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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
ENVOY ACTED AS SPY
LANSING REVEALS WORK OF
SWEDISH MINISTER IN MEXICO
Letter of Kaiser's Representative Ask
ing Decoration for Scandinavian
Aid Made Public.

Washington, Sept. 15.-The material
aid given Germany by Sweden was not
confined to transmission of naval Sc
crets by code from Argentina to Ber-
lin. A copy of an official letter from
Herr Won Eckhardt, German minister
by Secretary Lansing on Thursday,
makes the startling revelation that
Folke Cronholm, Swedish charge
daffaires in Mexico City, was an active
agent of the German government.
SO extensive were his services that
he was recommended to the kaiser as
being worthy of a special decoration
as reward for his services.
1t is shown that Folke Cronholm not
only gave military and diplomatic in
formation To Minister Won Eckhardt at
least up to March, 1916, but that he
followed the example of his colleague
in Buenos Aires by transmitting Off
cial messages from the German en-
bassy in the official Swedish code to
the foreign Office at Stockholm and
thence to Berlin.
At the same time the secretary of
state made public a report from Ira
Nelson Morris, American minister at
Stockholm, declaring that while the
Swedish foreign Office was transmitting
German messages in German code for
the German diplomats, it was requir-
ing Mr.. Morris to file his messages to
Constantnople via the Swedish foreign
office in French.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
POSTAGE Stamina

The history Of postage stamps be-
gins with the issue made by Great BRIT
ain In 1910 under the administration
of Sir Rowland Hill. Their successful
use in Great Britain resulted In the
adoption Of stamps by Nautilus, an
English colony, by Brazil, France.
Switzerland and the United States.
The earliest shape of the postage
stamp was practically that which Is In
use today. The triangular, diamond
shaped, octagonal and square have
been tried as experiments by different
countries but In nearly all cases re-
turn has been made to the rectangular
form.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
SOCIALIST HITS U. S. FOES
C. E. Russell and Labor Leaders De-
nounce Copperheads and Traitors
Back America in War.

Philadelphia, Sept. 1S.-"We are at
war and there shall be no more oppres-
sion, no more kings, no more war on
this earth. This is our answer to the,
hiss of the copperheads."
Charles Edward RUSSELL the noted
Socialist and writer, member of the
mission to Russia. thus defined the at
titude of Americas workers toward
the war on Germany at great loyalty
mass meeting of Philadelphia labor or
CARNATIONS in the Garrick theater on
Sunday.
The great spokesman of American
working men addressed this meeting,
held by the American Alliance for La
Dor. and Democracy. and so aroused
the enthusiasm of the 1000 workers
crowded in the theater that they rose
en- masse in Il pledge to push the war
to victory.
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LEADER OF RUSS REBELS DIES
General krymoff Shoots Self After
Talk With kerensky-Petrograd
Receivers From Panic.

Petrograd, Sept. 17-General Kry-
moff, commander of the troops of Gen
eral Korniloff sent to attack Petrograd,
the official news agency announces,
has succumbed to the wounds he in
flicted upon himself after an interview
with Premier Kerensky.
After being received by Premier Ker-
ensky at the winter palace and in
formed of the fate which awaited him.
General Krymoff, commander Of the
Korniloff troops which were sent
against Petrograd, returned to his lodg-
ings and shot himself.
Petrograd has entirely recovered its
calm, a remarkable effect of the sup
preston of the revolt.
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Grain, Provisions, Etc.
Chicago. Sept, IS.

