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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
TIE SHRINKING DOLLAR.

1t is no news to the average wage
Garner and salaried employe that his
pay envelope has not increased in con
tent to keep pace with the constantly
increasing cost of the things he has
to buy OF pay for-food and clothing
rent and taxes. Yet the concrete
demonstration of this. uudisputed fact
is, not wihtoNt ttsvalue, says The Phil
adelphia Public Ledger, and The Ledg
er is glad to contribute what it can to-
supply a recent, requisition of the
Secretary of the Interior for figures
that have been lived rather than fig
ures that have been figured" There
is already available for the economist
the comparative statistics of whole
sale prices of commodities and OF
wages. The shrinkage of the dollar
is no mere figure of speech, it is
cold fact with which the great mass
of the people are brought into daily
contact But that fact is given life
and reality when it is translated into
the daily experiences of the workers,
when it is represented by the actual
sacrifices which it entails.
These are the things which Mr.. Ha-
ley, the Public Ledger's investigator,
has sought and found and which lie
has set forth in a series of articles
the first of which appeared yesterday
He has succeeded in making it very
plain that the so-called war prosper
ity" is shared by the few; that in the
majority of instances higher wages do
not necessarily mean greater COM
forts for the recipient, and what is
far more serious, che demons rate
that for the far greater number there
has been no share Of prosperity at al
in the higher wage scale and very
real and definite addition to the bur
dens of life caused by the lowered
purchasing power of the dollar. Those
added burdens mean a lowering OF
the standard of living In so far as
that is a war sacrifice the people arc
ready and willing to accept it; bat
they are not going to be deceived
into believing in a prosperity that
is not their own Nor are they alto
gether satisfied that the means have
yet been devised by which the bur
dens and sacrifices necessitated by
the state of war are distributed
equitably. ~
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
THE FATHER
FATHER
IssIA. THE
---STRIA

that the German press Cd right out
in the open and publicly lectures Aus
tria for it's unfriendly attitude toward
German policy in the East Austrian
dissatisfaction with the new German
imperialism must have been very
strongly and pointedly expressed be-
fore the German papers which are
always well drilled and censored
would fatty attack their principal
and pivotal ally. The particular act
which precipitated the trouble was
the Austrian publication of a Polish
manifesto that reflected on Germany.
This was right in line with Austrian
precedent and policy if the Austrian
Government were minded to greatly
suggest to the arrogant military au-
tocracy of Prussia that they were tax
ing a road which Austria did not like
Austria has always been the ostenta-
tiols friend of the Poles When the
Romanoffs persecrted their Polish
subjects and the Hohenzollerns tried
"benevolently" to wipe them out, the
Hapsburgs almost coddled them by
contrast. So if the Hapsburgs desir-
ed today to hint to their Hohenzollern
allies that there was a force, handy
to their fingers, which they might
possibly turn against Prussia on some
suitable occasion, they would be very
apt to point to the Poles as that avail
able force.
OF course, there is not the remotest
chance that Austria will break with
German so long as she looks to her
for defense or profit. AT the present
Count Czernin is sitting cheek
by jowl with the German Foreign
at Bucharest where they
are arranging to settle the future Of
Rumania to their mutual interest
Austria has something very positive
to gain here from her German ALI.
ance. Then, again, there isfthe ltal
ian front. Even a polieyf6f indiffer-
ance toward that by ce2hany might
be exceedingly dangerous to Austria
when and if A%sefican soldiers APP
'eared at vensas- Moreover, there is
he Allied asmy salonica. Germany
could tempt Austria very effectively
by promising to make serious at
tack here. If the Allies expect to lib
crate Austria from Prussian bondage
the must offer her at least as good a
bargain as Germany does.
And they can do it. The Allies have
more to offer Austria than Germany
has. They can offer her real Austri-
an independence, to be subsequently
supported against Prussia by the full
force Of allied arms. If Germany wins
this war, and especially if she con-
verts row of ex-Russian States into
eastern satellites for her empire, she
becomes automatically the master of
Austria. Nothing can save Austria
from this fate but to strike defen-
sive alliance with the Allies. As to
Italy, it is by no means certain that
the Allies need give very much more
than Germany and her Won Buelows
stand ready to wrench from Austria
for the permanent settlement of the
Italia Irredenta question. President
Wilson has already told Austria that
she she will not be dismembered
Austria-court, army and peoples
fearlessly demanding separate nego-.
tiations with the United States.
Is there not here possible breach
in the bulwarks off Mitteleuropa? Is
there any other visible breach, now
that the Russian neck is bowed to
the Prussian yoke?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

