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Paterson sends Flour Rnd other
Relief Materials To HcIgium.

P~>rERsoN, y. J, Feb. 21,-p,torson
is contributing largely toward the re-
lief material being collected in this
country for war stricken Iiclgiaug. Tho
Belgian Relief | Uud, IF which Edward
Il, BELL, tho banker, Is treasurer, has
forwarede 50o barrels OF Hour and col
lccled 50, 1O4.
The Paterson branch of Il = New Ter
scy Association Opposed to Woman Suf-
frage, of which Mrs.- Inrrut A.. Hobart,
widow of the late Nivc- President, IL the
president. has forwarded l3G boxes Of
food, each of which will keep four adults
for two weeks, and eight cases contain
Ing 1888 garments, also work baskets
and yarn.
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VOICE-POWER
PATRIOTISM HEARD
Crowd at Neutrality Meeting
in lIippOdrOme Sees Only
Red. White and Blue.
DISCISS ARMS EMBAR GO

Tho 5000 persons who crowded nto
ne Hjppodrome last night to attend a
meeting of the American League we're
N oyercrowded themselves with patriot
SIN that on the least and the greatest
revocation alike they saw red. white
and blue and sprang to their feet to
shout hurrdhs.
But il was toward the end of the meet
ne that the 5000 voice power patriotism
,e,ljv 2sserted itself. The crowd was on
ifs feet in an instant. Flags were fly
M. men and women were ~applauding
Nd Altogether there was probably more
noise than over got into the Hippodromc
g, one time before. This paragraph
from a set of resolutions had just been
read
we approve the declaration of this
Go,erument that it will hold the German
Go,crument to strict accountability for
the uuNarranted loss of American lives
or ships In British waters. but II the
misuse of the American flag by Great
RETAIN shall be "A contributing cause to
such calamity. we demand that our mn
zion shall hold the British Government
% strict accountability equally with the
German Government.
The declared purpose Of the meeting
vas neutrality. The three speakers. en-
GOV. O. u. Colquitt OF Texas. Congress-
man stephen Porter OF Pennsylvania
and Congressman Ehen W Martin Of
south Dakota. all dwclt on that topic.
md there did seem to be a spirit of
neutrality in the crowds enthusiasm.
though there was no doubt that is
n,oc'iyitics we're pro-German from start
10 finish.
1t seems to me" said Gov Cclduitt.
that out Government has revealed a
Gaming toward the British. As an
American citizen ! believe this country
ought to be careful to avoid an act
which might commit us to Great BRITAIN
This inner was made after n re-
t.tal OF the part played by England
during the period preceding the Wa
OF 1872. during the war itself. and dur
,nc the civil war. And later. in speak
.ng OF the recent declaration from the
Admin.strati that an embargo on the
Shipment Of arms would be u%nneutril.
re said
81 sometimes think We might as we'll
,rg psalms TO a dead horse as TO ASK
prince OF peace TO adopt principles OF
which We may be proud.
"The cause Of the trouble in 1872
lie speaker continued. was similar to
The conditions into which We are now
entering. IT ] ndu anything 10 40 Win
,as business | would send the navy as
n escort 10 our steamships carrying
grain abroad"
Al three speakers declared themselves
. favor of an embargo on the ship
..rt ~ war materials 10 Europe and In
her declarations they were loudly
backed by the audience.
When Mr.. Porter was speaking ther,
Vac q demonstration of kissing anC
~citcalls following a reference to Sec
retsry Bryan.
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DENIES JAPAN WILL
VIOLATE OPEN DOOR
DR.. lyenaga Delivers Address
at Justice kcOgh's Forum
in New Rochelle.
CALLS L. s. BEST FRIEND

NEW Rochelle. y. Y. Feb. 2l-"ff
Japan decides to retain Ki1o-ohow with
the consent Of the Powers It will not
violate China's open door" said DR..
Toyokichi lyenaga IN an address ~
Justice Martin ]. Keogh's forum in NeN
Rochelle this Afternoon. He spoke To-
1000 persons on Japan In the Great
War" Dr. lyeuaga held several posts
in Japan's |dipiomatic service and has
been a professor in the University of
Waseda and the University OF Illinois
The European war has no direct
bearing on Japan went OF the speaker
"Japan's regular army would never act
as hirelings FOR any other nation. We
would never sacrifice their lives for the
sake of money. Furthermore the Eu-
ropean war H. none Of our business.
Let the European nations settle Their
own afairs. But ON the other hand II
victory perches on Germany's shoulder
the Far East is not immune from war
Or. Iycnagu was asked these questions T.:
what justification j. there for Japahs
notice to china that NO foreign loan
shall be negotiated by thlut W'tnoU'
J,ptrs consent and that uu foreign
4 adviser % the chinese GoNotuIn'A
should in the future bo retained without
Japan's approval Is II not in effect
protiaimiug q prutectorate over China
The speaker laughed lie said. "Intr"
is III, inst. Hcstiou. do not see how
japan has made such 4 demand. Thcs"
questions are from q newspaper. They
say a lot O. things. These rumors nave
a- ...4 fatV ftHsfrf zHAft RuAN.'
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FOUND BARRICADE OCCUPIED.


