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the barriers Of autocratic restraint
These crimes against the people u
the profitecrs Of Germany are symp
toms OF the social disorder in III
larger communities. There men an
women Of criminal instincts. released
from the overawing influence OF u
strong men who haze gone TO thu
trenches. are taking the laws int
their own handA They have proven
entirely too powerful for the aged an
infirm. men who comprise the presen
forces These Iawless spirits, know
ing the example set by the prohtsera
are running riot, preying upon IL
weak and taking what they please
Refuge Is Suicide.
Ground between the upper nm.
stone of official graft and the lowe
people OF Germany are seeking refugI
in the traditional German retreat
suicide Figures attached to the -
port show that the German suicide
rate, always the highest in the world
has risen this year to a height thai
is appalling. Psychologists, sociolo-
gists, military authorities, and char
ity workers have investigated And
reported and promulgated with ab8o
lutely no effect upon the climbtna
record OF this supreme evidence q
life defsatism. Prussia, as was -
have been anticipated. shows thS
highest suicide rate. but the canee1
OF self-destruction has spread tntl
Bavaria and throughout southern
Germany
Most appalling OF all the gtGtA5t30
are those showing the astounding In.
crease in the suicide OF ehildreA
While the Kaiser. his cabinet, an
medical advisers have been exerttna
all their suasiou in an EFFORT to In
creaseythe birth rate-of the empire
the hapiess chiIdren OF ages ranging
from eight TO eiEhteen have been
killing themselves by drowning
hanging, shooting. sufiocation by ga
and other routes leading away fron
the dread hardships and harsh diD
cipIine Of life in Germany today.
The imperial authorities are nah
ing tremendous efforts to conBeFVS
the lives OF newly born children, Sai
their success is not encouraging
While they are striving for salvAgS
at that end OF the life scale, the old
and the diseased are being permitts4
20 die like flies for the lack OF sum
Cient nourishmsnt and care
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Private Newman s. Gee, C,r,ho,
Maine.
Private Charles NJ. Gibbs. Wind
SOr, No.
Private James c. GoIdriek. "a
Arthur street, New Haven,
Conn
Private Edward VI. Greene. lax
FannlnEtOn avenue. Bristol,
Conn.
Private George L HawIey, Rock
Fall. Conn.
Private burnett A. Herdman, SIS
North High street. MIddIetovD.
Conn.
Private Arthur VI. Hubbard. I.a
Frank street. New Haven, Conn.
Private Arthur s. johnson, az
Chapel street. New Haven.
Conn.
Private Frank L. johnson, II
Hunting Hill avenue, Middle
town, Conn.
PriVRte Harry VI. LuhIn, n Ne
Sofa street, Providence, RI
Private Bernard T. Lynch. E45
-. Forty-siKth street, BrookIyn.
n. Y.
Private Michael J. Poweru, IS
Leonard street, New Haven.
Conn.
Private Lionel 3. Robinson. n. r.
D." Boa 1O4, East Hampton,
Conn
Private William II. Sefton, i72s
smith street, North Providence,
r. ].
Private Dennis p. Sweeney. 255
Congress avenue, New Haven,
Conn.
Private Ejnar J. Turning, 81 Pro-
spec street. MIddIetOwn, Conn
Private ID. Umbn. B5 Lincoln
street, MiddIetOwn, Conn.
The following Americans appear il
oday's Canadian casualty list:
WOUNDED.
p. r. Seanes, Richmond. Va, and
r. II. Wells, Horton, Va.
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MARYLAND GAS
USERS TOFIGHT
FOR LOWER PRICE

4 fight 70 get ga for 1000 or more
residents Of Takoma Park. Chow
Chase. and other nearby Maryland
communities AT the same price CharE
ed m Washington Is under way today.
Proceedings before the Public Serv.
ice Commission OF Maryland to deter
mine whether the price charged
Maryland gas users in excess Of
the District rate by the Washing
ton Gas Light Company constitutes
discrimination are likely to follow a.
ton BY the council of the town Of
Takoma Park last night.
Manor Plait wa authorized nv tho
council Q" ;aEe the matter zap with
the Washing Gas Light company and
o." Maryland Commission.
u Is claimed by Taknma Fark gas
users that there is no actual increase
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ANOTHER TIMES MAN
ENROLLED IN ARMY

W z. Bonner. OF The Times com
posing force. is today al Camp Lee,
va. with the latest seIective con-
tingent from the District. His
brother preceded him to camp about
i month ago.
Bonner is a native OF Norfolk, Va.
and A graduate OF the Norfolk High
school He worked for two years on
the Norfolk Labor Democrat before
coming to work on The Times, where
he has been about two years.
He is a member OF Columbia lol.
7 Il
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PARIS BANS MEAT HoARDERs.