Something like eighteen nurftTef
tons Of shipping was a !ded to III
merchant marine OF the United State:
yesterday when the Brunswick Ma
ine Construction Corpo lt'pn ;1an I'll
ed the handsome for masted schoon-
err Myion C. Taylor The rev sraoon
or is a beauty AM is without doubt
hte prize of fthe entire fleet built here
b. the Brunswick Marine people
Via wish her long life and success
s,,Lma
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

While the steel shipyards arc
wrangling and spending the Govern
ment's money like drunken sailors
the wooden yards, or vast majority
OF them, are going right along witt
launching, etc. Indeed, we must mo-
despise wood, if we even prefer STEEL
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The civilized world stands in hor-
ror at the distressing situation in Rus
STA and wonders what is the real rea-
son that the manhood of that mighty
empire does not rise up and save it.
self.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
TELEPHONE e.:

TELEPHONE:
Business Office, Editorial Room, 1888.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Glynn County,
City of Brunswick,
United States Court, Souther Dis
trict of Georgia for ten counties.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The people of Brunswick as we'll as
those of other ports where the Gov
eminent is building ships, ought to
take seriously the warning from
Chairman Hurley that the ports must
take care of the housing proposition
in the matter of shipyard employees.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

Why should the Gar if he can get
out of Russia, desire to go to France?
He would hardly find the atmosphere
congenial at this time.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The Shipping Board is to expert
ment upon the Lucia to determine
if she is really unsuitable. The one
convincing test, of course, would be
to fire a torpedo at her
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The German-American Alliance
may be thoroughly loyal but it is not
a particularly good time for hyphen-
ated societies.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The fellow who is planning a war
garden is likely to take issue with
Mr. Hoover on the wisdom of pro
longing the life of the hen.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

American troops are ON the Cham
payne front. They wish the folks at
home to understand, however, that
there's nothing in name.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The world may, as some one has
asserted, accept us at our own Valu-
alton, but we don't often catch it i'll
buying humor.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

In deciding on renewed German
Offensive, perhaps Hindenburg Con
cluded Petrograd would be more
suitable place than Paris for that
April fool dinner.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

To the kicker: If you must kick,
kick forward, like man; not back
ward, like a mule.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

1t is possible that Germany, trying
to seize Russia, may find it equally
hard to hold on or let go.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28

The two million tons of neutral
shipping obtained for the service of
the Allies il oTfsefeGtlye answer to
the submarine menace. J.. ~
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1918-02-28
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
CASTOR B. MEANS
WAS GERMAN SPY
Tells Chicago Court lie Re-
ccived $4,000 in Two
Payments.
GAVE FACTS TO WILSON
Says He Did Nothing Worse
Than Was Done by "Big
New York Lawyers"

