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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-29

So the new divisions were sent, and
slaughtered. Again the Kaiser called
the general officers, 81 will attack
again-send more divisions" he said.
His mental processes were much
like those of New York City Editor
who, sending reporter to interview
famous man, learned that the re-
porter had been very rudely elected.
The reporter complained that he had
been kicked down the steps. GO back
again, said the City Editor, mo one
can intimidate MEr'
The Kaiser's literal application Of
his statement II will attack" was to
give the order, Send some new di-
visions"
But the reinforcements were I'M
availing. And the Kaiser drawing his
mantle about him, like the villain Of
the piece, said to his generals, II am
going away; but l will return"
Emissaries ran ahead and told the
newspaper editors that they must stop
calling it the Kaiser's battle. The Kai-
ser had nothing to do with it. Who
ever told them it was his battle, any
way2 II is Ludendorff's battle, or
Hindenburg's. Now it is lese majestic.
or something awful like that, to refer
to the great drive as the Kaiser's.
Soon minor engagement may go in
favor of the Prussians. The Kaiser
will be hurriedly summoned to ex-
claim, Il and Colt have done this"
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We who grew up from the edge of
the Civil War grew up in the belief
that the glory of the country was in
the past.
There had been days of old when
knights were bold, but they were the
old days AS for the present, 1t was
as shy on glorified opportunity as it
was ON hostile Indians. 1t was finished,
trimmed and enclosed in a Waite
washed fence of settled peace and
order.
So we Of the seventies" and
eighties" watched the Decoration
Day parades go by!
We know better now.
The glory of the country is now.
and hereafter. Boys who were playing
marbles in the street little while ago
are in a greater adventure now than
men ever took part In before; and they
are coming back to bigger work OF
planning and building and developing
and governing than the controlling
powers OF coUntry's citizenship ever
did before.
The reason we who stay at home
arc confident is not because of the
consciousness ct an adequate S<rength
within ourselves, for we know the Job
IS too big for that--the war Job and
the job after the war. Our confidence
is part Of the tremendous thrill we get
from the fellows in khaki--oficers and
men.
We Lave known they would have
courage No one ever doubted the
American soldier would have that. We
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THE KAISER'S BATTLE

