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i PAGE TWELVE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER WEDNESDAY JANUARY By Temple work in Italy in Fraui in in Mesopotamia FyOTTI Life THE PLAIN DEALER AND DAILY LEADER The Philosopher of Fd The Plain Peeler we eteblihed the Evening Pleie Dealer in 1841 Morning end Sunder Editions foended in 1865 by Hoidee IT TKD KOBINSOX The Reply The sk peace proposals merit no reply Even were the stipulations worthy of consideration proposals I made in such a manner by representatives of the German bund on the one hand and the Russian repudiators on the other could form no basis for discussion Both sides of I the Brest Litovsk conference are hostile to the anti-German democracies Yet a reply is to be made The opportunity to bring once more to the attention of Pobliebed Every Day in the Year by tb Plain Dealer Publishing Company KIBFRT BAKFR PrMidMit 0nerl )iana(r nrOROE ROOrRf Aiitnt Gnral Maaafar ERIE HOrwiWD Manaimi EdiW JOHN 8 MrCARRENS Bomaii Unc'r Sufficient An East Cleveland teacher reports this re stance of youthful philoso asked this tei Youth and Sorrow A score of years ago When I was in my The verse I wrote was full of woe Describing tearful scenes I sang of pain and strife I moaned of toil and care And oh! the tragedy of life Was quite loo hard to bear! 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Washington New Bureau $8 Post Building New York Newr Bureau World Building Colnmbus New Bureau 21 Bouti High atreet Ixndon Office 16 Regent street houvh American Bureau Lavalin 841 Buenoa Airea Argentina are nic cause another Members nf the Aaaoeiated Press The Aaaociated Press i exclnsively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and alao the local news published herein All rights of republication of special diapatebe herein are lo reserved If the way it goes (And way it seems) When I get old why I suppose sing of dreams don the motley gay caper grin and strut And everyone that reads will say off his pursued the young love God? Cecil you Got to!" said Cedi Vna Bt Justice JOHN WOODWARD Faatem Advertising Representative Time Building New York City JOHN GLASS Western Advertising Representative People a Gas Building Chicago THE BIDV ELL CO Pacific Coast Advertising Representative 742 Market atreet San Francisco Cleveland as Second Class Matter not be wasted Once more it will be pointed out that civilization cau place no trust in Prussian promises Once more it will be emphasized that peace dealings must be with representatives of the German people and not with the representatives of irresponsible Hohcnzollernism The German signatories must be men empowered by Ihe German people to bind the German people The allies are not attempting to dictate to Germany what form of government she shall elect for the future but whatever may be the choice the German people must come into the peace congress After the congress is ended after militarism is destroyed the Germans may continue to worship at the shrine of the Hohen2ollerns and the junkers if they remain enamoured of the system The allies will dictate to the German people only far enough to make the future reasonably safe The fundamental necessity is that the autocracy which now assumes tc speak for Germany and which from time to time offers peace terms on its own account be eliminated entirely from any conference in which the allies will consent to participate This has been made plain enough The Brest-Litovsk proposals merely offer an opportunity for reiteration and emphasis The German people at present exalted in spirit by the Russian collapse and the victories in Italy need to be informed that the enemies of Prussianisin have not weakened or abated one iota of their demands Such information should tpnd to make even the most infatuated devotees of Prussianisin doubt the truth or sincerity of Prussianism boasts Entered at the Post office Paid circulation for Si Months ended September SO 1917 filed with the United States Government as required by act of Congress: We don't know whether thtle was imposed by the board or by the compositor who set VU vUtJV' 8 JUSt 0ne' Say 1 ork Tribune quoting 8ctif ehu member in reference to the teacher who has been talking IM and too unpatriotically "We have decided that six months without van ork wort Mn Drafts' vj? Daily 165524 Sunday 214879 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2 3911 Our old friend and contat I Blair has celebrated the hJ son by getting out aneflrj i is eleverlv entitle 1 Your XIV (1) Snooks This unbeautiful name is corrupted from a very handsome one It is a shortening of and the intermediate forms and are found An Immense number of English surnames are taken from and forests We have mentioned Shaw and Holt there are also Hurst and Beech Lind Oakshaw Birch Birkenshaw Ashe and a hundred more The name Seven-oaks reminds us of a common French name Quartrefages which (2) Kellerman A German name meaning cellar man and being the same as Butler The name Kellar jowever is of Celtic origin and means the superior of a monastery It is from or