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New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Hans and Gretchen Growing Thin

80 many and such conflicting stories
regarding food prices have come out of
Germany that it is interesting to find
something authentic. German papers
which have just arrived give some of
these prices. Let housewives here who
worry over their market budgets contem-
plate the fact that during a meatless
week in August chickens rose to as high
as IL marks-that is, S3-a German
pound. The ordinary four-pound roast
er then cost the modest sum of $12.
And other things are in proportion. A
recent number of the Berlin Tageblott
printed an interview with the chairman
of the Society of Propretors of Summer
Restaurants along the river in which he
described their present hardships. After
mentioning that the wages of servant
girls had risen from about 20 marks a
month to so or 70 marks, wnile receipts
had fallen to AS low as one-fifth of those
of pre-war days, he asks how restAura-
teur can keep going. He answers that it
is possible only by engaging in what is
called "Schleichhandel," or what we
would call underground trade, which has
now become wellnigh universal. But even
this seems dubious to the chairman Of
the restaurateurs, in view of the high
prices which must be paid in such trade,
and here is little list which he gives:
Butter--20 to 20 marks a pound-s5+.
Meat--12 to ID marks a pound=$3+
Picked pork--16 marks a pOund=SA
Picked beef-18 marks a pound=-S4 so.
Cheese6 to 9 marks a pound=$1 so to
$2.25.
Eggs-1 mark each-25 cents
Of course these are prices paid largely
by the nouveaun riches, who have made
fortunes small and large out of every
kind Of "profteering" But even the CT
fetal prices are bad enough, and there is
very little doing at the government price.
1t is freely charged in the newspapers
that clandestine dealings are the rule
and that if any one wishes to get any
really decent food he must pay Through
the nose" Along with this, according to
the German papers, is regular scheme
OF petty bribery, so that practically for
every comfort of life the Berliner-and.
we may imagine, the rest of the Ger
mans-must pay toll to the officials of
the endless bureaus Where before Ger
man official life was, by comparison,
clean, it seems now given over to an un-
restrained reign of corruption. Every
body must get even some way, if he can.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

practice is Illegal for either individual or
nation
This is so much better known to Justice
Clarke than to either the writer or any
other average citizen that it may be con-
fdently assumed to have been all in mind
when he spoke of "a just peace" But in
the names of all the gods at once at whose
expense could it be proposed and by whom
shall it be proposed that the Allied nations
shall be generous" to Germany?
If they are, it must be at the expense Of
some nation and of some individuals. Shall
it be at the expense of the weaklings
Shall Belgium be forced to be generous to
Germany? Or shall any other of the
smaller Of the Allies? No one would more
quickly and more hotly denounce the sug-
gestion than Justice Clarke. Shall it then
be France, or shall it be America?
The burden of generosity must fall some
where. Payment of Germany's bill for her
must arise from the voluntary act of some
one, unless in being generous to Germany
the world desires to become unjust to some
other. Never yet has generosity been prac-
tised toward a suitor by any one fulfilling
o judicial function except at an exactly
cQuANaleLt lNJuSLlCc 10 some OLHer Sultor
. then before the court Whose property.
then, shall we give away In order to be gem
erous in this matter? We must steal some
ones land or goods or deny Justice to some
one If we are to practise generosity
These questions need no answer; they
answer themselves No man having the
power would advisedly become either the
sycophant or the hypocrite that he must
in the process Of being generous to Ger
many. 1t seems clear that in the moment
of oratory the speaker yielded unconscious
ly to one Of the best inclinations of the
human heart; thinking only of being act
uated by an absence Of desire for the exac-
tion Of the "lex talionis," desiring to ex-
clude punishment in kind for DESTROYING
cathedrals, bayoneting children manning
the wounded, bombing hospitals, sinking
passenger vessels, poisoning wells and mat
ters OF that sort, he used rhetorical phrase.
II he meant, however, compromised neace
after partial defeat of Germany one NAV
doubt whether the thought Of the world
Wall sustain such view as best for hu-
manlty in contradistinction to even handed
justice to Germany.
CHARLES STEWART DAWSON
Chairman Board Of Trustees American De-
fence Society
New York, Sept. 7, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
our emotions, all our loves and hates

