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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
WOMAN IN BLACkMA|L
CASE GOES ON TRIAL
(By United Press.)

ATLANTA, Ga, March 14.-Mrs.
Hirsch, charged with an attempt to
blackmail Mayor Gambler out of $500,
600 was placed on trial here today. ].
w. Cook, jointly indicted with her,
was convicted several weeks ago. The
morning was consumed by selecting
a jury. Mayor Gambler then testified
repeating his testimony at the cook
trial.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
DEMAND SHIPPING PLAR
FROM THE NETHERLANDS
tBy United Press.)

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE
United States and Great Britain have
notified The Netherlands that Dutch
ships in American and allied ports
will be taken over unless an agree
ment regarding tonnage is reached. by
March Is.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
BUT BELIEVED THAT RUSSIANS
WILL THEN BEGIN A REvo-
LuTioNARY WAR. ss
TROTSkY PLANNING NEW ARMY
Grand Duke Michael Arrested cn
Charge That He Was Forming Plot
to Restore Monarchy With tilmself
on the Throne. n
BY JOSEPH sHAPLEN

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent,)
h PETROGRAD, March Ia. -Ratifica.
tion Of the German dictated peace
with immediate preparations FOR a
revolutionary war is a foregone con-
clusion when the Pan.soviet congress
convenes in Moscow. A decision Will
also be reached on the permanent
change Of the capital from Petrograd
to Moscow Three thousand delegates
will attend the congress.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
AMERICAN SOLDIERS GIVEN or
FIclAL COMM ENDATIoN BY
FRENCH OFFICERS.
BRITISH REpULSE STRONG RAID
Both Germans and Allies Claim Vic
tories In the Air--casuaIties From
! Paris and London Air Raids Include
Americans.
(By United Press.)

y WASHINGTON, March 14.-Mem'
bers OF the Rainbow Division defeat
ed the Huns when strong raids were
attempted on the noght Of March 4
and received official commendation
rom the French commanders, accord
ing to cables today from Gen. Persh-
ing to the war department.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
CONGRESS MAY TAKE
WIN WAR RECESS

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Con-
gress may take a win the war" re-
cess to sell Liberty bonds. Leaders
during the recess for several days be-
ginning April will go home to sell
bonds. 1t is planned to appeal par,
ticularly to the farmers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL
" ARRESTED IN PETRoGRAD
(By United Press J 4

PERTOGRAD, March 1a.-Grand
Duke Michael has beensarrested on q
charge that he was engaged in a4Gar-
man inspired plot to restore the mon
archy and place him on tho tssrona.
He hasa'been csiieis SRA ssnt to sI.
IBERIA.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
EXPERIMENT STATION
HOLDS INTEREST OF
Tenn. FARM AGENTS
MAKE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO
GROUNDS OF NEW STATE
INSTITUTION.
ADDRESS BY ]. A. EVANS
Representative From Washington
Brings Message on Need Of lncreas-
ed Food Prcduction--Many Visitors
Hear Him.