PARIS. May li.-In order to pre-
vent the buying OF quantities OF meat
IN advance OF meatless days, new
decree has just been issued prohibit
ing the purchase OF more than 200
grams OF meat on Tuesdays.
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SCARED HEROES
OF FRANCE WIN
ALL HEARTS HERE

that included a visit to Tort Myer,
automobile trips through the city, a
reception at the White House. when
the President shook each man by the
hand and called him "comrade." and
another big reception at the Willard,
arranged especially 10y the French
High Commission that Frenchmen
here might meet the heroes of the
western front.
But tired though they were. the
war spirit was strong.
Adrien -Lavanchy. who has been
wounded twice and gassed half
dozen times, has this to say through
an interpreter OF his experiences in
various battles:
I'VE took as our motto, 'On ne
passe pas, and by that sign We have
conquered the Boche. The war may
last two or three years. maybe, but
we are sure TO win. They shall never
take our beloved France, not at least
while one Frenchman is yet alive.
We will fight to the last man and the
last drop OF blood in our veins"
I. s. Slow, But sure.
Asked if he thought the Americans
coming would end the war more
quickly, he replied: TOO bad the
Americans come so slow, but they are
now coming, and when America and
France and. England fight shoulder
10 SHOULDER, then the Roche will go
back across the Rhine"
Joseph Pattier. who also fought at
NerdUn and was once seriously
wounded. told OF sticking TO his dug
out under a continuous baFage and
gas attack that lasted four days. He
described the battle as follows:
Then. when the gas quit coming
and the shells cease 10 fall We go
out, but so strong is the gas that our
eyes water and our throats burn as
II VIC had drunk liquid fire. But We
do not despair. We watch and wait,
and when the BOche appear We 60
crazy and We rush out Of our trenches
and drive them of"
Wounded -Four Times.
CASTOR Magneicz CIaron, a member
OF the chausseurs. who served
twenty-five months in the trenches
and was wounded four times, dis
plays his Verdun medal and his serv-
ice and wound stripes with a smile.
1t is all for France that We night"
no says. We cannot again go back
because the high command SAYS we
are no longer ft for service. but We
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ranDCu TODAY-wILLTAM RTS-
lIHhUEN SELL IN HEARTS OR
DIAMONDS TOMORROW - HARRY
N0RFY in a Bachelors Children.
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m U1EDIC Open ut $3.50 r. VI.
WIWTIL BESSIE RARRiCAI-E In
SS91 M &C. MADAM WHO"
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cTDHN0 TO-DAY AND TOMORROW
MhHND JOHN BARRYMORE in
n IFFIEs. THE AMATEUR CRACKS
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cPANDAIJ'S knLeksrboeksEi
ASD RATNE in WITH SEETSESS
AND DISPATCH"
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HOMES ,rtA 4 G Z. caE, x4:. $. f.
FTHFI, CLAYTON In EASY MONEY. 90
ALSO a CHRISTIE COMEDY
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u0WE 1850 c street Northeast
0UIuE MABEL TALIAFERRO in
DRAFT zS." Also HEARST PATHE
NEWS.
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DATA "a 9th st. n. w.
.TLHLA TODAT-L.OUlSE GLATM il
AN ALIEN ENEMY" TOMORROW
ANTONIO MORENO in THE NAJ'
IVA
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mAUnAIIyC Theater. 9th & f sts.
UANUALL } TODAY-JUHE Ell
VTDGE In THE OLDEST LAW. =" TO
H0RROw-CIARA KIMRALL YOUNG
"A 'ITHE REASON WHY "
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Casino. 9Th a p sta.
INHItDHkL J TODAY AND 10
HORROw-NORAlA TALNABGE IN
by RIGHT Of PURCHASE
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lfRhNDAII'S American Ist Ar; +
SIA1lNDhLL y TO-DAY AALGE
KENNEDY in THE DANGER CANE
TOMORROW WALLACE REID in
THE THING WE LOVE" s',
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DIUnITT,CE Savoy I4fh 4 CoLrd.
RhNUhLL } TO-DAY ma +
Marsh m THE FACE n THE
DARK" TOMOEEOW-ELSIE FERGU-
son In '-T9IE LIE"
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TEAMED BOT 9th 81. n. W.
EEAUEh- TODAY AND ALL WEEK
GEORGE WALSH
IN His Latest Photoplay,
s.RRAEE AND BOLD"
For Amazing stunts this production
haE-ueveF been surpassed.
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AMUSEMEN

