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New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Ku Klux Klan Returns to
Fight the Hun

+ O! the Ku Kluxers are back! New
A thrills such as inspired the pen Of
John Fox, jr., are, according to scat
tered newspaper accounts, being staged
again-only now with wholly different
motive.
The Ku Klux Klan of the old recon-
struction days of the South is back
again, this time to help beat the Huns
by forcing idlers to 60 to work. Mys-
terious men have gone through the
streets of many towns in the United
States, especially down South and out
West, delivering their warning, solemn
ly assuring that the eye of scrutiny is
upon those who disobey and that all
slackers will face the penalty which the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Second Thoughts About
Portugal

IN A recent number of "The Con-
! temporary Review" Aubrey F. E.
Bell wrote:
Nothing has been more unpleasant in
the relations between Great Britain and
Portugal during the war than the apparent
fear that the Portuguese people, if left to
itself, would betray it's own liberties and
Independence and dishonor its international
Obligations. 1t was fear cunningly circu-
lated and exploited by the Democrats, who
had horror of real democracy. Now that
the Republican regime in, Portugal is on
the way to attain a greater measure of ma
tional unity it will be shown how utterly
sroundless was that fear. The courageous
action Of Major Sidonio Paes and his sup
porters is likely to help to transfer the
British alliance from the narrow political
sphere to the sphere Of real popular sym
pathy. The British and Portuguese peoples
are in the same boat; they are both suf-
fering at home from the effects of the
war; they are fighting side by side in
France. 1t is high time that they should
recognize each others good qualities and
see their common interests more fully The
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Where Tons of Luscious
Oranges Are Cast
Before Swine

sGTN THESE days of high-priced or
4 anges," says "Gas Logic" "it is a
saddening thought to devotees Of this
golden, most priced Of all the citrus
fruits that there are places in the tropics
where vast quantities of the ripest, most
luscious oranges are literally cast before
swine.
"This great waste Of one Of earths finest
foods occurs in the beautiful West Indian
island Of jamaica and is incidental to the
primitive methods used by the natives in
producing orange OIL now much used in
this country in the making of cakes, can
dies and other things in the luxury class.
Before Messina was laid in ruins by the
great earthquake ten years ago Sicily was
the chief source Of the worlds supply Of
orange oil. Sicily's misfortune, however.
was Jamaicas gain, for the West Indians
took up the industry at that time and have
been following it with increasing profit
ever since
"The industry is delightfully."- pictur-
esque. Native girls and boys, clad in their
striking vari-colored costumes swarm over
the hillside groves engaged in the work
Of collecting the oil The boys, many of
them with the beauty Of the ancient
Greeks, shake down the fruit, while the
girls, seated on the ground, extract the oil
by means of 'rinders.' These are shallow
copper basins studded thickly on the in
side with sharp points tacks. AS the
oranges are lightly rolled over these tacks
with the palm of the hand the skin yields
up its valuable OIL
"The workers may eat as many oranges
as they please, but after the 'rindng' is
completed the great bulk of the luscious,
ripe fruit is thrown away to the pigs and
other livestock.
"Unadulterated orange oil has strong
aroma, and is used in the making Of per-
fumes, essences, soaps and beverage fla
vors, as we'll as of cakes and confectionery.
The principal use for Jamaica orange oil is
in the manufacture of fancy biscuits, par
tcularly Of a wafer biscuit which is used
extensively with ices and iced drinks"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

