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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03
WE MUST PREVENT ANARCHY
Greatest Task is to Provide Food for
Liberated Peoples Of Europe,
Hoover Says.

VIII the people OF this country be
called upon to make sacrifices to deny
themselves food. that Germany may
be fedf This question has been asked
frequently of the Missouri Division Of
the Food Administration.
Just before he sailed for Europe
Mr.. Hoover said that, according to the
plans already made, Germany will be
fed by economic measures which only
contemplate the raising OF a few en-
barge and shipping barriers. Our
great task is to feed the liberated peo-
pies Of Europe, he said.
There Is a great problem in the
situation Of the enemy people, about
twenty Million" he said. This prob
lem is not one of going to their re-
lief. 1t Is a problem of relaxing the
water-tight blockade, which continues
through the armistice, sufficiently so
that they may secure for themselves
the bare necessities that will give
stable government Unless anarchy
can be put down ana stability of gov
eminent can be obtained In these en-
envy states. there viii be nobody to
make peace with and nobody to pay
the bill to France and Belgium for the
fearful destruction that has been done.
II would certainly approach this
problem with mixed feelings. having
been long a witness to the robbery of
food from women and children, and
the destruction Of millions OF tons of
food at sea and to the misery under
which millions amongst the big and
little Allies have suffered under the
German yoke.
Il am going to Europe TO discuss
the further food measures that must
be organized as a result OF the oessa-
ton of hostllities. Tho food problem
in Europe today is one Of extreme
completely. or their 40 million, prac-
tically only three areas-South Russia,
Hungary and Denmark comprisins'
about forty million. have suffieien;
food supplies TO last until next har-
vest without imports. Some must
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

A food map Of Europe today shows
not single country in which the fu-
ture does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even In the Ukraine, with stores accu-
mulated on the farms, there Is famine
In the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest Of Europe
because they stand In different rela-
ton from the other nations to the peo-
pie of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small
war ratioRs of Belgium and northern
France and Is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which, with those
Of Serbia, must be included In this
plan, are urgent In the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
her during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more in her own
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03
MONEY NOT THE OBJECT.

Our obligation to our own soldiers
and sailors and the privilege of minis
tering to the sick and wounded, OF
feeding the hungry, housi' = the home,
less and rebuilding the waste places of
our associates In the war, nj. the en-
tire American people 90 the support on
the Red Cross spirit now as never be-
fore. The money TO he r'iSed Ia mem.
bership dues Is secondary. II is the
spiritual phase that Is Important, for
1t Will show the suffering people OF
the world that the American peOpls.
will see them through tasig eNper,enr&
70 the very end.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

gions, with conditions most serious In
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania anG
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula-
ton is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and In Greece, Albania
and ROumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Al
though starvation Is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are In the throes of serious strin-
gencies.
In order to fulfill Americas pledge
In world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be han.
died through our ports. This means al
the very least minimum of 100000 OC
tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
war exports and l1.S2O,000 tons ex,
ported last year, when we we're bound
by the ties Of war to the European
allies.
If we fail to Tighten the black spots
on the hunger man or II we allow any
portions TO become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see In other parts OF
Europe repetition Of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been in vain.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

Americas minimum food pledge is
2O,O00,00O tons. Save food. We have
promised to feed the hungry millions
of Europe-the Allies and the liber-
Rted nations.-U, s. Food Administra-
ton.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

The war has been brought to an end
In no small measure by starvation it.
self, and it cannot be our business to
maintain starvation after peace.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

II every sword were Immediately
turned into plowshare there is y
winter before us when plowshares
don't count.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

miss Passay, over there, must be
at least sixty, yet to look at her you'd
think she was in her prime"
"Ycs, THAT'S so, 1 wonder wlerc
she BUYS hsl priuning poNisri"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

In winning the war food proved an
effective weapon; in keeping it won
food will be our most valuable tool.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-01-03

