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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-14

inE IN" advantage because of his two
Aca'S connection with the team Dur
.nh NAV tinis he substituted for Lavan.
ti"nal League " " "
Ih' wnr was not the disturbing clc-
m"h' WIN the Browns that IL was with
Louis. Asld" from Kooh< Jacobson and
"I ,ra,ih were IN" only ones to leave for
,i.ss"h' ,,s ,'iIs1"i: SEVERED has been
does no, expect to be called until the
season Is over.
Old iMl;its GONE, nut
AFiiLEflCS AXE OPTIMISTIC
despite the fact that tn. past VIM
Ter saw The iasl OF the reg ui,rs dis
npIy1r '' On, ne club. much is expected
Mack Athletics this season Nothing
oui optimism pcrVadcs the team. ana.
Mil no peihhnt aspiration IS claimed.
- sr'",! improved club-onc that Will
ihake tar better record than those
"i the preceding three years. when the
Athletics finished At the tail end OF
The procession
During III. winter Connie Mack
ahhnt"h TO other clubs Stuny McInnis.
champions great inhcid: Amos S,runk,
ON" "i the best outhcidcrs in the
Nmrri.an League; Zoe Bush. tho stcrI-
inG pitcher. and W;illy SchanE. Il good
catcher ana very handy fielder.
With the exception of RUDE oldrinE.
wh" mas returned TO baseball after
several veterans received in trades for
his remaining regulars. Mack has VIZ
lu"liN new team OF youngsters
There arc only TWO pitchers on the
team OF major league experience. One
is N"an Gregg, formerly OF the Red
son. and Elmer Meyers. who has hccn
ON tho Athletics star for several years.
Among the new tw!rlcrs is Scott Perry,
OF Atlanta.
The Catchers include Forrest Cady
received from the Red Sox In trade:
McAyoy. once with tho Athletics, and
a baltimore playc, last year. and Per-
ktus. formerly with Atlanta.
George Burns. with Detroit last year
viii Play first base. Joe DuEan. n
Mack pupil in 1917. has been holding
down the middle bag in the spring
training period; Morris shannon. a
Faliimor" player. has been "a; short
and Larry Gardner the veteran from
"a" Boston Americans, IS probably "A
iiAturr at third
- the outiieid Oldrtng will he found
IN his old plnc" in left field. clarence
Wa lkcr. another former Red Soy, Will
hc Ia center Held. while Mach has also
Jameson. Of last years team. and Mar
lin k"pr, member OF the 1917 I:unaio
club. for right field
The playinG OF tho Athletics In tho
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time, with Love. M"erIdGc and Rus,
Srli ncN; In ,!nc. Monroe, MrGraw and
rhormahicu have shown wei IN sprung
practice. aud may WIN 4 p"'r Tor 'h'm.-
selves among the regulars NJ tn" re
",.NiUlS end the team bH iNr"" HLiChors
of rr"m,s" iu Matters kur' ana nan
nan: The mio AZ" '"mna 'n;M ,,,,.
major and minor leagues stamps The
hatkstorS as "atvh"rs ot rear y"irrr'
With the tuuvld composed of lhrp.
cNlrcmrly hard htitcrs aui excellent
'tcldrrs. which should show To- adNtn-
'ae" under all conditions IN" out
Held viii provo stronger than 'wrlN"
months ago. With the hcaNy-h't''nG
Ping Eoi:c ranging IN the "ut"r ear
utility men Tor all these positions.
ST. LOUIS STARTS ~ WIriI
RiI.tt Ni:N\li:D cit
y rciuvcnatcd club viii nc 81.
lcuis'S in The American League base
ball race this season. Nni"ui, thu Scv
Cra' contributing causes L" this CON
di;iou arc the lack of harmony among
the PLAYERS last season. which mad"
Imperative reimbursement az per
Soun"l. demands upor thc PLAYERS ror
army serv;c" and u disposition 10y the
mauarcmcut To see what urw timber
II might hnd through the medium Of
trades.
business Manager Quinn is credited
WIN u"S"iihtlnE the several trades
which brought, new faces into many
year he announced that Pratt. second
bascman. and rlaui. veteran pitcher.
mad been traded tn tn" New York
Americans, I'm return tor whom the
locals received Nuuamaj>cr. MalscI.
Shockcr. Cull"p and Gcdrou. Nuothrr
'rlG" sent Shottou. outiicldcr and La
Americans. with Gallia, pitcher and a
cash consideration given in return for
them thrcc-coruor"d deal sent Lee
Mage upon whom waivers had hccn
asked. from So, Louis to III" Cincinnati
Nationals. who. in turn. gay" % player
To the New N"rk Americans iieudryN.
omi''S !d"r was given 70 The Browns by
chased outright from tn" Columbus
tA'0cric2n AsSoc'atioul club as was
W 'liinmS. from the Portland club. of
,lon 81 claim from 4 Kentucky bush
league. and Lcihc,d from The II, raul
.Amrr!cAn Assoctn'ton) club added TWO
because OF the onlistmont &C Eoob in
H. ,Ayiat.on service. NJ. decision OF
. Year aud til" trading OF Plank lack
rover. veteran pitcher IN several
leagues. early announced hi, intention
TO com" back. aud has been tolliuE In
training: camp 10 that end
Manager Fielder Jones scnr ont on
tim'Stlo reports after tn. spr.uE prar-
liE' a. shreveport, la. lie declares ali
Solu;c harmony exists on the team:
iEat IN" new acquisitions are proving
OF great value, and that ne is pcrpicNcd
l" decide who small bc named the
teams regulars.
Positions on the in;inld with Inc cx
ceptiCu OF first base which il conceded
70 S!sler. VIII not b" given To any ono
nan until tho season is We'll under
way. Ia" says. Na!Scl. ,;.d.pn and
johns are lighting for the keystone 20
sttion II either Gedcon or Johns Is
given thc choice, MaiS"l Immediately
VIII htr"'H" ?n Ictiv" contender for
Jimmy NuStin'S place - third base
Ernie Johnson and Walter Gerber have
shown we'll at shortstop. johnson hav-
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Americans. recently remarked that n,
team had chance OF finishing INV
where. If the draft did not take an
finish nowhere IL the call contInno,
u sam Rice. the best batter on tn
Continual on Third pnyel -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-14
Pfeffer, Dodgers
I1urler, Is Called

