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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
Ring of Patriotism of 1861 Sounded
in Letter Written Then.
Sounds Like Leaf from the History
Now in the Making in this
Country.

With those of us who sprang
from race of patriots there is
an inherent loyalty to the
government in the present
struggle, which finds expression
in every act and every word we
speak or write.
To us, it is no strange thing
that the United States should
be arrayed in war against Ger
man imperialism; the strange
thing is that any man who has
found a haven in this country,
whether he be of native stock
or not, should hesitate for a
moment in alligning himself
with the government.
Like a leaf from the history
now in the making comes a
letter sent to the writer by his
father, Francis Heermans, Esq,
of Morgantown. West Virginia,
which was written by his father,
John Heermans, who was then
editing a union newspaper in
Wheeling, West Virginia. Dated
Aug. 8, 1861, my grandfather
writes:
"The slight rebel success does
not in the least discourage the
union men in this country, nor
anywhere else as | can see, but
rouses them to greater deter
mination to put down the re-
bellion without regard to cost in
blood or treasure. The universal
sentiment seems to be that
human freedom shall not die in
1861 or in any other year Of this
generation. This work is not
for this age and country alone,
but for the entire human race
for generations yet unborn; and
the preservation and perpetual
ton of this union will be cheap
at any price. No true American
will stop to count any necessary
cost to exterminate this, the
foulest treason that the world
has ever seen. These seem to
be the doctrines of all true
hearted sons of freedom every
where; and the slight reverse at
Bull Run seems only to have
intensified them. But there are
a few emissaries of treason
everywhere, | believe--apologists
for secession and clamorers for
peace--peace, when there is no
peace and can be none until
treason comes down to dust. But
happily these semi-traitors are
few and far between and are
incapable of much mischief.
The people are right and sue
cess is sure"
John Heermans, my grand
father, who wrote this letter to
one of his sons, was the winner
of 5000, prize offered by the
government and awarded at
Washington, on the theme of
the constitutional right Of the
government to suppress the
rebellion.
Mr.. Heermans was a frequent
contributor to The New York
Tribune during those days, ac-
cording to his biographical
sketch which is before me, and
once won $500. prize offered
by chat paper on THE Protective
Tariff"
1t was the writer's good fortune
to have prepared and forward
to Vice President Marshall the
resolutions of the Washburn,
Wisconsin, Loyalty League---the
first resolution passed on the
subject, demanding the i'm
peachment of Senator Robert M.
LaFollette. This was read be-
fore the senate only a few weeks
ago.
Thus, it comes natural to
many of us to stand loyalty by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18

The Monday Sewing Circle have
organized an auxiliary for the pur-
pose of aiding the Red Cross Chapter
in completing their quote of sup
plies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18

The Swedish Ladies Aid society
will meet at the home OF Mrs. John
Love tomorrow afternoon (Friday.b
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
RED CROSS.

Recent donations received by he
Red Cross Chapter are as follows:
Joan of Arc Circle 50 0O
Woman's Study Club 10 90
Bayyiew Community Club 9 90
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18

Mrs Sadie Buckley of Ashland
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
NJ. Heermans on Wednesday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
u. S. Bars Mine Owner
Disease for Which He Sought
Cure Causes Deportation

Michael Messsbin, a wealthy mine
owner OF Colombia, was sent to Ellis
Island yesterday because he is nearly
blind. Signor Messabin, who had near.
ly $4,000 with him when he arrived
on the United Fruit liner Zacapa. from
Colon, said that he had come to the
United States to have his eyes treated
by specialists, and was highly indig-
nant because permission to land was
refused.
He was accompanied by his cousin,
brain Matalon, and Nabrain and An
tonic Malluk, importers, at l20 Broad
way. All three pleaded with the i'm
migration authorities 20 allow Signor
Messabin to land, but we're refused.
Late yesterday evening the Board OF
Special Inquiry ordered sgnor Mesa.
bin deported after he had been given
careful medical examination. The
examiners reported that the nature OF
his eye trouble precluded the posi-
bility of entering the United States.
Signor Messabin said that he would
make an appeal at Washington from
the immigration authorities decision.
The wealthy mine owner has a coz
tract TO furnish the government with
platinum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24

