Show Cobb Flays Collapse of V. V s. s War Machine In First Year of Fight BANQUET COOLS WHILE C COBB COB 0 6 B BIS BIS IS INTERVIEWED Correspondent Laments Dawn 11 of Prohibition and Samuel Blythes Blythe's Fall By Milt Davis DavisI nYI S. S COBB who once worked alla as all I JL I a a. lowly newspaper reporter and anddrew anddrew drew drev 18 a week because the city e editor thought he was wall worth er c over every cent centor cent of or It has his name namo written morIn more mor moreIn morein In the assignment c book But Instead of or being the lie man manS man'S manto S 'S to get it he Is thu tho V assignment assignmentS S He lie submits to toS tot S t Interviews a n n H d I t y poses pORes for pictures rJ-i rJ Reporters disturb the privacy acy of at his hili lower lowel berth or his i hotel suite Rulle and amid ld smudges f of or th tho thop 5 55 p I h hot o 0 t 0 o g raphers flashlight powder J curl about him like likeS 0 S Incense o around an i Idol When Mr Ir Cobb divests and takes to the tub he not oni onto only has to ber bel In his his' soap soap- blinded mom moments where ho mislaid the towel and t tO te o coldwater cold water BPI spigot ot but also where 1 the ho wall wan telephone hangs For he ma may have to dock ock tie up to the transmitter antI and shout a warning down it lest leet some Rome overzealous sob sister or brother beat-brother ascends forthwith to hi his hla room for a scoop Ninth Ioor Full to Hint It was waR und under r such circumstances that the famous humorist and war correspondent corre corre- found himself booked as an assignment yesterday with a news new value equal t to a a. three alarm holocaust holocaust holo bob caust enlist or a refined society high scan scan- dal Ho lie had enga engaged ed rooms on the ninth floor cf of the Hotel Utah But that didn't matter m Hn its wouldn't hacI mare have been any more secluded If IC ho he had I gone Sone clear up un to the roof Th There ro was wag a swishing a dripping sound a 1 soun sound su suggesting a marine I low with a now brand corpse washed up on shor which came over o the ho room telephone as tI ho hc answered ered It It I Ye Yes ho lie was vas willing to submit to an Interview But nut not Just then not just lust then eu Caught In Jn Tub I r am an at al m- m my bath he explained In the game same of ot tag tab across country countr with scribes and camerl he lu claimed this Kings King's r lx X True frue It il lacked ed two days lays of ot being Saturday night but th tb prerogatives of oC a distinguished distinguished dis dis- shed visitor had to be honored Besides he had h already slid BUd down the ways was an and al was wa launched When hon Mr Cobb finally received h lie he had hind exercised his riparian rights and anc was clothed In a 3 dross suit null He tic had bad adjusted the stud knotted his tie lie and shot his hii ru cuffs Hs The hour ala alas was vas late hate anI and time lime was fleeting Nine inc floors below the scone Scene was being set act ct for tor him onno club climb mt members mbel's were werl assembling for repartee tJ by night The reception committee committee com coin was vas apologizing to a choleric mining broker they had mistaken for foi or Cobb fobb The toastmaster was fumbling his notes The chef cher was counting th thea the a soup 0 Up u IL proved cd characteristic of ol tho ho visitor that lint In this crowded period I when delay might cost a bunch hunch of ot celery eel cel cry ery r and maybe the tho first course h ho was unhurried But lInt his composure was upset a n trifle by another cause He lIe admitted it Dress Suit ul Annoys AnnoT hint Him HimI I l f feel cl In like e a damned fool In a dross r s suit he lie confided as he ran his hla In index e finger around his throat to assure himself himself him him- self that both his neck and his collar were vere in place Mr 11 Cobb has been spending a good g many months as a war v correspondent an and It was of ot tho ho war correspondent that ho spoke e most readily This war like the tho Japanese Russo-Japanese war has put an on end to the t old fash lonc war wor correspondent he lie said enid u When hen hen battles are arc fought nowadays he heIs heis Is r relieved lIe ed of the responsibility which once weighed upon pon him of ot being re responsible re- re for them Nowadays 6 the g general staffs attend to that sort ol 01 thing T Scoon S oo Day DUT Passes e But so far tar a ns as military regulations g gt the tIe newspaper reporter has hag a beIter belter bel beI beler ter er shako than ho ever cr got sot before Ol Ut course tho day of ot the big news scoot Is largely over This Is true because oven eVen It If tho the correspondent got sot hold 01 ol an Important story stor which the ho others did not have ha he wouldn't bo be able to go 0 an any further than the censor with it I Ian II Ills His opportunity lies In iii seeing snore moro keenly than others and In giving an on individual treatment to lo stuff stute to which there thero ma may be general access No o the w war r hasn't written the doom of ot the tho war nr correspondent but It has changed the tn type e The picturesque esque