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The Dolores star., 1918-03-15

The Democratic primary was held in
the Town hall Wednesday afternoon
and the following names were placed
in nomination: DR.. o. M. Morrison,
mayor; O. T. Trimble, j. J. Moore,
and Carl OrmistoD. trustees for term
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The Dolores star., 1918-03-15

II. J. TNl .ef, ME-. ta"NTGe DILchIIt ~
and Martin Rush were appointed a
committee to fill vacancies. E. L..
Wilber was elected chairman, and Mrs.
Lena E. Bear. secretary of the organ
iZation,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
War Only!

Side by side in recent issue we
printed these two captions:
JERSEY sHIPYARDs ISSUE HURRY
CALL FOR SKILLED LABOR
BOTH SIDES READY FOR FINISH
FIGHT IN NEWARK STRIKE
On another page was detailed the pro-
test of the automobile manufacturers at
Washington against cutting down next
years output to half a million cars. Half
a million nea0 cars in war time!
We put these things together, not to
single out any one industry or trade.
What is here recorded is symptomatic of
the whole country. The simple fact is
that
AMERICA IS NOT YET ANYWHERE
NEAR TO A WAR BASIS.
The rest of the story is this Every
months delay in putting the United
States on such war basis is prolonging
the war many months more and costing
the nation billions Of needless expendi-
ture.
This is certain: That if the whole ma
ton a year ago April had highly re-
solved to let NOTHING stand against the
complete mobilization of the country, in
dustrial financial, political and military,
we might now have TWO million men in
France and arms for them to fight with.
The delays of last summer, the chaos
of last winter, cost us perhaps chance
to see the Hun driven back to the Rhine
this fall
hor rLo Fos~ Eo~I&
chance to do this next spring-if we put
every ounce of available energy into
WAR
This is no time for strikes.
1t is no time for any kind of business
to protest against curtaiment
1t is no time to fight any needed ex-
tension of taxes.
1t is no time to "put over" socialism.
The whole heart and soul of America
IS in the war. 1t cannot be effective if
the whole of the brains and Drawn and
business and industrial strength of the
nation is not behind the war.
If there is a fighting chance to win
the war next summer, if there is even a
bare chance, it is crime not to bend
every effort to that end.
The success of the Allied offensive,
even though it should not be very great,
shows that the might of the Hun has
peaked. 1t can go no further. But its
resistance may be long and strenuous.
If we could put two million, three mill
ION, men across by this time next sum-
mer the war might be over-THEN.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
The Butler Turns

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The paragraph with the heading "An
Undignifed Choice" which appeared in The
Tribune to-day Gully 19) and which was re-
produced from "The Louisville Courier
Journal" calls for little mild comment
Apparently the popular conception of but
ler in Louisville is of pompous eary-Vic-
torian individual "a la Thackeray," with
side whiskers, or the familiar stage variety
of butler, as l have never heard Of any of
our species venturing to Louisville.
Aside from the question whether they
are useful members of the community in
normal times, they assuredly are doing as
much any other class of men to help
win the war now. About 80 per cent of my
own circle O acquaintances, all buffers or
housemen, are serving in one capacity or
another and some have already made the
supreme sacrifice in Flanders. Two friends
of mine were drafted last September and
both are now in France; one is a sergeant Of
artillery and the other a top sergeant of Is
machine gun section.
OF five men who were employed with me,
one has already been wounded in Palestine,
two in France with the Canadians, an
other is cadet in the Royal Flying Corps
and yet another is in the Canadian army
Medical Corps in Canada. l was rejected my
self for defective sight Other friends are
serving in the navy as commissary stew
ards, while yet others are in the shipyards
and ammunition works. Over 70 per cent
of the buffers and housemen who were in
America four years ago are doing their bit,
mostly as soldiers. Inquiry at any Of the
principal domestic employment bureaus will
prove this estimate to be conservative, if
anything. A BUTLER.
New York, July 10, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Fritz Goes Up in the Air

