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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
Huge Meal in Dining Car

In the dining car we had huge meal
civ courses. two kinds Of meat and a
eaIad reeking with oil. But suddenly
something within me recoiled. ! tound
I couldn't swallow. II was like coming
from funeral into land Of laughter.
II ali seemed wrong. No one was
thinking Of the dead. | wanted TO cry
ont 10 these fat, complacent, jolly peo-
ME: How can you? Don't you under
stand? People are suffering. A nation
il diving. What right have you TO be
thoughtiess. Please respect the dead;
| pushed back my plate. couidn
cat For a long time | sat thinking
But as the hours wore on ! noticed an
other great change had taken place.
When I entered the train every one was
talking German. 1t was as had been IN
Germany. But now my ear caugn,
French. A lump came IN my throat II
was 80 good to hear language under
stood. We had passed from German
Switzerland into French.
At Berne there had been a great
exodus and influx. The new arrivals
yyere different type. The few who
remained in the car changed their Ian
guage. We had passed from Germany
into France. A real frontier had been
crossed. But no one came TO examine
my luggage or me.
What a topsy-turvy world it was.
German Switzerland is completely Ger
man. French Switzerland is equally
French, and Italian Switzerland Italian.
Only an imaginary line holds them TO-
9ether. If Switzerland went TO war II
would fly into its component paris
There is no real unity between them.
In Berne the people were holly for
Germany; in Geneva passionately Tor
France. ?.
travelled through to Geneva. It
was good to be in a land where /
could talk freely. | enjoyed the real
coffee. the rich food, the crowded cares.
For day it was like a release from
nrison. Then ! discovered life m
Switzerland was distressing. The land
is deluged with spies, both French ana
German. had two groups to ~atch
me. The Germans were most active
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

plained. "The officer says he has dc
nunciation' against you. He says they
have been all through your things ana
found nothing. That is in your favor
but they aren't going 60 let you across
the frontier tonight. You VIII nave
TO stay at hotel in the town.
Il was evident some spy had told
tales. NV friend and ! exchanged
glanccs, but said nothing. An ohlcer
was standing guard with an attentive
car. ! decided TO leave my luggage
with the officials. Those newspaper
clippings made IT risky, but 1t looked
well. took my toilet articles ana Iett
with my friend. We found an attrhc'
two hotel facing the lake.
The town Of Lindan has considerable
charm. IL does not seem to be torti-
fed. There are no visible trenches. u
looks as though the people Of Switzer-
land could come straight into Germany
across Lake Constance. But blndah
wag full Of soldiers and spies when
my friend and were safely IN a motel
room she started TO talk about inc
concealed papers. But ! motloned for
silence and pointed TO door leading
into an adjoining room. There was a
big crack and a keyhole; any one hid.
ing on the other side could sec and
hear everything My friend under
stood BY common consent we con
fined our conversation 10 clothes, we'd
dings and feminine topics.
Later that evening We went out Tor
a walk. Then in whispers we dis
cussed the "dcnunciation." My friend
was indignant. you haven't done a
speck Of harm; you're an American,
and have a right TO 90 anywhere. Be
sides, you've been feeding German
mothers and babies. ! told the officer
you had and that he had no right to
treat you So"
But ! did not agree with my friend.
II was war, and | was journalist.
Besides, had made an unreported visit
to Stuttgart. True, ! had not been to
the front, and I knew no military Sc
crets But had my notes. They
were merely jottings about facts, which
have been using in my articles for
The Tribune. Still, if discovered they
would not be tolerated. and my de-
ception would have brought temporary
imprisonment.
II was not easy to sleep that night.
But fear breeds craftiness. As ] un-
dressed | did il for the benefit Of the
keyhole. ! carefully shook out each
garment and cast it carelessly aside.
In the bathroom were two bungholes.
Through them il was easy for any one
on the outside to see what was going
on within. kept these holes in mind
throughout my toilet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

