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June 15, 1918. “Right is More Precious than Peace” THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE, While there is no evidence to indi- cate that Austria has given up its en- ~-deavor to break through the italian »line, and it seems altogether improb- able that it would admit an\ utter ~failure without further triai in view of the long and elaborate preparations which have been made, the situation in that theater of the war makes it evident that unless something entire- Iy unlooked for develops Austria has done its best and the result is a de- cided victory for the defenders. Austria started out with an elabor- ,ate programme. After bringing up a great army of guns and about 2 hun- dred di ons of troops it figured on smashing the Italian line from the sea to the mountains. It was inspired oudtless by the first day aqcomplish- iments of the Germans in France and hoped to do likewise. Had it been able to do what it has planned it would be now many miles onto the Venetian plains, making it necessary to evacuate Venice and its convey- ances would be hustling back into the dual monarchy with the great loads of loot which it had been expecting to zet Austria has not been able to zet in four days where it had pianned to be in one. At points it has lost in- stead of gained and such advances which it has made are of no import- ance but have been accomplished at "4 tremendous cost. This discloses the .great resistance which the Italians sand the allied troops assisting them “have been making, and it is not im- sprobable if Austria ceases attack- ¥ing that an TItalian offensive will Hollow. 1If conditions are ripe for it a Slecidedly serious blow might be ad- oministered fo Austria right now. SA LESSON FOR YOUNG SOLDIERS = President Wilson has again spared “he lives of American soldiers sen- #tenced to death by court martial. Dis- eipline must be had but his action is Shoroughly justified, for as long as we “re not taking the lives of the enemy “igents in this country who have brought about such losses and de- struction and given such aid to the enemy we should not take those of our own soldiers who are fighting for us across the water. . There have been other instances where clemency has been extended in a similar manner. It is of course not to be accepted as a result thereof that 4he soldiers need in the future to have no fear of the court martial. There dre rules which have got to be re- “Epected. Orders must be obeyed and vigilance must be exercised by those who are assigned to guard duty. There can be no relaxation of army regulations in this respect anad there is no likelihood that there will be, but it has been perfectly evident, as point- ed out by the president in his order pardoning the soldiers, that the of- fenses which have been committed dhus far by those who have violated 3he regulations have been wholly free Jrom disloyalty or conscious disregard D duty. Steps which have been taken point o the fact that the department is al- ready well informed regarding certain phases of this business, and it 'is to be| ™ expected that the raids which it made upon the offices in many cities about the country will give it much more valuable information upon which to base further action in this direction. It is too early of course to expect a full disclosure of the conditions which have been found, but whatever they are and whoever are involved there should be no let up. The entire mat- ter needs to be sifted to the bottom, all of the facts ascertained as far as of those guility thg full penalty should suarded against in the future. It Is impossible to believe that those in- volved in such profiteering were not fully aware of just what they were doing. NO PERMANENT MERGER, There can be no surprise at the an- nouncement which has been made to the effect that Attorney General Greg- ory has refused to anprove the form of contract proposed between the rail- road administration and the express companies which have been conmsoli- cated under the name of the Ameri- can Railroad Express company.. In fact it would have been a surprise had he done so for the contract calls for the permanency of su¢h an arrange- ment and not for the period of the war. 4153 The merging of the leading express companies was sanctioned for the same reasons that the - government took over the railroads. It was seen where a great saving and better ser- vice could be obtained by such action. It was realized that the single con- trol would bring about needed im- provéments, but in the case of the rallroads they are to go back to pri- vate ownership Z1 months after peace is declared. It was, however, intended that the consolidated express com- panies should continue to remain as such, which, 'if the attorney general whould give his approval, would