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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
REEF. IRON AND WINE

BEEF. IRON AND WINE by Jack Lat. i2mo.
pp. 3l5. Doubleday, Paee * co.
Mr.. Lait haS won fame as the writer,
for more than year now, of daily
human interest" story for a Chicago
newspaper. In addition to this as
founding output, we are informed, he
is writing a series of short stories for
one of our popular magazines, not to
mention other activities which, COM
bned, threaten to challenge the record
for industry of the author of the
original Nick Carter stories. Mr.. Lait
started life as city waif. became a
professional baseball player, went 20
college, was book agent for a while,
and then served the press as police and
baseball reporter, political writer, dra-
matte critic, war correspondent, feat
ure writer" and newspaper proprietor,
not to mention his experiences as
theatrical press agent, promoter Of
stars and playwright An astounding
career-that of veritable rolling
stone, who, however, has in the process
OF rolling hither and thither and every
where, up hill and down, managed to
gather an enormous amount of material
for his literary labors.
This volume contains some thirty o.
his stories-just the sort of stories,
each and every one of them, which the
reader of daily paper will learn soon
to look for. They are just that good
newspaper stories of all phases OF city
life. of all kinds and manners. Of
men and women. To invite comparison
Of Mr. Lait with o. Henry is, to say the
least. premature. and as yet dangerous
for him. But his book is all that d
book for railroad journey should be.
IL has all the crispness of the journal
lists glimpses Of the panorama of daily
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
WILDFIRE

WILDFIRg. By Zane Grey. illustrated. l2mo.
pp. 32i. Harper Bros.
One of the enduring delights of Mr..
Grey's Western stories is his love OF
horses. Add to this an admiring knowl-
edge of Western horsemanship, and
you have the two main interests or
this story. Be 1T added that the best
horseman of them all-not the best
horse breakers a girl. Not since the
present reviewer read. in the days OF
his youth. Wayne Reds story OF the
pursuit and capture of wild horse OF
the plains has he found 40 breathlessly
adventurous and enthralling tale as
this of the tireless, gruelling stalking,
lassoing and tanning of Wildhre, the
red stallion Of Arab blood. IL is the
central episode of the story, done with
contagious gusto. And then the horse
racing, TO which the horse thieves are
admitted, provided they behave. Are
not they, too, lovers of horses, and can
even the rough and ready justice OF
the wilderness deny them this pleas
ure? As for the plot-there is the girl,
and there is the man who starved and
thirsted and nearly lost his life for the
sake OF Wildfre; there are the horse
breakers, and the girls father, mix
ture of evil and good; and there is the
youth who goes insane and who con-
tributes an element to the story which
is treated with regrettable insist
ence. The book, one thinks, would
have read just as well without the par
ticular form which the boys insanity
takes. Aside from that, Mr.. Grey con-
tinues TO give his readers full measure
Of adventure and of the romantic life in
the open full measure, pressed down
and running over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
PUBLISHERS NEWS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
DeWey's Autobiography - Jo'
seph COnrad's New Novel

Il may be we'll TO remember that Ad-
miral Dewey's autobiography was is
sued in a popular. low-priced edition
by the Messrs. Scribner only little
while ago. The firm announces, fur
Their, that it will at once add Sir Gil
bert Parker's latest novel, "The World
for Sale" to its Imperial Edition Of his
works.
Conrad and kipling
The most welcome announcement for
the spring yet made is that Of new
novel by Joseph Conrad. Doubleday
Page & Co. will publish it in April
under the title of "The Shadow Line
the line being the dim period of transit
ton from youth to maturity. A new
volume of stories and poems by Kip
ling. "A Diversity of Creatures" is an.
other of this firms important spring
announcements.
Havelock Ellis on the War
On February the Houghton Mifflin
Company will issue a noteworthy con-
tribution to the voluminous literature
of the war, Havelock Ellis's Essays
in War Time" IL deals with such sub
jects as birth control, civilization
and the birth rate, war and eugenies.
evolution and the war, morality ia
warfare, war and the birth rate. the
mental difference of men and women
and the production OF ability.
New Plays
Little. Brown g. Co. announce "Mogu
the WandorerP an Oriental play, by
Padraic Colum; "The Contemporary
Drama of England" by Thomas II
Dickinson, and "The Contemporary
Drama of Ireland" by Ernest Boyd. the
first two volupes OF Contemporary
Dramatists Series, and Three Welsh
Plays" by jeanette Marks. They also
have ready for early publication a
study, by Edward Hale Bierstadt. OF
"Dunsany the Dramatist." Lord Dun.
sany's full name, by the way, is Ed
ward John Moreton Drax Plunkett,
Eighteenth Baron Dunsany.
Booksellers
"a gap is TO be filed IN the literature
of the book trade" says THE London
Times" "by an illustrated volume on
Tokens OF the Eighteenth Century Con
neeted with Booksellers and Bookmak.
crs,' which Longmans, Green & Co.
have in the press. The author IS Mt.
William Longmans. son of Mr.. Charles
]. Longmans, and himself junior part
ner in the publishing house which can
boast that il has existed intact since
the days Of George |. The work is di-
vided into three sections, dealing with
Tokens issued by Authors, Booksellers,
Circulating Libraries. Engrayers, News
paper Proprietors, Paper Manufactur-
ers. Printers and Publishers; Tokens
Struck by People unconnectsd with any
Branch OF the Book Trade, but which
refer 10, and in most cases portray. an
Author; and Miscellaneous Tokens of
Interest 20 the Bookselling and Allied
Trades
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27

