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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
NO U-BOAT CURE

For six months the worlds tonnage
has been depleted at the rate of some
six hundred thousand tons a month.
The German submarine campaign is as
successful today as it has been at any
time since it was launched. Nothing
effective is being done to control it
directly; the British and American
navies cannot crush it out. Nothing
has been invented to combat it effec-
lively, and nothing is likely to be in
vented The submarine possesses an
intrinsic invulnerability which must
be faced and acknowledged before the
problem can be got practically in
hand
The sailor, the man who has dealt
with sea problems all his life, the man
who has 10 take his ship through the
submarine zone. the man vino has To
DO the work and pay the price, has
seen from he first what was the
right way to so at it, and knew how
it would eventually work out. He
has seen that speed and guns were
the two prime requisites; that the
submarine campaign was going to de-
velop into a real sea battle, a free
fight up and down the ocean; that
a ships speed and armament would
be her best protection; that the only
way to stop the devils was to arm
every merchant ship and cover the
sea with every sort of armed craft
that could stand the weather and run
them down. and hunt them down, and
be ready for them whenever they
showed q periscope, and fairly smoth-
er them out by dash and metal and
tonnage.
/ doubt if the great land world has
any conception of how bitterly the
sailor has accepted this new task,
this damnable new danger; of how
simply and matter-of-factly he esu
mates his chances or tells of his ex
periences. ! know and have talked
with a good many men whose ships
have been torpedOed; TO hear them
would be a lesson 10 sentimentalists
and rOmantcizers They take thing;
as they come fight when they can
and do not hate the German subma
rines overmuch. They want to xii
them. they long to Kill them. but
can't feel that they hate them, al
houpb / have listened for the note
Lincoln Colcord in Golfers Weekly
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
THE ANXIOUS DEAD

o guns, fall silent till the dead men
hear
Above their heads the legions
pressing on:
CThese fought their fight in time Of
bitter fear
And died not knowing how the day
had gomez.
o flashing muzzles, pause, AMI let
them see
The coming dawn that streaks the
sky afar;
Then let your mighty chorus witness
be
To them and Caesar, that we still
make war
Tell them. o guns, that we have heard
their call,
That we have sworn and will not
turn aside,
That We will onward till we win or
fall,
That we will keep the faith for
which they died
Bid them be patient, and some day
anon
They shall feel. earth enwraDt in
silence deep
Shall greet. in wondermeHt. the quiei
dawn.
And in content many turn them tC
their sleep.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
Vars Great Poem,
by American Boy

Every war has had its great poem;
a stirring bloOd-thrilling, sOulburn-
ing verse that has had as much to
do with the fame and glory of that
war as the bayOnets of the men on
the battlefield. Homer's Illiad is the
torch by which We see the Trojan
war. Macauley's "HOratius at the
Bridge" depicts the grandeur that
was Rome. The Song of Roland" is
the life-blood of old France. Paul
Revere's ride breathes the spirit of
our revolution. "Sheridan's Ride"
and the Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lie" were the great poems of the
Civil war The Song of the Camp
is better known than most events of
the Crimean war. Byron's Water
loo" is the epitaph of Napoleon. And
the world war now raging it, too.
has its great poem; a verse worthy
of even its towering eminence above
all Other wars. An American wrote
it; young American soldier of for
tune who fought in the Foreign Le-
gion. He wrote of smiling skies and
spring flowers and wove his gar
lands into the very spirit of the bat
tlefields of France. Allan .Seeger was
his name and he kept his 'Rendez-
vous" at Belloy en- Santerre, July 4.
1916. Here is his song:
Have Rendezvous With Death.
have a rendezvous with death
At some disputed barricade.
When spring comes round with rust
ling shade
And appleblossoms fill the air.
have a RENDEZVOUS with death,
When spring brings back blue days
and fair.
1t may be he will take my hand
And lead me into his dark land;
1t may be he will pass me still
| have a rendezvous with death
On some SCARED slope of battered
hill.
When spring comes round again
this year.
And The first meadow flowers appear.
God knows 'twere better to lie deep
Pillowed in silk or scented down,
When love throbs out in blissful sleep
And hushed awakenings are dear;
Pulse nigh to pulse and breath to
breath;
| have a rendezvous with death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When spring comes tripping nortn
this year;
And to my pledged word am true
| shall not fail that rendezvous.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
WhatHght Ye for?

