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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
LEST WE FORGET.

As the people of the United today the first of the disclosures ncompeency the depart ment which the probe of the Senate Committee Military A
 fairs has begun lay ba they will forget that they received warning of the truth of all these things Major Leonard Wood nearly two Before the and house military affairs he testified frankly regard to the departments deficiencies ordnance and and supplies of all kinds that he angccd every burcaucra responsible for the shortages and became the for sSent persecution by pacis proGemans apprehensivc poll
 and pubnd bureaucrats that has continued
 But General Wood derred from telling the the
 truth and last January he told the again all about the the department the mudde regard to machine the shortage of rifles and artillery of all Soon thereafter he lost his job and that he has been shuned about the country from pillar post
 Nevertheless and notwithstanding he has persisted telling the people the truth about the disregard the c feet his To date he has been denied conduct of the with his abilities He still the victim of petty and all of islanders Latey German propaganists. unable the country that Secretary Humility has been shot spy diligently circulating the canard that General Woods health impaired that he be chief of command France
 This islander of with the islander against Secretary Tu muy The latter loyal and alive than General WOod we'll and and ready for the heaviest burden that the nation may call him to shoulder. Let forget that he told the truth and that he paying the price today for that
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Hoover is urging the hotels and smaller portions guests i'll the dining He had trouble in getting that recommendation followed but he is meeting with less getting the hotels and charge for their homeopathic meals.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

The burden of the mail these days is divided between the canned stuff by the governments publicity agents and advertisements for oil mining railroad and other stocks which hoped may be printed Of course goes the basket.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

Dr. Cook complains that McAlilan to pole therefore speak with authority whether doctor got there But McAllan the end of the along which could be The end o was four hundred miles south o the pole Doc still liar and gentleman.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

Sugar Administrator Rolph that prObitiOn has driven sodas thus helped produce sugar shortage This nation be headed right
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If the metal shortage is acute, let the laundrcS by putting less pin i'll the fried shirt.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

Tobacco the Ohio experimental station. kills pests We found Some of them would forever if gave them tobacco.
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Big Bill Haywood of Russia, except few provinces where both principle and have majority
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02

