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AMAHS' Fllll FtCUT. I Kfl? t-Tf) ' i i iihiii.mvh mi n i i >i <-si r tut w in \ . \j\m i.m: vl' . < ?Df'N. I i in lk?gliininx ol i iiK.i.'.riiit iit I mil lual llw p l^krH u| the I'ui d H4;it I I . \ . < i .?| Ul \|l T?Sl4ll;i<?l?? inj (IM trim .t With tho American Armv | In Prince. Nov. :> illy tb* Aasoc.i < I Pr**?).-~A sin.ill detachment 0< AiM.uaii i . ,? i ,11 the f. out line tseuehes early Sai n day morning W.v a b'Uib super.o. mi <derm*ji sboi . troops Anicricius unit rut oft fiotu rtJIej ? ..' die heavy tuitiage la their rear. Tie f?ught gallantly until OVOffW b*l*l< ?I. m>lely by ii um 1m* rs. The iLthlmg hi the trenches \ hard to hand. It wus brief au.I i grot In too extreme. As a result of ifel enceunter three Aenerii Mil were klllf mm end four wounded. a aad corporal and leu men were taken prisoner. Two French soldiers who \v? r< Irl the trenches) also were killed "he ?neeiy lost some men but the OUiabOr is unknown as iheir doftd md IgOtl id ed Ken ..ii i I'd oil b> th? ntliinv; Germans. From the beginning of tin- eng: .re nient until the end the Amen.. IUI lived up to all the tradition* of the American army, the reoortbj thawing the bravery of the detachment und of individual member*. 1 The dee man raid on the A me el an trench was carried out against me.a be-* of tb? Second contingent euar *na Ike trtm.los for Ua.olntf TIusj mi m Im'I only been In a few days .1 heavy nitdUiy ire Wgg directed sa a ? ivir all ilie adjacent territory. In eluding i|m p..*stp|.- If.tdiue ??l? to la trench**, therebv forming a luost of feet}ve aarrsgo In the rear as we.I an in the front The young lieutenant in char ,o C the detachment or Aiiorlcars starte ? ba k to the eoramunleatlng tieu?daca to hi?- lmmediatel> superior for or? dern. Tho harrow knocked him do'vn. but ?e< pbdod hi.i.self up anil Hier *! ??n ufc.i.ii. He wae bnanhed dew* a se? ond tu..e. but. dettrioined to re., ill hi ! Ob.a , Uvo. got up ny tin A tblr ? time be whs knocked down, and had ly shell shocked mmm Wut put Q r ., aotioit , Hm*?n utter that I'.cn ns to | >> dn>nl>er, accoidlng to the report, o lit rushed through the breaihen :nil: w.ro entanglements on each s,<\ ol th?? ?Ahent. their genor il ohjert ' / ' *? In the forohidd Im in,? I toi ,a mqmght. Tbe 'lemmas went Infer i hi 11 ? etui point* ' They met with stout resletance. j,i i tcde. pronade*, knives and bayou*? ta be'ng freely used. In one section of the trow b 01 Amtm .m pnvut? engaged two (lei lr.ft.na with tho I uyoi.ct That wr.s ih< lart men of him until after the ruH. wIth a dead AdhOfk ill OJOJ Imind 0 tbe spot Another was killed i. blow on llu h?- . I with .1 hilf I? I : from above Sane of th< AniMlciinv appar?e tl. at 'he beglnnlnc. of the attack did 110 r-nllfe just what was going on. The raid wns evidently carefi; lly planted find Amerb in officers ad i i .nt it wss wefl executed. Ttiere is reason for Lelieving ih.it lh<- <?erm:u: > g vi ??. grealj ?urgrleed wh?ig Ihoy lound Americans In the trench la ' BU :\4 oT the r n in b The French gOflJOrhl In com-miml of I the \th Ision e\p.?- d ?\tr<. r:. factmn ut the actions of the Amori rar?a for they 'ought ?>ravely aga r:." en (enariiionsli .superior enemy, thel beirdfu) of men fighting until t i wire i?ot he rod. Tlte bodlea of the \meri< an d >n I *?eee brought Kick to dlvlo on Ii i I irUUftvei pnd buried With bOSjO i to <1nv. Th i wounded are at the I a e liospltals. Tfh> whole Amerle.ui Ijm dilbinary ?'? r/V* " thrill* d by the Ihht pet ?jp hy iheb eomra4ei ami ail ari snx|oU4 td get ? Ohanoe to deal i rdow. ? I Ttm r;ieualty Mst Killed Private Thomas F. En . riV eiMt.-r Mrs. Mary IfVlh, ? buHrh. I'rlvMte J:imeM lb llr?stiiim. moihe Mra Alice hodd. KvanMvllle. 1ml ?rivate Merle 1> Hay. father I lot veyi I? Hay. <]lld<len, lowii \founde<l l'ilvit?? John .1. Smith ?