Right Rev. ]. E. Cassidy, V. s., TO
Massachusetts guardsmen, St. Ma
rvs Catholic Cathedral, Fall River,
Mass.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
KERENSKY.

The Slavs seem to be about done for
and thensky.
We hear from the camp of the dash
ing Kerensky.
He meets up with trouble reviver
KrakOkOff,
And promptly proceeds to knock that
party's block off.
He talks to the rebels and they shout
Ovitch
And call him a sport and good scout
ovitch
They swarm to the colors and once
more they bowsk.
And that is the end of another Russ
rowski.
He's here and he's there patching up
the old fences;
And where'er he travels the fighting
commences.
And now he is premier. succeeding
Lvoff,
And yields as much power as Nick
Romanoff
Hes Poo Bah of Russia and holds
every post;
They toast him serenely, for he is
some host.
He's doing more work than fifteen
mensky.
Twould be taps" for Russia with
out NJ. Kerensky.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
Thrice Armed
(By WALT MASON.)

armed the who hath his quarrel just;
Uncle who's out to win or bust For
fight with nObler
truly right We cov not perch or
rood Of any foreign de-
spoil hunting our end
heaved sigh of when broke in the game
We pity earth red suffered
laid dead But patience
always pity heaped bitter
ills sword And took our harness
down and strapped caymore, helm
lance usty aeful die thrown
shall last till and lords of relics
past pot bag the kasers
again and again. in that great
truth the Thrice
ed" soru who hath his quarrel just"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
4 Soldier Second to None
Is Private Gahey, ID. c. M.

mans launched an attack against a
trench in which Gahey's battalion was
stationed. The Britishers went out to
give battle in the open. Gahey had a
hard fifteen minutes with his favorite
weapon, the bayonet, and he gloried
in the job. Suddenly he came to a
dead stop, when a young German, a
boy of II or Is rushed at him and
tried to run him through. Gahey
waited until the steel almost touched
his khaki, then he stepped quietly
aside. reached out with a long arm,
caught the German by the coat collar
and gave him a gentle slap over his
hindmost parts after the manner OF
an irate mother reprimanding her
child
Away back with We behind our
lines, We little vagabond," said Galley.
Away back and be made prisoner
Sendin' you out to fight! Your mother
should have more sense. Now
be a good little boy and do as l tell
We. Go back and be made a prison
err"
Galley had a thirst which he never
could properly assuage despite his
earnest endeavors to humor it.
"The thirst was put into me the
day that | first saw light" he often re-
marked. "Drouth always comes be-
fore drinking. and Pm not responsible
for the drouth. Some people like wa
ter and some don't. I'm one of thin
that has no love for water. If God
sent barley and hops He didn't send it
for no purpose; He sent it for the
use of men like me. Then there's the
Bible, and what does it say? What
but this: Take a little wine for the
stomach's sake | saw it down in
black and white with me own two
eyes,"
Considering that Gahey spoke in
this strain it is not surprising that he
liked his rest-billet to be near an es-
taminet. Being a man who could car
ry mis- liquor as a gentleman should,
he was never seen the worse for
drink.
Gahey, in addition to his profession
al qualities, was noted in his battalion
as a keen and successful collector OF
souvenirs. Officers and men going
home on leave generally bring souv-
enirs with them to meet the demand
of their relations and friends. In the
battle area, leave, when it comes,
may find the departing soldier without
a souvenir. and, OF course, he wants to
take something home with him; but in
nine cases out of ten he cannot get a
souvenir at that particular moment
for love or money. 1t was different
story in Gahey's regiment, for he was
always in possession of a stock o.
souvenirs, consisting of such things as
German helmets, knives, belts, and
damaged bayonets. These were the
by products of many a nights raid and
and reconnaissance. collected with I'M
failing zest and a keen eye for the
rarer kinds of curio.
He carried a. little black. clay pipe,
1.-THE best | ever saw in Ireland or out
of it." as he often said. When going
out on his nightly prowls he left his
pipe with a mate, telling him to treat
it tenderly until he came back. He
loved his pipe more than his life.
He is still alive, for like the proven
bal cat he is in possession of nine
lives. He fears nothing and nobody.
Gahey, d. c. NJ, hero of Mons, is a
worldly soul
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23