1--WE have saved the soul of civiliza
ton. Let US now proceed to care fol
its sick body."-Genera Jan SHUTS.
The sun., 1919-08-10
Former War Dog Becomes Fire Fighters Mascot

it is he leaps right up on the rear of
the wagon and rides to the fire with
US. Sometimes the men fool him by
making believe they are going to
crank her up and the dog Jumps
up on the rear. Then they run away
and laugh at him. He climbs slowly
DOWN and surveys the crowd with Q
look In his eyes which plainly means
Please don't fool me like that
IT am very glad that he rides on the
wagon, because It means he will not
meet the fate of other fire house mas
cots who run ahead of the apparatus
and get killed. He is a wise little fell
low and. like a lot OF the boys from
around here who went to war, he
learned something in France"
The sun., 1919-08-10

to know just what he was doing and
how It should be done. He showed
great aversion to German prisoners
and when q line OF Boches were
marched by he would dart out and
bark defiance at them
After the armistice was signed Phos-
gene came back with the division 1t
was an easy matter to smuggie him
aboard a transport at Brest and carry
him to Camp Merritt when the gas
battalion arrived in this country.
Then every one in the hurry and ex-
element OF getting home overlooked
the dog. He was being sadly neglected
when Fireman William Kennedy Of
Engine Company 10 found him al the
camp. Kennedy was just about to
leave the service, and after no had
sclemnly promised the men that he
would get the dog n good berth in the
engine house over in Chelsea village
they allowed him to take their friend.
The firemen changed his namS from
Pbosgene to Ted"
In telling about Ted and his new
career with the city fire department
Captain Ferdinand Butenschoen OF No.
10 said: why. all the village Is crazy
about the dog. When any one looks
at his collar and sees that he has been
to war they make friends with Ted
forthwith. He is a very intelligent
little fellow. Whenever we get an
alarm here he runs around the chauf-
feur to see II he is going to crank up
the motor on the hose tender, You
see we only turn the motor over when
We are scheduled to 60 out on a sta
ton. Otherwise We do not touch the
apparatus. Well. this dog watches to
see II the crank II touched. and when
The sun., 1919-08-10
TIE MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE

the Stadt Theatre, opposite the Thalia
Theatre in the Bowery. and produced
there "An Errant Knight" 1t was
failure.
Built to Please Himself.
Without being discouraged. he en-
barked in the construction line and
Put up first the Harlem Opera House
and second the Columbus Theatre.
These preceded Olympia and Victoria,
and among his later buildings in this
city are the Manhattan Opera House
and the Lexington Avenue Opera
House. The buildings he erected for
opera in Philadelphia and London need
not affect what is to be said about
those which stand for his monument
in New York. The latter are invari-
ably characterized by an unfinished
air. as we'll as lack of comfort, which
Is harder to support than their lack OF
elegance, In every instance Hammer
stein built to suit himself and not his
audiences.
81 wasn't thoroughly taught to be a
builder, a machinist, a chemist, or any
thing else" said he, nursing a grudge
of lifetime against his father. Had
been, who knows what I may have
accomplished in one of them2 But It
is as well, for my passion Is music. I
should have been great composer"
Feeling thus while still in the prime
OF life and with vaudeville at the Vic
toria marking triumphal time for him.
what would have been more natural
than for the operatic aspirant to study
the arts of harmony and counterpoint,
whatsoever drudging first steps divine
music requires? But no; sedulously
and even contemptuously avoiding
these sure paths (for they certainly
lead somewhere), he set to work to
compose a light opera or two. One of
these. Santa Maria" was produced
without success.
His Unparalleled Feat.
Nevertheless, from that failure, Ham,
merstein passed at once to the proud
position Of a world impresario. In
| 1906 the Manhattan Opera House
proved hospitable TO q flock of singing
birds from Europe OF a degree OF
splendor rivalling the sviary Of the
Metropolitan Opera House. One man
unassisted had gathered them there
1t was feat without a parallel.
1t Is not just TO say that the triumph
of this first season OF opera at the
Manhattan Opera House was merely
a success OF circumstance, due to the
growing boredom which a succession
Of broken tenors and neshy German
sopranos living on the relic Of repu-
tation had induced In the grand tier
Of the Metropolitan Strangely enough
The sun., 1919-08-10