loNno~ E"h IA Iif. Gu.rdsrar.
who had Just arrived at the front. was
told by the officer in charge to lind out
If a barricadc IA short distance mp "A
winding road was occupied. The trooper
did not know much about Germans, but
he knew about barbados, so instord Of
scouting along thu side he marched with
regulation pace down the road to the
barricadc, He looked over. II was oc-
cupied, and the puzzled Germans. who
had allowed him to approach, stared up
at him,
a German officer came round from
the side, and the trooper, with MS car
bine handy, promptly shot him. He then
turned and marched with the same
statcllness back out of sight tthe Ger
mans, without their officer, not firing
at first and then missing hIm) and re-
ported to the officer. "Barricade occu-
pied, sir"
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HUNGER CURE URGED
ON ALL GERMANS NOW
To Eat Too Heartily is Re-
nardcd Almost rs Act
Of Treason.

...>u.>. Fen. 1.-THE correspondent
s... D.,ri Ncirs NJ Rotterdam sends
g following
zone might almost be led to believe
ON reading the latest German papers
n reach here thu ,.r food restrictions
laced on the people were not, dltcr
r. matter Of necessity. but rather
10 result. of a decision arrived az III
der TO cure The country Of Ills mat
GLOW ovrreiting. The hunger cure
s. almost openly preached. The sim
- lirr ana the terrifying of the hesh
% ca'.ug only sufficient to Keep me
.odv and soul together are actua'lS
'7i .ur', and the former nara 'atihe
German is now told h a to have a
a!lr good meal is an act OF treason
.l tho ftthrfland,
"Hcra are somc extracts from a re-
Nar1'hle article hr George Hothe'h III
'.n l1>slgChc IcifpH0:
".}}-r,r a country finds itself. az
ier~lug o.. noW, 10 q certain extent "A
.1' of ~bclragucred fortress the COM
1l-sfrat must be regulated ana UNI
. .oo control. The previous regnla-
'o's were not enough, Discerning peo-
9 recommended soon after IN" war
n't' tuat entire stocks should be I'M
I"" 'n, absolute control OF the state
'It IS wen known to doctors tha'
.-' people eat more than - necessary
- l.,w and that FAR more Illnesses
.r caused from eating TOO much thar
p o' eating too little. There Is an old
"'s. rb, "The glutton Is not born Dut
t0. In this matter self-discipline
ol-, Ne practised by all classes OF the
'H'.ou. and everybody ought to he
'.Dt-.d, because 10y practising It they
N.. become more healthy,
''ln these days 1t is the duty OF every
n.e Uo' 10 eat more than ne needs Tor
'' maintenance of his bodily strength,
' .sor STUFF his belly is guilty OF
H. ,.aIusl his country,
, writer goes on 10 suggest that
''"' '., gifts Of food gent to the sol
d 'r- ouli De restricted, and adds
..H. uYIcally we can win through II
e' rliss Of the nation does its duty,
I've s'rni's 10 which the nation Is put
'" b, imagined from the fact that tht
H''.u'r rag Jinu announces that there
h,"u a meeting IN Berlin 10 con
-.'r tho Government plan by whlcf
'"."uH, 900 marks Ris,000, 0Oo) ~ t.
= .Ny.i ia the purchase Of pies, which
H'' to no KILLED and turned into pre-
Served fu"It in order 10 save the gran
W 20 would be necessary for ecdint
- m
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ComTOrts Of Life In CcuHr.

