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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. laSTTgD Sgll-WKEKLT. (, ( 1R[sr s 80IS. pabhiheri j =1 JIfirspaprr: tfor the {promotion of the galitital, ftocial, agritulturnl and ffommercial Interests of Ihf {people. 1TER" w^co rin.Nc^nANCt established 1855 "" yORKTsTcTT^TUBSDAY", MAY 771918. "~Nr67"37^ HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII j "Bride o = By VICTOR ? | A ROMANCE OF THE | FIGHTING ON | FIELDS 01 5 Copyright by w TXillillilllillllillliiilillllliillillllllllllllilllli CHAl'TEU VIII He hud stopped and was standing fact* to face with Kleanor. He had been wholly unconscious 01 mmv .... was going, and, recalled to himself l?y the unexpected encounter, looked up. to find himself in the center of the shopping district, which he had reached on his way homeward. She was corning out of a store, and going. evidently, toward the cab which was waiting against the street curb. They almost run into each other. Mark lifted his hat mechanically, and thought she was about to puss. I>ut suddenly she took him by the arm, and looked at him earnestly, extreme concern u|>on her face. "What's the mutter. I'liclc* Mark?" she asked. "You're ill?you're looking w flight fully ill." m "Well, it's u pretty hot day," said Mark. "Yes, but you can stand heat. L'ncle Mark. You don't look lit to he around. How long have you been ill, and have you la-en working all the time, and why didn't you send for ine? You know how badly you've treated me, j l'ncle Mark. As long as I thought you couldn't lie bothered with me I didn't care, but now that you're ill?you shan't be ill, L'ncle Mark!" "I'm not ill, Eleanor," said Mark, | trying to smile. "Then why haven't you been to see us'.' Have you lorgottcn our talk that | night? What's the reason? Tell me!" | "Your father keeps our noses to the grindstone, Eleanor." , "That isn't true, and please don't play with m>- as if I were a child. Cap- , tain Wallace, t'omc, get into this cab at once! I am going to take you home ( anil have Mrs. nuwuru iouk unci juu , till you art- better. O?you are laughing!" ( It was rather a Brim jest to Mark, but it occurred to him that it would j help to alienate Kleanor. She drew ( away 'rom him and looked at hiin , with those keen, scrutinizing eyes that j had in some measure discomfited him j at the Misses Harpers' school. "Uncle Mark, you shan't make me ^ anBry," said the Kirl, at the end of her scrutiny. "You are unjust to me, and you are more unjust to yourself. I'm going to make Colonel Howard give you a holiday from thut wretched ' oitiee during the hot weather, and ' you're coming to stay with us?oh. I j " ' "" '""AA^'lVs no use talking to you now. Hut 1 mean what 1 say." She stamped her foot indlKnantly, and it was very hard to laitBh just \ then. , "Uncle Mark," she pleaded relenting, "do tell me why you are actliiK so horribly when 1 am only thinking of you. It's Just the way you acted ' that other night until we got to un- 1 derstand each other. And tell me why you haven't come to us. It Isn't just neglect, because If you were really tired of us you would have come out of |<oliteness. Won't you be as you 1 Were that niKht, Uncle Mark? l.ike 1 the Captain Wallace I have reinem- 1 bered and thought about?" "Well, Kleanor, the truth is," said Mark, "the work at the office has jusl ! about taken it all out of me. And then In my iH?sition, of course there are ' visits that 1 must pay." < "Of course," said Eleanor iron- < Icall.v. "(!o on. Uncle Mark. I shall 1 see through you presently." < "Hut I have been meaning to visit ' you soon. Only, you know, I am not 1 in any sense your guardian now, and so. Kleanor, if you want me to be I frank, it is a little unreasonable ol > you to put forward my duties in that ' respect when 1 have no compensations." 1 She started. "You mean that you ' didn't want to come?" she asked. ' "I did want to. Hut I have so many duties?" i "Thank you. That's quite enough, ' Captain Wallace. My conduct in in trading on such a busy man has been quite Inexcusable, (food day. Captain 1 Wallace!" 1 She made a mocking little how and 1 went toward her cab. She stopped and 1 looked linck. The brief anger was < ended. Put Murk was already free ' from l llill liuuicrnnir uinKirn stumbling homeward. : He let himself in. wrote out his resignation and mailed it. Then, feeling 1 free from the p;ist. he began to go < through his things, packing his trunk s and suitcase. He had nearly finished < before he wondered why he was doing t this, and what his plans were to be. I For the first time he began to iv- s fleet that his means of livelihood had i been cut away from him. He had I only a few hundred dollars In the j world, scant savings acquired during I his desert services. And he was a j civilian! I It affected him extraordinarily. Of i a sudden the man, used to the com- t mand of men. felt as helpless as a i child. I He picked up a copy of the Star and 1 looked through the "Help Wanted" I advertisements. It was odd how many < jobs there were that a man could till: 1 yet he could fill none of them. I And he found himself wondering f grimly whether the eternal "Young Man Wanted" who was to "work up" ( could be a man very, very late in his ^ thirties. 1 No. the army, which had been his 1 master for twenty years, still held him fast. He could not conceive any ' post that was not an army one. He ( thought over the possibilities of a ca- > reer. Of course there were the South 1 American republics?but a man of ? thirty-five and more has lost the In- 1 stinct for aimless adventuring. There " was the northwest police?but he 1 would probably be required to for- i ^ swear his nationality. There were va- ] rious police services west of the Mis- i slsslppL But there was the great war. 1 ever drawing nearer and nearer to 1 America. A war of specialists. A war " of chance. He felt that he could < IIIIIIIIIIICIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII O f Battle" |j ROUSSEAU = AMERICAN ARMY | J THE BATTLE- 1 j 1 FRANCE. | \ G. Chapman. 