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VOLUME XX.
FRENCH IND BRITISH
OFFICERS TO TEACH
TRENCH SYSTEM HERE
Represenatives of Leading En
tente Powers Are Expected
to Reach Camp Gordon
Within. Week
BY WARD MOREHOUSE
ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREAU.
Camp Gordon. Oct. S —|Ten French and
British officers will be at Camp Gordon
within a week from today vo teach
trench warfare to the officers and men
of the Eighty-second division.
This was announced Monday morning
at division headquarters, where notifi
cation has been received from Washing
ton that the officers have been assigned
to Camp Gordon, for how long, the com
munication does not state, but it is as
sumed for the complete period of train
ing of the men now in vamp
The French and British officers will
be given spacious quarters in a two
story building near division headquar
ters. where they will be in close touch
with the division commander and his
staff.
The ten veterans will be the first for
eign officers to be assigned to the camp.
' Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. where the second
officers’ training camp is located, now
has several French officers as instruc
tors. but neither the reserve officers at
Camp Gordon nor the selectmen under
them have had. heretofore, the benefit
of the practical knowledge of modern
warfare, as the game is played in Eu
rope today, which the Frenchmen and
the Britishers will give them.
It is expected that with the arrival
of the French had British officers, prep
arations will be begun for staging mimic
warfare in DeKalb county in a series of
trenches that will be dug and occupied
by the men for long intervals at a time,
with all movements based on the as
sumption that actual warfare is in
progress.
>25 SELECTMEN DISCHARGED.
Eight hundred and twenty-five select—
mtn have been discharged from
military service after reporting
to this cantonment. according to
an announcement made at the
division headquar'ers this morning.
«»f this number were found physi
cally disqualified for service, while
twenty-fire were discharged on account
of being exempted from service by vari
ous district boards after reporting at
the camp.
The physical examination of the se
lectmen arriving in the second contin
gent was completed Saturday. Examina
tion of the men coming in the third con
tingent will begin Tuesday.
It was also announced today that
there are now 2b.999 selectmen In the
•amp They include 2.788 negroes who
have arrived since October 3
The first hike in which the negro ee
lecimen have taken part occurred this
morning. -Fully 18.000 men went on a
three-hour march with Malor General
Eben' Swift, camp commander. On the
> eturn the selectmen were reviewed by
General Swift, who took up a position
at Jackson avenue and Candler road
Fach man, including the negroes, saluted
'lhey passed the commander and to
each of the negro organisations General
Swift and Brigadier General James B.
Erwin spoke a word of encouragement
at they marched by.
Practically all of the and
about 10 per cent of the negroes were
in Uniform Members of the division
headquarters troop carried the Enileld
rifles recently handed out to them. This
was the first time rifles have been car
ried by any organisation on a hike.
Following in the wake of the hikers
eame two ambulances which gathered
up the men who collapsed during the
long mara*> There were only a few,
however tnat found the pace too much
for them. •
Members of the Liberty bond commit
tee. will visit the camp this afternoon
.ano speak before the various organiza
tions. These speakers will explain how
the soldiers can give further aid tn
winning the war with Germany by sub
scribing to the second Liberty Loan.
Cotton Rises 85 Points
To 27 Cents, Breaking
Previous High Record
The season’s record and the high
est level since the Civil war were
& xrpassed Monday when cotton on
• the Atlanta market took another
lump upward. An increase of 85
'points placed the staple at 27 cents
The previous high price was 26.75
cents, attained on June 27 last.
The advance on the Atlanta mar
ket was caused by a jump of 85 a
hale in New York. Predicted frosts
In the south is said to have caused
Tt is feared that the frosts
might be followed by a sharp scal
ing down of the crop estimate c
tober contracts on the New York
market reached a new high level.
New York spots were 59 points
up at 27.50 cents.
New Orleans spots were 87 points
up at 20-50 cents
NOTICE!
To Our Alabama ,
Subscribers
Wc wish to warn our Ala
bama patrons not to .give
vour subscriptions to W. L. »
Lee. This man was once
our agent, but we have dis
charged him and will not
be responsible for any more
subscriptions given to him
He has collected for a goo-i
many subscriptions thi*
summer, but has never sent
them to us.
The Semi-Weekly Journal
Atlanta, Ga.
•
Full Associated Press Service
SMASHING OF U-BOAT
BASES BY THE BRITISH
IS FORECAST BY BAKER
War Secretary Predicts Suc
cess for Drive Along Belgian
Coast If Good Weather Keeps
.Up for Little While
WASHINGTON. Oct. B—Germany’s
U-boat bases along the Belgian coast
will be throttled if good weather holds
out on the Flanders front.
