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EVENING LBbaER-PHlLADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4,. 1917
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HOW WAR BEGAN
TOLD TO PUPILS
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Every School in Philadel
phia Today Will Begin
Drive in Patriotism
BOOM LIBERTY LOAN
$98,000,000 IS TAX
FROMTHISJWSTRICT
Federal Levy on Philadel
phia and' Neighboring
Counties Boosted .
Twri Tnlurctl 1 Aulmt6H' Cl
PERSHING WATCHES
SAMMEES 'GO OVER'
Spends Day Critically View
ing Troops in Practice
Attack Formations
SEEKS A MILLION
. S0LDJM HOMES
Uncle Sam Will Strive to
Provide Fireside Associa
tions for Troops
WILL BE DOUBLE BENEFIT
bn In," nd over the piano, "Do you play
tho piano? Hop to It," and "Do you slnT
Join In," nnd over the table, "Do you want
to write a letter home'? Everything free,"
How fully these small conveniences are ap
preciated Is shown by the fact that 6000
mcn'cnme In there every day and last month
there woro 60,000 pieces of stationery given
away and 30,000 lettera posted.
The theory Is that all America Is put to
,school by this unique war. The camps kre
the greatest university of the people ever
conceived, It Is therefore essential Jhat
nil the civilians' outside the camps should
fuse with all the troo'ps Inside In tenrnlng
the unfamiliar lessons of effective social or
gnntzatlon, which In America, in Russia,
everywhere, are to bo the greatest com-'
penrntlon for the war's bloody toll.
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linger nnd iilefco. Mis rea'rt Denitffcrfr. at
Klnzer, Mere uadiy injured inaay i wwr
vlllo when his nutomolilld crashed
double team of Abrnm Fry, or
tho latter emerged ttdm A 'Cf
One of the horsea was killed. . , WffjRf'j!
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"Why We Entered the War" Is
Second. Topic Listed for
" Tomorrow
The dally "Liberty Loan" lenson which
will bo broufelit to the attention of every
pupil lt the public school of Philadelphia
tomorrow will be on "Why We Entered the
War." This Is the second lesson on .the
war. The first, on "How Wa Entered the
War," was given the children this morn
ing. There are twenty of these lessons and
one will be read dally, either In the assem
bly room or In the Individual classrooms.
The lesson for tomorrow follows:
When war appoared In Europe the
United States Government and people
felt every desire to lieep out of It. As
the Greatest of neutrals we thought we
might best serve the world by not taking
sides, therefore keeping free to play
peacemaker between the belligerents
when a proper time arrived.
Germany herself forced us to forego
neutrality. She fought with utter dlsre-
fard for International law. She destroyed
he property of neutrals. She murdered
noncombatants. She threw to the winds
honor and the regard of decent men.
She compelled us to oppose her.
Germany violated our Hghts here In
our own land. Her otllcial representa
tives, whllo openly friendly, secretly
forged our national documents, caused
labor strikes and hired criminate to bum
our factories and blow up our ships.
Germany plotted against us abroad,
proposing to Mexico and Japan to make
war on us, yet all that time professing
to be wholly friendly. While drowning
American women and children, without
any least warrant In the usages of war,
Berlin kept promlsng to stop tho In
human work, At the same time she was
actively engaged building more U-boats
to go at It harder, and her Ambassador at
Washington was asking his superiors for
JBO.000 to bribe our lawmakers to favor
pro-German schemes. Nothing less than
armed opposition to this active war
which Germany tin making against us
could maintain our national self-respect.
