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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
DECLINES TO ACCEPT
ITS EDICT.
BAN PUT ON UNION EMPLOYES
Men Must Sever Membership In Teleg
raphers' Organization If They Would
Retain Their Places with the Com
pany, Says Carlton.
New York. Tho Western Union Tol
apriph company has declined to sub
mit lo the Jurisdiction of tho national
war labor board, which sought to ad
just tho differences between tho com
pany and thoso of Ha cmployos who
O'-o motrbers of the Commercial To
lcsrapharH' Union of America.
Tho Western Union's decision be
came known when tho report of an
oxocutlve session of tho war board,
hold hero, was made public. It om
bodied a roport by W. H. Taft and
Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmen of tho
board, who conferred with Nowcomb
Carlton, presldont of tho Wostorn Un
ion, In an effort to compose tho dif
ferences betwoon tho company and
those of Its employes who had beon
dismissed, It was charged, because
they Joined tho Commercial Tolog
grnphcrs' Union of Amorlca.
Compromise Proposition.
(Complalnt against tho company's ac
tion was takon to tho war board and
Mr. Taft and Mr. Walsh mado an In
vestigation. Thoy then submitted a
proposition In tho nature of a com
promise based on tho principles un
derlying tho work of tho war board.
TIiIb platform recognizes tho right of
men to organize nnd holds thoy should
not bo discharged for membership in
trades unionB or for legitimate trade
union activities. t '
This compromise proposal, under
which tho Western Union was not re
quired to recognize tho union and by
which tho union was bound not to uso
tho strike as a weapon, wns submitted
to Mr. Carlton, but ho docllnod posi
tively to poromit omployes of his com
pany to Join tho union unless a ref
erendum of all tho company's workers
showed that a majority of thorn favor
ed such a stop.
Taft-Carlton Correspondence.
Correspondence betwoon Mr. Taft
land Mr. Carlton followed, with tho re
null that tho Joint chairmen ondod
their report to tho board with this
stntomont: ,
"In view of tho correspondence it
does not soom usotul to furthor pro
long tho modiation. Tho construction
of our principles as sot forth in Mr.
Taft'B tologram to Mr. Carlton loadB
to tho conclusion that tho Wostorn
Union Telegraph company should ac
cept this compromise It do
cllnes, howovor, to do bo, or to sub
rait to tho jurisdiction of this board,
and no furthor action of tho board is,
therefore, recomnionded, except tho
publication of this roport of tho sec
tion, and tho voto of this board upon
tho report."
THOUSAND MEN ROUNDED UP.
Members of 100 Per Cent American
Club Seize Alleged Slackers.
Tucson, Ariz. A posse composod of
members of tho 100 per cent American
club, numborlng COO, undor tho loader
ship of United Statos Marshal Joo Dil
lon, rounded up between 800 and 1,000
young men who could not show draft
classification cards. Thoy wore takon
to tho city hall for examination by the
draft board,
Tho registered mon wore soparated
from tho draft ovadors and dosortors,
there being a fow of tho latter.
Heads Airplane Mall 8ervlce.
Washington, D. C Capt. C. A. Wol
donbath, of tho signal corps, United
States nrmy, who has Boon throo
months' sorvlco us a flier with tho
American forcoa in Prnnco, has boon
Appointed by tho war dopartmont as
supervisor of tho nlrplano mall sorv
lco between Washington and Now
York, it has boon announced. Ho will
succeed MaJ. Itoubon II. Fleet, who has
beon transferred to a California flying
school.
Zeppelin Shot Down.
'Coponhugon. It la reported that n
zoppolln nirshlp wns shot down Satur
day morning off tho Jutland coast by
a British torpedo boat destroyer. Tho
crow of tho airship was drownod, ac
cording to tho roport.
Held In $5,000 Ball.
Philadelphia. Chargod with Incit
ing riot nnd making seditious speeches
John- Reed, who doscrlbes himself at
tho oillclal bolshovlk consul to Now
York, was held In $G;000 ball horo.
Qrnduates nt 14 Years.
