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The Washington times., 1918-01-14
GERMAN WAR LORDS
REPORTED HOLDING
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14-An i'm
portant conference between the
Kaiser Field Marshal Hindenburg.
Ouartermaster General Ludendorff,
and the German crown prince was re-
ported in session at Berlin today, in
dispatches from the German capital.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
CANADIANS RAID
YIELDS PRISONERS
WITHOUT LOSS

LONDON, Jan. IN North OF Lens
Canadian troops successfully raided
enemy lines taking prisoners and re-
turning without casualty, Field
Marshal Haig reported today.
East Of Mericuurt he reported pa
troll encounters in which the fighting
resulted in favor Of the British.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
.ENTY REPORTED DEAD
IN TEXAS TRAIN WRECK

WACO. Tex. Jan. L-Twenty persons
are reported killed in a wreck on the
Houston and Texas Central railroad
ear Hearne. Tex, TO-DAY.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
VETERAN GENERAL RETIREs.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Cruise. quarter
Master corps. has been retiled from
active service. at his own request.
after reIul9- army career Of more
than forty-two years. the War De
partment announced today.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
| KILLED, 9 HURT WHEN
TRAIN hrs HI &c

HCTLFY. y. J., Jan fl--salu ~
ssIio % Garfield, y. = We .lstatlIr
~sSil1sd and nine others IT jar r-II.
fo1ny when an Erie train s.-ulk
crowded jitney bus at grade cross
ing here.
on their way TO work at the sub
marine boat corporations plant
The Washington times., 1918-01-14

Georges speech. 1t shows the evoIu-
tIon Of opinion OF rulers since the
allies replies to the Pope
The Pravda criticised the message.
but held that America now shows
her friendship and her readiness to
cooperate in q general peace battle"
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
lg bread in a temporary bU
hot coffee and sand
e flremen.
Baker Sees Blaze.

Secretary Of War Baker went to the
scene Of the fire shortly after 9 O'Clock
and remained there until 1t was eXun-
Euished, about noon.
The Secretary personally ordered that
a rigid investigation be inaugurated to
determine whether the fire had been of
incendiary origin. He closely questioned
officers in charge Of the post and the
particular building where the fire
originated
Brig. Gen. Frederic V.-Abbot is COM
r-andapt Of Washington Barracks. but
Eas his office in the State. War. and
Navy Building. The post is made up
largely Of engineer corps troops. Lieut..
Col }. II. Earl is next i'm command of
the most, and was on the scene almost
Immediately the alarm for fire was turn
ed an. Capt |. G. Farmer, Q. NJ. G..
vas in charge Of the burned building
Lieut. II. G. Shockley and Private +.
A Flores, Of the Thirtieth Engineers,
stationed at Fort Myer, narrowly es-
capped being crushed to death shortly
after the fire was extinguished.
They were standing by r motorcycle
on which they had ridden from Fort
slyer when Fire Truck No. i. being
driven out Of the barracks ground, sud-
denly swerved and skidded across the
street
Shockley and Flores jumped aside
and escaped, but the motorcycle was
crushed between the heavy truck and
curbing.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
BREAK UP GERMAN ATTACKS.

PARIS, Jan. 14.-French fire broke
up a German attack around Goose
Hill. on the left bank of the Mouse,
todRy's statement declaked.
The Washington times., 1918-01-14
Many Explosions.

