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New-York tribune., 1917-11-25
Farmers Begin
To Look Ahead

What are the Northwestern farmers
doing 20 increase production? As far
as Minnesota IS concerned, a forecast
such as can now be made may be DIS
appointing, though the farmers are not
so much TO blame, after all. In the
first place, they are going TO plant
less potatoes than last spring. Thea
they responded readily 70 the exhorta-
tions OF everybody 10 increase their
acreage of potatoes. But when their
crop was ready for market adequate
transportation facilities were not az
hand and large quantities OF the crop
have been left 10 rot SO they will
plant less potatoes next year. Nor are
they likely 20 add very much TO their
wheat acreage. Many OF them did this
year. seeding more than they had
planned, e, requested 20 do by govern.
ment and other public agencies Of
every description. The extra acreage
entailed heavy unforeseen expenses for
labor and seed. While the wheat price
was fixed high, the new Federal grad
ing system has played more or less
havoc with the returns received by the
producers, and many of them are dis
appointed. They are going more into
stock, and will plant more coarse
grains, at the expense OF corn, which
mas not been much Of success in the
northern part of the state during the
last years. That is as much as can be
said now. Systematic and strong ef-
forts will, Of course, De made 10 induce
the farmers to increase production IN
every possible way.
On the whole. the situation Is full OF
promise. Our people are getting ready
70 take their lessons and do their work
in the great war school. what a
schooll The most wonderful in all the
history % the nation. IL will repeat
and add 10 and crowd into a few years
the hard pioneer and patriotic lessons
of centuries. II will teach vast CO.
operation between all the people and
national unity as these things have
never been taught before. II will open
a new world outlook even TO the back
woods man, and it will bring all citi-
zens, even the humblest, much nearer
TO their government. The people will
come TO feel that voting and paying
taxes are not all they have 70 do with
the government, but that they are the
government; that it is right in their
own homes, and that the most neccs-
sary government work at this time is
what they are doing and can do. Truly,
a wonderful school. And our pioneer
people, women as we'll as men, will
enter with full zest into its spirit and
serious duties, for they know what it
means TO work and save and sacrifice,
and they will do their share that we Of
America and humanity az large after
all this misery may reap a glorious and
blessed harvest from the bloodsoaked
tields-a new and greater and better
America, and a new and freer and bet
ter world.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

through the surrounding villages with
his Cossscks. like the desert wind be-
fore which everything withers. The
peasants were shot, Aogged TO death,
wholesale executions took place; they
were tortured and MANNED out of sheer.
wanton barbarism. The people them
selves did not know why they were
thus dealt with, but were in fear and
trembling, despsiring at the thought Of
new outrages. The Cossacks, in obe-
dience TO the Vice-Governer's orders,
violated the women and young girls,
using the same measures as the
Kaiser's barbsrous hordes have en-
ployed in Belgium and our North.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

he comes, Of different type, stalwart
and measuring a head above his guard,
who strides with short-legged dignity
and q great deal of rife and fixed bay
Cnet. Joe Gish is temporarily un-
armed, undepressed and largely uncon-
cerned. It is path he has trod be-
fore. His mind slowly revolves his
pet defence and comes to attention
sharply, with his body, at the seat Of
judgment.
With a slight glance the Summary
Court officer Identifies him. He reads:
81. In that Private Joseph Gish, Co.
-, Inf, did, on or about November
Cd 1917 -"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25
Joe Gish-Regular, y. S. Army

at about 10 o'clock on November
,, 1917"
The s. c. o. winds up with some
acceleration. Private Gish has pre-
pared his personal defence.
Guilty. or not guilty." asks the ).
c. O. mildly, again thinking OF other
things.
well. sir. IL WAS this way
GUILTY or NOT GUILTY." rosrs
the 5. c. o.
Guilty" snaps Private Gish, meehAn-
ieally.
That's all"
Private Gish departs, dimly reflect
ing that his defensive evidence is not
exactly hackneyed, since IL has never
been presented further in detail.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