When men ask you, What fight
We for?" tell them, in tones that shall
wake up the dead of rs: Il fight for
liberty, for freedoms sake, for right
eousness, for all my country's flag
ever represented. / fight for peace,
that justice may prevail, that fright
fitness and inhumanity may not pos
sess the earth"
And here, if you will allow me
time, / would give answer to those
who would seemingly discredit your
sacrifice by telling you that this is
an unpopular war.
What war was ever popular in the
sense that they would have it? Was
the War for Independence popular?
Was the war for the preservation OF
the Union popular? Was the Spanish
War popular? Popularity is no meas
ure of righteousness. Fighting with
and killing each other is popular only
with savages, and brave men do not
anticipate with joy the slaughtering
of their brethren. Someone has tru-
ly said that war is hell, and he'll is
hardly popular with anyone.
We abhor war, but we thank God
that we have not yet arrived at that
decadent and degenerate condition
wherein we would suffer anything
rather than fight. God forbid that
we should ever consider peace more
honorable or more desirable than
righteousness. God forbid that we
should purchase peace with dishonor,
God keep US from ever becoming too
cowardly to fight,
There is something else which
should be said and | trust | am not
amiss when l say it, There are too
many of varied ancestry, too many
of ancestry, if you will. like to mine.
Irish-Americans, whose judgment is
blinded by their hatred toward Eng
land Let them beware lest their
animCsity toward England be inter
preted as disloyalty to the United
States.
Out OF the loins of a Fenian. arrest
ed in arms against the English,
came. | was nursed at the breast OF
as true an Irishwoman as ever came
out of Ireland. Indelibly written in
my soul is the story of England's rule
of blood and iron in ireland. But
what has that to do with the honor
of my own country? Incidentally and
accidentally We may be fighting for
England Just as England now is fight
ing for us, but essentially and funda-
mentally we are not fighting for Eng
land. we are fighting for ourselves.
Had Germany by its own overt acts,
repeated again and again, not made
it impossible for us to keep peace
with honor, had she respected our
rights, had she not murdered our Cit
liens. she might have beaten Eng
land to her knees and We would not
have interfered. We did not go to
war to save England-we went to war
to save ourselves. to save our sover-
eign rights. to save all and everything
that a nation in honor prizes. You
men OF all births, for there are men
of many bloOds and births bearing a
grievance against England. in Your
blind desire for retribution, you for
get that in this war all must stand
or fall together. If England stands
we stand: if England falls. we fall,
victory and honor OF defeat and dis
honor shall come upon all alike.
And God forbid that here should be
any so base and low and blinded as 10
strike at the heart of England through
the soul OF their own country, God
forbid that there should be any who
Confined on PAGE SKI
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
(By Patrick MacGill..)