CHICAGO, July 17.-hn admission that
many before the United States entered
the war and the allegation that some Of
New York's most prominent lawyers
had done "a he did were made to-day
by CASTOR B. Means. in testimony in
the hearing to establish the legality Of
one of two wills purporting to dispose
of the $4,000, 900 estate left by the late
James C. King of Chicago.
Means. who appeared as a witness for
the heirs OF Mrs. Maude A. King. for
whose alleged Staying he was tried and
acquitted in Concord. n. c., last cum
mer, freely admitted having received
money for acting as secret agent Of
the German Government before the out
break OF the war with the United States.
He told OF receiving $4,000 at one
timc and s92. 900 at another for his SER
vices to Germany and of delivering
Si.3o0,0 900, which he received on a check.
to Capt. Boy Ed. one OF Germanys chief
spies in this country. who was subse-
quently expelled
which he received 1000, Means said
81 made the money the way lots OF
other Americans did, some Of them the
biggest lawyers In New York. I can
easily tell you the place where I re-
ceived fright in the Trinity church.
yard at a designated tombstone"
The witness also admitted that he and
German spies In this country were to tie
UP the building of electric boats, the
mosquito fleet being built for the AL
lies in this country. Means said that
he found that the boats had gun en-
placements and that Capt. Boy-Ed called
this to the attention of the Neutrality
Board In Washington.
president Wilson then very properly
asked Capt. Boy-Ed why he was doing
detective wor;; in the United States.
said Means. And now for the first time
the public knows why Capt. Boy-Ed was
sent back to Germany. l turned all my
Information over to the Government"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
NEW SHIP LAUNCHING
RECORD LABOR DAY
Another Exhibition of Patriot
ism Planned by Workers.
Special Despatch TO THE Sun.

WASHINGTON. July l7.--Another great
ship launching fete, to demonstrate to
the world the patriotism of American
labor. Is planned By the labor forces OF
the country for the celebration Of Labor
Day.
A proposal to make Labor Day a
ship launching day even greater in the
volume OF tonnage and the number Of
ships than the Fourth of July. when
nearly half a million tons OF steel and
wooden vessels slid down the ways. was
received by Chairman Hurley OF the
Shipping Board to-day from labor repre-
sentatives on the West coast. where all
shiphuildlnS records are being broken.
The suggestion has also been made
to President Gompers and other officials
OF the American Federation of La Dor. II
has found approval on every hand.
The celebration will be entirely In the
hands of the labor men. and plans are
under way to rush work in every ship
yard in the country to have sufficient
tonnage ready on the first Monday in
September to break the Fourth OF July
record OF nlnety-five ships of approx
mately 100000 tons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
PRIZE POSTERS WILL
Be ON EXHIBITION
Best Designs to Be Sent to
Many Cities for Public
View.

Competitors in the ship poster contest
of the National Service Section of the
United States Shipping Board. Emer
gency Fleet Corporation. should pin in
their hats the important fact that the
contest will end one week from to-day
July 25). All entries should be sent
without delay by mail, express or mes
senger to THE Sun Office, so that their
arrival may be assured before midnight
of that date. They should be plainly
addressed United States Shipping
Board Poster Competition. care of THE
Sun, $50 Nassau street. New York city"
As soon as the judges award the prizes
in the four divisions. announcement will
be made Of the public exhibition Of the
prize posters, honorable mentions and
number of selected designs In this city
Exhibition of the originals will follow in
Museums and libraries in several other
cities.
I'VE are receiving letters from the
managers of many industrial plants en-
gagged in shipyard and naval construction
work throughout the country stating that
the poster idea will go further to instill
patriotism, speed up work and recruit
men for their plants than any other idea
which has been put forth by the United
States Shipping Board" said A. r.
Parkhurst, Jr. secretary OF the National
Service Section, yesterday
There are nearly 5000 OF these
plants. We are hoping that many fine
designs will come out OF the contest. We
will have use for all the good posters we
can get. Our plans contemplate a new
poster a week for evety shipyard and in
dustrial plant, the output Of which goes
to the shipyards, until the war is won,
and the posters are going to play a big
part in winning 1T
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
WATER MASTERS USE COAL.
75, O8O Tons Could He Saved Year
~ In State, Says Bureau.

ALBANY, July 17.--WRter consumers
in nineteen New York State cities are
responsible for the waste of at least 75,-
600 tons OF coal year used to pump the
water. according to a report made public
to-day by the New York State Bureau OF
Municipal Information. This report is
the result OF a study Of water waste and
leakage in New York State cities made
for the State Conference of Mayors.
This amount of COAL" says w. z.
Capes, director of tie bureau, "is suffi-
Client to heat 1900 average American
homes this winter. II would keep q, 900
persons warm.
The study OF the data We have re-
ceived from the cities shows conclus.vely
that effective means to reduce waste and
leakage OF water should be taken in
more Il an one-half the cities of the
State, and that in at least fourth the
municipalities a reduction in the power
consumption will effect a saving OF thou
sands OF tons OF coal"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
GERMAN CAPITALIST
FEARS TRADE WAR
Heineken Warns Against
MitteI Europa Idea.