FLOUR-Sprng wheat special brands,
in wood, $ll.S0 per bbl: hard spring wheat
patents 95 per cent grade in jute, sllOO;
straight. in export bags, Sl0S0; first clears
$1,000 in iute: second clears, $3.50; low
grades ST. 6Odg 90; fancy soft winter wheat
patents, in jute 5000; standard soft win
ter wheat patents, 1910 IN jute; fancy
hard winter wheat patents, Ell.00, in jute;
standard hard winter patents, SO.75, in
lutte; first clears, $1,000 in jute; second
clears. In jute. s90O695O; new white rye,
So 20: new dark rye, $500.
HAY Choice timothy, old and new, $3.50
6I2350: No. /, s2l.00q22.50 no. ?, Sl9.5O9
20.5O; standard. $19,5Od205O; No. 3 red top
and grassy mixed. Sl750dl9,00; light Glow
err mixed. $195o02O50; heavy clover mixed.
SIT 50dlS50; clover hay. Sl5.50q20.50.
BUTTER-Creamery, extras 43c; extra
flrsts, 42lbc; firsts. 4lq42c; seconds, 391s9
4O1ac. ladies', 371ad3Sc; process, Hc, pack
ing stock. 3512q3Ic.
EGGS-Fresh frsts. 37937l2c; ordinary
firsts, 35a35lRc: miscellaneous lots, cases
included, 25a37c; cases returned, 34a36c.
checks. country candled. 2lQ2Sc; city re-
candled 3pd3lc; dirties, country receipts,
2za2Sc: No. l recandled, Soq32c city re-
csndled 32634c: extras, 4lAdl421Rc; stor-
age packed, S514@31lac.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. 1Sc; fowls.
general run. pic; heavy stock, 22lac; roos.
ters, l6lbC, spring ctlcheuS, &c DUCKS, II
Q191hc: geese, l4GlSc.
ICED POULTRY-Turkeys. pc; fowls,
2lq23c, ROSTERS, 1Sa1Slac; spring chickens,
2Od21c. ducks. 16dlsc; geese, l0q15c,
POTATOES-M Minnesota early Ohio.
n 156Il 25 per bu.; Wisconsin red. $l.O59
Ito; white, sl.l00ll5
CATTL E-Good to choice steers. sl4 OO8
II s.: yearlings good to choice, sll.50t175O:
fair to good steers. $9.50d1400 range
steers. s950Ql50O; stockers and feeders,
IS. OOd9 70: good to choice cows, SS.0Oa1025:
good to choice heifers. s900dl100; fair to
good cows. S6.75d7.15; Gamers. s5OOd565:
cutters S5Od650; bologna bulls s6.50d7 50;
butcher bulls. $I25ulO0O; heavy calves,
81. 5odl2.OO good to prime calves, sl2.co9
1850.
HOGS-Prime light butchers. $lS,25G1S50;
fair to fancy light, sl700alS.3O; medium
weight butchers. 20od250 lbs, SIS SO01S Is;
heavy butchers. 24O140O lbs, s1S.25dlS 65:
choice heavy packing. sl76O01S.10; rough
heavy packing sl700dl790; pigs. fair to
good, si3O0ql7 co. stays, $lS.ood1925.
SHEEP-Good TO choice wethers. $1,000
300: good to choice ewes. s900di1.00 year
lngs. 125oq1400; western lambs. good
to choice, $lSOO9ls50; native lambs good
TO choice, $l7OOg1S.35; feeding lambs, slI.75
A1S25.
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He Had DEPENDENTS.

A husky citizen. who declared that
he was employed rs navy yard ship
wright claimed exemption at New York.
He offered the fact that he was en-
p eyed In government work as rea-
son. but added. IAN besides I've got
dependents" How many?" asked the
exemption official. ME mother" said
the shlpwright, IAN about 20 gents
that | been playing cards with for the
last three months. Without me they'd
starve."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20