esquo figure who was often oCten the lie hereof hereOf here of or tho ho heroics ho narrated has hal gone one the way of ot of things mado made obsolete b by modern war Mr Cobb a as ono one of cf the most prolific of ct the correspondents said sald that he ha had fault to find with the censorship c Many fany of who criticised the censors censor were ero themselves es to blame ho he corn commented men ted The Tb They ey were ero a aggrieved ed eyed perhaps that certain necessary changes changos were made mado In their COP copy Personally I Iwas Iwas Iwas was fortunate for I had scarcely a line nit altered ere Much Must Mart Remain Untold Back of ot the tho censorship Mr Ir Cobb admitted there thero were vera man many things which never nover were told Most l of or them he ho prophesied led never tr would be he told And nd many of or them he declared would bring bring- no good to any- any lt r td In th the telling n 1 They Thoy Tho were tere time the grim and and In liable consequences of ot war var which must muss le be for forgotten otton But he insisted time the they formed no Indictment of if his belief that tho the censorship was wash wasI I h the he main omain I and sanely handled The telephone In the visitors visitor's suite tAnts a rang a crt u of call bell from rom some sume prompting person on waiting wailing below The Time hei was assembling hits his of or th tha lie menu The banquet would soon he be on the time boards Still Mr l Cobb declined to show n Im irn- irn pa patience II He tie e posed Unconcern unconcerned td for or his picture and told tho the Grid Grid- Icy to fire tire when ho wa was W ready Ale Aln I I IM Is Here Jert t t see that prohibition has carried he he lie remarked TOO Toe ba bad too ba bad he lie added mournfully Then he discoursed briefly of or the hapless plight of hi his fellow telloW fel- fel loW Journalist Samuel G. G Blythe made the awful mistake some sometime time ago of ot writing an article for tor the Saturday Evening Post In which l he Iii I de declared de- de dared that he had gone cone on the lie wagon aJi and meant to stay Now lie ho Is 18 a a. horrible hor hoc I example Of ot an apostle of Ho He cant can't can t even e take a. a drink I It he lie wants wanta I I I TRVIN S S. S COBB genial 1111 1 daring war correspondent I IRVIN 1 hero appears na fiB ho lie posed after ho he had donned the soup and fish to appear as ns a speaker at tho ilIe Bonneville club h banquet Between Between Be Be- tween interviews inter Mr Cobb is louring touring the country to tell the folk back bock homo what ho lie 0 saw of the tho war wor I. I HIO 0 S r 0 Ir r tV l. 1 f 6 I it f Qt j Sf Jo I FV A 1 J III r 4 1 D' D y I I I f. f I li rt I if S fk p t. f- f 0 x a td i It t 1 i. fr C GU ty z t Q 1 t JI h J S S 5 4 f t M S. 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I I- I r. 1 I 1 J 1 i PHOTO p I I I Excerpts From Cobbs Cobb's Address I The Tue participation of the United States in tho the war witnessed nothing less than a collapse of its military r n machine chin S should ho he no ho-no no of the Huns lions as errant errant brothers and no feeding of them u until til every cry Belgian French and English baby aby hasS has S been b cn fed f cd S 3 ff of claim laim Ii we won The tendency politicians politicians' to that ye we won the war should be he stopped and credit for the i victory t ry b given cn largely lo to Trance c and England Englun i Yf The United States Stales the thc war correspondent pointed out otil had less than men available a for active Ye service c 50 GO weeks and 3 days s 's after entrance into the world war S American boys sang un Where Do We AVe Go From Here Boys as thet they the t stood lined up 11 ill company formation on the deck leek of a a. ship S C He declared that he would not trade on dead American soldier for fora l a whole block packed full of Fords La and Bryans S tf c. c Some men the nation paid dollar a II were year yc ll o crp id S ic c S The Tho collapse ol that 1 glory coming army faded wat watI I the fault of all Americans t J d J ic r S r p. rr ri t r II to to Persons look hook him him up and an point him out as aH a n man luau who could t 11 take c It but elected to leave it alone alon B By this time the tho telephone hell was beginning to chlde chide Instead of cC chirrup The This feeding hour had arrived e In the banquet hall So the tho interviewer in decent deference deference defer deter ence to hi his te feelings lIngs of or a 0 large hungry man skilled In the tho use or of cutlery and holding no grudge c against nn any toothsome toothsome tooth tooth- some somo viand decided to withdraw without without with with- out accomplishing tho the chief purpose of cf tho lie meeting meeting- He Ito went away without Inducing the thc visitor to toll ten first hand one ono of or those famous Irvin lr Cobb stories which no censor censo would either cither pass ss or cr pass UI up I I I II YI A DOLLAR Y MEN ARE FL FL- AS v J War CorrespondeD Aside l Mask Wind Hidden Weak S- S Compulsory Jor mill military tar t tn every male child bred in A Aur ur urged c l last nl night ht b by In IrtI author