cell Kilpatrick means church (3) Curtis Means courteous Walter le Curteys and Richard le Curteis are In early records A very fine and gentlemanly surname and contains half IT poems interspersed with somejr conversations which the titles We like I poems and wish hes us one once in a while imtw ing stingy and printing 'em fc And the Ear of the fS Whf Says a cinema advertisenre? anton Evpninir Ponnit Canton Evening Repository: Fighting the Kaiser with Stamps I The government asks the people of the United States for a Joaji of $2000000000 to be raised during the present jjj year It promises to repay the Joan with interest ou Jan 3 3023 One with as little as 25 cents may participate It was deemed a notable concession to the small inves- Mf JJJ tor when the government decided to issue its Liberty JJ bonds in denominations as low as $30 though the 11 baby idea has been familiar in foreign countries for III many years This time the government goes much farther III in the effort to encourage the smell investor the $30 minimum is reduced to 23 cents Literally there is no excuse now for anyone's refusing to help the nation finance its war needs quota of the $2000000000 issue is $106000-j 000 There should be no question of the response An oversubscription of the amount would be victory for Americanism in a state that has met every test of patriotism from the beginning of its history and acquitted itself with credit I The call to buy thrift stamps and war savings stamps comes with particular force to Cleveland because of the ill magnificent record this city has made in every previous fund-raising campaign since the war began Already one III eastern city is appealing to its citizenship to It is taken for granted that the community which greatly oversubscribed both the first and second jJ Liberty loans which raised more than was asked for both the Red Cross and the XT A war funds will come strong in this new campaign While other cities are endeavoring to Cleveland should make every effort to outdo itself II! We have twelve months to show our loyalty in response III to this new call a full rear to demonstrate again the the exciting Race HHT The most vivid and hair-niA race ever screened reproducer eye of the auditor all the tens 1 maddening excitement of one I race events at Saratoga 7 lous jr jtl More Silly Conversation twins resemble one another very said Bill they look exactly one of them looks most inquired Pete anxiously What the Camps Do It might have taken the American people rears to reach the point of accepting universal military training as an article of national faith had the necessities and the object lessons of war nor intervened to compel a hastening of judgment Under present conditions however it is scarcely to be doubted what the public will on the subject is to be The evidence is compelling Maj John Murlin head of the food division of the surgeon office at "Washington declares that men in army camps have gained from five to ten pounds each in weight since they were called to the military service and the gain represents muscle not fat he hastens to add Such testimony is scarcely needed by anyone familiar with the appearance of the soldiers on furlough seen upon the streets of any city for their improved health and vigor speak for themselves For a nation inclined in recent years toward physical flabbiness the rigid discipline and regimen of the army camp will work wonders It is an aspect of the question of universal training that the public has much in mind in these days Tbe Big Book Well it was like this On Tuesday at noon we stole a bit of our luncheon hour and strolled into the book shop which often we do We picked Rondel of Grandfather! What has become of the hem When Life was heady and cious When hinds were gay and gracious? When men drank deep aw blaze That old tree that was blown over last summer 0 IV ar Brings Good to Vaudeville Plain Dealer Letter Box Your Health and Its Care Social Reformers and all Science profound and qyj cious! What has become of the heart When Life was heady and cious? up a book we seen before and the proprietor said encouragingly: a the best selling book of the it we returned never even heard of he came back 'A it Contribution should not exceed 1 jO words Send your naos end complete address BY DB BISHOP JB Cleveland Health Stars of Legitimate Find Opening for Themselves in Variety city's appreciation of the issues involved in the war and Today studying every Of Man to make him effican Aias! With our mataphysi) have giants like their The Berlin town councilor says that the great number of illegitimate births in Prussia is of the mcral healthiness of the German Which is very good average Hun logic Kays the Indiana food administrator: asked to 5 Colds 7 as familiarly bsed ijp What hasSecome of the Hei chuckling just came out MELCHli mi its full-hearted approval of the cause Let us make 1 £18 a thrift year as the governor of Ohio in suggests Buy thrift stamps and then exchange them for iu war savings stamps They may be bought almost any-! where The savings stamps are as good as gold