5 s iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin i, neither forswear his country nor v leave her, so long as trained men might be Uncle Sam's "Help Want- 1 ed." a As he paced his room, pondering n over the situation, it seemed to him * that tne Key to xne raysieij lay ?im Hartley. Even yet he had not allowed himself to believe Keller-man a traitor. ^ But it was essential that he should a iind Hartley, and insist upon a confcssion. both of his motives in watching 0 the colonel's house, and of those that had brought him to the war department. 8 Suddenly the telephone Interrupted e his meditations. A woman's voice at the other end was asking for him. "Arc you quite sure you are Captain Mark Wallace?" it inquired, when he 8 had stated his identity. "1 ant as sure as I have ever been," v answered Mark. "Ah. now I recognize you," said the strange voice in a merry ripple of n laughter. "And you don't know who I ant?" h "If you will state your name?" be- l< gun Murk patiently. "Someone who knows that you are ' in trouble and wants to help you. I'm ri if raid you won't let me. You seemed " lo be prejudiced against me when we met before. Well, 1 am Ada Kenson." Mark uttered an angry explanation. which he instantly checked. This might prove the key that he was seek- '' Ing. I} "What was that you said?" inquired u the voice. "I beg your pardon. What is it that you want me to do?" asked Mark. "Come to my house ut nine o'clock ^ tonight, unless you are afraid. You will meet nobody but me." It hud been in Mark's mind to look for Hartley in that neighborhood. ^ "What do you say. Captain Wallace? I can help you very much in- ? ileed, and perhaps put things right for J you. I am in a position to know a good deal of what is happening behind the scenes." Mark felt his brain grow as cool as ice. "I'll come, Mrs. Kenson," he answered crisply, and hung up the npelver. F He consoled himself with the reflection that he had, at least, nothing to lose. He waited culmly for the ap- h polntment, and arrived outside the " 11 y UH^- TT Mr. l^y. "i'TV-W was "ho sign ? of Hartley in the neighborhood. At his ring, Mrs. Kenson herself n opened the door, smiled, and showed c him into a well furnished little parlor, v The house seemed to contain nobody ,, else. If Mrs. Kenson's place was, as (l Hartley had said, one of the fashion- a it I do gambling houses of Washington. u there was nothing to reveal the fact. ? And beyond the fact that their for- ,. nier meeting had been a distinctly tin- t pleasant one, there was"'nothing in ,. Mrs. Kenson's api?earnnce to arouse t. intagonism. She seemed a well-bred. v rather attractive woman approaching n middle ape, quietly dressed, and of n unlet, if cosmopolitan manner. w "Sit down. Captain Wallace," she <ald, Indicating a chair. Mark hesitated: Mrs. Kenson noted his hesitation instantly, and he was ronscious of It. There was the trace ? jf a lurking smile upon her face. A t] moment later they were both seated, f, ind Mark was realizing that he would have to revise his opinions of his com[xinion. ,1 "You'll wonder who I am and why h [ asked you to come here." said Mrs. tl Kenson. "Well, I happen to know luite a good deal about you. Captain Wallace. All your history. In fact, from the time you entered West t| I'oint. It is part of my business to s) mow these things." Mark bowed and waited, expecting ' something sensational. He was aston- () shed beyond his expectation, however, by Mrs. Kenson's next words. "Your long and distasteful stay in the west. Captain Wallace, was not ivholly the fortune of the military lerirtce," she said. "It was expedient 1 4 Horn rvn n/W)linf tnai you hiivuiu wn.x, v.. if your unfortunate mistake In adopting the late Charles Hampton's child." Mark rose In protest, collected himCi *elf, and sat down again. "In fact, dear Captain Wallace, you h have been the victim of circum- t) dances," went on Mrs. Kenson. "I suppose you know that the world has ^ hanged a good deal during your flfeen years of exile? Well, this war. , tor example. It's a shocking rever- ^ lion to barbarism, the nations flying ( ?t each other's throats, when their dif- ( lenities could have been adjusted by ' 1 little frank diplomacy. It was a great ?low to the financial Interests that are vorking to reconcile the nations and o develop the world's resources. They 01 vould do all possible to end it. I am vorking for them here. I am not tell- ,( ng you any secret. Captain Wallace. ^ >eeau80 everybody in Washington mows It. I represent the interna- 11 tional peace committee, and I have n luite a good deal of influence among :he senators and representatives? tl principally the western ones, cap- ir :aln." 81 The frankness and audacity of the a lisclosure astounded Mark. So this ^ ma one center of "they," as Colonel 81 Howard had called the nucleus of Teu- T :onlc splea and agents In America. n "We are trying our hardest to pre- ? i-ent America from being dragged into a this maelstrom." continued Mrs. Ken- w son. "You. Captain Wallace, were unfortunate enough to be working on the 8i Dther side. And?I'm sorry, but a little ri trap was laid for you and Kellerman. 