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New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
From 4 sia

After we had ordered ham omelet
and that omelet had become thing of
the past we took our coffee and played
game Of piquet with the inn cards, which
were terribly greasy. But in war times
one learns not to be too particular
Some hours later the detachment hove
in sight, as we expected. The men were
covered with mud, water-soaked like
sponges and very tired. l opened the
door and made the sergeant that sign of
fellowship and generous invitation which
no soldier in any army, least of all in
the British army, has ever failed to un-
derstand He entered with his men, but
said with sigh:
Spirits strictly prohibited"
| had foreseen that difficulty. Strong
drinks are forbidden to the English SOL
der. So l asked the excellent landladv-
very casually, in French-to put the
drinks in the coffee. In that wav appear.
ances were saved.
The men sat down. happy. As to the
sergeant, / had him come with us into
little side room. The gin mixture was
brought in smoking hot and his eyes
glistened.
We'll" | said to him without any cir
cumlocutlons, chow did the affair come
off,"
tie reflected a moment, touched the
glass to his lips, reflected again, took a
swallow and answered:
1T was very cruel for u.s.
For you?" I said, in astonishment.
Yes, sir. | have served twenty years
IN the army. l have been in twenty-five
execution squads-in India, at Malta, a.
Gibraltar, everywhere. But have never
seen more troublesome case. All the
way on the road he treated us like dirt
tie kept saying the most unpleasant
things.
What weather. he said. What
weather! What an infamy it is to make
gentleman walk for hours in such
raln-and for such purpose! A gentle
man whose little finger is of more account
than the whole body of any one of VOL
rabble. Ruffians.
Rufflans! One can see that you are
English. Only in your country are there
people capable of such refinement of
cruelty. To make man whom YOU are
gong to shoot walk for two hours in the
ram and mud! Ruffians! Pigs!'
He babbled thus in English for miles
and miles. 1t was hard on nv feelinos.
But finally | said to him:
GU are going to quit that, you son
OF a sea-cook. You have no heart. 7 tell
you; you have no heart If YOU had anv
decent feelings about you you would see
that we are the ones who are eatt;no tho
worst of this. We have to walk all tho
way back
A1ter | told him this, sir" said the
sergeant eying his empty glass, 'he was
as quiet as lamb, clear to the end"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

he understood English perfectly, al
though he had previously insisted that
he didn't understand word Probably
he was a German officer But he denied
that to the last. They had condemned
him under the name he had taken--a
French Flemish one, of course.
Although he was tried by the court
martial which sat at H, he was to be
shot at b; that is to say, at the place
where he had ordinarily carried on his
business. Mervil and looked at him. II
was worth the discomfort of facing this
cats and dogs weather for ten or twelve
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Lads of the High Heart

over the world our laddies 90,
~ Singing the songs of home;
Far where the tides of battle break
In crimson foam
over the weary roads of France,
Singing an old-time tune,
They go where the hills are fringed with
flame
And the great guns Groom.
Singing song, they swing along
Lads of the dauntless West
Their bayonets bright with freedoms
light,
Onward they press.
Gally they march with singing lips
Many tireless mile
And hearten the saddened soul of France
With Yankee smile
Over the world our laddies go
With rollicking song and cheer;
May we be as brave of heart and lip
Who must linger here
Arthur Wallace Peach, in Mnasey's,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Goodby to John
Barleycorn

HH ERE'S how. Prositt Here's look
ing at you! Gesundheii! Your
good health and prosperity for twenty
five thousand years"
Hugh S. Fullerton thus launches an
article on THE Last Appearance of Old
John barleycorn" in the current issue of
Inc American Magazine" And he con-
. tinues:
Here's good night to the highball, the
o'd-iashioned toddy, the mint smash, the
Julep' the whiskey sour, the long tod the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
<<HHE YELLOW JACKET"
\ taught New York something
Of the charm and nayvetc of

the Chinese theatre In the
current number of asia" Zoe Kincaid
describes how Japan still preserves the
intimate relation once existing between
actor and audience, in the old days when
the privileged few had seats on either
side of the stage. A large part of the
action of many japanese plays of to-day
actually takes place on the hanamichi or
Flower Path leading directly through the
audience, and the author goes on to tell
how this custom became established:
Admirers of particular actors had started
the fashion of bestowing gifts upon their
favortes. According to the ceremony Of
the East, their presentations were elab-
orately wrapped up; the string that tied the
parcel was decorated with an artificial
flower. and, for the bearers of the gifts
regular path was built through the audience
connecting with the stage. This is how the
hanamichi, or Flower Way, as it was called,
came into existence.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

