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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
Registration Publicity

A correspondent calls attention to the
fact that the regulations for registration
for the selective draft provide that the
names of those who registered shall be
posted publicly in each district and hat
copies of these lists shall be available for
publication by the newspapers. This is
only one Of numerous methods to be en-
ployed to check up the result of yester-
DAYS enrolment with the possibilities.
Comparison of the list with registry lists
of voters. with state census returns and
the like is another. Then there is the
voluntary reporting of those slackers, con-
scientious DIRECTORS, pacifsts and kindred
spirits known by individuals to have failed
to obey the law, which the National Com
mittee of Patriotic and Defence Societies
urged the other day.
PROFESSIONALLY, in an enterprise of such
magnitude as yesterdays there has been
room for failure to obey the law through
ignorance or misunderstanding of its pro-
visions. 1t is not to be assumed, failing
other evidence, that every young man who
did not register was an intentional viola
tor of the law. But every such case
which by the various methods of checking
up the lists comes to the attention of the
authorities or is brought to their attention
by citizens is material for searching in
vestigation. "Those who attempt to
evade will be properly punished and COM
PEELED to perform the service required by
the law" says Attorney General Greg
DRY. ut is the duty of this department to
prosecute these evaders, and it is prepared
TO do So"
With the problem of exemption from
military service properly constituted
boards will deal. There was no exemp-
ton from the requirement for registra-
ton. Those who wilfully refrained from
cbeying the law should be hunted down by
every device of publicity and investiga-
ton, and should have no less than the
prosecution the Attorney General has
promised for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
The Dante League of America

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | am inclosing a translation Of
letter from Signor P. Boselli, president o.,
the Dante Alighieri Society at Rome, 70
Mrs. Heloise Durant Rose, secretary Of the
Dante League of America, in reply TO lst
ter recently written to Sgnor Boselli teD'
ing him of the establishment Of the Dante
League of America and its activities.
believe Signor Bosellis reply will be OF
general interest, especially at the present
time, when the Italian Commission is in this
country
The president Of the Dante League Of
America is Professor William Roscoe Thsyef'
of Harvard University Its board OF d'
rectors is as follows: John G. Agar, James
c. Grey, Joyce Kilmer, Condo B. Pallen'
Richard A. Purdy and William Sartsin.
The league has quite wide membership
throughout the United States, and its pur.
pose is, primarily, to propagate the study Of
Dante and Italian literature generally. Inc
officers and members Of the league would
greatly appreciate the publication Of Signof
Boselli's letter in your columns.
CONDE b. PALLEN.
New York, June I, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
For Smith College

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: President Ernest Martin Hopkins of
Dartmouth College. in his inaugural ad-
dress. commenting on the alumni move
ment," SAYS. there will be few such posi-
bilities of added vigor to the college as in
the DEVELOPMENT Of what has come to be
known as the alumni movement until in far
greater measure the solctude and the in
telligence of the alumni-more truly even
than their financial means-are directed to
the furtherng of the true interests of the
college"
The 1852 alumne Of Smith College have
done much toward fulfilling the words Of
President Hopkins to the graduates of Dart
mouth. The finest result. perhaps, Of their
"alumne movement" is the growth of the
Alumna Council, which has been greatly
furthered by the encouragement which DR..
Marion Leroy Burton, president Of Smith
College, has given, as well as by the sklful
administration of Mrs. Edgerton Parsons,
Smith '97, in her role of president Of the
Alumne Association and presiding officer
of the AlumnG Council.
The Alumne Council is in session in
February and in June. IL has about one
hundred members and twelve standing COM
mittees, which study the affairs of the un-
dergraduates, the alumne and of the col
lege in general OF these the committee on
graduate work is dealing with the problem
of improving the facilities for graduate in
structon. the committee on local clubs and
the publicity committee are endeavoring to
bring about a closer relation between the
alumnp and the college, while the commit
tee which at present seems more important
than any other is the alumne fund com
mttee. This committee is trying TO raise
by June, 1917, the sum OF 100000 for new
nfirmary and the partial endowment Of grad
uate work which the aumne pledged last
commencement. OF its work President Bur
ton has said: ITO me the significant thing is
not only the 100000 which will come to the
college. but the fact that the campaign has
been initiated and carried without the
active cooperation of the trustees and tho
president. II is splendid thing when a
college has alumni who will plan and carry
out a campaign like this. 1t means a new
day for Smith College" AN ALUMNA
New York, June 4, 1917.
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to pay for the barbarities which she has
committed on land and sea-her subma-
rine murders and her atrocities in Bel
GUM, Northern France and the other ter
ritory overrun by her armies.
France is right in demanding the res
toration Of Alsace-L Lorraine as condi-
ton of peace. Call this restoration an
annexation, if you will. 1t will be right
eous annexation-a proper re-extenslon OF
French sovereignty over territory torn
from her in 1901 by the builders Of the
German militaristic empire.
Germany's power for evil in the future
must be circumscribed. Otherwise the
war will have been fought in vain from
the point of view of civilization. Other
territorial readjustments than the recess
sion of Alsace- Lorraine will be necessary
to establish a permanent political system
in Europe. The Allies, excluding Russia
in her present mood, are at one on this
point. 1t should not be yielded in the vain
hope of creating a sociaistic solidarity
powerful enough to restore and MAINTAIN
peace. Until socialism in Germany unseats
the present government, now using 1t as
a plaything there cannot be the slightest
hope of permanent peace through such
concord. To defeat and then shackle
Germany is the only policy on which the
Allies can safely rely to bring about
world settlement which will be just
and lasting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06

