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New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
The Eleventh Hour

Wilhelm Hohenzollern is religious
man. He reads the Bible Perhaps.
like most ignorant men, he is supersti-
tious. If SO, his kind friends in Hol-
land might call his attention to the
curiously important part the number
eleven has played in the history of the
little drama in which he started out as
the hero and ended as the arch villain.
The war came to an end on the elev-
enth hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month. Turning to the elev-
enth verse of the eleventh chapter of
the eleventh book of the Bible we find
this:
wherefore, the LORD said uuto
Solomon, Forasmtch as this is done
of thee, and thou hast not Kept mn
co0emamt and my statutes, auhich
haze commanded thee, / aoW surely
rerd the Kingdom from thee, and aUiU
giue 1t to thy seruant"
A curious analogy surely. The hard
headed will find it an odd coincidence of
no significance. Wilhelm Hohenzolleru.
brooding, with the faces of starving
women before his eyes, the cries Of chill
dren in his ears, his world dream shat
tered, his kingdom gone, and the shadow
of his own doom lowering near, NAV see
in the Bible verse a prophecy that has
been all too we'll fulfilled.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
10 Camoens in Mesopotamia
tfrom Scrtbnor'8)

(Trone scrsbnor's)
1.-TWO small black tones that saw the light
Il In Lisbon scores of years ago,
wanderers friend have often proved
Amid the desert or the snow.
When first | turned the yelowed leaves
Twas mong the palm trees of Brazil.
Now in the caliphs' land find
Their magic unabated still.
And when the sweltering troopship streamed
Through Ormuz Strait meath molten sky,
The sea-worn galleons of Camoens
Seemed there at anchor riding high.
Upon the housetops of Bagdad
I've read of Inez' luckless fate.
And mid the scorching desert dust
Heard stout da Gama's sailors prate
In long sea watches, of the bout
That once was held in London town,
'Twixt twelve of England's sturdy knights
And Portuguese Of far renown
Now in pursuit of cautious Turk,
With kit reduced to the absurd,
One volume still I've brought and read
Among the mountains of the Kurd.
And I've scrawled these vagrant lines
To offer thanks where they are due,
For many a weary moment cheered
BY these companions tried and true.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Bolshevisn

1t is now intellectually fashionable to
be a little daft on the subject of Boil
shevism. Political feeling is ridden by
the fear that this strange and ungovern-
able disease will spread everywhere. In
lieu of specific, measures of the strict
est quarantine are urged.
In Washington you find nearly every
one saying, and many believing, that the
war ended just in time to save the whole
world from the terrible experience of be-
ing swallowed up by the Bolsheviki
Remedies and palhatives are increasingly
discussed
In another column we print the letter
of correspondent who thinks we must
find what people seek in Bolshevism, then
call congress OF all classes and proceed
TO assimilate our "proletariat."
We beg our correspondent to consider
the fact that ro.oletoriot and bourgeoisie,
the reddest words in the reds vocabu-
larry, are unfamiliar to American news
paper readers. They mean two things
which are practically non-existent in this
country
Literally, proIetariat means the indi-
gent laboring class; bourgeoisie means
a middle class owning all the property
not already preempted by the very rich
You cannot properly recognize the ex-
istence of either proletariat or middle
class III country where restrictions
upon the use of gasolene in private auto
mobiles threatened to reduce the output
of coal, because SO many coal miners
were used to go to and fro between the
mines and their homes in their own
motor cars.
Fear of Bolshevism in America is an
unsound political emotion. 1t rests upon
false assumption, namely, that people
AAO 90 AtOSii oilhc SOCldl1y SS pdLuOlOgl-
cally, so that an idea germ, like cholera
or influenza germ, can suddenly sweep
over all the races of the earth. It is
not so.
The American people are immune from
Bolshevism in its European forms. In
this country Lenine was like typhoid
germ in what doctors call typhoid car
rier-perfectly harmless to his host.
We are a flexible people, Every citi-
zen has his own Bolshevist thought tow
ard something, and enough of the spirit
OF revolt to keep him politically healthy.
He can stand more of that wine without
losing his head than the citizen of any
other nation. He is still greater than his
institutions, which are but his own crea-
tions. And he is the most prosperous
citizen in the whole world, not because
the resources of this country are excep-
tional, but because he is flexible, free. ad
venturous and self-restraining.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

propaganda to Edgar Sisson and Carl Byoir.
men of the highest ability. They have at
their disposal the help of Professor Robert
B. Whiting.
Mentioning further the vast field for the
propaganda, especially the necessity Of Civ
ing through foreign channels and the prop
America coming from America direct. as for
many years they had such information COM
ing through foreign channels and the prop
uganda in Russia-the author remarks the
immense force of this gigantic organization,
saying:
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
List of Corrected Names

