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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Lost in "No Mans Land
War-Made Horror Zone
British Officer Unable to See in Fog Enters German Lines
Then Dodges Death by Own Sentries IN
Perlous Return Trip

forward. In the former course ne III
trusted his safety. All the experience
he had garnercd during his career as a
Sniper came 10 his aid in mapping out
his movements Crawling forward eau
t.ously, he came upon the German WIRE
acknowledgements Guided by this barrier
he crept ahead until he struck com.
municating trench leading TO one OF
the enemy's bombing posts.
Keeping under shelter Of the parapet'
he pushed slowly forward until he
could distinguish the voices OF the Ger
mans i'm a post a few yards away
Turning to the left, he felt for the
crater rim and having found it, silent
" lowered himself over the edge.
With his arms extended over the
solid ground at the top OF the crater
and his feet digging for a hold IN the
crumbling sides. he painfully WORKED
his wav around the bombing post. Below
was the deep black water OF the crater.
Should he fall, the loose earthen walls
would hold him prisoner till ne
drowned. Above his head were ms
enemies.
He was not detected, though the
noise Of the dislodged earth falling on
the water sounded like thunder 70 MS
strained ears. Presently he lay eN-
hsusted on the further side OF the post
Fired On by Own Men
His labors were not over. however.
He had still to md the trenches OF ms
own battalion, as the risk or being snoI
down bv sentries who did not recognize
him was too great 10 take. FIXING MS
bearings as well ar he could. he plunged
boldly forward without familiar land
mark TO guide him. -
Once he struck the point OF small
German salient, and it was only ms
knowledge OF the appearance or the
enemy wire that saved him from enter
irg the German trench. Another time
he made the British line. only to De
fred at by watchful sentry, ana ne
had TO slim back into the fog and seek
shelter from searching mschine gun
Again the cultural tones Of German
,,nices warned him that he WAS ap-
proaching an enemy bombing post and
once more he shifted his course, only
10 find himself in some totally strange
locality.
II was many hours since he had
.+arted on his patrol, and exhaustion
was fast settling upon him. Ever and
anon stray bullet would whizz past,
hui every feeling Of fear had long
since left him.
He was just on the point Of seeking
Some Mace where he could hide during
the day when soft whistle sounded
close to him. II WAS one of his own
sentrjes whistling his reglmental
march. A few minutes later he had
regsined his trenches, and in the light
Of dav the memory Of the night OF ter
ror slipped away into its proper per-
spective in the limbo OF his experience
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Training for Motor and
Car Jobs Will Begin
Next Week
VOLUNTEERS STUDY
FOR MEMS TASKS
Service League May Send
Workers to Any Part
of the Country

Training of women to work on Fifth
Avenue motor buses and streetcars
and 20 replace men in other employ
ments in case Of war will be started at
the West Side Young Women's Chris
tian Association next week by Mrs. L.
wolcott Thomas, Of q East Sixty-sec-
ond Street. chairman Of the motor d.
vision of the National League Tor
womsn's Service.
The efforts of the league, which has
established headquarters at 80 west
Thirty-ninth Street, in charge Of Miss
Maude Wetmore. will be directed trst
toward organizing a large reserve corps
of women chauffeurs, trained and IL
eensed by the state.
Volunteers Are Wanted
The motor division has charge Of the
whole question of transportation ard
later women will be trained to become
streetcar motormen and conductors
motor messengers. ambulance drivers
and even drivers of light trucks used IN
the distribution of food supplies.
owe particularly want volunteers
with mechanical knowledge or with a
mechanical and practical turn OF mind,
said Mrs. Thomas. I'VE are gong 70
start a school for chauffeurs that viii
give such thorough training as Will
enable every applicant to pass the state
examination and obtain license.
each volunteer must be- physically
fit. The authorities OF the Presbyterian
Hospital have promised to cooperate
with us i'm conducting physical exam
nations, and those at the Manhattan
Eve and Ear Hospital will conduct spe-
cial tests for eyesight and hearing.
Ready to Work Anywhere
"AH volunteers must come forward
not only with the idea that they are to
work right here in the city, but must
agree 10 60 wherever they may be sent
i'm the country. Those who are not
especially adapted for the work Of
cbauTeurs will later be trained as me-
chanics 10 work in garages, munitions
factories and many other Industries IN
which the women of England and
France have proved themselves so eff
cient."
Others on the organization committee
arc Miss Anne Morgan, Mrs. Coffin Van
Rensselaer,. Mrs. William Cumming
Story and Mrs. Lindsey Van Rensselaer,.
Miss Grace Parker. formerly head of
the Camp Fire Girls, is national COM
mandant. and Miss Gertrude Robinson
Smith is chairman of the New York
State committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
LABOR TROUBLE MAY
DELAY NAVY YARD WORK
Situation in Overtime Squabble Acute
Conference viii BE Held To-day