or resentment, for they have not the
means of enjoying even the most common
and inexpensive pleasures. Many time at
Munich | have known of scores OF such
young men coming into the city without
one single pfennig to spend. No matter
how carefully they saved their pennies, the
income of a week was sufficient only to pay
the carfare to the city and back again TO
the camp.
Such life for young man or twenty
housed with scores and hundreds OF other
Young men who are in the same condition
and who are Just as disconnected and re-
sentful, tends neither for the social nor
moral welfare of the boys making the SER
eice.
And hundreds and thousands of families,
the poor families have the largest num-
her of children-are unable to send remit
tances to their sons during this two years
of service.
Such service is more than a waste OF
time; it is detrimental in its effects upon
the character. Having no income, the
Young man is shut off for two years, even
during his hours of leave, from the society
and influence of respectable women. HAY
ing no income to secure any OF the normal
pleasures of life in an honorable way, ne
reacts. accepts such pleasures as he can
get, and soon develops the habit common
among his fellows of thinking he as a SOL
der has the right to take what he wants.
From the standpoint of the time spent
in training, Universal Compulsory Man.
hood Service, as typifed by the German
SYSTEM not only takes two years out OF
the economic life of the young man, or
two wears taken of the time that should be
given to business training or college educa-
tion. but it lowers his self-respect, tends to
make him an idler, and even lowers his
moral standard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Denies Arions
Feel "Insulted"
Member Says Committee Did
Not Reflect Opinion of All
on Loyalty Pledge

The executive committee OF the
Arion Society, when it announced the
organization had been grossly In
suited" when the Mayors loyalty
pledges were circulated in its club
house, came far from rejecting the
opinions Of all the members of the
society, according to a letter received
yesterday by the Mayors Committee on
National Defence. Over the signature
Of DR.. II. r. A. Graeser the letter said:
AS a member OF the Arion Society, |
wish to register my protest against the
action Of the executive committee OF
this society on the Declaration Of Sup
port for the President which WAS an
arbitrary action, done without consult
ing the members of the Arion Society,
ard hence only voicing the sentiment
OF the committee itself.
"Only a few OF the members knew
that the blanks were az the club. No
notice had been given, and ! personally
know a number Of members who, like
myself, have signed the declaration
elsewhere"
Members of the Manhattan Womsn's
Committee, a subcommittee of the
Mayors Committee on National Defence,
yesterday located more than 100 new
patriotic centres throughout Manhat-
tan, all OF which will be open ~ Mon
Gsy evening 70 receive additional sig
natures 20 the loyalty declaration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
More Buses Approved
Board of Estimate Will Ask
for New Proposals

Extension of motor bus routes in
this city received the approval of the
Board of Estimate yesterday. A report
Of the franchise committee that eX-
tended motor bus operation would not
iniuriously affect the subways, in which
the city has invested funds, was
adopted
The old proposals for new routes
made by the Fifth Avenue Coach Com
pany and the New York Motor Bus
Company were disapproved by the
board, and the franchise committee re-
ported that it was about to request new
offers from the companies.
Mayor Mitchell took occasion during
the discussion to utter a warning that
"to inhibit motor bus operation is TO
fasten more closely on the town the
clutch Of the present transit system"
Borough President Marks offered a
resolution which would enable the Fifth
Avenue Coach Company TO operate eX-
ira bus lines to care for the crowds
which viii attend the revival meetings
of Billy Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Increased Acreage of Park
No Compensation, Women
Declare
Legal Flaws Charged
Opponents Of Proposed Con-
tract Still Insist on Leg
islative Inquiry

