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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
THE DULLNsSs OF WAR
IS A FACTOR FOR PEACE
TRENCH DRUDGERY TAKES ALL
ROMANCE OUT OF MILL.
TARY LIFE.
(By David Wark Grifnth)

Director OF AIRCRAFT TicluIsS, WIN pdS
recently returned from the Euro
pean battle front.
This awful thing must never be al
lowed to happen again, as long as the
world lasts" That Is the thought that
was uppermost in my mind as | stood
in the front line trenches In Flanders
and watched the horrid tragedy of war
blazing back and forth across the
wastes of No Mans Land, And that
is the universal cry that is coming
from all the tortured nations at war.
All Europe is pressing on to more
fighting, more blood and more suffer-
ing in the hope that this debacle OF
slaughter may sweep warfare out of
the world forever,
This desolate and plteous cry has
probably followed every war since
the world began Has our anguished
prayer any better chance to be heard
than all the other cries for peace that
come echoing with mockery to us out
Of the illimitable sorrows Of the past?
From my own experiences at the
front it occurs to me that our gener-
alton has perhaps a better weapon to
use against war than those who wept
in ages gone by
grim reeking monster, war, Is very
likely to perish from the earth for
ever owing to a shortage of his favor
lite food--romance.
There is no question at all that
wars happen very largely owing to
the eagerness of soldiers for adven-
ture. The military caste in every
country is ever pressing for war.
If there had been no military caste
In Germany there would have been no
war. And without the picturesque
glamor that always has gone with
armies there would have been no mil
itary caste.
Stripped of Its feathers, 1t would
have been difficult to persuade men to
become soldiers.
The proposition that he give up his
u1iiy Wolh Aol IVY yCt'iS III oidGA W
learn how to kill men he never saw
would have been rejected with indig-
nation by every German alive But
the progress of raising the great Ger
man army was insidious and fascin-
ating.
Consider the case of the German
farm boy. From infancy he has been
getting up at daybreak; he has work.
ed all day in the fields when not peg
ging away at school At night he
crawled into his weary bed Day fol-
lowed day in sodden succession. Moth
ing came to tighten his life. Every
day was~like every other day, and
every day was day of bitter uninter-
esting toll
Farm Boy Becomes War God.
The time came when he was called
to the colors. He found himself
transformed into a young god, He
stood at palace gate with a drawn
saber flashing in his hand. A silver
breastplate covered the swelling chest
that but yesterday was concealed by
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a soiled farmers smock. On his head
was a silver casaue with a tall horse
hair plume that nodded and tossed In
the breeze. When he went on guard
duty a magnificent military band es-
corted him down the Linden. Emper-
ors and princes answered the salute
of his cleaning sward. At times he
rode forth on a proud charger who
minced his steps like dancing mas
ter.
This was the farmer boys day OF
glory. Never thereafter would he
walk the pillow furrow with the same
sodden step. He had lived. And II
was the grim, cruel monster War who
had made him live, who had breathed
this subtle flattery into his ear to
make him a slave for future slaugh-
ter.
To O lesser degree this was true in
other countries. The sentry Of the
Horse Guards In London was the
proudest sight in England.
Our civilization has been guilty OF
one tragic error
It has made the machinery of peace
duh, stupid, tiresome, old.
1t has made the machinery OF war
vivid, picturesque, beautiful, attract
i've and young--young Armies thrill
with life and adventure. Armies are
proud; they Jingle with pride
Peace is lived by the rules of old
men. Young men go to war and fight
