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New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

that the law should be further amended in
such n manner that undue advance in prices
which may be disclosed by such nyestiga-
tion may be punished.
"Provision should likewise be made that
mercantile licenses shall be revoked or re-
fused where such Investigation shows an
unwarrantable advance in the price of COM
modites."
The suggestion is good one, "The
Star Bulletin" thinks, and
"this plank will win the party considerable
favor with the voters and the public gen.
orally if the campaign develops speakers
who can put the profiteering issue before
the people in definite, understandable form,
with local illustrations.
"The Federal Food Administrator has
power to get after profteers; SO has the
territorial food commission, but we take it
that the suggested law would give the latter
even broader powers At any rate, if the
subject is we'll presented in the campaign
1t will be first class educational work"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

from magazine having over 100000 SUBJ
scribers. The Shipping Board has, it seems,
a health and sanitation section of the indus
trial relations group through the United
States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation. The manager of the inforrna-
tion bureau tells US in an eight-page re-
lease, No. 527, that as an "impediment to
the machinery of the mosquito has
proved to be quite as sinister a factor as
the German propagandist or the jellyfish
pacifist." This heart throb will undoubtedly
be reprinted free in "The Saturday Evening
Post" Watch for it the front page of
the metropolitan papers on September 20.
Ii you cannot abide your soul in patience
until that date, read on September 90 six
page release, No. 531, entitled "Everybody's
Doing It." What? Why, driving ship
rivets, by the same Boswell, setting forth
the experiences of men with intellectual
faces, businesslike faces, and men wearing
overalls. This from the education and train
ing section of the industrial relations group
The Department of Agriculture issues
several bulletins, news letters, crop reports
and food surveys weekly, and supplements
these by loose sheets containing much of
the same information in tables. l do not
include Farmer Bulletins, as the people
know these and value them.
The latest number of this "Merchant Ma
riner," published probably, at the Hub of
the Universe, shows on page one of the
l.. K. Liggett drug stores at New Orleans,
with display in its windows. and headed
"a Live Enrolment Office Window at New
Orleans Gets Men in Service" Possibly
this free advertising for the various Lig-
gett drugstores may have something to do
with the generosity of these enrolling
agents who have joined the vast army of
a-dollar-a-year government employees.
Mr.. JOHNSON of Washington. Will
the gentlemen yield for one question?
Mr.. WALSH. | will.
Mr.. JOHNSON of Washington. Can
the gentleman give any reason for the
continuation of the governmental free
alaska Railroad Record" when the gov
eminent railroad itself and the building
operations have greatly shrivelled, with
two of the commissioners out Of it, and
the railroad building plan going to
pieces?
Mr.. WALSH. In reply to the gentle
man I will say did net know that reason
was an essential ingredient in connec-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

Mr.. JOHNSON Of Washington. Will the
gentleman yield?
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Saunders of Vir-
ginia). Will the gentleman from Massachu-
setts yield to the gentleman from Washing
ton?
Mr.. WALSH. Yes; briefly.
Mr.. JOHNSON of Washington. wanted
to say to the gentleman in that connection
that the Shipping Board itself has publca-
tion which it claims is not official, although
it sends it in an official wrapper.
Mr. WALSH. 1t is 1.-THE Emergency Fleet
News"
Mr.. JOHNSON of Washington. They
claim it is not governmental. However, it
is sent franked. They say the price of it
to subscribers is S. and they say that the
price is made that high in order to make it
practically prohibitive to subscribers After
they had printed four or five numbers thew
told me they had one paid subscriber and
several thousand free subscribers asked.
What are you going to do w.-h that s5 :?
Where does it go?" They replied, "We pre-
sumo it belongs in the Federal Treasury. in
m sccllanoous rocoir'e hr- ,.o - ,0. l.,o.v
how we will get it there" The paper was
presumed to reach the thousands upon
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Picardy in History
DICARDY was one of the old feud