9' Fou walked right Into it Major Kel- w lerman. who la a very good friend of c nine, acted in complete good faith, n Don't blame him. Don't blame your- o jelf. Don't blame that wretched fel- tl tow who came here the other night si to blackmail me. It was inevitable, cl you see. when you adopted Hampton's | b laughter you unconsciously put a sort j L f noose about your neck. There was he possibility of your coming Into conrict with Hampton's friends. The system is w ides plead, you know, and went) years old. So?you had to gc k'OSt. "Now, Captain Wallace, I'm a frank toman. and I'll put my proposition tc ou. You don't want to sec* Majoi Cellerman walk off with that pretty rard of yours, do you? And you can'l fiarrv her without a little money Veil, you could be very useful to uc a many ways. Would you, without acriflcing your patriotism or revealng any secrets, become a salaried rorker of our organization?" Mark stood up, trembling. "I?don't * ? ?# U,. X.I k..ol/ll?M u lie unucrsunn, nc wiu Iiunni IJ . nd the picture of Eleanor in Kellerlan's arras at the dance swain before ds eyes. "What is it you want me tc o?" "Use your influence and army nowledge in our behalf. That little flair of today will soon lie forgotten, md we'll help you to put Kellerman ut of business." "Why?" "Never mind why!" cried Mrs. Kenon furiously, rising to her feet and onfronting him with a livid face. At hat moment Mark thought she looked [ n years older. "You usk me to become a Herman py V" "Don't be absurd, my dear captain. Vho ever suggested such a thing?" "That's what it amounts to.' "A little influence on behalf of hutanily." "No!" shouted Mark, quite beside imself. "You're infamous. You ought # be put out of the country!" He strode indignantly toward the oor. It was not until he had left the oom that he realized how strong had eon his temptation. The electric light in the passage had one out. The room grew dark behind im. He groped his way toward the door Suddenly a vivid light flashed before is eyes. He heard, though he felt no ain, the impact of a hard weapon lion the back of his head, lie flung ut his hands und grappled with a tan. In the uplifted hnnd he felt a eavy stick with a knobbed handle, lie believed his assailant to lie Kel rman, and, half unconscious as he as, he fought madly. But the man. [ellermnn or not, was more than a latch for him. For a few moments ley wresthd furiously; then the other ot his arm free and in ought down tie lick upon Mark's head again. And lis time the light faded into black ess. (To Be Continued.) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOCH rench General Understands War Game Thoroughly. "General Foch does not sacrifice is own men," the officer replied. He sacrifices the Germans." _ Then he told me a story. "In another sector during a battle ot long ago," he said, "the colonel uintnanding a certain regiment that ,aa supposed to advance in conforiatlon with the general plan telehoned to the regiments on his right nd left and found that they had not dvanccd because the wire entangletents in front of them had not been ut. So this colonel remained in the tenches. A little later the brigade ommander telephoned to know if the olonel had advanced. He explained hy he huil not?because uie residents on each slile of him could not love und if ho went forward, he rould be in the air and unsupported. "'You must go forward,' the genral said. 'Tt is orders.' "The colonel telephoned again to he regiments beside him and retained in his trenches. Once more tie brigade commander ordered him L>rward. ' 'it is-orders, the general snid again. "A third time the colonel was orered forward and he had to take is men out of the trenches. He took Item to the crest of the hill in front f them, where they waited all day tr the others to join thein, and nt ightfall retired to their trenches. Alhough this was accomplished so kilfully that there was but a single isualty ? one corporal wounded, horn the colonel, himself, carried ack to the trenches on his shoulders -a great risk had been run for a wasted movement. "Such a performance would be inonceivable under General Foch. He ould have known whether the wire ats cut in front of ail the regiments, ad the orders for that regiment to dvnnce would never have been given nK'Ss the others could have supportil it. General Foch makes war a jrmldable thing for the enemy, but is men know that he never sacrifices icm needlessly." Another tradition is that in a attle General Foch always goes on ie fields himself. This, doubtless rose at the battle of the Marne, hen twice the French center was riven back very nearly to the hateau where the general had his eadauarters. I asked about this, ISO. 'It Is ridiculous," replied the offlcr. "to think that General Foch ould be so unconscientious as to go ) a loophole in the first line trenches ist to see 50 yards of Germans." The officer gave me a description of He scene, when General Foch, comlands an army in battle. "General Foch is to be found In le big room at his headquarters, durig a battle," the officer said. "He lands before a large scale map with pencil In his hand and the telehone receiver at his ear. His staff tands in a semi-circle behind him. here is perfect silence and the only lovement is of the general's pencil n the map as he follows the battle nd ponders the details of the district here the fighting is in progress. "He has two gestures. One is peristent and constant. It is his hand Islng to his mustache to tug at It lowly and strongly. The other ts to ave back Into his place in the semlIrcle an officer who has come In and lade his report This is a true picture f General Foch commanding In a bate. and the thing that is most lmpresive is the utter stillness as the semiircle of officers watches the general efore the map."?Fred B. Pitney in eelle'a r AMERICANS VS. GERMANS Through Acid Test Without Ai Fiiochlog ; SPLENDID CONDUCT IN BATTLf Here ia a Thrilling Account that .ai Eye Witneas Haa Told About th First Encounter the Sammies Hai With the Fritzee. In American Trenches in Franct I April 10.?(Controle American.)