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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
LIE Was a Good Prophet
1 1 And Went Provided

"A friend of mine French newspaper
correspondent in Petrograd, went back to
AIS Y'ess, in July last, carrying as personal
luggage three tons OF canned food. can
not helT, feeling that there was a greater
deal If prophetic sagacity in the check of
this private traveller than in the reports
OF raany official informers of Western opin-
lo1 about the same time. And l may we'll
say that in France nowadays any deter
snlnation rests on a greater amount of in
tuitive foresight than in quiet times.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
A New and Greater
America

A DEMOCRACY making war is never
= an agreeable sight, for it is not in
its normal line Of life. And those who
sneer or Jeer because it does not play
the game as well as might be paw an
unconscious compliment to the merits of
free institutions It takes time to aceus
tom men to the short, hard words of
command and to the surrender of per-
soaal Judgment. 1t is not easy, either
LOT has'on to turn its back upon the
conceptisn OF world where inst;ce
works out its ends by quiet processes
ana In It's stead come to the stern belief
that the ultimate court is hatt,st,s,d
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Drophecy a Kind of
/ National Service

"lf we consider, however, to what extenf
prophecy has been operative, for good and
evil, in times like these, | should noe wor-
der if, in the course of the war, prophecy
became again a sort Of national service. as
it was indeed in the remote days of Hellas
We have seen boards of public information
established everywhere, German propaganda
running high, convincing movies, tanks or
submarines, and even, as a climax of Prus
sian state organization, the idea that Ger
many could make herself systematically
sympathetic!
why should not a ministry of prclhe-
cies, or at least sub-secretaryship, or /.
simple bureau, be intrusted with the col.
lection and the publication of such fore
casts as may prove of benefit to national
cause? False prophets would be severely
punished; fortune teliers, ,>astrologers, crys-
tai gazers, spiritists and sbyls would be
allowed, under state control, to appeal to
different classes of customers; and even
reviv!ng Joans of Arc, instead of being dis
heartened, would stimulate under certain
conditions the soul Of the crowd.
"a careful censorship would revise, not
only from the point of view of poetry, dis
tichs like this:
In nineteen hundred seventeen
The dove of peace will once be
"And committee of specialists, whose
provisions had been tested by verifcation,
would examine for their probability all
suggestions brought to it, in the pro-
phetic branch, by amateurs or professionals
But l am schemng, and in the most
illogical manner; for is not prophecy
about prophecies the very substance of i'm
possibility, logical contradiction and in
consistency"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Greater Than Max ing
Money

TT YOU asked George Washington to
l. stand before you to-day and answer
the questions, "What is my duty at this
time? How can 1 allay discomfort in this
country? How can l make the man at
the front feel that am back of him, and
that while cannot sacrifice my life / can
make sacrifice of something else in his be-
half? How I can stir up the industries
Of the United States; can build aero
planes; can build shells; can furnish
the coal that will melt the iron that will
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

gorges, where Titans had been at play:
clambered up mountain sides, the sport
of avalanche and of slide; dared the limit
less land without horizon; ground his
teeth upon the bitter dust of the desert;
tainted beneath the fail of the raw and
ruthless sun; starved, thirsted, fought;
was cast down but never broken: and he
never turned back.
Here he stands at last beside this west
ern sea, the incarnate soul Of his insatia-
BILE race-the American pioneer.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
4 FRENCH writer. Fernand Bal
"a densperger, has contributed an
article to "The Columbia Uni