DICARDY was one Of the old feudal
provinces Of France, and it's terri
tory is now comprised in the depart
ments Of Somme, Disc, Pas de Calais
and Aisne. The name is still unofficial
ly applied to that part of France wh ch
borders on the English Channel and con-
tains the cities of Amiens, Beau as,
Calais, Boulogne, ARA, oissors ard
Laon. The fighting il. II present war
has been largely in arLy, which was
a portion of that part of ancient Gaul
inhabited by the Belgians, who were
considered by the Romans the bravest
of the Gauls. The city of Amiens is
noted for its cathedral, one Of the most
magnificent in Europe, founc.ed in 1920.
1t is 470 feet in length, with transept
213 feet across.-The Christian Herald.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

tion with the greater portion OF these
publications.
Mr. JOHNSON of Washington. The
Alaska railroad newspaper is made up in
considerable part of personals, like
Tom Brown, formerly employed on the
railroad, has gone to the States
Mr.. WALSH. Of course, that may he
OF great interest in Massachusetts and
IN Key West and produce much gloom in
Berlin.
The fuel administration has published
"Fuel Facts" q booklet, on coated paper,
with information much of which has ap-
peared heretofore in the daily press as
news. The Federal Reserve Bank has its
Bulletin, likewise the regional banks the
Farm Loan Board. Then, "School Life"
from the Bureau of Education, is dainty
little publication, which will no doubt
have riddles and charades in its columns
in the near future
The Surgeon General prints maya
zine, Garry On" Of the lot this is evil
IDENTIFY worth printing, and it shows care
and forethought in its makeup
Our old friend, "The Reclamation Rec
WIZ 10 oSiil coming OUT. Inc SeplemDel
issue contains extracts from several
members of the Senate and House three
or four pages of reprints from editorial
articles, list of farm names, which will
be great relief TO the sturdy wheat
grower Of Minnesota. He can now
christen his farm by smashing a bottle
of buttermilk against the slo, after rhe
ship-launching style, and dub his farm any
thing from "Island Home" TO Mountain
Glen"
Public Roads" is the title of magazine
issued by the Department of Agriculture
containing some impressive illustrations
and interesting information, but it might
we'll be discontinued until after the war
closes.
The list is too long Co enumerate sps-
cifcally, but it is of such proportions that
it ought to be speedily and effectively
shortened The taxpayers of the Republic
ought not to be levied upon in war time to
pay for paper, ink, brains, or services Of
would-be Horace Greeleys and Jack Londons
to splatter ideas about items which, If real
news or Of public interest. can be and ought
to be, and in fact, usually are, published In
the daily press.
The Chairman. The time Of the sansls-
man has expired.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

0LiS, al hiSoti1Ii viii tho
H. French army, who was captured
by the Germans in December
1914, writes in "McClure's" Of Soma
of his experiences in the German
camp near Frankfort, where he spent
a long and dreary imprisonment
He relates the following incidents to
give an idea of the infinite pains that ara
taken to set the stage toward which the
gaze of neutral countries is directed:
"One day, to our surprise, the Germans
had US plant a nice little garden in ons
corner of our camp. We were quite pleased
and delighted at first, though | heard one
of the men say: Why did they not plan.
potatoes? Then at least we would have
had something to eat
"However, we soon discovered what thew
were after. When the flowers were in
bloom they took photographs Of the garden
even colored photographs, and afterward
moving pictures. All this was intended for
German propaganda in neutral countries
1t would be shown that the happy French
prisoners were living in a fowery paradise
The Hun will go to any lengths, you see.
II happened once to see one of the gov
eminent books on German camps-it was
quite an edition de luxe, with very fine pict-
ures and very beautiful type. 1t was all
bluff, all camou1age
LET me tell another little story Of Cer-
man cleverness.
when America was still neutral coun-
try the Y. NJ. c. A. gave $4,000 for hut TO
be built in our particular camp. We were
supposed to be allowed to go there freely:
but matter of fact, we never could
use it, except to go to church there on
Sundays.
when the hut was built the Germans, in
order make big impression on the
American delegate (to whom We we're, Of
course, not allowed to speak,, pretended to
give US inauguration fete.' They even
went SO far as to give US moving picture
show-not to all of US, but to the few they
called the elite the aristocrats (never for
get that Germany is not a democratic coun-
try). These elite saw only views of camp
life, which was nothing very new to them.
Suddenly big herd of beautiful cattle and
another herd OF beautiful sheep appeared
on the screen. At first We prisoners did not
understand what it all meant. Then the
explanation came. In big black letters there
was flashed on the screen this sentence:
'For the feeding of the prisoners
THAT was really too much The Ger
mans not only never gave us any meat and
actually starved us, but they had the impu-
dence to show US on the screen what we
were supposed to eat. Our indignation
never rose high as on this beautiful fste
day"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
How They Feel About
Profiteering in Hawaii

