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CHARLES H. FISHES
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June 3, 1918
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TOO MANY "SUBSCRIPTIONS
For taking care of the boys "over there" the Red
Cross and the Y. M. C. A. are thoroughly equipped, the
former for taking care of the sick, the wounded and the
suffering, to attend to every want caused by battle and
exposure; the other as thoroughly equipped for looking
?fter the needs of the boys in camp, providing for their
comfort, furnishing them healthful amusements, and
looking after their moral and spiritual welfare as closely
as does the Red Cross after their physical needs. It
would seem that these two magnificent organizations are
sufficient, and that to them the public should turn over all
the funds raised for looking after our boys in France.
Out of the desire "to do something" dozens of schemes
have spmng up, no doubt well intended, and all that, but
at the same time in their operation an injury rather than
a help along the lines mentioned. It is not necessary to
single out any one of many plans started for raising
money for this, that and the other thing, all with the ex
pressed object of doing something to make conditions
better for "our boys." Of course each of these schemes
turns to the public to provide the means for carrying out
the idea and accomplishing the things intended. Here is
where the. injury is done. Practically every loyal Amer
ican realizes the great work being done by the Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. and goes down deep into his pocket
every time in response to the call for more money to main
tain these organizations. This is done cheerfully, gladly.
For this reason the promiscuous collections for various
things that keep the citizens digging down every day for
some new scheme tend to make him weary. He does not
like to refuse the plea of a couple of girls, who aije earnest
and honest in their work, to subscribe for helping a band,
for buying uniforms for some organization, for the doz
ens of things some of them all right, but which could, and
would be better taken care of by the Y. M. C. A. and some
but a few removes from silliness. Yet all of them are
caused by patriotic motives, and are presumably for some
patriotic purpose. Well-intentioned as' they are they are
a real injury to the great organizations since they tend to
cause some to turn a deaf ear to their call. The public
will do a good thing and a needed one when it refuses to
subscribe to most at least of these minor affairs and de
votes all its "mercy money" to the Red Cross and its com
fort funds to the Y. M. C. A. These organizations will
never have too much.
By JANE PHELPS
A HARD LESSON TO LEARN.
the country, and to the government. There is a scarcity
of these skilled workers, and on this account this same: tl iy ' nn. rt i
Western Union has asked and received exemption from ! iae "oman " Uangett
the draft for its employes. Yet, while receiving this con- .
sideration at the hands of the government it assumes the
right to discharge from the service which is about the
same in effect as discharging them from the army, these
men whom the government turns over to it. The result is
likely to be a paralysis of business, for the telegraphers
will not stand for this work and strikes are already called
in some localities as a protest against this high handed
procedure.- In the South, a strike is called for Tuesday
night, June 4 unless the telegraph companies change their
rules and permit their men to join the telegraphers, or
any other union they want to. Seattle is also facing a
strike on account of these same arrogant telegraph man
agers. There it is quite likely, there will be a general
strike affecting more than 50,000 workers in all trades
unless the telegraphers are allowed their rights as citizens
of the United States.
When this strike comes, as it is certain to do, these
same autocrats will sit back and prate about "their
patriotism and the traitorous strikers," when they and
their tyrrany is the cause and they are to blame for the
whole situation. The thing the government will perhaps
have to do is to take over the telegraph lines and business,
and when this is done to keep that branch of business
taken over. This is not a plea for or a defense of union
ism, but for the rights of the American citizen. Unionism
is something there ate two opinions about. Some like it
and think it all right and others do not. That is the
privilege of each, but neither one nor the other has the
right to tell the other 'he cannot have that opinion. The
Western Union is deliberately trying to tie up the busi
ness of the country, and is as much an enemy to America
in so doing as is the most rabid pro-German in Berlin.
Its managers should be punished as such.
WESTERN UNION HELPS THE KAISER
The telegraph companies especially the Western Union
is as arrogant as the Prussian junkers and about as sense
less. With the most vulnerable business in the world it
is setting itself up as dictator to all of its employes, and
peremptorily discharging them if they do not obey its
commands about something which is none of its business.
