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The sun., 1918-08-15
WHAT'S 'ss BUT YESTERDAY!
A Reader Finds the News Of Thirty
Years Ago Fresh and Interesting.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sfr. l
thank you for the editorial article about
two copies OF THE Sun disturbed In
their repose in an abandoned cabin in
the Mongolon Mountains of New Mex
leo, and which you hippantly CLASSIFY
as "old," merely because their date lines
happen to read 1855 and 1855. Their
news is fresh and interesting. | hap
pened TO be In Chicago the day OF the
Haymarket riot. driving past shouting
bands of strikers who were surging
through the idle stock yards bearing red
flags. Packer George r. Swift was driv-
ing me about that day In buggy. /
remember calling his attention to arms
carried by some OF the strikers from
his abattoir.
Lon H. Myers used to watch or
our cinder path At the old Manhattan
Athletic Club track at Eighth avenue
and Ffty-seventh street where l met
that handsome British athlete w. q.
George. The following winter I used to
meet and chat with some OF the base
ball stars mentioned t the Polo
Grounds where wooden toboggan
slide Goa led with ice gave opportunity
for all the thrills which later we found
in the shoot the chutes at Coney Island.
Among the most assduous sllders were
Buck Ewing Roger Conner, very
tower OF strength John Montgomery
Ward. the scholarly, later to marry
Helen Dauvray, the actress-all these
fresh In my mind as II the "old" papers
bore yesterdays date.
You mention the pedestal OF the Bar
tholdl Statue. had good deal to
do with organising a benefit perform
ance at the Academy OF Music for the
pedestal fund, which Melted some $4,000.
thanks largely to the cooperation Of
members Of the Seventh Regiment.
As It happens, every play and per-
former mentioned ! saw. as my huge
volumes OF programmes bear witness.
Permit me Just one remlniscence-poor
Billy Seaman, after seeing him on the
stage In that year of SO, the next time
7 saw him was in the audience OF pa
TENTS In the pretty theatre OF Blooming
dale Asylum. only his wonderful smile re-
naming OF the magnetic Seaman OF old.
would like to say word OF Ella
wesner, improbable in male evening
attire, the best male impersonator or
her day Your extracts from THE Sun
OF the sos evoke other memories than
those OF plays and Of persons. Socorro'
Silver City.-how well ! remember them
I never heard of Revivalist Lanpasas
Jake out there. but In Silver City. I will
not soon forget FIVE loud voiced Saliva
ton Army workers, tirelessly raradins
up and down the main thoroughfare
singing Follow on
BY the way. when l was young my
greatest ambition was this When j
get big I'll have money enough to own
just as many pairs OF suspenders as !
have OF breeches." Well. with the years
came the ability TO possess galluses
galore. but the happiness this would
have brought in youth has not come
Perhaps others have had the same ex-
perience. HENRY S. BLAKE.
BEACH PARK. Conn, August IA.
The sun., 1918-08-15
STUDY MILITARY INSIGNIA
The NumIsmatic Society Has an In
structiye Exhibition.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: For
the stranger within our gates, as well
as those who live in New York. there
Is a unique opportunity of learning all
about army and navy recognition, II
they will take a Riverside stage to 156th
street or the Broadway subway to 18th
street. and visit the bijou-like Museum
OF the American Numismatic Society.
where 600 objects relating to army and
navy and marine corps insignia are on
daily exhibition on week days from 10
o'clock TO o'clock and from o'clock
to O'Clock
The rudiments of this intricate sub
jec;. which is now so much in the pub
lie eve, can be mastered in an hour by
viewing this unique collection, which
includes the Distinguished Service Cross
and Medal
II Is, really astonishing that the Gov
eminent has not seen the utility OF get
ting up similar collection or exhi-
bition in all Of the large clties. An
inspection will pay any reader OF THE
SrH. A. A. HOPKINS.
NEW YORK. August "A.
The sun., 1918-08-15

