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New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

IS a MONG many new devices which
N the armistice prevented the Royal
Air Force from putting into use
against the enemy was the torpedo-aero
plane 1t is considered to be of even
greater potential value than the submarine.
and would doubtless have proved astonish-
ingiy efficient. The enemy has good reason
to be thankful for having escaped this new
offensive weapon, which was ready for
active service only little while before the
cessation Of hostiites. The torpedo-aero-
plane IS q development of the torpedo car
rlers, which first successfully en-
ployed in action by the Royal Naval Air
Service at the Dardanelles in 1915. and were
subsequently, used against us by the Ger
mans in 1917, when they were thus enabled
to sink three Of our merchant ships off tho
southeast coast. The torpedo carried by
torpedo -aeroplanos is Of small size as
ton"
The above gu from "The Illus
trated London News" was accompanied by
two photographs of torpedoes being dropped
from single motored Sopwith bplanes Of
the type which are launched from British
aerodrome ships,
When Rear Admiral Hugh Rodnan, U. s.
N, returned to the United States after
nearly two years of service with the British
Grand Fleet he made two main recommen-
dations, as follows:
% That the United States should con-
tnue to use submarines for defence:
(2) That the United States should build
new types of vessels equipped with aero
planes able to attack fleets at close range
with torpedoplanes.
When Admiral Rodman appeared before
the House Committee on Naval Affairs. on
January 3, 1919. he spoke further OF the
torpedoplane, as follows
ut is unqualifedly true that we will
also have to havc entirely new types of
vessels, different from any we ever had, to
carry aeroplanes, both for scouting and
defensive work. 1t is extremely difficult to
MT an aeroplane with any gun we now have.
The British have developed plane to
carry torpedo. If we had in our fleet
ships equipped to carry fifteen planes fitted
with torpedoes, there is no question that if
we could get in close proximity to the
enemys fleet we could operate very sue
ccssfully, especially against battleships."
BRUSH IOrpedopianes
The first account of Great Britain's tor
pedoplancs was given in the following art-
cie which appeared in the London "Dailv
Mail" for December 27. 1913:
The mystery aeroplanes Of the British
navy which during the fighting wero ono
of its most jcalously guarded secrets, have
been specially described by an expert who
has had full opportunities for studying
the craft.
"The mystery aeroplanc was designed to
DO from tho mir moro effectively and more
swiftly tho work formerly allotted to our
torpedo boats. Tho enemy had devised
such successful protection Of harbors and
ships against our torpedo boats and sub
marines that 1t was only with the graycst
risk that wo could approach within thirty
mios Of Kiel and othcr German fortified
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Gotham Gleanings
lf0T M 0m1iE1

News are scarce at this writing.
House hunting is the order Of
the day.
= Toe Wise was continuous
caller last week.
J. f. Hylan of B'klyn motored
to Gotham one day last wk.
Art Roche has moved out to his
Conn. home not far from Stamford.
Steve Whitman has come here
from Washington to live, The Capt.
tolls loss is Our gain say we.
Monty Flagg and Mrs. Rupert
Hughes and Mrs. J. M. Flagg have
gone to White Sulphur Springs for
brief sojourn.
Mrs. P. H. Collins. nee Eleanor
Perm, is in town with her husband,
1t. ?. H. Collins, he having arr.
from France last week.
Miss Rosina Henley was 2
pleasant caller Friday. She sails for
france to-day, she going to help en-
tertaln the soldiers with song, story,
etc.
Jay House of Topeka, Kans.,
has accepted position with Cv
Curtis Of Philada. and will begin
working on the Pub. LEDGER in
day or two. Welcome to the East
Jay say we.
Pat Enright is back from France
where he was awaiting. Pat looks
20 yrs. younger than when he ioined
the Army and looks even Younger
than when he used to teach mo-
chanical drawing at Armour Insti-
tute % yrs ago.
Unless otherwise specified, we shall tnrn
over all the checks we receive for the
originals Of Tower manuscripts to tho
Salvation Army
Should Aud Acquaintance 7--
With sprinkling can and H,O
wandered where my poses grow
And spread a vernal tint
Deep hidden IN the tangled nlot
Uplifting "forset-mc-not."
found sprig Of mint
CHICK O'CoYLps
"A Bookkeeping acquaintance Of ours SAWS
tha' the Peace Conference is trying to
strike trial balance of power.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