?1 have Just come through the moe t thrilling experience of my life. Mingling and touching shoulder with our American troops in the! ' llrst line trenches, I have seen then ? shatter their German enemies an< carry to a brilliant conclusion th biggest military operation yet at ' tempted by the American army li France. 1 It will always be one of my mos cherished memories that I was privl leged to observe with my own eyei the behavior of American troops il their first big "acid test" And of added interest is the fac that many of the boys whom I bad< Godspeed as they went over the to) with their bayonets fixed are lad known since they wore knee pants Will the American army in Franc made good? Is the American soldle destined to outstrip the fighters o all other nations in coolness, dasl and bravery? The answer is to be found in thi simple narrative I'm going to giv of what I heard and saw. For some time a German salien opposite a purt of the American fron had been n source of constant dnnge and annoyance to our troops. The lo cation of the salient was such that 1 afforded unusual opportunities fo hid snipers and machine gunners, wh< had, for days, been popping away a every American head that showed it self above the top of the trenches, it wim decided that the salient mus I?e wiped out. So great was the pressure fron ofllcers and men of all the units com prising the regiments designated ti make the attack, that it was though best to permit every company to con tribute its quota to the attacklni party. But even then difficult!* arose, because company commande after commander found every man It his organization stepping to the fron when volunteers were called for. It many cases, the attackers were chos en by lot. The day of the attack was brigh and sunshiny, and the warmth of at early spring had sent the army over coats to cover and everybody was ou of doors enjoying the fine weather I had stood, the day before. In Xtqp d 1 un4'P6T6ne"ri headquarters an< had watched one company quota af tor another march by in Informal re view before him and the rest of th regiment, on their way to a little vil luge Just back of the lines where the; were to meet and be welded into om attacking force. I have never seen any soldiers ii tlner fettle than they. Every mai among them was proud and cock; to be a member of the first "over th< top" party: and as they marchei along most of them whistled or san| patriotic songs. Dawn the next day found our "ovei the top" men in their places in th< first lines. Then came the long hour of waiting for the attack to begin. They were to go over the tops ii broad day light, after the artillery hai succeeded In pulverizing the Germai trenches, pill-boxes and machine gui complacements. I had made my way Into the trench <-s shortly after the noon hour and a I passed from place to place there wa hardly a face that was able to hidi signs of extreme nervousness. Then were frequent attempts at levity, bu I noticed that very few of the Jokci got a "hand." N'early every officer und man wa smoking. Soon a colonel came through tin trenches, stopping a moment or so t< say a few words to every group tha he met. Nowhere had I seen such lntimati fellowship between officer and men The boys crowded around him an< eagerly drank in his every word. I was easy to see that he had their en tire confidence and that he was i popular leader with them. "Here is where we show 'em wha we're made of, boys," he said a num ber of times. 'The whole world li coing to know what we do this af ternoon." A captain stepped up to him an< said: "Is it true, colonel, that you are go ing over the tops with us?" "It is," replied the colonel, quietly "But, colonel," protested the cap tain, "you have no right to risk you: life in this fashion." "I'm not thinking or concerne< with that side of it, captain. Wha I do know Is that this attack mus be made a success. We can't affort to start off with a fall-down. I'n going over the top ahead of you an< your men, because 1 want you all t< realize the importance of success." Not very many minutes after this our artillery, hidden In woods an< gullies and nnder camouflage be hind our line, opened up. At flrst the firing was desultory, but as thi German guns began to reply, ou own Increased the Intensity of thel fire until there was nothing bnt om long deafening roar, louder, from tlmt to time, as the biggest calibres sen their enormous shells screeching ant singing over our heads toward the en emy trenches some 300 yards in fron of us. I thought I had seen violent bom bardments in front of Dlxmude, ol in Belgium, last fall, when In thi course of a single day 17,000 shell were exchanged; but that firing wa nothing In Intensity to what X wit neased on the American front. ! In the small space of 10 mlnntss during the battle our scores of gun poured more than 10,000 tnti these German trenches and strong holds. And the flre was kept u without a second's pause, for mor V than four hours! In our trenches, the initial nervous ess of our men soon wore away, an they settled down to their Jobs wit ; the seriousness of veterans. Then i was that I had a good chance to stud _ them, n * Folks at home. I never realize until then that our wars are no fought by mature men, but by mer ' boys. Of course, our new conscrip J army will be older, but in the Amer * lean lines with me today was many lad who Is yet to celebrate his twenti * eth birthday. r Beardless volunteers they were ev a eryone of them; strong limber, cleaj ? cut American boys from high school * and factories and offices, most o * whom could have stayed out of thl a war. but who had come in becaus their veins pulsated with real, ret * blood, and ?he spirit of adventur - and fight stirred their entire beings, s a A boy I had known for years camhurrying along, saying as he passei t me: e 'Billy Smith Just went over. Go ? it in the head from a machine gun.' s I had known Billy for a fine, big i. jovial fellow. His entire