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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07
YANKEE SNIPERS
 IN FANTASTIC
 SUIT or CHEN

BEHIND THE AMERICAN LINES IN FRANCE, Nov, 7- lCorcspon- dcucc of Tn, Associated Prcss) T. American suiper wears a fantastic suit oC green bur'ay with tufts of ra. fla, or Madagas car grass, scwc' thiyky au over the coats and trou. CTS. The coat has a hoadpic.e with oy. holes SO taa. ,br suipor's head k com plctc'y cuy1opod.
 American troops in t,c Nosg"~ h'' used these camouflaec suits wi' great effects. The gra.s-.oynr.d bs' rap is merged into tho g,a. thror
 which uc -otpr. cowls aod ev
 when only twenty five feet djs.l. F presence cannot be detected
 These suits grr waJe by t..n' mon in tho American camourloge st@t ions behind thc lines.
 The disappearing building is OF. ot the cur.ou. conulv;mcos .r {. camoufja~, artists here. The bnf'1s is ,ho sig. or two story frame co tacc. Viewed close at hand i, ,an ou, plainly enough. anH c.m at .o.utoc o.u.o l. quite (, gre "ur the distance from which ,a, cn.na observation. would bo nato, or ~. a0 arp'.n. at sn0o '..|. .,. build. does in ta. "...wo.g." This i. 'o by ,hy ra.~,rng in o.at uy,y l.a. of green and brown which, a. a <. ranco. obnu.at. .h. .tar@h, 're. roof, gab', windows ~ai doors, a. transform .ro vho'. ..u. n., gm. O. rru.o-buown c..o. va... a'. into the grass and ground
 TNa. is .h. director Q. r.omr., Coz David H..as-o." sa.f .ry os.o.. a. W, pass1a o,r.. Tn. u. that. beside. .m. artists or th.s ..n. 'Iagc co,oring. there arc H..-aHo n grtons. stag. managers, scene paint or-. rron'rg director. "u. r.m artists.
 The actors gaze a sho" .n. o.. nigh, for .hr wum.o workers. Tho. ya- ymmou.1ngc .haro,t race. ca  our'arc gIa5ta,or. mad .amon'a lions l0' G~nrs. One of ..c can'.. r'awa tigers looked SO ~na. that nearly caused a panic when i' a" down among che women.
 Colonel Hoanio0's camorr.ago Eo.- ca. besides the g0O people here. r.. 25O more along tho front, l5 men o~'
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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07
SALUTE SECURES A RIDE
 FOR SOLDIERS IN CAMP.

FL PASO, TEX. Nova 7- "Salut and Ride" k the slogan of automobile owners here. lt has long been a prac- tie, to pick up soldiers walking to and rom the fort. But it is difficult for adlCmobilc drivers to tell when the mcn are going far enough to warrant taking them in their cars. Now the rule is that soldiers wishing lift will salute and the drivers will stop for ,hcm.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07
MUSICIANS TO
 HELP FINANCE THE WAR

NEW YORK, Nov, T. Alien Pro aerty Custpdiars Palmer today took over the rights of numerous popular ,nemy owned opcrattaS, grand operas plays, songs, and books, the royalties
 rom which hereafter will be invested m Liberty bonds to aid the govern mcnt in the prosecution of the war
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07
TAX ON LUXURlES WILL RUN OVER
 S2,000,000 A YEAR.

WASHINGTON, Nov, T. ThC Government treasury will be 2,OOO,OGO ,0OO richer through increased taxes on luxwics, according to an estimate " Chairman Kitchin of the ways and Means Committee.
 The basis for Mir. Kitchin's esti- mate is the lcvics thus far recommen dcd by the committee.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07

m officer with each American div;S- ion erecting ywmouG'agg devices a. putting m,o use dummies aad dccoy Two of ,an camou'lagc force at th,
 front have been killed; Sergeant F. nest X. Hcrt.r, son of a wcll-knowa interior decorator of New York, anj lieutenant Harry Thrashcr, and Az orjra sculptor who fell as the Am' D. ..o0. sorn hammoring their way int Fishes.
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DO YOU WANT PRINTING?

