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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Draft Young Unmarried Men
Courage, b. l.. H..
New York, Sept. 9, 1917.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Facing as we are At present the
greatest scarcity of labor in the history Of
the country and an outlook which promises
to be worse when the drafted men are taken
from their occupations ard sent away, may
as an employer of labor offer solution
for the difficulty?
In department stores thousands of men
between eighteen and twenty-one are being
employed at selling ribbons and other work
women could easily do. Why not draft these
boys. who are unmarried and have no de-
pendents? They think of nothing but our
lesque shows, prizefghts. etc. The wholesome
life in the army would do them world Of
good
1t would release older men, men over TWEEN
ty-seyen years, whose work is being taken
over by women, rough manual labor at which
il is crime to employ women.
MARLEY MFG. co.
Per l.. ARTHUR.
New York. Sept. 10, 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
An Apology Needed

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why does Mr. Wtter Bynner in his
letter Of September lin to-day's issue
gratuitously insult Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt by putting his honored name into list
side by side with the Kaiser's? And why
place his tried friend and running mate in
1912, Hiram Johnson. next to Woodrow viii
son, where he doesn't belong? Has Mr.. Byn-
ner forgotten Johrson's noble defence of
Roosevelt, made in the United States Senate
on May Is last, when the eX-President's mo.
tives were attacked b. Senator Stone? | have
d personal letter from Senator johnson, date
May %, before me now, in which ne expresses
his entire sympathy with Roosevelt's desires
and aims.
MIR. Bynner has got things so badly mixed
tina: he doesn't seem TO know what he is talk
ing about. He owes 20 these two good men
true friends, with warm hearts in their
breasts and red blood in their veins.--an
apology. c. u. S.
New York, Sept. IL, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Morale at Home

In little while now our troops will man
the trenches of France. actually at grips
with the German horde. 1t is the careless
habit Of many among us to think OF that
army Of peacemakers as sort Of auto
matte weapon which, having been assem-
bled and dispatched by the government
will. if properly supplied and replenlshed
move irresistibly upon the enemy frontiers
This is not merely untrue; it is danger
ous!y false.
The strength Of that army is the moral
force in each of us here at home. IL Is
our will that sent them, and our faith must
sustain them. Though they stand in
France. they arc in no way separate from
us. Their minds are the mirror OF this
nation. Let us establish our own morale
and theirs will be assured. Nothing less
than the freedom of the world depends
upon them. Therefore, it is the first duty
of every American to examine the condl-
ton and quality of the faith that is in him.
II must not be boastful and an easy
faith. Let no man say or think, "One
Yankee can whip ten Huns That par
ticular perverson of nationalism has in
iured us in many past wars and is still
called patriotism in some quarters. This
is war Of realities. and all such facile
nonsense will be stamped into the bloody
mire of the battlefields, together with the
German delusion that the world can be
stuffed with kultur like Strassbure
goose.
Yet we want no hating faith. There
are black days ahead, as well as days Of
glory. We arc fortunately situated on the
Western front between the pillars of the
British and the French. But We do not
need to look at Italy and Rumania to know
that all armies which have entered this
struggle late are weak at the beginning.
We shall probably blunder as the British
did, though perhaps not in the same way.
We shall have our moments of defeat and
depression. as the French have had. Per
hars-we do not know yet-but, perhaps,
not being a homogeneous people, we may
suffer the shame of actual treason at the
battle line. There are grim things in war,
and there must be grim faith here to
meet them. Convictions which do not
clutch the heart as strongly at midnight
as at noon are not worth having.
What has been accomplished in this war
so far is chiefly an act of faith. On the
clear logic of conditions as they were re-
vealed to the German General Staff Ger
many should have won long ago. But
buried in an old and cynical world there
was a sleeping faith in civilization as we
know it, the power of which the Germans
could not conceive. 1t is with that hidden
fame that we must carry on Happily
for US practcal-minded Americans, 1t has
been repeatedly demonstrated in this war
that faith, if backed with proper organi-
cation and supplied with the right eXplo-
sives. will move mountains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Sedition or Discomfort?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The following is a Chicago news dis
patch:
The Department OF Justice declared to-day tina,
il believed the Federal raids upon the ant-war pub
LEFTY organs were already earring fruit in general
toninZ down OF seditious printed propaganda.
Very likely. But the world has been trying
that plan OF suppressing the expression OF
discomfort for several thousand years, so far
with marked dissuccess
Possibly the u. of J. will accomplish what
the Gar failed 10 do. BOLTON HALL
Not Pacihst nor Non-rcsistant).
.. New York, Sept. 10, 1917
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Bv-Path Meadow

