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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
One-Man Railway

Railway companies that have to give up
side branches of their lines consequent on
the new arrangements, or through Nnding
the working expenses of them too neavy,
might with advantage to themselves ana
the districts concerned consider the case
of certain American railroad.
A number of years ago the Idaho South
ern Railroad was constructed between
Gooding and Jerome, Idaho, for use while
the great irrigation schemes of the TWIN
Falls country were being carried out, and
used to haul freight and passengers. on
the irrigation projects having been ell
fected, the railway was abandoned by the
owners, the State Utilities Commission re-
fusing to grant them an extension Of their
charter unless they put their line and en-
gines in first class condition.
There was not enough money in the busi'
ness to justify such undertakings, so the
owners of the line decided TO cease opera
tions. Now, however, an enterprlslns
South Idaho man has seized the opportu'
nifty.
He leased the line, ordered to be bun!
for him sixteen-passenger, high-powersa
automobile fitted with fange wheels, put
it on the rails with two light trailers foI
freight and express work, and now has az
the business that he can handle. Indeed,
so heavy is the traffic that he has ordered
two other sets of automobiles and trallerS
He operates his auto-train on regn's'
schedule, and keeps time punctually. Hh
the only one-man railway in existence
far as known.-Chambers' Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Sweden's Lyric Poet

TT is a pity how little Americans know
even about the greatest contemporary
writer's of other nations. The May
"American-Scandanav Review" pre-
sents interesting material about the lead
ing lyric poet of Sweden.
We would have liked to draw the literary
physiognomy of the author of the great
rovel "Endymion" (ls89) and of the charm
ing book of poems, "Pilgrimages" (1sSa,
with a couple of pen-strokes, but few au-
rhors arc as difficult to characterize as
Werner Won Heidenstam, who is deeply root
ed with every fibre of his spiritual being in
he soil of Scandinavia, but is at the ,ame
time at homo in Hellas, Rome and the charm
ing countries of the Orient
The traditions of an old and distinguished
family, years Of travel, an adventurous spirit,
strong will, lively imagination and great
artistic talent-these are a few traits of
Heidenstam's psyche. He is seer of g!ori-
Gus visions and interprets them with rare
eloquence. While yet boy, he became
familiar with the land and people Of Greece
ard Italy. Free of professional cares, he
early could unfold his powers in full free
com.
1t was he who, with his "Pilgrimages," in
auguratcd tho modern literary renaissance
In Sweden. In quick succession followed his
poetical travelling sketches from From Col
di Tenda 70 Blocksberg," the already men
toned novel "Endymion" and an epos, "Hans
Alenus" 1882.
Heidenstam's prose is Of solemn, archi-
techtanic grandeur; his poetry is distin-
guished by great charm and rare depth Of
feeling. He is, in his way, a Romanticist,
intoxicated with the beauty of the classics
AID the subtle charm Of the Orient; he pro-
tests against the sober utilitarisnism OF his
time.
With his epos "Hans Alicnus" ("Jack the
Stranger") Heidenstsm returned &c his
Scandiyav!nn home, casting up his accounts.
The burden Of the hero's message, after sur
veying his experience in foreign lands. is
that the nineteenth century is not life; II is
reflection" while he, l. G., the poet, is more
anxious TO be than 10 reason.
Az far as VIC are aware, none Of Hcidcn
STAINS works has ever been rendered into
English. This hint 70 the translators and
publishers might be sufficient 20 I'll a gap
on the bookshelves Of our public and pri-
yAto Libraries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