!~C TdoTYS IN
FIN THEAIw
| AITRNII1lS
! tRhNDALL'S A EE5SER = Is; NEE HB7 :
KENNEDY in THE DANGER CANE
TOMORROW - WALLACE REID in
THE THING WE LOVE" s,.
unWE 1850 c street Northeast
] nUIuE MABEL TALTAFERRo in
I DRAFT Is" Also HEARST PATHE
HOMES nth 4 \. Car. GS:. $. f.
I Ethel CLAYTON IN EASY MONEY
Also a CHRISTIE COMEDY
! I7A "a 9th st. n. w.
lIkHLA TODAY-LOUlSE GLATM in
\ AN ALIEN ENEMY TOMORROW
ANTONIO MORENO in THE NAL.
sTCLDrD sO7 9th 81. n. W.
LEAUEh- TODAY AND ALL WEEK
GEORGE WALSH
IN His IsateEt Photoplay,
'.RRAEE AND BOLD"
For Amazing Stunts this production
has never been surpassed,
E.---=-
OLYMPIC BESSIE gsS 9 RHRRIcALE In
IISl u 81. MADAM Who
STRAND -J0HN BARRYMoRE in
1 sRGFFLES, THE AMATEUR CRACKS
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cPANDAII'S Apollo; ga HIST, ne.
GORDON iB THE PURPLE LILY DO
TOMORROW MADGfc KENNEDY
In THE DANCER GAME %
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

q Does the prohibition Of the teaching
of German deal vital blow at Ger-
man influence and intrigue? Does it
not follow that ,the. greater our sknowl-
edge Of German the better the chance of
extending our influence in Germany
and coping with them in neutral coun-
tries?
can exhaustive study Of modern
language has been one Of the most inn
portant factors Of Germany's success.
They are spared the humility Of ap-
pointing ambassadors who are ignorant
of the language Of the country to which
they are sent. 81
''Do we study German to- advertise
and fatter Germany? We study Ger
man in order to extract from the language
the maximum of profits Intellectual,
moral and material-for ourselves.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07
Z Official paper Of City Of New Ulm.

"The Guvment says So is getting to
be a very frequent remarks these days
and it looks as tho everything that is
done for personal or other reasons is
to be laid to the "orders from the Gov
ernment." Postmaster Pfaender recelv-
ed an official bulletin the past week
stating that the Government wanted it
distinctly understood that they had
not ordered the closing of garages.
The local garages did not state that the
Government has issued any such orders
but the general impression prevailed
that such is the case. The bulletin
states that the Federal Department IS
very glad to have any measures taken
to conserve the motive power OF the
country but it is to be understood that
no orders have been issued by the Gov
ernment to this effect. Another "Gov-
ernment order" is that suspending all
deliveries by the grocers. The Gov
ernment did not order all delivery sus-
pended but gave the local grocers the
option of organizing central delivery.
This the local grocers did not wish to
do and so we have all deliveries dis
continued by Government orders" No
doubt all Of these things will adjust them
selves shortly and, nobody be the worse
for it but it is funny to see the wire pulling
that is done in the name of Liberty" and
Democracy"
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

Sergeant Hay den ] Heoiffmsizter- arrived.
here Monday night for q hia
parents, Capt. and Mrs. Jos. Hofmeister
ofthisc city. Hayden enlisted in the band
of sSttAs Second Minnesota National
Guard now the 1S6th U. S. Infantry,
and lis stationed at Camp Cody, DEM
ing, n. M. Although the soldiers have
been transferred, the band lis still at
Deming but expects to receive their
transfer orders for overseas duty on the
thirteenth Of this month. The bands
Of the division at one time numbered
three hundred men but at the present
time there are but four parts. Of the
division there which number about one
hundred men. Hayden is chief trump ct
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