Nersity Quarterly" in which
ne makes some very interesting specula-
tons about the practice of prophesying
IN war time. Certainly, he argues
at is very interesting and curious fact
this prcnhesylns tendency in time of war;
tncugh by no means strange one. If
there are moro things in heaven and earth
than arc dreamed Of in everyday philosophy
why should not the very ancient, human
and natural desire to anticipate future
events, partly dormant in norma times, be
auickeped and aroused by crisis like the
present one? Great and small, bodies and
individuals, being involved in the struggle
each clement in the mankind of to-day, per-
haps may be affected by conditions where
anticipation is the most natural way of
thinking.
"Proclaimers of destiny in ancient times
w"re mainly professional; and prophetic
insight among the Greek or the Hebrew
was sort of privilege. Because she was
something Of an amateur, poor Cassandra
remained the symbol of an unfortunate
though clears gh ted, faculty In our days
s greater freedom is allowed to the utter
ances of outsiders. AS if they were revfv-
ing the predictive qualities of the Celt, the
visionary tendency of the Slav, the collec-
tive soul of the Latin multitude, the spirit
of religious allusion of the Anglo Saxon.
the frantic mood attributed by Tacitus to
the Germanic wives as if stirred to the
depths OF their nature by emotions of an
exceptional order, innumerable prophets
nave scrutinized the sky. There would be
no political speech possible and no exhorta-
tons to the troops, strategical COM
ments and no diplomatic communications.
without a certain amount of prophetical
hazard, where actual certainty, accurate in
duction, correct construction, are hardly
possible. Club and fresidc, trench duty
and mess talk, even knitting and after din
xer cigar would be equally dull if guessing
of some kind were not such an important
element in each conversation and medita-
tion. Even in the most ordinary details of
life, in times like these, something is in
volved which cannot be compared to the
ordinary provisions of normal epochs
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Every one is a harlequin.

Every one is harlequin.
Laughter is tipsy; joy is drunk,
Ihe treasure Of Captain Kidd is sunk
Desp IN the wells Of maiden's eyes;
inc Golden Fleece of Jason lies
Ready to seize in her throbbing heart;
Argonaut bold from shop and mart,
Reel into step for the golden quest
And be as giddy as all the rest.
Hat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat,
we should worry where we're at.
Wheop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo
I'm silly myself, but so are you!
Elias Lieberman, in Paved Streets
lThe Cornhill Company
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
American Trad ton
THERE are no grown-ups in this nav

HERE are no grown-ups in this new
world OF democracy. We are trying an
experiment such as the world has never
seen. here we are, 50 many million peo-
pie at work making living as best we
can; so'ooo,0o0 people covering half a
continent-rich, respected. feared. Is
that all we are? Is that why wa are?
10 be rich, respected, feared? Or have
we some part to play in working out the
problems Of this world?
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Three Flags in the Same
Colors

THE most dramatic and most symbolic
n picture which it has ever been my
fortune to see was that presented in
front of the tomb of Washington on Sun
day. AS we came in front of that simple
shrine the first thing that the eye caught
were the flags of the United States, Eng
land and France, side by side, crowning
the tomb of George Washington. AS I
looked at those flags for the first time I
really discovered that, after all, each had
the same colors, each was modification
of the other. There is bit of symbol
ism in the position of those flags and in
their common coloring, which has it's
meaning. They speak for a common
cause to-day,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

So if there is wrenching and side-slipping
and confusion there should be no sur
prise. The surprise to me has been with,
what comparative ease the transition has
been made, and how much unconsciou;
preparation for the new work had beea
already made.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Coney Island on Sunday
An Impression

0LEASuRE parading with fife and
\ drum
Boom jig boom, boom jig boom!
won't you be merry, stranger? Come!
Boom jig boom, boom jig boom!
forget the troubles you have to tel,
On bumpty bump or carouseI;
Crooked or straight or tall or thin
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

the ordinary proceedings of the mind, and
"Taken in broader sense, and traced
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

own experience and of information gath
cred from many sources the prophetic
mood, in time of war, appears to be graft
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

fahln Lame Secretary of the INTERIOR some
Of ms notable recent eumces and they published
BOOK to,m by the Frederick Stokes Company
lhe American Sp"1t" There of the payticul0ry
Stf71nq 1.o
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
In Merry Mood
From the Trenches to Coney Island

"0h death, where is thy sting-a-line-a -line
Oh grave, thy viotorys
The gates Of He'll go ting-a-ling-s.ling,
For you, but not for me-"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Bells of Hell

KIT AVE you seen these verses
whleh arc said to have
II n vogue in the trenches ?"
asks Horstio 8. Krans,
director OF the Columbia University Ser
vice Bureau in Paris. The question is
asked In "Ths Columbia Alumni News, !"
and here are the verses in which Mr..
kFans lnds "a racy and devil-may-care
ring;
"fha bells Of He'll 90 ting-a-ling -a-line.
For you and not for me-
For nae the k9gels sing ling-a-l
Through ah eternity.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

wherever actual knowledge Of the future
seems to be much feebler than affirmative
foresight, considered in the light of nv
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-01-01

