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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
ONCE A CIVILIAN is INSIDE THE
LINES, NOBODY is INTER
ESTED IN HIM.

Once inside the final Gordon of sentries, the
civilian at the war attracts but very little at
tenton. People do not know who he is and do
not care. but they realize that he could not
have got there without proper authority, and as
everybody is very busy with his own part of the
great transaction the civilian sinks into the
comparative insignfcance which he should
rightly occupy. Ny own personal feeling was
one Of regret that | was not able TO do some
thing to help in what was going on. When |
reached the great battle | was very confused
at first as to what was happening; but had
with me two most excellent young officers who
explained the position. ! was reluctant 10 use
their services, and was greatly relieved to find
that while showing me what was taking place,
which they did by signs, for the noise was far
too terrific to permit conversation except in
yells, they were carrying out part Of their APP
pointed work of observation and were busily
making notes
Does the civilian incur danger in war? Il
is. of course, the object of military authorl-
ties to see that ne is kept safe as possible
but in these days of snpers stray bullets,
shell fragments and what not. he must share
TO some extent, however carefully guarded,
the dangers of the day. | have had num-
Der of narrow escapes in the war. Everybody
has had. | did not like il. | do not believe
that any one does. | cannot conceive that
anybody likes to be in village that is being
shelled or in an open space that is being
shelled, or in a motor going along road
that is being shelled. | have noticed that the
older and more experienced the soldier the
less he takes chances There are chances even
in looking through periscopes at consider
able distance from the enemy.
There are chances in shelterng behind the
walls of sheled towns, for the freaks Of shell
fragments are extraordinary, as are the freaks
of artillery bombardment. In some villages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
Under the Modest Heading, "A Ci0amS Impressions the War;, the
Master of English Journalism Wrtes of His Visit
Four Million Fighting Men,

one will find the whole of both sides Of
street down, with the exception Of. here and
there, cottage absolutely untouched. The
effect on the earth of one of these terrific bonn
bardments is to furrow it, plough it and make
deep holes in it, as though some upheayal Of
Nature had taken place. Occasionally one
will find a whole area bombarded entirely on.
of cognition-buildings, trees and trenches
so smashed and destroyed as to give much the
effect of the two scenes of earthquake | have
witnessed in the course of my travels. Very
often, owing to misinformation, the enemy has
bombarded for two or three days points that
have not been occupied at all. 1t is not true
that every bullet has its billet and that every
she'll does material damage. Men are 50
clever in concealing the whereabouts of them
selves and their guns in the present kind OF
warfare that I do not suppose one shell IN
hundred has any bearing upon a military re-
suit great many of the people who real
these lines will have seen shells made, and one
regrets the waste of human effort in this hor-
rible but, unfortunately, necessary business.
When first went into the war zones in the
early days of the great conflict the soldiers
were as strange to the war as civilians are
now, but they have learned much. Above all,
they have learned never to show themselves.
They are infinitely more careful than is
civilian on his first visit. 1--WE never go along
such and such route on dry day. said an
officer, because the dust raised by the motor
reveals our presence. We never 90
along that road at night because the Germans
believe we bring up supplies or reliefs by that
route. We long ceased wearing that
kind of cap, because when wet the sun glistens
on it and it forms kind of Photograph"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

Waiting, and ominous, are vast arrays of
ambulances both horse and motor.
Then one comes across huge reserve stores
of ammunition. II has been stated that up to
the time at which I write the Germans have
fired fifteen millions of shells during the bat
ties for Verdun.
A million is very large number People
use the terms thousands, hundreds Of thou
sands and millions glibly and rather vaguely.
Certain it is, however, that the French, when |
was with them. had millions Of reserve shells.
| counted certain sections containing thou
sand shells, and could judge roughly how many
times the amount of space occupied was repre-
scented by quantities Of other shells of the same
size which / saw. 1t was in this way easy TO
arrive at the fact that of great and little shells
the French had many millions. Shells for the
75-or the British 3-inch-gun take up com
paratively little space when standing on end.
But it is not only ammunition and soldiers
that are going along the road to the battle.
There are the great supplies of bread and
meat. The French, covering their Paris motor
omnibuses with perforated zinc, transformed
them into meat wagons. Everything now goes
to the battle on wheels. 1t is not often that one
sees soldiers marching along the roads as in
the old days of war. AS far as possible they
travel by train or motor. A soldier must not
arrive in the trenches foot weary. He is there
fore taken as near as possible to the firing
line. which he enters by means Of long deep
trench, called a communication trench, and
commences the mysterious life Of the human
mole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
md MUSIC HAS NO PLACE IN THE
GRIM BUSINESS OF MOD
ERN WARFARE.