Making their first official visit tt
the grounds Of the new Middle Ten
nessee Experiment station, more thar
score Of county agricultural agents
specialists from the state division o.
extension and the U. s. department ol
agriculture, accompanied by members
Of the Board of Trade, made an auto
mobile tour this morning of the farms
that are being converted into one Of
the greatest agricultural experiment
stations in the South. The visit to
the station is the forerunner of many
similar expeditions to be made by
county agents and experts as well as
by thousands Of Middle Tennessee
farmers who will come to Columbia
throughout the years to come to view
the growing crops and learn the best
methods Of crop production.
c. M. Hume, who is in charge Of
the property, conducted the vicitors
over the grounds and pointed out the
locations Of the various buildings,
roads and experimental plots and
pastures.
The tour of sthe visitors was ex-
tended from the experiment station
grounds to the phosphate mines and
plants in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant,
in which the agents manifested much
interest. They were impressed with
the statements that raw ground phos-
phate rock is being used in several
northern states as fertilizer and some
Of them thought that no better place
for experiments in the use Of this
rock could be found than at the sta
tfon here. - t's ~ ~ es'ss'r
The county agents in the party are:
w. s. Baldwin, Clarksville, Mont
gomery; A. ". Beard, Fayetteville
Lincoln; G. P. Barrett. Lawrence
burg, Lawrence; Grady Bullock,
Springfield, Robertson; Gs P. Dillon,
Wayne; I. T. SElrod,
Dickson, Dickson; ]. III. Evans, ASH
land City, Cheatham; G. s. Graves,
Erin, Houston; III. H. Jones, Franklin,
Williamson; ]. w. Lowell, Centreyille,
Hickman; e. A. Mclean, Columbia,
Maury; H. G. Porter, Lafayette, Ma
con; r. H. Richardson, Waverly,
o. NJ Shelby, Dover,
Stewart; A. w. Shofner, Pulaski,
Giles; w. B. Shoulders, Hartsville,
Trousdale; Ebb Thomas, Nashville,
Davidson, e. B. Wright, Lewisburg,
Marshall; ]. A. White, Hohenwald,
Lewis. s.
Food production and its reations to
the governments program for winning
the war was the theme OF an address
this afternoon by ,. A. Evans of
assistant to Bradford
Knapp, director OF demonstration
work in the South. Mr.. Evans was
heard by more than score of county
farm agents, a large number of gov
ernment and division of extension
specialists and food administrators
from adjoining counties. His mes
sage was direct from the agricultural
department and the federal food ad-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
(By United Press.).

LONDON, March 14.-one man.
one woman and three children were
killed in last nights air raid over
London. it was officially announced
today BY Lord French. commander
OF the homo defense forces Six
aousese were demolished and thirty
others we're damaged.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
PAN-soviET q oNGREss
coNvENEs IN MOSCOW
(By United Press !

LONDON, March 14.The Pan-Sov-
let congress- in Moscow to ratIfy or
reject the GermansBolshevik peace
pact convenes today according to
Petrograd dispatches received here.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
T0MEET AT SIGNAL MT.
tBy United press.l

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Mar. H.
The State Bar Association will hold
its annual meeting at Signal Mountain
August Z, 8, 9, 10.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
U-B0AT ATTACK
ON A RED CROSS
HOSPITAL SHIP
(By United Press

n LONDON, March 14.-The hospital
ship Guilford Castle, returning home
with Red Cross signs showing, was
unsuccessfully attacked by a subma-
rine in the British channel Sunday,
the admiralty announced today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
BRITISH REPULsE ENEMY s
NORTH OF YPRES SECTOR
(By United Press.)

Y LONDON, March 14.An enemy
raid north of Ypres was repulsed,
Gen. Haig announced today. The ar
tillery is increasingly active.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
CYCLONE
u SWEEPS
COUNTRY
fnv united Press.)

TOLEDO, Ohio. March 14-A cy-
clone swept the country districts
near Adrian, Michigan, early today
causing heavy damage. Wires are
down and details are unobtainahle-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
$1,325,0O0,O0O ASKED
NAVY APPROPR|ATIONBItL
(By United Press.)

WASHINGTON, March 14.--Carry-
ing $l,s25ooo.ooo, the navy appro-
priations bill was reported out by the
house committee today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
TWO GERMAN AiRPLANES4
DESToYED IN NORTH SEA
.(By united Press.l

LONDON, March Ia Two British
seaplanes encountered five enemy
aircrafts in the North Sea Tuesday
and attacked them, destroying one
ana crrppiIng another, the admiralty
announced today H
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
GERMANS CLAIM THREE
AERoPLANES BROUGHT DOWN
(By United Press.)

BERLIN, March 14.-Three enemy
airplanes flying toward Frieburg
were brought down, the German war
office announced.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
(By United Press,

PARIS, March 14.--one American
woman was killed and an American
man and three women we're wounded
in Mondays air raid over Paris, 1t
was announced today.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy and cold tonight, and Fri
day. probably local rain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15

Among the gentlemen In Columbia
today to hear the address by J. A.
Evans of Washington on food produc-
tion at the farm agents meeting were
]. R. Peterson of Clarksville. Macon
Booth of Pulaski, Gardner E. White
of Wales. Sam F. Rogers of Buford
and ]. S. Rogers of Wales.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15

A. d. Knox, industrial agent for the
N. c. & st. L. railway. and w. L.
Clevenger and C. A. Hutton. dairy ex-
'perts from the University of Tennes-
see. we're here today to attend the
farm agents meeting and also to
look into the feasibility of establish.
ing cooperative creamery at cosam-
bia.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15

Harry B. Potter, the versatile and
ever alert press agent of the Univer-
sity Of Tennessee division of exten-
sion, was one Of the prominent visi-
tors at the farm agents meeting to-
day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-03-15
E. l.. Doak, food administrator for
Davidson county, was here today to
hear the address by ]. A. Evans.

