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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Eastward EIoi

1t was adventure that found America
hidden in the western seas and it was
adventure that planted men upon her
distant shores. Fitting it is that ad-
venture, winging eastward now, bears
the first message of the skies from the
New World to the Old AS we think
breathlessly of those giant planes,
specks in the great air, flecks Of foam
upon waste of waters, there comes to
mind that other spectacle, four centuries
ago, of three tiny storm -wracked cara
vels driving westward through the force
of one mans will-until as now:
Behind him lay the gray Azores.
1t is magnificent and daring success
that our navy crews have achieved. The
longest leg Of their transatlantic voyage
is completed and completed gloriously..
We dare believe confidently now that
victory is theirs. Imagination took flight
with them. The hopes and prayers of the
country went before them or all the
efficient patrol planned on the sea lane
there is no escaping the risk, the posi-
bility of disaster. No one knows that
element better than Commander Towers
and his fellow fiiers. Their chance of
making an epoch is on the knees of the
gods. Their courage and skill are the
pride of their countrymen.
Typically American, we are proud to
think, has been the bold attempt from
the start. The handicap of backward
development in this. country was huge
one. Yet the plan went forward swiftly.
steadily, soundly. If success came it
was to be not mere fools chance,
combination of luck and weather, but
the issue of patient planning, of thorough
engineering preparation. The whole
wide-hung scheme by which weather re-
ports are being obtained and the flight
lanes patrolled is a tribute to the de
votion and skill with which the project,
has been conceived and executed. On
top of this foundation stands the human
daring Of our fiers, taking the air
while a row of earlier rivals waits.
The highest praise goes to the Navy
Department for its enterprise and skill
AS always, Americans, seeing only their
national blunders and failures, were un-
aware how rapidly progress had been
made and lost leadership rewon.
Lamenting our national lack of foresight
IN one moment we soar confidently out TO
sea the next on a venture born of in
tense preparation and executed with
that keen fearlessness which only a land
Of pioneers, born of pioneering and re-
freshed by it's adventure in every gener-
alton, can possibly achieve.
Let us add a word of the pucky NC-4
that made her first two legs in the face
of much trouble. The facility with
which her crews made landings and re-
pairs was strong evidence of the sound
ness of the venture. And now she evens
her luck by making the Azores first Of
the fleet. The stern chase won.
After all and spite of everything
! the American eagle is a bird and he
! will fly. An ungrateful republic NAV
forget him, civilian heads Of depart
ments may seek to clip his wings. But
give him the least chance and-look at
+ him,
Altogether no wonder the American
eagle screams.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
CNR: am inclosing an article writtem by
on American farmer, describing has con-
dition Of life and finances. This con-
dition is not EXCEPTIONAL bat typical Of thou-
sands of farmers throughout this country.
Feao city people realize these things, o.. ii
they do are pleased to ignore them. Can
you make Of the inciosed article, to bring
before the minds of your readers some of
the problems ohich the farmer fnds himself
compelled to face, but ,uhich he cannot solve
Without the help Of the city mons
The farmer IS not proHteer. Far be 1t
from such; his balance is all too often on
the wrong side Of the sheet. All he asks
is foir treatment, and not misrepresentation.
B. K. FIELD.
Staten Island, Moy Is, 1919
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Alien Slackers

An effort will be made soon after Con-
gress meets to penalize the alien Stacker.
This class includes neutral residents,
found eligible for military service, who
secured exemption on the ground that
they were citizens or subjects of neutral
countries.
Congress tried to include such resi-
dents in the conscrirtion lists. Many
OF them were drafted and served without
protest, service enabling them to cut
snort the process of Naturalization
Others claimed release from the army
and secured it by an appeal to the dip
lomatlc representatives Of their coun-
tl1es Our State Department properly
held that the United States had no right
10 conscript neutral nationals Congress
trled to override that decision But the
State Departments ruling was enforced
by the military authorities.
Now Congress wants to deport those
who, while maintaining residence here,
used their foreign allegiance as Il means
Of escaping service. 1t has the right to
repatriatc such aliens II it sees fit to
do SO. Those who lodged the draft,
after taking out first papers. are GER
tniny not promising material for citizen
ship. They are not worth American
izing.
Yet, on the other hand, If they are
engaged here in productive labor they
arc an economic asset There has been
considerable emigration from this
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