Repair and construction work, which
has been rushed at the navy yard for
the last three weeks. may be hampered
as result Of labor troubles which
started on Monday.
Workmen are protesting over cur
from double time TO time and hall
for all overtime work. and the situation
was said TO have reached such an acute
stage last night that a conference Will
be held by the officers with repre-
sentative OF the Navy Department TO-
day.
The men point TO the fact that IN
October, while the Presidential cam
paign was at its height, they were com
pelied to work ten hours and received
double play for the extra time, ana
thew cannot understand why the Navy
DeDartmcnt should change the scale
AS evidence of their efficiency the
workmen point to the fact that they
got the destroyer Sampson out OF the
ward a week ahead of time.
Work on the scout cruiser Burning
ham is being rushed and she may De
part at almost any time, presumably
to join the Atlantic feet under Admiral
Henry T. Mayo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
LIBERIA NEAR STARVATION
AS RESULT OF THE WAR
African Republic Seeks Americans to
Solve Its Economic Difficulties
Prom The Tribune Bureau

Prom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Feb. 14.-Liberia is
nearing starvation, as a result OF the
effects upon the country Of the Euro
pean war, according to official dis.
patches received here. The trade OF
the republic has been conducted al
most entirely by German residents
who controlled both exports and inn
ports, but since the war their opera,
tions have been first restricted, ana
later altogether stopped by British war
measures.
The Lberian government IS seeking
an American auditor, having decided
upon governmental reforms, and bein.,
confronted with the necessity of ecor-
omizing. The country already has an
American receiver general Of customs
II. +. Whorley, selected by President
Wilson for the post from the lnsulai
Bureau of the War Department. Mr..
Whorley has just arrived in Liberia;
The Liberian government is also
seeking American officers 10 command
its frontier forces, its borders being
subject TO continual raids by unclvil-
lied tribes. and it desires to employ
road building expert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
DE VINGT CLUB LIQUORS
MAY FLOW DOWN GUTTER
Excise Department Asks Court Order
TO Destroy Seized Wines

There will be a great waste OF choice
liquor il the Supreme Court should de
eide that the State Excise Department
snail coniscate the wines and liquors
seized al the Club de Vingt, at ~ and
"a East Ffty-eighth Street.
GARFIELD Stoves. a special agent OF
the Excise Department, made the raid
on a search warrant issued By Justice
Finch. lie made his return to the
court yesterday.
Included in the haul were ll6 quarts
and 30 pints of champagne, 4S pints OF
Wurzburger beer. SO pints of stout and
many more bottles of ale, gin and
claret. These have been placed in stor-
age.
The management of the club must
appear Wednesday and show cause why
the supply should not be conhscated.
The usual procedure is to destroy the
seized spirits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Filler SENDS l12-MILE RADIO
New York Engineer Uses Wind Pro-
peller 20 Generate Wireless Power

San Diego, Cal, Feb. fi.-E. j. Simon,
radio engineer Of New York City,
temporarily attached to the army svi-
alton school here, with Captain Her
bert a. Dargue as pilot, sent radio
message from an airplsne over dis
lance of liz miles 20 the receiving
station at the school, it was announced.
The current for the sending set was
derived from a small generator driven
by a two-blade wind propeller.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Soldier Killed in Line of
Duty While Pursu-
ing Providers
ACCIDENT SETS OFF
COMRADES RIFLE
Guardsmen Seek Hidden
Foe Who Plan to Wreck
Water System
From si.s Correspondent o, II. rriem,I