tFrOm The London HOTHldJ fp>'l
Those who know their "Pilgrim's Prog
ress" will remember how Christian and
Hopeful found the way rough and their
feet tender by reason OF their travels. 80
the soul OF the Pilgrims was much dlscour-
aged because of the way" IN this state o.
war-weariness they saw a meadow, and d
stile to 20 over into it, and the meadow was
called By-Path Meadow. 1t looked p!escaEt
and easy going. so the Pilgrims went over
the stile, being encouraged thereto by Il
gentleman named Vain Confidence, a pacii!st
as we should say, who affirmed that the By
Path led TO the Celestial Gate. But soon It
began to rain and thunder and Tighten in a
very dreadful manner; the Pilgrims lost
their way, and found themselves before long
in the nasty and sinking dungeon OF Giant
Despair, who beat them with his grievous
crab-tree cudgel. Fortunately, Christian had
a forgotten key called Promise in his BOSOM
and with this he opened the locks Of Doubt
ing Castle. Thus the Pilgrims barely escaped
with their lives and were glad to get or the
Kings Highway again, hard and steep and
stony though it was.
We suggest TO our readers that they
should beware of these ByPath Meadows,
however alluring they may be. The Pope
may point TO one and Mr. Ramsay Macdon-
aid 70 another; they lool; tempting and
easy; but it is better TO keep to the straight
path, confident that, however hard the road
may be in the end, we shall come 70 that
Celestial Gate of Victory which alone leads
10 Peace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Truth About Quebec
English Speaking Soldiers Outnumbcr
French Ten to One

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Some few weeks ago. when so many
persons were asking why the French-Cana-
dian province of Quebec was so bitter in It's
opposition TO CONSUMPTION, and why the
Canadian government was finally forced 10
resort TO compulsory service, Mr.. J. A. La
libcr'c undertook to tell Us In an article IN
The Tribune "The Truth About Quebec" in
which he insisted that the French Canadians
were doing their share of the fighting, and
intmated that opposition to the government 8
measure which has since passed by an over
whelmng majority of representatives from
all over Canada, with the exception OF que
bee. was general throughout the Dominion.
Now. | am in possession OF official figures
from the Canadian Minister Of Militia and
Defence, which may interest your readers
who read Mr. Lalberte's article. and which
may reveal the real truth about Quebec and
the reasons underlying the decision Of the
Canadian government to adopt the compul-
sorry measure These figures give the num-
Der of men who have proceeded overseas
from Canada mot the actual number en-
listedl up TO and including June 30 Of the
present year. Classified as to land of birth,
they are follows:
Born in Great Britain England,
Scotland, Ireland ............... lbI.63O
Born in Canada .................... l4',26o
Born in the United States. ......... lO,7s3
Otal ................ ....''''o lO,o''
Now, b. way Of substantiaton - of Mr..
Ialibertc's claim that the French-C anadians
are doing their share Of the lighting, permit
nc TO present the official figures covering
purely Canadian enlistments
Number born in Canada English
spoaklnG) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS-,o'o
Number born in Canada (French
spoakngl Observation-Disclosures. li.oS4
It will thus be seen that the English
speaking enistments outnumber the French
by almost ten to one, and that the United
States, when the Foreign Legion enlisted in
England and France is considered, has prob
ably contributed more fighting men to the
Allied cause than has the great French Cana
dian province of Quebec, whose boast has
always been its love For la Belle France
The figures given above do not include the
forces now training in Canada or those who
FOR various reasons have been discharged
from the service, but apply only TO those
who have already gone overseas. II will be
found. however. that the ratio IS being main
tanned. except for the fact that in recent
months at least so per cent OF the men en-
listed have been of Canadian tEnglish-speak
ing) birth. j. a. MACLEOD.
New York. Sept TO- 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13
Magazines for u. S. S. Maine

