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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
On the Poems of Alan Seeger

Thou, whose bright pen was matched with
brighter sword,
Oh, pity US, less fortunate than thee;
We all were born the children Of the sea-
Soft winds that lulled US, whipping gales that
scored,
Attuned our pulses TO her vast accord;
Yet still we keep the cosey harbor, We,
And thy proud galleon sails topless, free,
Down the great round blue marches Of the
Lord.
Forgive us, we who only sang when thou
Poured out thy life in one last English
song
Beneath the flaming bayonet that is
France;
Forgive; thine shalt not prove a lonely PROV;
10. we bide but to grip the timeless
Wrong,
Fulfilling upon the wetering seas Of
chance.
EARL SIMONSON.
Staten Island. Jan 3. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
THE AUTOMOBILE AS A GODSEND
What 1t Has Done to Help and Cheer
the Poor City Dwellers

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We fail to appreciate what the auto
mobile has done for US city dwellers. We
machine that enables us "to get there" Let
us enumerate some of the benefits we have
derived from this benefcent invention.
1t has done away in large part with cruelty
to the long suffering horse. A locked horse
is now becoming a rare sight, since those
who demanded the manned animal now ride
in their limousines. With this abomination
has gone the overhead check rein, a source
Of endless torment to the high spirited
horse. The employment of autos has almost
wholly eliminated the horse barn, the stable
with it's flies and the unsightly litter that
was its usual accompaniment. The disap-
pearance Of the horse from many streets has
aided in improving sanitary conditions. A
standing auto needs not the services of the
street cleaner. But for the automobile traffic
to-day would become hopeless by the con-
gestion of horse drawn vehicles. But ftr
the auto the lack of speedy hospital service
would occasion the loss Of many lives that
are now saved by prompt removal of the
sick or injured TO institutions provided with
all the modern appliances of medical and
surgical aid. The auto was a godsend. It
is blessing for which we can hardly be
sufficiently thankful.
Like many other blessings, the auto is not
unmixed one. But this is not the fault
of the machine. The blame rests almost
wholly on the incompetent careless and
reckless drivers of motor propelled vehicles.
Such misuse of the auto is treated altogether
too leniently in our courts. J. A. H.
New York, Jan. 3, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
BRITAIN IN THE CIVIL WAR
Did Altruism or Pocket Policy D.termi,.
Her Attitude!
To IN. Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In his letter puncturing some myth,
in American history. Mr. Robert W Leonsrs
unconsciously foists an Engish-Americ,,
myth upon your readers. He says:
During our Civil War, when the co.,o,
mills OF England were compelled 70 eo..
for lack Of cotton and the operatives vsr.
starving. England steadfastly refused o,
recognize the South"
This fact, historically correct is used 70
show that the English were governed b
sentiment and that they preferred 20 suffer
oconomic disaster rather than intervene n
tbs nerpetuation Of slavery in America. II,
truth il very different. England wanted Il,
co,,h N win and the Union 70 b dismsn.
hored But she didn't want any cotton .
ooD,o ou, Of the South for three years. Herr
oro the reasons. as are available % Uy
s,ndont If economic history who will 20 %
,ho library. Just before the Civil War
L.oLe opt the cotton manufacturers Of Eng
iand had qlutted the worlds markets vita
o,,aroroduction. Owing 70 the growth n
oo,,o, production and the improvement o
r,ocb;,erv. the stock Of cotton cloth m Eng.
I'D had outdistanced the worlds consunp.
tion The mill owners had ln tneif "ar,'
Lorses enough cloth 10 run the world fU
three wears without turning another spindle
A. ,his moment the war broke out and ne
Nth hIockaded the South. What lucT
ejaculation! The happy mill owners turned
Or .hoir oneratiyes 70 starye while th,y
.vosaiyss devoted part Of their new made
l;Ii;ons % control the British government
and keep it from breaking the american
blockade. It is just like the american 1000
speculators hoping 10 star'e our people
and sell eggs for a dollar dozen.
II is true that the starving cotton opersu'a
nassed resolutions declaring mat tney were
,riIIino 10 starve rather than survive al ne
ovnense Of negro in slavery. lneH
.rne beroism. And history shows ina, r''s
-, ,her, did starve. Whole counties Es's
LarLrunt feeding the psupers. but me NIL
80. that made billions out OF u cidhl
miss a meal. ,-5,- ........
- Tho cotton blockade was not governed
hy bigh-minded altruism. u vas governed
W. nocket policy and self-proteetion'
.;nrs we're ruled by altruism and the lo'
- dang good the international sunday
oohooIs could shame the Huns out OF Be-
800 and the dove Of peace could lay
Lard.boiIed egg in the cannons mouth %
~. -. roar, President Wilson has a.
-, called the German submarines TOT
stv deem. but they didn't come. he
sac,. ~ this world are quite dihereht ron
-, We are taught in school. Even ne
.ohool teachers are finding THIS out az
n,irs The Tribune for its oroadness' iOo'
article on the farmers revolt 'h Noi'u - ~.
Lota shows that you are not unaware o. w
fact "Nhen do we eat?' is gong 10 Os VD'
~ our next big political questions
Oh ou' c. /. EDISON
The Man from Arkanss'
New York. Jan. 4, 1871
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
Air Power the Decisive Factor
(From The PhlladeIplla Ledoerl