From . SAT Correspondent o. The Tribune
Headquarters 10th Infantry, New
Paltz, y. Y, Feb. 14.-In explaining the
accidental shooting of Hugh Taylor,
private of Company c, Lieutenant Colo
mel Albert Ssulpaugh, commanding the
10th Regiment, tonight said:
There is no doubt in my mind that
some fanatic perhaps some group o.
fanatics is making an effort 10 dam
age the Catsklll aqueduct. | was IN
cined to believe the first intrusions
mere accidents. but for the last three
nights my men have been forced TO hre
repeatedly upon providers who viii not
respond 70 their challenges ard VINO
speed away into the night the moment
our yentries order them 10 halt.
Killed in Line of Duty
IL was as member Of a scouting
marty pursuing one Of these prowlers
last night that Taylor met his death.
The shooting came as a climax OF
events as picturesque and dramatic as
actual warfare engenders. Killed IN
line of duty" the prosaic report 20
Major O'Reilly reads.
High up on the crest OF a snow
capped Hill stands a l,ttle shack which
commands a splendid view OF the aque-
duct territory. and in which Company
c Of the 10th, commanded by Captain
Anderson, has made its headquarters.
Shortly after 9 o'clock last night an
officer. standing at one Of the windows
of the shack. saw the quick beam OF a
fashlight.
Instantly. the first fash was an
swered by second, coming from a
point several hundred yards on down
the aqueduct. For quarter Of an
hour the two lights spoke through me
darkness to onG another.
A squad OF nine men. commanded by
a sergeant was ordered TO investigate.
Taylor was one Of the nine assigned
10 the chase.
Charge in Pursuit
As the squad approached he point
from which the first signal light had
been observed shSdowy form darted
from behind a tree and plunged up a
steep embankment. Taylor, marching
in front gave cry Of alarm. The
soldiers leaped = high fence and to-
gether charged up the embankment IN
pursuit.
One OF the men, in mis- excitement,
opened the safety lock on his rifle. lie
was just behind Taylor. and as he
nesrsd the top Of the embankment he
stumbled. His rife was discharged.
The bullet ploughed into Taylor's back.
lie dropped lifeless.
A court OF inquiry. Which assem-
bled this morning in headquarters here
at the command OF Colonel Ssuipaugn,
pronounced the event wholly accident
al. Coroner Kelly, Of Ulster County,
who was present at the hearing. con
Cured in the finding. The name Of
the soldier who killed Taylor is being
withheld
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15

IrIom star COrrespoadeut Of The Tribune
With the British Army in France,
Feb. mo Mans Land. with its eN-
panse Of disrupted nature, has formed
the setting for some Of the most haunt
ing experiences Of the war. Under the
most favorable conditions it is not
pleasure ground. The rains Of summer
churn il into muddy slough the win
ter winds and cold freeze it into knobs
and pits 10 trap the feet Of the unwary.
Daylight drives the living from its UNI
even expanse; darkness brings only the
lonely patrol and the creatures Of the
wild to feast upon the fallen and strug-
Gle with each other for the refuse east
from the trenches.
Only the call of duty sends men out
into this hell between the firing lines.
DAYTIME witnesses deeds of daring and
sacrifice along its perilous length and
rewards them. But for his courage and
his silent attention to dlty the night
patrol neither seeks nor receives recog-
milton. His life is but a continuous
series Of escapes from disaster, always
under the most depressing eircum-
stances imaginable.
British Sentries Dread Mist
Nothing holds such dread for the
British patrol as a plunge into No
Mans Land when the mists Of Flanders
rise from the fens and flooded grounds
and spread like a mantle over the DAT
lie lines.
One misty night British sniper Of
ficer left his own lines and strobe INTO
the thickening fog of No Mans Lana
that walled everything of IN lmpene-
trable blackness. lie had gone alone;
mere numbers would have failed IN the
task he had set for himself. Groping
forward. he suddenly realized that ne
had penetrated between the INST TWO
lines Of the German trench system.
IN front Of him was the enemys ad-
vanced trench; behind him stretched a
row Of bombing posts Sandwlched IN
between mine craters.
To get back TO his lines in the face
Of hostile observation and IN a tog so
dense he could not distinguish his out
stretched hand seemed an appalling
TASK. but j. was one that must be &C
complished before daylight. and the
lifting mists left him at the mercy Of
tho German snipers. II was typical OF
the British soldier that he had no
thought Of surrender.
Begins Perilous Return Trip
Two alternatives the trapped officer
nod before him that Of carefully crop
INC his way back or blindly rushing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
FIRST 1873 GET POLICE JOBS
Door Cuts OF Line Of Applicants for
Special Duty

