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New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Postal Officials Say War De-
partment Did Not Give
the Craft 1t Promised
Engines Are Found Faulty
Route Will BE Successfully
Established if Orders for
the Machines Are Filled
Ncw York Tribune
Ndsltin qton BhreaW

Washington Bhfean
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-+Failure of
the Postoffice Department to put in
operation the aerial mail service from
New York to Chicago this week and
keep the service going without inter
ruption was laid at the door of the
War Department to-day by mail Of
fcials.
"The War Department suddenly shut
off the supply of planes promised to
the Postoftice Department and we had
only FIVE mail ships instead of seven
teen on December 1S, when we hoped
to inaugurate the New York to Chicago
service" it was asserted at the Post
office Department.
Because of the lack of planes. it
was necessary for the Postoffice De
partment to hurriedly take all avail
able ships at Belmont Park and press
them into service, with the result that
some of the engines, due to their new
ness and the fact that they were not
sufficiently tuned up became hot and
compelled the pilots to land with but
little actual flying.
"We have the Curtiss plant at Long
Island City busy converting De Havi-
land fighting planes into naval ships,
and within a short time we hope to have
the New York Chicago service going in
good shape, provided, of course. that
the War Department does not change
its mind again and recall the ships
already furnished or decline to COM
plete the order of 100 machines that
we have placed with it,"
1t was vigorously denied that the
New York to Chicago service was to be
abandoned because the engines in the
planes were faulty and would not stand
up under the strain of cross country
flying with cargo.
at is true that the De Havland fight
ing planes must be converted into mail
carriers by having their rearcock pits
lined with wood" said an officer of the
mail service. "but the Curtiss people
are remodelling the planes as quickly
as they are received from the War De-
partment and very little further delay
is looked for unless the War Depart
ment shuts off the supply or demands
the return OF planes already advanced" "
Postoffice officials were unable to ex-
plain the failure of the War Depart
nent to furnish the seventeen planes
promised early this month for use in
inaugurating the mail service on De-
cenber IS.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Kahn Says Loyalty
To u. S. Made Him
Target OF Germans

The Tribune yesterday received the
following communication from Otto H
Kahn:
From the very beginning of the Eu-
ropean war | have demonstrated by my
actions and written words my abhor-
renee of Prussianized Germany, my ut
ter hostility to her cause and my
whole-hearted sympathy with the cause
of the Allied nations. Within few
months of the outbreak of the war I
became, and have continued to be ever
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
'Bethn,unn' Greetings
Written by Hearst Man

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-ln
w his testimony in the propa-
ganda inquiry before the Overman
Committee to-day Mr.. Becker
brought out new fact about
William Bayard Hale besides
showing his connection with the
Hillquit campaign. The deposition
of Edwards, Hale's secretary,
showed that a supposed Fourth of
July message to the American
People from Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, heavily displayed by the
Hearst papers in 1916, was really
written from first to last by Hale
and taken to Hollweg to be signed.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Officer TO We'd Miss Sheerin

Announcement has been made by the
Rev. and Mrs. James Sheerin, of S43
West End Avenue, of the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Shee-
rim. 70 Lieutenant William Benfed
Pressey, U. S. A, son of the Rev. and
Mrs. William Pressey, of Ashton, R. l.
Miss sheerin has been for the last year
an assistant at the New York County
Chapter OF the American Red Gross.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21

since. an object of abuse and attack in
the German press.
Il TOOK ny stand according to the
dictates of my conscience and judg-
ment. | have never wavered in that
stand, either publicly or privately. It
was known widely, and to none better
than to German emissaries and the
German government. Ny record ever
since 1914, in support of the Allied
cause and in opposition to the German
cause-not to speak of loyalty to the
American cause-is clear. open and IN
equivocal If that record does not pro-
tect me against misrepresentation mis-
conception or misinterpretation moth
ing that may say can
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Mercier Not Coming Here