On his way back 20 the guard house
a grim structure. CHEEKY within, en-
oedoed beneath the bristling fortlfea-
tions) Private Gish speculates mo-
rosely on the probable form of his pun
lshment. But this is vain, since the
ingenuity Of the S. c. y. invariably
alIghts on the unexpected. In any case
he stands 20 lose portion OF his lib
erty or his pay land neither is any
good without the other, although the
latter penalty has been abolished IN
the cases OF the many men who have
subscribed 10 the Liberty Loan or
whose pay is largely apporti3red 10
their families.
There is a big iron gate here. where
mothers, wives, sisters, sweethearts
and visiting dignitaries are as nothing
20 tne professional eve Of Joe Gish.
There are few who realize how abso-
lute is sentry and that general
must unhesltatingly throw aside a
hgnted weed II so hidden by the man
VINO stands 20 be shot il he fails 20
enforce his orders. The gates are
closed at night, but so per cent Of Joe
Disn ana his kind are free TO go abroad
ana seek thelr own peculiar pleasures.
Joe Gish is no squire OF danes, al
though much social welfare work ma
llgns him. An old mother ora pretty
sister may call TO see Private Joe Gish
IN the guard house, be courteously chal-
isnged by Sergeant Gish at the gate
and finally led 20 her destination by
Corporal Gish, who has been so de-
tailed, and receive far rsrer gallantry
than she has been taught to expect. Ii
IS extremely probable that the timidity
IS experienced largely by Joe himself
and is revealed in the scarlet hue Of
his neck.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25
Hidden Guns and
A Silver-Gray Sea

Day and night, and more particularly
by night, these batteries are fully
manned. The fine parts Of these great
steel defenders are polished clean Of
every cloud Of sea air or smoke with
the exquisite care which woman be-
slows upon her jewel case.
No maneuvres mere. Men and guns
are ready and sleepless. Before them
stretches the gray sea, silver carpet
by day, serene and traced by the haz-
ardous romance which is shipping, but
now. by night, a trackless waste where
turks threatening horror and where
darkness is a mask for crime.
If man dream dreams awake on a
dreary wind-swept watch he could
fancy that he smelt the powder waited
overseas on that straight, clear path
which is guarded only by the iron eyes
Of the big guns and himself.
But dreams, says Joe Gish, regular,
are found mostly in the militia. By
which he casts no asperson on that
body. but insists upon the line Of de-
markatiou. Joe Gish, by the way, is
like John Doe of legal fame-a disem-
bodied spirit, a type. name on which
the army regulations hinge their sam
ple forms and test cases. "Joe Gish"
as general and down the line to sec
ond lieutenant has been used to typify
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

y the rolling fields
behind the great I
guns of the Coast
Defsnce,, within five
niles OF nearly as
many million people.
are wet, Jagged lines
4 trenches. 7 b e 5 e
are not dummies, but
carefully constructed
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

have shamed and cowed disaffection and
kindled the fires of true Americanism
among foreign born and native born
alike, here and far beyond the borders
Of Minnesota.
Soon after the United States Joined
in the war strong disloyal forces, or
CANNED or in process OF organization,
came into play in Minnesota and other
Northwestern states. Chief among
these in importance was the Farmers
bipartisan League, headed by SO.
cialist, A. c. Townley. II had possessed
itself of North Dakota and was now at
work capturing Minnesota and sur
rounding communities. That the league
at this stage was openly anti-war and
pro-pacifist and pro-German in ten
dency is not to be doubted.
|. w. W. Worked
With Farmers League
Next in Importance was the noto-
rious I. W. W, which had great
strength, especially in the mining and
numbering districts in the, northern
part of the state, and was planning TO
corral the farm labor within its fold,
curiously enough in cooperation with
II
jority of Socialists in the cities, headed
by the Mayor of Minneapolis, Van
Lear, were rampant pro-Germans.. In
the northern mining districts a large
percentage of the labor employed is
not only alien, but recruited from the
ranks of alien enemies, mostly Aus
trians," a term which, besides q multi
tude of sins, also covers a multitude
of nationalities-here as well as at
home. Another percentage OF TINS
labor is made up mostly OF Firms, VINO
are Socialists and violent pacitists.
As was TO be expected, the German
settlements were alive with exclte-
ment. Here, as in other parts OF the
country. the voice Of the blood was
stronger than the call of plain duty
with a large percentage OF the Ger
mans. Conferences and discussions
were begun. more or less secretly, Tor
a concerted movement in support OF
measures to hamper the prosecution oil
the war, by discouraging enlistment
opposing draft legislation, etc. The
first public exhibition of this move
ment was a large meeting in the Ger
man city of New Ulm, organized 10
protest against the selective draft law
and Fighting in France" and which
was addressed by some OF the leading
Germans of the state.
All these pacifists and pro-German
elements were bold and aggressive
while the American pro-war sentiment
was rather timid and generally weak.
This state of the public sentiment IN
Minnesota had attracted the favorable
attention of the un-American elements
in the country at large, especially the
so-called Peoples Peace Council. whlcn
decided TO make this state the mead
quarters for a nationwide propaganda
A grand meeting in Minneapolis, under
the protection of the Socialist Mayor
of the city, was to inaugurate 10r-
nidable drive against the war and the
war policies of the government
plainly, the outlook was anything
hut reassuring to loyal citizens. The
rebellious elements had the war paint
on and apparently were not lacking
means for vigorous propaganda WORK.
e fhev were all to organize for united
militant agitation there was no telling
What they might be able to do.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25
By N. A. Grerstad

