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" THE ORKGOX BTATES3IAX s TmTRSPAY, JANUARY 24, 191N YATIMJPPLY FOit FIGHTERS WGIiVESfASK Whether or "Not rit - If Quenched "Men Must - Stay in Battle GOOD SERVICE PROVIDED Special Company Formed to ' Lay Pipe -and Convey ;, Adequate Supply ( French Front. Dec. 20. Next af ter a plentiful supply of munitions the provision of water for the troops lnthe 'trenches is the most important task facing the staff of an army in the field. When the correspondent The Associated Press,' 'following on the heels or an attacking rorce, ar rives 4n the front lines, where the , troops are: engaged In consolidating their, newly conquered positions, ne Is: most welcome when he has with him a well-filled water-bottle. The soldiers during the advance, have generally exhausted their sup ply, 'have lost their water-bottles on . the inarch over the ground torn up byshells. Or perhaps have seen the ' ' water spurt ' out as a bullet passed through the tin gourd. Despite their physical exhaustion and nervous ten- irion, the troops must continue to fight" and sometimes : for days after v an attack It Is Impossible ' to bring water or-food-up to them even dur- ' Ing the i night -without the sacrifice of many of tbeMlves of the met of !th supply eolums. - c Work Mas Difficulties. Even behind the front lines. In the cantonment and villages .where the troop 4n reserve or at rest are quart ered, the supply of .water for- both 'men and horses is surrounded with , many difficulties, since large quant--itles are needed for both drinking . and washing, and these are not aril able, in country commuai ties. Also the numerous small locomotives - of tb .network of narrow gauge rail , . road consume inunense amounts. . The. closest .study has been given - to - this question . of 'army; engineers, , and with the progress of the war they have developed an excellent sys tem of supplying, the needs of the -Tarnry' in this direction. Special com- pastes of officers and men have been organized into what Is called the army water service. Each army com posed of several . army corps now is "provided with a "superior officer in "command of eeveral other officers ; and n company of expert well-skink ers, Dorers, plumpers, and pump- erectors, to whom are attached, ac cording to the importance of the work to be undertaken, labor units for the construction of water chan nels, the laying heavyinr pipta and the loading -and unloading of ma terials, no fewer; than se vent-five officer and 3.50 (T experts are em ployed on Che French front in France in ims aigniy important work, while : the number of labor units can call upon to aid them is almost unlimlt- . Cd. ,,-'- " v, . " : : ; . Water Carried Afar. These men have cleaned 2800 wells contaminated by the Germans in their retreat and have laid over two hundred miles of water pipes. . From the water supply center mo tor trucks, each carrying three bar rels containing 600 'quarts apiece, make - several trips daily to points near tne front lines as possible, where the discharge the contents In to .cisterns. -To these cisterns the mules and donkeys attached to thy battalions occupying the lines are led each night nd are, loaded with small barrels of Water, one on each , Bide of the saddle, with which-they make their way through the' com munication trenches to the thirsty troopers.. -. --- -.- EiGLAIiD ASKS - C - FOR MUCH WHEAT V. (Continued from page 1) tlon in detail. -Concerning wheat, be said: - ,, ; "Despite : the saving 'of some 1. 400,000 tons in the consumption of n eereau aunng tne four months ending December 31, as compared with the same period In 1916, the pcsslblllty of a shortage ' is so threatening that wheat will now be miuea in, the .United Kingdom up to -ninety per cent extractioa, t in- creastcg the ns of dilutenents !ten ; per cent. 