>r?41ur F I) Smith. LmluiKton. Mb b ?wi?ot* Oharloj ./ Hepalaa biotb? . b?reeM W Hopkins St intim. Tr PfMte 'Jeiuje li Pot. lather ?In V HWS. Alfix. Ohth, I 'lvnle llano r ?.Pen-?, father ITH listn y ftjtvcns. riov?i Ide, Ala iwivate fhories L Orr, giotb Mrei Ha rub Reimed. Lyons. Km <aitur*?d or Mt??irm Mefgl KtH \t lla.yburton. father George I Italy burton, ntony Point N ?, t'crporal Nb hotrtM \, Mulhall. mOlh tr. Mrs PrldKOM Mulhall. .ler>a.\ c ? N f ToTporsI Falwln If Jl;?iiie??, me? t gfrgj KHsAbeth Maines, Woodwnr' okla Private Morchel Godfrey, fai . TV llrt am C. Ober sat, Chioago. Privat* Varaon m. K*f1dhiT. fatnW S.im Kendall, Uoll. I )K|a. Prv kta VlUtam r Qrigaby, mother Mrs L/'.i.? Gricsby, l^>utnvllle. Ky. Private Frank Ii. McDougal, futh> ?? R i. Mal iougal, Maryvlttd, Mo, Pri iti panttl b Gallagher, raAfcet JCetl Gallagher. Morton, Ala. Prrratl Jgflin P. Lester, father Wil? li, m Lester. Tutwi ei , Miss. Prhrate Rainy l/ingham. relative Ail ? k Lnnghman, Chicago? Private Dwvey 1). Kern, mother Irl f\a Tillen. Collins. Iowa. Privat.? Keekton. ean not he Identt? I fOMi. <. I It M \N (Or >N|\|, l'LANS. I'tneki nnaih Mill I hon Illing Ol Seiz? ure o| Colonial KinpIr?', 1 Ion, Oct, ?! (Corroopondonoo j ol Thi A i <>< i.ited Proaa)?Germany st not ho hindered hy "pusillani? mous OOTUpiW 111 taking* what she wants for the oRtaldlshnient of a co? lonial empire m America and eh- - where overseas. <h etgfbfl the "Pro n" of the (Jen: an Colonial Boolot) 01 translated hy the British African BOOJoty. The German Society believes] ih " troaty Of peace should provide i such an empire for Germany in south America. The (ierman Colonial Society has I I.ranches In Germany, and is! If aded hy W. S. Solf. the German I Coloni.,1 Sec retary, the Duke of Meck? lenburg, :ind In. Hernhard Dernburg. Tis "Program" ,M ,l Wt>4 af colonial t reed Cot IQO German Kmpire. It do niar.d;; that any peace settlemont must, above all, provide Germany with adequate territories capable of wbtte ce4entaation. The three main points are ?Flrsl. An adequate outlot for Gorman emigration and German white Industrial activity] Second, siepptn;; stones Serosa the Atlantic, and In than oceans, to the New Germany: OTSrioaSJ Third, the restoration of' i srsaaay*s ?1??i?t? n 1 and ptibtroptcial colonies " One of the sub-sections also demands "suitable strategic polntl In the Pacific." The preamble Fays: "Kxtra-Ku .?penn and ColontMl possess! i ?ns are dispensable, whether regarded ethnically, poiltieatjri oconomlrally, or stillosliy. The German people daatro to he. as heretofore, a world-direct Inf people with the German empir ? i^ .i hi as I poyn t ? a rolonlal srnplrs assent (ally Afrl ..M should not sufllea um Itosidas ? (.?et, tii- military and oeonoinlc i orlty of our fore gn and oolonial tOT Itorj rpnulnea ins passseselon ol a> .t* pointaj notably a sufbcleui lumber of coaling stations, submarine ? :.Mes and telegraphs, and fortiflca i as required, ? 'i he aoafiaais ooallai ami eabl ? i itions on tii'- i? i its to South Am tri and Ina African colonies arc the I'ortugoss Canan lalaada the Poi liigovo CafMI VOldS Islands, lh< Portugese Islands In the bights o Wi st Ail loa? Dritlbh St. Helena, ami iho Drltlali Waal indies, protect;' the route to Pa nun-a and goUth I America. It i< noted that tin- oe. mends outlined in tins respect qovci almost oaotnalvoly territories whlol have npver been under German con Irol, and Which, In order to met ' this program, must spall changes o sovereignty on a vary Ihrgi scale Hut. as phi Ins Mis program, "tha gros needs ol Clor many and her allies re ! ? lira the possession ofs groat eolonla einpire, and it moans the not i>em hindered by puaihanhnous ?oruptoi t! > more 1 bacauae n favorable op < portunlty Will DOt recur, for many it j Ions; day." r i liti: n i:si> w. _ - Weflaamc <?r Mr. n, c. Tneker a Totui lansh The reeldanes of Mr. 11. c. Tuehai j on Corbet! at root was burned Tuesday I ..I.oni noon Ti e hou ? nod pr;ct' ( il'y all the furniture and houst ho! rftevtf W< re destroyed. Whe.i til Ars was dlaoorored almost ths ?oit't root wris ablaxe und there was not .? 