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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
ENVOY WARNS CHINA
OF JAPANESE PLANS
Toxic Seeking British Approval
of Her Scheme.

Picking. May 15.-Alfred SEE, the
Chinese Minister in London, has wired
TO the Foreign Office urging that the
North and South reconcile their diff
ferences as soon as possible, in order
10 prevent foreign Intervention. He
advised that the Japanese Ambassador
in London was constantly seeking TO
get the British government to grant
Japan a free hand in China, and that
England has not given a formal an
swer, but would probably be influenced
by the conduct of the various factions
in China.
The japanese legation in Picking has
emphatically denied the Toxic report
that Russia has agreed to give Japan
clear hand in maintaining peace in
China. However, the Chinese press
very generally credits the reports
printed in the Japanese newspapers
and momentarilly expects an announce
ment Of the conclusion of the treaty.
Chinese newspapers declare that
Russia has been able TO force other
members of the Entente into an agree
ment to recognize Japan's special posi-
tion as director of Far Eastern affairs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
ASKS HUNGARIANS
HERETO BELOYAL
Konta Says Their Duty Is
to u. S.-CallS Those
Who Leave Traitors.

The hyphen will never be laid to ting
Hungarian American If he keeps his
oath TO this country and sticks to his
duty, which is here. Alexander Konta
told his fellow countrymen in an ad-
dress at the dedication of Hungarian
American flags at the Uriah Hill, jr..
school, at Peekskill. yesterday.
"Let Hungarian-Americans reflect
well upon the step which Is so much
discussed now" he said, "the step
which so many Of us have already de-
cided TO take-that Of repatriation al
ter the restoration Of peace. Every
one who returns to Hungary, repudiates
his American citizenship and resumes
his status as an Hungarian subject will
prove by his action that all charges of
disloyalty which have been brought
against us were true. He will prove
that dual allegiance is not an inven-
ton, but a real danger TO this Republic.
"He will prove that to an Hungarian
an oath is not sacred, but a convenience,
to be disregarded when it serves his
purpose. lie will prove that the hyphen
is all that the native American con-
ceives it 10 be-a weakness in the body
polite, unreliable in hours of storm
and stress, the cloak Of every possible
treachery.
"You have sworn allegiance of your
own free will, of your own conviction,
after mature deliberation. That oath
stands, and nothing can affect its sane
tity. You cannot 20 back. Your first
duty is here.
"You are the pioneers Of Hungarian
immigration in America, the children
Of a thousand years Of survival in the
struggle for existence; but, far greater
still, the fathers and mothers of a new,
a strong, a welcome and trusted strain
in the making Of the Americans Of to-
morrow.
THAT Is what you have done in thirty
years Of labor. The Old World has
learned 20 respect Hungary in q thou
sand years. You have won the respect
of the New World in thirty. VIII you
throw this away because fer the mo-
ment you feel that you are being I'M
Justly treated | know better. Keep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
RUSSIA'S PRISONERS
DIE FROM NEGLECT
American Reports Bad Condl.
lions in Camp at Orenburg.

Vienna, May 14.-Seventeen thousand
Austro-Hungarian prisoners Of war
out Of about $4,000 confined In the
camp at orenburg, Eastern Russia.
have died, owing to the absence Of
good sanitary measures. bad food. lack
Of clothing and exposure to the cold,
according TO report No. $3.50 Of tho
American Embassy at Petrograd, dated
March 10, 1915.
This report. evidently by an attache
of the Petrograd embassy, charges the
governor of the Orenburg camp with
having misappropriated large sums and
Of paying no attention to the COM
plants of prisoners.
Though accurate figures are still
lacking, it is believed that so far more
than 80 per cent of all Austro-Hun-
garian prisoners In Russia have died,
most of them from camp or filth dis
eases, typhus having the lead.
Attached 10 the report is state
ment by the Investigator that after he
had been in camp at Orenburg the Rus
sian authorities prevented him from
visiting other points and that for this
reason he had made up his mind to re-
port of what he had seen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
TRAVELLERS GET LEMON
RUB LEAVING GERMANY
Searched at Frontier for Military
Maps and Notes.