'Thel use of potatoes In bread to lz&er cent has oeen removed and vthe use of potatoes, in bread making will become compaliMjry. ; Twenty : per -cent :of ietatoes mar nu Personally I believe it will make bet- xer oreao. ; -j. nave eaten some of that ort of breads Even then it will bo impossiDie to make ends meet un Tes we get ' at least 75.000.000 fcushela of wheat from the United Duties in tne next few months. It Is vital that shipments shall be accelerated Jo the . utmost. There must not be "below the avera ,.f j,vuv,?vu tons per month. As a means toward securinr this hm ourselves, but for our allies, X most heartily welcome the news of Mr. "WTtri wneaties aays and meat . 31 eat Supply Short, less day. ' : " .Our SUDDlr Of bacon - liatna nA lard. Is so short that the January eaipments now in sight are scarcely JIfely to be enough to fill the anny'a requirements ror this month. Civ ilians will probably have to go with out. i On the Mbject of meat generally -ora nonaaa,said: "Figures based on "the number of caiue m tne country and the ton lure Utely to be available for iia portlog. beef and mutton during the year show that there .Is Hkeir in tu. o deficiency; of 'nearly 30 per cent for the civilian supply compared, with last year, "We must rely on Mr. Hoover's meatless days to increase our imports. "We are diverting tonnage in order to take all the meat, lie will give us. The butcher is only allowed I r V 1 IF Xk f ti tAH f dt t hi fill Tk- : plies he disposed of in October last anu mrai queues are me natural re suit, i ""With sugar,' compulsory rationing Si-ems to be working well, but ton nage difficulties make it doubtful if we shall be able to maintain tbo weekly ration at half a pound perl capita. The supplies of butter, margarine and cheese are all very, short, and I queues prevail throughout the coun- itry."! i. . ' - . Soma Of the food control testrlc Hons, particularly those - lowerln prices and limiting the amounts al lotted to dealers for sale. Lord "Rhondda admitted, where hard on the merchants. Lincoln and Washington ' to Be Honored Joinrtvh a tremendously important thing oe nonorea JOmuyi have vleniy of modern farm ma- The birthdays of Lincoln and Washington will be celebrated joint ly in Salem Sunday, February 17. by -decision of committees represent ing local patriotic organizations which met at the armorv last night. The celebration will b held at 2:30 o'clock on that date at the armory, All patriotic organizations of Salem, also the schools and churches of all denominations will be asked to sup- port tne o"scxances. The meeting last night was held In the Spanish war veterans' room and'the G. A. II., the Spanish war veterans and women's auxiliary or ganizations of both were representei Lincoln birthday .Is February 12 and Washington's is on February 22 ine proximity of the dates Is th'i reason forthe Joint celebration Gideon Sfolz was chairman of the meeting lasf night, and F. T. Porter secretary. ; , ' Hawley and J. B. Cheno- weth, were appointed , a committee on the hall and its decoration. V The committee on speakers, is Commander Faulkner. O. A. R.. and F, T . Porter of tho Son of Veter an. .,;" . 4 An invitation Is to be extended to Justice Wallace MeCamant of the supreme bench of Oregon to deliver the -main add re. ntw .n.,tor. I will be selected, one of whom will . ... make, the -address on George' Wash ington -, i Cf C Clark, Mr. J". L. Waters. . Mm. J. R. Hewlltt and Mts. S. F Oliver willlook after the' musica? program for the Joint patriotic event. f " BEATS COLLEGE j. , m ' mmf f I . jwiirruijr announcea tne InaianS Are l00 Wary I0rrllst of Mrion county teachers who Basketball Quintet From , ML Angel The basketball team of the -Salem and Florence A Smith, both of Sa InudUu Training school of Chemaw- lem- Rebecca Rawn, Elmira: Freda defeated the Mt. Angel college team ahn, Woodburn: Belle F. Con on the Chemawa floor last night b. bertha U. Doerfler. Sllverton; a score of 28 to 1,7. ' Daisy E. English. Brooks; Cora Gil- The Indians displayed better team Jac,fIc c,ty; Sylvia Gooch. work than tMe college men. The rni City; Ethel Haggerty, Silver- efature of the game was the basket shooting of Adams and Downer for Chemawa and i)f Classic for Mt. An gei. i i ne nrst Half of the same end. Ked with the score 20 to il in