10 remove the contents Tha tue department rcaponded when th? alarm was atni in. but arrived an thi aeons too iat?' to save anything but ? p tl of the lower floor. The \ox Was only partially fovered l.y InsUr nnce. lied CroHs Itooth. Theie will he a booth of fancy arc to he Mold for the benefit of the lie' Croaa at tic county Fair sir ii l Tladali )ms Kindly d - nataxl Iba Mp.ice and the booth will bs In aharga al if las Mary Wilson honatlons of fancy work will ha i>' reived ?I inad<piarteis or if notified Mis i Wilson will he Klad to call fo them. The bis da ol Ihs Rumter < fount inir win i?e Thursday, when tin- pa rade and trnd?s dlaplay win l>e hoi: Th" orlffinal plan provided for two p ii i.o-m. Uut it has now bOOO daoldctl 10 com hi ae all efforts to nmae tii parade the i"<?!t rapreaentatlve and lit If Iva SV#I I held lii Sumter Tnlr!" sari have already been pledgod and fltty ura expected. Ten Thousand Boys lullstcd lift Southwestern MilUai \ Department.i Ten thousand bays between the! R)fftl of 10 and 11 years are being en-! listed in the Southeastern military utpartment to help the Y. If. C, A. su\r the Tidtcil States soldiers and sail.as through It! war work. The! goal In thai each hoy siiottld earn $ 1 a. This will mal;?- $100,000 to he con? tributed hy the boys of the s-ven Slates of Alabama, Ceorgia, Florida, Mississippi. North and South Carolina nnd Florida, it Is all part of a luud at one million dollar., to be raised in the entire country, and this million will be part of the fund of $35,000,00!? which la to be obtained during War Y\ ork Week, November 11 to 10. In all the previous wars in tho history ft the L'nitOd Stales the boys from IS to -'1 have formed the bulk of the armies. In this war. so fur, the government Is saving the boys by ? tilling only men over 2) into In lilt nr.) service, though many Inda between is and J1 have volunteered and are in the ranks. But those from IS to 1^ are mil carrying t itles, handling t >r hi do i oats. Hying airplanes or loading . eid guns. They an- just as patriotic, in vii tln le :., 04 the boys of Other gon eiatlOng. They have as much fervor .irrd aa natch energy burning within (hen) to serve their country as rtny P0ys anywhere ever had. So this channel has been provided through which 'they may give vent to their patriotism. The ' apportion? ments WblOh have been made among the States in the department are: (deotgtn. $16,006; North Carolina. $U,,e<?n; Tennessee. $l6,'O00; South Carolins?, 110,000; Alabama, $10,000; Florida, llp.odf'Mlaaiaalppi, $.".,000. .Most of the boys who will get in on Ibis Campaign Will be the fellows in the high schools. Will L. Chandler of Nashville, Tenn.. International Y. H, C. A. Hoys' Work Secretary for the; department, is heading up the campaign. Ho baa atate campalg? leaders assisting him. Tin so boys uro to earn this mon ey. It is not to be given to them. They art t? W?Th for it at regular (vagaa tor Ijoya of their ago. Musi' lii'v.s men are to be interested in th *:?? undertaking and will be encouraged to give thejn employment during '.lieh Cpare time after school gild : atutdn\.). but will pay them only What the;, earn and what It would bo .??<?.? airy to pay any one else to do ? he name work. 'I le re are all kinds of things the hoys, eon do. Country boys will husk 1 orn, hcii pigs, do qhorea or clean up back io.'s. City noys will aeruh flOOrO ; wash windows, clean yards, do paint* 1 ng and go on. some boya will gave ? nt Of their pocket money by cutting' out aodna ^um and Coca-Cola, oth era will pass up a new sud of elothesl 11 onier to bo able te help, it is : > he q aaerlticlal. patriotic aorvlce nn?? ?very nu am; of an honeat nature to' ?'