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES, STATEMENTS, BILLHEADS OK ANY OTHER STATIONERY NEEDS OF YOUR >FFICE OR STORE PAPER PRICES ARE TO | VANCE. THE GATEWAY HAS PLENTY OF
 X AT THE OLD PRICES.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07
PRIESTS ARE BRAVE 0N
 FIELD

PARIS, Nov, 7- Correspondence Dr Th, Associated prcss)--- Roman Catholic priests, who like all French men of military age had to join t1,
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-11-07

Colonel Hoanio0a camorf'agn Eo"- co. besides tho g0O people here. hr. 25O nor, along the front, l5 men n~'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

many other noblcmen, threw
themselves into the city with the
determination to defend 1T to tho
utmost Fanaticism md eNas.
peration made the siege ono OF
the most bloody operations dur
ing the entire period Of tho war.
and tho ohstinncy of the attack
was unable to accomplish any
thing against the stiff resistance
Of the defenders.
'ln spite Of the floods, which
filed the outside works with
water, in spite OF the invinc'bsc
resistance which tho steep slopes
Of the works and the bravery CT
the defenders offered TO them,
the besiegers repeated their at
tacks without gaining n single,
advantage by all their efforts and
without weakening the t'rmncss
of the bcsieged. On the con
trary, the latter made sailles
again and again and showed nov
little their courage could be al,
fectcd. A rich supply OF 1000
and war provisions, which 'rey
had time enough to gather IN !na e
city, enabled them not TO mino
even the longest siege
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

his taunt at them, but without attract
ting their attention
Mrs. Willard repeated Lohr's remark
To a man seated nearby. "Ive a boy
lighting In France now!" he cried. ana
Knocked Lohr down promptly. BY the
time ha had arisen to his feet the
soldiers had received word Of his re-.
mark They Joined in the melee, ana
Lohr was be,n: soundly thrashed when
railroad nollce rescued him and rushcd
him 70 room in the station, which
they locked.
Secret Service Agent Frank Burke
was notified, and conveyed nohI
through the threatening crowd wa'.'he
for him. When he was brought before
Robert P. Stephenson. Assistant United
States Attorney, in the Federal bu'io-
ing, he declared he was under the IN
fluence of liquor, and had directed ms
remark against a former employer VINO
had discharged him.
Lohr told Mr.. Stephenson he was
unemployed, but had formerly been
employed by an exporting concern. Be
fore that. he said, he was engaged IN
the metal business.
Otto Karl Jabben, an unnaturaiized
German, who has been working on q
farm in Rockland County, near Nyack
was brought to the Federal Building
yesterday by a deputy sheriff OF that
county and turned over to the United
States authorities.
Attention was first attracted to Jab-
ben by his boasts to fellow workers
that he was related to some of the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Watertown to Edit
Composition Book
Praising Germany
Offensive Passages Must
Go, or Whole Work Will
Be Discarded
Especial correspondence

lSpecadt Correspondence
SYRACUSE, Dec. 31.-Aroused by the
discovery of sentences laudatory Of Ger
many, German r,ilitarism and the Ger
man people in Paul Valentine Bacon's
edition of German Composition" in use
in Watertown high schools. the Board
of Education of that city has taken
steps either to have the book discarded
or the offending passages removed.
The preface to the book says that the
manuscript was examined by a number ,
OF eminent German educators.
The notes represent the Germans as
a prosecuted race in the early ages and
refer to Hermann, an ancient German
hero, who defended Germany against
the Romans under Varus. One note
ends:
"For days Varus looked for him, but
Hermann did not wait for him; he at
tackled Varus and almost annihilated
his army. That was nineteen centu-
rles ago, but the Germans will never
forget Hermann the Liberator'
Accompanying the passage is a pict-
ure of statue erected to Hermann
Speaking of Germany after the Thir
ty Years War, the author says:
only after two years did Germany
begin recovering from the consequences
of the Thirty Years War Half the
country was devastated and it took a
long time before we find Germany
thriving. Instead of dcspairine, the
Germans continued working, and took
pains to develop their country. That
was the only way in which they sue
ceeded IN recovering from the war
ihey never stopped working. And to-
day we see Germany thriving and do
veloping extraordinarily"
Bacon in his "Historical Notes" saws.
"Frederick the Great was the great
est military genius Of his age He won
Silesia from Austria, thus carrying for
ward the expansion of Prussia, which
his great. at-.grandfather, the Great Elec
tor, had begun by annexinr Pomera-
MIA: Austria tried to avenge herself
and IN the Seven Years War Russia,
Sweden and France all joined Austria
against Prussia. But Flederick's
genius saved the country in spite of
the desertion of his one ail;, England
and IN 17772 he was strong enough to
annex part of Pcland Great as Fred.
erlcA was in var, he was. like the Great
fdeclo1. greater III peace"
0ermanys attitude in the Franco
80 .''' w az Is uPheld IN tho follow
ing paragraphs:
",ln 1851 Frederick William w died
era vas succeeded by his brother win
lam. The new King tried to increase
the strength and efficiency of the army.
put ms reforms were unpopular. the
Prussian House of Representatives. vot-
ing against them, sos to II. William
then made Otto Won Bismarck PRIME
Minlster' and together they worked
grimly for the unihcation Of Germanu
under Prussia's leadership After
strengthening the arny-agaj,st tba
determined opposition Of a people who
hated him-Bismarck put it to excel,
lent use against Denmark, Austria and
nhna!ly thy France: Bismorck came out Of
these successful wars the idol of rha
German people, the man of blood and
iron who welded Germany into an en-.
pre- p! after + the people themselves had
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Gould for Training School