Chc- raawa-s favor. Mt Angel wa a to make only three field baskets, thr remainder of the collegians' score being on fouls. L.ineup and score: " Chemawa Downey (6) F Adams (6) ' F Chamberfaln (S)C Mix ! (21 i - o ML Angel, Hanna (2) John (4) Classic" (11) Wolfe KeratrovIchfZ) G Rossier The Chemawa Indians will plav Horses to Be Vsed V . . . - 'OT J-ooa m tngland i I LOKDOK..JanTA . Of butchers in Tr.r.. Vt. J . announced that slaughtering of horses for food would be undertaken Immediately. , it was said that the request foj- the slaughter Ar imrM l vua w il wvun which were not of sufficient use for rervice eposes, came from the armjr authorities. , The meat will be sold at six pence a pound at certain snops. There are already . about thirty shops selling horse flesh, largely to Belgians and other people from the continent, who have taken up their homes in England since the war. Dam Break Did Damage 43 Suits Are Ftledi!'d ltB EPsltion 88 regards war , nre ruea. and peace. By a maloHt- f .hf SAN BERNARDTNn rat t. - uulare suits ror claim f5!ns a28845 re filed S?4 br ranchers of the Otay mZZiUtl inai I,ure " dam- cil a euuerea wnen the lower vwier. ,, XT m broke January 21, 191. A" amendments! suggested br oae ntnfiBS Verrt- rom the murlici: its.were f wpt asidl in tevoT a wtil "7oir. Many claims slnfe resolution of moderate length were made that buildings and live- welcoming the utterances of Presi stock were carried away by the flooi. t ..lison and. Mr. Lloyd George t f T TZ " fn1wan !T,tatron was pat forward designation Of Count S centraI1 Powers to make known ! U r if m . LheiIl war R,m8' as tne entente al- ' tiadick Now Accented 1 eJ. haTe don- I V One amendment, which was down- AMSTERnAM . .t Ignition ,f Z,.4 "". sarlan food admlnl. r V" Z ... 1 111 A Zurich dlsn.c, .. J:i'rV,n:. oul ,a Ane belief that minister o-inr t I t,he Austrian civilian population. MAW-FAVORS BIG HARVESTERS Railroad Man Thinkl Com bines Are Neess aiy for Willamette yalley "What the farmers need In this valley is cpmbiimi harvesters for the coming season's bumper heat crop. ' .-i,t if i tiinchour fonrrnl frpl''ht h. hA a.nhi-n rnelfie com Dany"g lines in Oregon, who was in I J-i . i ttu i.ictanr Oen - eral Freieht Agent W. F. Miller. i rm w i i.nii;i u m r a - - They were on a get-better-ac-f.'iiaintod trlD down the valley, and stonoed off in SaUm to call on a ft-w of I the mert hants and shippers. "You see how it is this year. Th" farmers are short of help on the farm, and with more than half the farmers' sons off to the war, it will rhlnerv. traction engines and the like. Some farmers are already pre paring for the big eros-H. I have been through the valley, and can honestly say that I never saw crops ol all kinds in such fine condition as they are today, and only by the most heroic efforts on the part of th5 farmers themselves, as well as thir daughters, and younger children, even with the use of larger tractors aud modern combined harvesters cat tne crops be saveu "What you tell me about the boys and girls pig clubs in this valley Is surely a most Interesting and im portant news Item, and I think I will recommend that our bank In Port land, if they have the same patiio t,8m your banks here- have, to st-rt la ynpKer MBimoman.roHn ty In the same kind of work. There lx also no reason why, they cannot organize into companies, or regi ments, and help the fafmej-s harvest their berries, when the time. comes for the small fruit crops to be taken care of. Everything counts these days, and I know that the women and children in the Yeast ate doing good work on the farms, just as the women and children in France. Enc land and Canada have been doing for several years past." ' When asked about the railroad sit uuon "to car tor crops, Mr. Hin uw.hiu mat wane tne company has been very short on some kinds of freight cars, yet under the new orde of tbrhgs.