our emotions, all our loves and hates,
envies and admrations.
The latent rivalry between this mother
and daughter impcls this girl to constant
little acts of subconscious antagonism
toward the mother, answered by the
mother with constant little acts Of re-
pression--all, of course, with the feeling
that it is only for her daughters good"
Never a suspicion that all this repres-
sion for the girls "good" may be little
more than q suhconscious thirst to dom-
nate, even at an obvious cost Of the
daughters affection. 1t is simply clash
of wills.
on the girls part that her mother is
"unfair" and has no fright" to "tyran-
nize" so. How many millions of boys
have grown up with identically this feel
ing toward their fathers, and among all
these millions hundreds and thousands
of Millions of fathers and sons, mothers
and daughters-how many have had even
CLEAN of understanding Of all this an
tagonism and resistance!
Here is a mother who almost inevi-
tably will have unhappy hours over her
daughter, and all the while in the daugh-
ter will be stirring fierce little desire
for revenge that might easily lead little
later, as in endless cases it has done, to
some rash act-a runaway marriage
which will be to the mother a bitter grief
and which will be prompted not by any
romantic passion but simply by a very
human desire to even up the score.
Whence comes it that all this has been
so long in gaining recognition? Why can
so few relatively believe it now? Is it
merely romantic wish thought to be-
lieve only in what we are pleased to call
"the beautiful" and "the good? We do
not find it so. The native basic drive in
all of us ESQ evident in children and
fairly clear in our friends) is a con-
suming thirst for the feeling Of supe-
riority. Almost at all hazards we must
in our minds feel ourselves greater than
those around us. Seemingly we cannot
live unless we do. And so at every mo-
ment we must win out-achieve against
the father, the mother, our wives, our
husbands and even over our children.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Renewal

(From The DiaD
A ND so, I am alone again?
u But l shall run unto a barren place.
and there
Shall wait, and call, and hearken TIL there
come
Once more to me the troopng winds Of
dawn;
And I shall give them drunken shout for
And we shall laugh, and laugh old
friends old friends.
Alone, you say?
But shall sit upon my hilltop and be still,
And wait. and gaze, until the riders of the
east
Come nricking through the paling dusk and
lift
Their flaming spears above the furthest
hill;
While with rush of tearing cloud, behold
Ruddy and warm with labor, comes the
The sun, my Brother; greet him we'll old
world.
One says am alone
They do not know, they have not seen or
heard;
For when the dark comes shall go again
To that remembered pasture by the lake,
There watch until ripple whispering wakes
And softly as Of old see her come
Across the lake In white robes treading. 10
The moon, my Sister to our rendezvous
And we shall share the gossip Of the stars
And tell Old tales, and rest, and be content.
JAMES RORTY.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
A Week of Verse
The Birds of Steel
(From The Nation. London)

(From The Nation. London)
'HNHlS apple tree, that once was green,
n Is now II thousand flowers in onel
And, with their bags strapped to theif
thighs,
There's many bee that comes for sweets,
To stretch each bag to its full size.
And when the night has grown u moon,
And lie half asleep In bed,
hear those bees again-Ah, no!
1t is the birds of steel, instead,
Seeking their innocent prey below.
Man-rdden birds Of steel, unseen,
That come to drop their numbering lime
On any child or harmless thing
Before the early morning time:
Up-nearer God-they fly, and sing.
W. II. DAVIES.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
The Pomegranate Bush

(From Poctry)
VXTHEN she was alive
w She moved like frail ghost,
The spirit of wrath.
Her chiffons trailed about her
Like spirals. of smoke.
The wall in her voice was gray and pning
Like the sea after twilight.
She died and was buried.
Now, she has returned--a woman
Among us.
She passed down the street
Wrapped in a Spanish shawl,
Flaming with hybiscus
And amber roses:
The silk fringe caught in a small, green
bush;
She stopped and swayed,
With long pointed fingers dsengaged
The silk fringe of the shawl
7 closed my eyes,
SO poignant was the grace
OF her swaying and STOPPING
When l opened them again,
She was gone.
Up and down the street
I looked
She had disappeared
But the small green bush,
Who're her long, pointed fingers
Disengaged the silk fringe
OF the shawl,
Was covered with vermilion flowers
Like her mouth
A fare of color
In the sun.
PAULINE 3. HARRINGTON
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Origin Of the Patriotic Penny