CAMP DIX, wRIGHTsTOWN. N. j.
Dec. Sergeant Kingdom Gould has
been named as one Of 800 men selected
out Of 1900 candidates from the camp
to trv for commissions at the osicers'
Training School, which opens here on
January 5. If successful he will cam
at least lieutensncy.
The masque ball scheduled for To-
n;1ht was called off by the oHcers'this
afternoon. The continued cold made
it impossible to heat the dance hall
sufficiently.
Fort Slocum a few days ago have been
GRANTED furloughs over tomorrow. The
announcement was made to-day that
former President Taft would De camp
visitor on January %.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Plea to Keep
Enemy Alien From
Office Denied
Outgoing Mayor Protests In
auguration Of German
Elected to Office

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec S1.-The petit
tion OF Martin r. Krueger. Mayor OF
Michigan City. IND, Tor an injunction
against Fred c. Miller, German aiien
enemy. Mnyor.elect, TO keep M''der ie
from taking office January !, was az. us.
United States District Court here to-
day. ~, H. .o,,r+ did
not have jurisdiction to grant the re-
lief asked. He suggested as proper
pyocedure rr that Kruger might refuse
to to surrender the office to Miller on
January Z, which would make it neces,
sary for Miller to enter the courts, End
the whole question could be raised then.
Mayor Kruger, who has been in
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
German Propaganda Found
In College Entrance Tests
Dr. MacCracken Gives Extracts From Papers Tending to
Show That "Kultsar" Has Crept ln-Wore
Loud Note in Language Tests

selection was deliberate; but | would
call your attention to the fact that
the universal method of German prop
aganda at the present time consists,
first, in discrediting our Allies; Sec
ond, in insisting that all war has al
ways been made as the Germans made
war, and. third. in the teaching Of the
blessing Of peace.
"Whethcr deliberate or not the Sc
lection of the five paragraphs for
translation by candidates for college
entrance all over the country con-
stitutes an indiscrction at this time.
without any reference to peace or war.
May say in closing that my attention
was called to this document by q MEM
bcr OF the German Department Of Vas
sar College,
The paragraphs to which Dr.. Nc
Cracken makes reference are herewith
presented in their English translation
PART II.
l. Translate into English:
Spanish troops have plum
dered the land of the Countess Of
Rudolstadt in violation of prom
ises given by the Emperor.
While their commander is en-
tertained at the castle Of the
countess, she plans to obtain re-
dress.
This predatory note appears in the
examination paper in English. Then
follows the German text Of a selection
from Schiller's "History Of the Revolt
of the United Netherlands Against the
Spanish Government" 1t reads:
"a friendly reception and
well-set table awaited the Duke
Of Alba in the castle But they
had hardly sat down when
courier called out the countess
from the hall. She was informed
that in few villages along the
road the Spanish soldiers were
using force and robbing the peas
ants Of their cattle. The countess
was mother Of her people. If
any harm was done to the poor
est Of her peasants 1t affected
her, as if it were done to her
"Very indignant over this in
justice, she ordered oil her SER
wants to arm themselves quick
~ and quietly and 10 lock the
gates of tho castle She herself
went to the hall where the dukes
were still sitting at the table.
Here she complained about the
news that had been reported to
her and about the emperor's fail
ure to keep his word. They ex-
planned to her that it was the
custom of war. and that when
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