- Director General MeAdoo has pretty well starightened matters out in the east, the iwest will be able to take care of itself btfore crops Degin, to move in the summer and Successful Teachers Are ' Announced iby W M. Smith County School Superintendent W. f O m I , V. . I . the December examinations. They are: For one year-Flora Grlcel- Salem. TL. F. D. Nro. 8. and Inls fcPlhaner . A- B- Havenly. Woodburn; Min ?ie JesKe. Salem; Charlotte O Jones, Salem; Bessie Tan Matre. Al bany; Luella J." Walsh. Woodburn; Mrs. Emma Walker, Salem. Special ChaVle Roy k Lantz. Woodburn. i Uffl Maude; Josephind Turley. Woodburn. V. 5. Asked to Set Many Maximum Prices CHICAGO, Jan 23. The govern ment will be asked to set maximum ynces on wneat.flour substitutes uy me noar men's club of Chicago. ,that fom- P.l"! to. what "our price for lt , r . l -a price naa fo' Price "w on "Uivtltutes. LABOR ENDORSES PURPOSE IN WAR View of lloyd Gorge and President Wilson Firmly Approved v ; I . r ' NOTTINGHAM.- Evnr.iwn y 23. The British I a . two-thirds in vl T9 Vrua Vnt n. 41. J 1 legates lunnnrt tho . recentuy promulgated by their ' ecutlve committee, , which utterances of President Wilson Bua "aTio uoya George, the British . "aeration, was a u"' 10 eliminate mention In the and v uiiriru in no sninr nr lin wan oiiprfii 5owmu u it avoid the ap- One of the features of the day's business ' was the postponement of the ' proposed change in the consti tution, directlne the enrolling of brain workers and others. The post ponement is not interpreted as a de feat but " a concession . to some of the larger unions, which desired fur ther to consider the matter. It Is expected that the widening of the scope of the constitution will be car ried at a special conference to ue held a month from now. The amendment to refer the pro posal to amend the constitution back to the 'executive for further consid eration was carried by a small ma jority. In view of the adverse vote. consideration of the remainder of the executives report on the amend- ! ment to the constitution wa i woned for a month and the s post- con f?r- i - ence orcceeded to discuss the an nual report of the executive. Mr. Henderson moved what he de scribed a a "peace resolution." This welcomed the statements of Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson insofar as they' harmonised with the war alms of the British I-abor move ment; called upon the allies to form ulate their war aims at the earliest possible moment and approved ar rangements being made for an inter allied conference to be held-in Lon don on February 20. Mr. Henderson, in supporting his resolution, said that peace coild nev er be brought about until all the al lies had stated their aims and prov ed that they accorded with the mag nificent statement of aims by Presi dent Wilson. James Ramsey MacDonald. Social ist and Labor member of parliament whn seconded th resolution, said that they must have an International conference of the working classes to nhtaln a settlement. After an attack by R. W. Wil Hams of the transport workers, on the government for refusing pass ports for Stockholm, the resolution was unanimously adopted. J oie-Ray Start in Big Indoor Athletic Meet NEW YORK. Jan. 23. joie W Kav of the Illlnolc A. C Chicago was the most prominent athlete at the big indoor meeting held by tho MilJrose Athletic club at Madison Square Garden here tonight. He duDlidated' his -victory of twelve months a ro in the same arena when he finished the one and one-half mile special race half a lap; in froat of George C. Otis, University; of Chi cago, and! Clyde J. Stout, from fori Wavne aviation camn. Ray's time. l57 .4-5, Is exactly a second behind the record he estab lished a year ago.' Premier Tills What Austria t tents tor AMSTERDAM. Jan. 23.