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New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
A nd good fresh air.

Apparently bored by the poetic aff1u-
ence Of spring, The Boston Globe asks:
What would happen to the spring poets
If they all got poetic justice?" thereby
aligning itself with writer who recent
ly and frankly captioned his review of
current poetry with the legend: Notes
of a Poetry Hater.'
"Verdant SPRING has a Canadian
champion in Hilda Boyd Collins, who
pens in The Toronto Globe the follow
ing:
Breathe on me, Spirit Of the Spring,
And let me 1iue again
In brooklets' lifting, rippIing laughter;
In roaring rlvers turgid after
Shor0ers Of April ram,
IN rclld hepaticos o-bloumg,
IN trees and shrubs and grass a-grow,ng
In foUer besprmkled lanes
oh, Spirit Of the Verdant Spring,
Breathe life in me again.
In bustJing Of the birds returning,
Their mating, nesting and their yeor7,ing
AntiphonoJ refrain;
IN bleating lambs and cattle loto5no:
In the Creators wlse bestowing
Of life qUith Joy and pain
Oh, Spirit Of the Vital Spring,
Let me llue again.
IN play Of children in the rood,
IN their unselfsh brotherhood,
And l,Oes 1Oithout stain;
In faith which cultiuates the soil,
In hopes for harvest after toll,
Through summers heat and rain,
oh, Spirit! Spirit Of the Spring,
Let me Ziue again.
A. Roger Collins is versemaker
whose poetic instinct told him that April
is near and he sat down and wrote
about it in The Newark News:
April is near,
Horc do knoU it,
When still the sno1c lies
Thick on the ground2
Little IN oil bleak Nature to sho1c IL.
Yet car feel that
April IS near
April is near,
Let the voods ring IT,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

vHILE Senator Henry Cabot
XA Lodge and others indicate
they fear that Congressional
powers" are fast fading into
che realm of American mythology, the
visit Of the Philippine Islands Commis-
sion to Washington and Secretary
bakers assurance that both he and the
president we're of one mind, that the
time has come to grant complete indie
,epdence' to the archipelago, added new
trs, some papers declare, TO a fire al.
ready hot.
Thev wonder if this may not be con-
s;dered psychological sequence of that
alleged usurpation of Congressional
mower which they hold has been a dis
t;nctive feature of the fashioning of the
treaty of peace.
The matter of the Filipinos prepared
moss for independence aside, for the time
beine. Secretary Baker has been edi-
toriallv taken TO task for presuming to
offer that which is neither his nor the
Presidents to give Even the Presi-
dents statement that "he hoped their
visit would result in bringing about the
desirable ends set forth in the joint reso-
luton of the Legislature sending the
commission to the United States is re-
garded by The Boston Transcript" as
mot fat-footed declaration and sounds
as if the President, like Secretary Baker,
wanted to say something that he easily
could gee iout of afterward.
The Springfield Republican, The
Kansas City Journal The Boston
Transcript" and The Philadelphia
Bulletin. as though sensing the need
for explicit understanding, remind their
readers that Congress, and Congress
alone, will decide upon the feasibility of
Philippine Independence.
whether the day for that independ-
ence has now come is difficult to deter
mine says "The Kansas City Star"
But one thing is certain. Secretary
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
April is here!

The following verse, "'Tis Sweet to
Love, from a contributor to The Phil
adelphia Inquirer" is probably more
symptomatic of spring than concretely
about it. And yet-but here it is:
Why should blush 10 o1on I lore?
It's lore that rules the realms nbote.
Why shouid I blush to sag to all
That Virtue holds my heart IN thrau?
Why should seek the thckest shade
Lest Love's dear secret be betroyd2
Why the stern broaO deceitfM more
When I'm languish,ng 1cith lore2
Is It 1Oeohness thus 70 dDceu
On passion that dare not tcu2
Such 1cedkness aoouId ever pro1e:
It's PAINFUL though 'tis sroeet to Lore.
D. Henry Kelnan.
Spring has arrived in Detroit on good
schedule, according to c. A Smythe.
contributor IS The Detroit Journal:
The Snrtng IS here, the skies are blue
And robins home returning,
Doth make the heart rejoice once more.
For Spring time euer ycar7,tng.
1t takes me back to other sprtngs
So long gone by
When hearts t0ere goung and life ,pas
gay
And deep blue t0os the sky.
'TlUcs then 1Oe sought the ltolet blue
In nossy dell
The speckled thrush did sing orev
HIS loue to tell.
The primrose pale and 1lolet blue
Doth bridge the gears
And brings me home each Spring to you
In Aprils tears
Yes, Spring IS here, the skies are blue
And robins 1ohistIe gay.
SO hon1eW0rd, too, my heart is bound
This sunny April day.
The fields of fauna and fora and
solar phenomena apparently have been
adequately explored by the spring poets
Of 1919. And the lightning of inspira-
ton, as usual, seems to have struck
equally between male and female verse
makers.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
He Should Be Inside

