NOItTII IMjATTK S13MMVKF.KLY TRIBUNE
nEUGION ON WHEELS IN ROUMANIA
I Ono Child to Family,
Professor's Forecast
Now York. The nrmber of
children will average 'iss tlinii
out to n family two generations
hence If tliu present birth rnto
dcerenso conjunct according to
Dr. Amy Howes, pn ."tssor of
economics nnd sociology nt
Mount Holyokn college-.
The cause of tho decline wns
attributed to economic condi
tions nnd Into marriages. Dr.
Howes suggests us "n solution
early marriages. She snld tho
obstacle to ninny marriages
might ho rcmovcd'lf the woinun
continued to work after she ho
cnine a wife.
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Tliix is the fiiiiioiiH church on wheels which followed the Roumanian army
during the invasion of Hungary. It wiih used ns n dressing Ntatlon on many
occasions by Amorlcnn Red Cross doctors caring for wounded In the Rou
nianlati ranks. It Is hullt on stnndard passenger coach frame, and Is srijl used.
Russ Tells of
oviet Horrors
Noted Writer, Just Before Death,
Asked U. S. Not to Be
Deceived.
LIES ARE SENT BROADCAST
"No Words to Describe Darkness
Around Us," Is Assertion of Plea
Mode by Leonid Andrelev, the
Great Novelist.
Now York. "S. O. S.," n remark
able literary document by Leonid An
drelev, written by the great Russian
novelist and short story writer Just, be
fore his death recently, has been re
ceived In this country by the Ameri
can Central Committee- for Russian
Kollol', with hcudqunrtors in the Ho
tel Buckingham, New York.
, Andrelev's message, like a voice
from the dead, describes tho blight of
bolshevlsm over his country. An
drelev hud been u pacifist, as shown
by his play "Tho Red Laugh," publish
ed during tho Russo-Japanese war,
but he ennio out strongly for tho ill
lies and their cause. Ills pen was al
so turned ugulnst bolshevlsm with tell
ing eifect.
Appeals to America.
In one parngrapli the taller makes
a 'direct uppeul to America In thus
words :
' "And you, every IndlvHlual Ameri
canI call to . you. You are young
and rich, you are broad in spirit and
energetic, you desire that the torch of
your freedom shall throw Its light on
distant Europe also come then and
sou In what agony wo art;, in what In
human servitude our body and our
spirit are struggling. If you would
but see, 1 assure you, you would be
terrified and you wifuld curao those
deceivers and llurs who have repre
sented this most evil tyranny to you
as a break on tho part of tho whole
HiiHslan people for liberty."
Andrelev explains the title of his
appeal thus:
"Like a wireless operator on u sink
ing steamer that through the night
ami the darkness sends tho last calls,
'Quickly to our aid. Wo are, sink
ing. Save our souls, so nlso I, moved
by my faith In human clemency, throw
Into the dark space my prayer of per
ishing human beings. If you but knew
lw dark tho night Is around us!
There are no words to describe this
darkness."
Worse Than Death.
At another point ho writes:
"It Is not assistance for tho Rus
slan people that I Implore of you. But
here are these thousands, 'more or
less,' who have hut ono life, which
Is but an Instant, and who are perish
Ing every hour In unbearable suffer
ing, or who live, but In a way worse
than death. It Is of no Importance
that they are called 'Russians, but It
Is of Importance that these human
beings, whose sufl'orihgs began so
long ago and continue endlessly, con
tinue without a gleam of light, as In
a real hell, from which malignant, tor
rlble forces rule unchallenged,
"There Is still time to shorten their
sufferings; there Is f tl 1 1 time to re
move the mennco of death from their
heads, and It Is for tho saving of their
souls that I send forth my human
prayer."
To give assistance to these suffer
Ing Russians In uon-bolshcvlk terrl
tory tho American Central Committee
for Russian Relief was formed, with
prominent Americans at the head of
It. Charles V. Bitot, president emer
Itus of Harvard, Is the honorary pres
ident; Bllhu Root, Samuel Gompers
' .lohn R. Mott and Cyrus II. McCor
mlck are vice-presidents, Princess
Cantacu.ene, grnnddnughtu of Presl
dent Grant, Is chairman.
NOISE COST RAILROAD $2,750
Maryland Woman Gets Verdict for Bell
Ringing and Car Shifting
at Night.
Bnltlmore. Mrs. Donnld L. Symlng'
ton of the Green Spring valley re
ceived a verdict of $2,750 from a jurj
In the suit ngalnst Walker D. nines
federnl railroad administrator, and 1k
Pennsylvania Rnllroad company. Mrs
Symington asked for .$25,000.
Mrs. Symington charged that the
ringing of n big bell, blowing of engliu
whistle? and shifting of enrs kept hei
family awake. Mrs. Symington nlso
contended that n hedge on her propertj
was destroyed and that a portion of
her land wns used by the company.