! Whenever success crowns German
eftort-the Kaiser did it.
AS the great battle on the Western
front was launched and the pressure
of the owe. sshelming numerical supe-
riority of the Prussian hordes forced
the Allies to give ground-the Kaiser
did it.
The newspapers of the Empire
stirred by the first signs of success
or, to put it less poetically but more
truthfully, prodded by German bay
oncts---gave glowing accounts Of the
Kaiser's battle.
The War Lord was pictured as
standing on an elevation-far removed
from the scene of battle, of course
and studying the movements in close
detail, through a powerful glass. Also
he was pictured as weeping crocodile
tears and exclaiming with an agony of
woe in his voice, What have not
done to prevent all this?"
Then the tide of battle turned. The
newspapers still called it the Kaiser's
battle, but they looked about for some
one to blame for crossing the signals.
The mad War Lord was quick TO
recognize the turn in the tide of bat
tie, even though he did not venture
far forward Il must not lose" he
exclaimed, and, calling two OF three
generals emphasized his resolve. az
must not lose. cannot lose. will
make new attack-send some new
divisions"
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August /, 1917.
There seems to be no doubt about
it now. The draft will be put into
operation. / am OF draft age. l am
In good health. I probably will be
called. / do not want to go. There
seems to be so much in life that the
horrible idea of giving up everything
to go to war repels me. Am l less
patriotic than the average man OF my
age? Am less OF an American?
wonder!
The night before last heard Irwin
Cobb tell of his experiences He said
the thing that stayed with him long
est was the awful stencil out there,
the stencil of rotting human bodies
AS l came away l could sense that
stencil, too. 1t has stayed with me
ever since. To think of the awful
nights of loneliness out there! To
think of living In a veFmin-infested
trench with rotting bodies all about
look at my home and the things
that have bought And / think Of
the day when | shall be cs1led to give
Cobb saw and smelled!
Men nave come back and told OF
<se glory of war. What glory is there
IL i? Nothing but awful suffering
awful privation, and an awful separa-
ton from everything and everyone
that is precious.
What Is the world coming to-? We
talked of the coming of peace; we
placed a great deal of stock in the
Hague Conventions. We thought we
were getting somewhere. And where
are we? AS a matter of fact we are
no further advanced than in the days
of the Huns.
Last night I came home. feeling
miserable and blue. Ny little sister
Edith came running out as / reached
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home. She seemed so happy, so
bltthe-so blissfully ignorant of it all
Do you suppose it will still be going
on when she is grown up? That
thought makes you wonder whether
life is worth living at all. l some
times wonder whether it might not
be better for her IL she did not live to
grow up II the war still lasts. What
would there be for anyone? 1t would
be case of using every resource,
every energy for war And what is
war, anyway. bat waste? A world
organized only for waste would be a
sorry place for anyone.
But the law is inexorahIe have
to submit. Last night In my blue
mood took stock Of things. i have
been working now for six years.
have good income for a man of
tWenty-seven. have no responsible
tiles, no real cares. / have scarcely
known any unhappiness, except, of
course. when mother died. do not
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strewing with flowers or otherwise
decorating the graves OF comrades"
SO the North and the Sopth joined in
the same form of observance.
New generations came. To them the
day was day of rest and recreation, a
day of sport and festivity.
To them the Presidents proclama-
ton is an educating force. 1t calls them
to an understanding of the reasons for
the observance. Surely they will do
as he asks, and go to the churches
with offerings of fervent suppIcations
to Almighty God for the safety and
welfare of our cause, His blessings on
our arms, and speedy restoration of
an honorable and lasting peace to the
nations of the earth"
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In far-off France and Flanders DC.
voted women of France and Belgium
will decorate the graves of sons OF
America who have died for their cause
and ours.
Here m America let the keynote be
RECOMMENDATION, not recreation; re-
CONSIDERATION of all that we have and
are that righteousness may usher in
a reign of peace; RECONSIDERATION of all
that we have and are to insure that
righteousness as a prelude to that
peace.
The North and the\South have met.
They join in a common observance.
no longer sectional, nor even national;
but presaging the parliament of man,
the federation of the world
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feel so badly now to think that she is
dead For little Edith's sake it would
have been splendid. But l think OF
the heartache 1t would cause when /
have to go.
Father talks enthusiastically of the.
war There is no sense in trying to.
argue the matter with him, and, any,
way, / don't quite like to, for it all.
ways seems as If there is something,
In his expression that challenges met
He looks sometimes as II my views
caused him pain. Perhaps they do
But he Is not subject to the draft. He
says he would fight IL he could /
don't mean to be disrespectful to him.
or to seem to discredit anything he
says: but have noticed that there is
great deal OF enthusiasm from those
that cannot go. 1
This morning I went over to the
Exemption Board and asked If they
would tell me the grounds of exemp-
ton. The clerk there looked me over
and turned on his heel. He became
very busy with a young man who
wanted to know whether the fact that
he was of draft age would keep him
from enlisting and I know that the
man he was talking to was told OF the
reason for my visit. l know it from
the way he looked at me.
Later In the day visited my pastor.
He is a kindly old man who served in
the Civil War When | was shown
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into his study he put his arms around
my shoulder and said, Ted, you're
going to get your chance, too. I wish
l were your age" What could / say?
l had gone to him for sympathy and
support But there was no way could
introduce the subject of escaping the
draft
Somehow the whole place seems to
be getting enthusiastic for war. I
can't understand it. When the flag
passes by on the streets men doff
their hats as they never used to do it.
There is something more reyerential
in their attitude than / ever noticed
before.
Am less an American than the
average? There isn't boy left in
the club, Nearly all were members
of the National Guard and most of
the regiments are already out
had no time for that sort of thing.
Drills two nights a week and an occa-
sional review. / liked the reviews,
but the drills did not appeal to me at
all; and somehow l had a feeling that
the Government would take seriously
these militiamen and ask them to pay
back in service the years of training
and expense the Government had put
into their work. ! certainly am glad
that was not in the National Guard.
AS 1t is, can content myself, any,
way, that have a chance to arrange
my affairs. At least can do that.
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Confessions Of A Conscript

