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HAYTI DEMANDS
RESPECT OF U.S.
FOR SOVEREIGNTY
Minister's Request an Ob?
stacle to Plan for
Protectorate.
TOLO GOVERNMENT
MUST BE FORMED
Admiral I'r^ed to Use Only!
Necessar) F orce in Preserva? ]
tion of Order.
? ;r?ati )
Washington, Aag " New difficult-.?
States in the Haytian
sn ?re foreseen as h result of ,
? >?-. call of th? Haytian Minister, Dr.
Department
to-day. Dr. Menos asketl Secretary i
ranees that the sever
hi? country would be re-'
cd.
It i? an open secret that th s frovern
rr- ? i \ercise a protect
fV?r H 4T to that now binding
mingo, administerini? the
?Mue. ton houses of the re
ppblic ng the ri^ht to ?r.t-^r-:
ver.e hi the event of disorder. The ?
it is a direct obstacle :
gramme.
I . S t learly Desire* Treaty.
Frr***1*^??*'' at made by the Navy De- |
an extended campaign in I
ite that th ?
ed with
(>:' the country,
.red, but will in
i it ion of a treaty
? : ? ace.
Dr. Meno? told Secretary I.ansin?*
of American troop?
? was a direct incen
ur.til they
?wr there could be no hope
disturbance?. It
it Si cretary Lansing
? r that r ?
, ne until a povernment ha,! i
country.
Hn!> Necessar* torre I rj-ed.
U rred later
. ?
: ?ord was sent
to Rear Admiral Caperton urging that1
absolutely
r, Further
occupa ' i? riot de?
ary to keep
j face,
it ? it 'he two Haytiana
trinei were re
to disarm all natives
? he army.
( to supervise th -
? extent of
guard * any diversion of
information is being
ovy and State depart
as to the exact extent to which
an forces are in possession i ."
i
Bodies of Marines Killed
in Hayti Reach Boston
:i<* Tr-srar
The supply ?hip Cel?
ptain W. B. V> ? cd at
? Navy Yard to-day with
Williai er?, of
? n, and t'a.- tehurat, of
k, marine led at
Port-au-Prince on July 29 when Rear
A YEAR AGO TO-DAY
IN THE WORLD WAR
British troops landed in Belgium.
Portugal announced herself an
ally of Great Britain.
French troops entered Alsace
Lorraine.
French and Cern?an troops in
Artl flash m the Vwgtt.
Admiral ?'aperton landed torces to pro?
tect foreigners.
Monday morning the bodies will be
seit to relative?, being escorted to the
South Stati??n from the navy yard bl a
detail from the battleahip Georgia, the
Rag draped, were brought In the
forward hold, There will be a service
aboard the Celtic before the-r transfer
to the gun carriage on winch the) will
be borne to the station.
The Celtic came directly to Charles
town because of the necessity for re?
pairs that will take a m nth. Her ar
rival was unexpected, an?l there was no
crowd to greet her. The scene was in
marked contrast to the arrival of the
bo.lv of Corporal Haggerty, who was J
when the United States occupied
V-ra Crus. Then thousands were at I
the pfcr.
Hayti Trouble Reduces
Marines at Navy Yard
?Inly a score of marines remain on
dut) at the navy yard, following the
order to ser.d rein forcements to Hayti.
The order, which came yesterday aftei
noon, was not unexpected, but it .vas
not thought so many men woulil bj
taken from Brooklyn Most of them
will go to Philadelphia, where they will
be ::.sen aboard the Tennessee, which
for the last year nas been protecting
Americana in Constantinople.
The Tennessee spent yesterday coal?
ing in the Hudson. When the Ten?
nessee reached New York lasl week,
thi men believed they would receive a
furlough, but the West Indian trouble
?
OKUMA MAY REMAIN
JAPANESE PREMIER
Other Cabinet Ministers Pre?
fer to Retire, It Is Said.
Tokio. Japan, Aug. 7. Owing to the
per? stent pressure exerted by the
statesmen on Count Okuma, th.'
