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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Hotel de Vile
Mass Of Ruins

Through all these gloomy relics Of
q vanished people went slow-footed
and needless of direction until by
chance | came out into the wide Place
and saw before me all that remained
Of that stately building which for CEN
turies had been the Hotel de Vile, now
nothing but crumbling ruin of noble
arch and massive tower; even so. in
shattered facade and mullioned win
dows one might yet see something OF
that beauty which had made it famous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Tin Hats Called
Into Service

Into Service
"Ah, the guns at last" said |.
"Ycs," nodded K, lighting another
cigarette. "I'yc been listening to them
for the last hour
Here ny friend F, who happened TO
be the intelligence officer IN charge
leaned forward to say:
"I'm afraid we can't get into Beau
mont Hamcl; the boches are Strailng
it. rather, this morning, but we'll go
as near as we can get, and then on 20
what was La Boiselle. We shall leave
the car soon. 50 better get into your
tin hats" Forthwith | buckled on one
Of The morions we had brought for the
purpose, and very uncomfortable |
found il. Having made it fairly secure
I turned, grnning furtively. to behold
Ks classic features crowned with ms
ou.landish seeming hcadgear, and pres
emily caught him grlnning furtivcly nj
mine. They're not heavy as ] expect
ed" said I. about half pound" he
suggested.
Pulling up ct g shell shattered vii
larc we left the car and trudged along
IL hell torn road. along a battered and
rusty railway line. and presently struck
into . desolate waste, intersected by
sparse hedgcrOwS and with here and
there desolatc. leahess trees, many CT
which. in shattered trunk and broken
bough, showed grim traces OF what had
been; and ever as VIC advanced these
ugly scars grew moro frequent and we
were continually lodging >u.icn pools
that were the work of bursting shells.
And then il began to rain again.
on we went. splashng through pud-
dies, SHINING in mud, and ever as we
went my boots and my uncomfortable
helmet grew heavier and heavier
while in the heaven above, in the earth
below and in the air about US was the
culver and thunder Of unseen guns.
As We stumbled through the muddy
Gesolatiou bthcld wTetched novels
wherein khaki-clad forms moved, and
from one Of these damp and dismal
structures a merry whistling issued,
with hodrse laughter.
on we trampeG, through rain and
mud, which, like my helmet, seemed to
grow momcntauiy hcav7er.
*" said !. as he fourdered into a
shell hole. about how heavy did you
say these helmets were ,?
about a pound" said he, fierce
eyed. "COnfound the mud! ~
Away 10 our left and hlEn IN AIR q
puff Of smoke appeared, a pesrl-gray,
fcccy cloud; and as !, unsuspecting,
watched 10 writhe into fantastic shapes,
my ears were smitten with a deatening
,cport aud inst,rctively / ducked.
"Shrapnel,' said F., waving ms hand
IN airy introduction. They're search
ing the road yoEder, | expect. An,
here goes another Yes. they're try
ing the road yonder. But here's The
trench-in with you'll
/ an free TO confess that | entered
that trench pIccipitately-s hurriedly
in fact. that my helmet fell off. and as
/ replaced 10 ! was not sorry TO see
rb., this trench was very deer and
narrow. As we progressed, very slowly
nv reason of C. nCinE mud, F. Informed
ms that this trench had been our old
front line before we took Beaumont
Hamel As we went noticed many
things clips Of cartridges, uneXploded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Bv JEFFERY FARNOL

Brilliant Novelist Describes the British Soldier the Most Desperate Fight OF
the War- Courage and Faith in Vicoy-Desoae Towns Debris,
Human and Mseia-osps With Their Mad and Manned Occupants
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

ribution must follow as sure as to-
morrow's dawn. The evil that men do
lives after them and lives on forever.
Should they who have worked Tor
and planned this misery escape the
cphemeral justice of man, there is yet
Tie inexOrablc tribunal OF the here
after. which no transgressor. small or
great, humble or mighty. may in any
wise escape.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
rfay Boards Among
German Wounded