boat drew close 10 the land on inc
other side a food of JOY seized me
grew tremendously excited. ! had no.
realized how exiled ! had felt: On5
wireless message three weeks old na ma,
been nv only connection WIN
America. %,
n was a silent. deserted village at
which we landed. There were ~"
naonlo sbout. no soldiers and no IN
trcnchment. There seemed to be no
barriers here against Germany Ahu
the blight Of Germany seemed To nave
extended 10 this spot. IL was so sun
But had it? A thought came TO me
bread. butter, coffee. ! made Tor the
nearest restaurant. For a solid hour
consumed bread, butter, coffee. cream
and sugar. had 40 other desire IN
life. hadn't known now ] missed
these things. | put great CHUNKS OF
butter on my bread and ate 1t Ike
candy.
II was exactly like getting oiled up
NV tense nerves began TO relax III
a short time my train arrived lhep
as il sped on through the country l
saw | was in new world; On tno
country roads were AUTOMOBILES "aS
fascinated by their newness ana speeu'
AT the stations were crowds or men,
Young men in business clothes. !
couIdn't take my eyes off them and
the milk cans. How Germany trans
ports the little milk she has | don't
know. for realized in travelling J
hadn't seen "A milk can. The world
suddenly seemed flooded with men ana
mill cans. Presently began to notice
INV fellow passengers, and saw they
Lao Looked strange. They had lat
hands and great, TAT figures. To my
mnaccustomed eve they looked enor-
mously big. Then they laughed ana
talked. Their eyes were bright ana
they had rosy cheeks.
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Hard to Leave Germany,
Tribune Woman Found
Continued from page

was an exciting Had my adventure reached o n Ii
for NV papers were promptly delivered The Bavaran ponce
A. l Tho military authorities They Prussan
had 20 90 70 the latter letters and manuscript pns ~
journalist tour we been given material ON every phase u
hadbe with the righ hhu
of news for America This literature took to the military
The civil and military groups not in harmony lher
IT, and yo, Tirpitz material" ! explained,
br given me Berlin authorities should be glad 10 take IL
70 Switzerland and ship America The officer shook ms mead
90 was his tersc reply protested 1.-The Berlin officials
- &C money 70 o the material and they said it should 20 II 1t
% no sent bv Deutschland at doesn't make any dneree
they said" rejoinde Thee papers shan eaVe e
hoed my shoulders silly to let travel about ana YET
In the end lew picture pocu
bismarck and denkmals and pamphlets on German @
Cross work sealed packet 1or uanPoi"o"' %
naming material had to be left in Germany
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Cheerfulness Wins Day

Next morning we were up early. A
boat for Switzerland left shortly after
s. think it was my cheerfulness and
unconcern that won the day. The officer
told my friend had been seen in a
railway carriage when | was supposed
TO be in Munich. But" he added,
"the spies half the time don't know
what they are about"
The officers had grown friendly.
They had come to the conclusion |
was harmless. This treatment made
my conscience prick rs their sus-
picions of the night before had not
| was not personally examined, nor
was my luggage reopened, but when
had once passed the roped-off inclosure
was not allowed to speak to my
friend. | stood on the boats deck and
she on the shore.
Now that | was of / hated to 60.
As the boat pulled out my friend still
stood there. As long as | could see
her her hand was waving a last fare
well. During my stay in Germany
she had understood, protected and
cared for me. She loved her country
as few do SO much that she could
see it's faults. She wanted the world
10 know the truth. She wanted the
help of all mankind in the struggle
for democracy. To leave her seemed
like deserving the ship. Yet as the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

kind is here in evidence. Az On.
the Swiss Red Cross labors d, -
night. nursing wounded soldier -;
tecting war prisoners, in giving n, y.
nurses from all the bellgeren, 80. 80
tries n two weeks vacation in H. -
hotels free. At the other tn5 ~
greedy. crafty merchants fs,,., ~
wine and good food and busly fs-i 2
money made from vars necss.,.
German merchants and Freneb ~
chants live side by side in tts -.
hotel. talking not Of the war. for2.....
all differences 20 barter and traa. -
reap from their bleeding lands "
Poor Switzerland u suffers. nd,
n is gradually being squeezed 4.
lands are being stripped Sugar /, l..
There are no longer sugar bowls. ".
person is served only with a p9r,'s,
two Jumps. Most Of the bread (, .
longer white. The country is BIZ /,
its silk and wool. The beautiful vs..
sweaters OF former days are ,,,,,.
They have all been shipped 70 Fs...
TThe tenth article by Mlss Do,y "a So,
a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