.?apanese Premier now is inclined to
remain in office. The count on July 30
?ci to the Emperor the reaismo
tion of the entire ministry in conse?
quence of charges directed Hgains? cer?
tain of the ministers in connection
with the method of conducting the
parliamentary elections lust March.
K *he Minister of For?
eign Affaire, and Viee-Admirol Rokuro
thi Minister of Marine,
prefer to retire, il being their ex
?-, ed belief that the miniatry will
'" < llty in lusting.
Conferences between the Elder
the i ' okinj;
of the Ca . eon
Viscount Sutemi Chinda, the J
..' \\ ?hington, and
Haron Ichiro Motono, Ambaaaador at
are being prominently men
: for the p.?-: of foreign minister
?: to M. Kato.
Raritan Canal Storm-Blocked.
Bordentown, N. J.. Ah?*. 7. Heavy
week have BO ?wollen
ire and Raritan
t mai the locks have be
?? d 1 raffle in the canal be
iween bordentown and Trenton will be
cu: off for several ?lavs unt'l they
can be repaired.
CONEY CABARETS
H?NTFORHYWNS
TOSOOTHEPOLICE
Expurgation Squad Pruiu
Ditties of Jolly Singers
Almost Into Silence.
SIT ABOUT THE HALLS
WAITING SPICY LINES
Billy Walsh an Offender, but
Employer Defies Critics and
Show Goes On.
For ten ?lavs past a Puritanical air
ha pervaded the tinselled and briirht
lv liehtid cabarets of Coney Island A
flavor of hvmns has crept into the
hitherto violently syncopated music.
The words chanti-d by cabaret sinp-ers
to the raetimc tunes have been rrnn
? it of Mrs. Homaas in their chas
titv.
There is a reason lor this sudden
wave of rectitude. Hist! The fx
purgation ?quad is on the job. What
is the expurgation ?quad'. Hush! Lis?
ten!
Two weeks atro Deputv Commis?
sioner Godley came to Conev. More
than that, Mr. (iodlev wandered into
B cafe on the Rowerv, which rejoiced ?
in th? title of the Doll Palace Danse.
Th? dance went on and the inv was
just as unrefined after the Deputy
Commissioner's entry as before
Mr. Godley has jurisdiction over the i
< ]'v of i hurehes. A training season
on hvmns had not prepared him for!
the carols sunjr bv the cabaret artists
??f the D<?1! Palace Danse. ?
Mr. Godley finally ha?! to c? outbid.?
to hide his blushes. i>n the Bowery
other caf?s reared their lirht-atudded
before thi Deputy Commission
tr's horror tilled cve>. To his still
hurninsr ear? came sound and senti?
ment from the other reiorts at leaat
as highly seasoned as those of the]
Palace Danse. Right then, in Mr. God
ley's shocked brain, was born 'he ex
; urt-ation squad
The squad is composed of hiirh
mintUd voiinsr men of the plainclo'he?
force. As an antidote for their past
virtue, the Deputv Commissioner has
assigned each of them to a Bowi rv
cabaret. There they sit all da.
board of censorship. No Kuropean
wieldera of the blue pencil ever exer
cised niore absolute power. Did
tain ?picv line shock their modesty it
' mis eradicated. Did a certain ninger
? ?
American should be he. t??<>. wa
leted. ' ?batel owners began to stock
up on grape juice, and some content
1 changing the ('orman drinking
emblazoned on their walls for
texts of red worsted, inquiring what
the purpoM- of home is without a
mother and similar inspiring senti?
ra? ? '
Some of the proprietors have sub?
mitted meeklv to the decisions of the
detective! <irr-<-rs have had to he told
ritain Rinden to chance thc:r bill.
i'n a few the virtuous influence of ln
pector Murphy has been brought to
re the expurgation squad
. its point.
Onlv one man has dared to defy this
I fell instrument of righteousness. He
? i( the proprietor of Rerun'.- <:ilr. Mur
I phy ordered him to cast adrift Billy
W?l?h. well known in the cabaret? of
New York. Pertin refused to do thi*.
In fact, he suggested that the inspector
COOld iournrv to a nlace far more
crammed with evil than a Coney cab?
aret. W?l?h still remains. Perrin is -s
POWar in Coney politic?.
