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New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Bill
Presented at Albany

A bill providing for the training of
teachers to teach English and civics to
adult illiterate citizens has been intro
duced by the Americanization commit
tee of the Woman Suffrage party in
Albany.
The bill is approved by the State
Department of Education, which has
been cooperating with the suffrage or
ganization in drawing it up.
Miss Mary E. Dreler. chairman OF the
Amcricanization committee. said last
"At Yaphank alone there are 1,60O
men who do not speak or understand
English. AS Secretary Lane pointed
out the other day, these men cannot
read the manual Of arms, cannot even
understand orders. At the camps, of
course, an effort is being made to teach
the men English, but in later drafts
they should be taught before they leave
for the camp.
"There is a second reason for the
Immediate passage of this bill. BY the
granting of the franchise to New York
women there have been added to the
electorate at least 100000 who cannot
speak English, and 225,000 of these are
illiterate in any language
MANY of these women may vote next
fall. We cannot teach them in a few
months to vote intelligently and inde
Dendently but working knowledge of
English will be great step toward
teaching them citizenship"
Fifty thousand dollars is asked to
support the trainino of teachers. If
passed the bill will be put into opera
ton this spring.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
May Lose Her Children

In a little tailor shop two years ago
young Charley F. spent his days clean
ing and pressing and making clothes
and dreaming of future when he
would have shop of his own, but
tuberculosis ended the plans and hopes
for his family's welfare.
After bitter struggle of two years
he was beaten in his race for life, and
died when only thirty-two. Just two
months before he died little Charley,
.jr., was born, making the fifth child in
the family
With their savings long used up and
the insurance money more than spent
by debts during his illness, Mrs. f.
was left wit hno means of support and
nothing to provide for the hard days
following his death. BY making candy
boxes all day long she managed, with
the help of her brother, to make ends
meet for time, but the struggle was
too much, and finally she realized that
she must part with the children or ask
for help.
To build up their strength and to
supplement Mrs. F.'s income. while she
learns to be both mother and father
to her children, the Charity Organiza-
tion Society appeals for $24O. Gifts
may be sent to 105 East Twenty second
Street. They will be promptly &C.
knowledged.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Creel Assailed for
Sending Speakers
To Townley League
TStaf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Protests
have beer. lodged with President Will
son and Attorney General Thomas w.
Gregory against the Committee on
Pubic Information sending speakers to
Minnesota to appear at Non-Partisan
League meetings, arranged by league
leaders who have been indicted for
alleged seditious utterances.
E. H. Nicholas, County Attorney Of
Jackson County, sent a telegram to the
President about a meeting scheduled
for Lakefeld next Wednesday. A copy
of the message was transmitted to the
Department of Justice to-day, and it
is understood that a ruling by the
Attorney General is expected Monday.
Mr.. Nicholas has protested that the
Creel committee has no business fur
nishing speakers for any kind of
political meeting He holds the Non
Partisan League meetings to be poiiti-
cal in character.
When the protest was carried to the
speakers division of the Creel commit
tee, the director, Arthur Bester, said
he knew nothing about the arrange
ments and referred the inquirer to
George Creel, chairman of the commit
tee, who was instrumental in sending
Tariff Commission, to address the re-
cent Non Partisan Convention in st.
Paul.
Letter it was said in Mr. Besters
office that Dixon c. Williams, of Chi
cago, is to appear under the auspices
of the Committee on Public Informa-
tion and is working in way with the
Partisan League.
The committee has received a num-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Vital Force Weakened