West Virginia authorities have seized automobile with radiator filled with whskcy They got wliff o its breath
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In many reputations made Also maj ladders puncturcd.
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,ssble to impress the baby with any of these food
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fellowships have entered various
branches Of military service In the
American army or the armies Of the
European Allies. A number were &C.
cepted in the aviation service, others
In the engineering departments or
camoufiage corps. All the other fel-
lows, and every member Of the adj.
ministrative force. have undertaken
Red Gross work or war service
among the refugees In italy. Lieu
tenant e. ]. WILLIAMS has charge Of
American Red Cross activity In the
province Of Genoa, Lieutenant Schultz
Is running canteen at Ancona that
supplies $4,000 Italian soldiers with
food each week, and Lieutenant LAW
SON Is looking after the pensions for
italian families who have relatives
In the American army. In fact, the
Academy at Rome has shown itself
thoroughly American and 100 per
cent. patriotic.
With the return Of peace there is
reason to believe that the Academy
Will continue its growth and will
fulfil It's mission Of winning for Amer
lea that knowledge Of arts and crafts
which Rome alone possesses and in
spires. Its war record has estab-
lished its right to recognition as an
American national institution.
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WARRIORS AND BASEBALL.
The Attitude Of Soldiers and Sailors
Toward the World Series.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir. 7
read an editorial article In Tur Srx
on Sunday entitled Worlds Series "
and undoubtedly I would bave b..n i'm
pressed had I not been convinced tha,
the writer was sadly mI,,nformsd con.
corning the status Of professional hs..-
ball amons the soldier. ana solor.
The yirtu. NJ q u,or,d,s ..r,.. ,h,.
according IN tho art,o,. 4, o,..,,.,
seem. TO rest on the fact that ~. ,r.n
in service are ,nteps.,v ,n,.r.s,.a 49,
for this reason mora than ony o,,.u a..
Series should .nd ms, y. 80 ~
picture ~ sailor. rush,ro ..har. -.
their shins m crowd into III. hi, .,,.
and OF soldiers in France cl.mor,na ~,
the scores would he thoronshI,, go,
Ing ~ il contained any a,.ment =, 80
The article Furthermore. co.s ~ =. 80.
that NJ course m. rs.nl,. =, 81. s.,I
games will he nashad 10 all sh,n.
the OCEAN
II is ouite tru. thu, ma, - 49,.
service are fond ~ hasshsu ,n, .hts
fondnsss 10 ent,r.,,. o.. a.. 10
and not for tn. profess,ona,s ,,., ~
pen 10 NAV II soldier. ara .a,,ar. 80,
basebslI among th.ms.Iv.s "a 81.
endowment from n but ,h.,r ,n..r.,
stops at that noint law .n.sr,na n,,,,
a certain amount Of conad.nc. 10 49,
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The collier Cyclops has been stricken
from the navy list and the next of kin
of her officers and men have been
officially notified that the Navy De-
partment regards the ship as lost.
This will enable the action appropri-
ate for the settlement of the estates
of deceased persons to be taken, but
II will not put period to speculation
as to the whereabouts of the vessel
and the persons who were aboard of
her when she sailed from Barbados
on March % for 9pOrt on the Allan
tic coast OF the United States.
Since that date not one single word
has been heard from the ship; not an
atom Of wreckage has been found to
indicate her fate not body has been
washed ashore to suggest what hap
pened to her. The navy, through Its
own agents and through the employees
of other departments of the Govern
ment, has made diligent search for in
formation concerning her, but not n
word has been CLEANED that would lift
the curtain that hides her fate.
The Navy Department appears to
lean to the opinion that the ship was
the victim OF Sudden terrific storm,
which caused the vessel to capslze."
1t Is idle to oppose such n theory. but
Il is difficult to accept 1t. If there
was a storm Of sufficient intensity to
send fine modern ship to the bottom
Il Is inconcelvable that 1t should es-
cane observation, and no such distur-
bance has been reported anywhere
near the course of the Cyclops. More
over, some wreckage must have
f1oated ON the surface; the bodies OF
some of the victims must have come
ashore, Yet this suppositlon Is as
easily acceptable as that which lays
her loss to shifting cargo, or as that
which has her sunk by n raider.
The only reasonable and plausible
explanation OF the dlsappearance Of
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the Cyclops put forward is that which
represents the ship as captured by the
enemy through the cooperation Of
agents on board and raider near by.
This presupposes monstrous careless
ness In the selection Of her crew, and
perfect success in an audaclous attack
on the loyal members Of her company
which Immediately silenced the radio
apparatus, thus preventing the oper-
ator from sending any call for help.
Such an explanation Is hard to &C.
cept; 1t sounds too much Like a ro-
nance Of the sea; vet It will stand
examination better than any other.
II the Cyclops Is actually lost, and
not prize of the enemy, her dlsap-
pearance furnishes one Of the most
amazing mysteries Of the sea In the
history Of navigation.
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SPARE THE DUTCH!
They Do Not Want Their Name An.
piled TO Huns.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: Be-
Ing Dutch subject. that is a subject
OF the Netherlands, have been bored
very often while listening to lecturers
on street corners to hear the speakers
allude to the Germans as "Dutchmen."
The term Dutch" is never applied by
ourselves among ourselves, for It Is not
a "Hollandisch" word. You can't And
it in our dictionary. Nevertheless it is
used in the English language
Seeing then that it is practically Eng
lish. why should English speaking peo-
pie confound Dutch with the damnable
"Deutsch"?
We have adopted some fine titles for
the kaiser's gang since We are at war
with them, such as Hun. baby killer.
sauerkrauter, limburser cheese. &C, and
in my estimation they are quite suit
able. Don't let us moderate these hits
to anything half decent
1t is impossible to speak with SUFFICIENT
pep about the Hun nowadays without
fixing a pretext to the word Dutch
man; 1t is too peaceful. too good
natured.
II the citizens OF New York require
new stock OF appropriate titles for the
animals OF the German Zoo" Just let
en- say so and will gladly forward
a good list OF about ten.
Gentlemen at registration boards
please take notice and at the coming
registration don't forget that a Dutch
subject does not mean a wilhelmstrasse
Geks (Wilhelm street lunatic).
V. A. B. VAN STATUS,
tSupposed to be neutral but with the
Allies Just as strongly
New YORK, August 81.
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Heroes DAY.