From the three hundred applicants
for whom call was issued last Mon
day by Police Commissioner Woods
Inspector Cornelius Cahalanc last night
selected 1873 men 10 serve rs special
patrolmen in guarding subway con-
struction work in various parts of the
city. The inspector assembled the
three hundred in the gymnasium and
told them 10 arrange themselves in
single file with arms stretched straight
above their heads.
"Now march through that door with
arms appraised he said.
The men marched, and when 13s had
passed through the door was closed.
The men on the outside were told they
had been selected When asked the
reason for the unusual proceeding. In
spcctor Cabalnno said il was the "only
way he knew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
DOCTOR DIES ON SICK CALL
Stricken with ApopleXy. and Woman
Finds Body

When Mrs. Sadie Robinson returned
to her apartment on the second floor
at 891 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, last
night she discovered the body of a
man lying across the threshold Dr.
Newman, Of the Bushwick Hospital,
pronounced the man dead from apo
plexy. Later the body was identified
as that Of DR.. Washington J. Brandt,
OF PSI Carroll Street, Brooklyn.
The physician had just visited a pa
tient. Mrs. Catherine White, on the
third floor Of the Gates Avenue build
ing. and was on his way downstairs
when he is believed TO have suffered a
stroke and fell against the door Of Mrs.
Robinson's apartment which swung
open.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
PRICES OF SPRING SUITS
MUST GO UP, TAIL0RS SAY
Wool Shortage and Cost Of Dyes and
Labor Given "a Reasons

Labor Given "a Reasons
Philadelphia. Feb. 1.-THE scarcity
OF wool, the nearly prohibitive price OF
dyes and the increasing cost Of labor
and other factors Of production make
higher prices for spring and summer
clothing imperative, delegates TO the
National Association Of Merchant
Tsilors were told to-day. A decsdence
of the sheep raising industry in this
country and the vast number Of sheep
slaughtered abroad for food cause the
wool shortage, speakers said.
Demonstrations and lectures on vari-
Gus phases of the merchant tailoring
business occupied the 400 delegates at
to-dsy's sessions. incidentally the
fashion arbiters outlswed the vestee.
the white edging sewed TO the V of the
waistcost.
W. J. F. Daley, of New York, urged
the tailors TO conduct advertising cam
psgns through newspaper mediums.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15

Of the council. introduced the speaker
Among the women present were mts'
Henry Meyers, chairman OF tno
luncheon; Miss Sara X. Schottenfels,
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Mrs. oscar
Straus, Mrs. Jacob II. Schif' MY
Henry Moskowitz. Mrs. Marcus W.
Marks. Mrs. c. T.. Seligman, Mrs. VIII
lam Grant Brown, Mrs. Henry Clarke
Coe, Mrs. William Einstein, Mrs. 10
seph Fels. Miss Eleanor Gates, MISS
Georgins Roberts and Miss Anne Mor-
gan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Americans Reach Hague

The Hague. Feb. l4.-AleXsnder C..
Kirk. former second secretary Of the
American Embassy in Berlin. two
clerks, Dysr and Prince. and a steno-
grapher arrived here carly to-day from
Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
BOOKS. COMMON AND PREFERRED

cations, and the elves he impressed into mum
tons factories The gnomes did very well, but
the elves had disconcerting habit of throwing
chunks of dynamite and ntroglycerine about,
blowing I'D the whole works. This amused tho
little dragons, but, as the General remarked it
didn't get you anywhere.
This was a problem, but the General solved
it by deporting from their homes several hun
dred Gribbles, a people who lived far to the
South The Gribbes were reluctant to leave
their homes, but the General humanely de-
stroyed these to make the parting easier
In time his army was drilled and equipped
At last they set out and crossed the borders of
the Pink Fairies country and saw the towers
Of the capital city cleaning rosly in the dis
lance and the great palace rising majesticay
like huge birthday cake with pink frostng
While they stood gazing. the King Of the
Pink Fairies and his court. in gorgeous golden
robes. rode out from the gate of the city to
greet the strangers.
dismounting from his horse as he drew near.
we have come to conquer and subdue your
country called back the leader of the elves.
That will be jolly" said the King. But
first hope you will come in and dine with US"
The General decided to pu. an end to such
nonsense, so he snatched rife from the near
est gnome and shot the King of the Pink
Fairies through the head.
The King leaped into the air, cracking his
heels together. "Oh, that was perfectly bully"
he exclaimed please do it again"
My turn next, Your Majesty" put in the
Lord Chamberlain eagerly.
Blu. the General threw down his weapon with
considerable Impotence Start the heavy
guns" he commanded his chief OF staff.
The great cannon had already been trained
on the palace and presently they roared out
in unison. But instead Of being smashed to
smthereens the palace sprang up twice as
high before.
This is awfully kind of YOU" cried the
King, advancing toward the General with out.
stretched hand.
The General turned away, muttering, and
took the shortest cut back TO the dragons pal
ace. He found the monster awake and prowl-
ing about the courtyard
My nap has been spoiled with all this up
roar" said the dragon peevishly. Pm sorry
ever brought you here
80 am l." said the General gloomily.
"As punishment | shall take you back"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

