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New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Philip Whitwell Wilson
IndOrses Col. Roosevelt
Says ''Happiness of Unborn
Depends ON United States and
Britain Standing Toeether,,

"The happiness of unborn genera
tions depends upon whether Great
Britain and the United States get to-
gether," said Philip Whitwell Wilson,
correspondent of The London Daily
News yesterday at luncheon at the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.
at was particular joy for all the
British people," he said. "to read that
remarkable pronouncement by Mr..
/ Roosevelt that a treaty should be nego-
tated like the one that stripped tnc
American Canadian frontier of all fort
lesses, which would prevent all arming,
and that says that nothing could ever
arise that would be cause of war be-
tween the two countries
"Mischief makers are already at
work over our fleet. We have politi-
clans running in our elections who say
that our fleet must be supreme.
sometimes wish chat American corre-
spondents wouldn't always pick out our
English indiscretions to cable back
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Continued from pass 1

battle-cruisers, two scout cruisers
Line feet submarines, two destroyer
tenders, and one fleet submarine ten.
Ger, he said. Lack of ships Of this
type. he declared, would have beer
fatal to the United States if it had
been fighting the war alone.
Admiral Badger said that before the
armistice was signed requiring Ger
many to surrender the greater part oil
it's navy the General Board had re.
commended six-year building pro
gramme to include twelve supcrdread
noughts and sixteen battle-cruisers
but added that immediate necessitie.
would be met by the three-year build
ing programme recommended by the
Secretary of the Navy.
British Strength Similar
Great Britain now has thirteen OF
these vessels built or building, he said
and it is estimated she will have from
nineteen to twenty by 1925.
Admiral Badger said that type for
type American battleships compare ia.
vorably in power with those of any
other nation, pointing out that the six
designed for displacement of $4,000
tons, of % knots speed, a main battery
OF u slXteen-inch guns and are heavily
armored. They will be the most pow
erful vessels in the world, he said.
Admiral Badger stated that provi-
sions for 108 destroyers is made in the
1920 threeyear programme There
are now 342 either built or being built
he said, and in 1925 there will therefore
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Macy Board Wants u. S. Fleet
To Be Equal Of Great Britain s

be a total of $50, compared with Eng
lands 516 at present.
"The submarine programme calls fo1
twenty-one fleet submarines, fourteen
type, twenty-four anti submarines
and forty-two mine layers" he said
"There are now built. building or au-
tkorized total of 169 coast sub
marines and twelve fleet submarines
The general board estimates that 8
total of 294 S-type boats are required
and recommends that sevcnty-tive be
authorized now. The British navy has
now built or building 228 submarines
or winch about seventy-five are of large
or fleet type"
Air Facilities Sought
Admiral Badger again emphasized
the need for additional mine sweepers
and patrol vessels and spoke of the de
Velopmcnt during the war of the air
plane carrier. Fleet engagements will
be preceded in the future by operations
in the air, he stated. and the genera
board recommends that the fleet be
provided with facilities 70 carry or
such operations.
Disposition of the ships surrendered
by Germany rests with the peace con.
ference, Admiral Badger stated, in re.
sponse to questions at the close of the
meeting as to whether he thought these
vessels should be destroyed, returned
or distributed among the Allies.
"lf England gets the lions share ot
those ships" asked Representative
Kelley, of Michigan, Republican, "dc
you still think we should build to the
point where we would have navy equa
to hers?"
"The necessity of the United States
navy being equal to the most powerful
maintained by any other nation in the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Dress Accessories
of the Right Quality

Our Custom Stock Dress
Shirts fill a long-felt
want. How often it hap
pens that a hurried social
call finds ones laundry
undelivered and no way
to hasten it.
Here is where we come
to the rescue. Come here.
state your neck-size and
arm length, and a dress
shirt. made on the prem
ises, faultlessly laun-
dered, will be handed to
you. It's price is S2.24.
Dress Collars at Is cents
and 81 cents.
Silk Dress Refers, white
or pearl, at $3.50.
Dress Ties at "a cents
and 6S cents, and last
but of so great moment
particularly to the young
man IN society!-the silk
top hat. We have them
at $6.74.
EAagw'3 Main Floor, 35th 81,
Front.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
U. S. Is Seeking Panama
Island for Canal Fort
Proposes TO Pay $l5,OOO,OOO
for Big Gun Base at the
Pacific Entrance