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As librarian of the L. S. 5. Maine I
find that the boys would very much appre-
ciate receiving magazines and short stories,
etc. As favor to the navy boys" Will you
announce that any old magazines, etc, would
be very much appreciated? Any one desiring
20 forward them can have them placed in the
hands of the boys by addressing the libra
rian, L. s 5. Maine, care Postmaster New
York, ~ Y. II. G. BANKS,
Librarian, L. ). 5. Maine.
Sept. 6, 1917.
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That Regular Republican Ticket

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To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: | am informed that you have recently
devoted a column in your paper 10 ridiculIng
my claim Of being Republican. have worked
and voted for every Republican candidate for
President since 1879. and for every K publ
can candidate for Congress since that date
and for every Republican candidate for Gov
ernor in this state, with one exception, when
was over thirty years ago.
Your ridicule is based upon the fact that
voted for a Democrat as candidate for Mayor
and was Tax Commissioner under Mayor
Gayror. 1t ought not 20 be necessary 70 re-
mind The Tribune that the Tax Board Is
bipartisan board, and that was appointed
20 that board as a Republican, and that my
Republican colleague was Charles !. "n'f
Of The Tribune. | quite agree with my IaN
friend, Mayor Gaynor. on the subject OF non
partisarShip in city affairs. The constitution
OF the State OF New York and the electro"
laws provide that a man may vote for can,
didate Of an opposing party at munie'PA'
elections "ithout losing his standing IN MS
own party.
Will you now please be fair enough TO pup
lish the record Of my opponent in the Repuo-
lican primaries for Controller Mr.. Premier
CAST, who while holding Office as RepaoN.
can deserted the party and did ms BEST o.
worst to destroy it? He helped 10 defeat 'ne
party in 1912, when lured by the possible 'p'
pointment 20 a Cabinet position.
have been dcclarin. for weeks that me
city is bankrupt as far as cash resources
available for yitaly needed public improve
mentS arc concerned This is A very serious
charge. If true. Ii not true why don't you
drop personalities and come out with evidence
to refute il? JUDSON G. WALL,
Republican Candidate for Controller
New York, Sept. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13

Of the German guns is the louder and the
sharper. When approaching the firing
line before big attack the sound of the
German guns prcdomnates. giving the sol
der the apprehension that the enemy ar
tillcry is in superior strength. On passing
the British guns the appearance IS re-
verscd. The writer considers that the
Germans invented the term troBmci-ttHcr
to describe the British artillery massed on
the Sommc for exactly this reason To tho
Germans the British gunfrc came as sharp
staccato notes. the whole giving the I'M
preston of the rat-tat-tat-tat of a mighty
drum. TO the British behind their own
guns there was only Il dull and heavy roar.
OF course, this phenomenon is also OK
plainablc on the theory of the travelling
shells producing sharp noise which, by
reason of the high speed of the projectilc.
reaches the observer before the sound
waves of the first explosion.
Other correspondents raised the interest
ing question of sound zones. A South
African gunner officer declared that while
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!" i""'' Nv
heaNy bomDardmenI TIC cou'o ho' near
it at a certain distance, yet if he went fur
Their back he could hear it distinctly. Most
strkingly on the Somme he was thirty
miles behind the line, and could hear moth
ing, though he knew the commencement was
taking place. Going TO village eight
miles further from the front. the sounds
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packed by d chor"S oi co'respo"uI','' VIM
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bottom OF deep grave reporteu lia' 'ie
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Tho Associated Press Is exclusively entitled T. We use o'
-snobirsfion e al news dspach. credited 10 II Or no,
Otherwise credited this and also The lA news "
sportsreou> I'm published her.in.
Al rgts republication Of al other matter he'eln ~'
also reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13

You can purchase merchandise si1e1sed IN I'M
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IN ANY case The TRIBUNE guarantees 20 your MONEY
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GOOD promptly n the advertiser dos not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13

convict Mayor Mitchell of that alleged
Surrender" and cXonerate Tammany
while Mr.. Churchill's record remains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-13