Washington - Destruction of the
American consular agency at Dun.
kirk, France, by a German bomb on
Sept. was reported to the state de
partment. The consular agent, Benz.
Morel was uninjured and the archives
of the consulate were saved.
Washington-Cold storage men CON
ferred with the food administration on
enlarging storage facilities to help
conserve perishable food and to op-
pose regulations for warehouse licens-
ing.
New York r. Legislation which will
prevent all the sons of one family be-
ing drafted into the army will be urg-
ed by the district appeals board of
New York City.
Camp Borden-Flight Cadet Whet-
rick, Royal Flying corps of Buffalo, N.
Y, was killed when his airplane made
a nose dive from height of $50 feet.
Chattanooga - Three interned Ger
man sailors escaped from the Fort Og-
lethorpe prison camp during a violent
hailstorm.
Hammond-Three automobile band
its escaped from the Hobart jail by
climbing through a trap door. A
fourth, who is fat. stuck.
New York-Montague Glass, the
writer, was cut on the face, hands
and head in an automobile smashup.
Buenos Aires - Railroad disorders
are spreading. A bridge fifty yards
long has been wrecked, tying up two
lines and preventing the movement Of
troop trains. Heavy reinforcements
of national troops have been sent to
Rosario.
Washington-The navy department
after as complete an investigation as
possible is satisfied there is no foun-
dation for reports of hostile sub
marine off the New England coast.
Red Oak-It is estimated the trial
of Rev. Lyn G.. J. Kelly for the axe
murder of eight persons in Vllllsca.
Ia, will cost taxpayers $4,000.
Boston ~ The National Council OF
American Cotton Manufacturers Is
sued call for a conference in Wash
lngton on Oct. 5, to consider ways and
means fon speedier and more eco
nomic movement Of the cotton crop
from the South to mills in New Eng
land
Copenhagen = Publication OF three
Berlin newspapers. the Tages Zeitung
Boersen Zeitung, und Freislnnige
Zeitung, has been stopped by the mill
tary censor.
Baltimore William II. Stone, ser.
geant-at-arms of the Republican ma
tfonal committee, died here.
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RUSSIA IS REPUBLIC
PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
AT PETRoGRAD.
CABINET OF FIVE TO RULE
XorniIoff's Rebellion Has Been Quelled,
But Confusion II Caused Threat
ems Fatherand and Its
Freedom.

Petrograd. Sept. 1S.-Russla has
been proclaimed republic. The provi-
sional government on Sunday issued
the proclamation, dated September IA.
The proclamation follows:
General Kornlon's rebellion has
been quelled. But great is the CON
fusion caused thereby, and again
great is the danger threatening the
fate of the fatherland and its free
dom.
"Holding it necessary to put an
end to the external Indebtedness of
thes tate's organization, remembering
the unanimous and rapturous APP
prevail of the republican idea ex-
pressed at the Moscow state confer
ence, the provisional government de-
clares that the constitutional organi-
cation, according to which the Rus
sian state is ruled is republican
organization. and it hereby proclaims
the Russian republic.
(Signed) KERENSKY,
Minister and President.
"YAROUDNI.
The provisional government an
nounced that all of the affairs of state
had been intrusted to five members of
the cabinet. The following official
communication was issued:
pending the definite constitution
of a cabinet and in view of the pres
ent extraordinary circumstances, all
affairs of state have been intrusted
to NJ. Kerensky premier; Nj. Terest-
chenko, minister of foreign affairs;
General Verhovsky minister of war;
Admiral Verdervski, minister of ma
rine, and NJ. Niktn. minister of posts
and telegraphs."
After the surrender of General Korn-
iloff and the completion of the new
cabinet, Premier Kerensky was inter
viewed. Premier Kerensky said:
"Announce that the Korniloff adj
venture now is completely at an end,
and there is no prospect whatever of
his aCherents or of other parties at
tempting to revive it. Virtually all
the chief movers in the revolt are in
our hands and the matter may be
considered settled.
"Our immediate problems are pOlit-
ical, and l hope they will be settled
satisfactorily and peaceably. We must
think of reorganization at home and
the conduct of the war"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
HOSTING SPAN THIRD TIME
Quebec CantiIever Bridge Builders Be-
gin 150-Foot Lift-Accidents
Have Cost $95o0,Co0.