Legislative investigation Of the en-
tire Riverside Drive-New York Central
improvement and every step that led
up TO the present draft of the city's
proposed contract with the railroad
will be insisted upon by opponents OF
the measure.
Concessions made by the railroad, as
set forth in the statement forwarded to
Governor Whitman Thursday, do not
satisfy those who objected, and will not
cause them to withdraw the demand for
an inquiry.
Members of the Womens League for
the Preservation Of Riverside Park,
headed by Mrs. Charles A. Bryan. ridi-
culed the idea that the increase in
acreage" of Riverside Park would COM
pensate them for the changes in the
park that will be made necessary by
, blasting away seventy feet Of ground
to move the tracks over to the point
where they will be covered.
at means that the beauty Of the park
will be lost forever, and that the en-
tire riverfront will look like a mining
camp for at least six years-nobody
knows how much longer" she said.
Charles l.. Craig, attorney for the
West End Association, said that the
concessions not only had given nothing
TO the city, but that they had revealed
much that had hitherto been concealed
in the public hearings. He, too, insisted
upon legislative inquiry.
"The new statement sets forth that
If ba n
Of way OF the New York Central. must
pay the road compensation after con-
demnation proceedings" he said.
There are numerous legal flaws in this
clause which might prevent another
read from crossing this line, thus Civ
ing the New York Central the monopoly
that has been objected to so many
times"
Borough President Marks, at the
meeting Of the Board of Estimate yes
terday, complained that he had been
invited 20 only two of the many secret
conferences held between the members
of the Port and Terminal Committee
and representatives of the New York
Central Railroad, although he is "a
member of the committee.
at is amazing" he said. "that the
only member of this committee who re-
fused TO sign the majority report and
submitted a minority report should
have been barred from participating in
any adjustment. have no other course
TO pursue than to call this entire mat
ter 10 the attention of the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment, and must
characterize proceedings of this nature
as high handed, unbusinesslike and
prejudicial to the best interests of the
CITY,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24

He could not fuse craftsmanship. emo
ton, truth and beauty into the new
and strange and unforget,able designs.
Only great artist can do that. and
he was not a great artist. Under the
merciless test of this exhibition he
energies, instead, simply man Of tai
emit.
The space 1T the American Art gal
leries which is not occupied by the
Ranger collection is given over 20 q
quantity of Oriental antiquities be-
longing to Emile Tabbagh & Co. IL
embraces many beautiful pieces of
Greek. Saracenic and Persian faienee
and glass, notable group OF Persian
miniatures, Turkish and Persian rugs
and other objects. The sale will take
place next Friday and Saturday after
Moons. At the Anderson galleries a
further instalmcnt of the objects
brought from China by Mr.. FREDERICK
Moore is cXh ibited. prior 10 sale TO be
held on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
afternoons Of next week. This section
is composed Of old Manchu jewelry,
jades, snuff bottles, enamels and iur-
nlturc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Champ Clark Sure
He Will Be Speaker
And that 1t Will Take Only
One Hour and 40 Minutes
to Choose Him

Washington, March 23.-On his re-
turn from New Orleans to-day Speaker
Champ Clark declared his belief that
he would be elected Speaker OF the
House tina. is to convene April ,, BY
from one TO five majority. lie cor
rected the impression that 1t requires
a majority of the entire number OF
members of the House to elect
Sneaker. saying it requires only ma
iority of those voting, if quorum IS
present.
incidentally the Speaker scoffed at
any idea of a coalition House, declar-
ing that the Democrats would be III
control all down the line.
"How long will it take to organize
the House ?" he was asked.
zone hour and forty minutes ne
said.
How do you figure the time so pre-
Just this way" said Mr.. Clark, TAX
ing a pad and pencil. "The chaplain
will take about ten minutes for prayer
Then there will be rollcall, to de-
velop the attendance Of members. Ihat
will consume forty minutes. AFTER
that there will be nomination OF can
didates for Speaker OF the House, which
should be confined to ten minutes:
Next. a rollcall on the election OF
Sneaker, another forty minutes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Society
Weddings of National Guards
men fastened by lnterna-
tional Conditions