TN the great group Of Central North
western states Minnesota is con-
spicuous for her wealth and va
riety Of basic resources, grains. dairy
products, lumber and iron, and typical
in the makeup Of her citizenship; New
Englanders and New Yorkers as direc-
tors of her intellectual and material
DEVELOPMENT and immigrants from
many lands constituting the bulk Of her
growing population and doing the
greater part of the pioneer work
Among her immigrants the Seandi-
navians and the Germans are the most
important groups. in the order named.
The marvellously rapid development
Of the state has been due in large
measure to foreign agencies. Euro
mean capital has built the railroads and
srarced other important undertakings
and Europe has taken the wheat as fast
As the farmers could produce 1t. This
h, been and is well understood by her
people. 49,.
One might assume that community
made up. living and developing in this
manner would feel at once that II II
would it could not remain indifferent
20 the war in Europe, that its material
interests, to say nothing about ideals
q. Government and civilization, were
likely to be deeply affected. But such
was not the case. The people saw
go o. less clearly the sinister char-
scter t and scope Of the awful drama a.; to
- enacted across the sea, but as
missed il all with Thank God, II Is
1one of our business: We are saie'
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

chasms Of discomfort where Joe Gish,
regular, and his kind spend alternate
weeks Of misery and philosophical in
trospec.ion. With mess and trench
drill, mud and profanity, Joe Gish keeps
his training screwed TO the last pitch.
Here. his back bent beneath a tank
which, paradoxically. resembles fire
extinguisher, he plies the hose which
jets a stream Of liquid fire ahead Of
him and steels his nerve to the thought
OF what lies beyond.
This is no young city OF canton
msnts, sprung up like a boom town OF
gold-feld days, but an old garrisoned
post which in these days of overnight
military cities and fever-heat creation
Of new and special branches has been
so overlooked as 20 become apparently
relegated 10 the past. and yet IS and
forever will be q base of military eX-
pansion and achievement.
The guns OF the Coast Defences face
the sea like sentinels, while behind ard
beneath them, in the mortar pits
crouch those snub-nosed war dogs
whose great bark Is meant to sound
destruction to the invader. They have
a cold. alert look which bellies their
ungainliness.
Here and there, high up on the
smoothly terraced green which is so
peacefully deceptive when viewed from
the sea, are dainty anti-aircraft guns,
delicately intricate, perched like flies
upon the elephants back.
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25

buttons is evidence Of this fact Il is
true that up 20 our entrance into the
conflict many Of German ancestry
were pro-German; but, now that the
United States has become q party 70
the great war, it is becoming more
and more clear 20 such citizens that
il is their duty to take the same po-
sition against the Prussian autocrscy
that those Of English blood took
against Great Britain during the
American Revolution"
New-York tribune., 1917-11-25
In the Country
But Not Of 1t

