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PAGE Tiff PORTSMOUTH HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918. fhe Portsmouth Herald Established September 23, who ptld is etnta wmth: bi uy city Mat by id tdtaMMd to F. W. Hartford, I tt PortMBOuth, N. I nmW FOR PORTSMOUTH AND PORTSMOUTH'S INTERESTS 38; Business, ftBMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS FMM to to mm tat i tt crXlUd te tbfc Porlsmouth, N.

Saturday, August 10, 1918. Secretary Baker's Summing Up. The statement issued by Secretary of War Baker on the first anniversary of the entrance of fhe United States into the war must be a matter of pride and gratification tcMhe people of the country. It shows in brief form what has been accomplished in putting (he United States by the side of the Alljes in the war against Germany, and the record is one (hat has ho precedent in history. The greatest democracy the world has ever seen prepared itself to fight effectively for democracy in an amazingly short space of time, considering the gigantic work that had to be done.

When this country entered the war its armed forces consisted of a little more than 9,000 officers and a little over 202,000 enlisted men. In a short time the selective draft act, was passed and in a. few weeks (hereafter 10,000,000 young men were military service. Sixteen, national cantonments were built to house the army in training. National guard camps were also established, together with a large nurhberof aviation camp's, engineer schools and other camps.

The enlire army has been reorganized, industry has been mobilized and the country has been placed on a powerful war footing. 11 has considerably over one million men on foreign soil and more are going constantly in large numbers. As everybody knows, Ihe American forces have had an important part in the recent severe fighting, which has been altogether in favor of Ihe Allies, to whom the outlook is more cheering now than it lus been at time before since the beginning of the war. Mr. Baker speaks the when lie says: "Despite delays which for a lime may have tended to arouse a i among people unusued to the complexities of a great war fask our progress has been substantial and gratifying." Secretary Baker was justified in issuing this brief resume of what has been so sfiort a time.

He and the Adminislratioii were at one time severe criticism for the apparent slowness with which war preparations were moving. Some of the criticism was candid and sonic of it was undoubtedly for political eil'ect, but il is to be noticed that it has all died away. The country is proud'today of what it lias done and is doing, and it has a right lo be. The force of the United Stales is now very plainly felt in the war. For a long time Germany professed to feel that this country would not cut much of a figure in the struggle, owing to its unprepa redness when it entered and its distance from Littl.

H.rbor Ch.ptl Service Sunday morion? at 10.30. preaching by the Kev. Julian K.Smyth subject: 'The tragedy of broken Covenant. All arc welcome. That Precious'Spawn 0-Vom the Baltimore American) Roosevelt gives hla sons.

Just do faUiers and mothers of lessar decree, Iho Kaiser's Utter IB kept In gorgeous safety for the further tyran- nizatlon of the German people. of Idvmnitin (From the Sltrlnfffleld Republican) Robert Cecil givea a proper and timely reminder (hat tho indfmni- alrady extorted from Belgium amounts lo 2,300,000.000 francs. Till hat has been re-raid by Germany the uestlon of "peace without Indemnl- Ees" cannot even arise. And 'Wilhelm Before Them (From (he SprlnBfielct Union) a other famous Germans nay bo melted down for munitions, lit (lie imperial order hag Brone fiat not one bronzo memorial to a lohenzoltcrn shall bo touched. It 13 llohenzollcrn "ucber alles" when coes to tho final test.

"bound they K-dd of the mld- cr "off Nanlucket." We are a trifle afraid that tlie Now York TJmes i9 unaware of the extent to which men of nil stations actually "terry" in these tils--ho seems to think it has all been reduced to a coM, calculating commercial basis--followed only by those who gather for gain. And th'e American man sceins not to havo escaped utterly the skepticism of a skeptical Hut wo hasten to assure him that tho methods of medievalism in burrylny yet to degrees survive. This is his glance, at It: Tho PItlsfleld Easio 1ms an Interest- Ing article on berrying, of atmos- I phro and feeling. Cut It speaks taking the troltey wire fences, of carrying 1 along an appetising lunch ahd other hints of modern experiences. 1 Of course the real "berrying," in in-itul- tlvo times undeftled by was.

