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TH IHEHSW
EDITS FIRST JERUSALEM DAILY
Mar Ittamar Ben Avi, editor of
the first daily paper ever published in
Jerusalem, and properly a Hebrew pa
per—the Jerusalem Haov—recently
visited Boston. It might be well to ex
plain that “Mar” means “Mr.”
Think of it. If—if Mar Ittamar
Ben Avi’s enterprise had flourished
1917 years ago; and if it. had kept pace
with the current events of that period
in Jerusalem, how much of inind spec
ulation, personal and national animos
ity, fruitless controversy and trouble
generally it would have saved the
world —providing Herod did not out-
Hbrod himself in the use of a ruthless
and perverse censorship.
However, as Jerusalem is again
passing through a crisis in its history
and as it is likely to become of more
political importance—of more interna
tional importance—than ever after the
war, it is well that it should have so
comprehensive and capable a journal-
ist as Ittamar Ben Avi to chronicle the events and the news. For he believes
that Palestine has a new message to give the world, and that it is destined
to play a large and important part, not only in the future history of the Jews,
but in the future progress of humanity.
He is an ardent Zionist and he believes that out of the success of Zion
ism will come not only a regenerated Jewish nation, but a force that will
react in a fine way on the intellectual world.
He may be a dreamer, as his father. Ben Zehuda, was, and as Herzi was;
but as the dreams of both these men were being realized when the war broke
out, Ittamar Ben Avi believes that their dreams and his own will be fully
realized when the war is over—that the war will prove to be the thing neces
sary to the full fruition of these dreams. ,
MRS. LONGWORTH DOING HER “BIT”
dined to wear a wedding ring, smoked cigarettes, and declared that a cock
tail was not necessarily an instrument of evil. Today site is one of the most
ardent workers in the Red Cross, giving of her time, her energy, and her
money.
Her sister, Mrs. Richard Derby, the former Ethel Roosevelt, has served
in France as a Red Cross nurse, going over with her husband, Doctor Derby,
at the beginning of the war. Doctor Derby had charge of a Red Cross unit
and together the young couple worked in their mission of mercy. Mrs.
Derby has been back twice since her first trip over and the pitfalls of the
ocean do not seem to daunt the valiant daughter of Colonel Roosevelt.
WAR SECRETARY’S BOYHOOD
Newton D. Baker, secretary of
war. got his first military experience
when he accepted the office President
Wilson offered him. He never even
played with tin soldiers when he was
a boy. He was always peaceable. His
own mother, Mrs. Mary D. Baker,
says so.
“I hate war.” the mother of the
war chief said, "but I wouldn’t have
a son who would hesitate to fight for
hit country.”
Another son. Capt. Frank H. Baker,
Is on his way back to his post in Paris.
Her husband was a noncommissioned
officer in the Confederate cavalry, and
13 of her cousins served in the Civil
war.
“Nonsense! No!” she said when
asked If she thought her son. Newton
D., would be the next president. “I
don’t think lie wants It. The only
person who is confident he’ll be the
next president is his old black
mammy down in Virginia. Newton has aged in the last year. There arc
lines in hls forehead which were not there before. He always had such a
boyish appearance.
“I don’t worry about my boys, though. They can all take care of them
selves.”
Mrs. Baker, though seventy-five, hasn’t a gray hair in her head. “That’s
because my boys are so good,” she explained.
COMMANDS REGIMENT IN FRANCE
commanding general having recognized the worth of his subordinate when
t they were serving in the Philippines together.
Two daughters of ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt are showing their
colors; they are not allowing all the
glory to fall to the share of the three
brothers, Theodore, Quentin, and
Archie, who are now in Franco. Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. «vho as Alice
Roosevelt was the most popular girl
in the White House since Dolly Madi
son, has turned her home in Cincin
nati over to the Red Cross for war
relief work. The war has had a so
bering effect on the original and dar
ing daughter of Theodore Roosevelt,
who, in her reign in the White House,
attracted general attention, no less for
her independence of manner and scorn
of conventional rules as for the charm
of her unusual costumes.
In London, where the society of the
English capital lionized her, she was
hailed as the most daringly free
young woman who had ever been ad
mitted to tlie inner circles. She de-
Col. George D. Duncan, now on ac
tive detail, was born in Kentucky,
October 10, 1861, and appointed to the
Military academy from that state in
1882. In 1886 he was commissioned
a second lieutenant in-the Ninth in
fantry, and has served continuously
in that arm of the service.
Colonel Duncan was recently re
leased from detail to the general staff
corps to join one of the infantry regi
ments to be sent to the French front,
and is now on the field at the head of
a regiment of regulars.
