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New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Housing the
WOn7an'S Land Army

The unit system which the New York
State Land Army uses has been good
solution of the first difficulties of getting
girls out OF the cities to the farms. This
system protects the girls by keeping them
together in camp. 1t gives them ade-
quatc amusement safeguards their health
and raises the standards Of the movement
to dignifcd place in the community, where
it represents the organized effort of the
leading in the state cooperating
with local civic and county officials. Every
camp is under the supervision Of com
petcnt older woman. Under her the
general working staff Of the unit-thc book
keepers, the dietitians chauheurs and agrl-
cultural workers. The girls are always
taken to and from work in automobiles
driven by women chaufeurs. Every unit
has one or more cars for this purpose, and
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camp improvements are always provided,
and everything possible is done to make the,
life of the "hands" comfortable while they
are on the job. Ask any girl who worked
in Land Army Camp last summer what
she is planning to do with this years vaca-
tion and you will discover how much the
girls like their "new job"
The girls do not work on rainy days.
This, of course, cuts down the income of
each camp, as the 50 is paid only for days
actually spent at work. In return for this
money which the girls earn the Land Army
supplies them with all the equipment of the
camp, its staff of trained experts, all trans
portation to and from work, and gives them
SIS month. Some of the units last year
paid the girls railway fare from New York
and supplied them with working costumes
and some laundry. These items however,
vary with the location and needs of the
different camps of the state
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
The Strenuous Vacation
vs.. the Hotel Piazza

Saturday nights the girls have great
time Then they go to town for the
movies" if they are near enough If they
aren't they get up little impromptu dances
for the neighboring farms or have stunt
parties among themselves. Tafy pulls and
night spreads among the most amazingly
democratic group of girls our country can
produce anywhere occasions of great
hilarity. There is hardly a girl among the
1,80O-odd that EARNED out" last summer
who is not looking ahead eagerly for the
coming summer and another four months
out of doors and in camp.
Days at summer resorts and mountain
camps where you do not do anything but
canoe or read the latest novels have gone
forever for good many girls in New York
State. And it isn't because any special
brand OF virtue has descended upon them.
It's just because they have tried out both
ways, some of them, and they have honesrrv
decided that work and enough fun mixed in
on the side are in the long run whole lot
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Dr. 1ornaday will t no more Cor ~

to purchase animals in some African port
and ship thcm to this country.
Early last year these three societies sent
to Africa ]. Alden Loring, of Oswego N Y,
a man Of experience in these matters and
he able to get together a few animals
and arrange for others. The supply is very
short just now, for one OF its greatest
sources is the individual farmers, who
ride about their lands and lassoo baby
animals capture them otherwise, but the
rehabilitation OF British troops VIII short
ly remedy that. Such animals as Mr. Lorine
obtained were left with the South Africa
Geological Gardens at Pretoria, and Director
A. Haagner, Of that zoo, Hollander by
birth, has agreed not only 10 care for these
but to become the South African repre-
sentative Of these American ZOOS.
With the Loring animals and such as he
has got hold Of for the United States since
Mr., Loring returned home Mr.. Uaagner has
q fair collection already. He has notified
his American correspondents that he has
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two giratTes, two zcbras, several kudu,
number of Glands and many smaller ami
mais. He expects to have a full shipload
hy early summer when they will be shipped
to this country ard distributed
At the same time the Worlds Geological
Trading Company is far enough along to
issue its first prospectus. Its leading Off
GERS are the Duke of Bedford, G. Tyrwhitt
Drake, Mayor Of Maidstone, and Dr. P
Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the London
Geological Society. Al the suggestion Of
Dr. Hornaday these gentlemen and others at
tempted to incorporate this company in 1916
but the British government refused then
to give them charter on the ground that
only such interpretations as were directly
related to the could be permitted, but
late last year they got their charter and
are ready for business. They viii operate
largely in Africa, but also extensively in
India, where they expect to absorb the
bulk of the business formerly done by
Germans. They viii go into South America
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Straight from Hamburg-Two Ha-
genbeck hippos and their special car,
IN which they travelled from Ger
many