"HAT the top has been reached in the
price of cotton is now firmly be-
- lieved. If the war is continued it
is felt that a more or less radical slump
in the price of cotton must occur. Neither
the domestic consumption, which is no
larger than at the rate of 100000 bales,
nor the exports, which are at the rate Of
100000, taken in connection with the
crop, which is likely to be 100000 bales,
including linters, is any justification for
price of 81 cents on cotton. If the war
ends it may 60 up, but there will be big
drop before the big consumption takes
place and before the high prices are
reached.
There is great deal of deception and
misrepresentation in regard to American
made fabrics. An advertisement recently
appeared in a New York publication
stating that fabrics are French and Eng
lish novelties made in America 1t is a
question whether any buyer or converter
has any right, either moral or otherwise,
to intimate that the fabrics are French
or English if they are made in America.
Even if the fabrics are copies of foreign
samples it is practically certain that the
construction would not be exactly as that
of those made in foreign countries.
It has not been so much a matter Of
rates of duty as it has been Of prejudice
that it has been possible to import foreign
made merchandise. 1t is we'll known that
a very large portion Of the high quality
fabrics being made by domestic producers
are being taken at present, and have been
purchased for some years past by import
ers or by those who more or less generally
offer some imported fabric. 1t is not
claimed that such sellers misrepresent the
domestic made fabrics as foreign, but
rather that at some point in the distribu-
ton the attitude is taken that the fabrics
are imported, merely because they are
attractive, and for that very reason the
consumer pays a high price and an ex-
cessive margin of profit. Because the
business has been profitable many have
permitted it to continue and this applies
to many of the large and reputable sell
lers, as well as to smaller ones. This
business will probably continue until
such time as it is made less profitable to
transact it. There is very little basis for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

bia University in 1899, and then studied
for the bar in the Law School of New
York University. He completed his legal
schooling in 1901, and was admitted to
the bar. He entered into partnership
with George V. Mullan, IS Liberty Street
and after a brief period of practising his
profession was appointed an assistant
corporation counsel by his friend, William
B. Ellison. After that he climbed rapidly
from one public office to another.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

A CURIOUS commentary on Amer
"A ica's participation in the war-one
involving the ghost of specula-
ton as to Americas next President-ap-
pears in 1.-THE Fortnightly Review" Says
James Davenport Whelpley:
"There is already criticism by the Ameri-
can people and press of the methods of the
Washington government, and this is but the
beginning There are stormy times ahead
for those in authority, as there have been
stormy times in the last two years for all
those who have conducted the affairs Of the
nations of Europe.
Both evil and good may come out of such
criticism. 1t IS the lives and the money Of
the people that are jeopardizcd through mis-
management, and those who give have the
right to demand wisdom in expenditure.
ministers cone and ministers go, gen.
erals are acclaimed and generals are retired,
some with hoaors and some without, but the
war goes on, and the political fate of no one
man or no government is OF Importance as
against the shortening Of the war by a
single hour
"Presiden: Wilson has been severely criti-
eised in the past, but what he has undergone
in the past will be as a summer zephyr
compared 20 the blasts that will rage abou.
him as America gets deeper into the con-
hiet and the mistakes or incapasitles OF
those about him are charged TO his account.
at Is a political axiom in America that a
war makes q President. President Taylor
was the result Of the Mexican War, Grant
Of the Civil War and Roosevelt. indirectly,
Of the war agains, Spain Who will become
president Of the United States as an out
come OF the war against Germany is unwrit-
ten history as yet
"The obvious prophecy would be Roose-
welt. and in this idea Is to be found the
,naInspring OF much Of the political opposi-
lion 70 a Roosevelt expeditlonsry army.
Much water will run under the mill before
fhese things are determined, however, and
In the meantime the worid is occupied with
a gigantic task bea1re which all others fade
into lnsignisesneSf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Austrian Kite Filler

NEW peace kites" are mentioned in
~ dispatches coming from Europe.
This time they are emanating directly
from Austria, and are attributed to Count
Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
Count Ottokar Won Czernin zu Chude-
nitz, who discharges in the Dual Empire
the offices of Minister of Foreign Affairs
and of the sovereign house, of Chancellor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Man Who Is Direct
ing the 1917 Offensive

EIELD MARSHAL SIR DOUGLAS
Il HAIG, the Grant Of the British
10y, the man who is directing the British
in France and Belgium, has begun a new
offensive, the result of which may be Of
enormous importance.
After Sir Douglas Haig left Oxford he
made the army his sole working interest in
life. He has worked for years hand in
glove with General French, whose chief of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

believing that change will come through
buyers attitude, and, therefore, if any
improvement takes place it must be
largely if not entirely brought about by
producers hemselves.-America Wool and
Cotton Reporter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The Food Bills Author

FRANCIS ASBURY
~ LEVER, whose food bill has been one
of the outstanding features of legislative
debate at Washington for many weeks, was
born in Springfield, S. c., January 5,
1875. He was graduated from Newberry
College in 1895 and the University of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Mr.. Frelinshuysen