W. A. Shoenfeld, assistant director
OF the university division Of exten-'
sion, was present and participated in
the discussion of farm agent problems
this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

active strength Of the army until
his medical treatment has reached
finality, when he is discharged on
pension, and during the period OF
his reeducation an allowance is
made to him for his maintenance,
varying with his family and his
place of residence. A single man
living in, for example, gets free
maintenance during training. while
a married man with two children
under ten, who lives at home, gets
60 cents a day plus s42.50 month
for his family, less his pension and
the children's pension allowances. 81
"Many men who have passed
through our hands," says Mr.. Kid
ner, "are now actually earning moro
than they did before they enlisted,
Our purpose is to anticipate the time
when public. sentiment toward the
returned soldier grows cold. The
idea is always kept before him that
now is the time for him to equip
himself to compete with his tit CON-
rades who will return after the war.
It is made clear to him that if he
does not now accept the highest op-
portunities proffered for his ina
provement there is no reason to be-
lieve that human nature is so
changed that five or ten years after
this war is over the public will be
any more considerate of veterans
than it has been after other wars.
The number of those who are so in
capacitated for more strenuous work
that they must fall back upon the
smaller handcrafts, such as basket
work, is much more limited than you
might imagine Whether he avails
himself of his opportunities now de-
pends very largely upon the soldier
himself-his will power, his cour-
age, his determination to succeed in
spite of his physical handicaps."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

A mason with spinal injury, for
instance, butcher who has lost an
arm, a textile factory employee with
tuberculosis, are obviously debarred
from earning their living in the way
they knew best. But there are other
ways in which their acquired expe-
rience is valuable; that they have not
discovered them is largely due to
their ignorance Of these other fields.
The mason, for instance, has a GER
tain groundwork knowledge of build
ing material which, enhanced by
training, might make him building
estimator or craftsman. The
butcher might be educated to be-
come food inspector.
The training is given in the mill
tary hospitals and consists Of two
kinds. There is first that primarily
undertaken for i ther, peutic value,
supplementary to medical treatment,
but also of value in improving the
mans re-awakening interest in civil
life. This training includes not only
physical exercise, but also outdoor
life such as gardening and poultry
keeping, and simultaneously GER
tain amount of general education,
especially in the commercial
branches, is impaired. The second
kind includes the vocational reedu-
cation, which is under the charge of
a distinguished technical education
ist, Mr.. T. B. Kidner. Educational
institutions, technical and agricul-
tural schools and universities, all
over the country are freely CO.
operating with the facilities and ap-
pliances at their disposal. McGill
University, at Montreal, for in
stance, is affording soldiers the op-
portunity of studying thermodyna-
mics and electrical engineering in
it's laboratories.
The soldier is retained on the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
By Charles w. Stokes

AEov1NG pictures are now be-
IN ing used by the Canadian
. government to show the
progress made in the reeducation of
disabled soldiers. These films,
taken in the workshops attached
10 the various military hospitals
established throughout the Domin-
ion. will, Of course, have an his
torie as well as a patriotic inter-
est: but their chief purpose is a
psychological one. They are shortly
n be sent to the hospitals in Eng
land where wounded Canadian SOL
d;ers are convalescing, to inform
these men of the preparations their
country has made for their rehabil-
;tation in civil life as useful men,
bers Of society.
The wounded man-that is to say,
the permanently disabled man-is
twice his country's creditor. Be-
sides owing him unreasonable graf
itude for liberties preserved, the
country owes him a limb, or, what is
the equivalent, its earning power. 1t
is not enough to give him a pension
and call the account square. A pen
sion, at best, does not represent his
labor value. The Canadian pen
sion scale has been recently in
creased, but even so, 100 per cent
disabled man can draw only $50 per
month, with small additional allow
ances for his dependents. Unless
he had been a day laborer, this
would be far below his earning
powers. Total disability is, indeed,
comparatively rare, and as the pen
sion is proportionately decreased, so
the gap between income and actual
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

