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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Germans Handled
British Dispatches
Teuton Officers Aided Conf.
dental Messenger; Never
Knew Ii

LONDON, March 1.-TWO German Of
icers recently handled more than
dozen cases Of confidential British dis
patches, but they do not know it.
The story Is one Of the many adj
venturous incidents which befall that
select body Of British public servants
who wear q silver greyhound in thelr
buttonhole and are known as Ming
messengers. Many people imagine thas
any one who carries dispatches for the
British government is a Kings mes'
scnger. That is not correct. There are
only five men who hold commissions IN
that service; the others are mercy
Admiralty courers or War once
couriers, and have no right to the
higher title.
The particular messenger who out
wittcd the two German officers was
burdencd with seventeen bags OF as
patches for a British embassy. andn nc
had to change trains at night at sIa.
liOil III u uCutIal COZ AiiS Hs"S
baggage was near the sleeping con-
partment when his train drew near, pu'
there was no porter available. he nsu
only put five Of the bags into the eo"-
partment when the Warning whistle was
sounded that the train was starting.
The messenger was IN a dilemma nv
could not let tie FIVE bags go without
him nor could he leave the other dozen.
on the platform. AT that moment =
caught sight of two German cavalry op'
iicers. 1t was Il risk to speak to them,
but i'll his best South German diales'
and with his face in shadow he r..
9uested their help. They were Iess'
naughty than the average German or
hcer and each lent hand. -,
The last bag was bundled aboard wisa
the train already in motion, ard tm
messenger waved his thanks, thea
locked the door and collapsed on TN
nearest seat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Oh" I cried out, 81 know! Thew
are heroes. But their problem is sim
pier. They really have it easier in one
way, you know, than the rest of us.
They enlist once for all, and their Off
GERS control them thereafter. They
don't have to remind themselves every
morning to get up and drill. They've
got to. It's settled. But the rest of
us not only have to decide to do all
mat we can; we've got to keep on de-
ciding to, every day, over and over.
,'." so"e days Well, see here.
us this way: / don't want to lilo
around and sleep through great hui
man crisis. It's been my ambition. in
TACT, to play noble part in this wnr.
Out III tell you an unfortunate thing
about me. l am human. can't keen
1t up There are days when behave
just as though there were no war going
on. | cannot be noble as regular
thing. IT'S no use"
IF you took Mondays off," he in
CURED, could you be noble the rest of
the time"
Il don't believe | could" said mis-
crably. mot Gerry noble. Perhaps
two or three days week could"
Its every day for our soldiers" ho
said, in loud, ringing voice. at takes
a lot of practice to be hero. or
even a good citizen. And you're all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Harry Dowie. 334 Greenwich Street. com
mittee on poultry.
Charles Scribner. 597 Fifth Avenue. com
mittee on publishers. printers and book
binders.
Sheppard G. Schermerhorn, of the North
America Commercial Corporation, so Broad
Street, committee on shipping, import and
export.
Frank S. Flagg. of Morse & Rogers, 81
Hudson Street, committee on shoes-whole-
sale. retail and manufacturers
M. j. Spiegel. AZ East Twentieth Street.
committee on small leather goods, trunks and
bags.
Edw. E. Huber. of Eberhard Faber & Co..
200 Fifth Avenue. committee on stationery.
Louis Firuski. Al Flatbush Avenue, Brook
Ign, committee storage warehouses and
van owners.
Edward Wise, of the United Cigar Stores
a. West Eighteenth Street, committee on
tobacco.
o. M. Arnold. of Arnold. Schiff e. Co.. IS
Fifth Avenue, committee on umbrellas and
canes.
j. II. Emery, 1907 Broadway committee on
underwear and hosiery.
Henry Burns, of Robert Graves g. Co.
Madison Avenue and Thirty third Street
committee on wall paper.
Joseph W. Sidenberg, of G. Sidenbere &
Co.. 1'6 Fifth Avenue, committee on wom-
ems neckwcar.
Manton b. Metcalf. of Metcalf Bros. E.
Co., 40 East Seventeenth Street, committee
on woOllens and worstcds
Lionel +. Strauss. 251 Fourth Averue
committee on yarns and art goods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Waking Up the
Man-in-t he-Street

