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FOUR THE PORTSMOUTH HERALD. SATURDAY. JULY 28, 1917. fhe Portsmouth Established September 23, 884 aad TORMB-- In ta any part the or by addrwjed to F. W.

Hartford, Bnttnd the Portsmouth, N. poatofflce oecond-eliuM mall xtattet. nMonable known upon JippUoatloa, EOR PORTSMOUTH AND PORTSMOUTH'S INTERESTS TELEPHONES: Business Real (From tho Albany Journal) wo should like to see Is a 'weekly official record of submarines destroyed. rather' than' the red hot variety. He IB emphatically of th- church 'No price person Is at ease In Jils presence." like him would bo worth 'our army! This Is Jhe typb of man ive need officers should be selebtedYwIth more" care, for none will a more vital' part in the winning war.

FRANCE BEGINS FOODRTH YEAR OF WAR Iff CALM CONFIDENCE "War And the Pleasure (From the York Tribune) Ciasolene Is one of Iho necessaries ot Germany in Russia (From tiio New York Tribune) Germany Is onco inoi-o near.to victory hi this war. There Is no nila(- tho facythat the consciousness war. Vet no one would think It i was Iho solo factor In silencing witnessing from day to day Its lavish in tho German crisis iso in our streets and highways TS 1111 the other day Proof of tho Russian nstrtmicnt of personal luxury. Them diminution Portsmouth, N. Saturday, July 28, 1917.

has been no appreciable -since tuber Tlmt is one of the first signs of tho hero of wur conditions and a war consciousness which strike Ihe eye of every visitor from Europe. The Advisory Commission of the collapse was already in the German Rands. Now that Russia 1m scollnpscd war was declared ct pleasure or ls i lo piu (UVily lhm eU ftmi needless rldlns In automobiles. I (alk of )cllCo w( cannot talk with victorious Gcr- inany dominating Huropo from tht Jifeuso to tho Ntcmcn and from, th Baltic to' the oGMen Horn. Peace w- No Time for Captious Criticism.

Few of (he'works of men arc absolutely perfect and without doubt there-may be so'rhe ilaws in the system adopted for (lie conscription of an army to represent the United Stales in ihe war against Germany, but (here is no question'that, on (he whole, a good piece of work lias been done and (hat it will be belter for (lie country lo accept the results without complaint or haggling over, points which mighl be objeciionable theo- The country is at war and is doing its best lo aid in carrying (he war lo a successful conclusion, and at such a lime be subjected lo no people object, properly, to any speech or action which may overnmenl in Ihis lime of stress, and while thus objecting i i i i i i i i 11 KI Council of National Defence lias Just warned the country that our present gasolene stocks a Inadequate. AVo cnnnot a i a Germany still fortified In tho ruins of Belgium, northern France, western Hussin, Houm- are using 35,000,000 barrels of crude Serbia, Jtontcnegro, eastern oil In excess of our production. Tlie ccdonla, and all (ho Turkish lands from the Straits to Suez and Mesopotamia. The Russian collapse means a tho American soldiers who me being summoned will have to nil the place on Iho European' firing: lino vacated by thoso Husslnn'soldiers'who Istcned lo German voices I i a amity whllo they sought universal domination. So far as one can now see, Germany has stifled the ecUi ought not to permit themselves lo fall into -a prance which'(hey condemn i others.

has been considerable complaint about lhe.estimate of population on which a was based, which woWl somewhat to Ihe disadvantage of Ihe northern states as compared with of the South. The situation is very easily. easily understood. The foreign population is very much large ihe northern states than in the southern, and as the nniKitu'raj-! ized foreigners areHot subject lo conscription Ihe resull was, a- heavier draft on the eligibles in the North than in Ihe to population. jj Considered by itself does not.

appear just right, must be remembered that there are two sides to (his questi While the foreigners are not liable to conscription they very valuable in the labor field, and this is a matter cH most importance at the present lime. The demand for of all kinds is such as was never known in Ibis country before, and when.this matter is. viewed in the right light it wilfjbe found that the advantage in connection with the work "of sjjrp- 1 plying an army lies with the North and not with Ihe There will be a reasonable supply of labor here after the army to (he front. Technically there may be some slight injustice.in the condition, but it is poor policy, lo. magnify lit and liie air with complaints at a i when any.