French. German
Strasbourg instead Of Strassburg.
Colmar instead of Kolmar.
Mulhouse instead Of Mulhausen.
Saverne instead of Zabern.
Wissembourg instead of weissemburg.
Thionville instead of Didenhofen.
Sarreguemines instead of Saargumines.
Moorhanges instead of Moshingen.
Ste. Marie-aux- Mines instead of Markirch
Massevaux instead of Westminster.
Dannemarie instead of Dammerkirch.
Sarrebonrg instead of Saarburg.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Where For, Berger?

tFrom The Ne,c Orleans Times -Pcay9rel
Since Victor Berger Socialist Congress
man-elect from Milwaukee, is reported
under indictment on charges involving vo-
Iation of the espionage law, it appears lus'
little uncertain whether he will so 70
Congress or 80 Jail.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

The Editor and Publisher, in announc-
ing the results of its Liberty Loan edi
torial contest, awards The Tribune a
certificate of distinguished merit" for
"On This Altar" The writer was Ralph
Block. "a
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
From One Who Knows

(Fro,n The Detroit Free Press
Ohio is reported to have gone dry. ".
can tell Ohio that a boozeless state fsn
half bad after you get used TO It,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
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New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

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The evening world., 1918-05-21
DIVORCE FOE FROM
HIS S2,OOO,OOO,OO0
HERE, SAYS PALMER
Alien Property Custodian for
Roofing Out Enemy Cap
ital in u. s.

DETROIT. May 81. A. Mitchell
Palmer, Alien Property Custodian.
would halt forever German indus
trial colonization in the United states
and uproot II Throughout the Western
Hemisphere.
Mr.. Palmer declared to-day that
Germany had built upon the shores
Of this country a great financial and
Industrial structure having a money
value OF 5000, 900, 900 and Il potential
economic and political value far
greater and designed to hold Ameri-
can industry or TO Illustrate the or.
g%anization OF our in case OF
war.
Two hundred American corporations
were controlled by the financial and
military power in Germany. he said,
leading to a situation hat might
easily have been fatal in America
had II not been discovered in time.
These corporations arc making huge
war profits, and this Government is
put into the position OF fostering
them for their owners and turning
these profits over after the war, un-
less Congress dictates otherwise.
"A significant phase OF Germany's
plan to COLOMBO. subdue ana control
the world has been the planting OF n
great industrial and commercial arm
on American soil" he said. at the
time the world war began in 1914 that
army had become so large and power
ful and was so firmly cntrcnchcd in
the industrial life Of our country that
It's real commanders in Germany cher
ished tho hope that II would prove
the m"akeweight which would keep
America out Of the war. or failing in
that constitute n powerful ally Of the
German cause in u very midst.
Tho Government nOw finds itself
with "A large organization at its "
expense preserving property which
was placed here originally as a hos
tile act looking to the conquest of
America. We may he put in the POSI-
ton OF r%cwarding that hostile act by
generous returns under our manage
mcnt OF the capital invested.
"Or II tho Congress shall conclude
pt tho termination Of tho war 10 deny
10 the owners the profits which have
been made certain by tho war which
Germany has thrust upon the world
there IS still a possibility that when
the var is over these properties will
be restored TO their owners and Ger
many will DO permitted 10 go on
whore sho left Off in building a great
Industrial and commercial army 10
aid her In some future plan OF con
quest. Shall we permit 1t?
Il would let Germany understand
now that her plan has dismRlly failed
I would divorce utterly and forever
all German capital from American
idustry."
The evening world., 1918-05-21
GERMAN ALIENS SENTENCED
TO JAIL FOR DISOBEYING LAW
One Failed to Register With Gov
eminent and Another Entered
the ForbiddekZone.

Fred Mueller, n German alien living
at No. 2G2 Bowcry, was sentenced yes
terday to the Mercer County, n. j.,
JAN for sixty days for falling to
register. lie told officers Of tho New
York Port Allen Bureau that he
born In Germany and had been
In this country fifteen years. He gave
as the reason he failed 70 REGISTER
II did not look good enough 10 have
my photograph t~"'o~"
Max Kochierschiedt, another Ger.
man, got thirty days in the same jal
for being found in "A forbidden zone
lie was born in Elberfeld, Germany
thirty-siX years ego, and came to this
country in 1912. lie was employed IN
q bakery.
Gustave Paul Richter. who was or
rested last fall for making slurring
remarks about America, Snd after
spending six months on Ellis Island
VAS paroled, was questioned yesterday
at the Alien Enemy Bureau. lie will
probably be informed for the duration
Of the war. as ne Is very bitter against
the United States.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
Why Be Wrinkled
and Old Looking?

