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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02

"a, board without regard to pol'u
cal ufulntun9. men who are giving
th,ir services without pay 10 back
up the mon ut the front
"Th, American Defense society is
wagiul war against the enemy Wit
in cur gates the spies. tho preachers
uf scditiun. the fomontcrs ~ industrial
disturbance "'Ac coprcrhrads' of
this era. ono aI fHuso % are en-
|d,lyuriug iusi1Iuu,iy iu thw1rt aud
20 undermine the purpose and eff
cicncy OF the rnitrd states iu the
condiict of the war
The American Defense society i-
cooperating with the government
locally and nationally iu the prusccu-
ton of the war, giving aid TO other
patriotic organizations aud doing
what u can 10 urge "a vigorous wlr
against the imperial German govern.
mcnt " is daily supplying auundcu-
tinl reports to the department of JUS
tIce the army intelligence bureau ana
o. other secret service agencies Of the
goN'rnmcn'
whatever has been accomplished
iu the past year nBIst bc increased by
70 greater contribution TO our national
safety and defense Boo lHl The work
ot the society has only begun As We
get really into the war the necessity
for greater watchfulncss and more
r~unsccratcd devotion grows The
American Defense soclrty ht. planned
for itself , large program. and 81
calls upon every patriotic American
who put America first GO help.
The report closes with q rostatr.
mcut Of the American Defense suci'.
TVS program. which is in bri"' the
exposure of German atrocities. IN,
putting down Of scdition In the United
States. thc surpre, sion of German.
inspired peace propaganda, the stop.
ping of all trade with the cenmv di-
rcctly AID through neutral sources
the enforcement Of the death penalty
against traitors and spies ia America
and the dcf,1' 20 Germany
The report Is signed ly the oNecu
tive committ," whose Wrmbers are
~. G. Quiuby chairman. 49, u craig
secretary. Richard NJ Hurd. Icrtrtn
r. Borden. william r. Hurn1day
Charles stewart Dawson. a. ;
Thompson. Robert Appleton
Many well known citizens make ul
the various committees ON th'
board at trustees are Richard VI.
Hurd. George Ngu"W, Lee DoFurrst
George T. carter. former goN"ruu.
of thc Hawaiian islands James o.
Ellsworth. Bradley A. Fiskc. foru'
rear admiral George \. Hurl
stewart D. Preston Henry g. Meek
cr. Louis Livingston Seaman. 1u.
others
Mrs. william cummings Stur.
heads tho national woman's commit
toe. and Mrs Robert Lansing an.
Mrs. charles $ Whitman are mem
hcrS.
The publicity committee contain
the names OF such we'll known writ
ria rs George Adc. Hes Peach. Eli
Parker Butler. Richard Washhur
Chilt. Irwin = Cobb, Hamlin Gar
land. Emerson though, RUPERT Hugh'
Dr. Woods Hutchinson owen Wisto
and wallace Irwin.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02

the society. which investigates the
evidence and turns Il over To the
government authorities.
Effective battles against the pro-
German soap hoN orators In New York
and against enemy insurance COM
uunics have been wagcd by the Amer
i,ru Defense society during the fiscal
year The first named campaign.
headed hN cleveland Noffrtt. result
oct 100 the absolute prohibition of So
speaking ON broadway. hut
not until the defense society hat
proved the iutdoquacv of the present
edition Law The report. therefore
lists among the activities commenced
In iqi7 ind Co bc continued during
tn. first part Of tho coming year. a.
movement tu srcure an amendment
tu the espionage act providing pun
iahment for disloyal speaking
The American Defense suclrt,. tho
report shows tool the lead iu the
right against the enemy insurance
companies widespread publicity up
uu the subject. calling attention to
the military information iu their pos
spssion through maps surveys and
confidential REPORTS. i is thought ted
go the ruling ny Secretary NcAdpo.
witch causcd their liquidation.
The report also mentions specific
action taken against the peace edl-
toriuls uf william, Randolph Hearst
\ public mass ibceting first called
attention 90 the rua of his pre-.
mature peace tilk. and since then the
socirt, has published in pamphlet
form the speech made against hin.
o., James NJ Heck
The defense society has also O..
cOrding TO the report pushed aEgres-
siyc action against Robert " Ia
Toilette whose case is still before
the senate committee The drfcns,
society first submitted 20 the senate
committee q brief setting forth the
grounds of the accusation h IA Mr..
l., Toilette had. through his utter
aucpF. given laid and comfort To- the
enemy. and should therefor be oN.
pellcd The report promises con.
tinued action In this case
The formation uf The LOYALTY
League 81 American schools under
the direction of e. ward Champion
director OF physical training boz M,
Ncw York schools. with the purpos,
OF stimulatiuE q more robust pt,ri.
otto spirit among thos" who uoul,
the minds Of American youth is ala,
listed among tho years activities tn,
report says that plano are under Sal
for he formation OF Junior loydlt,
leagues among the public school pa
pills. and that a loyalty pledge TX be.
ms circulated amonE the teachers.
lu making public tho content o
th, report. the executive commute,
gave out the following statement
"Tho American Defense society O
lu uIeanigation OF citizens Of m,
! ''ultoi states Incorporated under ,l
laws Of The state Of New York. who
in ncu 90 service At the front. are 1o
iuE whit thoy can AZ home 20 holt
win 'rg war ain Germany ~ b
supported hy voluntary contribution
and boy membership foes ranEin.
/ from 81 10 $500 n is governed DIS
tho board OF trustees and hy M.
e%vccutiV, comInittec appointed froll
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02
Cured His RUPTURE