NEW Y0HI<. April I3.-Ed PET
fer. veteran pitcher of the urootiHn
dodgers. received orders to-dnH ~
report at Chicago for service In the
navy. pfrHcr enrolled In the naval
reserve last summer In Chicago, and
made arrangements with Colonel
I:hbrtts 4" work 0n monthly con-
trncis until he received his call.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-14

South this spring has greatly en-
couragcd Connie Mack. and he expects
that when the men get set and play
together Il while they will make trou-
BILE for some OF the stronger clubs In
the league.
Manager Griffith, OF the Washington
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rs WHITE S0Y AGAINST
FIELD IN AMERICAN

Continued rom First Page
>pEra ,is spring. because Covelcs<ic
-@t ihai bis arm has Welded 10
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another ou,fcldcr. is product Of the
ST. Louis sandlots and VIII DC given
thorough try-oui. This is In line
with the clubs policy To make the
team as much as possible q home
an n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

There you have the true origin of
the German atrocities, and speak
now Of those committed upon the
insensate bodies of works Of art. It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

is breeding that tells, here as in
every other walk of life. The best
anecdote I know Of the hundreds
that have been recited about Ger
man character, as illustrated in the
war, is the one embodying the re-
mark of an officer rescued from
drowning by the British, who had
sent his ship to the bottom. "Well,"
he said, 81 suppose it is true that
you English will always be fools and
that we Germans will never be gen.
tlemen." The whole story Of German
destructiveness in the territories
they have overrun is story of
Founders run amuck. It began with
the senseless burning of Louvain. 1t
went on with the violation of Rheims.
1t continued with the ruination of
the historic ruins of Coucy, and so
1t will go on to the end-the defile-
ment of fine things by people who
cannot comprehend their nature.
There have been from time to time
vague stories about the benevolent
intentions of the German govern
ment toward works of art. We have
been told of commissions appointed
by the All-Highest for the "safe-
guarding" of these treasures. Con-
sidering that the Kaiser's own sons
have been listed high among the loot
ers, it is not difficult to surmise what
the imperial Safeguarding" will
amount to. Early in the warm
fact, in the winter of 1914-it was
rumored in the press that the
adam" and GIVE" of Jan Van Eyck
had been removed from the museum
at Brussels and taken to Berlin. I'M
der the supervision of DR.. Bode.
That distinguished functionary was
quoted at the time as disclaiming the
idea that works Of art should be
taken from country by it's conquer
ors! Various nom1nally reassuring
remarks, of German origin, have &C.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

