Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 106, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1918 Page: 4 of 18
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FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918.
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Feb. 15, 1918.
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The President, the White House.
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19 February, 1918.
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. (Signed) . WOODROW WILSON.
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PHONE 922
TEXAS BOTTLING WORKS
Dear Mr. President:
I beg to hand you herewith several memoranda and letters relating to street railway and
other local public utilities furnishing light, heat, and power, which I have been asked to
bring to your attention by a committee representing public utility interests.
These papers indicate the existence of genuine apprehension regarding the adequacy,
under present conditions, of the services and rates of local public utilities. The view is
expressed that increased wages and the high cost of essential materials and supplies have af-
fected them as they have affected everybody else, and that united effort will be necessary
in order to meet alike the public requirements for service and the corporate financial needs
upon which that service depends.
As Secretary of the Treasury, I must take official notice of these matters. It is ob-
vious that every part of cur industrial and economic life should be maintained at its maxi-
mum strength in order that each may contribute in its fullest measure to the vigorous prose-
cution of the war. Our local public utilities must not be permitted to become weakened.
Transportaticn of workers to and from our vital industries and the health and comfort of
our citizens in their homes are dependent upon them, and the necessary power to drive many
of our war industries and many other industries essential to the war is produced by them.
It may be that here and there, because of the prominence given to less important interests
immediately at hand, State and local authorities do not always appreciate the close connec-
tion between the soundness and efficiency of the local utilities and the national strength
and vigor and do not resort with sufficient promptness to the call for remedial measures.
In such cases, I am confident that all such State and local authorities will respond prompt-
ly to the national needs when the matter is fairly and properly brought before them.
Our public service utilities are closely connected with and are an essential part of our
preparations for and successful prosecution of the war, and the unfavorable tendencies which
the accompanying papers reveal may most effectively be checked, wherever they may be
found to exist, and the needed relief obtained, only by prompt action on the part of the re-
spective local authorities.
I earnestly hope that you may feel justified in expressing the conviction that the vital
part which the public utilities companies represent in the life and war-making energy of the
nation ought to receive fair and just recognition by State and local authorities.
It will not be long: until practically all
the processes of bookkeeping will be
done by machine. Great strides in this
direction have already been made."
Mr. Claitor also distributed valu-
able souvenirs typical of his business.
The meeting was not largely attended,
because of the religious holiday and
the Maundy Thursday exercises, but
it lacked nothing in enthusiasm.
Rev. W. M. Holderby, in charge of
the Salvation Army war fund drive
here; addressed the club briefly on this
subject.
G. H. Sapper presided.
If you can’t marry the one you love,
try to love the one you marry.
Gerlach Baking Co.
U. S. Food Administration License No. B19779.
cross, feverish, sick, bilious,
clean little liver and
bowels.
“Typewriter Service,” was the title
of a paper read at the meeting of the
Rotary Club of Galveston held at Ho-
tel Galvez last night. The paper was
read by J. D. Claitor, and proved to
be one of the most interesting of its
kind heard by the club in a long time.
Mr. Claitor did not go into the his-
tory of the typewriter industry, other
than to say that it has grown to most
important proportions and has played
a leading part in the progress of the
country.
He dealt particularly with the serv-
ice given by a modern typewriter es-
tablishment to its patrons, and de-
clared that this service, consisting of
prompt repairs, supplying of stenog-
The President’s Letter .
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neck, arms, hands. :
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Here is told how to prepare an inex-
pensive lemon lotion which can be used
to bring back to any skin the sweet
freshness, softness, whiteness and
beauty.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a whole
quarter pint of the most remarkable
lemon skin beautifier at about the cost
one must pay for a small jar of the
ordinary cold creams. Care should be
taken to strain the lemon juice through
a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach and re-
move such blemishes as freckles, sal-
lowness and tan, and is the ideal skin
softener, smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly
fragrant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arm and
hands, and see for yourself.—(Adv.)
to the drive for the pennant. There
are many league players overseas.
They realize the value of spring train-
ing as preparation for the great offen-
sive.
All calls are heard by the Y. M. O.
A., which has been officially requested
by the government to perform this
work.
Every one of the 144,000 bats soon
to reach France is stamped with the
Red Triangle of the Y. M. C. A. and
will reach the troops in France
through the secretaries overseas,
whose huts are the general stores of
the trenches.
GALVESTON TRIBUNE.
I have examined with care the memoranda and
letters which you transmitted to me with your letter
of the fifteenth. I fully share the views you express
regarding the importance of the public service utilities
as a part of our national equipment, especially in war-
time. It is essential that these utilities should be
maintained at their maximum efficiency and that
everything reasonably possible should be done with
that end in view. I hope that State and local authori-
ties, where they have not already done so, will, when
the facts are properly laid before them, respond
promptly to the necessities of the situation.
I shall be glad to have you communicate with the
local authorities whenever the information in your
possession suggests that such a course is desirable and
in the national interests.
necessary to further delay their ef-
forts to catch the German forces on
the rebound and seek victory after
bitter days of steady yielding of
ground. Definite word from Gen. Haig
that this new drive also had been
checked added to the growing convic-
tion that the strategy of the allies will
triumph.