Germany, however, had proved by her
behavior that not our safety only, but
also the safety of civilization Itself, de
pended upon her, complete defeat. Bel
glum, Serbia- nnd Itumanla witnessed
to her brutal disregard of all save her
own selfish Interests. If she could so act
In Europe, she would act similarly here
as soon an opportunity allowed. If Bel
glum could be devastated for military ad
vantage and Itumanla overrun for food
supplies, the United States qould (and
would) be attacked to gain a money ran
som. These happenings mado wholly clear
the war's real aim. Its aim was not to
alter boundaries, but to assure all peo
ples of self-rule and freedom from auto
cratic, domination. Its aim was "to make
the world safe for democracy," as our
President had declared. Such a force as
Germany claimed to be (and was fright
fully attempting to prove herself) made
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LIQUOR AND TOBACCO HIT
The new war revenue act, to which the
President affixed his signature last night
and which, beginning today. Imposes ndtll
tlonal taxes on almost everything from
chlldrens' toys to tplrlts of any Bort, will
tret from the Philadelphia district approx-'
Imately 98.000.000, or 165,000,000 more
than, tho district paid Into the Federal
Treasury four years ngo. This estimate Is
calculated on the basis of the usual pro
portional levy of the Philadelphia district.
Tho Philadelphia district Includes, be
sides this city, the counties of Chester.
Montgomery. Bucks, Delaware nnd Lehigh.
There are 9000 dealers In various kinds of
liquors In the city, and more than 16,000
tobacco dealers. Thousands of small and
large manufacturers, Importers, producers
and sellers of other commodities also will
be leVled on.
Kphrnlm Ledcrer, collector of Internal
revenue, has announced that It Is a physi
cal Impossibility for hlrt agents to notify
all the persons nffected by the war act.
even though the number of agents has been
increased from fourteen to sixty for this
purpose.
"Failure to receive notices and forms
respecting the new tax will not relievo tho
taxpayers from the obligation to comply
with tho provisions of the law. It behooves
all persons engaged In business of all kinds
to pay careful attention to tho newspaper
reports of tho provisions of. the law."
LIQUOlt AND TOBACCO HAIID HIT
Tho war tax hits especially liquor and
tobacco merchants. An Inventory of goods
must be made Immediately and filed. All
having distilled spirits In excess of fifty
Government-proof gallons are subject to an
additional tnx of $2.10 a gallon, If the
liquor Ik to be used n a beverage. Tobacco
In excess of 100 pounds Is subject to large
additional taxes. Thin will mean n boost
In prices of these products. Failure to
file the required Inventory makes the owner
liable to heavy punishment.
Within two months tjie buying public will
be paying over tho counter, through ticket
windows of various kinds and almost
everywhere else the lovles under the $2,
536.000,000 revenue bill.
Throughout the land today tho high cost
of drinking mounted higher, with addi
tional taxes on hard, soft and medium bev
erages effective Immediately. Everything
from champagne to sarsapnrllla nnd soda
fountain syrups Is hit by the new tax.
LUXURIES MUST PAY
Automobile owning, with a tax of 3 per
cent of the sale price, becomes more costly
Immediately. Also such beautlflers na
Jewelry and cosmetics nnd reliefs In tho
form of pill"), patent medicines and chew
ing gum are hit today.
Sporting goods, motorbonts, estates, In
heritances, Incomes, war profits and other
luxuries of the wealthy are taxable Immediately.
you use bread that will not be wasted. ., Freihofers Liberty Loaf
was originated to help Philadelphia do its share in
conserving the nation's wheat supply
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Made from a distinctive flour, and by a
to retain its original freshness and goodness for days
down to the last crumb.
Save a slice of bread a day " by using Freihofer's Liberty Loaf
Large double size loaves, 10c. At your Grocer.
SWARM OVER TRENCHES
By J. V. PEGLER
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAltTEIlS IN
FRANCE, Oct. 4.
Major Genernl Pershing watched his
Sammtes "go over the top" today.
He spent tho day on n hilltop In the
training grounds, critically viewing his
troops executing practice attack formations.
The work was over rough, muddy practice
grounds or through knee-deep yellow acres
of wild mustard.
Tho concluding drill was an nttack In
force. Pershing, Slbert nnd three other
Amerlcnn generals, with a French general,
followed closoly behind the waves of the
American troops, who Advanced on a bat
talion frontage.