Explosion after explosion occurred
during the, fire as small arms am
munition became overheated, and
there was one large explosion which
shook the building. Fire fighters
made everyone not engaged in fight
ing the Sblaze move back to a safe
distance. but officers stated there WAS
only q comparatively small quantity.
Of small arms ammunition stored in
the building and the large explosion
was probably the last. The building
was used largely for quartermaster
stores, such as clothing, blankets.
cots, and shoes. and a few thousand
rifles temporarily stored. There was
only q small quantity of ammunition
stored there for an emergency supply
for the post.
Twenty-four thousand pounds OF
sugar stored in the commissary for
soldiers coffee and to be used in MAX
ing pies and desserts was burned, and
the great bakery, where bread IL pre-
pared for the men at the post and the
sick at Walter Reed Hospital was put
out Of commission. The cOmmissary
department was equal to the emerE-
ency. however. and by - o'clock was
baking bread in a temporary building
2ud serving hot coffee and sandwiches
TO the firemen
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z SUSPECTS
REPORTED
ARRESTED
AFTER FIRE
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and civilians as he emerged from the
smoke bearing the unconscious ser
geant
Immediately after this soldiers dis
covered that the mascot of Sergeant
Whites company, a goat by name
O'Shea, had not emerged from the
burning building. Privates A. A.
EagRn and ]. p. Martin, keepers of
the company's mascot, broke orders
forbidding anyone to enter the build
ing and went in to look for O'Shea.
After a futile search they were com
PEELED to return minus their quarry.
They were nearly overcome by smoke
and heat. and had to be given first
aid treatment
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Uniforms After
the War

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: note in the Sunday papers a state
ment that the officers and men in the
reserve army will be permitted to wear
their uniforms but three months after being
mustered out. These officers were required
10 make a heavy outlay for uniforms and
equipment, and many were forced to go into
debt for the privilege of serving their
country. 1t viii be an additional hardship
if these patriotic men are forced to equip
themselves with civilian clothes within
three months of their discharge from ser
vice. This is also true of men in the ranks,
since it viii undoubtedly be found that
many of them have either lost or outgrown
their pre-war garments, while their time Of
service has been too short to permit saw
ing sufficient money from their meagre pay
to cover the cost of new clothing.
On the other hand, it is stated that the
government has on hand thousands of uni
forms, overcoats, hats and shoes which will
not be needed for the United States forces
when on peace basis.
Why, then, should not Congress and the
Army and Navy departments conserve the
clothing supply of the nation while wool.
mitting the discharged men to continue
wearing their uniforms for period of one
or more rears after the close of the war.
with the privilege of buying from the
quartermaster garments, hats and shoes at
cost to replace those worn out? This would
be a small return for the sacrifices they
have made in saving the world from slavery.
To distinguish the men in active service
from those mustered out the latter could
be required to wear suitable badge OF
they might be retained as reserve force,
subject to call within the period named in
case the Hun again breaks faith.
Ihls matter has been brought to the at
tentlon OF the War Department, and Colonel
Robert E Wyllie chief of the equipment
branch Of the General Staff, writes that the
law at present permits officers and men 10
wear uniforms for but three months after
being mustered out. lie states, however,
that legislation has been requested to EAU
thorizc the retention and wearing Of zuch
uniforms on special occasions indefnftelv.H
It is evident that the wearing of uniforms
on special occasions only would be Of little
benefit to man who has no other clothing
but his uniform when mustered ont
A number Of the leading members Of the
Congressional committees on Militarv A.
fairs have promised to support the massage
Of law permitting discharged soldiers to
wear their uniforms on all occasions
HAROLD P.>BR0w.;.
New York, Nov. 27, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

posits have now passed out Of her juris-
diction. These have only to be properly
developed to gain the needed indepen-
dence not merely for this country, but for
England, France and other countries as
we'll. But this terrible war has been car
ried on to an appallingly small purpose
If any such need now exists. If Germany
is to make reparation for her crimes and
wanton distinctions, that reparation
must be paid in goods and services. 1t
cannot be paid in gold, for all the gold in
Germany would not be a fraction of the
required sum- If Germany is to pay, why
should she not pay in potash? Why
should not stated supply at stated
price be part of Germany's tribute and
punishment?
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Potash

The War Industries Board announces
that it has turned over to the Interior
Department the question of providing
this country with an adequate artificial
supply of potash, ''in order to render this
country wholly independent of Ger
many" The motive is highly laudable
and if any devices can be found greatly
to cheaper the potash supply that will be
fine economic gain. But no such proc
esses have been found as yet Like the
nitrates, potash may now be fabricated
industrially-thatis is, extracted as bye
product, on basis Of wartime costs and
prices not to any great extent otherwise
Nature still remains the cheap and
hountiful provider, and not an inconsd-
cradle pare of the German potash de-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
A Hotbed Of Gossip

