AMERICA DAY BY DAY

Evening Star, Issue 16409, 27 April 1917, Page 1

AMERICA DAY BY DAY

[From Our. Bas Francisco Ookhetrd’UJEKT.] FAMOUS PARISIAN EDITOR IN AMERICA.Undoubtedly one of the most charming S.nA Wghly intellectual personalities visiting Oaii ; forma for mary years ha? l>eeu AT. fiktphaiib Lausanne, the brilliant editor of the great Pans chilly ‘Lo Matin,’ who, avoempanied by his wife (the former Miss Camille Gros, ot Sau Francisco), ban liggu touring America raisin;; funds to sustain the American Ambulance Corps in Franco, M. Lausanne, a trainee! i>.--.vspaper man, with an eye. always alert for the “Iranian interest” story —ono who believes as fully as Charles Dana, of tho ‘ New York Sun,' over did tliat tho boy at war gives much promise for a Jouniaifsrtio earner who seizes a big city nro to write a, o_.-s.ver descriptive story, whether at tho noon ov tho midnight hour-does not boheyn by any means that tho days of tho active War coiTCspondcnt liave been dulled or ended. "I know of numbers of able American and other correspondents who aro attached to tho French military Hieadquarteri, and tho same is correct of the Headquarter, of the other Allies. The movcm:;nt of troopo is not so active over large holds as in the wars wc read of, because of trnra.-h fighting. But there is still a fine no.d of work for the wav correspondent who can keep faidi and be the gentleman,” A, 3 Knowing h;a command of the little thimw or significant pieces 0: news, Editor Lausanne tells o: the. utter astonishment of German officer* at the intense hatred shown them by women and children in tho cap. ii;red portions of Northern France. “As pri-orciv, I talked with same of these German officers,” ho said, “and thev told mo of their great surprise at tow the women and cliiiiu-cn pen'istmtly avoided them if they wore poison. Numbers of them told me ot this experience while stationed in the captured city of Lille. Yes, the hatred is wall last for many, many N. Lausanne, who is an, authority on tinai.ee. docs not believe (ho big debts of the bclliffareats at the close of the war will change lac gold standard, even should there bo an increasing use of .silver (W coin. With figures at hia tongue’s end, he says Franco non T ry ■k° n » financially, with 5, 000.000,000 franco m gold , n the' national fcai!,ti-,.g vaults. All the Allies have in tho ag?i egalo at the present time 15.000,000 ire.lies m go ld per week. Genuanv, accordthe latest advices, lain a" stock of p-jm. nmmrating lo 4.000.000,000 francs. “But IT , mind you, ben never, tjur'V . i ,n "■l'W'-wnr, ho said, “made auv c iima. nniiouiiccmcnt of her gold strength, him leans more end more on 'Germany.’' hdi.nr Lausanne pays the best experts b?ill S °f +r' V '\r h,i Gcrman flcf<sat «t the b ittlo of t)m_ Marne .milled the last ohnno for her winning the great war. “ None of m tea heed it at Inst, hut w* all can son Tcn'i ’I 1 ? 1 . rf!s . ha . d 110 s, opa of victory after bat stragnig dn'eat.” He sirs the invchotp> nr me war moan? an improved 'indiuua. morn . mid irligirm character in l 3:: i l .i-hrougnonfc Europe, for that i”‘, rl - and tfunlrs the new resort to fri<ditc^ u hy Owmany. is ‘the ; v ;T l .1 A to w* fortunes 0 f vai_. Me of franca never wished America to ]ran us ; U the war. We have always had gituu ..iiiluri the honesty of the neutral pohey ot jh-e=,..P„t Wilson." The distiupuahen journahd, who has - mid all '.he expenses ot the trip through '.America out 01 , is ovnl pocket, has had a splendid r.-> tht :nu , cvr U>vhevo, and has rairad nianv | pf cellar.; to assist in maintain--1% tee greatly increased ranks c f tho An. Tricon Arabr.laneo Corps in France. THE FUTURE OF THE “ MONIES.” “ (ho iiwAbi jjkteu' p.odticl: l ' wis-fo share in tlio prosperity them dayH. ’ U fcj 0 sHKi Air 'Ain. Brady when giving evidence beiore tho Wheeler Crramilteo at. Washington, Jfi.C’., on January 25. Now. Mr Braay ought to know, boenuse bo i.s presi dent of tiic World Film Company, and no niaii knows the ramifications of the picture business batter tram he. This Brislativ" commiUco liave been set up to determine whetner or not a tax on films i s insiifiable trouble,” Mr Brady wont on to Gri, is t.nt there are now as many theatres as there mg saloons in the country. luo system of distributing pictures is a jouo. With the exception of the payment to the ‘star’ there is no greater waste in tho business than at v he distributing end ; and there will be no irouav in it un.i. mere is total reorganisation ” * Qpesamied about salaries, .Mr Uredv vollrnUcicd rim information that M.arlie C’iiap--1 > Douglas Iciiirbanks. and U ai w f; l .,v lord were worth every cent, that ftm-v weie paid, but that most of the hher nlavus were ovorpmcl. Tlio tronbie is \hut iiuiiv ot the “stars” who received £8 io _,lO a week on the 'Tegitimate stage oraw tnnos that amount mini the movies. J heir noads liave been turned -n consecpieiice. My own daughter L rr.“ £ (i„,r so iiiuea money tiiat J liave to tUm Lrf 0! lioi weekly Hilary and put in in trust )or her ; otherwise, sim would spend it luckier.'!y and fouii-hJv. Lolh Air Brady and Mr y,„k or ( dent ot tlm Famous Flavors-Lashy^ 1 4 • wrn) agreed that there was a tremendous ov.\pr<xiuctiuu of lilnis. Deserildp., t h» merging oi K iur eempanies undci? hamous Aiayend.asky standard, Mr Zukor -‘cxi'iiuned that suuh aniaiynrnation vras necessary to save tho companies from d; s °.