better than gold boarded or gold wasted or gold unwisely in-ii vested because they draw interest and have back of them the faith and resources of the strongest nation in the nt im world 1 serve food waiters must determine whether the guest has already eaten three meals that The lot is net a happy one! All in the WorLLl BY BOSE ranks third in the amount of Thrift Stamp sales buy more and get ahead of aays the Boston Globe Meanwhile what will Cleveland be doing! was the scene of the lct4 Russian general who beaten not even by NapcH Concerning Two Towns Our knowledge of geography continues to be developed and enlarged by the w'ar Hundreds of that towns that were the Polish genera! Sferar victory which led loathe it fall of Warsaw the A Washington dispatch says that the president will insist on economy in congress Is it economy to postpone the La Toilette investigation so often! little known before the great struggle scores of rivers dozens of districts have been brought into prominence War maps are familiar in every 1793 the town apd districting part of the RussJafn empire Brest Litovsk has an mixed population of about if Minsk 9 The city of Minsk in IvlCK sia which was the scene off gathering of self-appointed Cttl w'ho are understood to favm w'ho are understood to favor Director Brman Explains Editor Plain Dealer Sir: In your issue of Dec 23 you quoted me on the first page and correctly as saying that the population of Correction Farm is only one-half what it was a year ago The large type heading to this column however is entirely misleading It says Farm Is Half Idle as Crime This statement is ivrt true The fact is that a year ago Correction Farm was so crowded that one hundred prisoners were sleeping on the floor The institution today is not filled to Its capacity but it has about $5 per cent of the number of prisoners that could properly be cared for To double the present capacity would make the same intolerable condition that existed one year ago Inference from this article is that the holdup men robbers and burglars are not being sent out to the farm and that the fault lies either with the police or with the courts This conclusion also is erroneous because this type of criminal would not or at least ought not to be sent to Correction Farm but should be committed either to the state reformatory at Mansfield or the penitentiary at Columbus The difference between the prison population at Warrensville one year ago and that at the present time is not in the absence of desperate criminals but in the absence of vagrants and hobos many of them cripples I do not hesitate to say that I think the policy of Judge Kramer and Judge Keough is better for all concerned than the policy of sending hundreds of these unfortunates to prison where we can hold them but a very short time because of the limited capacity of institution the BY I METCAU For the uplifter vaudeville Is always fair game If reform the theater or your neighbors which is much the same thing you might just as well start on the two-a-day houses Everybody else does But before you make yourself conspicuous kindly remember that there are as many vaudeville houses in the land as there are other theaters combined and that with the single exception of burlesque vaudeville pays better in war time and other times than any other form of theatrical entertainment a comparatively simple matter to blame the public taste for this state of affairs but there is little satisfaction in it The American people insist and very properly upon taking their amusement regularly Despite increased activities In certain business stimulated by conditions peculiar to the there is a measure of depression financially and the family whose income is average must buy relaxation cheaply Who goes to a dramatic or musical show gambles always You never know what get until you get it and then it may not satisfy In a vaudeville house you always know what get sometimes you get more than you bargained for and at reduced prices The bill never changes It opens with a flashing acrobatie juggling or dancing act Then comes a cmedy skit of sorts musical turn another laugh getter and the highly paid performer whose name drew you in Again music or black face or character stuff a magician perhaps a musical or dramatic tab an animat act and you're done The arrangement always varies The France is smiling over the fact that her third war loan of two billions has been oversubscribed The kaiser and his peace advisers should take notice The Srord covers a number of separate and distinct diseases One form rhinitis 'is an inflammation confined to the nasal passages coryza is an inflammation confined to the nasal i passages and adjacent sinuses pharyngitis Is an inflammation of the pharynx or vault of the mouth Laryngitis is an inflammation confined to the larynx while bronchitis is an inflammation confined to the bronchial tubes Tonsilitis spells infection of the tonsils and then there aYe influenza and the various aches and pains in different parts of the body all of which are alluded to by most people as colds A cold usually