II the men from the Mountain States
once get into that Lassigny mass.f
they will feel enough at home to know
how to take care OF themselves there
"Massif." as 1t Is used in the war
dispatches, seems TO refer to a clump
OF thick, heavy. unCleared wood or
underbrush. The sort of growth in
which some OF the soldiers have
hunted woodcock. harder to get
than a Hun. But it is not certain that
the word as used in dispatches de-
sCribes any kind OF IA wood, although
II Is frequently used for that purpose.
LrTTRE gives eight definitions of mas
s!f. used as a noun ana as an dice
tive. with curiously unlike meanings
as solid silver as opposed TO hollow
the head OF a dull witted person, a
navy term, certain masonry c1~..truc-
ton. term in gardening. one mean
ing. "un massif d" pierre" suggests
that what is being fought for by our
troops near Lassigny is that charac-
ter OF hill called a butte, a hill alb
ruptly rising from a plain, "a species
OF esplanade from which one goes
down both in front and on the side
toward the sea"
The sun., 1918-08-15
The Blimp.

When was through my training for
The service of the air.
! thought Ia get a biplane fast
In which TO do and dare.
But my ambitious dreams OF fame
Received IN awful crlmp
When orders from headquarters came
And tied me to b,imp.
The little old diriglble
Was not so very bad.
But nothing so the buses that
My fellow niers had.
They flashed above me out OF sight,
And I was forced to limp
Along In lower attitudes.
And cuss the tagging biimp.
But since spied a snlpers nest
Concealed among the hay,
And mapped a hidden battery.
Al! In single day,
And got a Cross de Guerre TO wear
when I'm inclined 10 primp,
| wouldn't take n battle bird
For my beloved blimp.
NINA IHrINa
The sun., 1918-08-15

That would he sluggish imagina-
ton which failed to respond TO the ac-
count of the poet Captain D'ANNUN-
zIos exploit In flying over Vienna and
dropping leaflets among It's people.
It would have been q splendid aerial
achievement for any aviator; but the
feat derives additional interest from
the position and history of this flying
man. Alread! poet of, more than
continental f'me at the outbreak of
the war, D'ANNUNZIo has won the
stature Of world figure-earlier as
a propaganda in favor of his coun.
try's entering the war. later MS a
spectacular and daring participant In
the conflict.
Some persons think of poets, par.
ticularly Of great poets, as living
withdrawn, secluded from the rude
noises of the world. This is not al.
ways, nor even generally. true. There
is abundant and striking precedent
for D'ANNUNzIo's quitting the study
for the battlefield, II not for the air
IEscHYLUs himself the father OF
them all, fought at Marathon and
Salamis, and If legend Is to be be.
lieved acquitted himself with dis
tinction. What is more, at his death
he requested that his monument and
inscription commemorate. not his &C
complishments In literature, but his
military achievements.
lp the history of DANNuNzIo''
own country similar prccedents come
to mind. PETREcH, the greatest o
Italian Wrists, quit his scholarly pur
The sun., 1918-08-15
The Recognition or the CzechO-
SlOvaks.