Other cafe m? mi-, however, are dig?
ging into the estimable works of
Dwight I. Moody und hi? colleague. Dr.
Sankey, for future cabaret ?littie?.
Thev don't dare use Bill v Sunday's
lian bang ??mi:-. Thev might .?hock
i Ur . xpui cat ion sanad.
SUE ON $20,000 PROMISE
Van Honten Nephews Want
Cash for Being Home Bodies.
Ratonan. N '.. Aug. 7. Charles
and Frank Van Honten, nephews of the
Anthony 1! Van Houten, a rich
contractor, wh?. died on August 26, 1911,
brought two separate suits for $IO,0?)0
in the District Court to-day again-t
Kdmond Nan Houten, executor of th.?
satate,
The plaintiffs allege that in 1910,
when they were working for their uncle, I
they hnd ?in opportunity to leave for,
the West on a prall table venture, but
their ansie at that time dissuaded
them, promising each $10.000 when he
dud if they would stay with him. The .
nephews agre.'d to call off their trip,!
but when Mr. Van Houten died 00 men?
tion was made of them in his will.
ILL LUCK CLIMAX
IN BRIBE CHARGE
Queens Politician's Career
Marred by Death. Accusa?
tions and Graft Scandals.
John M. Phillips, former Under
Sheriff and at one time a well known
politician in Queens, who was recent?
ly suspended from the position of
purchasing agent for the stat.- pris
ors, pleaded not guilty to a charge of
attempting to bribe Detectives '?aff
r.ey and O'Coanoll. He was arraigned
before Magistrate Leach in the Long
Island City police court yesterday and
released on I2.0M bail.
The alleged attempted bribery grew
out of the arrest of Phillips by the
two detective;: on July Si, on a charg??
of bookmaking.
Beyond pleading. Phillips refjsedto
make a statement, but told friends
that it was a "frame-up" to prevent
his reinstatement i? purchasing agent.
Ill-fortune ha- pursued Phillips for
n. number of years. He comes from a
family well known a? builders. Fol?
lowing the death of his fnther, hi?
mother continued the building busi?
ness. With the aid of her sons, she
managed contracts amounting to sev?
eral hundred thousand ,iollar?.
During the Spanish American Wir
Phillips and four brothers served In
the (?!?th Regiment. He was twice
married. He later became involved in
the graft scandals thai swept 'ormer
borough President Lawrence Gresser
oui of office. At the time he was in
?iicted in the graft, scandals his only
son ?lied.
Ex-Governor Sulsor and Phillips
were persona! friends, and liefere the
former's election Phillip.? was sched?
uled to be Sheriff of (Jueens, but the
notoriety connected with the graft
scandals barred him.
Panama Canal Blocked.
Panama, Aug. 7. An earth move?
ment at Gaillard Cut, in the Panama
Canal, ha? re?luced th? depth of the
channel at that point to less than
twenty feet. This has ?lelHved the
passage of ten vessels, including the
steamer Finland, bound from New
York to Sun Franeiaco with ttO nas
sengers. It is stated that tia?Tir prob?
ably will be resumed on i'onday.
TWO ARMS FIRMS
NOW FACE STRIKES
Unions Send Ultimatums
to Locomobile and Bliss
Companies.
MUST YIELD MONDAY
OR MEN GO OUT
Fiight-Hour Day and Extra Pay
for Overtime. Demand of
Machinists.
Rrtdpeport, Conn., Aug. 7. -The '
bonus proposition recently made by the
Locomobile Company of America to its
imployes was rejected at a meeting
here to-night. By an almost unani?
mous vote it was decided to demand
?an eipht-hour workday, with time and
a half for overtime work.
A committee representing the dif- ?
ferent departments of the plant was '
named to lay the demand before the
Company officials on Monday. Another
meeting will be held on Monday nij-ht,
at which the committee will make its
report.
It was also decided that if the com?
pany does not grant the eight-hour
workday a strike will be called.
George .1. Bawea, business agent of
the machinists, was g?nerai chairman
of th,. meeting. Many local and state
labor leaders urged tne men to stand
tir m in their demands, and assured
thetn that organized labor was behind
them.