French war dog, was known on the
western front by all the soldiers OF the
division as "Phosgene." He introduced
himself to Company G of the gas bat
talon soon after the st. Mihiel action
and was befriended by Sergeant Harry
]. Bailey. A few handfuls OF slum-
the stranger that his associates had
''beaucoup chow" One night the gas
battalion found themselves up on the
front lines observing German artillery
fire. which had a plentiful mixture Of
gas shells. Some pigeons went back
with messages, but an hour later the
men stationed up at the front realized
their messengers were failing them
Then the thought of training the dog.
whom all endearingly called Phosgene,
occurred. In very short time the men
by dividing themselves into small
groups and hiding In the dense wood.
land OF the Argonne Forest trained
the dog TO carry messages from one
group to another.
Time and again thereafter in actual
battle Phosgene made good, tramping
back and forth from rear to front
lines with a message hidden under his
collar, which some of the men had
made for him and on which was
placed a silver plate with the divisional
name and company letter Of the outfit
to which the dog was accredited. The
dog had many narrow escapes from
bursting shells. but he always carried
on.
He was a marvel at leaping across
shell holes and trenches. The least
noise when he was Mt the front from
the direction OF the enemy was sure
TO be detected by the dog. He seemed
The sun., 1919-08-10

crossed the ocean to America in the
steerage. Here he worked in a cigar
factory for 81 a week. and when by
showing his boss some improved way
to cut tobacco leaves this wage was
increased to Sc weekly he married.
Now his mind was turned to in
venting improved machinery for the
cigar manufacturing business. His
patents proved valuable and CORE
spondingly his own value to an en-
ployer rose. He became editor Of a
little sheet known as the Tobacco
Trade JdArndl In a word. life OF
comparative comfort opened before
him.
Then. as later, he deliberately turned
his back on such a life His ambition
was to be a theatrical manager, and
when he had enough money saved UP
from the tobacco business he leased
The sun., 1919-08-10

science II is the reflection in our
selves of our neighbors' opinions OF
us. II you don't value their opinion
there need be no conscience.
Hammerstein didn't. Everything he
did was done because he wanted 10 do
II, and to do 1t in his own, way. There
is 'inueh to admire In the bignessH Of
his courage and in the way that he
sacrificed money, past achievement,
everything he had gained by work and
thought to do something beyond" that
tempted this proud, self-confldent
spirit. This indepenence of mind
saved him, in bis career Of builder in
the midst of sordid battles with con-
tractors and every sort of annoying
commercial controversy, from going
under as smaller men would have gone.
Waited forward on the strong breeze
Of his own Judgment, which he never
learned to distrust, he went from dis
appointment blithely to new achieve
ment. But no man can go through
such an ordeal without marks Oh his
soul. and there isn't q doubt but that
Hammerstein had them. At this period,
between the building and the loss Of
Olympia and the construction Of the
Victoria Theatre. q certain morose-
ness, which he tried among his friends
to throw OF. indicated the marks in
side.
But at this very period he was
dreaming his most shining dream
|. to throw Off the old vaude-
vile man and put on the impresario.
what Made Hammersteins
What made Hammerstein7 What
early training. what hereditary traits,
what education or lack of education,
what influence Of people contributed
to the full growth of this barbaric
genius7
Born in Berlin, he had run away
from a despotio father whose ideas Of
education were to make an AL round"
son without permitting natural bent
to have q say. He had to study SCI
The sun., 1919-08-10
Peddling in Uniform