AMSTERDAM, July 17.-Those PAN
Germans who dream OF a complete eco
nomic Independence as the result Of the
projected Middle Europe League are
rudely awakened by Philip Heineken.
director of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company, WI o, in the periodi-
cal Dcutsche Stimmcn. publishes an
article which las attracted a good deal
OF attention.
1t is Bremen. Hanourg and the other.
seaportg where the Entente strange
hold vii, be the most severely felt, the
director says, and tie practical views Of
business men there are apt to clash with
those OF political schemers in Berlin.
Director Heineken, who expressly dis
claims Judging the question from a too
narrow shipowners' point of view. warns
against exaggerated expectations from
the blessed word 'Mitteleuropa' as a
cure all for TIE economic Ills to which
the Central Powers are heirs"
1t is a popular fallacy, he declares. to
imagine that Middle Europe will make
UP for lost markets abroad. He prefers
the principle adopted at Vienna in n
resolution OF the Federated Austro-ieS-
man Commercial Unions last June which
was THE resumption OF economic rela-
lions with all nations"
Director Heineken cites a series of
figures taken from the German pre-
war imports list and continues by say
ing that a glance shows II will be i'm
possible in the future to cover all these
needs from domestic sources.
Austria Hungary. which has no colo
| MES. he says, is especially dependent on
overseas supplies. II Is OF prime i'm
portance. Herr Heineken II inks. that the
Central Powers rid themselves as soon
| as possible after the war of the shackles
of what he terms a state socialistic war
administration and return to individual
enterprise.
Middle Europe, he concludes. must be
made a means to that end, but must
never be regarded as a political achieve
ment for its own sake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
BATHERS WARNED OF
NAVAL EXPERIMENTS
Beaches Around Newport
viii Be Shaken by Reports.
Special DespatcA 10 TnE srN.

NEWPORT. r. l., July l7.-Summer resi-
dents as well as all others around here
will do little surf bathing the next three
days. Beginning tomorrow and for the
two following days there are to he some
naval experiments made' off Taylors
FONT on the jamestown shore.
The experiments are to cause loud re-
ports and they will be dangerous 10 am
one in the water, according to Capt
Joseph w. Oman. L. s. ~. in a public
warning issued to-day. He recommends
that for the three days there be no bath
ing after A. NJ. In this vicinity. He
also says that his warning includes all
ocean beaches from Narragansett Pier to
Sachuset Point and In the waters of
Narragansett Bay south OF Melville.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
GEM ROBBERS NEAR ARREST.
Three Persons in Custody II
100000 Chicago Theft.

CHICAGO. July l7.-With two men and
woman in custody and with additional
arrests promised the police asserted to-
day they expect TO capture soon the rob-
bers who on January 26 last entered
the Heller Rose Jewelry Company's
store and escaped with jewels valued at
more than 100000.
One man has made a confession which
resulted in the recovery OF part of the
stolen Jewelry. the police say. The rob
berry occurred during the evening rush
hour when four men entered the Offices
Of the jewelry company in the down
town district and after locking the en-
ployees in a closet escaped with the
gems No trace of the robbers could be
found by Chicago police. Work on the
case, however, was resumed recently
when 1t was learned that a string of
pearls valued at several thousand dol
lars had been recovered in New York
city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
COAL MINERS MAY BE EXEMPT.
Fuel Shortage PIen Likely TO
bring Draft Ruling.
Special Despatch to Tue suN

WASH INGToN, July 1.-THE excmp-
ton of coal miners and persons engaged
around mines from draft in the military
service on grounds Of their Occupation Is
under consideration by officials of ne
Provost Marshal Generals Office The
matter was urged to-day by the directors
of the National Coal Association in n
meeting here, who see increased possi-
bilites OF coal shortage this winter
through further calls Of miners into the
army.
The anthracite producers discussed the
matter at Philadelphia with Major Ros-
zoe C. Conk!ing OF the Provost Marshal's
office with view OF securing occupa-
tonal exemption for the miners in east
ern Pennsylvania.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
PROF. ARTHUR M. WHEELER.