It will be decided to-morrow by the
action of the E. W. Blis., Company of
RroAklyn whether or not there will be
a >trike smong ita 1,000 employes. John
.1. Keppler, vice-president of the In?
ternational Association of Machinist',
said:
"Tin- ultimatum delivered to the Bli-s
Company -sumo time ago, fiemandiiig
the eipht-hour working day and a wage
increase, will expire Monday. Many of
the machinists employed by the com?
pany wanted to walk out yesterda-.
We persuaded them to re'urn to work
Monday and await the company's .1 ??
cisi?n. If the union's ternis are rc
jteted a strike will be called Monday
toon. This will lte followed by -,
-trike in many of the plants which nr"
ibsidiaries of the Bliss Company
held sub-contracts for manufacturing
part of that company's munition or?
ders."
K'-pplor emphasized last night that
Cern?an agitators nad absolutely no
connection with the unrest amor.}; mi
chinists employed in munition manu
f.'.cturing plants.
"These reports are inspired by an
trgonistic sources," he said, "and ?ire
no compliment to American labor. W,
are just lighting for our right-- an ,
not for the interests of a a y of the
I elligerenta."
Keppler left for Hartford, Conn, la I
nicht to confer with William Larkiu,
business np-ent for the Connecticut di
trict ?if the Machinists' t'nion, about
averting a general strike of the meta!
trades union in the New Kngland States.
Remington Strike Settled.
Little Falls, N. Y.. Aug. 7. The strike
"f two thousand nun at the Remington
Arm- Company'? Ilion plant, which ha;
been on a week, was settled ti-day at
a conference between the strikers and
company officiais. The strikers will re?
lut ii to work Monday morning on ?
schedule that la said to meet partially
i their demands.
Trench War a Lonely Hell
Where Only Death Is Seen
( .?ntiniird from p?se 1
burg, no Atlanta, no Antietam and no Wildernooo for ex-en in the dense
this war i? still a sieg? war, with the foe hidden pot by tries.
nut by trenches._
- one of the great impressions?
to the battle lines made on
model n war.
in the
muniqu?: "There was heavy
1 yesterday."
Silence Enforced at 200 Yards
The day after I ttood alone between
I visited this portion
of the front. We were taken in auto
mobilei to the centre of a dense woods,
and from there walked by narrow
xvoodland path? a mile and a half to an
li : a hill. Near by was
the : ? ' ,1 communication
- "
We were 1 ? ? giound lrom
? ? ?
,i?led into three
ii?, because
eight woo . ? <i party. The
' 200 yur.i? from
. but ?Jn a battle
front eight persons would make too
much noise and attract too much atten
t
Rod out how much noise you
x I in ordinary
' yards away first hav?
ing warned them not to speak too loud
?and you will get some idea of the
OtiUn? ? lino trenches.
Bu* we won' in three sections and
?vo:?:? . ! been hear
..! laj There is not
.: zone xvhen you don't
MOI but shortly before we
? communication trench we
'or the Aral time that afternoon
the .?cream of shells that told us tha
they were passing over our head-.
Exposed Hat Draws liullel.
A wi advanced through the trenche
ong of shells came closer an?
closer arid they were bursting ncare
and nearer to us. Often it seemed a
if they must be bursting right behin?
the trench. Hut we went on in silence
We passed soldiers with only a nod 01
salute. There was only the scream anc
crash of shells.
We reached the first line trench and
came to a point where the trench wai
not quite so deep and the parapet nol
quite so high. A tall Swede in our
party let out a little too much of his
length and for a bare instant his hat
bowed above the parapet. It was
anough. The next instant a rifle bullet
hummi?) between me and the comrr.and
l'.nt, five feet in advance, who led ua.
"Quick, by the loopholes!" the com?
muniant whispered.
I glanced through the loopholes as
we dodged by them. Not a sign or
sound came from the German trenches.
We reached a point where the French
trenches commanded a xvide view.
Three loopholes had been enlarged to
long, horizontal slots, protected by
wooden blindl s?t in grooves, and a
station for three men had been cut in
the trench. The station was roofed
over and curtains hung at the side.?, so
that when the blinds to the slots were
raised no light shone through to tell
German observai .