Independence, In. Miss Doris Web
er grnduatod with honora and is only
14 yoars old. Sho will not ho 15 until
July. During tho winter school hours
oho also VisBlstod tho exemption board
'in Us office work.
Meredith Sack from France.
.Dob Moines, In. E. T, Meredith,
who dopartod two months ago for the
battle Holds of Franco, has arrived
snfoly at Halifax, according to word
received here,
CONGRESS MUST
FINANCE WA
President Wilson Calls on Legis
lators to Proceed Immedi
ately With the Work.
COUNTRY'S NEED IS GREAT
Additional Revenuo Must Be Provided
For, and People Must Know What
Proportion of Taxes They
Must Pay on Their
Earnings.
Washington. President Wilson per
sonally took churgo of tho war tax
legislation tnnglo aud appearing unex
pectedly before a Joint session of con
gress ileclnrcd It wns necessary to pro
ceed immediately with new war tax
laws, IU spoke ns follows:
"Gentlemen of tho congress: It Is
with unaffected reluctanco that I como
to ask you to prolong your session long
enough to provide more udoquato re
sources for tho treasury for tho con
duct of tho war. I have reason to ap
preciate ns fully ns you dp how ardu
ous the session has been. Your la
bors have been severe and protracted.
"The summer 1b upon us In which la
bor nnd counsel nro twlco arduous and
nro constantly apt to bo Impaired by
lnssltudo and fatigue. The elections
nro at hnnd and wo ought ns soon ns
posslblo to go nnd render an Intlmnto
account of our trusteeship to tho peo
ple who delegated us to act for them
In tho weighty and anxious matters
In tho weighty nnd anxious matters
that crowd upon us In these duys of
crlticnl cholco nnd action. But wo
dnro not go to tho elections until wo
have done our duty to tho full.
"These are days when duty stands
stnrk and nnked nnd even with closed
eyes. Wo know It Is there. Exposes
nro unnvnillng. Wp have either dono
our duty or we have not. The fact
will bo as gross nnd plain ns the duty
Itself. In such n case lassitude nnd
fatigue seem negllglblo enough. Tho
facts nro tonic and suffice to freshen
tho labor.
Must Provide More Revenue.
"And tho facts nro these : Addition
al revenues must manifestly be provid
ed for. It would bo n most unsound
policy to raise too largo a proportion
of them by law, and It Is evident that
tho 1,000,000,000 now provided for by
taxation will not of themselves sustain
tho greatly enlarged budget to which
wo must Immediately look forward.
"Wo cannot In fairness wait until
tho end of tho fiscal year Is at hand to
npprlso our people of the tnxes thoy
must pay on their earnings of the pres
ent calendar year, whoso accountings
and expenditures will then bo closed.
Wo cannot get Increased taxes unless
tho country knows what they aro to bo
and practices tho necessary economy
to mnko them avallnble.
"Dcfinltcncss, early deflnlteness, as
to whnt Its tnskB nro to bo Is absolutely
necessary for tho .successful adminis
tration of tho treasury; It cannot
frame fair and workablo regulations In
hosto If It Is not to know i,ts exact
task until tho very ovo of Its perform
ance. "Tho present tnx laws aro marred,
moreover, by Inequities which ought to
be remedied. Indisputable facts, ev
ery ono j nnd wo cannot alter or blink
them. To stato them Is argument
enough.
Sees Dancer of Inflation.
"And yet perhaps you will permit mo
to dwell for a moment upon the situ
ation thoy disclose. Enormous lonns
frcoly spent In tho stimulation of in
dustry of almost every sort produce In
flations and extravagances which pres
ently make tho wholo economic struc
ture questionable nnd insecure and tho
very basis of credit Is cut awny. Only
fair, equitably distributed tnxatlon of
tho widest .lncldenco and drawing
chlelly from the Bources which would
bo likely to dcmornllzo credit by their
very nbundance, can prevent Inflation
and keep our Industrial system freo of
speculation and waste. Vo shall nat
urally turn, therefore, I suppose, to
war profits utul Incomes nnd luxuries
for tho additional taxes.
