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Cheyenne record., 1917-10-11

speed, ana Cney lefL Win tne as
surance that the thoughts and
prayers Of the home county will
! &C company them now to the drill
fields of Camp Funston and later
perhaps, to the battle fields of
France.
About A o'clock p. m. the Kit
I, Carson Band arrived in Cheyenne
/, Wells to help make things lively
for our soldier boys. at 5 p. m.
they were called to report at the
Court House to answer to roll
cali. after which they all had
their pictures taken, by that time
it was time for "eats" and the
Kit Carson Band were dispensing
some very nice selected patriotic
pieces for the occasion, in front
of the C. A. Magwire Hotel, to
which the boys all marched for
supper, and the band boys also
dined there. After supper the
picture show was the next place
of amusement, at which place
some very nice pictures were
shown. After the picture show
the band boys playe6several nice
pieces, when several prominent
speakers were introduced to the
audience, among whom were:
Senator Rush, District attorney
Strachan, Deputy District attor-
ney Turner made some interest
ing talks and put life into the
crowd; several of our LONE speak
ers, among whom were Mrs. L.
w. Wells, Prof. Sadler, DR.. Booth
and J. w. Shy made, some very
appropriate remarks. which also
showed those present that their
hearts were in this work which
our brave boys are going to car
ry on for us. Miss Teresa Sui
ivan gave a very nice recital of
Pau, Revere's Ride" which she
did in very creditable manner.
The Princess theater was crowd
ed to its utmost during these
speeches and some were not able
to get inside.
After the speaking the floor
was cleared and the young folk
began dancing. and more hap
py crowd never assembled on
those floors.
The midnight supper was fur
nished by the people, from al!
parts of the county, and was fine
and appreciated by all. 1t was
one of these old fashioned sup
pers, where all mingle together
and had as good a time lis the oc-
casion would permit. While it
was sorrowful in many respects
yet every one tried to cheer up
and look on the bright side.
From the time Of the greeting
and speech making at the Hall
until the last coach of the Union
Pacific special had faded from
view, there was a spirit of light
heartedness. albeit, of appreci-
atio and sincerity. to the send
off accorded by Cheyenne coun-
TVS citize-s to the boys about to
become soldiers.
It was not until the big train
had creaked and groaned along
the tracks and the light in the
last Pullman had disappeared
from the vision of those in the
concourse, that the pain of the
parting was felt.
While we only had a few. (10)
| boys to leave here. yet that did
not make any difference to our
citizens. for they turned out in a
very large number to show them
T! the respect which was due them,
anil it makes us frouder than
ever of the citizens of Cheyenne
county. for they nearly all stayed
until the last coach pulled away
Cheyenne record., 1917-10-11

Congress has backed the adj
ministration earnestly and consis
tently. Party lines have been
obiiterated and members have
waived their views concerning
the declaration of war and the
question of conscription.
WHERE CONGRESS FAILED
But Congress failed in at least
one important particular. Its
arm has seemed palsied when it
has been called upon to levy ad-
equate taxes on large incomes
and excess profits.
The revenue bill which we
have just passed is disappoint-
ment.
Excess profits are taxed about 80
per cent in the face of the fact
that England is collecting 80 per
cent, on that one item we will
lose two billion dollars this year.
BY adopting the English rates
we could have secured another
billion from big incomes, and no
one would have been hurt.
THREE BILLIONS LOST!
A sum equal to the Second
Liberty Loan!
Perhaps we can correct this
blunder at the December session
but whatever we may do then
will not affect the income and ex
cess profits of 1917. They will
have escaped taxation for all time
PATRIOTIC FoREIGN-BORN
CITIZENS.
Here's an item which should
prove gratifying to every Ameri-
can.
A recent investigation conduit
ed by the Pennsylvania railroad
company showed that 80 per cent
of it's foreign born employees had
subscribed to the First Liberty
Loan. This was within two per
cent of the proportion of en-
ployees of American birth who
subscribed.
1t developed that there are in
service of this railroad company
men of forty-two different nation
alities, besides native-born AM
orleans.