I was badly rupturcd while lifting e trunk
several years ngo. Doctor, SAID my only hopc ot
cure WI, an operation. Tfu-,ts did me no gp,d.
Finally I got hold Of something that quickly aud
completely cured me. lDl- hIvc passed and the
rupture has never returned, although { Il doing
harI work as q cttpeut,r. There was No opcfn.
ton, No lngt time. no trouble. I have nothing T.
sell hut will rive full information about how you
may find a Compicte cue s'UHut operation a.
you write 70 me. Eugene NJ ru'lcn. Carpenter
nor Mlrveilus Avenue. MauH,quau, NJ. Better
cut out this notice and show 90 TO any other, who
the m..rr, oi ruptIns and tho wotry and danger
Of Iu operation.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02
Spain Is Facing
Serious Problem;
Food Very Scarce

ssraIAt coseeseonorp.. .. "sA,n
Washington, Feb ..' ''''"''''
situation in Spain b, .. 'I as q e
OF the most serious ..''' Una
country has over h,.. ..''I upon
to face. Shortage OF .... Ind rising
prices, have aruusc' ... II's' To a
strong campaign aEaIu.' 'n' EoNern-
mcut for not taking u. VIGOROUS ct
forts 90 control IN. cspc-
,iall, prices.
s shortage oG couI u'. attendant
.conEcstion of traffic b.. .'.''t IN the
Spanish food situate. Prices Tor
practically al food commodities have
risen uu % svalc that ranges from q
per cent to 100 percrH. '.I- boo spite
Of increases In tho IU..u. ''ou OF q
few staple articles Nr,us for in
stance have gone Co., point when
prtct,c,IIt prohibits l.. use h> tho
working class aud ... production
has Increased % pcu ..
The rr"wser has testified q" IN"
high iuud prices. but o. #- 'hIt spec
ulators are not who'll, PHI. Nltu" \
contributing factor ..ah freight
rates which in turn co.,. HH-'' large
lN bv GOAL shortage
Iu the san Scbasf.. ..fiuu Their"
hts been riotiug in H effort foo pre-
vent eggs ,ud other ou Oddities from
leaving 'h" district 49, Nsu'utr ru-
harEu has been place. . uNN" "il.
which before the Wa Nt % of
Spaiu.s largest export. "h''" ls ti
embargo uu AN prepu. such as
vermiy"'u aud soup paste uHd" from
flour cereals or vcrc'. Most 81
the Spanish hakcriva working a'
about ju peer cent of 'h. normal ca.
pacity. uu 1ccoUnt of initiation ut
their consumption .. ..Il "r gas
Spain has been larg,IE ..p'uJrut up
un commercial hakcr.. '.r her hrea,
supplies. and like f.. Italians haN
been very partial q. ..ruiuolH an,
la~'a~ which are I... effected b'
fH. fuel limitations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27
June 18th National War SAVINGS Dav

Every woman and child is going to join answer
that be heard from end of Germany
clear strong and that may have far
greater effect than of imagine, Germanys
future policy.
Let this be answeret every person great land
of pledge himself to buy many Savings Stamps
he possibly afford. Let's German
that sinking ships and killing only strs us to
action.
Let's make June 20 memorable in the history
National w. S. S. Day. Lets you and land every Won
and /, woman and chid-resove IN
bed that night will have many War Savings Stamps
pasted on our War Savings Certificates can buy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27