If their reasoning is correct the
Germans face the propect of seeing
their third great effort on the West-
ern front since the beginning of the
war meet the fate of the others. Only
twice before have the Germans un-
dertaken major operations in this main
theater of the war. Their first rush
in 1914 was stopped as their last ’and
perhaps their final effort nearly foui-
years later is now apparently being-
stopped by skilful retirement. Their
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 29.—Announce-
ment by Field Marshal Haig last night
that the German war machine along
the whole British front had been beat-
en off with heavy losses gave new
zest to speculation here as to the allied
counterassault officers feel certain will
not long be delayed.
War department officials generally
appeared to be satisfied that substan-
tial American forces would enter the
battle lines with the French when the
signal for the counterblow is given.
Maj. Gen. March, acting chief of staff,
stated flatly, however, that he was
not advised as to the numbers or dis-
position of American units which may
be employed with the French army of
attack.
The new outbreak of the German
thrust at Arras caused some apprehen-
sion here lest the' allies might find it
only other great assault at Verdun
was an unqualified defeat.
“The thrust at Arras may have been
j for the purpose of diverting British
J reserves from the objective of German
strategy far to the south where French
and British lines connect. The suc-
cess of that purpose is highly doubt-
ful since the initial effort was par-
ried by troops already in position in
this sector. There was no time to
bring divisions back from the south,
1 so it seems certain that the regular
I garrison of this portion of the British
j lines was sufficient to repel the ene-
my. The fact alone is regarded as
eloquent evidence of the waning power
of the German war machine.
In the meantime attention here was
not diverted from the chief theater,
the British-French junction. The
French counterattack there was close-
ly watched. It may develop into a
great movement, though early reports
indicated that it was aimed at local
objectives and that the time was not
yet ripe for the great countereffort.
Dispatches from the French front told
of thronging reserves behind the
lines.
There is no denying that Gen. Haig’s
report brought distinct relief here. The
fact that the Germans had found suf-
ficient strength to endeavor to widen
their hold on the British line just
when all signs pointed toward the
exhaustion of their forces was re-
garded as an ominious sign.
raphers, delivery of ribbons, carbon
paper, etc., was maintained at an ac-
tual loss to the concern. “You can
readily understand this,” he said,
“when you know that we must have
always available competent mechanics
to respond at once to the calls from
our customers. We must have compe-
tent stenographers ready for immediate
response to an urgent call.
“The sale of a typewriter to a cus-
tomer does not end the transaction. It
is up to us to keep the machine in
order and capable of turning out good
work in maximum volume. Within a
few years the typewriter will be
found in every home, just as other nec-
essary machines are now found there.
Knowledge of typewriting is as es-
sential to a business career today as
good handwriting was a few years ago.
A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
Look at the tongue, Mother! If coat-
ed, or your child is listless, cross, fever-
ish, breath bad, restless, doesn’t eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children’s ailment, give a
teaspoonful of “California Syrup of
Figs,” then don’t worry, because, it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few hours
all this* constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently move
out of the bowels, and you have a well,
playful child again. A thorough “in-
side cleansing” is ofttimes all that is
necessary. It should be the first treat-
ment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
“California Syrup of Figs,” which, has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that it is made by the “Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Company."—(Adv.).
Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Joe
Jackson, Hans Wagner, Benny Kauff,
Larry Lajoie, Home Run Baker, Eddie
Collins, Rogers Hornsby, Cavvy
Cravath, Larry Doyle and Babe Ruth
are going to do their bit with the
American troops on the American sec-
tor in Lorraine. This information was
made public yesterday by the Young
Men’s Christian association. The
heaviest hitters in baseball have been
enlisted in the offensive to drive the
Germans home.
The exact phrasing of the Y. M. C. A.
announcement concerned the shipment
of a cartoad of baseball bats from
Kentucky to France. There are 19,000
swatsticks of the best ash the nation's
forests produce, named after the men
whose driving power has made them
heroes of the diamond and has made
more solid the foundation of the great
American game—the will to win.
These bats, twelve models of them
named after the long distance hitters
mentioned, are expected to prove of
tremendous assistance to the boys
from the United States when they are
ready seriously to dent the lines of the
enemy and make the best showing in
the box score.
TY COBB LEADS.
Ty Cobb leads the models in popu-
larity, as he has led the American
league for so many years in the bat-
ting averages. Speaker, Collins,
Baker, Kauff and Jackson are repre-
sented by thousands of models which
bears their names. The others all have
their uses. For instance, Babe Ruth,
as dangerous, to opposing pitchers as
he is to opposing batters, has numer-
ous followers because, although he is
without the benefit of being in the
games every day, he is there in a
pinch. There never has been a war in
which the pinch hitter who can pro-
duce is so much in demand.
The bats which are now going for-
ward are part of an order placed in
January, when hundreds of thousands
of baseballs, mitts and fielders’ gloves,
chest protectors, masks and shin
guards were called for by the Y. M. C.
A. The boys in the trenches must have
their relaxation from the grim busi-
ness of war. Not many miles from
where the shells are shrieking, troops
in the rear lines of defense may be
hearing the whistle of a line drive as
it speeds from the bat and sends the
outfielders in mad pursuit.
Insistent calls come frequently from
France for athletic equipment, and
then more equipment. The boys can
not forget that the major leaguers are
just ironing the kinks out in the
Southern training camps, preparatory
WE HAVE EASTMAN’S COMPLETE FINE.
C. B. SMITH
418 Tremont St. KODAK AND PHOTO SUPPLIES. Trust Building.
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