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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29
TELLS OF RESCUE AT SEA
Shipping Board Apprentices Prove
They Have Hero Stuff.

How United States shipping board
apprentices furnished the sailing ship
Arapahoe by the sea service bureau
at the San Francisco station partici-
pated in the rescue of the crew of nine
of the derelict fOur-master, Ethel Zane,
has become known in San Francisco
with the return of the Arapahoe from
a voyage to Manila.
ION the thirty-seeond day out of San
Francisco we were in the northeast
trades. We ran into the tail end of q
typhoon, which brought us to the
southwark. On the night of July -,
at II p. m, a light was sighted by one
of the cadets on the ~starbOard quarter.
A man was sent aloft with flare and
signals. 1t proved to be a derelict four
masted ship, the Ethel Zane, bound
frem San Francisco to Manila, 50 days
from San Francisco.
"a boat was lowered, manned by the
second mate, a boatswain, a carpenter,
and a ~17-year-old shipping board cadet
by the name of James Craik. Quite a
heavy sea was running at the time.
All of the men in the crew of the
Ethel Zane were brought aboard the
Arapahoe. They had almost given Tsp
hope of being rescued. Our ship was
the only one in those waters at that
time"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29
NO FACTIONS IN LOAN
George Wharton Pepper Strikes the
Patriotic Keynote.

Politics and political differences
have been forgotten in the Third Fed
eral Reserve District Liberty Loan
campaign.
The keynote for the combination of
all political creeds in the district for
the Victory Liberty Loan was struck
by George Wharton Pepper at the
first Loan Workers conference in
Philadelphia on March u. Mr.. Pepper
announced that he would not allow
his personal opinions to come into con-
flict with the best interests of the gov
eminent in floating the loan.
One hundred and seventy-fve pub
Lefty and speakers chairmen of Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
were present. The publicity campaign
of the drive in April was explained
at length.
Optimism and a confidence that the
American people will be equal to the
loan emergency is the spirit in which
the workers were urged to go about
their task.
Mr.. Pepper illustrated and empha-
sized the sentiment which must pre-
vail to make the loan a success.
81 am very tired of %loans,' he said,
"and | bought more than | could af-
ford or that I intended to buy in the
last loan. But I am going to work
with all my heart and soul for the
Victory Liberty Loan. l am going to
buy more bonds and pay for them
somehow. And l am going to make
every one around me feel uncomfort-
able until he has bought his share or
more than his share. We're going to
finish the job. My personal opinions
will not enter into the matter.
'1They talk about the job being fin
ished, but l don't consider it finished
until the shavings and broken bricks
lying around have been removed. This
job will not be finished until the last
boy is home and the last bill paid.
Come on, let US make a cleanup"
In full accord with the opinion of
Secretary Glass, John II. Mason, Di-
rector of the War Loan organization,
conceded that the Victory Loan can-
not be put over on a strict business
basis, but must depend for success
upon the patriotic enthusiasm of the
'-asrican people. This enthusiasm
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29

Foreign-born citizens of the Third
Federal Reserve District won the dis
tinction of being the first group of the
new Victory Liberty Loan organiza-
ton to start work when they launched
their campaign in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, March 4.
Representatives of nineteen differ
ent nationalities, comprising the sub
committee chairmen of the Foreign
Language Division, attended and made
suggestions for the conduct of the Vic
tory Liberty Loan campaign. In line
with the plans of the general commit
tee, this is to be handled on a more
intensive scale than any of the four
previous loans. In the absence of
Judge Joseph Burlington, Chairman,
Cassimir A. Sienkiewicz, Executive
Secretary, presided.
An outline of the new organization
was given by A. e. Berry, associate
director of the War Loan Organization
for the Third Federal Reserve Dis
trict.
"In the security to be offered in the
Victory Liberty Loan" he said, "the
chief difference from other loans is
that instead of offering bonds that ma
ture in fifteen years, the government
will offer notes which it will agree
to repay in one, two, three, four or
five years"
To illustrate his point, Mr.. Berry
said the securities about to be offered
are more like currency, which is pay
able on demand. He also emphasized
that one never dreams of selling a dol
lar at less than it's face value.
Security men who know what they
are talking about say there are hardly
any securities on the market that give
a better net return than government
bonds,' he said. "The notes, because
Of the new tax conditions under which
they will be sold, will give a better
net return than anything else"
He likened the members of the
Foreign Language Division to trustees
for the government in their mission
Of explaining the Victory Liberty Loan
to foreign-born peoples.
e. McLain Walters, Chairman of the
Advisory Committee for Pennsylvania
Of the War Loan Organization, said
that foreign-born people of the Third
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29