without any o( these conditions, and therefore much more hc- rofc'and romantic In memory. As we said at the outset, two weeks a (jo, those who never "go berry! miss much. STRdMARFS EXPERIENCES INTERESTING Noted Indian Chief Addressed Enlisted Men at Navy Yard and Local Forts. War Learned Thrift (From the New York Sun) In the early days of a gold InEng there ran through the mills ounlleis tons of powdered arrying from ten lo twenty per cent tho original gold contents. Thig to wus deposited In creek bot- oms or in 'dumps by the water which aritd it from the later svas ed over by more Ihrlfty methods nd yielded ml lions in tho yellow etal.

has tnkon longer to recog- Izo tho value of a similar waste In oal mining-, out now the hills of dust, 10 creek bottoms thick i black mud 1 pure con I--are being rescued. It has taken a war to tench us i hut In time, the money coat of the war will be re-turned to by our practice of hundreds of war-laughl methods of savins. Bombardment (From tho Lowell Courier-Citizen) Governor McCall bus opened Ms senatorial campaign at Soutliboro. thereby putting an end to rumors that he might, find it advisable lo permit the contest to lapse. T-ho friends of Senator Weeks will do well to study tills for It discloses.

vigorous purpose, and a shrewd lino of a tack upon his opponent. Tho governor, recalls tho a without a a i dc'giec uf relish--thn't "some of the most brilliant senators who havo represented (he Slate have served six years," and he dl.smi.sscd the widespread opposition of press to Ills camlldncy i th remark tliat "it wecma to Imply that I have taken a course almost revolutionary In running, nnd have Infringed upon the sacred and vented right of one who had once secured an office to hold It ln- Wccka will nnd material with will eh to nnswer Mr. McCall, hut Would Tax Overtime Who is Making Overtime" in the Now York Sun) I have a suggestion to make whereby Government might raise a bits revenue and It would not Impose any noticeable- hardship on the persons affected by It. Throughout the country there arc muny thousands of men who aro uen- oilting b'y the war by i more or less overtime work, forVhlch they receive pay for time and a half or double time. Would it not be only fair that these men should pay a ccflaln percentage of their profits to the Government? If a man received an extra Mfty cents a day ho certainly would not miss ten per cenl, or five cents, but oT It, as the balance would be extra anyhow.

Tou can readily see what a large sum could bo raised in Oils manner. As for collecting, it would havo to bo done by the employers and the whole could be settled at the lime the Incoino taxes aro adjusted. I have no doubt a such a tax would Im mod lately raise a storm of protest by a few agitators collected i with the various trado unions Ilia country who woul seek to ain credit for fighting for their cause by claiming a the capita Hals were trying to throw the e.v- pen.sc of the war on tho shoulders of tho worklnyman, disregarding the fnci a tho a raised would bo a amall percentage of the grand tola required to win the war, nnd a the real hardship would fnll on thu employers, who would have- all the trouble of colecUng the tax and kct-plng llie accounts straight, lint 1 also be- lievo that over ninety per cent of tho worklngmcn tho country brond-minded and patriotic enough to see justice of a tax "and would i i submit to It. definitely." Senator ample opportunity an Southboro meeting is Interesting to the political observer as disclosing Ihe bailie fields, but if a i opinion was ever noneslly held i a timt the governor is not an tits- inust have been changed before Ihis lime. The Germans now tempest of comment know thai the United Stales is a powerful factor in Ihe slrug- tllfl( Ms TM' ll as arougcd llc gle, and Ihey will soon know thai it.

Is tlie deciding factor. The of the United lo be minimized at home or abroad; The-critics at home-and the skeptics abroad have witnessed the most'speedy preparation for war in Ihe history of nations, and il is no wonder that the carpers have subsided of the unprecedented achievements of a little over one year. York Beach, is also feeling'pressure from the governor's office i respect to the Sunday laws and appears disposed to bow more meekly to the inevitable lhan did Old Orchard. Governor Milliken is very much in earnest in this mailer mi is evidently determined to convince proprietors of summer resorts of Hie fad. Sonic high Allied authorities are of the opinion that the war will not extend beyond the i year.