(FrOfn The Philadelphia Ledger
With Germany threatening unutterable
things now that the Allies have not put their
heads into the moose Of peace, the question
Of the outcome Of the coming spring cam
paign lies in whatever the Allies may have
to offer in the way of an offensive that viii
go ahead Of anything they have worked out
in the past. And, bit by bit, as facts leak
out, it looks as if the hope of the Allies lies
in securing "air power" from Germany, and
this, too, despite the threat of the Zeppelins
and other forms of aerial frightfulness that
the Central Empires have put into operation.
To-day, admittedly, Germany and her allies
have "lsnd power" Great Britain, with her
allies, has "sea power" condition that leads
to the loudest Of shrieks from the blockaded
enemy. II the Allies can secure "air power,
can more than equal in their aerial offensive
on the Western line the air feet of the
enemy, competent military observers predict
that the "land power" Of the Central Powers
can be dissipated. And, what with aero
planes, battleplanes that fly at rate Of
from l35 to 40 miles an hour and that can
ascend $4,000 feet in seven and half min
utes and are more than a match in man9u-
wiring for any Zeppelin, this air-power posi-
biity may be the great surprise" that the
Allies have limited at which is &c turn the
balance Of war in their favor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
A Coming EclipS'

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Between next Sunday and MONDAY
that is, between January and S-there WI.
occur a total eclipse Of the moon, v.soie F"
this vicinity. Most Of this total lun''
eclipse occurs on January s, but since "'
middle Of it takes place two 10 three h0u,,
after midnight comparatively few people VIZ
see the moon totally eclipsed Our ear.
gets between the sun and the MOON ess'Hs
a shadow through which the moon pass.
Our beautiful satellite enters the pehumO'1-
or partial shadow, about 1880 Januafs
and the real shadow about | a. m. JanuS'! y
The moon is totally eclipsed by 2 a. m' ~
ginning 70 leave the earth's shade" SDv'.
$3.50, and the moon will depart rom W
penumbra around o'clock Thus y
our satellite from around 1890 ~ 4
enter and leave the penumbra. and soou.
hour and half to begin and end ner w.
eclipse-that is, her complete immersion -
the real shadow cast by our earths "'''
ception of the suns rays. .
The question arises in the mind WY a
the moons light is owing wholly 20 rene'|s
light from the sun and this Light IS NV,
copied by our earth. do we see me ~, -,
at all? The explanation is that not 81 -,
solar light is cut Off, for. since an atmosp's. =.
surrounds our world through when
solar rays can pass, some Of these S.' !,
spheric solar rays are refracted or oen' IN
that they reach the lunar surface. - ",
be noticed, the color Of the lunar su'.s
during a total eclipse is Of DIM COPY,
hue, this hue being caused by the pa'ss'sl
of the suns light through the terfe''''
atmosphere. .s
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES
Newton. Mass. Jan {. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
Unneuhal
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The peace proposal of President Will
son. coming in between the German note ask
ing for peace and the reply of the Allies, ia
distinctly unneutral and apparently designed
to help and placate Germany
1t is, moreover positive insult to the Al
lies in its suggestion that they tell the world
what they are fighting for.
Amy school boy who doesn't know why the
Allies are fighting or what for would be a
proper subject for an asylum of imbeciles
You might as well ask man who is strug-
Cling with a burglar, who has entered his
house for the purpose of robbery. what he
is lighting about NJ. t. X.
New York, Dec. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
The Open Season for Spirits