disagreement here will be patched by Germany as eagerly as'we note any disaffection in Ihat.counfry. And there should be no I lib ugh I of drafting aliens inlo Ihe army, as has been suggested. If.anylhing is lo be done knvard placing the foreigners here i in.the service they should be sent back home and allowed or compelled to serve in the armies of (heir nalive lands. The United Slates has.no moral right lo force these.men into i(s and the thought of thing should not be entertained for a moment. This is an exciting time and many are arising to "Lo here!" and "Lo there!" Rut, on the whole, the work of United Slates in Ihe war is going forward cxpeditiously 'and successfully, and (he people should guard againsl any backfires' which would only retard the work.

consumption of oil for military purposes Is going to Increase amazingly. Therefore, even if we speed up our production, we shall have to cut down our oil consumption for non-military purposes. is not the "joy rider" alone to whom the Government's warning is di "Joy-rldire" Is nearly as much i-f an abomination in peace time as it in war time, lint there lire thous- uvls of othe users of gasolene who nre Idnulginb' in pleasiu-e excursions i Unsslau Revolution, and it must nnrt other forms of ordinarily harm- Interesting to remember how siinilai less but now wasteful travel. It should, methods she employed in Rus- a case of conscience with Isia wero'tho methods used ty Gcr- "a'c'n" ol these whether Ihe travel 1 Is many In tho United States with the. justified under existing conditions.

jsajnc end In view and Uie same lofty (By Associated Press) Paris, July 28--France begins- the year of the wnr In calm con-' fidenco a dclermlnallon expressed by Premier Alexandio If. Jtlbbt' In these "Until the wltli whom we are war finally awaken and freo th'em- from the detestable regime that ippresses them, nothing will slop Iho lilies In their effort that will tiring lack peace to the by the tri- rniph of their arms." At. Ihe request of the Associated Press, the Premier' wrote: "The of the United Stales Inlo he conflict lhat Is pending in tho vorlrt 'was the capital event ot the year jof the It 'was witnj enthusiasm by the allied ji'o'plcs. They what may lie ot" the American soldicru who lave come to fight by their side. "That event sounded mighlly ail jvei 1 the world Certain Lalln-Amcri- 'an states where France received very marks of sympathy on the.

I- day of her national fete already have shown by breaking oft relations with Germany, thai they had a cleat- vision of tho Germanic' peril. wrenclicd fiom Iho Intrigues of a foreign faction. Is preparing to send fresh contingents to fight with us oh the Macedonian The cause of national Hberly la a'l countries Is finding more ardent advocates who aro heard with Interesting attention. enemy, disappointed In his Insensate hope of stopping ocean navigation, disillusioned in his effort to sap Iho courage of the allies by false offers of peace can do. no more than' to seek to envelope Ihe oilyhiH of his.

criminal enterprise In a veil of untruth. May tin' people 1 with wo aro at flnnlly ulul fror selves from the detectable regime Hint oppresses llicin. i then nothing 1 will tlio a 1 tie.s in their cTL'ort will bring back peace to the" world by triumph of their arms. 1 NEWY.M,C.A! UNIT GOING TO FRANCE Many New England Secretaries in Contingent to Sail Soon. ment WHS in St.

Mary's cemetery, tho pallbearers being Daniel Reunion, Mtchael Kclley, Daniel Scott. John Crowlcy. A delegation from Court Jlockingham, O. was jircsent. From every street scare heads clamor newsstand at (lie pHsac President Wilson has been wielding' (lie pardoning' jjjliijif again, (lie beneficiaries in Ihis case being' a lof of snfl'ragjiijje pickeiers who elected to go lo jail rather than pay nonjii)al fines, but who were ijnighty glaci to get out after serving B'i But once he turns his gaxe from Ihe side walk and watches tho endless procession of pleasure vehicles, most of them on superfluous service, 'all' Bense of tho reality of this war which we are engaged in fades away.