country in the last four years. The
wealth of a nation lies in its produc
tive capacity. Is it not something like
cutting off ones nose to spite ones face
to deport ablebodied workers, even
though they stood on their technical
rights in 1917 and 1918 and declined
to serve in our armies?
Sentimehtally, expulsion would repre-
sent fair reprisal But industrially it
would be to our disadvantage. Is 1t
worth while to cxpel aliens who are able
to pay their own way merely for the
sake of rebuking "slackerism" on their
part which was sanctioned both by GUS
tom and the law Of nations?
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
A Week of Verse
Not I
tFron, Contemporary ve,,

tFror, Contemporary vert
I AM noe healed Of griafs not
l. Nor shall be till spring houxh. a.
Their putgnancies dawn the young alb.
In dusks all violet.
Not I. Not till the year has fnunS
Some other fashion for the rain
In old thin autumn fieldss It's snuna
Against lonely pane.
Not till the worn, dear, usual things
Street, house, or even chair. lar
Rid them Of an rememherings.
Grow strange and cold, and far.
Who pfucks my cowsIips IN the SUM-
Whose step deets by the withered t,..,
Whose shadowy, golden daughters r,n .,
Betwiu my books and me-
They have been gone a thousand rs.-
I grant It Are the deeps fallen drvr
Wears grief look not that of tcars,
Not l. indeed not l.
L1ZETTE WOODwoRTH REESE
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Won By Ear

tFrom Contemporary lefsf'
IT HEAH'S man up the street
n Ahm JUS itchin' tuh meet
He's the man with the slidin' trombone
All don't understan
How he does it so gran
But he sho' gifts uh wonderful tone.
That Mendels'n Song
He JUS rags its uh-long
An ICONS it right intuh NAH soul.
When he plays "Ovuh Theah"
Ev'ry kink in nah hath
JUS natchully stahts tuh unroll.
Mistah Man, Mistah Honey,
Take me an NAH money.
Whenevuh yo' want mo Ah'm yo'n.
Ahll cook while yo' cat
Shine the shoes on yo' feet
II yoil play on that slidin' tronibcne.
DANIEL ". TROY
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Pints Rather Than Points
tFront 1'he FL pnso TYnles)

VFFont I'he Fl Pnso Tfnlcsl
While 1t Is generally conceded President
Wilson's fourteen points contain much that
Is good 1T is not straning the truth to say
there are people in this neck of the woods
Who would be more interested in q man with
fourteen pintn
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Entertaining Our Heroes

Nro"' TIM Bcioidorc. H.. Rapubiioan)
Fred Lewis, of the Belvdere Hotel barber
shop, sang three times Mt the sodiersk club
at Rockford last evening. Many of the pa
irons of tho club are men from overseas
accustomed to all kinds of hardships.
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be done by hand" A third man says why
don't you buy car? 1t would save many
an hour that you now spend on the road
with slow farm horse" To all these
I have the same reply: "No one knows
40 clearly the value OF these things as the
man who perforce must do without them.
Pay decent profit what I have to
sell and all these things shall be added"
| have sold my share Of 25-cent potatoes, SO
tomatoes and 80-cent wheat. have paid the
home merchant 100 per cent profit on an
article in common use in my business, and
have seen my produce resold at two-thirds
advance before left the store. Wouldn't
those two rates pay few of those mys-
terious overheard charges that we hear so
much about, but as farmers are not allowed
to employ? I have lost many dollar
through storms, foods, drought. insect
pests, blights and diseases, bad roads,
gorged markets, etc, and cannot pass this
on to the consumer, but must suffer in
silence.
Still Hoping
Do still have hopes? Sure. Hope Farm
is my middle name, and while feel that
for my years hard service sad-eyed
Leah has been wished on me instead of the
well-favored Rachel I fondly expected ! am
starting another seven years with full
determination to achieve the latter includ-
ing the ring-streaked and striped results
that are due me, and it will 60 hard with
any man who stands in my way.
No Let.Up
But suppose disease or some great mis-
fortune overtakes you, what then? No
doubt I shall die the financial death as
many a better man has died before me,
the courthouse buzzards will pick my bones
and the sad mourner, the armchair critic
will go about the streets, shaking his head
and saying: TOO bad! Too bad Another
case of mismanagement!" I may not even
have the benefit of clergy Although I am
member of our home church. an officer
in the same and leader of the choir, I
have not been inside its doors for over
a year. Why? I have no help on Sun
days. Ny help, more fortunate than the
master, has its Saturday half holiday and
its Sundays free. I find it impossible
to do my work and care for my stock. pet
READY, OrlVe lOuT miles after q slow farm
horse, and reach there in time for the
morning service, and the evening service
has been out of the question for many
q year. Does any one, city or country.
think it right that it should be necessary
to live in this manner that he may keen
his head above water
& lou have heard the old story of the
partnership hunting of the Indian and
white man. when the days bag consisted
of turkey and turkey-buzzard White
man says: "I7l take the turkey and YOU
the turkey buzzard, or you take the tur
key-buzzard and I'll take the turkey The
Indian replied mournfully: white man
never says turkey to me once The Amer
lean farmer is not hog from Hog Island.
but cost and 10 per cent would sound
like music to his ears if heard once in
while MARYLAND
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
{ From The Rurai NeW Yorker)