warnemuende, Germany, May 10
The last impression a traveller leaving
Germany Is likely TO have Is that OF
'1emon rub"-a measure intended TO
bring to light, or efface, any maps and
military information intrusted to the
suspects skin.
At certain frontier point i27 per-
sons were treated to the lemon rub In
March, and an officer said that sew
eral long term imprisonments had re-
suited. Actual spying was done by
men, but the information was in most
cases carried out by women.
IL has now become almost impossible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
GERMANS LOSE IN AFRICA
British Capture Neu Langenberg and
Invest Marema.

London. May 3o-The British force
invading German East Africa from the
southwest has made still further prog
ress, according TO an official statement
tonight which says:
"Brigadier General Northey's opera
tons against Neu Langenberg (north Of
Lake Niassa) were successful. The en-
envy was compelled to exacuate the
town. We occupied it to-day, captur-
ing large quantities Of ammunition,
food and stores.
"An enemy garrison holding Marema,
twenty-three miles east-northeast of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
REICHSTAGE TO BE ASKED
FOR $4,000, 000, 900

Berlin. May 30. The
credit to be asked in the
Reichstag within a few days
will be $1,000. 100000
marks $4,000. .000).
says the -'Berliner Tagc-
bIatt." and not 10000 OO,
900, marks. as previously
announced.
Great Britain added last
week to its war credits a
vote Of 81, 100000. 900.
making a total of $3,000.-
100000 voted by the House
of Commons since the be-
ginning of the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31

Abercorn Con the Rhodesian border'
has been invested"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
clared. was calculated to prevent the

clared, was calculated to prevent the
neutral powers from mediating in be-
half of peace. Herr Noske especially
objected to Herr Hirsch's Seeding
added:
There Is no disposition among the
further hundreds Of thousands Of
German people TO hazard the lives OF
fantastic plans OF conquest. The peo-
pie at the front and at home want no
more bloodshed. The masses reject the
thought of continuing the war until
peoples are bled white. That would be
a crime. Humanity needs a permanent
understanding"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31

your oaths. BE true to your allegiance
Stand up for your rights. but stand up
10 your duties"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
PLEA FOR MEDIATION
VOICED IN REICHSTAG
Socialist Objects to Fellow Dep
uty's "ScOlding" Wilson.

Berlin, May 3O.-In the Reichstag to-
day Gustav Noske, Socialist, protested
against the speech OF Herr Hirsch, Ma
tional-Liberal, Of Essen. which, he de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31

and language are given numbers. n.
and police and military official a,y h.
sticks to the traveller like his shaSor
II shows TO what extent he IL obsa,'
ious and fixes his treatment AZ ~,
border automatically.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31

to cross q border Of the Central Pow
ers. Permits and vises have been
standardized in Germany, Austria-hun-
gary. Bulgaria and Turkey and getting
them is difficult.
People who travel great deal, OF
who have been indiscreet in conduct
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1916-11-03
TulGfd6es g(ns.

Sir 8.rfu6e CUR Seritellung optis
f6en 0lufes purben bon Den taiier,
lihen por3eQanz uno 9lasmanuFats
turen bel petersburg bisber 100000
Rubsl ousgsgeben. Oas MiniIterium
be5 taiierliden !6ofes foroert ae9en.
tpdrtig pom Miniiterrat bic getpiqi.
gung Der ousgegebenen Summe aus
ben augemeinsn Stsuermitteln, fans
oas 8riegsminifterium innerbalb Der
nG6iten 3ebn Sabre be; Der taiierIihsr
9Iasmanufattur ni4t geIteuungen i'm
9eniigenben llmfang MAIDEN Ioute, uir
bic eniitanoenen untoiten gu heden.
Gs mirb bebduptet, baB Die 8erfufi
gu einelu tsfrieoisenoen Grgebnis oes
fiibrt BADEN uno odB Ole taiIerIi6e
8lasmanufattur beabfhtige, unter
Mitpirtung elmer Der sr0Bten optif6en
5irmen Gnglanbs bic Ma7enfobrita.
tion optiT6er 8ldier 3u iibernebmen.
gisher tit aus 3ablreid)en 8eriuden
CUR Seritellung optiider 8ldfer in
8ubIanb ni6ts 9eporben, 70 oab bic
Ter Sptimismus iebt Remembering
erregen mub. Die porforQlifen 81.
nanamobndbmsn Der taserlihen 8las.
mdnufattur luIien nidt geraoe auF Elm
befonberes Selbftpertrausn fdlisben
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1916-11-03

