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Of commerce and trade organizations
in that State.
Case, in a prepared statement, asked
for speedy reduction in the salaries
Of Government employees along with
"an emergency reorganization" Of the
Federal Government.
Case said he told the President full
recognition was given to his proposed
national economy program. but that
it was considered 'the steps thus far
proposed are inadequate to effect the
reduction that is necessary.
The total of the tax burden" Cases
statement said. ''in both Federal and
State is now beyond the ability OF the
Nation to pay. This staggering burden
has not been reduced in proportion To
the shrinkage of the Nations income.
ut is considered that the Federal
Government cannot continue this bur-
den without untuly prolonging the de-
preston"
In suggesting further reductions. the
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delegation expressed the view many
of the activities Of the Federal Govern
ment. even though worthy in character,
should be eliminated entirely during the
period of the present emergency and
that all operations of the Government
should during this period be limited to
those Of an absolutely necessary char
acter.
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THIEVES MAKE JOB HARD

II won't bother to lock my automo-
bile" said Garret T. Burns to himself
because there's nothing In It but an
empty bag"
When he returned he found thieves
had ripped hole in the top of the
car to get the bag They didn't know
the doors were unlocked.
It happened in Boston.
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Dockmaster Rescues
274From Drowning
In Past FL Years
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 21.-Dock-
master Buck" McNeill made his
274th rescue of drawing persons
in 81 years Tuesday. He said 1t
was nothing and he would Just
dry out"
He dived into the harbor off
the Battery and came up with
A. Mursten, q furrier, who thought
he wanted to commit suicide.
But like lots of Others" phil
osophized MCNEIL, "he changed
his mind when he hit tne cold
water. He thanked me-"
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GAS IN UPPER
BOWEL MAKES
PEOPLE NERVOUS

Nervousness and bad sleep are
both caused by gas in upper bowel.
Soda, magneSia or stomach tablets"
90 not reach it. They act on stom-
ach alone.
The simple German remedy, Ad-
lerika, washes out BOTH stomach
and bowels. removing poisons which
cause gas bloating, nervousness. bad
sleep, Adlerika contains no harmful
drugs, Get 1t today; in 2 hours you
will be rid Of all gas and bowel poi
sons. Peoples Drug Stores.-Adver-
tisement.
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FRAUD PROBE BLOCKED
Suspect Held In Gotham, but Al
legged Victim Unable to Testify.

LOS ANGELES, April 81. (P)-Dep-
uty District Attorney Clifford Grail, an
nounced yesterday that no effort would
be made to extradite Mrs. Giovanni
Grana. 4S, held in New York, where
she was arrested on a claim that she
had committed fraud.
Grail said the alleged victim, Mrs
Christian Vetagliano, was an inmate of
a sanitarium and would be unable to
testify. Mrs. Grana was arrested after
she had been trailed across the country
by Mrs. vetagliano's daughter. Angie,
l8. who alleged her mother had lost
$50 900 while Mrs. Grana was manager
of some of her properties.
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Europe, Fearing Poison Gas Attacks,
Sends Civilians Scurrying for Masks

1t is suggested also that the cellar
should be provided with system Of
artificial aeration by means of an air.
vent in the form of chimney at least
10 to 100 feet high, enabling air to be
drawn in from above the highest prob
able layer of gas.
Most people believe that gas warfare
is new thing, invented during the
last war. This is far from true. The
ancient Greeks employed sulphurous
and resinous smoke against their
enemies. Thucydides mentions the
practice Of surrounding a besieged city
with braZierS emitting poisonous fumes,
which fioated into the city and COM
PEELED the garrison to surrender. The
so-called Greek fire" of the early Mid
die Ages was composed of sulphur,
resin, grease and probably quicklime.
BY its aSphyxiating effect it enabled
Byzantlum more than once to resist
capture, and it was used in 1890 to
force an entry for the crusaders of
Godefroy de Bouillon into Jerusalem.
Modern gases are, of course, far
more deadly, and, moreover, the means
Of distributing them-airplanes and
long distance gunS-are thousands of
times more efficient than those at the
disposal Of the ancients. In general,
the gases used in the last war were of
two types-those which merely asphyx-
lated and those which produced infiam-
nation of the lungs, the latter being
the worse, since even slight Whit
often produced permanent injury.
copyright. :932.D
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neral Staff Letter
Signed by Secretary
of Wdr Baker.
General staff letter signed by Secre-
tary Baker:

General staff letter signed by Secre-
tary Baker:
May rs, 1917.
From The Secretary Of War.
ITO: Maj. Gen j. j. Pershing,
United States Army
Subject: Command. Authority and
duties in Europe.
The President directs me to COM
municate to you the following:
Il. The President designates you
to command all the land forces of
the United States operating in con-
tinental Europe and in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land, including any part of the Ma
rine Corps which may be detached
for service there with the Army.
From your command are excepted
the military attaches and others of
the Army who may be on duty di-
rectly with our several embassies.
q. You will proceed with your
staff to Europe. Upon arrival in
Great Britain. France or any other
of the countries at war with the
Imperial German Government, you
will at once place yourself in COM
munication with the American en-
bassy, and through its agency with
the authorities of any country to
which forces of the United States
may be sent.
''3. You are invested with the au-
thority and duties devolved by the
laws, regulations, orders and Gus
toms of the United States upon a
commander Of any Army in the
field in time Of war, and with the
authority and duties in like manner
devolved upon department COM
manders in peace end war, including
special authorities and duties as
signed to the commander of the
Philippine Department in SO far as the
same are applicable to the particu-
lar circumstances of your command.
"A You will establish, after con-
sultation with the French war office,
all necessary bases, lines of commu-
nication, depots, etc, and make all
the incidental arrangements essen
tial to active participation at the
front.
IS. In military operations against
the Imperial German Government
you are directed to cooperate with
the forces of the other countries en-
ployed against that enemy; but in
so doing the underlying idea must
be kept in view that the forces of
the United States are a separate and
distinct component of the combined
forces, the identity of which must be
preserved. This fundamental rule
is subject to such minor exceptions
in particular circumstances as your
judgment may approve.
The decision as to when your
command, or any of its parts, is
ready for action, is confded to you,
and you will exercise full discretion
in determining the manner Of CO.
operation. But until the forces of
the United States are, in your judg-
ment. sufficiently strong to warrant
operations as an independent COM
mand, it is understood that you will
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on simply selfish considerations. These
men were fighting for their lives, and
they saw these great bodies OF Amerl-
can troops held in training areas VINO
obviously had received enough train
ing in the United States to be intruSted
with campaign work in shorter time
than was Gen. Pershing's policy.
Secretary Baker was very receptive to
this idea, but he realized too that he
could not hold Pershing responsible for
failure in a campaign If we tried to
interfere with the amount OF training
he said was necessary.
The practical effect Of the Pershing
policy was that large bodies of Ameri-
car troops divisions whose morale was
at the highest, who had had four to
six months training and often more
in America, and who expected on ar
rival in France to be thrown into bat
tie imnc d., tely, found the keen edge
OF their enthusiasm dulled by having
to go over again and again drills and
training they had already undergone in
America.
The underlying theory Of the War
Department idea was not accepted by
Gen. Pershing until the tremendous
Argonne battle compelled all his the
cries to vanish, and he had to shove
the men into the fighting just as fast
as he could get them.
Early in July. 1918. Secretary Baker
| told me a proposition had been MADE,
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PARIS.-Europe has developed bad
published speculations on the use of
asphyxiating gases against civil popu-
lations in the next war" Gas masks
of various types are on sale to the public
in many countries, and the manufacture
ers Of these appliances are, of course.
doing everything in their power to keep
up the demand by spreading informa-
ton about the horrors of gas warfare.
good mask in Germany costs about
IS. In France it is usually dollar
cheaper. Many private individuals have
purchased masks and put them away in
their cupboardS against the great day
realizing that when the time comes the
demand will far exceed the supply.
1t is pointed out by experts, however,
that while masks may be useful in a
sudden emergency, it is quite impossible
for people to wear them continuously