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. Ali earnest psychic researchers we're
much pleased to learn, through the news
,oners that communication with the spirit
world was again open. For after the recent
hard storm it seemed though Professor
Nunsterberg would not be able to communl-
cate with US until spring. Fortunately now
ever he is lust as active "on the other side
% lifep as he was when on "the earth plane
And after reading his message it is difficult
IN understand how any thoughtful person
can longer refuse to accept psychic science
The message is "evidential' from begin
ming to end. It's genuineness can be proved
nv even a more direct method than the
svllopism. thus: o. No human being could
nossiblv write anything so idiotc. (2) 1t
must. then. be the product Of spirit. There
is no way OF escaping the inference. Learned
philosophical expounders of the truth nave
frequently told US that "discarnate intelll-
gences" in entering our terrestrial atmo-
sphere are mentally befogged and become
imbecile but recover when they withdraw
from earthly influences. If the Munsterberg
were fairly ineligible 1t
would be conclusive proof OF its spurious
ness
Soon we shall hear from him in connec-
ton with telepathic apparitions, veridical
Authorizations. pseudo-poda, the fourth di-
mension OF space, telekinetc phenomena,
nsvehorragic diathesis, crystal gazing, ouiia
board. playing cards and tea dregs. And we
are living in the twentieth century.
~New York, Jan. 2, 1917. W. s. DAVIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
That Unctuous Paci6st
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Will Mr.. Sydney Brooks please &C
cept the thanks of at least one daily reader
Of your paper for the truth he tells in this
mornings issue Of your paper relative to
that "unctuous pacifst," A. B. Gardner, Of
THE London Daily News"
But there are others than the last named
who are equally deserving of publicity, nota-
bly, that son of distinguished father, .
c. ?. Trevelyan. Is he like his kinsman
the former incumbent Of Wellington Hall,
the late Sir A. W. Trevelyan) Heideb re
educated? / know these descendants of Sir
Walter Raleigh alas, only too well.
DONALD MacEWAN.
New York. Jan. 4. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
Literary Gents

To the Editor Of The Tribune. -.
Sir: Poor England. But yesteraay "a
needed no one to speak for her and no" ,r
has sunk so low that her voice Is the "a 80.
Of literary gents" like Hall Game ana 1 ~.
ney Brooks. Here surely is work LOT ~.
British censor. Will "crisis actually ou'' :,
when Lord Northclife reads the dolns' :,
his close associate in America? NnSh
the Northclife papers does Mr.. BROOKS ~
resent? J. b. SNll"
New York, Jan. 4, 1917,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06

thoughts of Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Lansing
Senators Stone and Lewis or The
World" and "The Times?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-06
Mysterious

Discussing the debate on the Hitchcock
resolution, "The New York Times" said
Yesterday.
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Entered at The Posto<ncs Al New Yck I" Second 'i"'
Mall Master.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
Intensive Artillery
 DueIs in France
THE INFANTRY EN-
 GAGEMENTs OF SUNDAY
VIOLENT NEAR TYRES
Germans Have Been Driven From the Single Part They Held As the Re- suit of Attack Sunday Near Cher isy