-4The Aus trian piemier. Dr. von Seydler. jac- cording to a viennan oispaicn, rc nlled to an intornellation in the low er bouse Tuesday. The interpella tion had reference to a resolution adopted by the Prague deputies, de standing the right' of self-determinfei tlon J I The premier characterized the de mand as having' been conceived In a sense absolutely hostile to the state. - i "Its underlying idea," he said, '"is to 'dissolve the existing state u!on and , assume full independence. Such a demand is an encouragement to the enemy to continue, the war and must be Indignantly rejected by - every Austrian and eombatted by every Austrian government ty every means, we are striving for an hon orable peace, strong in the solrit of justice and conciliation, but alo unity and firmness whien will make clear to our enemies the futility of tneir intentions of oppression Miners Prepare Excess Profits Revision Sought DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 23. The silver and excess war profit com mittees tonight were putting on the final touncbes on resolutions which SjiU be submitted tomorrow morning before the fifth annual joint conven tion of the Colorado Metal Mining association and Colorado chapter of the American Mining congress in ses sion here. The committees were In structed to confer with silver pro ducers and other mining operators from Mother states, who are attending the convention. In order to determine upon an attitude toward government regulation of the silver industry and the new federal tax upon which the entire mining: Industry could unite, j here was no Intimation as to wnati me recommendations were, but program for congressional legislation anown to have! been contemplat Addresses by Governor 1? n -rtnvio ua. senator -j. h KDnriHoi- of Wyoming. Vnd Senator Key Pltt ruan of Nevada, marked this morn- "6 " BvDBlUS. j f CHURCHES WILL RAISE BIG SUM Congregational Body Decides on Large Amount for Benevolences St. Louis. Jan. 23 A nlan raise $12,000,000 in twelve hnnV. next December for all church pur poses among 800.000 communicants In more than 6000 churrhe. va decided upon tonight at the closing session of the mid -winter confer ence of national secretaries and state superintendents of the 3ongregation al churches of the United States, ev ery state being represented at the conference. The task will require the services of 70.000 laymen. It la estimated. Approximately $10,000,000 of fh fund will be uscfl for church huAeitm and the remaining IS. (too ftnn win be divided among benevolences, eu cation and missions. UNREST IS LAID TO BOLSHEVIia People of Austria-Hungary Were Said to Be Inspired By Russians NEW YORK, Jan S3. Unrest among the poeple of Austrla-Huni gary, where great numbers of strik ing workmen in munitions plants and other war Industries are report ed to be cIaioring for peace,, was inspired by tie. Russian Bolshevik!, Colonel William U. Thompson, who headed the American Red Cross mis sion to Iiussia, declared in an ad dress at a dinner of tbejlpcky Moun tain club tonuht. ! "The exemple and efforts of the Russian democracy are setting the central powers on flre." he said. "The most damaging enemy Germany has. is the Russian democracy along side of it. preaching to the German common people, and to the German soldiers the same doctrine) of demo cratic reace. , ' "Remember that a republic is In the making on the diher side of the world and it is just such a republic as the German autocracy cannot have verv long nert door.and survive. , 'Democratic Russia means demo cratic Cermany and democratic Ger many means eeace. lastln? and mm. plete for the world. That Is why at this moment the example of Russian democracy finds exnresslon in revo lution in Austria-Hungary and (con tinuous agitation In Germany against the alms of .the German general staff." ... Colonel Thompson -declared Rus sia Is a democracy "which comes as near being representative of the soli as It would be possible to find any where," and added: "It ha mud on Its boots, hair on its face and the love of freedom In? its heart. i CHRIST ,JS FXAXDERS. (The Rev. Dr. George Craig Stew art, in, the Living Church. Out of .Flanders came the other oay some verse written by a soldier who went down to dath t a know his name. No one knows his name. Cflffst In tliiiidm We had forgotten You, or very near ly You' did not seem to touch us Veiy nearly or course, we thought about You now -and then: Especially In sny time of trouble we anew that You were good In time of trouble But We Were Verr orrflnar man And there were always other