II every man. woman and child this occasion and
Guys stamps you bet that the will know what
t means every of the hundred million Americans
Buys only one War Savings Stamp that day. Govern
ment will have 425 million dollars
But that is not enough. We pledge five times that
Our quota for the nation billion dollars to be raised
through the sale of War Savings Stamps this year.
Let's not wait until another transport blown up Let's NOT
wait until fu-page casualty lists start coming in from
france Let's make minds busy and when each
OF us goes to bed tonight let's be able say ourselves
Well perhaps have not done much, but have at least
shown the mothers of boys that behind them and
have sent an answer to the Kaiser that will make him
stop and think" .'--~-1 -Ai
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-27

Many American ships with
Atlantic victims OF German blood
Our boys of
fight that and | a home be afe.a -
But we can 40 something not be much but what
You cannot fight because cannot reach waiting
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
BUILDING the City.

The new and better world after the
war. of which we dream these days,
will not build itself any more than
the bubble which marks the site of
Ypres or LOuvain will come together
of itself into beautiful and splendid
buildings, observes a writer. 1t will
take time and struggle and infinite pa
tience. and if men and women are not
willing to pay the price of new and
better world, such will not come mere
ly because they have airy visions of
it. Much of our talk about better
things to come is too cheap and easy
and has not enough of grip aud pur-
pose to make 1t worth much. What
God is giving us. and will give us in
those great after-the-war days, is a
wonderful opportunity, but we shall
have to meet that opportunity with
heroic endeavOr and self-sacrficing eff
fort before it can possibly become
fruitful. Talk is cheap and dreams are
sweet and inspiring. but 1t is not with
these alone that the Kingdom of God
is builded in the earth and mankind
is won for righteousness and brother
hood.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
Cement From Beet Sugar.

A result of experiments in French
factories is the production of an excel
lent cement as by-product of beet
sugar refining. The first step in the
production of sugar from beets is boil
ing them. 1t has heretofore been Gus
tOmary to throw away as value. ,ss the
scum formed on the caldrons. But It
has now been discovered that this
scum contains large quantities Of car
Donate of lime. 1t Is estimated that
1000 tons of the carbonates can be
recovered from 10000 tons Of beets.
To this quantity of the carbonate LOO
tons of clay is added. the resultant
product being a good cement. The
best scum is pumped into large reser-
voirs and allowed to evaporate for
certain length Of time before being
mixed with the clay. 1t Is then stirred
or beaten for an hour before being fed
into rotary ovens such as are used In
making Portland cement.-The ArgO-
naut.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
BRAVE SONS OF FAR WEST.
Boys Sole Object In Going to War.
Like That Of Others, Is to
"can the Kaiser"

Maj. e. Alexander Powell, in Scrib-
ner's Magazine, says ut has been my
good fortune to have marched with
many armies, but none of them has
given me the thrill of pride which runs
up my spine when I see these loose
limbed, brown-faced, clear-eyed sons
of the far West 90 swinging by under
the slanting lines of steel.
"They are for the most part serious
looking, with curious set expression
about them which makes you feel that,
though they realize the immense diff
Guilty of the task for which they are
preparing, they intend to see it fin
ished. no matter how long it may
take. Just as their fathers carried the
frontier of civilization westward from
the Mississippi, SO these. their sons,
are going to push that same frontier
from the. Rhine.
"But that isn't the way that they
would put It. Should you ask them
what they are fighting for, they will
say nothing about the liberty of small
peoples or about making the world
safe for democracy. They will assure
you that their sole object in going to
war is to can the kaiser.' And, upon
thinking it over, it seems to Inc that
their answer, though somewhat inele-
gantly phrased, perhaps. expresses the
sentiments of all of u.s."
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
WARNS AGAINST WASTING AIR
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Cites Attention Of Employees
to Real Expense.
"Don't waste the air."

Don't waste the air"
This injunction, indicating the pass
ing OF the last free commodity known
to man, has been added to the cOnser-
walton program of the Southern Pacific,
says Financial America. The attention
of thousands of workmen in the rail-
road shops Mt Los Angeles, Sacra-
mento and Oakland is being directed
to the fact that compressed air, used
to drive many machines and tools, rep
resents real expense. In fact, the
''hish cost of air" Is giving the, COM
pany economists some concern.
G. w. Rear, general bridge inspec-
tor for the company, estimates that
half-inch leak in a compressed-air
tank will offset the. work of a To-
horse power engine and the cost of q
horse power varies from less than q
cent to 30 cents per hour, depending
upon the size of the plant, amount of
attendance. etc. Usually the loss is
greater than the money cost, due to
decreased output on account of insult
ficient air supply.
The expression Stree as air. has no
relevancy in the Southern Pacific
shops.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
FERRY ACROSS THE CHANNEL
Freiqht Cars Are Carried for the First
Time In History From
England to France.