begins in the mucous membrane of the nasal passages or pharynx and extends to adjacent sinuses and to the bronchial tubes Colds are contracted principally In two ways as a result of mixed infection The first when germs already existing in the nasal or pharyngeal mucous membranes become sufficiently active to cause inflammation second when virulent germs gain entrance as a result of direct contact with some person having a cold There are always present in the respiratory mucous membranes groups of germs which under certain conditions will develop a cold as when the bodily conditions are disturbed by atmospheric or physical conditions including exposure to cold wet clothing chilling drafts etc which cause vasomotor disturbances The second cause which by far results in the greater number of colds is a result of direct contact with a person jhaving ar cold Close proximity of persons at assemblies school rooms theaters street and railway cars and the use of a common drinking cup is quite sufficient to account for epidemics of colds Some night those highly successful bandits are going to run up against a fusillade of bullcta and straightway retire from business Why They Leave Home The governor of Missouri announces a plan that merits adoption in other atntes which contain considerable per- rentages of negro population While most such states are merely bemoaning the fact that so many thousands of -colored men are migrating to the north or insisting that -the negroes are solely at fault for the migration Gov -Gardner says he will appoint a commission at cnee to study the negro population of Missouri and report what seeded for an imrovement of their condition It is wholly natural that men who can migrate from one section to another will seek the places where wages £and conditions of employment ere best where their chil-Jdren will be best treated and best educated where life most agreeable for themselves and their families For communities which lose by such migrations to insiet that conditions at home are entirely satisfactory and that the £fact cf migration is somehow a reflection upon those who pack up and leave is merely dodging the question If competent commissions could be appointed in several of the states most thickly populated by negroes which would investigate the conditions that surround the JnegToes at home conditions of labor of living wages chances for farm buying and home owning etc a veritable floed of light might be turned upon the question Jwhy so many southern negroes are coming north such inquiries would be worth while household iWe are beginning to know the earth as never mation of an independerrgf before ment is a place of about Here for ex- habitants 450 miles ample are two rograd towns in Russia! It is a leading city of that have been Russians who have merefy names to of the TilSSil TSS most readers and family being far behind i AOiA mtirely unfamiliar sections of European Pussii ligence and development- about 4500000 of these Tt i many They come Into prominence through the Being at peace with Russia Germany will proceed to with her which means to buy doubtful credit The German submarines do not sink as many allied vessels but unhappily they appear to sink them just as thoroughly New that the days are growing longer vou will be able to economize on electric lights vou! RB Is it proper to tip jstjle of entertainment never does and The mofst striking error in your arti-jthe confirmed vaudevillian can forecast if not from the was in the heading where you used an act if not from the program at sians mostly illiterates Minsk through mucs ordeal in the earlier davs: suffered by Brest Litovsk I hands a half dozen times was ravaged by the Tartars -by a horde of equally barbs sians In 1793 White a part of the Russian eff 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte cl- during the fatal invasion Its latest time of distress the Russian uprisings in llfr it suffered severely from flre a government official! And what is the present status of the Pullman porter! All for One and One for All Official reports of the French victory at Monte Tomba The Oossscks are hot on the heels of the Bolsheviki More speed to them! Count Czernin will have to change his bait Minsk is well grounded affiliations It has two bisbfl! handsome cathedrals bat else of architectural its borders "7 Yet notwithstanding its a2 cle the word saing least from the first appearance of the model workhouse only partly performers He can hardly fall of sat-I believe the Plain Dealer desires to tell isfaction for there is something on the the truth Any newspaper man or any bill which must strike somehow In his citizen of Cleveland who refers to Cor- neighborhood A well balanced pro-rectlon Farm as a model workhouse is gTam caters to every taste' If you simply misled He ught to go out like what bought not un-some Sunday afternoon and visit the likely you really in the mood to institution He ought to go through go to the theater anyhow the building and see how it is so con- But vaudeville is better this year than structed that first offenders