According to a dispatch, General Luden-
dorf has laid aside the sword and taken
up the pen. The pen is what he is fitted
for, undoubtedly, but he should be inside
of it, for awhie-for the rest of his life,
at least.-kansas City Journal.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Some 1919 Styles in Early
Spring Poetry

Brush your clothes,
A nd acash your face,
Clean yoetr teeth
4 nd comb your hatr.
Get plenty Of sun
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Soon, where the snow IS,
The folcers sciU peep;
Soon erery bird aoiU
T,oitter aAd sing it,
All things l0iN shout that
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
-Kdnsas C,ty Post.

~ u7Su5 OEvy 7 OsJ
Another hopeful device was holding up a
bugaboo and hiding behind it. But the
peace conference has spoken, and the
Hun sadly admits: "Shucks, dis don't
fool anybody"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Wayside
Points of
ViezU
Too Late

Opportunity often knocks at the door
when it is too late. Here is New York
man who is said to have just received
patent for perfect orkscrew.-Rochcste
Post-Erpress.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

It appears that after soviet has
been organised anyarhere in Europe its
first important official act IS to appoint
q public crecutioner.-Woshington Star.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Speaking of the
Reds

r
BolshetIsnl proceeds on the theory that
the tchoie 1cor}d ought to suffer because
the government Of Russia has been bad.
Washington Star.
E
Horlxg been warned that to try Boi-
sheuism is to play NTH fire. Central
Europe can hardly ,oait to get It's fingers
bu,red.-Indinrnp polls Nea0s.
Socialism is q dream Bolshel,sm is
a nightmare. To haze hell on earth put
the tuo together and stir 1cell.-Toledo
BIrde
The guileless BoIsher1ki send man
ouer here ,rith 5000, 900 900 erpecttng to
bribe us. For 5000, 900, 900? Bnhi-
Washington Post.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Detroit NefUs

detroit Netos.
In fact, the terror of BoIshevism seems
generally rather on the wane In this
cartoon we the creature greatly
dwindled though he still looms big
through the telescope Of Mr. Pessimist
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Ii THE poisoned photographic
lances sunk deep into the flesh
of Spring Poetry have not pene-
trated it's uncomfortable soul.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Winter has fed and spring. the cartoon phrases ges
look-in."

Philadelphia Inquirer
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

vHILE Senator Henry Cabot
VA Lodge and others indicate
w they fear that congressional
mowers" are fast fading into
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

have kept the home fires burning in the
Z. S. A. and earned a good wage along
with the slaekers and the genuine non
drafted men at any number Of good pay
ing positions. What did they do? They
came to France and kept on the Job
morning, noon and night every day of
the week They kidded the brawny
fighters in the s. 0. s. with movies, can
dies, cigarettes and decent words.
After you have done that about 5000
hours, more or less, you begin TO get
sick of it. Back in the S. o. S. the
transportation was available, and the
supplies came into the canteens. But up
at the front, when you were lucky to
get clothes and chow, it was a pretty
tough proposition, and whatever did
come up to the Y. M. G., A. was nabbed
by the guys on the special details and
various trains back with division. Some
of it did get up to the front, but not
enough to create panic. But that
wasn't the fault of the Y. NJ. c. A., it
was the inevitable result of constant
forward movement in open warfare,
suppose some of our heroes wanted to
get hot chocolate dropped on advanced
outposts by airplanes, It's too bad about
those kids.
Since I've been up with machine guns
I've never seen anything of this choco-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
Texas Altman Named Per-
sons Unknown to British
Air Officers
MENTIONED SECTION,
WHICH NEVER EXISTED
And Commanding officer
Never Received Report of
the Alleged Combat