can and will be revived before the
loan campaign opens, Mr.. Mason pre-.
dicted.
"The job before the publicity and
education campaigners is to harrow
the ground in preparation for the cam
paign," Mr.. Mason said. "They all
say it will be a hard job TO float the
loan. say it is a hard iob-a mans size
job-but I couple this with the state,
ment that we are going to put it over
as we put over every other loan. We
will finish the Job In a good American
early pessimists because they won't
be pessimists by the Dist of April"
Mr.. Mason referred to the tremend-
Gus bonded debt assumed by the ma
ton during the Civil War and de-
clared that in proportion our present
burden is very light. He estimated
that if the country was asked to pay
in proportion to its present wealth
what was required of it in Civil War
days, payments would average $1,000
VNb-tb1 pei dlluuAI anu IN ublAAACu
debt of the country would be S40,000,-
100000. With the Victory Loan sue
cessfully f1oated our present bonded
debt will be only $4,000, 900. 900 from
which is to be deducted $4,000. 000, O00
loaned to other nations, bringing the
national indebtedness resulting from
the war down TO 49, 1000, 1000.
Mr.. Mason scored critics who would
have pursued a policy of holding down
expenditure when by lavish use of
money the war was ended much more
speedily than any one believed posi-
BILE. At least 100000 lives and 30O,-
600 other casualties had been saved
by the quick ending of the war, ac-
cording TO the most conservative Of
fetal estimates, he declared.
A number of novel features to at
tract public interest to the loan cam
paign were disclosed by Gilbert E.
Gable, Director of Publicity. If the
present plans are carried out, either
President Wilson or General Pershing
will, on the eve of the opening of the
campaign send a %radiophone message
from the Eiffel Tower to Washington.
This will be a one hundred word ap-
peal from the American armies to the
American people urging success for
the loan.
Secretary Glass, who will likely re-
ceive the message, will relay it imme-
diately through a master phone to six
ty cities in each of which 100 Liberty
Loan leaders will be assembled to re-
ceive and to pass it on to their loan
organization.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29

Federal Reserve. District male enyi-
able records in the four preceding
Liberty Loan campaigns. He pre-
dicted that they will do ever better in
the Victory Liberty Loan.
Loan subscribers are scattered in
some States" said Mr.. Waters, but
in Pennsylvania about every third per-
son, whether man, woman or child, is
a holder of Liberty Bonds"
Former Governor Edwin S. Stuart
paid a tribute to the foreign-born
when he said that the people who
helped to build America were those
who came as immigrants and became
good American citizens.
1--WE are called upon now to pay for
what victory is to do for all of US in
the years to come" he said. 1--WE are
to pay our debt not only for ourselves,
but also to make all the peoples of
the earth free to live and worship God
according to the dictates of their con-
sciences"
In introducing the chairmen of the
various racial subcommittee, Mr..
Sienkiewicz asked all the committee
men TO begin at once an active CAM
paign against swindlers who are cir
culating among small bond holders
reports that the bonds are worthless.
"This condition is particularly bad
in the mining regions" said Mr.Sien-
kiewicz, land, of course, the men who
are growing rich out of it find a fer
tile field for their work among the
fo%reign-born, chiefly those who can
not speak English. They are buying
at tremendous discounts not only
bonds of the first four loans, but also
War Savings and Thrift Stamps. We
can do a great deal to block this if
we will write and urge all our friends
of foreign birth to write to their rela-
tives and friends in other parts of the
state, advising them that government
bonds are as good as money in the
bank and warning them against the
swindlers."
Races represented in the Foreign
Language Division are Albanian, Ar
menian, Chinese, Czecho-Slovak,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Italian, Japanese, Lettish, Lithuanian,
Polish. Roumanian, Russian, Scandi-
n%avian, Serbian, Syrian, Ukrainian.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-03-29
Didn't Know "John Doe"