For the first time in the history of
raflroading train ferry has crossed
the English channel from Newhaven,
England. to Dieppe, France, carrying
about fifty cars. says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. Since early in the war
thousands of British railway cars have
been employed in France in transport
ing troops and supplies, but they have
all been transferred to the continent
by freighters. The Inauguration Of
ferry service indieates that the diff
culties created by very pronounced
tides have been overcome ut last to
the mutual advantage of these two al
lies. At Dieppe the water level varies
as much as 81 feet. To overcome this,
short bridges, attached at one end to
the dock and resting on large floats,
are employed. During loading and un-
loading the ferry is chained to the
boat and dock pier as we'll. The two
sm0kestacks are located one at either
side Of the craft, leaving space for
tracks down the center of the deck.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
Uniforms Too Tight.

The army council order about the
tightness and fitting of soldiers uni
forms led to expert discussion as to
which force has the best, says the
London Chronicle. Wounded officers
with experience ranging from Bagdad
to Ypres voted for the Australian.
It's shirtlike tunic with buttoned
sleeves is ideally workmanlikc. The
Norfolk jacket-like waistband gives
trimness without Iecessitating the
wearing of belt.
And just as unanimously expert
opinion declared the U. S. A. uniform
the worst.
''It's too tight-it's skin tight. Bless
you, the pockets won't hold anything
they're for appearance. You couldn't
cram handkerchief in one. And I
used to carry quite comfortably pair
of socks, couple of Mills grcnades, a
tin of bully. chocolate. cigarettes, and
my revolver in one side of my Jacket.
"A thing in your pocket is worth q
stone in your haversack."
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
LESS sIN<ABLE SHIP COMING
Hu'!sc Consists Of Two Parallel ycyl,n.
y .driea' Shells Joined Throughout
~, Length by Diaphraams.

The French government has con.
tracted with the Foundation company,
which, is building wooden ships for tho
Emergency Fleet corporation, to turn
out for it five cargo "nonsinkable
ships" of 4,2OO tons dead weight.
The hull Of these ships, SAYS the
New York Sun, is to consist of two
parallel cylindrical shells Joined
throughout their length by series Of
heavily hraced diaphragms. Each cyl
in'irical shell is divided not only into
watertiSh' compartments by trans
verse bulkheads. but also is isolated
entirely from the adjoining shell and
from the scaled space between the
two. The latter space, which has a
watertight bottom and deck, is not
used for cargo, but is provided solely
for reserve buoyancy.
1T should not be called an unslnk-
able Ship" said Mr.. Boero. II would
call 1t rather one Of the less sink
able ships. It Is seldom that a ship
has received more than one torpedo.
It Is extremely improbable that q ship
Will be struck by torpedoes on both
sides. We have tested an expert
mental design thoroughly at Paris,
and have found it entirely satisfac.
tory. The space required for the spe-
cial hull construction does not mate.
RALLY lessen the bulk of cargo that
can be carried. We are convinced
that the ship will keep afioat after It
has been t0rpedOed."
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
Tragedy Of French Trees.

Broken homes, ruined factories,
shattered churches, violated graves, it
had seemed to me we had rung all the
changes on the destruction of war. But
there remained one-the tragedy Of
the trees-says writer in McClure's
Magazine. You can rebuild houses,
churches, towns even-for that takes
only money. But you can't rebuild Or
chards of fruit trees and avenues Of
great shade trees-for that takes time.
We were seeing them everywhere now
with trees that were but
faded, shrfveled branches of brown
leaves lying on their sides; orchards.
where these had been cleared away.
that showed nothing but white-topped
stumps. They say that when the
warm spring came, some of these or
chard trees, lying on their sides but
not wholly severed, leafed gently and
then-just before they died-bloomed
once again for France.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
ITS A PREMATURE MONUMENT
Tall obs.lsk Was Ral.sd by the rsriss
to Commemorate, Anticipated, I /.
Capture 1T kut.f = !.

