done by sea also, God and Beatty alone
know. I think l may all the more hold
this view because the enemy obviously
is preparing with all his might for land
war in the spring. Only when the de-
cision of fate falls against them there
will they bow to it. Great defeats make
scarcity at home less endurable than it
would otherwise be. Here factors come
in which might have a great influence
on the strength and will. When hopes
are silent the stomach calls all the
louder"
Evening star., 1918-02-24

by of the United States Shipping
Board.
Mrs Thomas J. Preston. 5r.. who visit
ed Chicago thirty years ago rs the
bride of President Cleveland. presided
at a meeting Of the women's section.
where an address was made by Miss
Helen Taft, daughter Of former Presi-
dent Taft.
Miss Taft. in her address, said that
American women could solve the prob
lem Of labor. H.
tivated the farms Of England. American
women can do the same. The trouble 90
far has been that farmers have tried
to give our women easy taSka, although
stack hay and Do the hard farm work.
just ~ veil - the NAn. -
Evening star., 1918-02-24
KILLED IN AERIAL BATTLE.
Edward J. Loughran, Aviator, d

PARIS. February Backward J.
&soughran of New York, flying on the
French front in a French squadrilla,
vas killed ten days ago in an aerial
Combat.
Loughran went across the German
lines and was attacked by four enemy
machines. He flew back to the French
lines, where he fell to earth and was
dead when found. He was buried near
Chalons, in the presence of the members
q the Lafayette squadron.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
PRESIDENT SETS
WHEAT PRICE TO
HALT AGITATION
Continued from First Page.)

that to do so would upset the food ad-
ministration's flour and bread program.
On the basis of No. l northern spring
wheat and its equivalents. the Presi-
dent fixed the prices as follows:
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Not oblivious to Fact.

Senators and representatives are not
oblivious to the fact that the Secretary
of the Treasury will be placed in a
position of authority which would give
him. if he were inclined to use it. vast
powers that could be used politically
He is the director general of railways,
is the ex-officio supervisor of all the
national banks and federal reserve
banks which include other than ma
tional banking interests, and next is
practically to hold in his grasp the ex-
pansion Of industries and the control
of investment capital.
But there is no word Of objection to
comforting these powers upon the Sec
retary of the Treasury. Republicans do
not hesitate to invest him with them.
II there be factions among democrats
who might be jealous of equipping one
Of their number with such potentiali-
ties of political capital they make no
protest.
Some of the public men at the Capitol
feel that this to them amazing ac-
quiescence by politicians in Congress
Is the most convincing assurance Of the
unity of the Congress and of political
parties in the Congress for a victory
program for the war.
Evening star., 1918-02-24

Circulation Department,
The Evening and Sunday Star,
Washington, D. c.
Please deliver at The Evening and Sunday Star at
cent day for the daily and day for Sunday
until March 1st After March 1st continue to deliver
The Evening and Sunday Star at 60 per month
The Evening Star At. 40 cents per month
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Sgned
s.
CMark
Evening star., 1918-02-24
The Star Delivered
About 1hc a Dav

Mail this order if you want The Evening
Star at cent day Until March 1st and at 4Oc
a month (abosst ~ cents day. after that
time.
Evening star., 1918-02-24
ASSERTS WAR WILL
CONTINUE 8 YEARS

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening star., 1918-02-24
Promises Cooperation:

s.rhe Department Of Agriculture and
the food administration will continue
to co operate as heretofore to assist the
farmers in every way possible. All
questions Of production. Of the market
ing Of farm products. of conservation in
the source Of production and of agri-
cultural labor and farm problems gen
ment of Agriculture, while all ques-
tions of distribution Of food supplies
consumptions will be handled by tho
food administration: but the chief re-
lance is upon the farmer himself. and
I am sure that that reliance will be
justified by the results.
1.-The chief thing to be kept clearly in
mind is that regulations of this sort
are only a part of the great general
plan of mobilization into which every
element in the nation enters In this
war as In no other. The business Of
war touches everybody. It IL q stern
business, a cooperative business, q
business Of energy and sacriace. bust.
ness Of service in the largest and best
and most stirring sense OF that great
word"
Evening star., 1918-02-24
May Furlough Farmers.

THE Secretary of War has asked for
authority to furioush soldiers of the
National Army Il conditions permit 1t.
SO that they may return to their farms
when assistance is necessary in the
planting and harvesting Of the crops.
National and local agencies are active
ly at work. besides, in organizing COM
munity help for the more efficient dis
tribution of available labor and in
drawing upon new sources of labor.
While there will be difficulties. and
very serious ones. they will be dim-
culties which are among the stern
necessities of war.
"rhe federal railway administration IL
cooperating in the most active. intelli-
gent way with the food administration
to remove the difficulties of transporta-
tion and of the active movement of the
crops. Their marketing is to be facili-
tated and the farmers given the oppor-
'tunity to realize promptly upon their
stocks.
Evening star., 1918-02-24