In her declaration that the Czecho-
Slovaks are an allied nation and that
the CzeCho-Slovak armies are Il regU-
larly constituted allied force Great
Britain gives formal recognition to
the nationality of II people who in
the strict sense of the word have
no existence as separate political
entity and to a military force that
has been helping fight the allied bat
ties from Nladivostok to the German
borders and from the Auratic Sea
to the English Channel. The CzeCho-
Slovaks have grown into power
with the war. and they promise,
through their own struggle for free
dom from Hapsburg rule. to become
an important If not decisive fac
tor in the struggle before its end.
The first conference in which the
power of the Czechs and Slavs was
recognized was held in London. In
this meeting the long outstanding
difference between the Italians and
the South Sluvs as to their respec-
tive positions in southeastern Europe
was definitely settled. The Czecho-
Sloyak movement was Immediately
recognized by Italy and soon after
ward by France, The declaration by
Great Britain thus gives to 1t formal
recognition by all the European Allies.
What the Czecho-Slovaks themselves
believe that this recognition means IS
succlnctly stated by Or. MAsARYK,
the chief OF their national council,
in message sent by him from Wash
ington TO NJ. PIScHoN, the French
Foreign Minister:
Recognition of the independent
Czecho-Slovak State means the dismem-
berment OF Austria Hungary, reducing
Germany TO her own national forces.
The independent Czecho-Slovak State is
the final check to Pan-German schemes
of a Berlin TO Bagdad route. The anti
Slovak State. Poland. Jugosiavia. Ru-
mania and Italy is also the surest help
to Russia and the small nations now
under Austro- German domination. Rus.
STA, separated from the Germans and
the Magyars, can develop without direct
German interference"
The forces of the CZecho- Slovaks
on the French, italian and Serbian
fronts have been estimated at from
100000 to 100000 men. This repre-
scnts individual enlistment, men who
have transferred their allegiance from
the Austrian and German nations
to the Entente Allies and separate
military units organized In the United
States and Europe. The Czecho
Slovak army in Russia represented
in its original formation about 10000
men, mostly Bohemians who had
Joined the Russian armies and Slavic
prisoners taken by Russia. These
men had started across Russia with
the intention pf reaching France.
The Allies had arranged for their
transportation but, as the Official
statement recently issued said, this
plan was changed after the stant
which the Czecho-Slovaks took IN
eastern Siberia made them a valua
BILE aid there to the Allied cause. Ir
fact, they were the lone element OF
unquestioned loyalty representing TIT
Allied nations in Russia"
I President WILSON In recent ad
dress called attention to the Czech,
The sun., 1918-08-15
The Birmingham District Refuses
to Adjourn Huddleston.

TO A0JOCru huuuiestOu.
Returns from the Democratic pri-
maries indicate that politics has not
adjourned for GEORGE HUDDLEsToN.
The Representative from the Ninth
Alabama district has been reromi-
mated, although he had the distinc-
ton. doubtful or otherwise, of hav-
ing his candidacy opposed by the
President of the United States, who
recently made public the following
statement:
81 do not feel at liberty to make
any discrimination between candidates
equally loyal. but l think l am justified
in saying that Mr.. HrppLEsroNs rec
ord proves him in every way an OPP
ponent of the Administration"
In the Sixty fourth Congress HuD-
DIEsToN voted against the Kahn
amendment to the Hay army bill,
which sought to bring the army up
10 the recommendations made by the
General Staff; against an increase
in the naval appropriation and for
the Cooper amendment. which was
designed to prohibit to American
ships their legal right to carry arms
or ammunition in their cargOes. In
the present Congress HrDDLEsToN
voted against the Kahn amendment
10 the Consumption act, an amend
ment which provided for raising by
draft the army necessary to give eff
feet to the declaration of war. There
fore, considering HUDDLEsToN's rec
ord, 1t Is hard to tell whether the
word loyal" in the Presidents state
ment meant loyal to America or
loyal to the Administrations
At all events, this Alabama Repre-
sentative, who did not quit the field
after the manner of SLAYDEN OF
Texas, has been renominated. and
doubtless will be reelected. What
the World called "a daring venture
in the case of VARDAAIAS Is in the
case of HUDDIEsToN what the World
very likely will bemoan as calamity
II the Presidents opposition to VAR
pAMAN, Senator, caused Mr.. VIII
SON to risk his prestige as a world
statesman" as the World professet
TO believe, what will the World think
Of the Presidents failure to defeat q
mere Representative?
We beg to reassure our perturbet
neighbor. There are post offices ir
Tibet, hamlets in Peru and literary
lyceums in Siberia which will never
know that the President has risket
his prestige as a world statesman
by his opposition to VARDAMAN ant
his failure to keep HUDDLEsToN n
home. After all, the Vardamans ant
the Huddlestons matter quite LITTLE
now. They can do no harm in Con
gress, and If their people at home
wish to keep on electing them th'
shame is not the Presidents. Mr.
WILSON need have no fear and NJ
regret except that he trife1 In poll
tics after he had announced tina
politics was adjourned.
The sun., 1918-08-15