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir In last Sundays issue there was an
account Of the founding of the Patriotic
Penny, and the idea was attributed to Miss
Weeks, OF Wilmington, Del. This is alto
gether a mistake as the idea was entrelv
my own. established the Block MESSENGER
System In Wilmington, N c., and az it
was so successful | conceived the idea Of
using the plan Ms method for collecting
money. We asked each person in the ter
ritory to contribute one penny week.
with marvellous results, for we now have
an income of about $3.50 week in town
where two-thrds of the people are negroes
We are doing remarkable work and ora
that might we'll be given much publicity.
suspect the reason the mistake was mazda
ls the fact OF the written similarity ~
names, Weeks and Wood, and the name ~
the town being the same, Wilmington. Del
and Wilmington, N. c., are often confused
JANE D. WOOD
Workroom Director, Wilmington Chanter
of the Patriotic Penny and the Ma
tional Special Aid Society.
Wilmington, N. c.. Aug. 2s. 1918,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

While he was using the great 81" in
his address to the people of Essen, assur-
ing them of his sympathy-how he had
talked with many peasant and many a
widow-William of Hohenzollern, if he
had been a truthful person, might also
have added Il, too, have suffered an
guish, |, too, have endured sacrifices.
Sorrow and loss also have shrouded my
home. When this terrible war started
had half dozen stalwart sons, but after
four years of bloody conflict all have
left is six"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
lhis evening at the Centurv ,

INNS evening at The Century Theatre
there will be Tank" benefit 1t is to
obtain funds for Tank Corps League,
which has been created for the purpose
OF promoting the comfort and welfare of
the tank fighters, and for the further
purpose of assisting in every possible
way the men of the Tank Corps. The
job which the tank fighters have taken
upon themselves is as strenuous as anv
the war presents, and we very cordially
bespeak for the new league the friend
liest cooperation of our readers.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

son, widow, an orphan, you are helping
France.
Please ask your readers to send checks
TO the Food for France Fund, 10 East Fiftv
eighth Street, making them payable to
Alexander ] Hemphill. treasurer, and to
accept our treasurer's Endorsement ON
checks an acknowledgment.
CARITA SPENCER, Chairman.
New York, Sept 10. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Beer and Light Whines

(From Tho Charleston, Netrs aud f-o,r,or,
Hardly day passes that Willie Hearst
doesn't hand John Barleycorn wallop. In
other words, If the attacks on Hearst,s
shame1ul war record get too hot he can get
lot OF testimonials from excellent people
about his crusade against booze.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Hearst Straffiirg England

the
O. GrNtB
the eHearne
v1ent o"BrHish in
This propaganda took the form of
erhbitng
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
A Modern Version

tFrom The Wagon Mound. N. NJ, SentineD
Ten little Heinies standing in line
'Loug came Sammie, then there were nein
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

ycu caH purchase merehandss advertised In the
TRIBUNE With absolute saety-for II dissatisfaction re-
suits In HE TRIBUNE guarantees to your
money back request. No red taps No subhllne.
We make good promptly II the advertiser docs not.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 90 the
FOR republication Of all dispatches credited 70 II
otherwise credited in this and also the local
Of spontaneous origin published herein.
AL rights Of republication OF all other matter hesein
also reserved
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Evolution of a Yank
tFror, { The Konsds

tFT0n1 THd hQNSdS CffU Efnr}
Unframed
Entrained.
Trained.
Detrained.
Restrained,
Unrestrained Gin pursuit).
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
GUARANTEE

Entered at ne Pos.orics York Second c1ass
Mail Matter
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

sUBsCRIPTTON RATTS-Rv Mall. Including rostaHe;
IN THE UNITED STATES. OUTSIDE OF GREATER
NEW YORK
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
BRITISH CAPTURE
 ANCIENT JERICHO
Special to the Nugget by Associated Press,

to the Nugget by Assoca
 LONDON Feb The the of Palestine city of Jericho approximately equal historical incidents in the
 O reports, A.Hato composing the British foccsc opposition the Turks Jordan Valley Australians he Wodau
 of of military significance aside m British plans the Iandfr rom
 np1id village present time whole
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
SHIP WORKERS GIVE
 PATRIOTIC RESPONSE