ST have no idea who this man John
Doe can be. My case is being looked
into, but my husbands name is Ru-
dolph, dark complexioned. about 6 feet
2" wrote a woman to District Attor-
ney Swami of New York, when asked
to appear against John.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

l~aration Of principles which will largely
reduce the infinitesimal chance OF war
between themselves and may, and prob
ably will, become the basis for inter-
national adjustments between the ma
tions allied against Germany and the
neutral nations, But 30 far as Ger
many is concerned, they have, subject
to the consent Of their respective leg
islatiye bodies, framed II new alliance
to preserve the future peace of the
world and to enforce the present terms
of peace for a period Of some thirty
years.
The best guarantee of the future
peace of the world Ia, Enthusiastically,
association between the United states,
Great Britain and France, No part of
President Wilson's performance IN Eu-
rope shows " more cl~ear-Sighted real"
cation Of European facts than his con-
sent to lay this question before the
American congress. If congress n
accept 1t the real league of nations
which has been created at Paris will
become Il fact. and not n parchment
proposal. We may now retire out of
Europe, abandoning our dead and the
cause for which they died. We may
think of escape from the consequences
OF recent events, but 1t Is easy to sec,
with Europe still In chaos, with Russia
in revolution, with feeble states Just
struggling to life, with Germany In
chaos, that we may be called TO come
agalr and TO make new sacrifices un-
less by the very great, by the meal
oulable weight of our power, We give
guarantees for the preservation or
peace which has been conceived In jus
tice and can only be preserved by me
bestowal upon justice Of that sword
without which she Is forever helpless.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper ~Syndlcate.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
Want Lower Costs.

What the common folks, those not
engaged III business, the laborers and
the farmers may think about q big
business ticket Is difficult to %conJec-
ture. Undoubtedly the Democrats would
appeal to the radical and labor vote
and make a great deal of fuss about
~Burrendering the government to II
class. but what the laborer and the
farmer and tho common folks want is
an economic stability that will mean
q lower cost Of living, lower taxes II
lower railroad rates. II the Republican
party can promise a business adminis-
tration that means ALI these things and
can put up a man who has the con-
fidence not alone of the business men,
but OF the progressive folk in the West,
they will find 1t easy to win,
Today 1t can not be said that even
with tho remarkable strength displayed
by Gen. Wood and the ardent cans
paign being made On his behalf by
the young men OF the country, includ-
ing many followers of the late Col.
Roosevelt. hat the country generally
man for president unless perforce he
d~iscourses on other subjects to their
satisfaction, too. So it behooaes Gen.
Wood to doff his uniform and put on
mutt and talk about the railroads and
taxes and how he is going to help the
average man to n better enjoyment OF
this life. AS for Mr.. McAdoo, he seems
to be quite willing to keep in OBJ
scurity till he is sure and the workers
in the Democratic party are sure what
the chleftain Of the Democratic party
intends 60 do himself.
Talk about a third term for Wilson
is frequently heard, but most people,
Including Democrats, believe Washing
ton set a good precedent in that regard
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

Germany is without exception territory
acquired at the expense of neighbors
of Germany and held against the will
of the peoples. Alsace-Lorraine,
Schleswig and the Polish frontier land
represent the sp~oliation of previous
Prussian aggressive wars. The Saar
valley became an economic gauge as
a result of German devastation in
Northern France.
But who Is to guarantee the perrna-
hence OF all these changes? The Amer
lean answer has been the league of
nations, but the league of nations has
no power In itself. 1t has no armies,
1t has no fleets. In theory, 1t was to
become complete within a relatively
early time by the entrance of Germany,
but in fact this would mean Germany's
voluntary agreement to submit to terms
which every German will regard as a
sentence Of death. l do not think any
thoughtful men can imagine that Ger
many will accept the economic condi-
lions of the treaty of Versailles with
any greater willingness than the
French accepted the provisions Of the
treaty Of Frankfort, or with any less
considerable reservation.
We have, then, SO FAR as Germany
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