lack Of authentic information as to just
what sort Of men these adventurers
really are Former Mayor Bridges
Smith, writing for "The Macon Tele-
graph" specu1ates as follows:
"The Ku Klux was made up of the best
and most determined men Of the commu-
nifty, not organized for fun or political rea-
sons, but for the common good. They
meant business from the word go, and
never told man to halt but the one time
When they sent warning to some fellow
who was undesirable as citizen he soon
realized that the warning was no idle
threat"
"The Ell Paso Times" notes a feeling
Of uneasiness lest the movement spread
beyond bounds:
Washington is uneasy lest the movement
sweep out Of bounds and beyond restraint
o7 the wiser heads now known to be domi-
mating members of the intimidation clans.
"Its threat against the fundamentals Of
civil law in the United States has been
gravely discussed in Congressional debate
on the espionage law.
"But the clan spirit is spreading fast and
becoming more bold, with scarcely any CO.
ordinated effort or seeming temper to
CucCk IL.
"In the West, where the Vigilante spirit
Is deeply ingrained, it has become epidemic
Thus far no acts of violence have occurred
but night parades of the riders and public
announcements have resulted in a notable
decrease Of covert pro-Germansm."
In Birmingham, Ala, $50 white-robed
men in Ku Klux Klan uniforms, carry
ing an American flag and a fiery cross
at the head Of the procession, rode
through the streets recently distribut-
ing cards warning idlers to find work to
do. The cards said in part:
IF you would be Justly entitled to the
toleration and the protection you are en-
joying, find work to do and do It. No able
bodied man, rich or poor, has a right to
consume without producing. Take heed and
go to work. The eye of scrutiny is upon
you. Be respectful to the flag of your
country and loyal to the government Aid
by every means at your command the sup
preston of disloyalty by either speech or
action. The Ku klux Klan is pledged to
the enforcement of the above tenets."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

courage Of the Portuguese troops and the
devotion OF the Portuguese at home and the
deep friendship now existing between Great
Britain and France and between France
and Portugal should form an excellent basis
for better understanding between the two
great English speaking and Portuguese
speaking worlds. The development and
prosperity of the Portuguese colonial en-
pre- later Will recompense for the sacrifices
demanded of Portugal in the war. and now
for the first time in an alliance of centu-
ries, there is hope that it will become a
vital friendship and that nation will speak
to q nation"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

the stream and nearly all the way up
the walls of the canon.
The dam being subject to overflow, a
concentric pool or water cushion thirty
five feet wide is provided just below it
by means of an arched dam three feet
thick and fifteen feet high, with radius
of thirty-fve feet
In adding fifteen feet to the height of
the dam the first step taken was to set
steel anchors in holes drilled in the top
of the original dam. Forms were then
built up on the old structure and con-
crete was poured. To reach rock abut-
ments it was necessary to build the
ends of the addition as tangents. These
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

forcement. 1t is sixty-two inches thick
at the base, thirty-six inches at a height
of thirty feet, and continues that thick
ness for its upper forty feet. AS de-
signed in January, 1907, it was to have
height of sixty-fve feet and to be
overtopped to depth of five feet. 1t
was built that year to height of fifty
five feet. In December, 1911, an addi-
ton of fifteen feet to the height of
structure was designed. This was built
in 1914.
The dam has radius of seventy feet,
an arc of 1907 and a crest length of
l58 feet. 1t is founded on bedrock,
which was found exposed at the bed of
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
e.

the Albert S. Cook prize for writing ,
poem about the event This prese--sn =
given for the best poem written by
student of the university. The verses,
are entitled September 7th-Verdun
Sector"
Mr.. Buck was one of the best track.
athletes of Yale while an undergraduate.
To-day he holds the record for the Yale
Harvard dual athletic meets in the pole
vault, his achievement consisting of clear
ing the bar at IL feet inches in ths
Yale-Harvard game in Cambridge in
May, 1916.
About year ago he entered the Amer
lean Ambulance Corps in France, remain
ing in service and under fire most Of the
time, till last October, when he returned
20 America. lie spent large part or
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

overcame this difficulty, however, by
making an attachment to his bed springs,
as shown in the illustration, that COM
PEELED him to get up to break the electric
current
A simple frame was made of two brass
spring pieces, stretched lengthwise of the
bed, one on each side and just under the
springs, with third piece connecting
them about two feet from the head. These
wires were properly insulated from the
bed frame with pieces of fibre attached
in the line as shown at 4 and B. A
small turnbuckle C was used to keep the
line taut.
A cheap clock made the electric connec-
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

hook, made by bending one-half by
one-inch fiat bar and short plank. By
placing the members as shown in the
illustration and sitting on the free end
Of the board, an air or electric drill
Is held in place under sufficient pres
sure to drive it through the metal. The
plan eliminates the trouble attending the
customary practice of placing the drill
Under clamp and feeding it through
the plate with the aid of hand screw
Populor Mechanics.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
The New Director of Air
craft Production