Not a Hatred Peace

DETAILS OF Cne plea CnaC CarQlnal f1arC-
mann, the prelate Of Bavaria, has ad-
dressed to the Pope are not given. A re-
cent dispatch says the Cardinal holds
that the peace conditions imply "the ut
ter ruin of Germany" but no specifica-
tions support the conclusion. The COM
plant is surcharged with emotion, but is
vague, like all other German protests.
Germany is unduly pessimistic and ex-
aggerates the hardness of her fate.
The terms do not Crush" her. Her
pride is bruised, her power to do evil
destroyed, subject peoples are freed, and
she is asked to repair some of the dam
age she inflicted; but she is reduced to
no such slavery as she imposed on the
Belgiars, the Poles, the Serbs, the Ru-
manians and the civilians of Northern
France.
Peaceable Germans who would pay
their just debts are not to be disturbed
either in person or property. No Ger
man house or German factory is to have
q brick removed. In the disannexed
territories Germans who elect to remain
will of course find political conditions
not to their liking, but such may COM
fort themselves by rereading the words
of consolation they formerly offered to
the Poles, the Alsatians and the Danes
The preliminary agreement entered into
when the armistice was signed definitely
indicated that Germany was to make
reparation and that the disposal Of the
so-called German colonies, the freeing of
subject populations and the guarantees
for future peace were matters left to
the conference.
The reparation bill is not swollen; as
to the colonies, the settlement considers
the welfare of their native populations
and the peace of the neighborhood rather
than flag raising and trade hunting.
The territorial arrangements show sin
oere effort to segregate those who would
be together. No one viii contend that
every inch of frontier has been correctly
traced, but no candid person will deny
that clinical justice will much more
prevail than in 1914.
Self-determinaton? Germany strug-
giles against it, is not for it. She would
hold the Poles, the Alsatians and Danes
without regard to their wishes. The So
cialists now in Office in Germany have
no sympathy with the self-deternination
principle. Their verbal solicitude is a
sham. They would keep what they have
seized. They uphold conquest titles and
defy the maxims they would have others
respect.
The essential justice Of the peace is a
question which concerns the Allies as
much as Germany. Those who won the
war have no desire to Crush" any one.
They seek peace and prosperity for
themselves and have sense enough to see
that Germany will be menace until she
also has peace and prosperity. So, SUBJ
ject merely to the restrictions that she
shall not have weapons, that she must
clean up her own dirt, and may not keep
aliens in subsection, she is offered free
right to make her living and to develop
her own life.
Taking the treaty as whole, it is
written with magnanimity and is free
OF signs of hatred. Germany has not
hitherto served herself we'll by trying
to get falsehood accepted as truth, and
:, does not serve herself now by continuing
to travel the highway Of prevarication
md misrepresentation.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

recognize ltaly's right to demand "com-
pensations in the form of an extension
of her possessions in Eritrea, Somali-
land, Libya and the colonial districts
bordering on French and British colo
MES" When Germany's African colo
nies were disposed of few days ago
Italy was ignored.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Who's "Chittcrins" Nowp
-Ernn, 1,ha lsan.fs.4 A..

(From The Chdrfeston Ncws- Courfey)
We are glad to SEQ that Secretary Baker
Is figuring moro extensively than ever in
tho news films. Tho sight of his handsome
countenance always reduces ths RepublL
cans to ntate pf ehtttsring fury.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
"Ad Inhnitun'
(From The Columbia g r r.,

'Fron The Columbia. s. c.. Record
Some day, says "The New York POST
Fresldent Wilson will startle the world by
not breaking a precedent But every time
ne breaks one he makes one
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Inevitable
tFrom Tho Detroit Free Pres

fFrom Tho Detroit Free Prsss)
turkish women, says dispatch, have
abandoned their wells, and the harem is tot
tering. How many years will it be- do you
imagine, before the women will be- picksting
tho SultanH oficaf
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Flying Torpedo Boats
from an Article by HENRY Woodhouse VicePresie of the
AeTaS eo9Te Of America IN the Magazine of the United
States NaUul Institute.

