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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-20
DRAMATIC TALE OF
CANAL BOAT LIFE
TOLD AT THE LYRIC

Though there may have been many
songs extolling life on the ocean wave,
and innumerabie plays that picture
the deeds and misdeeds Of the social
~ elect, life on our inland waterways
has seldom aroused the interest of the
playwright. Hence "Still Waters"
the story of canal boat life and of the
circus, in which Marguerite Clark Is
featured by the Famous Players Film
company on the Paramount program
al the Lyric theater today only, will
prove of special interest
A company OF players spent three
weeks on the banks OF one OF our
great canals In order to get the scenes
which show little Nesta Marguerite
CLARKE and her old grandfather on
the canal boat. which Is their home.
An entire circus was leased for the
purpose of getting the action which
tfanspires in and around the tent,
when the ring master, having marked
Nesta for his prey, attempts to force
his attentions upon her
In this remarkable combination OF
pastoral romance and gripping drama,
Marguerite has the best opportunity
yet afforded her Of displaying her
wonderful versatility. Already ac-
knowledged as superB in the art of
screen coauetry and generally recos-
nized az one of the most winsome lit
tie misses in motion pictures, Miss
Clark. by her tremendous powers as
dramatic actress, will add to her
laurels as photoplayer. II is sell
dom that a young actress who gains
popularity as an ingenue rises TO any
considerable heights in emotional en-
preston. Therefore the performance
of Miss Clark in "Stll Waters is one
of the most notable of recent screen
achievements.
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TWO EXTRA GOOD
PLAYS AT PASTIME
T0DAY-T0MORR0W

AS a revolution of the inhuman
methods sometimes used by certain
kind of brutal and often ignorant
police captain, "Acuitted," the New
Fine Arts-Triangle play. is said TO
excel anything that has ever been
presented before and to he seen at
the Pastime theater today and to-
morrow
Wilfred Lucas. as a lovahle man
OF family and general good citizen.
gets into the tolls OF the law A
police captsia seeks TO fix the crime
of murder upon him. When his ter
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-20

roristic third degree" methods do
not avail, he sends for his wife. The
daughter comes to accompany her
mother. When the women appear
in the police station, the over-bur-
dened husband and father breaks
down.
Then the weakness of an admis-
sion wrung in a moment or anguish
is shown, but later a dope fiend' is
arrested and Is induced 10 make II
clean breast of his guilt. acquitted
is an adaptation for the screen of a
short story written by Mary Roberts
Hhinehart. Roy Somerville, who is
responsible for the photoplay YER
sion. has had an extensive expert
ence with the methods of certain po-
lice officials during several years oil
life as police reporter.
In addition TO the drama Charhe
Murray and Polly Moran viii be seen
in n screaming two-reel Keystone
comedy entitled His Hereafter
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The f. A. Martin Piano company,
zoe West Gold avenue, are now in
position TO put all kinds of pianos and
player pianos in the very best of con-
dition, an expert tuner and relator
having Just been employed Special
attention will be paid to player-pianos,
and all work guaranteed first-class
Phone 1850 when in want OF tuner
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Scenes al Columbus, y. NJ, after
Villas raid. u teater today only.
NOTICE.

We viii keep open nights until after
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cannot visit the store during the day.
Please call. see the beautiful styles,
get the extremely low prices.
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Every parent and teacher should at
tend the lecture on Birth Control, -
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cts from Y w. G. A. members or at
Matsons Adults only.
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other things. Phone 939.
Or. C. H. Conner
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scenes at Columbus, n. NJ, after
Villas raid. II tiicatcr today only.
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MlARGuERITE SOUSA.

Scenes at Columbus. \. W., after
Villas raid. II tiRater today only.
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"Gentry's eggs 80 cents. Sold by
Jaffa. Maloy and Hawkins.
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Hair dressing. manicuring, facial
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scenes at Columbus, \. NJ, after
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-25
DIALOGUE SERVICE
AT CENTRAL CHURCH

There Is 10 la another popular dla-
.ague sermon at Central Presbyterian
church sunday evening The discus
sion HII be HE three men with refer
ence 10 the question of the bible and
evolution. Hhe pastor. Rev d. A.
Johnson. speaking uE The service. Says.
There are q great many people who
think THAT evolution and the bible are
contradictory So thinks one of the
men who takes part in the discussion
and consequently d5-nradlts the bible
Another man also thinks that the two
cannot be harugnized, but takes the
opposite course lie d5scredits evolu-
ton and accepts the bible The discus
sion iH which these three men engage
al times becomes quite heated. but not
amy more SO than has often taken place
in reality
The dialogue bias been prepared by
Mr.. Johnson, for the purpose @? help
ing those who have real difficulties
along this line. Perhaps there IS often
misconcepti0u Of what evolution
really teaches, and perhaps there is
also q misconcepti0B Of what the bible
really teaches
An invitation is especially extend
ed % the students Of the high school
who more than any others are per
picked by those questions. The pastor
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E
By GORDON BRUCE.