Of course there is gossip. Paris is the
hotbed of the most bitter, partisan variety.
At any time during the last year you might
we'll have thought the Allied leaders dis
loyal, the generals incompetent, and the
war lost quite-had you believed all you
heard in Paris whispered with portentous
head shakings by the little folk among po-
litical, military and civilians behind the
line.
never heard anything so fantastic as
these two retailers report, but | have lis
tened to some weird tales from this kind of
man common to all nations and the trouble
maker behind the line in every war. Even
at the hour when the threat of the Germans
lay heavily upon Paris such group plotted
to undermine Clemenceau, that bulwark of
militant, patient France and champion of
all the Allies.
There have been, of course discussions
among the Allies to ways and means and
in the earlier stages some differences of
opinion to certain military policies. But
from the day of agreement upon Marshal
Foch generalssimo there was unity in
thought, in aim, in moral direction, as we'll
as unity in military command And every
informed correspondent in France knew it.
1t is nothing less than playing Germany's
we'll known and unending game to seek to
raise In the American mind doubt as to the
underlying friendiness toward us and full
appreciation Of our contribution bv either
England or France. Particularly, it savors
Of the German purpose to embroil us with
the English
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Untrue and Absurd

spent weeks in the British, French and
American battle areas; talked with Cen
erals Haig, Pershng, Mangin, Gouraud De-
beney, and lived in the intimacy of the
front line with their officers and soldiers;
1 know Paris and the very highest and
most important diplomatic military and
naval Americans" (whose views the retail
ers purport to express), and I can say with
out reservation that the reflection of Brit
ish-French feeling and mental attitude as
seen through this Paris gossip via Balt-
more and Pittsburgh is calumnious-so un-
true to be really absurd. | lack patience
to treat it at length or seriously. One can
view the unhappy spectacle in no other
light than misguided political enthus-
asm to create in American minds belief of
an existing situation requiring the attend
ance of the President at Versailles-which
Is not only wrong but again ludicrous
1t is true there is a reluctantly expressed
but very real feeling of apprehension over
Mr.. Wilson's assumption to the spokes-
manship of the democratic world and his
seeming purpose to force his views unon
Europe. But such discussion flows alone
the broad lines of national need and develop-
ment and not through any haggling at a
bargain table suggestion.
AS for the military history Of this article
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
The Marne

TWICE they came to the river,
4 The river of Great Decisions;
Once they met with flaming sword
And fed before the vision
And when once more they came,
Through the dream of power that wooed
them,
Confusion fell on their evil ranks,
For the Angel of God withstood them.
There were soldiers who saw the light
Of stern white hosts Elysian.
Guarding the hosts of weary men,
At the river of Great Decision.
Then went the edict forth,
Voiced in the battle thunder,
That the soulless ones should never pass
Through that green vale of wonder:
That the little tranquil stream
Should be a sign forever
The border-line of worlds defence,
In land of high endeavor
France Of the Miracles-see,
At every days declining,
In level rays on the rivers breast
The sword of Victory is shining,
MARION COUTHOUY SMITH.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

food or any other necessity. Thanks to
yellow press, there is always a ready
suspicion that these prices are too high
and somehow concocted by combine or
some other wanton contrivance. There
could be no more insidiously disturbing
invention than story that England will
have cheap food while scuttling from
under her contracts and guarantees, and
the people of the United States left to
pay the bill. Only a malignant spirit,
plotting hatred and discord between
friendly and closely knit peoples, could
hatch up such an invention or give it
such flaming publicity.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Memorial Concert Halls
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: | have noticed different editorials
on memorials to be erected to our soldier
dead, and | am sure that nothing would be
more beautiful than grove of trees. But
have another suggestion to make Most of
our cities are in need Of concert halls, and
since music helped win the war and has
done SO much for the various charities, why
not have the memorial in the various cities
and towns take the shape of fine concert
hall set in grove of trees?
1t seems to this would be q LASTING
memorial and one that would accomplish a
great deal of good
CHARLES L. WAGNER.
Manager Of John Mccormack and Nine.
CALI Curci.
New York, Nov. 27, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Title attic Of Little Men