PANAMA, Dec 12. Negotiations
have begun by the United States for
the purchase of property rights on
the island of Taboga. at the Pacific
entrance of the Panama Canal. in Pan
aman territory. 1t is said that the
plan is to add to the canal fortifica-
tions six batteries of coast artillery
and post of 5000 men. The cost Of
the property rights, it is said, will
aggregate $15,000,000.
The village of Taboga, which is old
er than Panama City, will not be
touched, it is said but the rest of
the island will be reserved for mill
tary purposes. The residents of the
island are protesting against being
evicted, and the Panaman government
has the matter under negotiation with
the Washington government, with as
surances that there will be satisfac-
tory adjustment, it is reported.
Under the terms of the treaty of
1908 the United States may occupy
any territory required for the opera
tion Of the canal or it's defence by
making settlement for private titles.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Evening Clothes in
Up-to-Date Models

Full-dress suits, consist
ing of coat and trousers,
made of unfinished wor-
steds, lined throughout
with silk and finished
with silk binding around
the collar and cuffs-the
trousers with braid on
the outside seam-are
conventional en- ou G h
when viewed in the ab-
stract.
But when you see the
suits here they look the
part they were intended
to play in the social
hours of gentlemen who
know how to dress.
The suits, coats and
trousers range in price
from $3.50 to $54.25.
Evening Dress Vests in
white figured pique and
mercerized silk fabrics
are priced from $3.75 to
S6.75.
[INpN7es Fifth FInor Rroadua,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
Aviator Crosses Andes at
Altitude of 1900 Feet

BUENOS AYRES, Argentina, Dec.
y. Lieutenant Dagoberto Godoy, of
he Chilean army this morning crossed
Che Andes Mountains at their highest
point in a Bristol airplane. The avi-
ator left Santiago, Chile, and crossed
the Tupungato range at an altitude of
1900 feet, landing at Mendoza, Ar
gentina.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

Marine MARINE; Modified forms of these de-
wees y, nave also been designed for use
-, ~ protection of the Atlantic const Of
sunmarlnes building on July num-
pereo !oo, and the tables show the en-
sohes Tor twenty-eight were more than
go per cent ready. fourteen Of them
being we'll past the 90 per cent mark
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13
DR.. koo at Bordeaux

PARIS, Dec. II (Havas). DIR. Well
ington Koo, Chinese Minister to the
United States and representative of
his country to the peace congress, has
arrived at Bordeaux.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-13

pe,hungry? Remember how
,ou used to hang around
he kitchen just to get the
antalizing, fragrant whifs
when the "punkin" pies were
paking!
Remember how they looked
sben they came from the
wen, fat and golden and set
% a turn?
But, Oh Boy! now grown up
remember the taste-the
rch, creamy pumpkin, sweet
,ned and mellowed by the
frost, made richer with cream
and eggs-tle naky, CrSpy
uust that melted in your
mouth with every delicious
morsel'
Uum! dandy mince pie, too
made with -" sugar and
spice and everything nice.
Come to CI1ILDS any day
before the run on pumpkin
pie exhausts the supply.
A generous, golden wedge"
of luscious pumpkin pie with
good coffee, zoe.
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her gold-headed cane on the stairs -
she mounted.

her gold-headed cane on the stairs -
she mounted.
Ida Wingfeld slipped into her warm
cloak and went out into the snowy
streets. The wonderful valentine
burned against her heart she was con.
scious Of Its proximity all day. It took
away the sting from the comic one she
found In her desk. and It upheld her
through trying day with her pupils
Night found her coming home to the
boarding house and her dull room with
star-like eyes and flushed cheeks. She
looked positively lovely. Romance was
not dead after all.
Mrs. Munson came into the dining
room with importance written on her
sallow countenance.
miss Wing6eld, I'm dreadfully sor.
~ but I'm afraid that valentine you
got this morning isn't for you. after all.
Along about noon lady came In from
next door and said that her name was
Wingheld and wanted to know II any
mail for her had been left here by mis-
take. Said her name was Ines Wing
ield-so I guess, maybe, that valentine
was for her."
Ida Wingfeld suddenly looked Ill;
all the light and color died out Of ho
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-07

string was. A half hour ago, q deputy
United States marshal, with q posse
big enough to capture a town, took
possession Of the dam and stopped the
work. He says it's court order from
Judge Lorching at Red Butte. based on
the claims Of that Internal paper rail.
road!"
Smith pushed the telephone aside.
"But It's too late" he protested.
@The dam Is completed; Williams
phoned me before went to dinner.
All that remains to be done to save
the charter Is to shut the spillways
and let the water back up so that It
will flow into the main dItch!"
fright there's where they've got
US" was the raspIng reply. 'They
won't let Williams touch the spillway
gates, and they're not going to let him
touch them until after we have lost out
on the time limit Williams man says
they've put the seal of the court on
the machinery and have posted armed
guards everywhere. Wouldn't that
make you run around In circles and
yelp Ike scalded dogT
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CHAPTER XIV.
A strona Man Armed.

