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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13
| WAR MAKES AMERICA EFFICIENT

Washington, June 12-- Special -
Within three months company at
Brandenburg, Ky, expects to beN ablc
to supply the American demand for
j photographic stone. Heretofore we
had been receiving our supply from
Bavaria, Germany, importing from
E$75,00O to $4,000 worth annually. But
the war has thrown us on onr own
resources. Chemicals, minerals, fer
tilizers,. etc, for which we formerly
Gcrcndcl upon Germany we are now
:; Hi,'c'l~ - r~rlvo%. We used to say,
'''"' The; w.ii'h2 SO much cheaper il
WI hN% th;m from Germany instead
Fl "avin& tho extra expense of pro;
dncip". ti.em az home" and So, like
England in great many instances,
we began to rely on the power with
which we are now at war. ,'.,,,
But before we accepted Germany
challenge the war had become. for
US more than protective tariff, 1t
was pro.libitive tariff. Already we
have taken up the manufacture OF
|dyestuffs from coaltar products. For
years one interest fought another on
the question OF prrt lection to dye
:tutfs made here, and in the com
promise the home industry had to
walk the plank. Two years after the
German supply was shut off, Hill OF
Connecticut estimated that "if ever!
penny of the specific duty which 1t
is now proposed to add to the rcv'
enuc rates of the present G916) law
should be added to the price to the
CONSUMER, it would take one hundred
years Of that burden to equal the
losses which the existing famine has
brought upon the country in the last
Ftwelve>months." - ''-.@N'
We had depended upon Germany for
our, potash supply and when that vas
Cit off America went =, TO, work on
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13

the problem. An American expert es-
Inmates that with Il proper coOldi-
nation of certain industries we can
produce 100000 tons Annually OF
potash which can be sold to the Am
erican farmer for SIS per ton.
It has done us lot of good to
find out what we can accomplish
whom forced to do so. But what shall
VIC do with these now Industries al
ter the war? Leave them to the ten
der mercios of a power as ruthless
in trade as in warfare? Scrap them?
Assuming, for the sake of argument.
that the duty was added to the price,
would it not be better to be indc
pendent and pay the advance? And
is this not especially true in view
Of the post war international com
binations which are planned to CON
troll sources of supply. and to which
the United States is not a party?
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Chas. Schocnjahn shipped two cars
fof cattle to Omaha Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Martens went
to Council Bluffs Wednesday for a
visit with relatives. returning on Fri
day. ."-.'51.'.-~.- -'.-'
NJ. J. Campbell and Lock Bundt
were in gDes Moines on business on
Wednesday. 49,. -, 81 .......s. 4,
Mrs. Aug. Voss and daughter, Yer
ma, were shopping in Denison Friday.
Miss hattie Johnson, of Battle
Creek, is visiting ,at the Aug. Rob
wer home. -.".'
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. c., Peters and
daughter, Estella, left Wednesday for
Kenan, Wis, for a visit at the Ray
mond Peters home. .J..... III 49,
E. B. Spottswood was in Denison
on business Wednesday. Id. -" 2.
Chas. Mielk received his third de-
gree in the Masonic lodge Thursday.
Joe kolln returned Thursday from
Michigan where lie has been work
ms.
Aulger Bros. show on Friday eve
ming was quite, we'll attended con-
sidering the weather. Haines' or
chestra furnished the music for u
dance after the show.
Hannes Thies sold hogs to August
Voss Thursday. $3.50
John BOrnhoft, ST., left Saturday
for visit with relatives in Minneso-
ia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Faye Schoenjahn
spent Friday in Omaha.
Mr.. Conner and Mr.. McHenry, of
Denison, were in West Side Thurs
day encouraging the Red Cross work
and held a meeting at the masonic
hall.
Miss Ella Eiffert was Carroll
shopper Saturday. ',.
Jurgen Eeesen and son. Albert, Of
Schfeswig, and Ludwig Ehlers of Bat
tie Creek, spent Sunday at the Claus
Thiedeman home. '~F-'
M. r. Hueshen and daughters, FL
.frieda, Alice and Hilda, and Mss
Grace Pacolke, spent Thursday and
Friday in. Omaha. .t,H
The city has put in a fine new
cement crossing between the Searls
lumber yards at the corner building
of G. o. Steinhauer's. Brunig and his
crew of men, of Arcadia, did the
work. .
John Rohwer was a Denison visit
or Saturday. ..,..
Gertrude Stiner returned home on
Saturday from Sloon, H., where she
has been, teaching. IA .s.s s..
Tom BrOthersOn and family, of Lake
Andes, S. Oak, are visiting with Mrs.
Adele Brotherson. a'
Mrs. Henry Bartcls and daughter,
of Carroll, Nebr., are visiting at the
George, and Herman Buck homes.f
Thomas ButoH jr., went to Water
loo, Monday asia delegate to a con,
vcntiOn OF the masonic lodge. Z.
Hans Sievers went to Austin, MINI.
Monday on business. #
VIM. Pancake and family and Mrs.
Sherwood, of Lake View, spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Adele Broth
crsOn.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Hannes Herman were
Denison passengers Wednesday.
Mrs. Anna Sicvers and Evelyn kel.
ley and Henrietta Dohse spent sever
al days this week at the John See
man home in Carroll T. I n
Saturday evening, a patriotic mass
meeting was held at the Germania
hall. A company of recruits from
Denison drilled on tile street. They
were met at the train by the West
Side band. Later they all went to
the opera house and Mr.. McHenry
and Mr.. Naeve and Mr.. Conner, of
Denison, spoke on liberty bonds. "A
good attendance was enjoyed.
The ,woman's home missionary So
ciety met Saturday with Mrs. G. E.
Dobler with, Mrs. Peter sieyers as
leader.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13

