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New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
Take the Loan


written in aid NJ Civil War loan)
Come. freemen OF the land.
Come meet the great demand,
True heart and open hand,
Take the loan,
For the hopes the prophets saw.
For the swords your brothers draw,
For liberty and law
Take the loan
Ye ladies OF the land.
As ye love the gallant band
Who have drawn the soldiers brand,
Take the loan!
Who would bring them what she could,
Who would give the soldier food,
Who would staunch her brothers blood
Take the loan
All who saw her hosts pass by,
All who joined the parting cry,
When he bade them do or die,
Take the loan
As We wished their triumph then,
As ye hope 10 meet again.
And TO meet their gaze like men,
Take the loan
Who could press the great appeal
OF our ranks of serried steel.
Put your shoulders to the wheel,
Take the loan!
That our prayers in truth may rise,
Which we press with streaming eyes,
On the Lord OF earth and skies.
Take the loan!
EDWARD EVERETT HALE
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
A Green Mountain Defence
Her Farm Burdens Too Great TO
Permit Enlistments
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: II is only fair, amid the criticism
which is being heaped on poor Vernon.
apropos of her failure 10 give her quota to
the service. to- remember conditions there
The writer knows something OF conditions in
the Champlain Valley, and il is probable tha,
the same state of things exists in other sec.
tions.
Vermont is almost entirely an agricul,.
ural state of small, independent land own.
ers. The exceptions 10 this are such quarry
towns as Barre and Rutland. and manufsc,.
urng towns such as Winooski, but thes.
are few. The old stock, which certainly
turned out credtaby in the Civil War, has
been for years struggling with hesrt-bresk.
ing labor conditions. Year after year crops
are injured through lack Of hands 10 60,
them in in time. The farm where the own.
er was doing his hsying with the help Of
his thrteen-yea old-son illustrates the stu.
alton. The old stock. which would come to
the front in war time, is kept at home,
through sheer necessity. To be sure, there
are the Poles, Italians, ETC.. in the qusrries
and mills, but it is too much 10 expect ,hst
they would volunteer. and for the French.
Canadian, he is as little likely 20 come 10
the front the Province of Quebec is having
her experience) as he is 10 turn out an ot-
fashioned, dependable hired man.
One would like TO ask the persons Nhc
speak of 'the dead-alive State Of Vermont
what they would do if they were in the place
of the Yankee farmer who Is trying 10 run
his farm in this day Of poor and scan'y
labor and high wages. While SO hampered
he is asked TO save the country by raising
bumper crops. and AT the same time ne
exhorted TO go 10 war, thereby deprvlng ne
farm of (often) its only capable pair Of
hands. The writer can offer no cure for
the passing of the young folks 70 the cites
of other states nor for the ramiied labor
question It is enough that ~ condition
exists. Had il been durable, surely Vermont
would have done something TO remedy II long
ago. out of self-nterest if nothing more To
ask the average Vermont farmer TO volunteer
is like asking a woman with little children and
no servant to sew all day for the Red Cross
The country won't gain by that. Perhaps IN
the end something will be gained If the
at large and incidentally certain
city editors realizes the conditions on many
of our Eastern farms.
II is no reflection on the courage OF the
Green Mountain State that her burden IS
greater than she can bear. D
Troy, y. Y. June 10. 1917
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
A Surtax on Aliens
be overcome.


Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald's proposition TO put
a war surtax on aliens, by way of commu-
tation or set-of for their immunity to the
draft, is entitled to respectful consideration.
Under circumstances of peace such propo-
stion would hardly be heard. The United
States, in common with other civilized coun-
tries. subscribes to the principle of mutual
freedom of residence. Our citizens are free
TO live IN foreign countries with which we
are at peace without oppressive or unequal
burdens. and their citizens are free to live
with US. But nowhere is the principle main
tanned that foreigners are entitled 20 spe-
cal priyileges-privleges greatly in excess
of those Of citizens.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
Faust and a Singer
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To The Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In his historical notes on "faiN
your correspondent John Curtis refers 70
"the curious fact that Philadelphia hesrd
the opera in German. Italian and kngisa
before she heard it in French. the language
in which il was written" At the Metropoh'
tan Opera House. New York, all operas ~
cluding French, produced between the years
1884 and 1891. with the exception OF ie"
special performances given by Nine. AceInS
Patti and her company, were sung in 'ne
German language. As some Of these nae
already been heard many times IN o'nei
local houses in Italian and English ana
three or four earlier performances OF "Ca''
men," "Les Huguenots" and the gsrdeh
scene in Faust" by small and nadequsN
French companies may be considered nesl'
gible. Philadelphia's experience with Gov
mods work was not altogether unique.
Mr.. Curtis further refers to Santley, 70,
whom Gounod wrote Even Bravest Hear
("Dio Possente") in Faust when ne
opera was sung in London in English N
1864. as "the American barytone. :,
Charles Santley was born in Liverpool o.
English parentage ana has uNeH 'V' "
years in London, where he still SURVIVES .
the ripe age Of eighty-three. His last az
pearance in this city was at Chiekerng h1"
in 1891, when he. sang Handels 80 Kua''a
than the Cherry" from "Acis and Oala'fs'
better than it has ever been sung oy Sn'
one else in the writer's recollection UrO,e
Dictionary Of Music and Musicians ua@.
special mention of his fine rendering o. S'''
famous air a. l. "
New York. June 49, 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
The Expensive Cigarette Box

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: At low estimate three million
cigarette boxes are daily thrown into the
streets of the cities of this country. At
great expense an army of men is employed
in gathering this litter. In these trying
times of economy in paper it seems a sin
full waste. Could not cigarettes be wrapped
in a simple piece of oiled paper, or couldn't
cigarette cases be refled at the tobacco
stores? This would furthermore. make our
streets and sidewalks more slightly.
AN ECONOMIST.
New York, June L., 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
A Formidable Air Raid

Yesterdays great air raid may prove
to be the most murderous ever achieved
bv the Germans, not even excepting the
attack of Nav % on "the Southeast OF
England" On this occasion the censor
has departed from the traditional folly OF
concealing the whereabouts Of the lnva-
sion. for the official statement makes 1t
known that the squadron of aircraft, pass
ing over the More, made straight for Lon
don and bombed the East End, killing and
wounding a great number of civilians.
1t is proper that the fact, as well known
10 the enemy as to the people of LONDON,
should not be hidden from the rest OF the
world. When Folkestone was raided with
disastrous results three weeks ago a fool
ish effort was made to mystify the public
In the first place, the newspapers were not
allowed to mention the affair at all the
following day, and when at last the news
was made public through official channels
the name of the place attacked was not
mentioned, the result being that in some
neutral countries the conclusion was
drawn that London was the town so
vaguely alluded to.
II is madness to suppose that The raiders
were ignorant of their position, especially
considering the attack was made in broad
daylight. In fact, it is clear that they
knew exactly what they were about, and
that they were engaged in definite mill
tary enterprise. The attack was evil
IDENTIFY planned with great care. and
though, according to the accounts received,
the military damage done was insignifi-
cant, it is certain that it was not under
taken merely for the purpose of slaughter.
Not that the Germans are too scrupu-
lous to make war on civilians. They have,
indeed, repeatedly defended themselves on
that score, and have pointed to the great
advantage to be gained by depressing an
enemy population and holding it In state
of tension and perpetual anxiety. Some of
their learned reasoners on the purposes Of
war have even dwelt on several indirect
consequences Of air raids, such as the
compulsory darkening of London's streets.
Il is very likely that the latest air raid
was in the main an effort at frghtfulness,
and if so it may he regarded as successful,
whether it accomplished anything of mill
tarv importance or not. One of the bombs
hit an elementary school, killing ten of
the pupils and injuring fifty. The ma
chimes were invisible from the earth, and
as it is estimated that they approached
the town at height of $4,000 feet the
attackers could hardly have told where
their bombs were landing. They seem,
however. to have scored some lucky hits,
one bomb at least exploding in a railway
station, killing and wounding about two
dozen persons.
Recent experience seems to show that
the airplane is far more useful, even for
purely murderous raids, than the more
cumbersome and vulnerable Zeppelin, and
we shall probably hear of similar and per-
haps more formidable raids in the future.
The present methods Of defence are plain
/ iy inadequate. Guns on land are of little
service or none at all on such occasions as
that of the latest raid. and it is only by
duels in the air that the attackers can
be overcome.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
Investigate !