to the by Associated Pres,
  raign thousand labor responded  there number called win be exceeded hy the end of the period
 the is u few
  of
  realization of of All the enlisted tho a
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
PETR0cRAD ADMITS RUSSIAN ARMY
 IN COMPLETE DIFFERENTIATION

necessary IIongos the vicinity maintained the protection the hands of the fleet of Rcval
 lshcvik Residence
 Fcb permission Russians resist the advances of the the control of the the German advance
 appealed patriotism the people them O n q o in order better control tho situation
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
WAY TO PETR0GRAD WIDE OPEN
 TO ADVANCING GERMAN FORCES

closing deadly gpon o the Incident the long period of industrial m  the surrounding all 
 strength in the belle" of those who
  period the Berlin fail to indicate that the Rus acceptance received by the Berlin a
 Service The BEST Advertise ing Medm;-Adveruse n 1.-THE NUGGET.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
spceial to the Nuoact by Assoeiated Press:

Spccia to h Associated Press:
 
   the along the of
 rcapng rich arv' st
  frightened Russians have left behind M theirnl for safety from
 objective of Gernan of of both Berlin if deliver slight to pointed that the Germans
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
BILL EXTENDING WILSON'S AUTHORITY
 UNDER REVISION

o he by Aocatd Press:
 WASHNGTON n a ng compromise forthcoming reorganization legislation the senate has agreed President Wilson O } lc subjected revision which 
 provisions objected to by the Republicans will probably such to dtean opinion side Just what wi $ bill in of revision be Monday, accordance with
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22

Nugget Associated Press
  of practically likelihood that military would be cd by the troops most or whom of but the order o the ShcVlKl offer will probably go en-
 
 Russian capital also indicate growing rear attack by the "h 
 Royal renorted to etogr1 ut IN
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
Special to the Nugget By Associated Press

ARMY France Feb 22-The American forces hfronth a with headquarters last night that Amer the
 
 esterday md one Gema
 slightly wounded in the fel htt n sustained
 of the that gAmcrc single h0nded while tho action %
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
Special to the Nugget By Associated Press

Special Co
 Fob
  history or tne National Food Administrator pehiy ao ' o most critical foo whole eastern part " e O VIII prevent con' e wides suffering people
 Hoover everything that can possibly DC u'' " hope that @
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
FRENCH STEAMER SUBMAR|NED

o the Nugget By Associated Press
 PARIS of Ministry Iadv loss lives O while proceeding February
 News O O by the 
 NEWS OUTSIDE MAILS before ALL OTHERS
 in NUGGET, Main 4s.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
EAST FACING MOST SERIOUS FOOD
 SHORTAGE IN HISTORY

that the will become critical
 tho weather Nalin through the
 severely large and trains expedite Hoover to possible pi until situation
 the benefit THE BEST NEWS SERVICE th-Th he
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
AMERICANS FIGHTING ON CHEhhIN DIES DANES
U. S. FORCES APPEAR ON NEW FRONT,
 CAPTURE GERMAN PRISONERS

 who While this going o O being killed
 he q man O hing n carried of the Americans and lie French
 NUGGETS Long TELEPHONE Service Tennua
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22

Special to the Nugget By Associated Press

Chamberlain. operated for appendicitis physicians be mpov ing rapidly unfavorabe compo
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22
rpoops OBSERVING wAsHINeroNs BIRTHDAY.
Soccial to the Nugget by Associated Press:

WASHINGTON accordance with the instructions iSsuou camps throughout e obseyng holding celebrations o" ingtons birthday all resting from their training m S the elementary duties observed
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22

WE LEAD OTHERS Fo11owsna you the NEWS the SAME piX
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-22

the BEST INTERESTS
 District Territory.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
HOUSE ROW
NIPPED IN BUD

Washington, April 4.--What promis-
ed to be Il spirited debate in the
House prccipiatad by charges OF Rep
resentative Britton Of Illinois. Re-
publican, that military jealousy" is
keeping the marines from the fight
ing line in France was cut short by
Majority Leader Kitchen with a mo-
ton to adjourn. Mr.. Britten said Sec
letary Daniels was anxious to see the
marines go to France and called on
the secretary TO tell the country WHO
is responsible for this Injustice
Several Democrats sought to reply,
but only Representative Shirley Of
Kentucky had spoken when the dis
Cussion was cut short. Recalling that
Mr.. Britten had proposed to amend
the draft net so that no man called
into the service under that law could
be sent to fight in foreign country
without his consent. MIR. Shirley add
ed:
Il am glad to note that the gentle
man from Illinois has changed his
mind to the extent that he wants
s, me men to 60"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
TAYETTE