II the ordeal has been hard the COIN
pensat.on is dclishtful. I have said that
the degree of comfort We ENJOY III the
cellars OF the chateau far exceeds any
that we had in the trenches. In THESE
subterraucan quarters. completely ma
den from the enemy nothing pre-
vents us from burning as many canules
as We like. The village cellars provide
ms with all the coal We need It's hay
lofts are still fun OF beautiful sheaves
of unthreshed grain. just as they we're
stacked in midsummer last, BY means
II the little lake in the park close AT
hand we are able to keep AT least com
fortabt. clean. With these simple ne
attended to We have been able
to make ourselves perfectly at home
in the great stone vaults of the ruined
mansion.
Here in the first hour after dawn the
scene is most animated and pictur-
csquc. one by one the 'p"tits posteH
return. The men throw down their
sacks and by candle light arrange their
places for the StY and hang up their
rifles and equipment, The long, ncr-
vous tension ind relief in a huhhub
Of conversation. Did o fire. what
did the volley mean at such a place
and such a time" A hundred qucs-
tons pass AZ comrades reaSscmbling
seek to piece together the incidents OF
the night, Perhaps We ourselves have
had a patrol out, and the adventures OF
those men are eagerly sought after and
listened 10.
Meanwhile tho distribution Of food
takes place. \ hot sup of coffee awaits
tho soldiers returning from petit
postc' in the morning, The soldier also
touches his day'r rations Of wine,
,.'I,I haufAl NItth hT1Ia GlJpnfH
makes an excellent sleeping po-
ton. But most precious Is the
little measure OF amber "taffia,'
OF sweet rum, that is doled out only in
the trenches and at tho front. There
- nothing like II eor rev'ving IN" spirits
after a night In the cold A delicious
languor steals through tho Limbs, Grad
ually the conversation subsidies, One
by one the candles are blown out. The
soldier lays out his sleeping place care
fully. fingers over his preparations. so
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u~ro's Grave In Chateau Park.

Under the big pines IN the chateau
park we left a little mound and cross
tho first time We returned from G.
In modern warfare. whore b" chances
for individual proves are 50 reduced.
ono must give credit to tic man who can
achieve II one way o. another. even
II he be an enemy. And &c was 4 iittl"
coup d'audace. well conceived ana well
executed. that cost Us the life ~ oUr
corporal the first night at the chateau.
The third guard had just gone ON.
Two seutiuels were placed AZ "A point In
the wall waerc tho breach made by p
shell had been rudely FABRICATED. ENOUGH
OF the hole was left open TO command "a
view Of the hillside approaches by which
an attack might he delivered, bur OF
tire ground Immediately on he ether
side nothing a. all The moon he'd
just risen.
The sentinels had hardly been on long
enough TO rcconuoitte their post when
a grenade fell ut thcir vc"y ioet. Tire
fuse sputtored a second and went out
without explosion. \ bolt out OF the
blue could not have. as~'onisacd the
two men more. with sickeu'rg GER
tainty the realization came upon them
that the enemy had approached without
;heir knowledge and were standing there
two yards away without their being able
to strike a blow IN sc''-defer'e
It was a moment FOR qujek decision.
Vet no course ~ action that presented
.tself seemed very satisfactory. T. n,e
N,S useless, Tor no pOss bic angle on
ulau1ed tho ground Just behind Tho wall
The call to arms might have pre-. plated
the danger, which still hanging iu sus-
rense offered n better opportunity for
overcoming Leaving his comradc II
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Says He Has at Times Seen
Spirit Of Stone Age
Warriors.
DESCRIBES STRAIN
OF "PETIT POSTE"

ay to SNOW in it's rulness Of sensual de-
light the bliss OF falling to sleep.
How insipld beside it seem all the
refneimcnts of comfort tina, peace per-
mits! Though we return to them once
more we will never tniuk without fond
ness of the luxury IT was in these days
of strenuous toll and robust health to
lie down after a nights watch. in the
straw covered cellar bottom Of our
ruined chateau.
Life. then. in C is Infinitely
more picturesque. more interesting. and
more comfortable than life In the
trenches, which is the lot of by far
the greater part Of the troops along
the present battle front. What 1t gains
in these respects, however. 1T gains also
In excitement. The village itself is
without strategic importance, 20 that
the likelihood Of an attack en- masse
at this point liz less than at most others.
The German position on the plateau
above is SO strong that. on the one
hand. they have no reason TO want 20
better 1t here. and. on the other hand.
the French have more advantageous
things to 10 han to risk q frontal
assault.
Their lines at his point, then. are
little more than the maintenance OF
contact with those OF the enemy, their
real def nsive works. in case of need.
being we'll in the rear. This gruund
has not been very closely contested
and there is plenty OF latitude to cir
culate In between. Confined 20 the
underground shelters during the day hy
the artillery that %thunders continually
all around. yet little parties are free
TO 60 out az night ard pursue more
primitive and more exciting methods
Of warfare. II prolonged i~nactioN be-
comes too exasperating there is AWAY :
this nocturnal man hunting to hreal;
the monotony and no lack OF volun-
,ears for 1t. The simplest form of T.
is what We cali shooting up . petit
poste."
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TWO AMERICANS PROMOTED.
Sweeney and Norlac serReantS In
EOreinn Legion.
Special Cahi, Despatch TO Tnr Sos