senor Don 1gnacio Bonillas has been
named by First Chief VenustiAno Car.
rama, head Of'the existing government
Of Mexico. as Mexican ambassador to
the United States Senior Bonillas. has
been asnember of isthe Mexican-Asneri-
cans commission3o4 Senior Bonillas is a
mining engineer and was graduated
from the Massachusetts Institute OF
Technology. He speaks English 6u-
emily. His wife Gas an American wo-
man. He Is native of the state Of
Sonora. D..
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13

Some OF these anti-draft plotters
will soon; have. a chance to exercise
all their ingenuity in plotting how to
escape from Jail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13

The people who make fun of the
roseate hopes by the graduating es-
says are usually the same ones who
find fault because no one in their
town has the courage to go ahead and
do anythintss..i''' s'i2' i''i - '."' IT,.
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Offer War Auto and Tractor Course.

70 meet the great demand of those
persons who are seeking instruction
as war chauffeurs and truck drivers, a
two months course in the care and
operation of automobiles, motor
trucks and tractors will be given this
summer at the Grant Vocationa!
school, Cedar Rapids. by r. L. McFar-
land of that school in cooperation
with the engineering extension de-
partment at Iowa State college. Tho
course will be open to any person in
the state. A completely equipped gar
age, shop and machines are available
Tor tho work.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-06-13

After bitterly denouncing congress
for it's dawdling delays. good many
men who intended to buy a Liberty
bond will forget to do SO.
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Un';q''ue'stionabH

This five passenger, six
cylinder Buick touring car
is the most popular and
sought after high grade
motor car in America today.
The sun., 1917-06-10
AWAY WITH THE CAVE MAN,
The Tango Lizard Marks Civiliza.
tiOn's Great Advance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: II
does seem sometimes as il man were
hopeless that inspiration was OF his
life thing apart that intuition and
nerve sensitiveness were as foreign to
his makeup as easy grace.
Take Lonesome He expects to win
wife because he doesn't go to cance
halls doesn't firt and likes ice cream
and children; and because girls don't
appreciate these accomplishments, ex-
presses surprise and turns on woman
and says that she is making thousa ands
of young men lead bachelor lives. Small
wonder! The surprising thing is that
there aren't more bachelors, IL this is
mans idea OF what woman wants.
To win the love of woman NOWADAYS.
man must be accomplished In ths ar
tistic and aesthetic modes of life. He
must glide her through the latest steps.
firt as he drinks cocktails of various
shades and hues with her and as he thus
learns to ''be spendthrift with the day
and buy full value OF the 10y OF life "
some lovely being will claim him for
her very own.
His cup Of happiness will then be full
1t may even run over.
JAMES d. DEwELI, Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. June Q.
The sun., 1917-06-10
A Month for Trial.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: May
congratulate and thank you for your
editorial article "Go Slow on Such Re-
jections" anent the Plattsburg boys?
1t is discouragng, TO say the least.
to feel that many who gave up their
jobs and rushed to volunteer in fervor
of earnest enthusiasm should have but
one short month to demonstrate supreme
ability.
1 know something of what ono of
the boys is feeling. because between the
lines of his 'cheero" letters l can feel
the suspense.
He has had no previous military
training. because he hasn't had a holi-
day since he left college five years ago.
His experience and his build both are
in his favor. but with wholesale weed
ing OUT do you wonder he is nervous
And can a chap do his level best under
such 'psycho-analytic conditions when
added to this the pay is still held up?
Man never is but always to be" paid.
In the meantime he is virtually oe-
pendent financially on a sick mother.
Truly, our administrative speeding Is a
fearful thing to contemplate.
II the President urges, why can't he
command, or get men who will act
efficiently?
MOTHER OF AN ONLY SON.
NEW York, June ..
The sun., 1917-06-10
The New General Oaicers.