~(HE recent appointment Of John
D. Ryan, chairman of the Air
craft Board, as director Of air
craft production was hailed as
aan omen of promise" For Mr.. Ryan,
president of the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Company, the United States Metals
Selling Company and the Montana
Power Company and railroad builder
and organizer, rightfully belongs in the
class known as captains Of industry.
Having volunteered for Red Cross
work, Mr.. Ryan in July of last year was
,npointed director general of military
relief. Two weeks later he was named
10 succeed Edward N. Hurley as q men,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
o Brow Brothers. from The Nations Business.

> "Within a week a dozen California dis
tricts found themselves patroled by silent
and unmistakably earnest night riders
whose identity remains secret but whose
purpose any one who runs may read.
"Disloyalty shall not hamper Americas
prosecution of a victorious war. If the
courts and legal machinery cannot suppress
dangerous pro-Germanism, there are other
forces that can and will"
Curiosity mingles with widespread
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

Ku Klux Klan, pledged to the enforce
ment Of the above tenets, knows so we'll
how to inf1ict.
A survey which has extended to sew
eral important American newspapers in
dicates that the Ku Klux Klan has "com-
mitted no wrong" and that it promises
to speed up the enrolment of war work
ers. "The Ell Paso Times" calls these
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Safety Fire Shutters Prove
Efficient

N COMMENTING on fire which de-
: stroyed part of picture filrn in
notion picture theatre Of the city,
rnenix (Ariz.) paper pfaises the eff
elency OF the safety fire shutters on the
psojeeting machine. A broken end of
MIN, few into the lamp on the ma
enine, but the shutters worked immedi-
atsly and confined the flre to the steel
mAea1ine. The article said: 1.-THE ease
N1tA MAaeh the are waS handled by thu
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

fellows "the lawless patriots Of to-day"
and adds:
"In hundred American communities the
ku Klux Klan is riding again-riding to
patriotic impulse, for better or worse
"Not by that name, but in that spirit
"This time they come not upon chargers
with Gathering hoofs and weird caparison,
but in muffed autos that go with swift
stealth upon their mission.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
September 7fh-Veydun
Sector

p UNNING, running, staggering, torture
IN sped,
Bringer of fearful tidings came
His face was like a horror laughing fame,
His knees were crimson with undarkened
red
From comrades dying or already dead
Gasping he gave his message, and we fed
Down the lean, barren, shell-combed road,
His face before us as a living goad.
There by the ditch we found thAm, as he
said.
Blindly the needless thunders broke
With yelling laughter up the summer sky:
And rocks and trees were idly tossed on
high.
We lifted them, the broken, moaning men.
And those that never spoke,
And staggered back that glaring way again.
One bleeding being, ever, ever nigh.
Days, days and nights. The curious gold
ring
His hands strange warmth. Until tie dav
l know shall remember everything.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Electricity as a Trench
Digger

IT is reported that the French ara
making extensive use Of electricity
at the front in the operation of all kinds
OF excavating machines. Working in or
dinary earth. four men with two wheel
barrows and machine driven by an
electric motor can shift from twenty-five
to thirty-five tons day. In a month a
shelter with sleeping accommodation
Tor five hundred men can be dug by \
single company.--The Electrical Er1eya.
rsester, 4
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

battery. through the clock to the insu
lated frame. The clock turned on the
current at the time set. The weight of
the sleeper caused the springs to touch
the frame, as shown by the dotted line, 50
the bell rang and kept on ringing until
he got up. K. Burrell, in Popular
Science Montfly.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

ton at the time set, and couple Of dry
batteries completed the device. The con-
nectlons were simple: one wire was at
tached from the battery through the bell
to the bed springs, the other from the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
A Remark able Concrete
Arch Dam

one Of the thinnest, if not the thin
~ nest, arched concrete dams for it's
height in the world has seen several
years service on Crowley Creek, NAL
heur County, Oregon. The dam is all
the more notable because it has no rein
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
An Ambassador and
Three Pioneers