ers could hardly afford to cut prices much.
They had to be kept up for protection
against time when it would cost the
usual amount to get specimens of this ami
NAL. If chance thus threw an extra profit
in the way of the animal dealer he stih
was far from growing rich at the business,
and none ever has gained great wealth
One thing which helped the Germans
greatly in gaining such hold on this wild
animal business was the fact that the big
German steamship companies, like the
North German Lloyd and the Hamburg
American, as we'll as the smaller lines about
the globe always backed up Hagenbeck and
Ruhe and the others by accepting shipments
of animals anywhere for anywhere at rea-
sonabe rates and caring for this live
freight to the best of their ability. They
would even build comfortable box stalls on
deck for big animals, and their ships sail
ing TO ports where animal shipments might
be expected carried men whose sole duties
were to look after animals.
Few British steamship lines will do any,
thing whatever for the wild animal people,
ano most American lines fatty refuse such
shipments. DR.. Hornaday tells of time
when an American line caused him great an
noyance by refusing to accept for trans por-
tation to New York zone little leopard which
wouldn't have made anybody any trouble"
The animal Gagged and on the dock. and
everybody connected with its purchase and
shipment supposed all arrangements com
plete, but at the last moment the company
refused fatty to receive it, and its owners
all but lost it before a steamer could be
found which would carry it across the At
lantic.
Experiences like these have made Dr.
Hornaday very chary of trusting wild ami
mails to steamship people, though he speaks
Of one British line which has used him
mighty we'll. He insists, however, that the
seller of any animal to the Bronx Zoo de-
liver it in New York, and has consistently
refused to do business with one British con-
Germ, at least, which Will not do this He
has brought such pressure as he could on
the Worlds Geological Trading Company to
deliver its animals at destination, and be-
lieves it will be able to do so. The abil-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

more profitable and better fun in the end
than idly watching the days pass in the
stale, old-fashioned way Your latest
twentieth century girl is a hustler She
works because she likes it, not because she
feels there is any special virtue in it.
Then the girls who must earn their living
through the summer months are Just as
happy as the schoolgirls, teachers or girls
who stay at home. If you spend the year
at machine or sewing at a trade the abso-
lutte advantage of getting away from the
city and of working at something entirely
different, with the chance of meeting a new
set of friends, is joy and rest in itself.
Many girls who find the drain on their
health a serious problem because of close,
interior work in the city have found work
on farms real blessing To girls who
face the summer ordinarily as a period Of
idleness because of the seasonable trades
which they follow, this work offered by the
Land Army provides real chance at steady
employment all through the year
At the annual state convention many plans
will be discussed for extending the policies
and planning the programme for the New
York State Woman's Land Army for the
coming season AS this promises to be the
most significant year the United States has
ever seen in the problem of employing
woman labor, and since the increased har-
vest is a world necessity the coming con-
vention carries national as well as state-
wide importance.
Among the we'll known women who are
furthering this great back to the landn
movement, as represented by the officers
and board of directors of the New York state
Woman's Land Army, are Mrs. Thomas r.
Burgess, chairman, Scarsdale; Mrs Charles
Whitman, New York; Mrs. Otto Eichel. AL
bany; Mrs. Frederick Townsend. ALBANY.
Mrs. Walter Steele, Buffalo; Mrs. V. Eyerit
Macy New York. Mrs. Frank Vanderlin.
Scarborough; Miss Ida Ogilvie. New York.
Mrs Florence Ferguson Purchase, N. Y.
Mrs. Melvin White and Mrs Howard Bea1.
New York; Mrs. Benjamin Howes, Scars
dale, and Mrs. August Belmont, New York.
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Another Monopoly Lost to Gerrnary-The Tiaer

ity of Hagenbeck and Ruhe and the other
German dealers to guarantee this with
every sale an immense advantage to
them in competing for this trade, especially
with the English.
Steamers other than of the regular lines
are seldom desirable carriers of animals.
Their officers may mean we'll by the ami
mails, but their business and that of the
crew is to operate the ship and. especially in
a time of emergency on the sea, their live
freight is apt to be neglected and die.
Transporting animals is not as easy as it
might seem, anyway. DR.. Hornaday tells
interestingly of how the Bronx Zoo got.
giraffe from the west coast of Africa in
1915:
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
NOn=Gern1an
Ventures