This experience taught me ~ was
useless 10 carry any news notes openly
But how smuggle them through? ] had
not spent a voluntary week in prison in
vain. | ripped open the lining Of my
dress suit case and laid in my papers.
Then bought glue and stuck the lining
together
The next morning ! boarded the train
for the frontier. My friend from Ber-
lin went with me. As we sped through
the country I took my last glimpses Of
Germany. The land was desolste. No
wagons or autos on the country roads
only now and then a lonely woman in
hig fold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

rTke tenth article by Niss Doty "a So,
~ The Tribune merit SnndGnl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
Barbizon School
A&N

Five Examples Of Corot;-Two Examples of ROus
seau;-Four Examples of TrOyon; Examples
of Dupre;-Three Examples of Daubigny;-Five
Examples of Van Marcke; Five Examples of
Jacque; and one of MiIet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

jectiles on the aviation fields at Coimar' Uabsheim and Frescau Ca suburb or Metz) in addition to the railway stations at Ars, Noveant, Amagne-Flucquy and Betheniville. The Faverger bridge and enemy bivouacs were likewise success fully bombarded.'
 London April so.-The British official communication issued this evening says
 "An attack made by the enemy during the day upon our new positions between Monchy-Le-Preux and the Scarpe river was completely repulsed. The hostile ar tillery has been active on both sides of the Scarpe.
 There was great activity in the afr yesterday and during the night bombs were dropped with effect on a number of points behind the enemy's line, caus- ing several fires and in one case large explosion. Three enemy trains also were hit by our bombs.
 The enemy fought hard to protect points attacked. In the course of the fighting 10 German airpIanes were
 brought and 10 others driven down out of control. Fifteen of our machines are
 missing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
German sEnfdIn Terrible Tells Real Truth 10 Germans

time of zimmermann's elevation to min isterial rank
 Another article by Herr Harden cu,-
 inmates in an appeal to Germany to put
 the interior of her house in order and introduce democratic conditions. which
 the writer says is the only sure basis
 for future peace.
 Scarcely less noteworthy than his
 scathing criticism of German diplomacy
 lbut not that of Count Won Bernstorff
 former ambassador to the United States
 whose work he praises) Is Herr Harden <
 justification to German readers of Amer ica's attitude during the war and his
 demolition. for example. of the favorite Pan-German arguments that the Unified States was inspired solely by dollar chas- ing and looked upon war only as a so1rcs Tor enough Its from munition SUD- plies.
 The united States, Herr Harden de- clares, could have continued to ama.. |unmeasured riches, not from munition contracts. from which only minute part Of it's Income was derived, but as a worlds source of supply. Instead. he adds. the United States chose for an ideal to reject continuance of its profitable neutrality to load itself with a. burden of expenditures which no other country |eould safely bear. Those who would profit, Harden tells his readers. can be souRht nearer home, in the ranks of those |wAntlu9 70 retain Belgium, tho Brjerv Iron dtetrict, Courland and Livonia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

Copenhagen. April ao.-{via London.) Maximilian Harden, the German "enfant terrible" publishes in the latest issue of Die zukunft. another daringly frank ar
 ticle. exposing to German readers the "shams. pretenses and mistakes of their government The article is devoted to the entry of the United States into the war. which Herr Harden warns the people must be taken most seriously. both from the moral side as symptom of the weakness of Germany's . appeal to the neu. tral world and the failure of her foreign policy, and because of the physlcal as- poets of the weight that. America will ultimately be able to throw into the scale
 In the article he reviews tho steps lead Ing to the German and American peace proposals. the proclamation Of linrestrict- ed submarine war and the American dec laration Of . state of war and declares with daring to which probably no other German publicist Ia equal. that GeFmany'i peace overturss were put forward only n . bridge over which Germany could pass to relehtless submarine warfafe
 Consistent with his earlier attitude Herr Harden haa only words ef hirt prSise Tor Ffeetde ont Wilson and hla Doll. cy, and reveels In various pasnaSsu |tiathttnS epirion of pr. Alfred 4imner. S1l kleSR hS dl1 nef conceal et th'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