PARIS, Feb, 2i.--THE suns CORE
spondent with the Foreign Legion, writ
ing under date OF February 10, says
"Dennis sweeney has been made Il ser
Eeant. His promotion and that Of Ed
ward MorlaC are noteworthy. as neither
was obliged to wait until a vacancy oc-
CURED, which Is the regular rule. Both
were promoted without waiting"
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~ 3

BERLIN. via London. Feb. 21.-Em-
peror william has conferred the dec
ration Of tn" order Pour lie Merlte upon
Field Marshal Won Buelow. commander
Of the Eighth German army defending
Vast Prussia. for his services in thu
recent battle Of the Ma2urian Lakes. In
which the Russians were defeated.
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n. ALAN sEEGER.

We are back In cantonment after eight
days on the firing line. This liz the
longest stretch We have yet done with
out relief. The reason? The Kaiser's
birthday. We looked for trouble on
that day II there was no lack of in
dications that we were going to have it.
There has been talk of a mysterious
warning that a general attack was to
be made. And in the still winter nights
behind the hostile crest the continual
noise Of distant trains and motors could
lie heard, bespeaking a concentration
somewhere along the line
The preceding nigh | was out on
sentinel duty. In a clear sky, the moon.
a few nights from the full, flooded the
hillsides. making it Impossible for
patrols to ~<circulate. Not a shot was
being fired The sinister silence con-
firmed every suspicion that something
was under way. At midnight a French
battery behind us broke II rudely and
ironically by firing twelve times In sue
cession over the crest as "A birthday
greeting. The enemy did not re-
spond. And so the long night wore
away and the day came and passed
without incident for us.
The blow had fallen on some other
point OF the line. Strewn pitifully along
the summit OF the crest opposite We who
were IN guard could still see the bodies
of the French soldiers where they have
been lying ever since September. when
the magnificent elan of the battle OF the
Marine finally broke on this bleak hill
side and ever since when both sides have
been sitting facing each other neither
risldug the perils of a further attach
once more We have beer cheated in our
hope for action, but it may not be for
long.
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Inc greatest Fllalst mas come over
our life here lately. In my last letter I
described the soldiers days and nights in
the trenches. and / am afraid ! drew n
rather gloomy though by no means eN-
aggcrat.d picture. For the last month.
however. we nave not been living in
trenches at all, hut in Il ruined village.
II has been much more romantic. Along
the vast battle line from Belfort 70 the
sea each regiment has its sector of Il
few kiiometers to defend.
ours is a corner of field and forest
fronting on the semicircular crest %
the plateau whore tn. enemy are in
trenched-a good foothold OF one end of
the crescent. too. Here the soldiers live
in the earthoA dugouts. amid all tine
discomforts | described. But a. the foot
Of the hill. corresponding exactly 70 the
n~osition of the stage in a Greek theatre.
lies the village Of C. From all
the various points OF the sector that W"
have been assigned 20 it's battered
houses and great burned down chateau
have been visible. Other companies.
though. had held It up To "a month ago,
when 1t came round to our turn.
II was under the full moon OF a
month past that We marched into
c. for the first time. | shall
never forget the impressivcness OF that
stealthy. silent entrance. We had left
our c%antonment a. midnight. Five or
sin kilometers through the forest and
the road carne GU into a pleasant open
country. covered with orchards. sharply
~silhouettcd in the moonlight against the
black slopes of the plateau behind were
the BRIGHT walls and peaked tile roofs
Of the typical little French " ! had
become familiar In our march to the
front from Mailly with the tragedy of
these pretty centres of peace and happi-
ness made desolate by war. But no
scene Of ruin that we passed through
exceeded the spectacle that met our eyes
heNe.
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Stern Brothers
x27d and 4Su Streets. NSsfoFEM h~r4~

Have arranged for tt rmorou, tuesday, the following very important sales
Details of which appeared in Sundays Newspapers
Womcns spring Gowns, Goats and Blouses,
French Lingerie. Cloves and Hosiery.
Dress Silks and Cotton ORES, Fabrics.
Household Linens, Upholstery Fabrics,
French Lace Curtains. Panels and Porticrc,
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French Guns Crush French ms.