When tho Lusitania was sunk. he said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
DO NOT NEGLECT
CHILDRENS COUGH

or cold as 1t is likely 10 become
deep seated through neglect and
hang on the whole winter, if it does
not become chronic or develop into
something more seriots. Relieve
and cure it promptly with SCHIFF-
MANS EXPECTORANT. This rem
edy is so strongly concentrated that
90 cents worth makes a half pint
GA teaSpoonsful) of excellent cough
medicine, BY simply mixing il at
home with honey or sugar syrup.
Il is prepared from strictly harm
less plants, and is so pleasant that
children like TO take il, and it can
be given them with perfect safety As
il positively contains no narcotic, as
do most cough mixtures No risk is
run in buying this remedy, as
druggists are authorized To refund
money IL IL does not give perfect
satisfaction or is not found the
very best remedy you have ever
used for stubborn Coughs, Colds,
bronchitis. Group, WhOOping Cough
and HOarSeness.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
NOT INFORMATION BUREAU

Hello. is this the county clerks
office? Will YOU tell me what time
il is?" This and many other ques-
tions have been asked the clerks at
the court house since the telephone
companies have stopped giving in
formation.
People call the clerks office and
ask what time a certain train leaves.
where is the fire" No one so far
has asked them to wake them up
in the morning., but the clerks eX-
pect this request most any time.
These questions We're answered
Cheerfully by the clerks until some
one called up and asked if the gro
Gerry stores would be open on
Christmas morning. This was too
much and the clerks called halt
and declared they would answer no
more foolish questions that had
nothing 10 do with their office
So please don't bother them any
more, people, they have ether work
to do. They are all kind hearted
and would like TO help if they could,
but it is rumored that someone Dor
rowed their book of information and
has failed to return it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
PARK BOARD DISCUSSES
STATE LEGISLATION

Members of the South Bend PARK
board confined themselves to discus
sions of state interest at a meeting
held in the city hall Friday evening.
to get a consensus of
opinion of all park boards of second
class cities, among which South
Bend is at the head.
The various features of park man
dgement which each city wishes TO
introduce were considered, some OF
which will be brought before the
state legislature when that body
convenes in January. This is the
outgrowth of a meeting held i'm In
dianapolis last month by represent
atives OF the second class cities, dur
ing which an organization known as
the Indiana Association of Park De
partments was formed.
Two local men are named as of
hcers Of the state associated. Rich
ards Elbel president. and Arthur
Perley, secretary ana treasurer.
The South Bend park board will
entertain the state board here. al
though the date has not been de-
cided upon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
MARRIED % YEARS;
SUES FOR SEPARATION

After IS years of married life
Emma May Ward decided she could
not live with her husband. Albert
II. Ward. and applied for separate
maintenance in the circuit court.
She alleges that for the last 10
years he has failed 10 properly pro-
vide for her and during that period
has continually nagged and found
fault with her housekeeping and
often struck her and would come in
at , o'clock in the morning. then
tell her if she didn't lige it to get
out
She claims that ne stopped her
credit. making it impossible to pur-
chase supplies and told her that f
she tried 10 get things on credit he
would advertise her in the papers.
She asks that she be given 500
a month for three years. $1,000
alimOny, and a restraining order to
prevent him from molesting her in
any way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
UNABLE TOFIND
HUN CODE BOOK
Disappears From Government
Exhibits in Socialists
Trial at Chicago.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-Disapepar-
ance of the German code letter
from the government exhibits in the
trial of five socialist leaders charged
with violation Of the espionage law,
was reported to Federal Judge Lam
dis today.
The letter was alleged TO have
been written by William +. Kruse
enc of the defendants, 10 Pvt. Ar
mold Schiller, one of the govern
ment's chief witnesses, who testified
Of plans for an underground rail-
way TO smuggle socialist draft
evaders into Mexico. Schiller said
that a notation made by Kruse or
the bottom of the letter was i'm %
German code used by the socialists
to oppose the selective draft law
Kruse. on the witness stand today.
denied making the notation on the
letter and said there was no truth
in the story of the underground
railway. He asserted he advised al,
socialists to obey the laws. He said
50 per cent of socialists of draft age
claimed exemption.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
The SOUTH BEND NEWSTIMEs
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
GETS BULK OF ESTATE
OF MATILDA B. HARR

The Free Methodist church re-
ceived the bulk Of the estate Of the
late Matilda B. Harr. according TO
the viii which was offered for pro
baton in the circuit court Friday
afternoon.
Her two sisters. Mrs 7. IT. Rish
OF Lakeville. and Mrs. Aaron Kesier
are 10 receive 500 each. Leroy c.
Williams. Charles z. Williams and
two nephews. Vern Crane and Rush
Bailey are 20 receive $500 each TO
pay their tuition in a college giving
religious training The Old Peoples
Rest home Of Chicago and the gen
eral missionary board Of the Free
Methodist church get $1,000 each.
The Gerry home Of Gerry. y. Y.
received $3.50, the Free Methodist
church receives $3.50 to be put with
the fund for superannuated teach
ers. The Free Methodist Publish
ing house it to get $500. The Green
Vile college OF GreenvIlle, III, and
the A. NJ. Chesbrough seminary II
North Chilli. y. Y. will receive $500
each. The balance OF the estate,
both real and personal. will be given
to the Free Methodist church TO be
used for foreign work.
Rev. Albert Z Day OF the Free
Methodist church is appointed ex-
ecutor and is to receive 800 FOR
his services.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
CORP. ESTHER TAYLOR
HOME ON FURl0UGH