company wtl a mourn his loss. r More than one boy looked at hi t wrist watch us the minute approach H cd to go over the top. But the Amer lean artillery fire only increased ii e volume and everybody began to won e der if it would stop. "What will we do if It hasn't stop ped when the time comes to go over,' t a captain asked of a colonel. t "wny go rigni on over, mc wi r onel answered. t Five minutes before the leap, ev r ery man was ready to climb out o y the trenches. t Not one out of ten of the entir . outllt was showing a trace of ner fousness now. They all seemed re t lioved by the thought that in a fev minutes the terrible shelling wouli ! stop. . Exactly on the second, the ar j tillery quit firing. t And at the same instant every mat . went over the top! f To me, peering after them th' 9 German trenches seemed at just tha r minute, miles away, j Practically every German gun hai t been silenced now, and I could male j out clearly our men dodging acros No Man's Land toward the enem; trenches. t I went down Into the post dugou j where, I knew, all reports would b rushed by couriers. t Before the first courier arrived Iockets had gone up from the Ger ia/1 trenches. were American rocket and they meant that our troops ha< gained their first objective. e The first courier stumbled breath less, hutless and perspiring Into th y dugout, and saluted the officer ii e charge: "Sir," he panted, "we are in thei y trenches. Our artillery has poundei 1 their wires and dugouts all to helly excuse me, sir?all to pieces; we'vi B captured some prisoners who thret j up their hands and surrendered loni ? before we got to them. The rest o the Germans ran away and have re tired to their fourth line of defense r We're now blowing up the rest o s dugouts. Only two of our men hav g been killed. From the looks of thing I guess we've killed a lot of th< j enemy." I And so It went for the next hour , Every courier brought good newt ^ There hadn't been a hitch anywher in the American plans, and every thing had gone off like clockwork. 3 The enemy, who had been taugh g to sneer ax tne American army, nw s run away, refusing to stay and mee B our boys, bayonet to bayonet. t * , THE PRAYER OF THE BELL s People of Verbena, Alabama, Havi Adopted Pretty Custom. e There's a little town about 60 mile ) south of Birmingham on the Loutsvil! t and Nashville called Verbena. Th town is well named. It is redolent o e the old-fashioned southern flower. 1 is peopled by simple farm folk. Soin i substantial citizens of Montgomer; t keep summer homes there. There are few sounds about th i place. An occasional mule team rat ties down a red clay road drawing ai t empty wagon to the general stores o . bumps pleasantly back toward th B Chilton county hills. Occasionally i . gentle wind causes the leaves of th oak trees that shade the town to sigl one of those sighs of content that mei j breathe after a good meal or a goo< sermon, or a well rendered piece o music. It's as peaceful a place as can b found In Alabama or any other plact 'm It might well have been modeled afte Goldsmith's "Sweet Auburn." But there's a new sound there now j It is the Angelus of Strife. It call . the people of Verbena not only ti worship but to deeds. Every afternoon at 6 o'clock th bell of the Verbena church rings. I continues to ring for two minutef and while Its brasen song is lifted th people of Verbena stand and pray. With heads uncovered and bowed ( each man, each woman, each child j each saint and each sinner, repeat these words: "God bless our president, our sol * dlers and the nation, and guide then to victory." When the sound begins, the ob servance of Its call is universal. Mei 9 halt in the street. Wagons are pulle< up on the road. Women rise fron their knitting or pause In the cook ery, for they have early suppers li Verbena. The plowman halts his wor! and each repeats the prater. Verbena calls It "The Prayer of th Bell." and It is said that men wh have never fatoen known to pray be fore, answer its call dutifully.Springfleld Republican. ? A warrant has been Issued for J Crtm klxon,' Jr., assistant city treas urer of*Colombia, charging him wltl "breach of trust with fraudulent in tent" on account of an alleged short age of ISO,(Ml or more in hi saccount* Mixon had been missing several dayi Wi.L:; P MUST FACE THE FACT! e - Soldiers To Fight aod Others d Work. J THE FATE OF ALL*IN THE BALAI Thi? is No Tim* for Usolsts Wast j The Eight Hour Day Should Suspended During the Period of 1 War?Those at Home Must Gaps Left by Those Gone to Front. a Manufacturers' Record. At least 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 at bodied men who have been produci should be called from business actl ties into the army, for we should c ^ ate as rapidly as possible an army , at least 5,000,000 soldiers for tight In France, and at least 3,000,000 5,000,000 more should be trained ^ this country to take the place of th who are now going over, thus wi e drawing from business activities the farm and the factory and B store 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 of m i We must also turn Into munltii making and like activities millh t who must produce the things that i ? needed for war. Thus there will brought al>out an enormous lal | shortage in the country. There will a great famine In farm labor, in ft tory labor and in all other kinds 8 work. Unless the young and the old w are not called into camp as soldi 1 and the laboring men not drafted army service enormously inerej their productive work, we shall hr * a labor shortage which will mean lengthened war. The res|K>nstbility of increasing * labor potentiality of the country re upon every man and woman in It. 1 must cut out a great amount of lal now done by men, and put them 1 1 productive labor. It would be crii nal to permit 500,000 men to contli e to produce and handle the liiiuor tn of the country. It would be crimi * to continue on the golf courses of k country the thousands of men a * boys who are used as caddies. 