ne brought Us into wards long, airy
"a nany-winCowed. places Of exquisite
.1'ness and order where calm-faced
ss'ess were busted and smart, SOFT
~'aoing order.tos came and went. Here
Z white cots lay many bandaged forms,
,.~e who, propQed on pillows, watched
= ohgnt-eycd and nodded in CHEEKY
..ste.'ag; others who lay so omlnously
51' as ! passed between the long
s"s o. cots ] was struck with the look
4, e''sr peace and content on so many
- ne faces, and wondered until, re
''--...naosfing the hell whence they had 50
Ttssy come, I thought ! understood.
''-.S bethlnkIrg me Of how these dlre
~" mad been come by, ! took oil my
and tr0d between these beds OF
.''li suffering as softly as ] could.
,... 1eSe men had surely come cut OF
,H 'ribula.ion.
"a /, another ward saw numbers
ggefnan wounded, most Of them
v.--'lgteoi many there were who seemed
10y and understood. and among
,,.- were many gray heads, a very
80 company These, tho colonel
s., ..ed Us, received precisely the
- treatment as our own wounded,
~ % tobacco and cigarettes.
,.'' We followed our soft-voiced conduc-
l.. through many other wards, where
A. Sao"ed US strange and wondrous
t.,s m spliuts; he halted MS by
\, .slg beds Of weird shape and cots
}, swung on pullcys; he descanted
''o1nos TO flesh and bone and brain,
ls,,t YES snatcued from the grin Of
~, ~. W the mGrvels Of the up-to-date
s,,ss'y' end as ! listened TO his pleas
n, io.ee / SeuSed much OF the grim
y,r..'is he left untold. We visited
,s,' rooms and operating theatre,
LIS whose walls were glass cases
~. with a multitudinous array OF
.,,s .li.aents for the saving Of life, and
a,s, " vas ! learned that in certain
b. chlsel, properly handled, was
81 more delicate tool than the finest
INA z .%toaderlul place" said I for the
,,,ea.h time, as we stepped out upon
mia gFeen lawn. The colonei-surgeon
49,. took some planning" he adj
& a little while ago it was a
y Wilderness"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
HEAVY ARTILLERY

canvas knew that here was a company
THAT had done and endured much. Close
Day me was o man whose hairy knee
was black with dried blood. To him
! tentatively preferred my cigarette
case.
"Wull We haze one the noo?' ! ques-
toned. For moment he eyed me
trifa dour and askancc, then he smiled
grave. Scots smile).
Thank sc, ! wuli that" said he, ard
extracted the cigarette with muddy
fingers. -,
"TeGl haze a sore leg, I'm thinking
said I.
"Ou aye" he admitted, with the same
grave smile. "bue its no sac muckle
As a. that just a wee bit Gkelpit -
Our Ger moved forward. gathered
speed. and We bumped and swayed on
our way. the bagppes shrieked and
vailed. grew plGintivcly soft and were
drowned and lost in that other sound
which was a murmur no longer. but
rolling. distant thunder, with occa-
sional moments Of silence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

TT WAS raining and chilly wind
i blew as we passed beneath a bat
tered arch into the tragic desolation
Of Arras.
have seen villages pounded by gun
fire into hideou. mounds Of dust and
rubble, their very semblance blasted
utterly awny: but Arras. she'll torn,
Scared, disfigured for all time, is a
city still-a City Of Desolation. Her
streets lie empty and silent, her once
pleasant squares are a dreary desola-
ton. her noble buildings, monuments
Of her ancient splendor, are ruined be-
yond repair Arras is dead city, whose
mournful silence is broken only by the
intcrmitten. thunder Of guns.
Thus, as paced these deserted
streets, where none moved, save my
self (for my companions had fastened
on, as gazed on ruined buildings
that echoed mournfully to my tread,
what wonder that my thoughts were
gloomy as the day itself? I paused in
a street Of fair, tall houses, from whose
broken windows curtains OF lace. Of
plush and tapestry tapped mournful!y
in the chill November wind like rags
upon corpse, while from some dim
interior came the hollow rattle OF a
door, while in every gust a swinging
shutter groaned despairingly on rusty
hinge.
And as I stood in this narrow street.
Uttered with the brick and masonry
of desolate homes, and listened to
these mournful sounds, wondered
vaguely what had become of all those
for whom this door had been wont to
open, where now the eyes that had
looked down from these windows many
ard many a time, would they ever be-
hold again this quiet, narrow street
Would these Scared walls echo again
to those same voices, and ring with
Joy of life and familiar laughter?
And now this deso.ate city became,
as it were, peoplsd with the souls of
these cxiles; they fitted ghost!ike in
the dimness behind tapping curtains,
they peered down through closed
jalousies Of the men and
women and children who had lived and
loved and played here before the curse
OF the barbarian had driven them away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Whole Houses
Blown Away