List shaja mesecno ma 32 stra-
neh i'll stane samo $500 ma leto,
IA pol leta $1.o0. Naroea Sc pr
Gas, 21l So. Willard Ave,
Chicago,lll. V Clevelandu in okoli
ci pa ma 6033 st. Clair ave.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-01-01

Umdno Classic: PROLETAREC, 4OOs W. 3st ST., Chicago. Ill.
Cenjena drustva, oziroma nh uradnki, SO uljudno proan, posilati vc
dopse ravno N a glaynega tajnka n nkogar drugega. Denar mai Sc posnia
potion Postnih, Expresnih. ali BanerGh denarnih nakaznic. nikakor N ne
potion prvatnh eekov. Nakaznice mai Sc naslovljajo: Bias Novak, Conemaugh
Deposit Bank, Conemaugh, Pa, in tako naslovljene posnjajo z meecnim porotr
lnl ma naslov gL tajnika.
V sIutaJu, da opazijo drustveni taUiki pi poroeiih glavnega taimka kake
pomanJkLrvostL MAJ to mudom naznanio uradu ghvnega tai aka, da Sc V pi-
hodnje popravi.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-01-01
DvRRT1smGHNT
PODPoRNA zvEzA
InksrpoBirana n. aSriia isoe
draAvt Penn.
SL0V. DELAVSkA
Ustanovljena dus l6. avsasta
1876.

Sedez: COnemau0h. Pa.
aLAvN1 URApNIKI:
PREDSEDMlK: Ivan Prostor, 1898 Norwood Rd, Cleveland, o.
FREDERICKSBURG: Josp Zorko, X. +. d. :, box 13 West Newton, Pa.
TANK; Bias Novak, ~ Main St, Conemaugh, Pa.
POMOZNI TAJNIK: Andrej vidicA, 40 Franklin Main St. Conemauph. Pa
BLAGAJNIK: Joip zee, 6502 ST. Clair Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.
POMOzNI BLAGAJNIK: Frank PavlovuS, b. 647, Forest City, Pa.
NADzoRNIKI:
l. nadEornik: Ivan A. Kaker, 27 Hanover St, Milwaukee, Wis.
e. nadzornik: Nikolaj Povse, 1 Crab st, Numrey Hill, n. s Pittsburgh, Pa
g.. nadzornk: Frank KaueG. b. 70. Dunlo. Pa.
PoRoTNIKI:
l. puotnik: Anton Lavris, box s. Yukon, Pa
2 pootrik: Frank Bavdek, 633 Glass Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.
3 porotnik: Anton weny, box SO, Superior, Pa.
vRHovNI zpRAvNIK: .
F. J Kern, Nj. d, 62o2 ST. Clair Ave, Cleveland, Ohio
PoMozNI oDBoR:
Martin jaeger, Conemaugh, Pa.
Ivan Graener, SAG Rossel Ave, Johnstown, Pa.
Stefan Fabric. Conemaugh, Pa.
Ivan suhadnnik, Box 253, South Fork, Pa.
Ignac Pecjak, 2s7 Cooper Ave, JohnSown, Pa.
Franc Prisavc, Conemaugh, Pa.
GLAvNI URAD v hH st. 20 Main st, Conemauch, Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
Profits in Swiss Cheese
Reach Large Sum, Report
Of Exporters Makes Plain

The report of the cooperative
Swiss cheese exporters for the bust
ness year of 1917. found in copy Of
the Berner Tagwacht of June IA, re-
Gently received in this country, shows
that the tales that the Swiss were
planning to increase the size of the
holes in their famous product in order
to make their business more profitable
have q shaky foundation.
After paying all the expenses in
Cured in doing q business with re-
ceipts for the year amounting 60 about
$3,000,000 and setting aside $4,000
for reserves, the association was able
TO turn over about $640,000 to the
Swiss government, $660,000 for divi-
sion among the cheese makers, and re-
tain surplus of nearly 100000 for
division among the II members Of
the cooperative. These profits, made
ut time when the vast majority of
the Swiss people is undergoing great
hardships because OF war conditions,
cause the Berne paper TO quote sar-
castically from pamphlet issued by
the cooperative last year in which 1t
was asserted that the association had
been organized especially for the pro-
motion of the economic interests Of
the Swiss people and the benefit of
the public.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
WHERE TO GET
INFORMATION
Red Cross Tells families OF
Soldiers Address Of Bureaus