LADY CONNIE. By Mn. Humphrv Ward.
l2mo, pp. 434. The Hearst International Library
Company.
Mrs. Ward continues to add to her
ictional history Of the Victorian era.
In this new story she approaches its
closing days-those Of thirty years ago
This is, at least, the period indicated
by her in her opening pages. but the
atmosphere, the attitude, is rather that
of mid-Victorian years. The first part
of the story is devoted TO a picture of
Oxford, TO the high thinking and low
living of its faculty, but in reality it il
a picture of alteration of the aristoc-
racy. of that love of a lord which has
formed so strong an element of Mrs.
Wards stories ever since she aban-
doned her coign of social observation
among the poor and the lowly, after
the publication of her best book, David
Grieye." And so who will can revel here
in ambassadors, viceroys and the peer
age. from the contentedly admlring,
mildly envious viewpoint of the Eng
lish middle classes, keeping in their
proper stations, humbly recognizing
the wide and deep ehasm that separates
intellectual worth and achievement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
LADY CONNIE

LADY CONNIE By Mn. Humphrv Ward.
l2mo pp. l34. The Hearst International Library
Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
| LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Senator Root on National Defence and Our
Colonial Policies The Abundant Beauties
of Armenian Poetry

last winter have been repeated a thou
sand times in the ears OF President
and Congress, and which il is to he
hoped will thus be repeated thou
sand times hereafter until il efficiently
rebukos the falsehood and the folly
which have been insiduously conceived
at Washington in our colonial policy
Mr.. Root was speaking with plenary
knowledge and authority, less than
year after the Treaty Of Paris and long
before there was serious thought OF
treating that solemn covenant as
mere "scrsp OF paper:
The title of America to the Isl
and Of Luzon is better than the
title we had to Louisiana. 1t rests
upon more Just foundation than
the title we had 70 Texas. 1t rests
upon the sure foundation Of in
ternational law. and the surer
foundation Of high duty in the
family of nations and to the cause
of humanity No President has
the power or the right, no exec
utive officer has the will or the
wish. 30 take away from American
sovereignty one rod OF the soil
that belongs to IT.
Those statements of fact are as UNI
improbable as the axioms of Euclid.
They are living rebuke of the
wretehed falsehoods which have lately
been invented and circulated about our
ownership of the Philippines. Equally
timely. as a rebuke of the follies of
pacihsm, are his words OF more than
a dozen years ago concerning the func-
ton of an army, and especially OF the
-, he
peaee-loving nation:
China is helpless to-day because
centuries ago she forgot that the
part of manhood required that men
shall be able to defend their rights.
The nation least able to defend it.
self most invites aggression. it IS
to repel and prevent aggression
and to defend and assert the right
that the army OF the United States
exists. Not because we love war
or seek war, not because We would
infringe upon the rights of any
other power or of any other peo-
pie but because we have that man
hood in us, and we have that re-
sheet and love for the right 70
make us willing TO defend it with
life itself, we have the army of the
against aggression.
Those were the pregnant words Of
the man who created the General Stan
of the United States Army and did
more for that army, perhaps, than any
other Secretary of War in all our his
tory, and who ten years later received
the Nobel prize for having done more
for the promotion of international
peace than any other man in the world.
Another of his remarks about war,
which was reviled as "alarmist" and
"iingo" and "militarist" at the time,
now seems inerrantly prophetic;
Wars. of course, always come un-
expectedly, and modern wars pro-
coed with great rapidity from the
very outset.
That was fifteen years before the
present war demonstrated its truth.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
HELEN
HELEN By Arthur sherburus Hardy. limo.
Do 5l5. Boston. Tie Houghton Nifhn Com
nanr.