1t is rarely that one hears bands in modern
war. Once, on my way to the battle of Yer
dun, came across something that looked like
a war picture-a squadron Of lancers with
their pennants gayly streaming, preceded by
cove of buclers.
For the rest this war is a horrible, grim,
r,c,.aH..4 q! business. Drayery, Of course, still
counts, and British ard French bravery has
done much to meet the superiority in big guns
which the Germans undoubtedly had at the
beginning.
Considerably away from the firing line, five,
eight, ten, or even twenty-five miles, are the
headquarters of the various armies. War is
not directed from the battlefield as of yore.
The idea of Napoleon and Wellington cycling
each other through telescopes, which 1t IS
alleged they did, seems ridiculous TO a modern
soldier who has not seen the little field OF
Waterloo. The German and French generals
at the battle of Verdun were always at Least
twenty miles apart. The headquarters OF
general might be the headquarters Of railway
contractor, with its maps, plans, clerks, type
writer's and innumerable telephones. There
is nearly always a wireless station outside
where the various communicates can be read.
Ny experience of such headquarters. and |
have been to good many, is that there is ap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
THE GERMAN SOLDIER. THOUGH
BRAVE, IS NOT ADEPT
AT STUNTS"

OF the many devices to trick and deceive
the enemy will not speak. They have multi
piled amazingly during the long, weary months
since the beginning of the war. believe the
British army with the Canadians and Aus
tralans, is preeminent in inventing all kinds
of surprises. have elsewhere referred to the
fact chat German prisoners at Verdun spoke
to me of their satisfaction at being away from
Ypres, where the ferocious British are. Gu:
soldiers are individual. They embark on little
individual enterprises, or stunts to use the
American slang word they have adopted. The
German, though a good soldier when advanc-
ing with numbers under strict discipline, IS
not so clever at these devices. He was never
taught them before the war, and his whole
training from childhood upward has been to
obey, and to obey in numbers. He has not
played individual games. Football, which de-
velops individuality, has only been introduced
into Germany in comparatively recent times.
His amusements have been gymnastic dlsci-
pine to the word of command, and swimming
and diving displays of like kind, at which the
Germans are very wonderful. 1t is A grave
reflection on the deeds of British or French
They are brave, but in way different from
our kind of bravery. They do not take war
in the British spirit, which they consider %
be frivolous and too much akin to sport, or in
the French spirit, which is that of the fierce
ness that comes to men who are defending
their native land
Germans are naturally, so far as the Prus
slams and Bavarians are concerned, extremely
cruel. German non-commissioned officers
when taken prisoners with their men treat
their private soldiers with bullying savagery
that is astonishing, and officer prisoners de-
cline absolutely to pay any attention to their
men, even though they have been wounded.
French officer who had been taken prisoner By
the Germans told me that though the Germans
treated their lightly wounded men with ex-
IRENE care, because they wished to get them
back into the firing line quickly, the very badly
wounded cases were neglected until the last.
Indeed, the wounded man is not the hero in
war that we make him at home. He is well
looked after, but the chief object of an army
is to get fit men where they can do most work
and to get them forward as rapidly as pos
sible Thus it is that the advance of new men
to the battle from places where they are be-
ing rested, together with their supplies, takes
precedence of everything on the road or rail
way. The object of both sides is TO win; and
while, as | say, every care is taken Of the
wounded priority is given to the forwarding
of fighting men.
France is so we'll supplied with roads that
often as not certain road is reserved for
traffic going TO the battle, and another for that
which is returning. | often wonder what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
JIG-SAW PUZZLES AND MOUTH Or
CANS AS ANTIDOTES FOR
POISON GASES.