How unfortunte that in their visit to
France these editors should not have felt
the new spirit, the new vision of our men
to their responsibilities, the awakened ma
honal soul, the comprehending sympathy of
our boys for the men they have fought with
to recover their desolated land; that the
editors should not have felt and brought
back the spirit of the soldiers and of the
statesmen instead Of this spirited
httle-tattle of the little men behind the line
in Paris!
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
The Gossip OF Small Minds
By Caspar Whitney
The Taib1ue's Special Correspondent in Europe

THE potpourri Of Paris gossip retailed
4 through an article in "The Baltimore
Sun" and "The Pittsburgh Dispatch" >"
reprinted in "The New York Times" in
which England and France charged with
a disposition to "set the stage against us"
and General Pershing with language to
General Foch for which chad Pershing been
q Frenchman he would have had to fight a
duel with Foch," is a sorry exhibit of news
paper license at its worst, amazing in its
ignorance, or prejudice, dscernment and
ignoble in spirit
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Just Missed Perfection
- lFron, The 1o,t,n r,,..,

From The Boston Ttunscrtpt>
"hen Mrs. Langt1y WAS at the summit
OF her beauty and fame she met at din
ner an African King who was visiting Lon
don' she did her best TO please the dusky
monarch and evidently succeeded. for he
said to her as they parted: "Ah, madam if
heaven had only made you black and fat
you would be irresistible.v
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Or Words to That Effect
lFron The Oberlin. kan. rl,n.sN

IFf07n TIC OberTn, Kan., Ttnes)
Last week several items were put back
owing to lack of time, space and that sort
of thing which no one except those initi
ated quite understands We always dislike
to leave out something of which we are
aware, as there are always many things
taking place of which we do not know or
fail to get details which must perforce be
unmentioned.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
We Might Furnish Stats
3Fron IN. So,.u,

fFron' The Sarannah Nstcs)
me Germans made their bed: and now
that they must lie in it they Immediately.
as some one has expressed it. beg the
americans to make it over and pad it and
put new holsters and fresh pillows and a
coverlet of downy charity over it
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Wouldn't This Make Your Mouth
Water?
CFron The Barry. III, Record

IFrom The Barry, III, Record
The annual fish fry and picnic of the
Spencer Chapel Church was held in the
Barney Miller grove on the Mississippi
River bank last Thursday. Four hundred
pounds Of carp and buffalo fish were fried
and all consumed.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

we may dismiss it briefly With regard TO
the "brigading," of which such dramatic
capital is made: American troops were
trained in British and French areas when
they began to arrive, increasingly last Win
ter, brigaded among British and French
troops, and later thus fought side by side
with them, following General Pershing's
brief and handsomely worded note to Gen
eral Foch, call that we have is
yours to dispose of as you will" In the
first instance it was a training measure
and very valuable one for US. In the Sec
ond an expression of our desire to get at
the job we went to France to do, viz, to
help beat the Boche
1t was always we'll and widely understood
that the Americans would eventually form
their own armies and take over their own
line when General Pershing decided the
time to do had arrived
When first advanced the brigadng idea
was not popular with the American General
Staff, but subsequently its value to British
French and Americans was generally seen
and acknowledged. And the American staff
told me so in words more emphatic.
AS for the comparative reflections and
tacit disparagement of the fighting force of
our valorous and enduring and sacrificing
Allies France and Great Britain, I can only
say burn with shame that a man of my
profession, that any American, should thus
be the first to give thought TO comparisons
among such Allies banded in such a cause
Plain Misstatements
But l will challenge the misstatements. I
was at Beleau Woods and Chateau Thierry
and on that Somme where the British
fought with their backs against the wall.
holding, finally stopping the Germans we'll
nigh double their number. To say that
when we came in the French were broken
and (at Chateau Thierry) on the run and
the British weakened and unable to hold"
and the 'road to Paris wide open" is to
misrepresent fact which is of record.
suppose it is specie7 of the brag and
buster which SO many of us Americans.
alas, indulge in, and not meant for what it
really is-miserable misrepresentation.
Our boys did splendidly enough on their
own account without any Of us irving to
decry or belittle the work of an ally. The
fighting of the I'd Division at Beleau Woods
gave the very first check to the Germans
and here and later at Chateau Thierrv the
fresh aggressiveness of the Americana sun
pled the thinning numbers and tonic 10
the war-weary British and French Ru+
the French were not on the run, they were
not broken. and the door to Paris was not
wide open, nor were the British all in az
their subsequent hard constant fighting
showed. 1t is fact of which we may well
be proud, and which I have heard British
and French declare with enthusiasm, that
our coming in at the time and in the man
ner we did turned the fortunes of the
battle
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
WELL, WHAT DO YOU?