Quebec, Sept. ia third at
tempt to place in position the central
span Of the Quebec cantilever bridge
is being made.
Weather conditions being favorable,
the span, resting on pontoons, was
towed into position and hoisting
chains attached to eight six-ton Jacks
ready to begin the lift of $50 feet.
An attempt made last September
failed, the span falling into the river
resulting in IA deaths. A previous at
tempt in 1916 also ended with loss of
life, 20 persons dying. The two acct
dents caused a monetary loss of about
$S,500,000.
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U-BOAT SCARE is EXPLAINED
Crossing" of Wireless Waves Respon.
sible for Story of Submarine At
tack Off U. S.

Washington, Sept 1S.-A crossing"
of wireless waves was responsible for
the submarine scare on Saturday
which set official Washington on edge
and hurried the Mayflower, with Presi-
dent Wilson and his party, into the
protection of New York harbor. An
American vessel was engaged in target
practice. Some vessel heard the firing
and reported it. A vessel was notifying
shore station of her position off Nan
tucket. And somewhere, perhaps thou
sands of miles away, flashed an rs.
O. S."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
RELIANCE ON UNITED STATES
British Chancellor Of the Excheauer
Admits How Much Entente Allies
owe This Country.

Andrew BOnnr Law, British chan
cellor of the exchequer, speaking
few days ago at II luncheon given BY
the Empire Parliamentary association
Mt London 70 Medill Mccormick, con
gresham at large for Illinois. said
In everything connected With the
military arm the Germans have shown
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
Good Memory.

A certain magistrate was In Il great
hurry to get to his court, and haillng
Il taxicab, told the driver to take him
there with all speed. The taxi, how
ever, went so slowly that the magis-
trate was greatly, surprised, aud he
called out to the driver Hurry, my
man, hurry" Il don't think so said
the driver. very coldly; last month
you fined me for driving beyond the
limit T.
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remarkable results, even genius. But
In dealing with questions of human
nature they have repeatedly made mis-
takes which have been the salvation
Of the entente allies. No mistake they
have made will be so great In its con
sequences as that which drove the
United States Into the war.
THE Germans lately have been say
Ing That the Entente was relying on tile
United States as their last hope.
want to say to You that we do rely
on the United States.
As chancellor Of the excheQuer | am
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
Kaiser REGRETS Envcy's Act.

Buenos Aires. Sept 19.-Dr. Lius b.
Molina, the Argentine minister at Ber-
lin. informed the Argentine foreign
office by cable that the German gov
eminent had expressed regret over the
actions of Count Won Luxburg, the
German minister to Argentina.
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u. S. ARTILLERY IN FRANCE
Large U. S. American Contingent Ar.
rives at Camp--Sodiers Practice
With Big Guns.

American Training Camp in France,
Sept. ia large contingent of Amer
lean artillery has joined the expedi-
tlonary army and is well along with
its intensive training under French
supervisory instructions.
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Japs Honor Commodore Perry

Newport, II. l., Sept. 1S.--The Jap.
anese war mission, headed by Count
Ishii, paid reverential visit here To
do honor to Commodore Perry, who
nearly seventy-hye years ago opened
Japan to American trade.
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ENGLISH Clocks Set Back

London. Sept. 10 lIngland's "sum-
mer. time" ended officially at three
o'clock Monday morning when all
clocks were set back one hour and the
country returned to the observation of
normal Greenwich time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
German Bombs In Norway.

Christiania, Sept. 1S.-Two big
bombs Of German manufacture, filled
with explosive and with fuses attached,
have been found at Narvik, northern
Norway. They were wrapped in
Swedish newspaper dated August 4.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
MARKETS
Milwaukee,, sept. 19, 1917.