??ure the money win he approved. 1 Hoys In man; eitle?; have alrea |y started to earn thla money In De? troit the other day twonty-aevcn of them applied for Saturday jobs at >n? of the big motor COmpanlca The;, ?tood in line in tho morning with I i.e.1 lunchoa wrapped in newspapei under their arms waiting to be hired They Spent the day washing win InWBf aa'oepini floors, carrying plank ?mi performing a great many other llfDeult and heavy tasks. At the end ? f the day they had earned a total Of 1114.30, or half of the $270 which I hoy bad agrood to earn, almoot And! the same thing i; being done by othara They are doing it to heln win the war by supporting the Y. M, C, A. Red Triangle War Work, which has pg |ta sole goal, keeping the fight? ing Ton es fit. STOP (OA i. COM TSC Ali ON. i'ltcl Administration Denounces Ac Ihm of Ohio Mayors. Washington. Nov. \.- The whole sale contiseation of coal by Ohio may ors and ?it> official! wni denounced today by the fuel administration which is considering taking Im mi diate action unless the practice la dU continued, Invoatlgt 'ors have re ported that In some places the rail 10 ul tracks were torn up to prevent whole train loads of coal being move . FOOD PLEDGE CAaJPAff-N. HeportM KhOW That Mere Than Elgl Million Have Signed. Washington. Nov. 7. The < it:ii million mark has been pa ;.??.?? d on ih un board of the family enrollment ?nmpnlgn In tha Waahlngton h-ad Itiurtera of I he food adinlnlatratloi Phe Indications tue that half the pmi ile of 1 be country have agreed t?? sup tori the plans for food eonaervntloi WAit /.oni: DKPINKT), 'eil, t a do ma lasuea Order ?s to Military Operatloua, Italian Army Keadcjuartera, Nov. 7. 1 I'm Cadorng has issued ordora in ludlng the zone of military Opera? Ions all the territory north and east f the To and Miniclo rivers. Rat! and Mice Destroy Millions of Dollars Worth ol Food and CBrT* f>lsra?e. J HlLtfl and mica nra among ttl'J WOrtft animal posts in the world, ac Icording to biologists of the United Stales Department Of Agriculture. I From their home among II 1th they j visit dwellings and storerooms to pollute and destroy human food. I j The rat carries huhonic plague and ?many other diseases fatal to man ami ! has no doul.t been responsible for ? more untimely deaths among human beings than all wars of history. in the dieted Stales rats and mice ?lesttoy each year in home, in fac? tories^ stores and warehouses, in ears and on ships, crops, poultry, and oth? er property valued at more than $200,000^000?an amount equivalent lo the gross earnings of an army of -'00.000 men, j Grain, eaten and wasted by rats land mice on many farms, would pay [all the farmer's taxes, j Hats and mice bleed from 0 to 10 times a year producing their destruc? tive kind at an alarming rate. They are parasites without a sing , redeeming characteristic. How States, Communities ami Indi? viduals can Help I llminatc ltats and Mice?Meusures Suggested by ItiolujpHts of L'. S. Department of AuricuUuro., By requiring that all new building I j wharves, and other structures be ra' jproof; that existing buildings of rat i proof construction be further pro ] tected by having bax/sment windows and drains covered with s.-reejjs, grat? ings, etc. and that -existing buildings ; ihat are not rot proof be made so by remodelling, By constructing sewers and drains so that they wi^l not provide entrance and retreat for rats. By Insisting on greater cleanliness ?about markets, stores, and generally throughout cities* villages, and tha country districts, Hy threshing and marketing grain early so that stacks will not furnish harboring places and food for rats. I y removing piles of straw, trash 'and lumber which harbor rats in j fields and vacant lots. \ \ protecting the hawks-, owls, {und other natural enemies of ra' i Which are not so destructive to poul? try as rot.