"The bottle of Usit has completely
cleared my face of the horrible wrin-
kles that were such an eyesore to my
daughters, my grandchildren and to
me. II is a Godsend to wrinkle suf-
fering humanity" When Usit is reg
ularly applied for a reasonable time
wrinkles disappear, the skin regains
It's former smoothneSS, plumpness and
color. Rough SKINS are made Smooth;
sallow, dry, faded compleXions get
back their natural freshness from its
use. and il is also a fine treatment for
sunburn, ~freckles, b~lackheads and
many forms of eczema.
Department stores and leading
druggists can supply Usit, II is not a
cream or paste, but a pure nut-oil
liquid. Use 1t at night.
Beauty specialists everywhere are
giving treatments with Usit, recog-
nizing It's wonderful benefit to the
cJ.apleAiyn.-Adyt,
The evening world., 1918-05-21
BROWNING GUNS At
CAMP DIX FOR TEST
First Machine Arms Arrive and viii
BE Tried Under Eye of
Gen. Scott, Approver.

CAMP DIX. y. J., May 2i.-Thc
first of the Browning machine guns
assigned TO the National Army here
arrived Yesterday. and ordnance
officers anxious to SEQ the much dis
cusscd gun in action arc preparing to
give 1t an immediate field test.
Tho llght Browning, or automatic
rifle. has been thoroughly tried out
in target and field work here during
two months, and having been shown
to be the most satisfactory automatic
rifle in use, the machine gun. follow
ing the same general plan of construc-
tlon. has been the subject Of many
enthusiastic predictions.
one OF the most Interested spccta-
tors when the guns are tested here
VIII be Major Gen. Scott, who was u
member Of the army board that APP
proved the original Browning plans.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
WESTERN FRONT
SAVED BY RUSSIA,
LADY PAGET SAYS
Red Cross Nurse There, She
Tells of Hopeless Fight
by Stricken Empire.

Lady Muriel Pagct, who served on
tho Russian front as n British Rcd
Cross nurse, and who wears tho Or
der Of Regina conferred by queen
Mario Of Roumania, the Russian
Medal OF ST. George and the order
OF tho British Empire. to-day ex-
planned to 1000 people in city Hail
Park why tho United States must
back up President Wilson and stand
by Russia. Lady Paget said:
81 came to this country as a British
refugee knowing that you here in
America feel as many OF us in Eng
land feel. that the Russians have de-
serted us.
Those Of us who nrc quick 10 criti-
cise Russia do not realize as I, who
have been there. what she has done
for us. DO you know that II II had
not been for the wonderful. inspiring
stand made by tho brave soldiers OF
Russia that tho Germans would have
won long ago on the western front?
"Will you persist that a nation
cannot and will not Aght when I tell
you she suffered 100000 casualties,
and that to-day on the hillsidcs and
the bleak planes OF that stricken land
there are 1000. 900 soldiers graves?
Russia has fought and she has
suffered. do you here In the United
states know. as | have positive proof,
that COO. 900 Russians starved 20 death
in Germany while they were prison
ers there?
How could a nation fight whcr It
had but one rifle for every twelve
fighting men? But those Russians
fought even though they were de-
Irived Of guns. They faced the Ger
mans with knives and spades and did
not give up until dead or wounded.
III the Allies had carried on their
propaganda OF help and good cheer In
Russia-if We had inoculnted that
country with hope and bright PROS
poets to countoract the insidious mi
The evening world., 1918-05-21

men whose local boards had told them
they probably would not be called I'M
til midsummer.
A flustered young man from Bay
Ridge made a mad rush for the drug
store just before train time. Got
to get a tooth brush-forgot all about
Unmarried yesterday-can't think of
anything" he explained on the run.
And then there was the calm Fer
dinand Bagley, No. 100 Sterling Place,
Brooklyn, who, having forgotten
nothing, had time to tell his tale.
Uncle Sam certainly is rushing
into the war;" he said. Take re. for
instance. Tried twice to enlist.
Turned down both times. Along
comes my number In the draft and
the Medical Board says I'll do but
won't be called until June or July.
H~I everything fixed to get married
tomorrow night invitations out,
ring engraved, everything. Then on
Saturday morning | get orders to re-
port to-day. Lot of telephoning. Tax
lcabs. New ring. Married Saturday
night. Sunday and Monday with
Charlotte-and here I am"
But Bagleys record was beaten by
Giacomo C~olumbana OF Coney Island.
He didn't get his notice until yester-
day morning. Seven hours later he
was married, and this morning he
vas on time for the Fort Slocum train.
There were n dozen or two OF other
men who had married within the last
three or four days, and the suit case
Of one OF them spilled q few betraying
The evening world., 1918-05-21

