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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1917. "My Four Years in Germany" By Ambassador James Watson Gerard GERARD TELLS HOW TEUTONS WIN WOMEN TOIL Delicately Reared Persons Carried Off by Germans and Forced to Work as Common Laborers in Farm Districts. Ambassador Gerard, who, during ths four years preceding the declaration of war, teas in Berlin and in constant touch with German affaire, hat icritten a vivid story of -lilt ezperiencet. Thit story The Washington Timet Kill publish in daily inttallmenti, of which the following the tenth.

-Vo document of diplomacy was ever more vital or more intereetlng. By JAMES W. GERARD. (American Amriatndor to Germany, July 28, Mil, to February 4. mi.) tOopyrtxtit, United States.

Canada, ana Jn- tamaUonat. U17, by tin Public Ledcer Co.) Feeding of the French population, which was carried on by the American Relief Commission, was a very Interesting thing to see, and In company with one of the members of the French committee we saw the workings of this system of American relief. We first visited a storehouse in CharlevUle, the headquarters for the relief district of which CharlevUle may be called the capital. For relief purposes northern France is divided Into six districts. From the central distribution point In each district food Is then sent to the communes within the district, the commune being the ultimate unit of distribution and each commune containing on the average about 600 souls.

We then motored to one of the communes where the distribution I of food for the week was to take place that afternoon. Here in a fac- tory, closed since the war, the peo-1 pie of the commune were lined up with their baskets waiting for their share of the rations. On entering a large room of the factory each stopped first at a desk and there either paid in cash for the week's allowance of rations or signed an agreement to pay at some future date. The Individuals who had no prospect of being able to pay received the rations for nothing. About one-third was In each class.

The money used was not always French or real money, but was as a rule the paper money issued in that part of northern France by each town and redeemable after the war. Table of Allowances. Siena were hung- up showng tne quantity that each person was entitled to Teceive for the next fifteen 1 HAIR COMING OUT? Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loosen.1 and then the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a 25-cent bottle of Danderlne at any drug store, pour a little In your hand, and rub It into the scalp. After a few applications the hair stops coming- out and you can't find and dandruff.

Advt. Food Souring in Stomach Causes Indigestion, Gas Tape's Diapepsin" ends all stomach distress in five minutes. Wonder what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the dam-age do you? Well, don't bother. If your stomach is In a revolt; if sick, gassy and upset, and what you Just ate has fermented and turned sour; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food: breath foul, tongue coated Just take a. little Pape'a Diapepsin to help neutralize acidity and In five minutes you wonder what became of the In digestion and distress Millions of men and women today know that It Is needless to hae dvs pepsla.

A little Diapepsin occasionally keeps the stomach sweetened and they cat their favorite foods without fear If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion. If your food is a damage Instead of a help, remember the quickest, surest, most harmless relief Is. Tape's Dlapep In, which costs only SO cents for a large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful It stops fermentation and acidity and sets things straight, so gently and easily that It is really astonishing Advt reason of thoroach dlstzUnttoa the drur trade la tha L'alttrf with States aad lower srlUns; costs, reduced, pnee mum bow posuDie xor Bckman's Alterative FOR THROAT AND LUKC5 8tvtbrm Confc am Cls Its oAtoobot. KarcoUa etr EihtUccmlnf Dm $2 Six Six Now $1.50 Now 80 Cu.

gflrmn tmbertiorr. PttUdtlDbla. Tanks Aided i i uii num. ji.m ni, i i.i,g I'wiiwmjn i.m i ii.UKHHWiim jmi.i. umiuj i ut.m II I I I.

I I 3 Russians evacuating their position on the Galician front. The picture shows that the soldiers are unhampered by heavy equipment. This was made possible by the huge armored motor ears of the British, which were kept constantly in action to protect the rear of the retreating Russians from attack by tie Germans. days and the sale price per kilo to each Inhabitant. For instance, in this particular period for the first fifteen das of the month of May, 1016, each Inhabitant could, In this district, receive allowances at specified rates, as follows: Article.

Ami pr tad Price. Flour 4 KM The kiloffmra 0 fr. 4t PJee K. 500 The kllosram 0 tr 55 Bri Ttie klloffrmm 0 fr. 90 Bacon K.

00 The kilogram 2 fr. SO Lnl SO -The kilogram fr. 30 Green coffee K. 2-0 Th kilogram 1 fr. 70 CryrtVd sugar 150 The kilogram 0 fr.

