The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1917, Page 10

Americans La} Under Fire By Albert Payson Terhune Mena Pe Fp —_—- —_ aed —E Entered at the Post (ffice at New Tork as Becond- Clase Mattar, Seaeayyies Rewe to Fventng | Kor the Continent ane Crate, 1011 Op The Vem Ponnateng On The Bee Hore arene Want, i Fg Bi |* mux” NO, .—THE “BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS, Ses Lewis: Wee | One Tears es Sade i HIS Is the slory of ope of the most dramatic battlenet the Chil War. Muen of wes fought on the steep slopes aod op the eras: jotty Lookout Mouatela, above the low-hang! Clouds. The Lookout Mountain fight was as spectacular ia {ts the battles the Italians waged amid ditzy peake during the present war In the preceding article | told how the Union army under Rosecrans met Brage’s superior Confederate force st Chattanooga Creok, Tenn., on Sept. 20, 1868, and how Hosecrans'’s defear » ved from becoming @ pante rout by the herotem of the column led by Gen, Thomas The Union army fell back on Chattanooga and there reformed its shaky line, while Bragg slowly advanced to attack It WEMSER OF THT AtHHHATED PROns, elt EES SSS SES PT he EE VOLUME ba.... Ea EVERDUTERO TIONED NO, 20,542 NONE TOO SOON. HIs CITY had announcement ial need of the reassurance conveyed in the sat the Government ia to put a closer watel on aiien enemicas With ite long atreteh water front, ite great terminala and doeks, its storehouses, ite constantly accumulating masses of food or war materials in course of shipment, New York ought to be sup plied with multiple guards even if its population were more solidly American. When’ it is realized, 100,000 enemy aliens in New York's metropolitan area, the menave to war supplies, the constant danger of important information being ‘secrotly transmitted to Germany, the risk of conspiracies and plota, appear in their full magnitude, | The United States has been loath to tighten screws that must inevitably.press hard upon many Germaus peaceably engaged in earn, ing a living in this count But peril cannot be ignored. ! jacked by the Tennessee Kiver, To the south of it t@ 1 by two parallel mountain walle-Missionary to the left, Up this valley marched snd his left Chattanooga ts A atretch of 1 4 hound Nidge to the cust and Lookout Mounta | Bragg. He threw out hig right flank along Missionary Rt Jalong Lookout Mountain. His centre filled the valley between, The Union army was drawn up around Chattanooga, facing hin, Gen | Thomas was opposite the Confederate centre, Gen. Hooker opposite the left army flank that held Lookout Mountain, Far back (and moving forward as fast as possible over bad roads and broken ground) Sherman was approash- Lookout Mountain. & ing the Confederate detachment that held Missions eee hae ary Ridge. | Skirmishes and other Union clashes preceded the real battle, which de~ gan on Nov, 24, Thoman’s column had met the Confederate vanguard on Nov. 23 and had driven it back, Sherman had + 1 crossed the Tal ‘Tennesse ut and CT orming in battle array n auga Creel Better rigid rules for registration and report, better narrowing Sihapeataes SF nan Hera OF Stlsstonary Ridge, held by the € ontacertek zones for enemy aliens, than yet more frequent fires, more thousands \ j i | Sherman attacked the heights and captured them. dt ¥ lies destroyed } H i A , F ; 5 Hooker, far to westward, moved his two army corps against Lookout of bushels of 518 i Yd Mel el lal lad bee baie i Ha ¥ ‘ v Mountain, which was defended by about an equal number of Confederates, Better a patro! of 5,000 to guard the water fronts and warehouses) This, however, did not mean that the odds were otherwise equal. For one of this great port than a succession of bomb-plantings and incendiary| man at the top of @ steep hill {8 supposed to be worth ut least two who are 4 climbing up to dislodge him. Moreover, Hooker's troops had to charge up blazes encouraging the enemy to plot yet worse destruction. oe {the precipitous mountain in the open, while the Confederates on the crest AS OTHERS SEE US. | and on the higher slopes were