crobes OF Germany. Russia would
still be fighting on our side.
only those Of us who were there
know what Russia suffered before the
great collapse. There was put
urgeo for every 1000 wounded Sold
iers These medical men had 10 oper-
ate under the most awful conditions
among swarms " flies and other in
scots.
Il remember one scene at a hospl-
tai. There were 1000 wounded men
packed inside and 1000 patiently. si-
lently waiting outside. The few sur
geons In attendance had no instru-
mcnts, so they had to operate with
hammers and chisels on the unfor-
tunates. Is It necessary for mc to go
into more details to give you an OPP
portunity 10 visualize that picture?
While We nurses stood alongside
the doctors bullets from the nearby
trenches frequently passed over
operating tables and buried them-
themselves In the walls. But the
surgeons took that as a matter OF
course.
For three months the Red Cross
on the Russian front slept every
morning from 3 o'clock until 7
o'clock. During the entire remainder
OF the time they worked with almost
superhuman energy. That Is what
the Rcd Cross Is doing everywhere"
Iadv gpt's addreas WAS delivered
at Liberty Bell. where the Mayors
Committee of Women on National
Defense Is conducting u Red Cross
drive. To-day Mrs. John h. Hylan.
wife OF the Mayor. pinned Red Cross
buttons on contributors. Mrs. ". A..
Flood was acting chairman OF to-
days rally.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
Twenty Years "a Life Term for
staurat

A sentence 0. from twenty years 20
life imprisonment In SIM Sing was i'm
posed yesterday by Supreme Court Jus
tlce Van Siclen In BROOKLYN on Pelle-
grino MoTano. proprietor OF the Santa
Lucia restaurant. Coucy Island, Morano
was convicted OF murder in the second
degree I'm killing Nicholas Morello and
Charles UbriaCo at Johnson and Navy
Streets, Brooklyn. in September, 1916.
IL was charged that Moran0 was associ-
ated with the NAVY street. Brooklyn.
murder gar A~lessandro Nollerc, Lead
or Of the band. is awaiting execution at
Sing Sing for the murder.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
THREE ESCAPE FROM CELLS.
Prisoners Flee T~enderIoin Police
station aud Rcmain U~ncauEht.

Three men escaped from cells in the
West 3Oth Street Police station early
yesterday and were still at large last
night. While detectives were search
ing for them. Policeman Charles
Roesch. in charge Of the cells when
tho escape was made, was suspended
by Acting Commissioner Leach pend
ing an investigation.
The fugitives are Joseph Nolan,
thirty-three, No, l2S West seth Street,
arrested at midnight Sunday charged
with taking n watch from a man in
Bryant Park, and two negro oldiers
who had been arrested by AN army
officer and were being held for re-
turn to Camp Upton.
A piece Of wire found In Nolan's
cell Is basis for the theory that the
locks were picked.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
HIGH GERMANS WON
TO ROBBERY POLICY,
SAYS KRUPPS' MAN
Head of Ordnance Plants Po-
litical Department Admits
Responsibility for War.