office for four years, was born in Ger
many. but has been T. citizen Of this
country for thirsy-fve years.
Judge Anderson, when denying the
injunction, commented caustically or
ths nol;tical situation in Michigan
Citv which permitted the election Of
persons who have to obtain alien enenv
permits permits in order to perform their shl
duties in ell parts of the city. Miller.
one city Council man. and several
members Of the Police Departmen,
there have such permits. Miller had
declared his intention Of becoming a
citizen, but never had completed the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
German Thrashed
BY Soldiers and
Then Interned
Felix Hans Lohr Arrested
After Calling Men
'Dirty Dogs"


"Therc 70 the dirty dogs. They'll get
what's coming to them in short
time"
IT was this insult, flung at some
passing United States soldiers in the
Grand Central Station waiting room.
which precipitated a riot and caused
tho internment Mt Ellis Island yester-
day Of Felix Hans Lohr. badly dam
aged German.
The incident took place Sunday. but
United States Attorney Knox withheld
publication Of the arrest until yester-
day and kept Lohrs Identity T., shr9nd r9;
ties by Department Of Justice agents.
A group Of soldiers went past Lohr,
who was seated in the waiting room, on
their way to the trains. According to
Mrs. Frank NJ Willard, of 1909 Flat
bush Averue, Brooklyn, Lohr sneered
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

The selection from Eckcrmann
Conversations with Goethe with
hrust at tho English, as pointed o.
" Or. MacCracken, follows:
PART 1II
"While, however. the Germans
are worrying about the solution
of philosophical problems, the
English are laughing at us with
their practical sense and arc
gaining the world. Everybody
knows their declamations against
the slave trade, and while they
are trying to make us believe
that their action is based on hu-
manitaran principles, it is now
becoming clear that the real mo-
tive is very practical one, with
out which the English never do
anything and which one ought to
have k,fhwn. On the western
coast of Africa they them selves
are employing negroes on their
large estates, and it is against
their interests to export negroes
from there.
an America they have founded
RIcHl ItkIO COlOulcS WnlCI AiC
very productive and supply year
ly considerable number of
blacks. With these they are sup
plying The needs of North Amer
ica, and since they are able in
this manner to carry on lucra-
tive trade. The importation of
negroes from outside would be
unfavorable to their interests,
and therefore they are preaching
not without any special purpose
against the inhuman trade.
at was at the Congress of
Vienna that the English repre-
sentative spoke with animation
about it; but the representative
of Portugal was prudent enough
to answer that he did not know
that the aim of the conference
was to set forth the principles
Of moralitv."
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
References to War Found
In Ali German Texts

II must leave to your editorial judg-
ment question as to whether this
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

Henry Noble MacCraclen. president
of Vassar College. one Of the country's
most eminent educators. having read
recently in The Tribune Of the pro-
German utterances to be found in the
school textbooks Of this city. writes
to The Tribune from Poughkeepsie. en-
closing exhibits as culled from college
entrance examination papers prepared
for and used last fall by students seek
ing to enter colleges all over the coun-
try.
"The existence Of texts in the Ger
man language to which very proper OBJ
lection can be made at this time" he
writes. "is by no means confined to
the selections open for public schools.
AS member Of the college entrance
examination board. | desire to regis
ter my protest against the fall compre
hensive examination in German. Of
which a copy is submitted. The ex-
aminers VINO prepared the paper ap-
pear to have been those stated on the
appended document No. 70 of the col
1ege board. | VIII not say that tnese
gentlemen prepared this examination
with pro- German bias. but | will say.
if were pro-German. could think OF
no better method Of cloaking my prop
uganda than by just such selections as
these.
"Of tho five passages selected, that
on the first page is innocent. and de-
ceives the casual reader. The second
passage, from Schiller, depicts the
treachery of Spanish soldiers and ap
pears to give the lesson that plunder
is common to all wars. The German
retaliation theory is then illustrated
by an anecdote of the German Countess
of Rudostadt. The third selection Is
one in which Goethe lays bare the
hypocrisy Of the English, as illus
trated by their attitude toward slavery.
The fourth selection, from Schiller.
gives an account of religious wars in
France. and lays stress on the fanati-
cism and bitterness which made this
such bloody strife. The final selec-
tion. again from Schiller, is care
fully chosen praise of peace contrasted
with war.
References to War Found
In Ali German Texts
II must leave to your editorial judg-
ment a question as to whether this
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
French Religious War
Called Bitter and Bloodv