Several weddings of interest TO So
ciety are scheduled for to-day, some of
them decided upon hurriedly on ac-
count of the critical international con-
ditions and the possibility of the bride
grooms, who belong to the National
Guard, being called for duty. Miss
Nathalie Wood and Francis ID. White
will be married at noon in the Church
Of st. Ignatius Loyola, Park Avenue
and Eighty-fourth Street instead of
April Il, as originally planned. Mr.
White belongs to the National Guard
Only relatives and few intimate
friends will be present at the cere-
mony and the reception which follows
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Walter Wood, rs East
Sixty-ffth Street.
Miss Frances Watts, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ethelbert Watts, will become
the bride Of Theodosius Fowler Stevens,
Of this city and Castle Point, HobOken,
this afternoon at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Watts, 1927 Clinton Street, Phila-
deiphia. The bride will be given away
by her father, who is the American Con-
sui General at Brussels, now on leave
Of absence. Mr.. Stevens is son Of
the late Francis B. Stevens. His great
uncle, Edward Stevens, was the founder
of the Stevens Institute of Technology
The marriage of Miss Gladys ingalls,,
daughter of Mrs. Melville +. ingalls,, 20
Arnold Robertson, frs, secretary of tae
British Embassy, will take place to-day
in Washington.
The marriage Of Miss Beatrice Lanier
Cutajar, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
lam Vincent Cutajar. 10 La Rue Lut-
kins will take place in the chantry OF
St. ThOmas's Church on April 10.
Another Of the Bachelor Assembly
dances was held last night in the Della
Robba Room of the Hotel Vanderbilt.
Among those who entertained parties
al supper were Mrs. Lyman b. Kendall,
Frederic Bull. Hamilton Fish, jr., Felix
y. Doubleday, lie Roy Whitney and
Arthur Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hale Lowe. Of
Wellesley and Boston, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Marion. to
Frank Winter. Of Middleburg, Va. The
marriage will take place at Grace
Church, New York, on Easter Monday.
The Lenten Sewing Class. organized
by ST. Luke's Hospital Auxiliary, will
hold its next meeting on Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. James B. Mabon, 42O
Park Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jay Schiefelin
will leave town on April 10 for North
Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Delafeld, who
were at Palm Beach, have gone to st:
Augustine to remain until the end OF
the month.
Mrs. A. Murray Young has gone to
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, to re-
main until Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert /. Gerry have
returned TO New York from The Plains,
Virginia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
What Is Going On To-day

free admission 10 the American Museum o. Natural
History Metropolitan Museum % Ar. New York
biological Para. Van Conlandt PARK Museum and
the Aquarium.
Luncheon OF the S. Eiizabeth's College Club. Hotel
MrAlpn. T. m
Mec,iag and luncheon Of no socittS dos BssuI
Ans NaidOrf-AstOr Z p. m.
Major General Leonard A Wood Charles 4. Towne
and Others in discussion on American Ideals
fr9n me standpoint 81 the Statesman a. the
luncheon 81 The Republican Club Of ne CITY ~
New York. clubhouse. "a West foTleh Street.
Entertainment q The womcn's Auxiliary OF the Uni
ycrity Settlement Society. Hotel Plaza $50
Dinner n tho Gregg Shorthand Teachers AsSoCaa
ton. Hotel 81 Denis. o .. m.
Dinner Of tie Upper Manhattan Property Owners
Assorisl0u. Hotel Asior. p. 10.
Dinner m tho Bradford County Society. Hotel Mo
Alpln. . M.
Dinner 81 tho Association a Hebrew Academy.
Hotel Manhattan. p. On.
Dinner o. the Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity. Wal
durf Astoria. D. 90.
Dinner of tho Guaranty Cub Of New York. Hotel
Aston. % p. m.
Dinner and dance ~ ne New York University Law
schOh. Iietoi McAplu. . M.
MAJ meeting OF The Professional Elementary Teach
~ Aseisnof 70 ospose " locksood 5 lis,
Avenue ard fify ninth Street p m.
PUBIC LECTURES or THE BOARD or EDu-
CATION. SIS +. NJ
MANHATTAN
..f-rro,sriousness" Dr. John y Basin. Public
school ls4 ilsfh Street. east u lcnoF Avenue.
~carbos and Some n is Compound" Professor
Wliisnt 4. Fstatrp,ke. American MUSEUM OF Nat
NIL History seventy seventh STREET and Central
rafk Wet
..-ly.. school boo fhe Home D- A A. Bcre. Cooper
Institute. Eighth Street and Fourth AVenus
..,.rafos s'oushfpn Ho.h0fn. Public
IJhrar l2l Esif mn, eighth srcct
..y,it.onrx n France" 4 q. Crawford. Public
Iabfal5 5oj Wet liih siroci
..yr.fs q Heat" IprfnE Arnold. Pm D. Y N
4 A. Wet i25th StrcoL
THE BRONX
"A vi,lt Ia the DiAlno1d Mines and TIE ylc.nria
r.us ~ tbe Zsnh>xi.' fSsn p~mArfy. Pubic
t-Is.a A. 18th strrst. eat OF Nillis Avcuue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
/ s THE time expended SO as to benefit
the individual and the nation, or is