"But tho war profits and Incomes
upon which tho Increased taxes will
bo lovled will bo tho profits and in
comes of tho calendar year 1018.
"It would bo manifestly unfair to
wait until tho enrly months of 1010 to
say what they nro to be. It might bo
dlfllcult, I should Imagine, to run tho
mill with wntor that already has gono
over tho wheel.
Taxes Not Paid Until June, 1910.
"Moreover, tnxes of that sort will
not bo pnld until tho Juno of next
year, and tho treasury must untlcl
pate them. It must uso tho monoy
thoy are to produco beforo It Is duo.
It must sell 8hort-tlmo certificates of
Indebtedness.
"In tho autumn a much larger snlo
of long-tlmo bonds must bo effected
Talking Politics.
"I don't hear you talking politics
very much."
"No," replied Senator Sorghum.
"Talking politics is all right In time of
pcaco. But I'm willing to fight for tho
futuro prlvllego of talking ray politics
itrlctly In my natlvo tongue."
A Suggestion.
Tho Woman I beliovo I've danced
with you before, haven't IT
Tho Victim I dunno; If you havo
why don't you do it now? Chaparral.
than has yet boon nttempted. Whnt
nro the bankers to think of the cer
tificates If they do not certainly
know where the money Is to come
from, which Is to take them up? And
how nro investors to approach the
purcliuso of bonds with nny sort of
confidence or knowlcdgo of their own
affairs If they do not know whnt
tnxes they are to pay and what econ
omies nnd adjustments of their busi
ness they must effect? I cannot as
sure tho country of n successful ad
ministration of the treasury In 1018
If tho question of further tnxatlon la
to be left undecided until 1010.
Only Thouoht Now Is Win tho War.
"The consideration that dominates
every other now, nnd makes every oth
er seem trivial and negligible, Is the
winning of tho wnr. We nre not only
In the midst of tho wnr; wo ure at
tho very peak nnd crisis of It
World Facing Many New Problems.
"I nm advising you to act upon this
mntter of tnxntlon now, gentlemen,
not because I do not know that you
can bco nnd Interpret the fncts and tho
duty they Impose just as well and with
us clear n, perception of tho obligations
involved as I can, but becauso thero Is
n certain solemn satisfaction in shar
ing with you tho responsibilities of
such n time.
"Tho world never Btood In such enso
before. Men never beforo had so clear
or bo moving a vision of duty. I know
that you will begrudgo tho work to bo
dono hero by us no mora than the men
begrudgo us theirs who Ho In tho
trenches nnd sally forth to their death.
Thero Is a stimulating comradeship
knitting us nil together. And this tnsk
to which I Invito your Immediate con
sideration will be performed under fa
vorable Influences If we will look to
what tho country Is thinking nnd ex
pecting, United In War Purpose.
"Ilnvo you not felt the spirit of tho
nntlon tiso nnd Its thought become a
single nnd common thought slnco theso
eventful days came In which we have
been sending our boys to the other
sldo? I think you must read that
thought, as I do, to mean this, that the
people of this country nro not only
united In the resolute purpose to win
the wnr, but nre rendy and willing to
benr nny burden nnd undergo any sac
rifice that It may bo necessary for
them to benr In order to win It.
"Hundreds of thousnnds of our men,
carrying our hearts with them and our
fortunes, nre In the field, nnd ships aro
crowding faster nnd faster to the ports
of Franco nnd England with regiment
after regiment, thousand after thou
sand, to Join thorn until tho enemy
shall bo bentcn nnd brought o n reck
oning with mnnklnd.
No Pause or Intermission.
"Thero cun bo no pause or Intermis
sion. The great enterprfse must, on
tho contrary, bo pushed with greater
energy. The volume of our might must
steadily and rapidly bo augmented un
til there enn bo no question of resist
ing It. If that Is to bo accomplished,
gentlemen, money must sustain it to
tho utmost. Our financial program
must no more bo left In doubt or suf
fered to lag than our ordnnnce pro
gram or our ship program or our muni
tions program or our program for mak
ing millions of men ready.