-, themselves, \ f.y keeping well-trained rat do-v. on farms and about city warehouses I By keeping provisions which rats [and mice will attack, in rat proof and mouse proof containers. Dy destroying rats and mice sys tematlcatfy by poisoning, trappln .. and by organised systematic hunts, j By arousing public opinion to tha realisation of the Importance of ex terminating rats and mice. W \NT.\Gr: OP WAD. Paris, Oct, SI?[Correspondence the Associated Press) ? Discussion i ! extravagance and wastage In war ex? penditures, during the recent debfli on tfte appropriations for the fourt quarter of this year in the Cham he* of Deputies developed the fact tha. France is paying the equivalent el $100,000,000 a year for gasoline. Th - up-keep of cars placed at the dis? position of the military authorities outside the war zone amounted tc about $f>00,000 a month during the year 19 ltl. Bmmanuel Brouase, who r< some llmCS culled the "watch-dog of th< neasury" remarked that part of thi? waste was duo to the fact that motoi lorries intended to carry loads of from three to live tons were used to transport single cases Weighing no more than a hundred pounds. Another speaker declared that dis? carded ut&llions belonging to tin Stale Were sold by the Agricultural Department at the equivalent of $7* Id private Individuals who sub::-; quently sold them to the war depart? ment for the equivalent of $300. u also \\u i asserted ihst in purch? asing 4*0,000 horses In America th< government kst a?out 55,500,000, it was claimed that these horses were bought in the United States at to *sr? o head and cost $140 to $11;>? when the freight and feeding were . aid. but that the French government i ti l $300 each Cor them. / Another deputy pointed out haw some of the measures adopted with i \ >w to economising food product* bed involved extravagance. The -to i ointment of millers In ea< h depart mint lo supervise the distribution <> the cereals allotted by the govern ? rpt, with .i uompcnsatlon of fo-i ?; nt?t a hundred weight for lhe!r s?i Ices, it was calculated, would cos . com $40,000 to neat l\ I 100,000 i . ?.o'n department, und there ar Ighty-sevcn departments In Prance . hlJH a simple service of BUpervkdOli : .1 the plnn been carried out, wou!< rave made eighty-odd fortunes for ti nany millers. In spite of these isolated cases of lerslsteni waate, II was declared mi he other hand th.it the government ias in most departments connected vitb the war effort realised economies Unnlng into hundreds of millions of rancs a year. '?fiKKMAN WAR PRACTICES." Pamphlet to He Issuei be commit tee on Public Information Will Give Letters Prom Prussians to Anibjisatlor Gerard Detailing ftor OI*S Of Alurdcr in War. Washington, Nov. 5.?Tho fact that German soldiers themselves appealed to Ambasador Gerard, us "the repre? sentative of a Christian state" to protect againat atrocltits and butch' cries in which their commanders forced them to participate, will he disclosed in a forthcoming issue of . pamphlet by ihe committee of pub? lic information entitled "German War Practices." OnS German soldier, conscience ? stricken with the massacre of P.us |sian prisoners, Implored the Ameri? can ambassador to protest and signed his letter "A German Soldier and Christian. Another, who through the ambassa? dor, addressed his appeal to the j American government against the j butchery of prisoners and signed h:3. letter "A soldier and man who is no i barbarian." vThis was the protest of a German soldier, an eye witness of ! the slaughter of Uussian soldiers in jibe Mazuriun lakes and swamps: j "it was frightful, heart)-ending, as the mas.?es of human beings were driven to destruction. Above the tcr jvlbie thunder of the cannon eou'd be heard the hartrendlng cries ol the ? H\ s dans: " ?