There had been no general confiagra-
ton in C. IL is true, for the
Germans had not had time TO fire u as
they have done Systematically Wherever
they could. But there was literally not
a house tina had not been riddled with
shrapnel or disembowclled by the
deadly "marmitcs' that must have fall
len on il in "A perfect inferno of fire.
Picking our way through the debris
that Uttered the streets W" hled IN
through that picture OF desolatlon thal
makes always so striking a background
for a column of infantry advancing.
Poor ruined Villages Of northern
France. There they lie like so many
silent ~graveyards, .acl little house the
tomb of some scattered family's happs-
ness. Where are the simple. peac"
loving country folk that dwelt here
when these windows were squares OF
yellow lampliGht, not, as now, bank
as holes In a skull? The men away
at the war or already in their graves ;
the women and children refugees In
the south. dependent upon charity, The
pity of il all is that the French guns
have done and have had to DO the
material damage.
When the Germans marched back IN
August there was no resistance to their
dflN illAfs AfuN . 'f'P
close on their heels that they were
sed out in September, II Is fright
full to think that only at such a price
can the French regain their conquered
territory. If the enemy are 10 he
driven across the frontier does II not
mean that every town and village be-
tween must he laid In ruins? The al
tentative is staggering.
At c. our quarters are most
picturesque. They are the wine cellars
Of the villages two chateiuX. Her"
the soldiers have been able TO brlng
straw, coal and candles, and with a good
roof over their heads. safe from shells
and from rain, enjoy a degree of ON
fort quite exceptional for "A position
where the crack of tn. German mausers
as they suipe at sentinels seems AT our
very doors and where the mitrailleuse
upon the hillside could rake our cellar
door itself were II not for the en-
,irslinp groves,
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Alan Seeger. American Vol
untper at Front. Tells
Of Necessity.
NOT \ HOUSE LEFT
IN ONE VILLAGE

Nv. Alan Secyer. serving al the front
al France With the American volunteers
~ the Foreign Legion. has sent back
another letter to THE SUN correspondent
IN Paris. The letter IRA begun on ian
"dry 81 and apparently finished about
FsOrMaru ;.
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The remaining days of the February Sales o
Artistic and Practical Furnit,

MILL. present further emphatic reductions in broken suites and odd
" Living Room, Dining Room and Bedroom. Including the following:
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-02-25
GRIFFITH ITEMS.

Mrs. Anthony Robis visited her
mother, Mrs. Black, Saturday.
Elder Angclbargcr of the "Sev-
enth Day Adventist church, at
Eleventh and Kalamath, Denver,
gives weekly Bible readings at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Smaltz on
Cottage Lane. The meeting to-
night Thursday will be on "Thc
Seven Last Plaques The meet
ings have been very interesting as
well as instructive.
Mr.. Il. a. Pcrrian arrived home
Sunday morning from business
trip to New York.
Mrs. Blake entertained on Wed.
ncsday Mrs, Hastings, a daughter
and sister of Denver.
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We are glad to hear that MIR,
Fred Young who underwent ser
ious operation at the Mercy hos
pital about two weeks ago, Is get
ting along very well.
Mrs. Fiddler of Crescent spent
a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Mmson, and called on some
Of her old neighbors and friends
at Griffith.
Mr.. Myers and family left Mon
day for their old home i'll Indiana,
The youngest daughter OF Mr.,
and Mrs. Black who has been quite
sick, is improving.
The Griffith lane sewing club
will meet with Mrs. Mills Thurs
day afternoon
The Griffith Card club met at
Mr.. and Mrs. Mussers last Satw-
day night. Delicious refreshments
Of ice cream and cake were sery-
ed. Mrs. Baxter and Mr.. Songer
won first prizes.
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Saturday Evening 10 p. m-Good Shoe Weather

An agent called on the edito
Wednesday and attempted to sell
him a device to protect him from
INSCRIPTIONS persons who might
be tempted to raise" his checks.
We didn't purchase because we
have trouble enough raising"
our own checks. Anyway. the
the blamed thing would have
cost us 500.
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Mems
soc
Heavy Bib
Overalls
75c
DENVER VIEW.

Mesdames VIM. Fraize. +. NJ.
Fraize and Wilson were Denver
shoppers Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Keyeliu
have moved ont TO Byron Smith S
They are expecting TO make Den
yer View their home in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Giltner en-