When it comes to buying Liber
ty Bonds, the Irish made the best
display of patriotism. Fortytbree
per cent of the sons of the Green
Isle bought bonds. The English
and Russians were second, with
3S per cent, the Americans came
third with 80 per cent and the
Austrains scored 27 per cent.
FORD DOESN'T FEAR TAXES
heard another good story con
cerning Henry Ford. The gre; t
automobile manufacturer called
on Congressman Kit hen. Demo-
cratic f,or leader. the other day
right after Kitchin had signed a
conference report which increas-
ed Ford's taxes about $40, 600. 900
a year.
This revenue bill hits you
pretty hard. Ford, said Kitchen
Pm not complaining" res
o,n,ied Ford. my country's at
war. Go as far as you like.
CHEYENNE COUNTTS
DRAFT QUOTA
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s r Marshal is on the sic,
listl his week.
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than the world is now find

ing it.
In h first place, he would ac-
cumulate and store vast quantities Of
everything that might be needed in
wag1ng a long war. He would gather
n hold raw materials Of every sort
for future use. That, Of course. is a
policy that Germany adopted long
ago, but he would carry it much fur
Their.
Next, he would organize a statistic
a department t find out exactly
what he resources and supplies OF
ne empire are, and where all the
1000 and other commodities are
stored. The two Measure would
supplement each other.
The third measure is a system Of
economic mobilization" Every man
in the country not liable to military
service would be enrolled and as
to some definite work at a
specified place. and on the outbreak
OF war would go at nce to that work,
Just as the mansin the military service
go"s to his regimental HEADQUARTERS.
The plan IL not merely. ~4nterestine
as revealing the strengthen the Ger
mar delusfOn that Germany is yet to
conquer the world; 1t has, a lesson
Tor US 80 plain that 1t hardly needs
to be pointed out. IL Germany can
not win this war. and yet 10 to ret out
OF it with hands still free; It viii be
more miligarist, and more militant
than ever. Its inert war would be
absolutely certain to include the Uni-
ted States. TO meets Germany bet
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THE RED CROSS AT HALIFAX

One Of the features worthy of note in connection
with the Halifax disaster was the immediate appearance
OF the Red Cross on the scene. We know q little moro
about the Red Cross than we did a few months ago. I'm
TIL we were at war and the subject was forced on our
attention the Red Cross was a vague sort Of entity whose
character and purpose We little understood. and with
which We did not trouble ourselves greatly. Occasional
~. when there was a disaster involving many people we
would see in the press dispatches some mention of the
Red Cross, but the general attitude toward the oreani-
edge.
Today all that is changed. Throughout the entire
land our people are awakening to the importance ~ the
work for the performance OF which the Red Cross exists,
money and labor to the prosecution of its work.
To-Day we think Of the Red Cross chiefly in connec-
tton with the war, and it is in connection with tho "a
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that most OF itsfworks win be done. But it III wslT5to rs.
msmber. and such events as that at HALIFAX serve to re-
mind us Of the fact that the Red Cross exists for the
service tshumanttyssand the relief Of suffering Wherever
tts EFFORTS can be .hade effective. Red Cross workers have
been working as valiantly among the ruins Of Halifax,
rescuins from imminent death those who were buried
In debris and taking to places Of shelter those who would
otherwise have died Of exposure. as any Of their fellow
members have worked on the fields Of France or Elan.
ders. and they an not less worthy OF honor. 4 SET
1t 10 for great emergency work which must be met
instantly that q large general fund is maintained In Or.
ton Is Imperative. The work of the local chapters ana
their subordinate circles is of a different character and
serves a different purpose, but it is all devoted to the
saving Of life and the relief of suffering. and 1t all merits
the cordial support OF al our people,
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A WORTH WHILE INVESTIGATION

1nger and Elsie 1lum, two Danish girls. daughters
of the owner Of a large Copenhagen department store.
are working as clerks in a San Francisco department
store for the purpose of obtaining impressions of Amer
lea" There are various ways Of gaining these impress
sions. The way which is most familiar to many of us
is to speed across the country in a sleeping car. with
les. The tourist is then ready to write his book or deliv-
er his lecture on America
The young ladies above named have taken a differ
ent plan. They desire real knowledge. In their own
case there is a special incentive. They will inherit their
business. and they wish to equip themselves in
such a manner that they can perform successfully the
duties which devotve upon them. They have found
things which interest them. Among other things
they have learned. that the condition Of the department
store enploye in the United States is much more advan-
tageous than Is that Of the person engaged in similar
work in their own country. and they have run across
many things in the way of store methods which they ex-
pect to install on their return.