protected behind earthworks. Up the mountainside tolled Hooker's panting men, lashed by a hail of lead from above, Unchecked by the terrible obstacles that clogged their levery step, they pressed on. Up through the low clouds and then to the ti ne filaa wea’ 1 ; | summit, above the clouds they battled theih perilous way. HAT do American critics who in private and public Lage | Before nightfall Hooker had swept the mountain ciean of its Confeder= groaned at the slowness and inefficiency with which the ate defenders and had made himself master of Lockout. Thus the first day tea @ i iffe’ of the battle of Chattanooga was a brilliant triumph for the Union army. United States has gone to war think of Lord Northeliffe’s And morning ushéred in another of the Union leaders’ countless Civil detter to the Prime Minister? War blunders. The maps of the region were defective. Because of such a What is their opinion of a sharp-eyed Britisher who after five months spent on this side of the Atlantic goes home to tell his Goy- ernment of the “fervor and enthusiasm” with which the United States is proceeding with its war preparations, who reminds Britons that “the United States instantly put into operation conseription, over which we (the British) wabbled for two yeurs.” that “it is making| j |map, Sherman thought the heights he had cau red ‘e the northern edge of Missionary Ridg: Instead they were parts of a detached mountain to short work of sedition mongers, sun with a warning to his fellow subjects that the north of the Ridge. The Ridge itself had been more strongly fortified Unless there is swift Improvelek. ou vo. arly vce were, ar |than ever by the Confederates during the night. Sherman attacked a sec« tion of it called “Tunnel Hill." He was beaten back. All Bragg’s right flank United States will rightly take into {ts own hands the entire management of a great part of the war. hammered at him. How does this strike the Colonel, who certainly tried his best to convince the nation that it could cut but a sorry figure going to war under its present Administration? How does it strike many others who etarted with the belief that those now in authority at Washington were bound to mess things up? | “A prophet is not without honor save {a bis usu ¢ By Roy L. McCardell | It's a good deal that way with Governments 5 ena ] ce 7, by z ing © © think it pleas tis pleasant.” cerned, So I say to you 5 2 belonged to this young woman but] Copyright, 1917, by The Frm Mublissing Oo, | If we think it pleasantt y you! 1 F hi p ; : By Sophie Irene Loeb , | Which are meaningless now. (The New York Lreuing World) rer adhalst Aghad (MF: esriiHiENan TROL EAE LR 2 » ‘opie Gorsright, 1017, by The Prese Publishing Co, (The New York Eveaing World) {wish they could have seen the 3 ye ypped worrying |“there is so much trouble in the! At this instant o series of nideous gre oh Ie eo ESTERDAY I talked with a littio! “And when the war is over,” she| French girl fitting my dress with oi /66E FATS ou shoes Mott) on wy war and famine, vaat I | muffled screams rent the alr, and & A QUESTION—AND ITS ANSWER. woman from France. She was|CoUtinued, with a spark of hope inher | the energy and earnestness and avpn about the things __ will] world, Fee oe ast leet ete alr, 6 To the Editor of The Evening World: ttert Py that I eyes, “I am going back and plant) that was hers, doing the best she get so scarce you won't be|suppose many a dying 2und of bumping and smash. While riding in the subway yesterday I noticed a poster entitled, “How altering my dress that I pur- | those fruit trees ull over again, Noth-| could until some day in the future—|able to buy them?" asked Mr. Jar, | thoughts u worth living?’ | ing came from the kitchen. New York Grows.” In It Mr. Theodore P. Hhonts shows that the Inter- ors Map shi Ing is so bad that tt couldn't be} the hopeful future when she could} “why, yes," replied Mra. Jarr. “I t all depends on the liver,” said} "The children!” cried Mrs. Jam borough ‘ines carried lant year 763,574,086 passengers, an inorwase over the | i Yaneaa opened pit ana srirar "I eWiva. poe thine, have just been thinking that if 1) Mr “Hut you don't cateh my|"Our Gertrude bas sct herself on fire ‘i rd of f a spirit this is! She takes! When you think how little some of : ely : . previous year of 19,421,911. [do not doubt the word of President Shonts, at her bent fg-) 1. ait as a gatter of course, not aa|us ure willing to give up to avert the {can't afford things I will do without | Meaning at all. For instance, wel at the gas gtoy Then she added, ure and smiling 14|them. It is nothing new to me, ‘Be- | Worry about the high cost of lving,| but atill im worried tones: the @ curse, great lous that threatens all the wor | 4) sides, I saw a placard in the street | and whether we can pay our bills and) children and Gertrude bave gone out fuce, her inter-|| What an example for those who| €the loss of democracy—then wo > ested manner tn| have so much more than this woman! | beat indeed look to the little French. | "leh T aw @ placard in the stices | sie wlelled we aah ply Oil Oe et ito the moving pictures, It mut be T am sure T baven't | wear, and yet the days pass by and| burglars!” inaking the thing | ‘When you think of the many young| woman or her kind and imbibe « been wasting and I haven't been |we do hav@enough to wear aud to, Mr. Jarr bounded away to the scene however, that there are at the very least Ae + H “Over the Top” of | ‘ Again, as at Chickamauga, it was Thomas who 1 Be as wer Battle "Won i came to the rescue. Ile reinforced Sherman and m $ seized the Confederate trenches ut the foot of the Without Orders.” % midge. ‘Then he ordered his men tosife down while 8 ORRIN e waited for orders. But his men did not wait. No one yet knows how it happened. No general gave an order to ad vance, But, as if on signal, the entire first Ine of the Union army sprang to its feet and charged up the side of Missionary Ridge. This unauthorized charge has been called “one of the most amazing exploits in all warfare.” The Union troops “rushed” the Ridge, driving the Confederates from their strongly Intrenched positions and swept them into the valley beyond. The day was won, By dusk the whole Confederate army was in ls orderly flight, leaving beliind them (Gn killed, wounded and prisoners) 8684 (men to the Union force's loss of about 6,000, nliw The Little Dressmaker From France| ty the 6 ‘ts wut 1 would like to ask him to have on his next poster an answer to this! question: If the L. R. T. increased its earnings $3,091,094.00 in the last year, 1 wonder héw much of it was diverted tn the form of Jncreased wages | mong its employees who must combat the bigh cost of living? Ly saylux «a Me next poster just how much of this surplus was so disposed of, he would oblige @ great many of his patrons. girls who think they are ubused be-| of the courage and willingness to cn- | hoard.’ V pleasing, I mar-| cause they must give up candy and| dure. yelled at her. For | other luxurie Te the Falitor of the Evening World aden p ap ake igh A nes Hayes had] As * Wise soul his said, tt isseasy | hoarding, so I have been thinking I'd'| eat and drink.” | of the disturbance and found that the Under “Letters From the Weople” there appeared in ‘The Evening| ee ee wey) woman has, then we realize there | easy, but to atniie througa telalscaly, Us stop worrying.” “Lam not thinking of drink, thank| family cat bad got its head caught ee. cc mereceber & Oe en ea saute ee ee SP goers aaea ae Be ashe JP} much to learn from this tr. that'Is the stuff of which real, every| ‘That's right," suid friend husband, | goodness!” remarked Mra, Jarr.|!" the cream jug and was cavorting er £ Seles tha Eallowinm Guention. Waa addresead to mer” “Se the 1. at Lae reneb| Here she is a strangef in a strange! day heroines are made! “Lite itself is just what we think it, {There will always be plenty of water. |®7Und the kitchen like mad, rows, nies the Solow ts WB OURE ER ecotronk denees Paborovaces tenn village, where she had been born and|!and, With recollections of a broken But if you are worrying about drink,| Mr. Jarr captured the cat, after 1% leuibabeut ich hdd broken the cream jug against the rying ubout drink, 1¢|fadlater in such & fashion that, ale y¢ 1adyit” ald Ske dare. fous the bottom was knocked off Pcenvieian aie (Len %, the neck of it atill clung te bout imaginary trou.