OTTAWA, Ont. Dec. 2O.-The Bel
eian Consul General for Canada to-
.say denied the report that Cardinal
"ere'er would visit Canada and the
alisd statesY He has been officially
'Sed thar Cardinal Mercier has no
tin cs leaving Belgium.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Fuel Economy
An Expression of Appreciation

gratifying that all
illumination have been removed by the United Fuel
o advance OF the approaching holidays This will do much
to the attractveness and the Christmas atmosphere city
May take this express appreciation
port the public has efforts the wishes
endeavos the
While the ue the plants of this Company
he coa USED Tor domestic purposes being
being the
every effort toward the whatever
his elimination of all upon
city will affect the supply of coal available
Now that active hostt have ceased source of satisfaction
to know that practically without the
and power in New York City have fully cooperated
Government fuel former conditions
resoed enjoy frightened Streets windows
and brilliant shops all the knowing sacrifice and
economy called for the response people was so ready
unanimous
The experience of the has taught the necessity employing
ne most economical and effective available accomplish
gwen result Our experts the
whether tor Light heat power, wishing know whether present
methods are the BEST how modernze older
on and manufacturing have made obsolete Without
or other obligation, such service gladly rendered
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
SPORT.

The baseball team Of Denver Univer.
sity won the opening game In the In.
tercollegiate series At Golden. Colo. In
Mines nine had batted out = tie in the
ninth.
Kenneth Williams. outfielder with
the st. Louis Americans, left st. Louis
for Grants Pass. Ore, his home. whore
on April 26, he will answer . call for
the army draft.
Pitcher Jack Nabors Of the Indianap
opis Indians. called in the army draft.
took the examination at Hattiesburg,
passed and was told to hold himself In
readiness for call at any time. Nabors
spent the winter in Denver.
Napoleon Lajoie, who was declared
q free agent by the National Baseball
Commission. went to Indianapolis to
assume the management Of the local
American Association clup, according
to word received by Owner James C..
McGill.
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
WEsTERN.

caused damage in several towns.
The Nebraska prohibition law was
upheld in a decision Of the Supreme
Court.
The funeral Of former Governor VIM.
C. Mcdonald. at Carrizozo. N. NJ, was
largely attended.
Out Of the desperately tried ranks Of
the allies in France and Flanders came
an urgent call for 1000 Y. NJ. C. A. sec.
retaries.
Maj. John NJ. Birkner. 127th field ar
tillery, was arrested at Camp Cody.
Deming, N. NJ. charged with violating
the espionage act.
Abolition Of the bars In all hotels In
the United States and Canada was
forecast in an announcement by the
executive council Of the American
Hotel Association at Chicago. -r-
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
STORY OF The week
sHoWiNo THE PROGRESS OF
EvEuTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union Nsvs service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

French troops fought fire In the city
OF Rheims set by German shells.
The Germans were driven out OF
Neuve Eglise by the British Saturday.
On the southerly side Of the wedge
which the Germans have driven In be-
tween La Bassee and Armentieres the
British resistance was notably stiff
French troops in an attack north
west Of Orvilles.Sore made an ad'
vance OF several hundred meters along
front Of about twothirds Of a mile.
Stiffening British resistance has
checked the German drive southwark
from the Lys toward Bethune and
westward from Merville towards Haze
brouck. near the Belgian border.
Paris suffered casualties OF twenty
four persons killed and sixty-two in
jured in Friday nights air raid. The
German raid on England caused the
death Of five persons and the injury Of
fifteen.
Preceded by an intense lombard
ment of high explosives and poison gas
shells. picked troops from four German
companies hurled themselves against
the American positions ON the right
bank Of the Meuse. north Of st. Afhiel.
again early Sunday morning. but were
completely repulsed after terrific hand.
to-hand fighting. The enemy's casual
ties in the four days fighting are es-
timated at between 300 and 400. OF
this number. more than 100 were
killed.
The entire allied line in Belgium and
France 10 holding firm. Nowhere
have the Germans been able. notwith-
standing the great numbers Of men
hurled against 1t. especially that por.
ton in Flanders where the British arc
holding forth. to gain an inch Of
ground. Field Marshal Haig's order
that no more ground be ceded 10 rigid
ly being complied with, as IL attested
by the thousands Of German dead now
lying before the British positions
southwest Of Ypres. where 1t 10 the
ambition of the high German command
to break through and envelop Field
Marshal Haig's forces and gain an
open highway toward the English
channel
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
GENERAL.

The actual condition Of clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week OF April 13, shows that they
hold $66.066.29 reserve In excess OF
legal requirements. This is an increase
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
FoRGioN.