v.ye-si American view at the outoreak
80 - var While they have Oeen
S,s..bIesslv busy building what mas pc
,or,e the strongest power OF our va!
tLs American people have mad Dus
.es,t tine 10 bother with the resi- o5
,ba vorld except in certain linlIeo
ways: they nave been IN the "or'u, ~
not ~ j. An inland pioneer COM
ruritv could not be expected 10 ac-
o1;-. hroader or clearer world-Vlsloh
,ssn The neoplc Of older communities
living nearer to the highways OF TorIo
Intercourse. The pioneers OF the "es'
have been 40 busy building tnelr NOR
limited ernuire that the local gram
elsvs.o- came 70 afford them the nam
contact with TIE world at large,
their vis;on spanned over the nstion'
tS2. uas about as much as could De
erected II NAV be said, at least OF
gro,us Of them, that they were IN lne
eountry but not Of It, except oy 'he'i
hard work. A.
Tris narrow mental attitude OF tne
people was fne soil for the seeos %
the German propaganda, which pe
cane active a. the sound o. the nrsS
gun. II was so systematic ana reScheu
cut 80 instantly and AggressiVely IN III
all directions that IL would appear 70
have been organized IN advance oi
the war. II was a most powerful
means Of moulding public OPINION on
the character Of the contest ana
Arerica's relation 20 IL. What we
are struggling with to-day "nen we
are In the war and have as rnucn o.
stake as our Allies, the preyaiilng iack
of understanding, sluggish inoineIehee .e
and cullen. IL passive resistance 10
war measures are 20 large extent 'he
hozious harvest Of the biassed, per
vsrted and poisoned views that were
n2de % take held Of the people De
fore xe entered into the war. inns is
particularly true Of Minnesota ana 'he
Northwest in general .,;.
IN the formative stages OF pubic
opinion in this and neighboring ststes
one man stands out eonspicuously ioi
his clear vision and aggressive courage
The American people know how muen
The countrv Is indebted 20 Dniteo
States Senator Knute Nelson for ms
higa patriotic serviee in Congress cur
iE9 ali ne phAEes Of the crisis. ne
has been. and il, the one commanding
h1grs representing the great Nortnwesl
IN Washington in this emergency; ~
this state and section his Doio s~,Iituu' ~
has exercised a decisive influence
That the people have gradually com, i,
70 see the duty Of America ano tneIl
swn duty and Interest in the world wal
is dss very largely 10 the stand anS
Tremendous authority Of The ofA"e
Old Man Of Minnesota-"
The fact that he was born IN ',orN}
hal, under the circumstances, only ace
81 weight 70 bis example and eonnsel
Ips, there cannot be much foreigi
about man who came here boy o.
~ and entered the Union army in th'
Civil War a bog OF seventeen. But In
technical sense he may be a repre-
sentative % the foreign born" wht
certainly are proud 70 claim him ant
trust bis leadership; and his burnini
pstriotism and the relentless, hery In
siTnsticn with which he has attsckes
sisieyslty OF lack OF active loyslt,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-04
eENTfO De POGO PRiNCIPIABA
Fl RfCIS7RO PARA FL
SERVCIO HILIIkR
S: CA!eULsR EN- SIETE HNlGsFS e. NJ
NERO Df HUHBRFS De FDAB HlIIsR QUE
Sc HATs|CulEH EN- Los PR!HEEOS DIAS

WASHINGTON, Mayo EN- los
ounce dias siguientes a aquel ell quo
hava sido puesto en- moHlmiento IA
''maquinaria" del Departamcnto de
guerra siete millones de hombres de-
beran uuedar registrados para ell ser
vicio militar en- los Estados UnidO5. Ell
trabaio de la election en- los EstadGs,
ouedara baio Ia supervision del go
bierno federal. La Oficina del CcHso
ha enviado a !os Alcaldes dc gran
numero dc ciudadcS Y puebloS, tarjc-
tas de registro, para facilitates e!
trabaio La misma cficlna tlene ci
prop6aito de dotar de las referidas
tarictas a las autoridades de las re-
giones mas remotas del pals, antes dc
que sea senalado por el Presidents e.
dia en- que debe verificarse ell regis
tro.
Probablemcnte pasaran ounce dlas
entire la expedition de Ia proc.am"
c~orvocando al pueblo a que Sc atiS%e
V la fecha en- que Sc abran las OIL
cjnas de registro. Treinta ulaS dcS-
Dues de terminada la obra de reg:stro,
debera estar en- Washington el in
forme complete para su revision 2or
L. Secretaria dc Guerra.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-04
Fueron ~examinados los
testigos de cargo en-
el jurado de SPANIEL

