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New Britain herald., 1918-05-20

Major Raoul Lufbery has been at- tached to the Am merican aviation
 corps less than four months, but be- fore that he had made a brilliant record as a member of the Lafayette escadrille with the French army and was generally accounted the leader of the American aces. Only recently
New Britain herald., 1918-05-20

Resident Awakened by
 B tonatiOn and Sees Flames in Parts of Frank BuiIding-F1re Fight Smoke With New Masks Use Deluge Set-Assistant E1e' clan Badly Hurt.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-20

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The Washington times., 1918-11-28
Times Readers Write to Beatrice Fairfax

room. pick out a friend who is al
ways agreeable and eager for my
company, and read until sleep
comes. MR.. WASTED.
Toys of Desperation.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am too old to have any prob
lens of the heart for discussion,
seventy my last birthday. but my
age would seem to warrant an ac-
cumulation OF experience out of
which l feel impelled to write this
letter.
| was especially struck with the
letter that appeared in your column
the other evening in which a young
married woman told OF deliberately
tempting a boy to fall in love with
her to make the tedium OF office
hours a bit less irksome.
With a world full OF every sort
work begging to be. done and
a world war raging besides,
why did this young woman
have to amuse herself with such
toys OF desperation? She was un-
happy because her marriage had
not turned out exactly to her taste.
She had no children. Did she new
er think Of adopting one or taking
in a few to care for during the
day while their mothers wera
worklng7 She was unhappy be-
cause she had psrnIItted her life
to become absolutely InErowinH.
She speaks OF having spent her
time reading ana sleeping before
abe sought a position to relieve
her boredom.
Why did she not, in thoss days
OF eating. reading and sleeping,
undertake something unselfish and
constructive?
The war that Is just finished has
made US all realize that we have
been put here for a higher pTr-
pose than eat. drink. and be NOR
~. She appears to realiEe her mis-
take. which Is the first step toward
better thihgs, aud with II all Ehe
has my synpathy. poor littleNwom-
an who has failed to realize all
the good things of life and muSt
amuse herself with the toys OF des-
peration. sEPTUAGENARIAH.
The Washington times., 1918-11-28
HEARD AND SEEN

and bus boys, while the orchestra
plays The Star-Spangled Banner
The tax for the half melon is usual
ly about fifteen shillings."
FRANK LORD is holding down
the lid" at the Shipping Board,
while Chairman Hurley is in Eu-
rope.
MAJOR NJ. A. KERWIN, of Mill
tary Railways, occasionally goes to
Flatbush for the weekend. Re-
turning from his last trip, the ma
jor requested the Pullman porter
to call him "forty-five minutes out
Of Washington" The porter called
him at Manassas, Va.
MANToN wYVELL, onetiuns
Cornell football star and erstwhile
secretary to Mr.. Bryan, has relin-
quished his commission in the army
to again help Mr.. Lansing run the
State Department. Wyvell was
sent to London on a diplomatic
mission. While crossing the Allan
tic he met Lilly Langley, and when
she complained % being lh...sty h
rushed to the smoke room and look
her = glass Of ies water.
The Washington times., 1918-11-28

who loved her. My wife could draw
me back to her as fast a. a train
could carry me IL she only knew
the secret. The other woman could
draw her husband back to her by
the same means. But rather than
have the fireside and my wife, / pre-
,er to sit night after night in my
dingy room and contemplate the
work OF some superior mind.
In telling OF the incident in which
she was nearly drowned, the "Whirl-
wind Reaper" spoke Of a moment
which brought to her the realization
that she was not even a mother.
This was a wonderful moment. /
wonder why she Is not a mother
and / wonder why a good many
other women are not even moth
ers7"
The people who make life worth
while and make a lonesome, sorry
hearted fellow feel that the earth
is still Gods are those who have
something besides themselves to
think about. something that comes
from such thoughts as the "whirl-
wind reaper" had when she mo-
mentarily believed she was about
TO return to her maker.
There is no trouble for a lone
some man TO pick up girls. Fre-
quently u nod or a word IL suf-
ficlent grounds to open conver-
sation. when I frst came TO Wash
inEton I discovered this, but in a
little while ! began 10 feel con-
characterization and TO consider
myself imposing on the better sex.
And have ceHsed making any Rc-
auaIntanees In this way. though I
am almost At the point OF crying
for the company of a good wom-
an.
am religious-with q religion
that has nothing to do with preJu,
dicc-I am young, diligent,
thoughtful. eager to lead a useful
life. I crave a home with some
thing in II besides my wife and l.
| want nothing mnrs except the
means of providing for this family.
Yet when the days work 10 done.
and lhe darkness comes-in more
ways than one-I drag myself up a
darkened stairway into a dingy
The Washington times., 1918-11-28