That epitomizes today Secretary of
War Baker's official war prediction bas
ed on confidential reports to the war
college.
Germany massing her troops most
heavily to resist the British drive, be
gins to see the handwriting on the wall,
declares the report. But. the allies even
stronger in men and having the prepon
derance in air craft and shells are push
ing steadily, surely and irresistibly
through to the railroad feeders of the
V-boat bases.
All now needed to smotner these sub
marine nests, in the opinion of the sec
retary and his military expert aide, is
continuance of open weather. In fact,
winter sets in early on the grim west
line. Rains are due soon and when they
come, the brilliant, dogged smashing
must cease But before that time, the
British expect to continue their suc
cess and perhaps develop something
truly decisive.
The rail feders are now within range
of the pounding British artillery.
The slacking of U-boat operations may
be in part accounted for by the British
successes and their menace to the bases,
though experts warn that Germany may
be temporarily' low on torpedoes and
that she is merely replenishing for a
new sea drive along the American sup
ply lanes.
A few lines from Baker’s weekly war
summary, painting a hopeful color in the
war situation, are:
"The defeats inflicted upon the Ger
mans during the past fortnight are con
clusive indications of allied superiority.
The full success of these operations
means that the Belgian coast with its
numerous submarine bases will become
untenable to the enemy. Zeebrugge, Os
tend and the system of canals leading
out of Bruges are threatened. If time
permits and the combat remains open
with the weather continuing favorable
for reconnaissance and careful aircraft
observation the allied victories of the
past two weeks will in all probability be
repeated and extended.’’ . -■ _
PROBERS IN LI FOLLETTE
BSE MEET THURSDW
Senate Committee Awaits Fur
ther Information From
Senator and Bryan
WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—Beginning ’
investigation today of the speech of j
Senator LaFollette before the Non-Par- :
tisan league at St. Paul, the senate
committee in charge of the inquiry map
i ped out preliminary procedure and then
adjourned until Thursday to await fur- ■
their information from LaFollette and
also from former secretary Bryan.
No public hearings will be held for the
present. Chairman Pomerene announced,
and the committee believes it possible
(hat the investigation will be concluded
within a few days, possibly without any
testimony.
Senator LtFollette today changed his
plan to issue a public statement regard
ing his declaration in the St. Paul
speech that Mr. Bryan told President I
Wilson of ammunition aboard the Lus- i
itanla when the vessel sailed from New
York on her last voyage. His statement
probably will be made to the committee. :
No other statements in Senator LaFol- ;
lette's speech are being investigated at |
I this time. Chairman Pomerene said.
Bryan has denied the statement.
The subcomittee’s makeup caused con- I
siderable comment today. Senators
Pomerene. Walsh and James are Demo-
I crats. while the two Republican mem
bers —Fall and Dillingham—are ultra
conservatives. The makeup is consider
-led very unfavorable to La Follette.
While the committee is threshing out the
La Follette charges and the Newlands
committee resumes Its railroad investi
gation nexl month, scores of congress
men will stump their districts for the
| second Liberty loan and to arouse war
> spirit. Reports on both investigations
I are expected at the session opening in]
December. Many senators will join in
the loan campaign and also discuss war,
aims. Two cabinet members. Secretaries
McAdoo and Lane, are now on speaking
tours in the west.
Sailors From Raider
Seeadler Are Captured
Near the Fiji Islands
MELBOURNE. Oct. B.—A boat load of
German sailors, members of the crew of
the Seeadler, were captured in the vi
cinity of the Fija islands, according to
a report receivea here today.
A steamer which was approaching Wa-I
kaya island was said to have sighted a
suspicious looking armed launch. The
steamer bore down upon the tiny vessel
and signalled It to surrender. The Ger- I
mans did so. They were surprised and
overcome with anger when they discov- |
ered their captor was entirely unarmed
Watermelon King Dead
RICHMOND. Va.. Oct. B.—Judge 1
Charles Catlett. Confederate veteran,
who Was known as the "watermelon;
king” of Virginia, died last night in his .
home ’Tlmberneck," Gloucester county. ;
after an illness of two weeks. Judge ■
Catlett is reported to have cultivated I
watermelons that weighed as much as I
125 pound* each.