1 golfer must learn to carry his o - sticks or not to play. It would criminal to permit able-bodied m 1 white or black, to do a great deal the interior work such as they n e do as hotel waiters, and in other ( t pacities which can be done by worn Moreover, we must all learn to c( i serve labor as well as food, and e have no right to expect of hotels s prompt sendee of bell boys and ws y ers, to which we have been acci tomed in the past. We must learn t depend upon ourselves to a lari ? ?????. * bi, n V?aontAfAMo Men must be released from e I, ployment In many directions In or . that they may be turned Into p ductlve activities <|p the farm ns* and In the office work wh a mu?t be performed. The man who insists upon the elg . hour day merely because through e power of a union organization he I n been able to force the eight-hour ( on the country Is not doing his d r to the soldier who Is risking his 1 j The laboring men of the coun _ owe It to the soldiers and to clvllf: . tion to increase their hours of lal v instead of trying to decrease then: The eight-hour day for labor at j present time is an outrage upon ev soldier who Is risking his life i who is working from twelve to flfti j hours a day under the most try conditions, exposed to all the ha ships of the camp and trenches In der to save the labor and the lab er*s family from the ruthless barb ism of Germany. We cannot see h ' an honest-minded laborer can pot bly get the consent of his console: e in the sight of God and mankind be willing to work only eight hour day in this terrific hour of sacrl 1 The fanner and his employes gen ^ erally work from sunrise to sun: * and. traveling In the south recen we have seen men ploughing up 7.30 and 8 o'clock at night, thoi they had started their work ai o'clock In the morning. These n o are working long hours, and do their utmost to increase the output 8 foodstuffs in order that the. mecha t. and the clerk and all others may (, .saved from starvation, but the r t chanlcs, gladly getting the benefit t the long hours of farm lal>or, are, e a large extent, refusing to work m y than eight hours a day, and wl they work longer than that they e demanding pay over and above . regular rate per hour. These n n have not yet learned the seriousn r of the situation. This war has t. yet burned itself deep Into their so: a Their leaders are using this war si p atlon for the purpose of trying a fasten on the world a shorter lab ? ing day without regard to the cost j lives that this condition now m f work. We believe that President WIL himself has a duty to perform . publicly appealing, if necessary, o r and over again, to the laboring n of the country to lengthen their ho r of work, and to recognize that wl s they arc being saved from the dang 0 of the battlefield they are prov recreant to their responsibilities p reducing their hours of lal>or t , constantly striking over some trifl . question. The present situation ii e reflection upon the integrity and h< esty of heart of the laboring pec 1 of this country. We believe tl I have been unwisely led by self-se s big agitators and officials who feel t their only hope of retaining their i mlnatlon over labor is to constar n flght to create on the part of labor a demand for shorter hours of lal There may be justification for . flsrht such as this under some c< ? ? dltions in peace times. We know t n no great and successful man ever s his way by limiting his labor to ei n hours a day; nevertheless, we are v k ling to grant in peace times the rt of labor to reduce its time to ei e hours if need be. But this is no 0 time of i>eace: it is a time of t speakable war, of unvoiceable i _ and agony, of suffering such as world never knew, and at such time as this every latent power f manhood and womanhood should J quickened into a living, burning p rt riot Ism, willing to sacrifice and - sacrificed to save our soldiers and ' soldiers of our allies from death. 1 Every man who lessens his bo 5 of labor is helping to increase tb number of deaths of our soldiers., an every organization which collective! or Individually brings on a st-lke c laborers is lengthening the wnr an adding enormously *.o the number ( men who must suffer the agonies c NGE ,tl0 battlefield and death itself. If President Wilson would take thi stand before the public, not one only, but repeatedly, and urge thes e facta, for facts they are. upon the peo pie of the country, we do not bellev It would be possible for labor union to Justify themselves in their ow conscience for reducing the hours o labor. >le- We believe, on the contrary, tha ?rs. there is enough of manhood and pa 'v'* triotlsm in the laboring people o re* this country, when once they falrl; of understand the issue, to voluntarll: lnK increase their hours of labor. If w< t0 did not have this faith In the laborlni In men of America we would feel tha ose there was but little hope for the fu th- ture of a country where millions of lti able-bodied citizens such as our la ihe boring people, were wholly unwillini en- to sacrifice something for the soldier on- who were dying to save their fami >ns> lies, while they earned larger wage; are than ever before in their lives, am earned every week far more than th< ' or soldier is paid per month, be These facts should bo published bj ic- every paper in America, and relternt of ed over and over again. They ahoub be proclaimed by every public mai ho Who has the nation's welfare at heart ers and who is willing to tell the trutl for to the Dublic. even If. temporarily, hi >?8t' loses a few votes thereby, ive Have we in public life men of suf ? flclent integrity, men