Smith put his elbows ON the desk
and propped his head In his hands.
1t was not the attitude Of detection; ;
1t was rather q tranceliks rigor of
concentration, with each and all Of the
newly emergent powers once more
springing alive to answer the battle
call. At the desk-end Starbuck sat
with his hands locked over one knee,
too disheartened to roll a cigarette,
normal solace for all woundings less
than mortal. After q minute or two
Smith jerked himself around to face
the news-bringer.
Does Colopel Baldwin known be
asked.
"Sure That's the worst Of It Didn't
! tell you7 He drove out to the dam,
reaching the works Just ahead Of the
trouble. When M0raw and the posse
outAt showed up, the colonel cot II
Into his head that the whole thing was
msssiy another trick Of Stanton's-a
fakA 0inty. the quarry boss, brought
ths nsws to town. Hs says there was
o Moody mix-up. and at the end Of Il
~ colonel and Williams were beth
under arrest for resisting the oflcsra"
smith nodded thoughtfully. sOf
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son hid thrust her sharp nose into the
room and had even asked Mr.. Root II
there was anything more he wished.
Second helplngs Of anything being
rare at the Munson table, Mr.. Roots
fellow boarders grinned appreciative-
ly when Selma thudded heavily In with
q second cupful Of a muddy mixture,
politely called coffee.
"Expecting a valentine, Mr.. RootT'
asked mischievous Ethel Raymond, the
little stenographer, who was to bs
married at Easter.
Mr.. Root blushed furiously and look
ed Into his coffee.
II am looking for an important let
ter" he said severely.
valentines are Important" teased
Ethel, for she liked the quiet little
gray man who had been bookkeeper
for twenty-five years In q downtown
warehouse. Mr.. Roots bachelor quar-
tiers at the top Of the house had been
spoken Of as a model Of comfort by
the men Of the Munson boarding house
but the women would have It that the
little man must be lonesome, and
among themselves they had secretly de-
cided that 1t would be a fitting ro-
nance II Mr.. Root married Miss Ida
Wingfield, the schoolteacher who sat
at the end of the table.
Miss Wingheld. once pretty. now
pale and tired, with rather a distin-
guished air lent by her abundant gray
hair, always played Mr.. Roots accom-.
panlments when he brought his violin
down to the parlor.
There's the postman nowl' cried
Ethel Raymond eagerly.
A loud knock came at the basement
door and Selma plodded slowly to take
In the handful Of letters.
Ida Wingfeld picked up her valen.
tine, broke the seal with reverent
finger and pulled out charming con.
coction Of lace paper and golden hearts
and flying cupids. There were roses
and forget-me-nots and arrows scat.
tered everywhere.
"Ahw breathed the excited table al
Miss Wingheld replaced 1t 10 the en-
velope.
"You are satisfied, Mrs. Munsoni'
asked Mr.. Root In a rasping tone.
"Td like to know who sent It." shifted
Mrs. Munspn 90 she went out and
banged the door after her.
"Impertinent- -insufferable!" gaspet
old Mrs Dodd, ~ she followed thu
schoolteasher out into the basemen,
hall. u wouldn't remain here q day
longer only Mrs. Munson Il an excel
lent cook and a. neat a. wax-person
ally she y imposdblel" She pounded
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-07

LAwrvnceville Bank and Trust. You
have captured Tucker Jlbbey. and that
means fuckers father; and my fa-
ther-well, when It comes to the
worst my father always does what /
want him to. It's bis one weaknesa."
For one little instant Smith felt the
solid ground slipping from beneath his
feet. Here was q way out and his
quick mentality was showing him that
II was q perfectly feasible way. As
verda Richlnnder's husband and Jo-
slab Richlander's son-in-law, he could
fight Durham and win. And the re-
ward: once more he could take his
place In the small Lawrenceyille
world, and settle down to the life Of
conventional good report and ease
which he had once thought the acme
Of any reasonable mans aspirations.
But at the half-yieldlng moment a
word Of Corona Baldwin's flashed into
his brain and turned the scale: ut
did happen in your case CIV
Ing you a chance to grow and expand.
and to break with all the old tradl-
tions and the break left you
free to make Ct yourself what you
should choose" 1t was the reincar-
mated Smith who met the look In the
beautiful eyes and made answer.
mo" was the sober decision; and
then he gave his reasons. 1T I could
do what you propose. ! shouldn't be
worth the powder 1t would take to
drive a bullet through me, verda, for
now, you see. I know what love means.
You say / have changed, and ! have
changed: I can imagine the past-and-
gone J. Montague jumping at the
chance You are offering. But the mill
will never grind with the water that
Is past: I'll take what Is coming to me,
and try to take It like q man. Good
highland good-by." And he turned
his back upon the temptation and
went away.
Fifteen minutes later he was in his
office In the Kinzie building. trying In
vain to get Colonel Baldwin on the
distance wire; trying also-and also
In yaln-to forget the recent clash and
break with verda Richlander. He
was juggling the switch Of the desk
phone for the twentieth time when q
nervous step echoed In the corridor
and the door opened to admit William
Starbuck. There was red wrath In
the mine owners ordinarily cold eyes
when he flung himself Into a chair and
eased the nausea of his soul In an out
burst Of picturesque profanity.
THE jig's up-defnltely up. John"
he was saying. when his speech be-
came lucid enough to be understood.
I'VE know now what Stanton's other
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-07
Candles Va Electricity.