The habit of unnecessary travel is necessarily hard to overcome. There has been an orgy of it for several years nisi. Now York at night, and far Into night, is a panorama of spner iileasure vehicles--nearly ove'ry 1 in its op. ration an unpro- luctive expenditure. cannot hope to overcome this habit of waste Itwenly-four hours.

3 can a break' its hold. AVe are teaching ourselves to save food because nur allies need it. Food leaving may eventually represent a genuine sacriflcc on the a a of pat- rjotlsm. Saving gasolene will hardlj involve personal hards) ip to' anyone Vet at the cost of the slight i ience involved in we may contrtbut, to win the war. "Savinj Gasolene" Measures (From the New York World) Rather a cut Into louring in country, which is so needed for recreation, it would be better to see first what ran lie clone In the cities hy i llhiff the use of private automobiles for carrying Hcmstrcel, of tlic -A.

A. A. Touring Bureau. an early step In eon- Servalion should uu to stoji i our narrow downtown streets with huge caVs carrying single passengers', but why not be moderate also in tour- Ing? gasolene, the tourist might sej the country ho now vjiisks through as If blindfold. Intentions on her lips.

That Mysterious Partnership. (From tho Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph) i Kaiser Hill can say "God i i us" and then send a squadron' of airplanes to England on Simday morn ing to slap innocent non-combatnnfy cannot be reconciled in the minds of those Jjaving luiman if present conditions there caused in congressional circles re-. Members of congress hailed wltli Mleasuro "the war secretary's, 'assertion hat the returned military, m.ia'slon is manlmoiis -in its 'praise of the pres-. morale of Lhe allied'forces on the front and while it shares a feneral realization of the gravity, "of war it returned without any lies-, limistic opinion. whatever as'to Its n- ial outcome.

The statement publishcl Wcdhesda-K called this, comment: by tftc var secretary contained no. or indeed to-, onl-. of tlie war. was substantially' 'hat the American military obs'ervcrs lad said that the present German line -pi'ohabl ly, owing to Ib the western -bitttlo was a I I for Iho nalional tills evening WORLDS' SERIES DECLARED OFF BYBANB.J (By Associated Press) Chicago, will be no worlds' baseball year In al Iraf! of hal ntlU'dly impregnable jresent alignment of 'as far as the forces is con- OH to War. (From the Hartford Conr.uu}' Our boys have started for the war.

They have not yet got far from home, they aro in fact on their way' to the There will be a stop-ovcr-at Chariot to, N. but home and friend? have been actually left behind and none 'of us what may happen 1 be fore comes home again. Wo hope a they may all conie hnok nlive Riid sounrl, and covered with ulory. wisli them i luck. Iwo days of their sentences.

In.behalf of some of tlieniji.thcr plea was made that they had little children at home needed (heir care. They ought have I hough I of this bd engaging in their disgusting-antics in the foolish hope of ntcllf Il coming There is a pronounced 1 (ween a martyr and a'pardoned convict, a lhe 'wo- men do well to go home and ponder. The i a a i Wanted. (From the i Chronjclo- Tulegraph). Jlcligiousb journals are calling (he i i i of clergymen ow their denominations to the need for'clinplnlns our army a is going, abroad.

Each new regiment i have one' Jbesa pnicera ranks a a flrsi 'The pay "is' 1 extra Allowance 7 Im The The passage by (he House of Representatives the olhcrnuy of an'appropriation of $640,000,000 for aviation al'ler; considering the subject only five hours, and the approval drVlie act by the state military commiltee in 45 minutes, is spoken of as "another speed record in legislation." Bui while prompt aciion is in order al Ihis time, it is-to be hoped in cases wh'ere many millions are involved the law makers will not be too mbilious to make "speed records." The American troops in France are up against a tremendous They are trying lo decide-what lo do wilh the generous stores of champagne and red.wines wilh which they were presented by the French people on Ihe anniversary of Ihe fall of the Dastile. But Americans are equal lo almost any question, and wiihoul.doubt the troops will be able lo solve Ihis one in lime. but question i lie as lo Iheii a i Ideal a a i i poets, preacher iillghl I of angels mid lie JiUcrly i ted for of chap- Ijlli. First among his of iOO pcr.sons would declare ))e a i qf a 'good nnrt yet it i.f, possible, for a a a i oh! houdlcr.s say, to overdo UIR "hail fel- well mcl" huslnCKM. A a a i loesa't make a hit hy going out of hit way on every occasion to ho one of the hoys.