It demands that none of its employes shall belong to a
union. It presumes to say what its employes shall or shall
not do when not doing its work. The union has not asked
that it deal with it as a union. This it might refuse with
some show of right on its part. It presumes to do what
the government does not attempt, to say its employes must
not belong to a union. It presumes to do what the courts
have held it has no right to do, and to take from its em
ployes their rights as American citizens. A man has as
much right to join this1, that or the other union as he has
to join the Masons, Elks, Good Templars or any other
society. The employer who undertakes to deprive him of
this right is a worse autocrat than the kaiser himself.
Its managers may not believe in unionism, may feel bit
terly toward it, may refuse to deal with any union as
such, but when it comes to discharging its men simply for
doing what the law says they may do, and for disobeying
the dicta of the managers it is getting off wrong foot
foremost.
In these perlious times every true American citizen is
'oing all he can toward winning the war. Among thee
there is no more important workers anywhere than the
telegraphers. They are indispensible to the business of
If the king of Bulgaria and the Sultan desiie to get a
moving picture of their finish, let thenv.take a look at
Austria-Hungary. It furnished the pretext for the war
to Germany, and entered it as Germany s ally. 'All it has
accomplished is the loss of its position as a world power,
and the becoming of a vassal tt) Germany. That is what
Germany has done for it as a reward for four years of
fighting and of suffering and deprivation on the part of
its civilian population. Practically every family has at
least one of its members dead somewhere on the battle
fields of the various fronts. If Germany wins, a similar
fate awaits the Sultan and the king of Bulgaria. Their
countries are needed by the kaiser to carry out his dream
of a Berlin-to-Bagdad railroad, and he will pay little at
tention to the rights of others in making this dream come
true once he is in condition to do so. If Bulgaria and
Turkey would maintain even the semblance of a govern
ment they must drop the kaiser and look after their own
interests.
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The concrete ship, Faith, after her trial voyage, is
pronounced a grand success. This should cause an in
crease in the yards devoted to this kind of ship, building,
j.nd as this type can be turned out more rapidly than any
other they should soon be taking their place on the
Atlantic and aiding in getting suppplies to our boys and
our allies.
LADD& BUSH, Bankers
Second Installment of Twenty Per Cent on Third
Liberty Bonds will be due May 28, 1918.
So far but few Americans have taken part in the big
battle raging on the western front. This is shown by the
light casualty lists and by the dispatches. However at
one point, Cantigny, the Americans charged the pick of
the German army, the Brandenburgers and Bavarians,
drove them out of their trenches, took possession of the
town in 47 minutes and have successfully held it against
all al tacks.
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GROWING WEATHER
Oh, why repine? The crops are fine, the
oats, the prunes, the barley; our hay, we
trust, will surely bust the kaisers Bill and
Charley. The wind that whoops and loops
the loops, is multiplying rations, the rain
and sun will can the Hun, and save the
allied nations. Where'er I gaze I see men
raise fine beets and peas and taters, and
that will make the kaiser quake, and jar a
lot of traitors. The night dews wash the
growing squash, refresh the yarbs and
grasses; the sorghum vine is doing fine, and
we shall have molasses. The farmers sav.
"We'll work all day, and keep our plows a
humming, and raise the fruits that jolt the Teuts, and
victory is coming. We will not stand for idle land, we'll
till each perch and acre, and put a crimp in that big simp,
old Bill, the war lord faker. We'll sow and reap while
idlers sleep, we'll waste no time in preaching; well ply
our tools and push our mules until they bust their breech
ing." Our wheat and oats will get the goats of kaiser
Carl and Billy; the beans we raise, the rape and maize,
will drive those kaisers silly. Our wheat is great, it's
green and straight, the stand is most surprising, and
it will chill both Carl and Bill, and make them sick of
kaismg.
CHAPTER XCIV.
In the days following the yacht in
cident, I constantly 8.'ined to do the
wrong thing. No matter how hard I
tried, I Buitl and did things that annoy
ed Georgi. I was almost discouraged.
Several times I had been on tlit point
of asking him to let me go home for
the rest of the suuiiiv.'', while he fol
lowed out his vacation plaus without
me; but each time I would remember
that 1 might be giving way to some:
one else, Julia Collins or some other
woman, might be glad to be rid of me.
Occasionally, as tha days went by, she
joined some picnic or dinner party at
which George and I were also guests,
and although she seemed to go out of
her wav to notice me, I felt a covert
sneer in many things she said.