And. as If to help this illusion, saw
many things that were eloquent Of these
vanished people-glimpses through
shattered windows and beyond demol-
ished housefronts; here a table set for
dinner, with plates and furnished cut.
lery on a dingy cloth, that stirred damp
and lazily in the wind, yonder a grand
piano, open, with sodden music droop-
ing from its rest; here, again, chairs
drawn cozily together
Wherever looked were evidences OF
arrested life, of action suddenly
stayed; in one bedroom a trunk open
with a pile Of articles beside it to be
packed; in another, great bed, its
sheets and blankets tossed askew By
hands wild with haste; while in a room
lined with bookcases a deep armchair
was drawn up to the hearth, with a
small table whereon stood a decanter
and a half emptied glass and an
open book whose damp leaves
stirred in the wind now and then as if
touched by unseen fingers. Indeed,
more than once | marvelled TO see how,
amid the awful wreckage of broken
floors and tumbled ceilings, delicate
vases and chinaware had miraculously
escaped destruction. Upon one cracked
wall a large mirror reflected the ruin
of a massive carved sideboard. while
in another house hard by a magnif-
icent ivory ana ebony crucifx yet hung
above an awful twisted thing that had
been a brass bedstead.
Here and there on either side this mar
row street ugly gaps showed where
houses had once stood, comfortable
homes now only unsightly heaps Of
rubbish. a confusion OF broken beams
and rafters amid which divers familiar
objects obtruded themselves, broken
chairs and tables. grandfather clock
and a shattered piano whose melody
was silenced forever.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-04
ESSAY ON SCHOOL GIRLS.
Some Interesting Conclusions Drawn
From Teachers Experiences.

Spokane Spokesman Review: Henry
D. Sidgwick. after a years experience as
master nominally. II not really Of
school for girls. has had the hardihood
to make the school girl the subject Of
an essay. The result is an amusing
interesting and sometimes instructive
study in the Atlantic Monthly
Beginning with Shakespeare's Miriam.
da." the pedagogue notes the striking
fact that she speaks only 900 words Of
The Tempest" and is admired Nj.
randa. the top Of admiration" The
essayist does not declare whether the
admiration Is in consequence Of the
heroine's economy OF talk or in spite
OF II. but i'm either case here is a help.
ful hint 10 the feminine chatterbox
Novelists fight shy Of girlhood as a
sea uncharted. Novels rarely take up
girls life until It has passed the age
which distracts the teacher. The
thoughts. feelings and doings Of the
school girl spring from sources undis-
covered. Scott never mentioned her.
Thackeray tried 10 tell about Becky
Sharp's career az the Plnkerton acad.
emy, but IL was a riddle which feazed
him. on the European continent the
school girl proper does not exist. She
is an American and modern product.
She seems 20 be neither a little girl
nor a young lady To parents she Is
a daughter and a mystery. a creature
to be crammed with information and
limbered into dexterity But fathers
and mothers know not the school girl
Women teachers appear 20 know little
more than parents about the school
girl, regarding her as the prospective
citizen"
Then Professor Sidgwick takes his
courage in his hands. plants himself
upon friends experience Of school
girls and makes a blind grasp al what
he hopes is truth There Is a non.hu.
man element In the school girl and
this is the fairy She moves. she
speaks, she smiles beyond the power
OF mere mortals The fairy bewltches
the school girl 10 wiggle and giggle.
simper and snicker The school girls
mind Initiates the motions Of the grass.
hopper II is dogmatic upon lmpossi.
hilities. and gladly attaches itself TO
whatever excuse is convenient
The fairy element cannot be assumed
TO have come directly from heaven. Il
closely resembles elvlsh or impish pow.
ers which manifest themselves In ways
not altogether agreeable 20 adult hu.
mans. The school girl, accordingly. Is
Justified In claiming that she Is misun.
derstoOd.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-04