This is the
called
which,
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soldiers
writer Ted Wallace luxuyong who the
settled convictions selfish
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A DAY OF RECONSIDERATION

President Wilson's proclamation
urges upon the people of the United
States the observance of Memorial
Day with religious solemnity"
The President comes from the
South. His mind has spanned the
years to those first observanccs of this
dag. TAsa it was . holy day. not a
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holiday Families that had loved and
lost made pilgrimages to the graves
of those that had given their all to the
best they knew and strewed them ten
derry with flowers.
In 1868, General John A. Logan.
Con1mander-in- Chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, set aside The
thirtieth of May "for the purpose Of
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New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Jesse Root Grant to
Marry Inwood Widow

Jesse Root Grant, the youngest SOD
OF the late President Ulysses S. GRAM
obtained a license at the City CLERKS
Office yesterday to marry Mrs. Lillian
Burns Wllkens, widow, residing 81
River Road and Burns Terrace. lnwooc'
Mr.. Grant gave his age as fifty years
Mrs. Wilkens as forty-one. =.
Members of the National DemocratN
Club. where Mr.. Grant makes his hone,
stated that he had not appeared at rs
rooms during the summer. Man.
weeks accumulation of mail is pelns
held there for him. a maid at M's
Wilkens's residence said last might ~.
her mistress left during the mornlns
for an extended trip, without 81
nouncing her destination. -.
Mr. Grants first wife was Elizaoesp
Chapman Grant, San Francisco won. won
an He sued for divorce on July @
"a, 1913, charging desertion. and IN p'
cember of the same year she hieo
counter action Later she asked t' .n'
courts to allow her share OF M, nna
Grants income, which included sosssss
derived from "patriotic trust iun-
which was raised by national suoseir.
tion for Che heirs of General u.a"s ss.
She was granted an allowance OF sl'''
month. .s.
Mr.. Grant was q candidate for ,.rs .rs
Democratic nomination for Presiu,,si
in 1908 He is the father OF N:m's
Grant Cronan, the wife of an Amer sr
naval officer. and Chapman Grant -
officer in the United States army
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Masked Burglar Robs
Large Boarding House
Intruder, Defying Capture,
Calmly Picks Way Through
S. |. Establishment

Staten Island police searched all last
night for a daring masked burglar.
who, shortly after 10 o'clock, forced his
way into the front hall of Wadsworth
Hall, a fashionable boarding house at
Arrochar, Staten Island, less than q
quarter of mile from Fort Wads-
worth Mrs. Mary Gilmore, proprietress
of the boarding house, met the in
truder in the hall Before he had a
chance to speak, however. she slammed
the door Of her room. and locked it.
The man made no effort to molest
Mrs. Fillmore, but instead went to the
second floor. The first room he came
to was occupied by Mr.. Walker The
latter was in bed when the robber en-
tered with drawn revolver After or
dcring Mr. Walker to get out of bed
the burglar, spying Mr.. Walkers trou-
sers lying across d chair. secured some
thing over 800.
After sending Mr.. Walker back to
bed and adm onishing him to keep quiet.
the robDcr tried the doors Of several
other rooms. They were all locked.
however, and after having remained in
the house for more than quarter Of
All hour the man left.
In reporting the burglary to the po-
hce, residents Of Arrochar stated this
was the second affair of the kind with
In the past few days.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Oh, Man.!
Continued from page l

