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disloyalty of the people in all her from
tier provinces. Treason forever sits in
her very gates. If the Poles and Jews,
Lithuanians and Ruthenians have been
lukewarm toward her and even be-
trayed her to the enemey. is it not just
penalty for her bigoted and cruel tyran-
ny over those captive races?
AS vet the invaders have seen hardly a
Russian roof. They are operating in
lands conquered by the Cars and which
remain almost as alien to the Russians
as to the Germans and Austrians. who
have still to step upon the soil of true
and loyal Muscovy
When the Germans passed into
Poland from Posen and the Austrans
from Galicia. they found the same
those they left behind in their own
frontier provinces. And farther up, in
the Baltic provinces. the Teutonic con-
querors are on a shore more akin to
them in its history. its religion and its
culture than il is to Russia
Libau and Riga look much more
like German than Russian cities. And
there German remains the speech of
trade and society Even in the streets
and shops of Warsaw l heard far more
German than Russian spoken.
Prussians Taking Prussia.
Indeed the Germa~z have only been
retaking in 1915 what Russia took from
them in 1915. For in the earlier partI-
tions of Poland. Prussia grasped a far
larger share of the spoils than she was
permitted TO keep. She pushed her
frontier eastward until it ran from
Memel and Tilsit down the Nimen to
Kovno and Grodno, thence along the
BuC River past Brest Litovsk to end
finally only at the Dneister on the Cali
clan border.
But when Napoleon came along in 1907
he took away from her most of her
ill-gotten gains, and. forming them into
the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. he gave
them to the King of Saxony In the
next jugglery Posen was restored to
Prussia by the Congress of Vienna, but
Russia grabbed all the rest of the grand
duchy. And now two sons of Saxony.
Won Hindenburg and Won Mackensen,
are recapturinG for a Prussian monarch
the soil that was lost by Kaiser VIII
helms great-srandfather 100 years ago
VIII They Invade Holy Russia.
Whether those Saxon warriors of the
Kaiser will carry the war beyond the
frontiers of this one-time Prussan Po-
land and undertake an invasion of Rus
sia proper. We shall learn only as they
unfold their plan of campaign. The
short Russian summer is almost gone
and the seventeen and eighteen hour
night is near at hand. November will
see the Baltic ports frozen in.
Moreover. IL the invading forces should
push their center beyond Brest Litovsk.
which really is the great. fortified out
post OF White Russia. they will lose as
they go the advantages they have en-
joyed. And the Russians will throw of
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to native Jail birds. crazed by free llquorS
and to famished mob of foreign looters.
Russian Winter Not Cause of Dis
aster in 1912.
The fable of Napoleon's retreat is an
other of history's fairy stories. Neither
the flames of Moscow nor the SHOWS of
winter undid him. but his own folly. To
be sure. he blamed the entire disaster
on the fire and Ice. but that was only the
natural effort of A guilty man To establish
an alihi for himself
Napoleon entered Russia on June u,
from sparrow H!l ha!f his army had
melted away while advancing in summer.
He left Moscow on October 70. and half
his remaining army was lost In the first
fortnight of his retreat. while the autumn
weather was so genial that he nkened
it TO the sunshine and the beautiful days
Of a trip to Fontaineb!eau."
He had only a broken fragment left
when the first snowflake fell in the third
week Of his homeward march. Finally.
MS CtOWnIIC tiSdSAtI was iONShI upoIi
him by the mildness of the weather in
November. which had failed to freeze a
bridge of ice for Kim across the Beresina
River. 1t was only December when he
left the country. and on December Is
wher the ragged. hoiow-eyed survivors
OF the Grand Army staggered through the
streets of Kovno behind Marsha! Neg and
escaped over the Niemen.
The Russian campaign was not winter
killed. The Grand Army starved and
persisted only because it had no roads
adequate for the transportation of its
supplies Its fate carries no warning to-
day that could give pause to the German
general staff And if Napoleon had pos
sessed the iron roads which now couple
the invaders of Russia with their base we
never would have heard of the fable that
he was overwhelmed by the elements in a
savage cline.
the Defeat:
u is possible that we are framing
new Russian fable when we charge
the misfortunes of the Cars army in
this war wholly to its lack of muni-
tions An empire so unprepared and
so unorganized as Russia. a country
so sadly misgoverned by a, stupid
oligarchy with its eyes in the back
of the head. a land SO nearly cut off
from the manufacturing nations neces-
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her already too slender industrial re-
sources and added to the productivity
of Germany. Nor can she we'll afford to
lose to the Germans the Polish mines.
for they produced a quarter of the coal
output of European Russia.
The NapoIeonic Fable.
So much for the fable that the capture
or destruction of the Russian army was
the only object of the campaign. the one
achievement that could bring success
Next comes the Napoleonic fable which
is in SO many mouths
According to Napoleon all history is
only fable agreed upon The frozen
tear of Charles XII at Pultowa, which
Noltaire caught on his quill and the IA
tai plunge of Napoleon which Conte de
Sesur has so thrillinglv dramatized, have
done much to perpetuate the fable that
whoever invades Russia marches to GER
tain destruction.
For century there has been a remark
able agreement upon the legend that in
his campaign of 1872 the Russian armies
Craftily retreated before the French EN-
peror: and thus in cold blood lured him
on to Moscow, whereupon they burned
the city and left him fioundering on an
ash heap 1000 miles from his base
Some of the more credulous. therefore,
have been cherishing the suspicion that
the cunning Muscovites are up to their
old tricks again in 1q15
With many ominous shakes Of the
head. these soothsayers have hidden the
German Kaiser to beware of the trap in
To which the Corsican Kaiser fell in the
course of his Russian advance. Did not
NAPOLEON sayly prance into Poland at the
head of his ever-victorious grand army.
confident of catching and smashing the
Russian army at the frontier? But he
saw instead only a few Cossacks, who
fed before him without firing a shot, the
main bodies of the Russians backing
away from him and drawing him on into
the hosEy wilds of Lithuania When he
crossed the Niemen it was at Kovno.
again celebrated in the operations of this
war, and there before the Hotel de Vile
the German invader may read this grim
warning carved on a shaft of stone:
Russia.
Surprised in 1872 by an
Army of 70Oc0 men,
Only 7O,oNO repassed her frontier.
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OAEe AEe &RNEe MRAoae- NaaA@x