reentered the little inn But suddenly
Mervil, who had an idea, suggested
Suppose we take breakfast here?'
greatly preferred breakfasting at the
mess, with our friends.
"Why stay here?" I asked
"The execution squad will have to come
back this way. The sergeant will not be
above fresh bowl of punch. That COM
bats chilliness. 1t is for your benefit, in
CRATE! For l can't get sketch out
of it,"
He was right. / thanked him for con
slderlng the interests of my newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

kilometres in order to assist at his execu-
ton.
Hurriedly putting our raincoats OF
again, we rushed out into the road with
the intention of following this sinister
cortege.
mo, sirs,' said the old sergeant, po-
litely, but with military frmness "Stay
where you are, please"
He added, with a sort Of dry humor,
the police phrase so often heard in big
cities:
'No crowds allowed"
There was nothing to do but yield We
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Translated by William l.. Mcpherson

n udan1pd thumor
Tmmes" mos
nnennm@ the b~"h
dvnb Hundreds Thousands
s. sides plnq
on O. hem.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
A ND finally:

Diplomacy is the function OF govern
ment in which, more than in anv o+bar
wide powers of discretion must be vested
in those who are responsible for i+s con.
duct. We all believe in responsible govern
ment but some of us are inclined to for
get the mutual obligations it involves. If
ministers are to be responsible for their
actions, they must have the power 10 act.
and every attempt to tie the hands of gov
efnment lmpars its responsibility. The
plan has been tried again and again: in
deed when the problem of absolute SOW
erelgnty forced itself upon the national
state the earliest attempt made to deal
with II was to limit the sovereign rower
me second eXpedent was TO divide it
among various repositories which should
checH one another; the third method. which
the English people ultimately chose. was
helther to limit nor to divide sovereignty,
put TO make Its exercise matter of COM
ple'e responsibility down to the minutest
delall. Democracy cannot be capable of
oolng the work of its experts, but it can
call those experts to answer for the way
IN winch they discharge their duties The
delect In our diplomacy comes from the
failure of democracy to provide itself with
su1llclent knowledge to make that ac-
countability effective. 1t is a Jury which
refuses to hear the evidence or to make
any adequate effort to understand it: and
1T has only been saved in England from
the plight of Russia by its practical wis
dom in refusing to act and in leaving its
diplomatic case in the hands of the Judge
and counsel If it wants to try prisoners
at the bar it must learn to listen TO wnas
they have to say"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
TIME pages in "The Fortnightly
n Review devoted each month
to the "Obiter Scripta" Of Frede-

"These miracles of daring in the skies
and beneath the sea fire the imagination.
The day may come when such fighting as
there may be then shall be waged not on
land but in the air, not on the water but
underneath it, when dreadnoughts will be
as obsolete as plate armor, and the only
armies will be huge flights of flying squad
rons darkening the day, like monster flocks
of Valkyrie choosing the slain. Nay, can
conceive that, if ever the civilized world re-
solve that war between nations shall cease,
vast reserves of airships, the only standing
armies, shall form sort of international
police. Then, the nations bound together to
preserve peace in the world could, by COM
mon action, menace the cities, docks and
barracks of the offending power that he
could not move ship regiment without
annihilation. One hundred thousand air
men acting together would cool the passions
of the most aggressive Junkerdom. And to
maintain them in reserve as police or
militia would not involve the cost of one
hundredth part of modern armaments En-
durance and heroism in war can 20 no fur
ther than ours of to-day. The age which
poets have told unmanly and which
philosophers tell us is decadent proves to
excel all that history and tradition have
ever attempted to picture in poetry or in
prose, in epic or in romance"
HERE has been whole lot of talk
this spring about league of ma
tions. But why? demands Mr.. Harrison;
for
"there is league of nations now; the AL
lied Powers striving to save civilization
and secure a permanent peace. There will
never be any other such league in our gen
Grafton. general and peaceful league Of
nations will never be formed until the con
version of mankind to a purer moral and
religious form of life. In the meantime, all
wordy recrlmination about it is mischevous
nonsense, whatever eminent men may choose
to say to concilIate pacitism and fads. 1t is
one of the many devices to draw off our
minds from the task that admits of no
delay and no interruptonthe final and ut
ter defeat of the enemy of mankind At
present some 20O,oOO,0O0 men, firmly posted
in aCentraEsand Eastern Europe, are filled
with passion to crush and dominate the
West. If they to be outside the league.
how are we going to restrain their ambition
otherwise than as we are doing; which
means maintaining our crushing arma-
ments? If they are to be inside the league
we, the rest, will be at the mercy of their
incarnate fraud, falsehood and ferocity The
trifers and the tricksters who perorate
about league of nations without facing
these questions are talking random verbiage
or intentional treason"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Obiter Scripta
l. o Ireland, o Brit
ain! 2. Miracles of
the Air. 3. The
League Of Nations.