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GEORSIMS OPPOSED
. TO FIXED SEED PRICE
Charles H. Bartlett, Hoover
Representative, in Confer
ence Tuesday Afternoon
The question of government regula-
I tion of the price of cotton seed was dis
j cussed Monday, when Charles H. Bart
lett, personal representative of Federal
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover,
called on Commissioner of Agriculture
J. J. Brown.
| Mr. Bartlett and also Commissioner
Brown and State Market Bureau Direc
l tor Jackson are opposed to % any
fixing of price, provided speculation can
be eliminated in any other way.
Commissioner Brown stated that at
present he sees no reason why prices
should be regulated and that be reiter
ates the opinion, voiced at the food con
ference in Macon, that any law of sup
ply and demand should control.
At present cotton seed are selling at
l $77 a ton against an average normal
j price of about S9O.
To discuss this question a number of
men interested particularly in this com-
I modity will meet Mr. Bartlett Tuesday
afternoon in the office of Commissioner
I Brown.
Mr. Bartlett is the guest while in At
lanta of Judge S. Price Gilbert.
The hog raising industry is one in
which southern farmers have a gold
mine, according to Mr. Bartlett. Profits
of 300 to 400 per cent are inevitable for
hog raisers, he declares, in the face of
vast world shortage of meat fats.
"There is a world famine of food ani
mals,” said Mr. Bartlett. "Hog raising
may go a long way toward winning the
war Meat fats are absolutely neces
j sary and the German* now are dowji
;to one-half a ration. Even if the war
should end today it would be five years
before there would be enough food ani
mals in America."
Commissioner Brown
Interesting Himself in
Exemption of Farmers
Commissioner of Agriculture J. J.
Brown will go to Washington next
week in the hope of securing permanent
exemption from military duty of men
whose presence on farms is essential
to their operation.
Mr. Brown is apprehensive lest the ex
piration of temporary exemptions, grant
ed to men for the gathering of this
year's crops, may seriously affect the
planting of next year’s crops. Quite a
number of cases have been called to his
attention, stated of the calling of
men without whom their farms could
not be operated
Major Joel B. Mallet, of the adjutant
general's office, when asked about the
standing of farmers, stated that district
boards have the authority to exempt
men who are vital to the farming in
dustry and that several men, particu
larly in the Savannah district, have
been so exempted.
Exemptions until December 1, Major
Mallet pointed out. amount practically
to permanent discharges since by that
time the first army will have been filled
and men will not be summoned until tne
call for the second is made.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917.
RESPONSE TO BOND
SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT
YET HEAVY ENOUGH
Committee Meets at Noon to
Perfect Further Details of
the Liberty Loan Campaign.
Banks Display Posters
While numerous subscriptions for
small amounts of bonds of the second
Liberty Loan issue were coming into the
office of W. C. Wardlaw, chairman of
the executive committee, members of
the publicity committee, headed by St.
Elmo Massengale, at noon Monday were
meeting on the fourth floor of the Hurt
building to devise means to give more
impetus to the drive which is expected
to result in the sale of the maximum
$135,000,000 bond allotment to Atlanta
and the Sixth federal reserve district.
Although steady progress has been
made in getting the nature and the need
of the loan before the public, it has not
been as rapid as the members of the
various committees had expected, be
cause of the delay in Washington in
getting adequate advertising matter to
the committees hbre.
Chairman Wardlaw announced Mon
day, however, that all advertising mat
ter is now either here or on the way,
and that his men are now ready "to jump
straight into the thickest of the fight
ing.”
Every bank in Atlanta and the dis
trict is giving the movement for the
sale of the bonds its active support and
Chairman Wardlaw stated that within
the next few days he would be able to
announce to the public concrete results
of the work already done.
Interest in the loan is reported in
the rural sections, where it is believed
that within the next week or so the sales
to the farmers alone will run up into
several millions of dollars. Every ef
fort is being made to make farmers
see that a subscription for Liberty Loan
bonds is a loan of their prouucts to
the government and with which pro
ducts as well as with men that the
United States expects to win the war.
Much of the loan, the farmers will be
shown, wi) be spent almost directly at
the sources from which it is to be ob
tained and that the farmers are certain
of getting their outlay returned to them
by purchases intended for the army.
Selective Service Law
Test Case Is Advanced
By U. S. Supreme Court
Washington. Oct. s.— to permit
an earlx decision, the supreme court to
day advanced appeals from Minnesota,
Ohio and New York involving the con
stitutionality of the selective service
law and fixed December 10 ajs the date
for hearing arguments.