w THEN you see a man In uniform
w peddling souvenirs do not jump
to the conclusion that he is a
poor soldier IN need. In all probability
he is an impostor using the American
uniform as a stock In trade for max
ing a living. It is your duty to notify
the nearest policeman and have his
case investigated.
Col. Arthur Woods, assistant to the
Secretary OF War, has written to the
chief of police in every city in the
United States asking for the coopera-
ton of the police in dealing with the
peddler. panhandler and street faker
in the uniform of the army and navy
The uniform. he says, is as sacred as
the flag itself, and the police forces
of the country can do no Amer thing
than go to any limit to protect it,
The sun., 1919-08-10
r HEN the men Of the gas bat.
talon Of the Seventy-sev-
enth Division let loose their


pigeon messengers during the rainy,
spirit depressing days of the Argonne
Forest and Mouse fighting It often
happened that the birds never reached
the friendly loft in the front or rear
lines. The story Of how the birds fell.
wounded by shrapnel. is now history.
But the story Of the stray dogs which
associated themselves with the battal-
ions beading for the front lines, and
then accredited themselves by doing
the most daring OF things Is yet to be
told Americans who soldiered in
France win never forget the stray
dogs that made friends with the
doughboys Every contingent that
landed at Brest. ST. Nazaire. La Pal
lice, Bordeaux or other port was bound
to come upon ono OF these strsy dogs
inland Like an war refugees the dogs
were always hungry and they quickly
realized the doughboys were friends
worth having.
Over in the quarters Of Engine Com
pany No. 10, at $50 West Twenty fifth
street, there is a small understood Dali
NATHAN who ways his tail when one
calls him Tied" WITH this dog goes
an interesting history of how, before
the firemen came into possession Of
him, he lived with and did errands for
the heroic men who made up the gas
battalion of the seventy-seventh Divi-
sion. This mascot q thoroughbred
The sun., 1919-08-10

NA/ London surrounded Oscar
Hammerstein on the eve Of
the opening of the opera house he had
built in the British metropolis and
implored him to say with what he was
going to open. the impresario from
America replied: -,.
with debts"
A new word, a real American word
ought to bs|coined to fit Oscar Ham
merstein. He loved the word i'm
presario' and rolled 1t constantly on
his tongue, but II is too foreign to de-
scribe Hammerstein and his activities.
At the funeral the other day there
were many men in tears who hadn't
wept for years. These were the men
who had been most closely associated
with Hammerstein in the climax Of
his life and musical career at the Man
hsttan Opera House. They were men
who had at times suffered from his SIN
gular personality. They appreciated
the fine qualities Of the man and for
got In their admiring remembrance of
his genuine originality the squalls
through which they had passed with
him at the helm. Their tears were gen.
uine and made a beautiful tribute to
the good things, and they predomi-
mated in this strange character.
Money n Means, Not an End.
Money to Oscar Hammerstein was
but a means to an end. It would be
using too big a phrase TO say that he
was an idealist and believed In art for
arts sake. His early hardships and
the defects of his education kept him
from that pose. He liked money be-
cause it permitted his Joy in life to
develop, and this Joy cane from be-
ing an impresaRio.
It is not quite certain that he really
enjoyed music or In lifetime devoted
to it in a peculiar personal way thai
ne ever understood the goddess. He
made no effort to enter her kingdom
by the recognized door. and he scoffec
at the preliminary steps which lead to
the altar. May we not say, without
putting ourselves In that unpleasant
class that takes certain ghouhsh
pleasure in decrying the dead. that II
he had educated himself in music or in
the other arts and sciences he dallied
with, Oscar Hammerstein would have
left greater name and would himself
have been a happier and wiser man
This is a mere plea for conventions
atty in art; a plea fop the belief tina
TO know anatomy and perspective doe
no harm to the most idealistic anC
color drunken painter. thar the study
/. of what the world has in great archi
lecture benefits the man who design
summer cottages.
Art has her immutable rules ana tn,
true worshipper learns them first ant
then departs from them.
An overweening confidence in one,
sell. q conceit that It II the fashion Il
call nowadays pathological vanity, Il
marketable quality. We SEQ what
sells for every day. But when tn,
bargain Is made the purchaser &C
duires wisdom. He rarely buys sucl
. commodity again. This conceit, thi
vanity Is the attribute that natur
employs very often to get her worl
done. Especially when that work 4
something granciose ana scares tn
careful man who is In the habit O
measuring accurately his own capa
bfiftes. Poor devil, his very care +
ne accurate In making the measure
pents often prevents him from doint
eny but the Conventional thing,
The sun., 1919-08-10