THE Home Department Of the Japa-
Il nese imperial government estab-
lished last August new bureau for the
supervision and promotion of social well
fare throughout the empire, writes "The
Survey"
"The director of the bureau, l. Taeo. is
now in this country in pursuance of his Of
cial commission during a years leave of
absence. Before returning to his native
country he hopes to acquaint himself with
social work in America, the British Empire
and Europe and to meet social workers in
both official and voluntary agencies in the
various countries
"Mr. Tago has been preceded by three
prominent pioneers in the social work of
Japan, DR.. Ogawa ard Messrs. Namai and
Iakata, whose previous visits abroad led
recently to the appointment by the Home
Department of the COMMITTEES for Inquir-
ing into Human Welfare Work"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

steel container and the fact that not all
Of the thousand feet of infammable ma
terial was destroyed show to what ex-
tent modern appliances have minimized
fire danger in theatres. ."-Safety Engi-
neering.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

were carried up three feet above the
curved portion Of the dam, in order to
SO confine the overflow that it will strike
on sound rock The wing walls are thir-
ty inches wide on top, with batters of
one in four on each hside.-Engineeyin
NeUs-Record.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

Der Of the Red Cross War Council. Mr..
Ryan was born in Michigan and is fifty
four years old.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Howard S. Buck, Author
OF Yale's Prize War Poem

T Asst year the French government
- gave Howard Swazey Buck the
Croix de Guerre for risking his life to
bring several Allied wounded and diving
soldiers out of the Boche barrage after
they had been hit by the hail of shell
fire.
Now Yale University has awarded him
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
How to Keep the Sand
Man From Coming Back

THE growing habit of switching off
l. the alarm clock and then sleeping
while longer made one commuter miss
his train many times. He very easily
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

his time in the Verdun sector last year
and his prize poem is the outcome of one
of his experiences. Here is the poem. In
it he gives a graphic description of th(
incident which won for him the War
Cross:
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Making Light Work of
Drilling Holes in
Steel Plates

w HEN drilling rivet holes in
" large plates of steel that can
w not be handled in press, the
work is facilitated by using
Evening star., 1918-01-29
DECIDES TO HEAR CHARGES.
French Senate Will Try Former Min.
lister Malvy for Treason

PARIS, January 29.-The French sen.
ate, organized as high court of ius-
tice, and which yesterday began the
trial of Louis J. Malvy. former min
lister of the interior. on charges Of high
treason, after a long secret session an
nounced that it had rejected the pIea
that it was not competent to act in
the case.
Antonin Dubost, president of the sen-
ate. declared that the demand of two
civilians that they be made partjes ~
the case was not acceptable to tbs
court. He announced that a SUNNI
mentary investigation would be neces.
sary.
Prosecutor Merillon's charges beean
with the reading of the report Of The
senate sitting of July 21, containing a
speech by NJ. Clemenceau attackinr NJ
Malvy. and M. Malvy's reply; the reporf
Of the chamber sitting Of October
when Leon Daudets letter to Presiient
Poincare. accusing NJ. Malvy Of treason
was read; report Of the chamber sif..
ting of October 16. containing a dec
laration by NJ. Painleve Of III. MaIvv;a
innocence. and the copy Of the cham
ber's resolution ordering the ACCUSE
tion of NJ. Malvy. N. Merillon then
argued that the high court was compe-
tent to try the case, but demanded that
. supplementary Investigation be made
before the hearing.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
LONELY IN JAIL, HE OPENS
LOCKS AND GETS AWAY
Maryland Boy Had Gun and Silver
ware, Which He Admitted
He Had Stolen.