during a sustained attack which might
uges will have to be provided, and the
military authorities of the different
countries are at work on this problem.
Cellars on the whole afford the best
protection, but there are cellars and
cellars. A plan is on foot in Paris to
survey the cellars of the city and desig-
nate those that may be used as safe
refugees in case of attack.
AS neither masks nor refugees can pos
sibly be supplied for the whole popula-
ton of the city. it is planned also, in
case of war, to evacuate all persons hav-
ing no indispensable function to per-
form, such as children, invalids and the
aged They will be removed to small
villages at safe distance from the city,
on which presumably the gas attack
would center.
1t is also proposed that in all new
construction the factor of safety from
bombardment and gas attack should be
taken into account. Architects will be
required to provide safe cellars, COM
fortably equipped to accommodate a
maximum number Of people during a
prolonged gas attack, and the upper
floors of the structure will no doubt
be required to have q certain thick
ness and strength to resist destruction
by bombs and shells.
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and I understood 1t emanated from the
White House, looking to a rearrange-
ment of the duties of Gen. Pershing in
France. He had been engaging in con-
ferences there, more diplomatic than
military. and the ports in France were
congested with men and supplies. The
suggestion was that a stricter definition
Of his duties be given Gen. Pershing,
SO as to limit his activities to the COM
mand Of his army, now approaching a
million men, with other millions fol-
lowing. That was a man sized job
and the reason why he was sent to
France.
The proposition was that the Presi-
dent would handle diplomatic affairs
| in France, as far as they affected mill
tary matters, through Gen. Bliss, and
that Gen. Goethals be put in charge of
supply there, succeeding Gen. Herman.
hoping by this both to relieve conges-
ton in ports and to release Gen.
Pershing for his duties of commanding
his forces in battle.
Secretary Baker told me he proposed
to write to Gen. Pershing to get his
views on the scheme, so I took no part
at that time, beyond giving my opinion
that Gen. Goethals was the best man
in the Army for that particular Job,
and that Gen. Pershing had about as
few qualifications for diplomacy as any
man I knew. When his reply to Sec
Rotary Bakers letter came In We could
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Pershing's idea of what his instruc
tions should be:
May 26, 1917.
maj. Gen. John J. Pershing,
United States Army,
Washington. D. c.
Dear Gen. Pershing:
In compliance with the orders
of the President, assigning you to the
command of the United States
Forces in France, the Secretary Of
War directs that you proceed. with
the necessary staff, to Paris, France,
via England.
The Secretary Of War further
directs that upon your arrival in
France you establish such relations
with the French government and
military representatives Of the Brit
ish government now serving in
France as will enable you effectively
to plan and conduct active opera
lions in conjunction and in cooper
alton with the French armies operat-
ing in France against Germany and
her allies
LAS a preliminary step the Secre-
tary of War deems it desirable that
you have a thorough study made Of
nication and camps Of instruction.
so that you may direct preparations
for the arrival Of successive contin-
gents Of our troops in France.
THE equipment and training for
active service of the troops under
your command in the trenches or
on the firing line should be carried
on as rapidly as possible. While the
entrance of our forces into the thea
ter Of active operations will be left
entirely to your judgment, it should
not be unduly fastened, yet 1t is
believed that the purpose of your
presence in France will be materially
advanced by the appearance Of our
troops upon the firing line.
THE Secretary of War desires
that you keep the Department fully
advised of all questions Of impor-
lance concerning the operations Of
your troops, and that you submit
your views from time to time upon
such questions, as well as upon mat
tiers pertaining to the general Situa-
ton in Europe He also expects that,
as the superior military representa-
tive Of the United States in France,
you will exercise such general au-
thority as will best contribute to the
fulfillment OF your mission in
France
Very sincerely.
"TASKER H. BLISS, Major General.
Acting Chief Of Staff"
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French Opera Leads
In German Theaters