Great activity rsigns at German
naval baseY. especially At Kiel. Coal
and ammuhition are being shipped 70
the fleet In large quantities.
Robert F. Broussard. Jr.. United
States senator from Louisiana, died at
his home at New Iberia. La. after .
long illness from complication Of dis
eases.
Emperor william. in . telegram 70
Emperor Charles. cordially thanks the
Austrian emperor for his telegram ~
pudiatinG the affirmation Of Premier
Clemenceau Of France.
Rheims. city Of the famous cathedral
which since early In the war has been
the frequent target OF German heavy
guns and now II . shell.torn ruin. has
been the special objective OF the Ger
man artillery fire at frequent intervals
for several weeks past.
On behalf Of the British army. the
Earl of Derby. minister Of war, has
presented TO tho city Of London .
Union Jack to be displayed alongside
the American nag which Ambassadors
Page handed 70 the lord mayor on b.
half OF the American officers In Eng.
land.
Howard H. de Weese. self.styled
king of burglars. WAS sentenced TO
death by Judge Louis Brown In the
District Court at Salt Lake City. Utah.
and ordered to be executed May -.
De Weese several months ago was
found guilty Of the murder Of his wife.
formerly the wife Of T. W. Fisher. .
New York haberdasher.
Tho German submarine which on
April 10 bombarded Monrovia. the cap
ital OF the African republic Of Liberia,
in addition to destroying the wireless
telegraph station. sank the kberian
armed vessel President Grant. It was
announced In London. A number Of
Casualties were inflicted on shore BY
the shells from the U.boat.
Further defections among erstwhile
supporters Of the German ReionstaS
resolution Of July 10 continue to be re-
ported. The latest IL that Of Cler-
ical member. Herr Emminger. who. I'd.
dressing . meeting. said: IAN indem-
nifty Of 100. 900 900 marks or moro must
be exacted. of which France would b
permitted to pay part in colonies and
England . part In raw material"
"You could have shot them down
with your eyes shut" said . wounded
machine gunner. In describing how the
Germans attacked ON the western
front. according to the correspondent
there Of the London Daily Mail. I'VE
fired straight into them and they went
down In heaps. yet We could not stop
them. 1t was one down and another
came on"
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
Married Life.

Married Life.
As . girl pictures It: A novel, a
rocking chair and box Of candy.
As It really Is: A washtub. cook
stove and q sewing machine.-LOuis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Keota news., 1918-04-19
W. n. u, DENVER, NO. 1s-1s,s.

Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops
Wesk n Jl Ebert tie Sen G de United States and Canada
ce4e1Any4 0CzGsA1Y
The Food Controller Of the United Sates and Canada asking s
production Scarcely 100 900 bushels Of wheae avail
allies before the harvest Upon tie
efos the United Ses and Canada the burden Of supply
Every Avallabo 1ab Acre nust cealbuiej Every Avaablo
Farmer end Farm uan6 nusi Assist
be seeded but
short appeal allies for seed
ing operation.
canadas Wheat Psduea Last Year 226 900 Dush The
demand Frsm Canada Asas ier 1910 900 Dushss
assistance She has the land but needs
The Government Of the United Sass who
effectively help do farm work this the land the United
developed help Canada When
find Canadas fields after supplied.
to direct him there.
Apply
ths comhinsd
abs not
heF. So 4 month board and lodging
=
They
boundary destnadon
particulars
y. .. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DENVER coLoRAoo CHEYENNE. wyoM'No
The Lamar register., 1918-10-23
THINGS DOING POLITICALLY
BY The Senator From Alaska

expense for all these years might
make a great change in mans
breast measurement. Said l.:
"Were you ever marshal at Nome :"
said l.
Nothing short of warden" says he
"Wardening is my regular line with
building roads in the papers and on
the lecture platform side line" says
he. 81 have been warden" says he,
"since the memory of man runs not
to the contrary" says he. Then lines
is from Shakespeare" says he.
The Sky-Wolloper usta have a lot
to say about this guy SHAKESPEARE.
Says l:
"who is the mutt Shakespeare ?" says
l.
"Great friend of NINE" says he,
lone of my greatest admirers" says
he, "but unfortunately he does not
vote in Colorado" says he.
Ever know a Teller called Yellow
legged Lewis" says 1.
"You must mean my dear friend
Jim Ham Lewis" says he.
mo 1 don't mean no Jim Ham,"
says l, 81 know that guy myself. How
about your old friend Badly Wilson ?''
says l.
Rather familiar way to refer to
my dear friend Woodrow" says he.
1.-THE President is anxious to see me
elected" says he. He wires me all
most daily for information as to the
situation" says he.
'Tweren't no use getting Tom-if he
is the ky-Wolloper-to confess and |
got no further show cause he lamps
Tam and Bon across the street and
hits for 'em.
If any of you fellers know Tom real
well and can get chance to view his
raw hide on the left arm just above
the elbow, kindly let me know if there
is tatooed in blue and red a NANCY
bronco trying to kick a hole in the
sky. Them marks was on the Sky
Wolloper and if Tom amt got 'em
then l guess he amt my old Nome
friend after all.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-23
Franse's Victory Message.