uns fopiel bon Sans 5riebri9 unb bon
Gberbaro er8dblt. Wir piFen aud
f4on DieI bon Dir, Mdmu. 0sin Bib
bate uns Popd aud f9on einmal nit
gebra6t."
9ieie 9sr3en geborten ibr. Bis sum
lsstsn @tem8ugs. Wlaria 9slfreid
mar beTen gepiB. geteno Iegte iie Den
bsioen &naben Die 9onb nuf ibren BEL
len S4siteI. uno flbrte tie gu Glide.
Giner mubte iih gu ibrer Re4ten, Der
anoers gu ibrsr Ginten ieBen. Gle
oben nit ben 8eIteden Der ~gefnuensn
8ruoer- Gum sritsn Male i'm Batter.
bauIs.
6eIfrsi6 f6aute nit bepegtem
Sdmun3eIn gu unb itri9 f6 Den
Bart. Gr ma nun Uieoer Elm frober
W(dnn.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1916-11-03
Die Grl0fune.
Cine Sfi,,s aus unisrcn Iasen; bel
Yaul Burg.

Die petbe 0artentur offnete M
langiam, unb unter Dem grunen, Don
aletterrofen rptour4nirtten 8oger
trat 5rau Wdria SeIfrsi9 bruus aui
ben ionnsnbeaen 8orplaB. sic blist
auf Der SdpsQe 30eerno iteben uni
fhattete Die Queen nit Der @ono.
S6mei6eInb umfIob bas 2iAt bee
friben Quguittaqss ibre oous 0eitalt
pergoloste bic Come ibr rei6gepeu.
tes, blondes 9aar, 5ei9te aber 1ud er'
barmun9sIos ole eritsn iilber9rsiien
SGben barin.
Man bate aud obneoies Grau Sra
ria 9elfreid ni6t mebr fir jung bal
ten t%0nnsn; benn oas Qieo Der nieman.
oen perfdonenoen 3eit bate ibr berbt
Qinien UNI bic Wunbtpintel uno Elm fei
mes 8eGoer in bic Qugenpiutel gegra.
ben. bo8 BON pieIen beiBen 5rdner
fpra6.
Sat- 3psi Sabre mar bic Jrou in
tisfer 9ruu,r einber9egangen; obel
beute trug ie lidte Jarben, Sbrsu
Monne 3uIie6s. ben lie er:partete. UNI
benz lie isBt aud ent9sgensehen tpolte
Sic 8o9erte nod INNER auf Der
S6msue. Queg 2sten. al Der Sum.
mer BON ienem erIten Gage IN Itanf
pieber auf Dor ihr uno beu9te fe ic
JAP gu 9ooen, ooB iie mie bdItiubent
tns oifte Grin Der GlsttsrroIen bsI
Ger psiben Gortsntiir griff,
Gin Tag mie beute mar es gene
len i'm bIubenoen Observation-Disclosures
4u9uIt. 0d erfdou ods furdtbdrt
NOrt: 8riegl 0a 3og nit Dem eritsr
&riegstage 9nls 6rieorih. Der Qels
teite. binaus dus Ieinem Ydterhuie
itritt Der junge iubelnoe !9eto ourd
oteie peiBe 9ir. Batter, Mutter. 8ru.
Der nit ibm. limb ie trugen YIu.
men. trugen t%aufeno 9~offnungsn. unr
i6On nad iieben 2agen mar er tot.
sd bin 10 ihrper oertpunost, 0ab i'd
iterbsn muB. Sbr bdbt ia nod ben
Gbsrboro. 0ergebt mid ni6t!" 0aa
Dar iein IeBter 0rub, Der 3erfest uno
bIutbsfIedt rd6 Wo6en in Der Stern
6dnoe tam. Da mar aus Der iuqenos
friiten blonoen 5rau Wariu eine &c.
brobsns. p~sr3peifelte Wtutter getpors
ben. Sic bate ii6 an ben lsBten un6
Ii ein3igsn Sobn, IN ibren G6erbdro,
getIammert: 9Ieib bu bel mir
sic bate aud ibu hnsebsn mITsn.
ais nds 8aterlano REF. limb duh CT
1T nit Batter uno Wtutter, bIumenges
l6miidt, gu Weibuadt, bur6 bic meiB.
Sir bindu8gegangsn, Quf Nimmsrs
lpie0eriebsn.
Wnfdn9s parsn nod pieIe frobe
Gttete oon Inn getomi1er, oenen DE
Wuttsr entgegenbdrgte. entge9ens
iaut3te ieoeu Sag. Sr ~ftrsngeu
Wintsr. i'm linosn 2en3s itaro is Nm
ter Der peiben 3Ir uno purtete auf
ben 8rieftrdger. BIS iie oaun INNER,
INNER mieber nit Iesren 9Gnoen duf
Der SdipeGe itanb. cine per5peifeIte
Wtutter.
0a pur0e aud Der 10 frobs Outs
bsiiBer !oeIfreih elm gar erniter uno
filler Mann. Der Sammer um feline
6rau ssrriB ibm bos 6sr3. qber sr
tonnte ibr ben Veg, Den tduienomaI
gctunen Weg CUR Iiire, nidt tpebs
rem
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1916-11-03