who dare to g< contrary to the present attitude of i the large body of people and preach till: sts doctrine, that the laboring man of ttv We country should by longer hours till ii| ' or the vacuum created by the millions o nto men drawn Into our armies? nl- Upon the answer to this qucstioi >ue may rest the future of all civilization ide | m | nul JAPAN AND THE ALLIES the Flowsry Kingdom Has Been True 1 Her Undertakings wn b,. The action of Japan in landlm en, troops at Vladivostok to protect he of Interests and those of the Allies ha ow called out varying comment Ther ca- is a considerable hostility to Japan li en. this country which begets suspicion o >n- everything she does. The oppositloi we of the trades unions of San Franclsc the and other west coast cities and of th dt- farmers of California, due to fear o us- local Japanese <ompetitlon, has beei to given national importance by attempt K('r through state legislation to violate th treaty rights of Japanese aliens real m" dent on the coast Race prejudice li der our people has been fanned by the un - fair and bitlar exploitation nf trrss " ponslble newspapers. To this ha lch l>een added the sincere feeling of dls trust of Japan among America! friends of China, who credit Japanes h ^ statesmen with the desire to contrc . Chinese politics, business and develop ut ment for the benefit of Japan. On th other hand, the unfortunate rac try troubles in California, especially li 7 respect of alien land holding and us li0r of schools and the not wholly satis , factory solution of them, have serve Ibe to confirm in the minds of the Japanes ery people a growing conviction of the un ? fr ionfl II no uu t\t A >inrif<o tnii'u rH t VintY inn "*v..u....voo ...? sen Ky action and reaction, the ancien Ing bond of warm friendship between th rd- two peoples has been weakened, or- The warnings of Mr. Hobson agains or- the danger of Japanese attack upon u ar- have been given more attention tha ow they deserve. The senate of the Unit >8l- ed States dignified them by a reaolu nee tion directed against supposed Japan to eye plotting for a foothold at Magl&le 8 a na Bay, when there was no basis at al flct" for the suggestion. The Zimmerman er* letter to Mexico, inviting her to secur Japan's assistance in attacking th ,]y- United States on her southern borde t0 and taking Texas, Arizona and Nei Mexico, fed fuel to the embers of stu ' 6 picion. From time to time the publl flen has been regaled with the suggestlo lnK that Japun, violating her exprec of treaty obligation to England and he nir obligation of honor to all her Allie DO In this war, would combine with Get nef many and make a formidable combl nation against us. Japan's failure t to ore send an army to the Western front ha hen 1)4:611 emphasized as a circumstanc ar(> showing her unwillingness to Join i th(> real defeat of Germany. All these Insinuations do injustice t eHS Japan. Japan's attitude in respect t not China is not unlike ours In our Monro U|R Doctrine. She thinks she has a justi tu_ fled interest In preventing the explol to tatlon of China by European powet or- and the establishment by them c In powerful bases of territorial contrc ust In her Immediate neighborhood. Sh seeks therefore to maintain 9 right t son be consulted when China propose* t by make governmental concessions to oc ver cidental powers. In this field of hom len action there la ground for controvert uib over the Issue whether Japan Is deal Me ing justly with China and whether sh era i? not using duress to acquire a guard ing ianshlp over her Inconsistent with In h>' dependence. Viscount Ishil has as ind Bured us that Japan is pledged to th 'n" open door for all In trade with Chlni 1 a and no specific Instance of its solu on" tlon has been shown. Insisting on ou 'p,e Monroe Doctrine, we must make a nlc hex distinction to condemn Japan's asset tlon of a similar policy in respect to hat close and weak neighbor who to years has been subjected by Europe* it 1V countries to unjust pressure for con er8 cessions of territory and privileges. Those who fear Japan's uniting wit ^ Germany against us should remembe hat that to Germany Japan charges be (.on great national 1 umlliatlon after sh had won the victory in her war agalm rll China and by treaty had secured Pot ffht Arthur. It was Germany who spok ght for the European "owers In compel t a ilng Japan to give It up. Japan ha 11D. not forgotten it In the performanc roo of her treaty obligations with us an the wit11 England Japan has been scrupv * lously honorable. In maintaining he of right to be classed with the great dvl be Heed powers Japan has been more sea at- sittve in fulfilling her promises tha be we have been in our dealing wit the China. Since 1*99 Japan has had wit us a gentleman's agreement, not em ore braced In formal treaty, to keep dow i?> Japanese Immigration by withholding d consular certificates necessary tor * emigrants from her country. She has >f ftiithfully kept It. In six years the d number of Japanese male laborers In *t this country was thus reduced by 15,>t 000. We do not realize how much Japan 19 has helped the Allies In this war. By 0 her capture of the German stronghold ? In China and the Oerman Island in the " Pacific she has cleared the Allied e traffic in that ocean from attack. She s has by her torpedo destroyers guarded " the troopships and commerce of Great Britain from lndiu and Australia and { from far east through the Mediterranean. She has not sent a large army f because of the difficulty, danger and cost of transportation and because of y her fear of the effect of such European ' service on the morale of her troops. She has made and furnished to Rus \ sla war material essential to her cam. paigns. She Is naturally anxious to ? prevent the Germans from establish . ing. through her released prisoners and by their Intrigues with the Bolsheg vikl, a new Facltlc base at Vladivostok. . So may we and all her other Allies be g anxious. Japan finds further (round I for landing troops In Vladivostok In i? her own domiciled citizens In the state of anarchy there existing. More than i' this, there are many war supplies stored in Vladivostok furnished by t Japan's merchants to Russia and not t paid for. We can be conHdent she . will observe her honorable obligation to retire from Vladivostok when the i* Just reason for her use of force there ceases. The total number of Japanese resi9 dents In this country engaged in busl1 ness or lubor probably does not ex" coed 85,000, and of these perhaps 64.'' 