When things are going their way at
the front the Germans write concise and.
on the whole, accurate war bulletins
The style is laconic. 1t is rarely rhe-
torica
But when they are losing lucidity van
shes. They become controversial and
illogical. The style gets confused, bonn
bastic, as if they were trying to talk
themselves out of bad case of rattles.
The Berlin day communique of last
Sunday was an extraordinary self-reve-
latlon. 1t disclosed the German as the
worst of bad losers. The War Office
devoted more space to proving to the
German public that the Grown Prince
of Prussia's armies were still winning
glorious victories on the Champagne
front than it ever used up in describing
the various stages of German progress
from st. Quentin to Amiens or from the
Chemin des Danes to the Marne.
What it succeeded in getting out of it's
system was something unique. Here is
one passage:
The fighting of yesterday ranks in
achievements of leaders and troops and
in its victorious results on a level with
former great fighting successes which have
been gained this battlefield.
Yet the result of Saturdays fighting
was loss of ground to the Crown Prince
on all sides of the salient between Sois-
sons and Rheims. The German retreat
across the Marne, begun on Friday night,
continued through Saturday, The Ger
man line was pushed back three miles or
more on the west side of the salient and
from one to two miles on the east side.
Yet from the official German point of
view the results were victorious"
If victory still continued to perch on
the Crown Princes standards, why tile
pathetic wall in the communique about
the part taken in the battle by "French
subject peoples, Algerians, Tunisians.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23

Via London, The Times receives an
editorial from the Frankfurter Zeitung
commenting uneasily upon the decline of
the Bolshevik power in Russia. 1t Is
alarmed at the landing of Allied troops
on the Murman coast and says that up
to the present time-quoting from the
Times verson-"the Moscow government
has had support from Washington
against all these plans and against Jap
anese Intervention in Siberia, although
recent declarations show that Americas
attitude has changed" The Frankfurter
Zeitung contemplates the inability of the
Moscow government (meaning the gov
ernment of Lenine and Trotzky) to COM
plete the sacrifice of Russia The En-
tente is apparently resolved to save Rus
sia in spite of it's Moscow government.
Therefore, it is seen that Germany will
have to intervene. That has been the
threat from the beginning, industrously
fostered by the Bolsheviki But when
Germany has to intervene in Russia to
meet the activities of the Entente an
Eastern front in that moment will have
been reestablished.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Will Washington Speak,?
(Fron, The Ne,u York Times)

The opinion in many quarters is that
Tammany will not be prepared to think
in terms of the nation unless President
Wilson should contrve to make his inf1u-
ence felt. Some leaders believe that Pres
dent Wilson could not possibly view with
equanimity the spectacle that is all too
clearly foreshadowed by the presence on
the scene of half dozen candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination, prepared to 90
to the limit to attain the goal for which
they have been contending for weeks. and
with no chance of winning at the polls. And
in the background looms the shadow of
William r. Hearst's candidacy, for which
his busy henchmen, scattered all over the
state on missionary errands, are endeavor-
ing to pave the way.
Somehow it is felt that at the last mo-
ment some person with authority to speak
for the Federal Administration. and whose
voice Democrats in this state would be COM
PEELED to and gladly would heed, will an
pear at the conference and bring order out
of the impending chaos. 1t NAV be stated
that Charles F. Murphy himself would wei.
come such a messenger of hope, but at the
present time there is no indication that
Washington is taking any interest in tho
coming state conference or what II is ahor+
to do.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Japan in
Self-Defence

The success Of Germany will compel
Japan in self-defence. against ultimate Ger
man aggression, to take control Of China
Japan has already laid the foundations for
an understanding and military agreement
with China with this possibility in view.
1t will be seen, therefore, that the Aliss
have reason for urging the President 70
make haste. AS one man puts it, there IS
no use trying Christian Science method
IN situation SO cancerous as that OF Nus
STA. We shall see in Russia this winter
one diplomatist stated, condition o.
famine and disease which can be descrloed
only as black death. against which the re-
lief America can dispatch will have lit'ls
effect, and American efforts, if they do MOI
serve Germany, viii be nullifed by the
more effective employment Of German
soldiers
'The New Republics" contention ths'
this is war of ideas is correct; but Prss''
dent Wilson's magnificent ideas will De hs'
the praisworthy literary edicts Of the Asn'
chu emperors, according to which all tnins'
in that unhappy empire are perfect, IL fA'
the Chinese. ~e fail to recognize the mep
acing facts and fail 70 take pracuc''
measures on every front to employ WIZ
the President promised d-"force, force, i0'"
to the utmost"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Pessir77isra
Of Wisdom,