"That Is tho situation, and it is tho
situation which creates the duty, no
cholco or preference of ours. Thero
Is only ono way to meet that duty.
Wo must meet It without selfishness
or fear of consequences.
Politics Adjourned In War Crista,
"Politics is adjourned. Tho elec
tions will go to those who think
least of it To those who go to tho con
stituencies without explanation or ex
cuse, with a plain record of duty faith
fully and disinterestedly performed,
I, for ono, am alwayB confident that tho
people of this country will give n Just
vordlct upon tho service of tho men
who net for them when tho facts aro
such that no man can disguise or con
ceal them.
"Wo need not bo nfrnid to tax them,
if wo lay taxes Justly. They know that
tho war must bo paid for, and thnt It
is they whe must pay for It, and If tho
burden is Justly distributed and tho
sacrlflco mado a common saciiilco from
which nono escapes who can bear it
at all, thoy, will carry It cheerfully and
with a sort of solemn pride.
Facing Supremo Duty.
"I havo always beon proud to bo on
American, nnd wns never moro proud
thnn now, when all thnt wo have fore
seen about our people Is coming true.
Tho grent days hnvo como when tho
only thing that thoy ask for or ndmlro
Is duty, greatly and adequately dono;
when tho only wish for Ame'rlcn Is thnt
sho may share freedom sho enjoys;
when n great, compelling sympathy
wells "up In their hearts for men every
where who suffer and are oppressed
and when thoy seo at last the high
uses for which their wealth has been
piled up nnd their mighty power accu
mulated, counting neither blood nor
treasuro now that tho final day of op
portunity has como, rejolco to spend
nnd to bo spent through n long night
of suffering and terror In order that
thoy and men everywhere mny seo tho
dnwn of a day of righteousness nnd
Justlco and pence,
Shall wo grow
weary when they bid us net?"
Cruel.
Miss Oldun Ono thing worries mo
and thnt is tho wedding trip. It will
bo horrid to havo people know.
Her Dear Friend Oh, don't worry.
Oct him to cnll you "ma" when you're
traveling and they'll think you are
his mother.
Plenty of Them.
"Did your cousin get any damages
in that assault caser
"Did Hor Well, you wouldn't aaJr
that if r could havo Been his faw.'
M'ADOO BOOSTS
RAILROAD RATES
Orders Big Raise to Meet Higher
Cost of Labor and All
Materials.
ABOLISHES STATE TARIFFS
Freight Rates Advanced 25 Per Cent
and Passenger Fares One-Flfth
To Increase Revenue
$900,000,000.
OCCCOCKXCOCOCOCQOOOOOOCOOO
HOW RATES ARE RAISED
OOOOCOCXXCOCOOOOOGOOOOOOO
PASSENGER RATES.
Passenger fares ure Increased from
the basic rate of 2 cents a mllo to 3
cents.
Tourist nnd round-trip rebates aro
abolished except In two specific cases,
conventions of the G. A. It. and Con
federate veteruns.
Commutation rntes will bo Increased
10 per cent.
Tickets and mllengo bought before
Juno 10 will be redeemed at the orig
inal price.
Soldiers and sailors on leave nt their
own expense pny 1 cent n mile.
FREIGHT RATES.
Wheat, other grains und flour In
creased 25 per cent, not to exceed 0
cents n hundred.
Live stock Increased 25 per cent,
not fo exceed 7 cents n hundred.
Meats Increased 25 per cent, except
thnt tho rntes from Mississippi river
points to Mississippi river territory
remain as the rates from St. Joseph,
Mo.
Coal Incrense of 15 cents a net ton
up to CO cents, where the rate is 53
or more.
Coke Increase of 15 cents n net ton
up to 75 cents, where rate is $3.
Sugnr Twenty-flvo per cent Increase
without flat rate variations.
Washington. Railroad freight rates
nro Increased 25 per cent and passen
ger fares 20 per cent by nn order Is
sued by Director General McAdoo.
Tho Increase is necessary, It was an
nounccd, to meet raises in wages of
rail employees Just announced and
higher cost of coal and other supplies.