To my delight, one day, Mrs. Sexton
called. I never thought I should be so
glad to see anyone I had once hated as
1 was to see this woman! I literally fell
on her neck. And she didn't chide me
Imiiiediatoly, I took it for granted that
ueorge had sent for her, and 1 was
terribly disappointed, when she unde
ceived me.
"I am not well, and am staying with
friends," she told me,
"But you will spend some time with
me, won't you? If you only knew how
I needed you knew what awful things
I have been saying and doing this past
week or two you'd surely stay with
me!"
Open Confession.
"What hav,? you done that is so ter
rible t" she asked smiling, "Open con
fession, they say, is good for the soul
so I'll invite myself to lunch with you
whila you tell me all about it."
"Oh, that will be fine!" I exclaimed
really delighted. "George will not be is
to luncheon; he has gone yachting."
Why didn't you gof" She looked
keenly at me. 1
" Mal-de-mer."
"8urely a good reason. It certainly
spoils the day for others, as well as
for youru'df," she remarked; then ask
ed me to tell her about the time I was
so ill.
I told her of my day on the yacht.
And, before I knew 1, I was also tell
ing her of my dislike for Julia Collins
how it had increased, and how she
seemed ta sn.?er at riiewhonever I was
whore site was. ' ' '
"You do not look well. I am afraid
you are letting these things make you
unhappy that you attach too much im
portance to them."
"i honestly try not to. But it is
hard."
I know. But, my dear Mrs. Howard,
in fashionable life much is said and
done which.' means absolutely nothing
i-tlungs which if done in the atmos
phere in which you were brought up,
would have a sinister meaning. I wish
you would rid yourself of that idea of
your own incapability; it makes you
sensitive, and unable to cope with sit
uations which you would dismiss as
amounting to nothing, if you had more
confidence in yourself."
"I try to feel differently. I guess, if
I had a husband who wasn't so wise, I
would do better.' Yet I knew I was
proud of him, his poise, his tact. Mrs.
Sexton also knew it, so I could talk
freely to her.
Merton Giy Calls.
I had had my last sitting some days
before, and afterward had seen nothing
of Merton Gray, until one afternoon he
called. I was alone, and glad of com
pany. I had been strumming the piano
in our tiny parlor, and when he was an
nounced I was so pleased to see him,
that I showed my pleasure very plainly.
"I thought you had forgotten me," I
said.
"No, indeed. I have missed you sad
ly, and I have felt, at time, like destroy
ing the portrait so I could commence
another one."
This foolish rionsense affected mc
strangely; sonvone caredl I felt the
blood rise to my face, and a thrill of
gladness ran thru me.
"That would be silly," I retorted,
then added: "I am honestly delighted
to see you. I was a little blue. Mr. How
ard has gone yachting and I dread be
ing alone."
"Why duln t you go?" It was the
same question Mrs. Sexton had asked, I
gave the the same answer.
' ' Unfortunately, I am not a good
sailor. ' '
"That's too bad. If yon go often you
may overcome it."
"No thank you! I prefer to stay on
shore. You see, I make a nuisance of
myself, as well as suffer tortures."
"I wish you would play for me,"
Merton said, after "we had chatted a
while.
- "Certainly-" I replied, and for near
ly an hour I played and sang for him.
"How ran you
lonely when vou
he said as I arose from the piano.
"It is a great help, but I guMs I
like folks better than most girls. I was
brought up with them, you know real
people."
"I understand."
That was one nice thing about Morton
Gray. He ALWAYS understood.
(Tomorrow Merton Gray's Attentions
Cause Gossip)
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GERMAN U-BOATS
(Continued from page one)
"Captain Nowconibe of the Col
stated that his vessel was attacked by
a German submarine which boarded
him, took away Ms paper and placed
boniib9 on board. The captain and crew
took to the boats. Captain Newcoonbe
stated that tho sniUmarine which at
tacked him was about 200 feet long
ana carnea two large guns one for
ward and one aft and a smaller gun
amidshiips. He stated that he saw dis
tinctly one other submarine beside the
ono which attacked him the second
submarine being in the near vicinity
submerged with periscope showing."