Half a minute a*, a time we looked
over the valley and along a line of
silent and apparently deserted German
REFCDORF
GOODMAN
**a\\mm*
OFFER THEIR REMAINING SUMMER
MODELS AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES.
HARDLY V4 OF THEIR VALUE
Linen Ivresses, $10?$23
Foratorla ??*"-'? f? 980. Soatt imported
Afternoon Gowns, Chiffon, voile, crepe?$25 up
S litt, cloth. $23 to $35. Silk. $33?$50
t'ttrnicrlti up fa |1S0
Sweater Suits, $35. Wraps, $25?$50
Linen Motor Coats. $12.50
Cloth Motor Coats, $35 up
trenches, and then crept back in sing
tile to the camp under the hill. Not
word was spoken while we were in tl
s t.it ion. Men whose posts were thei
communicated by signs.
Longest Way Prove? Shortest.
When all our party was gather?
once more under the hill we took tl
road again for the automobiles, hi
this time the colonel commanding thei
said he would show us a short cut an
led us to another communicatin
trench. I think it was a short cu
though we walked nearly twice a fa
for as we passed under the hill wh;c
our former path had crossed I -.,
-hells bin--ting on its crest. They wer
hitting not 250 yards from us, and th
. wo had crossed was pitted wit
shell i
I know .-.omr-thing of what can b
done with shells, for I have stOO ! 1"
side a battery pi 75- in action an
have teen gunners under the directio
of officer? control the objective to
fraction of an inch. It needed but th
barest movement of a little wheel b
a German gunner to'drop those shell
on us.
That was war-that was modern wai
Insects Hide in Crevices.
That is what a communiqu? mean
when it speaks of heavy bombardim-n
trenches where no man even whis
per-, r.fle bullets humming at the Hut
ter of a leaf, .-cream and cra-h o
.-hells, scarred and pitted holds am
over all this hell the vaat desolation o
? ert, where even the Insect
hide in the crevices of rocks.
Afte. visiting 200 miles of the firs
line I understand why this il true, bu
it is still hard to realize it and harde:
.-till to believe that I can make yoi
realise that this is what an observe!
In the most desperate war of his
tory. It would be perfectly truthfu
and quite simple to write that fur foul
days and a half I was almost constant
Ij under lire, and perhaps I would bi
wiser to follow distinguishe?) example;
and start from that basla,
1 might tell you of creeping forwan
from trenches to crouch behind a thick
lv grown hedge of young sapl?B'
Cautiously between then
branches <>t the German hues, only a
few hundred feel away; of the bei-like
hum of bullets, of leaves cut from their
branches by rifle lire and fluttering to
the ground at our feet, of the spat of
bullet.- into the solid wood of full
trees. Hut that would give you
no true picture.
Saw Tvso German? at IS Mile?.
What is true is that I ha\e seen only
two Germans. Last Sunday afternoon,
looking through a powsrtul glai . I
saw two German cavalrymen riding
,1 ? Contiens, eighteen miles away.
Ktain is a humming hive of Germana,
ten miles nearer. What 1 saw th?re
w.,s a white line of German trenches
600 yards from the edge of the town
trenches 1 knew were tilled with t>ol
and not a living thing.
I have looked down over the great
plain of Woevre. French trenches
stretched behind and on both sidi
me. German trenche? made a fish net
rn in the valley. I heard the boom
of gui ?aw white clouii
where shells struck and burst. All
over the plain I saw those little clouds
And the only living man I -aw
was the French officer who stood b??
nie and pointed out town? and
strategic pis
A battle was in progre?s there. To
our right was a place of peculi
terest, wh.?-h la mentioned in the i-oin
maniqu?s almost daily. I focussed ray
glasses on it and stadied it eareully.
Nc\* day the commun.que told OS that
? desperate attack had been me
that position. All I had seen were
white clouds on the hillside, where Ger?
man si aad moi? ? bite elouda
in the ?allay? who.e French ?hells an?
swered
When an attack is made and hand-t?
hand fighting takes place men appej
on the surface for perhaps live mir
ute.? while crossing or trying to eroi
the ?hort "pen space between trenche
Then they fall back into their ow
trenche- or dive into the enem\
works, and clouds of white smoke fr.o
i bursting hand grenades hang over th
j trenches while the desperate battl
goes or. for possession of that yar
wide ditch. I have seen the smoke c
i grenades over trenches, but never th
i hands of the men who threw them.