Colonel Duncan is an exceedingly
active officer and maintains a wonder
ful control of his men. He first dis
tinguished himself in the Philippine
islands, where, after serving for two
years in the field, he was in 1900 ap
pointed chief of scouts, in which ca
pacity he did creditable work.
General Pershing and Colonel Dun
can have long been close friends, the
THE BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
HH He who wastes MM
a crust of bread
MM prolongs the war MM
German Misrule on Conquered
Provinces Fosters Pro-
French Spirit.
DRASTIC MEASURES ADOPTED
Newspapers Held to Most Severe Code
of Laws—Cartoonists Arouse Fury
of Berlin Officials and Are
Thrown Into Prison.
Washington.—Observers are study
ing with increased interest the politi
cal history of Alsace-Lorraine. The
course of this Reichland's history is
recognized as one of the most signifi
cant in the story of the world. Through
a multitude of other causes of the hol
ocaust in Europe, the case of Alsace-
Lorraine presents itself with a grow
ing significance. It is hero that Prus
sia initiated her grand mistake and,
through the forcible cession of ibis
state, engineered the hatreds and
“Welt-I’olitik” for which she is pity
ing now with all that humankind hold
most dear and precious.
In 1872, when the German confeder
ation was formed, this booty land was
considered as a prize of the confeder
ation as a whole, with the regulative
powers vested in the king of Prussia.
Tlte State was permitted to send dele
gates to the reichstag. hut could not
be represented in the bundesrat, the
real power in governmental Germany.
With the usual asininity of German
officialdom, the.assimilation of the peo
ple w;is hurried, and hurried by
most unwise and impossible meas
ures. The idea seems to have been
that an assimilation could take place
in one, or, at the most, two genera
tions, and that it could be effected
while the people paid Prussian taxes
and were not granted representation
in the laying of said taxes. As a
necessary vent to human nature, the
result was the failure of Prussian po
lice methods all during the first thirty
years of the occupation. What hap
pened after that in Metz, Colmer,
Strassbourg and Mulhouse we shall
see.
Prussian Misrule.
Tlie year 1910 marks the new pe
riod of Prussian misrule. The use of
French was stringently forbidden on
tombstones, in courts of justice, in the
schools and in public gatherings. In
deed. severe punishment has been
meted out for the use of the French
language in certain private and semi
private gatherings.
German immigrants shipped into the
Reichsland bred children, only to have
them take sides with the indigenous
population in their clamor for annexa
tion to Germany on an equal basis
with the other German states. This
latter point, contrary to general belief,
was actually just what the Alsatians
agitated for. French culture and
ideals began to have their effect when
till importunities and pleadings for a
relaxation of Prussian oppressive
methods and a representation in the
government failed.
Prussian rule remained inflexible.
Guarantees and alterations were
promised and seemingly complied with,
only to have the people discover, when
the smoke of Prussian bland duplicity
cleared away, that they were bound
more helplessly than ever.
In the spring of 1912 the Prussians
further showed their disapproval of
the agitation engendered by attempt
ing to ruin the Alsatian factories at
Grafenstaden, near Strassbourg. by
withdrawing all orders for locomo
tives for the Prussian railways.
In the month of May, in this same
year, the popular indignation, already
inflamed, was fanned to fever heat by
the remarks of the German emperor
to the mayor of Strassbourg, during an
Imperia) visit to the city. He is re
ported to have said:
"Listen. Up to here you have only
known the good side of mo. Things
cannot continue as they are. If this
situation lasts, we whl suppress yotir
‘constitution’ and annex you to Prus
sia."
Alsatian newspapers were held to a
narrow course by n most severe code
of laws, but suspensions were taking
place every day. Tn be profitable, a
journal could do naught else but sup-
port the Berlin policies. A school of
cartoonists came to the fore, and, by
a series of caustic and meaning car
toons, Indicted Berlin till the officials
in their fury, began placing prison
sentences indiscriminately among car
toonists and journalists.
And so. France, who had represent
ed lo the heroes of 1793 the beau-ideal
of democracy, came gradually to the
fore as the influence in Alsace-Lor
raine. Her culture, her ideals and her
citizenship became valued dreams of
loyal Alsatians. But far off dreams
they seemed; and the Alsatians, in
their growing love for the republic,
could not harbor the thought that
France should suffer the throes of a
war with remorseless Prussia for their
sake. But the war was coming, and
to Alsatians it means as all observers
agree, a reunion with France.
But. queer enough, the world be
gins to seo that the treaty of Frank
fort was the germ of the present holo
caust, and that it leads to the utter
destruction of Prussian autocracy and
world autocracy—that Alsace-Lorraine
bad been picked to bear the cross—to
suffer that the world might he re
lieved from the burden on the should
ers of all humans, from Herod down
to Wilhelm.