The Society for Electrical Develop.
ment, anxious to encourage . wider
use Of electricity for lighting, has pre-.
pared figures showing 1t ID much cheap.
er than candles or kerosene.
A recent test Of six candles showed
that for cent only 2.68 candle-poweR
hours were obtained. II electricity fox
lighting costs Q cents for 4 hlowatl
hour . 0watt lamp can be lighted for
30 hours for Q centA The efficiency Of
Q O-watt incandescent b q candle.
power for LIT wattA Thus . 20watt
lamp viii provide about II candle
power. II win burn 30 hours toe Z
cent?, or $50 candle-powsr hours WIN
cost Q cent?. One cent viii buy ~
candlepowsr hours. Or % times ~
much light % can b obtained fsum I
sandls Tor ] cent
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valentines Ars Important"

face. Slowly she took the envelope
from her bosom and passed It to the
hard-featured woman beside her.
There was silence around the table
for an instant. Then before Mrs. Nun.
son could move away Asa Root got up
and held out his hand.
Il will take that letter. II you please,
Mrs. Munson. 1t belongs to Miss Wing
field-I kn0w-because I sent It TO her
perhaps Miss wingfield will tell You
that she Is going to marry me very
soon." said Mr.. Root confidently, a.
though this was not only news to him.
self but to Ida Wlng6eld as well,
TELL them-are you. Idaf whis.
pered Mr.. Root eagerly.
"Why-yes-of course |" murmured
Miss Wingheld shyly, and that was the
only proposal Of marriage that she re-
ceived from the bookkeeper; but when
Easter dawned there were two we'd
dings from the Munson house and one
OF the brides was Ida wlngneld.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-02-07
\A(f:N(|NfS
BY ' ' '
Clarence


n the morning Of st. VAL
entine's day the boarders
at Mrs. Munson's gathered
around the long table with
perhaps an unusual inter-
est In the mornings mail.
But the postman was
late and breakfast Jagged.
0nco or fNica Mrs Mnn.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-07-05

got out the rum Jar and gave each
nip and passed around some flags,
the old reliable Woodblnea, The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said IN English, THANK
you, sir. the rum IL excellent aud np-
preclate II, also your kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, Of the sixty-slxth BavarIan
Light Infantry; that he had lived six
years ia New York Cknew the city bet.
ter than did, had been TO Coney
island and many Of our bah games. He
was a regular fan. couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best BAN player In the world.
From New York he had gone 20 Lon
don. where he worked as waiter In
the Hotel Russell. just before the war
ne went home to Germany 20 see his
parents. the war came and he was con
acripted
He told me he was very sorry "a
hear that London was ia ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. | could not con
| vince him otherwise, for hadn't ne seer
moving pictures In one OF the German
cities Of 81. Paul'a cathedral in ruins
| changed the subject because b
was so stubborn In his belief II wa
my intention 20 try aud pump him 10
information as to the methods Of III,
German snlpers, who had been cans
Ing US trouble In the last few days.
preached the subject and he shu
up like a clam, After few minutes
he very innocently said
German snlpers net paid reward
for killing the English"
eagerly asked. what are theyf
tle answered;
For killing or woundlng an Engllsl
private, the snlpef gets one mark, Flo
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CHAPTER Xxx.
-chsta With Frlts.s