But at last the man in the street
woke up, He saw the first of the
drafted men go away; he heard that
the boy next door had joined the
colors; his own son announced his IN
tenticn of trying for a commission.
He read the newspapers more care
fully. He began to take new interest
in international events. His curiosity
was aroused by the many feverlsh
incidents that suggest the nations
war activity He began to dis
tinguish between the gold cord on
the cayalryman's service hat and the
red braid on the artilleryman'
chapeau.
The psychological effect of all this
was reflected in the second Liberty
Loan. From 100000 men and women
the numter who bought bonds of the
first loan-the figures jumped to TO-
100000. 1t had taken the man in the
street just seven months to wake up
and be convinced that this is not a
rich mans war-that it is every Amer
leans war, and that it must be won by
American men and American dollars.
There will be a further awakening
during the coming campaign. The me-
dium through which this will be
accomplished in New York City is the
Rainbow Division Of the Liberty Loan.
composed O. between eighty and ninety
divisions, representing every branch
of professional, business and indus
trial activity in the greater city.
The function of this important or
ganization will be to bring home the
message of the loan to every man and
woman who earns livelihood in trade
here The campaign for subscriptions
will be assisted by the Advisory Trades
Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

We'll, anyhow" she said, IAN I to
let the gentleman in or not?"
1 looked sourly out of the window.
feeling i'll used and put upon.
If it's something about my duty" I
said, IL don't believe can stand it."
why not?" said the gentleman, en-
tcrlng. "What's your objection to
duty?"
lie had grave, earnest look, and an
empty bag hung on his arm. 1t was
just as | feared and expected. He was
an emissary Of the government.
MY objection to duty replied, ais
that there's far too much of it,"
The gentleman stared sorrowfullv
at me.
i want to do the right thing" 7
went on. "and you needn't stare any,
rowfully. You needn't come emissarv-
ing around here if you can't be consid-
crate. have every respect for duty.
rye already done quite lot. But. nv
heavens. the more duty any one doc.
the more things they demand of YOU.
Isn't there any limit"
Inc cmissary's voice rang out hollow
and deep. "None," he said.
! felt staggered I felt great lone.
ing to be somewhere else and forget he
existed
Think" he said, "of our soldiers
tho men who"-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

12o East Sixteenth Street, committee of
Corset Manufacturers.
John Sloane. of w. & J. Sloane. Fifth
Avenue and Forty-seventh Street, commit
tee of decorators.
Louis Stewart, of McCreery & Co., s
West Thirty-f fourth Street, committee on
department stores.
Bertram II. Borden. of M. c. D. Borden &
Sons, 80 Worth Street, committee on dry
goods (whoesale)
Theodore Beran. of the General Electric
Company. 120 Broadway, committee on elec-
trical.
F. w. Wilkinson. of q Fulton Fish Mar
ket, committee on fish.
Embury Palmer. of Palmer & Embury
manufacturing Company, 119 West Fortieth
Street. committee on furniture.
Samuel Ullman, of 20 West Twentieth
Street, committee on fur.
Frederick l.. Crawford, of Frederick L.
Crawford. incorporated. $40 Rcn1sen Street.
Brooklyn, committee on general contractors.
Brayton Witherel. of Knox Hat Company.
Fortieth Street and Fifth Avenue, committee
on hats. caps and allied trades
Louis j. Robinson. II Spruce Street. COM
mittce hides and leather.
Darwin ?. Kingsley. president New York
Life Insurance Company, 346 Broadway.
committee on insurance.
August Goldsmith of Goldsmith, Stern &
Co., 50 Gold Street. committee on jcwelry.
Albert Wahle, of Cassidy e. Sons Manu-
featuring Company. 101 Park Avenue. com.
mittee lighting fixtures.
Russell j. Perrine, of johnson Brothers, As
Classon Avenue. Brooklyn. committee on
lumber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
The Next Liberty Loan