Milwaukee, Sept. 19, 1917.
Butter - Creamery, extra, 431sc;
prints. 441sc: firsts, 4O@41c; seconds,
37@3sc; process, 39@40c; dairy,
fancy, 40c.
Cheese - American, full cream
twins, 24@2412c; daisies, 241a@25c;
Young Americas, 25@251Rc; long
horns, 25c; brick, fancy, 27Q27hc.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh as to
quality. 34@S6c; dirties, seconds, Esq
&c; checks, 24Q26c.
Live Poultry - Fowls, fancy, 22Q
22Rc; ROSTERS, old, 15Q16c; broilers,
23Q23hc.
Corn-No. yellow, 200.
Oats-No. white, 5S@59c; stand
ard, 5SQ59c; No 4 white, 57@5Sc.
Rye-No. 2, 1.S3@1S4; No 3, $50
@1S3.
Hay-Choice timothy. 19.5O@2O.5O;
No. l timothy. 19.O0Q19.25; No. 2 tim
othy, 16.50Q175O; rye straw, 5000
9.25.
Potatoes-Minnesota or Wisconsin,
early Ohios, sacked, on track, 1850
100; homegrown, out of store, 1850
LAO.
Hogs-Prime heavy butchers, 1925
@1S.60; fair to prime light, 1880
1900; pigs. 10.00Q1625.
Cattle Steers, 7,S5@12.75; feed
ers, 8.6O0975; COWS, 40008.5O; heif-
ers, 5.50@S75; calves, 15.00@15.75.
Minneapolis, Sept 10, 1917.
Corn-No yellow, 20SQ2,10.
Oats-No. white, 55Q57c.
Rye-18201.S3.
Flax-3.3363.3S.
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Another u. S. Ship Sunk.

London, Sept. 1.-THE American
ship Wilmore was sunk by a German
submarine on September u, according
TO an announcement made by the Brit
ish admiralty. All the members of the
crew Of the Vessel were saved.
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Celebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Laredo. Tex, Sept lS.-Mexican In
dependence day was celebrated in
northern Mexico without any disturb.
ance. At Neuvoo Laredo. Monterey
and SaltIllo parades ard speaking were
the programs of the day.
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Miners Return TO Work.

Pana, Ill.,. Sept. 17.-Five hundred
miners employed In Peabody mine No.
I Mt Tovey ILL.,, who struck Tuesday
because the company would not re-
strict leaders to three cars a day, re-
turned to woEk.
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kerenskY WEEDS an Actress.

London, Sept. ia few days after
the fall Of Riga, when Russia was in
the throes of the Korniloff revolt, Pre-
mler Kerensky was married. The
bride is Mile. Thamet, an actress OF
the Alexandra theater.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-20
Alleged Automobile Thief Killed.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 1S.-Homer
Hopkins, eighteen, said to be the leader
of gang of young auto thieves was
shot and killed by Walter Malcolm,
whose machine 1t is alleged he tried to
steal. Malcolm was arrested.
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ready to say to you now what | should
have been sorry to have had to say six
months ago, namely, that without the
United States financial assistance the
allies would have been In disastrous
straits today
THE American people, like us, are
people Of hard practical sense and real
tie that the war now has become large
~ question of nerves, endurance and
staying power THINK God we OF Eng
land and America have those qualities
and shall see this thing through 10 vic
tory
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ON ALLIED AID