London, July DUTY, courage and eff
cheney
These three words are the summary Of
my weeks trip in the North Sea aboard a
British mine sweeper 1t is hazardous
work, this sweeping the seas for enemy
mines, laid under cover of darkness, by
the small boats Of the Germans.
Previous to my trip dark mantle OF
secrecy had been flung about mine sweep
ing operations. And l was glad when the
Admiralty saw fit to give me glimpse
of what was being done by those mys.
FERROUS boats which go out from certain
naval stations with the regularity OF
clockwork, to return and make a casual
report of so many German mines de-
stroyed.
Sometimes they do not return. Then
there is mourning in certain English
Notwithstanding softened by the
knowledge that the husband or brother
or son went to his death with the tradi-
tional bravery of British seamen; that he
died in the service of his King.
II was while en- route to the naval base
from which | started that | had expert
ence Of another kind of eficiency-that
of the police. Fortified with my Ad-
miralty permit, l left the train at the
point where / had been instructed to take
boat to the mine sweeping station.
Within two seconds after | stepped
from the carriage found myself con-
fronted by a constable. "You are non
resident" he said where is your iden'
tity book" hadn't it with me.
flashed my Admiralty papers but
they did not impress him. The police
had their own job to look after, he ex-
planned most courteously, and pass 10
the Kingdom of Heaven would be worth
less, so far as they were concerned, un-
less stamped by a police official.
And so they carried me away to the
station house, and | was properly grilled
for an hour or so before these cautious
and conservative officers would suffer me
TO proceed
On my arrival at the naval station |
was received cordially by the commodore
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in command. At mess that night there
were a number of visiting officers from
various branches of the service. And
during the evening got some fresh ideas
of what the British navy stands for.
These men told of the most thrilling ex-
periences in the most casual manner.
And each one seemed to consider the
other fellows job most dangerous.
"Those mine sweeping chaps are well
come TO their little berths," said a coast
defence officer. Fancy prowling about
the sea looking for mine to blow
you up"
"Weu. I'd rather fish for mines than
lie in bed waiting for Yep to drop a
bomb on me-" replied the chief NINE
sweeping officer of the station Ana
so on.
They told me much about mine sweep
ing. They explained the method by
which the seas are kept clear Ihey
drew diagrams to illustrate the mechan-
ism of mines, paying due tribute TO the
ingenuity of the enemy. ] was amazed
at the detailed knowledge which they nao
If German activities. They told me when
and where the deadly explosives would
he placed, and certain prophecies made
at that table turned out later to be cor
rect.
But what impressed me was the
bravery and optimism of the men. Fear
is not in their vocabulary; yet there were
nresent four officers whose ships had been
sunk under them. 1t was all in the day S
work.
II was while sitting there that l first
realized that Britain is keeping the seas
clear, not only for her own commerce.
hit the commerce Of the world.
"Of course, there is nothing else for US
70 do" an officer told me. But it has
turned out TO be big contract since the
Germans elected to sow mines in the open
sea Shows how much they care for neu-
trail shipping, doesn't it,"
II was somewhat startling to learn how
many hundreds of boats and thousands
of men are engaged continuously IN har-
yesting those muderOus sea bombs.
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SWEEPERS