COLEMAN, Tex, mayo 3.-Hes-
nue. de habcrsc presto en- recr"o
aver cl Jurado de Harris Spaniel IN
ouc SC lc iuzga por la maerte del
rcn,crtc Ccrorel Butler, el Abogado
WRIGHT, manifesto la crcencla dc que
=, tcs.imon:o CT el case citado ter
nInaria el pr6ximo sahado. Ii d'a
de aver las session csruvo entcran"n~
tc cousaorada Il la Introduction dc
los testigos dc Ii a~cusaclon Gu'eEcs
I;ncron die Butler kabia Gczad0
Sic,,nre de ia mejor reputation. Id
,a.,ia, mas irDortante Que ~presrntr
T., ,.arto acusadara fcc ia Sonora VIII
in dc rut!er. Guien dljo que Ia Sc
nor, Spasc!! no habia sido insu!saia
On -. cuarto del Hotct Holland Goa"
baSia s,do ieclaraGo por SPANIEL
Mics Que ella habia cstadc o Ia Sc.
nor. Sparc.i : con ST. marido ell q
c,r.rro Mr.. J.. 2. Midlehrook &c Al
nine. testified que Ia sonora } "
;,or.r,,r, c.taba CT 81 casa, enferlita
a.. ,neYGjcit1s Y SPANIEL testified en-
!. tarIc nrc e no creia en- tai entrr-
,rcdad. sino que n sonora exrresada
50 cytaba frnGicndo enfern'a para
cyitar repctir ell testimonio Que Ai'
a,tc 81 .Inrado dc San Angelo,
Ia serora Butler di;o cue habla 40
con su marido d Filir'nas Y a ":r'%
r~.carcs y rue .iemprc harlan e"taho
or.aurados e, uno 4! otro; qIte .!
-. dc Ia traged!a, ella. Butler y "a
amor, Snancl; cstaban en- cl segun'
do p;so lei Iiotcl Holland i~avandoSs;
IN. manos dcspucs de I'M paseo en-
,~,torrdviI. cuando Spaniel Sc pres"n-
- d;c;o,do a 81 mujer: "iNo ts he
d;c,.o one no vengas sofa aGui: a
10 ono IA sonora Spaniel contest':--
No rstoy sola. aQui esta ia sonora
Butler. y.
Ia sonora Butler dijo: ST. Mr.
SPANIEL. aqui estoy yo y lu'so los
tre. n, iaror la escalera. SPANIEL y
-, m,ior subicron en- su auto Y a
nora So les uni6 el Coronel Butler y
ono csa fua la, Ultima vez que ella VIC
a 81 marido. En- fin. el resto del ''la
r,so Ell eli examen de los testIgnS
de ,arCo.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-04
Como debe ser la
"mujer perfecta"