and old heretofore and the to blame and hardened criminals are herded to- There are fewer high priced performers gether in one mass He ought to see a on tour singing comediennes who must new building only five years old so trust to the risque and the suggestive constructed that segregation Is impos- for their laughs and more good people gible The building at Correction Farm from the legitimate ftage driven to the is one of the poorest now used as a varieties by bad business in other lines sayPiK the tlfe aat by the of road adapted to its purpose of any penal shows around the country These capa-insiitutions erected In this generation ble actors are on tour in sketches and In my annual report 1 have called at- little plays especially written to enable Swelling of tbe Legs Miss Swelling (edema) of the legs is a symptom of disease of the heart or kidneys In the tged whole arteries have become hardened a chronic disease Js often present and the condition of the arteries and kidneys combines to throw greater work upon the heart and make it unequal to the task of keeping up the circulation informal fashion This is probably the cause of the swelling of your mother's legs You should look to your physician for detailed advice as to care but these cases are not usually helped by a milk diet of importance Minsk may during historical recognition sible birthplace of a new go although there is nothing story of the recent any belief in a White RufStf at the present time have fact mat they were the meeting places of certain delegates whose conferences rr'y possibly have an effect on the progress of the war Both are towns of minor importance ordinarily but both are pushed Into prominence by these political gatherings Brest Litovsk At Brest Litovsk the delegates of the Bolsheviki chosen by those masterspirits of disorder Trotzky and Lenine met in conference recently with delegates representing Germany Austria-Hungary' Bulgaria and Turkey and considered the subject of peace Just why the town was chosen for the meeting clear It is a fortified place in the province or government of Grodno 130 miles south of the city of that name about 300 mile east of Warsaw and not far from the border of Russian Poland It is at the junction of the Makowits and Bug rivers and is a railway center of considerable importance It his been in the possession of the Germans since the great Hinden-burg drive Brest Litovsk is a town of religious importance It is the see of a Greek orthodox bishop and of a Catholic Armenian bishop the latter being the head of the Armenian Catholic cwurch in Russia It also possesses as its principal object of architectural interest what has been called the oldest syna gog in Europe Like most of the earlier cities -of Rus-1 sia Brest Litovsk had its historical beginning in the eleventh century and one of the earliest references to it details Us destruction the Mongol horde overflowed Russia in iil and gave it a new personality The annals tell us that the wrecked town was deserted save by wolves and vagabonds for thirty-four years Then before it had really regained its earlier prosperity it was devastated by the Teutonic i UNCLE BIFF Sf That "rci5M the riht of unlimited sjiccth thanks to our American tolerance has made grand discovery He finds 8 made a of the railroads i UtW finanT? eountry'Tn ah bVit Mr course Mr Berger is not troubled bv the fact that with "th W7C t0 Eov'i-nment inter tereme with the railroads But it was never Mr Ber ger specialty to deal in facts tention to this fact and asked for Hiti A appropriation sufficient to remodel theiem fow (heir best and since nobuilding where is there keener competition than One cause of crime In Oleveiand tn vaudeville nowhere will one fin which many of us have overlooked is' the fact that Correction Farm building more clever play making and more constructed so as ter herd criminals to-! startling climaxes in farce and melo-gpther is little short of a school for crime LAMAR BEMAX drama give a basis for estimating the real value of the aid that Sis being given the Italians in holding back the deter- mined Teutons When it was first announced that French and British troops had gone to Italy it was assumed that jtho aid would be little more than a visible expression of sympathy was scarcely expected that the troops from Jthe west would take over considerable parts of the line Now it is evident that the allies have come to Italy for Jthe hardest kind of work In one engagement the acting quite independently of the Italians has captured 1400 German prisoners and sixty ma'-hine guns Such considerable results prove that the engagement was far more than a Iskirmish The French are fighting in Jtalv with as grim determination as ibev have fought for three veara in France The war has indeed become a definite alignment of one military unit against another From the beginning Ger-jrnauy and her subservient allies acted as one For years jthe anti-German allies acted not as one but as manv jFor a long time Italy was persistent in her determination to paddle her own belligerent canoe without asking or