Drive begins April 6, first anniversary of the
the United States into the war.
Amount of al
at AZ
Bonds of first and second loans those of
the third those OF third convertible into
Establishment of sinking fund PLANNED purchase back
any bonds thrown the Market MD in price par
No maturity date yet
Selling plans similar to those of April and October
carried out through the twelve which are Federal
Reserve District centres Hundreds of each of
these centres ready to take the sum which
each Federal Reserve District expected has
been announced. However, 1917 loans New York s
trict took about one-third of the subscriptions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
HNLY a few days remain before
the government will again

open it's books for subscription
to the Third Liberty Loan.
Banks, corporations, trust companie:
and the heads OF great industrial en-
terpriscs are ready for the campaign
and day after day, beginning April E
Wall Street tickers will reel off dizzy
columns of figures, representing the
contributions of rich men to the gov
crnment war fund.
erich men'',perhaps too much en-
phasis has been laid upon the contrl-
buttons of rich r!en-too much pub
licity attached to how much Jones, the
steel Millionaire, loaned the govern
ment, or what Smith, the copper king,
invested in Treasury certificates.
Until last October, the man in the
street took only casual interest in
the war. He read the newspapers;
saw that the French had taken or lost
such and such an objective, or that
the British casualties for the week
we're so many dead ard wounded. But
he stopped there. He never asked
who was paying the war bills, and he
never offered to contribute his time,
his money, or his brains to help the
government 1t was not his war, he
said. and he did not intend to mix up
in it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

West Thirty-thrd Street. committee on mems
neckwear.
William Rosenblum, of William Rosenblum
q Co.. East Thrty-seventh Street. COM
mittee on millinery (womcn's).
5. l.. Rothapfe, of Rivoli Theatre.
forty-n'nth Street and Broadway, committee
on motion picture and film industry.
Arthur Lehman, 16 William Street COM
mittec on New York Stock Exchange
George Nj. Clark. of Clark e. Gibbv. Inc
343 Broadway. committee on office s,,nn;es
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

James w. Lane 334 Fourth Avenue, COM
mittee on machinery and machine tools.
Leo Joseph, of New York Butchers
Dressed Meats Company, Eleventh Avenue
and Thirty-ninth Street, committee on meats.
Charles Hayden. vice-pres;dent Utah Cop
per Company. 25 Broad Street, committee on
metal industry
William Goldman. of Cohen, Goldman &
Co.. 694 Broadway. committee on mems
clothing and allied trades
George Close. of Church. Webb G. Close /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

out Of practice. That's obvious. Wei,
the answer is practice. DO acu1s-
ihi,sg"
"Confound it. Pm wiling" an
swered. But the question is, aybot q,
Buy bonds" he suggested. ~ have
here bag for subscriptions to loan
to the government. Anything you put
INTO this bag you'll get back later on.'
THAT'S mild enough test" I ad-
mitted.
Make it stiff, then, if you're anv
good" he said "Put in a lot."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
More Spyglasses Needed
For NAVY U-Boat Chaser

Just rs soon as you read this, kindly
look about the house and see if yoa
haven't a pair Of spygiasses or .el-
noculars for the eyes CT the navy. !,
The glasses, so FAR as possible, VIII
be returned to the owners after the
war. The branch photographic Office
70 Broad Street, will forward to WASH
ington. free of expense to the owner
any such glasses.
Owners should mark the glassess
with tags, giving name and addrssA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

don't know the cook said. at
isn't knives-s harpcncd or please-pay-
the-gas-bill, or anything"
She regarded me disapprovingly.
lie might be from the government"
she added. "You would eat that slice of
bread wheatless Tuesday, for all could
say"
j got up and shook my fist at her.
"War bread, Three cichths corn," 7
said passionatcly. Including tho stock.
And the other vc-cighths was assorted
cork tips and linoleum."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Your Money FIRST
Aid to Fighters