The high-speed method of getting impressions" Of
a country is not the only one employed by foreigners in
this country, Of course. Talented men and women have
given careful and conscientious study to the United States.
The results Of that study are to be found in such works
as Bryce's american Commonwealth" But much more
noise is made by people of the other class. w
Our European neighbors are not by any means the
only offenders in this matter. We have among our own
people those who have done Europe in a few minutes,
and who seem proud Of the rapidly with which they
have done the job rather than in the character of what
they accomplished. The methods followed by the Dan
ish girls is to be commended.
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a risky experiment, only to be tried
In the EXTREMIST case, with probably
a 8 to l chance against us. I was quite
satisfied however that we could get
back to England II, the weather held
good and we were not interfered. with,
About 9:45, we sighted a cruiser
cora lag along the coast and steaming
vcrv fast. A rain squall was coming
up behind her which ,blotted her out
before we could distinguish details,
but she altered her course toward land
just before going out Of sight.
THE most hopeful scheme seemed
to be to get straight out seward, in
hope OF slipping away unobserved in
the mist 1t was painfully slow work:
aged passed, and we began to cheer
up. thinking all was well. Then sud
denly we spotted her. She. had altered
her course again, and was now driv-
ing up at q great rate on 9. course
that looked as IL she meant rammtnR.
When she. was short half-miIe
away I made out the blurred outline
OF nor guns, apd immediately saw
them swinging: forwafdA'It 81 an un..
written law Of the sea never. "a, train
runs on. warships Of 81 nation with
reasons. Therefore her acton il tya1ns
ing her guns on us at this moment
seemed t. prove conclusively that she
was hostile and about to. open fire. 70
OF the surface seemed certail
death, either from gunfre or ram.
ming. SO l took the ! to s chance for,
life under water.
= The moments following my order
% dive were rather exciting. When /
tried to close the, coming tower IA r
found. to my horror that 1t had Jam
M med !. BY the feel OF til fancy a piece
q. was.e. Or, 9, ropes end had foulad
US cpynter-balanee weight 4 water
was halfway up the coming tower. No
time to do ANYTHING; % ! started down
sa,n VIII, theidea Of closing the low
'er aoor. /! had barely got to the edRe
o., the hole whenssthe watef came sThe
a first , ways hit tie ia great SMACK.
.ci RI .ucKlly nEoke.the obstruction and.
boat first i"'o the
7 found things pretty serious in
side. for -, SOON as the preEsume
came on the leaks had opened ID IA
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Turkish soldiers guarding the Christian Church. Of te Holy sspulsne in Jerusalem

!. 4-Et H>- - i'FTSS L.}Eatf r. -. -, -I+ ~. "a.
acter. For this reason all subjects
which have up to the present been
taught in German must o be
taught in Hebrew.H
The directors either ignored these
demands or refused to comply with
thems and the boys in Jaffa and
Jerusalem left the schools.
The teachers Of the H~ilfsverein
schools handed in a memorial making
demands similar to those made by the
boys. ~ ss'j. !.
The teachers Jared no better than
l.the pupils.
Dr.. Nathan refused to see their
deputies, but in speaking to a few,
he declared he was~nQts in sympathy
with the demands. AS they had no
hopes of receiving a satisfactory re-
sent to DR.. Nathan. They. desired to
know within four days whether their
demands had been conceded, and
handed in their designations in the
event OF this not being the "a They
offered. however, to stay on for two
months in order to give the directors
time to replace them. &
Z Not only. were the designations ac-
copied: but those teachers who had
give up their work Immediately, some
receiving these instructions in the
middle Of a lesson. Those who did
not hasten to abandon their class
rooms were forcibly evicted by a
representative of the H~ilfsverein, ac-
companied by the German consul
general. y
. The school children, from the kin
dergartens up to the highest grades,
promptly boycottedi all schools Of the
HiSfsveTein. 5- .#i E
ton provided for%an adequate school
system, truly Hebrew in spirit and
character In thee schools there is
but one aim. ID give to boys ana girls
a sound education, to bring then up
N the knowledge of all that is best in
Hebrew tradition. so thai they may
use the splendors OF the past to create
still greater splendors for the future.