What we can do Is to bow our
heads in gratitude and lay a flower
upon the altar of remembrance. What
they have done Is everything.
Our dead, we call them, using the
falsest noun In the language. Even
the pagan mind recoils from the un.
truth of 1t. There Is no clean soul
in any prison OF Aesh but believes
that what we call death is the gate
to life: no clear eye that, regarding
the imperfections Of our ball of earth
and Its tenants, does not see that
this poor instant OF breath is not the
end. 1t could not be the end. The
riddle Of existence lies forever I'M
solved upon the table, but Providence
merclfully grants to Its creature an
intuitlve solution of his future.
A man may die at Is In the light
Of the candles, or at 25 In the glim-
mer Of the star shells. In Infinity
the question is not as to the number
Of his infinitesimally brief years, but
as to his use of them. There Is no
death but wrong; no dead men but
the evil. There Is no grief except
with those who linger. and even with
them. though their tears must fall,
pride and faith will share the hour
with sorrow.
Il want to meet my COP awake"
said CARLYLE Well, these men we
to-day remember have gone to Him
with the open eyes of truth and
honor. They stand In the sunshine
with Cons errand done.
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The I. W. W. and Its HELPERS.

Justice, proverblally leaden footed,
took a long time to catch up with
the Industrial Workers Of the World.
Their career Of lawlessness has been
long and productive Of prosperity for
their leaders. Now Big BILL HAY
WOOD must pay: pay with time and
pay with money. The history ct the
$4,000 HAYWOOD must raise as a
fine would be highly entertaining
From what sources 1t comes, or will
come. no man except an Industrial
Worker Of the World can tell. The
pool Of dollars HAYwooD has con.
trolled was fed from many pockets
misguided workers, parlor socialists,
mushy philanthropists have been on
the list Of givers.
HAYWOOD and his crew should not
suffer alone among Instructors Of the
war. They are the doors Of rough
deeds, but their purpose is the same as
that Of the more careful but not less
malicious encouragers of "conscien-
tious DIRECTORS" whose consciences are
hard to find. These enemies Of the
nation strive to keep clear of the
law, therein adding to their seditious
and sometimes REASONABLE conduct
cowardice Of kind HAYwooD's fol.
lowers seldom displayed.
The Industrial Workers OF the
World offered shining target for
the prosecution. not only because of
what they have done since war be-
gan but also because Of the crimes
they had achieved before their revo.
lutionary programme became useful
to the Kaiser. 1t must be remem.
bered that the Haywood aggregation
was a nuisance, If not a menace,
before WILHELM set the world aflre
If this were forgotten Berlin would
assert that it invented this brother
hood of thugs and point to its muir.
ders, arson. sabotage as evidence of
Prusslan efficiency. The fact Is our
own ruffians and their dupes estab-
lished the order, and lax administra.
tors Of the criminal laws allowed II
to grow in power.
We hope now to see the Govern
ment proceed against those whose
methods are more subtle than Big
BILL HAYwooDs. 1t has been proved
that the man with the bludgeon can
be brought to book; the man who
would scorn to blackjack another, but
who strives in other ways to injure
the American cause, should immedI-
ately be instructed as to the internal
operation Of penitentiary.
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THE PUZZLE OF THE SKIES.
Maybe the Planets Have Decided That
Earth Has No INTELLIGENT Life.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
regard to the comments of your corre-
spondent TT E. W. upon a statement
said TO have been made by a certain
well known New York editor to the ef-
rect that navigation OF the air as an
accomplished fact to-day was brought
ABOUT largely through mans desire IN
that direction, and that therefore, in like
manner, mans age long and persistent
desire to communicate with the planets
is In itself prophetic OF its ultimate and
certain accomplishment, ] would say
that am inclined to agree with IT.
e. VS. opinion that the latter case
IS more In the nature Of an alteration
than prophecy.
II Is a lamentable fact that some of
the brightest luminares in the intel
, iectual armament frequently 20 Off at a
tangent and indulge in fanciful imasin-
ings and inane speculations The COM
parison is idle and silly in the light OF
the new knowledge which discredits the
possibility of the e, stence of Intelligent
life upon the planets-an idea which is
now being relegated to the limbo of dis
carded mental curios and antiquated in
tellectual phantasms.
Your correspondents closing remark
10 Significant, though fear it's true i'm
port Is not fully grasped by the majority
OF your readers. l refer to his sugges-
ton that II communication with the
planets Is ever established 1t will be.
believe me. through hole in the earth 4"
To the casual reader this may appear
ABSURD, but to me 1t betrays deep re-
search by comprehensive mind. ,ndi-
Gates. an intellectual survey OF cosmic
phenomena and implies the possible dis
coVeIy OF startling truth namely. that
the planets are really subterranean. 7
would ask your correspondent II that is
his concept or whether he refers to their
possible existence outside the environ
ing periphery OF universal ultimates.
L. S, FRAY.
New YORK, August 81.
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what Is Gained By This Sort Of
Creellng?