wholly satisfactory Thus, the tonnage OF
the very first ship in the list is delioer-
ately nnsrepresented as $500 instead Oh
ALSO, as a French observer who took the
pains to examine the figures pointed out
when they were originally published. A
critical revision Of the items showed, IN
fact, that the total amounted not to $4,000,
but to 42,112.
The latter figure is bad enough in all
conscience, so why falsify it? The British
Admiralty's returns are doubtless indeti-
mite, but if defniteness is aimed at why not
make il plausible? AS to the semi-officlal
or unofficial data collected by Mr. Rider,
the following item is evidently offered as
singulary significant, for it is displayed
in heavy, full-faced type:
London, May LIST (Havas dispatcn!'-
Member Of Parliament Dillon asked II II
were true that the English Channel was
more insecure than ever against suona
rne attack. To this Carson replied tnat
such was the case
He did not reply that such was the case.
What he said was that the danger to ship
ping must be expected to increase IN
proportion to the increase in the number
Of submarines. But" he added specitl-
cally, "as a matter of fact, during the
present month the loss of shipping in the
English Channel has been less than IN any
of the three preceding MONTHS
Mr.. Ridder knows perfectly well that
the Havas Agency is not represented in
the Reporters Gallery at the House OF
Commons. Why, then, should he try to
make our flesh creep by quoting gross and
obvious falsehoods on the pretence OF sup
plying neutral reports of facts?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
The Sentimental Classicist

A good deal in the manner of a forlorn
hope, but still with every banner flying,
the defenders of the classics fired their
blast at Princeton last week. An impress
sive array of great names, from the Pres
ident of the United States down, gave
support to the movement. And Senator
Lodge, in the address of the day, spoke
eloquently to his point. The one criticism
Of his point must be that it had hardly
more relation TO the facts than classics as
taught in America to-day have to do with
Latin and Greek literature. And that is
saying much.
The whole weight of his broadslde was
discharged against a hypothetical ban
ishment" of the classics. Before the
classics are RELOCATED to a few scholars,
rhilologists and lovers of literature, let
US inquire whether it is wise thus to SEN
tence them to banishment,' was one sem
tence. 81 have become very skeptical as
to the wisdom which would cast the liter
ature of Greece and Rome upon the dust
heap" was another And as a climax
there fell this rather venerable but still
useful jest at the expense of science:
cannot but believe that to the average
boy-mark. the average" boy-it is
as profitable to have read Virgil and at
least caught a glimpse of the battles on
the Trojan Plain and of the wanderngs Of
Odysseus as to be instructed in the
"Heredty Hair-Lengths in Guinea Pigs" or
in the Anatomy and Development OF the
Posterior Lymph Hearts Of the Turtle"
We can leave science with its guinea
pigs to take care of itself and hurry to
rescue the classics from Senator Lodges
too-fond clutch 1t is an unfortunate
phrase that he used when he deprecated
the wisdom that would land the literature
Of Greece and Rome upon the dust
heaps" Dust heaps, indeed. Where else
have Homer and the Eneid and the Odes
and Epodes been resting we should like
to know! Let us stick to the average"
boy upon whom Senator Lodge lays stress.
Let him speak of the Trojan Plain and the
wanderings of Odysseus. If he is any
tnlnR DIT ali feSclnuliHS IHc average pOS
of our day and generation those master
works of literature were so far embedded
beneath choking drift. of gerunds and
datives and aorists that one could cough
and cough and maybe pull through by
examining with the boost of trot but
that was all. The glory that was Greece
and Rome never got beyond the we'll
thumbed and much-creased volume of text
wherein literature lay completely envel-
oped by grammar and vocabulary.
For the further statement of truth as
opposed TO sentiment, it must be added
that precisely what your modernist educa-
tor hopes to do is to detach Greece and
Rome from their grammar and present
them as literature in transations. Now, if
our sentimental classicists would approach
the problem from this angle, with the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
The Fancy Sweater Craze