Most valiant aid in the b. struggle
against German in Palestine was
: given by the German Zip4nists. and the
struggle itself is a landmark in the
~dsFei5pnnent of the Jewish lsational
idea. - nv z. Y r ~: }s 1Est
, Tomorrow Mr.. Bernstein will tell
about the actual fighting in the Holy
Land.
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CHECKING UP

When it becomes necessary to revolutionixa+ ordin-
AIRY methods in order to perform a task of Unprecedented
magnitude within a very short time, costly mistakes are
bound to be made. Such mistakes have been made By
are being made in congress to ascertain what some Of
these mistakes are. The usefulness OF the Investigation
depends on the spirit in which it is undertaken.
II the purpose of those who are inquirink into the
conduct OF affairs is to discover what errors have been
made in order that these may be remedied as far as pos
sihle. and that similar errors may be preventedfin the
future, the effect will be wholly good. II, on the con-
srary. the purpose on the part of the individuals or
groups is to make political capital, or to further the in
the effect will be bad. and all who are engaged in such
efforts should be suppressed in the most emphatic man.
nr possible the moment the true purpose of their ac-
Invites becomes apparent
1t has often been said that when We entered this
war we had the advantage of the mistakes which had
been made by the Allies. and especially by Great Britain,
whose military situation at the beginning Of the war was
quite similar to our own. We had that advantage. We
should have benefited from it. We should have been able
to avoid many of the mistakes that Great Britain made.
Doubtless we have done So. But. while avoiding such
mistakes as others had made, it was inevitable that we
should originate a few OF our own. A nation of one hun
dred millions cannot step in a moment from a state of
peace to a state of war without some confusion, and if
the nation has been a peculiarly peaceful and non-mil-
itary nation the inevitability Of error is all the more pro-
nounced.
The United States has done some wonderful things
during the past nine months. What has been accom-
all our allies. With these achievements there have
and corrected as quickly as possible. 1t should be pos
sible, within a short time, to determine whether the
movement for investigation in congress is based on con-
structive or destructive policy.
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the boat had taken charge Of itsslf,
sinking like. ut qne. ,TAe 1Eater INSIDE
fhaA run al. S4e&resstQ 9 later Ito
such an angle s$ltat It VRa@ imp Mile
to stand without. holdinE .on-toaa0inS.
'n sas 80 o,,ts o ,ssssS q sn No. 3 i.
main Observation-Disclosures !
rather whether WggssysSAIan Be NJ to
get back to the sufyEScSsaS altsss
had gone right DOWN until she EouchI.&
ed bottom With .helass4keil. As she did X
the. door of, ~thessGfter compartments
commenced to q Il d=lgfve.sffHthe
S q h esn ;stf Hst ,ma saai asEta = = ig 8
Ing bottom she .conimentedMsto rise
again, because the water blown out OF
her tanks was sufficient to give her
Il slight buoyancy as 500 asslnhef
downward momentum was stopped.
There, was a trenfendouaslo lot df tree
water In the interior. Some OF the men
were literally washed away from their
stations. Those who weretwashed aWtAy
stayed as near their billets as post:
bic, ready to dive back and workltheir
valves II 1t required it.I They might
have been doing a9routine practice In
home waters for all the difference It
made. asrfst FaaS5
when suddenly the port motor blew
lVASp WoSOA EO0NAkON ~ 01lu.Sx1OIkc
lcircuited it. This happeneds ata4S feet,
then stopped. andscommeneed sinking
again slowly. The gdiatss S6f6terf brept
round to !48' feet, stopped, then Went,
to 40 then 40 1-2, stopped there Tor a
long time and then started { Elise
SThis,. was the critical moinasnt. 1f
she'had gone down instead Of Up moth
ing could have saved us. Once she
made up her mind to, come up, she !,
came with a rush. We emerged Ready
to torpedo the German cruiser: II we
could, and the lei standing ready to
swim for it as o on az we had fired.