Where to write, and when. and what
to say when asking information con
corning men In the army or navy. is
explained by the Red Cross home serv-
Ice department..
In cases of claims for insurance,
communications should be addressed
to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Compensation and Insurance Claims
section, Treasury Department, Wash
ington.
liz no letter has been received from
soldier or sailor for an unreasonable
length of time. the inquiry should be
addressed to the Bureau OF Commune
cation, American Red Cross. Washing
ton, ID. q.
Inquiries concerning men wounded
or killed I'm service, or authenticity
reported wounded or killed should be
addressed to the same bureau.
In asking for Information Of any
kind, the full name Of the soldier OF
sailor, his serial number. his company
and regiment or other unit. his rank
age and the date of this entry i'm the
service. should all be written at the
top OF the letter.
To disregard rumors. which in many
cases are enemy propaganda. is adj
vised by the Red Cross. Except in q
few rare instances. families have been
notified promptly Of casualties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
Platinum Is Absolutely
Necessary to Aid America
in Fighting the Germans

For war purposes the United States
must possess or control every ounce
OF platinum in the country, says New
York Times, because, rs Represent
alive Henry II. Raincy of Illinois
pointed out In his speech i'm the house
recently, explosives cannot be manu-
featured without the use of sulphuric
acid and nitric acid. and sulphuric and
nitric acids cannot be manufactured
without ample supplies Of platinum"
Platinum is also essential for the man.
ufacture of ignition points In air
planes: and guns cannot be made with
out the use of promoters. and in turn
promoters cannot be made without
platinum. "A pyrometer is an instru-
ment for measuring very high degrees
Of temperature.
All this being 50. no patriotic
makers Of. or dealers In, articles OF
luxury into which platinum enters,
only because it has become more eX-
pensive than gold. would stand in
the path Of action by congress to give
the war department control of the
available supply of platinum in this
country.
Germany now has its hands on the
greater part of the worlds store of
platinum, which is to be found In the
Ural mountains. Colombia, which Ger
man propaganda is seeking 10 infiu-
ence, produces 10 per cent of the
whole; the United States only l per
cent. Iridium and palladium must
not be forgotten; they occur with
platinum and are used in hardening IT,
The jewelers., manufacturers and deal.
ers can get along without platinum, II
necessary, though some of their arii.
sans would have To seek other work
but the American army cannot fight
without platinum.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
No Helmet More Efficient
Than That Being Worn by
American Boys in France

1.-The helmet worn by American sol
diers follows the general lines of the
British type OF inverted soup plate,
rather than the French 'casque' or the
German coal scuttle." says Francis
"A. Collins In 'sThc Fighting En-
gineers." Penetration tests show that
no helmet is more efficient than that
OF the American type. Every helmet
Issued to the American soldier has
passed Il severe test and is absolutely
free from cracks or flaws.
To turn out this complicated head
gear by the million. using only the
highest grade OF materials, is n big
order; but the great manufacturing re-
sources of the United States have
proved equal to the quantitive produc
ton. Steel helmets had never beer
made in the United States: but new
machinery was designed, and the sup
ply Las never fallen behind the de
mand.
The helmets are made by stamping
and punching sheets of steel, so thou
sands may be turned out in a day. witt
great saving OF labor. Each stee
sheet Is one foot square and one
sixth of an inch thick. The piece:
SHARED off and other wastage are re
turne, to the government. so that moth
Ing is lost
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
FOUGHT LIKE Ills
NAME WAS MIKE

for the next dressing station where
there was surgeon and we could
get little better care The other
"blesse" was hit in the face and was
so bandaged up that he couldn't see.
I couldn't step on my left leg. so l
guided him and he held me up and
we got along very well.
FINALLY We got back into the little
village where the surgeon was work
Ing I'm cellar. ] was about all In
by this time when a Y. NJ. c. A man
came up and gave me a cigarette.
There were some terribly wounded
men in that cellar and the surgeon
was working without any anaesthetic,
but there wasn't n whimper. The
gamest men | ever expect 10 see
They just lay and watched him cut
them up and bit their lips and bore it.
That's the kind OF thing that
makes you proud of being American.
SIN few days I expect to be going
of iron in my knee but the doctor
says 10 let il stay there for the pres
ent and see how / get along. IL my
leg won't stand up. I'll have IL taken
out. for of course I want 10 be back
with the boys before the next push
If anyone should suggest TO Private
Hamill. United States marine corps,
that he had done anything heroic. he
would blush and fidget and give other
evidence of feeling uncomfortable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
Good Horses Are Expensive
and Sell for Fancy Prices