thinz to think of There's lots of things a man haa got to think of. His work, his home, his nleasiire a uu u is wire J m. , . And owe only thought of You on aunaay; "'"o. iicruipa, noi even on a Sunday Because there's .always lot to fill " one lire. And, all the while. In street or lan? or by-way In country lane, in city ajtreet, or by- n ay x . . - wu waiaea among us, and we did not see Your feet . were bleeding as You waixea our pavement How did we miss your footprints on our pavements? Can there be other folk as blind as we? Now we remember? nv tm J landers r (It Isn't strange to think of You In Flanders)-- Thls hideous warfare seems to make tnings clear; We never thought about You much in England; But now that wo are far away from England. We have no doubts; we know that ion are here. ' You helped us pass the Jest along ireucoes Where, In cold blood,, 0e waited In the trenches Yon touched its ribatdry and made it i . . line. You stood beside us In our pain and weaaness t seems, somehow, to help us not! iu wume. We think about you kneeling In the saraen Ah! God! the agony of that dreal garaen We know You prayed for us upon the cross. . , i If anything cduld make us glad to wear it - Twouid be the knowledge that You wuied to bear it . uu ueam tne uttermost of hu man loss. Though we forget You, You will not lorget us We feel sure You will not forget us But stay with us until this dream i past And so w ask for courage, strength ana para on . Especially, I think, we ask for par- don, And that You'll stand beside us to tne last. . - CONFIDENCE PUT IN HAIGS VORK 1 " -r No Staff Changes Are Decid ed on From Recent Re verse at Cambrai LONDON'. Jan. 23. On th mo tion of adjournment In the bouse of commons today the matter of the I attack on the general staff In con nection with the recent German suc cess at Cambral was brought up with a view of -eliciting some reassuring statements from the government ana an expression of continued con dence in Field Marshal Halg. James Ian MacPherson, parlla mentary secretary, to the war office after protesting against what be termed the cruel charge against most distinguished general at a time when he had no opportunity' for de fending himself, declared nnhesltat Jngly that the government had full confidence In the field marshal. The secretary admitted that there was m breakdown at Cambral. but he point ed out that the general staff knew on November 23 an attack . was in tended for the 30th. He could not go beyond Chancellor Bonar Law's previous statement on the statement of the inquiry held, said Air. Aiae Phersou, but be would repeat that the breakdown' was not a fault of the general staff. ... The disposition of the troops,. Mr MacPherson added, was as good as could" hare posbslbly been-made and the war cabinet came to the conclu sion that nobody should be sacrificed for the reverse HUNS DEPLORE LOSS OF SHIPS Great Uneasiness Displayed Over Allies 'Additional Tonnage' AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23. German newspapers received here , today comment on the sinking of the ter mer German cruisers Breslau. re named by the Turks, Midullu, and tne grounding of .the Goeben. ro- ohrlstened Sultan Sellm, and deplore the loss of the two vessels.. The Cologne Gazette reorets the disaster which befel the vessel he- cause of the irreparable weakening of the Turkish seapower.' The Ham burger Nach rich ten refers to the oar tlal destruction by fire recently of tne great trans-Atlantic liner Von Hindenbursr which was under con-1 struction at Danzig. The damage to this vessel, estimated at 1,000,00' marks. It says, has not yet been re- 5a,red- The Frankfurter Zeitnn? displays great uneasiness over th'i prospect of the entente allies secur ing additional tonnage from: neutralf and expresses regret that the Swed Mth cabinet is willing to march at the head of this movement.