i a proper reg.ird '101 of Jiis liol- a i he soon losos I Wtiat the lie sure aionL is a i i cluiplaln is ii real a wrt limit a ycl- ow sll-oak, fair ami sqimro, wlio onlp practices a he wenches, hut move tlian ho preaches. His most val- lahle work is not tlotic on i a one no an a a i I i pastor of a larirc i cliurch wlio has given up Ills a lo work as a teer in a i i a a i i He lactj si'inpathy and sense )f humor. He hns learned io "malte Tor rrallhles of i a na never a conipromlso wilh sin. He has an i a slorc of Ihe grace of 1 common" f-rcnse." 'lie Is yoimg-, ijravo. Ihougliirul, Ijnl a no professional peslmisls among our chaplains.

With According to reports from Washinglon whiskey is being hauled out of the bonded warehouses at a great rale under Ihe- slirmilus of "prohibition as a war measure." It is probable ihal (he country will not be so dry inside as it may appear, on the surface. According to the revenue relurns every year this ib true of a good deal of tcfrilory that is advertised i dry" Summer weather lias caught up with the calendar at last, disposal of (he cily's garbage'a matter of immediate Some way must be found to rid Ihe 11 1 1 1 1 1 C(iuh aca den i i i i tliroiifjfi Hnccr force of chnr- i siniriTifnL tliat tho nuisance, if neglected will become a positive dSh-' lfn B(p nill ill iSary dClau, le of the i i a i lmJ brotight a glcomy The Matter i the Russians, fKi-om the Mew Vork Commercial) a a i has destroyed the efficiency of the Kugslan armies on the eastern front. German' agents, working I.cnine sian have dojio their work well, and their success proves' dangerous it Is lo a chance? i ilicn enemies. Russian soldiers snein tp have i faith in the I'rovislonal ovcrumcnl, which has usurped the Czat-'s power and is influenced by a "mail group of Socialists ivorkmen and itround I'etrograd while Ihe nasses cf the people arc ted and voiceless'. ft is evident that Uussla from luck of a government that the people will recognize and obey.

From i to time wo hear reporlsi; about the holding of Die I constitutional convention, but i Is a the dale on it wilt hcgin its deliberations nor of grtss made In preparing to elect dele- Sates. If Russian peasants are fairly represented at this convention, a republican form'of gayer amcMit undoubtedly will lie creeled which wljl have tho hearty support of 100,000,000, PUK- alans. And tlio possible hundred I'h'bus- ind Hociallsls'and anarchjsis who now ire trying to riilo i nib Provls- ional Government, will ho submerged ird will lose, their power to do harm. I'lio soldiers In the Jielil now know that the bureaucrats who surrounded the Cxar tried to betray them nnd their and they do not know whether they are oft' nosv. And An I Tax (From the Cincinnati Times-Star) cerned" and a the task was very largely up to i 4 itatcs.