mean that the very combination which the anti-trust laws are intended to cover would be permitted and permitted by the government. . The action of the attorney general makeg it evident that such wil not be done, that while the uniting of the companies during the war and possi- Lly=for a short time thereafter may iie advantageous to the ceuntry as a war measure it cannot be permitted is a permanent thing under the Sher- man law. The decision against such 1ction is therefore entirely consistent and wise, for if it eould be done in one line it could be in others. THE LIGHTING QUESTION, It was never really believed that there was any serious danger of an air attack upon New York city as the re- sult of the presence of the German U-boat off the Atlantic coast, but it was nevertheless a safe and sane h was made in ordering ths city lighting so'reduced that it would vractically 'be in darkness as far as cerned. It was well to get the matter so organized that it could be carried city recognized the wisdom of it and didn’t complain, although criticism’ has been indulged in regarding the lack of a general compliance. Appar- ently not a few considered it neces- sary to hear the bombs dropping be- fore the regulation should be taken as applying to them. But while the shutting off of the lights was being done as a protective measure it was impossible to overlook the fact that it was at the same time tringing about a saving in fuel which if continued would amount to consid- erable over an extended period. And should the same idea be adopted in all cities, or at least should there be the elimination of lights which are by no means required, it would go quite a way toward effecting the saving of the millions of tons.of coal which the fuel administration declares must be saved this yvear. New York has, however, rescinded its order. Lights are on again in full ast and the indications are that the saving which is possible will not be <ffected. What New York is doing in this respect need not and ought not to One of the easiest ways of saving iuel ought not to be over- looked. EDITORIAL NOTES. Where is the old timer who remem- bers the days when nobody worked but father? The man on the cornmer says: No one can claim in these days that he hasn't a chance to do something for his country. The 50,000 tons of German ships seized by Peru in its harbors don’t mean much but this is a time when every little bit helps. It is an excellent idea that we are =oing to celebrate Fourth of July, but this is the time of. course for a rousing observance on the safe and sane basis. From the way in which some people are said to be grabbing great slices of war funds it is quite evident that they do not intend to do any more work. It must have peeved Jeremiah O'Leary greatly to think that he was L The safety of fellow soldiers and|caught on his back instead of mak- The cause for which they are fighting joust not, however, be imperiled. This Tannot be too clearly understood even by the newest soldier, and, even though the penaity imposed by the «ourt martial has been set aside there ©an be no question but what a most Yital lesson has been learned by those Svho have been pardoned and that they and all others acquainted with their cases will in the future be better soldiers. The experiment is at least yorth the trial. < GET THE WHOLE STORY. . From all indications the surface has only been scratched in regard to the Kafi operations which have been go- g on in regard to the government eontracts. But it has been indicated fhat not only are civilians involved fnerein but that the operations have been carried on through officials of the army. This is shown in the ar- test of Lieutenant Staley of the quar- termaster’s reserve corps on the {harge of accepting money from a faincoat company for making a fa- orable report following an inspection ¢f the concern’s facilities for manu- cturing raincoats fér the army, but further evidence of it is given in the statement to the effect that since his arrest he has given some “very in- t_nesung m:mau:%" to the depart- jing It necessary for his captors to I put him there. . That the underwater boats cannot increase their toll when they encoun- ter ships carrying guns makes it plain | that no time should be lost in seeing ithat all are thus equipped. As time goes on it i more and more apparent that the days of the profitt eers have not passed. A little stiffer treatment of that class of citizens might have a beneficial effect. The fact that the revenue offices were obliged to work Sunday - and overtime in order to catch up with the business of taking in the income tax will probably not cause TUncle Sam any worry. The Germans probably look upon the announcement that there were no German troops in the Austrian offen- sive as the explanation of the early failure but