Cpl Esther Frances Taylor.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P.
Taylor. $50 5. Taylor St. a member
of the United States army nurse
corps. is spending a weeks furlougn
with her parents.
Miss Taylor was among the first
young women of the country TO re-
spond 10 the cOuntry's call for stu
dent nurses. She has completed her
probationary course at Camp Grant,
Rockford. Ill, and has been regu-
larly indicted into the army nurse
corps with the rank of corporal
Possessing a mezzO-sOpranO voice
Miss Taylor, in addition TO her duties
at the base hospital, has taken a
prominent part in the musical fea-
lures of the religious and social
activities Of the camp.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
RUSSIAN POLICY
STILL PENDING
American Officials Express
Belief PiChon Voiced His
Own Opinion Only.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Om-
Gals of the American government
here expressed the belief today that
stephen Pichon, the French foreign
minister, was voicing his own opin-
ion and not the policy OF the French
government when he said there
would be no immediate Intervention
ments.
The Russian situation has been
the subject Of earnest discussion by
the representative at Paris Of the
associated nations. but so far as is
known here, none OF the govern
ments has put forward any definite
plans. The understanding here is
that the whole subject will be left
10 the peace conference.
II was reiterated today that the
allied powers have no desire 10 in
terfere with the internal affairs of
Russia and that II any aggressive
action is determined upon the OBJ
ject will be solely TO curb men
ace TO the peace OF the world.
Additional reports Of the chaotic
conditions In bolshevik controlled
European Russia reached the state
department today. One account
said the loyal militia OF Esthonia
and Avonia, poorly equipped and
with little or no training. was in no
condition 70 withstand the attacks
OF the bolsheviki. Some OF the boil
shevik forces in this section were
ga ID 10 be well supplied with ma
chine guns tanks and armored
cara
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
THREE MURDER
SUSPECTS ARE
ARRESTED HERE

Three suspects in the recent Carl
Cook murder case at Laporte, Ind.
were arrested last night by Asst.
Chief of Police William Cassidy.
They answer the description fur
nished by the Laporte police and
are being held for Identification to-
morrow morning by them.
Leo Labadie, whom one would
take for colored man at first sight.
and who is just out Of the federal
penitentiary. gave his address as
I411 y. Michigan 81.
Roy Davis another suspect, gives
his address as Houston. Texas.
Joe Mayes gives MS address as
Laporte.
The murder OF Cook, a grocery
man Of Laporte. occurred on Christ
mas eve just as he was putting his
daily cash receipts away. Two men
entered the store and demanded his
money Cook refused. Then while
one of the men attacked him, the
other stood back and fred two shots
into Cooks back. After the men
had left Cook struggled TO the
door and called for help. A physi-
clan was summoned but Cook re-
gained consciousness only long
enough TO state that he had never
seen any Of the mem before.
Several Laporte people claim to
have seen the mon one Of whom
they claim was a Negro.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO
SHOW FILM SUNDAY

The Pathe News will be shown
next Sunday at the First Christian
church. There will also be pictures
Of the Acropolis of Athens and its
buildings. The buildings 10
be seen all belong 10 the half cen
fury beginning in 40 3. c. As most
of the buildings were dedicated TO
Athena, the guardian goddess Of the
city. the pictures viii give informa-
ton on the religion OF the ancient
Greeks. The pictures are loaned by
the Art Institute of Chicago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
SAYS HUSBAND LEFT
HER WITHOUT FOOD

Alleging that her husband left her
and their two children for weeks at
a time without leaving her money 70
buy food with. Rosamond Opelt
filed suit for divorce from her hus-
band. Martin Opelt in superior
court Friday afternoon
She asks that she be given an alb
solute divorce and the custody OF
their two children. and that the de-
gendaut &C compelled 10 pay SO a
week for their support.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-28
USED RESINOL FOR
BAD SKIN TROUBLE
Considers Recovery Remarkable

Brooklyn, y. Y, Aug. 14.-"For
almost six years I suffered from a
severe case of skin trouble which
began with swelling and intense
pain in my knee. Then my leg be-
came inflamed and sores broke out
which itched and burned terribly
day and night. / tried many rem
edies. but gained no relief. I even
spent six months in the hospital.
and the doctors wanted 10 ampu-
tate my leg Al last I tried Resinoi
Ointment and Resinol Soap and OBJ
tanned relief from the first aPplica-
ton. Ny knee is now well, and j
consider the cure remarkable, as nv
trouble was very serious" (Signed)
Mrs. Henri Mauer. 416 Hooper st.
All druggists sell Resinol ONT
ment and Resinol soap