derance of opinion. however, favored passage of the resolution with this feature omitted.
 There was no discussion of the naval policy of the country in the executive session, although the doors were closed when 1t was suggested that the debate might lead into this field.
 The passage of the resolution was forced by Senator Knox of Tennessee. who said it would be a crime if the ships were not taken over at once and used as targets for the German subma- rines. MT. Knox offered resolution different in effect. but not in pur- pose. and announced his intention to press it for passage in the near fu ture. While he was discussing his reso- lution Chairman Culberson of the ju- dietary committee brought in the reso- lution subsequently, adopted in modl- fled form which was drawn by the de- partment of Justice and which has been under consideration in committee for more than week.
 In executive session. Senator Knox disclaimed any pride in his resolution and made no effort to have 1t passed when 1t became apparent the Senate was ready to put through lesislatioh to take the ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
American Tanker Sunk By German Subn1arin&

Russian, naturalized; Frank J. Yerneyss second made Belgian, naturaiized; D. D. IIusted, third mate, Mount Vernon. N. r.; John Kirk. chief engineer, Scotch, naturalizeds John Simpson, assistant en- gineer. English naturalized. 3S4 West Fifty-fifth street. this city, Francis j.. Davson, assistant engineer. Swedish. nat uralzed; R. Williams, assistant engineer. born in Wisconsin; J. witkjens. born In New York; W. H. Crane. stewap6c xat Eighteenth street, Brooklyn; ThoJAas Ei- lis, Albany. N. Y.; l.. J. Hatton, fwirelsssE operator, Niagara, Wis; Joseph Mullen, Brooklyn, and R. Punzie. and McD. Log. both of San Juan. P. R.
 The Vacuum formerly the steamship Bayamon, was owned by the Vacuum oil company of California She was built in 1912 at Ecorse. Mich, ana was brought to the Atlantic by way of the great lahes and the St. Lawrence river and con- verted into a tank ship. Since tho War3, began she has made frequent trips t6 Europe. She was a vessel of M51 tom gross carried oil in bulk and war TIT feet long and with a 43-foot beam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

London. April so.-The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew and the naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing.
 The Vacuum was sunk by German submarine on Saturday while she was on the way to the United States.
 The chief mate and r men, Including three of the American navy gunners, have been landed.
 A boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crew, to- gether with the lieutenant and nine naval gunners and assistants are missing.
 New York, April 3O.-The American steamship Vacuum. commanded by Capt. w. Mckay of this city. left New York on March 30 for Birkenhead, England, carried a crew of 34 men. of whom 15 were American citizens. including nine native born.
 Assigned here before the United States tain Mckay. were: Oscar Gailes. mate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
HOW BRITISH ARE
 CONTROLLING AIR IS
 GRAPHICALLY TOLD
Germans Give Up Attempt to Direct Artillery by Air plane TeutOns Have
 New Machine