In his first batch of General Off
GERS, twenty-one in number, President
WILSON has made excellent appoint
ments here and there; but we should
like to see some younger men in the
grade Of Brigadier-General. In age
the new lot range from 52 to 81,
and all but two are SO or over One
Is 62, another almost that age, and
another 81. Mr.. WILSON receives
praise for disregarding the seniority
rule, but we are now at war with the
greatest of military powers. To take
the eighteen Colonels at the top of
the list and make them Brigadiers to
lead our troops in Europe would have
been amazing folly.
II the war lasts year or two
longer and we send large army to
France or elsewhere younger officers
not In Mr.. WILSON'S first list will dis.
tlnguish themselves, and to recognize
desert 1t will be proper to make, them
The sun., 1917-06-10

Senator HARDING of Ohio was dead
right when he told the Senate that It
was not the duty Of this country to
force democracy on the world.
He was likewise dead right when
he declared that the war on which
we are entering could be justified
only on the ground of defence OF
American rights.
Yet it Is not the less true. as the
President has said. that the contest
Is OF democracy with autocracy.
Out of ordinary respect for the in
telligence of American mankind, in
Guiding the Hon. JAMES HAMILTON
LEWIS (whO said recently in New
Hampshire, as reported. that vote
for Republican candidate for Con-
gress in the First district was n vote
against the President, against Amer.
lea, and a vote for the Kaiser. for
Germany, for our country's enemies }
we shall refrain from explaining how
and why the three foregoing propo-
sitions are compatible.
The sun., 1917-06-10

Brigadiers. No one will object II they
deserve the promotion. The British
army, by the way, contains a con-
siderable number of young Brlgadiers
Now there are wideawake and ca
pable Lieutenant-C Colonels and Majors
In the American service. They are
known to be men of promise. Their
records would justify recognition.
The next time Mr.. WILSON wants
General officers, why shouldn't he be
brave enough to go little lower than
the grade Of Colonel for Brigadier or
two? Colonels In our army are men
well past middle age. We shall need
vigorous as we'll as able commanders
at the front. The Colonels certainly
haven't got a monopoly of brains and
stamina.
In selecting three Brlgadiers for
the grade Of Major General Mr.. VIII
SON disarms criticism. AS an engi-
neer officer, who was better deserving
of promotion than WILLIAM l.. SIBERT?
CHARLES G. MORTON and JOHN f.
MORRISON, both infantry officers, are
admirable appointments too.
The sun., 1917-06-10
French - She Isn't Spoke, But
Will Re.

A cOmmunique from Washington
which seems to be designed to lend aid
and comfort to the enemy by striking
dismay into the breasts Of our French
allies begins as follows:
'Ray-vay.yay mwah kong Ter dee
nay ser-ah pray Is the proper way to
tell q Frenchman to wake you up when
dinner Is ready, according to a little
French in One Lesson that has been
distributed among the United States ma
rines who are going to France"
They may tell this to the marines
II they like. We rely on the tradi-
tional sceptlclsm Of that notable
branch of tine service to reject the
pronouncement (and pronunciation)
utterly. 1t is worse than our own.
We never realized the futility of our
own, either, until we were asked, over
the telephone, to give the proper ut
terance of "Joffre." After a terrible
struggle central was requested to
state thereafter to similar inquirers
that the line was busy. or ''ock-Oo-
pay" as the marines are now in
structed to put IT,
The marines text book is not at
hand, but we are informed that 1t is
"just the size to fit handily into the
breast pocket of uniform" and that
it contains about thousand practi-
cal words and phrases, together with
the phOnetical pronunciation, accord
ing to HANNIBAL, CHARLEMAGNE, or
whoever it was that originated the
French language"
The mention of HANNIBAL serves as
faint clue. He was 1t will be re-
membered. n prominent Carthaginian
warrior. A legitimate suspicion arises
that the author of the new primer for
our maritime regiments has inadver-
tently tangled up some Of HANNIBAL's
tongue with JOFFRE's.
The sun., 1917-06-10