spared. Mr.. Rogers believes the folks
at home should write sparingly the
bad news and write as much as pos
sible the good.
"It is unfair" he says, "to ask the
boys to carry home worries. I believe
that when our boys act as Uncle Sam
ideal soldier does not act it is usuallr
because they are worried about homo
1t is such worry, and not inherent
viciousness, which leads them to the
consultations of pretty girl of the
village"
Moreover, it isn't their heroism that
the boys want to hear about when they
are being entertained. They want the
songs and poems that recall to them
their homes. Mr.. Rogers and his party
were always introduced with the
phrase:
"Here are some folks from home"
Then Mr.. Rogers would sing Mother
o. Mine," "Mother Machree," "Rolling
Down to Rio," "The Rosary" (Which
Ethelbert Nevin wrote especially for
him) and other songs Of the same kind.
Mrs. Rogers would then recite poems,
little Of Burns, little of John Oxen
ham, but especially Robert w. Ser
vices "Rhymes Of Red Cross Man"
(Which the boys know almost by heart)
and T. A. Daly's Italian dialect poems
Always somewhere in the concert, in
addition to the national anthem, there
would be "There's Long, Long Trail"
with its significant refrain:
There's long, long night of waiting
| Until my dreams all come true,
Till the day when I'll be going down
That long. long trail with you
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

living expenses increases. For ex
ample, man who has lost an arm.
but is otherwise physically whole.
might be awarded 80 per cent, but it
would be impossible for him to SUM-
port himself, much less a family.
upon S25 month.
There is also a further and
scarcely less important considera-
ton. Every war has revealed that
pension has frequently a bad effect
upon the morale of it's recipient. 1t
tends, unsupported by individual in
dustry, to induce laziness and its
resulting discomfort. The wounded
man who is allowed to degenerate
into an "old soldier" with no indus
trial value, a small pension and a
confirmed crouch, can develop, when
he coalesces with thousands of others
similarly situated, into an obstruc-
tlonlst party Of no mean political
power. Although public gratitude is
keen, it is subject to attrition: in
five or ten years it may have dis
appeared. Beginning with the spoil
ing or pampering of crippled SOL
diers, it may tail off into dispas-
slonate review of their actual eff
cheney. Special openings may have
been found for the cripple that can
not be permanent; the hazards of
employment in trades requiring
physical dexterity will have in
creased and rendered employers
cautious Of disabled men.
The Canadian government estab-
hshed the Military Hospitals Com
mission to deal with this phase of
the stupendous task of reconstruct
tion. The size of it's task can be
CLEANED from the fact that hospital
ships are now bringing back an aver
age of two thousand wounded Cana
dian soldiers month. These. men
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
By Harry Kurz

T%HE epic Of Paris, without fear
and without reproach, will prob
ably never be written, for the
heroic age of Iliads and Odysseys has
passed. Yet could one inspired sit
down and chant with pen immortal the
danger!
From the first moments when the
"poltical" long distance gun of the
Boche began to fire its diminutive she'll
into the vast city, the government of
Paris saw the need of guiding and ad-
vising the manifold activities that kept
on unabated. From the insignifcance
of the damage inflicted, it was soon
seen that life in the capital of Fraice
could not be inhibited in the slightest.
Were few shells going to affect a
tremendous city where factories and
shops supplied the needs of country
at war? A quick realization of the
danger and a quick adaptation to it
tided the city over the trying moments
when the monster gun was still an un-
explained mystery. Then, Paris at
work under the bombardment was the
only answer given to the Boche. If
the Kaiser thought that his new Krupp
was going to demoralize the rear, he
made the same mistake in psychology
for which he is already very famous.
Sang-froid and tranquil courage on all
hands, no boasting and no weakness,
these are the qualities that shone in
every section Of the French city.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

seeing AZ semi-private institutions
placed at its disposal, mainly, by
patriotic persons. Ten thousand
soldiers are under treatment, and
$500 are enrolled for vocational
training. Of these latter, one-third
are being reeducated in suitable
trades, in the adaptation of which
great ingenuity is shown. AS rule,
completely new trades are not taught
unless the man is entirely prevented
from following his old one, but
rather something allied to the for
mer trade, taking into account his
aptitudes, previous training and re-
naming abilities.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Officers Greater
Thieves Than Men