NUEVA YORK. Mayo 3.-Las
macstras de escuela de toda lnglate-
ira. encargadas de la educaci0n c
instruction de Ia mujer. acaban lie
celebrar una gran conferencia en-
Liverpool, ell la que de una mancra
terminate han definido 10 que deoe
antenderse por ia mujer pcrfect1.'
que segun 10 rcsuelto por las doc;as
autorizadas conferencistas dozen
~rcunir las siguientes condolences:
la mujer Perfecta tiene cIar-n'
ia amos, cs casada Y madre de cincH
hiios. Esta Ell buenas circunstanclas,
yivierdo en- IN hermoso lugar del
campo. a unas cuantas mlllas de una
gran ciudad. Ella es el centric dc una
huena casa, en- Ia cual reina Ia mas
rrande limpieza y c%omodidad, y donde
81 buen gusSo Sc hace visible por 30
das parties: en- los muebles, en- las al
fombras, cortinas, papel tapiz, orna-
mentos y t~rajeS.
La mujcr ideal es sensible y ha-
cendosa V SUI caSa es el aslento dc Ia
paz Es patricia y Sc intereSa 7or Ia
o~olitica V mace TODD 10 que esta de
su partc por a%lejar TODD 10 que eau
:, ell sufrimiento entire los pobres.
rs una deliciosa companera Y tie1e
81 don de la amistad. Is religlosa y ira
ia sempre RE cunlplir sus debefcs
lara con Dios y para con u scmc-
%iantcs.
"Da largos p3seos a pie, monta en-
u c~ic'eta. trepa c~olinas, nan h"''a'
na;ira V e;ercita otros juegos atietl-
cos apropiados a Su sex Puede mon
tar a caballo. Y dirigir un auton,"Ill'
Is competente en- muchos ramos de
conocimicntos PRACTICES 0 manua.e"
puede desempenar c~uai4uier cosa o
todo a~auello que con ell gobierno dc
una ASA Sc ~relaciona. Tiene algunos
conocimientos de derecho, sabc como
,iebe emplear su dinero para que le
produzca, Y puede usar una naqui'
ma de escribir. Els ana gran ALTOONA
da a la lectura; no Sc pasa un ola
sin Que lea algun librO serlo, un pc
r;6dico O n bucna novela. HaoIa
tres idiomas ademas del suyo' y lee
de corrido libros extranjeros. lie en-
canta Ia horticulture y ha ~aprendldo
varios metodos ie c"ultivo. Sabe gra-
bar en- MADEIRA, en- metal; e~ncuader,
na Iibros v bordar primorosam@nte.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-04
JOFFREC ONFERENCIO CON Ell PTE.
WILSON S0BRE EL ENvI0
De TROPkS A FRAhClA
Los principles %miembros de la Conision fancesa salieron de
Washiagton en- una giro por uarias ciudades del Este

cipales ciudades de los Estados del
Este Y medic Oeste.
Los viajeros ocupan un tren Hspe'
cial que fue puesto a ST. disposition
por Ia Secretaria de Estado y de aqui
salieron directamente para la ciudad
de Chicago, a la que llegaran mana
ma al medic dia. No Sc hizo ningu-
ma declaration respecto de cuales Sc
ran las ciudades que viStaran los
comisionados. Ell unico informe que
Sc proporciono en- la Secretaria de
Estado: LOS viajeros pasaran por
determinadas secciones de los Esta-
dos de Illinois g Indiana ell vierncS en-
la manana. Las autorhades dc las
ciudades comprendidas eli la ruta Sc
nalada por los viajeros, scran arisa-
das con tempo para que notlfiquen
al pueblo sobre la vista de las com.sio
mes britannica Y ~francesa. Despues sc
anunciaran diariamente las p~obiacio-
mes que visiten los viaieros'.
Entire los m;embros de las comi3io
mes que quedaron en- Washington Sc
cncuentra ell Ministro ingles, Bal
four, quieD continuara discutiendo la
question relativa q la ayuda finGn-
ciera que Sc proporcionara q IA Gran
Bretana. Ademas. tendra que pre-
sentarse- en- ell Congreso e. ~proximo
sabado.
Ell viaje de los c~omisionados a ira
YES de los Estados del Este y medic
Oeste durara proEimamente diez
dias.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-05-04
Los aIiados producer
munic;ones con e1ces0

1eIrqrama Especial para IA P"i:NsA.
WASHINGTON, mayo 3.-NotIcias
recibidas en- esta capital dan cuenta
de IL Ell gobierno italiano va a anu
lar sls tratados comerciales con seis
naises, Tai decision afectara al CO.
mercio de cxportacion de los Estados
rnidos, Q.le es mo de los que tlenen
celebrates tratados comerciales con
aouella potencia europea.
Oficialmente Sc dieron d Ia publ
cidaa how algunos datos relatives al
consume de cereaies en- Ia manufac-
tura de ~licorcs. .Segun las cifras
becbas pdhlicas por el gobierno Ia
cantidad de grano empleado en- las
distilerias, equivale a la que produ,
ciria IN barril de harina para cada
una de las familias &c los Estados
Unidos.