HELEN By Arthur sherburne HARDY; Emo.
ID 5l5. Boston. Tie HOughton Aifrn Com
psny.
This is quite a pleasant little story
with not shred of individuality to
distinguish it from the work OF sew
eral minor novelists working in the
same field. Coming from Mr. Hardy
it is a disappointment. One has the
right to expect better things from
him. II is all very pretty and very
well-bred-all except the French oath
Of noble and servant alike-its scenes
laid in the right milieu on the Riviera.
at the Russian Embassy and in the
Faubourg quarter in Paris. at the
Carleton in London. atsShepheard's IN
Cairo, on n houseboat in Florida, with
just the right Boston social atmosphere
in the far distance; and the people in
it ere all the right people, except the
rich Mrs Stuart, who Is not quite,
quite" Helen is the heroine, but she
does not interest us nearly so much
as does the Princess, who, however. is
only slightly sketched in. The best
character in the book is Helen's broth
err Jack. an American eXpatriate by his
grandmother's edict and against
every instinct and demand OF his
birthright. IL is a very pleasant, very
pretty society novel"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27

pIlIy THE CoNQUEROR By Martin AndeI,
son Ne16 w "Dgbreak." Translated from
the Danish by Jessie Mur. limo pp' 80
Henry Holt Go.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
POLAND IN WAR TIME

The Messrs. Putnam publish Nine.
Laura de Turczynowicz's When the
Prussians Came TO Poland" the per-
sonal narrative of an American
woman. the wife of Polish noble, who
was caught in her home by the flood
tide of the German invasion. She tells
Of her struggle with extreme condi-
tions, her Red Cross work, her fight
for the lives Of her children against
typhus, and, at last, of her release by
the invaders and her journey through
Germany and Holland to America. Hin
denburg for some days made his head
quarters under her roof.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
FARsEEING CRAFTSMANSHIP

THE MILITARY AND COLONIAL POLICY or
THE UNITED STATES. Address 40 1870 1,s
ry Ylihu Root collected and edited Dy hoes1
Pscou and James Brown scott svo, % ffN' 'V-'
The Harvard University Press
Il is not often that the public papers
and addresses Of man stl liV'hs
and active in affairs are compiled an"
printed in so elaborate and sumptnous
\ form as that presented in this VOL
ume and its companion, the Addresses
on International Subjects" Such as
tinction is usually reserved for post
mortuarv years, and for memorial
or "defnitive" editions. Bat then, II
is not often that mans utteranceS
are so worthy of such publication as
are these OF Mr.. Roots. Still less
often are they so vital and timely after
the lapse Of years. Some of the con
tents Of this volume date back nearly
score of years; yet they are as apt
and as pertinent and as profitable Tor
present consideration as though they
had been conceived and uttered only
yesterday.
In that is suggested one Of the
touchstones of the highest statesman
ship. There are, Of course, topics
which are transitory, and the discus
sion of which so becomes Of merely
academic and historical value. But
there are also permanent principles
which sre always at issue, and it is
the function, the privilege and the duty
of the statesman TO treat Of them with
an authority that will be as enduring
as themselves. That was and Is the
supreme merit of Washington's Fare
we'll Address, that. though it was PR
marily designed for a special occasion
il is as incapable of becoming obsolete
as is the Constitution itself. In the
present volume, with its wide range OF
TOPICS. there are inevitably many
things which belong to the past But
there are many others which are OF
present interest, and which are bound
TO remain of interest as long as the
nation stands.
Here is an example. which should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
C,nstop of the Translation of 'Pele the Conqueror -
New Novels by Arthur Sherburne Hardy WIS
Ward f. F. Benson and Zane Grey