HTHE Republican territorial plat
form, recently adopted, contains
the following plank" writes "The Homo
lulu Star Bulletin":
ave believe that law should be enacted
by which all attempts at proiteerng may be
severely punished. To this end the powers
granted the food commission by the law of
1917 should be broadened in such way
that the commission may be given ample
powers to investigate fully all profits
earned by individuals corporations within
the territory during the war period, and
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

Claybourgh, who sang "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Tomorrow Constance Collier is ex-
pected to be at the theatre with her
husband, Julian L'Estrange; Norman
Trevor and Cyril Harcourt. Mr. LES
TRANCE, who was lieutenant in the
Canadian R. F. c., has been invalided
out of the army. Miss Collier will re-
cite and Mr.. Trevor will speak.
Others who will entertain during the
first week of the drive are Blanche Bates,
who will talk en- "Concentration of Pur-
pose" and Elsie Ferguson.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
'<THE Congressional Record"
has been having hard Shedding
lately, shellfire and shrapnel


VI lately, shellfire and shrapnel
coming in on all sides of it.
But the day which every under dog gets
sooner or later has come to it, and Con-
gress has spoken up in defence of it's
child, with an aggressive attack on the
several hundred other governmental pub
locations with which the public is not so
familiar. Every little bureau has
bulletin Of its own," sings Mr.. Walsh, of
Massachusetts, to the House, and then
proceeds with cold fury to impale the
rest Of them on the barbed point of
his wit:
1t has been stated on good authority that
1t takes more than one pound of coal to
supply power sufficient to produce one pound
OF paper, but much less quantity of
brains is sufficient to waste tons of the
same print paper after 1t has been produced
(Applause)
We ought, Mr.. Chairman, in this war time
to be printing fewer documents and less
postage free, tax-exempt publications, bull
letins, letters, magazines, reports, and vari-
Gus and sundry papers.
We have travelled far, and at pace fast
and furious, since that fateful May morning
when the Official Bulletin burst flaming
forth across q war-becouded sky with its
announcement that It was designed to "in-
form the public on the progress of the war
and of official acts incident thereto"
One was inclined at that time to wonder
if the presses of the daily and weekly
newspapers had suddenly been scrapped or
if journalism had been declared treason
able. This publication was at the outset
apparently handicapped by tendency on
the part of one of its ingredients to con-
slider the world as his oyster and to confuse
what actually occurred at sea and elsewhere
with what was happening in the kaleido-
scopic brain of him who penned those epcs,
which need not now be repeated. 1t is only
fair to say, however, that this publication
has been toned down somewhat, and, no
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
The Great Rodent Of
fensiye

Rats cause an annual loss in food
stuffs and property in the United States
of more than s2Oo,oOO,000. Uncle Sam
has launched a nationwide campaign
to stop this vast rodent Offensive
Gas Logic.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

4 "A lies, the smallest state in Europe
and the most ancient Of exist
ing republics, is recounted in Land and
Water" by G. A. Williamson:
at was born free, and it has remained
free; and it must never be forgotten wtbal
that it is a state in the full sense of the
word as it exercises full and complete SOW
ereignty over its people.
"It is not on a par with the Republic of
possesses legislative and judicial autonomy
and enjoys absolute independence.
eve have visited and stayed in all three
Of the small states just mentioned. but of
the three San Marino is by far the most
important and the most interesting, and is
the only one which has definitely declared
war Germany and Austria and attached
itself SC the Allies. 1t is but tiny place,
its territory only about eighteen square
miles, its population under 10000, and its
miniature army, for home defence, under
100, all told; but it is resolutely on our
side and its inhabitants have gladly Joined
the Italian army, of which before they
were somewhat jealous, and have many of
them given their lives or their limbs in
this gigantic fight for freedom
Liberty means so much to the man from
San Marino Libertas is the motto on the
official coat-of-arms. The figure Of Lib
erty crowned with three towers denoting
the three towns of the republic adorns its
postage stamps, and the crown of SOW
eregnty stands above the towers Liberty
is of the very essence of the state, which
Tod nv, No ~
persecution of Docletian, and has been
free and Independent ever since, having
only once been occupied, and then by the
Papal troops under Cardinal Alberoni in
the early part Of the eighteenth century
That occupation was but for q few days
only. as an appeal to Clement XII, setting
forth its history, obtained an immediate
order emphasizing the right of the citizens
to choose their own government, and the
Papa troops were withdrawn.
Napoleon tried to suppress the republic.
but its valiant statesman, Antonio Onofri,
maintained complete q neutrality that
his republic vindicated its right to separate
treatment, and Napoleon, with the gift of
gun (Which has never yet been fred, re-
scinded his decree
"San Marino is ruled by two captains
general-one from patrician and one from
plebeian ranks-and by Council of Sixty,
heads Of families, who must be laymen and
who sit for life. The regents or captains
hold Office for six months-not longer-and
cannot be reelected for three years after
their term of Office has expired
while regents they are relieved from
every other charge, have full personal i'm
munity and take precedence of ALL From
the Council of Sixty is elected Council of
Twelve, a consultative and judicial body;
but the sixty is, in fact, the sovereign
prince, head of the state and interpreter of
its laws, the regents being the physical
embodiment of the prince, for whom they
act and sign. In this way the republic is
unique in its government and the prince
that is, the council-perpetual Every
six months the heads of all families reas-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
Blanche Bates