A careful i i conducted ift oi-- aimstances obvlau.sly conliciential falls develop the slightest ju.stlllcalion recalling or njodlfylng llic.vvurjslo^ii lo the i i a olliccrs In the 'lightest lcgj-ce. Those- ofllcei's, who are forbidden i tn Uscuss for the i information' Ihe of Ihcir Inquli'lcs, iiavc nuule report lo the general slaff. of the iriny. and by direction of the secre- of war, it Is being wlllihcld from Mlhlicatlon. livery olticer of the army coprnlzanl if the character of the reports brought by the i i a observers whosi; Conclusions are now being weighed hy '-he stuff, privately admits lhat Oerman baltlc line Is not act- 'lally Impi-eirnaliie, mani more men ihan are how used be nec'd- CJc'rinans lo uvacuato Ihcir present i of offense and defense.

announced tills evening by Ban President of the America! following his return from Nev York. A tabulation of Iho di'iift bers shows lhat more than twenly- tivc of American League importan pfayers will he taken league hy the draft. Mi-. Johnson said tlm tlie series would nol ho if the American League mu.st'gd into it in i iplcd condition. The President announced that even Ihe military, training adopted hy tlic league last spring would have no cf- fcf.t on (he war depaYlment.

He said lhat he had supposed lhat none would be called before September when the season opened. -i NEW GUESTS AT THEWENTWORTH A i a at 1 the i I rl- day Included: Mr and C. H. Pal- That the a lino will i a eon, Mr nnd A. Gordon, Brook- he broken, however, is not the', line; ami Mr.s W.

llement, slightest doubt In i of tho Greenwich; Mr and W. Howe, military observers wiio have i eccnlly. M'rovldencc; a Mrs McFar- rctilrned and on the report the (land, New York; K. llcddlne higher olllcials to whom they have Fitch, liasl Orange; Mrs Ilruce I'ost, reported. ruc( n.

oa(j York; F. 13. Adams Army oincers who have the fullest Mrs and Miss Jackson. Ilnvcrhlli; appreciation of the not j. Jones, Indorse the views expressed Katherlne Jones, Providence; re.ary Haker his stnt.ement.^ I 0 ss 3 J.

night. While enlerlaln i MisH crci i a John Lawrence, Miss (1. J.aw- Xahanl; and Mrs W. S. Hawkins, rence, Oroton; -Mrs Klchard D.

Fay. Wiitervillc, N. D. King, IJoHlon; I.Mrs Henry H. Holllster, Miss Htc- lihenson, llcverly Farms; Mr and Mrs A.

U. Wharton, Texas; 'Mr and Mrs New York, July 28 Tho second contingent of Tou.ng Men's Christian association who will, work among -American soldiers ami sajlord in Euroieaa' camps yill leav.o U. soon, It was annviiiCccl here last nit'lil by the -Y. M. C.

board. The men aro. from virtually: every soo- tirm uf Lhu country and include regular association workers. trainoil business, men -and ministers. All aro collcKO graduates.

Y. C. already has more than 500 tficn In actual scrvlco abroad, and many moi'o aro In a i i for Iho duties that will be required of them In foreign lands. Among those in tho contingent- soon to leave are David jVelson Ueach, and James Heuch, Uangor. John Joseph Carrlnelon.

li'ort -Mclvinlcy, Iteeve Cliljiman. i chester, Ur. J. H. jMcUtlrdy.

Sprlnellcld, Hev. Shciiperd Knapp, Worcester; H. WlKgln, New Haven, and Halplr II. I'ortsinouth, N. II.

A DRUMFIRE IS IN LONDON. FELT London, t.T.--The Flanders h'mbai'dmcnt last nigid a out today judging by the sound of guns heard aroluid London, has reached unimaginable fierceness. The druiti lire keeps up an incessant rumbling, punctuated "at limes by terrific. Incli- explosion's wh'lch actually shook gruinul in Southeast though Ihe must have been nearly i miles away. CHIPPEWA SFLOCK llayward, Forty Clllppe- wa I i a from the Ixlc Cour'tu Jrellloa I i a Hescrvalloii'-have' cn- llslcd In company that will bo taken Inlo the Sixth Wisconsin -'Keiilment.

Charles Islintn, an Indian, look hi; two sons to the recruiting office, and when one failed to pass the examination the fhlhcr offered to go and was icccptcd. Another I i a had' his three boys' enlist. KINDLY COME AND HAVE nn doubt as to final they believe a Iho task confronlipg 'tho United Htatcs and Its allies is 'of so gravo. a fharnr-ler as to demand Iho most, extensive preparations 'for. long ami conflict, which may be fraught with tremendous sacrifices.