"The ole sweats they never die; they
only fade away
And others are comm to take their
place, hot on the doin's they
And drillin' they are from dawn to
dusk, at it from dusk to dawn,
But they'll need it and more to fill the
boots of blokes who now are gone
The ole sweats!
Devils for fun were the ole
sweats-
In love or a scrap sure they always
went nap
And twas always Thumbs up" with
the ole sweats."
From Soldier Songs
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, July
19, -.
Galley, d. C. NJ, was an old sweat,
one of the worthy contemptibles who
saw war in the autumn of 1914. Gahey
was a soldier by profession and in
stinct, a kindly-hearted, loose-limbed
man, with shoulders broad as a door,
ready to bear any burden, and legs
willing to the last pace of the most
gruelling march. Gahey was an Irish
man and a soldier second to none.
Once one of his mates was asked:
what kind of a fellow is this Ga
hey?"
"Ole Gahey," he replied. He's
one OF the best pals a man could have.
He would give you the very sugar
from his teal"
what kind of fighter is he?" was
the next question.
Fighter, God, you should see him. y
was the answer, and the mans tone
and the expression on his face spoke
volumes Gahey was indeed a great
fighter. handy man with bayonet and
bonn. No raid in which his battal-
ion took part was perfect without him.
To see him standing on the parapet of
the enemy trench, his bayonet CLINT
ing as a flaring star-shell lit up the
conflict, and to hear his loud laugh
and louder voice echoing through the
night were a tonic to his mates and a
terror to his foes His ringing tone
as he shouted: Clear thin out O. it,
my buckos. clear thin out o. it," be-
fore throwing a bomb into a dugout,
was something to be remembered.
And little Charlie Sader comedian on
the London stage before he took up
realistic work on the more serious
stage where wars tragedy has a long
season. remembered Gahey's words
when giving a performance in con-
cert behind the lines. Charlie imper-
sonated Gahey flinging a bomb on a
German dug-out and shouted out in a
brogue that could be cut with blunt
hatchet: Clear them out o. it, my
buckos; clear them out O. it" All the
audience yelled with delight and the
man who yelled loudest was Gahey,
d. c. N.
One night a week later, found Ga
hey again on German parapet. When
with his accustomed exhortation he
had flung a bomb on the German dug
out. he turned round to his mates.
as Charlie Sader here?" he asked
"I'm here, Gahey," came the answer
"Well / hope we've made note iv
what I've said" Gahey remarked
There's money in it after the war
and you and nell go half and half in
the profits"
The other day near Lens the Ger
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23

William C. Fits, an assistant at
torney general in the depar-1ent of
Justice at Washington, planned the
raid of United States officers VINO
recently descended on headquarters
of the |. w. W. in many parts of the
United States. He will be in charge
of the prosecutions in case indict-
ments are returned by federal grand
iuries.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
AMT 1T!

An old lady from littlet Arkansas
town visited the st. Louis Main TeIe-
phone exchange last week. For sew
eral moments she stood wrapped in
wonder and awe as she watched the
girls flashing hands at work. Then
she exclaimed briskly: Amt it sim
ple.'
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-23
SHE LIVES IN NEW MEXICO

l know a charming girl named Kate
I'd like to have her for my mate;
An ideal couple we should be,
For she loves her and love mel
-Dom.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24
PERMANENCE IN SCHOOL
WORK.

There is, perhaps, no greater
asset to any community than a
first class school, of weight and
standing, be it either high school,
preparation school, college or uni
versity. It imparts to the COM
munity "tone'' that nothing
else can give. Good school towns
are invariably advanced COM
munities.
But it is more with the building
Of such schools than with their
workings and influence that we
wish to deal in this article.
To attain success, school
must acquire the character Of
permanence. This is only done
by adopting a settled policy and
adhering to it. The bane Of thou
sands Of schools is the lack Of
such policy, and the one vital
reason why these schools do lack
such settled purpose is that
there is no element Of permanence
in their management.
There is radical defect in the
school laws Of most states, at least
as regards the public schools. If
there is one American institution
in which politics should have nc
place 1T is in our institutions OF
learning. Yet it is just here tina,
its pernicious effects are frequent
~ most noticeable.
No school will acquire any per
manency or weight in it's com
munity where such shifting policy
is in practice. Rather, we should
say that such shiftless lack O.
policy.
Successful schools require tim,
ana laDOr TO Dulld up. A per
manent policy must be established
and adhere to. Then the RICH
head must be chosen-and kept
No man can produce his best worl
in school IN one year or tw,
years, or even in five years. III
must have time-time to lay
substantial foundation upo,
which to erect superstructure
and time in which to erect tina
superstrncture. The Influential
schools Of the country, both FIRE,
and private, are the result o
: years of patient effort and stead
tasty adhering to settled policy
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24
RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP
FEES AND DONATIONS
ASKED FOR.