Joseph S. FRELINGHUYSEN, United
y States Senator from New Jersey, is
defending his amendment to the trading
with the enemy act, which would permit
the continued operation Of German insur-
ance companies in the United States. Mr.
Fre!inghuysen ridiculed the suggestion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

North Africa now has three geograpa'
ical societies: besides those OF oran
(lS7S) and Algiers (ls96), that OF Csss'
blanca (Morocco), which has been recently
founded and numbers already $50 mem,
hers. Captain Segonzac is president anu
Professor Nesme secretary. The ht"
number of its Bulletin contains, anohs
others, an interesting article by DR.. Kus''
on the geology of Central Morocco.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

Georgetown in 1899. In 1896 he was
elected to the House of Representatives.
He resigned in 1900, but was reelected to
finish the unexpired term of j. William
Stokes, who died in 1901.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
A President Without Cash

is said to be upon the verge
wi of seeking a foreign loan with which
to finance her de facto government and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

Elizabeth Leopold, of Pottstown, Penn.
Removing to Cleveland, he was appointed
First Assistant Director of Law, and in
1908 was made Director of Law by Mayor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Teddy-Again?

A i" ;a Ss. s'@%s's a y. '' 2@:'
invoking the ghost Of q specula-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
The War and Cotton

the top has been reached in the
price of cotton is now firmly be-
- lieved. If the war is continued it !
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
TELLS vOPIcKA TO GET WINE
Take Jonescu, Roumanian Statesman
Almost Forgot Important
Advice.

Zurich, Switzerland. - Statesmen
send queer kilograms. even ut critical
times. And while busy foreign Offices
are revealing the private intercourse
Of kaisers and ears, the Bucharest
Lumina has pried into Roumnnian
archives to tell an anxious world what
Take Jonescu telegraphed in n terse
midnight telegram to Charles j. VO-
picka. minister of the United States to
Roumania. 1t was a critical hour for
ROumania, for the German invaders
were marching over the C%arpathians
in three columns, and the royal govern
ment had transferred It's capital to
.Jnssy. Whereupon NJ. Jonescu tele-
graphed:
Jassy 5000. Nov. q. 1916, 12:4o.-
Urgent.
"Excellency vopicka, American min
lister, Bucharest: / forgot to tell you
that In the cellar of my house there
are several. bottles of Rhine wine. Even
II you have to break into the palace, !
beg you to take the wine and drink It
to my health. Again a thousand thanks
TAKE JONESCU."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
AMERICANS CRY OUT FOR BARRIERS

Course | didn't var none O. that sweet
spirits o vi'lets, SO l says Non. non.'
He forgot the sacred o. Lafay-
cite an the spirits of &c right there
an gave me a cussin' in French. I
didn't know what it was, but it sound
ed like hot stuff
Il remembered one word l thought'd
get me out that place an says Comfy
emp That started another riot, but
finally the fat guy allowed it was Cat
fronk.' That's about eighty cents real
money, but | paid it an got out after Il
struggle with that nightshirt they put
onto me.
First look had at that haircut was
In q store window. Say, that guy'd
sort o chopped away the fringes round
my ear an the back o. my neck, but
he'd left about half the hair there, look
in sort O. grayish, an then he hadn't
touched 1t none till he got up top, so
there was a gray ring an then a black
ring. The gray ring looked like a
NANCY cayuse. When l DOL my Stet-
son off l found he'd trimmed the front
off an pasted 1t down with that smelly
stuff till l looked like the picture o.
some boy violinist.
THAT was n swell layout. When !
got back to my outfit the gang asked
me was | the Teller that sings love
songs ut that Folly Bergair vaudeville
place In Paris an the sergeant tells me
not to let non of them rough soldiers
insult me. but to stick 'em with my
hatpin. Then they offered to pay me
five cents apiece to let 'em dip the cor
ners of their handkerchiefs in my halt
when they a goin' out TO see their
girls. 1t was all like that. ! ain't had
no French haircuts since. Say, don't
you think you could get some BARRIERS
over here that know enough to shave
a feller's neck?'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
Piuskin Is Wanted.