Pumpkin Eaters Spoil a Record.
Cynthln, Ky. .7. L. Garnott has Just
had cut and mnde Into pies n pump
kin which he kept for two yenrs. It
was In n prime state of preservation
and he snys It would have lasted much
longer If rats had not gnawed It.
To, Fight Under
the Fourth Fla
American Airman Ready to Bat
tle With Letts Against
Russ Reds.
Prisoner Free Too Late $
to See Dying Brother
New York. Judge Malono
granted permission to Thomas !
Corcoran, a prisoner in tho I
Tombs, to go to the bedside of
his sick brother .John, at 250
Park place, Brooklyn. Ho ar
rived there In ohifrgo of prison
guards soon after the death of
his brother from pneumonia.
The brothers wero r.rrested
March 4 In connection with a
safe burglary at tho of co of
.lames it. Decrlng, 135 Broad
way, In which 505,000 was sto
len. Bach was committed to the
Tombs In default of $10,000 bull,
'.ater John beeriuie 111. ills ball
was reduced to $1,000, which
was furnished.
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WINS CITATIONS FROM FRENCH
If Accepted by Letts Twenty-Three-Year.Old
Brooklyn Boy Will Have
Served Under Four Flags In
Four Years.
Warsaw. MaJ. Joseph C. Stehlln, a
twenty-tliree-year-old aviator of Brook
lyn, X Y., who already has fought In
three armies, has gone to Riga to en
list under tho Lettish Hag In tho war
against tho RuVshm bolshovikl. If his
services are accepted, he will have
served under four (lugs In four yeurs.
The colors of Franco, America, Poland
and Letvla, In turn, have wou his al
legiance. Since last fall Major Steluln has
been lighting In the aviation branch
of the Polish army, and In that serv
ice took part In tho Polish drive which
threw the bolshovikl out of Dvlnsk.
Wins Frencli Cltatjons.
Stehlln, who was formerly a Ufo
guard at Sheepshead bay, Brooklyn,
went to France In January, 1017. and
Joined the French Hying corps, where
ho won two citations and was promot
ed to bo sergeant for aiding fellow
aviators attacked by German pianos.
When the American army enme over
to Franco, Stehlln transferred, his nlle
glance to tho American Hag, received
a commission as first lleutennnt of
aviators, and took part In notions In
tho Champagne, Verdun nnd Solssons
sectors. After tho armistice he re
turned to tho United States, and Is said
to have Joined the aviation section of
the Now York police as a captain.
Made Captain in Poland.
Last September he Joined the Polish
forces recruited In Now York, was
commissioned as captain, came to Po
land and was assigned to duty on tho
northeastern front.
He spent four months with a Po
lish flying squndron, being the only
American with tho Poles on thnt par
ticular front, and participated In all
tho aviation work preceding nnd dur
ing tho Polish attack on the bolshev
ikl In tho region of Dvltisk.
Stehlln has llown over nnrts of
France, Belgium, Spaln, Russln, Po
land, Lithuania and the United States,
and has hopes soon of seeing Letvla
and Riga from tho air In tils service
with the Letts.
Major Stehlln snys he has no Idea
what vocation ho will take up If the
war should end over here, but he feels
certain that ho can never go bnclc to
tho prosaic duties of a lifeguard at
the beach. That game Is not exciting
enough for a man not yet twenty-
four, who has fought under four Hugs.
VIEW IN PROPOSED SAWTOOTH NATIONAL PARK
10, (JruiiUjeuli loresi kuiitwhii ot the Bue InioH n Idaho, looking over the proposed Sawtooth Notional park
In the Sn'Vtonth mountain. He was accompanied on this tour by Otto M, Jones, state gumo wardcu of Idaho, and
Mrs. Jones, who Is shown lu the photograph.
GOOD
ROADS
ESSENTIALS OF GOOD ROADS
Rules Outlined for Construction of
Stone Thoroughfares Drainage
Is Important
Tho essentlnl requirements of good
stone rond construction may be con
densed Into the following rules:
1. Cut the high places down to n
grade not exceeding 1 to 20; 1111 up
Hats or low places so as to have n
minimum grade of 1 to 200.
2. Construct subdrulns to carry
away all seepage water; also mak
enough cross-drains to dispose of surface-water.
Fig. 1 shows a subdralu
of draln-tlle covered with stone. Fig
2 shows n subdrnln made of logs, tine
Fig. 3 shows one mnde of Held stone.
It. Make the subgrade llrm nnd solid
nnd give It the snme curvature as the
surface of the finished rood,.
A. Spread the bottom course of
stone evenly, then roll nnd add a lltth
Subdrains and -Cross Section, of Road
fine material for a binder, nnd con
tluuo the rolling until the stones const
to sink und creep In front of th
roller.