This action was taken on the motion
of the government which asked that
seven suits involving the question be
joined and arguments heard at the same
time. Had the suits followed their nor
mal course, they would not have been
called for argument for about 18 months.
Among them are those J>f Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman, sentenced
to serve two years imprisonment and
pay a fine of SIO,OOO for urging men of
army age not to register.
KEET KIDNAPING EASE
DEFENDANTS OH TRIAL
Carter, Piersol and Adams
Are Charged With Abduc
tion of Child
MARSHFIELD, Mo.. Oct, B—Dick
Carter. Claude Piersol and Cletus Adams
were placed on trial here today charged
with the kidnaping and murder of four
teen-months’-old Lloyd Keet, son of P.
Jlolland keet, whose body was found in
i an abandoned well on June 9. ten days
after the child had been stolen from Ebe
: home of its parents at Springfield.
Mrs. Taylor Adams, her husband, her
i son. Maxie, and Sam Maginis. who the
authorities charge are imnlicated in a plot
to abduct Clement, wealthy
jewtler of Springfield, »rt tne same time
tbe Keet baby was stolen, will also be
placed on trial.
Special deputies have been sworn in
to assist the court officials in prevent
ing anticipated disturbances during the
trials.
The Keet baby was stolen from its
home in Springfield on the night of May
30, while the parents were attending a
dance. A maid, a servant and a four
year-old boy were in the house when the
abductors gained entrance through an
open window in the nursery. The child
was not missed until shortly after mid
night when the parents returned from
the dance.
The following day Keet received an
anonymous note instructing him to bring
$6,000 to a secluded spot near Spring
field that night on a promise of the re
turn o? the child.
| Concealing his plans from the police,
Keet did as directed, but the abductors
(failed to appear.
I A second note was received on June
;1. Keet's friends had been too solicitous
I in following him on the night of May 31,
the note explained, adding that if he
would bring several thousand dollars
additional as a penalty for the action of
his friends the baby would be returned
the following night, but the abductors
again failed to appear.
A few days later all of the accused
with the exception of Dick Carter were
arrested.
On June. 9 the body of the; child was
(found in an abandoned well on a farm
eight njiies southwest of Springfield.
Fearing for the safety of his prisoners,
Sheriff Webb spirited them out of town
before announcing that the child’s body
had been found.
■ On learning the prisoners were taken
from the town, a posse gave chase, over
'l taking the officials and the accused
hortlj before midnight near Stockton.
The posse demanded the prisoners. After
exacting a promise from the posse that
the lives of the suspects would be
I spared. Sheriff Webb surrendered them.
Piersol wr’s questioned by members of
I the posse, but refused to make a state
ment. A rope was tied about* his neck
and even though his body was repeatedly
swung from the ground, he refused to
talk. All of the accused were then re
turned to the officials. At the prelimi
nary trial in August Carter. Piersol and
Cletus Adams were denied ball after Dr.
Harvey Fullbright testified the baby had
died either from drugs or suffocation be
fore being thrown in the well.
The cases ordinarily would have been
tried before’ Judge Johnson, but because
of his activity in .the search for the
child, he was disqualified.
STATEMENT OF WAR
AIMS MAY BE FORCED
ON GM LEK
Internal Cndition’s and British
Drive Will Compel Renewal
•of Discussion in Reichstag
This Week, Probably Monday
NEW YORK, Oct. B.—External pres
sure to force the German government
I to set forth its war aims clearly hav-
I ing failed on the surface, internal con
ditions within the empire threaten to
compel the issuance of a full statement
l of Germany's aims. What the German
leaders want, if they are successful, will
: be discussed in the relchstag this week,
probably today.
The imperial chancellor, Dr. Michaelis,
is finding his way as difficult as it
was for his predecesor, von Bethmann
; Hollweg, and he must now face the crit
ics of the government in the Reichstag
♦ Whether, as has been charged, the bu
reaucracy and the army have been fur
thering the pan-German scheme of an
nexation and indemnities, is expected
to be brought out in the Reichstag de
bate.
Dr. Michaelis SaturCay sent Minister
of the Interior Heiferrich before the
Reichstag to make a statement on his
behalf. Hellferjch failed to mollify rhe
I critical members of the Reichstag and
I the sitting was adjourned until today
after the vice chancellor’s speech had
I been interrupted. Gen. von Stein, the war
minister, was jeered when he attempted
to explain the army’s side of the accu
sation that the high command was us
ing very strong methods to help the pan
: German agitation.
i Former Chancellor von Bethmann-Hol
wegg before his resignalion, had a test
of strength with Admiral von Tirpltz,
the reputed organizer of ruthless sub
marine warfare, and the chancellor won.