giving help Now there is complete unity among the pllies All are fighting for the same things If one ia endangered all are endangered French soldiers defending Monte Tomba are as truly fighting for France as are French soldiers fighting in front of Verdun Were France threatened as Italy is now threatened Italian soldiers be fighting Italy's battles in France Wherever in Europe American soldiers may be sent they Will be fighting as truly for America as thev would be in defense of New York or Norfolk America's fu-ture well as the future of Italy Trance and Great -Britain depends on the outcome of the war good fortune in being spared the devastation of actual fight i Dg docs not in the Ieat alter the Cleveland The art theater enthusiasts for that matter might consider this last fact with profit They are strong for one- JiRDdlcf Mrs Jaundice is not a disease but a symptom of a variety of condi tions resulting in the obstruction of the bile ducts Two common causes are a catarrhal condition of the ducts and the presence of gall stones Your husband should be under the care of a competent physician whose directions as to treatment should be carefully followed The diet usually suggested for people suffering from jaundice la one easily digested and with the fats as largely cut out as possible Skim milk easily digested vegetables and cereals with little meat is a general outline of the diet to be recommended Poetal Employes Editor Plain Dealer Sir: A word to! act plays with a punch yet they Brady We thinkit would not fess to abhor the one place where such to renounce our intelligence in favor of Bohhevikism it is important to view the railroad situation with perception aud one act plays succeed every day in forty odd weeks of the year There is 'no accounting for tgstes anyway If there were a lot of tastes in entertain-1 ment might be corrected before their owners undertook the correction of other tastes it) perspective Ever since our entry mto the war railroad securities have been triTKiP of conditions but chiefly beause the earning power of the roads was becoming seriously impaired without any certainty of relief be difficult to show benefits enjoyed by postal employes that are not accorded the general class of American workmen Let it be noted we did not say that postoffice employes were receiving but fair salaries even object to an of high cost of -o Incredible Philadelphia Record ClevpJand where 100000 men are some assurance of 5aid t0 be temporarily out of work Canton: Your first letter of inquiry has been answered both through this column and directly by mail If not received in reasonable time write us again I the cost of living depreciation in the market value' railway'stolks 000 000 WaS' a few weeks ago at $1000- The advances made in the last two davs are not com- mensurate with the losses already sustained Without reduction should venturing predictions it seems hardly probable that loTfi rU" xP lU eoba''k t0 he K'b level of 1916 Yet this is Mr Berger 8 financial scoop Even assuming that eertain persons profited bv the government announcement it ought to be evident that as merely incidental to the strengthening of our al position as a nation To buttress the financial position as a nation unfair salaries We should not advance on account living were there rredit of the railroads All we contend equal benefits American workmen for the foundation We consider I however in his I ly that the postal for is fair pL to all classes of as the hest basis of a stable government Mr Brady mistaken conception apparent-' work isith as of a highly skilled character or of because of the lack of coal for the factories lies within a short distance Hocking valley coal field and is also ithin easy reach of the bituminous deposits of West Virginia and fer are not varicocele western Ienns Ivania It is further normal and should cause supplied with large amounts of an-thraeite shipped by boat from Buf- falo or conung hv car directlv frnm i mines seems incredible that 1 benefit nf hed an4 was the scene of vjcuiuit mat ymir Health Questions are and will be answered by Dr Rhop Questions not suitable 1 or rfl)' rf'hmn will be answered by uiail An I rf Ftamped addressed pneelope ie incled Ad-i I ln 2f Th Pla Knights who partially burned it and rode away The khan of the Crimea destroyed what was left of it and again it became a ruin in the wilderness Brest Litovsk has been a meeting you no con-J pace jn earlier ages When Sigis- mund III ruled Poland his diets were rirws letters In Dr HeeJib The Swedes mastered it twice in principle The narrower patriotism of nationalism ss well as the broader i patriotism of international brotherhood inspires the men nf all the allied nations whether thev be doing their was iut important as to make possible their Chicago Tribune unified operation vamngeonslyj iocaieif for such service 1 Lelle Centre A GEORGE necessary fuel should I suffer from a sorious lack of coal explanation seems to be in order Jeff Jackson sas 'goes dry he will Dealer or Department I'ujr the neventeenth century In 1794 it swearing off every 4 A.