Modern war is not a spectacle. I
Il .m impression that leaves its imprin
I on the soul. 1 have seen the bodies o
I four soldiers lying between the oppo?
Ing 'rinches 150 yard? apart. No ma
could reach hi. comrade to givt hir
decent burial.
Where Only Crows Could Reach.
] have seen the body of a dea.? 10
I ?lier hanging to barbed wire entangle
I ments twenty yards in front of th
! trenches, and only crows could reac!
I him to peck his eyes. I have seen th
i skeleton of a man long dead bleachin;
on the Nevada desert. And the over
whelming impression in each case wa
the awful loneliness of that death.
There is another great impressioi
j one gets in the war zone, but this i
behind the line? -?n the second an?
third line trenche.? and the great re
serva eampi and it is an entirely dif
forent impression from what one re
. .?ve- m the first line.
Her.', lehind the battle front, war i.
| what it ought to be. Here la war as i
I is. I mean these French "Poilus'
might be our own soldiers of fifty year.
OgO, living there in dugout?-, gatherim
around their camphres, ploughing
cheerfully through mud to the dai!)
drudgery of camp life.
I rode for three miles through dens?
i wood? on a little 15-inch gauge com?
munication railroad that brought up
food, water, ammunition and supplies
of all kinds from a reserve camp to thi
t.r-t line trenches. It ended only a
hundred yards in the rear of the tirs;
line, and there where the railroad
ended began the life of war we know
and have lead about so often war us
it ougiit to be.
We went to the front on a flat car
drawn by three horses hitched tan?
dem. Soots were roughly knocked to?
gether lengthwise of the car, and we
o ing each other with our knees
interlocking so that all could squeeze
m. A "Poilu" mounted the lead horse
and arother rode the wheeler.
Might II.???' Fought for (?rant.
That man who rode the wheeler
might have been one of Grant's men
tas : .: ipj . ? - up to Thomas at Chick
mnauga. nil uniform such as it w,i? -
aras O reproduction of that of our men
in the Civil War. Tho?c were Tennes?
see woods xve were toiling through, and
the profile of the bearded "Poilu," who
carelessly bestrode his horse and urged
him faster into the zone of tire, was a
perfect type o? the Northern armies.
Every man whose father served in
our cr?ai war and ha? heard the tales
iiiiil i? the si ?riea of nfty years ago.
every mar. whose heart thrill? a: the
sight of the Hag and the strains of
"The Star Spangled Banner." should
love the?c French "Pmlus" as his
blood brothers.
Thev are our own soldiers of the
great war fighting battles all over
again in the same surroundings, ander
the .?ame conditions and in those ?ame
and tag-ends of uniforms, with
tho .?ame cheerful, hardv spirit, to the
end.
Back of the lines is where you really
"th men and officers and hear
them talk and gel their spirit.
I have heard a great deal about con?
script armies, and on our way from
Paris to the front there was an Fng
I lishman in our party who brought out
I all the old stock arguments against
conscription I became so familiar
b??t winter in the Engliah papers,
when vou really got to the front
would never have thought this w
ript army. These were men I'
ing for a principle, and thev '
there not because they had to be.
becau??- thev wanted to be then
fight for their country.
Thev took all the hardships of c
life in the most cheerful manner,
through all the toil and drudgery
effervescent gavety of the French si
came out against a strong backgrc
of determined purpose.
French Morale Never Better.
There was a colonel, who said
me:
"Tell your people the morale of
French ainiv was never better. Fri
soldiers ale determined to tight t
final and deciaive victory. I say
not only for the officer?, but for e\
man m the army."
I believe this to be literally true
have seen hundreds of thousands
French soldiers, officers and men,
I have never seen one who was
cheerfully ready for any task he (
called upon to perform; nor hav
ever seen one who was not suprem
confident in the ultimate result.