LONDON, May 21.-The Daily
News has received from Berne, Swift
aerland. a diary compiled by DR..
Muchlon, one OF the directors OF
krupps during the first three months
OF the war.
The text remains unchanged. but
Or. Muchlon Is Withholding from pub.
l~ication sections Of his diary dealing
with the activities OF the Krupps firm.
The names Of personalities mentioned
In the diary are also withheld, but
they all, as can easily be understood,
figured and still figure among the
greatest in Germany.
The diary was complied by one who
was head of the political department
at KruEps, and it will help historians
! not only to Ak the responsibility for
war, in so far as that has not been
settled by Prince Lichnowsky, but to
know also, the sentiments which pre-
vailed in high German circles at It's
outbreak. | have been permitted TO
read the manuscript and | send ID
summarized form, a few entries. The
first gives at somewhat greater length
the text OF DR.. Muehlon's well known
charges against the German Govern
ment. Others are:
Aug. l6--News from Berlin-A
man who has lust conferred with
the Naval and Foreign Office
Secretaries and military chief
tells us all are in high spirits.
Everything goes like clock"ork
and in a few days the German
Army will be all over France. lie
says the German fleet has looked
for the British fleet in vain.
Aug. 27-Under the direction OF
the Foreign ONCE great and I'M
scrupulous efforts are being made
to capture Governments, Deputies.
writer's, journalists and all neu-
trails. | will not speak here OF the
methods, but / doubt their sue
cess.
Aug. 2s-I spoke yesterday
about my doubts with a large
circle OF prominent men, but no.
body shared my views. I'VE must
win the war by any means Is
their refrain.
Sept. 81 had another onver
sation with the great Industrial
magnatcs about the division OK
the spoils. An unabashed robber
policy prevails. Ono speaker de-
clares that his industrial col.
leagues, Thyssen, SHINES and
kirdorf, have thrown all their in
Huence upon the side OF a policy
Of force.
Sept 29-Laconic but informing
messages from the front from a
man who has come from head
quarters, where the Emperor re-
ceived him, says tho outlook Is
unsatisfactory. | need not go into
the disputes, but II Is clear tho
German higher command did not
reckon on a serious opposition
from the French near Paris and
had not seen an cHcm" army
which hurled our army back.
oct. 81 have had a talk with n
OF our best known hnanc!crs. He
SAYS he only wants Longwy and
Rricy from France, because OF
their ore wealth, and the greater
part Of Belgium, including Brgs-
perial Chancellor and Foreign
Secretary seem TO him UNITED
for obtaining such terms.
The anal entry, which Is mot dated
read:
representative Germans who old
me, TO my amazement, that we
had wllled the war and could
easily have prevented IL.
In n brief and moving preface e
the diary DR.. Muehlon urges tho Ger
man people to seek the whole truth.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
MAY NOT PAY HOUSTON'S MEN
1000 Agriculture Employees In De-
ferred Class, House Hears.

WASHINGTON. May Ell An Nd
mlnistration bill carrying Sll.7l2.2SS
for the Department OF Agriculture In
stimulating food production was
amended by the House yesterday to
forbid IN OF the money going for
salaries OF employees OF the depart
ment to whom deferred classification
in tho army draft vas given.
Representative Mclaughlin of Mlchi-
gan said Secretary Houston had certi-
fled more Than 900 employees. OF his
department for deferred classification,
and Representative Nader OF Illinois
said the section approprlatlnS 80 lOO'
OO TO promote conservation would on
able more men OF draft z TO escape
military service. A final vote on the
bill was not reached.
The evening world., 1918-05-21

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The evening world., 1918-05-21
DRAFT CALL SETS
BRIDAL BELLS GOING
LIKE FIRE ALARMS
Many in To-Day's Quota for
Fort Slocum Barely Had
Time for Ceremony.

wedding bells have been ringing
like fire alarms in and about New
York since the latest hurry-up call
OF draft men for the National army.
And this morning. when a contingent
Of e27 men shuffled through the lower
corridors of the Grand Central station
ITO their Fort slocum train. there were
several who confessed they had
scarcely had time to get acquainted
with their new wives.
The trouble RAJ hat the call to the
eolors had been sent out suddenly to
The evening world., 1918-05-21
WILL ATTACK INDICTMENT.
Newark German PAPER Men Enter
Pleas Of Not Guilty.

Not guilty pleal were entered yes
terday by the owners and editors Of
tho New Jersey Frele Xeitung OF
Newark to a new indictment charg-
ing conspiracy TO disseminate false
information to obstruct military oper-
ntionB.
Benedict and Edwin s. Prieth, own
ers, and Hans Won Hundelshausen,
Henry Waechter and william Won
Khtzeler. editors. pleaded before Fed
Of application TO enter n demurrer
THIS course was followed when two
previous indictments were found.
The evening world., 1918-05-21
EXPLOSION KILLED It's.
More Mny lie Added 10 hctns plant
Death list.

OAKDALE. May -. - Locomotive
,uggins Al cables attached 20 the stand
ing framework and heavy debris NJ
the Aetna Chemical Company plant
to-day cleared the way to more bodies
among the ruins. The official list Of
the dead Ftood at 40. with a possible
100 or more to add to that toll.
Investigation went on with the quc5-
habitual use In the plant Of chemical
substances forbidden IN Government
bulletins issued several months nro.
The evening world., 1918-05-21

grains Of rice on the Gray floor Of
the station.
Most OF the men who went out this
morning were from Brooklyn, Bayside
and other points on Long Island. And
after they had gone another crowd
men for the lilo train to Fort Slocum
this afternoon.