Is THE time expended so as to benefit
the individual and the nation, or is
it wasted or worse than wasted?
The Universal Compulsory Manhood
Service, the system Germany's military
system typifes, requires that every physi-
cally fit young man spend two years, two
consecutive years. of his economic life in
military service. Beginning his service at
the age of twenty, two entire years are
thus taken out of his college work or out
of his business training, or, if a factory
hand or unskiled laborer. two years are
taken out of the twenty-five years during
which his life is economically efficient.
These two years are years in which he
should lay the foundation for future
home. accumulate the initial means or the
initial experience necessary to make his
life a success industrially.
The two years of Universal Compulsory
Manhood Service is more than mere waste
of time. It is not a period of intensive
training, for young men at the age OF
twenty are thrown together in barrack life,
with nothing to do for six to eight hours
a day-there being from four to six hours
actual training day. After the training
and caring for the clothing and gun, the
day is spent in card playing, swapping
stories, gambling for pittances of tobacco
and cigarettes.
No nation with the Universal SOmpul-
sorry Manhood Service System can afford
to pay any reasonable salary to each and
all of the young men doing service. A few
pennies a day. sometimes only two, with a
penny or two of the cheapest tobacco, Is
the full allowance made to the men dur
ing the two years of service. This leaves
ninety-nine out of hundred boys with
practically no income. 1t lowers sell
respect; and leaves OF absence for the
evening or the day bring only debasement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
T. r. Off FOR Shark Hunt
Says He Can Do Nothing More
for His Division Now

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt left New
York yesterday for a weeks devil
fishing and shark hunting of the
Florida coast. Russell j. Coler, of Dan
Vile, Va, deep sea fisherman and
scientist, will be the Colonels host.
ut was my original plan to spend p
month with Mr.. Coles and learn how
TO hunt them, but now | will be mere
looker-on. / shall be back in New York
by April ?.
81 go away nov because there IS
nothing | can do here. | have made all
the arrangements that can be made
without government assistance for my
division, and the work Is progressing
as fast and as far as It can under the
conditions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Woman Dies from Injuries
After Truck Hits Trolley

Mrs. Rose Nodine. fifty years old, OF
Central Avenue. Yonkers, was fatally
injured yesterday in a collision be
Avenue car at Central Park West. Mrs.
iodine. who had completed a shopping
tour. was invited to ride back to
Yonkcrs in the truck by Louis G..
Miami. Of IL School Street, Yonkers.
who had come to- New. York on the
same errand. She accepted. At Cen
tral Park West the automobile and car
met head-on. Mrs. Nodine was crushed
i'm the wreckage. She was taken to the
Knickerbocker Hospital, where she died
several hours later from a fracture Of
the skull. Manni escaped injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-24
Coodby, Old Winter!
Circus Arrives To-day
Barnum & Bailey Show to Invade
Garden Before Dawn

Some time between dusk tonight ana
to-morrow's dawn the annual Barnum
& Bailey pilgrimage will reach the
Mott Haven yards and make its way 20
the Garden. so no one who happens TO
see elephants and camels on his way
home need feel bashful about mention
ing the phenomenon at the breakfast
table. They will be real ones, despite
the lack of trappings.
No tinsel, caparisons or fanfare oil
trumpets heralds the advance OF the
circus upon New York. In that respect
Rrideewater, y. Y, and Pompey's Pillar,
Mont. have their advantages. II they
get a circus they know IT. but when
New York gets one II comes IKE the
neasles-in disguise until the De-
spangled outbreak.
So, despite the warning furnished ny
a kind-hearted press agent, the nome
going citizen who sees the cameis am
elenhants on Madison Avenue tonight
or tomorrow morning is likely to think
they are Just the ordinary nocturnal
variety and dismiss them without d
second thought.
But despite their deceptive common
rlaceness they will be real circus Great
ures and the somnambulists in cverails
ard SLOUGH hats may blossom forth on
the tanbark as ringmasters or clowns,
Or those incredibly alert handy men
who roll up carpets after the manner
of a magician extinguishing a rabbit.
The circus is to leave its Bridgeport
winter quarters at p. m. and the un-
leading at the freight yards probably
will begin by o'clock. The plank
floor of the Garden has been tai ken up
ard tons of earth have been dumped
there to cover the steel beams. koll
calm eight languages be at 10
a m. tomorrow. There will be a re-
bearsal on Tuesday and a dress rehear-
sal on Wednesday evening.