5. Spread the second course nnd rol
It with tho addition of binder nnd
wnter until the whole surface Is ban
and smooth, carefully filling wltl
stone nny depressions that mny np
pear; then finish the whole with i
course of tliree-quurter-lnch stone nni
screenings. This must be soaked wltl
water and rolled until the surfnee If
hard nnd unyielding. Always be care
ful to commence tiro rolling at tin
sides nnd gradually work toward tlx
center; by so doing the crown of th(
rond will be preserved. If this work
Is well and thoroughly dono-the result
will be n road that Is smooth, hard and
convenient for travel at all seasons of
the year. Fig. 4 shows n cross-section
of n macadnm rond, with layers o
stone compneted In place.
For a farming community the wldtl
of mncadafti need not bo greater thnr
10 or 12 feet. The width of stone sur.
fnce should be sufllclent to take can
of all the travel1 on the road ; but or
the other hand It should not bo s(
great as to require unnecessary ex
penso in the "construction or main
tennnce of the road.
When water has to be conveyed
from ono side of a rond to the other It
should bo taken under the rond by
means of n culvert. A stone culvert
is, of course, the best, but n vltrlfled
tile pipe or a corrugated metal culvert
may be used.
Lastly, give tho rood a good coat of
suitable road oil to. prevent dust nnd
retard much damage to automobiles.
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PROBLEM OF GOOD HIGHWAYS
Becoming One of Increasing Impor
tance Because of Changes In
Methods of Travel.
Tho rond problem of the country Is
becoming one of ever-Increasing Impor
tance. Inrgely because of the changes
In methods of trnvel which ennhlo tho
city 'man to reach farther and further
Into the country district. He does
this first from a business or economic
standpoint," nnd, second, from a pleasure-socking
stnndpolnt. Tn an exactly
slnillnr manner, tho farmer Is getting
fully aroused to the lmportnnce of
better nnd better roads. They ennble
him to get to the city markets with
his produce, whether that produce
may be something requiring frequent
trips, such as milk to n crenmery, gnr
den truck to mnrkct. or staple prod
ucts to bo hauled In their proper sen
son. The better the ronds, tho chcup
or he enn haul his produce and tho
quicker he enn do so. resulting In n
saving of time, and the better choice
he has of market conditions.
ESSENTIAL POINTS OF ROADS
Concrete Highways Reduce Pull, In
crease the Load and Shorten
Time of Delivery.
Concrete roods reduce the pull, in;
crease the load nnd shorten tho time
three essentlnl points In modern
rond construction. With the quality
of permanence added, the price paid
becomes an Investment Instead of a
loss.
W14TfAUTl
-Or Incomparably the Bjggest Navy on the Seas'
BEST FOR MARKETING CROPS
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WASHINGTON. A growing fear thnt the horrors of another nnd still nior
disastrous world war Is not beyond possibility, lies behind the plnns foi
the modern military machine now being devised for the United States, accord
Ing to Wnshlngton oHlcInl gossip.
Dlsllluslon'meift, rnther than tin
"menace of Japan," which Seeretnrj
of the Navy Josophus Daniels donlei
he Invoked before the sennte commit
tee on nuvnl alTalrs the other day, It
admittedly behind his atlvoency of pro
purodnoss. It nlso promirted his re
quest for Immediate action In the mat
tor of tne development of submnrlm
bnses along the California coast ant
Puget Sound, and the huge naval bast
nt San Francisco. Likewise It wai
the insplrntlon for his general big navy policy.
"I have learned n lot during the wnr," hw Is quoted ns telling the hous
navnl affairs1 committee. "I used to think tho people of large nations wouU
not permit n great war. I was mistaken."
"In the unsettled condition of tho world today," ho said previously bo
fore u congressional committee on Mnrch 0, "our navy must be prepared foi
uny emergency." He ndded, later on, thnt either every nation must enter hit
mi ngreemont to preserve the peace of the world, without competitive navj
building, "or we must have Incomparably the biggest navy on tho seas."
The latest comparative figures on the navies of the great powers obtain
able at the nnvy department are dated July 1, 1019. These showed Great
Britain to he far In the lend in warship tonnage with 2,052,130 tons of fightliu
craft, ns against 1,100,355 tons belonging; to the United Stntes, 023,850 tout
Hying tho French Hag and 580,716 tons belonging to Japan.
Yankee Flyer Goes "Under Two Flags" Two Better
ORD comes from Wnrs-aw that MaJ. Joseph C, Stehlln, n twenty-three-yenr
old aviator of Brooklyn, N. Y who already has fought In three armies
has gone to Riga to enlist under the Lettish Hag In tho war against the Rus
slan bolshevik!. If his services are
accepted he will have served under
four Hugs In four years.