Italian resistance cannot be underrated in any such manner. Those conscientious objectors Who think more of their native land and relatives there than they d¢® of their adopted country and théir relatives here should certainly be sent but of the country just as soon -as peace is declared. be imposed and all such activities|minute, climbing up ‘on that rail, I the street and sign lighting was con- | Lout quickly in case of necessity. The| | Bag make it necessary for others to dol Tha woman who has spent most of her time on t boat trip sitting in|then! the cabin working on a pieee of em-|vou to go a couple of minutes ago you ‘oroidery—it apparently started life| wasn’s so anxious to go that you was- white as the driven snow, but which|n’t perfectly willing to stop and chew has assumed a discouraged looking | the rag about it. drab appearance—speaks: . ‘'Well, go on, then. Nobody's hin- “Well, if 1 ever undertake to take |dering you. E = another boat trip with a pack of “It seems to me it's something fierce youngsters I'll hire an assistant. I|the way bet I'll ‘be gray headed before I get|Seems like they dom’t think they got through with this. If the first one|to mind everybody. That's what ain’t doing ‘'something -they hadn’t|says to their pa. I says to him, .+> | ought to, then it's th vel Y ¥ ke ’em mind an possible and following the conviction miiute of the time. ILESY one eyery | ndys puiaent make bet he falls overboard before we get anywhere to speak of and of course his pa’ll blame me. He's that kind of something to do. T'll have Mabel go over angd listen, too. Sure, that's one of my Young ones, tainly do wish she'd learn to chew it did call you. me back. a little Hottentot. It ain’t nice a bit to do that. “Well, let her take it away from him throw it overboard and he’s setting in AND ttle lamb, and Mabel's “Well, because it 2in't and because I tell you it ain't. That's all you got to know about it.. her lap like a “Listen. Don't you want to go and|sitting in a chair and listening just perfect little lady. by that lady.that's teliing Harold a|dren’s got the grandest manners w: the h zet Johnny and go over and sit down |like story and listen to it “Here, Mabel, you Mabull - You go T and get Johnny first Wasn't that|ain't what T told you to do? Honest, I{maids never saw kids that didn’t obey better than what you kids do. ’s just|just wearing’me out that's what it's doing. And your pa just backing you up half | the time when he's at home. Now,| you hur “Well, my land, don’t go find him like when I wanted youngsters act these days. d| : their teacher don't make 'em mind and IN ¥ “Now, look at that Herold right this |1 ain’t got the time or strength to CYCLON:E mGGlNS D D wear myself out making 'em mi hy o Ve what you going to do-about it i e e seems to me like teachers is awful lax They don’t seem to take terest in the young ones. “I wisht Mabel would quit climbing “I guess one of theml old maidsup on that old maid’s chair. thaf's sitting there will make thim|falls get down. Yes, I thought she would.| There’s Johnny! They seem to kind of keep a watch {over and tell her to quit. out, her and her sister. I've been| ‘“Jobnny—Johnee! watching them quite a bit and I guess|over and tell Mabel to quit climbing it’d be a real blessing to them to have{on that lady’s chair that’s tellinz her and Harold a story, and while you're “Why, I declare she’s going to have|there you better stay and listen to it. Harold sit down hy her and tell him |It'l keep you out of mischief, maybe, a story. Ain’'t that nice? 1 believe |for a little while. ‘'Well, vou don't have to stay, then, go. over and these days. a man. B no. real I bet she I want you to go You pulling her gum in and out. I cer-|to quit— “There, he ain't going at all more dignified. it ‘the limit how the youngsiers act “Mabel—Mabull! Yes, I certainly|these days! Now, don’t get sassy,!about that? You didn’'t have any call to answer|Harold's her Ain't Now, what do you know That' old maid's taking him. All you had to do was just!She’ll have him yeiling) himself sick in o> about ‘a‘ minute. “Now, you listen to me and quit|of women know about taking care of pulling your gum forth and back like | children. That’s all those kind He's and Those chil hen e having a real good time, v? And I guess are real glad ng to do for once. so I guess I'll statercom and take It seems like I get so worn out takin® care of those voung ones 1 just got to zet some extra restnow ¢ up and go and find nny |anad then or I'd never be able to keep ! ang go over and listen to the sfory. lon my feet. those old some- g0 down to my a nap. —Exchange. With the British in Mesopotamia. (Correspondence of The Associated | Press): Warlike scengs encompass places made sacred by Bibilical stories or as- sociation with, Biblical characters along the British lines in Mesopo-| Col Roosevelt is not tamia. Duaflfpp!