It may be asked why does not
army go forward faster. I have asl
that question myself at the front ;
Was ?milingly answered:
"We are not pressed for time."
I believe that to be literally true
expreaaiag the spirit of th.- an
They are not pressed for time. Th
have givv-n the reins to their counti
they have a specific duty to perfo
for their country, and they are doi
it in a most thorough and con.?ci<
tious manner.
Nothing could be imagined more thi
oughly ami solidly done than the wo
on the French front. Their trench
are not built for to-day only. Th
are a monument for the future.
Believed To Be Impregnable.
I do not believe it possible for t
Germans to break through that lit
I believe, with the French army, th
when the German.? turn back from '. n
sia to the French front again they w:
wear thomoolvea out against that it
pregnable line, and then will come tl
turn of the French, and their burstir
?hells will write victory across the no
desolate fields.
I hope I shall be there to see it.
have been with the "Poilu" behind hi
lines and have seen him in hi? cam]
I have seen him turn from camp an
set his face in grim determination fo
a weary march to the front and lonf
unceasing, silent vigil in *he - .
trenche?. I have seen him in
trenches standing with ready rifle be
side his loophole. 1 have seen hin
snatching an hour's sleep in the t*U
out beneath the trenches while ?hell
burst overhead. 1 have seen him re
turning from the trenches to camp
tired, dirty and always cheerful. I hav?
seen him carrying pails of soup an.
coffee and sacks of bread from behin?
the lines to comrades in the first '. 01
trenches, and I want to see him an?J
be with him in that hour of ulumat*
victory for which he works and wait?
*o patiently noxv.
The French soldier in this war ?? a
revelation. As Paris is a changed citv.
so doe* the French ?oldier at the front
reveal the dee . heart of the nation.
On our last night at Nancv we drank
a toast to the officer of the General
Stag who had ?ith so much thought?
ful courtesy been our guide along one
hundred miles of the battle line. Me
thanked us in a few appreciative word
and then we drank to France, and thi?
time there was the real depth of emo?
tion in his voice ?nfl his words as he
told us how much more he felt it thai
?. should drink to his country than to
him.
That is the spirit o? the French
army. I
3?
Stern Brothers
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Vdvance Showing of Autumn Fashions
presenting authentic preliminary styles from the foremost Paris and American
fashion exponents in a well chosen collection of
Women's and Misses' Tailored Suits, Afternoon
and Evening Dresses, Coats and Wraps,
Trimmed Millinery and Sweaters.
All of which forecast the vogue in designs, materials and colorings to he
favored during the ensuing season. Moderate prices prevail throughout.
Final Clearance of Women's Summer Wear
comprising the remaining stock of Dresses, Tailored Suits, Coats, Wraps
and Wasliahle Skirts in most desirable styles and materials for vacation wear,
Greatly below original eost
J c*
I Presses, of voiles, woven
striped tissues and linens, $1.95 & 3.75
Formerly $4.50 to 7.50
I )reSSeS, of novelty Striped
roil? and rottnn combined. $5*00 ? 7..>0
Formerlv $9.75 to 12.50
1 Presses, of embroidered voi'ir
and \oile ,-trid linen combined. S9. 40, 12*50
Formerlv $18.50 to 20.50
Dresses, ?if t-repe de chine,
series, suitable for Fall, at 7?s50 tO 19.75
Formerly $18.50 to 87.50
Stilts, of linen, ?ponge and
rretonne, smart nn.ilels, ,..)(! to 1.).00
I'ormerlv $11.73 to 18.50
Stilts, of ser?*r,. gabardines
and mannish checks, at \ ..)0 to lf>..">0
Formerlv $16.50 to 35.00
Wash Skirts, of needle cord, linens and cponge, Formerlv *?2.25 to 5.00, $1.75 tO .*>.!?>
Also Vajery sweeping and unreserved reductions in
Coats and Wraps, at S3.50. 5.50, 9.50 & 15.00
Early season pri?es were .?-7 50 to IS.50
for street, motor, sport or dress wear, made <>f the most favored fabrica, including linen,
mohair, chinchillas, waterfall and taffeta silks. golfine and woolen mixtures.