Secretary Daniels has ordered an IN
vestjgation Of the charges against the
NAVY Department brought to light through
Senator Frelinghuysen, Of New Jersey
Those charges certainly originated WIN
some one who had access to conhdentiai
denartnoent documents. The Secretary
has therefore also decided to run down
"tbe snv or traitor" who divulged ord
nance Bureau secrets.
We hope that both these Investigations
will produce results. If the charges whlch
came ANONYMOUSLY TO Mr.. Frehnghuysen
can no shown TO have been based on dlS-
tortion of official records the country Will
feel relieved. The too frequent accidents
on armed merchant ships, due to defective
naval ammunition, have raised doubts as
- the efficiency Of the departments IN
snac+ion Such doubts. we hope, will be
set at rest by the inquiry which tne nyS-
terious letters to Senator FrelinghuySen
have started.
The other investigation is even more
;nonortant. If there are spies and traitors
at work inside the Navy Department.
r;Aino confidential records and dissemlnat-
inc forbidden information, their activities
must be ended. 1t was hinted couple OF
,reels AGO that the message informing
Berlin of the departure Of the American
DESTROYER squadron for Europe, with the
mort of destination chosen, originated IN
side the Navy Department. A close ofhce
secret was betrayed in this case, as 1t was
in the case Of the charges mailed 10 MI
Frelinghuysen. How extensive is this IN
visible net Of espionage? That is what
VIC must find out.
At the time when the Lusitania was
spnk there was much talk Of false mes
sage of instructions sent in the British
Admiralty code TO her captain. UndouDt-
edIv the British Admiralty has mad TO
rontend with spies and traitors having ac-
cess 10 its secrets. The German spy sys-
tenn is highly organized everywhere, and
il has had nearly three full years in which
N intrench itself in this country. Won
Papen's work still shows. We have not
vet cut all of the underground wires which
he installed.
While he is at it Mr.. Daniels might as
well make his inquiry sweeping enough TO
cover the abstraction from the depart
roent files of the famous Fiske letter 1hat
was one of the most mysterious docu-
mentary disappearance on record IN
Washington. Possibly some German agent
made way with it, so that its recommenda
tions-highly inimical TO Germany, as
events have shown-cOuld not reach the
Secretary and influence his naval con
struction policy. 1t would be interesting
70 know who saw that letter last and un
der what conditions of safe-keeping Il
vanished.
The Navy Department must be made al
spy-proof as possible. To that end let u'
have an investigation which will In
vestigate.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
War Fun

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May paraphrase Barrie ana suse
that in our effort to create a sausiSe..,,
American backbone we have in the proc.
sacrificed our funny bone? There IS SO Nv, :,
humor TO be CLEANED from .he war tns' >.
surely pleasant duty to indicate It wnen W
can.
think our great-grandchildren VIII nnu .
merry diversion in reading Of the stoesnO'-
conference. They will recite IN their
rooms that the American and tng,lsn 80.
gates were forbidden any part IN tns
man peace plot ,..;,
Al the same time they will read IN ,,..
textbooks the outraged protests OF tne ~
man press against the conference sa"
~ yelled English plot" and these trs'.''
who would betray us TO an English pea..
Let US hope that our great-granden"'''"
are blessed with funny bone ov
SYDNEY TH0MPSo"
Nau York luna ~. 1917. -
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
The imperative Mood in Lawmsking
The Tribune has received the following
letter from a perturbed citizen:

The Tribune has received the following
letter from a perturbed citizen:
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: As a citizen of the United States,
State of New York and County and City Of
New York, would like to ask question Of
Governor Whitman through your columns,
and think you will see the justice of my
question. Where does he get the right 10 say
that we MUST emphasizing the word must
register during the time specified for the
state census? Could he not have used the
word shall or should instead? These United
States are supposed 10 be free country, but
when a state official like Governor Whitman
or any other Governor uses the word must
in law or order OF state it is using a
word that conflicts with the word "lberty"
and with the Constitution Of the United
States.
| do not object TO the state census, for
am only too glad TO "do my bit" when the
time comes. JOHN J. GILES.
New York, June 10. 1917.
The Governor gets the right TO say that
all persons between the ages of sixteen
and fifty must register because the law
providing for the state military census
was passed in mandatory form. Use Of
the word "must" or "shall" by lawmakers
does not conflict with liberty unless the
law in which the word occurs is declared
unconstitutional. The correspondent should
read at random in the annual volumes Of
statutes Of this state. He would probably
change his mind about legal phraseology.
The Tribune has said that since the
Federal authorities thought state census
unnecessary and undesirable at this time
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14
Bread at a Discount

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | would call your attention to the
sale of bread day old 20 Connecticut farm
ers at 2iz cents loaf. while the general
public pays 10 and 10 cents loaf
&. +. y.
South Norwalk, Conn, June IL. 1917.
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14

yo, can purrhaso merchandise advertised IN iih
TRIBUNE with absolute safety-fof II dla-Si alon
= nm -piRl-Nr euaraatass 20 pay your money
=, : -, -,,,uc-t No red tape 10 qmbbhng. We make
200, p-5enpuy tie advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1917-06-14

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Mail Mater
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
SUNDAY IN GETAWAYS
MANY CHURCHES

ST. Patrick's Catholic church. Rev.
NJ A. Quirk, pastor. Low mass at s
and high mas at 1890 4. m.
St Francis Catholic euurch, Rev,
Casimir Miller. pastor. Masses at s
and 1000. First mass sermon in
German and the last in Ensilsh.
St. Columbia Catholic church Dean
Quinn, pastor. Low mass at 200 ami
$50 High mass at 1880. Dean
Quinn will preach Sunday school al.
ter S:99 mass.
First Church of Christ. Scientist.
Lafayette street. Morning service at
lG:f5; subject, Adam and Fallen
Man" Testimonial meeting on
Wednesday at p m The public is
cor Tally invited to attend the serg.
ice. Sunday school at L. in. Reading
room open Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday from 2. 80 to s.
Swedish 81. L. church. Prairie street,
EcV. Moulin, Of Evanston, pastor. Sun.
day school at 10 a. N. Evening serv.
ice at 7.45.
First Presbyterian church. Rev j.
+. Vonck%, pastor Sunday school at
9:45 q. ni for all children, subject
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
RHODE ISLAND FALLS INTO
LINE,

Woman suffrage has now broken
the solid East And its first victory
east Of the Appalachian mountains
is won, strangely enough, in Rhode
Island, rcputed to be the most reac-
tionary of all our states.
The victory is not complete, but
Rhode Island has gone about as far
as Ohio and Illinois. It's legislature
has granted women the right to vote
for president This is the most CO.
voted Of suffrage rights, and also, in
most states, the EASIEST concession to
win. II Is usually the opening wedge.
It leads, sooner or later, to full suf-
fragc
When Rhode Island, the traditional
abode Of "r0tten boroughs." limited
manhood suffrage, vested wealth and
political corruption, takes this adyanc-
ed step, we needn't be surprised at
anything progressive in any part Of
the union A change has come oyer
the spirit OF American politics and
the rapid extension Of equal suffrage
to women IS merely one Of the most
refreshing signs of the wholesome
transformation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

Mrs. George Bass and Mrs. Grace
Wilbur Trout we're accosced on q down
town street the other day by vest
pocket edition OF new3boy, whose
stentorian voice was in inverse ratio
to his size.
"Faiprei Paipre. All about the tur-
rbul moldarl" bnWled the little fellow.
see here" said Mrs. Bass, confront
ing him, nobody wants to read about
q turribul molder, Now, suppose you
G,art over again and yell something
like: AN about the national suffrage
day Just try it once and see how it
goes
Jaw, suffrage day nuthin'," replied
the disguised little merchant. Dat
Just goes to show how much women
know about business. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

