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New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
The Coming Tower
UP THE AVENUE
Yes, was proud to-day, I'll say,

Yes, was proud to-day, I'll say,
When we marched up the street:
That music and those flags were gay,
Those welcome cheers a treat.
But something else, it's mighty trua.
Put pep into my stride:
I marched the prouder for I knew
jim marched there at my side.
Jim was my bunkie, and our game
Was moppng up the nests.
Machine guns kept the ground afame--
Some hundreds of the pests
We ducked behind shell-hole rim
That stopped hail Of lead.
A Boche screeched "Kamerad!" and Jim
Looked up. They shot him dead.
We'd slept together, tired men
And what we had we'd shared;
I liked him all the better when
knew that he was scared
Even when the fight was in his blood!
He was a man-and, we'll,
I sent the Hun that got my Bud
Skyhooting down to hell.
hundred thousand in the stands?
Some crowd! Eyes front for me-
l heard the clapping of their hands
But face 1 could see:
Jims mother there. And she saw Jim
How proud he strobe along
And other lads marched there with him,
An unseen, silent throng CA.
Mr.. Harry Esty Dounce in the Sun, re-
fers to Mr.. Stephen Leacock as "the one
exponent have on this continent Of
certain high and fastidous art in satire,
often parody" Now Mr.. Leacock's art is
that Of burlesque, and not parody Nor
is he the one exponent Of the art Off
hand cite Robert c. Benchley, Bert
Lesion Taylor, Louis Untermeyer Gin his
impersonatons of poets), and George NJ
Cohan.
"Our tradition that Punch is dull" con-
tinues Mr.. Dounce, sis about the dullest
tradition we own" 1t is, in fact so dull
that it hasn't been tradition for many
years.
Any Young Man Who Takes Any Young Woman
to Any Four Shows, These Days, Has Scri-
Gus Intentions, Including the Tax.
Sir: If young man, too bashful to propose
were to take the young to the four fol-
lowing plays-in order named---do you think that
she'd catch "Oh, My Dearv II Love You"
Come Along" PLEASE Get Married.?
TOpsY.
Until yesterday "This falls beyond the
periphery of availability" was our notion
of the ultimate in rejection slips. But this
from monthly magazine is the perfect
dissembler of editorial love: "There is ef-
fectiveness in this strange, odd thing, but
you will not, we trust think the conven-
tions bind US too closely when we confess
that to US it seems to queer"
At Brentano's, in the puritanical city of
Washington, Is advertised "Sale of slightly
soiled modern French fiction"
Prohibition will be without effect In
Prunella's house. Her papa, she says,
IL.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

The replies to f. T. It's "I Don't Belong
Here" would fiji n column, and some sunny
day soon we shall run them, saying to the
foreman Of the warm composing room, eve
don't belong here"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
A Single Failure

took a great deal of pains and care 9,
did also the gentlemen with me n r,a
down every rumor. We spent much time !,
and out Of Paris ferreting out every stat..
ment that came from the "whisperinc csl.
lery." We finally found that, so far as r..
9Zd Division was concerned only ve-
small portion of single battalion. Of
single regiment, had failed
Later, in talking with the highest Amed.
can military official In France, regardirs
his story of the failure of negro officers he
said that the possibilities were that ans
officer, white or black, under the same "A.
verse circumstances that these men faces
would have failed, as the very few did
About q dozen officers of the battalion wers
sent before board for trial for having
shown cowardce. They were not, however
all found guilty; and to Offset this, some
of the other colored officers of this req.
ment, for conspicuous bravery in the sam.
engagement, wer promoted and decorated
with the Distinguished Service Cross.
1t would appear that this small part ops
battalion whose failure was so widely rs
ported had never before been under 6ra
and had been taken from quiet sector and
brought forward with the expectation tba
they would not be put into the fighting fol-,
several weeks; but it so happened that thai
Germans were much stronger than thai
French behind whom this unit was nlaceal
When the French troops were badly cut to
pieces, the negro unit in question had tol
go into the fighting within twenty-fOu,
hours after reaching the front, which wss
much earlier than expected. In connection
with this alleged failure there are also
some other very important considerations
that will later probably be brought ON
officiallv
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

At Brentano's, in the puritanical city o
Washington, is advertised "Sale of slight
soiled modern French fiction"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
The Feso Inefficient

1t was gratifying to find that the com.
manding general, who knew all phases Of
the affair, did not take this failure ANYTHING
like as seriously as the rumor about n
seemed to warrant. The facts in the cas-.
in no sense justified the common report.
In talking with the commanding general
at LIE Mans, I referred to the fact thai
something like fifteen negro officers had
been sent back as inefficient" He said IN
me: IF it is any comfort to you, viii tell
you this: We sent back through Biois IN
America in six months an average Of ons
thousand white officers month, who failed
in one way or another in this awful strupgls
hope, Dr. Moton," he added, chat YOU
won't lose your faith in my race becanas
Of that, and certainly I am not going To
lose my faith in your race because Of tbs
record of a few colored officers who
failed"
We talked with Colonel House. Rsv
Stannard Baker, Captain Walter Lippmsn
and leading Y. NJ. c. A. workers. and mann,
many others. Everybody assured me that
they, so far as they were able. would stou
the slanderous rumors concerning on,
negro soldiers, and were glad to get the
facts.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Prohibition will be without effect In
Prunella's house. Her papa she says
serves nothing but dry Martinis
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Ask the man who owns ono.
E~P. A,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

"Our tradition that Punch is dull" con-
tinues Mr.. Dounce, sis about the dullest
tradition we own" 1t is, in fact, so dull
that 1t hasn't been a tradition for many
years.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Any Young Man Who Takes Any YounG Woman
to Any Four Shows, These Days, Has Scri-
Gus Intentions, Including the Tax.
Sir: If a young man, too bashful to propose,
were to take the young woman to the four fol-
lowing plays-ln order named---do you think that
she'd catch on: "Oh, My Dearl" II Love YOU"
Come Along" please Get Married"1
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

y SHALL deal here only with "The
Nation" I read your periodical regu-
lary and keep my copies on file / do
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Buy Victory Motel 1t floats, lies flat
on the brush, and does not dry on the face.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
GUARANTEE

YOU purchase merchandise advertised in THE
TRIBUNE ~ith absolute safety-for II dlssasfscon re-
suits In TIE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money bask upon request No red tape No aulbb'lng.
We maze pood promptly II the advertiser does not
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

"If you have eggs" suggests r. S., "pre-
pare to mail them now. The postman is
handling the mail sack ever 80 much more
gently than before"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Decaturs platform, revarnished by Dave
Wallace: "Our country! Would she had
continued wet; but our country, wet or
dry"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

It's q g. and q. +. when a traffic con
motions you to stop, although you have
been travelling at only nineteen miles an
hour, and you find that all he wants Is to
ask you to buy another Victory Note.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
What Is Civilization?

SITS all in the point of view" Is true
Of a good many things. and one OF
these may be the question, what Is
civilization?" AS late as the seven
teenth century the highbrows of Eng
land were yet to be astOnished by the
advent of the fork. 1t was introduced
by Thomas Coryate. the famous wan
derer and writer, who said of it in his
"Crudities": 1.-The Italians cannot by
any means endure so have their flesh
touched with fingers. seeing that all
mems fingers are not alike clean"
For this he was long ridiculed.. They
called him the man who used fork
at feeding"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
FORGOT HE CHANGED HIS HAT
Aued Restaurant Patron Makes Search
for Straw Teppieee, 6ut Finds
Own Derby.

Nice old gentleman I'm the restau-
rant. with long line Of hat trees
running down the center. His dinner
finished, he picked up his. check anu
turned to the hat tree back OF him
and took down his hat. or the hat ne
had no doubt was his. but when from
force of habit he looked inside OF 1t
to make sure be found that II wasn't
his hat at all
So he put that hat back on the tree
and tried the next most likely one.
but with the same result. and il was
the same with all the hats on the
tree. which he looked into one by one
until he had looked into all excepting
4 black derby. which he did not In
spect. for what he was looking for was
. straw.
But then. to leave no stone un'
turned. ne took down that black derby
and looked into It.; and, good Era-
4eious! that was the hat he Was really
looking for; that black derby hat ne
was now looking into was his very
own; ,,..z..
I He smiled as he. PIT il on. He had
changed that morning from straw Il
felt and: then had forgotten all about
It. - 81.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
on..r Treatment Of insanss.

Many are the queer remedies ap-
piled to the Greek baby when he Is Ill.
The workings Of the medicine man OF
our American Indians is not more IAN
tastic. A bed Of cold cinders is very
generally used as q last resort. When
the baby is almost beyond hope the
cradle is filled with old ashes and the
tiny tot is buried in them. The wei
fare Nurse who told the writer this
was never able TO discover what the
benefit TO be derived was supposed 10
be. Had the ashes been warm we
would haye explained the custom as
q primitive form Of creating artificial
heat. Among the gipsies who wander
over Greece progress, for the present
u absolutely hopeless. IL VIII take
years Of preparation and education 70
enable them merely to begin to under
stand the idea Of social betterment
For the moment "Kismes" and "Alian
Wills it, rule their lives and Kill az
initiative. - ' -s,..s'-- ...e....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
Waffle Plantations.

It is strange fact that Australia,
the home Of the waffle (acacia),
should import nearly $4,000 worth Of
waffle bark in one year. and that the
chief exporter Of the bark to the COM
monweath should he South Africa
the country which began its waffle
plantations. with trees imported from
Australia. Cheap labor in Natal, en-
abling the. stripping of bark mt one
seventh the cost in Australia. and the
need for expensive wire fences in the
latter country, probably account for
the anomaly. 1t is worth noting, how
ever, that Victoria has 21.OOO acres OF
black waffle in one of her state for
ests, and other large areas will be
sown shortly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for their many acts Of kindness and
sympathy during the illness and at the
time of death of our beloved mother,
grandmother and sister. Also for the
many beautiful floral tributes.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Dorothy and Family
Mrs. Emma Randall
ARA Smith,
Mrs. Mahala Murphy
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
AT THE CHURCHES
The. Fl rst Baptist

The. Fl rst Baptist
John A. Shaw, pastor.
Sermon, at IL a. m, subject: 1T
Came to. Pass.
Bible school at 10 a. m. -
No services in the evening unless
the fuel situation changes.
Christian
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Communion services at IL a. m.
Annual business meeting and cleo,
ton of officers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18

E. F: Shafer, the Remington type
writer man of Yakima, his wife and
little boy visited yesterday in Kenne-
wick. They were on their way to at
tend holiday family reunion at the
home of their parents in Minneapolis.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-12-18
rbInklno o. Prices.

Tie Pa-sGn--"And you cay your
wife was thinking OF women's hats alt
the iine shc was at. church. sunday 2:
The Dea~an-.fm afraid she was, par
son." .I'm IN sorry. Her mind should
have been on higher things" Greaf
guns. Pars.n. Are there. any higher
things trar ~"inan's rfstsr
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

That was the gist Of decision hand
ed down by Justices Bauer and Pendle-,
ton in the appellate term of the su-
preme court.
The victory for the husbands came
about this way. Catherine Stevens
owns summer boarding house, where
Mrs. Harry ]. Hush of 174 West Seven
ty-ninth street. spent last summer with
her four children. Mr.. Hush was left
behind, and when he received bill for
S179 he demurred. The vacation was
not his. Whereupon' mrs. Stevens sued
and got judgment, which Mr.. Hush,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
|, Bat on Shoulder Called
Good Luck in Poker Game.

Canton, O.-Mystery surround
ing the purchase of live bats
at $40 by Cantonians was solved
when one Of the purchasers ex-
planned that bats bring good
luck.
During the last several weeks
a number of bats have been sold
in Canton. Advertisements have
been run in the newspapers and
many persons are anxious to OBJ
tain them.
"If you keep a bat in your
pocket or let 1t perch on your
shoulder when you sit in a game
of cards, you are sure to have
good luck" remarked one hat
owner. He added he knew a
man in Chicago who owned a
bat and he always had good
luck.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

now helping 100000 children in Eu-
rope.
Upon the belated arrival Of the news
OF the signing of peace in Libau, hun
dreds of Russian children besieged the
headquarters Of the American relief
administration to offer flowers and
thanks to the American nation.
The last Germans have just evacu-
ated the town and the assemblage Of
enthusiastic citizens and children
were addressed by Maj. w. D. Brook
ings of San Francisco and DR.. T. J.
Orbinson of LoS Angeles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

Other reports to the New York Of
nee OF the relief administration tell
OF the remarkable improvement notice
able in Latavian children since the ar
rival of American food in their coun-
try. Latavian national ministers and
representatives Of the community
called on Col. John G. Groone of Phil
adelphia, chief of the administrators
mission in the Baltic region. to ex-
press gratitude for the American re-
lief which has alleviated the suffer
ings caused by the bolshivist regime
and the German occupation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
WILSON'S VETO
IS SUSTAINED
House Fails to Override Action OF
President for Saving OF
Daylight.
new Time TO CONTINUE
Members to Number of PAT Favor Re-
passing Bill Over Executives
Veto, 2s Short of Required
Two-thirds.

Washington, July 15.-The agricuf-
tural appropriation bill, with its rider
repeating the daylight saving law.
failed Of passage in the house ever
the veto of President Wilson.
The vote was 247 to 1876, or Is at
firmative votes less than the required
two-thirds. One member voted pres
emit.
After the vote the bill was referred
10 the agricultural committee. 1t prob
ably win be reported to the house
later minus the rider.
Party Lines Broken.
Champ Clark and Claude Kitchis,
as well as many other democrats, vet
ed against the president.
Chairman G. N. Haugen Of the agri-
cultural committee said before the
vote was taken, If the veto was
not overpuled, the president would
have to accept the political RESPONSE
bility for saving the plan, which
brought bitter opposition from the
farming districts.
Other Veto Before Committee.
Inc appropriations cOmmittee WE
to consider the veto of the sundry
civil bill, because it did not carry
enough, in the presidents view. for
vocational work among soldiers.
Chairman j. w. Good stated he Is
willing to grant the increase of from
100000 to $S,00O,0O0 the president
desires, but insists on limiting the sal
aries of the board in charge of this
work. 1t was believed the bill would
be again returned to the house with
such provision.
A rider on the agricultural appro-
priation bill, which was vetoed, woule
have repealed the daylight saving law
late in October. If the law stands IN
changed, daylight saving will go int
effect in March, 1920, as heretofore
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

inces, and Roumania was practically
crippled by Bella Kun's refusal to per-
NIT communication through Budapest,
whence all the railway lines radiate.
Under Clemenceau's urging. the
council requested its military advisers
to investigate Bella Kun's military
strength and the number of allied
troops which could be thrown against
him.
There are small French forces near
Vienna, and Serbian and Roumanian
forces to the southwark. 1t is under
stood the allied military intelligence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

bureau reports that Bella Kun's
strength is spreading.
Bella Kun has artillery available, but
no means of communication. 1t is as
serted that he has been maintaining
himself largely with allied supplies
stolen from HOover's relief trains
which he seized.
Italian cavalry might be rushed
against Bella Kun by rail, but it is un-
derstood the Italians would expect
compensation for interfering with Bella
Kun. which America would not agree
to.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
LAW BANS OUTING FOR WIFE
New York Court UphoIds Husband
Who Refused to Pay "Vaca-
ton" Bill.

New York.-Summer vacations are
not looked on by law as necessaries,
and should wife take the children to
either the seashore or country to es-
cape the diseomforts Of hot weather
without first consulting her husband
about the wherewithal he can not be
taxed later with the cost.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
coNFIsCATEs OIL PROPERTY

carranza Acts Under DEGREES Protest
ed by Great Nations.
Washington, July 14.-Conflscatio
by the Mexican government OF the
property of the Scottish-American On
Company, a British company, with sew
eral American stockholders-the first
actual confscation under the Carranza
DEGREES which have been the subjects
of protests from Great Britain, Hob
land, France and the United States
was reported to the State department.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
TALK OF MOVE IN HUNGARY
Kun in Stopping the Forwarding
Of Supplies.

Paris. Premier Clemenceau ap-
peared suddenly at the session of the
supreme council, whereupon the
French minister of foreign affairs, M.
Pichon, Withdrew
Mr. Hoover repeated his statement
that the revictualling of Poland,
Czecho- Slovakia. the Russian prov
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
THANK FRIENDS IN AMERICA
Children Show Gratitude for Supplies
Which Have Been Forwarded
From United States.

New York.-One example of the adj
miration which the starving children
of Europe have for their friends in
America who have undertaken the
task of restoring them to health is
contained in a cablegram from Libau
just receiycd by the American relief
administration. AZ Broadway, which Is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Drive for Tax DODGERS.

Washington, July ia special
drive for the collection of luxury taxes
was announced by the bureau of N.
ternal revenue. Instructions have
been sent to all collectors by Com
missioner Roper to begin a thorough
canvass for delinquents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Tag for Artificial Doa.

Wheeling. W. ya.-Squire Z. A.
Minder has decided that the law In
Wheeling does not discriminate be-
tween natural and artificial dogs and
James Sellers, musical dealer, was
ordered to purchase a tag and place
1t on the neck Of an artificial dog n
bis window.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
AIlenby Decorated by U. S.

London, July 16.-General III. II. M
lenby, commander of the British forces
In Palestine that took Jerusalem Ia
1917, is one of large number Of
British officers awarded the American
distinguished service medal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF
Man Enraged Because Woman Acted
as Strikebreaker.

Portland, Ore.,' July 16.-When Mrs.
Myrtle Harris, 35 years old, insisted on
working at the telephone exchange as
a strikebreaker, Al Harris, her hus-
band, 60, became enraged and killed
her. He then fatally wounded him
SELF
Harris, union laborer, had eatreat-
ed and then commanded his young
wife not to work as a strikebreaker
When she refused, according to the
police investigation, he fired two bull
lets into her body.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
TWO Killed in Plane Crash.

Dayton, Ohio, July 16.-Capt- VIZ
liam s. Jones, and George Duane,
mechanician, both of McCook field.
died as a result of injuries received
when the biplane in which they were
riding crashed to earth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Popcorn pebaueh.

San Francisco.-Frank Fischer sued
Mary Reilly, nineteen, for $50. He lost.
Mary told the Judge he gave her the
money to buy popcorn and peanuts and
she spent it in one evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
DESIRES FULL PREPARATION
Australia Wants Germany to Pay Her
Entire War Debt

Melbourne, Australia, July 15.-'If
the bill for the war losses does not
include the war debt resting ON us,
Australia win be grievously disappoins
ed" declared Acting Prime Miaister
Watt in statement in comment On the
peace treaty.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Dutch Parliament Favors sufraoe.

Amsterdam, July Is. = The ffrss
chamber of the Dutch parliameHt hEe
adopted a motion to introduce Womaz
Suffrage in Holland. The vote was
"a to 8.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
AMERICANS DISCOVER PLOT

Food Reaching Territory Outside oc-
cupied Area in Germany.
Coblenz, July 15.-American army
officers, who uncovered a plot invelv-
ing wholesale thefts of food and other
supplies, have notified the French gov
eminent that American bacon has been
reaching territory outside the occupied
region in Germany in French railway
cars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
Openly Pro-German.

Until recently his attitude has been
unfriendly to the United States, and
when he thought Germany was win
ming he made no efforts to conceal his
sympathy for the Teutons. Legisla-
ton that was passed during the war
and which was directed against the
allied oil holdings in the Tampico coun.
try is generally believe. In private as
well as official circles. to have been
inspired by German interests and rep
resentatives in Mexico. Protests against
this legislation have been filed by the
American, British ana French govern
ments.
Since he developed his anti-Amesicsn
attitude Carranza has famed his
supporters with the slogan of Latin
American Solidarity" against the great
northern republic, and today the most
generally developed trait in the ma
jority Of MeMcans In federal controlled
territory is that Of anti-Americanism.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18
BELIEVES POLYGAMY RIGHT
But Mormon Leader Declares Poop
Ara kIa& Nfar4hu

Are Not Worthy.
Detroit, July 16.-President William
Parr Smith, direct descendant Of the
Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith. and
himself head of the Northern States
mission of the Church of Latter Day
Saints (Mormons) said here that Nor
mons still believe in polygamy "bvt
are not worthy to practice it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-07-18

anxious to help his fellow husbands,
promptly appealed. He said Mrs. Hush
made the contract without his knowl-
edge.