best developed. mos, progressive manu-
featuring center has been taken from
her. The Polish textile mills and sugar
mills. with their skilled labor and their
machinery have been subtracted from
her already too slender industrial re-
sources and added to the productivity
of Germany. Nor can she we'll afford to
lose to the Germans the Polish mines.
for they produced a quarter of the coal
output of European Russia.
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been only the inevitable consequence OF
a deserted and wooden city
to native jail birds. crazed by free liquor1
and to a famished mob of foreign looters.
aster In 1872.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22
B. F. Mcintyre says: "Breat

B. F. Mcintyre says: "Breathes
there a man with soul so dead, who
never to himself bas said that
editor has quite a head. I'm glad
] take his paper. He's got raft
of grit and sand, he prints the
news of the land, he boosts the
town to beat the band and that's
the proper caper. He soaks the
grafters in the neck, be saves the
Ship of State from wreck, he's
Johnnie on the spot. by heck,
when things are in jumble. He
writes the ads that bring the
dough, he chases all our gloom and
woe, he tells us all we want 10
know and yet he is quite humble.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22

The real "good fellow is the
fellow who knows something good
about every body and tells it. He
never knocks on his neighbor or
digs up the past. He always lends
helping hand to the fellow who
is up against it and gives him a
chance to make good. He never
forgets to do and say the little
things that make his wife happy
His children find him a jolly
playmate. His home is a haven
of love, happiness and content
ment. The real "good fellow is
the worlds greatest asset.-Bert
Moorehouse.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22

He never gets bit stuck up, he's
worked since Hector was a pup to
earn his daily bite and sup and
have little over. [ know we owe
him many plunks, SO let us shame
the other skunks and furnish with
kale in chunks, wherewith to live
in clover"
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22

The following paragraph comes
from foreign exchange says the
Lexington Advertiser: "There is
still in existence an Egyptian
papyrus of the date $500 years
before the Christian era which
contains the following caution:
MY son, do not linger in the wine
shop or drink too much wine. It
causeth thee to utter words against
thy neighbor which thou remem-
berest not. Thou fallest upon the
ground, thy limbs become weak as
those of a child. One cometh to
trade with thee and indeth thee
SO, then they say, Take away the
fellow for he is drunk."' This is
believed to be the oldest temper
ance lecture in existence.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22
Two Pictures.

In 1907 the world was at Peace.
Factories we're busy. Crops were
good. There was no threat of
trouble abroad. At home, the re-
publican party, self-appointed viz
ier of "prosperity," was in un-
disturbed control of the govern
ment, and Theodore Roosevelt held
forth daily on the whole duty of
man, with the White House or the
presidents train as his rostrom.
Yet out of that clear sky came
panic that forced every bank to
suspend specie payment and rely
on "cashier checks" The card
house of prosperity tumbled to the
ground. Factories closed, the
stream of traffic dried to thin
trickle, disaster overlook the whole
nation, and the effects of that
disaster we're still plainly visible
when President Wilson took the
chair IN 1918.
Turn now to 1914. In early
August of that year began the
greatest and most destructive war
the world has ever known. Men
by millions dropped the tools of
industry and sprang to arms. Bat
ties involving armies larger than
the hosts of Xerxes grappled on
two frontiers, swaying back and
forth, and trampling civilization
into the mire between them. The
purchasing power of this nations
best customers was cut in two, and
some of those customers perforce
ceased buying altogether.
Yet there was no panic. Business
halted, as ship might halt if she
did not sink, nor even take in
water. There was a tremendous
disruption of commerce and fl
nance, but no collapse like that
which came seven years before.
The army of unemployed was no
larger in 1914 than in 1907; and
while the earlier. depression lasted
for years the later one is already
passing away, and prosperity is
returning with steady pace.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22