drawings that now and then have
come into view have hardly assuaged.
1t seems practically impossible that
the stricken lands, after the war,
should wear anything like the charm
they possessed before it. French
scholarship and taste will count pro-
digiously in the restoration of his
toric monuments. They will have a
much slighter influence in the solu-
ton of humber problems. Moreover,
it is doubtful if all the talent in
France could quite revive, in the
treatment of those problems, the
magic that time alone can work
Farmhouses may be made most
ingeniously picturesque, shops and
dwellings in the smaller towns
may be framed with the utmost
discretion, cottages in the sub
urbs may be built with the faith
fullest emulation Of the past-and
still these edifices will be seen to
have somehow broken with the old
tradition. How could it be other
wise? It is loss which we must
face. And, furthermore, there is an
other side to this subject on which
it is highly desirable to dwell.
Legendary Habits
Are Passing
The old farmhouse is gone. While
we mourn it's passing, let us reflect
that there goes with it some of
the most fiagrantly insanitary con-
ditions known in the annals of rus
ITCHY. We are being told all the
time of the pathetic tenacity with
which the French peasant clings to
his immemorial customs. He must
sleep with as little fresh air as pos
sible. The barnyard must be close
at hand. He is no glutton for
plumbing. But in the new order of
things that is coming many an
ancient custom will have to go by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

casionally wandered into print. But
of what earthly value are they? You
cannot take the word of a German
until it is confirmed by a man of
honor.
1t is for this reason, and because
the actual doings behind the Ger
man lines are hidden from us,
that it is quite impossible to
sketch even the toughest out
line of what, precisely, the Hun
has done in the world of art since he
set out to wreck it. We can estimate
the extent of some of the wreckage.
We know little definite as yet about
the thefts. At the same time we can
congratulate ourselves upon certain
incidents of salvaging. Allusion was
made just now to the Van Eycks
taken to Berlin. 1t is a comfort to
know that the four central panels of
the great altar piece of St. Bavon's
at Client were removed to a secret
place of safety weeks before the Ger
mans could get near them. Every
one who cares for the masters
has some pet plan for German resti-
tuition after the war. Ny own spe-
cial hope is that Berlin will not only
be compelled to return the "Adam''
and "Eve," but may also have to
pay over to Belgium, as part of the
indemnity, the Van Eyck panels long
preserved in the Kaiser Friedrich
Museum. To assemble in the cathe-
dral at Client once more all the scat
tered parts of the renowned polyp-
tych of "The Alteration of the
Lamb" would be a peculiar solace tc
the burghers of the town. Connois
seurs throughout the world would
hail it as a work of fitting recon
struction. And to compel Germany
to bear a part in it would be a pi-
quaint form of justice.
The panels at St. Bavon's were not
| the sole gems rescued. Many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

spent m o s t
of my time
in the his
torical m u
seums, study
ing the old
masters. The
past had al
together abb
sorbed me. 1t
W a s pleas
anter to fore
gather with
Diirer in Nu-
remberg than
to hunt up
ma w "m0ve-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
His Destructive Fury
the Outstanding Phe-
nomenon in the War
Its Origin in Traits of
Peace
By Royal Cortissoz

Copyright, 1918, bv The Tribune Association
1.-the Neto York Trtbune)
II T is, perhaps, legitimate to be-
gin these remarks with a remi-
niscence. In the summer of
1906 l revisited Germany for the ex-
press purpose of making a survey of
the modern art of the country.
When I had been there before l had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