Soon after the United States entered the
war combination was formed of the New
York Geological Society, the Philadelphia
Geological Society, which has the 200 at
Fairmount Park, and the National Zoologi~
cal Society, which has the interesting COL
lection Of animals in Rock Creek Park, for
the purpose of acquiring animals for exhi-
bltlon The first two are financing the
scheme, for the last ia a government inst-
tuition, and our government never puts out
any money in advance. 1t requires no small
outlay 20 outfit wild animal expeditions or
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Giraffe Guardian
Wanted

"Our consul at Daku, Senegal, ". J. Yer
by. is good SPORT says the genial doctor,
"and he knew that the had cut off our
supply of animals pretty We'll; SC when "a
fine giraffe was brought into town he cabledk
me to know if we would like it, On his
description we bought it, but cabled him
not to ship it in care of any steamer peo-
pie, not to ship it at all, in fact, until he
could send some one with it to care for it
all through the voyage
We'll, he tried and tried TO find some-
body to send with the giraffe but without
success. No native would take the job, and
probably none could have been found suffi-
cently worldly wise to have gone through
with it, anyhow At length friend of the
consul's who was coming home turned up
and agreed to care for the giraffe We had
sent on a drawing of the proper crate for
the animal, and l wish you could have seen
the crate they made and which he was in
when he got here.
at twice too big Instead of maxi
i9g a crate to accommodate the giraffes
body and carrying up side of it in
a peak to take care of his head and
neck, they had carried the whole crate up
squarely. 1t looked like the Astor Trust
Building.
"Of course, this was an awkward thing
to handle with the animal in it, especially
there is harbor at Daku and freight
has to be lightered out to ships in the
roadstead. Ships have no regular calling
days there, and they have to simply await
their appearance and get anything for
shipment abroad hurriedly in the short
time they remain. One appeared unex-
pectedly soon, but by dint of involving the
whole population of the town, native aud
white, they got that giraffe onto the
lighter and out to the vessel. where
compliant captain aided them all he could.
1t was a day long to be remembered in
the annals of the place.
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% ERMANY has lost the wild animal
n trade of the world. When in that
q n year the Kaiser came to der Tag,
only TO find after more than four
years that he had mistaken the date, what
amounted almost TO monopoly went the
way Of so much Of the rest of the worlds
commerce which The Huns had got into
iheir hands through the years.
Up to then the two leading concerns
from which geological parks and circuses
the world over made their purchases of
wild animals were Carl Hagenbecks Sons
formerly Carl Hagenbeck), of Hamburg,
and Louis Ruhe. of Alfeld There were
number OF other German concerns, a few
Eae.sh-which were more apt to deal in
The smaller animals and in birds nowadays
and ONE Chinese companies which oper-
ated in the llimalayas and Eastern India;
and occasionally Independent hunters or
sportsmcu from England or the United
States would bring in exhibition animal
Victoria, the African rhino, is an exam
pie OF the activities of one of the latter
as is also Ivan, the Alaskan brown bear
The rhinoceros captured when but a
baby in the African interior by an Austrian
named Fischer. Fischer was out on hunt
iag and collecting trip and came across a
Dig female rhino with calf He shot the
mother and then grappled with the calf in
the effort to get it down and tied The
calf proved far stronger and more agile
than Fischer had expected, and put up such
a fight that it took more than an hour to
subdue it,
Ivan was presented to the Bronx Zoo by
Pelmore Browne, the New York artist.
who killed its mother and brought the
cub back from an Alaska hunting trip.
lvans especially sunny disposition and
never failing good nature fttingly keep the
memory of the donor green.
Africa is the wild animal paradise, and
especially German East Africa, and Hagen
beck had this continent thoroughly COW
cred with his agents. The more important
Of them were in Pretoria, Natal, Cape
Town, Zanzibar and Cairo, but no trading
post of any consequence on African coast
or railroad was without q Hagenbeck repre-
sentative. One OF their men named Mayer
made his headquarters in Zanzibar for
years and periodically fitted out safaris to
90 into the bush after animals. Large num-
bers would be captured and the outfit
would start for the coast again. MANY of
the animals would die on the way, but
Mayer usually arrived at salt water with
enough to make up a shipment to Hamburg.
Not all of the Hagenbeck agents pursued
this plan. Indeed, it was far more usual
for them to buy animals offered by hunters
OF farmers than to go after them themselves.
and 10 this end the Hamburg concern main
tanned agents in every country in the
world where exhibition animals are to be
obtained especially in India and South
America.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
By Ruth Byers