the towns Of Serravaile and Borgo have
quickly lost most of the men of fighting
age; the women are now pruning the vines
and olives and gathering in the crops, while
the men are bravely fighting side by side
with the italian forces"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

"HE Stage Women's War Relief,
which sold $2,393,S08 worth of
bonds during the Third Liberty
Loan campaign, has determined
to increase this figure for the Fourth
Loan by more than half million. Miss
Ray Cox, the chairman, has promised to
get s3,000,O00 into the government cof-
fers.
The stage women are carrying on
their drive at the Liberty Theatre, on the
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

of Governor Whitman, the Rev. DR.. G..
c. Houghton, of the Little Church
Around the Corner, and Nine. Alma
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29

steps of the Public Library, at Fifth Ave
nue. and Forty-second Street, which
opened yesterday at noon for the present
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
AFew Lessons
i'm Hun Stage
Setting

LIEUTENANT NJ. SCHLUMBER-
GER, an Alsatian with the
- French army, who was captured
New-York tribune., 1918-09-29
E&&B89EEaE3 Around the World and Back Again -
San MarinO
Our Smallest
Ally

a BIT of the history of San
~ Marino, the smallest of our al
4 "A lies, the smallest state in Europe
and tho most ancient of exist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-22
FORCED RIVER BELOW GROUND
Clever Piece Of Work Which Must Be
Placed to the Credit Of EneIlsh
Engineers.

A novel piece Of engineering has
been completed In connection with the
building OF an aviation field In Eng
land. The site selected was pleas
ant piece Of countryside, consisting Of
wooded park, bisected by little
stream about 80 feet vide and 2 feet
deep. This waterway Is largely arti-
fcial in character. 1t was constructed
mainly along branch Of the River
Colne In 1888 and 1880, between Long
ford and Hampton Court palace, with
the object Of supplying ME palace with
ornamental fish and water ponds, and
1t was used for this purpose up to the
present time. It Is II miles long.
The decision to convert the park into
an aerodrome made 1t necessary to d.
vert this river, which, being raised
above the level Of the ground where It
crosses the parE, presented an obsta-
Gle as well as Anger Had the river
been running In natural bed below
the level Of the g9ound, instead Of In
an artificial channel above the ground
level, It could have been merely COW
cred over. The need for putting 1t at
a lower level led to the decision to
carry It underground through the aero
drome by means of a REINFORCED con-
crete inverted syphon, and this plan
having been approved Of, detailed
scheme was got out Scientific Ameri-
..e14 y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-22
TIMES REruBIIcAN klAFsHAILrowN IOWA JUsIs Y 1915