Morrison. Secretary OF the american
Federation Of Labor; Lee X. Frankel.
Third Vice-President OF the Metropoh-
tan Life Insurance Company; James
O'Connell, President OF the Metal
Trades Department OF the American
Federation OF Labor. and Louis B.
schram. Chairman Of the Labor Com
mittee OF the United Brewers Asso-
citation. Mr.. Gompers also has as
special assistants Ralph NJ. Easley
and James w. Sullivan. The other
three hundred and seventy-five mem
bers serve on various subcommittee
and assist in making plans for the
conserving and cooperation OF labor
in war work. Naturally. they are de-
termined TO protect the right OF labor
should an attempt be made TO impose
on these rights. but so far there has
been little clash.
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ORLHnZZZD ZH8DRJ 2HR/ ~ N/5N

citles). 10 house our men in their
training for the trenches. Thousands
OF others are turning out aeroplanes'
ships and arms to help win the war
All labor has been put to work. and
whether a man Is a butcher or baker
or candlestick maker" he is playing
his part as an American citizen to help
win the war.
Mr.. Sullivan's Views.
Mr.. James w. Sullivan, Of New
York, Mr.. GomperS right hand man
on the Committee on Labor, recently
gave out an interview which shows
very clearly how labor stands on the
helping to- -win-the-war question. Mr..
Sullivan has spent years in investigat-
ing the labor conditions both in this
country and abroad and is regarded
as an authority on the subject. He
has assisted both in settling and pre-
venting strikes and various labor trou-
bles. One OF the most recent being
the so-called anti-conscription organ
ization in New York. which sought to
convey the idea that the labor leaders
were supporting the movement. Mr..
Sullivan promptly called on the or
ganization for the names OF the labor
leaders who we're supporting the
cause. They we're never Forthcoming.
for as a matter OF fact no labor leader
/ in tho United States would think OF
! supporting the plans OF agents Of pro-
German or anti-war propaganda.
( To quote Mr.. Sullivan literally, h.
says:
First and foremost organized labor
has contributed greatly 10 tho success
Of the Committee on Labor OF the
Council of National Defense IN Great
lng and fostering a better feeling be-
tween capital and labor We didn't
start out by declaring that there
would be no strikes during the war:
we arc not giving non-Unon groups
immunity. nor are we stopping other
activities in the American Federation
OF Labor, but we are proceeding with
restraint and with an eye single 10 tho
necessity OF doing our share in win
ming the war
Big organizations like the Carpen-
ters', the Plumbers and other Inter-
, national Unions have adopted resolu-
tions to this end which have been
taken as a policy by other organiza-
tions; there has been less Of a dispo-
sition toward impetuous insistence
upon non-essentials, and a fine spirit
OF patriotism and self sacrifice for the
benefit Of the country has been shown.
We have not heard discordant noise
Of the slightest importance in our ow-
organization: we hardly hea. Aernd
from ultra radios, elemcrs- ~
great steps In the suppo.t o: 'uSs - Y
have gone on vitk c.e ',d'Ar -
p-oval Of organized troos g1:.N l,-3.'
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To
NATIONAL ARMY
EXECUTIVE IN MESSAGE TO SOL
DIERS SHOWS AFECTIONATE
CONFIDENCE.

Washington. Sept 4-Soldiers OF the
army were welcomed yesterday into the
nations service By President Wilson
with a message Of affectionate conf
dence and a prayer to God to keep and
guide them. Everything these young
men do. the president told them, will be
watched with deepest solicitude by the
whole country. and the eyes OF the world
will be upon them because they are
in some special sense the soldiers OF
freedom"
The first soldiers for the army raised
under the draft law start from their
homes for the training cantonments
Wednesday The president asks them
as brothers and comrades in the great
war 20 keep straight and III by a stand.
ard so high that living up to it will add
a new laurel to the crown OF America.
The message follows:
"The White House. Washington. To
the soldiers Of the national army.
You are undertaking a great duty.
The heart Of the whole country is with
you. Everything that YOU do viii be
watched with the deepest interest and
with the deepest solicitude not only by
those who are near and dear to you
but hy the whole nation besides. For
this great war draws Us all together
makes US all comrades and brothers
as all true Americans felt themselves to
be when We made first good our ma.
tional independence.
The eyes OF all the world will be up.
on you because you are in some special
sense the soldiers OF freedom. Let II
be your pride therefore. to show all
men everywhere not only what good
soldiers you are. but also what good
men you are, keeping yourselves fit
and straight In everything and pure
and clean through and through. Let us
set for ourselves a standard so high
that Il viii be a glory TO live up TO
II. and then let us live up 10 II and add
new laurel TO the crown OF America.
My affectionate confidence goes with
you In every battle and every test. God
keep and guide you
WOODROW WILSON"
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ton Service, and the Division of Con-
ciliation OF the Department Of Labor
in the industries. an opportunity to
adjust the difficulties without the stop
spage OF work occurring. Hold your
conferences under the general idea
that the employer and employee
should get together at this time"
In war and in its preparation the
laboring man plays a most important
part-in fact. a war could not be car
ried on without his aid. for the build
ing OF cantonments. the making of
ammunition, guns and clothing is Just
as much a part OF war as the actual
firing OF guns. The Government must
depend on the laboring man to furnish
the slncws OF war and is willing 10 pay
him 4 fair price for his labor Today
thousands Of men OF every trade are
busily engaged in building canton
ments (Which are in reality small
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-04