5sftaniaB 6enfbar 1T. 9iefen efIua
an beitimmter STEELE su perbiiten ooer
frrt5ufhaffen. oermag Der Menf9
nidt uno pirb ME perm0gen. pobl
ober fam er ben 5ettbeitano feines
30rpers iiberboupt in S9rantsn
bdlten.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
New Mexico.

T.. L. Doheny, an Oil man well
known in the state has made inquiries
relating to prospective deposit of oil
near Lakewood.
The Porterfields are operating in
the south end of Chloride Flat, neal
the Mogollon road and have down.
hill pull to the shipping point.
Following the operations on Boston
Hill by Robert Kirchman, which have
resulted in daily shipments of manga
nese ore to the eastern smelters, NJ
w. and w. c.. Porterfield concluded
somewhat lengthy investigation and
negotiations with eastern users OF
manganese metal and have also com
menced shipping this ore.
Geo. r. Moffett, who is and has
been interested in the Jarilla mining
district for good many years, states
that the El Paso smelters, on account
of having more ore than they can
handle, have limited the production
from the Jarillas, to 20 into effect at
once. Each producing mine in the
district is allowed n specified amount
of ore to be shipped to the smelter
each month.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
TOWER VAULTS MoDERNIzE0
Historic Dungeons In London White.
washed and Electrically
Lighted.

London.-Just how unromantic the
official mind can be is illustrated by
the manner In which the dungeons OF
the tower have been handled by the
authorities. For the first time the
vaults in the keep at the tower have
been opened to the public at charge
OF sixpence (12 cents).
But the Office of works has done it's
best to deprive her, of their historic
illusion. 1t has given the dungeons a
coat of whitewash and lighted them
with electric lamps and not even the
presence Of the yeoman of the guard
can make these historic cellars appear
otherwise than commonplace and mod
ern.. True, there is to be seen dark
hole In the wall said to be the famous
Little Ease. but In conjunction with
its up-to-date equipment It is no more
impressive than a passageway In
Whitechapel.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18