the burden will seem more and more in
t~olerable, and she will more and more
seek a means, forcible or covert, to
evade payment.
1t is in this sense, then, that l
warn my American readers that the
league Of nations, like the treaty Of
peace, does not in fact provide a set
Element of any immediate character.
We have turned over to the league Of
nations administration OF an incalcula-
BILE number of contested territories, we
have made 1t the arbiter, the ruler, OF
many points where conflicting interests
meet, and In each one of these the
league of nations will find itself at once
confronted by hostile Germany,
Whether in the Saar valley or in Dam
zig, the league of nations authority can
only prevail When it Is backed by force,
To suppose that the Germans will
willingly accept either of those settle-
ments, because both of them are COM
promises reducing the claims of the
enemies of Germany, is to suppose the
impossible. Danzig for the Germans
in the hands of the league Of nations
will be no less Strassbourg than 1t
would be in the actual possession OF
Poland. Polish possession of that
diminishing corridor which extends to
the Baltic will be as permanent q source
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

youth, her innate grace and charm
all are given chance for expression in
Getting Mary Married" She is a
combination Of piquancy, ~vivacity and
iddesisitibility.
Allan Dwan directed the picture.
Therefore nothing more need be said
about the direction Of the picture; II
is superb. The story is splendid, hu-
man and interesting, written by John
Emerson and Anita Loos especially for
Miss Davies. The cast supporting this
beautiful Select star comprises the fol-
lowing well-known artists; Norman
Kerry, Mat Moore, Frederick Burton,
Amelia Summerville,, Constance Beau
mar and Elmer Grandin.
As a gun fighter Tom Mix never has
missed fire, Nor has any one Of his
photodramas missed fire; and the latest
picture Of this much admired Fox star,
1.-THE Wilderness Trail" is declared to
be the best yet. 1t is from the book
OF the same name by Frank williams
all about the Canadian fur trapping re-
glon-and will be shown at Majestic
No. 2 next Friday and Saturday.
Colleen Moore, who is the leading
lady, and an unusually good cast are
said TO put the usual vim and sparkle
into the play. Some Of the features are
snow scenery, which, according to re-
port, never nave been rivaled on the
screen; two fierce fights by Tom Mix,
and a wholesome romano that should
go home to every human heart. The
scenario is by Charles Kenyon, and the
direction by Edward j. lie Saint.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
AND TABOO
BEING BOOSTED AS
1920 CANDIDATES

lieve Mr., McAdoo Is the one man In
the administration capable of carrying
forward tho Democratic party's pro-
gram in domestic affairs. so Mr.. Nc
Adoo has behind him a majority of tho
clements Of his party and while In Ohio
Governor Cox IL mentioned and in some
other parts OF the country there Is an
occasional query about Secretary Baker
the practical politicians OF the Demo-
cratic party confidentially expect Mr..
McAdoo to win the nomination.
Republican comment on Mr.. McAdoo
Is not as severe nowadays as 1t is on
Mr.. Wilson, though the leaders OF tho
Republican party with whom | have
talked believed the son-in- law relation
ship would insure the defeat OF the
former secretary Of the treasury. The
Democrats scoffed at this. saying the
president probably would take no part
in the campaign, either before or after
the convention, and that the country
would Judge Mr.. McAdoo on his record
in office and his campaign N~tterances.
The West and far West are stlll
progressive and the fight being made
by Senators Borah ana Johnson and
others against the selection Of Sem
ator Penrose, for example, on the
finance committee Is a very important
affair out West. 1t was just such
an incident that turned California in
1916 and tipped the scales for Mr.. Will
son, and 1t will be borne In mind by
independent voters what the Repub-
leans in congress do when they are
up against such tests as arc now being
presented.
Bankers, business men, Wholesale and
retail merchants and employers gen
orally want a business man or at least
a man with business experience to be
president of the United States next
time. II It has to DO a Democrat, they
admit Mr.. McAtoo was the best OF the
Wilson cabinet, especially because Of
the part he played In setting up the
federal reserve system, the farm loan
banks and in managing the railroads
and the country's finances during he
war. II It is going to be n Republican,
they would prefer a big BUSINESS man,
or at least somebody who would sur.
round himself with a business cabinets
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