London, Thursday, March 27.-At to-
days session of the courtmartial inquir-
ing into alleged exploits of Captain Ed
mund G. Chamberlain of San Antonio,
Tex, who claims to have engaged in
remarkable aerial combat in company
with British air forces while making a
visit to the British front last summer
during furlough from his unit with the
United States marines, Lord Doune, cap.
tain in the Royal Flying corps, who was
responsible for official statements issued
by that arm of the service gave evidence
as to his knowledge of the case He said
that at the time of Chamberlain's re-
ported feat there was no squadron COM
mander named Major Vancours, nor was
there superior officer named L. r. Solo
mon, whose signature as a lieutenant col
onel appeared on the report of the Incl
dent supposed to have been forwarded
by Major Vancours,"
He testified that no such section ex-
listed as base squadron number 2" with
which it is said Captain Chamberlain
made his flight, that he never had re-
ceved a report of combat such as that
described in the account in which Cap
tain Chamberlain figured, and that no
such achievement could have been at
tributed to British flyers. In the course
of his testimony, he called attention to
the fact that there were in different re-
ports identical mispelling of words, such
as ''valor" instead of "valour," as used
by the British, and "escadres" instead
Of "escadrille."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
COT 4 SQUARE DEAL
FROM Y. NJ. C.. A. ABROAD
Member of the U. S. Marines Tells of
Treatment He Received at the
Hands of the War
Workers.

The following open letter was pub
lished in the STARS and Stripes" the
official newspaper of the A. i. F. over
seas, Feb ID, and comes, unsolicited and
apparently straight from the heart of
the marines, Incidentally it praises a
New England boy, T. w. Wilbur of New
Britain, Conn, who has been given a dis
tinguished service cross for bravery.
To the Editor of the "Stars and
Stripes: I am not the guy who really
won the war, nor did see all the fronts,
but there are lot of other birds in this
outfit who didn't get as far toward Ber-
lin as yours truly. Having introduced
myself to my enthusiastic readers, stand
back and allow me to begin.
My subject tonight viii be a few
words about the Y. M. c. A. Some of
the lads don't seem to like it, and have
started in to make the crowd back home
think it's a false alarm. Now, Ed, YOU
know that it's an easy thing to scatter
the vitriOl here and there, and there is a
certain class of young volunteers who
would rather do it than eat. I'm one of
those people who like to crab little my.
self; it's a habit | learned around the
scuttle TASK the COB what mean, but
these vitriol boys are on the wrong track
this time. They are citing isolated cases
that have happened during this year and
a half, and making mountain out of a
mole-hill. This puts the entire Y NJ. c.
A. on the witness stand in self defense,
and that IL q tbiuU tbgf ebould nat bn
Let's drop off few points, iib and look
around What do we see, mate?
We see hundreds of men who could
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

top with machine guns, he gave first aid
to the wounded under shell fire. He had
the time of his young life, and no one
had anything on Wilbur when it came
to courage. The Boche winged him up
at Blanc Mont in Champagne, and he
got a blighty
There were lots of Wilburs in the
Y NJ c. A, if you start investigating.
| hate to see lot of crabs ignoring
them, too
When we started on our marathon via
France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ger
many, we were lucky to have our emer-
gency rations keep up with us. Then
we settled in various castles on the
Rhine, and the crabs began to scream
for the Y. NJ. c. A. Where was it? Ask
the army about that--ask why the
trainIoads of stores were sidetracked so
that more important things could come
up. But now our soldier boys are get.
ting enough candy to make each and
every one sick, and enough cigarettes to
totally destroy the lungs.
/ have purposedly failed to touch upon
the work of the women in the Y. NJ. c.
A., because | couldn't adequately express
the appreciation that we must all feel
for their sacrifices and their infinite pa
thence with us. They come from the
best American womanhood, they are the
finest type possible to obtain, and their
refining influence among us has been evil
dent in every camp that they have
graced by their presence. They have
been an inspiration to many of us, con
scious or unconscious of that inspiration
though we may be,
Just consider what they have given
up at home to come over with us and to
slave for us, yes, slave for us. Do you
think it easy to put up with our general
Indifference and constant demands and
continual kicks and to smile and be
pleasant and truly sympathetic? Well,
it isn't easy, and if we try for moment
to put ourselves in their place and cater
to the A. f. f. we shall get the point.
Amt it awful, Mabel. did you hear
that the army is going to try three sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
FLOATED TO VICTORY
ON WAVE OF OIL
Said British Admiral in the First En-
thusiastic Comments Follow
ing the Armistiee.