Only a short time 'before the an
nouncement was made, Secretary Dan
iels had parried questions concerning
reports of U-boat chaser activities near
Cape May last night. His only com
ment was that naval boats were accus
tomed to get busy over any report that
their services might be needed, but h
rofuscd to confirm or deny that the
chasers had been opeiaring last night.
Tho startling news that U-bouts have
gone so far aifiold as to actually come
within fifty miles of the New "jersey
coast, came as a shock to Washington.
Tho report spread rapidly throughout
congressional and diplomatic circles
where it was the foremost topic under
discussion.
That the navy department already
has actod against the enemy threat was
learned. First information of the pres
ence of lh,o U-boat reached the depart
ment yesterday and immediately U
boat chasers and other anti-submarine
craft were cnt to the vicinity in which
the enemy wag reported to be operat
ing. At the same time discussion ot
recent reports of submarine activities
off the t'oast arose ar.d Daniels admit
ted that the navy "is more vigilant
now " than two weeks ago. He cave
as the reason the fact that the Presa
dont Lincoln wns sonic far off the Eu
ropean coast, while persistent stories
of U-boats off the American coast have
'reached the di'iiertiment from time to
time. One of the first recent stories
was a wireless from an American mer
chant transiiort in-bound, sayinc she
was being chased by a aubmariue- At
about the sam time, a rciiort of a sub-
"marine in the iFlor.ida straits was heard
The checking out process . however.
failed to prove that any U-boats were
operating at that time off the United
States.
All Hands Were Saved
Boston, fass., June 3. Captain New
combe of the schooner Edwin H. Cole,
sunk by suAwnarinc off the coast,
telephoned owners of the vessel here
'today to report all hauds safe.
He said the Gorman comnrandor gave
the crew ten minutes to abandon shin
but that all were clear in half that
time.
The Cole was a freighter, carrying
complain of being ;,T'f" '"VT" "B ual "m
have yeur mttsict" p.. 'i t, ... ...
i itvciicu ucrw iuib aitemoon
added the California to the list of ships
reported sunk off the New Jersey coast.
There rri teven ships of that name
six steamers and one bark. Two of the
steamers ere American vessels, the
largest having a tonnage of 5,093. A
report was also received that one of
the German submarines has been cap-
lureu or suns.
It was rumored this afternoon that a
ship had been sunk by a German U
bflkt off Cape Cod.
naval district. Admiral Wood said he
was not surprised to hear of the U.
boats being off the coast.'
Jhero were many reports in Boston
tkig afternoon of American ships hav
ing beer destroyed off the Massachus
etts coast. Provisions and other
towns on the coasts of Massachusetts
aitlTMaino, however, could not confirm
thiEe rumors.
Lookout Is Ordered
Atlantic City, N. J., June 3. Life
saving sta'ions aloug tho Jersey toast
this afternoon were ordered to be on
tho lookout for castaway crews of Ger
man submarine victims.
Western Union Operators
Get Ready for Strike
Washington, D. C, June 3. Presi
dent Konenkamp of the Commercial
Telegraphers Union was to confer ..with
Samuel Gompers here today before call
ing a strike of union men in the Western
Union Telegraph company,
Konenkamp 's decision to order a
strike followed failure of the negotia
tions opened by the national war lubor
board to mediate between the WB3ter
Union and those of its employes wh
wanted to join the union.
It is understood that the Postal Tele
graph company and railroad telegraph
ers probably will not bo involved, but
will not carry messages for the West
ern Union during the strike, if it ma
terializes. Konenkamp intends to urge'
government ownership of telegraph
lines.
Gompers, it is known, will advise Ko
nenkamp to make another effort for
mediation before calling a strike.
We still have with us War Savins'
Stamps at $4.16. Lend your savings to
Uncle Sam and help win the war.
PLAGUE IN SPAIN.
Madrid, June 3. The mvsterious
plague which resembles influenza, has
spread to Morocco, according to a dis
patch received here todav. The Spanish
garrison there has become affected.
Saturday's dead in Spain totalled lit.
Port of Boston Closed
Boston, Mam.. June 3. The Port of
Boston was closed this afternoon on ac
count of submarines operating off the
coast.
Admiral Spencer S. Wood
In tlv last ton days, plague victim have.tbe closing of the oort. TTp is in irm
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