community stand, Alfred E. Henderson,
head of the North Hudson branch of
the National Security League, last
night said the stand will handle moth
ing but newspapers and periodicals,
leaving the sale of candies and cigars
ordinarily carried by newsstands to
loyal con1ectioners and druggists In
this way no tradesman except those
who persist in traficking with enemy
publications will in any way be in
jured.
The site selected for the loyal news
paper stand is at the corner of Fourth
Street and the Boulevard, Weehawken
This is atop the Palisades opposite
the ferry which daily carries tens of
thousands of Jerseyites to and from
Forty-second Street, Cortlandt and Lib
erty Streets, Manhattan. 1t is one of
the best stands in that part of New
Jersey.
The stand will be run by commit
tee of loyal women. They will take
turns serving customers during the
day while the men are busy in Man
haitian or elsewhere with their usual
work. For the present, at least. the
handled there is The Tribune. The
the Manhattan papers in that section
declined to serve the stand unless the
management would agree to handle
Hearst publications.
"When we were told this" said Mr..
Henderson, we decided that with The
Tribune and loyal Jersey papers, THE
Hudson Dispatch and The Hudson
Observer, we could get along very
nicely. We will open up Tuesday night
at o'clock. The sign above the door
will read: Loyal papers for 100 per
cent Americans
"Already we are assured of the SUD-
port of the loyal folk in that section
and orders for magazines and periodi-
calls have begun to come in, though we
are not ready for business.
"The profits on all of the business
done will be used for patriotic pur-
poses The National Security League
IS contributing patriotic literature for
free distribution to customers. The
American Defence Society has done
likewise. There will be 'anti-Hearst'
buttons on sale.
I'VE would have preferred not to
nave been compelled to enter into com
petition with local ncwsdealers, but
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
100000 Attend
Opening of K. of C..
Week at Coney
President Wilson Turns On
Lights by Switch in
White House

Promptly, at twenty minutes past
o'clock last night President Wilson,
standing at switchboard specially in
stalled in the White House for the pur-
pose, pressed a small ivory disk. In
atantly the thousands of lights at
Coney Island flashed cleaning against
the night sky. A moment later fifteen
bands stationed at various points on
the island burst into the opening
strains of the "Star Spangled Banner"
and tho knights of Columbus Coney
Island Week War Benefit was under
way. A crowd Of nearly two hundred
thousand packed Surf Avenue from end
to end.
The two big features of the opening
night were the pageant parade and
the official banquet, held at Stauchs
Casino. More than seven thousand
persons were in the line of march.
There were scores of magnificent
floats, half of them historical in char
acter and half representing scenes
from the present world wa.
AS the parade, headed by the Police
Band, moved away from the head of
Surf Avenue on the east and started
down the broad street one after an
other Of three huge service flags were
run across the thoroughiare over the
heads of the marching men and wom-
en-. One, which stood for the men
from Brooklyn and Long Island now in
the service Of the United States, car
ried the starry numerals 129,961. The
second, for the Police Department of
Brooklyn, bore the numerals 776, and
the third. for the tiremen, showed that
f65 we're now in the army or navy.
Following the parade an open air
meeting was held at the reviewing
stand. opposite the spot where the
Brooklyn Borough and Long Island ser
vice flag hung The speakers were
Sheriff Griffin, Borough President
Riegelmann and Alfred +. Smith, Presi-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen. Each
paid high tribute to the knights of Co.
lumbus and the work they are doing
both here and abroad
Last night was known as "fraternity
hight The programme for the re-
maindcr Of the week desgnatcs Tues
day as city night; Wednesday, state
night; Thursday, "navy night; Fri
day, army night" and Saturday, Fed
cral night"
simultaneously with the opening of
Coney Island week the knights of Co.
lumbus sent out an urgent call for sec
retarics for duty overseas.
large part of the organization in
the hghting zone has very recently
been literally put on wheels and is
following right at the heels of our SOL
diers bound Berlin ward A fleet of
motor trucks laden with X. of c. SUD-
plies. and in charge of X. of c.. sccre-
taries, is following the flag toward Ger
many's metropolis. This fleet was pur
chased and put into service only a few
days ago, and there is urgent need OF
at least thousand men to accompany
1t and distribute supplies
These trucks are loaded to capacitv
with cigarettes, chocolate, soap and
towels. candy, coffee. condensed milk,
etc. and each bears banner with the
*. of c. slogan Everybody Welcome
and Everything Free"
The knights are especially seeking
men between fortysix and fifty years
old. Particulars may be had at X. of
G. headquarters, 46l Fourth Avenue.
New York City
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
NelU Stands Not
Permanent, Says
Delaney's Aid