From the facts here set forth and
from many minor items in the German
press | have derived the strong con-
viction that the vital forces of the
people have already been seriously
weakened. Many persons have un-
doubtedy already died of hunger,
though this is nowhere admitted in so
many words. for death is camouflaged
by assigning some disease as its direct
cause. But slow starvation is evident
ly sweeping off thousands people
whose physical and mental powers of
resistance have become so weakened
that they succumb easily to the attack
Of some ordinary sickness.
Now, what of the future? Will the
pinch of hunger continue to grow
lzeencr?
In looking for answers to those
questions one general consideration
deserves attention. Germany has had
hard luck, almost without parallel in
years of bad harvests. According to
the Old law of probabilities alone. it
can hardly be expected that equally
hard luck will be repeated this year.
and if the country has survived
through three bad crop years. it is at
least probable that it will continue to
survive, even if the crops of 1918
should turn out as poorly as hitherto.
The prospects for food production at
home this year are by no means reas-
surlng for the German people. They
are confronted by a trinity Of short
ages farm labor, draft animals and
fertilizers. There are fewer aborer, to
cultivate the fields than in 1917. Fur
ther calls for troops have been made;
many vigorous Young men have now
reached the reduced military age and
have been taken away from farm work,
and not few older men, hitherto cx-
cmpt for physical defects, have now
been caught by the more rigid combing
process to get recruits.
There will also be fewer Russian
prisoners, more than 100000 Of whom
have hitherto helped in working the
German fields. Many of these, yielding
70 compulsion or the inducement of
high wages, will doubtless stay in Ger
many, but many will return to Russia.
Industrial and other calIings also have
continued to bid sharply for whatever
labor was left in the country, and thus
toe labor expense Of crop production
has increased
3 1t IL significant fact that the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Women Defeat ''Wets"
Court Upholds Signatures on
No-License Petitions

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. March 30
The first inning in the battle of the
"wets" of Mount Vernon to prevent a
special election to decide whether there
shall be no license in that city, ended
to-day in favor of the "drys" whe1f Su-
preme Court Justice Arthur S. Tomp-
kns, at Nyack. handed down decision
upholding the constitutionality of the
local option law.
This means victory for the women,
Vernon signed the petition in favor of
no license.
The hotel and saloon keepers brought
proceedings to throw out petitions
signed by the suffragists, upon the
ground that they were not qualified
electors and had no right to sign.
Justice Tompkns holds that the wo-
men are qualified electors and that they
have a right to vote at the special cleo
ton, which will be held April 16.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

foreign. By blood and sympathies I
am about as American as anybody can
he. have offered myself several
times to the army, and I have never
spoken a word in my life that was anti
American.
Members Exonerate Him
81 was suspended from the club be-
cause got into a row with another
member. The bylaws of the club com.
pei the board of governors to suspend
a man when charges have been made
against him in writing, so was sus-
pended. will come up for trial on
Monday, l understand, and l know how
it will come out. I'll be exonerated and
reinstated."
Other members Of the club felt
greatly embarrassed over the fact that
Mr.. Ruysdael's name had beer
given to the newspapers in connection
with the pro-German episode They
said he had been one of the prosecutors
of the proGermans and that he was
and always had been thoroughly loyal
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Investigation Spreads Be-
yond Official Activities of
Board Of Governors
Ruysdael Not Disloyal
Metropolitan Basso Exoner.
ated by Fellows Of Enemy
Sympathies

Investigation of pro-Germanism in
the New York Athletic Club spread be-
yond the official activities of the board
of governors yesterday following the
public announcement that one enemy
alien had been expelled and several
other members suspended, to be tried
later.
That there is strong movement in
the club to force action against several
prominent members, Americans, who
are charged with trying to shield the
enemy aliens and pro- Germans in the
organization, was indicated. 1t was
charged that an enemy alien had served
as a member of the clubs library COM
mttee after the United States declared
war on Germany, and that he has been
in position to flood the library with
German propaganda material 1t was
stated that as late as last August
ly entertained there men whose pro-
Germanism has caused the United
States government to investigate tneIr
activities.
Ruysdael Not Pro-German
Fred r. Fortmeyer, secretary OF the
club, stated that neither Basil Ruys-
dael, the basso of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, nor H. Lampe, former
ly in the employ of a German steam
ship company, who were suspended
last week, were under charges of utter
ing pro- German sentiments. He said
they we're not in the group of proGer-
mans who were fou I'd celebrating the
Kaiser's victory last Saturday.
Mr.. Ruysdael was especially indig-
nant over the mistake whereby his
name was confused with the proGer-
mans because he happened to be sus-
pended when Paul E. Schnable, an i'm
porter and an enemy alien, was ex-
PEELED.
81 have been among the foremost in
eradicating pro-German sentiment from
the New York Athletic Club" said Mr.
Ruysdael, "and it is an outrage to mix
me up with these spies and traitors
cheering for the Kaiser"
care you an American citizen 2" Mr.
Ruysdael was asked.
"Am l? Well, come pretty near be-
ing an American. My ancestors came
to this country between three and four
hundred years ago, and the family has
been here ever since. l don't know of
a drop of foreign blood in me, unless
you call old Dutch and English stock
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Lack of ood and Adulterated
Substitutes Increase
Death Rate
Crop Prospects
Not Reassuring
Empire Looks to Ukraine
and Dutch-Plans No
Hunger Peace
NOTE-Until the outbreak of