When electricity came into use for
street cars hundreds of thousands OF
horses were released for other pur-
poses. but equine prices did not de-
scend. notes u New York correspond
ent Then when automo, lies came in
TO such general use and supplemented
horses again, the natural expectation
was that the price would be cheaper.
On the contrary. good general purpose
horses are higher today than ever be-
fore. When central New Workers are
required to pay these high figures they
can get q little consolation from the
reports of the German horse market al
Hanover. There good cart horses bring
$1,000 TO $500; medium size. $500 TO
$500: inferior animals. 500 TO $3.50
and horses about to be led To the
slaughter for meat bring $500 to S375,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
Suggests Changing Birds
Name to "PruSsian" Sparrow

I'm some parts of the United States
more birds than usual are found,
writes Norman HapgoOd in Leslie's.
In plumage and song, this interest OF
life has been increased. The reason
Is found largely i'm the severity OF last
winter. The hardy English sparrows
remain the year around, even in our
colder states, but this time many Of
them were frozen. These sparrowS
are sturdy fellows. notable for fighting
powers. gifted in organized aggression.
Does this show any general superb
Orlty to the birds they drive away?
Would il be better to have many birds,
each beautiful and tuneful after his
own kind, or universe of sparrows
And how would it do TO change the
name OF the aggressive breed TO Prus-
sian sparrowS?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-25
"ADMIRAL SIMS"
is LEFT ON PIER

many stripes as the whole navy board
combined. Accordingly some wit chris
tened IL Admiral Sims" Within an
hour of the presentation every man
was talking Of the admiral" and the
good luck the blue-eyed kitten carried
with IL.
Rumor of its coming preceded IL.
but by the time the news reached the
port of embarkation IL was the real
Admiral Sims that was accompanying
the troops. Hence the disappolnt-
ment when Americas hero did not
appear.
Now admiral Sims" Travelled In n
wicker basket that was carried by a
trustworthy corporal. who. while walt
ing on the jetty, placed his precious
load on the ground. Suddenly the or
der was given To embark, and In che
excitement of the moment the basket
was forgotten. Away went the trans
port amid cheers and flags and only
when the riot Of JOY had ceased was
the admiral" missed.
What was 10 be done? To land In
France was to court disaster. Accord
ingly the matter was referred to the
general. who at once approached the
captain OF the ship. All sailors are SUI
perstitious, and particularly where
cats are concerned. The skipper thor
oughly sympathized. Yes. he would
arrange matters somehow; and he did.
Destroyer Rushes to Rescue.
II was dusk. A mile or SO outside
the harbOr one could just see the long
gray forms OF three or four destroyers !;
they were the escort. Here was his
chance. In twinkling he made the
following signal to the o. c.: Admiral
Sims left on quay. Can you EMBARK
Such an honor no commander I'm his
majesty's feet was likely to refuse.
Within n few minutes, therefore. n de-
stroyer was tearing toward the harb0r
to embark Americas greatest sailor.
AS she neared her destination she
''blinked" a signal To the port author
ity: Returning for Admiral Sims !;
please inform"
Another ten minutes, with the sea
washing over her bow. her siren boot
ing. and the crew at quarters, the de-
stroyer fetched up alongside. ready To
receive her honored charge. Then. 10
the establishment of all. q deckhand
hurried TO the landing stage and held
out q basket. where's the admiral %
shouted the commander. Inside this
ere" was the reply. and without an
other word the basket, with the kitten
half hanging out, was handed on
board.
Imagine the commanders feelings |.
They were expressed In exact ratio as
he put his helm hard aport and sour
ried off to rejoin the escort. His fury
was like unto monsoon. Nevertheless.
he ran alongside the transport and
transhipped his cargo, for duty is duty.
And now II you ask him whether he
knows Admiral Sims he will tell you
that he once met him: that he was the
best shipmate he had ever known
that he talked very little. never
smoked, slept most OF the day and
drank nothing but milk.
Few things annoy the commander
more than If you reply. Rats"