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New-York tribune., 1917-07-28

Before we dust for the
half holiday, is anything
needed to complete the
week cndp
pustsr7 white rhnnelsT Sorfolkr7 ?
f.lys esrgs suit7 Colt olubs1 Tsnnis
fsckeif Bathing Euit7 Soft oollLed
tAHtf
Tor Soldlersj
"Westpointsr' Shoes. Tho Last oficially y
approved for West Point Cadets. hegula-
ton tan, e1.E0.
Tho hogas-Pest Camp Toilet case, Ss.2S.
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
n. c. OF PAPER

The men who make the white print
paper are trying out a get rich caper.
No pent-up Utica contracts them. and
no sane statute counleracts them.
They view Ie Printers protests sour
~, and keep on raising prices hourly.
Al noon they send the price up high
er. and laugh to scorn the frenzied
buyer; and in the solemn midnight
watches. they raise the price few
more notcheS. There is no reason for
this plumber, for doubling prices up
like thunder, save that the paper
sharks are greedy. and are not loatA
TO strip The needy. From every sec
ton Of the nation comes cries Of grief
and agitation. from publishers and
kindred colonels, who say they must
suspend their journals. and take In
washing for liyin'. unless relief 10
them is given. The paper makers hear
the roarin. and see the flood Of briny
pouring-the storm of wrath around
then: thickens-and raise the price.
to beat the dickens. Before the finish
OF this winter wa shall behold. me-
thinks, Ye Printer. shorn OF his old
lime smile and chortle. draw near the
gloomy souphouse portal. and draw
free and filling ration provided by a
Weeping nation
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ca, but the American workmen should
not be made TO suffer thereby. -.
The action of the Connecticut con
Germ is typical of what we may expect
in the future under a tariff policy
which scorns the protective principle.
There are a great many American ar
ticles which Japan is initiating today
and producing far more cheaply than
we can because OF her low labor cost.
Baseballs, toys. clothing, collars
shirts. and many articles of standard
American brand are being reproduced
by japan, and she has installed COZ
ton spsndlcs by the thousands whlc''
are relicas OF the American spindlrS.
and WHICH turn out goods to compete
with ou' own. II a protective tariff
does not meet these goods at our
ports, some more Of our fellows are
going to. drop manufacturing ami 20
to jobbing for japan, and some work
men will be wondering what 10 turn
their hands to next.
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THE ROMANCE FRONT OF THE WAR
Another Campaign Beginning for the Capture of Bagdad
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS LII. D.
Traveller, Author, Publcs

centers, stretched the desert. Nobody
dreamed that Il great army, with Dig
guns and all other supplies, could
cross those wastes.
This blunder OF Understanding a
foes powers is no new experience Tor
Britain. So, when the German-led
Turks reached Bagdad, the British
were unprcpared for them. Even SO,
the army from India british official
interests in Bagdad pertain to the
Indian administrator could not be-
lievc that anything more than tenn
porary setback was possible. There
fore befell the siege of kut ell
Amarra, whose gallant commander.
General Townsend, is now a prisoner
on an island in the Sea Of Marmora,
below Constantinople.
II this were not a war of wonders,
the mighty feat Of the Germans, in
sending huge auto trucks from Berlin
TO Bagdad, would fill the press of the
world Actually, German chaufeurs
have transported supplies all the way
through AuStro-Hungary and the Bal
kans, across ASio Minor, following the
track Of ST. Paul and other ancient
worthless: over the Taurus mountains,
Mesopotamia, crossing the ruins of
the canals dug by Nenephon and
earlier administrators. Historians will
give high praise TO the military STRAIT
egy which has kept the communica::
tions open between Berlin and BaEdad
for no military supplies OF arms,
ammunition or clothing are produced
in Turkey.
On the other hand - the case Of
Britain. Bagdad is almost at the back
door OF India. where she has men and
munitions and factories and food in
plenty. with. the waterway open and
In her own control. All the resources
of the wonderful Indian empire lay
ready 10 Britain's hand. The high
imperial consideration which made it
important for her 10 hold the lower
Tigris and the Persian Gulf was the
safety of India, at. which Germany was
supposed to be striking. India has
allured all who have dreamed of world
conquest. since the days Of Alexander
the Great.
Now the hot weather is over for
another four months. This is the sim
pie explanation OF the resumption Of
activities by Britain. What she does
must be done quickly and thoroughly.
All plans have been made for a sweep
up to Bagdad The result waits on
the fortunes Of war.
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MANY WANT, FEW WILL GET