THE EVENING SUN printed last
night n photograph furnished by the
Committee on Public Information
showing two American cavalrymen
riding down very steep hill. Other
newspapers, We have no doubt, are
publishing and will continue to pub
lish this truly Creelian exhibit OF
expert horsemanship. The legend ac-
companying the picture Is as follows
Cavalry holds its place in warfare
still. This Official photograph. taken at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, gives an In
d.cation of the training that the new
men in that branch Of our army's ser
vice are getting"
The hill down which the two cav
alrymen are made to seem to be rid
ing strnightaway in the "officlal pho
tograph" has a grade, we should say,
of more than fifty degrees; certainly
and obviously 1t is more than forty
I'VE degrees.
Unfortunately for the Committee
on Public Information the picture It.
self contains strong evidence Of So
phisticated manipulation that Is to
soy, the very steep grade Is appar-
emily obtained by the simple and in
expensive expedient Of cutting the
edges Of the Aim or print on the bias
and away from the actual horizontal
and perpendicular. This Is shown by
the circumstance that while one OF
the riders Is posed for a steep de-
scent, stirrups we'll forward and body
lying far back In the saddle, his COM
panion is depicted as jogging along
easily in the position natural for a
level road bed, his body from head
to heels at right angles to the major
axis of his mount. Mr.. CREEL's sec
ond rider could scarcely maintain such
a position while descending such a
frightful grade as the picture alleges
he would probably be pitched head
long over his horses head by the
ordinary operation of the force which
Sir ISAAC NEWTON honored with his
distinguished attention.
No living creature doubts the skill
and intrepidity of our American cav
alrymen. Nobody doubts their ability
to ride down hills almost as steep as
hills can be made by nature. But what
the Committee on Public Information
expects to gain for the winning of
the war, for the safeguarding Of de-
mocracy in the world, by officially
representing these cavalrymen as per-
forming an impossible feat on the
slope of hill made by scissors passes
our comprehension.
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they might not have been remem-
bered.
A fulfilled prophecy may always
have been a coincidence; one unful.
filled may not have been n prophecy.
Telepathy is said to require concen-
tratlon Of mind upon the idea to be
transferred but to test the existence
Of such faculty is to concentrate
attention not upon the message, but
upon the test. So in general with
what are now called psychic phe.
nomena In lieu Of an older and clearer
term. And so with many another
problem Of mental or social action,
whose subject Is the humanity which
inquiries. Applying experimental con-
ditions to these matters simply begs
the whole question, according to the
humor Of the experimenter; for the
question is Of what takes place in
the absence Of experimental condi-
lions. 1t Is nationally impossible to
solve them.
There is no better type Of these
indemonstrable mysteries than the
old case Of Immortality. People be-
lieve that they have assurances Of It
from another world; but they must
die In order to find out whether an
other world exists. And the one DOS
sible test or definition Of death Is the
inality Of the event, So far as in
tellectual certainty extends, whose
RECEIVERS life cannot be shown to have
died. Yet men say this thing has
been, and the miracle remains, be-
yond proof or disproof, for us to en-
visage as we will: almost as II there
were a purpose In mystery, to remind
vain understanding Of its llmita lions
and to force upon every one in this
or that the choice between sheer faith
and unfaith.
The sun., 1918-09-01
Art Goes 10 War.