The Treasury Departments Bureau
of Publicity issues an announcement
concerning disabled soldiers that is to
be hoped is not complete. The gov
ernment is going to fit these men for use
full or gainful occupations, it says, and
then is going to take an active interest
in securing them work. The latter
remark may be merely careless ex-
preston, the result of a habit of thought
created by a bad economic system.
AS stated it implies that conditions after
the war will still be such that men fitted
for useful work will be unable to secure
jobs without outside aid. The men
are entitled to more than this. They
are entitled to an economic system under
which the jobs will seek them regard
less of whether the administration takes
an interest in the matter. In a country
endowed with natural resources that
could support the population of the world
there is no reason why men fit for
work should need help in finding op-
portunities, unless the government con-
tinues the injustice of permitting spec
ulators to withhold natural resources
from use. Has the Treasury Department
no word of hope to offer that workers
after the war may not be dependent
on others for a chance to earn their
living?
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07
AN AUGUST CONCEPTION

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and
essayist, writing some rs years ago,
said:
''The possible destiny Of the United
States of America as a Nation of a
hundred million Of free men, stretch
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
living under the laws of Alfred and
speaking the language of Shakespeare
and Milton, is an august conception. .
The United. States is now Nation
of a hundred million and more, stretch
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and reaching out east takes in Hawaii
and the Philippines, in the north Alaska,
and in the south the Panama Canal
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

So heavy has the work at the Review
office become that the former editors are
unable to continue keeping up the news
paper work and have been obliged to turn
it over to two of the members Of their
Office force and at the present time the
paper is being written by John Woebke
and Miss Alma Falk. Both Of these
young people are graduates OF the local
High School. Miss Falk has had course
in Normal training work and taught
school for year in the county,. She has
been with the Review for about year.
Mr.. Woebke finished his high school work
last spring and went to Minneapolis this
summer where he took course of work
at the Dunwoody Institute and at the
University school of journalism. He has
been with the Review for several years.
These two young people will do their best
to get all the news all the time and get it
right If mistakes or omissions occur
they will cheerfully make correction when
informed of their error The former edi-
tors and owners assume all responsibility
for the policy of the paper as heretofore
and no change in the ownership has taken
place. Friends of Miss Falk and Mr..
Woebke who wish to help them in getting
out a good newsy paper can do SO by call
ing them up whenever they have anything
Of interest to report. Their telephone
number is 401 and they will certainly
appreciate it if you call this number
frequently.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

eers his band and has beer. promoted
ank of serg geant since his entry
into the service which was in 1917.
He reports that the heat in New Mexico
is fierce, generally around 1885, degrees.
As there are no trees they have no shade
and consequently must stand the heat.
It is reported |, however, that the soldiers
who were in training at Camp Cody are
best able to stand the struggle in France
Hayden states that at the present they,
have very few white men at the camps
most Of those now there being Indians and
negroes. He will be here for three days
only as his leaveis for ten days and it
takes practically three days to cover the
distance each way.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

But grander than its physical is its
moral greatness. Its fairness and justice,
its courage and power, its maintenance
of. right and freedom cover the
world. A III
The destiny Of the United States is
now fulfilling is a more august con-
ception than even the Imagination Of
the author Of Kubla Khan conceived
of less than century ago.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

"I can never accept any man as a
champion of liberty either for our
selves or for the world who does not
reverence and obey the laws of our
own beloved land, whose laws we our
selves have made. He has adopted
the standards of the enemies of his
country, whom he affects to despise."
President Wilson.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

.tury ago expressed alarm lest the Penn
.sylvania colony should be overrun by
Germans, and that German should
seek to crowd out the English language
and that great man proved himself some
thing Of a national pessimist. He lived
to see his fears dissipated, his alarm.
unjusti6ed, and he had the greatness to
admit it and recant. What happened
in Franklin's day is happening now
the same old complaint, the same sus-
picions.
Can they ever win place of confidence
for themselves in the American body
polite? Will they ever be received into
full fellowship as American citizens, or
will they forever remain distinct and
separate group? What conclusions shall
e,drawn from the fact that the Friends
Of German Democracy have to appeal
to a United States marshal to protect
them while marching on Independence
Day? Have these American citizens
improved their standing as such? Are
they trusted any more now than they
were before? Many, of them are in
the second, third and fourth generation
Has it made any difference? They are
doing all that lies in their power to
break down. the barriers, but these
barriers remain. s.
Who is forcing the German American
issue? It is not they. When thousands
turned Tory, skedaddled to Canada
and deserted the cause of the republic,
these German immigrants, Franklin
and Bancroft tell us, remained loyal and
furnished one-twelfth Of the American
regiments as we'll as raised money to
finance the campaigns. When the an
cestors of Maurice Leon were wallowing
in the dark obscurity of Syrian civiliza-
ton, these Germans were sealing their
fidelity to the republic with their blood.
The Germans want to be left alone.
That has been their undoing. Instead
of devoting themselves to politics, they
centered their interest on singing societies
and social organizations. Being be-
holden to- no political party, they were
free to exercise their best judgment when
they voted. But the result was that they
made no friends, formed to ties, under
took no obligations, assumed no re-
sponsibilities, and accordingly are for
gotten and ignored. Perhaps they were
the best sort of citizens, but they paid
a heavy penalty for their indifference.
They were, after all, an inert mass. Still
waters may run deep, but they cut no
channel. Republics impose as an OBJ
legation on their citizens the task of par
ticipating actively, not passively, in
their affairs. They foolishly imagined
they were best serving the cause of
good government by keeping aloof
from the factional struggles of politics
while following timorous leaders who had
neither courage, constructive genius
nor sense of direction To the victors
belong the spoils, and those who pur-
posely avoid engaging in the heat of
the battle must not complain if they
are ignored when the rewards of victory
are bestowed. In the end, one assertive
individual with the brazen countenance
of Maurice Leon will probably prove
to have more influence than Mr.. Forster,
Mr.. Sigel and the whole National Pa
triotic Council of Americans of German
Origin.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07
THE PRESIDENT ON, MOB SPIRIT

.'I have called upon the Nation to
put it's great energy into this war and
it has responded responded with a
spirit and genius for action that has
thrilled the world. now call upon
it, upon it's men and women every
where, to see TO it that its laws are
kept inviolate, it's fame untarnished.
New Ulm review., 1918-08-07

Are you doing your best to protect
quail and other wild birds in your Vi
cinity? 1t pays in pleasure and it
pays in dollars, to have birds about
the home
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-23
DEFIANT MOTORISTS
AGGRAVaTE OTHERS
Some Travel on Sunday Regard
less of the Government
Request.

While a very large majority Of the
local motorists are willingly complying
with the request of the government not
,to do any pleasure riding on Sunday
The objcrt beng ~ save gasoline TOR
war needs some evidently pay no heed
Ia the request, for quite number were
ont motoring Yesterday, most oi them,
apparently. pleasure bent, though some
NAV have been out through necessity
Il counted eight passenger cars,
sand ono motorist who hoOfed II,
while | was walking from my home to
French street station, and ! made al
Iowance for all others | encountered. as |
thought they probably were out for
business reasons.
1T do snt seem right that some should
obrv the request of the government and
81 hers should lgn0re 1t lie SAID he
took the number Of each car he saw and
thought was out for pleasure, but was
not prepared to say what use he was
going 10 make Of the numbers, though he
said he thought they ought to be printed,
after eliminating those who had to be out,
The government $ request appeared to
be diSregarded more tiagrantly veSteT-
dav than at any previous time since 1t
was made " neither anything more
drastic than request viii be done by the
government Is not known. as the fuel
administrators were out OF the city TODAY
when inquiries were made IN that behalf
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-23
FRENCH TAKE MOST VITAL
POINT ON HINDENBURG LINE

london, sept 13-i 80 p m Thr
British and French are progressing sue
ressfully u their pBgrclcmcnt of r.
Quentin The French have -euOus
menaced he Germans hy the capture oi
NcndcIi- nine miles -outh-southeaSt t
It Quentin
Nbout St Quentin the operations at
centercd 0u the towns pl Neudemi aua
Nendhuiie The French, after capturing
the town and fort If NendeuIl, Dushe
on to the OJ,e river and a- result has
driven sharp salient into he Ger
man dgtcnsc- between ST. Quentin u4
Laon NcndCu IS one % the more dis
tanr oGtpo~tS of iaon and Is the most
important point pu 'hc Hndeuhurg lime
between - Quentin and LaFerr It's
capture places fhe French On the wc~t
bank ni bc Disc and ia d position ,t
eros, the Osc canal and arry ont the
.uclrcllng oi IT Quentin from fbe south
md east Nendhuilc Is nine miles norfh-
northwest 81 St Quentin and ou 10
Schcldt anal, twU miles west u I.e tatc-
lci
Northwest and southwest li the town
III, British have captured German strong
points and rapidly are closing % On =
from three directions.
Farther north Field Marshal iiaig Q
men hayc carried out q successful local
attack south of NlllcrS-(iui,ain taking
one hundred prisoners In q local opera
ton north ot \rras, British captured sixty
prisoners southeast Of Gayrgile lnd mads
some progress