To the Editor of The Tribune. 80.
Sir: or late much has been written Of %
shortage of woollen fabrics. Is II fair' VIZ.
such shortage exists, that as mueh yarn
one wants can be bought for slightly '''
ger sum than in former years?
II our soldiers must fight through me W."
ter in uniforms part cotton, 1t seems '''a,
the wool could be bought By the governnl'"i,
and kept for the purpose Of making alI wow
uniforms. LIN.
have friends who spend their spare nun.
utes making bright coored sweaters 80, 80
Of them have four and others FIVE. hve',
ono il entitled to one sweater, but why h'e'
Can't something be done before u IS 700 az ~,
and the craze for fancy sweaters !. ,' s
height? MANI 'oNSi'
Bronxville, June 4, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06

truth realized and conceded, they might
accomplish much good. Is it possible, for
example. to teach Greek and Latin tongues
differently in the period of time allotted?
Is the fault primarily with our classical
faculties and not with the classics?
Frank discussion along these lines might
reach some worth while goal and per-
haps preserve the teaching of Greek and
Latin as languages beyond their presently
feared doom.
At the risk of bringing down upon our
head a ramping host of classcists we sug-
gest very humbly that these excellent
fighters conduct their warfare with less
sentiment and more science.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
Neutral" Stories of the Submarine

1t is difficult, indeed to exaggerate the
gravity of the submarine menace, but not
wholly impossible. That the feat can be
accomplished by the judicious selection,
arrangement and occasional manipulation
of facts at every ones disposal has been
demonstrated by our patriotic and ingen-
ious fellow citizen Mr.. Bernard Ridder, of
the "Staats-Zeitung."
He sets out on the indisputable assump-
ton that the figures published by the Brit
ish Admiralty are inadequate and mlslead-
ing. Inadequate they certainly are, for
they cover only the British losses and
make no pretence of defining them except
in the toughest way. They are apt to
mislead, too, not only because of their
vagueness, but because of the form in
which they are presented. Moreover,
these weekly returns cannot be said to at
ford clear index of the progress made
by the Germans, for there is no way Of
telling what damage the submarines are
doing to the shipping Of the Allied nations,
to say nothing of neutral shipping.
1t is evident, then, that if we are to
make a Just estimate of the conditions at
sea we must look elsewhere for data to
supplement and amplfy the Admiralty's
returns, and this is precisely what Mr..
Ridder has done, gathering odds and ends
of information published in Norwegian,
Swedish, Dutch and Swiss papers" His
own opinion is that such information,
definitely TO determine the success of the
submarine campaign" an opinion which
might be more acceptable were it not for
one dsconcerting circumstance. This is
that though the papers are neutral the
dispatches quoted from them come in the
main from the Wolff Bureau, and are, in
fact. neither more nor less than the official
wireless reports of the German govern
ment 1t is true that Mr.. Ridder assures
us that these official reports are all signed
by the Chief Of Staff of the German navy"
but it is difficult to see why we are obliged
tc accept that august signature as an Pso-
lutte guarantee OF NerdclJy IL we HHuSI re-
gard the signature Of the British First
Lord as the hallmark of mendacity.
Besides, to say the truth, the figures
quoted will not bear close examination.
Take, for instance, the dispatch Of May 5,
described as Official" announcing "the
sinking of eighteen ships, aggregating
$4,000 tons and including eight with a
total tonnage Of 24,500 sunk in the
Channel" There are various neutral
sources from which Mr.. Ridder may have
drawn these figures, for they were scat
tered in all directions by the wireless
press, but if he had had the curiosity to
examine them critically he would have
found that the detailed report was not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-06
(1ranslation)

] welcome the Dante League Of America
which you tell me is now an accom-
fact. as its plans to celebrate worthiy us
sixth centennial OF the death Of Dante mus
assuredly aid the spread in America Of ire
study and cult of the poet Of our race.
The aims of the league differ some"n"
from those of the Dante Alghier, whose
objects are known to you. Yet it is my nope
that the noble work you have undertaken
will have the best support of our local con"
mttees. -
With thanks for your good wishes ana u
the firm conviction that you viii always w
hold the ideals for which Italy hgn" ~
valiantly, / offer my devoted homage.
P. BOSELLL
President Of the Dante Allgh'efI
Rome, May 5, 1917
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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-02-23