It Is their opinion, based 1 I E. liurr, Miss E. Durr, i i a reports brought by sc; anil Mr.s Tomb, Xew- bers of the army mission Ah'ii i "entre, Dr nnd Mrs 1'arke munlcated hy the war departments of Hewlns, MlsmK, Wel- Anglo-French forces will 'ho ablo' lold the German balttc lines'. 1 1 OBSEQUIES Daniel H. Collins.

Tho first American expedition to franco took i it its own railroad, Irn department, water tcle- ihonc system and lumber mills. All tha 1 Is lacklns? he a Cily Hall and a dog pound. They Wore V. (I'Yom the WorcoKlcr i-am) loses Its a this week, and the regular army rnlim large force of soldiers who lave learned how to live the i i a Ifc up to American slnudaril I'he men are anxious to go" oh to They have been playing long Ihough they do not a i It piny. They want to get close enough look the a in the p'yes and ee for themselves a a ibout.

Some of a been llie. Mexican section and cleaned heir guns a real shooting, hut hat was not enough to satisfy them or the time they have pill Inlo tho citizen-soldier college of experience. and nmiici. OFFICERS BELIEVE GERMANS CAN HOLD ON PRESENT LINES 27---Secretary Hail of Die published American i i a The funeral of Daniel H. Collins was eld from Iho church of the I i i ate Conception on Saturday morning at 8.30 o'clock, Hulllvan ccle- high of I tt SUPERIOR' Accident and Health Policy Total Coit $10 Per Year.

$5000 ACCIDENTAL DEATH J2S ACCIDENTAL BENEFIT SICKNESS BENEFIT FRED GARDNER. Glebe Building. STORAGE BATTERIES Recharged and Repajre BRADLEY'S DOVER GARAGE N. H. II.

I'. Hlchardson, Bath, Mr and KdRar Nanim, Miss Namm, New York; Mrs Oliver K. a and lOHxalu'lli Uroolis, Cleveland; and It. O. Kennedy, Howard and I3ick Kennedy, Troy; Mr anil Mrs II.

S. Kennedy, Mr and Mrs R. Dull, Troy; Lyman II, Hralnerd, Mrs 2jrnlner.il, Miss Mary 1.. a i H. Morgan, Philadelphia; Mrs Chas.

W. Walker, Miss Cora Walker, a and Mrs Henry W. Mason, Mr and Mrs J. T. Kranken- hurg, Miss Nellie 13, Mason, Providence; Mr and Mrs a.

ilald- wlri, Hrookllnc. PEOPLES' OPINION Desire Band Concerts Mr. Kdltor: We lioar a good deal of Hie i bfji' of Commerce, boom PorUinoutli, ami similar We have an tractive city the question arisen whether we are ctnicavorlnK to make it as nllrnclivc is possible. Our 'neighbor i town of and many other places not so large as our good old city uea have weekly band concerts. Wo have two good musical oryn nl7.it Ions, the, Portsmouth City Ilanad nnrt U.

ttand and It would rfecm i wltli thy larf-ro of strnlijrors In OUIL midst lhat some effort should be unido Co havo band concerts thin Hcnson. WISHKR (Geisha Tea) WITH-'ME IN THE ORIENTAL TEA-ROOM --OF-- Hotel Unity Every Dmy--Any Day --MARY SHAW. ON UNITY SQUARE (Formerly Haymarket Square Mkkfle Street) Other Inter-Urbain Unity Hostdries rOBTJjAND--Hotel Unity, Elm near Square. HIDDKFOKD-- i Chambers-(City Square Chambers). A i I (Thornton I SACO--Unity I 'twlxt 6'aco and Old Orchard at Tim Portmoiith Herald publishes Iho ne.ws, hoth foreign nnd local when It OLD ORGHAHD--llolel Unity, Camp Ground 'Entrance.

--And I OF PORTSMOUTH. All administered hy Your Brother in Service, URBAIN LEDOUX. COME Ye TO PRQTHER.