an and war correspond I nd address before the tIme the the- Hotel Utah Ulah I Cobbs Cobb's plea for fo I tier fiery denunciations of or wh clarel was nothing less Ies tl thaon tha on Americas America's part during th ui of her participation In th thi tit urged that lint punishment b to lo Germany and that ther ther- ther no welcoming of or the Huns brothers and no feeding fe of ot the mouths of or every Cry and ond English baby bab- had bee beaThe bea The The Theauthor author roused mor moret t club members and their women guests to a l. l feryo by b his frequent the tIme heroism and gallant American Bol soldier ler J. J lie won frequent praise of oC tho French and Serbs t He lie brought tears to ma his eloquent portrayal portrayal- women keeping green the th Lb this nations nation's fallen ho lie brought laugh lauSh after aLer lau tau humorous tales of or tho ho brig trench life lite T I Cobb did not mince word In presenting his views of oM United States played durin duin I following the dec declaration o lb Ho flayed ed verbally some I s year dollar men a that all tendency of or pol claim that wc we won the tIme thebe T be halted and amid that Franc fran land Jand be 4 Iven ii tn tho ho lions lion's s xv 5 k ivi VA HIU I f av lie He decried universal pea armament as only and pleaded for or a aLII big ar ara aras arm armas a as the countr country's J only safe sate Toll of or The collapse that caM carn cami saw the glory glor of or our coi o a fade ado awa away was tile the fault o declared Cobb Jt It has ta b. lesson that never siever again n turn to the nabb flabby which confronted us as ns a a- a I must never nc put our tru Jitney Fords Robert La William m v Jennings Bryan The Tue and war c co told of or the United States Stated one division or Ic It less thai tb available for fop A active th service mind three tin tiny after her i ithe the lie mirld nr lie fa told p o diers being equipped alm almos almo with French and English munitions and of or there there-b b tank or machine guj SU Van tan an manufacture ture in Fran Franc time Ho Ito turned 10 o praise ot o. efforts beginning with lashe last las he ho declared an J endless sir str entered Fran France Franc e until ther American soldie Cobb veered 11 from the tho ho tragic and ind back again his a address dress and always audience at a hi high h pitch o of or thu in lau laughter or orlie Ho lie told episode after ep orf- orf pf the tho courage valor alor and det the American soldiers I II negro soldiers and word nl r 1 would e nothing but true Amen Denounces Denounce Hun HunS S The author brought brought- cheers with hie hi story ot oth 01 I who to it ii L moan man volun olun over tho the top on the he Il fI fir held German territory II I exp experiences when of at the lie sinking of oC a fi and Impressed ed imi his hear hoard heroism of or the American tales of or their sin singing Go From Here Boys Boys' a lined up in company Cor Cordeck form deck of the thc la fast t sinking fl Cobbs Cobb's denunciation Ofas of as soldiers was bitter blUet the them l but sports p. p r a l. l wan Wall or u littered d a battlefield toll folio uel tied attacks in 11 mass mas form Con pressed re regret let that this was not bigger Io When I think of at all allt an and God they have ha bro Cavell lined up a ag shot dead of or the sinking tania of oC th the 5 I girls sent ent off t und under r nD they knew not where Of Pital ships and amid of or Red t bombed from on Oil high IsaIl t. t wall saIl of or German dead r bl bigger er and amid broader bronder ana was wa not riot a at tap it It to d declare Ford Fords Are ft i that t tas Some are aro saying nation nas w n was as ai Christian as suckers to coln come 1 starving star Germany I that t secret German n afraid to lo show th t want vant us ue to welcome t th theU lI brothers I want It Itcan ic kJ can call be bo no tie kin to m me fought t like hiko sports tn the 5 titled to consideration consideration- have havo tho Ito first instinct O They were wert cruel when winning when hien I hen losing losing- 1 Cobb flayed the time ly lir declaring he lie would JI i dead American sold soMI block bluck packed full fun of ot t l Jl Ile lettes and Bryans- Bryans Democrat J self a good American also a 0 good to some borne of or the doll oH and faU brought applause 0 to think r as M Ive Ivo come como of or tho the men mon the flaIl nai some nc lar mr were being ii eln o aye l a year of oft 1 l The authors author's st story ry fleer who couldn't tire lire lack of or be o. o faro fare shown by bv a i compan troops when time the they refuse refueL after belh cut 0 off from surrounded surround and anti entire entirely brought mall JaU mans dotes of or negro neero audience Immensely th shoW v i t them tended to lo of tim grim II with a Ho Ito closed m American mothers r ar and France sons In 4 that that- nation hind had P 9 9 h 1 th ever matter wM C. C dead no nt Frank K H ref ot of time the L I. W W. acted as sis h thin tho hom home coming b W 13 o of j i ll his his- cheers cheer and amid won fi 5 i the part the c In iii the lie war var A Reat Office r 62 62 W. W i S S. s Sut a |