all mines are fitted with a device which
renders them harmless when they have
broken from their mooring cables. This
so that innocent or neutral vessels may
find some degree of safety on the high
seas away from the war zones.
But, he said, while the safety attach
ment may be found on the German mines
right enough, somehow it fails to work.
II was very technical, his conversation on
this point, and not easy to grasp in detail.
But gathered enough to know that
springs and valves may be so tempered
with that the mine is quite as deadly
when floating free as when properly
noored.
I found out about it SC on enough, for
next morning we caught another one.
AS the shout from the lookout announced
that the mine had come to the surface
the commander sent below for two rifles.
When they had been brought he produced
several boxes of cartridges containing
leaden bullets.
at may take some time" he said, "but
we will try to explode this one. The lead
will not penetrate the steel walls Of the
air chamber, and after bit we may hit
one Of the horns"
It did take some time-thirty minutes
to be exact-for at eighty yards those five
tiny horns, pungers or triggers, as they
are variously called, do not present much
of a target But at last a chance shot
from our rifles found one of them
There was an explosion that made our
teeth rattle, while huge volume Of black
smoke belched upward into the still air
and a shining column of water shot
straight up through the black cloud to a
height Of fifty or sixty feet.
1t was a remarkable sight. Above the
ominous smoke cloud the column Of water
glistened in the morning sun. Below it
was dull and gray. And both parts Of
this perpendicular jet were visible at one
time-just for a fleeting second. Then
the water poured back through the smoke
and the grim cloud drifted off over the
waste of the North Sea.
. And ne vent On sweeQipe 4 1870
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Fishing they call it. So next morning
went fishing"
It was a hopeful start, because, as we
put out from the quay in the dim light
Of early morning, the captain OF the
sweeper promised faithfully to take me
where the Fishing" was good-where he
was certain the Germans had laid mines.
Another boat, sister to ours, left har-
Tor at the same time. She was our other
half-for British mine sweeping opera
tons require two boats, while the Ger
mans employ but one. The naval men
saw that the latter system is far less
effective and more expensive in the long
run.
For many hours the boats travelled
along side by side. | stood on the bridge
with the captain, who seemed always
there. He was a young man, small OF
figure. but his alert, weather-worn face
showed the stuff he was made FROM he
was modest, and while he talked freely
of the experiences he had encountered
during the last sixteen months, always
the credit went to somebody else, and
never was there any mention of peril.
He preferred to talk of his wife and two
little girls down in Surrey.
A deckhand came up the ladder and
handed up two pneumatic life belts. The
captain silently passed one to me. After
we had fastened them securely he
glanced at the chart and compass. Then
he gave a command and a signal was
flashed to the other boat. Thus the first
nreparations were made for our fish
ing"
The other boat nosed easily alongside.
There was a clanking Of machinery and
she made off again, carrying one end OF
heavy steel cable. Several hundr'd
wards away she resumed her course, while
the cable sagged far down beneath the
surface of the water. That was ALIVE
were sweeping.
Now. them said the skipper, Eve are
en- the Job. The Germans sneak out every
night and sprinkle mines here, here and
here"-indicating the locations on the
chart.
They adjust the mQozia& gables 80
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that the mines will be just under water
at low tide, and a ship cannot possibly
have any warning. Devilish thing
isn't it,"
So we ploughed along-very slowly
keeping abreast of the other vessel, and
with nothing to show that we were con-
nected except few feet Of cable where
it ran down the side into the apparatus
which keeps it below the surface. 1t was
quite monotonous and bit dreamy-thls
crawling along over the North Sea with
nothing happening. And that is what we
did most of the time I was aboard that
vessel. Shooting at ducks and bits OF
driftwood with Winchester rife was the
most pleasing diversion.
It was late in the afternoon that we
made our first catch.
A sudden tightening of the cable made
il clear that we had hit an obstruction.
There was just a slight tremor all
through the boat. Everybody stepped to
the rail and gazed intently into the water.
"That'l be one" said the commander, as
the cable relaxed.
Sure enough, it was zone" The Boche
mine broke the surface Of the water and
floated free, her mooring of one-inch steel
cut off as clearly as if with mighty pair
CT shears. AS it rolled lazily in the swell
it reminded me of a great black turtle
with spikes on its back.
"Now." said the captain, ais where our
fun comes in"
The boat manquvred until the mine lay
about eighty yards to starboard. Four of
the men lined up at the rail AS many
Winchester rifles spoke. Then the men
bent eagerly forward to see what would
be the effect of the volley. Luck was
theirs that time. The steel bullets had
punctured the air chamber of the mine,
and slowly almost reluctantly, it
seemed-the ugly thing sank from sight.
The young commander smiled as he
directed the renewal Of operations.
There goes two hundred pounds of good
German INT" he chuckled. Then he
told me an astounding fact.
Under the Hague regulations, TO which
Germany was a spbscIiber. be explained.
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succeeded in bunting the point OF 'liS
salient, although they have narrowed .ne
neck of the salient little by taking Fri
court. But the French, moving on oo'n
hanks Of the Somme, have driven salient
If their own for some miles eastward
This makes the original German salient
70 the north far more pronounced and Tar
more dangerous, for under pressure a
salient always tends to become an isolated
island, and the troops caught on the island
have to surrender.
II tho French Get Peronne.
If the French get Peronne and get
across the Somme east of this town, the
situation of the Germans in Bapaume VIII
be exceedingly dangerous, the French Will
be so far in their rear If the French ad-