So Salt K. roo The kilogram 0 fr. 10 Soap K. SO The kilogram 1 fr. 00 In addition to those articles the Inhabitants of the commune on the day of our visit also each received a small quantity of carrot seed to plant In the small plot of ground which each Inhabitant was permitted to retain out of his own land by the German authorities.

The unfortunate persons who received this allowance looked very poor and very hungry and very miserable. Many of them spoke to me. not only here, but In CharlevUle, and expressed their gratitude to the American people for what was being done for them. Those In CharlevUle said that ttiey Trad heard that I was In their tovvn because of trouble pend ing- between America and Germany. They said they hoped that there would be no war between the two countries, because if war came they did not know what would become of them, and that.

In the confusion of war, they would surely be left to starve. Barred From Street. In CharlevUle notices were posted directing the inhabitants not to go out on the streets after, I think, 8 o'clock in the evening, and also notices informing the population that they would be allowed a small quantity of their own land for the purpose of growing potatoes. After visiting the factory building where the distribution of rations was taking place we motored to Sedan, stopping on the way at the hamlet of Bazeilles and visited the cottage where Bismarck and Emperor Napo leon III had their historic Interview after the battle of Sedan The old lady who owns this house received us and showed us bullet marks made on the house In the war of 1870. as well as In the present war She apologized because she had had the window pane, broken by a rifle shot In the present war.

replaced on account of the cold. As a girl she had received Bismarck and Napoleon and had hown them to the room up stairs where they had held their consultation. In this room I asked her which chair Bismarck had at In and sat In It myself, for luck. I also con trlbuted to the collection of gold pieces given to her by those who had visited her cottage. In Sedan we visited an old mill where stores of the rtellef commfoMon were kept, and In the maors office were present at a sort of consultation between the Prussian officers and members of the Trench committee of Sedan In which certain detail relative to the feeding of the population were discussed.

Relief Work Carried On. The relief work Is not, of course, carried on right up to the battle line, but we visited a small lllage not many kilometers in the rear of the German line. In this village we were, as before, shown the store kept for distribution by the relief cnmmMxIon As there were many 5nldler In this Iliac, I said I thought that these soldiers must have stores of their own, but In order to be sure that they were not living on the supplies of the relief commission I thought it only fair that I should see where their stores were kept. I was taken aero the railroad track to where their stores were kept, and judging from the labels on tha barrels and boxes, I should say that a great many had come from Holland During thin trip about the country I saw a number of women and girls working, or attempting to work. In the fields.

Their appearance was so different from that of the usual peasant that I spoke to the accompanying officers about It. I was told, however, that these were the peasants of the locality, who dressed unusually well In that part of France Later on. In CharlevUle, at the lodging of an officer and with Count Wengersky. who was de tailed to act as a sort of Interpreter and guide to the American Relief Commission workers, I met the mem Russians in Galicia Retreat bers of the American Ilellef Commission who were working In northern France and who had been brought on a special train fcr the purpose of seeing me at CharlevIHe Spoke Good English. This Count Wengersky spoke English well.

Having been for a number of years agent of the Hamburg-American line In London, he was used to dealing with Americans and was possessed of more tact than usually' falls to the lot of the average Prus- slan officer. We had tea and cakes in these lodgings, and then some of the Americans drew me aside and; told rae.the secret of the peculiar-1 to make any Impression Quite tlm-looklng peasants whom I had seen IdlytV said that possibly If hostilities at work in the fields surrounding, CharlevUle, It seems that the Germans had en deavored to get volunteers from the great industrial towns of Lille. Rou-j universal military service. This prop-balx. and to work these osltlon of mine was branded by the fields; that after the posting of the Germans as absolutely Impossible, notices calling for volunteers only I and therefore I am sure that th fourteen had appeared The Germans then cave orders to seise a certain number of Inhabitants and send them out to farms In the outljlng districts to engage In agricultural work.

The Americans told me that this order was carried out with the greatest barbarity; that a man would come home at night and find that bis wife or children had disappeared and no one could tell him where they had gone, except that the neighbors could relate that German noncommissioned officers and a file of soldiers had carried them off. For Instsnce, In a house of a well-to-do merchant, who had perhaps two daughters of fifteen and seventeen and a man servant, the two daughters and the servant would be seized and sent off together to work for the Germans In some little farm house, whose location was not disclosed to the parents. The Americans told me that this sort of thing was causing such indignation among the population of these towns that they feared a great uprising and a consequent slaughter and burning by the Germans. Spoke to Cbanrrllor. That night at dinner I spoke to the chancellor about this and told him that It seemed to be absolutely outrageous, and that, without consulting with my Government, I was prepared to protest in the name of humanity against a continuance or this treatment of the civil population of occupied France.