and that the president ought to follow
it, That's how most OF the Democratic
leaders felt with whom [ talked In sew
eral states, All of them spoke about
the selection Of Mr.. McAdoo as n fore
gone conclusion, whether President
Wilson willed 1t or not. The campaign
has really begun. Folks gossip more
about presidential candidates every day.
Thus far the issues are negative-that
Is, the mistakes of the Democrat, After
congress has been In session for some
time, other questions may intrude them
selves. But one thing appears certain
conditions in the United States will
almost as much to do with de-
termining the next election as hat
which affects taxation and the cost of
living.
Copyright, 1919, by the New York
Evening Post, lnc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
PEACE TREATY Of
ALLIES FAILS TO
DISPOSE Of WAR

Continued From First Pare.p
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
NEWS OF THE MOVIES
TWO Famous Stars at
MeW Majestic No. l
Constance Talmadge and Alice Joyce To Be Featured
For Centennial Week.

to Reginald Crocker, a society flop"
is averted. This occurs when she, in
trying to teach Richard Amnesty, a
young nan from Texas, a lesson as
to the influence of woman over man.
is herself enlightened regarding men
and unconsciously teaches herself a
vital lesson OF life,
Alice Joyce will be seen in 1.-The
Third Degree" at New Majestic No. l
mex Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Vitagraph has made a remarkable
picture Of the great Charles Klein play,
1.-The Third Degree" it is said,
Tom Terriss directed THE Third
Degree and Miss Joyce's supporting
company includes GLADDEN. James, An
ders Randolph MRS. De WolO Hedda
Hopper, L, Rogers Lytton, Herbert
Evans, George Backus, J. p. Wade and
l.. o. Mcclure.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

One of the best opportunities yet
afforded Constance Talmadge for the
display of her talents is the role of
Geraldine Barker in THE Yelled Ad-
venture which will be shown at New
Majestic No. / Sunday, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday,
A beautiful thread of romance runs
through the picture; and romance, it
might be said, is Constance ~Talmadge's
long suit" Her many admirers a
be assured of a rare treat when they
view her work in this picture, She is
full of her customary dash and pep,
and her vivacious personality is given
free rein. Her work in this production
is exceptionally good and is certain to
increase her already enviable popular
ity among screen patrons.
Geraldine Barker is a young and
beautiful society girl, whose marriage
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17
William Russell
Starts Week at
Majestic No. 2
Marion Davies and Tom Mix
Also Featured Among
Offerings.

"Some Liar" a comedy with rapid
fire action and so many comedy situa-
tons that it is declared to be the best
vehicle ever given to William Russell,
will be offered at Majestic No. 2 Sun
day and Monday.
A more entertaining and amusing
picture than Setting Mary Married"
which will be shown at Majestic No. 2
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
with beautiful Marion Davies, has not
been seen in many a day.
the fight It makes for its Inherent
right of fun, laughter and play which
a%ristocary Is trying to make 1t live
without, provides a splendid opportu-
nifty for Miss Davies to display her tai
ent. Her beauty, her personality, her
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

In this connection friends OF Gen, Wood
contend he would certainly pick the
best business men In the country for
his cabinet, and they therefore give
themselves no further concern about
that. Possibly II Gen. Wood announced
his cabinet ahead OF time 1t would
carry conviction in many parts of tho
country. Gov. Lowden, of Illinois, Is
being boosted because he has made n
splendid record ~ IA state administrator
and Ia Il hnSlneRR man.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-17

Of irritation and anger TO the Germans
as German possession Of Alsace was to
the French. In one case, possession
was against the will of the people. In
the other, 1t Is not, but for the Ger
mans there can DO no difference, since
the Polish corridor cuts Prussia in half
Erndaripls thu Graot