have discussed the Russian and Siberia,
situation with number of diplonatis.s
some American and some foreign who
know Russia and the East, and. in nv
judgment, those who are best Informed kak.
& pessimistic view of the situation.
Two diplomatists Of widely diTerent
training, one having specialized on Russia
from within and the other = man who has
observed her from one of the states of the
Near East, expressed similar views TO me-
"You must win," said the latter, "by the
autumn of 1919, otherwise Germany will
have consolidated her position in Russis
from which it will be impossible to s,ec,
her"
Still third diplomatist, who takes less
pessimistic view and is an ardent partisan
of the President, says that eventually we
shall have to invite the assistance of both
the Japanese and Chinese forces. This is
what the Allies have been steadily urging
the President to do, but what, as far as
know, he still objects to doing.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Blind and Futile Fury

There was laughter for the gods in the
news from the Cape Cod front, surely
the immortal joke of the war. Even the
brutality the wanton viciousness of the
attack, fade before it's absurdi,v, the RI
diculous futility of the thing. The I'M
perial German navy engages in terrific
combat with-four scows! eve have
met the enemy and they are ours--one
Lehigh Valley tug, four scows" 1t is
enough to make a grand admiral tear
out his beard.
Terrorization? Ask the automobile
loads of Cape Codders who watched the
show from the dunes. Ask Jack Ainslie,
the eeven-year-old son Of Captain Aims
lie Of the barge Lansford, waving his
American flag at the U-boat as the shells
went skipping BY Guarantee few such
movie scenes to any beach, and it's fort
une would be made.
A child with a mad" on is the near
est thing to this U-boat's tactics; say,
a child locked up in a room for punish
nent who vents his wrath on the only
enemy available by upsetttng the chairs
and pulling the covers off the crib. Sent
out to get transports, sent out to get
supply ships, this submarine, like it's pred
ecessors, failed of its goal and had to
vent its wrath on something, anything,
that could be shelled by very angry Ger
man gunners and in time, sunk.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
The Jailing of Detectives

Mr.. Francis d. Gallatin, chairman of
the newly appointed State Commission
on Feeblemndedness declared that: "At
least one-fourth of the whole number Of
inmates of penal institutions are mental
detectives, and the laws of this state
should be radically amended so that they
can be dealt with as such, rather than
as criminals"
This highly notable declaration is
made as part of report of committee
of the New York County Lawyers AS
sociation. We do not think the action
taken by this committee can be too high
ly commended. The remarkable investi-
cations of which Henry H. Goddard and
his co-workers at the wonderful training
school at Vineland, NJ j., were the
pioneers, have shown that from 10 to Is
per cent of all children are more or less
defective. Part of that work was done
here in the schools of New York City.
We think it is not going too far to say
that very large part of all of those
who come up before our criminal courts
are recruited from this defective class.
Practically speaking, an intelligent
criminal is contradiction in terms.
Little by little we are coming to un-
derstand that the average criminal be-
longs to what is called the moron type,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Alice in Potsdar7,
Wonderland