NNHE great "back to the land move
ment" will be given a new impetus
Il by the women of New York this
month at the annual convention of
the New York State Woman's Land Army
which will be held at the Hotel Astor on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Women of the en-
tire state Will meet at that time to discuss
ways Of helping America make good its
pledge Of 2o,ooo,000 tons of food for Europe
T. is significant that women of New York con-
s.der this movement as vital to the national
welfare Of this country as do the women
Of France and England for the future of
theII respective countries.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
PerjSh liable
Frcighf

The expense Of getting wild animals from
their native haunts is, Of course, very heavy.
Outside of the large costs Of capturing
them, the bulk of those taken die before
they can be got to a shipping point and
others die en- route to their destination. If
out of a dozen specimens taken by an ex-
petition nine die before they can be got
ready for sale the remaining three must
bear the entire cost Of getting them
all and must pay some profit as
well, if conditions permit. Before the
war prices were fairly we'll standardized,
bat all these things were taken into con-
aideration in fixing them. 1t might be
thought that the law of supply and demand
would operate to lower prices sometimes
when there was considerable number of a
certain animal the market, but the deal
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thing is sanitary as possible before the
camp is actually started. If no water sup
ply runs out to the camp a water system is
installed by the Land Army. Often the
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premises in need of repair are thoroughly
repapered, calcimined and renovated before
the girls come. If the camp is made up of
tents a system of shower baths and the latest
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this is considered an indispensable part of
each camps equipment
The girls live in tents or in farm houses
given over entirely to their use. Every
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and Australia as WE'LL and have some plans
as to Canada
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
BY ]. Olin Howe

~ ERMANY has lost the wild animal
n trade of the world. When in that
q n year the Kaiser came to der Tag,
only 70 find ofter mora than fo,r
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17
J. A. GRUMBLEs

The Star regrets 20 hear Of EEe
death AZ DunnelI0n Of Mr. j. \.
GrumbIes, . longtime citizen Of that
town, and an important factor IN
phosphate Affairs
Mr.. GrumbIes died at 7:30 last eve-
ming Of heart trouble He was strick-
en- yesterday morning. Medical aid
was summoned and the physicians Of
that city worked over him all day An
automobile was dispatched TO Ocala
for a nurse and Miss Hadsock went
TO DunneIIon, TO arrive only a short
time before his death.
Mr.. Grumkles leaves family and
circle Of friends a. large as any
man IN the county He has been one
Of the foremost factors in the devel-
opment Of DunneiIon and the phos-
phate industry.
The funeral viii be held at An
rhony tomorrow afternoon where the
remains viii be laid 70 rest A sister
il on her way from the north and q
daughter from Tallahassee TO attend
the funeral. McIveF * MacKay have
charge Of the funeral arrangements
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17

The board Of county Commissioner
met pursuant 20 call Of the Chairman
with Commissioners O. FL Rogers. W.
ID. earn and J. W. Davis preaenk. Ike
board intended 70 inspect the bri6Ee
ever Blue Run on this date, but @.
account Of rain placed the Inspection
Of said bridge IN the hands e Ccu-
missioner Hutchins and preceded
with the following business
Upon motion duly secozded ard
carried, the board resolved 70 20 4.
TaIlahzssee In an effort 20 oistain een-
victs for the use Of Marion countr.
the actual expenses Of such 20 e pad
y the board
The county attorney having pre-
zented bills az requested by tha beard
upon advertisement OF bids ard en-
ployment Of labor On roads by ennaEg
commissioners and an act relative r.
the care, maintenance and labor a.
state convicts and an aet 70 repeal
Chapter 5S23, Laws Of FIorida, the1
were discussed and after certain -
terztiOns were approved By the board
and ordered placed IN the handa C cul
representatives asking that they eu.
ploy every effort 20 secure their pas.
sage
There being no further BUSINESS
The board adjourned
o. Il Rogers, Chairman.
Attest: p H. HuEent. Clerk
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17
CONFEDERATE METHOD
WAS CORRECT
ASSOCIATED Press1