When we broke surface, Their waAIthe
ship, lying motionless 400 yards away;
a beautiful shot. But It had stop6Jed
raining, and I al a%stor1ished to- 4hd
at first sight, that she was "a Dutch
q Her ensign was clearly vi4bie
and her silhouette, which I now saw
for the first time, was unmistakablA..
my boat was practically in q gsiiiiksa !,
ing condition and I signalleds to $fkG-
Dutch cruiser for help BoatsIvvAre
sent over with the utmost profnpti-
tude and we shortly found ourselves
aboard the Noord Brabant, of sthe
Dutch Royal navy, stationed atssthe
Helder. We were received ana tEeat-
ed most warmheartedly. I went up on
the bridge and watched my boat take
its last plunge. AS she went down d.
bugle sounded the attention andsthe
Noord Brabant saluted her whites she
died."
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the switchboards, which had to be put
U with one of the patent fire ex-
ttnguishers. The resulting fumes OF
burnt rubber and fire .extinguisher,
made a most unpleasant combination,
with which we were bottled up for the
rest Of the night.
1T was a terrible time, that period
OF waiting for the dawn. None Of us
thought that the boat could : st out,
and l take my hat of to the men that
made her; 1t was simply wonderful
the amount of shammering she took.
My inspection showed that the rud-
der had gone, and the after compart-
ment had q large direct connection
with the sea, probably through the
hole where the rudder had been. The
bulkhead Of this compartment had al
80 been strained and war Leaking.
Both propeller shafts had been slight
" bent by the humping, and both mGtn
engines had got damp and were fun
Of electric leaks: six Of the big main
tanks were holed, and the ship via
leaking internally In about q dozen
places. \ fa -
1T looked pretty hopeless, 90 /
started to destroy all co~nfdAhtial pa
pers, charts and instructions, the most
secret. things being baked IN the else
tric oven until brittle and then pow.
dered up. Them held council Of VA
upon what we should do II we could
get a1oat in the morning. I had
enough faith in the German spy sys-
tenn to expect that we had been oh
served as we were threshing about in
y night n could expect trouble
soon after daybreak.
when dawn came I found4we were
barely fifty yards from shore at a
point about midway along the island
OF Texel, had q clear sea behind is
without shoals. and that ttet sea had
gone down a. lot. We were leaking no
badly that l felt that diving would be
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In Many Forms, Plays For
Hours With British Submarine;
Commander Giues Xiuid Picture
Of An All-Night Fight For Life

London, Dec. 13.-Death njvaried
forms menaced and played for hours
with the crews of the British subma-
rine Ell, wrecked and finally sunk,
after a gallant fight for life, of the
coast of Holland, according to the
story of lei commander now for the
first time told. His account gives a
vivid picture of an all NIGHT stsrcgle
to save the submarine and her com:
pany from the battering of the waves
which hammered the little vessel up
her hold, against leaks that threaten
ed to fill her with water and to catch
and secure a torpedo thrown from its
lashings with its war-head in place,
menacing all with instant destruction.
Freed from the shoal only to be
confronted by an apparently hostile
cruiser bent on their destruction, the
commander tells how he
was driven to the desperate resource
and Of the suspense Of the critical mo-
mentS %hen 1S u-;G1 .o.cA mat his
vessel was filing al the bottom Of the
ocean and Of q fight back to the sur.
lace to face the guns of the cruiser.
Writing from g. Dutch internment
camp. the E-17's commander. after
telling Of the stranding Of the subma-
rine and the vain struggle to float her,
adds:
THE antics Of the boat proved too
much for the lashings Of one Of the
spare torpedoes; the tail held firm,
but h nose, with the heavy war-head
in place, commenced threshing about
in the boat. and would have done q
lot Of damage II it had not been rap
idly re-securSd.f 4
Large quantities of water had come
down h coming tower and made an
awful mess 2hf~things. It.. got at the
electric light switchboards. fused Inc
police lights. and started a. fire behind