Since Inst fall Major Stehlln hns
been fighting In the aviation branch of
the Polish army and In that service
took part In the Polish drive which
threw the bolshevlkl out of Dvlnsk.
Stehlln, who wns formerly a life
guard at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,
weilt to France In January, 1017, and
Joined,, the French flying corps, where
ho won two citations nnd was pro
moted to be sergeant for aiding fellow aviators attacked by German planes
When the American army went over to France Stehlln transferred his nl
leglance to the American flag, received a commission ns first lieutenant of avl
ators, and took part In actions in the Champagne, Verdun, and Soissons'seo
tors-. After the armistice he' rejoined the uvlntlon section of tho New Yorl
police as a captain.
Last September he joined the Polish forces recruited In New York, wuj
commissioned as captain, went to Poland, nnd was assigned to duty on tin
northenstern front, lie spent four months with a Polish Hying squndron, thi
only American with the Polos on that particular front.
Stehlln hns flown over parts of France, Belgium. Spain. Rusfln, Poland
Lithuania, nnd the United Stntes nnd bus hopes soon of seeing Letvla and
Riga from the air In his service with the Letts.
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Farmers Enabled to Haul Produce
When Prices Are Highest If High
ways Are Improved.
Good roads give ,a wider choice of
time for mnrketlng crops. If roads
were kept In condition to permit trnvel
nml hauling at all tliii" and In all
kinds of weather, farmers would not
have to rush their produce to market
In renson nf good ronds. but could ban!
It when prices wore highest and when
their crofs did not deinnnd attention
Radical Preventives of Depopulation for France
FRANCI3 hns 2,000,000 young women who will hnve to go without husbondt
under the established matrimonial customs. In consequence, some ex
tremoly rudlcal preventives of depopulation are being proposed. Sociallzatlor
of men and the elevation of girl moth
ers to national heroines hns been pro
posed by Professor Carnot of tlu
Academy of Medicine.
Ho would form a "voluntary ma
ternlty corps" of girls willing to hem
the pangs of motherhood to present
children to the state. (
To obtain a "perfect race," Pro
fessor Carnot proposes that these gir1
(volunteers choose the men they do
Hire as fathera'of their children, auc
that no man can reject such offers
hut must accept ull.
The plan provides for state support for the girls before nnd nfter con
llnement, while the children nre to be reared at the expense of the stnte.
Mnrrled women nre Indignant, clnlmlug Professor Carnot Is "trying t
tnke our husbnnds away." They say tho plan would disrupt morals and breal
down the whole social system.
Odette Dulnc, suggests) a "maternity curd," issued on a doctor's certitlcat
to every expectant mother, married or unmnrried, who makes n request fo
one.
Such a card entitles a woman to shorter working hours or lighter work
medical attention and. eventually, hospital room and a physician's cure. Tlu
child Is to be cared for by the state.
The maternity card gives a woinun right over her child, doing away with
paternal authority und making motherhood worth while for women.
Colletto Willy believes a yvlsely organized polygamy to be the solution of
the present crisis In tho marriage problem. Old-fnshloned marriage idem
have outlined their applicability under present conditions, she says. Shi
thinks that the common interest In the betterment of the race nnd the legal
equality of the different children would gradually overcome woman's presetil
repugnance to the Idcn of sharing tho same man.
U. S. Mounted Service Cup Endurance Test for 1920
CONDITIONS and details have been made public of the 1920 endurance to
for horses for the United States mounted service cup. over u course of
300 miles. The winner of the first prize this year will get a leg on the
mount service cup. which has to be
won three times by tho same owner to
become his property. Tho winner will
llso receive the Arabian Horse dub
medal, in addition to $000 nnd the blue
ribbon for first place.
This year's event will be held
from October 11 to 15. tho route being
from Fort Kthan Allen. Vt., to Ctftjip
Devcns. MomS. The fixture is spon
sored by the Arabian Horse society,
the National Steeplechase and Hunt
club, nnd the Morgan Horse club, and
Is approved by the war department and the agricultural department.
It ts designed primarily to sttiuulu'te Intet'est in good snddle horses pos
sessed of stamina ami hardiness, and at the same time having the neeessnrj
quality to render them suitable for use In the mounted services of the United
States ; as a coequal purpose It has been sought to develop ninny point. of In
terest In determining what blood will produce a mount which will sutisfy th
many und iccnctlng requirements demanded of n charger.
The contest Is open to civilians.
Bach rider Is required to feed and care for his own mount nnd to take
care of his own equipment. Horses nro to carry a rider weighing1 not less
than 145 pounds nnd complete4 cavalry equipment or Its equivalent 100
pound. .
Tho horitus must be purebred, crossbred or grade und at least four yean
old. Condition, speed nnd feed consumed ure the points considered In male,
lug the award
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