General MARCH has found il neces-
sary to ask the public not to call our
soldiers "Sammies." over "a year ago
informal protests were made by the
men themselves against the use Of this
diminutive Their wishes should be
respected by everybody, and il should
be easy TO comply with the request
made BY General MARCH for the sim
pie reason that the name has not OBJ
tained wide popularity even among
civilians.
The sun., 1918-08-15

The caduceus is the symbol of the Med
cal Department OF the United State
Army
Saver Of souls am !,
Caduceus,
In tho hles that pass you by.
In the mud where soldiers lie
In the night where strong men die,
I'm there to help,
Deer OF tasks, for right,
CRduceus,
when the world about is night,
when the day with dawn Is light,
When the sky with sun is bright,
never cease.
Vhlor and love, my creed,
CaduceuH.
Mid contaEion show no heed.
Mid the legion dare to bleed.
Mid the flame and cannon lead,
life TO save.
Witness the sign, Of me,
CaduccuS
On n stan twin serpents he,
on the stan two wings you see,
On my slgn rests victory,
Ger Hunn!sh death,
OVID C. LANE
The sun., 1918-08-15

For the third time in six years FRANK
B. WILLIS. Republican. OF Delaware, and
JAMES II. Cox. Democrat, OF Dayton.
will oppose each other for Governor in
November.-Despdtch from Ohio.
The electorate Of Ohio should be
treated TO a clean campaign between
these chronic opponents. All the pos
sible aspersions on their characters
must have been used up already.
The sun., 1918-08-15
BOULEVARD JOFFEf
An Appropriate Name for ''n'fa'
Park West

To THE EDITOR OF The SIS
is no street in New York 'h''
more properly have It's nam"
to Boulevard Joffre than to- I'D.
West
lis present name g., ,!Gme, ,. '.'
originally adopted to disguise b.
t!tv with the rest OF highlN "a
which It is a section.
It IL a stately avCuu2. q h'u"'
truth, and II IL almost ~"
portant street IN New iorh
bear the change without d!s'u' p"
general plan of street nom"nC.a
at the sIme time he worthy - ~
whom 1t IS Designed - honor"
NEW YORK. Angus II. !. '
The sun., 1918-08-15
Marshal Foch's Rule.

To THE FpIT0R OF THE SuN-Sir: Mar
shall Foch in anticipating the German
drive and getting In the first punch
seems 10 have applied the Golden Rule
as laid down by that celebrated Ameri-
can David Harum, who used to say
do unto others as they'd like TO dc
unto you--and do them fust."
l.. J. RIoGs.
New YORK, August IA.
The sun., 1918-08-15

cupful OF the lyc ~o'u'.rr ''i -
lye to the fat a spoonful a. q ...a. '-
ring well after each ad1''. 3. A.
Should take over Eve minutes sep
beating until the mass is ra'~'' '''
pour " into moulds Set tnt.
harden and ripen and you TI ' o."
thusiastic when you use your 3"e --''
ing soap for dish washing
The sun., 1918-08-15
WE PRINT ALL THE NEWS.
The Kaiser Has Been Too Busy to
Congratulate Long Face.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: For
the past couple Of years l have read
from time to time in the newspapers
kilograms from the Kaiser to his EN-
press announcing glorious operations Of
his armies.
During the last ten days have
scanned IN vain your columns for a sim
lar telegram announcing the recent
operations Of the illustr.ous, or shall l
say hatchet faced Crown Prince.
Is It possible that THE Sun has failed
to get the news of this telegram?
or has the Kaiser been too occupied
to think OF the Empress
HArRY l.. JErFERIs.
EAST HAMPTON, August Il.
The sun., 1918-08-15

Ohio is not Alabama. GORDON and
CRosSER, the two Democratic Rep
resentatives from Cleveland, have
been beaten for denomination. party
Endorsement having been denied them
because OF their opposition to war
legislation.
The sun., 1918-08-15

The American Red Cross has been
notified from an authoritative source
that fear of long range bombardment
OF Paris need no longer be felt. accord
ing TO the Paris journal to-day -Dcs-
patch from Paris.
Why make a mystery OF it? Is the
Red Cross alone interested in the
Smelling Of Paris?
The sun., 1918-08-15
The MaN They Go.