The city administrations participa-
ton in the coercive methods of Hearst
in his efforts to enforce his demands
upon the newsboys and newsdealers
was virtually admitted by an official in
the Department of Plants and Struct-
ures yesterday.
This official, who asked that his
name be withheld, stated that the many
newsstands that began to dot the busy
spots around the Brooklyn Bridge and
the Municipal Building last Friday as
a threat TO the venders were placed
there by the Publishers Association.
These stands, he explained, were only
to remain there for ten days, tempo
rary permits having been granted the
association by Commissioner Delaney.
"You see" said the official, "no reg
ular licenses would be given for these
locations because the stands would be
an obstruction and a menace to the
public. | understand, however, that the
Publishers Association got permission
to place the stands there because of
the trouble the newspapers are having
with the newsdeaers. | know for sure
that permits were made out for these
stands in favor of this association and
that they were to be signed by the COM
missioner | assume the commissioner
granted the permits"
Threat to Newsdealers
The venders around Brooklyn Bridge
and the Municipal Building say that
the stands were brought to the vari-
Gus places on Friday by Evening
Journal" employees. and that they are
intended to be held as threat in case
they refuse to sell Hearst newspapers.
Many have complained at this open
show of favortism by the city authori-
ties to the Hearst agents, several Of
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Belgian Girl Named
After President Wilson

torrcSpondcncc e OF The 4 associated Press)
PARIS, Aug. Is. While avenues and
bridges are being named in honor of
the President of the United States and
hundreds OF newly born French boys
chrstened with his name, it remained.
for Nine. Julie Vandr Eeckcn, of
oignies, Belgium, to adopt the name
for her newly born daughter, who has
just been baptized Wisonnc Edith
Nandr Ecckcn.
The child is the eleventh of Nine
Vandr Eeckcn
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Three Lives Lost In
Crash of Seaplanes
OFF Fire Island

WASHINGTON, Aug 26-Loss of a
naval seapane with her crew of three
including Ensign Donald c. Pero, of
Indian Orchard. Mass, in collision with
another seaplanc off Fire Island Sat
urday evening, was announced day
by the Navy Department.
Pero's machine is believed to have
sunk Immediately after falling into the
water. Mine swecpers searched the
vicinity. but could discover no trace
either of the crew or of the plane.
Ensign II. Stevens, plotting the other
plane, landed safely on the water with
his mechanic and assistant and aided
IN the unsuccessful search. The acci-
dent occurred about I O'Clock in the
evening
The two men missing with Ensign
Pero are w. c. Jaegel. of 1885 South
ern Boulevard, New York, chief machn-
ist mate. and F. A. Newman, of Buff
falo, machinist mate.
The department issued this state
ment
"A scaplane was wrecked and the crew
collision with another plane about
o'clock Saturday night, twelve miles
south h-southeast of Fire Island light
vessel in fog. the Navy Department
was Informed to-day.
"Following the collision both planes
went into q tail spin. The one COM
manded by Ensign II. Stevens landed
Immediately and for forty minutes
searched for the survivors of the other
plane, but found no trace of any Of the
crew. Ensign Stevens's plane was later
towcd safely into port.
The other plane, commanded by
al Il ~. j.,
down after the collision and disap-
pcarcd.'
W. c. Jaegel's home is at 1895 South
ern Boulevard. The Bronx. He had
passed his examination for commits
sion as ensign and had been informc d
that the commission WAS on the way. He
was twentyfour years old, a graduate
OF Blair Academy, and was in his third