The admiral since has been busy and
the new fatherland party, of which he
is one of the sponsors, according to re
cent reports, has been very ac|lve In op
posing the Reichstag mapority declara
tion for peace without annexations or
indemnities.
It has now come to a test between the
followers of von T’rpitx and the pan-
Germans on one side and the majority of
the relchstag on the other. Recent re
ports have shown that the feeling be
tween the pan-Germans and the reich
stag majority has been becoming more
intense, some Socialist members of the
reichstag having gone so far as to
charge that the agitation of the pan-
Germans is dividing the German people
in two camps on the question of tne
aims of the war.
, Discussion of War Aims
Renewed by Haig’s Blows
LONDON, Oct. B.—London saw in Ber
lin reports of a discussion of Germa
ny’s war aims to be.held in the relch
stag today another echo of Field Mar
shal Haig’s great guns blasting their
way lo victory on the western front.
The Berlin reports, coming byway of
Amsterdam, indicated the government
had been compelled to this step of de
bating war aims by growing boldness
of the Socialists and radicals in the
German parliamentary body. At the
opening of the fall sess ; on of the reich
stag. September 27, Chancellor Michaelis
flatly rejected all pleas to announce
Germany’s alms, insisting the time was
not ripe.
Immediately after this curt defiance
of the liberal strength came Field Mar
shal Haig's smashing victory on the
western front and the development in
Germany of an ultra-conservative party
of pan-Germans. under von Tirpitz,
apostle of .frightfulness and of unyield
ing militarism.'
As observers here traced the situa
tion, these two developments—indicat
ing waning strength of the militarists
in the field while they were seeking
to assume even greater governmental
powers—emboldened the liberals to act.
Germany has permitted only the most
meager outline of reichstag proceed
ings to pass her censorship during the
last week. The provincial newspapers
of yesterday, however, said Dr. Helff
erich, vice chancellor, had announced
Michaelis would probably appear for a
general debate on war aims today.
Says Germany Cannot
Force Peace on America
AMSTERDAM, Oct. B.—George Go-
thien, progressive member of the reich
stag, is quoted, in a Berlin dispatch as
having said at a meeting of the central
committee of his party that although the
miltiary situation was satisfactory there
was no hope of crushing Germany's en
emies on land. As for the submarine
campaign seven million tons of shipping
had been sunk, he asserted, but no dis
position toward peace on the part of
I England was discernible. A rationing
| system for foodstuffs had not been even
introduced, and no one was able to say
when the U-boat would make England
more inclined for peace.
"Americh cannot be forced to make
! peace,” Herr Gothien continued. “We
I cannot force America to pay a war in
i demnity. There remains only England.
| But should we. in order to obtain an in
demnity of 10.000.000.000 marks, sacri
fice 50.000,000,000 and another half
million men?”
Germany’s allies. Herr Gothien contin
ued. were not inclined to continue the
war for pan-German plans of conquest
but were striving for peace by under
standing and conciliation while the pan-
German clamor for ahnexations was
finding a bad reception among them. He
asserted that the long working hour and
insufficient feeding at home increased
the desire for peace among the work-
I ers and that strikes might be expected
' if the war should be continued for aims
of conquest.
German newspapers which support the
reichstag majority severely censure Dr.
Helfferich. the vice chancellor and min
ister of the interior, for his incapacity
to respond to the feelings of the relch
stag and expect decisive happenings on
Mond&y. They* "are of the opinion that
the future of the government may de
pend on the debate to begin Monday in
view of the motion of the independent
socialists that “the reichstag is of the
opinion that the reply of the goevrnment
to the interpellation did not meet the
intentions of the reichstag.”
The Voseische Zeitung declares that
this motion is a vote of censure formal
ly directed against Dr. Michaelis, the
imperial chancellor, but really against
Dr. Helfferich.
Vorwaerts says that if the motion is
adopted Chancellor Michaelis and his
colleagues must resign or the reichstag
must force them to do so.
NUMBER 4.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
BELIEVED PREPARING
FOR COMBINED DRIVE
Unabated Violence of Allies’
Artillery Fire Forecasts Com- *
bined Assault on Western
Front t London Says
LONDON. Oct. B.—German infantry
was once again in action against new
British positions in Flanders —and one*
again Unsuccessfully Field Marshal
Haig reported today.