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Yesterday came across the follow
ing passage in 1.-THE Life and Letters of
Lewis Carroll" Century Company, page I'D,
which is interesting in view Of recent
events. 1t is taken from his diary, kept
during tour Of the Continent in 1867
"July, 1857.
"The amount of art lavshed on the whole
region of Potsdam is marvellous; some of
the tops of the palaces were like forests Of
statues, and they we're all over the gardens,
set on pedestals. In fact, the two principles
OF Berlin architecture appear to me to be
these: On the housetops, wherever there
is a convenient place, put up the figure of a
man; he is best placed standing on one leg.
Wherever there is room on the ground put
either a circular group of busts on pedes-
tails, in consultation, all looking nwards, or
else the colossal figure of man killing,
about to kill or having killed (the present
tense is preferred) beast; the more pricks
the beast has the better--in fact, a dragon
is the correct thing, but if that is beyond
the artist he may content himself with q
lion or a pig. The beast-killing principle
has been carried out everywhere with a re-
lentless monotony, which makes some parts
of Berlin look like a fossil Slaughter
house.
"July 23, 1867
eve strolled about and bought few
photographs (Danzig) and at II 39 left for
Konigsberg. On the way to the station we
came across the grandest instance Of the
Majesty of Justice that I have ever wit
messed. A little boy was being taken to the
magistrate or to prison (probably for pick
ing a pocket). The achievement of this
feat had been intrusted to two soldiers in
full uniform, who were solemnly marching,
one in front of the poor little urchin and
one behind, with bayonets fixed, of course,
to be ready to charge in case he should at
tempt an escape.
"St Petersburg
There is a fine equestrian statue of
Peter the Great near the Admiralty The
lower part is not pedestal, but left shape
less, and has a serpent coiled about it's hind
feet, on which, I think, it is treading. If this
had been put up in Berlin Peter would, no
doubt, have been actively engaged in killing
the monster, but here he takes no notice Of
It; in fact, the killing theory is not recog
nized, We found two colossal figures of
lions, which so painfully mild that each
of them is rolling a great ball about like
kitten"
MARGARET ROOD CUSHWA
Bingham Canyon, Utah, July 10, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Our Own battalion of Death"

To Mmc Lydia Prochkoroff, Mrs.
Palma Mucher, Miss Anna Woronow,
Mrs. Ellanina Coyle, Mrs. Vera Burba,
Mrs. Zeneada Rok, Miss Olga Davedovos-
ky and her sister, Miss Palian Davedo-
vosky, Mrs. Olga Korneenko, Mrs. Ell
lanina Zvireko, Mrs. Anna Bayko, Mrs.
Maria Kossack, Mrs. Ellanina Kolshesh
and Mrs. Anna Lashkoreva-and other
of the gallant Russian ladies of Brooklyn
who have organized in this country
new ''battalion of DEATH" like that which
defended the Winter Palace in Petrograd
we present our distinguished felicita-
tions. From such portraits as have been
published thus far we are sure that they
are all very brave, and determined to
do their noblest in the reconstruction of
their stricken country. They set an ex-
cellent example to Russian men in
America And we wish that the news
of this enterprise might be industriously
spread all over the land from which
most of them have come.
1t is the strangest thing how the mill
tary power of the largest and most
populous European empire could crumble
like a rope of sand, leaving this mighty
nation under the domination, literally, of
a handful of homeopathic demagogues.
May the Russian women Of America in
spire their fatherland with new
purpose!
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23

"One broad long midsummer da
snail 70 the planet overpay
The ravage Of year of war"
MAY, not the glory of the summer skies.
Not azure seas, nor the wind -r;nnad
waves
OF tender grass hiding the quiet eraves
Not joyous bird, nor singing brook that
laves
The spirit in it's drowsy melodies
Not gardens blossom woven tapestries.
Nor fruited tree, nor faithful vine that
The hail and heats, can pay for that which
lies
Withered by wars black breath. The oft
with power
10 turn to day wars desolating night.
ana span with hope the worlds abysma1
pain,
They give who sow the seed of the sweat
flower
o1 Liberty-for it shall find the light,
And the SCARED earth bloom white with il
again. FRANCES BEERS.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23