until the world thrills with their fight
ing. Then old men take up the threads
land lay down the rules by which the
world shall live. And they send back
the glowing young hero of yesterday
to live again the sodden life of the
dawn to- sunset worker.
War has been described as the fail
ure of peace; and this is one Of the
reasons why 1t has failed again and
again and yet again and always
throughout the ages.
Peace does not offer enough lati-
tude for youth; and the young blood
that flows hot and strong.
Various remedies have been offered
for the correction of this crucial err
ror of civilization. It appears to me
| that the evil is about to correct it.
self
II is an old saying that every dis
ease has its own cure. But we coult
go further than this; every disease is
in fact, its own cure, The defense thai
science has erected against smallpox
| is a pocket edition sized case of the
smallpox caused by vaccine and cured
by the aroused blood corpuscles,
| | have feeling that this war viii
do a great deal toward squeezing the
romance out of army life. The. dread
+ full squalor of modern fighting gives q
new aspect to this age-old drama.
| After the war is over the farmer
boy may go back to the palace gate;
he may wear again the cleaning CUR
ass; his saber may flash as Of old
but it will never be the same I'm
/ der the SHINING armor ne VIII In I'M
agination feel the crawling vermin OF
the trenches. When the military band
escorts him down the Linden he will
remember how, on another day, he
was escorted into a trench that
crawled with lice and gave forth reek-
ing, vile odors: that was horrible with
! filth and mud
Soldier a Ditch Digger.
Never again can they make him
! feel romantic about the business OF
making war.
] The life of soldier in modern wal
| is the life of an underpaid, overwork-
ed ditch digger compelled to live in
/ discomfort and danger
Taking 1t by and large, the life of a
I modern soldier is almost as dull and
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monotonous and tedious as the life OF
the dullest civilian.
All the glamor has gone. All the
magnificence of the maneuvering ar
mics has passed. The armies do not
maneuver any more. They go to live
In a ditch and stick there literally
until relieved by other troops Even
the awful grandeur of the artillery
duels of the past has been eliminated
The modern gunners usually do not
know what they are shooting at; sell
dom see what their target is and sight
their guns by mathematics.
The courier with the foaming charg-
err Of other wars has become desk
telephone in this war.
The Hero 10 Lost.
There are still gallant charges
Probably such stupendous deeds OF
bravery have never been witnessed
before in the whole history of the war
but 1t is different
The Othello Of tomorrow, as he re-
lates his exploits to,Ihis Desdemona
can be imagined as telling how he led
a charge against the enemy.
And did 1t win the battle?' the
wondering maiden will inquire.
And the youthful Moor will reply:
May. There were 1000 odd charges
made along the 500-mile front that
afternoon, and mine was one Of them.
1t Is too big, too vast. The hero
of war is lost His deeds Of heroisn
have been swallowed up. He is q
speck in mighty picture. He is 9
grain of sand on vast stretch Of
sea beach. He Is an atom.
That's not the stuff upon which the
war monster can feed with safety
With the adventure gone and the pic.
turesqueness gone, the war monster il
due for a very slim diet.
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the approval and cooperation Of the
management. The introduction of
new methods must come from the gen.
eral manager and proceed downward
through the organization, as no pos
sible results can be expected from
starting at the bottom and first train
ing the miners. All the bosses from
the shift bosses up. are naturally OPP
posed to efficiency methods introduced
in this manner.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07