or severe liberation that threatened
the sight of the right eye also. has
Deen discharged and Is we'll on the
road to recovery.
r.. A. Williams and wife of Oroville
We're visitors here Thursday, Z. A. on
legal business, and Mrs. Williams WIS.,
iting with friends.-Molson Leader.
Webb Hurley who was in the local
hospital with bad eye for some days
was able to return to his home at
LOOMS Thursday last much improved,
The high school girls basket ball
team Is planning on game with Oro-
vile girls In the near future to be
played at Oroville.-Brewste Herald.
Monroe Hartman reported that be-
tween O'Clock Monday morning and
D o'clock IN the evening 10 inches Of
snow fell on the level at the RUBY
mine.
rom Jones. postmaster at Riverside.
and one Of the oldest residents of the
county. was a visitor In town Sunday.
coming up here on business connected
with a land deal.
f. V. Covert received a consignment
of 900 pairs of shoes Friday last. This
is said to be the largest shipment of
shoes at one time ever made to a sin
gle firm in the county.
A. w. Boyd, resident manager of the
lvanhoe mine, was in town last FRI
day night and went out to Spokane
with the several stockholders who had
been visiting the NINE
The big seven reel feature Less
than the Dust" with Mary Pickford as
the star. drew the largest crowds Sat
urday and Sunday nights that have
ever been seen in the Lyric.
Another contingent of Nelson peo-
pie went to Bremerton last week, and
were so well pleased with the appear
ance of the place and signs of growth
that they invested In town lots.
Jack Mclaughlin make such a sue
cess of corn growing last year that he
Is going to try 1t again this year, IL he
can secure favorably located piece
OF land In the valley. His winning the
corn prize is an incentive for him to
try harder than ever to swipe another
prize next fall at the corn show. And
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-02-23

lots. If the lots are good enough to en-
able country publisher to dig up the
value Of two they must indeed be an
attractive investment. But we would
like to know the secret how an Okla
hogan county publisher can accumu-
late sufficient funds from the business
to take flyer in any Kind of specu-
lation. In these days of high cost of
living most OF us find it difficult to set
enough to eat to prevent the lining of
our stomachs from growing together.
Fridays Review contains the picture
of very beautiful woman, accom-
panied with the announcement that
the original, Countess Louise Pour
tales, is to marry German prince.
Pourtales, who was killed early in the
present war, was cousin OF our
townsman, l.. F. Pourtales.
w. H. Weisgerber, formerly a resi-
dent of Oroville, but for the past three
years engaged in business at Harring
ton, arrived in town Saturday evening
for visit Of few days. William is
looking in the very pink of condition
and reports that business is in flour
fishing condition out in the big wheat
growing section of Lincoln county.
We are informed that rancher on
Happy Hill, near Conconully, has lao
tons of potatoes that he raised on so
acres last year and kept over this
winter. He is now engaged in loading
cars at Omak and shipping the spuds
to the coast. That rancher hit the mar
ket right, for potatoes command a
better price just now than ever before
known in this country.
An item appeared in the Gazette
last week or the week before, to the
effect that w. J. Frank and his son
Revue Frank, had gone to Reno, Neva
da. At the time We thought the an
nouncement was a whizzer, as w. ].
is such josher, and so it has turned
out. The Franks went no further than
Spokane, where they did quite an i'm
portant business turn.
When anything Of local nature oc-
ours at the public schools we would
appreciate the courtesy If some teach
er or scholar would inform this office.
This office is entitled to that consid-
Grafton without such a request, for
the Gazette has always stood Loyalty
behind the school, and moreover there
has never been time in eight years
since we have been here that a solic
| itor for money for the school has ever
gone out of this office empty handed,
showing that our pocket book. as we'll
Jas our good will, has been enlisted on
the side of the school, That loyalty is
entitled to some reciprocity, especially
when it does not cost anything.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-02-23
SU M M ON 8.

In the Superior Court of the State Of
Washington, for the County OF Okanogan
e. w. BEIDLER, Plaintiff
vs.
B. w. Young, Earl Young, John w Young
Whooper Young, as heirs of L. C. Will
lard, deceased, and all persons unknown
If any there be, having or claiming to
have an interest in the estate of said
deceased and w. ]. Ford, as the admin
lister of the estate Of e. c. Willard, de-
ceased, defendants
The State of Washington to the said
B. w. Young, Earl Young John w. Young
Whooper Young as heirs of e. G. Willard
deceased, all persons unknown, II any
there be. having or claiming to have any
interest in the estate of e. c. Willard.
deceased, and W. J. Ford, as administra-
tor of the estate of E. c. Willard deceas-
ed:
You and each of you are hereby sum-
moned to appear within sixty days after
the first publication of this summons, to-
wit: Within sixty days after the 9th day
|of February. 1917, and defend the. above
|entited action in the above entitled court
land answer the complaint of plaintiff, and
serve copy Of your answer upon the un-