II the needy farmer thinks he is
going 10 have an easier time getting
money from the farm loan banks than
he had from the legitimate banking
concerns, they are entitled to another
guess. II is said that more than fifty
thousand farmers have applied for
mortgage loans under the farm loan
ect. to an aggregate Of $4,000, 900.
The rural credits legislation was
widely advertised during the cam
paign by Democratic spell6inders' the
administration claiming credit for the
benevolent arrangement was favored
by an overwhelming vote in most OF
the agricultural States. West and
South, and now. quite naturally, the
voters are ready for the promised
money.
They will not set it right away. The
Government land banks. the money
sieyeS, have not been set up yet. Some
Of the fifty thousand-and' there may
be fifty thousand more in a short
time-will never get it, The Govern
nent, in the role of Lady Bounttful.
will not be so easy" as the stump
speech assurances have suggested.
And there must be certain preliminar-
ies-because Of the Government way
OF doing business. the preliminaries
are apt to resemble red tape. The
Farm Loan act does not omit to pro-
vide plenty Of it. The eager appll-
cant will not walk into his nearest
Federal bank. ask for the money and
get it with the ease and grace With
which he would negotiate the pur-
chase of sack Of chicken feed. Some
Of the fifty thousand, very likely. who
have applied thus early have feel
ing that a postal card, or a telephone
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Novel instrumental Numbers.

Travellers In the Pacific hnvc always
spoken Of the weird and haunting music
az Hawaii. Even when discovered d.
Captain Cook. the native instruments
were the ukulele and "taropatch. >"
popular has Hawaiian style music pc
come that December Victor o1lerlhSS
Include 4 famous old Hawaiian nciou!'
VAIN I.uliluli March" and a medley
march introducing no less than four
popular Hawaiian airs. rendrrcn ns
those accomplished players or Hawaiian
guitars. Louise and Fcrera. In adol-
non. the popular song list features three
"n'Hriond Is Tryin to Learn t. Talk
Hawaiian" and My Own lona. both
with splendid ukulclc and guitar ac-
compartment, as we'll RS the lovely MY
lonely Lola 40" by The ever tavnriic
Sterling Trio.
The young folks will DC no less en-
thusiastic over another musical inno-
walton in the records of liurtado Bros:
Royal Marinba Band. The vogue or
;his Central American instrument ~
successful efforts TO really Reproduce
the extraordinary beautiful tones or the
narimha: Its tonal range from
mysterious Whispering murmur 10
brought out In tho cntchy ''Flctita
one Step" and "Catnlinn One-Step' on
this months doublc-faced record
\ title that should appeal TO anyone
variety is that OF The Victorious
America March," rendered with the
crashing verve and br!lItancy Of the
superb Conway's Band. The martial
rhythm OF another great and popular
march will be also yours on the reverse,
which presents the de Molay Com
mandery March" named for a famous
knight Tcmplar commandery. "kath-
leen Mavoureen"--what thoughts the
very name arouses. and how swectly the
immortal love song is given BY tho
violin, cello and piano Of the Mckee
Trioo They also favor us with that
other beautiful and universally popular
Irish melody. 'KIllarney'' by Balfe.
The double record Of ITO q Wild
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OVERCOMING A DEFECT