A report from Rome says that the
war has practically caused the sus.
pension Of work at the American
Academy. This institution, which
was literally endowed by the late J.
PIERPoNT MORGAN and has been gen
erously supported by his son, the
present head of the house. by HENRY
G. FRIcK, WILLIAM n. VANDERBILT
and many others interested in Amer
lean art, was established on broad
national basis to insure to American
artists and scholars the artistic ad-
vantages enjoyed by other nations at
Rome.
Even after the European war be-
gan the Academy continued its course
almost uninterrupted. On account of
changes In the organization, and the
additional facilities offered by new
buildings, the attendance even in
creased and appointments to fellow
ships were eagerly sought by Ameri-
can students Of painting, sculpture
and architecture. With the entrance
Of the United States into the war
the character Of the Academy was
quickly changed from an art centre
to rallying point of American mill.
tary service In Italy.
The beautiful buildings of the in
stitution on Janlculum Hill. one of
the highest in Rome, have been given
up to army service. Villa Mirafiore
was turned over to the Italian Gov
ernment to be used as a hospital for
the education of disabled italian SOL
diers, and workshops for that pur-
pose were built on the grounds. villa
ChiaravigliO and Villa Aurella are
used as headquarters for the Amer
lean Red Cross, but only until they
are needed for hospital purposes. The
remaining villa is home for Ameri-
can officers In Rome.
Most Of the younger men who held
The sun., 1918-09-01
The Seas Dead Nights.

FROM the Sydney Triad
She called them with the voices Of far
lands
And with the nutelike whispering OF
reeds;
With scents OF coral where the tide re.
cedes
And thunderous echoes OF deserted strsnds
She babbled the bsrbaric lit OF tongues
Heard brokenly In dreams; she strung
the light
OF swarthy smouldering gems across
the night;
She wruns their hearts with haunting of
strange songs
She witchsd them with her ancient sor-
ceries
And 10! they knew the terrible JOY of
Gone questins where the moons last foot
step 10,
And stars hold passionlsss converse over
head
While mariners are drawn with with
ing lips
Down. down, deep down. among the voice
less dead.
ARTHUR GRIMnLu.
The sun., 1918-09-01
HOW OUR WINGED MEN WIN THEIR
RIGHT TO Fly.
New Tests Devised for Candidates for Service the Air Of the
United States



All men who have won their wings
in the United States air service are now
required to pass new heart, lung, ear
and eye test to establish their physi-
cal and mental fitness when high in
the air. and particularly to indicate
at what heights they are in a con-
dition to ny. Cadets receive a test
before they finish their schooling;
niers undergo these tests periodically
to eliminate any whose physical or
mental efficiency has become in any
way impaired.
These tests are the result OF study
and investigation by the medical re-
search laboratory at Hazelhurst Field,
Mineola, N. ~, whose stan has devised
apparatus and determined upon q
| standard examination for classifying
pilots.
To stay in the rarefied air at an ele-
walton Of 10000 feet for any length Of
time has been found to be q strain on
even the most physically perfect. 1t
has also been discovered that many Of
the most seasoned fliers cannot under
go the sudden quick changes in alti-
tude. occasioned by diving and climb
ing, without physical deterioration. 1t
was recognized as too great risk to
subject these men to actual flying
tests. So the medical laboratory at
Hazelhurst Field undertook to devise
some way OF getting the same results
by means OF a ground test.
In the early tests the pilot was
placed In a steel alright cylinder from
which the air was gradually exhausted
| and then replaced to simulate a flight
into the rarefled air of high attitudes
and back to earth, but to-day the pilot
sits comfortably in the same rooms
| with his examiners. His nose is
clamped so that he cannot breathe
through it. Over his mouth is placed
the breathing apparatus. which is con-
nected by tubes with a tank OF meas
ured air and with Instruments that
record every breath he takes. The air
Is analysed at various stages Of the
run. As fast as he exhales the air Is
| taken into a reservoir, where It Is
cleared Of carbon dioxide and then re-
turned to the tank. Gradually he
uses up the oxygen, and thus air con-
ditions Of high attitudes are duplicated.
The higher one goes up the rarer the
| air becomes; Just SO with the man
under test: after a certain time he
has consumed an amount OF oxygen
which leaves the remaining supply
equal to the oxygen available at a
certain altitude. Time takes the place
OF height in the test. "All the way
up" SO to speak, several specialists
| watch him; one his heart, pulse, and
blood pressure. one his eyes. and the
others his responses to signals and OBJ
servations. Records OF his pulse and
blood pressure are made every other
minute. The eyes are tested every
three minutes.
The man under test Is kept fairly
busy, just as he would be plotting a
plane. Before him on a table is a