The man to whom the world owes
the perfection of the locomotive, Geo.
Stephenson, grew to manhood with
out any schooling.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07

Cable rates have been reduced be-
tween North and South America.
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Responsibility for Efficiency Rests VI
tmateIy With Management.

An outline of training an organiza-
ton may be worked out for each in
dividual camp and be similarly APP
piled. However, it must be borne in
mind that the essentials to success are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
r JOHNSON HAS BEEN SLAUGHTERED THREE I'll
BARRY'S NAVAL
NINE DISBANDS
No Reason Assigned, But
All Games for Season
Are Cancelled
TOO MANY EASY JOBS

Boston, Mass, April 81.
The Boston Navy Yard team of erst-
while Red Hox and Braves stars. under
leadership of Jack Barry former
Red Sox manager, has found that base
ball troubles can even creep behind the
walls Of the navy yard. Fewer than four
hours before the Barry sailor stars were
to play Boston College yesterday word
came from the navy yard that the
team had been ordered disbanded and
that the game would have to be can
Ccled. No reasons were given.
II is said at the yard unoficially that
Admiral Wood, in charge of the First
Naval District Is not in favor of service
men competing with civilian mines
Barry's sailors had a full schedule
which included most of the fast college
ContingentS in the country.
1t is known that there has been some
feeling among the enlisted personnel of
the navy that the baseball stars dropped
into easy herths. Almost all of the
major leaguers were made chief yeomen
and have been doing work which is also
done ably by young women enlisted as
ycomen.
Even the ball players themselves have
been feeling that clerical naval work
was not just what they wanted, and
rabbit" Maranville, the former star
shOrtstOp of the Braves, quit the reserve
force to take his chances with the first
class Seamen. He Is now on the high
seas.
other ball players probably will fol-
low suit They include Ernie Shore,
Mike McNally, Herb Pennock, Del
Gamer, Jim Cooney, Chick Shorten, all
of the Red SoX, and Arthur Rico and
Henry Schneider, of the Braves.
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PERRY MAKES SWELL START
AS BIG LEAGUE MOUNDSMAN
Husky "A" Find Allows One Run Each in Opening
Games and Both Were Scored on Decided
FluNeS

S has been often told, the bulk of
Athe great stars of the diamond were
picked up for a song or absolutely moth.
ing. They were dug up out Of the brush
while in the budding stage. Playing
long shots requires restraint, but that
it does pay once i'm a while to put down
a small bet on the l00-to-l flyers has
been demonstrated in all games of haz-
ard-and baseball is one of those games.
Connie Mack may not have unearthed
Walter Johnson in Scott Perry, but at
least he has picked up ON a mere chance
a twirler who not only brought home a
victory over the great Walter the first
time he faced him, but whose work in
his previous appearance warrants the
hope that he at last has secured an
Oth,r regular big league hurler.
Cy Perkins is the gent who tipped Off
the eager Mr.. Mack to the big buNmau,
who is a big fellow sure enough and has
his best working days in the hot weather
when the steam looscns his massive
joints. Perkins caught Perry two soa-
sons ago, when he won twcnty-six games
for the Atlanta team, a squad that fin
ish-l fifth in that circuit. And as to
ju.s why neither Fred Mitchell nor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24

George Stallings gave tho big fellow a
chance never has been explained. but
anyhow, he disappeared from view last
year and performed as a scmi-prC hurler
in and about Chicago, reappearng at
Atlanta this spring, Just here Connie
grabbed him when Cy passed the good
word along.
In Perry's two games in an Athletic
uniform he has proved that he had
everything that camp gcrbes and -
players prophosicd. lie has shown the
usual line Of staple commodities. besides
a good head and the constitution of a
truck. It took eight hits from Boston
10 get its only run against him, and then
only a bum piece of umpirinG prevented
the contest from being extended into
extra rounds. with the batting backing
or but one scratch single, however. the
big fellow really had no show in his
first start
10 tool, seven hits for Washington Ia
get run. and even then it also required
miserable migcuc I'm the form Of a
mutfed pop-up. I'm all it took fifteen hits
10 get two from him I'm the two games
both Of which under ordinary conditions
would have been ghut-outs. ono swell
big league start, we should say
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
ST WAR NOTE FROM WASHINGTON: WALT JOHN
COACHES AND TRAINERS RUSH
TO COLORS AND UPSET PLANS
OF COLLEGES FOR COMING YEAR
S. 0. S. Sign Already Sounding From Institu-
tions Seeking Football nstructors-Physi-
cal Conditioners Will Be Used for Aviators

IE peculiar And the big
= dhculy has been made to meet
developments light and another revision OF
10 Illustration point be cited than
keep their athletic pro-
necessarily first
would be the proper scheme
the time show
The eNponens Of this
which in all good in
impractical 1t did not
participants blanket to
dnatured with
This the mistake be remeded Nearly all institutions
intercollegiate basis
already dreamed of
coaches and trainers
good teams
poorly and the
the
with the Y. NJ G. A.
And 10y the that
already number colleges distress signal They
coaches of anybody who knows
anything will
be eligible for job with naturally volunteering is diff
cult to take
AMONG football coaches
Aaone University West Point
Williams Washington
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CAREY WILL CAPTAIN
THE OLD PIRATE CREW