Pigskin's value for a number of pur-
poses is well recognized. And it is
employed to 4 limited extent, but not
MS II staple leather. Shoe manufac-
turers, however, are said TO be seeking
ways to utilize 1t in their business, and
doubtless they would employ great
quantities of it in place of coWhide and
calfSkin, but for its scarcity.
That swine could be made Il poten-
tial supply Of leather is indicated by
the United States department of agri-
cultures estimate hat there are up
wards of 7O,OO0.OO of these animals
on American farms toady. Yet the
output Of pigSilin leather is negligible.
Federal statistics show that at only
seven of the principal stock yards Of
the country last year more than D.
OO0.OW hogs We're marketed. Yet all
of that pigskin was wasted.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
RULES TO AVOID FLAT FEET
Marine Corps Examining Surgeons is
Some Simple Exercises and
Pointers.

Misunderstanding to the number
Of otherwise splendid applicants re-
jected from the United States Marine
corps for fiat feet. marine corps exam
lining physicians have issued the FOL
lowing simple exercises and pointers,
which II followed. they say. will rem
eddy that ailment:
During exercise at all times, turn
the toes In.
Walk with toes OF each foot point
ing to the front: In straight line. II
possible.
Stand with toes turned In; raise
body on toes, slowly, 81 high a. pos
alble. Rest o second. then with weight
Of body borne on toes. lower slowly
down q floor. and repeat.
When In the house In stocking feet.
walk on toes: heels not touching the
floor. and toes turned IN.
When sitting. Q the legs. the foot
always resting on the outer eide.
The wearing Of broad toe shoes.
with the metal ''aFch supporter abso-
lutely abandoned. also y advocats4.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16

dropped the box into the cart. The
pawnbroker halted in turn under the
window, but Burke hat slipped back
to his old seat. The perspiring con-
federate waited in vain for a falling
parcel and the train pulled out, leaving
the puzzled man ut his post and with
Burke satisfied that all was right.
But the Melrose troubles had only
begun. Arnold and his raiders secret
Ing themselves ut a lonely spot out
side Mountain Springs were waiting to
waylay the special train. They had
planted under the track a charge OF
dynamite. The special left Mountain
Springs twenty minutes late. The
night, though dark, was clear and the
train was running very fast when, to
the engineers ~amaZement. q tremen-
dous explosion shook the track q mile
ahead of him. A dull. red glare lighted
the sky, and jammlng in the throttle he
threw on the emergency air, and the
shoes wrung a stream Of fire from the
burning wheels. The engineer then
discerned men ahead tagging him
down. The train stopped and the
guards made ready to fight. They had
already put out the al lights when a
lantern crashed through a window Of
the observation car. A note "a fas-
tened to 1t and one Of the men handed
this to Melrose:
Your train has stopped over a mine.
l Nhv~r IN <hA Is~hA~ v| a. a. h0 aa~ xx,itl
In thirty seconds or we shoot the charge.
The conductor peered out Of the
| window. Consultation followed, but
resistance was plainly useless. The
lights were flashed on and the party,
hands up, climbed, one after another,
down from the car. Leaving them un-
der the guns of the gang, Arnold
sprang aboard, hurriedly searched the
staterooms and came back carrying, as
he believed, the priced diamonds. In
reality, he had only the spurious coro-
net and necklaces that Burke had put
In their place. Backing away from the
angry and Inundated trainmen and
their frightened guests, the gang scat
tered in the darkness.
Arnold was first to get back to the
quarters. His followers Joined him
and all started pell-mell upstairs-Ar-
mold leading, and all in high spirits.
The ex-railroad man flung open the
door and staggered into the den, the
others close at his heels.
Probably no party n yer more
~dumfounded than the raiders when, as
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
ExEMPTS ONLY | OUT OF 2C
Draft Boards Decisions in Industrial
Cases Usually Upheld by
President Wilson.

Washington.-Only one In twenty
exemption On industrial grounds has
been decided in favor of the applicant,
1t was said at the provost marshal
generals office. In other cases the
president has ratified the judgment of
district boards that the applicant was
not Indispensable to a necessary war
industry. About eight thousand ap-
peals have been received, but only q
small proportion decided.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
The Silver Lining.