W
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Fall Dress Fabrics
Kxelusive advance designs are now
being shown in English and Scotch
mannish effects, including stripes.
checks and mixtures, vicuna and
Chachmere velours, whipcords, peau
i de souris, velour de laine and satin
j finish gabardines, portraying the
j fashionable colorings for ?Autumn.
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| Also for Monday, on flic Main Floor
Plain & Fanev Dress Goods
at 88c a yard
Included are 5V inch All Wool Serges, Di?
agonals. Cheviots, Basket Weaves, Striped and
Mixed Tailor Suitings, in the new Fall colors
uid black.
Value $1M to 1.7?
Dress Silks
A mid-season offering on the Second
Floor, of an advantageous purchase of
desirable black and colored weaves,
5
58c
At extremely low price*.
Black Rajah, 87 Inehej wide. :?.!
original rough weave. a1
Regular pri?* $1.85 a yard
Crepe de Chine, i-o ins. wid
in i fall .is-ortment of liglit ami
?lark shade?, also white. Ivory ?., -. ? _
and black, at vl? 1?}
Regalar price $1.00 ? yard
Satin Charmeuse, 10 ins. ?aride,
in all the new Fall eveninc and
street shades, also white, ivory -- ? .-?
and black, at 51?4o
Hi .rular price $8.25 a yard
Lace Curtains and Panels
An unusual opportunity will be offered to procure desirable Window Hangings f.ir Autumn and
Winter, at very great reductions from regular prices
American-made Scrim Curtains
lace trimmed' Val?a up to $2.35,
at 85c. .?1.10 & L.50 pair
Also a large collection of
Lace Window Curtains
in I and .'I pair bits. _ ._
ranf*ing in price from ?5><j.?-?5 upwards
Being fully M] ?',% below actual valu?*
Imported Lace Curtains
Marie Antoinette, Facet Arabe anil Irish
l'oint styles; Values $5.50 to 0.75.
at $4.25, 5.75 and 7.25 pair
French Filet Lace Panels
Value $17.50 to 30.00,
at $12.75, 15.00 to 22.50 each
Oriental Rugs. Carpets and Hall Runners
At price advantages that arc most exceptional
Kurdistans, Irans & Moussouls, a,eragcsize3'_. b-rfU/. ft. $14.75 to 29.7
Room Size Persian Rugs
Sisea S1^ to 13 ?i ft. wide by 12 to 17 ft.
long; formerlv $115.00 to 355.00.
now $75.00 to 190.00
Asia Minor Carpets
lixei 8 t?> 13 ft. wide by V to It ft long; for?
merlv $102.00 to 34.8.00.
now $68.00 to 250.00
Fine Mahal Carpets
in attraitive designs ; average si/.e ?) bv 12 ft
formerly up to $225.00,
reduced to $125.00
Kirmaiishuhs and StfOtlkl
si/, s 7-_. to 10?.., ft. wide by 10'_ to ltU ft
long; formerly $295.00 to 578.00,"
now $165.00 to 395.00
High Quality Furniture
At 10 to 50% reductions
Those who are now contemplating the purchase of even the smallest ard most inexpensive pie<, - !
of furniture will rind it to their advantage BEFORE MAKING FINAL SELECTIONS t..
compare our values with those obtainable ele where.
Special economies available for to-tnorrow:
For the Bed Chamber
$185.00 Bedroom Suite, at $ 100.00
Antique I\ory or Mahogany; I pieces.
Bureaus, in M abogan v. Walnut or Ivory,
formerlv $80.00, 38.00 and f.5.00.
now $ 18.75, 24.00 and 30.00
Chiffoniers, in Circassian Walnut,
formerlv $25.50, 30.00 and 60.00,
now $20.00, 30.00 and 18.00
For Living & Din i ng Room !
$208.50 Dining Room Suite. 175.00 ;
Jacobean Oak or Mahoganv; io pieces. j
Davenports, upholstered in Denim.
formerly $52.00, 85.00 and 115O0,
nou S 10.00. 50.00 and 75.00
Wing and Fireside Chairs.
formerly $18.50, 18.00 and 25.00,
. nou $15.00, 18.75 and 20.00
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