Read the Victory Message" which
the Republic of France has recently
issued to her people. 1t is translated
below. Why cannot this be Americas
appeal to her citizens as we'll?
l. Do not forget that we are at
war. In your smallest expenditures
never lose sight of the interests of
the native land.
2. Economic on the products nee
essary for the life of the country:
Coal, bread. meat, milk, sugar, wine,
butter, beans, cloths, leather, oil. Ac-
cept the designated rations. Ration
yourself as to food, clothing and anu
sements.
3. Save the products of the French
soil, lest some day you deprive your
father, your son, your husband, who
are shedding their blood to defend you.
4. Save the products that France
must buy from foreign countries. Do
not drain reserves of gold which are
indispensable to victory.
3. Waste nothing. All waste is n
crime which imperils the national de-
fense-prolongs the war.
6. Buy only according to your
needs. Do not hoard provisions; your
selfishness raises prices and deprives
those of smaller means of things in
despensable to existance.
Z. Do not travel unnecessarily. Re
fleet that our trains are, before all,
destined for the transportation of the
troops, the feeding of the population,
the needs of our national production.
s. DO NOT REMAIN IDLE. Ac-
cording to your age and your ability,
work for your country Do not con-
sumo without producing. Idleness is
desertion.
3. Accept without murmuring the
privations which are imposed upon
you. Reflect upon the sufrerings of
those who are fighting for you, upon
the martyrdom of the population
whose homes have been destroyed by
the enemy.
10. Remember that victory belongs
to those who can hold out a quarter
of an hour the longest.
THAT FRANCE COR AMERICA)
MAY LIVE, SHE MUST BE VIC
TORIOUS.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-23
AMONG POLITICAL LEADERS
Overman Claims Authorship.

Washington, Oct, 22-(Special cor
respondence) -Senator Overman is
quoted as denying that the White
House prepared the bill introduced by
him providing that the members of
the Committee on Reconstruction shall
be appointed by the President. u is
nothing to his credit that he claims
authorship. The way the president
dailied with preparedness for war is
enough to convince any man that he
is no person to be placed in control
of steps looking toward preparedness
for peace. Mr.. Wilson is a very ready
and enthusiastic follower after some
one else has built up public opinion,
but he has not been a leader at any
time on any subject. Every man and
woman who has a memory going back
six years knows that to be the truth.
Those who haven't memories can find
the records in The files of any period
ieal that covers current events.
Unmasked.
The real motives actuating the Nom
partisan League are gradually becom-
ing understood by the intelligent
American voter. The title "Non-part-
isan' is merely a word to catch the
eye and ear of worthy citizens who
believe that the merits of legislation
are often subordinated to political con-
siderations. In an official letter of
the League it is stated that "this or
ganization is a political one, the farm
ers being organized for the purpose
of controlling Legislation in their own
interests" The strength of the League
has been recruited from well-meaning
farmers of the Northwest who see in
it way to obtain for themselves the
national recognition they have sought
for so long. The leaders of the or
ganization, on the other hand. do not
hesitate to use the power derived from
the innocent confidence of its mem
bers in attempting to wrest control
of the Republican party, and in that
effort they are aided and abetted bv
the Democrats.
The avowed purpose of the League
to control legislation for the benefit
of single class of labor indicates the
danger to the country that would fol-
low their success in gaining any promi-
nence. There is no essential differ
ence between their aims and those of
the Bolsheviki, and the ascendency of
the Non-partison League in the Unit
ed States would bring ruin to this
country as surely as the rule of the
Bolshevil,i has spelled disaster for
Russia.
Special Dispensation.
The Official Bulletin conveys the in
formation that the President has ask
The Lamar register., 1918-10-23