'HE pages in "The Fortnightly
Review devoted each month
to the "Obiter Scripta" Of Frede-
ric Harrison are always sure to
be full of stimulating comment on varl-
Gus topics of the most pressing interest
and importance. In the May issue,
among other points, the three enumerat-
ed above are touched upon.
In connection with the taut Irish sit
uation Mr.. Harrison writes:
"If unity of command in Allied armies is
vital necessity, unity in government at
home is even more vital. The attempt, un-
der nvctcrate traditions, to carry on war
for very life By 3 Parliament with dozen
troops, some of them bitterly hostile, is the
road to Bolshevist ruin. Ireland with
your deep heart and your lyric brain, will
you forever stab yourself to death and heap
shame upon your name-all for the sake of
q suicidal revenge? Britain, with your
stoid sense and honest soul. will you for
ever be too late-bind to others feelings,
tactless, slow, trusting to compromise to
worry through somehow? Are we both to
descend together into chaos ?"
or the progress of aviation he says;
Of all the wonders of our wondrous time
the development of flying is the first in power
and in promise. Marvellous and incalcula-
BILE as is the power of submarines, that
other new marvel is less important. The
U-boat may be of vast influence in war, and
in all matters of naval blockade, affecting
bellgerents and neutrals alike, transform
ing public law and nsular states. But its
value in peace, in commerce and industry is
not yet evident Aviation, however, already
opens new worlds to trade, transit and in
tercourse in ordinary life in peace. Of all
this there is no need to prophesy yet But
we now that the Air Corps is trans
forming war 1t renews and overtops the
widest romance and poetry of human au-
dacity and skill. Nothing in Homer, Pindar
or Livy comes near the heroic combats in
the air. Our very fairy tales, our myths,
idylls and fablaus of mediaval chivalry are
champion airmen. Achilles, Ajax, the Decii,
Siegfried and Launcelot mere chidren's
songs now. The cavalry of the air forebode
as great a revolution in tactics as when
mounted Franks and Huns, with lance and
bow, made obsolete the Macedonian phalanx
and the Roman legion. The new arm re-
peats and far extends the feats Of horse
men in the armies of Cromwell, Frederick
and Napoleon. 1t looks as if the air corps
would some day be the decisive element in
battle, even shattering artillery and any
close formation of horse or foot. All that
the poet ever vaunted of the audax Iapeti
genus is far outshone. We may even adapt
the famous lines and say
Expertus vacuum Daedalus
pennis NUNC homini datis.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
A ND again:

AS people, we have generally been in
different diplomatists because Indifferent to
diplomacy. We know the names of our
Chancellors of the Exchequer, but few of US
before the war could have mentioned more
than one or two ambassadors; and Eng
lands representatives abroad occupy
dlmlnutive place in the public eye Our in
adherence has been due to our insular Sc
curlty; the Frenchman or the German, with
ms Vulnerable frontiers had keener ap-
probation of diplomatic values. and what
light we have had during the war on foreign
Iother than military affairs has had 10 be
sought for the most part in foreign journals
Brltons have not been obliged to watch their
nelghbors with the same intensity: and
diplomacy grew out of the need for watch
iulness. 1t hardly existed during the Mid
ule ages, before the rise of national states
and the decline IN the pastoral care of the
apacy' and 1t was first developed in Italy
"here the multitude of rival prncipalities
on the make imposed jealous watch upon
their nelghbors. With the growth of ma
tlonal power and independence. in the
nlteenth and sixteenth centuries. the svs
tenn OF resident ambassadors was develoned
70 regulate the relations of states and to
conduct their international business TORT
torial rivalry characterized those relations
while nationality was still Auid and
,rontiers We're elastic; and in the age when
Machlaveili released government fror, tho
restraint OF law the behavior of amhassa
uorS was not determined by moral cods
An ambassador. said Sir Henry Wotton. was
an honest man sent to lie abroad for his
country's good; and patriotic deceDtion
came to be popularity regaroed as a prime
ingredient in diplomacy Bismarck was
not general, but the greatest of modern
diplomatists'
New-York tribune., 1918-07-14

