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Alsace And Lorraine Are
Starved By The Germans
By HENRY WOOD
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Army, July 26
(By Mail) Alsace and Lorraine are
being milked dry by the Germans
while they still have the opportunity
to do so, according to authoritative in
formation that has just reached
France by way of Switzerland.
So clean is the final sweep now be
ing made by the Germans both of
everything eatable and usable, that
the condition of the civil population,
Lorraine, still rank as German pro
vinces, is little if any better than
that of the inhabitants of invaded
Belgium.
All metals that could be used in
the manufacture of war materials
was long ago taken by the Germans
including the church and school bells,
organ pipes, door knobs, stills end
cooking utensils. Among the latest
things requisitioned were the famous
bells of the Strasbourg cathedral
wfliich were hung in 1806 to replace
the historic bells destroyed during the
'revolution.
Food restrictions and food requisi-
tions are now being imposed. Not
only are the Germans requisitioning
all live stock but the inhabitants of
Alsace and Lorraine are under mili
tary orders, with military penalties
attached, not to kill a single food
animal.
RenuiRitinn is alno beinc m&de of
smoked meats; dried fruits, potatoes,!
vegetables, wheat and flour.
The restrictions have reached a
point where the farmers are no longer
allowed either to milk their own cows
or collect the eggs laid by their own
hons. All this is done by the German
soldiers in order that every particle
of food may be controlled and may go
to the German authorities. As the
farmers no longer have the use of
their own milk, butter is no longer to
bo found. Oil and coffee are also no
.longer obtainable.
I These conditions coupled with the
, liquidation by the Germans of all pro
perties owned entirely or in part by
French capital and French people
have reduced the position of the civil
population to one of half starved and
abject misery.
Miss Ida M. Tarbell Charges American Housewife With
Carelessness Commercial Economy Board Discovers
Delivery of Housewife's Goods Is .An Expensive Lux
ury Word At War Cannot Tolerate Sloth, Waste and
Indulgence. .
(By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, August 13. Wherein Miss Ida M. Tarbell
lays the charge of intellectual shiftlessness at the door of
the American housewife and points out that it costs her
merchants $75,000,000 a year to lug home her packages
for her. . :
"The greatest immediate war benefit of curing this
laziness in milady," said Miss Tarbell today, "will be to
release 100,000 able bodied delivery clerks as fighting men
at the front."
Pausing just long enough to take a bit of the sting out
of her charge by saying she believed all the American
housewife needs .to cure her is the government's suirf?es
tion, Miss Tarbell went on:
"The Commercial Economy Board of the Council of Na
tional Defense has discovered that the delivery of the
housewife's goods 'is one of the most expensive luxuries we
indulge. '
"A world at war cannot tolerate sloth, waste and in
dulgence. "On a food bill' of twelve and three quarter million dol
lars in 1916, Washington housewives paid $900,000 for
having the stuff sent home. Ice, bread, milk and ice
cream cost the most.
"What is true of Washington is
true of every American city, town
and village. The board estimates that
the gross delivery expense of retail
grocers in the country is $75,000,000
a year. What for? For the hire of
men to put up packages, run wagonit
and trucks, put your things at your
door, not once, but often many times a
day.
Housewives visit the stores in cars,
carriages or on foot, but they never
think of carrying home anything.
"The merchant is partly responsible.
His willingness to serve her careless
livering an article to exceed the cost
of the article.
"There are a few towns in the coun
try where the delivery has been
stamped out Ann Arbor, Michigan,
has had a sensible system such as we
all need, for eight years, Formerly
they used 70 wagons. Now they use
only 18. There' is but one delivery
a day. Every womnn knows what she
wants and all that Bhe wants and gets
it on the one delivery. All women
could do this. .
"There are a few other towns where
cooperative' delivery has been installed
and effected a tremendous saving.
"I am sure each city, each woman
will do her share to get this system
throughout the country. They will
free 100 000 men for useful service
and irregular habit of buying is one
way he builds up good will. The
women have come to feel that if they
carry bundles they will be classed as
undesirable customers. ':'
In our great cities the cost to the . when they do.
department store of delivering pack-. "A package in the hand will then
ages is from 8 to 25 cents apiece. '. It
is not uncommon for the cost of de-
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land last June. He states that this
amount is the largest sent in for this
work by any Grand Chapter in the
world, which is saying a good deal
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WILSON WAR PRESIDENT
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Washington, Aug. 13 (United
Press) President Wilson's name will
go down in history among the score
or more great war statesmen in the
annals of the world.
Here are some of the facts of his
life your children and grandchildren
will learn from their school books.
Born Dec. 28, 1856, at Stanton, Va.
Ancestry, Scotch- Irish on both
sides.
Educated by (his father, a noted
scholar, and at Davidson college, S.C.,
Princeton college, University of Vir
ginia, Johns Hopkins University.
Practiced law at Atlanta, Ga., 1881-83,
Served on teaching staffs of Bryn-
mawr college, Pa.; Wesleyan "Uni
versity and Princeton Univcrstiy.
President of Princeton college,
1902 - .10.
Eastern Star Check Acknowledged.
Mrs. Fred Schilke, formerly grand
matron of the Eastern Star has just
received a letter from the chairman of
the Masonic board of relief acknowl
edging the receipt of $500 which was
contributed by the Grand Chapter of
that Order at their meeting In Port-
States, 1912.
Author of "Life of George Wash
ington," "History of the American
People", "Constitutional Government
in the United States" and other his
torical and political works.
Foley Hotel Arrivals Saturday
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Portland; Mrs. D. Sommer, Elgin;
Mrs. J. Michell, Mr. A. Michell, Mr.
S. Michell, Prineville; Miss A. Mc
Carllough, Prineville; Miss Bess
Hendricks, Cascade Locks; F. I.
Brown, Boise, Ida.; O. J. Baum, Port
land; Elizabeth Mitchall, Marie
Mitchall, Wallowa; H. Jones, Minam;
Wilifred Hilyard, Minam; L. F. Tem
pleton, Pendleton; M. Griffin, San
Francisco; L. Anchoff, L. J. Wattson.
Portland; Dick Young, Enterprise; W.
F. Fehl Haber and family, Dubair,
Ida.; P. M. Wilhams, La Grande; H.
C. Plass, Thomus Da"is, Henry Pieper,
City; R. E. Nichols, The Dalles; Syl
vatcr H. Burleigh, J. iR. Wagner, C.
L. Knodell, Enterprise; C. P. Lackey,
City.
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