And still the question is not so much when it will end as how it shall end. When it will end no one can foretell, but is no room for doubt as lo the character of Ihe finish. There is lo be another registration day in the near and it will he of interest lo younger and older men Ihnn these registrations have affected in the past. The a age is lo be extended in Iwo and aft," il mighl be said. The Huns have again been shelling Paris al long range, undoubtedly realizing that they are as near the city as they ever will be, and that whal they do lo il must be done al long range.

Not quite so much criticism of Secretary of War Baker these days. The War Department and the army arc giving a splendid accou.nl of It looks as if Ihe Germans would like to make a a but The season is very prolific of-pcsls, nnd, as one paper well' puls if, "It's not work or fight," but work and light, in (lie gar- proposes to make a real contest of the nomination and to draw his opponent Into a free discussion of tho question. McArfoo and Ne Lo Ihe HprlnKlleld Republican) William O. McAdoo Is to bo at his desk in Washington a i i on Monday. Ho reports himself recovered from Iho strain of his much speaking in the last Liberty Loan drive-.

to bo hoped that the director-general of railroads aud all the rest has learned his lesson and bo wilJlng lo suvc himself In the future. The next loan la to bo large, but most business men arc finding themselves in position to Invest, despite increasing taxes and all the other unwonted things that KC- coiiiuiiny the prosecution of war. In an response to the call of tho Government lie all our hopes of salvation, personal nml national. In St. I'aul Secretary Mr-Adoo toM an Interviewer thai "I lie American people will need no rod ding when the next loan is ready for subscription." This Is in the hirgo view, but those ivho need prodili'nf; will be us to tho end of (hue.

Nevertheless determination to tin all that may ho necessary Is noto which all speaking and i i al this lime. It could not be otherwise In the light of what our yoldlcri doliiR In Vrance, An Editor Berry in" (From the Berkshire KagJe) We never realized how close to the surface- "human nalcr" i prick It. When wo wrote of Iwrrj-hi 1 wrote of It a part oT the dny'H work, we there were hundreds of thousands whose experiences were reflected our nlmplo phrase, Hut we hardly expected It would touch "Hie myailc cords of memory" In ninny editorial 5:1 nri urns Indl- catinp, wo have mild, linn even mcn of prescience and persitl- oii(i of boyhood 'inn, ihc old love for i i of" the open. editorial reti- cle hit Springfield, Ijston, Nfiw York and way stations nnd, Is, wo Unburied (Prom the Lowell Courier-CIHia-n) Tf the Republican a in Mast-a- ehuaeltg docs not accept the I i a tion of the President and a all partisan i a for tho duration of tho war because It Is because the 'Democratic leaders of the State, they who profess to hand out the Kcderal patronage, i tu play tho game in their own Interest, presenting partisan names for the a i to war olOce that ought to ho filled by citizens are moved by hlghero alms. A of the list of men appointed to a i i labor districts of the Slate forces one to conclude that In too many CHSCH selection, made not in Washington, but by partisans leaders In tfils State, was purely political.

This Is not a war being fought by tho party. Men of every political class and creed are backing the Administration to the i i having no other purpose a to win the war. Tho very fact that -Massachusetts Is not. State at tho present times makes it a that any political i should operate here. The Republicans of the State arc suporting the President, and they havo the right to demand a 1'iis sinister State ring ceaso a i political capital out of the.

situation. You Go, I SUyl (From (he Rep John KiUgorald'a statement, i a i his candidacy ami urging Support of former Governor AVnlsh for tho Iemocratlc nomination for i States Senator, said 1 In effect; "Oo to It--and lake llio defeat that is coming to you; you deserve It." The value of fiiich an indorsement is easy to estimate. AUCTION OF HORSES At Quartermaster Stable, Fort Constitution, New Castle, N. H. On Wednesday, Aug.