BERLIN.-A French opera, Georges
Bizet's Carmen" had the greatest
number of performances in Germany
last season, with total of 407.
Next in order of popularity came
"Tannhauser" GOD. "Freischuetz"
(2s5), "Lohengrin" (27s) and THE
Magic Flute" (27D.
(Copyright, 1891
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cooperate as a component of what
ever army you may be assigned to
by the French government.
"6. You will keep the department
fully advised of all that concerns
your recommendations freely and
directly to the department. And, in
general, you are vested with all nee
essary authority to carry on the war
vigorously in harmony with the
spirit of these instructions and
toward a victorious conclusion"
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A Summer Peril.

From the Charleston IS. CO. Evening Post.
This is the season when the chap
addicted to back-slapping Is in danger
OF hitting the wrong man on his sun
| burn.
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'.(Contintted on Fifth Page.)
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BY CASTOR NERvAL.

n YEXT Thursday is Uruguay's
N national day. Although the
smallest State in South Amer
/ lea in territorial extent, Uru-
may has nlaced herself in the
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Yes, sir" answered Trachtenberg.
He saws: Last year we took de-
cision to knock you from business. Now
it is started another year. Do you
want to give up the stop customer
tell you before and we will let you stay
in business; If not, you are out OF
luck"
Then the Health Department in
spectors began to file complaints against
Tiachtenberg. and one was served on
him while he was a witness before
Flynn.
Trachtenberg and other witnesses
testified to the intimidation practiced
On customers of sirup manufacturers
SAID Thachterbcrg:
"A sa'ecman says to the customer
| thet the7 arrested one customer OF
mine because they used my strip, and
child drinks glass Of chocolate and
! he died and they are around looking
! for me and going to arrest me. That
is what he says to a customer of mine
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BY GEN. PEYTON C. MARCH, U. S. A.,
Retired,
Chief OF STAFF in World War.
Copyright. 1892. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc
~ EN- PERSHING. in his book,
4 My Experiences in the VOL
T War" animadverts severely
~ upon the work of the general
staff in the War Department
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THE DIFFERING VIEWS ON ARMY
Gen. Pershing's Proposed
Letter of Instruction
for Command.

Pershing's idea of what his instruc-
tionS should be:
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Double Taxation.

A meeting was held in Washington
last week by group Of men, members
Of the board Of governors Of the Amer
lean Legislators Association, who are
not only talking about the high tax
burden but plan to do something about
it. Their approach to the problem does
not follow the orthodox route Of seek
ing to curb expenditures by the insti-
tuition of various economies. They are
particularly concerned with the added
evil of high taxation, expressed in q
growing tendency toward double taxa
ton by Federal and State Governments.
Their objective is to find some method
by which the fields of taxation may be
divided between the two chief taxing
bodies.
They realize, probably more so than
anybody else. the dificulty confronting
them. Up to this point both Federal
and State governments have refused
to recognize prior claims by either on
sources Of revenue. The depression has
accentuated the tendency by both to
lay hands on sources Of revenue without
regard to the extent to which they have
already been subjected to milking. The
States In the beginning gave the Fed
eraI Government q relatively clear field
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Fewer Forest Fires.