Much is being done to provide amusements
for the soldiers. They cannot get too much.
The fact that they are satisfied with very
simple relaxations proves how great is the in
tensity of the strain upon them Gramophoneg,
mouth Organs, jig-saw puzzles, card games
and, above all, books, magazines and newspa-
pers they must have in unlimited quantities.
You who read this in some comfortable rail
way carriage or cosey corner at home SHOULD
picture for minute what il is TO stand for
days under shell fire and sniping in trenches,
wet or fine, night or day, or TO crouch in tiny
dug-outs by the light of single candle, never
to know when the enemy may advance or when
you may be called upon TO advance, never
knowing when you may be exposed to gas at
tack or the fall of monster explosive shell.
never knowing when the ground beneath your
feet may burst and envelop you in part Of
crater caused by mine.
Looking back upon my fleeing visits to thu
war, they seem like fragments Of dreams Of
some strange world that does not exist And
yet you have but TO glance at your newspaper
any morning to know that scattered about in
the various war theatres are millions of our
kith and kin, and others dear TO US, riskng all
for the safety of those at home and the honor
of the British name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
THE SCIENCE OF HEALING HAS KEPT
PACE WITH SCIENCE OF MANNING.

Though the precision and violence of mod
ein weapons may have greatly increased the
danger of warfare, science, Listerism and me-
chanical ingenuity have come TO the rescue
by providing all sorts of means by which the
lives of the wounded are saved. Chief among
these i. the motor ambulance, which swiftly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

uTIS a strange sensation, that Of being the
only man in civilian clothes among hun
4 dreds Of thousands of soldiers
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
WEATHER STOPS bIC
 GULF TOURNAMENT
Decided to Hold it Next Week. More Handicaps
 Listed

Because of the wet condition of the course the golf tournament scheduled for today and tomorrow /has been postponed for one week Weather permitting, the tournament will be held next Saturday and Sunday.
 More interest has been exhibited in this than in any sporting event for some time. Almost every golf player in the city has signified intention of participating. The handicapping has been done with such care that it is certain that each player has an equal chance of winning the trophy.
 Since publishing last list of handi- ,caps, several have been added to the list.
 Dr. R. B. Brownfield. 32; II. M Fen nemore, 35: Sims Ely, 40; Judge Ed ward Kent, 40; A. H. Matthews, 32; Dean Scarlett, 32; Guy Nose;y, l5; k F. Moore, 8; II. W. Asbury, 40 F. l. OMalley, 40; Mrs Fred Woolsey, SO Mrs. Geo. Olney, SO; r. W. Griffin, 2S All players who have not yet re ceived handicap should without de lay advise the greens committee, Gu Noll chairman, of that fact
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
COYOTES TO CLASH
 WITH ACRE C|TY
Second Practice Game to Come Off Today In Spite
 of Weather

The Coyotes will play their second big practice game this afternoon on the Polk street diamond at 3 o'clock will probably be the hardest game the Coyotes will have to play for some time. And it is for this reason that a large crowd is expected to witness the great battle. The grounds are now in first-class condition and will be all right for the big game.
 Acre City is one of the fastest ball clubs in the valley at the present time. having been playing ball all winter with crack teams. To win this game Coach Osborne has selected for his lineup the fastest ball players on his list. Dick Heflin will pitch, with Westfal behind the bat. With a battery like this. P. H. s. stands a mighty good chance to win.
 The Acre City boys have not yet decided on their lineup, but will have a good strong team on the diamond when the umps call play ball"
 The Coyotes will play the following lineup to start the game: Lyall shortstop; Walters. center field; Brit tain. second base; WestfalI. catcher: Adams, left field; Goldberg, thirC base; Seaman, right field; Jewett first base: Tweddle, pitcher. Pau Jerry will umpire. Official scorer Earl Galpin Time of game. o'clocl sharp. Place, Polk street diamond Admission free
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
PAST YEAR BAD F0R BALL TEAMS
 BUT AT TENDANCE SAYS DIFFERENT