It Is estimated thnt tho Increase in
rates, by far the biggest In tho his
tory of rnllronds, will bring in from
$800,000,000 to 000,000,000 additional
revenue lo tho roads within the next
year.
Tho new freight charges, which
cover both class and commodity rates,
become effective Juno 25 nnd tho pas
senger lncreaso will go Into effect June
10.
Issued under authority granted by
tho railroad act to President Wilson
acting through the director general,
tho order wipes out all interstate lower
rates effective on either freight or pas
senger trade.
Travelers in standard sleeping nnd
parlor cars nro required to pay 3
cents a mllo in addition to Pullman
fares and in tourist sleoplng cars 8
cents. Pullman rates remain tho same.
Commutation and other suburban
rates on railroads aro Increased 10 per
cent Fares on electric lnterurban
lines are not affected.
Special Rates Abolished.
Special excursion, mileage conven
tion nrl tourist rates, with a fow ex
ceptions, aro discontinued, privileges
such as stop-overs and free sldo trips
nro abolished and excess baggago
charges are Increased.
Both freight and passenger rates on
boat lines operated on tho lakes, rivers
or coastwise by railroads aro to bo
raised proportionately with the gener
al increases.
A number .of fiat increases, instead
of percentage additions, nro ordered
for coal, coke, lumber, ore, stone, grain,
cotton, live stock, meats, sugar, bullion
and other commodities.
In announcing that tho rata Increases
aro required by public Interest, Direc
tor General McAdoo rcforrcd to the
rapidly rising cost of coal, which he es
timated this year alono at $100,000,000
moro than last year, and to higher cost
of overy other material entering Into
railroad transportation. Operating ex
penses, he estimated, would bo be
tween 830,000,000 nnd 800,000,000
greator this year than tho 2,852.000,
000 flguro of lust year.
No part of the increased rates is on
account of tho program of nearly a
billion dollnrs of Improvements, addi
tions nnd new equipment this year, he
explained.
"It Is earnestly hoped," said the di
rector general, "that all citizens affect
ed directly or indirectly by this increase
of rates will support tho general prin
ciple of such lncreaso as an unavoid
able war measure and nccept the ad
ditional burden in tho snmo spirit of
self-sacrlflco in which they have ac-
TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES
Tho lultivatlon of popples In Tunis
has been forbidden by tho government
nnd tho destruction of tho wild poppy
plant decreed.
A boiler has been Invented thnt can
be used over tho too of a gas or oil
atovo Instead of boneath it, and there
by save fuel.
Norwegian builders recently launch
ed a 600-ton motor-propelled concrete
boat as an experiment In that form
of seauolnu craf-
ccptcd other Inconveniences and bur
dens and tho grievous personnl losses
which nro part of tho prlco that tho
nation Is patriotically paying for world
liberty."
Profits Go Back to People.
"If thoy turn out to bo more than aro
needed to meet tho gravo public exi
gency," ho added, "they will promptly
bo readjusted so as to prevent any un
necessary burden upon tho public, but
pending such readjustment, tho ex
cess, If nny, will bo for tho benefit of
tho peoplo of tho United States as a
wholo and not for tho benefit of tho
prlvnto railroad owners of any of them.
"To the extent that savings can bo
effected und to tho extent that re
duced prices for tho things the rail
roads must buy can bo realized, It will
be tho purpose of the director general
to mnko from time to time appropriate
reductions."
Tho provision that intorstnto rates
shall be abolished wherever substi
tute Interstate rates between tho
sumo points exist nnd that all shull be
raised to a standard national level, de
velops the first definite conflict be
tween powers of tho federal rail
road administration and of the state
railroad und public utilities commis
sions which, heretofore havo claimed
exclusive Jurisdiction over lnten
state rates, ltailroad rate agents
will file tnrlffs contninlng tho new
rates with state commissions as well
ns with the Interstate commerce com
mission, but state commissions nro per
mitted no review under tho railroad
act.
Low Rate for Veterans.