DIR. FREDERICK A. COOK, who
led the Eskimo boy I-took-a-shoe
(phonetic spelling) to North Green
land by feeding. him gum drops, is
now making a fortune in the Mon
tana oil fields.
ARTHUR MATTINGLY, another
veteran hunter, reports q great
scarcity of partridges in all direc-
tions. This condition is said BY
hunters to have been caused by the
severe weather last winter killing
off thousands Of birds in this sec
tion.
ROSCOE MITCHELL, who gave
up writing politics and covering
Mexican revolutions to enter the
steamship business, says that be-
fore IRWIN COBB wrote his Eat
ing in Three Languages" he should
have ordered half 4 cantaloupe in q
London restaurant. There is more
ceremony in serving half a melon in
London" Mitchell says, than there
is in the changing Of the guard at
Buckingham Palace. With the melon
on a large silver tray, the head
waiter enters the dining room at the
head Of q retinue OF chefs, walters
The Washington times., 1918-11-28

A YOUNG married woman
u wrote a strange confession
4 \ to this column a few days
ago. She had been employed in a
downtown office and there light
ened the hours of toll by making
a young man twelve years young
er fall in love with her. For this
rather cruel sport she received in
time just punishment-as alas we
all do for our sins. She discoy-
cred, when it was too late, that
the young man had been more than
an amusing toy.
Her letter has evoked another
confession, quite as remarkable as
a human document as the young
wife's. 1t Is from a married man
twenty-five years old and sepa-
rated from his wife. His letter is
as follows:
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
II was not until the other evening
when read the letter by The
whirlwind Reaper" that received
sufficient impetus to force (yes,
force) this confession out. / be-
lIeve It was Pope who said: The
proper study OF mankind Is man."
And II some OF the war workers
had taken this brief axiom to heart
they would be able to distlngish the
difference between real love, slight
interest, curiosity. and other degrees
OF the tender passion and TO under
stand why the young man does not
call again after being refused a
kiss. Some war workers are owls
and know these things; others are
bats and do not.
The young married woman whose
article inspired this letter 10 in q
predicament. but no worse than mine
am a young married man twenty
five years old and have a pretty
wife whom have not seen for over
q year. nor have ! any desire to
zee her. though ! write TO her daily.
When read the letter by the
'whiriwind Reaper" / instantly
compared her with my wife, who is
ioVabIe and who like this lady. sent
away the husband she loved and
The Washington times., 1918-11-28
Kisses and Kisses.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l do not want to pose as being
too utterly good. and if there is any
kissing to be done put my name in,
but everyone knows there is a vast
difference between real love and
the desire to kiss a girl. i could
not love a girl who would kiss me
too easily. because ! should know
thai was not the only CLEVER
Eur." Also I should not feel hon
ored because l would know that she
was capable OF being too compla-
cent to men OF the b. L type and
code they stand for.
In my opinion a kiss Is only an
outward manifestation OF an in
ward love. and when there is no
inward esteem this outward mani
festation is simply thetrepresents-
tion OF an inward lack OF control.
A MAN WAR WORKER.
A Girls Opinion of "B. l."
DEAR MISS FAIRFAN:
It's really a good thing for "B. L"
that his name and address were not
attached To his letter favoring pro-
mlscuous kissing. for ! should like
10 tell him personally what 1 think
of him and the rest OF the men who
are OF his type. Do they really know
what nice girls think OF them? ] am
nineteen and | have been going
about for some time. and have really
enjoyed my experiences, some OF
which have been quite romantic. but
Miss Fairfax. am saving my kisses
Tor soma ono who Is still to come,
and my lips are not solled from hav-
ing come in contact with those bees
who buzz around stealing honey
from every flower.
How besfneared "B. LIS" lips must
be. worse than a gerny public
drinking cup. What poor "B. l."
really needs are prayers. sympathy.
or maybe brains. All girls are not
like those whom he associates with,
I Would like to advise him Ia wash
his lips, change his Ideas OF kissing
and turn over new leaf on New
Year Day-no. don't wait that long,
do It nov. NAOMI.
The Washington times., 1918-11-28
The Unhonored and Unnoticed
Heroes of the War
BY BILL PRICE.