From the kGnscS Guy TIMES.
All fame Is but u fragile flower
Bright for a day, then wizzled
Celebrlties we now acclaim
Tomorrow morn have fizzlod,
TESSIsoN J. DAFT.
The sun., 1918-08-15
A Sable Philosopher.

From the Aionto Constitution.
De hymn tells you bout bein' I'm
Heaven a thousand years but dar's some
folks what couldn't stand SIGH long time
prosperity.
The sun., 1918-08-15

The Bolshevild may issue a dozen
declarations Of war, but they make
war only on Russia.
The sun., 1918-08-15
LOUIS, BANANA EXPERT.

EAST IAMProN. August II,
The sun., 1918-08-15

THE EVENING sun. Per Month. $3.50
THE EVENING sCNtForeign), Per Mo. l.co
The sun., 1918-08-15

Published daily, Including Sunday, by tho
Sun Printing and Publishing Association
$50 Nassau St. Borough Of Manhattan. ny
President, Frank A. Munsey. $50 Nassau st. !;
Vice President, Erwin wardman; Secretary.
II. II. Titherington; Treas, VIM. T. Dewart
all of l5O Nassau Street
The sun., 1918-08-15

London ONCE, 4O-43 Fleet street
Paris ONCE. @ Rue de la Miohodiere, on
hue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office, Munsey building
Brooklyn once, Room 202. Eagle Build
,nR, 2O3 Washington street.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27
FOUR BOUND OVER TO
FEDERAu.GRAND JURY

Con schaefers, living about a mile
from the city. was arrested Satur-
day morning by sherir Lewis on
complaint charging him with pro-
German utterances. The complaint
was based on letter written by
schaefers 20 the school teacher when
his children were asked to sign a
Junior Red Cross pledge The letter
was introduced as evidence. Schae-
fer admitting that II expressed his
sentiments. and on this evidence he
was bound over to the federal grand
jury.
Henry Bacher and Fred Wick
man OF this city and Charles Gibbons
OF Takilma were also given hear
ing Saturday afternoon before U. 8.
Commissioner Herbert Smith and on
the testimony OF witnesses they
were each bound over to the federal
grand Jury. Deputy U. $. Marshal
=. -. Titchenor. who was present at
the hearing. will take the men 70
Portland this morning.
The arrest OF Schaefers Saturday
morning made four arrests In four
days. and II is intimated that Others
will be brought In on the charge Of
making seditious utterances.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27
Personal Me L0CAL

Z conkeys poultry remedies and
tonics at Cramer Bros. 6s
Royston Lacy went to San Fran
cisco Saturday TO enter the Southern
Pacific railroad school.
Poultry netting and fencing at
cramer Bros. 80 5s
n. J. Smith and family went TO
Wolf Creek Saturday To remain
while Mr.. smith works at the Car
ner mill. Lsl lflf luUitll ~
Bicycles repaired at cramer Bros.
n c. A. winetrout returned satur-
day morning from Portland. where
he attended the state convention OF
hardware men.
White shoes and champagne. Kid
and canvas Emmy I.ous and Sister
Sues. ladies'. misses and chlldren's
are on deck. Kinney & Truax. Gs
Mrs. D. q. Chrisleib went to Ash
land Saturday TO spend few days
attending meetings Of the Brother
hood church.
Umbrellas repaired at Crame'
Bros. 81
Miss Josephine Saunders. OF Ash
land. Ia spending the week end with
Miss Juanlta Parker.
Mrs. will lewellyn and two chill
dren aud Mrs. Hershel Lewellyn lef
Friday night for North Bend. wher'
the Lewellyn brothers are employed
In the mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex NIbley left las
night for Salt Lake City to atten'
the birthday celebration OF Bisho
Nibley and 10 attend to busines
matters. s-. -sie-@
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27

Paul Blanchard made a profes'
aional trip 20 Jacksonville saturda,
l.. u. Jamison. now OF SIskIyou
county. Ia spending u few days In
the city.
All the garden tools you need AT
Cramer Bros. cs
Prof Peter Spencer. Of Talent
and Prof. q. w. Milan. Of Gold Hill,
were attendants at the meeting OF
the schoolmasters Club here satur-
day.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27
Farmer. The spoIls Child.