Moroccans and Senegalese," and also by
Americans, including black Americans"
Fritz rises almost to the height Of moral
Indignation in pointing out that the
subject peoples were in the thick Of the
fighting and bore the main burden Of the
struggle" But if the Crown Prince is
VIGOROUSLY repelling all the attacks OF
these Subject races" why not gloat over
it, instead Of grumbling about it?
Emotion has made the German War
Office incoherent. 1t says, for instance:
Northwest of Chateau Thierry our regi-
ments, who, during the last few weeks
have over and again been vainly attacked
yesterday also VIGOROUSLY held their
positions against many times repeated
strong attacks by the Americans.
The Americans have suffered especially
heavy losses, and during the night, undls-
turbed by the enemy, we withdrew our
defences in the territory north and north
east Of Chateau Thierry.
Troops which have "victorously held
their positions" do not retire unless the
breaking of the line somewhere else COM
pels them to do so. But, as matter of
fact, the Germans northwest of Chateau
Thierry did not hold their positions.
They were pressed back almost continu-
ously by the Franco-American offensive.
1t is a good sign when the German
War Office begins to falsify and to drop
into hysterical rhetoric. 1t is a sign that
it distrusts the reaction of the German
public to an honest confession of defeat
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23

After sixteen months, hatred of the
symbol triumphs over the illusion of
royalty, which had persisted much long
er than any other restraint, and the de-
throned Gar of all the Russias is shot
without trial. The Car is dead! Long
be his demise. There is no feeling any
where, leastwise in no democratic any
where, for the symbol that is shattered.
There is only the feeling, even in de-
mocracies, that man has been unneces-
sarily murdered. A strong government
does not commit murder 1t takes life
only by due process of law. The govern
ment of Lenine and Trotzky is weak.
1t was afraid Of the man who had been
Czar-too afraid of him to try him. It
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Alta Bow!

Three months or more ago, in the dark
days of the German offensive, the fervent
prayer of every good American was only
that our allies might be strong enough
to hold out until American aid, then on
the way might SO fortify their reserves
and their courage that German tri-
umph would be impossible In the tense
and homely language Of the football
field, the American mood was that of the
home rooters when the ball is in front of
the defended goal and the wedge is driv-
ing steadily, irresistibly, forward to put
it over and the rallying cry goes up from
10000 throats:
Hold 'em, boys; hold 'em!"
In ninety days the mood, the situation,
the cry, have changed. The American
troops are there and on the line, a quar-
ter Of a million or more strong in actual
fighting numbers. The indomitable and
brilliant strategy of Foch is bearing it's
fruits. Whatever be the immediate re-
suit, it is evident that, to continue our
homely simile, the ball is moving in
different direction. 1t is going UPHELD,
toward the enemy goal, and we think we
do not betray an undue exhilaration if
we say that the American mood might
again be summed up in the language Of
the field, when in similar fashion the
tables are turned, the visitors are in re-
treat, and a joyous yell goes up from
every home throat:
"rear 'em up, boys! Tear 'em up!"
We shall probably see many dark days
ahead. Disasters may come. The might
of the Hun is not yet broken. We may
yet have to pay heavy price for our
long delay. But the soul of the nation
is singing cover There" in a different
vein; and from now on it's dominant note
we firmly believe will be with the after
refrain:
Tear 'em up. Tear 'em up!"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Applying Mental
Science to Russia
By Frederick Moore
wv AsHINGToN, July 22-Tb.. 81
" Germans will obtain from p.-'

w "oi "io"9 "iii opCalh from no,.i,
in the course Of year ni,,;
recruits for their army enabling tbs..
meet the next million we send acros.
Atlantic to the Western front is tbs
ion Of highly placed, experienced Az
matist who has made for his goverr...'.
sn extensive and special study of Pus.,.
This will be only the beginning Of N. ~.
man drafts from Russia, this rep.lsu..
believes. 'a
For many weeks the Allies hsv. l.
bringing heavy pressure to bear N
the President to take action or perm,. .,.,sN
to be taken, and there is hope tba. :. =,
course Of time he viii come 20 realiz. :,
desperate nature Of the situation. 7.
been put to him very plainly, but az 20. =
has given no evidence Of apprecia.ins 81
dire necessities of the loss of the Eas.."
front. He has preferred 10 take ~. y,
vice Of men who see no gxeat dan,.. :,
Germany's subjugation of the Slavs
others who say the war must be vo,
the Western front. ="
This is, up to the present, the m.,.~..-
and prevailing party. But the Other, 49,.
working and increasing their ,r.,..
steadily, and are hoping that tho pr...
dents customary course of thought on -.
eign matters will come to fruition in .,o..'
time than usual.