CAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES SEa ISLE OTTY. N. i.

P»fe Iwo

CAPITAL!

Outdid Soldier Son in His Military Swagger

woflEErrowoBflf f; Respite Croakers, Human Ract Is Not Deteriorating.

Facts Brought Out bj the War Shov

That Men Today Are as Strong Physically and Morally as

Ever in History.

W ASHtXOTOV—TIip rnlon OIM w|,l. -,Wir„ .1 brer of !

" t r» «™: tb. ™»- r~mlb u.. d«,rt„ bUt'.i-, ,b. „„bd« n.„ ““ T»d it

am. the mao who nerer has felt a bul- " d ■PP*' r » the Cacti • let** ttlcg—alt of them are there. ,bc *awal.le mnarttg balm ,

It is the raw recruit that Interests Wrj- nu.de. obscrre. the MontrcaJ Gazette -

mo most. Catch him either when he I T^ r “_ of tbc «!«»««ermaster** oMc • la entrainlnr for camp for the Bret i ~ low , Uu ‘ ,b * Americans who an |

time or just gettln* back on his Bret t aDitoTm

leave. Then the women are in the /I'lWWHWk I <r*/53/ j . higcer than the men who fought ir picture In large numbers. When be fv I** /,,J I '‘Jrmer wars. The a‘sc most In demam goes away to camp—with tearful eyes T 1 r 1 Tor “« atandard army shoe la the pas) and apprehension. But when be re- _. £/ ( 17 I : «aa 7K while the average sine of th* tuma—ah. then, there Is a change. {V/ i ,I1 * rrhlnc «•»« ««»«y •* D. and that The woman folks come with faces m Jg , of the field or trench shoe 8E. Twc beaming pride and hearts thumping ! ' aj ‘ le * • r * i ** ue<1 - for *< b«* b«n foont martial music. After he has been In the service long bla coming to town or I , y t *“ l “W 1 "* require a going arross ceases to be as Interesting as It was at Bret and he Is not *ur- ! Iar *” **** ,or UmAreuchea, it being rounded by a crowd of proud or apprehensive women, and he Is not half as 1 Dec, ‘***’7 *° wear two pairs of sock.* Interesting as he was waen be Brit forsook the civilian life. V * tlroe c “ ld * nd »ct weather

I saw a striking iUnstratlon of this on a recent day. A senator who Is S1 ! n . l . lart _ y ■ tt,e Present-day

well along In years ceate to the train »ith his son, a husky youth of twentyone. iierhaps. who reared his shoulders hack 'n grand style and carried a general air of confidence that he eould whip aU of the Helnles In the world. It was evident from his new suit that he had not been in the service long, but this fact was evident by the manner In which his father carried himself. If there ever was any doubt In the father's mind as to the final result of the war It evidently had been wiped out by the admission of his sun to the army. Aa they swung down the huge train shed the father assumed a far more military air than his son. and when I last saw them the senator was clicking his heels along In a fashion which fairly shouted: “Here we are. Huus; what are yon going to do about l!T" They had no woman folk with them, for the senator Is from way out West, but through the actions of the father

visual Ire the proud bearing of the entire family.

soldier has to be provided with a aiz. larger than his predecessor, la coots *hi its sod breeches. He Is s bigger man aQ round, which is decidedly oat isfactogy from the national point oi

view.

Events In other belligerent land* since the war began have served U prove that men generally are as strouf physically and morally as ever they were In history. Tbc long campalgr

l could t 10 the ,rrorhp * In Europe has put thi

! soldiers to a greater test than the fight

Quite a Simple Matter, as Auntie Explained It! h *" stood that teat, one

A CEHTA1N gentleman, who baa among his real estate holdings a little house which he has rented for some years to a colored “auntie." has been experiencing difficulty recently anent his weekly wash. Tbc colored woman

the hundreds of thousands who surrlvr the cannon's blast and the rifle's bullet

house which^he has rented for some years to a colored “auntie!" baa been * of'mlnWd. PtXSlCallr fine spccimetu