soldier Walter Hospital
muication that will many minds to thinking and lead
many tongues to hold unsaid that which might humate
or cast reproach This boy thOughtessy signs himself
Stacker but his words which follow, show that he
not of that tribe but is probably among the thousands Of
unhonored and unsung heroes of the war:
% T. % d5.; s a rG & has 5 beat ss s' O sSss a Last .a HS @
ana % ss aR9S % .5l!S suaS Sad ' Il. R s6us ' d S.
The above oHaras immortal win many
measure dsyston liberty. sonft
word But q those whom As boy. home from u: battle
@ call b 5: 1 OF I sao ,ns nSv RG TO .7s the s .S
and sustained the active army
6a.s. yo But +. u.. . the n % gao Sa.a: y they @ % then
the glory and honor they CALAMITY patiently unnOeed and un
During the spanish influenza epidemic a. one of our great mill
which, dsn he Ss nf IN front % e: Woe % Sa:
won for them qnstned praise and medals Of honor Many Of
for those who call They unnotesd With
or village %':9saS % s' & S' nc ssT SssTs
sr deed. few asss dsS ad f,S: :
sa Pis' VIZ s LET E aS THEM So % SIT r so uNSocuD
PASS AND BE FORGOTTEN WITH THEIR DEEDs'
sincerely trust that this soldier is simply sensitive to
the thoughtless Kidding" of boys who have come back
from the 'front.' and that there real intention on their
part to deliberately apply the term to him others Men
who faced the enemy In actual combat too brave to
sling this mean word around without knowing the facts;
they ought not use it in joking manner
You, fighting lad, got YOUR CHANCE and made good;
the other fellow begged for his and did get it. Ihave
had commanding officers of the army tell me that the most
pathetic appeals they had during the were from chaps
who yearned for their CHANCE overseas but could not be
spared from special lines of work in which they were pro
fcient They felt that they being badly treated Iron
discipline held them where they Luck-as the boys
call lt-broke badly for some and favored others.
There thousands of fine soldiers vet in the army
who went in at the beginning of osttes and despite their
appeals not sent abroad There other thousands
who were hurried the Atlantic after only few
months of military preparation. Patriotic hearts beat
beneath the uniforms of each Of the 100000 men sent to
France not than half actually battle service
In the days to come, when the drums of war call no
more there will be Distinguishing mark between the
fellows who went the top and the fellows who begged
for the chance to be sent cover there Heroes ALL towards
The Washington times., 1918-11-28
Have You Earned the Blessings
You Are Thankful For?
Or Are You Blaming Providence Because You Think
You Have No Reason for, Gratitudei