| te fTensled feline, Ie grabbed the animal as it daghed 'Lucile the Waitress By Bide Dudley last year, | wonder how much of it waa diverted in the form of increased |feared, there is nothing but ruins. Beale id two dear bre the ra, the last | ‘among its employees who must combat the high cost of living?” Tho beautiful fruit trees that had| gt}, smiling through it all and look. | ‘Thro tn) seareny ot Lap cli singh Raber ie to show for your] been plunted by her great-gréat-|ing forward, What a spirit to em- corres; lent’s information, not only ch of the Increase of $3,991,-| - aeather were uprooted and the| ulate! 006.55 was diverted in the form of increased wages among employees, but | &T#ndt hes What a good thing to reflect upon— the disposition made of ALI. this increase, . place that she had called home was a} ae Re ne | Pee During the six months from July Ist, 1916, to Junuary 1st, 1917, in-| mass of wreckage. dled and has fi \openses in rates of pay were granted employees amvunting in the aggregato w e o brothers @re at the front, at think “what ic cy x | Copsni AIT, by The Press Publishing Go, (The New York Breving World 4 | past him and tr to the following sums, per annum: Hor tw x I ‘ad uM nat such fort. ther. Vrink is not an imaginary trou- | § tried to pull off the = and she, through the Interest of some | could do now ° Vliet fragment of china that encircled the $511,000.00 Americans, came over with a number There are many, many such stran- here this morning,” #aid Luctle,|*Lemme tell you what my hid done. |e." Mrs. Jarr rejoined. "Poor Mra. neck of the creature, sin our midst. What a splendid to him, | angle was telling me just the other | GOT into @ buby argument In| “Sure you are,’ says p ; t the Waitress, aw the Vriendly| ‘The other morning | sa raed 1,00 of other young women to make thetr] work for the fortunate young women Bs - ji S The cat did not recognize Mr. Jarre TLuiheiies own way, so that they might not be arch t nd do thelr share Llaneg uatsias ne apd oe buf hee you ae be ars hea Ly 4 Cay AAR ri ms Re caaee oon bed ba aa @ rescuing friend, It scratched 633,871.00 : e ¢ ened |to make the el dat home “What's a baby argument?” he] scidier?” And blamed if he didn't nod| man Rangle off he starts to drinking. rg : i aiiliee peat ee oien ail amaploseen cauninine lane a eee ane “Yoverburdensa | '° Not lung avo T'was \9 the house of | asked. his head, He knew what I was asking |Jt was bud enough before the war, the a re ae ene @ month awarded all employees receiving lois comn j a well known fauinily where there are| “It's one of those debates that takes | him.’ but now, she says, Nquor is so dear of Sront Aim. | The remnant G8 than $160 per month, which ageregate.. $00,000.00 Yet she smiled through tt all—this| three daughters. ‘They were knitth i the pitcher broke as the cat struck During this period of 16 months, increases in rates of ttle orphan dressmaker. “How for-| things for soldiers, bat tae Spits | place when the futher of the greatest) "That ain't a thing compared to| that {t takes so much money when|ine floor and the ant pay have been granted covering for the most part Uihate Tam.” she auld, “to be able to| were deploring tire fact thee scece eet | baby allve meets the daddy Of the| What my baby girl does,’ says the] (nat man Rangie does drink that| through thee tees tore madly minor clerical positions, aggregating....... seseses — 100,000.00 work and make my own way. When | spirit aving had come into the | most wonderful baby that ever lived. her teak Ae Wc tuvea enueio koa she's afraid to say her soul ts her| gazed at his ounie Gat Peal pies Total aan ; , sasnsataien | |SMNK Of Burdens 1 feel tho Land | seare clothes > > Meur some of Iaat I bean pa sashes . bene. nese. ie Keops em atill if Tsing the asicmn| own, for feur ne will start off again.” at down on w chair and laughed ‘ul Now, as to the