Us weekly wash. The colored womnn | It ts not neccssarv m o good price for the work. Living In trriorated. Canada Is a small nation property, there was a sort cou.par-d whh It. tremendous neigh of understanding between th-m about an<1 wlUiothar alllew It the washing, and the man little ; " d . ‘ PPP

i—Bri.Iah guuneTh ■•penning raptnml guns Iba: have been turned o the Seeing cnomy la Flandi rAmerican troops “on their way to Berlin,- pnsslug a signpost that marks the border between France and Alore. Inflating some of the small balloons used by tip allies to send tmth-te'-Ung protagando over the Hun lln. ..

NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Germany. Admittedly Defeated. Is Now Squirming to Pre-

vent Utter Dicaster.

under Austrian domination Baron I Uercan armies. Rurian. admitting fhe central power* machine gun*, wtlii m

GREAT CIVIL UPHEAVAL ON

Austria and Turfcsy Ready to Quit— Huns. Forced by Allies. Begin General Retreat From BelgiumStill Reeleting Fiercely In Champagne. By EDWARD W. PICKARD.

no longer had a chance of arhieving military deriidon. p'astered Pro blent Wilson with flattery, d-ctering that bis humanitarian politic* were fully accepted by Austrie-Hungary.

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It was taken for granted Hint Turkey. under the irtidervlilp of Izzet i'nsha. the new graud vizier, was about ready to make a separate peace. In the effort to hold her in line, the German Black sea fleet was sent to (Y-oauntlnople au.; the raremmeut wa* v. -.rued r!*t the first step toward hreakisg sway from the alliance with Germany would be the signal for' a l-omhardroent of the city. Despite the presence of the worships. 20 In nom-l-er. a revolution broke out In Constantinople against the Young Turks, Those power had not been wholly broken by the change In cabinet.

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Uoumonla. which ha* been f-nokly

» «». almnt half of whom were males S<|U,r,nln *- w *ning. ibe looking for a chance to get into tbc

or ni* shirts, etc. : Oof c f thp y oonjt maD rutrt of lW totB1 ' Germ in Imperial government seemed war again, may have the opportunity •rl! 1 ,hlnp ' i BOOfiOO men have measured up to th« I ' M ‘ k ,0 b *‘ on l ** Thlrk '«T Airesdy the inhabitant* of

The first thing It did to this man', ^r.,- Dir<Ural ^ * a * *

* co-u

Mituted moat of the Hun rcslM:

thU region. Serb coanter-nt: . t. Infantrj os were mode were nths

feeble an<l easily beaten off. The defease In general, bov.ewr,

was poweeful. and It U evident tM

the German ennimanu attci himportance to holding back tlu

leans a* much as poseihle In tl.c Yndnn region. Every foot galn.il Lm by the allies weaken* the bold ..f tW German* on the Inralnahlc coal -.sr iron fields of the Briey baats nrwihmg of Verdun. It looks a* I bough the Germans -cere reeonrl»etl to retlritg from Belgium and France, but snail hang on to the Briey fields tn the kg Jboinem. Such a course wool 1 !*■ jes tilled by tbetr greatly dcplet.d «tnoa of material. They are raonlnz -hrvt especially of metal tot guru and a*

munition.

In Italy, the Austrian* bur Irra attempting very little of laic. perl*. b!y U-renae tluy liope soon to i«- «ts tf the war; but lu Albania and Sc.-im the allies are keeping them

. . , - ^ severe medical test of the army ano " D,, ,nM cmm * ,be rnraor * ^ «»">» the northern part of the country. In . - - wash »b*_to advrnce the price from Mjroe tens of thousands of other* j *° ,TT,,dpr ■ n<! of the alxlira the province of Muidsvia. have risen P^"P- Italian*. Ser'.is. Freo. li