The chancellor told me that lie had not known of It. that It was the result of orders given by the military, that he would speak to the Emperor ubout It, and that he hoped to be abln to stop further deportations. I believe that further deportations were stopped Twenty thousand or more who had been taken from their homes were not returned until months afterward I said In a speech that I made somewhere In May on my return to America that It required the Joint efforts of the Pope, the King of Spain, and our President to cause the return of these people to their homes, and I then saw that some German press agency had come out with the report that I had made false statements about this matter because these people were not returned to their homes as a result of the representations of the Pope, the King of Spain and our President, but were sent back because the Germans had no further use for them. It seems to me that this denial makes the case rather worse than before At the chancellor's house In the evening we had discussion on the sub marine situation, and I had several long talks with the chancelllor alone In a corner of the room, while the others listened to music or set the mechanical tnjs In motion. These dls cusslons, without doubt, were re ported to the Kmperor either by the chancellor or by Von Treutler, who at that time was high In favor with his majesty Was Asked Question.

I remember one evening I was asked the question as to what America could do, supposing the almost lmpos slble, that America should resent the recommencement of ruthless subma rlne warfare by the Germans and declare war. I said that nearly all of the great inventions used In this war had been made by Americans, the very sub-ma'rine which formed the basis of our dlsrufifilon was an American In entlon; so were the barbed wire and I the airplane, the ironclad, the tele- phone and the telegraph, so necea-1 sary to trench warfare, and even tbat Fnoto by International method of warfare had been first developed on something of the present scale In our civil war. Further, I believed that. If forced to it. American genius could produce some Invention which might have a decisive effect in this war My German auditors seemed Inclined to believe that there was something in my But they said, "While possibly you might ln- Vint aom.thlnr In Am.rlr.

nrhll. possibly you v. Ill furnish money and woman suffrage, when, as a-matter of supplies to the allies, you have no fct" the activities of the militants men and the public sentiment of your are bln every day squelched not country is such that you will not lhe by the real able to raise an army large enough once broke out with the Germans, the Cermans mlirht force us bv the commission of such acts as had i aroused England to pass a law for' bv the States or unl versal service In the first round of the war struck a very severe blow at the morale of Germany. FINDS SON DROWNED IN TANK OF GASOLENE ARKANSAS CITY, Sept. 15 The body of Alvln F.

Norton, nine years old, was found today In a gasolene tank after a long search by his mother How the boy happened to fall la not known. KILLS SELF AT GIRL'S HOME. LEXINGTON, Ky. Sept. 15.

While his sweetheart looked on, William Foley, of Adair county, who was drafted and expected to leave for a national army training camp today, killed himself In the girl's home here. Vital Records. Rlrlha. KrM VT and Iren Wolfe, bny Krnnct II and Lillian Williamson, jjlri. Benjamin and Paulln Sacks, jclrl IMward and Louise O'Dea jrlrl Kodno and Rachel Martin girl William and Mary A Humphrey, irtrl.

Ice R. and Florence Hillary, girl. Jtmei 8. and Catherine Htrdnn, girl. Harry and I tot (Vowlmin, jtlrt Conrad and Aumiftn Frledrlch.

rfrl. More and AUre Funk, air! Arthur A and Orart Carpenter, boy. Perry L. and Ka Italdwtn, bo. Alexander ami Ocelt Bellale jrlrt.

John and Mary Tillman, boy. Robert and Klla Thompfon drl Ueorre K. and Mlnnlp Thorn, boy lllitrn 8 and Lottie Hmtth. boy. Percy an4 Nannie Johnson, boy and twin a.

tin Albert and Elate Hotley. boy. Edward and Mary Frost, Ctrl. Edward and Leila Clemona, boy. atria are Ueenaea.

Archie L. Feterwm. 2i aid Mary C. Wood. XI.

both of Washington. The Rev. Alfred Iturrouitha. William II Fenruwm. 2.

of Wahlnirtnn. and Elizabeth William 22 of Law ton. Va The Rev John It Robtnron Wlllln O. Woodson 1 an Myrtle Tettl rrew 10 both nt Va The Rev Harrv I Mitchell Richard L. Paul of Fowlers Hill.

and EIe Warden 21. of Waahlnaton The Rev SParllmr wu.i&m MCKntre 1 nd nlv rk- ridjrft 21 both of WahinKton The Rev. I. Noomaa. John RukU.

and Florence A Garth-right. both of Richmond, Va The Iter. Karl WUfley. Den.li.. Mary J.