The new year already holds a new
outlook for the newspapers Of this
country and American industries in
their connections with Latin Ameri-
ca. This Is. contained in the plan OF
the Poulson Wireless Company to es-
tablish what may primarily be a new
service between the United States
and South America, and the an
nouncement that the Western Union
Telegraph Company is to put US into
cable communication with the south
ern republics. This will be welcome
news to the American press and
American Industries. 1t is stated that
the Poulson Company will he able to
handle press material at an exceed
ingly low rate for transmission, while
the incursion Of the Western Union
into the cable field should go far to-
ward reducing the high tolls now en-
acted to transmit messages between
the TWO continents.
That communication of this sort
will be effectual in cementing the
friendship and developing the inter-
continental trade Of North and South
America, everybody believes. For
wears our trade rivals in Europe have
instigated through European press
services TO South America plan OF
MISREPRESENTATION and detraction in
regard to the people Of the United
States, while the American estimation
of our southern neighhors has suffer-
ed much from reading South Amerl-
can news via Europe There are quite
a number OF publications in South
America controlled by European capt.
tai and devoted to European interests.
They also know the value, for good or
evil. of the effect of publicity on a
potential trade rival, and they do not
hesitate to use it 10 our detriment. Or
American papers. so far as can De
learned, there are but two. the Stand
ard and the Herald both published In
English. at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
J. Y. Noel. some years ago. went TO
Lima, Peru. and started a paper to
boost us with the natives. He tried
10 get some American advertising but
our business men were not then SUI
ficiently interested. although he found
all the English advertising he wanted.
So he turned it into an English publ
cation handling news from London.
Fair publicity. and an acquaintance
ship with each other which can best
be brought about through the medium
of the press. will do much to equalize
our intercontinental trade and
strengthen the bonds OF friendship,
and the genius Of the Poulson and the
Western Union will do much to
achieve this. But how long would We
have had to await such a development
if the Burleson government owner
ship of telegraph lines had been in
operation?
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Once more the story-book battle
front is swinging into view. The land
OF romance. the actual scene Of 1.-THE
Arabian Nights" is getting into the dis
patches again as the new British cam
paign on the Tigris is reported. Why
this drive" has been postponed until
now, and the physical conditions 1t
meets, are explained by glance at the
facts about this oldest inhabited region
of the earth-for 1t Is in this very vi
entity that the Bible located the Gar
den Of Eden.
Because it is so remote. Bagdad
seems. to the average person: like a
city Of unreality, fancy in the haZy
realm Of romance. When | was there
few years ago it had not a single
American-born resident among its hun
dred thousand population. and not five
American visitors a year The total
for eign colony was less than a hun
dred, of whom between fifty and sixty
were British. The city has long been
q recognized British sphere" and the
British Resident General dwelt in vice
regal state, with little diminulre
military establishment and a small
gunboat of his own
Despite German incursions, Britain
solidly held the trade OF Bagdad, the
city being the commercial as we'll as
The political center of a wide area OF
Persia and Mesopotamla. The only
craft on the Tigris river, aside from
the goat.skin RATS. or "keleks," and
the 6owl-shaped "guffas," which were
old in Northumberland day, were the
Lynch steamers, few f1at-bottomcd
boats somewhat like miniature Mis-
sissippi river steamboats,: or q preca-
rious Turkish line. The officers OF
these boats were the only men alive
who knew the shifting currents OF the
muddy, changeable stream. Even so,
boat would customarily go aground
half a dozen times before reaching
Bosra, which Is on the Shatt-el-Arab,
the confluence Of the Tigris and the
Euphrates, fifty miles from the Persian
Gulf. Ocean steamers sail regularly
between Bosra and Bombay.
All this has bearing on the war.
The British took it for granted that
no force could be brought to Bagdad
that would be strong enough to dis
lodge them. They held the river.
There were no steamers above Big
dad floated down from Diarbektr
on a raft, the usual means of travel.
Between Bagdad and Aleppo or Da-
mascus, the nearest Turkish troop
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WHAT WE MAY EXPECT

rS6$ineffectlve and defective DEM
fnarttc tariff has just found an emil
mt demonstration in the action Of
: Manufacturing firm Of Connecticut,
sNkieh has given over the manufacture
SAtety razor blades. which for some
syXarSs has been an important branch
;g their Industry. They have quit
sIS1f blade making because they find
made in Japan can be de-
"a lksto them from that country at
g. SGElnuch less than the expense or
mig them out here. or course the
Nho lose their jobs know the
s that it was because the pro-
q ksots their labor was displaced by a
q duct ofsthe labor Of Japanese work
at nNho are. satisfied with forty or
cents a day and full dinner
gl6nisut boiled rice. Then il these
81 ehaIKed worEmen reason a little
IlArthartthey will become wise to the
.t1ct that the Democratic tariff policy
! p4rmitssJapanes razor blades, as
IA 6ai11many other manufactured pro-
(aa1ctEso enter this country under
astso& duty so ridiculously low that
l1panese can undersell the Amer
Rrsnducer on his own ground
a1AHAmerican workman demands
Gx hefican wage in order that he
sAH S6nform to the American stand
i iksof living. He wants staunch
1AA with carpets, pictures, FUR
8. and other home comforts; In
ng.-three squares" a day and
3 IT. clothing for winter and sum-
The Japanese laborer Is con-
t6sWith = bamboo shack. a pallet
s GNoor. a few handfuls of rice.
& 4s6aSb. like that OF Gunga Din.
kfn1 much before, and rather
8 smart OF that behind" It is not
Aisersdit that his wants are SO
6Sa they are the result of
Ialuintion far different from
ha. taken place in Auerl-
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FEEL 1OO25 BETTER
BY M0RMNC--TRY t!

Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy, con-
.,ripated and full of cold. Why don't
YOU get a box of CascaretS from the
drug store now? Eat one ~er two to-
night and enjoy the incest, gentlest liv-
or and bowel cleansing you ever ex-
perinnced. You will wake up feeling
fit and fine. Cascarets never grippe or
bother you all the next day like cal
omel. salts and pills. They act gently
but thoroughly. Mothers should give
cross. sick, bilious or feverlsh child
rem whole Cascaret any time. They
arc harmless and children love them.
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A NEW YEARS WISH.

| wish that We might seek and find
That which would benefit mankind:
4 JOY that would Unfold the earth
And hourly visit at each hearth.
4 ray Of sunlight to tho blind.
4 bit Of heart To tie unkind;
An understanding gift In some
To help along another one.
To those who wish good deeds 10 do
Success for them I'm wishing, too:
And those whose lives a burden bear
wish that l might take a share.
And all the ones who hungry go,
I wish into their hands might flow
\ wealth Of coin for things IN cat
That they could have both drink an
meat.
For those who feel cold winters blast
Warm clothes and shelter ] would ask
And for the whole world. Gods grca
love
To help US earn our home above.
Mrs. Blanche Mason.
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-FOUR BOYS MAY DIE
OR BE TOTALLY BLIND

Str,ial Dispatch IN the Intelligence.
CLARkSBURG. W. Va. Jan. l.
Their lives hanging by thread, with
prospects of being blind should they
recover, four small boys are patients
al 81 Marys hospital Of burns and
other injuries received last evening
when they ignoranLly exploded about
fifty Dynamite caps at. a nonhre on
vacant lot They are Frank and John
Rrufnro brothers, and Dominick and
Frank pinctta. also brothers, aged
from \ 10 IA years. The dynamite
caps were attached TO insulated cop
per wire which the boys found and
from which they tried 10 burn the in
sulatinS material.
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new TALKING MACHINE RECORDS

Rose" and Souvenir Poetique" BY
Michael Gusikoff. displays the extra
ordinary talen, that has made this rIs-
ing young violinist u soloiSt with the
leading orchcStras and concertmefster
with the Russian Symphony Orchestra
The unique distinction Of being the first
successful comic opera written by an
American composer is enjoyed by The
Little Tycoon" instrumental gems"
from which are presented by the Victor
Concert Orchestra.
siren STRAINS Of Dance Music.
1t is no longer necessary 10 depend
on IN" amateur pianist. who though
good naturcd and sef-sncrific;nG, did
not always keep good time, and gcncr-
ally grew tired just as the dancers got
fnirly started Tho Nictrnln never tires,
never plays out Of time. tune or rhythm
and always affords The latest and most
popular dnnce music. It's splendid and
comprehensive December list of dance
records comprises two of the Blues"
hits which the West and South seem
10 have gone crazy over: two fux-trot
medleys OF popular songs and q medley
waltz. all OF which nre played with in
fictitious vcrvc BY the Victor Dance
Orchestra. 4 record by new organi-
zatlon fashionably popular with New
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NEW INTERPRETATIONS.

CHARLESTON, W. Jan. -
Certificates of incorporation kave:been
issued by the secretary OF state to- the
following new concerns which VIII
operate under the laws Of West VIZ
ginia: ~
Tropf Coal company Of Councils.
willie, Pa; chief. works Monongala
county; authorized capital, 100000;
incorporators, Fred Tropf and MarEa'
ret Tropf Of Everson, Pa; A. =.
Stickel, Sarah E. Stickel and R. 8.
Matthews, all OF Connellsville.
A. J. Yoke OIL company OF Tulssi
Okla: chief works in Oklahoma, Tex,
Louisiana and Kansas; authori1ed
capital, 100000; incorporatorc, A j.
Yoke OF Shreveport, La; w. u. Cur.
tes and F. NJ. Hotchkiss OF Bradfor1, )
Pa: Charles D. Welch and Il. e..
Moore of Coffeyville, Kans. "
Big Creek Coal company OF Detroit
Nich chief works. Harris Creek dis.
trict, Lincoln county; authorized cap
iiaI 800 600: incorporators, Matthew
Slush, William E. Meter, James r.
Culnmiskey. Carl v. Eseery, John b.
Hamblen. all Of Detroit
Logan-Eagle Mining company OF Lo-
gan; chief works, Logan county; eu'
thorized capital, $4,000; incorpofa'
tors. O. J. Deegens. A. N: McCon'
nauchey. f. H. Adams and E II. Butts,
all of Logan, and S. E. Scholl OF Ac'
coville. "a
Huntington: authorized capital, $lo.'
900; incorporators. ]. F. McL1uenun.
". F. Effort, r. A. Nelson, J. c. WOO.
ten and Homer Booth, all OF Hunting:
ton.
"On december 81 Will quit smoking
forever go, 81
"I mink so. too."-Boston Transcript
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Tuesday, January 2, 1911
OUR RAILROAD EXPANSION