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New Ycyk Corrr-Sucr ogden Reid. rreside't; I" Nenof
Rogers Vice Pncsident; r. A SuieT. T~ssu"r N"'''
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SUBSCRIPTION RNrrs.-Ey NAL, Postage rsId. out
CANADIAN RATS
FOREIGN RATS

Entered at the Tr,o-ce At New York As s.eond C'''
Mail Ma,er
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08
Provost Marshal
Outlines PoWerS of
Exemption Boards

Washington, June This statement
was issued by the provost marshal
general to-day:
"There will be a local exemption
board for approximately each 10000
population. The power of appointing
these boards rests with the President,
but the task is so large that general
plan for their selection has been out
lined By the President.
These local boards will have 10 do
especially with self-eXecuting eXemp-
tions-that is, those in which exemp-
ton depends only upon the determine
ton of facts, as, for example, whether
a man is Federal. state or Judicial
officer, whether he is a clergyman, or
whether he comes in any way within
any classification for which exemption
is specifically provided in the selective
service law.
an each Federal judicial district
there will be ut least one board OF re-
view to which appeal may be taken
from local boards, and which will have
also original jurisdiction in the eXclu-
sion of discharge from the selective
draft of persons engaged IN industry,
including agriculture; found TO be ne
cessary to the maintenance OF the mill
tarv establishment or the effective
operation of the military forces or the
maintenance of national interest dur
inc the emergencies.
"The exemption regulations are not
in final form. When they are, they Will
be promulgated by the President
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08
Serbian Youth,
IS, Re-enlists Here
For British Army
English Directors, Fearing
Draft, Seek Aid to Reach
Argentina

Stanley Tcdoreca, late OF Serbia
celebrated his eighteenth birthday yes
terday by joining the British army lie
was first in line when the British re-
cruiting Office at $50 Broadway opened
More than $50 men followed his eH-
ample during the day.
Todoreca was sixteen when the Ger
mans invaded Serbia. With other
refugees he fed TO Salonica, where he
became dispatch bearer for the Mid
dlesex Regiment. The regiment was
wiped out later and Todoreca came to
the United States. He had tried TO en-
list previous to yesterday, but was re-
jected because Of his age.
British conscientious directors, who
fed to this country 10 cvade service
are now trying TO 20 TO Argentina be-
cause they fear they may be drafted
here. One Of them who applied to a
conscientious DIRECTORS legal aid bu-
reau yesterday for assistance TO reach
South America said he represented a
large group.
1--WE are in dilemma" he said.
Driven from England by our con-
sciences, We now face the probability
that this country will arrange with
Great Britain 10 force us into service.
There are a thousand English DIRECTORS
i'm New York alone. Rather than claim
the protection usually given political
refugees. we have decided to 90 to
Argentina. which is now the only big
country Offering sanctuary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08
Illinois Militia
Called to Prevent
Anti-Draft Riotinq

Rockford, H., June sheriff Gin
ders of Rockford wired Governor Low
den this afternoon asking permission
to use state troops for the purpose of
preventing trouble in the event of dis
tLrbances over the arrest of |. W. W.
agitators. more than one hundred of
whom are in Jail for refusing to regis
ter Tuesday.
The Governor designated two COM
panies Of the Illinois National Guard,
stationed at Rockford, TO aid in the
preservation of peace so long as they
were needed
Sheriff Ginders said he feared more
trouble and large number OF men
would be involved
The hundred last night paraded
through the streets TO the county jail
and demanded 70 be locked up for not
registering.
ave have not registered and suppose
o. will be arrested; lock US up" said
the leader. Inc SnerIit admitted them,
half a dozen at time, until 1876 had
been placed behind the bars.
On account of the crowded condition
of the Jail II was necessary TO transfer
a number Of the prisoners 10 jails at
Freeport and Belvidere. nearby.
There was no recurrence to-day OF
such disorder as last night kept the
Jail in "A turmoil and showered corridor
floors with broken window panes, but
when officers attempted 20 remove a
group Of the prisoners TO another jail
resistance was offered. Clubs were
used freely. and ten men were dragged
10 patrol wagons and transferred to
the city Jail
The men, who classified themselves
as Industrial Workers OF the World,
Socialists and lust citizens all de-
clared they were opposed 10 registra-
ton and would not comply with thu
la,s.
Most Of them arc described AS Lithu-
anians or Swedcs. Before the march
10 the jail the men attended picnic
at which many speeches against regis
tratiJn were made,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08
Guard to Get Pay of
Civilians at Camps
War Department Was Un-
aware of Injustice Being
Done Militiamen