Copyright. 1915 by The Tribune Association
, 1918-10-03

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
September p, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Carleton
S. Elmes, of Dixon, Wyoming, who, on
Sept. %. 1911. made Homestead Entry,
Serial No. 07S37. for SWH SEH, seq
SWh, Sec. s.; NJ NWA, Section II,
Township II N, Range 80 w. 9th Prin.
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Three-Year Proof. to es-
tablish claim to the land above describ-
ed. before c. X. Watson. Clerk of the
District Court, at Rawlins, Wyoming,
on the Both day OF October, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses Will
liam A. Daniels, Leonard NJ. Beavers,
Milford Montgomery, all of Dixon,
Wyoming, and John st. A. Boyer Of
Slavery, Wyoming.
WILL REID, Register.
First pub. Sept. 26, 1879
, 1918-10-03
State Land Notice.

United States Land Office, Chey-
enne, Wyoming. Sept. 10, 1918.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the State
of Wyoming has filed in this office ap-
%plication to select a list Of lands stu
ated in townships described herein
that the list is open to public inspection
and "A copy thereof by descriptive sub
divisions has been posted in this of.
flee for the inspection of the public and
all persons interested.
Miners Hospital List No. los, Serial
No. O23346, for the NWA NEA, Sec.
81, L. 16 N, X. So w, 9th P. NJ.
Protests or contests will be received
for filing prior to approval and certif-
ication and forwarded to the General
Land Office ut Washington, d. c., for
action. WILL REID,
9265 Register.
, 1918-10-03
LEGAL NOTICES
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.

The following is n full. true and cor
rect copy of the Constitutional Amend
ments which We're proposed by the
Fourteenth State Legislature of the
State of Wyoming and which will be
submitted to the electors of the said
State for their adoption or rejection,
at the general election to be held in
this State on the fifth day of Novem-
Der, A. ID. 1918. being respectively +
posed amendments Number One, Mum
Der Two, and Number Three, received
from the Fourteenth State Legisla-
ture:
Amendment Number One. (For the
prohibition of the manufacture, sale,
and keeping for sale of intoxicating
liQuors.)
Article XIX. Intoxicating Liquors.
Section 1. On and after the first day
of January, II thousand nine hundred
twenty, the manufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of malt, vinous or spir-
ituous liquors g. wine, ale, porter,
beer or any intoxicating drink, mixture
or preparation of like nature, except
as hereinafter provided, are hereby pro-
hibited in this State. Provided. how
ever, that the manufacture and sale
and keeping for sale of such liquors for
medicinal, pharmaceutical. mechanical,
sacramental, and scientific purposes,
and the manufacture and sale of dena-
tured alcohol for industrial purposes
nay be permitted under such regula-
lions as the legislature may prescribe.
The legislature shall, without delay,
enact such laws. with regulations, con-
ditions. securities and penalties as may
be necessary to carry into effect the
provisions of this section.
Amendment Number Two. (Author-
izing a special tax upon livestock for
stock inspection, protection and indcm-
nity.)
Article Nv. Section Is. 1t shall be
lawful for the Legislature to provide
for u special tax TO be levied exclusive
iy upon all livestock of the state for the
purpose of raising money to aid in
stock inspection, stock protection and
stock indemnity.
Amendment Number Three. (For
the ealing of a district judge to sit as
a MEMBER of the supreme court in a
cause in which a justice of the supreme
court Is unable to sit.)
Article V. Section 6. In case a JUS
tice of the Supreme Court shall for any
cas- be unable to sit in any cause in
said Court, the presiding Justice of said
Court shall call n of the District
Judges to sit as a member of said
Court on the hearing of said cause.
FRANK l.. HOUX,
Secretary of State.
, 1918-10-03