and others that large number OF tns
cattle marketed this Week were light
and immature. due to the country hav-
ing a lack OF confidence in the future
OF the market Immediate action 70
the end that future of beef production
be maintained was advocated
The statement issued by the food ad-
ministration. however. says this move
was only temporary, and to take care
of temporary situation. because the
government was unable to obtain meat
that would ship overseas most econo-
mically. CT
1t is added. that this request for cur
tailed consumption was no cause ror
the country to become alarmed and
ship light and immature cattle.
The statement of Hoover, after
conference with c. E. Yancy, repre-
senting live stock interests in the 1000
administrations follows: The recent
request for conservation of beef Is a
temporary measure, to deal with
temporary situation. The food admin
istration is having difficulty in getting
for overseas shipment grades OF hee1
which it is most economical to snip.
1t has been necessary somewhat to re-
duce the desired weights and to post
pone certain orders.
In order to get the highest grade OF
beef, conservation was particularly
asked of hotels and public eatins
places. There is nothing in the situa'
ton to justify the shipping of I'M
mature cattle
The weight of beef carcasses for the
United States army has been lowered
to less than 500 pounds, according to
a telegram received by c. B. Heine-
mann, secretary of the National Live
Stock Exchange, from c. f.. Yancy OF
the food administration. This move
has been necessary owing to a falling
off in the receipts of heavy ca,,1-.
The message follows: ION account
of the falling off in receipts Of heavy
cattle, the United States army has
lowered, the dressed beef weight speci-
ications below 500 pounds, and orders
for allied delivery do not require fixed
percentages. Requests have been made
by the food administration that pro-
portion OF future allied orders be
placed for carcasses between 400 and
500 pollndS'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-22
LONDON CHEERS AMERICA.
Lord Mayor Asserts Moral Sanction
Show Righteousness Of Allies.


London. June 22.-Declaring the
British and Americans an unconquer-
able race who never fight 80 well as
with their backs to the wall and face to
face with the foe as today, the Lord
dress at the American Luncheon Club
that 1--WE will see the war thru to
victorious end"
Loud cheers greeted this statement
and also his announcement that the
American Red Cross has made gift
Of $4,000 to the hospitals of London
with thanks for what already has been
done for American soldiers
The fund now contributed will be
used to help wounded Americans.
The lord mayor continued:
THE United States did not enter the
war for love of England or France or
for ravaged Belgium, or for any terri
torial aggrandizement but because she
recognized the honor Of the motive OF
the allies for the destruction Of mill
| tarism and the preservation Of the
| principles of freedom, liberty and de-
mocracy.
1.-THE moral sanction Of the United
| States has lifted me and all the allies
out of any doubt Of the righteousness
| of our cause.
II have visited the United States
seventy six times. The men and women
there are the finest specimens of hum
an character I have ever met. They
have the heartfelt gratitude Of the
| British when. after a long and enforced
| neutrality, President Wilson expressed
the peoples sentiment and declared
| war"
The lord mayor said he was awaken
ed at o'clock this morning to re-
ceive telegram from General Haig
in reply to his greetings on the occa-
sion Of the anniversary Of his birth
day. The general said:
| Thanks. The devotion Of our manly
fellows is withstanding the utmost en-
deavors Of the enemy"
Two hundred and fifty prominent
persons attended the luncheon, includ-
ing General ,Biddle, General Babcock,
| Commander RoN, Vice Admiral Sir
Rosslyn Wemyss and General Skinner,
American consul,
| Paul Cravath of New York, solicitor
Of the allied council Of finance, also
delivered an address in which he said.
1.-THE victory on the field would be. a
barren one uness 1t were followed by
a lasting American British friendship.
The war will last another year. The
allies owe the United States ten bill
lions OF dollars. America will have a
greater feet than that Of Great Britain.
"Then we must show that sympathy
and friendship are the result of com.
mon struggle and sacrifice.
we must dismiss from our minds
the thought to destroy the German
people and the German empire think
that Germany will emerge from the
war as powerful and as strong as the
rest Of Europe"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-22

white, Is; No. white, TN; sample,
,751a.
Earley-Rejected LOS.
Rye--No. 3. los.
MILWAUKEE CASH GRAIN.
Milwaukee,. June %.
corn--No. 8 yellow, 1.ei;, No. 4 yell
Dw, 1855.
Oats-Half cent up; No. 8 white,
7sA @7s; No. white, 7Sh; standard
1914.
Barley-No. 4, LOS.
Rye--6 cents lower; No 5, 1.75@1.90.
MINNEAPOLIS CASH GRAIN.
Minneapolis, June %.
Corn-No. 8 yellow. 1.55@1.65; No. I
yellow, 1.45@1.55; No. 5 yellow, 1850
lao; No. mixed, JAS SOILS; sample
70@1.25.
Oats--No. . white, sok@S2A; stan
dard, 7SA@TsA: No. 8 white, 7SA q
777A; No. white, 72@76.
Barley-1. COOLER; choice. 1.27 a 1.S2.
Rye-1.93@1.95.
F'lax-3.96h @3.s9h.