Colley, 31 Cal.ert at nw Nicholas H. Shea. Tl yra IIS Fairmont at. nw Wehfter M. IMcka, S3 yra St.

Elliabeth'a Hoi. Charles E. Edwards, F3 yra 4CI Chappel lane nw Henry Koon. yrn HIS at ne Helen McCarthy 15 yra 1C Cth at r. II enter Uncoln 7 ra Emergency Hoa.

Joseph Yon Gluenier S3 The Satoy apt a Edward Christian. yra MO Md ave ne II nice Mc Man a my. 17 MS Huntington st a me Shaw rs 921 t. nw George Lever. 62 yra 1211 Howlson pi aw Thomas Robinson 97 yrs moo alley at nw.

Louise Johnion 1 yr Freed men's Hoa Alice Thomaa, i yra. ttah Asy Hos, James Bailey 4 mo. 313 Van st sw. becca Tlbbs 7 moa 1M3 Marlon st, nw. Dorot Hall mos 319 I st CEMETERIES BEAUTIFUL CEDAR HILL Washington's Permanent Cemetery.

Of fie. Ml CaUrada nuIlaUa SUFFRAGE CAUSE By DAVID LAWRENCE. (Continued from First Page.) trast the ease with which Mrs. White-house obtained an udlence with the President and his attention, and the misguided efforts of the militants to gain his supoprt by offensive banners. The President's attitude on suffrage has been misconstrued by some of the suffrage workers.

Ills Inslstance on a-State by State fight for suffrage has been based heretofore upon the Dem ocratic national platform He voted for suffrage in New Jersey. Sought Ilia Support. Many efforts have been made to enlist his upport for a Federal amendment, but he has not deemed It wise to put his personal Influence behind such a measure, presumably be cause of the division and dissension It would stir within his own party the party of State rights and the consequent danger to the domestic -gram. The war, however, has enabled friends of the Administration and suffrage champions In Congress to present their philosophy about equal rights In a more favorable light The possibility that the United States like Great Britain would grant suffrage to woman not as a measure of gratitude for war service, but because of a deeper appreciation of woman's part In the American democracy has long been recognized. Had It not been for the picketing campaign, woman suffrage would have made better progress, but things are turning now to the point where antl suffrage workers are using the picketing as an excuse to keep the franchise from the millions of splen did women who have denounced the otcketlnir.

and who have not the slightest sympathy with militant tac tics. Sow Growing- Impatient. But the sincere advocates of suffrage are beginning to grow Imps tlent over the use which Is being maae Ot tne picketing to ODStrUCt woman suffrage leaders In fact, the National American Woman Suffrage Association's cam paign has been carried on so IPcctably and so effectively that con- rt to the cause have been made, Chairman Pou. of the House Commit tee on nuies, ana congressman can-trill of Kentucky, both noted In their previous, opposition to all suffrage caeastsres. snoke ln'suoBOrt of th? resolution to create a special committee In the House on woman suffrage.

After quoting from the statement or Mrs. Catt and Mrs. Shaw, the active and honorary presidents of the National Association, Mr. Pou concluded his speech thus: "I am willing to rest the case on the statement of these distinguished women. A word to the wise Is suf Relent.

This. Mr. Speaker, Is a quea tlon that will not doun We have already In this body the first woman Representative In the American Congress. She will not be the last. Time Is At Hand.

"There will be others who will be elected to sea' In this body. It seems to me the time has come to respond to this nation-wide demand and give these women the committee they seem to me to be entitled to." The vote of 181 to 107 In favor or creating the commlttea Indicated that the House agreed with Congressman 1'ou. But there Is something more significant than the creation of a new committee in tne vote yesieraay It shows that sentiment In favor of woman suffrage Is growing, and can be strengthened more and more If the right kind of leudera manage the campaign here. The President has not jet commit ted himself on the Federal amendment, but If the next session of Con gress, when the big light 1 to be made for a Federal amendment. mon Is asked by Congressional leaders to express an opinion.