The violent infantry engagements of Saturday and Sunday on various sec tors of the front in France gave way on Monday to intensive artillery duels. The infantry remained inactive, except on several positions of the BIfish line where Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's men carried out minor opera tions.
 Germans Driven from Positions.
 Before the luIl the British had fin ished the task of clearing out the Ger mans from the single post they had held as result of their attack of Sun day near Cherisy, southeast of Arras, but the Germans were stLl holding the fitting they had obtained late Sunday in an attack on the French front line positions northwest of the F'roidmont farm.
 To the south of Ypres around Wytschaete and on the famous Vimy Ridge sector between Lens and Arras artillery battles of the most extreme violence are in progress between the British and Germans, while the French and the Germans are engaged in spir- ited duels with the big guns west of Braye en Laonnois and on the Craonne Chevreux sector.
 Austrians Forcing Italians.
 From the region of Gorizia to the head of the Gulf of Trieste the Austri- ans Sunday forced the Italians to ac- cept battle at various points, especial ly on the western slopes of San Mar co, near Gorizia where they invaded Italian positions that had previously been leveled by their gunfire. Their tenure of these, however was short lived. for the Italians, reinforced, in a counter attack, drove out the invad- CTS, inhicting heavy casualties. The other offensives were put down in their incipiency by the Italian artillery.
 Gain by Russians.
 The usual quietude on the eastern front has been broken by the Russians near Kove1 and in the Carpathians near Pnevi. In what apparently were minor attacks the Russians in both places cut the wire entanglements of the Teutonic allies and forced them to give ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
NEW HAVEN ANTI-DRAFT
 MAN HELD IN S5,oO0 BAIL Anthony Carroll. Who Has Been Ec-
 centric in Mary Throngs.

New Haven. Conn.,, June 4.-Anthony Carroll, arrested yesterday after mak- ing an address upon the New Haven Green, was before United States Com missioner Wright today, charged, first, with violation of the registrat tion act in that he endeaVored to persuade men not to register under the con- scription law. and secondly, that he violated the sedition law by trying to stir up the people against the presi- dent The government has not yet elected the charge upon which to have Carroll put to plea. CarrolPs coun- sel asked that the case be continued until Fhursda.. when a motion to have Carrolls bail reduced from s5,- 900 will be argued. A time for hearing on the charge to be formally made will then be set.
 Carroll was ordered held by Colonel F. l.. Isbell of the Second Connecticut Infantry in s5 900 bail but he could not secure it today He may obtain bondsmen by Thursday. The man meantime is held at the police sta tion. Assistant District Attorney Lincoln was present today, represent ing the government.
 Carroll has been eccentric in many things and he has been given to mak- ing open air addresses on Sunday afternoons. It was while speaking that he is said to have urged non- compliance with the conservation law.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
NO CAUSE FOR FEARING
 A SHORTAGE OR SUGAR
Statement by Herbert c. Hoover, Pros-
 pective Food Administrator.

Washington. June 4.-Herbert C.. Hoover. who will be food administrator under the bills now pending in con- gress, took notice today of widely published reports quoting him as say ing the sugar supply would soon be exhausted and predicting outrageous prices.
 The printed report was based on a confidential conference Mr. Hoover had some time ago with congressional committees. MT. Hoover resented it deeply today as being unfair and very likely to unnecessarily alarm consum- CTS.
 T have never made any statement for publication upon the subject of sugar whatever" said he. T did in an important conference state that un- less order was restored in Cuba we would be short of sugar because of sugar because of inability to secure the harvest of the forthcoming crop. Since that time action has been talk en and ample supplies are assured not only from Cuba but from else where. There will be no famine in sugar. and I wish to protest at the repetition of partial discussions in private conferences to the wholly un- necessary alarm of consumers"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
OFFICIAL REGISTER PRIMER
Prepared For Publication By the
 United States, including all officers

WHO MUST REGISTER: All male persons (citizens or aiiens) born between the sixth day of June, 1886 and the fifth day of June, 1896, both dates inclusive, except members of any duly organized force, military or naval, subject to be called, ordered or drafted into military or naval service of the United States, including al officers and enlisted men of the regular army, regular army reserve, officers reserve corps, enlisted mems re- serve corps, national guard and na- tioral guard reserve recognized by militia, bureau, the navy, the ma rine corps, coast guard, naval n1iIi- tia, naval reserve force, marine corps reserve ard national naval volunteers recognized by the navy department.
 and g a. m.
 WHERE: In your home precinct.
 HOW: Go in person to .he ragis- tration place of your home pre- cinct; if sick, send competent friend. The clerk may deputize him to prepare your card.
 PENALTY FOR NON-R REGIS TERING: Liability to a years inn prisonrent; then enforced regis tration.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
MILITARY COURTMARTIAL
 ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES
If Men Are Connected With Sending News of Sailing of American De- strovers,