Government clerk who has pentitude Of Thanks
giving Joy in his soul sends little holiday verse that hrs
reason as well rhyme in it. he says:
Why frown upon this holiday?
Think ye your hands are empty?
Nay-everythng has your way
You've blessings in a plenty.
You're far from home-vour friends are few?
Yes-surey that's pity.
There's ont, gives thought for you?
Don't sing such mounful dtty.
Look up, not down-youye health and wealth.
For health is wealth unmeasured
And you smile-alI-al the while
And that's coin we'll treasured.
This is the worlds Thanksgiving day,
Gods to prayer
For peace has come-and come to stay,
Be glad you've done your share.
In this city as in every other city there are many
whom day of Thanksgiving seems like mockery.
Yet at this season. every other season of the year
the people of this country PEOPLE and large part
Of them as INDIVIDUALS, have abundant reason for
thanksgiving
ISOLATION that it NEED NOT BE RESTRICTED, that we
have always the power to GOVERN OURSELVES WELL
when we get ready to exercise it.
We have no hereditary monarchy and frivolous nobl
ity to rule over u.s.
And those who take it upon themselves to do so-he
bosses who claim the right to rob for themselves and
their patron be disposed of promptly and e
feeivey and without boodshed as soon as we re-
fuse to submit to them any longer.
The largest part of the SORROW the poverty and the
suffering can be abated go to work intei
gently to do it.
But when you think of these things today-the day
you give thanks for your blessngdo not that
the world is wrong and that through the length and
breadth Of it you find no cause for gratitude.
Think rather of WHAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE to
make these conditions any better.
How much thought have YOU had, as you lived your
busy e for the unfortunate and oppressed of the poor
How much have you done to show that you and every
you know wanted the United States Government to
make the sale of adueraed and poisoned food crime and
to send to Jail the rich responsibilities that make big profit
out of it?
FOR THEM for they granted you by your Creator
rather than achieved by your efforts.
But you have not done your little part toward
ing them and you enjoy prosperity without trying to
share with others you do not know what means you
should make today day of RESOLUTIONS well of
Thanksgiving
In this country today there food and fuel and
light and pure air enough for all its inhabitants though
feeding millions in other countries.
These the gifts of the Creator and for these we
must be grateful
The distress that makes you indignant and the outrages
that you wonder why anybody should be thankful
are all MANS dong-not the injustice Of Creation
And while today you are giving thanks because Of what
you have Withholding your thanks for what you have
you have still abundant be thankful for what you
CAN Do today and tomorrow and every day in the year
make the world little better NEXT Thanksgiving and to
The Washington times., 1918-11-28
A WHEELER VIII COX

T HERE'S not day in all the year
l But holds some hidden pleasure,
And, looking back, joys oft appear
To brim the past's wide measure,
But blessings are like friends, | hold,
Who love and labor near us;
We ought to raise our notes of praise
While living hearts can hear Us.
The Washington times., 1918-11-28

z ULL many blessing wears the guise,
j Of worry or of trouble;
Far-seeing is the soul, and wise,
Who knows the mask is double,
But he who has the faith and strength
To thank his God for sorrow
Has found a joy without alloy
To gladden. every morrow.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-19

ernment's action in creating a $780,
900. 900 revolving fund for the bene-
ft Of the farm loan bank. With the
tremendous demand for money that
now exists by reason Of the war, the
farm loan system was unable to dis
pose OF its bonds, and in order TO
insure successful financing Of the
farmers requirements the govern
ment made an appropriation of 500, .
100000 TO be used as a revolving
fund under the direction Of the
treasury department.
Farm loan mortgages are now be
ing taken up by that fund, but
eventually the bonds will be sold TO
private investors.
Farm bank officials could not say
yesterday just how many North Da-
kota loans would be closed at this
time All loans finally acted upon
prior to January 30, the date the
seed grain law was passed will be
closed and the indications are that
the total Of such loans is around 81
900. 000-pTobabIy slightly more.
In the meantime. about $500 ap-
plications for loans are in A state
OF suspense, and the farmers re-
quiring money will have to await the
final disposal Of the seed grain
priority clause
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-19
FREE SPEECH HAS
LIMITATIONS IF
LIFE OF NATION
Is IN JEOPARDY
So Declares Fargo Labor
Leader In Address Be-
fore Labor Legion
SAYS THERE ARE TWO
KINDS OF PACIFISTS
One Unreservedly Pulls
for Kaiser to Win
Other Is Passive

zone Of the elements breeding dis
cord today is the poison shooting,
pro-German pacifist who uses as an
argument that America is losing her
democracy because she is SUPPRESS
ing the right of free speech.
That, then, reduces the pacifists
Of the present day to two elements.
one of which ts-and you will pardon
the slang expression-those who are
unreservedly pulling for the Kaiser
to win, and the other is that element
who refuses to abide by a deliberate
and lawful declaration by this gov
eminent, and even goes to the eX-
tent of lending aid to the enemy.
The rights Of free speech and
lawful assemblage were never meant
to legalize treason, or permit sedition
at home. The right OF free speech
has its limitations when the life of
the nation and its defenders are at
stake"
The above are excerpts from an
address by John r.. Hogan, we'll
known Fargo labor leader, at the
regular meeting of Fargo assembly,
Labor's Loyal legion, Sunday after
noon. His subject was Labor and
Patriotism" Other speakers in
cluded r. r. Scott, who spoke on the
income tax law; W. III. Barnett, who
made a rousing, patriotic talk; and
Dean II. +. Kloman, of Gethsemane
cathedral, who spoke on the original
democracy OF the world. An account
OF the Meeting was printed in Mon
days Forum, but legion members
asked that Mr.. Hogan's speech be
printed in fun
It follows;
Mr.. President and Fellow Mem
bers OF Fargo's Labor's Loyal Leg
ion:
am pleased to be enroller on the
membership roll OF q crowd of loyal
Americans. ] am proud Of my
membership in the great army of
railway workers, two million strong,
who, through their national officers,
have pledged their support to the
President in this great crisis. When
some Of you pick up the daily papers
and read Of the disturbances in
some OF the factories 50 essential to
our, government you say to your
selves. I wonder IL those expressions
of loyalty are sincereT Let me say
this-and you all know 1t well-a
very large percentage of American
labor Is loyal to our country, and
these few dissensions you read about
are que to several reasons. one of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-19
CIRCUIT court
OF APPEALS GETS
Won BANK CASE