NOTE-Untl the outbreak of
acar betaoeen the United States and
Germany Mr.. Dreher had been for
years The Associated Press cor
respondent at Berlin, specializing
IN financial, economic and political
subjects. He has, there fore, u very
acide knoaoledge of the sources and
nature of Germany's Industrial
poaoer, and also an unus1tal under-
standing of Ge1many's emotions.
In this and succeeding articles he
aoiN digest all available euidence
as to the conditions no1O existing
IN the land Of the enemy and dra1u
such conclusions as seem to him to
be warranted.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
To Seize German Wool
Will Be Searched Out
in United States

Francis Garvan, representative be,e
of the Federal custodian of ensn.v n.u
alien property, said yesterday that tbs
taking over of German woolen mil inv inv
terests in New Jersey was only a start ar
toward searching out and seising hid.
den stocks of wool. A'0'
The responsibility lies with tboss
who fail to report, or who cover 'I,o IN
several large blocks of stocks in y.r;.
GUS sections Of the country" said M
Garvan. The trading with the enemy my,
act provides adequate punishment for
them" I AVA
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Enemy Alien Walters
Arrested at Beach Hotel

Four enemy aliens who have been
working as walters in the Nassau
uotel Long Beach, were arraigned be-
fore William Wallace, director of the
New York Port Enemy Alien Bureau,
yesterday for examination.
After long Interrogation of the
quartet Mr.. Wallace recommended that
Karl Werth, twenty three. be interned
for the duration of the war. Charles
Mangner who gave his address as 102
West SiXty-iirst Street, was ordered
detained for fifteen days for not notify
ing the authorities that he had changed
his address.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

p" per Of telegrams condemnins III.
league for its activities against th ths
war Mr. Bester's assistant voluntsor.aaas .as
ana added that Mr.. Williams's misa;aa, i,su,
is to arouse those fo ks out thers ths'.a "
hearty support Of the government "
~ Greet IS an ardent defender Of ~.
Non-Partisan League. 1t was he whe she
last Ia arranged an interview w;.S wtS
the PRESIDENT for A. C. Townley pres' u
dent OF the league, and tried to arrsna. ns
one with Mr.. Hoover, but the es Foes
Administrator refused to see Towni.nu vu
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Infants Health Guarded

Before | came out of Germany. the
statistics of infant mortalty-which,
by the way, have always been shame
fully high there-had been steadily
lowered during the war period. These
figures covered the larger cities and,
if they were correct. they certainly
showed that babies less than one year
old were being well cared for. 1t may
be assumed that conditions were even
better in the country regions, which
were not embraced in the published
figures.
But there was special reason why
the youngest infants gave comfort to
the vital statistician. The authorities
took pains, from the very beginning Of
the war, to see that not only the babies
got normal allotments of milk, but
that nursing mothers and women dur
ing expectancy should receive fairly
adequate nourishment. And the babies
are still being cared for; even special
coal allotment, in times of fuel famine.
is made for houses where there is an
infant.
But the statistics Of infant mortality
already referred to came down only
to November, 1916 There arc reasons,
however, for believing that conditions
have changed since then. The Berlin
Statistical Office has published figures
for Berlin for the first half of 1917
showing a mortality Of 1874 per 100
births, as against only 1O7 for a COM
parative period in 1915 The Socialis,
"Norwarts,' which reproduced these
hgures, added that there had been a
further striking increase in infant
deaths in July and August, 1917.
Another Socialist paper, the "Volk,
stimme," Of Chemnitz. has recently
published some striking statistic.
evidently oftcial--illustrating how the
health Of school children has deterior.
ated- On January 4. this paper said
,nat inyestigations OF the health oil
these children, made up to the end Of
1915: had shown uniformly favorable
results; hence it could be said that
tine war generally speaking. hac
pa 'see By our youth without leaving
any trace But more recent iuyesti
Pations. the paper vent on. indicated =
en&nge, The latest statistics showed
tnat children upon leaving school. e.
at tae aZe Of about fourteen-wert
oi-. o.. or per cent an@rnic, as agains'
2l,lA per cent IN the year 1913; also
lhat nearly per cent of them were
tuheTeple rs, as compared with La DC,
cent for 1913 's'
Last September the chief health Of.
fcer o. Dresden published conclusions
that he had reached after STUDYING
health conditions there. It should be
mentioned, however, before giving MS
results, that Dresden is good com
petitor with Berlin for the palm ir
neagre feeding; the figures, therefore
must be taken as rejecting condition,
at their worst in the larger towns
This Dr. Dienemann showed that the
food card allotment at Dresden, in
the case of children between the age
III eight and eighteen, ranged bctwces
only nne-haif and thrce-fourthg % their
normal requirements. He added that
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
(Fifth Articie)
By William c. Dreher