14, 1918 At ip M. ,1.6 weight Terms MARSHALL SlronghcaL't, the noted Indian Chi who been heard with interest ai enthusiasm by the enlisted men at tl yard nnd foit In tills dlstrl ttila week, left today for Newport, 1 where he will givo a at the- naval (mining. tttntlon there. Stronjfheart appeared before audiences.In the costume worn by h- Chief Standing IlocV when he- fought against Cusler wit Chief Sitting Hull. The lads "in blu and a wjere so I on hcnrln Strongheart a they a i clhnbe over the benches.

At the V. C. hut at Fort Constitution, New Castle Tucfc-diiy evening an I i a of th Chippewji i In the service i was among tho soldier amljcnc Strotigheai-t asked him to como for wiird and they chif ped rinds an scores of other soldiers also came coyer to join in the handclasp whici save evidence of so fine a spirit. Strongheart, in a talk i HeraT reporter, sny.s the I i a has. a i heart beneath lily red Hklu and al though tho lied Man Is not subject a yet records show that whli there are only about one Indians, in this country there nre said to bo thousand ltd in the i of Uncle' Sam many of these being In Franco.

iiuotpd from Iho figures compiled the Commissioner of Indian Affairs spying in the thrco Loans Iho subscription of the I i a eijualed over ten million dollurs: thfi tho Indians hail si membership of six thousand In the Jtcd Cross an tint i over seventeen dollars to a splendid cause. line spirit willingness to boa their share of the hardships nnd dan( ers of war Is of favorable comment, Si roughen rt referred to the share the I i a women and children are doing In war work. Ho told the writer of small schools of I i a children selling bead work and bark, one earning a thousand dollars and another KOVCII hundred and fifty doi- Ifirs, this i a being given to Itcd Cross, lie Indi-in couple In the northwest, a nnd -Mrs. U'oifetrail, who 'walked seventeen miles across a frozen lake for (ho sole purpose of a i their members). fee 'lied Cross.

-Many of the. women on -tho reservation, he killed large bers of nd sheared Die wool. weaving this Into sweaters and sockn, a i over i thousand iir- tEeles for the HoidEcrs In the war. I dian children have- climbed and rocks to procure spagnum ust'l atso for surgical dressing owing lo the scarcity of cotton and have given two thousand pounds of i lo the Kfel Strong-heart cbims that tiie art of cnmoulinge of Indian origin and ys It was practised by (ho American Intliaii hum)reds of years ago; thai tho right of discovery of this sir which has proven of such lmiortance the war, is not rightly claimed by tlie French, -JMnny people, ho stiys. I i.ivc been fooled Into believing I ha) Is a sign of the In I lie I i a thu a i Is to outvrit the" snemy i and is camouflage ivhlch oUio white Is a brand low nnd misunderstood art.

Strongheart told of tlifc courage nnd jravory of the Indian scouts who short i ago swam the river Mirne i loaves a over, i jodles and covering their faces with clay. In this way they were abie tc Ku from a i across Ihe river Inform the allies of the position 1 of tin enemy and it Is tlie CJcrmnnE vero caiturcd to tho of thousand. Slrontihcart Is a member of the i tribe of Indians of the. Caa- Mdo mountains, stalo of -Wasliinglon. I UK father.

Yellow i Klk, la now eighty-seven years old and on Ills death will be chief o. ills father's domain as well ns bis owr. which consists of about seven hundred and fifty Indians. Jljs erandfath- Hock, lived to be OIK iindred and seven years old. Slroiig- L'art was a scout i Col.

Ixizlc' and Capt. Tccts of the i Cavalr Mexico. was the first mnn It register In his rtlHtrlct in New Veil w3icn tbe present -ivur broke 1 out. Strongheart appeared In this vicl- nltj- under tlie auspices of Iho V. C.