leeTlng, DeStlal men were simply
portraits of so many German types.
Classical in motif, there was moth
ing in the least classical about the
picture. It was pure pornography.
Ir. that it was absolutely character
istic. The illustrated periodicals I
overhauled were full of stuff in the
same vein. The subject was always
of the earth earthly, and, what was
worse, the dirtier elements in the
German artists thoughts and emo
items had somehow got into the very
grain Of his style. Those elements,
too. were merely dirty, merely often
sive, like bad smell.
There is nothing witty, nothing
brilliant, about the German deca-
dent, as there is, for example, about
master like the Belgian, Felicien
Reps. The German decadent is sim
ply grovelling beast. In Paris,
along the Rue de Rivoli, the book
shops flaunt their 1isque little pict-
ures for the edifcation, chiefly, of
the visiting tourist. These pictures
are naughty, but at least cleverly
done; they are touched with French
wit and grace. The same things in
German bookshop, stuck even
more aggressively under the nose of
the passerby, are unqualifedly re-
voting. I can imagine the pious
wrath Of German professor, say
one of the signers Of the famous
manifesto on the war, if he were
confronted by these base postcards
as a sign of his nations spiritual
downfall. But they have a certain
validity as documents in the case.
They are trif1es, if you like, but they
are of piece with the great mass
of what | saw in modern German
art twelve years ago. They ex-
pressed what the painters, sculptors
and architects were expressing: a
vulgarity of soul so profound as to
be symptomatic of nothing more nor
less than moral rottenness.
/ | left for Vienna and Italy with
a feeling as of having escaped from
contact with some loathsome dis
ease. felt that the soul Of the
country was sick, if not dead
Rude bodily vigor was still there
a perfect torrent of physical en-
ergY, but of the humanities moi
a trace. Matthew Arnold used tt
laugh over the German deifcaticr
of Goethe. Having created tn,
greatest standing army in the
world, he said, the Germans were
bound to have a world poet t.
match. So l found it in the realm
of art. They were doing every
thing on huge scale, making huge
pictures and monuments, produc
ing them in great numbers, plung
) ing furiously into the new move
ments aforesaid, and altogether en-
deavoring to prove that art, too
couldls sM.sde in Germany" Ane
this art, HssNt seemed to me, wa.
filthy at 1he core. That is why,
repeat, ! have been able to under
stand what the German has don,
since he swept across Belgium ant
Northern France. He entered those
regions like burglar and he ha.
behaved in them like Dead Sc,
ape. In the light of what l saw ir
1906 do not see how he could hay,
done anything else. The impuls,
was even then in his blood, an in
stinct of race.
The De6lement
OF Fine Things
There you have the true origin O,
the German atrocities, and I speal
now Of those committed upon tn,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

Cuc DOdLu, IL 1OL no OLnoF reason
than that the government will have
to take hand in the rebuilding, on
a large scale, and it will not find it
convenient to consult all the legen-
Diary habits Of every parish. Prece-
dent will play its part, but it will be
a latter-day precedent, that estab-
lished by the men who have dealt
with big housing problems in Eng
land and the United States. Medi-
avalism will go out and modernity
will come in. In town and country
drastic changes will be accepted as
matter of course when peace is
declared and refugee communities
return to reerect their old homes.
New ideas of house planning will
prevail
The foreign notorist is, Of
course, enchanted when he stops for
meal at some wayside farm and
eats his omelet before time-stained
fireplace, with chickens running
under the table and a bed shut in
behind its ornate spindles in the
corner. He photographs the room
before he goes away, and by and
by tells his friends all about it. But
after the war it is not improbable
that his omelet may be cooked on
an electric or gas range, and all
that he will know about his hosts
bedroom will be that it is some
where "upstairs." There will be
new systems of heating and water
supply everywhere. Drainage will
be revolutionized. Electricity will
be more widely employed than ever
before in the distribution of light
and power, promoting greater con-
venience in industry and innumera-
Bile relations of life. Modes of
transportation will be bettered.
Good roads have always been COM
mon in France, but after the war it
is conceivable that new uses will be
made of them. The motor will in
crease In popularity as it is put on
the French market in greater num-
bers and at lower price. 1t is
likely, too, to be of more service on
the French farm than hitherto. The
new era ought to be a tremendous
era for the farm tractor. In short,
the regions needing reconstruction
from the ground up are in the nat
ure of things destined to be mod
ernized to an extraordinary extent,
and it will be surprising if this does
not exercise a decisive influence
upon the country at large.
1t is VIGOROUSLY dangerous to
prophesy. I would not go too far
in my anticipations. The routine of
centuries is imperious, and it would
be absurd to expect these people to
make themselves and their environ
ment over in night. But CHANGES
| OF the sort have indicated would
appear to be as certain as the tides.
and it seems as certain that thew
should be accompanied by a pro-
nounced moral effect. Is it, for ex-
ample, too much to surmise that
there may even be more or less
voluntary shelving of some old land
marks In the future of which I
speak? l cannot imagine a French
man or a Belgian tearing down a
fine old building simply to put an
ugly one in its place. But 1 can
easily see him substituting a prac-
tlcable bridge, at the right point on
the river, for the structure that was
ages ago mistakenly placed, and l
can see him in many a kindred wav
making his daily life more agree
able affair. He won't be a Baron
Haussmann. But here and there he
will take leaf from Baron Hauss-
mann's book. The resultant PIANO.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-07-25
.SUMAs BARBER GETS REQUEST
TO LEAVE THAT PLACE AT ONCE