Washington, April 30. How the British and French are maintaining practical control of the air over the western battle front was graphically described here today by Maj. L. w. B. Rees of the British flying corps, who himself once routed single-handed a squadron of 10 Germain raiders and is one of the few Englishmen to receive both the Victoria cross and the military cross.
 While the allied operations are conducted almost entirely beyond the German lines, the major said, the German machines now cross over the allies lines only rarely in raiding parties. The British fly on three levels, he explained, with three kinds of machines. The lowest are the ar tillery directors, who circle about in big fire eights about 5000 feet above the enemy trenches and flash back directions to the British gunners by wireless. Above them, at 10, ,OO0 feet, are the heavy fighters with two men to machine and able to keep the air for four hours at speed of no miles per hour. At height of 15, 900 feet are the single-man light fighters, capable of 13O miles an hour and of ascending the first 10000 feet in 16 minutes.
 { The Germa ns. Major Rees said have gwen up al, attempt tp guiGs iiets .r- tillery by airplane and seek only to smash up the allied reconnaissance over their lines. Their machines are largely of one class, therefore, fast, heavy fighters, generally biplanes which arc continually seeking to swoop down on the British artillery observers and send them to the ground before the British fighting patrols can reach them. Recently, however. he said. tho Ger mans had developed another light fight ing machine, which by climbing to 2o0uU feet. seeks to overtop. the British light fighters and clear them out
 British losses have been running re- gently as high as 30 to 40 machines . day, because of the extraordinary chances taken over the enemy's lines, according to the major. As rule they go out in squadrons of six, divided into three pairs. and prepared to sweep down in unison on any German machine that may come up.
 Major Rees gave 1t as his opinion that the British had defeated the Germans In every way in the air and deprived them of invaluable reconnaissance pow CT. The Zeppelin, he said. Is now practi- cally useless as a. military weapon Raids over undefended places in Eng land still continue occasionally, but the defenses of fortified bases are 80 power full that it Is almost certain destruction for a Zeppelin to come near them. They are practically never used near the bat tie lines.
 Germany's whole artillery observation, Major Rees declared. Is conducted by means of captive balloons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01

The statement reads:
 Quite violent artillery actions took place between St. Quentin and the Oise and on the Chemin- -des-Dames. There was fighting in the sector of Hurtebise. Tn the Champagne, after spirited ar tillery preparation, our infantry at 12:40 o'clock delivered an attack against the f German lines on both sides of Mont Carnillet. To the west we captured sev- eral fortified lines of trenches from that mount as far as south of Beine to a depth varying from 800 to 1000 metres. To the east we pressed our lines forward o1 the north slopes. northwest of Mont Haut as far as the approach to the road between Nauroy and Moronvilliers Violent artillery fighting continues in that region. In the Bois Le Petre we carried out efficacious fires on the Ger man organizations.
 On April 29 our pilots brought down four German airplanes; six other enemy
 machines seriously hit descended within their line, where they were forced to make a landing
 s'Our bombing airplanes dropped pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
75,000 BUSHELS GRAIN DESTROYED
 IN CHICAGO FIRE

Chicago, April 3o.-Flre destroyed two grain elevators of the Hales & Edwards Co, which housed approximately 75,ooO bushels of oats and wheat. here late today, causing loss estimated at $5o0, 900.
 Police and federal officers began an at tempt to determine the origin of the blaze before the flames were under control
 Experts furnished by the fire insurance companies today began an inspection of all Chicago grain elevators, packing plants, mills and warehouses containing foodstuffs, in order to prevent their de- struction by fire. They have been com missioned as deputy fire marshals.
 It was said that numerous attempts had been made to burn or blow up mills and elevators. and that the insurance companies were in possession of much in- formation along this line which had not been made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
Greek King Denies His
 Country Is For Gern,any

Washington, April 3c.-Formal state ments by King Constantine and by the Greek government denying stories that the King had been guided by German in fiuence or had harbored hostility to the entente were made public tonight by Charge vouros of the Greek legation. who at the same time issued on his own initiative denial of certain "fabri- cated interviews" with the King pub lished in this country.
 Constantine's statement, addressed to the French minister at Athens denies specifically a story published in the Paris Temps. Referring to this article the King says he never received from any sov- ereign of the group enemy to the entente
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-01
RooseueH Says This Must Not Be Paper
 War and No Fighting

velt upon his return here from Chicago today, declared he hoped. as Marshal Joffre had urged. that the people in this country would realize the necessity for sending without delay an American force to the French front
 ITO keep all our men here being trained by regular army. National Guard and Plattsburg officers for year and then try to send them over as one army would mean in the first place discreditable