MORRIS SEST GEORGE N
CONAN and HENRY ROSEA
BERG, AS HONORARY .
PAIL BEARERS Az
HAMMER STEMS FUNERAL
The sun., 1919-08-10

of his violin. After the parent had
beaten him numerically with skate
strap young Oscar sold his violin for
s35, ran away to Hamburg and
The sun., 1919-08-10

ence, especially chemistry; he had to
learn bookkeeping and other things he
hated. and the only relaxation per-
mitted him the lad found In the bow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13

man who tries to do his duty when nuisance OF
other intoIerable sanitation situation is brought
to his notice finds that any attempt ne makes
to have a remedy applied Is promptly blocked.
This applies to rented houses particularly.
Even now, with impetus added from outside
sources, honest effort according to law to have
responsible parties remedy sanitary defects Is
met by scorn and contempt from certain sources
Many instances happening recently are on rec
ord
However, affairs are being put in a fair way
to be righted You may blame your city Off
Gals for some things but you should realize that
they are taking stand for better sanitation and
health conditions. A full functioning which we
have briefly tried to sketch Things must not
be allowed to go on from bad to worse. Right
minded citizens must take stand for decency
and the dollars will take care of themselves.
1t can be proven here as it has been elsewhere
that sanitation pays and health is purchasable
commodity. The man who would attempt to
make you believe otherwise either knows no bet
ter or else he had an Interior motive. Make your
own decision with a fair mind, considering all
the facts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13
YOu Dare Not Fail

The date of the campaign of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South. is the week of Sunday, May
18th to 25th.
With your time, your money, your talents
your heart-SUPPORT it so that the $35,OOO,OOO
win be assured.
Th. contributed by the coea-coi. Company.
Atlanta, Ca
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13
DUVAL DELEGATES
CANNOT AGREE ON
CITY LAWS BILLS
BY HERBERT FELKEL,

Tallahassee, May 12.-There is some
talk here of the house indefinitely
postponing all Jacksonville charter
bills on the grounds that the Duval
delegation cannot agree on what they
want, that it is not fair for Jackson
vile to kill lot of time every ses-
sion on its proposed charter changes
and that a law was passed by Mr..
Farris, in 1913, permitting municipal
tiles to amend their own charters with
out bothering the legislature. But in
the recent st. Cloud case. Circuit
Judge Perkins decided that this law
would not hold because the legislature
cannot delegate to a city the power
vested in the legislature by the con-
stitution
So if the Jacksonville charter is
amended it must be done by the legis-
lature. II this session fails to pass
both the Butler and the Waybright
bills the city government of Jackson
vile will remain undisturbed.
The people of st. Cloud attempted
to amend their charter under the Far
ris law of '13, and it was upon this
case that the Perkins decision was
rendered. A delegation of st. Cloud
women is here now attempting to have
put through a new charter for ST.
Cloud. granting equal suffrage in mu-
nicipal elections there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13
Methodists Of the South

Your Church challenges you to fight with her
for better and a happier world. Your faith is
put to the test What you do to promote the Gen.
tenary Campaign now will prove to what extent
you believe in God and in your felow-man The
program undertaken by your Church-the build
ing of churches, schools and hospitals-means
something definite for human betterment. 1t is
the greatest mission ever undertaken in the world.
The magnitude Of the plan commands the admira-
tion of all Christian people. The privilege of be-
ing Methodist and having active part in such
a campaign must call forth your loyalty. thrill
your SOUL and cause you to rally to the church of
your choice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13

II atrplane and tanks interfere with
legislation cut out the legislation. That
was the verdict of the house Friday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-13
"To save is to have"

ITO save is to have"
There never was truer phrase written than
this one. It tells in five words just exactly what
thrift means