ports. But for the newest peril the enemy
had no reply
"Thc news of our discovery of a means
of attack that was immune from mine dam
gers and too swift in its operation to be
held off by gunfre reached the ears of the
eaemy, and is believed in some quarters at
lcest, to have helped the Huns to the de-
cision of surrender
Had not hostilities ceased so suddenly
these machines would have operated effec-
lively against Kiel harbor and the German
warships in their lair The efficacy of the
weapons will be realized when the operation
is explained. One of these mystery aero
planes, espying its enemy, makes a sudden
dive from the clouds at $50 miles an hour.
levels out at so feet above the surface, dis
charges a torpedo directly at the enemy
ship at the right moment, after which the
pilot pulls back his joy-stick and disappears
into the clouds as suddenly as he appeared.
The operation is swift that the enemy
mas little chance of training q gun on the
assailant. In one Of these attacks a British
alrman torpedoed and sank Turkish troon-
ship containing 5000 troops.
"A good deal Of practice and patience
was needed to make torpedo attacks from
aeroplanes a success, and it is tribute to
the lndomitable perseverance of our naval
pilots that they have at length developed
some formidable squadrons with special eff
cheney IN this new work. These wonderful
neroplanes can go up from land or from
the deck of a ship, and can descend on the
sea and float until help is brought bv wire
less. When the German feet surrendered
an aeroplane mother ship with twenty of
these machines in its bosom met the Huns
fifty miles out at sea, and had any tricks
been tried it would have been simple work
for score of mystery aeroplanes to have
leaped into the air and torpedoed the best
part Of tho ships. This mystery or cuckoo
aeroplane-so called becaused of its weak
ness for laying eggs in other peoples nests
Is one further testimony to British en-
gaeering ability and the resourcefulness "a Of
our navy"
Rear admiral Fiske's Enrention
Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. s. N.
conceived the idea OF a torpedo-carrvinc
aeroplane In the winter of 191o-r1 as
means of defending the Philippine Islands.
and discussed the idea with tho General
Board Of the navy. He was in charpe ~
tho war plan section" Of the General
Board, United States navy, and in that en-
pacity suggested that the Philippines could
be defended against invasion by means Of a
large number Of acroplanes which would
drop bombs on enemy boats going ashore
from tho transports and on men who m]rht
be landed and that by using aeroplanes Of
larger sizo it would be possible to dron
torpodoes from them which would sink thc
men-of-war and the vessels Of tho INVADING
feet.
In April. 1912, Rear Admiral Fisks an
piled for patent on the torpcdoplane.
which was granted In July, 1912 by tho
United Statos Patent Oflco.
Tho main factors that govern the suc-
cess Of torpedoplane operations ars.
(1) the use OF fast. camouhaged aero
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

1t is long time since any Of the Pandean
fittings have decorated this Corinthian C
Cachinnation. What we are driving into
is the announcement that Pans verses.
some of which appeared herein, are this
day published in neat and Houghton
Mifflin book Of seventy-three pages-"Types
Of Pan"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
"Haec Meminisse unvoh,,"


Sir: What Of it, l. too recall '"rh, w.hash >.
ana can remember to this day my introduction
to Just Break the News to Mother, no 1uas
""aNeneo an hour or two after midnight to find
myself IN an unaccustomed bed on the sofa IN
'he parior. had been but half aroused bv +ba
weary anu monotonous footballs of a iaded horso
dragging home the possessors of four wcl1b,erdd
voices singing in soft harmony the subseouo,+1
famous song
Ana the songs in which Weary" had the so1o
part! Even In those days we had no idea xvbo+bor
"lS given name Rennald Rheinold ~
NeSnaro' ana IL by chance n stranger called hin,
Nckii'ald ne was too much OF a good snort ar
700 bofcd to correct tho mistake Do Won r
''ei'per' weary, the photographed COPIES of Dad
1u"aros songs, always the very very veIlou,
paper winch he used both for that purnose ond
10 write the quiz questions in Latin7 Can Won
nor see now the blurred words in purpIe ink
we cannot eing the old songs now
They SO chcs-nut-tee,
ana tho one we both liked though NOT so ron,,.
ms acme of the others:
Please. Mister Conductor.
Give me transfer, do
Can't you 1t is raining
ana nave a hole in my shoe p.
10 you recall our wonderment at the yno+..
"rlHon by one who was so insistent m ~.
proper number OF feet in our Latin comnos,t,,r.7
mo usual song IS composed for. or IN ~.
hopeH OF, profit. Those of Dads we III. =, <..I
were written for the Joy Of it. and for low. 80
Inc TALL oVcrgrown youngster, with tics os broad
atr'ped red and black who made IN tho ,,.o,
OF the Glcc Club '
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
The Freudian Linotyper