Washington. April I7.-Maior Gen
erals Leonard Wood, John L. Cham
berlAin and Hugh l. Scott, the latter
retired. testifying before the Ameri-
can Bar Association committee on in
quiry into military justice. opposed
any plan for taking from the presi-
dent and the commanding general the
authority they now exercise over
eourtmartials- All said that this
would impair the disciplinary system.
They also admitted certain defects IN
the existing laws and regulations,
which should be corrected General
Wood suggested that the practice Of
the Confederate army in the civil war
Of forming permanent courts Of offic-
ers physically disqualified for active
service, could well be adopted
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17
ATTEMPT TO PERPETUATE
THEMSELVES IN OFFICE


Tallahassee, April 14-Seuator Me-
Le0d OF Santa Rosa county, acting On
the recommendation of Attorney Gen.
eral Swearingen, has put in bill the
effect of which will be TO put q power
fuI weapon in the hands Of state
house officials, according to an old
state house scout, and furnish them
with the means Of putting up politi-
cal barrage around any precinct or
county at any time they wish Il will
be . powerful weapon IN the hands Of
the man who holds It or has access 70
L, and wishes reelection.
The bill provides that the regisrra-
ton officers Of every county shall, Sc
days preceding every state primary.
mail 90 the office of the secretary of
state new and correct list Of the
qualified voters of every precinct. The
secretary Of state shall then cause GO
be mailed out TO every voter that
foolish little booklet which the pri.
mary law calls for and which ought
10 be suppressed from the mails or
the grounds GnaG II takes money under
false pretenseS- These booklets have
hitherto been distributed by the coun.
~ registration officers and should b
wiped cut altogether a. a useless en-,
pense.
The real '-nigger In the woodpile" !.
the mailing list Of every qualified
voter in the state which will be acces-
ssbIe 60 the state house politicians II
viii make the best mailing list In tn
state and It viii be on tap free of NJ
charge Patent medicine takers, rea
estate sharrs, implement dealers anc
many an honest and dishonest bust
ness house would pay thousands o.
6eTEars for such a mailing list and i
Eay be remarked IN passing that th,
state house politicians are not NOR
dead TO the value Of good mailing
list than their brothers In business
Senator Mcleod has been handed
hot" one.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17
REVOLUTION DID
not REVOLVE
LiberatOr banquet had Hardly Land
ed In Mexico Before He
Lost His Life

Mexico City, April I7.-(By the
Associated Presz-l-General AureIa-
niano Banquet, war minister N the
Huerta cabinet, recently reported 70
have landed II the Vera Cruz
region for the purpose Of starting q
revolution against the Carranza gov
eminent, was killed yesterday IN q
fight near Chavaxria, according 70
press reports from Vera Cruz, quot
ing report from Gen Uruquize, the
military commander Of the region be-
tween CordOva and Orizaba-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-04-17
IN FAVOR Of
IMPROVEMENT
Prevailing Sentiment at Last Nights
Meeting was 10 Remedy Defe-
isn-ies Of the CTt- Plant
Abolt sevsnty-hve promInent eit

About ssvsuty-fve prominent cIti-
zens and leading business men were
az the courthouse lzst night 70 hear
Mr. r a B1rfOrd Jr. explain his
proposition for repairing and improv-
ing the city plant
Mayor Chace presided and opened
the proceedings By Introducing Mr..
BUrfOrd- AfrerEard, Dr.. Chaee eaIl-
Cd Mr. McIver % the chair and took
part in the debate
Mr. BurfOrd outlined his PROPOSE
tions waich was set forth IN the Star
Of yesterday he also answered a
number o. questions put % HIM IN re-
gard 70 kis plans. and vas heartily
applauded
There vas considerable discussion,
taken part IN b Messrs- 4 W. Tuck
er, a T. ThOmas, L s Trauthzn, L
C. ChAmbliss, D. z McIver, J. Z
Chaee, CLarenes Camp, John Taylcr.
Eric Collier. 2 A. Barf0rd Sr- 2 :
McConatEy and G. s Scott
Mr. Tucker had a plan for putting
the Plans IN good shape for a sum not
exceeding $1,000. bis plan. however.
does not contemplate any Increase IN
power. Mr. Clarence Camp gave a
number CT statistics on manufacrur-
ing current, and as ne Is admittedly
an authority on the subject, he was
listened 20 with marked attention
At the end Of the debate, the mo-
ton was put that IL wzs the senti-
ment Of the meeting that the plant be
repaired and improved according 70
Mr.. Burford's IDEAS The motion was
carried by a large majority. only four
voting against T. A few present did
not vote