Washington, June 4.-If the three men arrested in New York in the mail plots are connected by the evil dence with the forewarning which of American destroyers, a military courtmartial is one of the possibilities facing the prisoners.
 No comm ent on the case was forth coming tonight either from the de- partment of justice. under whose au- thority the original prosecution was brought, or by the war department If military trial deve.ops it would be conducted under article S8 of the articles of war, which provides that
 Any person who in time of war shall be found lurking or acting as spy in or about the Notifications, posts. quarters or encampments of any of the armies of the United States or elsewhere shall be tried by a general courtmartial or by a military commis- sion and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer dea th.
 May Be Turned Over to Army.
 While war department officials were not prepared to express in advance any opinion on whether the New York case might fall within this cause it was pointed out that the law is suff1- cientiy broad to cover any kind of espionage. If charges are made that the men involved actually transmitted or attempted to transmit to Germany information as to the movements of the American destroyers. it was be- HeVed they would be turned over to the army for trial and, in the event of conviction, would be condemned to death, as the clause gives a military court no alternative from that sen tence- The president. however would have power to suspend the sentence in his discretion.
 Article 29 of the rules of land war fare. United States army. which are drawn from The Hague and Geneva conventions determining international practice, describe a spy as follows:
 A person can only be considered a spy when, acting c.andestinely or on false pretenses, he obtains or attempts to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communica ting it to the hostile party"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
STRIKE ORDERED ON
 BOSTON & MAINE
Calling Out 2.3oo En1oIoyes of the Road
 on Thursday Morning.

Boston, June An official order for a strike on Thursday morning of the 2,300 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Station Employes connected with the Boston and Maine system was issued by General Chairman P. J. CoyIe today. The strike. # it goes into eff feet. will call out freight handlrs, fright clerks. crossing tenders and station workers of all kinds. including baggagemen, janitors and watchmen.
 Formal notice of an intention to strike in an effort to gain demands for a wage advance of D cents a day was delivered to the mana cement of tn road last Friday. Officers of the brother hood, in a. statement today. said they received no word from the manage ment of the road since they notified them of the proposed strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
INDICTMENTS CHARGING
 CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
Individuals and Corporations Connect ed With the Emerson Motors Go.

New York. June "A federal grand jurry today indicted fourteen individ- uals and four corporations on charge of conspiring to defraud through the mails, investors of the Elm erson Motors Company. Delaware corporation with a capital stock of 10000, 900. The indictment accuses .he defendants of inducing persons to purchase the corporations stock know ing it was not worth the price they paid for it.
 Prior to the indictment today a re- ceiver for the company was appoint ed after involuntary petition in bankruptcy had been filed.
 In a statement filed in the federal court in connection with the bank ruptcy proceedings the Emerson com pany's nominal liabilities are said to be $S, ,000, GOO and assets about s190, 900, most of which is in cash.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05
NEW CONSTRUCTION ON
 THE NEW HAVEN ROAD
Especially in the Way of Sidings, Will
 Be Extensive This Year.

New Haven, Conn. June 4.-New construction on the New Haven road especially in the way Of sfdings, will be extensive this summer, according to a general outline of plans made public today. The new trackage will be about 126 300 feet on the line from this city to Readviile. Mass, 64,490 feet between Devon and Maybrook, and S360 feet between Derby June tion and Waterbury. This trackage will bemostIy into sidings and some of it will materially lengthen the new sidings on the Shore Line west of Savbrook Junction. these extensions being a part of the plan to eventu ally four track that line.
 There are numerous minor changes which will add to the aggregate, the cost of which will be a large sum. The general idea is to provide accom- modal atio1s for the great volume of freight cars which has to be handled not only for Southern New England but for connecting lines