"The officers" say the escaped pris-
oners, "are far worse thieves than the
men. They used to search systemati-
cally for women's linen and wedding
trousseaus, and many of them are now
wearing lace-trimmed chemises and
silk drawers. Besides articles of cloth
ing, they remove furniture, house linen,
pictures and chandeliers from the
houses they occupy and send them to
their homes or the homes of their mis-
tresses."
But mere pillage is mild form of
diversion for the gallant" officer. The
forcible abduction Of Italian maidens
is their favorite pastime. The country
is infested with Italian-speaking Aus
trians Of Gorilla and the district, one
of whose chief and most lucrative ac-
tivities is to employ themselves as
decoy agents for entrapping young
girls.
"The inhabitants" state the escaped
prisoners, "live under a nightmare
dread of betrayal or dshonor; at night
old men, women and children barricade
themselves in one room and wait in
anguish for the dawn. Very often they
are reused by loud knocks at the door
and voices crying:
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

ere cleared at depots at the sea-
board and transported, as a rule,
and in special hospital cars for the
serious cases, to the point Of origi-
nal enlistment, telegraphic advice
being sent ahead so that they shall
be met by the proper authorities.
Two weeks leave are given to each
man, at the end of which time he
reports to the convalescent hospital
named on his pass, where he en-
barks upon the task of achieving
victory over his wounds.
Although, as it's name implies, the
Hospitals Commission discharges the
function of operating military hospi-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Prohibit Gathering
OF Crowds in Streets

The instructions of the government
were very simple, aiming mainly at de.
tails of warning of the bombardment,
and in their very terseness reassur-
ing. To distinguish from the danger
warning for Gothas, the signal that
bombardments were in progress con-
sisted of the beating of drums and the
blowing of whistles by policemen. 1t
was ordered that during bombardment
public conveyances, trains, subway and
cars, would continue to run. The only
thing that was prohibited was the
gathering of people in crowds in any
open underground for those who want
ed to use them, but very few sought
protection after the first novelty Of
surprise had worn off. At 6:30 one
morning the "alerte" for the lombard
ment was given. People stayed in
bed, if that was their wont, or they
prepared to go to work as usual. The
Frenchman is afraid of a cellar in the
morning, or for that matter at any
time. He fears the possibility Of
drafts and consequent colds more than
the infantile shells of the Bcche. By
$3.50 that day the boulevards had their
usual aspect, though every fifteen or
twenty minutes would come the regu-
lar detonation announcing that another
she'll had travelled it's seventy-fiyc
miles of space. Promenaders would
look up for a moment, stop, shrug
their shoulders, and then continue on
their way. If the Boches could have
looked on at this informal reception of
their political" gun, they would have
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Just the Way
Mother Feels

Mrs. Rogers's own verses, "Now that
my boy is gone to France try to wear
smile," usually bring forth the CON-
ment, "That's just the way my mother
feels"
The boys aren't there, Mr.. Rogers
found, primarily because Germany
fractured certain joints in the interna-
tional law. They are there for very per-
sonal, one might almost say domestic,
reasons. One man said, "I'm here on
account of my three children" Another
said, "Ive got only two of those rea-
sons, but they are why I'm here" But
perhaps if vote could be taken among
the American soldiers, Mr.. Rogers says,
the predominant reason would be
found phrased somewhat like this:
'I'm here in order that our mothers
and sisters shall not suffer the fate of
the French and Belgian women"
This article, it appears, is nearly all
about women. But that is because wom-
en- are the principal thing Sammy
thinks about, when he has time to do
any thinking at all. Look into every
ones emotions and motives and you
will find somewhere, Mr.. Rogers says,
a sister, a wife, sweetheart, or, per-
haps, most of all, mother. To be as
sured that they are all right, this is
almost the sum total of that important
military factor known as "army
morale" The boys will go cheerfully
into the fight if they know She has his
message:
The wireless is working.