Word has been received of the
death in Lynn. Mass, on Thursday.
April 4, 1918. Of Mrs. Olive (Bodge)
Jones. widow of the late Warren c.
Jones, late Of Fayette and Providence,
r.. I.
Mrs. Jones was born in Fayette and
lived there during her early life and
after her removal to Providence she
and the family passed the summers
on the old home place. She was the
older daughter of the late Moulton
and Louisa Dodge and her brother,
Henry Dodge. and her sister, Sarah
Dodge Hewett. were lifelong residents
OF the town. dying about 10 years
ago. The remains will be brought to
Fayette and the funeral will be held
at the residence of Frank Fl. Dodge,
who now lives on the old homestead,
on Sunday. April 18th.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
SUB CHASERS
THREE PER DAY

Washington, April with the first
Of the Eagle boats. the new type SUI
oer-submarine chasers for the navy,
scheduled for launching in June, Hen
ry Ford the builder has assured Get
rotary Daniels it will be possible UNI
der great stress 10 turn the craft out
at the rate of three day. Next Mon
day Mr.. Daniels will inspect the Ford
plant near Detroit. where construc-
ton is in progress. A pattern boat viz
tually hes been completed there. ana
will be ready for q short trial or the
engines within 10 days. Under pres
ent plans Mr.. Ford contempiates
launching a boat a day after the
building process Is in full swing,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
Sardine Packers Encouraged

Sardine Gamers at Eastport are en-
couraged by the prospects of her
ring supply with the opening Of the
Maine season on the 18th by reports
of the starting of the Canadian can
merry at Blacks Harbor, n. b., with so
hcgsheads Of fine fish. The Canadian
canneries are operated without re-
strictions the year round. This is an
indication that there are herring in
Passamaquoddy waters. Prepara-
tions are being made for the largest
possible pack in the Eastern Maine
canneries, which are being put in
condition for the season.
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New York Produce Market

New York. April 4.
CoRN-Spot firmer: kiln dried No }
yellow 202 "a, No. yellow 1875 IA; No. 3
white 80 Il cost and freight New York
prompt shipment; Argentine go fob
cars.
OATS Spot steady: natural l04l0looa
l4ARD-Easy: middle west 262Ofi $3.50.
Other articles unchanged.
BTTTER-Quet: receipts 1904 tubs;
creamery higher than extras 42d42.; ex-
tras, 90 score. 4lQ4la; firsts 40N40 "a;
seconds 3Sd39a.
EGGS-C nsettled: receipts 4l.942 cases:
fresh gathered extras 3S: extra firsts
35t1S6: first 33sn35; seconds 32033: state.
Pa. and western hennerv white fine to
fancy S9N4o; do. brown 37M3S; do. mixed
coors 34l436
POTATOES-Easy and unchanged.
SUGAR-Raw steady; centrifugal 0b
fine graduated 1.45
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
SEC'Y DANIELS AGAINST
OBSERVATORY TRANSFER

Washington, April 4.-Secretary Dan
iels today sent letter tc Chairman,
Padgett of the House naval committee
protesting against House bill which
would transfer the naval observatory to
the Smithsonian Institute.
ANY interference In the work Of the
observatory at this time when all are
engaged in war work." wrote the sec
rotary. Interrupts the supply Of nauti-
cal instruments in the active feet. which
may cause disaster"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-05
SATISFACTORY
RESULTS
A Classified
Advertisement
Will Sell Anything
ION Wheels"

A "for sale" ad in the Journal
repeated q few times, will find .
buyer fer your second hand vs-
hiels-~hesher it's an automs.
bile, motorcycle, bicycle, ear.
rage, wagon, truck. cart or baby
carriage!
SOMEBODY reeds lift il 10
still useful. And tho money il
will bring you will be helpful TO-
you in solving some immediate
eash.raisinp puzzle!