disposition r 3,991,098.65 tn eeats y 4 ae 1 morning, Papa No, 1 sets on @ stool! kin How's thac for figuring things| “I was going to say," Mr, Ja a A | been very good to me indeed that] | wish I could have take . ; _ ‘ . Jarr 1e-| she cried, earnings of the Interborough for the last fecal year, resulting from Teould come here und go on, instead | girla to the little French cttageeee| and when I gitde up gracefully he) out? ; sumed, ignoring these complaints of| "Don't sit there laugl the 79,821,971 additional passengers curried, as sliiown by the placard | ich village. o} | “"T don't believe she dves it,’ says i 8i wughing at me, in question: piaser }of backward, 48 Many of them are] this dressmaker and lot them see the | says to me; the other feller. Gee it made the| te Nigh cost of marital discord in the |/¥U unfeeling woman!" le erted, ' Increase in passenger revenue ...:......... ++ $3,991,098,55 | compelled to dos devastation of broud acred that ‘Whatehe think—my baby's only| «ther one mad, Rangle menage, “I was going to say | caive, pet Mae cemtgeh Set me some ¢ ¢ Lesa net decrease In miscellangous operating revenus 1 0 | four months old and he can say! ‘Then I ile, I suppose,’ he says. | that we should apply the Higner |" es ae Combine, ti Previn rr “Bottle.” You know—he says it when | "ways the dissenter, “but You! mought™ Beg A pply, app stuttered Net increase {n gross operating revenue Sees 974,618.15 7 his milk, only he calls it do exaggerate. Nu baby can tell i 9. dure. Increase due to incroase in rate of $1,364,000.05 } | 2e_ wanke Ala: Milk, Aly anything about dance music until Nat's easy enough for you to say, ‘Apply what, dodgast it? Arnica?” Increase in payrolls due to increase in |} “Ba Ba.” Ain't that ween? they're at least four years old,’ sighed Mrs, Jarr. “You don't bave| ed yee u r ‘ number of men employed, consequent . y be actting our beer: exneaui ‘ 7 “Pretty wonderful,’ says, ‘but The man was ail right about bright | the worries and troubles I do," | Mi ber ae he Higher Thought!" upon the Increased amount of service PONS ee eo ae Meet and ee he batted galtnest BUs | tow do you know the baby ain't ask- babies untii he wave that and then 1) vey. Tom sald ain, Jaret have lies ed (Mrs. Jurr. And them abe ; 5 ererirrrer 0.00 ‘ mi ie) By: IF wes ee A x “ “pa | See {t's time to Interfere, , aid Mr, Jarr. ha i ed ga operated __ 803,000.00 Advanced by certain food ex-| ARclent Jeaend about “the old maw of| Ing you for @ sheep with that “ba **% ‘Aw. gwan!' 1 says In a lady-lke|™my business cares and worries, if I netnd the worst of it ts, everybo ' 0 aa tour pon the 4 ” v Mit o . 4 r about liwould leave. tt ne meets be! . tA } ‘Total increase in payrolls . + $1,967,000.00 perts are adopted. More properly,| semt thal henacet NR nee ba” lingo ; Way, ‘You don't know a thin ab ut} would leave them ruffle me, Then | of the a poh | Mr id \ Increase due to increase in cost of mater- tting them fr he sea.| belnes ata “It rather disquelled him a iittle| babies and music, When T was three! too, if you huve anything to worry | coc cream Jug je & i\ fals (the larger part of which ts labor) we may bo gotting Bane et ieee undved neuniy Notwbe from) and he gets cranky, ‘Oh, any fool | Years old 1 had a little piano and] you here at home lam nat vorry|cock und bull story. What use have i increase in amount disbursed in settie- cow, which is @ large mammal not un- Ber Bit le p unda up to three know “Ba Ba" oe bottle,’ | Could drum out the Spanish Flam- | ———— bine LOM Aeth lo rows for Higher Thousht? et want of accidents sie damages and mis- Uke the more famillar cow that stays] @UArare, Of lot ds pongsrons would ne a "| dingo on it. Where go you get that Son gs f tl 4] iG a \ cellaneous expense items. 