NEW HAVEN. July l7--Prof. Arthur
Martin Wheeler. Durfee professoa of
history emeritus at Yale University
died to-day in his summer home at
Grove Beach. Westbrook Prof. Wheeler
until two years ago gave to undergradu-
ates each spring a lecture upon the
battle OF Waterloo. under auspices of
the Phi Beta Kappa. During lis active
service he had written largely on his
torical subjects.
Prof Wheeler was born in Weston.
Conn, January 81, 1896 Ho was gradu-
ated from Yale in 1857, studied in France
and Germany. took course in theology
at Andover Seminary and then became
member of the Yale faculty. He re-
tired In 1906. Until 1911 e was a lee
turer on European history. The funeral
will be held here on Friday afternoon.
Prof Wheeler Is survived by two sons
and one daughter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
PLATINUM SUPPLY AMPLE.
4. S. Has 10000 Ounces-To Halt
Metals Use in Dentistry.

WAsHINGroN. July Ill. L. Sum-
mers Of the War Industries Board testi-
ned to-day before the House Ways and
Means Committee that there is no crisis
in the platinum situation in this coun-
try to justify communicating all stocks
held by jewellers
He said the Government now has a.
the minis $4,000 ounces OF platinum and
has Is, 900 more ounces under control
Mr.. Summers said the board expected
to eliminate the use OF platinum in den
tistry work in the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
Mexican Archbishop Deported.

Ell PAso. Tex. July 17.-Archbishop
Francisco Orozco y Jiminez OF Guada-
lajar, Mexico, has been ordered de-
ported from Mexico and is expected to
reach Laredo, Tex, soon, according to
information received by Father Garde
of the Sacred Heart Church. Archbishop
Jiminez was arrested at Lagos, Jalisco
July g..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
SCRIP TICKETS BY AUG. l.
McAdoo Says Mileage Books VIII
lie Good on All Railroads.

SAN Francisco, July Nv. G. Nc
Adoo, Drector-General of Railroads.
closed II conference here to-day with his
Western assistants. lie announced that
scrip tickets for 1000 miles or more, ac-
ceptable on all Government operated
lines. would be ready August l.
He started tonight for Portland.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
TO CALL T0LISHUs WITNESSES
Syracuse Sedition Case to he Pre-
scented Monday.
Special Despatch TO TIE sux.

SYRACUSE, ". Y. July 17.-Preparation
of subpenas for witnesses at the third
presentation OF the alleged sedition case
of John A. Tolishus to the specially con-
vened Grand Jury next Monday was be-
gun to-day by J. w. Davern. Assistant
United States District Attorney.
The subppnas will be for all who
testified at the previous hearings and
presumably several others. d. Eaton
Alvord. Assistant Corporation Counsel a
petitioner for Federal investigation OF
the June "a Grand Jury proceedings, was
notified to-day he had been drafted and
ordered to leave next Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
C. w. NASH TO ASSIST RYAN.
Former General Motors Chief VIII
Help In Aircraft Work.

WASH INGToN, July 11.--Following
conference in the Office OF Secretary of
War Baker to-day, announcement was
made that C. W. Nash, president of the
Nash Motors Company of Kenosha. Wis.
had been appointed assistant to John d.
Ryan. Director of Aircraft Production,
and would have charge of engineering
and production.
Mr. Nash is to assume his duties IN
mediately. and has given up all ittive
connection with his own company for
the duration of the war. He was for
merly president of the General Molois
Company and is known Throughout The
automobile industry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-18
BUFFALO "DEMCKRAT" QUITS.
Publisher of Newspaper Says De-
mand Is for American Idcas.

BUFFALO, July 1.-THE Dcmokrat. a
German language daily newspaper. sus-
pended publication to-day The publisher.
Frank c. Held said that the desire of
the German reading public ITO take up
the purely American ideas is so evident
that We believe nothing further can be
accomplished In this field"
The Demokrdt began as a weekly In
1887.