<? Prussians.' But there was i;<i answer, Our captain had ordered: " 'The whole lot must die. So rapid fire.' As I have heard, five men and one officer on our side went mad from : those heartrending cries. But most of my comrades and the office re joked as the unarmed and helpless llus sians shrieked tor mercy while they were being suffocated in the swamps and shot down. The order was. 'Close up and at it harder.' "For days afterward those heart* I rending yells followed me ami l can not think of them or 1 shall go mad ! There Is no God. There is no morality ! and no ethics any mur\ There arc nc human beings nny more. But o.Py hearts. Down with militarism. "There was the experience of a i , Prussian soldier. At present wound* ed. Berlin, October 22, 1914. } "If you are a truth loving man please receive thfse lines from a com i . ion Prussian soldier." This Was the testimony of anothei German soldier on the Fastern front "Bussinn Poland. December 19( 1 ?* 11. "In the name of Christianity 1 send you these words. "My conscience forces me .?3 4 Christian German soldier to infor you of these lines. "Wounded Russians are killed wit! I the bayonet according to orders. "And Russians who have surrend* ercd are often shot down in mas^ei according to orderst in spite of the!I heai trending cries. "In the hope Abut you, as the rep reeentatlve of a Chrltslan state will proieat against this, i sign myself, "A Germad Soldier and Christian. "I would give my name and regi? ment but these words could get me courtt.marttaled for divulging mihtaiy secrets." This letter from a soldier on the Western front: "To the American government. Washington, U. S. A. "English who have surrendered are shot down in small groups. With the French one is more considerate. 1 as!< whether men let themselves be taken prisoner In order to be disarmed and shot down afterwards? Is that chival? ry in battle? It is no longer a secret among the people; one hears every? where that few prisoners are taken: they are shot down in small groups, j They say naively: We don't want any unnecessary mouths to feed. Where there is no mm t<> enter complaint there is no Judge, [a there then no power in the world wh oh can put an end to these murders and rescue the victims? Where is Christianity? Where is right? Might is right. "A Boldler and Man Who is No Bar? barian." TROUBLE IN RUSSIA. Soldiers and Workmen's Delegates to He Prosecuted. Petrograd, Nov. 7.?The govern ment has deelded not to resort to armed force against the militar\ committees of the soldiers* and work? men's delegates, but has ordered tin ministry of justice to proaeoate mem hers of the committee. The military will take the necess.tr> measures |r< the event of a revolt. CAMP JACKSON REVIEW, Seventeen Thousand Troops in I.im Today. Columbia, Nov. 7 - The Nation ii Army troops at Camp Jackaon, com? prising the Eighty-first division, wert reviewed for the first time today by Maim General Charles J. Bade;, iommonder of the camp, it is esti nated that seventeen thousand wen n line The governors of Ninth :to 1 South Carolina witnessed the review Saves Bator's Bills leitn! of calomel snd other siolont pursra* Uvco. which are dan*cim* T well a* n?u*e.tin?. it ItbetlertouteareUtulenxdicioelike granger Livar Regulator Under data of Oct. 27.1916. J.W. Clark, Lafayette. Ala., B. F D. No. 4. writes: "1 baye been usfoe Grange r Liver Rerulatee in my family for yean and f ind ft to be a fine family remedy which hat saved numerous doctor*! bw'a. I always ke*s it in rty hoass and would not be With? out it." j ^ ^ *" e-i st a, 2Sc# bos Refuse all sub&ti. tuttes. Granger Medicine C x, Chattanooga, Teno TO FIX BREAD PRICKS. President Wilson Will Place ull Bakeis Under [id nsc