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y4' WILSON AND HINUENBURG
"JliOYD GEORGE'S assertion that Wilson
wJLJ.and Hlndenburg, America and Ger-
Erawtny, are at this Instant In a grueling
fieer, or nerve and sinew to swing victory
i-e vay or another mny properly have
KfcMeazed those who read it.
fegAetually, the British Premier did not
Sjnean that the other Allied armies are at
Bjny serious disadvantage. His reference
Pwa3 to the newer strategy of the war.
ISjWhat he riad in mind was the newer
determination for swift, sure and over-
Wheimlng victory, which has been borne
MM Virion thft rnnerlnntKpea nf nlt-IIWrvMnn
K?lf VteAltfrK raf avn.rt.tii lwlfli Vi vlrtlant
insanities of the German In diplomacy,'
f?tBthe air and in the field.
Svf, There must be no further mistakes in
S.tlie, ,AHJed strategy, no further risk of
rTdefeat. ,Thls is why the Premier's plctur
iWBeque sentence actually suggested the bald
truth of tl)e situation. There was an epic
aiJLdness In the easy phrase. Europe has
s8Tifferd. Europe is willing to see us go
XMrj'.'and decide the finish of a war that it
KfiHaa, carried on with matchless courage
jryana sacrince. ine occasion is too serious
ij"lYr thoughts of mere glory.
NWell. America has never failed in any
P (enterprise that reftilred strength nf body
ana soul. v e nave never lost a race,
though we have run some hard ones.
Commencement commences earlier than
ittaual this year.
iTHE WONDERS UNDER THE LID
srratB War Department has lifted the lid
iiii ,-"oln Its army transportation activities
jgjUld let. us see what Is beneath.
Sffijt, tells us that .800,000 men are now in
sFrance, that 1,000.000 will be there on
rJuly! af?d that they are going across at
Ktfca rate of 150,000 a month.
yt'ru.w average 01 .wuu on a snip and
Sthla 'means that fifty transports a month
HB-'Wre. crossing the ocean. They are not
B&awUlnE separately, 1jut In vast convoys;
r?yer tney are going at the average rate of
MlMriy two every dav. nrorfiirlnir lhnt
iirldce of ships of which we have heard
tinuch.
hNo nueh stupendous transport of troops
fwas ever before attempted In the history
SOt, warfare. If no other evidence were
.AValla.hlA. the) Rlirrrfit: nf thfe rvr-Aot mnv..
stKf," . : " ""r-
ffjiBeru wouia prove marine uerman sub
LArine camrjalcrn has f.il1frl. nut thie io
thinly the beginning.
,Perhaps the attacks on Hd Cross hos-
U1b are the only way the Kaiser has of
! the morale of his troops down to the
iuiretl Prussian zero.
f(.TESTING THE LIBERTY MOTOR
riGHEIt In the, air than any Congress-
PX''' '" .w....w u, ma lyings Ol
iiHterla, to altitudes which no temnera-
"-.man ei'r I'antitra rn .1... ...I .
fBnul sculptor may reach even by a lively
HKlffielnat!on, went the Liberty Motor In the
l.'jjrt'rtW flights over the mail route be-
.iwreen Bustleton and New York.
oThe' 'engine, drove a heavy mall machine
jfKj about a hundred and thirty miles an
eur through fog and rain. Those who
IrJieard'the Liberty Motor come bellowing
Ifyer the landing field say it didn't seem
Hke b motor, It might have beeh the wild
Mcrt.of tempest tamed for the moment to
w".J)e,; amiable business oj carrying people's
itrii and tneir invitations to dinner.
tffijteutenant isawara Klllgore, who drove
MM first mall Jilane equippf d with the new
ijqr. preaicifB xnai in a snort time he
ijtm'ake the flight between here and TCew
cH In thirty minutes. He carried four
Bclrea and fifty pounds of sand in the
Sine.
fijmiat's. for ballast." said - he. "This
Hetpr doesn't 'travel at -Its best without a
MAvy load. Tou need the sand to hold
ffi,4pwnl-
i'.,uie lieutenant ana nis plane seem to
v(i answered Mr. Borglum.
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ete and sunk as obsolete?
IDTY CULTURE AND MR. COOKE
Ef JAY COOKE, food administrator
- Philadelphia, decided that the sugar
yjinuai DB.conservea, ne struck at the
art, or tne matter in his appeal for'
tnce, l'Be miter cried he 'pas
my, addressing all men, who are .said
V srairai, consumers or sugar,
rthlnt".
(ln, the mind of Mr. Cooke rwas the
Hg that every tat man cherishes a
Akiira .fo.be.elfln. The .appeal might
urged upon the community that
'eetralnt In the use of sugar
t y making all men thin, render life
ft't in, trolley cars and theatres In e'le
p. and at the movie. It might even
IclKMn argued with truth that were
I' Ml b aboHehed entirely the world
pajonger hayeao. shftnlc from the
cto, of, a. fat .roan with diamonds on
piurap Angers eating buttered as-
admlnUtratfon,, 'knew, tjutt .all
raociui. uuui, j-cani va pe anna.
Uon.. the colored hatband;
r and! the .necJnfie .Muert"
( veu ji'pasaj
WHJ ,?.,
CONSdftlPT OR V6LUNTEER?
It It Up to Capital to Decide What Role
It Will Play in the IWecution
of the War
rpO WHAT extent must the Govern
ment conscrfpt capital for war pur
poses In order to force it to serve the
nation as labor is servlnp; it?
That the banks are -aware of what is
expected of capital was indicated by the
remarks of John H. Mason, of the Com
mercial Trust Company, at the Penn
sylvania Bankers' Association meetinc
in Atlantic City, when he said that if
they had not co-operated in floatinp; the
last Liberty Loan they would have found
themselves in the sam position as the
railroad men: the Government would
have virtually conscripted them.
E. P. Passmorc, govcrnorof the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of this city, indorsed
the views of Mr. Mason when he said
nt the same convention that the hanks
must Ip ready to -participate in much
more strenuous financial campaiptns.
If the State banks and trust companies
join the Federal Reserve system they
will put themselves, in Mr. Mason's opin
ion, in a position to co-operate with the
Government much more effectively than
if they selfishly remain outside of that
system. Conditions may arise which
will force the Government to bring them
into the system.
We know what the resources of the
nation in man-power are, for when the
conscription law was passed enrolling
all those between the ages of twenty-one
and thirty-onq we were told that there
were more than twenty million men of
military age in the country. We know
that the national wealth is more than
one hundred and twenty billion dollars.
But few, outside of financial circles, are
aware that the banking resources of the
nation amount to nearly thirty-three bil
lion dollars or that they have increased
in the four years from 1012 to 191G by
about fourteen billions.
This is only one form of the national
wealth, but it is the form in which the
mobile part of it is assembled, that part
which can be used for new industries, for
providing capital for enlarging old in
dustries and for underwriting wnr loans
when such loans need to be underwritten.
We have not yet reached the time when
it is necessary to call on the banks to
underwrite the loans, for the people
themselves are subscribing for the bonds
out of their own capital.
But there is talk of the necessity of
"conscripting, capital" in order that it
may bo put on the same basis with labor.
Now, what would "conscripting' capital"
mean? The Government takes a man
from his occupation, puts him in uniform
and gives him a gun ancj pas him a
wage which is not much more than
enough to support him. It assumes the
right to have him killed in battle that
is, to be destroyed. But we should re
member that it does all in its power to
preserve the man-power of the nation
by taking care of the wives and childicn
of the workingmen at the front. A cer
tain percentage of the conscripted labor
will be destroyed, but it is not taken
primarily for the purposes of destruction,
hut for the purposes of protecting and
preserving the lives and liberties of those
who stay at home and the liberties and
lives of the future generations.
It is necessary to take vast sums of
money for the prosecution of the war.
The sums taken by the taxing power
may be likened to the men who arc
killed in battle. It is destroyed beyond
recall. If the great body of invested
capital should be seized, or a large part
of it, we should have confiscation and not
conscription. But if the Government
finds it necessary to use its power to
compel the banks and trust companies to
lend it money at a low rate of interest
it will adopt toward capital the nearest
possible parallel to the conscription of
the man-power.
Capital has volunteered thus far, the
capital of the banks and that of the
private citizens, just as the mas3 of the
men have accepted the draft law as a
just method of apportioning the burden
of fighting among the population of the
different States and among the men en
gaged in different occupations and bear
ing varying burdens in civil life. The
realization of the bankers of what is
expected of them, as manifested in the
Atlantic City speeches, suggests that
capital will continue to volunteer so long
as the war lasts.
Jfow Is the time for men over draft ago
to show tht they aren't too proud to play
baseball.
JUDGE BONNIWELL"S FIX
THEIIE is nothing in the dispatches from
Washington to indicate whether the new
classification of useless employments Is
intended to include candidates for office
on the Democratic ticket in Pennsylvania.
Yet fate seems determined to make the
toll In which Judge Bonnlwell and his asso
ciates are engaged" appear the very symbol
and essence of superfluity.
Neither of the big parties will know how
to take hold of life again until the war
ends. That Is obvious. Old Issues are
either dead or dying. But the situation is
hardest for the Democrats. Judge Bonnl
well had no sooner hoisted the flag of the
Demon's cause to a conspicuous place than
Congress began talking of the elimination
of beer and light wines. Simultaneously the
order of Provost Marshal General Crowder
was issued to sweep the Bonnlwell terri
tory of all Its sprigbtliest bartenders. The
moral effect of,these departures will be, of
course, cumulative and immeasurable.
There Is a' tragic significance, too, In the
fact that the blow falls In Pennsylvania
with the, sanction of the great fathers of
democracy at Washington,
The spirit of the Democratic party, in
other words, no sooner lifted Us head In
this Btate than something hlt'lt in a vital
spot, The blow had the force of'the larger
democracy behind it. Democracy, it would
appear, means one thing In Washington
and sqmethlng vastty dlffe'rentin Pennsyl
vanla. '
There are some advantages In not .being
a railroad president
STATUS OF PJROHIBITION
IOUISIAN'A Is the first State to reject the
J Federal prohibition constitutional
amendment, .New York did not .adopt It,
but itsr.VLefffsl&fure refrained from voting
b tb''quitlo.! Eleyerr sli(e have n-
xm o jtyfcW-.r:Th1:tit.fai ton.
will meet. If twenty-five of them vote
favorably the amendment will be adopted.
In the meantime the House of Represen
tatives is attempting to force prohl'oltion
upon the country for the period of tho war
by executive decree which shall forbid tho
use of food, grains or fruits In the produc
tion of alcoholic drinks. It has Inserted
an Item In the agricultural appropriation
bill netting apart 6,000,000 for an educa
tional livestock nnd grain production cam
paign, none of which may be used unless
the President Issues' the decree Indicated.
The pernicious practice of putting
"riders" on appropriation bills was never
leri excusable than in this instance. It Is
within tho war power of Congress nnd the
President to conserve tho food resources
of the nation. If Congress thinks that wo
should have wartime prohibition it ought
to have the courage to say so directly In
a measure that will have to stand or fall
on Its own merits.
N'n German a later can slerp on a
moonlight night-until he has bombed a Red
Cross hospital
A LESSON TO THE FOOLISH
VTOTHIN'O but satisfaction can be felt
- ' at thf conviction of rtoso Pastor
Stoke3 for violation of the espionage' law.
It Is not necessary to go Into her motives.
She may be ns loyal an American as we
have, but she has shown that t-lie Is an
unsafe person to be nt larsc when the
world is on fte. She has exhibited about
as much Judgment na n haby with a box
of matches In a powder factory.
There are persons who do not belle e
In war and there may b a few sane native
born Americans who do not believe In this
war, but most of them hae the good sense
to kopp quiet. They are not fcttlng up
their Judgment against the Judgment of
mankind in a great crisis, nnd if they
cannot help they have the go"d sen'-e not
to hinder. Perhaps Mrs. Stokes wished to
be a martyr and she mny regard herself as
such, but the rest of us will he charitable
pnouch to regard her as a misguided nnd
mistaken woman who is safest just now
under restraint. .
t'nultl it have been the
prevalence of strikri
in bapfball which
Think fnrrfully,
.V'flll !
caused it.s nrtwts to
be rated as nonproducers by a w.ir-ginled
Government?
It Is odd to think that
Terhnps rie Morel Senator T. I.am I ro
would have to win
four more libel suits agnin-t Mr. Berry
before he could ohlaln rlnmages adequate to
buy a ride on a P R T. trolley.
If Hoover Is tnklng tlin rice out of the
wedding ritual, how about th rlre porir
on the noses of the bridesmaids?
We're getting tired of being told that
every successful German war Invention was
stolen from some American Imentnr. They'll
steal chewing gum from us next.
fieimany's latest Flog.in. "Hamburg to
Herat." must br fully a- Inspiring to war
worn troops struggling to keep a foothold
In Plcardy as was that other iri-ent an
nouncement that a prime object or the Teu
ton drive was to perure a "sphrrr of influ
ence" In Madagascar when the pi ace treaty
is signed.
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
ROSCOn PEACOCK tells us that the man
who Invented Jazz music Is in town.
But we hesitate to give the inventor's
name and address, because we. have always
opposed lynchmgs.
Carriages and Wagons
Baby carriage manufactuiers, in com en
tion at Atlantic City, sav that there is
going to be a shortage of those husband
propelled ehlcles. There may also he a
shortage of motte power for infant bug
gies if all the young husbands ate going
to be drafted. What if the .vivos had to
push them themselves?
But Atlantic City needn't worry. It has
those Boardwalk rolling chairs to fall back
on, better known as chicken coops.
If the OeriTMns call a tank a Schutzen
grabenvernichtungsautomobil, what would
they call a baby carriage? A Maenner
kraftstoszenkinderfahrwagen? And speaking of wagons, an ingenious
friend of ouis coined a name for a Eport
which is very common these riavs. He
called it hydrohamaxatics, which students
of Greek will perceive to be our old friend
the science of water wagoning.
Looping the Lunch
You say men are not graceful?
The most beautiful rhythmic motion
Known to marklnd Is the Immclmann turn
with which the hustling business man
glides and spirals himself into the
lunch room chair, so that he won't
upset his coffee and the little covey of
baked beans nestling on the arm of the
chair.
Shall we call It the nose dive?
DOVE DULCET.
The Mtue at the Ballot
H. T. C. says we are a pretty poor ver
sifier if we can't find a rhyme for Bonnl
well. Here's his:
The sports who want their tickets to be
"wet"
And find "Here's how!" refreshing and
"bon-tonny" well
May find It worth their while to be discreet
By casting votes for Mr. Eugene Bonnl
well. i
ROOM TO LET Third story front va
cant, unfurnished. Tenants wanted. Es
pecially desired, some quiet, well-behaved
Ideas as to the successful future of Pius
elan militarism. Southern exposure, gable
roof, fine view over devastated cathedrals
and Red Cross hospitals. Any congenial
ideas wanting permanent lodging without
crowding, apply KRONPRINZ, Behind the
Lines.
A .Reported in Berlin
Another British Itrqclty; German avla
tor placed in Red Cross field hbslttl ex
posed to our bombardment.
Once In a wh)le we (eel theffe?lra to
get up a, controversy about something, It
doesn't much matter what. One of the
things that annoy us is to have people
abbreviate dates-thus, 241S when they
mean February , 1918.
It should be written thus, 4218, The
only lMBcal wy ls ta wr" "t the diy,
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IN PRAISE OF BOOBS
Dear Socrates I am not jaflsficd by
your definition of a Boob, Will loit please
discuss the subject a little more 1vlllf Per
haps I'm a boob for asking but I'd Ilka
to know. CYXTHIA.
He Friendly The Boob, my dear
with Uonbs Cynthia, is Nature's
device for mitigating the quaintly blended
Infelicities of existence. Never be too bit
ter about the Booh. The Boob 13 you and
me nnd the man in the elevator.
The Rnnb is As long as the
Humanity's Hope Bool, rato rcmatng
high, humanity Is safe. The Boob Is tho
last repository of the stalwart virtues. The
Booh is faith, hope nnd charity. Tho Booh
is the hope of conservatives, the terror of
radicals and the meal check of cynics. If
you are inn over on Market street nnd
left gtoanlne under the mailed fist of a
flivver, the Bolshevik! and I. W. W. will ho
watching the shop window?. It will be
the iloob who will rome to our aid, even
before the cop gets there.
lG5n Jf you weve to dig
Ronbs a deep and terrible
pit In the middle of Chestnut street, and
Illuminate it with signs nnd red lights and
placards reading DO XOT W.l.A' 7.V?'0
77? 77', 1053 Boohs would tumble into
It during the course of the day. Boobn
have faith. They are eager to plunge In
where an nngel wouldn't even show his
periscope.
The But that does not
Rnnb Ratio prove anything cred
itable to human nature. For though 1G"3
people would fall into our pit (which any
Rapid Transit Company will dig for us freo.
of charge! -(" -1 IS would cautiously nnd sus
plclntislj and contemptuously avoid It. The
Boob ratio is Just about 1 to 16.
He Limits It does not pay to
fur Angels make fun of the Boob.
There Is no malice in lnm. no insolence, no
passion to thrive at tho exuenso of his
follows. If he sees some one on a street
corner gazing open-mouthed at the sky, he
will do likewise, and stand there for a halt
hour with his apple of Adam expectantly
vibrating. But is that a shameful trait?
May not a Boob expect to see angels In
the shimmering blue of a May heaven? Is
he more disreputable than the knave who
frisks his watch meanwhile? And sup
pns,e he (fes see an angel, or even only a
hlue acre of sky Is that not worth as much
ns the dial in his poke?
lie Sees It is tho Boob who
Tlirni Is always willing to
look hopefully for angels who will see them
ultimatPlv. And the man who Is only look
ing for the Boob's timepiece will do time of
his own by and by.
He Rears The Boob is con-
No .Malice vinced that the world
is conducted on genteel and friendly prin
ciples. He feels in his heart that even the
law of gravity will do him no harm. That
in why he steps unabashed Into our pit
on Chestnut street; and finding himself
sprawling In the bottom of It, he bears no
ill will to Sir Isaac Newton Ho simpl.v
knows that tho law of gravity took him
for some one else a strect-cleining con
tractor, perhaps.
A A small hoy onco
Definition defined a Boob as one
who always treats other people better than
he docs himself.
, He Is The Boob is hope-
I'nsuspiclotis ful, cheery, more con
cerned over other people's troubles than his
own. He goes serenely unsuspicious of the
brick under the silk hat. even when the silk
hat is on the head of a Mayor or City Coun
cilman. He will pull every trigger he meets,
rcgatdless that the whole world is loaded
and aimed at him. He will keep on run
ning for the 5:42 train, even though the
timetable was changed the day before yes
terday. He goes through the 1 evolving
doqrs the wrong way. ' He forgets that the
banks close at noon on Saturdays. He asks
for oysters on the first of June. He will
wait for hours at the Chestnut street door,
even though his wife told him to meet her
at the ribbon counter.
His Wife Yes, he has a wife.
But if he was not a Boob before marriage
he will never become so after. Women aie
the natural antidotes of Boobs.
Receptive The Boob is not "
quarrelsome. He is willing to believe that
you know more about it than he does. He
Is always at home for ideas.
He Is Of course, what
Happy bothers other people
is that the Boob is so happy. He enjoys
himself. He falls into that Rapid Transit
pit of ours and has more- fun out of the
tumble than the sneering 26,418 who stand
above untumbled, Tho happy simp prefers
a 4 per cent that pays to a 15 per cent In
vestment that returns only engraved pros
pectuses. He stands on that street corner
looking for an imaginary angel parachuting
down, and enjoys himself more than the
Mephlstophele3 who Is laughing up his
sleeve.
Nature's Nature must love
Darling the Boob, because she
Is a good deal of a Boob herself. How she
has squandered herself upon mountain
peaks that are useless except for the Alpen
stock Trust; upon Violets that can't be
eaten; upon giraffes whose backs slope too
steeply t6 carry a packl Can It be that-th'e
Boob, la Nature's' darling, that she Intends
him to outlive all the rest?
A Brief Be sure you're a
Maxim Boob, and then go
ahead.
In But never, dear
Conclusion Cynthia, confuse the
Boob with the Poor Fish. The Poor Flh
Is the Boob gone wrong. The Poor Fish Is
the cynical, sneering simpleton who, If he
did see an angel, would think It was only
somt one drtsed up for the movies. The
Jtooc rith Why Boom Utv Ham
ENVIOUS EYES
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How to Stand Up
By SIMEO.V
CLERK OF THB ('OLTIT (reading): "And
It Is hereby charged, asserted, deposed,
maintained and asseverated that the defend
ant did r'.se, crt m his feet, lift himself from
his chair and In other divers ways assume
an erect attitude, posture, position or em
placement at the banquet of the Amalga
mated I. W. W. and did then and there
utter, pronounce, declaim give vent to anrl In
other ways put into circulation the follow
ing vvoids and sentiments, namely, to wit,
viz:
"FlrFt. That the laws nf this country
were framed entuely for the protection nf
the posresslng classes against the dlslnher.ted
classes; that legislation Is purposely couched
In obscure and ambiguous language, so that
the rich malefactor, under the guidance of
expensive counsel, might evade the Just pun
ishment of his tiansgresslons bv lak.ng
refuge in the technicalities of the law; that
the true revolutionist, theiefoie, has neither
use nor ier,pect for the legal verbiage of our
capitalistic society, and proclaims h.s defiance
to the death
"Second. That the unjust war in which we
are now engaged has been forced, upon the
country by a Oov eminent in control of the
prnfiteerr ; that our soldiers have been sent
abroad to Elve their lives for a cause they do
not understand ; that the Hed fioss Is camou
flage and the Liberty Loan Is a Wall street
game, and thn we pledge ourrelves to leslst
by everv means in our power the establish
ment of autociatlc methods in these United
States "
The defendant will now plead.
Counsel for defendant 1 admit that the
sentiments, as recoieled in the Indictment,
were utteied bv the defendant at the place
and time designated. Before entering Into
greater detail, however. I move, on behalf of
my levolullonlst rbent. that the Indictment
be dismissed on the ground that the stenog
rapher has omitted an "s" from the word
-possessing," thus making it "possesing" ;
furthermore. In hyphenating the word auto
ciatlc at the end of a line the stenographer
has made it "autoe-ratlc" instead of "auto
cratic" ; furthermore, that counsel has been
supplied vvltlT only two carbon copies of the
Indictment Instead of three, ns laid down in
the leading case of Juggins vs. the Interna,
tional Bed-Spring Corporation Ar.z. Rep.,
XVI. 423.
The Court Motion denied.
Counsel for defense Then I move that the
case l)u transfened to the circuit Court of
Pango-Pango on account of the presence of a
red-hulred Juror in the box and that the
trial be set for tho summer term of 1023.
The Court Motion denied.
Counsel for defense Then I move that be
fore proceeding with the case the Clerk of the
Court be Lalled upon to read aloud to the
court the throe Nolumes of Karl Marx's
Capital," In order to supply the necessary
background.
The Court Motion nenieu. iue iiamte.
Attorney will please proceed
(The District Attorney, having briefly out
lined the casa between 11 a. m. and 5:-30
p m., court was adjourned till the following
day. when the defendant was put upon the
stand.)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY You admit having
ottered the words recorded In the Indict
ment and at the place and time specified?
Defendant I do.
District Attorney That Is all, Counsel for
defense'may cross-examine.
Counsel for defense I thank my earned
colleague. ,
The cross-examination of the defendant by
his own counsel then proceeds as follows:
Q How long Is It since you attended
public school? A Thirty-four years.
Q. Did you regularly sing the "Star
Spangled Banner" In class? A. I did,
Q, How far did you go, as a rule? A.
Half-way through the third stanza.
Q. That was a record, was It not? A. Yes,
No one else in class ever got beyond the first
two lines of the second stanza; thereafter
they hummed.
Q. We will now turn to the matter Imme
diately in hand. When you referred to "the
unjut vvar in wnicn we are now engageo.,
you meant unjust on whqee part? A, On
the part of Germany, of course,
Q. The Juror with the red hair will kindly
take' notice of my client's reply, And whep
you said that the war "has been forced upon
the country by a Qoverpment In control of
the prpfiteers, did you mean that' you were
opposed to any form of government, or did
you Intend only to c6nvey the lmprlen that
you were opposed to th present Artmlnlstra-
tion- Minwac.iia nww w,umw .pvm
for One's Faith
STRUNSKY
reel hair in the Jury hox arul state distinctly
what vou meant by "a Oov eminent tn control
of the profited s." A. I meant a ftovernment
which had the profiteers under firm control.
Q. I will now read from the indictment:
"In control of the profiteers; that our soldiers
have been sent abroad to give their lives for
a i-ause they do not understand"; to whom
docs "they" refer? A. To the profiteers, of
eourse.
Q And when jou spoke of the Red Crors
as camouflage, your meaning was what?
A. I used camouflage in its precise sense of
"protective covering." I meant that the Red
Cross was protecting our soldiers and cover
ing our wounded with the mantle of charity
and compassion.
Q. The members of the I W. W. present at
the banquet were all college graduates, were
they not? A. They were.
Q. There was not the least chance, there
fore, of anybody understanding your use of
the word camouflage except In the sense you
intended to convey? A. Not the least chance.
QNOW explain the words "the Liberty
Loan Is a Wall street game." A. I had
In mind the fact that the Government has
put the Wall street gamblers out of business
and that the brokers whq once spent their
lives fleecing the puhllc now pass the time
In games of various sorts, such as tlddlc
wlnks, mumblety-peg and, among others,
Liberty Loans.
Q And when you spoke of resisting by
every means In your power the establish
ment of autocratic methods in the United
States, you were alluding to what? A. To
the conquest of the United States by Ger
many. Q. I will now read to the Jury your speech
before the I. W. W.. not In the garbled form
adopted by tht newspapers when they set up
the speech verbatim from the release fur
nished by your private secretary, but as It
actually should be lead:
"That the war against an unjust Germany
In which we are now engaged has been re
enforced for the country by a Government
squeezing the life out of the profiteers; that
our soldiers have been sent rejoicingly abroad
to give their lives willingly for a cause tho
profiteers do not understand ; that the Red
Cross Is the guardian of our soldiers' lives
and Wall street Is playing the game of
Llherty Loans and that the United States
will resist by overy means the Imposition of
German rule upon American democracy." A.
Precisely what i meant.
(On the redirect examination) :
The District Attorney It appears, there
fore, that you really set out to deliver your
speech before the American Security League,
but that you took the wrong turn to the left
and wandered in on the I. W. W. A. Ex
actly. '
(Copyright)
The Turkish Sultan's
Hut nerlln Is recently reported cries
Crying to Turkey for peace, vaguely ad
dressed to the world,
need a more specific direction. They should
be forwarded right to Berlin, under whose
orders the Ottoman empire was forcibly
driven Into war.
Th shortage of steel,
lUblea Mint diminishing alike the
Learn to Motor production of corsets
and perambulators, at
least Insures the American baby an Unrigld
resting place when mamma picks him up
from his tabooed vehicle.
Nowadays In Wash
It Souodt lngton when n man
Jabber wocklih begins to talk excited
ly and wave his hands
some one Is sure to ask what he Is Borglum
Ung about.
Turbulent Prague fully establishes the.
familiar line, "I'd rather live In Bohemia
than In any other land," as a very palpable
specimen ofpoe(lc license.
-Doctor Knuen declares that lowing to
the Increased need for labor the cost ,of
killing mosquitoes has doubled since the war,
Pead anopheles, however,' are cheap at 'any
price, which l more than can 'be said for
some .other things nowadays.
?-The boys who aren't quite sure of get.
ting thlr C9lleg sheepskin hav.tn ay
Kliw-jji Vi-1iwi
MOONLIGHT
By Christopher Morley
"lyrOONLIGHT can never be the same,
Shadow and shine in mystic tress;
In that soft glow, with bomb and flame
They wrecked the wards of gentle
ness. "DORNE on tho evening's healing
breath,
With silver-dabbled wings they came
Tears beyond tears, death beyond death;
. Moonlight can never be the same.
The Experienced Know How
One of the unexplained social phenomena
arising in England from the war Is the
noticeable predominance of young widows at
the altar. The Pall Mall Gazette has made
an analysis of the marriage statistics and
finds that while bachelors, widowers and
spinsters show even more than their usual
hesitation about seeking mates, widows of
marriageable age are coming more than ever
to the fore. This promises to rjesult in a
greater number of "old maid3" tlian ever In
'the history of the country for two reasons.
There are fewer available husbands and the
widows are cornering the limited supply.-
Portland Oregonlan.
Crime of Xichoias
Nick Romanoff is to be tried by the Bolshe
vlkl for something, probably for having
money. Toledo Blade.
Betcha!
To worry's foolish, I'll agree,
'And It will gain you nothing, friends;
But oh, how rich some men would be
If worries paid them dividends.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Making It Over
About the only geographical question
school children can answer with any surety
at examinations this year Is that the world
Is still round. Rochester Post Express.
The Best Judge
The wife of a self-made man is often very
much dissatisfied with his Job. :The Chris
tian Herald.
One Good Result
The high cost of living in Washington is
sending offlceseekers home. The optimists
are right There's a bright side to everything.
Birmingham Age Herald.
What Do You Know?
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Who was the flrat Secretary of State ef th?J
United States? J
Name the Urltlio Lnonceuor or tne Ex-3
chequer. . '.ft
What l the meanlni of the word "Masta-'aj
chutetts"? ?
Name the author of "JIaurt Muller." to
Win wrote "The desire of, anpearlnc to b6
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8. What U the difference between the two trues i
of nronnlnt" (un of the American armrrj
0. What Is meant br "Mppony
10., What l tho rantheon?
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author or aooui ino uuuuia u me tatty
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on Joenh Dennle, an essayist and editor!
who, nourlslied in ,tnls country alter tu
revolution. id
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