about these neglected gods Of interest
to the non-archeologica mind.
For a hat tells something. The silk
tile. the panama. the split. straw and
sennit, bangkoks, balilukes, leghorns,
Italian palms, mackinaws and mi
lans are all nicely differentiated.
Since the idols bonnet is perpetuated
In native grasses we have a right to
assume that 1t was n straw, a con-
struction which the climate Of Easter
Island justifies for all year wear. But
note that though straw the hat had
n cylindrical contour and visor.
Why should not this suggest new
style to our hatters? Surely they are
not all mad. And the need of recon-
CLING the pomp Of the silken stove
pipe with the ease and lightness Of
the summery straw has long been
evident.
The Easter Island idols achieved
this matchless reconciliation of jaun-
tiness and grandeur. Let the hatters
construct for us stovepipe Of straw
with visor, something that can be
polished with the sleeve. something
both dignified and cool. Let them do
1t in haste ere the hot weather Is
upon us. Above all, they must not
forget the little knob on the top,
which undoubtedly corresponds to the
fiue in the stovepipe, opening to
ventilate the perspiring Uranium and
closing to shut eff unreasonable
draughts.
There could be no more momentous
contribution of archaeology to the
present and future; no happier union
Of science and common sense.
The sun., 1917-06-10
''Keep what You Buy"

Some Of our friends in retail trade
have been 20 generous to their Gus
toners in permitting the return OF ar
ticles bought from their stocks that
the practice has become a heavy bur-
den, the cost Of which has made an
appreciable difference in their ex-
penses and thus added to the prices
they must charge in order to show
profits at the end of a year. Some
customers abuse the privilege fla
grantly, ordering and using articles
and then returning them for credit as
Unsatisfactory" and many tales are
told of opera cloaks In the pockets Of
which theatre programmes have been
found. expensive dresses in which
shops patrons have had their photo
graphs taken before rejecting the gar
ments, and the like.
The cost Of this must be borne by
oil the customers Of the shops. just as
losses on bad debts are distributed
among them. 1t Is an incident of a
credit system under which any person
not proved to be a dead beat can open
an account and buy practically whdt
strikes the fancy. This has dlsad.
vantages for buyer and seller. and for
honest, solvent customers; but 1t also
has great advantages; and without re-
sort to 1t the volume of trade would
be seriously circumscribed.
It lies within the power OF retail
ers by concerted action to put an end
10 the return privilege absolutely: its
abuses are much more notorious In
some shops than in others which en-.
JOY great prosperity. loss of patron
sss consequent on refusal to lend
The sun., 1917-06-10
A Small but Brilliant Diadem Adoru.
ing the Brow Of Heaven.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: There
is starry crown in the star lighted
firmament-Corona, the northern
crown 1t is small crown, oblong
rather than circular. Despite its small
ness. however. its brillants sparkle
brightly This crown is situated. frma-
mentally. midway between the con-
stellations Hercules and Bo6tes. Her
cules glimmers eastward from 1t ;
Bo0tes is westward. At the bottom Of
the constellation Bootes there glows con-
spicuously the first magnitude sun
Arcturus. so that Corona Is not far
from Arcturus
This northern crown Is composed of
six fairly noticeable stars. one upon
the southern side being the most notice
able. Alphecca is the name OF the most
noticeable star. or Alpha, possessing a
brightness of 23 magnitude-Arcturu
has a brightness of O.2-and II Is also
called Gemma. the Jewel of the crown.
Hercules. the constellation to the east
ward Of Corona, is very dim and rather
difficult to find; Bootes. to the west
ward. has the general shape of starry
kite; while southwark of Corona
Borealis gltters the irregular constella-
tion Of Serpens (the serpent Around
o'clock T. NJ. the northern crown is
sparkling high in the darkenee heavens.
eastward to southeastward from the
zenith. Although not so easy to find as
some Of the planets in their full splendor.
Corona Is, nevertheless, not difficult to
find and is. moreover, we'll worthy OF
our search and observation.
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES.
NEWTON, Mass, June g.
The sun., 1917-06-10
Good Men Rejected for Trivial Rea.
sons.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sn: I
thank you very much for sounding a
warning against the turning down Of
sons. We learn that the enormous num-
Der Of 1900 may be let out; and this
news Is sufficient to arouse grave appre-
hension. II is not possible that there
can be any such number Of unfit men
at Plattsburg While the whole 1000
may not be fit for field marshals, or
even major generals. 1t is inconceivable
that any considerable number are unfit
to serve as lieutenants and captains
Those men are there because they are
fired by patriotism and the desire to do
SOMETHING worth while for their country
at time when the country needs men
In making officers out of the raw ma
teral the fire within their breasts is
what counts most.
Let those in authority beware how
they turn Gown men who really want to
sarve and to do more than the average
private in the ranks. In view of the
effort that is required to take even one
company OF raw recruits and get II
ready for the firing line the stan cannot
afford to be finicky In issuing commits
sions. Already l have seen some mighty
fine men turned down for reasons dis
gustingly trivial and inadequate
II anything like 1900 men, or even
500 men, are dropped from Plattsburg.
then God help the new army for there
will not be found enough supermen to
train it. WILLIAM T. HoRNADAY.
NEW YORK. June q
The sun., 1917-06-10
At His Smallest.