A. War Work Council. Me Imsjicoi with Huffalo Mill, In moving' pictures and travelled nil over th- i Stales, giving for tin of 'tho lied Cross, liberty l.oai i SlnniH il riven. Am jrtcu cuicrcd I the war be hai iijiown Iho snnie imirlotlc spirit. Me timt since, the foreigner vcn civic rlghlH nftor liavlns this country, a few yoara he docs set why Iho Indian, Amcrlrai J)'jrn and t(tt American heritage llsrit.

dnlf In-fore; the "white, not bo alloj ihe'ad'mn liberty 'HlrcnghcArt ihlrly-soven years'of of slight build and prepOMOflnJng He Is a grnduete of Rockingham County Christian Endeavor LAWN PARTY Sinclair Inn Grounds Benefit of Red Cross Monday, Aug. 10 7.30 P. Admission-10 Cents jcnce and courage, a flne reprcscnta- -Ivo of his race, wlilch is fust dying out. Hog liTind and Some Hoga I Prom the New York When Mrs. Wilson christened Irst ship to leave the ways at Hog nla ml, she marked beginning of mother memorlable phase In Arnerl- fight for liberty.

Hoj; Island In reation of war, bui a to eacc, and the progress a hiis been nude In transforming wrist place a grent Industrial establishment vas properly celebrated by tho J.TCH- nc(! of President and ft large umber of other citizens. The- I'rcsldcnt's participation in the rein on lea may bo taken we assume, a lie now lias nu Joubt of he legitimate a of the cxpcndl- res made in reclaiming the latvl reeled tho a a on II. will bo remembered a )n uary the President called for a care- il invoallsatlon by the A eneral Into the of affairs al iis plant. This may be sure at were lie today a of a of funds, extravagance, or aste at the plant, ho would not havo tend 1 1 the launching. As frtr Ihe vessel, vro do nol 'ree i 'r corresponden', who on iintlity tleclared objection to her ime on the ground that It rm.

i aM hr for Mnnfl's st ship may ajiproprint'ely a rnainc reminiscent of yn lilcli Its wus const riicled. The og Island ers are irouil 1 Ihe les- iQtlon they have taken from', an I jilaco name; their ptTc-driv- and riveting chnmploria 'wear It lustfully. And the lug h.is prowd to nation i i of ed, for it is on (ho plgtjcrlea of the nltcd Slut eg that meant supply world Is being mnde cet the reeds of these disjointed nes. Had we Jjeou obliged' to tie- nil on slecrH for meat, wq and aiir ends across the water might huvu irned. what real Is; Khccji not fill the i but the mlsundpr- ood a rirl porker camu to rescue way that (smoothed road to the i for which we preparing Mituting tho Cornflower Vom, Chicago.

Bvenlng I'ost columns) tti wearing of co rn flo we a of Oraylxnrded aulhorlties on liflllgpr- i are pondering over i rplexlng problem. a question icthcr i of the corn- is not a convenient outlet for which cannot bo otherwise. ICestauranls which aro atlorncd witli the imperial (Jerman are i In riot calls for police I'ro-enemy men anrl I hi, 1 (jcrman Hag are poor fur llfo insurance cojnpanlesT Slatue.i of (iorman herpes in city IJ Jng "splashed i yellow sago Kohaoln i i purtraltit uf. Ills marc It are being Hcoreflllfty nelionl- chlldren. I now wo cornflower, imtlonal bloom, i IB said.

affording a neat 1 fur foe wympalhliccrM. It Is I In: curnllower, lu I vatei-lnnd nx Iho, kalBcrblunchtri, the Knlnt-i-'n And now, U-JID dare nol cliccr l- attacks are calmly wcarin'g Iho cornflower nnd "getting a a It." 'lorlstH are Rolllrig largo batches tif cornllowiTH purchasers who are "de- cey of upturned ami spiked helmet. a a of rathskel- lers are growing kalucibluniclicn Ui heir "war" gurdcns. Is the cornflower an Mien enemy In our Uniw your own concht- SJOIIS. AN OPEN LETTER Mr.

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