Washington, June THE injustice
being done members Of the National
Guard who are attending officers re-
serve camps, in being paid only their
Nat onal Guard pay instead of the 500
a month which is being paid ordinary
civilians attending such camps, is to be
corrected. il was promised by Chair
man Dent of the House Military Affairs
Committee. when the question was
brought to his attention to-day.
Representative Smith, of New YORK
took the question up with the War De-
partment to-day He found that high
officials there did not realize that Ma
tional Guardsmen at such camps were
being paid only their National Guard
paw. On discovery that such was the
case. orders were given 70 the Con-
troller Of the Treasury, who is the final
aribter on questions involving the le-
gahtv of payments by the government
10 give an opinion. II his opinion Is
adverse a bill will be brought out by
the Military Committee providing that
Guardsmen at officers training camps
shall receive pay at the regular rate
Of 500 month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08

The Federal authorities Of this dis
trict are preparing TO hold day and
night sessions Of court during the
summer months to try the slackers.
That Their are going to be large num-
Der of these cases is evident from the
mass Of letters now flowing into the
Office of John c. noxK, Assistant
United States Attorney. letters. most
ly from young men who registered, tell
Of those who failed to enroll.
1.-THE cases of these slackers will
take precedence over all others SAID
Mr.. Knox yesterday, "and we are going
10 keep the courts open all summer
and, if necessary, the judges viii glad
ly hold court also. Il Is going 10 be
short shrift for the slackers IN this
community"
Only three real slackers have been
indicted to date. One of these is an
anarchist, another Columbia Uniyer-
sity student. and the third a public
school teacher. The third, Herman =.
Levine, did not teach school yesterday.
for he was in Jail. He walked into the
office of Assistant United States At
torncy Smith, Of Brooklyn, yesterday
morning, and said he had not regis
tered. and, moreover, he did not in
tend TO.
He admitted he was pro-German. He
taught at Public School 100. in Man
haitian, and lived at 3l5 Riyerdale
Avenue, Brownsville.
There is not going 10 be any undue
haste on the part Of the government
10 90 after the slackers. Federal au-
thorities said yesterday ample oppor-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-08
Slackers to Get Short Shrift
In the Federal Courts Here
Dav and NIGHT Sessions Planned to Dispose of Cases
School Teacher Jailed When He Refuses to
Regiser-Admits He Is Policeman

tunity will be given the comparatively
few who have not registered 70 do so.
Charles +. Phillips. one Of the Co.
lumbia University students. who car
ried on a campaign against reglstra-
ton, and then refused to register is
trying 10 escape the penalty, Federal
officials said yesterday.
But the governments representatives.
intend to prosecute Phillips vigorously,
a high Federal official declared last
night. When he is arraigned before
Judge Mayer in the United States Dis
trict Court on Tuesday for sentence
the maximum sentence Will be asked.
unless in the meantime he tells what
he knows about the Gnti-conscription
propaganda alleged 10 have been car
RED on from within the walls Of Co
umbia University.
phillips and his companions, Owen
Cattel and Miss Eleanor Wilson Par
ker. are small fry" said Harold A. Con-
tent. jr.. Assistant United States At
torney. what we want to get is the
older heads who led them on, and who
themselves did rot appear in the open"
Miss Parker and Cattell will be tried
jointly on Tuesday, on a charge of con-
spiring TO prevent registration. At the
close Of the trial, which is expected TO
be brief. Phillips will be sentenced on
his plea of guilty for refusing to reg
lister.
Louis Kramer, the anarchist, and tn .
three others arrested at Madison
Square Garden last Thursday night for
distributing anti-conscription hand
bills. will be tried Monday before
Judge Mayer When this trial is over
Kramer will be tried for refusing to
register.