Not two weeks after the second
Liberty Loan there began to be spread
broadcast over the country stories to
the effect that to realize on the bonds
one had to suffer a loss. The stories
were backed by specific instances
Every man who related this tale could
point directly to friend in Chicago
who had lost money by buying Liberty
bonds.
Now, there two things to remember
about the Liberty loans.
First: Your investment in Liberty
Loan bonds is an act Of patriotism
You do not invest one day to realize
the Next. 1t IS not q momcntary opera
t.oN. Iou DO not hard Your money to
The government to get it back to-mor-
row. You lend YOUR money to the gov
eminent to help win the war. And a
certain definite time limit is stated on
each bond as the period for which the
money is loaned. You cannot reason
ably expect to lend to-day and receive
again tomorrow. There is no patriot
ism about that This is war. 1t is not
bluff. 1t is the long pull, the strong
pull and the pull ali together No man
has right to turn over his money for
one day merely to help swell the total.
That is not q help. It is hindrance
1t makes the government think it has
resources, when, in fact, it cannot
count on them. You must lend your
money for the life Of the bond, and if
untoward circumstances force you to
realize, go to the properly designated
agents and not to the little huckster
who is an agent in disguise for the
Kaiser.
Second: Investing in Liberty Loan
bonds is laying aside money for the
future. 1t may be the beginning of the
fund against those days of white hair
and creaking joints that not the best of
US can keep from coming
John d. Rockefeller has said the first
$1,000 is the hardest to get. John d.
is the wcalthiest man in America:
probably the wealthiest in the world
His words arc pure gold for the man
who would lay by fund for the future.
United States Liberty Loan bonds
are intended specifically to ha a fund
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

in one Of the Allied countries
it is found there is as much
work done to prevent people from in
scsting in the loan as there is to show
them the advantage Of subscription
Why is this? Is it because the failure
OF national war loan would be .
victory for the Kaiser? The Kaiser's
agents arc the men--and women-who
try to make the Allied war loans fail
Are you listening to the Kaiser's
voice?
In her last loan, that ended Decem-
Der 16, France found her only opponent
was the Kaiser's voice. For month.
the story had been industriously
spread that the French people were
tired Of the war, that they were ready
to give in and stop fighting, regardless
Of who overran their land, if they
could only have the peace Of which
they were 80 much in need. The whole
idea Of that story originated in Ger
many.
France and Italy are the two easiest
countries for Germany to reach. She
can go right through Switzerland to
either one Of them, and she does it
constantly. There is a steady stream
Of German propaganda through Swift
erland into France. The French gov
eminent understands this thoroughly.
but there are no more persistent
workers in the world than the Ger
mans, and before one leak through
Switzerland into France is stopped an
other is in process Of formation
Loan Subscriptions
Show Spirit of Nation
So the French government and the
French people are fighting constantly
against this insidious German propa-
ganda that reaches them through
Switzerland. The French government
would be powerless in this fight if it
did not have the people behind it. But
with the aid of the people it wins. And
how we'll the French people stand be-
mind their government in this great
war was we'll shown in the last French
war loan, when they oversubscribed the
demands of the government.
For the last French loan the gov
eminent asked ten billion francs. They
expected to get something like eight
billion francs from continental France
and make up the balance from the
colonies and foreign subscriptions
But they got more than ten and a
quarter billions from continental
France alone. In other words, France
oversubscribed nearly 80 per cent.
After nearly forty months of war
France oversubscribed her third war
loan 30 per cent in the face of the
greatest "defeatist" propaganda the
world has ever seen.
Can America equal that record?
Yes, but We have got to prove it.
In the sixth month Of our part in the
war we oversubscribed our second Lib
erty Loan So per cent.
A great record. But think Of the
difference between six months and
forty months OF war.
We have not proved ourselves yet.
1t is still to be done.
A fine opportunity will offer in the
next Liberty Loan campaign, when we
will have to combat once more the
kaiser's voice.
There are many tones in which |
this voice makes itself heard, but it
is the low spoken, insidious argu-
ment that is hardest to combat, the
argument that appeals to ones &C
quisitiveness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Canvassers. Of Over
A Million Workers