It Is not going beyond the bounds of possibility to pr diet thst the President may furnish more aid to the caue of suffrage in this country that day than he could now by recommendations or utter ances which necesarlly would find fongress In an especially unreceptlvo mood. Calendar Is Congested. This session of Congress has been too congested with war legislation to get action on the Federal amendment-Prohibition disposed of In the Senate, but not In the House The chsnees are that when Congress meets again In December It will finally dispose uf both the prohibitum and suffrage amendments The pick ets might have learned this by a careful study of the legislative situation. Women like Dr Anna Honard Shaw and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt knew (t and hae wisely molded their cam CARD OF THANKS HKASI.KY WV wUh to eipres to our many friend and rrlatliea our thrnks and ip.

pi-relatlon for their klndnena and Lrautirul floral tribute rxtendext at the drath of our rleir wife and mother. ALICrJ HBASI.KTT by uvn TirsnvND and ch.i.t.pfn DEATHS HI On Monday Fptember Zi JI7. at th residence of hr daughter Mr Kticne Hrady. 1T61 Columbia mad. 1IAIUUKT M.

widow of the late Governor Thomaa II. Korrf. of Ohio Funeral aervicra and Interment at Nor-alk. Ohio PIcaae omit flowers. THKI1 On Monday September l.

1917. In Waahlnrton, C'apt KM 1 1, TJIKISS S. Funeral aenlcea Wednesday. September 76. at 2 p.

ni Kit atreet northwest. HjjrlalatArllnffton UNDERTAKERS J. WILLIAM LEE, U.VDEKTAKER. AST) IJVEHT. J3I ra.

air Tflfphnne IMS WASIIIVOTOV FLORAL DESIGNS FUNERAL DESIGNS Of Etery Denrlptlnn Moderate 1'rlces. Ol'DE. Ult ST W. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS SUMMARY The general aspect of the fighting in several localities on the western front, taken in conjunction with improvement In weather conditions, indicates the possibility of larger operations within a short time. This applies to the Flanders line, and seemingly also to the Aisnc front and the Verdun front.

In all three sections, the aerial activity has largely increased and the artillery bombardments on both sidees has been greatly augmented within the past thirty-six hoars. In Flanders, the British have begun extensive shelling of the German defenses in the coastal sector and along the line further to the southward from the bouthulst wood to the vicinity of Westhoek. Considerable raiding activity on the part of the Germans is noted on the Artols front, following short but violent bombardment of British positions near Monchy-Les-Preux and south of the Arras-Douai railway. On the Verdun front, the Germans attempted what appears to hare been an attack in considerable force- The nature of the advance against the French line indicates an intent- on the part of the German command td retrieve recent losses, but the plana of the Germans were frustrated by the sharp French artillery defense, which cost the attacking troops heavily. The German attack was made on the right bank of the Meuse, north of the Chaumieres wood, north of Bezonvaux and southeast of Beaumont, on the extreme right of the most recent French advance.

The "ack on the Chaumieres wood position was made on a front of a mile ami quarter. The Germans were held back by artillery 5re from reaching the French first line except at several points, and here they were driven off at considerable loss. The attacks were later repeated, and again were repulsed with added losses. The attacks in the Bezonvaux and Beaumont sectors were of secondary importance, but nevertheless were made with some force. The French here did not wait for the arrival of the Germans, but left their own trenches, and the fighting waa carried on between the lines, the Germans being sanguinarily driven back to their own trench positions.

On the Aisne front, violent artillery activity developed in the region of Braye-en-Laonnois, the Hurtebise monument, and Froidment farm. The Germans attacked only in the last of these sectors, and were sharply repulsed. A subsequent attempted surprise north of Braye proved to have been observed by the French, and was frustrated with losses to the Germans. On the Russian front, the only activity of any importance is reported from the northern end of the battle line, 'n the Riga sector. Here, according to the official statement from Petrograd, Russian forces, engaged in heavy fighting with the Germans south of the Pskofi road and captured German positions near Silzeme.

The German casualties were more than 500 men. Artillery duels are once more developing with considerable intensity along the Italian front, but no infantry actions of major importance have been reported in the past twenty-four hours. The Aus-trians sought to recover recently lost ground in the Marmolada sector, but were repulsed with heavy losses. palgn to meet war conditions and the extraordinary circumstances of th4 last few month's. REFUSING TO PAY FINE, FOUR MORE PICKETS TAKE JAIL SENTENCE! Four more suffragists, arrested yes- terdar for picketing In rroni oi me White House In Police Court this morning.