21 1 re ‘a lapositio I} he says. stuff about babies not being musica « e so » A aoe on land, These creatures also are| have no meine of defending them- ; 1e ¢ les oon 3 is “*You speak from personal experl- | until they get to decadent y * . ° Li tal increase in operating expenses ....,..., Jeaited by the name of manatees and enhelr dete tat e Re i suppose,’ I says, Say, friend| "Well, sir, it sure stopped him. He By William Chauncey Gates, Increase in amount of al, Bt and Federal their meat ts said to closely resemble] 6 face that accounta fo “tell sitizen, I was so far wp-|!00ks at me and says, ‘Ham sand- June of Onward Christian Soldiers.) Lind of ruth 4 ) ¢ Taxes .. Seteliretrcrenrys 529,778.19 veal in taste, It 4s fino and white,| exterminated Tae nen A/DRE eng Seow ahh: F 4P* | wich! the most pitiful I ever heard a are Allied soldiers, of ruthless flghtinig Mtutribution. tows teas wa eon trusting that and when salted answers very well] numbers in which thes once abana | ease tas de cl ane store |thae Genes einen Hated. Tae Pigbting for the Right tor every. con ion toward the of constructing that long the South: jee abounded! “site begins to cloud up, but before| other daddy grins. . RDNia, tion of new Bubways now in operation and cover- \tor bacon, The tail of the manates ig|#long the Bouthern coast . ” Sef sata t ttl oy This High wise,’ be says. ‘IT bet Vor a world of Freedom— our noble goal, ing the cost of the new elevated extensions and pronounced a real cacy when |) 4 waite ie - state rH Fibts he can 7” Dine phi peed sd eats | She's got four or five children of ber rind we M win the fight, ‘i t new equipment now in operation 4iSGa8 : pickled and served co’ sna W imposing 00 ANE} peat to him grin ays: 'My| Gane Ake a mighty river ay the God of Battles Decrease in miscellaneous non-operating revenue The veacow usually is from nine to or eg have begun MattONs And tBOlnvny gald “bottle” at the age of two| “That was where HE wiipped. T look Pushing to the sea, | Always guide our way! | twelve feet long, and is shaped much |, peault, They ure found as tat merch | months and a half, only be called it} at him with the revenge of a tiger. We are marching forward, | Pray that He will hasten See PO |tike @ geal, Ite body terminating in ale, Wirginta, but more erat aE Horta | months whe |"You better cut out betting.’ T ways ‘On to victory The decisive » Of the tncrease of # Jiong, powerful tall. It has two short | Waters, Mood experts whe fate rida | “booslub: ‘Tl have you know I'm a maiden of | } Wher our Atied armies there was left for the stockholders : forelimbs, something of & cross be-|seeking some Way to + rh ti The first one turns and gives the| twenty-two.’ Chorus | Shall have won the fight Mtiay mace sate wed inal as he tween Sh aro Aad 8 ice. rising coat of 1 ve gone inte the nda stiff look, ‘Say, Kyten,’ he| “That shut him up. I hate to hea Forward, Aiiled soldtes r all Natior . ‘orn y spent 95.67c. and retained 4.3 the bs e claws and serve ‘ de ye ae: if a eee i 3, don’t you?’ #hting tor the Right Might o'ertura Ligh May I add that it has been the established policy of this Company to heud of @ seacow Is on tions have (been FPO NEST ie “booglub." That couldn't the Friendly Patron | We will win the fight Chorus ) Sa) encrousiy with it# employees, and to share with them its prosperitq, remarkable — characteris: to start brecding the creatures] never mean “Dottie.” Why be fooliah| "They sure do,” came from Laucile, | Forward, Allied soldiers, this 18 #0, and appreciated by the men. | evidenced by the steadfast upper lip is split like that of market. The plan would ‘he te Maxeainne | ‘Then she added; "Walt till T get your Victory for Justice: Fighting for the Right. ‘ loyalty displayed on thelr part through the strike of last year and the trou- animals, and the nose and eyes are|yaise them I the rivory of the meaty | MBoUt Your oferspring? | cakes and I'll tel! you how my little Victory for Right Neath the flag of Freedom, times since due to the war, Yours truly, set In the head touch after the tush. |{agooms and other paces weteets * Who's foolish—me?" ask the ittle| (ree-year-old nephew can sing Grand Victory o'er tyrant We will win the fight. . P, BHONTS, President Interborough Rapid Trensit Co, | jon of a cat's. Taken as a whole it vate swoership, * pritl saady, Opera songs, orchestration and hil.” Who abuse their might; \ (Govright, 1917, W. Gaia)