Approaching Kut-el-Amare from the
south BY the River T'grfs, the first
thing one sees nowadays is tall obe-
lisk. 1t stands on ground sacred to
no people in the world hut the Brit
ish. Eleanor franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Evening Post. 1t stands
on the wide, shcil-torn and deeply
trenched neck of land-base of the
peninsula on which the town is built
where for 144 days the shattered rem
nant Of British army withstood q
double siege of constant bombardment
and slow starvation. ~
This Obelisk was raised by the
Turks to commemorate the surrender
of General Townsend and their VIC
tory over the British forces that had
tried so long and so heroically to re-
lteve him. To me 1t was an exclama-
tfOn point to punctuate my own aston
ishmenti
I saw 1t first In the wonderful
lights of early EVENING" tall white
shaft In half-circling fringe Of palm
trees, lifting itself against a back
ground Of placid river, which lay In q
short, straight stretch to the north, re-
decting the colors of the sunset.
Was ever anything quite 90 prema-
ture3 It makes one realize, as moth
Ing else could, how confident the
Turks and the Germans were that they
had the British in Mesopotamia per-
manently defeated. Defeated! 1t
seems incredible that anyone could
have imagined 1t. In the face of things
as they have become. that obelisk
seems to me to express a kind Of
whimpering enmity. as though it felt
itself strangely inappropriate and
would get away IL it could to follow
its builders on the long trail of re-
treat to the north. 1t is a monu-
mental misconjecture. the ironic hui
NOR Of 1t being unique and thing in
which Englishmen may now rejoice.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
NO CALENDAR FOR 500 YsARs
Christians ,Reekoned Time According,
to Customs Of Nations % Which. !.
They Belonged. =. <

History tells us that for 500 years
the Christians had no calendar OF their
own. but reckoned the years according
to the customs Of the nations to which
they belonged. The Roman Christians
used the "Anno Urbis Conditae," or
year of the founding of Rome, to count
from; others counted from the reign
Of Diocletian, calling it 'the Era of
tho Martyrs" :" and still others used the
calendar of the Copts of Egypt. In the
sixth century Denis the Little, Greek
monk living in Rome. made calendar
counting from the Incarnation, the
date of which he fixed at 753 A. U. @.
So we commonly say that Rome was
founded 753 b. G.
At the beginning of the eighth CEN
tury the venerable Bede pointed out
that this was an historical blunder.
But no general notice was taken Of
his criticism and the error has contin-
ued to this day. Historic facts have
enabled modern scholars to determine
without much possibility of doubt, the
exact year Of the birth of Jesus, and
to place it at what we call 8 b. G.
ut should be noted" says the great
French astronomer. Camille Flamma-
rion, ''that the birth Of the Savior re-
mained totally unperceived at the
time. No register Of birth, no contem-
porary historian has bequeathed us
any sacred parchment registering the
event."
Moreover, although we are actually
approaching the year 1923 A. D., there
is little probability that our calendar
will ever be reformed to show the fact.
The confusion of dates that would re.
suit from substitution of the more &C.
curate designation would be too great
to make such righteousness worth
while.-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
The Sailors Widow.

How many people realize the enor-
nous amount of mourning caused
every time one of our ships goes down.
But few Of the heroes of the sea re-
turn disabled to live at home in peace.
1t is sheer luck or widowhood for the
sailors wife. 1t is some comfort to
know that several funds provide gen.
erously for the widows Of the sea, es-
pccially for thdse with babies; and it
Is touching to learn that the major
part OF these funds Is raised by vo1uu-
tary subscriptions among the crews
Who take great pride in the knowl-
edge that their "meys" cuts a good
figure in the subscription lists to sail
ors' charities,
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
Years of Experience.

Years of experience and preparation
are necessary for the, accomplishment
Of certain kinds of results. for partici-
patton In certain lines of activity.
This was never more true than today.
Business men, professional men, the
well-equipped man in the average
walks Of life, are being called upon to
show and to give all that is best in
them. The very years the passing of
which they may have regretted have
equipped thousands Of men and wom-
en- to do excellently well important
tasks which have arisen out Of the
emergencies Of the nations PERIL
The Three Partners.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
Wanted-lnaenuitv.

There is factory where tiny screws
are used in assembling the machines.
Formerly these screws were picked up
with small pair Of pincers, but now
magnetized screw drivers are used.
In Kansas there is shop where
small screws are inserted by first
pressing them through a bit Of paper.
Then they can be easily handled and
put in position, and the paper torn
away.
These are only examples of the sort
of ingenuity so badly needed to get
people out of the rut of inefiiciency.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-08-08
"Ne Lick. No c.nd v"

"rm going to buy some candy with
my penny" iisped little two-year-old
girl.
"fm not" said he:. brother, who is
not quite six years old. "I'm going to
save mine and buy another Thrift
stamp"
"Well. I want some candy" argued
the girl.
Jaw, go ahead and buy your candy"
replied her brother, 'but I'm going to
save mine and buy Thrift stamp
cause daddy said that will help lick the
kaiser, and he says if he amt licked
there won't be any candy"