The wear lust closed doesn't maAe
a very good showing for rallroso
pansion, And there were many le"'
ms for 1t, the chief one relating ~
tina business and industrial depression
brought on by Democratic, tariff leg
tslat1on, which brought many or lne
roads Of the country 10 the verge ~
!. bankruptcy. The war revived business
has been helping them out OF lAle'
The Baltimore Manufacturers RECORD
has compiled an account of the nile
ase built in 1916 in sixteen southern
States, and in which it includes west
virginia. The total new mileage foots
IN 589 miles. The Record points out
that not quite so per cent OF the nile
age anticipated at the beginning OF
! the year was constructed. 1t was
thought at the beginning Of the year
. that 1916 would make q much better
showing than 1915 in railroad build
hing, but there we're many FACTORS
eainst the embarkmeut Of capital IN
sAch enterprises; for instance. the III
! veStigations Of railroads, the threat
{ eneA strike OF trainmen. the passage
. OF the Adamson law and other mat.
: tiers which tended to unsettle conol-
aA.sions Ind alarm investors.
&c or the 1916 construction West VII:
ssginia is credited with. only 49 miles
(which was almost wholly accomplish
Fed in the Southern part OF the state
sssby the Chesapeake < Ohio. Norfolk &
ssWestern and the Virginian Railway,
On localities where the coal traffic as
Eshanded Immediate betterments. Inc
nntlook for 1917 is better than was
ahe prospect a year ago. but there Is
guarantee that the accomplish
4 vents will De any greater than they
lhre in 1916 Increasing costs OF OPP
Rating both as. 10 labor and supplies
ENSH depriying the roads of profits
Notwithstanding that gross earnings
Sxro showing extraordinary gains over
ssrSeyious years. and rhe future. eS'
&pecally since bushes apprenendS
G62nge in its general course TO en-
go from the peace movements. Is
quite predetermined.
EsSsAOf the projected work Tor the pres
EN1t wear in fhr sixteen states, amount
ES81r. to 1,473 miles only Ill miles OF
fSnsvR construction i allotted 70 West
NfrSinia. In the detailed statement or
aiHASSlistribution OF this work through
IsSufsfhe State, no mention is made OF
SfhA probable construction OF the two
f6x6a that are contemplated from this
n.y. to the Connellsyille coke fields.
E4he projected mileage for 1917 IN
Hi1S1tate. over half, So miles. is TO be
SnEby the Chesapeake & Ohio road.
Nthis extension add 200 miles pro-
11cted sby the Norfolk & Western, all
HE further development Of coal
|sISdperfy. and but % miles is left for
tH1 rest Of the State. out OF the total
sScEs III miles. Not very cheering
SHSoHpect OF expansion.
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The election Of United States Sena-
tors by popular vote lessons tho attrac-
ton Of this years session OF the West
Virginia legislature, and will also give
It more time for the real business that
call. It together.
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call, will bring the wanted funds.
Tbay will he diSil1uSiOned

call, will bring the wanted funds
They will be disillusioned.
Fifty thousand would-be borrowers
already-one hundred and fifty MIL
lions wanted right away-an average
of three thousand dollars to each one,
a mere trifle for Government to hand
out. Unfortunately. the authorized
capital of each Of the Federal Land
Banks. when ready for business; will
be only s75oOoO-nine millions for
the twelve institutions provided by
the act. The applications for loans
before the doors are open. thus aggre-
gate seventeen times the loanins
fund.
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WITNESSES ARRIVE

rlIAEI.ESTOS. w. Va. Jan. 1:-Wit-
ncss"S hav. arrived here from Chicago
7" give evidence in the case oetore inc
Public Service Commission of the City
"f Charleston and many citizens of the
city against IN" West Virginia Water
and f. rrtrir company. 1t is sought TO
compel hrrompany to reduce its rates:
These Witnessed have testified IN enlel
before the copSSI ssion In FORMER near
p isfs oma %'j r0ss'cAam lSSs the
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The committee In charge Of the Will
son inaugural parade as much as says
the sufrragists Will be allowed In the
procession II they promise to behave
like ladies'.