F. f. V.-What do you make of this
marine announcement in "The Boston
Herald"?
Arrived-S. S. Lakeland, Puerto Padre
via New York, with sand for American
Sugar Refinery Company. Vessel to A. G.
Lombard's Sons GX
No less than four persons have begged
us to say that President Wilson should
feel at home at the peace conference
with White-House and Lansing along,
and by nature we're obliging.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
SHOES G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
ARLINGTON CEMETERY.

We hear the shadows draw across the grass
And far above us feel the flowers bloom,
While through our dreams the sentry
breezes pass
With softened step; content within tho
gloom
OF this dear land for which we soldiers
died
Old comrades sumber deeply side by side.
Ours were the battles of the long, dead
years,
Yet only now we heard the bugles blow
The same old call; we heard the same brave
cheers
And dreamed we saw the brown battal-
ions go
To guard the fires that our altar burn
And here the fathers wait the sons return.
Upon foster bosom now they lie,
Held in the arms of her for whom they
threw
Their young lives down. So wait we pa
tiently,
Old soldiers ranked together in review,
Until they come to lie beside US here,
Who dreamed our dreams and followed, free
from fear.
Here shall rest eternity away;
So sire and son their age-long sleep shall
take
Until the dawning of that mighty day
When heaven reels and hilltops bend and
quake
At Gabriel's trumpet blast. With one ac-
cord
We then shall rise, the legions Of the Lord
apparently the Bolshevik idea of q
free and democratic conference is one to
,vhich only tho Bolsheviki arc admitted
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02

We always used it cigarette fashion.
Tissue paper was the most patrician COW
ering, though at a pinch newspaper
would serve. Smoking cornsilk was a
certain preventive of yellow fever,
we believed, and still do, for we never
caught it.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Anybody Got an Empty Granary?

Dear Sir: When you started the column
"Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax" it
promised to be interesting, but for some
time past the only thing I have been able
to admire is the frankness with which F.
F. V. admits he is "stalling." / would sug-
gest that F. r. V. would better go on farm
and help fill a granary which, in my opin-
ion, would be of more use to the world than
trying to fill column. R. A. HEWITT
I am not disposed to be knocker but I
can't stand for such stuff
It's tough 1Uorld, nay masters. Ever
since the first week sUe backshd into COL
um1aing folks haze been telling as ho1o
much better 1t used to be.
Still, we refuse to be discouraged to-
night, for we're going home and talk it
over with our son, even though he made
godawful faces at us when we were in
troduced to him this morning. He
weighs nine pounds eleven and one-half
ounces, he does.
They say he's the image of father, too,
and, after looking first at him and then
at the mirror, we can find no grounds
whatever for congratulatng either
party. +. F. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Food ~ for Germans.

F. F. V.-To the cornsilk cigar-never
igarette-boyhood's fond recollections
would add the dark brown blades of the
wheat stalks which as "chaw of ter
hacker" furnished rich amber squirt
that could centre the knot hole in the op-
posite wall of the woodshed every pop;
into which said woodshed, by the way,
this particular fond recollector was never
inducted for an interview with his
daddy's slipper.
Daddy, old scout, could never seem to
wait that long. All, them was the happy
days of real Briggsian sport
SEARCHER NO. 8.
Newport daily independent., 1918-06-08
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