é&cl ti s ' N. Hillah, one 2N 0ood economy an ke Soing Iromyitshat o Lmosaue, | methods of winning the w ceording 16! contemptuous of popular belief, Jonah was cast up hy‘g‘fk?_ “ the whale. Half an hour later, the|bread is a comes upon another shrme,."a“k]m the tomb of Ezekiel, revered by|e1ua passes Kufa, with its beau built upon the spot where travell Mosiem and Jew alike. sub THe next relic one passes is Bi Nim mound of earth w: ick foundation ur- | g it; which aceording to =4 | tis mains in view un Here ecience and local traditions agree, and one may look upon the ide chamber where Delshazzar saw handwriting on the wall. The story of Noah and his flood is| a tale easi ad. It takes X to picture the dove seeking a resting- place between Kut and Oli Gharbi Those who survived the Ju! can easily believe the siory of Shad-!t rach, Meshach and Abednego, or, if way there is any doubt in their minds, it of will concern only the artificial origin of the fiery furnace. Babel, the mixing of the tongues and‘ languages; is still in progress in, Mes- | opotamia. Moreover, a ‘new tonguej is arising to increase the original con- fusion, a compact of English, Arabic and French. ' In the new tongue, roaq is ¢called corruption of the fer.” An automobhile is called * bill” which is s near as the Arab can|us bet to the English prenounciation. pay— At Fden the Arabs have coined a verb from an English expletive— “damful-ni,” to abuse, which is con- jugated in all the Arab mocods and |etricted ‘the success of the hosts of; i Civilization? 'STORIES OF THE WAR l i man or woman neglects his | of life when good accessibie roa duty, who shall say what the cumu-|open. We have made a beginning— lative effects will be down the centu-|but it is only a beginninz.—Bridgeport ries? See your duty, and do it! OTHER VIEW POINTS peacefut but he is W i sufficient it which some like to! s moved to | win { not the war.” rab | money or food that will win the war is all that remains of the|fOr US” he cries. Tower of Babel. But here the scien-| Col come in with his disappointing |derstood. researches and tells us that it is mere- | the giving of money and the saving ly a piece of work dating no further|of food than Nebuchadnezzar. THe tower re-[betier to 1 one enters Hillah, | Milital is @ ing which encourages-the idea we can make saving and giving for fighting.—Waterbury American. Rooseveit must not be misun- | He no doubt fully approves | by those who have nothing (hg; perb forect of Co favorite country g man credible in Mesopotamia.| Every It nearly repeated itself in the first two more vears of the British struggle towards truck transportat little imagination ' of state hig Connecticut | 5 nd more dependent upon motor ; c: d to hark back in mem ago when our “ex tate high- | welcomed Marie 'Antoinette, the eritics vernor | the were bemoaning “head over heels i 1- | very should be w If there ever was a e cannot have too them. - There are many, many -beauty spots left in the state of Connecticut, waiting to be called to the magic touch il ‘Beverly- Bayile PEARL WHITE and BURTON HOLMES TRAVEL SERIES e In “His Own Hec 6 PART INCE PRODUCTION THAT NO ONE SHOULD | Francis X. Bushman : and BENJAMIN CHAPIN in “The | DEPICTING CHAPTERS OF THE LIFE ¢ PAULINE STARKE in Five-Part Drama of the Big City and the, CURRENT EVENTS WITH THE LATEST WA ANTONIO MORENO IN i e 51§ THE HOUSE OF HATE THE PULLMAN BRIDE —Mack Sennett Comedy BIGGEST SHOW IN TOWN COMING ALL NEXT WEEK BEN LORING AND COMPANY Standard- American. H | | h graphic Socie the River Oisne, just a mile be confluence with the Aisne, the 000 at the outbreak of the war, is 1 | southeast west of Soi cities in t E of Clovis. Its beautiful locatis n the northwestern fri French monarchs. contains more than 000 acres and 3 was Louis XV who commi ed Gabrie! to build the, mas palace which is still and it was that monarch who fated daughter of M 1 Theresa th Napoleon lesson that good roads |subordinate to her wishes’) there of | still to be seen in the park surrounding the palace an iron trellis which he or- dered built to remind the 19-year-old empress of her favorite trellis tenses,—*“I damfuled you” “He dam- fuled me,” with the proper Arab in- flections. The British soldier, too, is broaden- ing his vocabulary. Two of the com- monest Arab words, “imshi” or go. and “makoo,” or there is none, have been adopted into army parlance. In Bas- rah one may hear the soldiers calling out for a “bill-bellarh.” Bellam in Arabic is a boat, and “bill” is the preposition “in,” but Tommy Atkins is never a purist even of his own language. Views of the Vigilantes EVERY MAN HAS HIS DUTY By Raymond S. Spears Every citizen is the guardian of his own share or portion of the National Honor. Upon him Trests the duty, and sometimes