«1 M »U». i*, ».» clciHull, .f u,, rumlOBi

qulM»d. Th- hicli COM of llrtn.. M ..... .. , '

h. «alh< rood ootumlly. But -l..n h<- rccMriM ootlc. thmt be eouJd haee wllh ,,, rtr J;"" 1 ** to p., ue.l -eot he rol . UlUe Wed. ! . “t OTl “™ •“! <lo Kd Til )o.t to .wood ..d mo .Qoile .bom be nld to hi. rood wire. ^ m 2£°£eiT u ” • , >™ i - ■■ >“■ c-—■»-f 1.^ j &d «:.rZ;x*7c Tf. ibe web. bom, - mowed .ooUe. ! “j”” 1 ' ' ,l 'd“‘ 01 ■"« ™e Tbe of couwemid he. T.ui doo't yoo tblob yoo b.ye boeo wlrtot 1 the tbuoder of 'o * cd Utllomofe ih*n (be ww deownd.T Hew 1 baeoot wised tb. wot t® ! ifo o f I j 'o,,. rli loc, *“* ““ ““ Too eolox- mooed tbe wotooo. eweetly. ! ..T 1 ! “ 2'**®““ nr,,n " r " •*>“ K." wUed the 00,0 to mom. "Bot dao’t yoo tblob tbe Tow SLd ^ work* hardship on us poor real estate owners, sometimes? Here I am letting „ rvaytogay toface attack from you hsvi thi* little home for tbe oame modest price that you have always ”, T de!!TtT ,t ln paid, while you .re raising the price of cur wasilng week by week.- ' SSThmS. toe Auntie grinned peacefully. bodies of gloomy and narrow-

"•'•“t-d persons who meet perlodlca.Vy

Ilrti-

! don’t know about dnt. boas." she a

ain't, dat a all."

“I guess I's protected a

Bee Really Deserved Feast That He Finally Got

H AVING written stone* of a mouse that sings, a sparrow tost takes a aho*rr bath, a kitten that attacked a pigeon and a bird that waits

tree for the master of toe house to co, been branded “nature-faker." I feel st liberty to tell toe following talc—also

true:

“Bees must have marvelous nosea." be said, ignoring tbe noses. I asked hUn why he attributed marv.-loos powers Df smell to tx-es. “Well, you see." he said, “it'a tola way. I went down to toe corner grocery store the other day to buy a bottle of grate- Juice. It was one of •hose warm days, and on ray way b««ac I had to pee* a yard snrr.mnd.'d by a hedge. There were quantities of bee* buzzing through the hedge, true of them i. u*t have setn me coming tcros* the street, for he limn.-iini.-ly left tbe sortrly of hi* mates and began flying around my bead. "That U» followed me up toe street a* faithfully at any dog. After a few etep* I miu that what he wo* after wa» the bottle of grape Juice. A* far aa I could t.ll there was no way on earth that bee eould know there ^ns •weet grape Juice liable that bottle, sin..- the cork wes in tight an'i had never been removed. “But that f.-llow knew sugar wa* near. He never left roe. Across streets b* aecompam.-! me. He wa* a faithful a* well n * busy bee. Into my home he came. ai,d the door dosed behind him. but be never faltered. That evening ray family drank the grape Juice." "And gave your I--- a *|—iol cup." I said. "Well, not exactly that." be replied. “But we set the empty bottle out In tbe yard, and the next rooming we found the b.-e asleep In the Ooitutn of the bottle."

mud resolve that the race is degenerat log i.hy ideally and morally should rest from their croaking for the time being. Actual conditions are confounding their slander.m» aasertion*. Tbe race lg stronger today tli_u ever.

>f tlx' kaiser, and thougti these tn armed revolt against tbe Anstro- •“d Greeks all are tnklng rhartsfil ■••ironfinutd or contradicted a* . German force* of occupation. | *’ Ihem. and at last reports tl.ei lt.1 7

fast cs they came out. enough authentic news seeped through the veil

i.f *ecrecy to *hos that thing* were ! great event ef the week

On the wostern (tattle front the ,rm * raptured by the Serb*.