tendance of 1,17S,30S At first glance this would appear to be d serious de- lection, but when the varying condi- tions are taken into consideration the showing is little short of remark able
 The Federal league attracted many fans in certain cities where the In dependence league played against Or Sanized interests, while the automo- bile, motorboat, golf and tennis also opened new fields for fans to an eX- tent never dreamed of six years ago. With a readjustment of circuits and a general strengthening of all the clubs of the National and American leagues, making for a closer and more interesting pennant race in both cir cults, there appears to be no reason why major league baseball should not surpass all previous attendance fig ures within the next few years, if prosperous business conditions prevail throughout the nation.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
GETS MEETING IF
 STATE R|FLEMEN
Crack Shots Will Hold Shoot April F to 15; Much h.
 tercst Manifest

The annual Southwestern rifle match. to be held under the aus pices of the Arizona State Rifle As sociation, will be held in the city of Tucson on April F. F. II and 15, 1916, according to an announcement that was made yesterday by Adju- tant General Charles W. Harris
 There are at the present time tven- ty-three affiliated clubs in the assv- citation. 1t is probable that all of these organizations will be repre- sented at the meet. Among those that will participate will be the national guard team and the regular army team. There will be a number of valuable cash prizes. together with a number of cups which will be do- mated to the riflemen making the highest scores.
 Cups are to be furnished by the governor. the adjutant general. the secretary of the state organization and also by other officers of the as SOCIation.
 Phoenix will undoubtedly be well represented in the coming event. The local crack shots hope to win a good ly share of the trophies and cash Arizona is one of the states that
 ranks high in the matter of rifle or ganizations and much interest is be- ing displayed in formulating the de tails for the spring meet Colonel ! Harris is at the present time pre- pairing small booklet giving all de
 tails of the coming match. This vii
 he ready for distribution within I few days.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

reveal a candidate worthy of support.
 Johnny Kilbane so far OutClasseS boys 1f his weight that the class has degenerated into a pursuit race, with the champion riding easy and the rest far back. As for Ted CKid) Lewis, the newly accepted WelterWeight cham pion, he looks to be as safe from at tacks by men in the 142-pOund divi- sion as Kilbane does among the feath- CTS.
 Considerable interest is manifested in the coming of Darcy to this country in search of additional prestige and the subsequent wealth that accrues, and q situation that never has been satisfac- torilv cleared since Stanley Ketchel went to his untimely death will be settled. il is confidently predicted.
 Battle Would Decide Title ! Gibbons stands out in bold relief from the middleWeigh;s of America. ! much in the same manner as that en-
 ioyed by Darcy in the antipodes, and a meeting between them over tWen- i ty-rourd route would settle beyond al
 question a dispute that has been rag i Ing. SlQce ketCHel QleU anu lell III
 class without an accepted leader.
 Prospects of this and the revival c
 the walterWeight division offer suffi
 cient food for fistic fans to digest il
 the next year. Extremely bright ar , the hopes that Lewis step in claiming
 the welterweight title will inspire mel
 of that class to become active an 2 again put the division wherein ther
 was so much interest twelve years az } back to its vaunted position in the his } tory of boxing. , Those ranting for the scalp of Fred die Welsh might also be relieved l the Brtton will gather courage enoug f to accept a challenge for his title ove ? a championship journey. But there : nothing to do but wait and let the de T veloplnents of the next twelve month | share their own course
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
SPORTING NEWS

NEW YORK. Jan. 21-Aithough the past season is usually referred to as one of the worst, from financial standpoint in the history of profes sional baseball, the attendance figures do not bear out this statement. While q number of the minor leagues suf- fered heavy losses, the majors wealth cred period of extremely trying con- ditions in a satisfactory manner. Carefully compiled, although unoffi- cial, attendance figures for the season of 1915 place the attendance in the National league at 3,235,0O0 and the American league at 2,964,400, giving q total of 6,199,S00.
 Going back 10 1909, which is gen orally conceded 10 be one of the best years in big league baseball in many seasons, the record books show that the aggregate attendance in the two major leagues was G37S.10S. A com parison of the figures for 1909 and 1915 indicates a falling off in at
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