(From tho Deep River (Conn.) New Era1
Ia this column last week the type made it read
that J. Feinsten has just received new line of
narrow skirts. 1t should have read Arrow shirts
This correction IS gladly made.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
The Coming 7ower

The Bishop of Coventry has written to
the local committee stating that no peace
celebration procession in Coventry would
be complete without representation of
Lady Godva who, if legend was correct,
made great sacrifice to her subjects, and
was woman far in advance of her times.
In the Bishops opinion, Lady Godiva
should be represented historical
character in an historical pageant, in such
q way that she herself would have been
proud to appear.
The local subcommittee has passed
resolution to the effect that the lady who
represents Lady Godiva in the pageant
should be fully clothed, in the most mag
nifcent apparel in which a Saxon Countess
would have been arrayed.-London Times.
The Bishops opinion and ours clash
Ours is that she was proud to appear as
she did.
For that matter, Eve herself might have
been proud to appear in one of the
hodiernal one-cylnder skirts.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

A bookkeeping acquaintance Of ours saws
thae the Peace Conference is trying to
strike a trial balance of power
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
hut We Never Find It Out Unles. som.,.ax
Tells Us

NUT VIC Ndvef Find It Out Unless Somobodv
Tells Us
oir' For tho benefit of postertty and . few
curious folk. will you not tell us Just what tf "a
yo" say when. after having whitfield out a last
i'he you awake next morning TO find that st.reo.
typer has whitfield IL OFT
The Henry Ford Chicago Tribune 1urv
has adopted motto
Gut OF Mount Olemons by Christnaasl"
Z. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

a MONG many new devices which
. the armistice prevented the Royal
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

Unless otherwise specified, wo shall turn
over all the checks we receive for the
originals Of Tower manuscripts to the
Salvation Army.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
GUARANTEE

Entered the Postofce at New York Second Clas
Mail Matter
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
Il You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason il plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to . medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, q like
an endless chain system the remedy il
recommended by those who have been
benefited. to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says "Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, q
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many Of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large .
sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri.
nary troubles and nedtralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive q sample bottle of
SwampRoot by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
U. s. Has Evidence,

Chicago.-"Facts and figures that
will send every last food hoarder in
Chicago to the penitentiary are in the
possession Of the United States gov.
ernment today" declared Assistant
District Attorney r. A. Milroy, who
together with Col. Henry R. Harris
Jr., has charge of the grand jury prof
iteerlng Investigations. A survey OF
the various warehouses In Chicago has
determined that while the public is be-
ing fleeced by high prices the ware
houses are 'bulging with supplies.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
Beyond Restraint.

After trying in vain for months to
get a house Brown set out one day
with find-a-house-or-die look on his
face. He wandered about all day With
out being successful, till at last his
steps led him to the river.
"Ah!" he said in utter despair, show
tempting it lOoks?" He was almost
inclined to plunge in and end it all.
All of sudden he heard a splash
and. looking around. he saw his friend
Green struggling in the water. With
out attempting to save him he rushed
off to the local house agent.
"Quick!" he gasped. "Green has
fallen in the river. Can 1 have his
house?"
Sorry" said the house agent. i've
already let 1t to the man who pushed
him in."-London Ideas.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
A SUMMER COLD

A cold In the summer time, as every.
,ody knows, is the hardest kind of a
cold to get rid Of The best and quick.
est way Is to go to bed and stay there
II you can. with bottle Of "Boschee's
syrup" handy to insure a good nights
rest. free from coughing. with easy ex-
pectoration In the morning.
But II you can't stay In bed you must
keep out Of draughtA avoid sudden
changes' eat sparingl- Of simple food
and take occasional doses Of Boschee's s
Syrup. which you can buy at any store
where medicine is sold. safe and efii-
Client remedy. made In America for more
than fifty years. Keep 1t handy.-Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
CLAIM RAILS
PLUNDERED
BIG DIVIDENDS PAID ON BONUS
STOCK UNDER PRIVATE
SYSTEM.
PLUMB MAKES CHARGE
RAIL eRoTHERHooDs LAY CLAIM
BEFORE INTERSTATE
COMMITTEE.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