With their grenadiers In front, the
Kammccs walked slowly behind nn Imag
inary barrago after leaving tho trenches. A
volley of real grenndes reverberated through
the valleys ns the line reached Its first ob
jective the Wilson trench.
There n section detached Itself the
"moppers up." Others, maintaining the
samo leisurely pace, passed on, with hel
meted machine gunners closely following.
The machine gunners swarmed over the
Taft trench nnd conquered it. Tho whole
of tho first nttacklng wave rested there.
Hut tho second advanced nnd after a lively
shower of grenades captured Roosevelt
trench. Including advanced redoubts.
WOMAN WINS $10,000
VERDICT IN DAMAGE SUIT
Second Trial of Mrs. Do Grazia'a Action
Against P. It. It. Doubles
First Award
After a second trial, which was held be
fore Judge Shoemaker In Common Pleas
Court No. 1, the suit of Mrs. Josephine De
Grazla against the Pennsylvania Railroad
to recover for the death of her husband
today resulted In u verdict In her favor for
$10,000.
Tho widow has six small children. De
Orazla was struck by n shifting locomotive
at Ninth street nnd Washington avenue and
received fatal Injuries.
The company tiled to show he had been
guilty of contributory negligence. The at
torney who presented the widow's claim said
the approach of the engine was not made
known by the proper signals.
At the first trial the verdict was bnly
$5000. and on the motion for tho retrial
the woman's attorney maintained that tho
award wns Insufficient under the circum
stances of the case. '
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Men Will Have Wholesome Hos
pitality nnd Entertainers Will
Grasp War Spirit
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
WASHINGTON. Octl 4.
Uncle Sam desires n million homes opened
to the entertainment of his troops In train
ing. Ho thinks they will come nearer "can
ning tho Kaiser" If they are entertained In
tho creditable homes of the nation than If
left to tho purchasable associations of tho
streets. He believes that they will be better
ascets to tho nation when tho war Is over.
So ho Is asking that tho communities out
side tho training camps bo orgnnlzed to fur
nish wholesome recreation nnd associations
for his troops.
Every boy In every training camp In tho
nation Is homesick. Ho would not be a
normal, wholesome boy If he uero not. Near
that training camp there Is u homo Into
which he might bo welcomed and given a
bit of tho sort of life to which he has
been accustomed. He will thus be kept a
fitter fighting man, and tho household en
tertaining him wilt have emulated tho good
Samaritan nnd will have Increased the
happiness of tho world.
That this service may be rendered a great
organization Is Just now being built up
that will go beyond those agencies that
work In the camps, such as the Young
Men's Christian Association, and that Gov
ernmental supervision, thnt keeps the region
nrounfl the camps as clean ns posslblo ot
Influences that are hurtful to the soldiers.
This work will organize the communities
near the camps for the entertainment of
soldiers, for the establishment of home tics
nnd friend ties that the soldier may still
feel himself u human being nnd not merely
a machine of war.
In this work the Playgrounds and Rec
reation Association of America, nn organi
zation long In existence and engaged in a
kindred work, Is taking the lead. Through
the agency of Chambers of Commerce and
other community organizations there is
being raised the War Camp Community
Recientlon Fund, which WII bear the ex
pense of tho natlon-wldo movement: Tho
work Is being done with the co-operation
of the War Department.
John N. Willys, the philanthropic manu
facturer and member of the Council of Nu
tlonal Defense, Is chairman of tho War
Camp Community Recreation Fund. Ills
organization Is working practically to keep
the recruit from being lonesome and at the
name time keep him from gettltiB Into trou
ble. One temporary community house already
provided Is little more than n big barn
like building with a big floor. Over the
door there Is' the sign, "It's yours come
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"The Boy Who Pegecd
Shoes" started in manu
facturing. The output was
48 pairs a day and five
employees constituted his
whole working; force.
CAUTION-Be sure
the price stamped on '
the bottom has not
been erased or raised
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225-1 North Front St.
Chester, la.-404 Market St.
Stores marked with
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