We were swimming Ia money, FROM
the receipts ~ our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
Mhen an order came through that our
brigade would again take over their
sector % the tine.
the aay that these orders were IT,
sued. oar captain assembled the conf
rany and asked for volunteers to go 20
ths Machine tiun school Ht ", Omar.
vaiunteefed aud was accepted
sixteen uen ffnin our brigade left
Cor the course IL machine gpnnery,
This course lasted tive weeks and We
rejoinsd or unit and were assigned 70
ihe brigade mnchiue gun company. Il
altnost broke my heart 70 leave my
comrany mates.
me gun We used was the vickera,
light 8Da. water cooled,
wps san d meluhrr ~ tho Suicide
rub, having jumped from the frying
Pan into the are, I was assigned 20
section 1 sun No, 3 aud the first time
~in~ tosk Iosition IN the gront.line
ttrBch
nurine me day cur gun would be
aisuiauntea 90 the dre step ready for
lnstbnt use we shared augont with
the Lewis Eunnrrs At stand 20" We
uoaid usaual our sun or the parupet
art "a on watch beside q until "stand
down IN ~ morning Then the gun
would DC tismOnuted snd agaln placed
b readiness on the hre step.
we ga sight days Ia The front.liue
trench WitAoet hnythiug unusual hap
psulnr outside u me ordinary trench
Feuiiur On tho eight that We were 10
scaFry 0ut b0nbing raid against the
gsmnun ilues WRs pallod on Thls ruld'
ing parts consisted ~ sixty company
msn. sixieep boubvrs. and four Lewis
usaeblne guns witB yheir cFpws
Ths raid tns5k tEe li0ches By snrpriss
ard sss complete success, the part,
hrinEing back tNeaty-0ne prisoners
Tfz Gprnans must have been awful
y sare. bscnNs# they turned loose /
aaffaEe Il shrapnRl. with d few "siin
aies and whlH8 bangs internsixed
The SHELLS usre arupplug lute our frun
hoe Hkr hkllst0nsN
r get even. Wp rnutd have left nj
prisoners in the Ore trench. IN charg,
u nv men % gunsd asd TT them clicl
Frisz's strafeihg but Tommy daes 10
treat pfisenefs that way
Fiye - them were brought late IA
dugoui end surned oser 10 me 80 tina
they would be safe from the Geru,a
are
In the eandielight they locked yer
much shaken. serves gone and chalk
iAees. with the exception o. one,
great blg Pillow Be looked very muc
NJ ss@s uSed him from tbs start
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killing or woaudIng an English officer
hc gets i've marks, but II he kills Red
Cap or English general, the salper gets
twenty ono days tied 10 the wheel o.
Huber as punishment To- Ia careless
ness.
Then he paused. waiting 10 me to
bite, suppose.
biz nil right and asked hlm WAY the
SntpeF was punished Tor killing an
English general With smile be ~
Piled;
Well. you see II all the English gen
erals were killed. there would Se no
enc lrtt 90 make costly mistakes"
shut him %. he was getting too
fresh fqr prisoner, After while hc
winked az ne and winked back, then
the escort came 20 take the prisoners
10 the rear. shook hands and wished
him "'rhe best % luck aud sate Jour
ney 70 mighty
] liked that prisoner, he was a nn'
fellow. had an lroE Cross, too, ! sd
yiscd him 20 keep Il cut of sight. o.
some Tommy would be sending Il hom'
20 his girl 10 Rllgh;y as a souvenir.
One dark and rainy night white o.
/ guard We were looking over the tol
from the Ore step of our frnnt.iln
trench. when we heard noise tmine
dlaiely In front Of our barbed wire
] The sentry next TO me challenged
Hiatt, who comes thsref' and orongh
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cHAprER xlxcon,lnusd.


Al one point 81 the line whore the
sfenehes were very close, a stake was
driven into the ground midway boz
tween the hostile lines. AZ night when
Il vas his turn. Tommy would crawl
10 this stake aud attach some London
papers 10 Il. while IL the foot he would
place tins ~ buiiy beef. fags, sweets
end other delieaclcs that he had re.
ecisea frum Highly ID the ever locked
Tor pafcel Later % FRITZ would come
out aud get these Injuries.
The next night Tommy would 50 out
10 see what Fritz put into his stocking
The donation centrally consisted of Q
paper from negsin. telling who was
winnlng the war. some timed sauaages,
cigars and occasionally little beer,
bat funny thing. Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless II was In
slde ~ him. IT'S platoon got n whiff of
bis breath enc night and the offending
Temms lose his Job,
One night young English sergeant
sraWisd 10 the stake and ~ he tried y
detnah The German paper q bomb *
pl0aed and mhngled hlp horribly, Fritz
haa 40 trap aud gained another vic
tim whtch was only one more black
mark asalnat him in the book ot this
war, From that tirae on diplomatic re-
iatIons were seysred.
Returning to Tommy ! think hl'
spirit il best shown in the questions he
asks II Is never "who IL g0lng 70 win
bat always "hoas long will Il sukel"