Yes, am profteer. | can no longer
conceal my awful guilt. Out of my i'll
gotten gains | have actually lived in
more or less riotous fashion the past two
years, and have paid my mercenary credit
ors as much 5000 each year. But before
You condemn me too severely, listen to my
story. Seven years ago my wife and I
came to this farm Of sixty cultivated acres,
the savings Of lifetime of work in other
lines The soil is Of good type and we'll
drained, but with depleted fertility and
with old and il-adapted buildings. The
farm had not the scratch OF pen" against
1t, but to get an outfit we mortgaged it
for $1,000 How pitifu and poor an outfit
such sum will buy only those know who
have tried it, but by dint of borrow
ing and exchanging with neighbors we
have got along We took this step light
heartedly. Surely one prosperous year
or, at most, two would clean it up and
leave us free to make the improvements we
planned
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

purchase merchandise advertised In IHE
fTlGuNE With absolute safeor dissatlsfaotlon re-
su In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
r'cney hack request No rcd tape. No au'5bns
We make good promptly II the advertiser does not
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also reserved.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
The Dairy Route

we chose the dairy route. Not that we
were keen for the hard work we knew
lay before us, but the condition of the
farm insisted on it. We were too far
from local market to sell milk. and
had no shipping market, so were compelled
to make butter. We have stuck to
our text through thick and thin. No gat-
ley slave, chained to his bench, had a more
siavlsh task or put in longer hours nj
though they may have been more monot-
onous. am only an average farmer No
one Will ever hold me up to the gaze of
an admiring world as bright and shin
ing example. | am not a whrwind for
work Naturally one is when verginr
on sixty, but | am plodder who stays
on the job "tll the cows come home"
Even in midwinter, when the. farmer ia
popularity supposed. to be taking his forty
wlnks, and toastng his shins, 4:45 a. nj.
sees us up and at it, and sometimes $50
more often or 9:ao p. m., sees the close
NO daylight foolishness for U.s. We use
all there Is, and burn the candle at both
ends. My wife works &ven harder than
l. with her own hands she goes through
the long daily routine OF household cares
on farm, and being direct descend
ant of the original "Old Dutch Cleanser"
no halfway measures prevail. She raises
and cares for the chickens and turkeys
that add $500 per year to the farm In
come. She helps with tho milking when
her own work will allow, and often when
1t does not, and churns, works and prints
forty pounds of butter weekly---no light
task in itself. II she has a spare moment
she drops down to rest, for her work 4,
sore test for her strength and ysars.
would be helpless without her Can't
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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18


BERENICE VAN SLYKE
Three Poems by Jules Romans
tFrom Ar. ord Letters. London,
IT IS night. hear only my steps on ~
road
In my eyes alone lies the plain withs#
houses.
And the darkness dies suddenly when E.h.u
passed.
All. If tonight I could still believe
That tits I. alone. between sand and star
That It's who am vision, time and thought.
Once wind like this wind of tonight CAUSED
me
To shudder, as 1 fet where my body finished
l was naked. | hung in the strength Of th
AS hangs the newborn child in its stays
Now I know we'll that am not alone
And shreds of the gods cling round my limbs
I no longer wish to tear myself from then
Oh, companions. true masters. coverings,
Grave-clothes piled on my living head,
What will you do with me if die now?
II Z
7 WILL not whisper even one name
a. Tonight | will not tempt the shadow;
Nothing more must be born Of my voice.
l will sow nothing more on the ploughed aif
My eyes are open, | wait that they see.
| let my hands lie along my body.
Look I do not hold them out TO you;
Come softly! My hands no longer sufin
To tear you away from the night.
Nothing moves. The darkness is limp,
1t hangs, like some dead giant hanging. 4
You do not come, and l stand waiting. Il
Should I lift up my arms a little?
Like child that is learning to walk. F
All Cod.
Come stumbling, and fall into my arms
My arms are open; you do not fall there
All. What horror to rock on the darkness,
To feel no more on the floor Of the sea
The sane and steady weight of the anchor.
All, What horror to feel at the capstan
All the chains becoming light
T AM free. Unbounded space is my breas'
plate,
The virgin air ] embrace, is mine.
The trees salute me with bending branches
And the vagabond wind comes to lick my feei
No longer being engulfed in his race
! have broken the nails which rvet the mind
And ] show to the rocks, to the leaves. .
things outward
Man, silver foam that covers with blossor
The black stream of natural forces.
I regain the pose of natural dignity
Of the man who sums up and consummste
his life;
Plants kneeling before me. glorify
My solitary soul expanding its wings
I brandsh my will and my fists witnou
striking
The wall, the thought, or the forbidden hssr
My sole conscience illuminates space.
And my isolation renders me limitlcss
-T'unslated from the French of 'sss
Romains By Helen RootAam.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
GUAEANTE E

Entered the PostofNce at York Second Class
Mall Matter
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Home

tFrons Contemporary rr-se,
TT HE smell of hot bread AZ
Il With a gold-brown crust. s
Cooling;
The gentle light of afternoon
Doing upon the shining windcwuan.,
The old rug whose faded threads
Melt into the brown scrubbed floor, .
The tick of clock -
Above the sink;
An occasional faint plop of water
Dropping from the faucet.
A leaf floats to the dry grass;
The wind brsathes;
The light softens,
Deepens,
Tmperceptibly;
Upstairs the indeterminste sounds
OF human movement
Flutter the air;
Mother rising, vaguely as in a dream. s
From her nap.
The quiet ripples away
From the staircase,
Eddies into the corners of the kitchen
AS she comes down;
Comes down
And parts the silence q.
As stone parts the waters r
BERENICE VAN SLYKE
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

she get help? Don't ask foolish questions.
You know as we'll l that there are
not servants enough for the overworked
town ladies' why should plain country
women butt in? They outbid her every
time with short hours and high wages.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-02

Another Accident but no Lives Lost
Monday morning, the second floor
Of the City building, was the scene
of one Of the most pathetical dis
asters, ending in thrilling rescue,
that has been "pulled off" here since
the hills were built.
A certain official (name deleted by
the censor) had just donned brand
new set Of patent overalls, the patent
being an ingenious devise to keep
said overalls from becoming easily
unfastened. Soon afterwards, he re-
tired to small rear room, in answer
to Natures call, and the stuff was off
but the overalls were on. The patent
buttons, not being equipped with self
starters, refused to let loose Of the
button-holes. The wireless signal Of
distress, s. o. S., was Immediately
sent out, vocally, accompanied by
much pounding on the cabin floor.
William Johnson responded to the
call Of the one in distress, and arrived
just as the victim was sinking for the
third time. The combined efforts Of
the two men were needed to extract
and submerge the overalls.
Anyone wishing to speculate in a
set of patent, non-skidding overalls
can get the bargain of their lives, in
the vicinity Of the City hall. However,
make your bid in a soft voice and
stand back about the length of a
fish-pole, so you can make quick
getaway if the offer is refused.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-02
ALL BETS OFF