proclamation was made public. Everybody IN
the office was so astonished at the coincidence
in title and proclamation that they stood gap
ing about the ofhce-that is, everybody but
Meyer Cohen.
Never Cohen. it is worth hesitating here to
saw. is the man who invented the illustrated
song. Folks used to call him The California
BARITONE" lie is general manager for Mr..
Won Tilzer, and has the reputation of being
able to see a song hit further than the average
human eye can reach.
So Never Cohen didn't cape. He called IN
his best stenographcr and dictated letter in
the direction that promised to DO the most
good. A few days later, without saying
word to anybody. he took out the last page OF
the song-an advertising page-and subStl-
tuted the Presidents proclamation, surround
ed by a border Of red, white and blue and sur
mounted by Mr. Wilson's picture.
All that got the Won Tizer company. after
Mr. Cohen succeeded in persuading everybody
that everything was perfectly regular and Off
cial. was what Tin Pan Alley knows as gen
eral order" from the biggest chain of and III
cent stores in the world To-day they are
singing "The Man Behind the Hammer and
the Plough" in every hamlet big enough to
boast one Of those stores.
And that wasn't all the good fortune con-
nected with the song. A very few days after
it was issued there came a letter from woman
in Brewster. n Y. inclosing a song poem she
called "Thc Man Behind the Gun and the Man
Behind the Hoe 1t wasn't a good song, but
the title was enough to take the edge off Won
Tizer's. But it didn't arrive in time.
But what about the great mass of volunteer
song writers-those hapless souls who sit up
nights composing poems aimed at immortality!
Something ought to come from them, and 1t is
coming in punches. Some one of statistical
turn of mind has figured that since the navy
went to Vera Cruz, three years ago, approx
mately half a million unsolicited manuscripts
of war songs have been submitted to the song
publishers in New York City. Charles K.
Harris has figures to show that 5000 have
been sent to him alone.
Mr.. Harris reads them, every one, despite
the fact that twenty-five years in the publish
ing business have not brought him single &C
ceptable song by mail. That is worth turning
over in your mind if you're of a song-wrting
turn In the twenty-five year period Mr.. Har-
ris had carefully read something over $4,000
song poems and gone over possibly quarter
as many sheets of music without ever coming
across anything he felt justified in looking at
a second time. But he gives them all his per
sonal attention. Some time, perhaps, when he
is least looking for it, genius is going to have
two-cent stamp at the moment his inspira-
ton has him by the throat. When that time
comes Mr.. Harris wants to be on duty.
Mr.. Harris isn't writing any war songs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

occurred to him to do a favor for the barber,a
man he remembers only as Jake, whom he had
known great many years.
"Jake." he said to him, give just thought
of a song. | don't know how it's going to go,
but | think it ought to be pretty good. Give
me 81. 900 and I'll sell you half interest in it.
Jake hestated.
Remember After the Ball." Mr.. Harris
admonished him. 81 wrote that, and you know
how big that's gone"
Still Jake hesitated. He thought Mr. Har-
ris was Joking. and the belief half persisted
until his customer had put on his coat and lett
the shop.
Shortly after that the song was published.
Il didn't make much of stir. It was sung
for a while in vaudeville, but gradually was
dropped. after pretty thorough trial in the
Middle West. 1t never really had trial IN
the East, and thereby hangs another and even
more interesting part of the tale.
Mr.. Harris had a small New York office IN
Twenty-sixth Street, in charge of a manager
A famous English music hall contralto. julia
Mackev had Just come to this country, and
the manager suggested to Mr.. Harris that he
try to persuade her to sing Break the News
to Mother" Mr. Harris, with a strangely
forehanded sense, directed the manager to say
nothing to her until she had opened at Roster
e. Balls and had done what she could with