Washington, D. c., March 25.-'We
foated to victory on wave of oil,' said
a British admiral in the first enthusiastic
moments following the armistice.
Just how much truth there is in this
hurrah statement has just been dis
closed by Van H. Manning, director of
the bureau of mines, department of the
interior, in the yearly statement on the
production of gasoline in this country.
In 1915, before the United States en-
tered the war, according to the state
ment, the production of gasoline was a
little short of $4,000, 900 barrels. In 1917,
when the war activity was accelerated
by the entry of the United States into
the war, the production of gasoline had
increased to nearly 6s,000,000 barrels, an
increase of more than $4,000 barrels a
day.
1t was thought by many that this
must be the peak of American patriotic
effort but in 1918, when the war had as.
sumed even greater proportions, the pro-
duction of gasoline was over S5,000,000
barrels, an increase for the year of more
than 1900 900 barrels. The daily in
crease for this year over the record
breaking year of 1917 was about $4,000
barrels for each of the 365 days, or al
most as much more as the increase of
the previous year.
How this country sent an ever. increas-
ing flood of this gasoline to the allies
and to friendly countries is seen in the
export figures. In 1916 there were s.
473,l02 barrels of gasoline sent abroad.
In 1917 this amount had increased to
9,9lO,s77 barrels, an increase of about
1000 barrels a day. In 1918 these ex-
ports had reached a total of l3.2l2,5Os
barrels, an increase of nearly 10000 bar
rels day over the year 1917.
1t is the opinion Of Mr.. Manning that
no single industry in this country of
so important nature ever made such
a showing in a single year and he doubts
if the future will ever show such a record
of achievement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

months ago by the allies, without cy-
ception, that either Europe must go
thoroughly with the United States into
a new plan for a better ordering ard
maintenance of peace in the whole world
or the United States will wash its hands
of Europe. And that would mean re-
turn, sooner or later, of German hegc-
mony on the continent,
The instant question for the associat-
ed powers is to make up their minds
about what to do with Germany, As
surely as arrogant spoliation by Ger
many in 1871 was punished in 1919 so
surely will vindictive abuse of victory re-
coil at some future day upon the head
of France.
No political lunatic is now so dis
tempered as to suppose that Germany
can pay the whole cost of the war, or
for that purpose can be kept in a state
of tribute and serfdom for so or 100
years.-London Observer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

late ration that the Q. NJ. corps serves
out troops, and l don't expect to do so
either, Nor do | feel any anguish be-
cause the Y. NJ. c. A. didn't feed me in
fox hole especially when | know who
had the monopoly on available traHspor-
tation
There was lad named Wilbur, Thorn
as Whiteside Wilbur of New Britain,
Conn, who was the secretary assigned
to our battalion He had been turned
down for the army because he had one
eye, So he sought the lucrative and lux
urious life OF the Y, NJ. c. A., thus hop
ing to be of some service to his country.
When he found that it was impossible to
drag chocolate bars and cigars over the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28

retaries who stole money? We don't
call that "salvaging," do we? No, We
don't. Three out of how many haven't
the figures at present--but I'll bet my
steel Stetson that the percentage is neg
ligible. On the other hand how many
of our crusaders have gotten the yellow
ticket for the same thing, commissioned
and otherwise? Oh, but now you are
attacking our set, and that isn't fair!
Well, here's one old-timer who got
square deal from the Y. NJ. c. A., and it
an Irish Catholic who says so. Take
straw vote and see what the conserya-
tives think about it.
Silent Sufferer, L. S. NJ. c.
In Stars and Stripes" the official
newspaper of the A, 4. T. overseas, Feb.
IA, 1919.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
Peryerse Critters.