000 are on the Pacific coast, 10,000 In '' the Rocky Mountain region and the ' rest in the east. Those in California are less than 3 per cent of the popun latlon of the state. They are Industrious as farmers and laborers and they know the value of their products and their labor. They are generally law-abiding. These facts show that o the intense feeling against them finds little of justice to support it. g We hurt Japan's pride in refusing r Japanese residents the rights to bes come American citizens. This is the e crux in our relations. With the num(i her of Japanese residents so small and 1*1-1- ??? 14 la an<1 with Stilt* I wiimii I'OIUI UI no IL w oiiu v? 1 naturalization restrictions as to litero acy and knowledge of English the Jape aneso vote would have little weight or t danger even on the west coast The n concession would clear all clouds bes tween us and our Allies of the land of e the Itising Sun.?William Howard Taft . in Philadelphia Ledger. n 1 ' WINNING THE WAR * ^ongwaTRopt^P^rtleaf Means to * Bring this Result. On the first day of April the conn gross of the United States did one of e the most practical things It has yet '' done to win the present war. Senator * Galllnger of New Hampshire, Introe ducod a concurrent resolution which ? was immediately passed by both n houses of congress, us follows: 0 "Resolved by the senate (the house i- of representatives concurring), That, d it being a duty peculiarly incumbent e In a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on * Almighty Cod and to Implore his aid I. and protection, the president of the lt United States be, and he is hereby, respectfully requested to recommend a 6 day of public humiliation, prayer, and fasting, to be observed by the people |t of the United States with religious solemnity and the offering of fervent 8 supplications to Almighty Cod for the n safety and welfare of our cause, his blessings on our arms, and speedy restoration of an honorable and lasting peace to the nations of the earth." The Sunday School Times of Phllai. dclphia, after passage of the above .. resolution, requested statements from various senators and representatives o In congress. Introducing Hon. W. F. o Stevenson as "one of the coming le. gal lights in the house, though a new number," the Times quotes Mr. 8teirl iq.nunn a a fnllnu/H: w "The fact that congress unanimously passed this concurrent resolution is impressive evidence of the need of c such a day of national humiliation n and fasting and prayer as is proposed, m It is indicative of the state of mind of congress at the present time?and the T feeling in congress over the events of * the last few weeks Is much sobered. I .. believe that our country will be Involved to the extent of several millions of men before this war ends. Surely o if we do not smash the enemy's lines 3 this summer there will be a call for a million and a half more men. We say that our belief is In the rlghten ousncss of our cause and In our faith In God?that we stand on the side of 0 whatever Is right In national affairs; if we really believe what we are say0 lng about this, there never was a bete tr time to Implore him for help." 1. PRACTICAL EC0N0MIE8 * Some Easy Ways to Make Savings in the Horns. ' With Liberty bonds and war save lng stamps and taxes of all kinds to 0 meet, we are all delighted to learn of ? any reasonable economies which we '* can practice just as well as not. A e true economy, you know, Is not going y without what we need, but It Is nathI" er making tho best of what we have. e Every home collects large cjuanti* ties of paper. Sometimes this can be i- sold, and at others part of It at least - amounts to Just as much to use at _ home. When tne cnuaren ieaae ioi something to do. give them a basin of b water and a bundle of newspapers. - Show them how to tear off single _ sheets of newspaper, how to moisten it thoroughly, and pack It into a tight ? ball. This is really more fun than - making mud pies and not nearly so a raussy. The balls can be tossed Into a box' r and allowed to dry In the sun. They n should be tightly wadded to be just i. right. They can be burned In the range and will give heat enough to boll the tea kettle or to get a light h breakfast, and will take the chill from ir the room If burned In the open flre_ place. Save all the ends and odds of soap ? from both the bath room and the it kitchen until a quantity of these has 4 been collected. Melt them In a basin with three times their own quantity e of water. Beat In a tablespoonful of - borax to each pint of the Jelly, and M store in tumblers. This is excellent to use at the sink in the kitchen or for making a suds to wash out cold ored garments. i. Keep a stock pot for soup which will take care of every left-over scrap of meat, gravy and suitable vege> tables. By saving and drying celery i. tips and parsley, and utilising all _ remnants, a good soup is always " available, especially If one keeps a b few chicken or beef bullllon cubes on b band for flavoring. When such stock Is used to dilute canned soups, the result is very delicious and nourisha ing. '