forcement OF labor and health laws.
the great duty OF vigorously main
tanning the existing safeguards as 90
the health and welfare OF the workers.
and mat no departure from such pres
ent standards in state laws and State
rulings affecting labor should be taken
without a declaration OF the Council
of National Defense that such de-
parture IS essential 10 the effective
pursuit Of the national defense"
1t also admonishes i>bor in the fol-
lowing:
1T believes. hove that no arbi-
trary change in wages should be
sought az 'Sis time by either employ
ers or employees through the process
Of strikes or lockou;s without OF least
giving tse sstcn.tshsd agencies. in
I.I.iug t:.uS3 o. ttr several Sictes
anG O, ~ joverrrcent e,,d c. the
Mediation k,Ac- II TIC TraHtro-e -. .
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rioting and general discomfort would
utterly disorganize industry.
L. That any or all OF these condi-
tions might be made the foundation
by traitorously bent elements for
movement which would result in a
lack Of national unity in prosecuting
the war"
The members OF the Council de-
clare that they are prepared to meet
the first three. and that the fourth
can be settled by an active cooperation
through the Food Control Bill A set
OF resolutions approved OF by the
Council OF National Defense has been
spread broadcast both in reference to
capital and labor. The one intended
for capital reads as follows:
THAT the Council Of National De-
Tense urge upon The Legislatures {!
the states. as well as ell adui.ri..rs-
tive agencies CHARGE With ihe 81
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-04
RESISTING A GAS ATTACK.
Allies Have Efficient Method Of Protec-
tion Against Poison Fumes.

Review OF Reviews: With satisfac-
tory atmospheric conditions. the as
phyxiating gases used by the Germans
on the western front can exert their
Injurious effects up TO about a mile and
a quarter from their source. and the
odor Of the gases has been detected
slightly over three miles behind the first
lines. If atmosphere containing pro
portion OF l1.00O Of chlorine gas is in
hailed by the soldiers, not equipped with
protective apparatus. the effects Of the
fumes are likely 20 be deadly.
The men who breathe even very
small amount Of the concentrated gas
experience at first an intense pricking
In the nasal passages and also In the
throat and shed tears as their eyelids
swell They are racked by an incessant
cough and there is an abundant expecto-
ration. which usually is accompanied by
considerable loss Of blood. Most Of
those affected who do not succumb at
once 20 the gases recover after ten
days treatment IN the hospital but
when the poisoning is more intense
there may result neutrality-suspicious.,
pneumonia and sometimes pulmonary
gangrenes sufficient to cause death.
The French have. however, reduced
to a minimum the injurious effects of
the bases At frequent intervals along
the first line trenches they have placed
sirens. whose sound carries for more
than a mile, As soon as a suspected
cloud arises from the German trenches
the alarm " given and the French poi
lus Immediately don their respiratory
masks and spectacles Of mica or glass
inclosed In rubber. Bombardiers. who
are equipped with a protective breath.
ing apparatus. then throw In the ad-
vancing path OF the noxious vapors
small grenades charged with black pow
der. whose explosions serve both 10
dlssipate the cloud by breaking lis con.
tinuity and 20 release potassium sui
phide. which reacts on the chlorine or
bromlne chemically and serves TO di.
minish injurious effects.
The most practical type Of gas hood
is sort Of sack With a horizontal slit
at a level OF the eyes and which is put
on over the cap or steel helmet. The
open part OF the hood falls 10 the
shoulders and can be made tight around
the neck by buttonlng the jacket or
coat Before II Is used this mask II
dipped into a solution OF hyposulphite
OF soda and a little glycerin to prevent
the material drying
These hoods hinder neither moving
nor breathing. and the various reac-
tions take place over the entire sur.
face They are usually carried rolled
like turban around the cap or helmet
until needed, and have proved an effect
i've device against ~" lrrespirable va.
pors sent across from We German lines
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wOR MANY YEARS there have
= been conficts--serious conflicts,
between capital and labor. and
Notwithstanding the grave con-