As Honus agncr has retired. Max
Carey will be the field captain of the
Pirates this year. Carey we'll rec
$4,000 in salary for playing center field
ana $500 extra for leading the payers.
But when it comes down to cases Carey
will have little or nothing to say mas
much as Manager Hugo BeZdrE pos
scsscs oratOriCal powers that will be
used to convince umpires that they have
made mistakes. Carey probably. has
been appointed captain in order to let
him draw some more money. He has
made an annual kick for increased sal
airy over since he first became Pirate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
Trainers viii Condition AUiators

FRANING promises
L And 70 o
being rounded
charge of the fighters Of the air
The special college Uncle Sans
the being possible a
ut planned physical
their hazardous athletes
athletic
Camp has
this
these being
of of
will the
o y. M c. A.
is
The varsity basis has been accepted
public
of
couns coaching and training
value. this the o decide.
MATTERS would
n from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24

there once always make it a min, =.
return. punt 10
Here are more decisions NJ tho r,u...
states Golf Association; Si''e
@. The A golf club and IN, n
club hold medal play competItlor. sou
the same day, the A golf club yno,o, r,S,S on
playing over the course used ~, ,u'
golf club members, or vice vorss 'S y.
the B golf club pass a local ruls ,,,Sana
to its members who also belong - Ing a
\ golf club the privilege Of nualIsdas s
hrst with the A golf club and later ~ ~
day over the b golf club course? III Wv
A. There Is no reason why tba
CLUB and the b golf club should no, nSat Oa
local rule in order that the rnsr,S.ss'
or both clubs may have the privilss. -
playing In the different tourpa-.s-V'.1 "
given on the same day by these clubs
Committee Right
q, In a kicker's handicap each n,sv..
selected his own handicap and m ~.
making the nearest net score 10 mar "a y.
the winner A and B tied AZ ona ~
par and in playing off tie A won fs,sN,
cen holes, same handicap and claIr.s
b was eliminated instead Of taking -.
ond place. G and r tied at two nv,
par, there being three prizes. ana ~
play-oft G won. The committee awarass
\ first. b second and c third prize Wa
this correct?
a. The committee was correct IN N.
awarding of the prizes, as A and b tlss
for first and second prizes and not IA.
| first prize only.
The Amateur Problem
/ Q. Can member of a golf club an.
/ gagged in the sale and manufacture 4,
golf clubs continue as a member OF ali
golf club, provided he does not enter snv
amateur golf competitions?
Two. Is the official standing of such
club as a member Of the L. S. G. A. an,
fected by the fact that such membs,
is engaged In the manufacture and sal,
of golf clubs?
A. Yes.
Two No. so long as the member doel
not compete I'm any amateur golf eyents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
BY BILL BELL

York will meet JOHNNY WolEast. Of Michi-
gan, in the s"mlwind-up.
steve Morris, who has sis STRAIGHT *. o.
Victories to his credit, has been siEucd to
meet Joe CLANCY, a brother Of George, at
the Olympia. Monday evening, May q.
Harry Boyle. the Bristol hEhtvcight. who
recently defeated Young Murphy. Of Buf-
falo. In that city, is anxious to get started
against the leadins men in his class.
Chuck Virgins, the western middlrweight,
has started training for his bout with *. o.
LOughln, Of South Bethlehem. They meet
in tho semfnal TO the Jack Thompson Bill
Tate contest at the Olympia. Monday
evening,
Young RObideau, the local bantam, is got
! ting some amateur boxers In shape for tho
anna teur boxing tournament that is to be-
/ held at the National A. A. Thursday eve
| ming. May o.
| X. o. EEgers, the New York bantam viii
! oppose Gussiu Lewis. NJ this city. In IN,
. final bout at the CamhSia FRIDAY evening
! Bobby Dovlc. Of New York. will face Littl,
| Rear under tho management Of Joe Blum
! In the scmiwind-up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
TOrontO's Kick Over Lajoie Likely Futile