This committee will direc. the active
canvassing of 100000 trade workers.
Each of the divisions will be headed
by committee composed of profess
sional or bu,iness men. all leaders in
their own particular fields. The chair
men of these committees have already
been appointed by Governor Benjamin
Strong of the Second Federal Reserve
District Bank. They will select 1000
coworkers to be associated with them
IN the campaign. During the four
weeks drive each committeeman will
obtain leave CT absence from his firm
his entire time to the service Of the
Liberty Loan.
A picked corps of lao bond statesmen
known as bond advisers, will act as
storm troops in the campaign. They
will make series of whirlwnd tours
of the city, accompanied by delegates
from the speakers bureau. After the
speakers have outlined the genera,
purpose of the loan, the bond men as
specialists will explain knotty prob
lens that may arise. They will also
distribute subscription blanks and so
licit contributions. They will not &C.
cept money.
Inc RAINBOW Division was created
Tor the purpose Of making careful
canvass OF every professional, business
or industrial organization here. l,
came into being just before the last
loan started. With an advisory trades
committee of seven members tho Pair
DOW Division started work.
1T was divided into ninctv-ei,b,
groups, each representing P tradc
many OF these groups ovcrlappcd eacb
otner. Several professions that mich,
have been listed az trades ,yo,e rot. 49,.
OF the organization.
Getting 100000
Single Subscriptions
Almost from the start Chairman
Greene and his associates saw ~,
Hmitlcss possibility of this ynst or
ganization. They realized that it wa,
inc only organization in the city tina,
could keep in close ard intimate toucl
with the various phases Of city trade
conditions. They knew that IL wa,
more effective as "A canyasging medium
Than any foreign subscription collect
ing agency that they might call in to
supplement the work.
During the four weeks Of October the
advisory trades held FIVE hundred en-
ployes' meetings. Factory owners set
aside se0H1 tor these gatherings. Til.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

sINX 7 HAT obout?' l kept saying.
wv " hat does the gentleman
WaNt 10 SOC mo ahnni
Cheyenne record., 1918-12-12

The following telegram which
urges the immediate purchase of
War Savings Stamps to the limit
of ones ability and which was
sent by retiring Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo was received
by John Evans. State Director of
the War Savings Committee in
Colorado today.
Il most earnestly urge upon
you that your organization make
every possible effort to the end
that pledges for the purchase of
War Savings Stamps be fulfilled
before the close of the year. The
Governments monetary require
men is were nover greater nor
more pressing than they are to-
day. Expenditures fA Novem-
ber were greater than in any SIM
liar period. These expenditures
growing out of the war must be
met by borrowing from the peo-
pie and their magnificent respon-
Sc heretofore to the governments
requi ements makes me confident
that they will not fail to continue
their support to the end that all
payments resulting from war
necessities will be promptly met.
Much remains to be done. Our
brave troops must be maintained
and paid until their work is fully
accomplished and they are re-
turned to their homes. This is
not a tine for US to relax our ef-
forts and the Treasury Depart
ment is making plans for larger
and even more important work
during the coming year. Please
make every effort to bring this
statement before the people in
your district and to urge upon
them the continued holding of
their War Savings Certificates,
the fuItiilment of their pledges
and additional purchases as their
mvaLs permit.
Cheyenne record., 1918-12-12
WHY QUIT.

The total production of the war
gardens was so enormous that it
was hardly creditable. 1t repre-
sented the efforts of amateur
farmers-backyard aEriculturists
who never did anything of the
kind before and probably never
will again.
But why shouldn't they? If
we are capable of producing 40
gigantic surplus of foodstuff 5.
why dnn't we go on producing it,
or something equally necessary.
The same applies to all our war
time Efforts. With similar stand
ards of production and achieve
ment nlsinsi.ined everybody in
Cheyenne record., 1918-12-12
The Christmas Holiday

Christmas is the only one of our
holidays the observance of which
is based upon love and thought
fu!ness for other people than our
individual selves. Other holidays
are for the most part, as is fitting
in recognition of a great national
event or in memory of those who
have done and suff cred great
things for their country. Thanks
giving expresses gratitude for
our blessings. and New Years.
it we keep it with thoughtfuIness
is an occasion for little, self-ex-
animation and some fresh re-
solves.
But Christmas is rightly a day
of generosity and love.
We make the children happy
with toys and candies. we think
of the gift which will please
mother, wife. sister or husband.
we plan pleasant home entertain
ments. But Chr. s5mas lacks
something il our observance OF it
is bounded by our family circle
and cur friends.
The festival will be an especial
ly joyous one for America this
year. The shadow of a great and
cruel war has been lifted from US
We look to an era Of peace and
prosperity.
But at the same time there nev
er fl.ls been a year when generos
ity was more needed. Prices of
all commodities are appalling high
and the little income of many q
family has been sadly dimished
by the absence of the wage earn
ers in the army. Il we consider
this and, not forgetting our own
dear ones. do what we can to
bring relief and pleasure to those
in need. we shall indeed feel the
blessedness of a real Christmas.
as we have been prospered, SO
let US give.
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