by the British for just such a purpose
from an extensive mud fiat.
Although characterized by Caucasi-
an observers as sullen in their politi.
cal antipathies, the Cantonese are q
cheerful. industrious and intelligent
people in their daily lives. They ac-
cept philosophically their many hard.
ships and receive with stoical fortt
tude the visitations of pestilence,
which from time to time remove much
of the surplus population.
Perhaps it was the scarcity OF food
which caused the Cantonese to in
clude in their menus many deli
cacies" not SO classed by western peo-
pie. For example, there is a breed Of
dog which is fattened in this great
city and much priced by those who
can AFFORD more than rice diet. Cats,
hawks and birds nests, are also re-
garded as appetizing viands.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
sHEERNEss is A WAR PORT
Garrison Town and Harbor on Thames
Estuary Are Protected by Mighty
Fortifications.

Sheerness, the pivot point in the
English blockade Of the North sea and
control of all the Channel waters. situ-
ated behind powerful shelter of for
tification on the southern shore of the
Thames estuary. The garrison town
and seaport are situated on the Isle
OF Sheppey where the Midway .estu-
ary joins with the Thames, 81 milee
east of London, and Joined with the
metropolis by the Southeastern and
Chatham railway. Thrown around
the port are a chain of formidable
modern Notifications, opposing such
armament as would make attack b.
an enemy feet almost impossible
There are also extensive barracks
here. and acres of warehouse space
piled high with naval stores. Resi-.
dences for the admiral of the home
fleet and other naval officers constf-
tute the most important part OF the
city.
The dockyard and works OF Sheer
ness. equipped for the carrying out OF
all kinds OF naval repairs. cover about
sixty acres, including three basins and
large modern docks. The harbor IL
spacious and excellent one. Sheer
ness is primarily a war harbor. with
little importance as place of trade.
II has fallen once before the attack
OF hostile fleet. but that was before
the days of formidable ordnance,
when the Dutch admiral De Ruyter
captured the fort of Charles II al
Sheerness on July 70. 1867
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Colorado,

The Leadville mining district is
more active and prosperous than for
years.
No camp in Colorado has surplus
labor. while in many of them a noted
shortage exists.
Announcement was made at Colo
rado Springs by the directors of the
Portland Gold Mining Company that
they will at once begin the construc
tion of tungsten mill near Neder
land.
What is claimed to be the greatest
tungsten strike ever made in the
West was revealed at Silverton by the
transfer of the Holman and Grimes
lease in the Ruby mine in Maggie
gulch, to New York parties. foI
100000.
1t is reported at Rico that a seven
teen-inch vein, assaying s26 per ton
has been opened up in the Buckhorr
tunnel, on Newman hill. This prop
erty adjoins the Pro Patria tunnel
from which such rich shipments o
specimen gold ore was shipped las
year.
The gradual extension of the tung
stem belt into Gilpin. Jefferson ant
Clear Creek counties-where molyb
denite is also produced-means busy
season for the prospector. In Ape1
district, Gilpin county, south of Rol
linsville, tungsten which shows Al pc,
cent in tungstic acid has been found
in the ore veins of leading gold pro
ducer. This tungsten ore is free from
sulphur, while the gold ore produced
is of the sulphide class.
The location of two forms of tung
sten (wolframite and scheelite) in the
Leadville gold belt by Experts Fitch
and Loughlin of the United States
Geological Survey places additional
emphasis upon the problem presented
by the huebnerite ores of the Ward
district, Boulder county, where the
known gold values range from Sc to
$40 per ton. At the present time II
the Ward ore is sold to the smeltei
on a gold basis nothing is allowed fol-
the tungsten. II sold to the Boulder
county mills on tungsten basis the
gold value is ignored on the statement
that the mills do not save both values
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Cocoanut's Three Ewes