To-day shall try to answer two
questions: How has the hunger of
fensive affected the vitality of the Ger
man people, and what are Germany.s
prospects to continue feeding her peo-
pie?
The visible effects of malnutrition
were everywhere apparent before
quit the country, in February, 1917.
Haggard faces were more frequently
seen, and children in the poorer quar-
ters of Berlin BETRAYED more frequent
ly signs of i'll feeding.
Reduction in weight was a common
experience among ones acquaintances.
The first question then usually put TO
ones friend, after an absence of a few
weeks, was: "Well, how many pounds
have you lost by this time?" 1t was
by no means unusual to hear of per-
sons who had lost from thirty to forty
pounds.
The Mayor of Halle got up in the
city council several months ago and
admitted that he had lost fifty pounds.
This was to exonerate himself from
the charge that burglars had broken
into his cellar and stolen large stocks
OF hoarGed PROVISIONS. HIS plea was
that thieves could see by looking at
him that his cellar was empty. and the
councilmen regarded that line of de-
fence as perfect.
But it was generally said to me by
persons OF shrunken girth that they
suffered in no way from the change
Most OF them even claimed that they
felt better for having stripped off so
much .of their mortal coil. The Mayor
of Berlin told me that this was his
own experience. and he had extracted
the same comforting admission from
many of his friends. Ny own expert
ence. however, did not confirm this pa
triotic German view After losing thir-
ty pounds l grew nervous and slept
badly, but | never realized fully how
run down | was until came out of
Germany and began again to feed nor
mally. And | have a strong conviction
that those Germans who were so cheer
full a year ago over their shortened
belts would now tell a different story.
But their story has not been told.
There are no statistics on mortality
or general health to show how the
vital forces of the people have been
affected. Only in the case of infants
have statistics been published; and
some interesting figures for school
children are also accessible.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

ssew = me fifae - own y15r ava hdns4,
Turn ~ the Eeoi Eefate C1niu.DH OF ta-
cal's ffitDDf Perhaps nan lDd there
1rst sGuy oGDe!tunity.--A4sL
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17
5fkkf1knllI-4dioh arr--
:. 40l4u 4111as

Charlie Woalnnn WAS up from
syracuse Wednesday.
Al L. Remler m4de q business
trip to Holly wednesday.
D. N. Craven went to Holly We'd
nesday and Thursday of last week.
Mrs. f. d. Hesae and their three
daughters, Mary. leslie and Annie
were in Holly Wednesday. Mrs.
Hesse was having some dental work
done
The ladies Aid Society Of the
Presbyterian church met with Mrs.
Thomas Thursday and tackled .
comfort for Mrs W. R. Padley.
Raymond Shanstorm was in Hol
| " Thursday.
| Walter and Earl Psdley are Sear-
ing down . house that their moth
er bought Of Mrs. n. Clarity. They
are also moving 1t out totMrs Pad
ley's claim south of Holly. Another
old land mark going.
| Mrs. T. 8. Mason came home Wed
nesday from the hospital at Dodge
City where he has been for some
time. She is very little better at
this writing.
Ed Richie made business trip
to Holly Friday.
A. L. Remler made q business trip
to Syracuse Friday.
| Mrs. H. M. Mason OF Pueblo, Colo.
| was here few dsys last week visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Mason and
| family. She returned to her home
Saturday.
Frank JAMES and wife moved In
to the house south of the Presby-
| terian church Friday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ed England came
home May End from Camp Doni.
! phan where they had been to visit
their son John who is at the camp.
Henry Seals and family went to
Syracuse Thursday and while they
were there the big dust storm came
UP and they had to stay all night.
They returned home Friday.
Several farmers from the north
flats were loading car Of broom
corn Friday and Saturday to be
shipped to Chicago.
Fritz Clarity was home Sunday
between trains visiting his relatives.
Fritz is running on the local freight
and his Sunday layover is in SYRIA
cuse.
/ Mrs. F. H. Pomeroy, Mrs. w. R.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs Gunter visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Collier Sum
day.
This community was shocked,
Wednesday to hear the sad news
of the death Of Mr.. Bogue. Our
heart goes out to the grief stricken
family. in their SGD Bereavement.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17
BUTTE CREEK ITEMS