- Lineman Is Stabbed and Robbed of Sum oi $153 TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 23. Charles Miser, -a telephone lineman or Jarbrldge. Nev. bad a close es- cape from death today. while on his way lere when he wa shot, beaten and tajbbed by three men who rob- bed him of $153 and threw him over a 50-foot cliff. He alighted In under brush and regained conciouspes an hour later nd gave the alarm. Threa Mexicans were arrested in connection with the attack and are being heir here.' ... Boxing Match, Cancelled: Tom Cowler IslDrafted DENVER, Jan. 23. The boxing match ' arranged here for February 1 between Fred Fulton of Minne sota nd Tom Cowler of New York. WM 4ance,,el today upon receipt of word from Cowler that he had been drafted into the army and would be unable to come to Denver. FORTUNATE AUTJIOR. "Hurrah! Five dollar for ray latest story, 'A Modern' Husband. "Congratulations, young man. from whom did you get the money?" "From the express company. They lost It." Sant Fe Magazine. e I To IS COMMON ToStav IS UNNECESSARY , he Classified .Columns of The Statesman can fill all kinds of il wants for 1 cent (First Insertion) 1 2 (Subsequent cent a word ..... . ... . ei WARNING-GIVEN OF ATROCITIES Red Cross - Worker Froia Front Says Amerians Must Expect Cruelty NEW YORK, Jan. 22 .Warninp of the atrocities, ''horrible,-.brutal, beastly and consistently .official that American soldiers soon will b sufferlngat the hands of Germany's. Inhuman army, was voiced in an a dress here tonight by Major Gray son M. P. Murphy, 'formerly in charge of the American Redl Cress work In France, who returned to this country Sunday. Major Murphy re signed .from the Red Cross, to Join cisiaw ui ucuerm ersuing. "I cannot describe the horrible things that Germany has don to women and children and the poor, old, suffering people in counliles where she has set her dreadful foot. Major Murphy said. "British offi cers told of scores of wounded Eng lish soldle; piled In heaps, and then bombarded with hand grenades. It will be but a short time before our boys are going to suffer those same thine:. You have got to build, a sacrifice,' ho matter what It costs to beat that beast." Building up the spirit of the peo ple behind the lines in Knropo is th great work of the Red . Crosi, the speaker "declared. Contfibntors to tne ued t;ross in this country have thus became one of the largest fac tor In the war; he said. 'Up. to this day, Cermany Is vie- - torlous in this wax," said Major Murphy. "Any peace that 1 made on the basis of today's conditions would be practically a conr.p.lete vic tory for Germany, and 'fo the Ger man Idea. .Germany has lost noth ing in this war but blood. She has fought to far on the territory of oth ers. She has drawn frw the "terri tory of others vast supplies of ma terials and vasts sums of money. She has had between 40,000,000 and 50,- ooo.ooo people working ifr her for practically no wage really, as slaves She has established her cutsed bold . on Austria, on Turkey and on Bul garia., and she has at her feet mur dered Serbia, and unfortunate Ru mania. ' "nA Englishwoman told - me .that , when there was a threat of a Germn Jvslon, the women carried poison anuui wiiojiurui lu save iuuisriTci t from what; they would face if , Gcr- ' man troop landed' PU UCIOPAY BASEBAL TM tir I 1 T A J!..!. : iTar lcvv upon niiiniziiM. to Games Falls Flatly ; Upon Attendant LOUISVILLE, Ky.; Jan. 23. Rulings of the bureau of Internal revenue In connection with "the war tax ; upon admissions tov baseball . games, made public here tonight by Thomas M. Chivington, business manager of the Louisville American association club, place the payment of the tax upon the attendant at tho game. The rulings further declare the exemption clause In the law ap plies only to employe of the - ball club, not even including concession aires,, and. permit an Increase of ad- . mission j-ates to "help defray the ex-4 penses of the club." h These rulings were cootalned In a letter from B. C. Keith, deputy com missioner of Internal Tevenue. to T. Scott Mayes,, collector of internal revenue at Louisville, to whom Thomas A. Barker, attorney for the Louisville club, had addressed i re- - quest for Information.' n h Wail all kinds of people. a wofi Insertion) I-n.Wailt