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B BROTHERS KNIT FOR $
* BROTHER IN FRANCE $
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Columbus. O. — Lieut. <'<>l. ’♦J
►J Charles Gates Dawes, the Chi- »*<
cago banker who is serving with X
U the United States engineers
A somewhere in France, is going X
to have a sweater and also a y
X scarf provided his brothers do X
V not drop to many stitches. 'J
For several weeks tales have X
been drifting around of a man V
$ seen knitting industriously. In >♦«
X Pullman smoking compartments.
>*< on Atlantic City hotel verandas. A
X in taxicabs, etc. In a train go- X
ing out of Columbus one night $
X recently he was identified as X
former Congressman Beman 'J
A Gates Dawes of Ohio, a brother A
of the Chicago banker.
►J Beman knits and knits the A
X while be discusses oil and elec- X
trie railways, in which be is in-
X forested, with his follow passen- X
V gers in the smoking compart-
A ment. X
“Darn it. there I've dropped
»♦< another stitch.” Beman ex- A
claimed, as he pointed an argu-
►J ment on oil prices. “Well, broth- A
X er Charley won't mintl another X
‘J hole in this sweater. If I can
X keep out or arguments on the X
►J state of the union I reckon I ►*<
A ought to finish my knitting in X
$ afiout nine months.”
Beman also contributed the A
‘X information that Rufus Dawes $
►J of Chicago is knitting a scarf for
X brother Charley. [♦’
“Mother taught all of us boys $
X I" knit." Boman said, “and this X
►J is certainly the time for all good $
X knitters to come to the aid of X
V their country."
UNWASHED REIGN IN PARIS
Hot Baths a Luxury—Cleanliness Is
Uncommon in the French
Capital.
Paris.—Parisians were never prone
to indulge in hot baths—indeed, the
criticism of first visitors to Paris was
often most loudly voiced in connection
with the primitive facilities found in
Paris apartments and many hotels.
Yet they were, as a rule, always clean
and neat and took pride in their per
sonal appearance.
Whether it is due to the war direct
ing their thoughts lo higher tilings or
to the municipal edict that decrees
water shall be heated only Saturdays
nnd Sundays, the fact remains that the
Parisian today is rather contemptuous
of the old adage that "Cleanliness is
next to godliness.”
This is particularly noticeable in the
subway, where all classes of the city’s
population can be observed. The pro
portion of unkempt, dusty, unwashed
persons with doubtfully clean oars and
black-rimmed fingernails is very large.
GROW FAT ON WAR BREAD
Men, Women and Children Seen on
Streets Seem to Be Better Nour
ished Than Ever.
London.—The English appear to be
growing fat on war bread. An English
newspaper publishes the following:
“Although I bate it,” writes a cor
respondent in Surrey, “war bread
seems to fatten me, and my weight has
increased by several pounds. Yet lam
eating not much more than half the
bread I used to eat before the war, and
also less of other foods.
A doctor explained that this may be
quite true. “Anyone who keeps his
eyes open in the streets will notice
that men. women and children are
clearly better nourished than ever. No
doubt." he said, "there is a good deal
of indigestion from bad bread, but
even people who digest it badly, and
dislike it. too, grow fatter and phys
ically stronger. This is especially no
ticeable in spare men of middle age.
Possibly the explanation is that we
were eating more bread before than we
could digest. Perhaps, too. the mix
ture of grains in bread is proving more
nourishing than the pure wheaten loaf;
Ilie stomach likes variety, and the
people who do the best intellectual
work are those who feed on all avail
able foodstuffs.
400-YEAR-OLD CLOCK STOPS
Famous Timepiece in Hampton Court
Palace, London, Last Repaired
in 1880.
London. —The celebrated clock of
Hampton court palace that was pro
!viddd with a dial to give astronomical
changes but never did so. has stopped
once more. It is believed to have been
constructed by a German way back
tn 1540. but ns a matter of fact his
tory fails to record the name of its
maker.
The celebrated clockmaker Vnlliamy
reconstructed it in 1799, but he gave
up the astronomical dial portion on the
ground that it never could have work
ed with the machinery provided, rele
gating that portion of the works to the
store cupboard.
A Croydon firm of clockmakers set
the whole thing goinc again in 1880.
and it. has run satisfactorily until now.
Workmen are busy getting up the scaf
folding necessary to reach the dial,
and after a thorough cleaning and cer
tain repairs to the dial it is expected
to run for another quarter of a cen
tury with little attentions from time
to time.
BEAT HIGH FOOD PRICES
Ad Club at Portland, Ore., Is Conduct
ing Fresh Fish Market, Sell-
ing at Cost.