Insisted that they had broken no law In flaunting their banners In front of the Executive Mansion: refused to promise not to repeat the offense wera fined 125 each byJudge Mullowny. Refusing to pay the fines, they will spend thirty days in Occoquan, where a number of other pickets are serving time. The pickets were Mrs. Margaret Wood Kessler, of Denver: Miss Ernestine Hart and Miss Hilda Blum-herir. of New York, and Mrs.

Orrlck John, of St. Louis. Mrs. Kessler spoke tor the other sunragists. sue saia that the women had come to Washington to plead for the enfranchisement of :0.000.000 other women, and that they had broken no law by picketing.

The arrests were made by Sergt. n. E. Lee. who read to the court the In scriptions on the banners.

IS THREATENED BY Dj- HOMER J. DODGE. ATLANTIC CITr, N. Sept. 25.

That the fundamental principles on which American freedom are based aro threatened by a drift toward autocracy was declared today by Frank V. Blair, president of the Union Trust Company, of Detroit and of the MIchlR-an Bankers Association, while addressing the trust company section of the American Hankers" Association. He attacked the commission system of the Government, saying the commissions were usurping legislative functions of the Government. The attack fell like a bolt on the convention. In view of the fact the -war is bring run almost holl by administrative rather than legislative methods.

WHY SOCIETY WOMEN WASH THEIR OWN HAIR They do, not because It Is a fad. but because they wish to obtain the greatest possible hair beauty and bo sure they are not using anything harmful. They have found that In washing the hair It is neer wise to use a makeshift but Is always advisable to use a preparation made for shampooing only. Many of our friends say they get the best results from a simple home made canthrox mixture. You can use this at a cost of about three cents a shampoo by getting some canthrox from your druggist, and dissolving a teaspoon- If til in a cup of hot water.

This makes enough shampoo liquid to apply to all the hair instead of Just the top of tha head, as with most preparations. Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are dissolved and entirely disappear In the rinsing water Your hair will be ao nutty that it 111 look much heavier than it is Its lustre and softness will also dsllght you Advt. TELLS BANKERS AUTOCRACY DRIFT CRANESEESNO SEPARATE PEACE (Continued from First Page.) receive buys so little. Moreover, the peasants, constituting the real backbone of Russia, and staunchly supporting Kerensky, know that there are thousands of soldiers In the cities who ought to be fighting to aid tha new democracy. Tprts of Russia outside Petrograd are becoming Impatient with the capital.

The Caucasians, Siberians, and Kkralans are showing disinclination to wori with the Petrograd government, because they are out of sympathy with the local Workmen's and Soldiers' Council, which largely controls it. The local Petrograd council Is Bolshevik. Disgusted With Affairs. "Moscow la disgusted with the way things are going in Petrograd, and now doesn't want to the capital, fearing similar disorders there. The Americans are doing splendid work In Russia, but their Job should have been taken up two years ago.

All. howover, are working patiently and hopefully. "One curious development In Russia has been that many peasant Austrian prisoners of war, who are permitted to go and come In absolute freedom, are marrying Russian wives and par ticipating In the distribution of land by peasants' associations." Crane is en route to France. Tilttrami Day Litters Nitht Letter CaiUtratnt Tioney Transferred Wirt MOVE BY SLAVS PSBBBBBBBBsV A. B9 BBBBBBBBV'SS) urn is the service so universal.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. WANTED 752 IN, WOMEN, AND GIRLS TO GATHER TAXES An additional force of TS2 employes la contemplated for trie Internll Revenue Bureau In tha war deficiency appropriation bill, which Is now pendlnsj In the Senate. Provision for such Increased fore waa made In the Senate Appropriations Committee on recommendation, of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo; Be called attention In the hearing before the Appropriations Committee to the fact that the work of tha bureau was enormously Increased, and that under the new war revenue act the bureau would be called on to collect about 13,400,000,000 annually. It Is estimated that 7,000,000 returns from Individuals and corporations will have to ba handled. Secretary McAdoo said the bureau should be enlarged so as to provide for two additional deputy commissioners and three new neada of divisions.

For this purpose of enlarslne; the bureau, the Secretary asked 5, C83.000, which was allowed. The force of TS2 mentioned is not Inclusive of additions which will ba made to the field force. Other branches of tha Treasury Department are likewise shown to ba expanding- their forces. In fact, such aa expansion la now going on In many departments, and especially, la the War and Navy departments. OmCIALWARBUIIEnNS FRENCH PARIS.

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