|
Washington, Aug. 13.-The railroad
brotherhoods, thru their counsel, Glenn
E. Plumb, laid before the House inter
state commerce committee their
charges of corruption in the manage
ment of the railroads under private
control. The charges were that many
of the great railway systems had been
plundered Systematically by the finan-
cial interests and that the railroads
illegally held millions Of acres of pub
lie lands.
Eighteen representative railroads of
the country, the brotherhood attorney
asserted, issued stock aggregating
$3.50, Ala 900 between 1900 and 1910 as
bonuses and paid millions of dollars in
dividends on these bonuses. These
same railroads, he further charged
were controlled in whole or in part
by the Morgan interests, the Rockefel-
Ter interests and the Gould interests"
Coupled with the charges which
| came just before the House committee
closed Its hearings on organized la
boris bill for elimination of private
capital from railroad ownership, was
the demand by Mr.. Plumb that Con-
gress make thoro investigation of the
matter so that the American people
may know ito what extent it is sought
to subject them to exploitation" under
the other plans proposed for future
disposition of the railroads.
There was no intimation as to what
course the committee might take in
regard to the request for an investi-
cation. Chairman Esch indicated that
to go into the charges would be like
travelling over old ground, as they had
been threshed out long ago.
Plumb told the committee that he
either had the evidence to support
every charge or knew where it could
be obtained Presentation of the
charges apparently failed to arouse
much interest among members.
A. b. Garretson, former head Of the
Order of Railway Conductors, declared
with utmost frankness that if vote
were taken today the country probably
would reject organized labor's plan
He explained, however, that this would
be due to general suspicion against
new things, and he predicted that 1t
would be indOrsed and adopted in the
not distant future.
The opinion was expressed by Mr..
Garretson that there had been no fair
test of government operation of rail-
roads, since being taken over they had
been operated by officials who were
opposed to government ownership and
wanted to demonstrate that it was not
best for the country
With the filing of Plumb's charges,
the committee concluded hearings on
his plan for public ownership and en-
plOye operation of the roads and will
take up later the plans to be offered
by security holders and railway execu-
tives, both of which, labor officials
have testified, are more radical than
that framed by Mr.. Plumb and in
dOrsed by the brotherhoOds.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
Montana Fire SPREADING.

Missoula, Mont.-The Larsen Creek
and Elkhorn Mountain forest fires in
the Clear Water National forest, sixty
miles across the mountains from Mis-
soula, are running wild and have swept
beyond control. according to messages
received at district headquarters here
of the forest service. The fire fight
ers' camp at Elk Mountain has been
destroyed.
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
n. c. L. Cause Of Suicide.

Newark. N. J.-Despondent over the
losing struggle against the high cost
of living. which kept her five children
in Ill health, Mrs. Gathering Wohlford
committed suicide by taking poison.
Neighbors told the police Mrs. Wohl-
ford recently reported that, owing to
high prices, she could hardly keep the
children alive"
Gilpin observer., 1919-08-14
EASTERN LIVE STOCK,
At ChlNnNn

weight, SEQ. 0.s5 a 2e.6o; medium weight.
s20.5OD22.65: light weight, SEQ "a S
22.5o; light light. s195Oq2i.25' heavy
packing sows. smooth. s19.25a 22.5O;
packing p,s sis sSws. rough $4,000 1900;
Cattle--Beef steers. medium and
heavy weight. choice and prime. s17.4o
= I 1925; medium and good. S13.oo a.
17.40: common. s10.50dp130o. iJgbt
weight. good and choice. s14.25QIS.2b:
common and medium. $3.50 I4.25.
Butcher satt,e' heifers. 5000 1900;
ters.. $4,000 7.25. Veal calves. light and
handy weight, $16.50Q1s.5O. Feeder
steers 5000 1880 Stocker steers
S7.00M11.00. Western range steers
s9.o0wiG.5o: cows and heifers. s7a56
Sheep-Lambs. 81 pounds down.
M13.25: ycarlings. wethers. se'75@
1850: ewes medium. good and choice
s7.25 G 900: culls and common. sa7SS
Money Market.
New York.-Mercantile paper un-
changed.
sterling. s4.2s: commercial sixtv-a,, =,
bills. si.27h; demand, A.sIN: cables.
Sa.32.
Francs-Demand.. $50; cables. 7.7s.
Sirnnenana GniidersmDemands a. SS; cables, S7x.
Marks-Demand. 0; cables, GX.
Time loans strong, unchanged.
Call money easy; high. o; low. a.
ruling rate. 6; closing bid, Az ofscrai
at 8; last loan. Az: iereo
Bar silver. s1.1o; Mexican dollar.
S5k cents. o.
AZ L0ndon--Bar silver, 5sxd Dor