The National headquarters of
the American Red Cross has sent
to the local secretaries a request
that all donations due to date, as
well as the membership fees be
sent IN to headquarters at once,
and Mr.. G. S. Alexander desires
those who have not yet paid their
membership fees, or their proper
ton Of donations, to send their
checks to him so that he can re-
nit promptly.
Doing Good.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24
RED CROSS DONATIONS.

For the information Of those
who donated to the Red Cross
fund, and who wish to pay same.
should send their check to Mr.. c..
S. Alexander, assistant treasurer
during the absence Of Miss Laura
Clark, the treasurer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24

Few medicines have met with more
favor or accomplished more good
than Chamberlain IS Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remed,-. John F. Jantzen, Del
meny, Sask., says Of it, Ct have neo'
Chamberlain Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy myself and in my family, and
can recommend it as being an excep-
tionally fine preparation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24
State Ct Ohio, City of Toledo.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
MLDICINE. FRANK T. CHENEY
Svcrn - before me and subscribed in
any presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in.
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free
r. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24
THE PUPPET SHOW.


a huge glass bowl was brought
forward safely sealed with pa
per top whereupon Secretary of
War Baker, stepped forward and
was blindfolded, large wooden
spoon, tied with ribbons Of the
national colors, was produced to
stir the 10000 capsules, and with
the tip Of the spoon the paper
was cut from the bowl, the first
number was selected by Secretary
Baker, thereafter by those desig-
mated to draw the numbers, these
men also being blindfolded.
This ceremony being over the
whole party retired to be photo
graphed.
The above is a fairly faithful
account of the opening ceremony,
generally known as the "Human
Lottery in which the ten million
of the country s youth were drawn
to fight the cause Of right against
might, and assist her allies to
crush for ever an insidious au-
tocracy.
But what a shocking perform
ance of a affair so serious, the
picking Of the lives Of men for
sacrifice land they stirred the
numbers with wooden spoon tied
with ribbons. What a traversty
to make a show, pitiful display
Of the most heart-rendering oc-
currenee that the United States
has ever been called upon to ex-
perience.
Women there are throughout
the country with their hearts
full to overlooking picturing in
their minds the fields Of Europe,
a morass, a fostering pool Of shot
torn craters strewn with dead and
dying, men breathing their last,
parts Of men, all one crying,
praying, cursing, suffering human
portions Of the great sacrifice.
Such is the imaginary view the
women Of our country have Of the
battle arena, and In the midst is
their own, maybe a son, or hus-
band, brother or lover, the same
uselessness Of it all is the one
thought Of the American woman,
who will have to stay behind and
do the suffering.
And with it all, the nerves Of
the country drawn tense to with
stand the shock Of the first news
Of the drawing, the official party,
headed by the Secretary Of War,
60 out and have their "picture
took. - What a shameful thing
to make light Of such an occasion,
and we trust it will be held in
derision as long as the names Of
the men who participated are re-
membered.
Brave America. Ready to stand
by the week and fallen. Anxious
to defend the democracy Of the
people, to do it's "bit' to demon
strate to the world the superiori-
ty Of a world democracy. That
this country, offering so much,
ready to do and die, should have
Of the great sacrifice.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24

If you would have school Of
which you can be proud, form
settled plans for it, select the right
head and put him in charge, and
then keep him and Loyalty sup
port him. Any other course is a
waste Of time and effort.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24

Yes, Alexander, the Lord loves
you, but He will not chase you
all over the country trying to
pound it into your thick skull.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24

failing traitors and alien enc
mics is quite proper and should
be done in every case, but we'd
like to see the cusses put to work
and made to earn their keep.
Taxing loyalty to feed disloyalty
does not appeal to us.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-24

There is not a man on earth
Qao does not experience thrill
Of pleasure at the smile of a pref
ty woman. Il he doesn't he is
not man-we won't own him.