THE appeal
- SELL
not likely anywhere
well all in
International
without
defunc had
Lajoe would
doubt like that of asking baseball
nothing" what's the difference?
illustration
Of complaint could be
ente him to have his
shot 70 plecesth the original Russian
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
The Amateur Problem
Tender to Meet Willie Jackson

Lew Tender, Philadclpha's leading
lightweight, has been matched to meet
Willie Jackson, of New York, in a
twclve-round bout next Monday evening
at New Haven. Jackson was originally
scheduled to meet Irish Patsy Cline, but
the latter was injured while doing his
road work last Sunday in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
Club Spells Hospitality

Atlantic city is well bunkered and in
spite of the fact that so many thousands
play over II during a years time it
shows no sign of wear. There is no
course in the country that is played over
to such an extent as the links at North
field but the upkeep is the keynote of
the big tournament, and those who play
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
BingLeS and BungIeS

SOMETHING IN 4 NAME
YOu map be a great hurlCr,
Cal Cum;
4 rCD'ldr hdir-curicr.
cat CrUu,
BUt the CiuH OF NCGrur
SUCiU hdHRiCd YOu rdiU--
'TWdS q riot zee SutU,
MlStCT CTulu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
Kraft Back With Fort yorth

Scranton. Pa, April 24.-Clarence
Kraft. former wilkes Barre first base
man and by many termed the player
who brought about the Federal League
several years ago, has settled his salary
dispute with Fort Worth, of the Texas
League, and has reported for duty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
Ready to Start Worlds Series in NeV York

ALREADY a o them
"A
the
actually grab a
Giants make race
but he claims virtually everything following
a
threatens a
"They nd for a I case
with While
enlistment Mraws champions
There immediate danger
the
y probable eon-cuttn due ext October
Alexander and Kefer whose departure
bolster
with Kiduh Elliott and
out Fred Ton its Dodgers ALREADY
have to the and five
ha eel
WOULD a the
o military reach In snatch some
public might a baseball race
rat a
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Risky to Take Chances on Name of Smith

rlE baseball proportion
dcult 10
ali Of
outlining willow j.
The
Nc straight hits a former Toronto
ne haftor snith
I&onItdb
tnIfpa2 has training
-1 --A l--A ALLaIL q lnlgn1na
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lho victory OF the Giants over tho Braves.
The Dodgers have not won game. II
place
The Indians punched hits against the
Browns. behind Coumbo. and ne won his
rst game Of the season.
A triplc by Baird enabled the Cardinals
to sneak home ahead Of the Pirates.
LctiU inter alio,rcd tcwcr hits than
Br'SN''r, bu' INC RcdS punched their bingic'
ul boutHg The cubs.
Young man named ITogg gavo the Dodgers
beating in Philadelphia.
Yesterdays hero-Ping Bodic. lie dropped
ilN hall nt Boston 80 fHS that when II,
picked il III tho winning run had crossed
the plate.
HCrb ThorwahLcn, ,Yaahcc. recruit pitcher
JUt 10 dcrciOpCd into the uicioyU.
Douglas Baird. released by tho Pirates
returned tho compliment by busting on
a triple and then scoring the sixth an,
winning run for the Cardinals over tn
Pttsburghcrs.
Six in a row for the Giants, and tho,
open today in Brooklyn.
Aspen \. G.. would like to hear from sev
onteon and cghtecn-year-old teams havin
grounds. Thomas Hoscy manager, 232
Aspen street
Fillmore \. \. would like to hear fror
frst-class hpm" teams in Pennsylvania an
Edwin Lcech. manager, 2Ii7 North From
/ street.
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Johnny Mealy Enlists

Another Quaker City boxer has joined
the forces Of Uncle Sam. This time II
Is Johnny Mealy. a high-class light
weight. Yesterday Mealy enlisted in
the United States naval reserves.
Meaiy has been handled by Bobby Gun
mis- for two seasons. An injury to his
nose has kept Johnny out OF the ring for
more than four months. He is brother
OF Tommy O'Malley, who recently cap
tured the 135-pound amateur champion
shin in the national tourney in Boston.