Who can tell why the cocoanut has
three eyes? Luther Burbank explains
1t this way:
Cocoanuts usually grow at the edge
OF the sea or rivers. The nuts ar,,
surrounded with thick husk with a.
waterproof covering so that when they
drop into the water they Will float
In floating. the three eyes are always
on top.
Once in the water nature gets busy
From one of the eyes there comes a
shoot which develops broad leaves
like sails. The wind catches the sails
aud watts the cocoanut on a journey
sometimes many miles long. As IL
sails the other two eyes develop rooSa
which at first grow among the 6bers
of the woody husk.
In good season, the cocoanut 1,
swept upon another shore, perhaps ON
another island. The roots imbed
themselves in the soft earth, the sail
becomes the trunk. and a cocoanm
palm is growing where none grew b.
fore.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Wyomlnq.

II is rumored that there are large
tungsten deposits in the shale terri
tory.
1t is rumored that there are large
tungsten deposits in the hills north
Of kemmerer.
An immense oil gusher on Claim No.
of the Greybull Refining Company is
reported at Powell.
The w. T. Head Drilling Company
,f Los Angeles has leased 5000 acres
If land in the Glendo district and will
oegiD drilling for oil.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
Lead, New York, $3.50.
Bar silver, 76ia cents.
Spelter, St Louis, $17.00.
Copper, casting, $2S.621a.
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten, per unit
Of 60 per cent, SEQ; 25 per cent, $34;
10 per cent, S32.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Charged With Electricity, Wire
Barrier Is Studded With
Dead Animals.
sENTINEls on BOTH SIDES
Holland Can Flood Great Area at
First signs Of lnvasion-Diffieult
to Cross the Border-Writer
Describes Some Scenes
Of the War.

Maastricht, Holland.-They tell you
in this town that they have almost for
gotten that there is war Perhaps
they have. for 1t has swept past them
and nobody expects it to come back.
The potteries and breweries, which
are the principal factors in the
towns prosperity, are running full
time and making money; business is
good enough to all appearances, and
the walls are plastered with the ad-
vertisements of innumerable moving
picture houses where French war
movies are listed side by side with
detective dramas filmed in Los An
geles.
But Maastricht saw and heard
enough of the war in those first few
days. Little more than a mile to the
west is the Belgian frontier; 20 miles
on the other side is the German from
tier; 20 miles to the southwest Is
Liege. The town lies almost at the
extremity Of South Limburg-the bot
tle-shaped southwark projection Of
Holland that runs down for some 80
miles before Joining to the rest Of
the country by neck that at one
point is hardly two miles wide. And
while its people may have forgotten
that there is war now, it will be a
long time before they forget those first
days Of August, 1914.
The Germans were coming west
through Belgium-everybody knew
that. Nobody felt sure that they
might not find 1t more convenient to
overrun South Limburg on the way;
and the Dutch army. hastily mobilized
the last day of July. was digging in
along the frontier, while few miles
up the Meuse, on that range of hills
which borders the river at Liege as it
does at Maastricht. General Leman and
his Belgians were sitting behind forts
that everybody thought were impreg-
nable and waiting for the Germans.
During those days while the people
in Maastricht. as in Liege. were wait
tng to see whether the war was COM
ing their way, there passed through
the town 5000 German civilians ex.
PEELED from their homeo in Belgium at
the beginning OF the war, and already
Belgians who thought that Dutch ter
,ftory would be safer than their own
were beginning to move into the town
and district of Maastricht.
Rumors That Germans Crossed.
Limburg. of course, was not invaded.
A legend persists that some German
troops did cross the narrow neck of
the bottle. but nobody has ever found
any proofs. From Aachen. where the
advance troops had been hurriedly
gathered together. General Won En-
mich's army started west toward the
Liege forts. At Verviers and else
where they skirmished with the Bel
gian outposts. Then they came to
Wise. village less than four miles
from the Dutch frontier and little
more than ten from Maastricht.
The people Of this town. who tell
you that they hardly know now that
there is a war. could see the smoke
when Wise was burned-burned SO
thoroughly that the people who live
along the border will tell you there is
not house left standing. That day