CraSh. Bang! WaII0p!
Mrs. NeWmaid rushed out of the
dining room and saw Sarah Ann sit
ting among the ruins of her best china.
For m instant she was speechless
with horror and anger. Then she
cried:
SARAH Ann, what on earth have you
done?'
Saran Ann retrieved her cap from a
sea Of gravy, and grunted:
Its the dinner things. mum! And
oh, mum. what Il good thing | hadn't
washed 'em up"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16

room.
they were congratulating themselves,
a detail Of police sprang from various
hiding places and covered them with
their guns. Helen, with the officers,
carried away by her excitement as her
eyes fell on Masters, the personator Of
her father, sprang at him, reckless Of
danger. In the very thick Of the me-
lee the girl struggled with the u
drel. To kill her. Masters tried to get
his revolver into play. Before he could
$ It, Helen smashed his head against
the wall. The gun fell from his hand.
but Just ~ the plucky girl thought she
had him subdued, he writhed from her
clutches and dashed away. Helen
grabbed the revolver from the floor
to give chase. Masters made for the
stairs, Helen after him.
In the room, a desperate fight went
on. Arnold dropped the Meirose box
out Of q window, and fighting his way
through the mix-up, got to the stairs.
Masters, too deet for Helen, dashed
from the house into the darkness, but
not until the girl had fired a shot after
him. Arnold, leaping down the stairs
and lodging the gun-ffre behind, ran
the house to pick up the box.
Helen fred, and dropping the box, Ar
mold jumped away. Returning, he tried
again to pick 1t up, but q second shot
broke the dust close by. and Arnold
took to his heels. The police, with
two OF the gang captured, came down,
and Helen picked up the disputed box
herself.
The special, unable 70 so ahead, had
backed up until the track could be re-
paired. Ar It slowly approached the
raiders headquarters, Helen, lighting
a piece Of paper. ran forward. The
engineer. seeing her signal. stopped.
II the observation chi. everyone ex-
pected another hold-up, but the con-
ductor peering through the darkness
saw Helen, and the q party put up
their guns. A. the train stopped. Mel
roe stepped down. Helen handed him
tie 1ewelD ana Mslrose thanked her.
But his wife exatnlned them and whis-
peFsd 10 her husband. Ghe had discov-
cred ~ eubs(itution. Nelrose looked
e them again and turned to Helen:
~Ihoss ars sxcellent imitationa,' :
Wone ~ ~ nd.
t11gD ~ gnoollD EPIsoDE.,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16

HoardinQ New Bre ad.

Old Fntwaste was Il food hog. He
went from shop to shop buying pounds
of this and packets of that, and stored
these i'll gotten gains in his larler "for
Il rainy day" 1t a Il Saturday night.
and a neighbor met Fatwaste emerg-
ing from Il bakers shop Loaded with
bread to the eyebrows.
The neighbor wanted to know what
he mountain of bread was for.
"Oh." said FatwasteNin a whisper.
haven't you heard that new bread
mustn't be sold after today? l am
just getting Il stock of it in"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
PUTS "PEP" INTO CHICKENS
Vaccination, as Advocated by the Uni
versity Of California, Seems to
Be Success.

Pomona, Cal.-Vaccination OF chick
ems, advocated by a University OF
California poultry expert, and tried out
here by Henry Boon on his 500 hens,
Is q remarkable bit of Hooverism. &c
cording to Boon, who has reported that
his hens now scratch so energetically
for worms that he has to feed them far
less than formerly.
The poultry association here also
advocates vaccination, asserting 1t pre-
vents disease, causes the fowls to lay
more eggs and gives them m astonish'
ing amoun. Of pep" to scratch for q
living.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16

Lady mayors certainly are making
good, for now that one has success
fully held down the post others are
ready to follow suit. Florida had the
honor Of electing within IT. bounds
the 0rst lady mayor il the country.
Now Warren, Illinois, quickly follows,
electing Mayor Garfield. who has al.
ready proved her executive atness.
With the ri In full swing. we will
probably have ladies' holding down the
various municipal Offices. from city
,:hief 70 doorkeepsr Of the municipal
hRtllinc.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-11-16
6hopalroa0
Rai0erS
@fankH .Spemman
Adepad Ervm es Meses Ptmre H.ies
Pkpdkced b. Signal Film Cooperation and
Exnrss Helen Hshwe,
Cs1reA. Nj. EsaS n. 0asaas
SYNOPSIS.

Arnold. discharged station agent, forms
a hand OF robbers inc by use OF a double
and father Of Helen Holmes is convicted
OF theft.