Special music. All are asked to re-
turn envelopes used during "Self-de-
NAL Month"
Epworth M L. church ESQ., II side),
Rev. G. A. Briggs, pastor. Sunday.
day school at $3.50 a. M. Evening ser.
vice at $50; subject, "Tl- Cali CT
Christ"
Zicn Evangelical church, Madison
and Sycamore streets. lev. II. +.
Ebert, pastor Residence, $40 Jeffer-
son street. Sunday school at $50.
Preaching at 1890 in German. Spe-
cial program for Mothers Day. Y. 2.
A. meeting at 700 p. m. Evening
service at 1880 in English.
The Salvation Army, oil La Sale
street, Ensign Annie b. Garvin and
Capt. q. Summers, officers in charge.
Sunday meetings: 1v:30, holiness
meeting; p. m. junior company
meeting. Young Peoples Legion It
$50 D. m. Salvation meeting, p. nj.
Week night meetings, third week OF
siege. Tuesday, p. m, salvation
meeting; Wednesday, special meeting
by young people. Thursday, cottage
prayer meeting. Saturday, salvation
meeting
Union Mission church, Fourth ave-
nue. and Glover street. Rev. Sanders,
Of Streator, acting pastor. Services in
the morning at 1880. Preaching sery.
ice in evening at 500 o'clock.
Trinity United Evangelical church,
corner OF Illinois avenue and Leland
street, Rev. Isaac Divan, pastor. Sun.
day school at $3.50. j. w. Coble, STU
perintendent. Preaching at 10:30 y.
IN. Everybody welcome. League ser
vice at $3.50 p. IN. Prayer and class
services on Wednesday evening at
J 7.3D o'clock. Visitors always welcome.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
VOLUNTEER MONEY AND MEN.

Large numbers Of citizens suhJeci
TO the income tay are Fastening TO
grant the informal request Of tae fed
era, treasury department and ral their
tax several weeks before i is due.
In the case Of many ot them the in
terest they thus forfeit would amount
to a respectable little sum, and the
men concerned are ordinarily pretty
careful abont intcrest-that' why
they happen to have taxable incomes.
they foreeo the traditional right OF
q taxpayer TO hang onto his money
till the last possible moment, because
Unc.c San; needs IL more now tAan
he will later Il comes in handy to
Eav the first war bills.
This IS pleasing demonstration OF
patriotism. It's a comparatively small
matter, and yet important because i
shows the attitude Cl the capitalist
class" Some Of eur agitators who
assume to speak for humber classes
still keep up the old cry that the rich
start wars, let the poor iieht them
contribute nothing and reap the pref
its. But the ely is growing faint row
because it is nc longer true.
Our business and professional class
es have responded as readily as citi-
zens Of any other class. They have
not only given money with great lie
crafty, but they have volunteered
their personal services for any ncces-
sity in wan duty, military or other
wise
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12

The rate is meant 70 apply to those
taking out war insurance. ithin one
month OF entering the service. If a
man waits until he Is ordered to the
front. when he viii Immediately he
come a greater risk, the rate viii be
higher
This rate Of $3.50 per ST 900 means,
roughly that a mau joining the army
now stands about one chance in q Of
dying a military death within twelve
months. or to put it the other way
he has about 2G chances out OF q to
get thru the first year safe
Laer, Of course, if we really get in.
to the fighting on big scale. the
probability Of death will increase. The
Canadian war insurance rates are
said to run from 500 to $50 per
year. The rate in England is about
$500, which means that a soldier has
only one chance out OF five Of living
thru the year
Il is hardly likely that the Ameri-
can rate will ever rise so high as that,
For the present, anyhow, the death
odds give nobody much cause for wor
ry.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-12
WALKER SEES SAFE
IN SPITE
OF EUROPEAN WAR
PRECEDENT o. ILLINOIS Fedora
Tlcn Cr LA5Og EELiEvE5 TAf
DhWI Or EEW Md TRIAL
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