81 can't help thinking sometimes" said
the discouraged farmer, "that the worse
you treat your hens the more eggs you
will get from them. | remembered an
old Joke where one man asked another,
How do you get so many eggs?"
why said the other, I treat my
hens so mechanically they're all laying
for me- Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-28
OWN YOUR OWN HOME.
Campaign Has Been Started in is Amer
lean Cities.

Washington, D. G., March 2s--Own-
your-own home campaigns have been in
auglrated in Is cities, it was announced
to-day by the bureau of public workers,
department of labor The cities include
Youngstown, Pa, Middletown, Conn, and
Philadelphia.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-12-27
Jack Campbell Dead

A letter received this week from
Chicago announces the death of J..
M. Campbell, which occurred in
Chicago on Thanksgiving day 1918
For many years Mr.. Campbell was
the publisher of the Walker Lake
Bulletin, and was one Of the most
widely known men in the State
He was also editor of the irginia
Enterprise for several years, and
was prominent in political affairs.
A fitting epitaph for Jack Campbell
would be, He never forgot a
friend, and didn't care damn for
his enemies.'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-12-27
A Happy Night

The Christmas tree and enter
tainment at the high school on
Christmas eve was attended by
nearly every one living in town
and also a number of other nearby
places. The tree-which was pro-
vided by few pubic spirited citi.
zeas was illuminated with vari-
colored electric lights, tinsel and
pretty pictures, which, with the
nea'ly wrapped packages. was a
thing of beauty.
The dancing, singing and reci-
tations by the chill lren, as well as
the Christmas glees hy the older
sextet, met with deserved applause
Needless to say that the high
school was the scene of happy
and delighted gathering when the
gifts were distributed to the bright
eyed and brightly dressed little
folks.
Stewart Russel as Santa Claus
was the center of awe and admira-
ton to the children.
The success of the entertainment
was largely due to the untiring
efforts of Mrs. Stannard and Mrs.
White.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-12-27
Douqhboy Missed Treasure.

At Narennes they still show the
place where the doughboy tainted
For the greater part of week he
had been busy there at the humble
tasks of general police when into his
bailiwick burst an anxious French sol
dier, who explained that Narennes had
been his home before the war, and
that he had had to leave 1t hastily
when the Germans came four years
before.
After much explanation, he began
to prospect about as though he were
looking for OIL finally took his bear
ings, paced three to the right from the
pharmacie ten to the north, four to
the east. Then he dug. He dug and
he dug, and at last the doughboy saw
--disinterred from the very spot where
he had been puttering ak week-the
tidy sum of 10000 francs iA gold,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-12-27
Al peal FOR SEEDS
Ch1eSe Authorities Ask Help of
United States.
Am -ieah Forestry Association Inter
I'd in Important Work-Offcia
Tells Of Urgent Need of Refor-
estation in Europe.

Faod-stricken China wants seeds
frol the United States, for an active
poll 5 of reforestatlon has been start
ed. With this end in view, 1t is anx-
lous tu start a system of seed ex-
charge with the United States. Re
quest for cooperation has been re-
eeiYed by the American Forestry asso-
ciatien from Forsythe Sherfesee, adj
wiser in forestry of the ministry of ag-
rieuliure and commerce, Pekng This
work is to be inaugurated along the
line of the Picking Hanllow railway.
Z. 5. lddsdale, secretary of the
American Forestry association, who
has been notified by Mr.. Sherfesee of
the kinds of seed China has to ex-
change for those which are needed
there, will be glad to inform anybody
on this subject. All those who have
seed suitable TO the northern condl-
tions in China, and who desire to help
in this great work, are advised to
write TO him.
Plans for the help which is to be
itllb'ith W 'ulltt, btlSluli anu ltulN
by the American Forestry association
in reforestlng their devastated areas,
are now under way. Secretary Rids-
dale has recently returned from Eu-
rope.
No finer memorial can be erected
by the American people," he said,
than large tracts of forest in Europe
to take the place Of those which
helped to hold the Hun back from
Paris. Inquiries and offers of cooper
alton are coming in from all over the
country. About one and one-half mil
lion acres of forest in France have
been destroyed by shell fire or used
for military purposes, and practically
NIL s0f Relgium's forests having any
timber value was cut down by the Ger
mans and used either In Belgium or
sent back to Germany, while fully 450-
600 acres of Great Brltain's forests
one-half of her total forest area-went
for war work."