Department of the Injector, L. S
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming
August 80. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that Pearl
Stone Madden. formerly Pearl Stone,
widow of Thomas \. Stone. deceased,
of E|ncampment, Wyo.. who, ON April
Il. 1911, made Homestead Entry, Serial
No. OT2Sj, for Lot 3. NWH Lot 4,
So NEh Lot 1, E1a SEh Lot 1,
NEh NEh Lot 4. Sla NWH NEH
Lot 1, E12 NEH SWh NWh. NJ
NEh SEh SWh NWH NJ NJ So
SEh NWh NE SCI NWH. Section
l, Township Is n. Range 81 w. 9th
Prin. Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Final Five-year Proof,
to establish claim to the lane above de-
scribcd. before w. Milton E%nglehart.
U, $. Commissioner. at Encampment,
Wyoming, on the Sth day of October,
1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: Pierce
Il. Culleton. Henry =. Cullcton. Will
liam NJ. Garoutte. and Brady Benson,
all of Encampmcnt. Wyoming. .
WILL REID, Register.
First pub. Sept. ., 1919
, 1918-10-03
Call for Coal Bids.

a call is hereby issued by direction
of the Directors of School District No.
9, of Saratoga, Carbon County, Wyo-
ming. for the furnishing of coal for the
school building at Saratoga and the
Scarrow school during the winter of
191S-19, during the school term, for 30
tons. more or less, of best quality lump
coal, weighed OF scales in Saratoga and
delivered to bins in said school build
ings. Must he delivered when needed
and n running supply kept on hand I'M
til the moun of Goa has been deliv-
cred. All coal must be accepted by the
j%anitor.
Bids will be received up to - 100
o'clock noon of Saturday, October II,
1913, and the right to reject any and all
bids is reserved by the Board.
BY order of the Board of Directors OF
School District No. 8, Carbon County,
Wyoming.
Dated this 25th day of September,
1918. c. &, HICKOK,
92G3 Clerk.
, 1918-10-03

Department of the Interior. L. s.
Land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
September 81, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Henry ID.
Hackmaster, of Battle Creek. Colorado,
who, On June >, 1914, made Homestead
Entry, Serial No. O1175S, for Lots l and
., 81 NWH SWH, Sh NEH SWA
Sec. II; Lot Z, SEA NEH SEA, Sec
ton IS, Township II N, Range SO W.,
9th Prin. Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make Final Three-year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before w. Milton En-
glehart, L. s. Commissioner, at En-
campment, Wyoming, on the Both day
Of October 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses: X. T..
Deming, Glen ii. Hackmaster, III. X.
Temple, and A. AleXanderson, all of
Battle Creek, Colorado.
WILL REID, Register.
(First pub. Sept. 26)
, 1918-10-03

Notice is hereby given: That on the
2nd day of July, a. D.. 1918. the Glen
Investment Company, of Denver, Colo
RADIO, became h purchaser. ut the regu-
n tax sale for delinquent taxes. by the
Treasurer of Carbon County. Wyoming.
on said day. of the following described
property. to-wit The Northeast Quar-
ter of the Southwest Quarter; and the
East Half of the Northwest Quarter :
and the Northwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter, of Section Seven
teen. in Township Seventeen North of
Range Eighty West of the Sixth Prin-
cipal Meridian, in Carbon County. Wyo-
ming. said property being assessed in
the name of Ivor Olsou, That "A GER
~tificate of purchase was on said day
duly issued to the said Glen Invest
m2nt Company, as by law provided.
That said property being sold for de
linquent taxes assessed against said
property for The years 1910, 1911, 1872,
1913. and 1914.
That heretofore and on the DIST day
of November. 1916, the said Glen In
vestment Company duly sold and as
signed all of its right, title and inter
est in and to said lands and in and to
said certificate, to j. ID. Paulson; that
heretofore and on the 18th day of No
vember, 1916, the said j. ID. Paulson
duly sold and assigned all of his right,
title and interest in and to said lands
and in and TO said certificate. to Jessie
Corpening. of Saratoga. Wyoming, the
present owner n holder of said GER
t~ificate of purchase.
hat three full years of redcmption
expired on the 2nd day of July, \. ID.
1918.
Notice is hereby given. to the said
lvor Olson, the owner of said lands.
and to his assigns, and to all persons
concerned in said property. that the
said Jessie C%orpening will make appli.
cation to he Treasurer of Carbon
County, Wyoming, for IA deed to said
property, on the 18th day of January
A. ID. 1919.
That the said Jessie C%orpening /.
now in possession of said lands hereiI
described. That the said owner there
of, after diligent search and inquiry
his present address is unknown, an,
cannot be found in Carbon County
Wyoming.
Dated at Saratoga, Wyoming, thi
goth day of September, A. ID. 1918.
JESSIE CORPENING.
Assignee.
A. J. ROSTER.
Her Attorney. 92G: