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Mrs. Stokes was tried and con victed and sentenced to prison There Is every reason for believing that the same ,,Yat8 awaits Mr. Debs He will welcome fiction, for he seems happiest when In On. He can then console himself with 4 thought that he is ".i martvr to the AUSe of human progress," and is a lctlm if the social organization which he has at tacked all his life. But he may discover this time that im- Brisonment means silencing him for a tflg time. The lolo of a mute and in- rlous martjr may not be so pleasant. Wire entanglements are bad enough abroad. At home they are intole-able HE DIDNT EVEN PUT A HALTER ON IT tARABED GIRAGOSSIAX has met the ,, J fate which falls to the Inventor who 't-clalms too much. As might have been H expected, his devlre for utilizing the latent J" power in the atmosphere, on which Congress had given him a conditional ? patent, has been pronounced by a com i 'lttee of men of science to be unworkable A -atirf M thpnrlR drlared to he unsound If It had not been for the fact that jvery man of science knows that we are s v orai ui me uiiue eiujjcu ytiok.ai 'i forces of the air Giragossian would not f. 'lava even received resDectful hearlnc So Inany wonders have been done in recent 'ears that we are willing to listen to what- ver any one has to say The success of arconi In perfecting the wireless tel- jraph has made us much more hospitable to new Ideas than we would otherwise have .been. But electricians understood that the it perfection of Marconi's Invention Involved H only the development a little farther of well-known principles While the ad mitted the existence of the electric cur rents, they were skeptical of the possibility Of using them, Giragossian, now ever, professed to re able to utilize a force which he did not Identify with any known agent. His failure will not weaken the belief of tue .credulous In the certainty that the uii- IO.'fr known and unnamed force will some day fe harnessed for human tasks. Philadelphia "War Chestlness" tangibly expansive vesterday. became ,-U --.. ....., Utl HL,L,.UrtlX SENATOR TILLMAN whose fatal illness Is reported from Washington. Is a splendid example of the possibilities for a "man to emerge after he has reached maturity from a narrow provincial pom I of view Into the realm of broad mindel statesmanship. '. He was about forty-five jears bid vvli n Be entered the Senate. He was convinced then that the Senators were a group of men Interested solely In protecting the J bloated plutocrats, with no patriotism and o loyalty to the democratic principle of Americanism. He was going to pltchfor'c 'the "representatives of "Wall street' out of Washington. But he had not been in the Senate long before he discovered that there were honest men outside of South Carolina. He frankly confessed the error of his earlier views. P5v nd paid a handsome tribute to tho un 5j3f? selfish statesmanship of his colleagues WX t JAn& the Senate, on the other hand, be- T-l an IV leavcm K1C oisi fine iiuucaij nnu uii- tw ainrhlnir Americanism of the rough-and- st. '' .. . , , , ,. .. Sfj-f!1 reaa OOUlllcnicr wiu mu ntasicu (ua ffi altato from the control of a planter oli- fL.4arrhy and put it in the hands of the people as a wjiujc r - i .1.4 if KA..n ,, it .i.,.i.a -- yve Jlav Bam ii mwuc, uut b ouuum '." iMt said again, that much of the credit I .c FfM development of Senator Tillman be ll lg air- to the late Senator Hoar, of Massa- T uwetts, who set out to educate the South LVH1I- Rmnntnr TTa ItivltpH Tillman in Rhome, lent him books on history and tlcal economy, openea me noor or tne Fid's store of knowledge to him and red him how to acquire it and profit hv Tho two 'nen became warm frlendj, Tillman became a statesman Instead a back-country blatherskite. nan's services to the country as chalr- of the Senate Committee on Naval 4rs have been beyond estimate. His k, which cannot be postponed long. I leave the country poorer at a time jm it ncei i U needs ernerlenced statesmen at "' ' ''EYENntoUBLio: 'lrpbila 0UR PAiLYNAferoRY j; BEEF m0N AND mm "Silent and Irresistible Power" of Clvlllti- lion's Fleets Marks Unflagging Progress Toward Success rriHE late Claude Debussy, philosopher ns well as composer, was fond of observing that while the world seemed over eager to appraise trifles, notably in art, it was comparatively indifferent to a great miracle of daily occurrence. He alluded to the sunset. No one, he maintained, had ever brought his two palms together and physically applauded that prodigy. The very persistence of the wonder had dulled tho senses, so quick to respond to the occasional achievement whether of man or nature. The application of this reasoning to the greatest and most unremitting mira cle of the war is obvious. Daily since Admiial von Spee's fleet was annihilated off tho Falklands the "silent and irre sistible power" of the Allied battle squadrons has been developing. The Jut land engagement left the situation essen tially unaltered. The U-boat warfare sought and still s.eeks to overturn it, but the failure of that predatory campaign is now in sight. Sea control is in the hands of the Allies and America. The magnitude and en durance of this victoiy und the un exploited methods of it3 prosecution have actually served at times to dull our appreciation of its meaning We have been accepting the achievement a( we do the sunset. Moreover, it is characteristic of hu man frailty that, while we said virtually nothing at all while civilization on the sea was winning its daily victory, we have been by no means silent before any indications that the unparalleled per formance was being placed in jeopardy. The campaign beneath the ocean's sur face, not the still more wondrous one upon it, has been our common topic. Perhaps this is why Admiral Sims was constrained to make his statement con cerning sea power so long and compre hensive, so specific so soundly informa tive. This significant report which the American admiral has just given out in London may be regarded as a condensed compendium of naval communiques. The field general wires a new story in each bulletin. In its broadest &cnie the tone of daily reports from sea commanders would be invariable. The victory which this unprecedented sea power spells would be chronicled today and repeated tomorrow. It is possible, however, after consid erable lapses of time, to summarize in the large aspects what this superb dis play of force means, what relation the U-boat piracy bears to it and what are the prospects of reducing to impotence Germany's sole instrument of naval war fare. Admiral Sims has embraced this opportunity. Adhering strictly to facts, he has at the same time dispelled many illusions. The seas do not "3warm with subma rines." "Experience," declares this au thoritative officer, "has shown that the Germans have been able to keep only about 10 per cent of their U-boat fleet in action on the average. Until recently this meant that anywhere from fifteen to twenty submarines were actually at work in the Atlantic, the North Sea and the English Channel. In the last few months these figures have been greatly reduced." The U-boat raid off our coasts he characterizes as weak naval strategy and "very unprofitable," proving his point by citing the repeated triumphs of the transport service. The extent of the submarine menace in its earlier stages is ascribed to the in ability of civilized human beings to in terpret the psychology of fiends. As the rational peoples of the world simply could not credit the possibility of bru tality being carried to the point where unarmed merchantmen, passenger and hospital ships would be sunk without warning, it necessarily took some time to build up the proper defense. The depth bomb, the listening device, tne convoy system ana ine last aesiroy ers are now our answers to the chal lenge. Upon our increase of these arms depends the suppression of U-boat ac tivity. And, of course, until that goal is reached the effect of their operations can be vastly reduced by continuing, as we now are, to build ocean carriers the submarine's chief prey faster than they can be sunk. That so much of the report was de voted to the U-boats is unquestionably due to the Admiral's desire to correct misconceptions with respect to inflated estimates of their numbers, with respect to their ability now virtually nil to cope with warships and with respect to the folly of fearing that they could carry airplanes. New York's anti-light pre cautions are characterized as "absurd," and there is a comforting flash of humor in his suggestion that that city be illu minated "as brilliantly as economy per mits." All this information and advice is ex tremely welcome, but the real heart of this survey throbs with deeper and more exultant notes. They are sounded in these pregnant sentences: "The world today is witnessing the most impressive manifestation of sea power that history has ever recorded. The enemy has not o single surface vessel on any of the trade routes. The: seven seas are free for Allied commerce." Herein lies the summation of nearly four years of naval glory. Bad Ms and good may alternate on the land fronts. But we have always a daily victory to celebrate. We may thrill over it with out boast ng. It is a supreme fact, an'fCt, The gallant war record of Major .? . , ,f, ! T . ' IBakerfy Roosevelt takes him well out of any unanswerable asset of ultimate triumph I strint rating, In spite of his papa. cles, we fall sometimes to applaud. Ad miral Sims has reminded us to cheer, America Mill lnslstn on the "hands-off" policy In Russia,. But the Hun Is not so particular about what he does with his feet. FEDERAL WIRE CONTROL? CONGRESS probably will not rcfuso the President the authority to operate the telegraph and telephone lines, which was formally requested vesterday after all ef forts at mediation between the Western, Union and Its employes had failed. But this end to the dispute, unavoidable ns It may be under the circumstances, will pe disquieting to any one who has closely considered the possible results of Govern ment direction and Government ownership In this particular field. Obviously the Federal Government could not tolerate the suggestion of a strike among telegraph operators. There were promises from both sides that a strike would not be permitted to Interfere with Government business. But It must be re membered that nine-tenths of the business now transacted over the telegraph lines of the country relates In one way or an other to the conduct of the war. The labor hoaid suggested logical means for the amiable ettlement of the dispute be tween the directorate of the Western Union and the employes representing the workers' organization The President him self urged upon the Western Union offi cials nn acceptance of the mediation prin ciple The corporation president refused to relinquish a fixed position of hostility to trade unionism, and the workers' officials announced preparations for a strike net Monday. Thus the disagreement within the Western Union was permitted to drift to a point where Federal interference was Imperative The Western Union officials, In rejecting the repeated suggestions for arbitration, rejected a principle and method upon which the whole world of civilization Is learning to depend In affairs which are of vastly more Importance than the des tinies of one telegraph company. When victorj has been won the nations will turn to the peace conference an arbitration board of the larger dimensions for the final settlements But the logic of the situation Is lost in the bitterness of the telegraphers' dispute The strike as It was threatened, with the possibilities of disrupt ing reactions throughout labor organiza tions allied with the wlremen, might easily have been perilous to the nation as a whole In this crisis. The Government was driven Into Its present mood, and the President adopted the only means at his disposal to avoid a breakdown In ,the system of communication that binds the 'industries of the country together at their common task Arrd vet the general plan of Federal wire control, while It may cheer Mr. Burleson and others of his tj pe, will seem to many more thoughtful men to be an altogether discouraging and regrettable business. The peculiar function and nature of the telegraph sjstem are such that It should be kept permanently free from all possible danger of political control or political con tacts If the telegraph lines of the future or the present were to be, like the post offlce, say, under the direction of favored politicians in given localities, the possible consequences of the arrangement would be disastrous It Is Inconceivable that the private affairs of business and professional Interests throughout all the country should, ! am trick of chcumstances, become an open book to men of the hart familiar in the Intermediate offices which are given over habltuallv to the favored members of this or that party. And vet that Is the least of the suggested perils Men of Mr. Burleson's tj pe who now ex press an eagerness to control the wire communication of the country are content to do the easiest part of the work The thing that Mr. Burleson would take over were he to be given direction of the Western Union or the Bell sv stems is not a thing that he himself or any man of his type could have created. The talent and the initiative and the peculiar genius that built up the amazingly effi cient wire systems In this countrj the most remarkable telephone and telegraph systems in the world are not available to the Federal Government In ordinary times. The great public terv Ice systems In America have been created In spite of the politicians rather than with their help And great as the telephone and telegraph systems are, they are yet In the process of refinement and development. Government ownership would be a calamity, and It Is to Government ownership that officials like those In the Western Union are driving the country. The public service systems must ulti mately have the Inspiration of individual Imagination, of individual vision and daring This Is the quality that has given us the greatest railway and commu nication sj stems In the world. These sj stems cannot be entrusted to politicians unless some revolutionary process In gon eral thinking bends the really able men of the nit Ion Into the minor fields of pur lie service. The seventh plank In Tltey 1 the Pan - Germans' flood One! latest demands is the cession of the whole British navy. It Is plain to be seen that they have lost all faith in thelr'own "Those nussUn.volun-Jllaek-Face Stuff leers who are raising an army In support of the Grand Duke must be well acquainted with American slang, Brother Bones." "How so, Brother Tambo?" "Aren't they doing It all for the love o' Mike' 7" The report of the German ban on new clotheB suggests that the Kaiser's subjects wilt have to struggle along with the old dingy one until they don the bright cap of llbertj It seems foolish for Uncle Sam to de mand explanation of the Tubrli outrage from the Turk. Hadn't he always been unspeak able? The German Junkers are still dreaming of peace with Indemnities The guns will wake them up. In a choice between working and fight ing, a great many men who are born cowards would find courage for a fair sort of row. Round the Town IK SHOE leather weren't so expensive nowadays we would love to spend all our time wandering round the town watching other people work. We have often wondered how many of the people who pass the Columbia avenue station of the Reading Railway every day have over stopped In there to look at the old "Rocket," one of tho locomotives that our grandfathers admired. It is a very In teresting sight. Made In London In 1838, It was brought over and ran on the Read ing line between here and Norrlatown until 1879. It Is preserved In the Colum bia avenue station, and as vou look at it ou will wonder how the engineers of that day liked having to stand up atl. the time. There was no cab nnd no seat for the driver, only an open platform. Then there Is a wonderful big brewery on Columbia avenue, where we stopped the other day to watch the curious machine with many claws that tightens the hoops of beer barrels At the corner of Oxford and Lawrence streets we discovered a wooden cigar statue, not the usual wooden Indian, but a figure of Sir Walter Raleigh. We are sorry to say that he was wearing a decora tion that looks very like an Iron Cross. Ho has a plumed hat, a pointed beard and a very droopy mustache. As Sir Walter Raleigh is popularly supposed to have been one of tho first to Introduce the Indian weed Into England, It Is Interest ing to find him commemorated In a cigar sign. We would like to take the' Kaiser for a stroll down Second street to show him that It would not be easy to starve America out. We have rarely seen so much food as Is displayed along those pavements. Crates of poultrv, barrels of fish on cracked Ice, every kind of vegetable one ever heard of, pushcarts of potatoes, travs of apricots, carrots, onions, horsciadish, and, most al luring of all, the big brown loaves of rye bread with that shiny crinkly crust. And, turning down toward the waterfront, we found a sign that seemed to us very ro mantic. It read: Blrdsong & Co., Foreign Nuts and Fruits. On Second street, Just below Callowhlll, lovers of the picturesque ought to be In terested fn the Black Horse Hotel, for It has a stableyard that looks Just like those In the old English taverns. There are long galleries looking down over the vard, like those at tho Tabard Inn Just outside the hotel we had an adventure. Two little bovs were quarreling, and one in anger seized a little black purse that the other was holding and threw It Into a puddle In the street The poor little purse flew open and Its contents one cent dropped Into the puddle. The small owner burst Into tears, and I came to his rescue to help salvage the treasure. He picked up the purse and I went dabbling In the puddle to find the coin. And, by some magic, which need not be explained, we found three pennies In the mud. He was greatly cheered by this, and so was I. SOCRATES. The Abdication of Congress IN THE course of the debate In the Senate on the extension of the age limit for military seivlce. Senator McCumber, Re publican, of North Dakota, had the follow ing things to say, as reported In the Con gressional Record, about the surrender of its Judgment by Congress to the Judgment of the executive officers: ' We are continually asserting that the American people have not jet begun to realize that we are In actual war. But why should this tardiness of the American mind elicit comment when neither the Congress It self, as a whole, nor the AVar Depart ment, nor the shipping board, nor other kin dred boards have jet fully awakened to that realization? Certainl Congress must admit either that It does not realize the full Im portance of this war, or that while conscious of Its gravity and Immensity it has never theless transferred congressional functions and responsibilities prrtalnlng to the war to another branch of the Government "I wUh to plead with the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairo to recall the constitutional functions and to ("xerclse the war powers of Congress Is he In the least degree uncertain as to where rests the authority to conduct and direct this war whether in the legislative or in the executive department? 'The Constitution creating this Government Imposes on the Congress the duty to declare war, to raise and support armies, to pro vide ard maintain a navy. And, Mr. Presi dent, the pole authority to declare war, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, per se, Imposes upon Congress the hole dutv to determine the size and character of any army ui iavy created by It. "Certainly the chairman of this war com mittee will agree with me upon that declara tion. Therefore, It Is for Congress to exer cise legislative Judgment as to the number of fighting men necessary to achieve a vic tory, Congress has no right, legal or moral, to relieve Itself of or to shift that burden upon the shoulders of another, w hether he be the Secretary of AVar or the President of the United States. "Mr, President, so far and I think the chairman of this war committee will agree with me Congresi, has wholly failed to &n sume that duty or to exercise any judgment whatever in relation to it So far nil Ccn gress has done has been to enact whatever revenue measures or other legislation the executive departments have gVen fit to lecoin mend ; to make appropriations as ier execu tive schedule; and has exercised only a moiety of Its Judgment, even upon these rub Jecta. "I want to say that Congress, upon whom Is laid the duty to raise armies, has not once asked Itself how large an army do we need to make a success of this war ; what tonnage of ships will It require to support that army Congress has not once asked Itself those questions since we entered tl-ls war "I say had the Committee on Military Af fairs and this Is another committee had the Committee on Commerce been active In the performance of war functions which Congress of Itself took away from them, had It enacted Us Judgment Into positive legis lation with direct and certain purpose, we would not have been a ear or two vears behind time In meeting the submarine rav ages; we would not have lost six or lght months before we did an thing toward Im proving our shipping situation. "I repeat, Mr. President, that these are not criticisms aimed at either of these commit tees, but rather at Congress Itself, which, by Its own legislation, has seemed overwllllng to surrender its functions and delegate Its authority, und thereby escape Its responsibili ties. There Is where the fault Ilea. "Mr. President, In the light of our dere liction and of our total failure to shoulder our great constitutional obligations in this war, would it be impertinent for me to ask the Senate, even to plead with the Senate, to return to Its ancient functions!" mare : 2, tfayy.y s&& "BUTHEGOTAVAY!" ' . 'i.iTZJ.V' - -''aaWrtnKi. Gasoline's Silver Anniversary By BART N OT so long ago there was a forlorn, diminutive, low-caste demon that Iabqred unhonored and unknown to fame. He grubbed at odious tasks In the kitchens of the land. He cleaned carpets and took out stains. He was supposed to be especially talented at the business of light ing fires In stoves He seemed condemned to inglorious travail for all time. And yet he ached for polite society. Occasionally, to display his talent, he would fend the walls of a house and send a cook or two hurtling magnificently Into the blue sky. Now he Is universally courted. He moves with the best people. It is even sajd that he will win the war for us. H E IS the obscure devil that bides in gasoline. THURSDAY will be the silver anniversary of his deliverance from hateful bond age because the first American-made gasoline automobile turned Its wheels on July 4, 1893. At Greentown, Ind., Elwood Havnes climbed upon a fearful looking con traption and moved off while the populucj fled for safety. Mr. Haynes's machine rould average seven miles an hour, and you could hear It three miles away. Now there Is a motorcar for every twenty-four persons In the United States. THE amazing thing about most auto mobiles Is that they go at all. Few men know why the wheels turn round. A gasoline motor Is a seething furnace of exploding gases kept cool by water. Gasoline, oil, air and water are needed con stantly In suph a machine. That Is all that mpst drivers know. Of the mvsterles of the pumps and the electrical equipment most men prefer to be ignorant. Most cars are sadly misused In consequence. THE automobile is not unlike the age we live In, since It Is bursting with mixed ImpuUes of good and evil, It came upon the age suddenly nnd stealthily, Just as If the age were a gentle old lady trying to cross the street. It has compelled exten sive revisions in the street plans of cities. And as It continues to crowd and multiply engineers have been driven to desperation In efforts to adapt the established order of city streets to Its uses. In the future motor traffic is sure to have streets and avenues reserved ana even especially built for it. PUNDIT8 have feared that the auto mobile may make this an age of liars. There la, Indeed, danger of some such calamltj. The men who used to lie In sistently about the fish they caught now devote their talents to the glorification of their automobiles. It Is rare that a man can be found who will say anything un gracious about the car he drives. Indeed, a man who Is meticulously candid and truthful in every other relation will He like a German diplomatist for the honor of his automobile. He will lie about its speed, Its agility. Its getaway, the miles it will "do" on a gallon of gasoline' and Its. might upon the hills. THERE Is a reason for all this. An automobile Is more faithful than a dog, And, like a dog, It takes unto Itself something of the character of the man who drives it. The versatile devil that bides In gasoline Is noth ing If not adaptable. Thus the auto mobile that takes a man demurely to church on Sunday morning may o'ften be seen the next night lolling In staH at the doors of a cabaret or brawling at -sixty miles an hour over a country road to fIigw that It Is as game and as various as )3 LiWftijrr.ttWT- .' TTtw-JCTT T .. " . .. if T Jon r ,-r-. ,' 'V-'.K: .-:.:.- HALEY master. It Is a machine that has brought something of the go' Jen age of vniith to titai j men because It gives them something to play with. It has been said that married men are Invariably fascinated by the motorcar. They find In its obedience an enchanting novelty. ELWOOD HATNES, when he made his first American automobile, reserved his trial flight for the Fourth of July, because he wished to make the occasion one of national significance. He gave John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford good reasons for celebrating the greatest day of the j ear w(th an altogether new fcivor of the spirit. Gasoline was selling at eight cents a gallon In those davs. Now It costs twenty-eight. Mr. Ford was In tho blcvcle business He, too, was experimenting with gasoline engines. He became enormously rich because, after the motorcar had been developed as a rich man's luxury, he de termined to bring It within reach of the great mass of the people. GEORGE H. McFADDEN, Jr , is believed to be the first ghlladelphlan who ever used a horseless carriage In this part of the country. About twenty years ago he Imported one of the first French Pan hards. Mr. McFadden lived on the Main Line. - It Is said that parties of sightseers were frequently organized to watch him coming Into town at the appalling rate of fifteen miles an hour. You could hear the crash and rattle of Mr. McFadden's Pan hanl when It was about half a mile away. The French had improved greatly on the first American cars. It Is to the Fiench that the world owes Its obligation for the automobile In its present form. The early American builders clung to the scheme of the familiar wagons and carriages of the period. The French devised the first machine with small wheels, and they were the first to put the engine under a hood foiward of the driver's seat. AN AUTOMOBILE. If It be not too " heavily stricken by the years, can In deed be the servant of every impulse. It is as versatile as Imagination. It will take jou to an Ignoble death In noisy collision with an elevated railroad pillar, or It will magic you out Into the still enchantment of a summer midnight, when the roads are lonely and the lights In front reveal a passing world of new peace, new colors, new wonders and new illusions. If you want to know the character of a man observe his car and the manner fn which he drives It. "No, Gertie, dear, the You're Safe, Child I headline 'Debs Ar rested' does not mean that any harm has come to joung girls making their bow to society.. The Debs mentioned here will insist on turning his back on It." Mr. Giragossian should hpenklng of Freedom have made his experi ment In the less costly davs of peace. "Free energv" Is just as unat tainable nowadays as anv thing else at that price. AVe have been looking for the misprint that would spell It "Monte Grabba." If would so neatly express the spirit of Italy's Impetus. Although Kerensky Insists thai the rtus blan front still exists. It Is noticeable that mot-t of his conversation relates to "back ing." Paradoxically enough, the peace efforts of a Kuehlmann will liad to the. kind of frost that will make im extremely hot. ,, '. . W . THOSE AT HOME OH, THE spring When the gla was made for loving. glad birds sing; And the summer made for mating, ' Faithful to the vows of spring; , And the autumn made for roving. When the birds have taken wing; And the winter made for Meeplng For a long and restful sleep, Like the slumber of the weary, And as dreamless and as deep. TT7HO can think of spring or loving ' AA'hile the marching armies sing? AVho can think of summer mating AVhlle the cries of buttlo ring? AVho can think of autumn roving AVhlle their soul3 are taking wing Who can think of rest or slumber While the bugles sound to war. Till the marching feet come homeward And the bugles sound no more? PHOEBE HOFFMAN. "Paris," says a distinguished French general, "will never be the Germans' prey." Nevertheless Its acquisition still remains their prajer. Kuehlmann says that Germany wishes to live within the frontiers traced by history. Does he refer to past history or future hlstorv 7 AVe have such confidence In Germany's "honesty and chivalry" that we have nearly a million men In France to give It the once over. Germany declares that the great frus trated attack on Rhetms was only a surprise. It certainly was. The French saw to that result. Germany has named a "danger zone" for neutrals along the Atlantic coast, but ap parently did not consider It necessary to mention Coney Island specifically. Congress's disinclination to take a recess seems to cast, a doubt on the authenticity of "all-clear" signals In politics Poor Motive Power Austria's battle line in Italy is- really a bread line Chicago News Nothing in. It Names is, as somebody once remarked, names. AVhlch makes It all the more disap pointing to learn that I. Cookwell, of Man chester, Cog . Isn't In the restaurant busi ness Springfield Union Conservation of Suet Thoe who claim the Kaiser Is Insan Bhould explain to us why he keeps himself and his sons out of the fighting line with such splendid sanity. Savannah News. A Timely Version They also serve who only save and swat! -Chicago News. , What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, Wint meant br eartmrraoliT? 3, Wb ) the Grand Duke Nicholas Mchotale- Tlteh? S. Al"it trie fnrs of the suffix "rlteh" In Rnsslan namesT 4, What Is sufflsT , Mhat In nn nrmlatlre? n. Where la Moscow? 1, What "re the rolora of Cornell Unlverxltj? 8, Name the author of "A Tale of Two Cities." 0, What ii the ranltal or California? JO. Who ssld "Amaaalnntlon Ins nertr chanted the hlstorr of the world"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, lUdrllff la the rollese for women affiliated with Ilarrard. 2, flonenil von Klneki On of ths Herman eonw manders In the 1914 ilrlvo on I'arls, 3, Augusta Is the rapltal of Jlalno, 4, "God Hat the lln" Is tho national air at Great llrltaln. 5, "Tl" laid) of Hhollott": A poem br Tenny son fl. Boris llaklimetleff Is the Russian enror to ilia II- lied States. 1, Th landln of the rilirlm Fathers was In 8. Czerhat Tha most westerly branch of the Slavs, found mainly In Moldavia and BOi hemlu, In Austria, 0. James Monro waa tho firth President of tha L lilted Stales. Ill, Camu Del em la tae cautoumsut a Alt. Jlass, ,V -LJ -T1 A , 1 -, M '9: J. e k BlackU t . . j? j f- srv r t SVV; - 1 v fl. '. . '!!& tp,i VJ r1 .,&, , &MMM,
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