cmaiion. , in motKm-p;Uure vcnUlo< V.-lil keep moneyed ilives,ers fivmt!le Md until a more siabA tor busoie.v, has been ertamndi-J T,-.'' coidi.;,; t„ y LI . / (I ,i; oi .. The .0; i; ; *j i;t l \ lii "iimlum of features now bebm I'nximyd was balanced by thp redaction *«^cls f he c.vpl.unc.J Warning foreign rats of pictures, .Mr Zukor said thru. Great ]Mt a fn 'vomu not remit films from ;, IJ3 enimtrv to get into .Seaimiiiavia, and :bet France .Mould not permit importation. . ber m-,-. ii mcanl money Raving the country.' THK TRKXD OF EDUCATION, “Iligh gifts by .such mo;i as Rockefeller and ( a;;,,.;;: u. our college and andvr.-i-Us are earner a menace than a blessiim » oo declared Senator Chamberlain, of Qw |jpn when attacking on the floor of the . a-nate on January 26 the co operation be : tMci-n the Department of ikilication and tbo General J-Tueatnm Hoard. Tj !e jy, n ,. tor «,ent on to that he would rather ib.m Ins son should be educated in a 100 cabin supported exclusively bv tb- i v eminent of the United States than i seat to a college liiat was endowed bv men uiio;w ideas permeated the particular educational insidiuion, with a resultant mouldj nip ol tne youth m the country along ]j Iles rths'rcd by the givers of those benefactions. , And tne Senator startled the country bv reailmg a list < n more than 150 men 'who are connected with the United States bureau or Education. end who are' paid the nominal sum of one dollar per war by Government! These men draw’ the red o, tncirsa lanes from the Carnegie .-■■ ml Rocketuliw inundations; Moved bv Iho M. .1:.,.,.,<0 i„ m *t Senate forthwith carried a resolution novel by Mr Chamberlain. to forbid such | intcilooking tactics m future. i HOISTED WITH, HIS OWN RETARD, t , * ro , m time to time loaders of the ‘Stor’ l ’f with the name of ; x ? 3 ,3 ( Wotv Osborne, a noted pcncWist.• and until recently warden or governor of h.ew lorks most notorious prison, giim Sing And m a recent letter I told you of the nefarious plot to oust Osborne from Ins post; hew a lot of crooks (convicts and others) had banded together to bring how public opinion in Xt,., _oiiv rnlLed to his support; and how when he was on the poinfof winning r ght out, lie turned on Governor Willmn, w.io wiis backer, and accused him of siding with the conspirators. Of course, that was the last straw which cost Osborne not only his berth, but Tost him troops of supporters. Since then Osborne has been naradme: the counter in the role

of a martyred prison reformer, whose wtu hp been exceedingly hard. His latest break was to don prison garb, and, along ,7ith Professor M'Cbrnnck, of BowUn Udipg. N. Y,, gain admission to thfr, "jOfitplinary barracks at Portsmouth, jpH-j irt order to investigate the conditions under which naval prisoners* lived As ‘Tom Brown’’and "John Austin" tin twain led the ordinary life of prisoners, scrubbing decks and doing all sorts oldirty work, But Osborne has enjoyed the unique experience of having been sentenced to five days on bread and water, though the sentence was remitted when he re pented his offence. This is how it came about-, according- to a letter received by Secretary of the .Navy Daniels from the chief boatswain in temporary charge at Portsmouth, who wrote: I have a story on Osborne that is too good to keep. While at lunch at tny quarters yesterday, a few hours after the ‘^prisoners” had been stripped, searched, and their clothing and personal effects taken from them, Mr Beaks called up on the telephone and reported that Brown (Osborne) had two gold rings that he refused to give Up. I ordered that he be put on the report book, and decided to investigate in the usual routine manner, which 3 did by having Brown at the mast with the witnesses. I found out that the joke was on Osborne, and not, as I expected, a ruse on his part to get a tasta of the brig. The rings were his wife’s wedding rings, which he always carried with him, and he had them around his neck attached to a leather string. It \,as, of course, sentiment that caused him to refuse to part with them, hut he made the mistake of not speaking to nie about it before “ undergoing treatment.” As he had refused to obey tin master-at-arms lie had to be punished, so I sentenced him to five days’ bread and water, with the promise that h< must remain in punishment only as lorn j l3 be himself electcd—until he acknow. ledgod he was wrong and would obev orders. Ho at once replied “ I will promise that now,” and, taking thj rings-from his neck, he handed them to me, and since then has been e model prisoner. San Francisco, February 22.