Exceptions to the three-cent rate are
made for soldiers and sailors, who
may travel at one cent u mllo when
on furlough nt their own expense and
for persons attending the national en
enmpment of the Grand Army of the
Republic nt Portlnnd, Ore., nnd tho
Unl.ted Confederate Veterans' reunion
nt Tulsa, Okla. Both of these or
ganizations are permitted rates of ono
cent n mllo, nnd for vnrlous state
meetings of the veterans two cents
will be charged.
Children under Ave years of ngo
will be carried free, ns at present, nnd
those between five nnd twelvo will bo
charged half of tho new higher fare.
Commutation fnres, which are" raised
ten per cent, nre construed to apply
to persons having daily or frequent
occasion to travel between their homes
nnd places of employment or educa
tional Institutions.
To discourage the use of heavy
sleeping nnd parlor cars tho now or
der provides that the following mini
mum number of tickets should bei
bought for drawing room compart
ments or sections:
Two adult tickets for a drawing
room In n sloeplng car; two ndult
tickets for a compartment.
Ono and onc-hnlf ticket for a sec
tion; flvo ndult tickets for exclusive
occupancy of drawing rooms In n par
lor car.
Passenger fares by water routes or
by rail and wnter nro to bo Increased
proportionately with the higher rail
charges.
Excess Baggage Charges.
Tho basis for computing charges for
excess baggago Is to be one-sixth of
tho normnl pnssenger fare, with a
minimum of 15 cents per 100 pounds
and minimum collection of 25 cents
per shipment.
The director general provides fully
for the redemption of tickets and mlle
ngo books purchnsed beforo Juno 10
nnd rendered Invnlld nfter that dato
when the higher fares become effec
tive. Unused portions of mllengo books
and unused or partially used tickets
will be redeemed at their original pur
chase rate.
2,000,000 Get Wage Raise.
General pny lncrenses for nearly
two million railroad .employees woro
announced by Director General Mc
Adoo, effective Juno 1 and retroactive
to last January 1, carrying out substan
tially recommendations of the railroad
wage commission. The aggregate of
tho lncrenses probably will bo moro
than 300,000,000 n year, half of which
will be distributed within n fow weeks
as back pay In lump sums ranging
from nbout 100 to nearly 200 each.
Scale of Increase.
Train employees, Including members,!
of tho leading brotherhoods, will re
ceive approximntely the following pro
portional Increases over 1015 pny, or
their equivalent when pny 1b based on
miles operated: Pnssenger engineers,
11 per. cent; pnssenger firemen nnd
helpers, 28 per cent ; passenger conduc
tors, IB per cent; passenger baggage
men, 88 per cent ; passenger brnkemen
nnd flagmen, 40 per cent ; freight engi
neers, 15 per cent ; freight firemen, nnd
helpers, 84 per cent; freight conduc
tors, 20 per cent; freight brnkemen
and flagmen, 40 per cent These men
must nso deduct Increases granted
slnco 1015.
Speclnl rates of pay are provided for
office, messenger nnd choro boys, and
similar employees under eighteen
yenrs, ns follows: Twenty dollars' ln
creaso a month where the pay In De
comber, 1015, whs from 30 to 45 a
month; 15 incrense where tho rnto
wns from 20 to 30 a month; 10 ln
creaso where the rate was less than
20 a month.
By liquefying tho gas helium a Eu
ropean scientist has succeeded in
reaching temperatures within six de
grees of tho absoluto zero.
A new telcphono transmitter is com
posed of but 12 parts and Is In the
form of a disk which can bo carried
in tho pocket, tho usual heavy sup
ports being omitted.
Excluslvo turkey ranches nro found
In the unsettled foothill regions of
California and in parts of Arizona nnd
other Western states, whero 1,000 o
moro turkeys are raised each sea7,
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APPEALJjHlFT
President Asks Citizens to Buy
Only Essentials.
SYSTEMATIC SAVING URGED
People Requested to Pledge by June
28 to Invest In War Savings and
Thrift Stamps, or Other Government
Securities.