However, much other trades may
have been controlled, the farmer seems
always to have been the spollt child
Of the state in the matter Of prices,
says London Tit Bits. SO far from
limiting his prices, our great-grandfa-
Tiers seem to have considered II was
In the national interest that the price
Of corn should be as high as possible.
and It was at one time the law that
no foreign wheat might be imported
at all unless the price Of the home
grown article had reached so shilllngs
a quartert
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27
Il QUEST|ONNA|RES
! ARE NOT RETURNED

The following named registrants
have failed to receive or return their
questionnaires to the local board Of
Josephine county. and viii be report
ed to the adjutant general Of the
state as being delinquent:
Sam |. Kuge. X. F. ID. No. 2,
Grants Pass.
Frank Baldwin. Grants Pass.
Arnold Levi Young. Selma. Ore
gon.
Goichi Eukoze. 7O7 II street.
Grants Pass.
Arthur wheadon Ash. 656 North
Fifth street. Grants Pass.
Frank Otto Grove, a709 South
Eighth street. Grants Pass.
Masao Machizuki, 707 H street,
Grants Pass.
Fred August Miller, Grants Pass
Henry Breske. Grants Pass.
Yndamiro Trias. Murphy. Ore.
John Justice Carr. Takilma, Ore
Richard Harold Harvey, Pocatello
Ida.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27

@. q. Page spent Saturday at Med
ford.
Early garden peas at Cramsr Bros
]. T. MacMurray went to Ashland
yesterday. stt
Take look an our windows at
the new spring gInshamn. they are
better than they have been for
years. Kinney a Truax. 6s
Bulk garden seeds at cran'er
Bros. ~
Mrs. V. winkelman. Of Glendale,
spent Saturday In the city.
Golden Gate Park lawn mixture
at Cramcr Bros, Gs
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Heighberger
went 10 Portland Saturday morning.
Poultry foods az Cramer Bros. 6s
@. r. Mcdowell and family left
Friday night for Portland. where
they expect to remain.
We viii pay you Is cents cash for
fresh clean eggs at the Cooperative
Creamery. Il
Fishers scratch food sI.75 pei
sack at Cramer Bros. "a
Mrs. Everett Iewman returned
Usxtday nISht from, Ashtaud wher,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27

The success OF the local teams Is
due TO hard work and faithful pre-
paration on the part Of the four
young people who represented the
city. and also By their instructor.
Mrs. GunnelI.
The winners Of the southern Ore
gon championship will debate al a
later date with the winners of one
Of the other districts on subject TO
he supplied by the state snperinten-
dents once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27

More Money for Iseets--
Alex Nibley received a wire from
the Utah-Idaho Sugar company yes
terday announcing that war bonus
Of so cents a ton will be paid by the
company to all beet growers in 1918.
This raise will affect all growers in
cluding those who have already sign
ed contracts with the company. The
new price for beets in the valley viii
therefore be $3.50 per ton at Med
ford which brings the price paid by
the company to approximately $40
per ton at the Nevada factory where
local beets will be shipped until a
factory is built here The advantage
of factory to local growers is
shown by the fact that the price un-
der such circumstances would be SO
per on.--Medford Sun.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-01-27
GRANTS PASS DEBATERS
|. WIN S. 0. CHAMPIONSHIP

The Grants Pass high school deba-
ters on Friday night won the cham
pionship of southern Oregon by de-
feating both Central Point debating
teams. Ella Anderson and Vivian
Isham met the Central Point deba-
ters In Grants Pass and Helen FL.
field and Max wilkins contested
the other team at Central Point. At
each place the decision OF the judges
was 2 to l In favor OF Grants Pass.