Chairman SMALL of the House
Rivers and Harbors Committee sue.
ceeded in getting the House of Repre-
sentatives to take up his $29,OOO,OOO
rivers and harbOrs bill on Friday. but
the opposition mustered 100 votes and
VIII be larger when the measure
comes up for passage. 1t is a vicious
bill, full of pork, and the apprOpria-
tiOns which it contains for projects
necessary to the national defence nre
expected by Mr.. SMALL and his fol-
lowers to carry 1t through.
Mr.. SMALL did not fare well in the
debate which accompanied the pro.
posal to take up the bill. The longer
many members of the House consid-
cred the matter the larger and more
repellent grew the gobs of pork. Mr..
SMALL explained that emergencies of
commerce" required the expenditure
of millions of dollars to widen miser-
able little creeks in the land Of cinna-
mon seed and sandy bottom. The Gin
namon seed requires navigable
stream. 1t appears, and the sandy bot
tom must be dredged to provide 1t.
But before his interrogatOrs had
finished with Mr.. SMALL it was made
clear and matter of record that the
bill had not the full Endorsement
Of the Secretary Of War, and that of
thirty-three new projects in 1t only
five can be classed as items contribu-
tory to the national defence.
A climax was reached when Repre-.
sentative LENRoor spoke of the sew
enty-six new surveys for which the
bill appropriates money and pointed
out that only one-third of the surveys
ordered by Congress are ever so much
as favorably reported by the army
engineers. The army engineers are
pretty busy just now and Mr.. LEN
Root thought 1t slightly unnecessary
for them to make surveys Of which
only one in three will ever be favor
ably acted on.
"No direct answer was forthcom.
ing" says the report Of the debate.
Mr.. SMALL was at his smallest just
about then.
The sun., 1917-06-10
A SUBMARINE TRAP.
Logs Fastened by Chains and Sunk
Would Be Formidable

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Here
is what seems to me to be fairly
practical plan at least to retard the
activities OF the U-boat in waters
through which it comes and goes to its
major bases and in those shallow waters
in which 1t lies in wait for ships enter
ing and leaving harbors. &C.
AT the ends Of great logs fasten
chains or steel cables and anchor the
logs in depths below that needed for
the passage of surface craft Heavily
anchor the logs in horizontal position
at all angles and at various eepths, and
strew them in vast numbers in the de-
sired regions.
One can picture only disastrous re-
suits to periscope coming in contact
with one OF these logs or IL the con-
ming tower engaged 1t and held it across
the boat and the log with its anchorage
were fioated. the activity of the U-boat
would be ended until 1t was disengaged
and that would be a slow business. II
disengaged under water by backing
from under after the log had been low
cred to anchorage again by the sinking
Of the boat, the log would still be in
proper position to engage another
submarine.
II the U-boat sought to disengage the
log by coming to the surface to saw IL
apart. detection would be certain by
the waiting destroyers; and the log
thus divided would but sink to anchor
age again. still more or less Of a bother
to the submarine activity.
Logs thus used need pof he cope;3n.o,