from the divine right Of birth. Lady
Connie? Well, she is somewhat
vaguely drawn. One can hardly SCI,
who she is on account of the rosy cloud
of what she has-a title, money, con-
nections and the entree Of the best
circles. She has love affair, and she
marries in the enda blood OF the
only set Of oxford graduates 20 whom
The author introduces her readers, with
mild disapprovsl, Of course. Lady Con-
nie is a symbol rather than character.
She stands for all that was most de-
sirable. and most profoundly wof-
shipped, in mid-Victorian days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-27

pany in the South. II knows its busi-
ness.
Mr.. Scott is no rabid enemy Of the
tipping system Der Sc. He sees the
rationale Of the custom for extra SER
vices rendered. The skilled waiter who
studies his regular patrons comfort
end preferences, who meets him with
the announcement that his favorite
dish is on the bill to-day land some,
times warns him that il is not as good
as usual, in which there may be, on oe-
casion, more method than truth he
earns his extra compensation. 1t Is
against the tip as a tax, as an impossl-
tion. that Mr.. Scott takes the. field,
chiefly because it is undemocratic. In
this connection he is particularly Sc,
we're upon the now well established
custom of tipping public servants.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
ITALIAN ENJOYS ARE
CHEERED At CAPITOL
Prince Udine Hands President
Wilson a Letter From
Italian King.

Washington. May 24-Prince Cdlne
and the members Of the Italian mission
visited the state. war and navy build
ing this morning. As they entered
they were cheered by crowds, and as
they passed through the corridors men
and women clerks gathered and ap-
plauded.
Secretary Lansing Immediately re-
ceived the Italians.
From the secretary Of states office
the Italian guests went to visit Sec
retary Daniels and then to the white
house 10 be presented to President
Wilson.
Prince Cd.ns made a brief speech
and the President replied, expressing
his pleasure at the coming of the mis-
sion.
Prince UdiHe presented TO President
Wilson an autograph letter from King
Victor En- manuel
Tonight the Italian party will be en-
tertained at a state dinner by the pres
ldent at the white house.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
ANOTHER MONTH
BEFORE WAR TAX
BILL IS READY
The Senate is Expected PraC-
tiCaIIy to Redraft the
House Bill.

Washington, May 24.-Another month
probably will be required for congress
to complete the war tax bill. although
the house passed 1t last night. 1t was
indicated today that the senate will
make so many changes in the measure
as to result almost In a re-drafting,
particularly of sections relating to
taxes on excess profits. incomes and
manufactures and the increased sec
ond-class postal rates.
As passed by the house. 32s to 7s.
after two weeks debate. the bill as
originally drawn to raise 1,S00. 900, 900
was changed essentially only in these
four ways:
Sur-taxes on incomes above $4,000
were raised about 25 per cent; slight
reductions were made in the proposed
second class mail rates; provision for
a 5 per cent tax on all advertising. ex-
cept newspapers and periodicals. was
eliminated; and print paper and pulp.
gold and silver and a few other arti-
cles were exempted from the proposed
tariff of 10 per cent on goods now ad
mitted free.
Chairman Taussig OF the tariff COM
mission discussed the bill today with
the senate committee. which formally
began work of amending the measure,
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24

he history of the present will not be written be-
the flag Of Great Britain Nor will it be written be-
the flags Of France or Belgium. But it will be writ
behind the flag we all adore-the Stars and Stripes
fifth cheers that reverberated throughout the city
)torium Mayor W. II. Maloney in these words sounded
Keynote of the department encampment of the Grand
by of the Republic at the opening meeting this
Assembled with the veterans of the war Of 81 were
Woman's Relief Corps United Spanish War Veterans
lies of the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans
|dorned with monster American flags, the Auditorium
bened dramatic spectacle the batte-scarred vet
BIS of more than half century ago. their relatives and
|hds listened to flow of oratory. The climax was
khed when nterspersed among the speeches. they
kotc songs, some dating back to civil war days
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
DURING A PAUSE
IN WEST, GERMAN
AIRCRAFT ATTACK
British Coast is Again Under
Bomb Fire-Report of
U-Boat Activity.
THE WAR SUMMARY.