ed the various departments of the
government not to take telephone and
telegraph operators away from the
telephone and telegraph companies
(which are now controlled by the gov
eminent" without first consulting
with the superintendent of the COM
panies. Before these companies were
taken over by the government, they
were performing exactly the same
service they are performing now, ex-
cept- that they were doing it better.
The departments took operators away
from them then, and impaired their
efficiency. Now that they are under
government control, the injustice is
to cease. Mr.. Burleson finds himself
handicapped by the same policy that
was in vogue under private manage
ment, so he gets special DISPENSE
ton of administration favor. 1t is the
same old story. McAdoo found that
he could not run the railroads under
the same conditions that private man
ayers had been compelled to run them,
with the government hampering opera
lions in every direction. Burleson
finds that the government hampers
the telephone and telegraph service by
taking away employees at higher sal
aries, so he has that stopped. If the
government had played fair with the
railroads and the telephone and tele-
graph companies before taking them
over, there would have been little COM
plant as to service. McAdoo and Bur-
Lesson get special favors and still do
not give as good service as was rem
dered by private management.
During the month of August, 1918,
America imported sS,O00,000 more of
manufactured goods ready for con-
sumption than during the correspond
ing month in 1917. And we exported
81 10000 less of the same character
of goods. Other nations are selling
us more manufactured goods, and we
are selling them less. Yet the Demo-
cratic Congress refuses to increase the
import duties, even for revenue pur-
poses, and the future of our foreign
trade is on the list of "watchful wait
ing" subjects.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-23
Guy u. Hardy
Republican Nominee for
Congress.

The man whom Patriotic
Citizens of all parties can
unite on. Prominent in patri-
otlc work and business affairs
oil Canon City, where he has
lived "a years.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1918-05-16
A GRUELLIMG NIGHT
FOR THE CANTEEN MAN

A Red Cross Canteen man wearily
banked the fires under the kettles
Their billet is in an old house near
by. BY the light Of a candle the Red
Cross convoyer undresses and rolls
into his blankets. Suddenly there
comes a sharp, cracking sound, and
red flare lights up the room. The con
voyer rolls quickly out Of his bunk
catches up his blankets and runs
down the rickety stairs to the cellar
There he finds his French assistant
and a. lot Of soldiers. They exchange
mods and then seat themselves on
boxes. Four more sharp, cracking
noises follow in rapid succession, and
mournful roar. This is only the be
ginning of an artillery duel which
lasts all night.
At break of day the Red Gross mar
bestirs himself, shakes his assistant
and tumbies up the stairway out into
the yard. 1t is strewn with debris.
shell struck the next house in the night
and blew out the wall. The convoyei
and his man set to work gingerly, foI
the air is chill. They poke the fires
and throw on fresh wood and then Sci
to work to prepare the food. Within
an hour the canteen is ready for bus
ness
This is sample night Of a Red
Cross Canteen man at the front.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1918-05-16
THE BAD SPOTS
Certain Small Ruts That Are Usually
Wet and Soft Determine Load
Farmer Can Garry.

The worst holes in the road always
determine the load the farmer can
market. No stretch Of roadway is uni
fOrmly good, because every road has
certain small spots that are usually
soft and wet. These spots cause more
trouble than the rest Of the road com
bined. How these spots are te be i'm
proved depends on the character Of
the soil, and the nature Of the coun-
try. Many such spots owe their char
acter to Il soft subSoiI, due to springs,
Before these roads can be permanent
ly improved they must be UNDER
drained. If 4 tile is laid IN these
places there viii usually be no trouble
in the future. The surface CT she road
should then be filed with dirt and
crowned, so any surface water may
run off. If this is done thefe viii be
no trouble from subsurGace water,
Many roadways that are closed in
with shade trees are bad. Il gOodly
portion OF the scrub timber along these
roads be removed, the ground viii dry
out and no trouble result. If the char
dCISI VI IhC oo4l 10 foOII <,Lp t1h'lD4N, So
that it viii not pack and remain firm,
new material should he applied to the
surface. The best and cheal est mate
rial for improving reads IS gravel,
Where gravel beds are accessible q
days work with q team aild wagon
will improve any r0adbcd Bermanent-
ly. If the soil is very SANDY an 8-inch
application Of clay to the snrface viii
effect wonders. The road Qafrol should
spend a considerable porti,.H of its
tine in remedying the had spots in the
road.