Washington, D. C To save mate
rials nnd labor for necessary wnr pur
poses, President Wilson nppenlcd to
Americans "to buy only those things
which nre essential to tho Individual
health nnd efllciuncy," nnd to volun
teer on or before June 28, National
Thrift day, to Invest systematically In
Wnr Savings nnd Thrift Stamps, or
other government securities.
"This wnr Is one of nntlons not of
nrmles," said tho president, "nnd nil
of our 100,000,000 peoplo must bo
economically nnd industrially adjusted
to war conditions If this nntlon Is to
piny Its full pnrt In the conflict.
Pledge Is Sought.
"The problem before us Is not pri
marily n flnnnclnl problem, but rather
a problem of Increased production of
war essentials nnd the saving of the
materials and the labor necessnry for
the support nnd equipment of our
army and nnvy. Thoughtless expendi
ture of money for nonessentials uses
up the labor of men, the products of
the farm, mines, nnd factories, and
overburdens transportation, nil of
which must be used to the utmost and
nt their best for war purposes.
"The great results which wo seek
can be obtnlned only by the participa
tion of young nnd old In n nntlonal
thrift movement. I therefore urge
that our people everywhere pledge
themselves, as suggested by tho secre
tary of tho treasury, to the practice of
thrift; to serve tho government to
their utmost in increasing production
in nil fields necessary to the winning
of the war; to conserve food and fuel
and useful mntorlnls of every kind ; to
devote their labor only to the most
necessnry tasks, and to buy only those
things which aro essential to Individ
ual henlth and efficiency.
"Buy More U. S. Securities."
"The securities issued by the treas
ury department nre, so many of them,
within the reach of every one that tho
door of opportunity In this matter Is
wide open to all of us.
"I appeal to all who now own either
Liberty bonds or Wur Saving stamps
to continue to practice economy and
thrift nnd to appeal to all who do not
own government securities to do like
wise nnd purchase them to the extent
of their means. The man who buys
government securities transfers tho
purchasing power of his money to the
United States government until nfter
this war, and to that same degree does
not buy In competition with tho gov
ernment. "I earnestly nppenl to every man,
woman nnd child to pledge themselves
on or before Juno 28 to save constant
ly and to buy as regularly ns possible
the securities of the government.
"The 28th of June ends this special
period of enlistment In the great vol
unteer army of production and saving
here at homo. Mny there bo none un
enllsted on that day."
SAMARITAN RACE NEAR END
War May Wipe Out Remnant of An
cient Tribe In the
Holy Land.
Pittsburgh, Pn. The last remnant of
the ancient Samaritan race may be
wiped out of existence, nccordlng to
E. K. Wnrren, president of the Inter
national Sundny School association.
Mr. Wnrren, in his Sunday school la
bors In the Holy Land, found the lit
tle band of people whose nncestors
made up the greut northern division of
the kingdom of the Jews. There were
102 persons In the group, and he has
not heard a word from them In 18
months. Mr. Wnrren said the race
dwindled down because It would not
Intermarry. Two-thirds of the group
were men and of these 24 were draft
ed by the Turkish government for mil
itary service.
GIRLS DO OWN GARDENING
Will Raise Vegetables Needed by Stu
dent Body of Mount Holyoke
College.
South nndley, Mass. Mount Holy
oke college, one of the large girl's
colleges of the East, will be self-supporting,
ns far as Its vegetable supply
is concerned, If plans of tho student
farmers succeed. The needs of the
student body for tho year Is estimated
at 2,000 bushels of potatoes and 5,000
cans each of corn, beans and tomatoes.
The girl farmers nre planting gardens
to cover this demand.
UNCLE SAM HARD ON TRAMPS
"8lde-Door Pullman" Passengers Are
Decreasing, According to Rail-
road Officials.
Albany, N. Y. Uncle Snm Is severe
on tramps. As a result, railroad offi
cials say, there Is a noticeable fnlllng
off "in travel." In the good old days
a "pinch" by n railroad "bull" only
meant n few days In jail and a few
' sood menls. Now It's nil different nnd
I tno flaUng element of tho population,
tlle bo w,1 I)refers tMe "rods" to the
"cushions,- has strangely faded. ,
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