vance should continue east Of Peronne tne
Germans would soon have to leave ba-
paume and go back toward, II nor TO-
Cambria; but Cambria is one of the rail-
road centres vital to their whole line IN
Artois and Flanders.
This business of making salients in an
enemy's line is familiar and yet perplex-
ing detail of trench war. The Germans
used it very effectively against the Rus
SLAMS. The attacking party does not un-
dertake to attack on front Of many hum
dred miles with equal force. He selects
some point that invites him and, first by
artillery and Their by infantry attack, pro-
ceeds to gnaw into the line before him.
If he does not break the line, ne stead
ily wears it inward. His foe, when the
first line is demolished, retires to the sec
ond, then TO the third, perhaps to fourth
or fifth. But this gnawing, as it goes on,
gradually eats a wedge deeply into the
lopposinp line until it is so far in that the
sections to the north and south OF the
gnawed place become exposed to attack
from the south and north, and these at
tacks threaten to isolate these sections
TO make islands of them, as said mo-
ment ago Exactly this now threatens the
Bapaume section of the German line, for
the French are east as well as south of 1t.
But this French advance is producing a
far more dangerous salient in the Ger
man lines. Every one is familiar with the
famous "elbow" the German line in France
makes at Noyon. If you draw line from
Albert to Soissons-both within the Allied
lines-for most Of the way this line will
be the chord of an arc formed by the Ger
man lines. In other words, if the French
advanced north from Scissors and easJ
from Albert their two columns would meet
and they would cut off all the German
troops from Roye to Scissors.
So far the French have made no ad-
vance from Scissors; the ground is ex-
ceedingly unfavorable for them; it is the
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and Austria to the San, yielding Lemberg
a second time
1t Is matter of relatively little i'm
portance where the break in the Central
Powers lines comes, if it does come. What
Will count is the first considerable with
drawal, whether it be East or West, and it
Will count because of the moral rather
than the military significance Germany
Will strain every nerve to hold on, not be.
cause of the value of the Volhynian
Marshes, but because half the world will
attach such Importance to the first re.
treat.
Now, as always, this war must be
viewed as whole--not from the point of
view of the trench lines in Artois or Elan
ders. Remember that the whole Confeder-
acy had practically collapsed before Lees
army was in its turn destroyed, and the
meaning of the events may be grasped.
Russia, France and Britain are now en-
gagged in killing Germans and Austrians.
and in the killing of Austrians Italy is
helping. The four allied powers have for
the first time obtained the offensive-they
are all attacking-their issues are pooled.
A German reverse, an Austrian collapse,
wherever it may occur, will be actually of
the same value in the larger game that
is afoot.
First Detectives Not Gained.
The war may be won for the Allies in
the East quite as completely as in the
West. Germany and Austria may be ex-
hausted by Russian efforts along the Me
men, the Bug and the Dniester quite as
satisfactorily as by the French and Brit
ish on the Somme and the Meuse. The
great problem now is whether Germany,
with Austria, can stand the next four
months Of steady pounding-a pounding
just beginning in the West.
Turning now to the Anglo-French oper.
ations along the Somme, should like to
recall what / said here two weeks ago in
discussing the probable character of "the
Great Drive" which did not actually be-
gin for several days after | had specu.
lated about it.
In that article I pointed out that the
main attack was likely to come between
the Somme and the city of Lille, and that
the immediate detectives on this front
were La Bassee, Lens, Bapaume and
Peronne; that behind these lay the mora
important railroad centres Of Douai, lie
Cateau, Cambria and St. Quentin.
Possession of these by the Allies would
compel the Germans to quit most Of
France.
So far the Allies have not succeeded
in getting hold Of the first detectives.
So far they have therefore failed COM
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pletely. The. French have come within
two miles of Peronne, but this means only
three or four miles of advance in over a
week. The British have just managed to
debouch from Albert and take Fricourt, a
mile or more to the east. Some 10000
haul and not to be compared with the
captures in Champagne last September
or with the German captures in the first
days of Verdun.
If we had seen the last of this Allied
offensive at this date, July 9, it would
be wholly fair to accept the German as
sertions that the Allied gains have not
amounted to much. But the German Of
fetal statements concede that the end
has not come. We may therefore dismiss
the achievement to date with the state
ment that the British have so far done
rather worse than any one expected OF
them, worse than they did at Loos or
Neuve Chapelle, while the French have
totally Unexpectedly gained considerable
ground and given clear evidence that Yer
dun has not exhausted their numbers or
diminished their value.
Operations May Be Feint.
Looking ahead now, we may discuss,
first. the value of a real success IN the
district in which the attack has been
made, and, secondly, the Typographical de-
tails of the region. But / desire to eau
ton my readers that we do not yet know
certainly that the attack will be pressed a.
the point where it was begun. The present
operation may yet prove feint and the
true thrust be made to the north from
Arras or from Bethune or even from
Ypres.
Granting, however, that the Anglo
French attack has disclosed the direction
of the main operation, what will happen
if it is successfully pressed home? We.
see that the French are almost at
Peronne, the British striking north and
south for Bapaume. The French seem
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fairly likely to take Peronne; the British
prospect is less encouraging.
Before the present struggle the German
front south of Arras cut far into the
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Allied line in a deep salient between AL
bert and Arras, crossing the Albert-Arras
section of the Paris-Dunquerque railroad.
Despite their efforts the British have not