How many Of the champions in the world of fistiana now will be qualified to wear the mantle of fistic pre-em- thence in their respective classes when another year has fled?
 Swiftly moving time has wrought great changes in the lives of athletes since the worlds inception, and the destiny of all men is shaped without regard for color, size. or wealth. May be all of those who stalk in the realm of Queensberry possessed of champion ship laurcls might by the irony of flte, be started on the road that leads to athletic oblivion before the birth of a new year
 Two Champions in Danger None would care to venture pre- dictlon that any of the present title holders won't be at the top in another ycar, but all agree that destiny works strange pranks and the slightest slip might mean a shattered idol. Viewing the Queensberry leaders in ) apparent security it would seem tha few changes if any, will develop in tn next twelve months Two of them 1 however are tOtterlng on thelr pedes l tals and might possibly tumble. Fred die Welsh can escape impending dis aster if ne persists in sidestepping ev ! eryDody with chance to whip hir in twenty rounds, and Kid William. bantamWeight crown seems to b hanging by a thread, but safe from de signs of the present crop of chal l lengers.
 Darcey on Gibbons Trail
 So far as the rest go. unless it b Mike Gibbons. on whom Les Darcy, tn sensational Australian. has designs ] they look safe for at least anothe year. Some might think Frank Mora has a chance to relieve Jess Willard ( his laurels, but the betting is moI than even that he won't. If the Pitts
 burgher, can't then a Geep search tha ranks of the heaVyWeights doesn
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

Tom Marian, athletic editor Herb Hershman, joke editor. Dorothy Palmer, joke editor. Maude Stewart, society editor Glen Jones, music and drama. Perry Casey, photographer. Sid Meyers, alumni editor. Harry Bern, art editor.
 Wells Abbott, class poet. Elizabeth Raley, class historian. Norma Brace, class prophet.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
LASSEN IN ERUPTION

BEDDING, Jan. 1.-L2ssen Peak. after a long period of quiet, burst into flame tonight and for more than half an hour q vivid illumination of vary ing intensity was visible from Bedding which is 40 miles from the mountain. No reports have been received yet as to whether CT not the outbreak caused damage. rs
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

An assembly was held yesterday morning to boost the Y. NJ. C. A. fec- ture course and to make it known to the students that the next play on the ~ course would be "The Ser want in the House"
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
CET IF PETER TIE GREAT TAKE MOST
 CO|N LAST YEAR

At the suggestion of a well known breeder of trotting horses, the race and money winners at the Grand Cir cult meets during the season of 1915 were tabulated into family groups, so as to show which families are in the forefront and which are retrograding. The get of Peter the Great dominated this year as it did in 1914, and the inference is that it will continue to do so just as long as his produce re- tain racing age. Interest in the de- Velopment of a second generation is centered on the outcome of which son or sons. if any, will prove to be as great or even greater than Peter himself. The .8ingens and other sub families of Electioneers, combined Won about 5000 more in cash prizes on the circuit. but Peter the Great carried premium honors.
 Following are a few of the leading strains in the order of races and money pries won in 1915:
 Money
 Wor Peter the Great 3l r 3 s-$7o,45> Bingen family
 and Election
 eers ........ 4G 34 30 45- 72 ,50( Taron Wilkes
 family ...... 19 g g H. 49,1G. Alcyone family l6 24 s 16- 47,S5( ANteu family. l2 1S 15 ' 25,0S1 Wilkes Boy
 family ..... II 1G & 21,31l onward family F I r r. 1894:
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

Does Latin give 20 per cent polish and so per cent. conceit in your case?
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

Discovered: Shorthand is harder than German.
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22

In ye olden time they were known as literary men who travelled exten-
Arizona republican., 1916-01-22
Another Little Poem by the Judge


 Another Little Poem by the Judge If We can keep 'em out of jail And away from devilish ale, We're conquered where the mighty
 fail. And l wonder where they will be found When lifes last bugle sounds. For better or for worse we'll have to
 sigh,
 They were once members of PhOe- nix high.
 Perhaps you would like to know those on the Annual staff this year. Well. here it is
 Lila Britain, editor-in- chief Wallace Kolberg, business manager. Donald Willard. associate editor