Striking down the coast toward
Triest, the Italians opened the second
phase Of their offensive with a sweep. g.
ing victory. They broke through the
entire Austrian line from castsgna
viva to the Adriatio, a front Of about
five miles, and took more than 5000
prisoners. The new drive is direct
menace to Triest, from which General
Cadorna's troops are now less than 10
miles distant. The route lies along the
Carso plateau and the advance Of the
Italians over this difficult ground was
surprising in It's rapidity.
The Zeppelin and the submarine
figure most prominently in the war
news Of the day, with a raid by air.
ships on the English east coast an
nounced and the sinking of the 10000
ton British transport Transylvania Of
ficially reported
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
BRAZIL TO COOPERATE
WITH UNITED States
Foreign Minister Says Country
Has Been Forced Into
State of War.

Rio Janeiro May 24.-Foreign Min
lister Milo Pecanha declared In the
council Of ministers. according to the
newspapers. that II was not necessary
for Brazil TO declare war on Germany
because she had been virtually forced
into a state Of war by circumstances.
He said that the torpedoing Of the
Brazilian steamer Tijuca did not essen
TALLY modify the situation created by
the destruction OF the Parana.
Senor Pecanha said that In regard
TO cooperation between Brazil and
the United States the government
should devote its entire attention to
military and naval organization, es-
pecially with respect TO collaborating
with the United States in the policing
Of the south Atlantic and should pre-
pare for any eyentuality.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
ENTHUSIASM OVER
THE LIBERTY LOAN
At HIGHEST PITCH
New York Federal Reserve
District Will Subscribe
Billion Dollars.

New York, May Neutrality-suspicious. al
ready received have reached such a
vast total that they are pouring into
banks and other agencies in such a
steady stream that predictions were
made in the financial district today
that the Liberty loan would be over
subscribed.
While definite figures are not avail
able as to whether New York state has
reached in actual subscriptions the
minimum OF 1855. 900. 900 set by the
treasury department. financiers today
predicted that the subscriptions OF the
New York federal reserve district will
aggregate $1,000, 900. 900.
Subscriptions taken in New York
department stores aggregate 1000 900.
the Retail Drygoods Merchants COM
mittee announced today.
Alfred II. Smith, president of the
New York Central railroad and chair
man of the Railroad Liberty loan COM
mittee. has sent an appeal to the pres
idents of all railroads in thecountry.
1t was learned today. urging them TO
cooperate with their employees in aid
ing them to buy Liberty loan bonds.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
MADE A MILLION
BY THE SALE Of
STOLEN GOLD ORE
Thirty-five Men Are Indicted
by Federal Grand Jury
at Cheyenne.

CheyoAe, Wyo., May 24.-Thirty-
five indictments in the so -cslled "high-
grading" conspiracy cases were re-
turned by the federal grand jury here
this afternoon. The men involved, the
government alleges, made a fortune by
selling stolen ore TO the United States
nints throughout the country. The
amount involved is said to have ex-
ceeded a million dollars.
The names Of 13 Of those indicted
were made public. the remaining % be-
Ing withheld until arrests are made,
Among those indicted was Antonio
Cuan. who was arrested In San Fran
cisco May , last while negotiating for
the disposal Of $4,000 worth Of gold
to the mint there.
Tho men are charged with consplr-
acy to defraud the government
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
VESSEL OF 14,315 TONS.

The Transylvania. an Anchor Line
steamer Of 1875 tons gross. had been
in the service OF the British govern
ment since May. 1915, when her SAIL
ings were cancelled There have been
no recent reports Of her movements.
When she vas first taken over by the
British government she was engaged
In transporting troops 70 GallipoH
The Transylvanla was built in 1914.
She was constructed especially for
passenger traffic between New York
and Mediterranean ports. She was
j48 feet long and had accommodations
for 1850 passengers.
The Butte daily post. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1913-1961, 1917-05-24
NO ITALIAN STEAMERS
LOST DURING WEEK

Rome. May 2i-So Italian steam
ers were sunk b. submarines during
the week ending May 20. One was at
tackled by gunhre and sustained some
damage. only two sailing ships, both
under 300 tons, we're lost during the
same period.
During the week $50 ships. repre-
senting a tonnage Of $4,000. entered
Italian ports and 3sT. representing
4i3,000 tons. left
During the week ending May 13 two
Italian steamers under 1900 tons each
and seven small sailing craft were
sunk. Some fishing boats also were
lost.