I eon driven far north of Xl*li. nhkk

Ir. a desperate state In GcrmMiy. Its i" acv trap wa* sprung hannleasly by I’resident Wilson when. In reply to what gt first glance looked tike full rereptanee of Ms terms, he told fhe government flatly that only absolute ccpltulatloo would be considered and that the allle* would not listen at all while the Hun* occupied silled territory and continued to perpetrate outrage* on land and sea. Any persons who may have had doubt* concerning th* firmness of the president's will end purpose were Joyfully reassured, and the answer created consternation in Berlin. Tbe German press admitted that It wa* a great blow to their rising

the . *' he,on F'- >" Albania the Austrtaa

smashing drive of the allies In Flan- . rT * CTjn, * d great naval <Vrs by which In a few days the Bel- ! Dan ^ a - "blrii bad boon tarrel? de ■Sian seapof* held by tbe Hun* were ; h y a naval raid Ibe prerinai

I ractically rut ofl and tbe German* I retk

were forced hack rapidly almost to *he —~ Iratch frsutlor. Thi* drive, made TAttle news came from General Ak u>rally Uy tie* British and Belgian*. • rn by's army In Raleslln* whirl, pc*WB* directed toward Bruges and j * Ai J r w “‘ resting after Us gallau' -si Ghent. , In quick succession Aoulers. KUf,r 'S«fVI campaign ngainri to Turks. Brain. Lendeirde aod other tows* But ^"rd was received that l^r*. were captured; Wednesday night Uie ! ,hr Torkiah.haae on the Med tenete Brit 1*1; occupied Courtral. and on " ,l , “" 1 ratrtured. fol'owiur -1 »* Thursday the city of Lille was taken j TMalbefc Tripoli and Horn* • ete «e

l.y them. The Beigtsns took Thotrrouf. ' rwpied. tnd move.) ahead rapidly to Bruges, thick they occupied with little oppo-

-*•*— At tip- same time the British , haT '‘ been greatly atreaglbeti.-l

of (wace. and th ruling minds were entering Osteod. and a few 1 ““d reimrted to be pres«;!i!

n “*■ rmplre hegan to try tn find l.imrs lalsr King Albert and Queen 1 ,h * ( '*ecbo-«orak troops there Lightest Known Wood. svme otoer way of escape from the Hizabeth were in that futnuu* town ll - ,,rr have apper.led for help tr

every evening, and not having A consular report from Port Linux. A* a preliminary, wth-h few years had beer n<>e of the ! tl'l**. and It may he that tro-p

I Costa Itlca. gives inl. rerrtin, derail, "^* e dM ' v * <T,,,1,n * amer.diiwnt* to . hief I’-boat bases ..f the Huns. r*e. : «be Kiberian eipedltlno Imve her.

_ cunn.rrti.ir ti.® ... . . ; the constitution rere ado*-ted or pr**-

-raperor the right to declare war. Tbe ptwer of the Junker* was napped, to-

Jtopical j ^jher with tiiat r»f tlielr w*r lord.

■* ■ *pe-1 There was. Indeed, evidence that

In balsa or c-wkword (Ochreum). mid to be the lightest of all known wood*.

It has long been used America for maki. •; cm no.

da! type of raft.

nninM • . g "° a Tfiriilsior portion* wa* beginning which even af!‘“ n hr * "’'T- “id U.e f.-jK>rt lnort than the groat military reverses. v!l^n T lUt 11 bring on a dHmeU- for Germany be valuable f-.r al-.lane cot-tni.lluo. -■*-

The y oung trees *ufi BB d vrrj , alUve to Injury from vines. The ti

trugge. also. It was anld. was being u ,h eir relief. MeantiRie the siind . vacualed a* fast a* possible, and toe i 1nrrn In north Banda. Iwimlinr » G.rman* In the strip of Belgium Iw- to.oslderoble At.verican ftrotluy.-"’ «* tween Bruge* and the Holland border Csbllng their way along both • mte were making strenoovu effort* to gel of *he iHlna In the dlreciliai of WeM. out of the (Kittle neck Tlierr wa* m,rl beast of Vologda. Their prerrHi roily one prartlcable road for tb«tn. I*** been dlffieuli. fc* the bidsherOI • nd that was aruP-r It- eoastant ire ,,W1 making heavy attack* »"* from the Belgian hatterire. keeping the extiedltion under i lnwd Having given up Lille, which they •'^'‘■tsirt imnibardment. 1 *0 Ibe riwt did not destroy, according to new or- ,h4! mewy ha* gun be-1*. prater' -I k?