Having in his possession a quantity
of silverware, which he admitted was
stolen, and armed with a loaded reyol-
yer. William H. Forrest, seventeen
years old, Berwyn, Md, was arrested at
9th and F streets yesterday by Police
man Payne. He is charged also with
having broken Jail at Marlboro several
days ago. Forrest gave the following
reasons for breaking jail:
Had been sent to the Cut" as he
termed the Maryland reformatory at
Jessups Cut, II would have been salts
fed. But 1t was like solitary conf1ne-
I decided to quit it,
Forrest left the prison less than a
week ago. He had been tried and SEN
fenced to twelve months in the reforma-
tory for a robbery at a house in CAPITOL
Park some time ago. When he ESCAPED
from jail he returned to the vicinity of
the scene OF the robbery and got silver
ware he had hidden under a house in
the Maryland suburb. Possession Of that at
silverware was what attracted atten-
ton to him yesterday.
It was the easiest thing Imaginable
to open the locks OF the prison the
youth said. He had seen them opened
without the aid of a key. he stated. and
he opened them by taking hold Of them
and tapping on them with his shoe.
cell awaiting. trial for MURDER" said
Forrest. IT locked tho door so he
couldn't get out The gun took from
the jail was evidence In that case. /
didn't know 1t was evidence whom I
took 1t. or would not have touched T."
Evening star., 1918-01-29
PENNSY TRAINS ARE
8 TO 18 HOURS LATE
New York Central Road Also
.Hampered-Big Force Tries
to Restore Freight Traffic.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, January 29.-Al-
though traffic conditions on the rail-
roads were much improved today. drifts
and packed snow in many parts of
the state were responsible for delays
of from eight to eighteen hours In the
arrival of through trains from the west.
Attempts were made to resume
freight service after more than 5000
men had worked to clear tracks and
switches, but it proved difficult. ac-
cording to railroad officials. to free
cars from the snow drifts up state.
Conditions were ameliorated at many
noints by a moderation in the tempera-
ture during the night.
Electric car traffic throughout the
state is still badly crippled. and work
ers in the munition districts are ex-
periencing much difficulty reaching
their places Of employment.
N. z. C. Trains Late.
CHICAGO, January 90. - New York
Central passenger trains are ltmping
into Chicago ten hours late, owing to
the storm, and those of the Pennsyl-
yania road seven hours behind schedule,
according to the superintendent OF rail-
way mail service at the post Office.
Trains from Omaha were four hours
late.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Harden Flags German
Stand as to Austria;
Peace Held Possible
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. January .-Max,m,.., ,
Harden devotes thirteen closely nr,nt.d
pages in the latest issue Of Die zukunf,
to reproducing the real texts Of the re-
cent speeches Of President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd George He saws that
thoughtful and conscientious men should
read the speeches quietly and without
pre]uolce and critcises in an astonish.
ingly outspoken fashion Gerrnanv,s atti-
tude toward Austria in the conduct ot
the russian negotiations Herr Harden
virtually accuses Germany of forcinp
Austria Hungary into the war and saws
that peace might have been obtained The
first week at Brest-Litovsk il the Gar~
mans had not posed as conouerors and
had not demanded territory.
Referring to President Wilson'S snaa.,
Herr Harden says: 'ee~'A
Belief Is still firm that peace ia mo.
sible and that the cleavage between ne
two fighting groups no longer is 40 wide
that it can be filled only by new bea ns
OF corpses. 1t will however. widen int
an unbridgeable gulf If the people aeain
refuse to acknowledge a changed world y
He pleads for the sanctity OF treaties
reduction OF armaments; the right r.
| self-determination Of nations and favors
reconsideration OF the question ~
Alsace-Lorraine. VI
Evening star., 1918-01-29
"VICTORY BREAD" SCARCE
so FAR IN NEW YORK CITY
Bakers Having Difficulty Obtaining
Some Substitutes for Wheat.
Jump in Prices Noted.

NEW YORK, January 2s.-The new
victory bread" is scarce in New York
so far. for, despite the patriotic inten-
tions of the bakers, they have not been
able to obtain the substitutes for wheat
was said today that the food board
would dealy leniently with those who
ignore the federal order here. allow
ing ample time for the bakers to get
the necessary substitute ingredients.
Many wholesale flour dealers have
declined to quote prices for corn, bur-
ley and ri4e hour. it is said. or have
jumped the prices to such an extent
that bakers will be unable to handle
the victory loaf without charging
more than they do for ordinary bread
The bakers are experiencing diff
Guilty In deciding on an acceptable
formula for the bread, it Is said. as the
change IN hour also necessitates other
sistency.