The United States Forest Servic. re-
ports a gratifying decrease In the num-
Der OF costly forest fires. In 1880 ap-
proximately 52,266,46O acres we're
burned; In 1881 about 81 1,57s, $40 acres.
More than 81 per cent Of the latter acre
age was unprotected land, and incen-
diarism and the carelessness of trav-
elers and campers were the causes of
the greater part of the loss. The law
may be relied upon to catch the incen-
diaries, but what shall be said about
negligence, sheer heedleSsness, which is
so largely responsible for the destruc-
ton of valuable forests by fire? What
can be done to correct that fault?
The officials of the service say that
any man may be a potential fre-setter
Their study Of the subject indicates
that persons who ordinarily are not ex-
ceptionally careless are apt to forget
the mannerly habits of lifetime when
they find themselves in the environ
ment Of the woods. A man who would
not dream Of dropping a lighted Gig
arctic on the parlor rug has no hesi-
fancy about tossing down a stub on 6
bone-dry carpet Of fallen Autumn
leaves. Literally thousands Of devas.
tating blazes are caused by just sucf
recklessness. Hunters are to blame fol
much Of the annual loss Campers
leaving unquenched fires, also are cul'
pable.
But the service officials ikewis'
point out that any man may be I
volunteer fire warden. Undoubtedly
hundreds Of travellers through the wood
recognize their public duty in tn
circumstances and are exceedingly eau
tious. Ths service appreciates thei
attstade Of helpful watchfulness. Tn
foresas are a portion Of the nktiona
Ksalth. and as such are entitled 70 tn
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Hands OFF Vermont.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Canada has just made proposal
which it is difficult to consider with
restraint. Canada has long been look
ing covetously across the border and
now, in exchange for certain conces-
S1ons in st. Lawrence waterways ne
gotiations, she asks for a slice of Maine,
a helping of New Hampshire, a leg Of
Vermont. As regards Maine and New
hampshire, We are reasonably calm.
Either or both Of those States might be
carved. or even diSmembered, without
agitating our aplomb. But Vermont. II
Canada dareS lay a larcenous hand ON
Vermont, we can only say what Antony
perhaps as well said on q trying oc-.
casion: THE very stones of Rome win
rise and mutiny."
1t may battle the Canadian head to
comprehend why we are so touchy on
the subject Of Vermont. And We can
only say to our esteemed neighbor, In the
collaborated words Of Vice President
Curtis and Rudyard Kipling. that he Is
too damned dumb ever to know or
ever to understand" But Let US saw.
in all truth, there is nothing scrdid "a
rich. Heaven knows she isn't beauti-
ful. She Is not accomplished. Her
morals, so far as we know, are all yiehk.
but it is not her chastity that endears
Vermont to the sons and daughters Of
the revolution and their ep-hrothers
and step-sisters. 1t Is her talent 20
stay put. Alone Of the holy Qaiaxy.
Vermont has ever been LOYAL Ia tiie
Republican party, steadfast, unwnyer-
ing in tempest and shine. WhittieF
said it all in that mordant couplet:
"who touches hair Of vermontN
green head "a.
Dies Ike wire hax. md Mnh A.
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protection Of every citizen. Every
camper, every hunter, should consti-
tute himself o committee Of one to
guard the natural Fairgrounds which
he enjoys. Fires destroy the natural
beauty and the wild life which are es-
sential to both camping and hunting.
The Autumn season is one Of the
times of the year when forest confia-
grations are most frequent. The woods
are dry, the leaves are down; a blaze
once started and famed by breeze
may spread over wide area in only a
few minutes. And every fire means
social loss as well as individual loss.
The tendency toward fewer and less
costly fires should be stimulated by a
deliberate policy Of caution on the part
Of the public
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Believing that the incident "has been
unduly magnif1ed," the Boston Evening
Transcript holds that there is no rea-
son why the established regulations for
admission to the United States should
be waived in his behalf or in behalf Of
any one else" That paper adds: "Citi-
zens of the United States are subject to
examination as to their travelling status,
and these regulations may be personally
vexatious. Indeed, they are often found
SO. But they afford no reason why, IL
the regulations are duly embodied In
the law Of the land, they should not be
complied with. Personal distinction
does not warrant waiver of inquiries
IN their case, nor is there any reason
why they should be waived in the case
OF aliens. We, fail to see that Prof.
E1nstein has any cause for Indignation
IN the inquiries addressed to him by the
United States consul at Berlin, or any
reason why his colleagues among scien-
lists or scholars in this country should
De indignant because the required ques-
tions have been addressed to him"
Questioning the soundness Of the OBJ
JectionS to the tests applied to persons
entering the United States, the New
York Sun states: Why DR.. Einstein
Should not submit good-naturedly to
the 1nquis1tion which other applicants
for United States visas undergo is q
mystery to the common man, Just as
Or. Einstein's formula reconstructinR
the universe is mystery to the COM
mon man; and why the consular oficer
who addressed to the worlds most ai-
vertised cipherer the routine questioM
put TO applicants for admission to tho
United States should be assailed by
some Americans is another mystery,
Apparently DR.. Einstein has been re-
lieyed by an authority higher than the
United States consul at Berlin from an
swer1ng these questions. Why should
he be? And If DR.. Einstein has en-
rolled himself in one Of the classifica-
tlonS OF aliens whose entry into the
United States b Sbrbidden, why Shouldn't
he remain outside its bordersP"