The governtsm,U. the fighting force* dere ftoan the army command the u, '«' *»» MnaU IsomiU. nn l ik»

are diowlou* the male tr.^ m-. . , ’~ r>lr * '* •" ,,or ‘* •«•*« focc^ to g.< out of »brtl* fr«m ibew do couablcrai.lc -Uw known .. ^riito Trial ^ ■b-dotaiy Main , Douai. .,.d tbe pnKVre of ffa.tenlnr -*• The oUies. however arc ce.l

bal« r.-ol. ’n’ T »*«« ’he , out the salient pcoreed*w.xxl Us" aniwrenri^T , U1 " ~r— r + »>ibout haatfHatlaa" Whirl, it appeared likely the tie large proponS^t ow toe ^ I ^ •*•*'"* Kowlmre am.rng torn. I* c-nttoue thrtr retlreuM .

cul.r .r * . d ‘ ft ' f«u»d •«» sentiment of ptty for either culty^of traoH«,rtlng it from lu native the brutal soldiery that ha* ravished

tbe railway.—Scientific the earth or tbe i-eople who lur

I-riad and rejoiced over the Inhu tuanlty of th* armed forrse Tlu- dr rr.and f.o- eiari Jasttce I* universal auidr the landv of the offender* It would not he in the least surprising If the prediction made la thee.- ...lumn*

«vmj|iel It nr) the multitude of strain- many month* ago were falfilled. name Ing. up.ura.-d eye*, the distant rattle ly. that one of the roadithm* of pesre

of shot*, tbc fismlng *|.m ,,f the lo-er. will lx- that Germany surrender the d.mraent ef the Tlelgtoa

When Airmen Fight.

One Imagines picturesque duels to toe death between A (the great french or English err) and X <1.1* German

! A* a i

No Doubt at All About Future of “Soldier Man” ZZll\

snyuiing like equal aklll, who are pnnlahmeot. With tM* sprit prevail-

|T 18 possible that you have okaerred th. .nrs-so many sausag.w *tuff«l V*^^: la not I With humans—Hash by becao*. ..f toabtoty nmodate the proverirtal “‘‘"f, ° ™ d t rh ‘ m " ,t rr.'ir.z!;

the fine thing that hi iss ued

iu<truing, a few luinui

It was nt that

nig tbe whole

■chine (to

whl.h It u fixed iiumovahly) and tU a to 1st lug. climbing, bunking nirplat" I raveling a t over r bunor.d mil.-* |» hour. |* no Joke to hit lu its small v tub. and you can see that thi. moi

•a B. Nortlhoff, In Atlut

tic.

tl.e now victorious atllea. v hat chaace (,.,. Gersaaay for pesre

without humlliatl'm?

The abdication of toe kaloer. which after all would lx- but loridentsl, was

«<-n*ddrred Ukrl. i,t-4 It -** re,K.rted and Is. Fere, toe French maintained that he Intewdi-d to atop down In favor » steady preasure on both aide* of tbe «f Frtorc vmilarn Frederick oldest waning sell.-nt there, making progress *.m of (lie crown prinre. who »* only that was .ontlnuoua thoagli not rapid twelve year* old l-eeau*." of the Increuae.] re*l*tai»ce .rf

the Hut

along fairly well there and *r. ■

dent and cheerful.

their rrUrmu-nt until they I-enine and Tretrky are rr|*">' were ..n the line Antwerp Namur bars had a violent quarrel, the kierlcres-Metf Thi*. of course, "tier having accused the forrir meant a tretaen.tou* retreat on a very "der of f.xdertng a counler i'-' wide frtxit and would not lx- al all I-ealne again has beam attai’k-'! •' • •ay ,4 a.-comphabmeni while klcndial •>*»***in. tld* time hetna •b "