‘‘Between Hollebeke and Broodseinde
after a heavy enemy barrage yesterday
at dusk east of Polygon wood infantry
actions developed,” he said. "The enemy
was driven off and a few taken
prisoner.”
The British commander in chief like
wise reported a successful raid by hi*
troops east of Monchy during the night.
For two days now press dispatchea
from the western front have indicated
a heavy artillery fire from both British
and French guns. On the British front,
the Germans replied with a bombard
ment of only slightly less intensity. Uj»
until last night, however, steel, rain and
spits of snow on parts of the French
front made infanfry attacks unfavora
ble
The unabated violence of the allies*
fire led to considerable speculation hero
today that the British and French were
starting the artillery preparation for a
combined assault.
The -violence of British artillery fire
has compelled the enemy’s evacuation
of Ostankamila. in the Salonika fighting
sector, an official statement asserted
today.
Two More Latin-American
Nations Against Germany
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. B.—Two mors
Latin-American nation* were today de
finitely aligned against autocracy and
frightfulness on the seas. The Peru
vian government, according to Lima« dis
patches. followed up its action in hand
ing passports to German official* there
with cabled instructions to the Peruvian
in Berlin to demand his own
safe conduct.
Montevideo reported the Uruguayan
government ready to take the same step.
The German minister has already been
handed his passports, following an ov
erwhelming vote in both houses of con
gress favoring a diplomatic rupture.
With Peru and Uruguay at diplomatic
outs with Germany, eleven Central and
South American nations have joined the
world combine against the central
powers.
Cuba declared a state of war against
Germany April 7, immediately following
the American action. Op April 10, Pan
ama took the same step and on the dav
following Brazil broke relations. Boll'*
via suspended diplomatic .interchange
April 13; Guatemala, op April 28; Hon
duras on May 18; Nicaraugua on May
19; Germany severed relations with
KHayti June 9; San Domingo broke with
(eprmany June 11.
Attacks by Germans
Thrown Back by French
PARIS. Oct. B.—German attacks
against French outposts in Craonne and
the Champagne were thrown back, to
day’s official statement declared. In '
Belgium and the Aisne sectors the war
office reported artillery active on both
sides.
Only Artillery Activity
Is Reported by Italians
ROME, Oct. 8 "Activity was con-
fined mainly to the artillery along the
whole front," says today's official state
ment. "On the Bainsizza plateau our
patrols took a few prisoners. On the
Carso enemy patrols were driven.” '
CHICAGO WINS THE
FIRST TWO GAMES
FROM NEW YORK"
Chicago won the first game of the •
world series Saturday by the score of
2 to 1, Cicotte pitched for Chicago
and Sallee for New York; Chicago re
peated on Sunday when they downed
New Yo rk by the scote of 7 to 2, the
Chicago batters drove four New York
pitchers from the box winning handily,
Faber pitching for Chicago was in fine
form. The teams meet again in
New York on Tuesday and also on Wed
nesday. The series is for seven games,
the team winning four games will be the
world’s champions.
Loan to Great Britain i
Increased $15,000,000 ]
WASHINGTON, Oct. B—The treas
ury department today announced anoth
er loan of 115,000.000 to Great Britain,
making a total of $1,225,000,000 ad
vanced to that country, and a grand to
tal of $2,535,400,000 to all the allies.
Smokes for the Soldiers ' ]
Whenever you're throwing your butt away.
Whenever you're lighting * new one.
Just think of the fellows that sailed away
And how you would like it, if you were
them.
And some one at home sent YOU one I
You finish the package, the devil you
care!
There are shops—and you're got the
money.
It's a damned sight different "Over
There.”
It's a damned long journey to God Knows
Where.
Yet THKY fight, and YOU don’t. That's
funny.
For a war ts a mixture of various Hells
From vermin aud rats to stenches;
But it isn’t damnable German shells.
Nor the mud or the blood or the gas that
tells
The* most on the men in the trenches—
It’s the iee-cold nights without ever a
smoke —
• It's the fire-hot days that are meaner;
And a hospital ward ain't so much of a
joke
And there's only one thing that can al
ways provoke
A smile—that Miss Nicotina!
Did you ever refuse him a cigarette
When your pal hadn’t any? I doubt it!
TODAY YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PALS! And yet
Tobacco is scarce at the Front. I’ll bet
You’ll see they’re not going without it!
—GELETT BURGESS.
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