A Sumas barber last week receiv-
ed a mysterious note with a bullet
punched through it ordering him to
leave Sumas, or take the consequence
es.
The occurrence is described as fol-
lows by the Sumas News:
q" When Jackson Wells went to op-
en- his barber shop yesterday morn
ing. he found a card, with a 1920
bullet punched through it. on his
door step, bearing this inscription;
Aug. the 10 if Jackson Well dos
ent get out OF town he will get 80
80 in his brain the black masked
band
THE above quotation is gerbatiih
as it appeared on the card Mr.
Wells is not sure whether this was
intended as joke, but even if it was,
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-07-25
ASK LYNDEN CITIZENS TO LOOK
FOR VIOLATIONS OF NEW LAW

Every loyal Lynden citizen should
guard against unconscious violation
of the new federal espionage act. vi
Citations on the part of others should
be reported to the County Council
of Defense, or w. H. NAPLES. chair
man of the local Council of Defense.
Here are some of the things which
constitute violations of the espionage
act:
Making or conveying false reports
with intent to interfere with the op-
Grafton or success of the MILITARY
forces.
Making or conveying false state
ments in regard to doing anything.
except in the way of bona fide and
not disloyal advice, tending to OBJ
struct the sale of United States bonds
or securities.
Attempting to cause or incite in
subordination, disloyalty, etc, among
the military forces.
ments.
Attempting to obstruct enlist
Publishing, printing, writing or ut
tering disloyal, profane or scurrilous
language against the form of govern
ment of the United States, the con-
stitution, flag, military forces or the
uniform of the army or navy.
Using language intended to bring
the government, constitution, flag,
military forces or uniform into con-
tempt, scorn, contumely or disrepute.
Wilful display of the flag of an en-
envy of the United States.
Uttering, writing or publishing
language intended to curtail produc-
ton of things necessary to the pro-
secution of the war.
Advocating, teaching, defending or
suggesting any of the things enum-
Grated.
Favoring by word or act the cause
of any country with which the Unit
ed States is at war.
This section also contains a pro-
viso to the effect that anyone in the
service of the United States govern
who commits any disloyal act or ut
tiers any unpatriotie or disloyal lam
guage, or who, in an abusive and vi
client manner criticizes the army or
navy or flag of the United States
shall be at once dismissed from the
service"
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-07-25
II. S. STEINHAUER

First Reformed Church met with Mrs.
H. X. Pasma this week.
E. Eerkes and family returned
Friday from a trip to Yakima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman and
Mrs. Ralph Zylstra of Oak Harbor
visited in Lynden this week.
Joseph Kaufman, president of the
Northwestern Furniture Dealers AS
ISOLATION, with his family is visiting
at the home of his sister. Mrs. Phil
lips. Mr.. Kaufman motored up from
his home in Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Woody and JOS
eph Woody of Bellingham and Mrs.
Frank Vanderford of Seattle spent
Sunday at the j. W. Iremain, ST.
home.
Mrs. Harry Heathers aid children
of Bellingham spent Sunday at the
home of Ms. Heather's father. A.
H. Wampler.
Miss Edna Fraser of Bellingliam
is visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Ire
MAR this week.
A. A. Bauman, local dealer, sold
a 7-ton Garford auto truck with a
5-ton trailer last week to A. c. Man.
ming.
Charles Roo has purchased an auto
truck for his wood business.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-07-25
DELTA AND SUNSHINE

Miss Esther Axlund, who has been
visiting at the home of her brother,
B. A. Axlund, and family, left Fri
day for Lake Samamish, near Seat
tie.
Mrs. Ralph Zylstra of WILDLY Is
land and her brother, Henry Hoffman
of Lynden, visited at the H. Wander
Mey home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Wander Yacht and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Telgenhoff were
Bellingham visitors this week While
there. Mr.. Telgenhoff purchased a
Ford car.
Miss Gertrude Boyce spent Sum-
day at the H. Wander Yacht home.
Mr.. and Mrs P A. Axling enter
tanned at dinner Sunday for Mr.. and
Mrs. B. A. Axlund.
The Ladies Aid met - the home of
Mrs. John Axling Thursday after
noon. A large number assembled,