Is Won Mackensen with his com-
bined German-Austrian forces TO be-
come second Hannibal, a second
Napoleon?
1t is this one question which Is CIV
ing abundant concern In the councils
of the allied nations.
1t is this one question upon which
hangs the all-around success OF the
allied offensive of 1917 and the an.
swcr will be forthcoming soon.
Military experts agree that Won
Mackensen faces greater difficulties
than did Hannibal In his invasion OF
the then Roman territory or Napoleon
in his brilliant Italian campaign In
the early part of the nineteenth cen.
tury, but they also agree that without
aid General Cadorna is confronted
with II straining problem.
Italy has long, and for the most
part unheeded, pleaded to the allies
| for more supplies and for ammuni-
| tion. 1t was not until Cadorna's great
| offensive several months ago that
these allies fully realized the import
ancc OF the lsonzo front and. resting
secure in his success, the full meas
ure of war implements and food has
even now not been forthcoming. The
results of this are evident.
/ Whether Cadorna can turn back the
/ invaders appears to hang largely up
on whether his troops can make a
stand until allied aid reaches them,
! The retreat from the lsonzo TO the
/ Tagliamento line was their sole sal
yation and their stand here will be
watched with the keenest of breath
less interest,
An invaded nation will fight doubly
as hard and with double the effective
ness of normal battle. An attest oi
this is the stand made by the pun,
/ little Belgian army" In the early fal
of 1914. So unless the odds are in
superablc, there is much hope in the
Italian situation although everything
after all, hinges upon the extra aiC
given Cadorna,
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A WILD MOVE

1--WE have murdered your babes
stuck them upon the points of our
bayonets and seen who could fling
them the farthest-we have violated
your women and forced them to all
manner Of degrading, immoral acts,
we have furrowed your country with
our shells; We have torn down your
villages and your private homes; we
have attempted to starve your people
in captivity, and now we're going TO
make it good to you In dollars ana
cents" might well read the separate
peace offer of Germany which has
been Indignantly spurncd by little
Belgium; bleeding Belgium.
The sly vicious attempt to with
from the allied ranks got oXrctly
what - deserved completes turn
down .ur If ever any country in his
tory has suffered, from the blackest
times of heathenish unenlightcnmcnt
down to the modern dark ages" II
has been Belgium and just as a ma
tlonal consciousness has crystalizcd
into the single determination to fight
on or die 80 doing, so has Belgium
with fury ana with near-insanity
torn into bits the German olive brancl
aud tossed these back into the bloatcr
Hunuish face.
Peace to Belgium What does this
mean after the dopredntions of the
fall of 1914? Annihilatiou, complete
and utter, of those Influences among
tho foe which dictated, planned anc
designed this national catastrophe cal
be the only thought IN the Belgium
mind-a resolution to accomplish this
the only purpose in the Belgian soul
The irony of Offering peace to dcs
ecrated Belgium IL one of the mos
fantastic and bizarre moves of ma
| tion whose fantasy and whose bizarre
ness leads the rest OF the world K
/ doubt its national sanity.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-11-02
IN THE TRENCHES!

No better eleventh-hour stimulus In
connection with the Liberty Loan
could have been produced by the war
department than the thrilling an
nouncement that American troops in
France had taken their positions in
the first.line trenches and had actual.
ly fired shots in the war.
This message truly thrilled the
American people and the final re-
onse in the Liberty Loan was tre-
". Though little discussed, 1t
sumption in general that
s hAe lean expeditionary force
i SEQ no action until next spring
ION their training would have fully
cen completed. There was, accord
HGly. big element of surprise when
- learned that the boys are now
firing line.
Interpret this as meaning that
he more fighting activity
r ater period than there has in
three preceding winters of war.
o "quagmire drive" in Flanders
surely indicates a desire to gain de
cision on the western front this fall
Z II Is to fall to the lot of American
rcops to supply the necessary amount
OF reserve energy to force the Ger
mans out of Flanders, then indeed II
will be wonderful inspiration for
the thousands of troops now in train
Ing in this country.
The announcement of Saturday
causes one to pause and think. "lr
the front limo trenches" means casu
alties; II means American blood shed
Soon the grimy reality of tho war vii
te brought the more closely home
But there Is the glorious thought with
which the United States troops II
France now are imbued ana that 1t
not the individual, but the country
that these casualties and this bloot
Ia but the Offering of America in the
preservation of those immortal prin
ciples upon which the nation, since
tho first Liberty Bell rang out in Phil
adelphia, has stood before tho world
God bless the troops on the firing
line!