The famous Won Bank espionags
case has been transferred to the
United States circuit court Of appeals
according to A. w. Fowler. states at
torney of Cass county and counsel
for the president OF school district
No. 10 Of Cass county.
The appeal is made by counsel for
the defendant that the language Of
the indictment does not fail within
the meaning OF section Of the
espionage act, interfering with the
success and the military operations
OF the United States army and naval
forces in the war. Won Bank, a Bel
gian. and for years a resident Of CaHs
county. where he has amassed tidy
fortune bv farming, was reported &c
the United States authorities by May
Burt, 10 years old. a school teacher
in the district Of which he was presi-
dent, who wrote J. w. Riley, super
intendent Of the county schools. that
the president Of the school district
had made the statement TO her that
he would rather see a pair Of old
trousers hanging from the flag pole
on the school house in his district
than the Stars and Stripes.
The county superintendent Of
schools with his deputy. William
I4andblom. visited Mr.. Won Bank and
in the presence Of the two he admit
ted having made the statement, but
in the United States district court he
based his defense on the statement
that IL was said he did not want 10
sec an American flag whipped 10 the
strong winds OF North Dakota and
for that reason would rather see a
pair Of pants over the building.
After Judge AmidOn passed sent
A1ce Of 60 days In the Cass county
Jail on Won Bank Saturday morning.
papers were filed for the appeal to
the circuit court Of appeals. Won
Bank was released on $4,000 bond
which was Immediately furnished.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-19

FefOre war was declarea, but that
decision, once made, the right or
wrong is not debatable; the con-
testing OF that decision is as illogi-
cal as it would be to contest the
election of the President after he
had been inaugHratc,l. ard will con-
tinue to be so until the original
cause that drove this nation to war
has been overcome or removed.
Causes Not Removed.
The causes which drove this ma
ton to war have not been over
come or removed, they exist as men
acingly. today as they did the day
war was declared; and for this
country to consider any peace
proposal other than that laid down
by the President in his reply to the
pOpe's peace proposal would be far
more humiliating than would be the
outcome had we not entered the
war at ali.
The pacifists are identified with an
impossible proposition as far as
criticism of our govcI nments con-
duct of the war is concerned, and
when they begin to talk to you
about the right Of free speech, must
let this thought wander around:
-'he American bows are n tie
trenches, and while there they are
going to be the targets of German
bullets, why should we at home, be-
cause the government says we are
physically unfit or too old to carry
the accessory poundage, why should
we permit them to be the target of
traitors and sedition mongers here
at home!
Real Justice Is Slow.
The matter Of the arrest, the
change of venue, the release on bail,
and the pOstponement Of trial, and
all slow moving processes of civil
law, have become irksome to loyal
American working men who demand
that these irresponsible agttators be
silenced
My frienis, every v0.cn raised IN
America to dishearten the boys in
thu trenches or to discourage others
raised to bring discomfort among
those at home who are backing those
boys over there is the voice that
tends to make it possible for fewer
Of those boys to come back: that's
the voice that lengthens the casualty
lists and the rolls Of the dead; that's
the voice that prolongs the war!
Those voices must be stilled!
Nothing else will suffice!
The right of free speech and the
right of free assembly were never
meant to leEalize treason or permit
sedition at home. The right Of free
speech has its limitations wlen the
life of the nation and its defenders
are at stake.