the necessity, of performing some task or undertaking some feat that will cause him certain efforts and demand of him a definite sacrifice for the common gopd. If a man does not know what is within his power to ac- complish, and what rests upon him to do, .then he is ignorant of the funda- mental requirements of his situation His first public task is to discover his duty, and then he must do it. It may be that the faithful per- formance of a single thing, oft repeat- ed. may serve to redeem the pledge mere living is sufficient to prove against each individual. Thus the workman driving rivets in a ehip's plates may be doing his utmost and his best; on the other hand, men living in the comfortable seclusion of study ang theory, may very well discover that their portion can be done only by abandoning their comfortable and habitual lethargy for a daring and active life. 'But the fact remains, that no man can neglect a national duty without peril to Lis own conscience, and per- haps to his own country. Consider the archer, in the old days, whose ar- row, in the cloud of his fellows' miss- iles struck through to the heart of the opposing general—as when the up- famed hurler of a javelin, in the hosts of Sapor, found with his lance the liver of Julian, pagan emperor of the Roman Empire. Suppose that man had faltered in his strength or effort! ‘How often has a falsely made fire- has a ehell misseq its billet? = How far” has individual human neglect re- NEW YOAR CITY. e T e e e GASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That “Genuine Casteria ~Use For Over - Thirty Years GASTORIA AUDITORIUM Musical' Comedy WHY ARE WEAT WAR? The World's Teature Photoplays P i The only authorized film story of facts by our own ambassador, James W. ENDORSED BY U, GOVERNMENT THE SINGING IRISH COMEDIAN | THE WAR PRIVER i 8y National Geographic Socicty. I Compeigne, the most important city along the line of the attempted ad- vance of the Germans_on the Noyon Montifdier front, is the subject of the following war geography \n ietin -is- i. {sued today from the Washington 3 St headquarters of the National Geo- Situated on the southeast bank of woits Compeigne, with a population of. > w t is one of the most interesting| part of Feance, having heen known as Compendium in the ! s 8. Schonbrum. This incident is remini- scent of the devotion displayed by the Babyionian king who built one of the|resistance to the Prussians, seven wonders of the world—the hang- ing gardens—in order that his bride not be without her native|of the German army. mountain scenery even on the plains of the Buphrates. “It was at Compeigne that one of sodes in French ¥ mference, was for| a great royal hunting pre- | well preserved, | hera | ill- | the saddest e France when at the age of 15 she be- fact jcame the bride of the dauphin, the plunged | future Louis .XVI. that that other Austrian princess, Now the most important use of all|Marie Louise. spent her brief butji has ‘developed—the use of these fine roads for motor truck transportation | when the railroads are burdened to the | In what a fine pickle we the Burgun er martyrdom at the stake It was here also Emporer’s in- n for his bride (an infatuation which caused Metternich to write that ‘he is so-evidently in love with her that | that he connot conceal his feelings and should be thoroughly driven home tolall his customary wayvs of life are 1t also, car borne traffic “Now and for all o Plaut It does moke a différ;fléq‘:f{grhere you purchase your Victfola The matter of terms, of assortments, of courteous, intelligent attention, all have a bearing on'whethsr you Pe- ceive all you are entitfedto in the ™ purchase of a Victrola. (. TEEX If it’s terms you want we are ‘ready ‘to ‘accommodate. This $115 model, for instance,“may be; your own assortment of $6 in $121) far S 6 47 '6 Every Victrola always in stficka.nd e!ety Victor Record VICTOR VICTROLAS AND VICTOR 5T “Inniocent Progtes R NE' its asparagus farms were famous. “In 1814 Compeigne offered a stern the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870- 1871 it was one of the headquarters Compeigne will be dear to the hearts of the French people noi because it vias once a favorite residence of Louis XVI, Napoieon ipe, and Napuleéw 11;'but because on_Christmas Eve;r 1384, . there o months later Rouen. bori :here Georges “Guytntrmier. ‘Ace of e the war Compeigne was a"lA‘:cs' the foremost.a rman- of France, town of considerable im-|Who before his tragic death at the age chie} activities being|0f 28 had won every honor that his rope-makinz, distilling, | Eateful country - coul facture 6f chocolate, | the matchless defender. s. chemicals and hats. d on a thriving river in. timber and coal, and i bestow upon Fortune never smiles on a:man who stares her out of counténafice. ether with = _:Norwich,Con s