Portland. Ore. —-Cutting the high cost
of living in a practical manner is the
task essayed by the Portland Ad club,
which is conducting a fresh fish mar
ket here and selling sea food nt cost.
So popular is the market that the first
day it opened three tons of fish were
sold.
Sable fish, groupers, ling, cod and
smelt are sold for five to seven cents
a pound, “while other fish markets are
asking twelve to twenty cents for the
same kinds of fish.
On the opening day a crowd of wom
en. with market baskets, stood before
the doors waiting for the first fish to
be placed on sale. From that time
on sales continued brisk, and the Ad
club, co-operating with the city admin
istration, has under way a plan for a
permanent fish market where all kinds
of sea food will be sold at actual cost.
The Ad club points out that if
people eat fish the fishing industry will
be promoted and other foods capable
of being shipped long distances will
be released to help win the war.
GROWS NEW “WOOL COTTON”
Product Is Easy to Pick and Immune
From the Dreaded 801 l
Weevils.
Waycrosse. Ga.—The first “wool cot
ton” ever seen in Waycross was shown
here by Roan Meeks of Nichols. This
cotton was grown by Dave Anderson
on Ills farm near Nichols and has at
tracted a great deal of attention.
The cotton grows in from three to
four locks to the boll and these locks
measure about five or six inches in
length. Expert cotton growers claim
that one man can pick from 700 to
1.000 pounds per day of this variety.
The plant is very similar in appear
ance to the long staple and grows to
be from five to six feet high—the
fiber of the cotton, however, is short
and looks very much like wool, hence
its, name.
It is claimed for this variety of cot
ton that it is practically immune from
the boll weevil and in support of this
it is claimed that not any trace of the
boll weevil has been found in the small
field of this variety grown by Mr. And
erson. while in the nearby fields of the
regular variety the weevils were nu
merous.
Five Sons in Army.
Pittsburgh.—Testimony before tb»
State Workmen's Compensation boaro
brought out the fact that Mrs. Cather
ine Conlin, a widow, of Homestead,
has five sons in the new National
army. Two other sons are under the
draft age.
Dare Ended in Boy's Death.
Scranton, Pa. —While playing around
railroad tracks, George Alexander,
aged 12 years, was dared by playmates
to climb a pole and touch an electric
wire. On reaching the top he grasped
a wire currying 2,000 volts and hie
dead body fell to the ground.
MACARONI
MUI z< 'MYXIOMATUM^X
WTHWITH’s
F @dillT©nic
$ o, j years. For Malaria, Chills
and Fever. Also a Fine General
Strengthening Tonic. ••
Sometimes a woman asks her hus
band's advice -so that she'll be in a
position to take the opposite course.
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with “La Creole” Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price, sl.oo.—Adv.
Actively Employed.
“Are you employed at present?"
“Yes. sir: lookin' for work." —Bos-
ton Transcript.
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita
tion has not the worth of the original,
Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
it’s the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price sl.oo.—Adv.
Explained.
“There is meat in everything that
advertising man writes.”
“Then no wonder he comes so high.”
OLD PRESCRIPTION ~
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS
A medicinal preparation like Dr. Kil
mer’s Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain, system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is a physi
cian’s prescription. It has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root
is due to the fact that it fulfills almost ev
ery wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp-
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.—Adv.
His Bright Idea.
"Now, look here, Mr. Mikey ' This
won’t do! You haven't paid any rent
for over a month."
"I’m sorry, but I really can’t pay
just now,” replied Mikey.
"You’re the third one today with
that yarn,” exclaimed the landlord,
“and I can't afford such a loss. Yon
must see what you can do to help mel”
“Ail right—l will!. I will write yon
tonight," answered Mikey.
Next morning the landlord eagerly
opened the letter, expecting to find a
remittance, but this is what lie read:
“Dear sir: I’ve thought it over, and
the only thing I can suggest, to dimin
ish your loss, is to lower the rent.”
More Than One Way.
“Everyone tit the club thought my
hat was lovely, dear," said Mrs. Holt
with a beaming smile. “Os course it
was not expensive. I only paid $22
for it. but it is quite as lovely as Mrs.
Ringley's, which cost her nearly $75.”
“But the Kingleys arc able to own
a more conspicuous pew in church
than we tire,” faltered the husband.
“Well,” she exclaimed, radiant,
“they can't come in tiny later than we
can!” —Grit.
Accounted For.
“Did you find Jessie in u lien you
called unexpectedly?"
“Yes; that is how I found her out.”
Os course the good loser makes the
best husband.
There’s
Superior
Flavor
To
POSTUM
as a table beverage.
A package from
the grocer is well
worth a trial, in place
of coffee—especially
When Coffee Disagrees!