System. Washington, Si v. 7.?Direct action to control the pi oe of bread and lix the size of a standard loaf is to bo taken soon by P. *sidont Wilson in a proclamation plac ng all bakers under 1 a license system to be administered by food administrator Hoover. A considerable reduction in prices in 'many localities is expected to be the immediate result. Those <. aarantccs. ' (By E. B. Harri man of The Vigil aues.) The Pro-Germ; n pacifist Gronna, C4 r.st br.tious-obj? ct.or-Works, peaee , :.i-any-priee LaF( llette. feel-sorry-for j the devil crowd of imitation Amer? icans are howling for this- govern? ment to accent itatoinonta omanat I ing from the 1*<? sdam palace. They ; think we Should work for hohaO right now and Ulk? tho word of the Kaiser that he w in'l do it again. Jdat suppose for an instant that this Crowd held claims against the gJMOti of a hgnk which lind failed fraudulently. i uppose the bank men were put o i trial in the court and it was provt ! beyond all possible doubt that the had sequestered] funds, bad missp nt oilier funds, that they had accepte- deposits on the evo of failure, when they knew that the bank doors would never open on tho OtorroWt Would they then ask tho court 0 dismiss the ease against tho IOtKetnlS upon tht presentation to tho defrauded of promissory notes by tho accused ? Or suppose that this gang of semi traitorous, altogether foolish and deluded ahusers of privilege, should take redhanded some brutal wretch who had amused himself by^cjiritjjtff off the breasts o, their mothers. Sup? pose this devil |Vi human form plead! to the coui^ tha Iiis act was one of neceefrity and that be had acted as <drcurnatancea co nnelled. Would they petition the court to free the felloe end allow him ^o retain the knife with Which he had committed tho acta? Would th?*y if they knew ho would remain a <dose neighbor? i charge that the pacifism of L/i? Follette and Woi ks and C.ronna and a host of others is based on the premise that they feel safe from any personal attacks; hat if they had rea? son to expect that this enemy whom they aid would to> eh them they would be Che loudest how lersN for police pro? tection, i. e. navy and army. Peermse Belgium and Poland and I'ranee and Serbia are far away, be cattae they have neither kin nor friends there. I ause the war has not touched the. personally, they decry all attempt on the part of our country to subdue the evil force rs> nponaible for outragco such as tho world never knew before. This gang, and gang is the only fit term for them unless I call them a pack, bears- such a close resemblance to the ancient < rowd which "held the garments of them which slew Stephen, consent Ing unto his death" that it is Impoaolble to separate them morally. The law says that the man who watches a murder without at? tempting to stop it, is particeps eriminis, he is an accessory to the murder. This bunch of moral polype) that rant in com ess and the senate. In private halls and public parks, on the streets, in the cars, everywhere that noxious insects may and do pc : rate, are Willing to watch mur i'er nnd rape and arson and tot tare just as long as they can sit safe and use an opera glas? What are we going to do about it? What can we do i bout it? Talk about the lampposts for Ger? man spies and Co man reservists who might start something in this coun? try! < nir own men. our elected mem? bers of the greatest legislative body in the land, Who attack from behind the bulwark of pr fliege, are as mm h nastier traitors as the limit ol* lan fUage allowable in public print. A lamppost Is too much dignity for luch. Benedict Arnold? Why Ben* lie! was a whole-souled patriot be ilde sm b. Get the tonga, somebody, iml parry thai n. ss out to the gar Slge can in the alley. Cover it tip v ?*11 or the neighttora will charge us vith committing a nuisance.