Again war, in this selection, adapte
rom Schiller:
PART ".
"In order to protect the city
Of Rochelle and the estates Of
the Protestants along the coast
from an attack, Admiral Coligny
moved with all his force against.
Poitiers, which city he believed
would be unable to offer resist
ance for long time on account
Of it's large circumference. But
at the first news Of the threaten
ing danger the Dukes Of Guise
and Mayenne. together with
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Text Assails English
AS Slave Traders

The selection from Eckcrmann's
"Conversntions with Goethe" with its
thrust at tho English as pointed out
by DR.. MacCracken, follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

troops were passing such little
accidents cannot be prevented.
we will gee to that she replied.
My poor peasants must regain
their property, Or at this
point her voice assumed threat
ening tone. by the Heavens, the
blood Of dukes for tho blood Of
Oycnt'"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01

German military leaders. He also said
he had worked ss a mschinist on Ger
man submarines before coming 70 TINS
country four years ago.
Investigation disclosed that the ma,
chinist farmland had not registered
for tha draft
New-York tribune., 1918-01-01
Peace Contrasted
With War in Text

In conclusion. students were asked
to render into English Schil'er's ut
terances of Octavio. The verse has
this predatory note in English:
"The value of peace is greater than
that of war, which brings f1eetlng nte
and activity, but leaves desolat'on
behind"
Octavio: "Thou hast never seen peace!
There .,
Are things that have greater value,
my son, than war affairs:
Even in war it is not war that is the
ultimate aim.
1t is not the great, hasty decds OIL
force,
! Those astonishing wonders OF the
| moment,
That produce the things that bring
happiness
And those that are quietly lasting:
In haste and hurry the soldier builds
his city from canvas;
Suddenly, amid a tumult and noise,
The market-place is becoming ami
mated
The streets and rivers are filled
with freight,
And trade is flourishing;
And then one morning we see the
tents colapsing and the hordes
moving on;
And. lifeless, like churchyard, re-
mains
The field, tho trampled land,
And the years harvest is gone"
Examining Board
Personnel German
With the foregoing, all of which ap
peared on the printed examination pa
pers for prospective college entrants
as under date Of Wednesday, Sep
tembcr 10, last, DR.. MacCracken sent
a printed circular giving the personnel
of the college entrance examination
board as apparently constituted last
fall.
AS he says in his letter: "The ex-
aminers who prepared the paper ap-
pear to have been those stated on the
appended documents.'
The document gives, under the
single word German" the names Of
the following examiners:
Gustav Gruener, professor of Ger
man, Yale University.
Harold Herman Bender, assistant
professor, preceptor in modern Ian
guages, Princeton University.
Heinrich Conrad Bicrwirth, associate
professor OF German, Harvard Univer-
sity
Frederick Squier Henry. head of de-
partment of modern languages, Tome
School, Port Deposit, Md.
Paul Russell Temple, senior master
and teacher of German, Choate School,
Wallingford, Conn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-28
s. DAKOTA PROTESTS
LATEST COAL ORDER
Would Cause Great Hardships
and Prevent Shipment of An
thracite to State.

Sioux Fails, S. D., Feb. 2:-The an
nouncement that the government pro-
posed to bar all eastern coal from
South Dakota has aroused the residents
of the state, and the local dealers held
meeting to protest against the pro-
posed order. Vigorous methods We're
adopted to secure the resembling of the
order by DR.. Harry A. Garfield, federal
fuel administrator. The coal men Of
South Dakota claim that if the order is
put into effect it will mean terrible
hardship next winter, as the Wyoming
and Montana coal fields are now unable
TO supply their present territory, and
IT also would mean, if the order is per-
mitted to stand. that no more hard coal
will be shipped to South Dakota. w
q. Bickelhaupt, of Aberdeen, federal
fuel administrator for South Dakota
also is making every effort to avert the
proposed embargo on eastern soft and
hard coal