»och wa* uni< ieutingly hamux-rlng at *oulder.

ttxm to every sector Fnxii the cast *—fc — t< ‘ stesu the withdrawal wa* be- The Finns seam to b* geat.nz 1 Ing carried on so rapidly that at this seiwos Into a pre-ullar poslih n willing no adequate guess muid be they eiectnl a» their King Brit ' • .ade a* to Ha full rgtent. The ahan | erirk fharte* ..f Hesse, broth.; ef tbe He'gtaa coast by the ..I toe kaiser, w hrrea|-Hi France '■ Huna meant that nllled commerre w«* .df the semi-official reUrioit' f ft*ed In great part '.om the T-boat •-zlsted vrllh ITuland. Next lh- I iwrfi and that air raid. England formali, requested Germ,.!.* ' tomld so longer be carried out with draw all her tn*»p* from their • a*.- The allies captured vast stores ! 117. The substitution of o OX»» and many heavy gun* to Belgium for r. republic was really the " '

| the rinnlsli diet, not of the pc

'•reed the Hun* out of Laan end H may not aiand.

John D. Hy an. director of th h-aa air Broiler, on his retut Eura)x>. made the wwlrame an iixtii that uain.-atkMi of op

One

Should in, 1.

His Excuss.

uokiu <

*d b

1 U aU day. bow kind It wa* of th doing helpful thing* Ilka that fur ( gbt to heaven when he diet."

•ferred claMiib. athm

and t« Mih*taiitiair Ilia alh-gati.io re-

ft rv-d t«> Dcutrrouutuy 24-5: “When n man I into taken t. tc-w

wit- h. *liall not go lo war. neither kingdom n. *l.iai he K- charg.-i .ih any out,tore*. Hm'Z* rt *.o but h. »lmtl be frre at Lome for one »° ■ year and »b*ii direr U p hi* wife which R* n, **- , ' r "*" he has taken." ; ,D g out for "W.-t; Halt) ope of the army clerks | n, * dr after tiring up the bird making the ' tt * * ,, "H rr cixtoi. • ; ru, *. *lo- w.xil.* .-.i , i i toofederath

Frreldent Wilson delayed td> to ftie peace proposal* ,.f At:*'ri gery and Turkey, probably in that the truth about their hopel vstlnn mlglit soak Into their ii nd reports showed they were ing the fact* and beglnntnr to i idtngly Tbe break-up of :b

was npprvHirhrd. In the region nlreeaft. hud been agreed «t

•-alia- I

dual !

■- Ii be- .

tended i time.

alllr*.

.•txmly deciaritig tl.elr

» picirod off that It

of tbe various

tie*, but Ibis did not seen, toe peoples wb'> have suffer

refuge *

of Bethel, an important ( war supply station .m the Ai*n. et tne apivarrut that toe Huns Ir lo fry to hold that line for i

From Hot hel almoot to Verdun ibe French and American anulr* fought

< onitojonsly. driving tbe C.-nuaus was dhxhMmi hy ktaj A ‘ ,,n .'k across the Grand Pra-Vouzb-rea Ulre. ibis being that live ■" ■I'd and up both sides of Ibe M.u*.- vorked cal a practically I* HB me Tb» Yankee* Icrnk Grand Fee. an the wireless leiepbocc derl.c whl dlyc.m- norihern bank of toe Aire river north ...*hl» tbe sltled airmen to 1 govern- of tip- Argon tie forest, th.ough wldcb the German line# and IroMlmi 1“ h-dd they had fought their way v. bravely menae fleet*, all the plaoem, of a , .nd doggedly. Tbe place, though bot by tor voice of the rewmandn • te-naM- « small village, I* of great strategic ! he say*, will ewrep the Hu. iatereot j liaportancr. hr,.,g tbe Junctoxi erf the the sky and entirely pw o«t I au lung I rsKssy* feeding a large pwri of tbe i erf their artllletT.