The combined ice cream social and
inauguration, which WI to have been
staged at the City park New Years
day, to commemorate the election of
our fellow townsman, the Hon. w. A..
kemper, to the office Of High Sheriff
of st. John township, has been pro-
crastinated. The inaugural ball has
also been eliminated, in fact, all bets
are off. The anti-torrid condition of
the atmosphere, in the vicinity of the
park, led the committee-in-charge to
annul all ceremonious festivities. tho
they were loath to give up the ice
cream end of the program. A glance
at the thermometer this morning,
however, quickly chilled their tropo-
logical ardor. And so on Wednesday,
January 1st., 1919, A. d., Mr.. Kemper
will assume his stewardship without
display or pomp-a most fitting para
llel to the democratic simplicity which
attended the induction of Thomas JEFF
ferson to the presidency.
So, on and after New Years, anyone
wishing to be arrested, artistically,
will please call phone No. %.
Anesthetics administered to obstrep
erous malefactors.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-02
YINCENT-COULTHARD

The many friends of Miss Jaunita
Coulthard and Mr.. Eugene Vincent
were not surprised to hear Of their
marriage which occurred the day after
Christmas.
Miss Coulthard is one of the popu-
lar girls of the younger Social Circle
and has host Of friends. .~She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Coul-
thard of California Junction and the
granddaughter of w A Smith, who
are we'll known throughout the Cen
trail West as prosperous and large
landholders and bankers.
Eugene Vincent is the only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Vincent. who came
from old and wealthy families in
Illinois. Eugene received his educa-
ton at Shattuck Military school and
later at Lake Forest, ILL.,, and has
been known as the auto Speed De-
mon" but is now Tractor Bug y
and this winter is taking instruction
in the big Moline Universal Tractor
Factory.
Until after New Years, the young
couple will divide their time between
the Coulthard home at California Jet,
and the Vincent home in Missouri
Valley and will live the balance Of the
winter at Moline, Ill.
Few young people start out with
brighter prospects and they have the
good wishes of the community
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-02
Another Stolen Car Recovered

Tom Muller, a farmer living three
miles west of Loveland, returned from
Sioux City Xmas morning, with his
Ford touring car, which was stolen
from his garage on the night Of Oct.
18th.
John Richardson and H. o. Nipple
We're arrested at Sioux City on the
charge of stealing the car, and bro't
to Council Bluffs by Deputy sheriff
Gillispy. The were given prelimi
nary hearing in Justice Cooper's
court and, Richardson was bound over
to the Grand jury under $500 bonds
and Nipple under $500 bonds.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-02
Frank
Sgt. Frank Kinyon.
Co. B. 45th Reg't. 7. C.
A. p. o 701. "A. E. F.
Letter from Dreunan Douglas

Letter from brennan Douglas
To the Dearest Mother Of All:
As today is the day to write to
our dear ones, so, am going to
write to you. l can't say how good
letter / will write as I am having
quite bit Of competition. A band is
playing in the hut and I am quite
crowded, nevertheless, I will make
q try.
1t has been fully four naonths since
last received any. mail from. home
or friends hat, never doubt but that
you are writing as regularly as be-
fore. But 'tis only "c'est la guerre"
and now the great war is practically
finished and am still alive and
feeling just fine, so what more should
! have to be thankful for, as we'll as
very dear mother, sis nd others all
Gee, hut Tn glad that this damn
fight is over and we will be coming
back soon. can hardly. wait till l
get back though but. as I've been
over here seventeen mont hs, can
wait month or two more with ease.
Perhaps you might like Il, know my
present whereabouts SO L guess /
will tell you. ! am now located about
seven kiometers east Of Bordeaux at
Base Hospital ia. l suppose you
wonder what is the matter that am
here, so will explain. For awhile /
was located at Base. .Hospi tai as at
Toul From here was sent to hos
pital at Chaunont, a very beautiful
place. From here we were ent to a
convalescent hospital at Fich ', which
used to be one, gf Fr6nce's hief in
terror summer res.ortsS + is al, 30 noted
very widely for it's mineral water
which is bottled and sent to all parts
Of Europe and U. S., as WELL. From
here was sent to a reclassd ication
and then sent as casual to replace
some division. on the Verdun front.
While we weIe some three Oh four
kilometers bas.k>of the lines, we were
very heavily shelled and gassed. Sew
eral Of Tie men in the truck were
killed and nearly al of the rest
tassed. Fuom here we were taken
back thru field hospital and ewacua-
tion hosptsal and then sent on big
hospital train here to Bordeaux.
was quite lucky - ] was not gassed
yesy heavily and nm now just as good
. new.
From all informs alton or runhors
we sra goin 70, b. sent to U. $, A
saoni1 T pspsrI ! state that all sol-