A much needed shower arrived
Saturday the 11th.
The pfe supper at the Union
building Wednesday evening was
well attended and the sum of $lO.5O
was made.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17
wEss rrE,ls

Mr.. and Mrs Parks called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Harper Sunday
evening.
There will be preaching at Webb
Schoolhouse Sunday, the 18th, con-
ductsd by Brother CawkinA
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17

Padley, Henry Peters and Addison
Thomas motored to Holly Monday.
DR.. A. w. Leonard, Dentist, will
return to Coolidge for one week
commencing June 3rd. 49-tf.
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17

Well drills are still busy. E.
Roberts expects to complete the
well for Keileys very soon. Allen
Stevenson has his drill on the Deri-
go place.
John Wayne has erected wind
mill on their ranch.
Sunday School was organized at
the Bell school Sunday by the HOli-
ness people
The Holly chieftain., 1918-05-17
oanr Plov

Gang Plow
l have some two or three bottom
plows for sale or trade;-C. A. Pink
ham. 35tf
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16
SUMpTER

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kindschi,
a daughter May II.
Calvin ~eCronk, brother Of Riley
Cronk, was killed in aeroplane acct
dent in Florida last week. The young
man resided in Sumpter for time.
The musical treat given by the Evan
gelical glee club of Prairie du Sac on
Friday evening was a decided success
and much enjoyed by all.
The home circle club met Wednes-
day at Roy Hoover's with large at
tendance. The next meeting will be
at Roy Mather's on Wednesday, May
%.
Miss Gertrude Clingman has finished
her school at Kern's Corners and re-
turned to her home in Excelsior.
L. E. Stone, Allen and Truman
Stone were called to La Crosse by the
illness of their father, H. Z. Stone.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16
Married
EngeIking-Sansum

Il very pretty wedding occurred at.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. David San
sum Wednesday evening at 8 O'clock
when their daughter Margaret May
was united in marriage to Henry En-
gelking of Mt. Carroll, Ill.,, by Rec. j..
Lloyd Smith.
They were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
l.. J. Shuts. $ ster and brother of the
bride, with little Elizabeth SaDsum
acting as ring bearer. Before the GER
emory Miss Kathryn Cummings sang
a beautiful solo.
The decorations were the nationak
colors, carnations and tulips.
About forty guests were present, in
Guiding Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Sansum
and son of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cook and two sons of Green
field; Mrs.J l.. Smith, Mrs. Pruyn and
Miss Louise Pruyn, Mr. and Mrs
Leith Fellows and two children, Mr..
and Mrs. PearSe SanSum and two chill
dren, Lucille Tinkham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Shuts of BarabOO; Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinzler and daughter of Merrimack;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Payne of Sumpter;
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Shuts and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Steele and son
and Misses Ethel Higgins, Cathryn
and Cleo Cummings Of Delton..
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-05-16

School closed here Friday with pic
mic Thursday. The Frog Hollow con
tingent of the Walton band furnished
the music
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mulock Of Won
ewoc were callers Friday evening at
the George Good home.
Several from here attended revival
meetings at Bethel Sunday and Sun
day evening.
The following people went to Iron
ton Sunday to see the ruin wrought by
the cyclone: Misses Hazel and Bernice
Hutchens Doris Mortimer, Ethel Mat
tesOn, Mrs Hattie Holderman and son
Bert, Nate, James, Gilbert, Virgil and
Wayne Mortimer, Jesse Cox, Verne,
Frank and Bert Beier and Guy Thomp-
son.