Worry is the great American
habit, says an exchange. As ma
tional pastime base ball Is a poor
second. Our peculiar civilization
makes it chronic We are the
champion worriers of the universe.
The African is happy; oriental fa-
talisn prevents dissatisfaction
with Asiatic; the European, in
peace, is usually content. But we
worry because ones next door has
an automobile, because Mrs Jones
has new gown, and because we
may have some trouble scraping to-
gether the money for next months
rent food bills. And we know all
the time that worrying won't ever
get us the motor car, the gown, or
pay the rent; in fact, it takes away
whatever little joy there might be
in living. We know it impairs
our health, destroys our efficiency
and spoils our chances of ever at
tanning. Yes, worry is a great
thing-for doctors and under
takers.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22


We live in land of high noun
tains and high taxes; low valleys
and wages, crooked rivers and
crooked statesmen; big lakes and
big pumbkin heads; silver streams
that gambol in the mountains;
pious politicians that gamble in
the night; roaring catamounts and
roaring politicians; fast trains,
fast horses and fast young men;
sharp lawyers, sharp 6nanciers and
sharp-toed shoes; noisy children;
fertile plains that lie like sheet
of water and a great many men
that lie like thunder. Exchange.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1915-07-22

1.-The laborer who works to get
higher is the laborer who is worthy
Of his hire"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
GREAT FALLS PROJECT
WILL NOT Be DROPPED
Chamber Of Commerce Committee Not
Deferred by Secretary Garnson's
Unfavorable Attitude.

That the special committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce. furthering the
Great Falls water and power plant
forts because of the unfavorable views
relative to the matter recently an
nounced by Secretary of War Garrison,
is apparent from a statement issued
yesterday by Roy c. Claflin, chairman
Of the committee. The statement, in
part, reads:
while it is true that there is no
immediate demand for an increased
water supply, it is conceded by those
who have made official investigations
OF the question that the work for an
increased water supply must begin
within five to eight years at the out
side. a comparatively short time for
an undertaking of this size.
The wisdom of postponing so i'm
portant matter until the actual
necessity demands it, is questionable
Suppose the accomplishments of the
work should require a longer period
than estimated, or that the govern
ment would be less able at that time
to bear the burden financially. as a
business proposition, would it seem
wise to procastinate?
The special Committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce will continue its in
vestigations to their conclusion, and
from the information already in hand,
1t appears that the chamber will be
justified in working arduously for the
immediate undertaking of the Great
Falls project"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
Passengers Give Details
Of Raid Hidden by Censor

New York. Sept. 2o.-Passen-
gers arriving here today On lin
ers from Europe reported these
chief features of the great Zep-
pelin raid on London on the night
Of September s:
Anti-aircraft guns and aero-
plane patrols have proved useless
in repelling air raids by the Ger
mans.
The extent of damage. the
number of casualties. and the
state Of terror of the people have
been minimized or suppressed en-
tirely in the meager news reports
allowed to pass by the censor. 1t
was said here today that fifty
were killed in the last raid.
For half an hour Wednesday
night. September 8. Zeppelin
lowered a mile above the heart
Of London, raining bombs in a
steady stream upon the city.
Attempts were made to destroy
the great Woolwich Arsenal. but
failed. \ warehouse near st.
Paui's Cathedral was struck, but
the munitions stored therein
failed to explode.
A bus containing sixteen per-
sons was struck and blown to
atoms.
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British Aeros | elpless Before
Zeppelins, Americans Assert
Returning from London, They Tell Details Of Raid Held Up
by Censor -Brtons in Terror After Airships Visit.
Bombs Hit Near St. Paul's

New York, Sept 20-Picture a great
airship circling over the blazing lights
Of Broadway. raining bombs upon Her
aid Square in New York City or swing
ing above the "loop" of Chicago shower
ing shells upon the throbbing traffic arte-
ries Of that city. and one gets an idea
Of the first German air raid over the
heart Of London on the night Of Wednes-
day, September 8.
S. NJ. Kahn, who arrived in New York
today on the liner Rotterdam. passed
through the Zeppelin attack when Zeppe-
lin bombs were ripping up the heart Of
the great British metropolis. and he de-
scribed it today in thrilling narra-
tive.
Arsenal Unscathed.
German airships are binding the people
Of London in chains of terror. Mr.. Kahn
says and the anti-air-craft guns which
are scattered throughout the city are
powerless to infiict damage upon the in
vaders of the air.
Projectiles rained upon the Woolwich
arsenal. on the outskirts of London. the
evident objective of the raiders on the
night OF September s. but failed to hit
owing to the darkness.
Scores of shells were hurled over the
side of the Zeppelin into the thickly con-
gested parts of the city, bordering upon
the Strand and Piccadilly Circus. blasting
holes. starting fires. and sending the peo-
pie scurrying into their bomb proof cell
lars.
Crowds Thrnlled by Bombs.
A curious psychological effect was noted
by Mr.. Kahn. At first the people fed in
panic when the projectiles began to fall
into the city; then their terror gave way
to fascination and many of them climbed
to roofs to get a better view of the hos
tile visitor, which swung easily in the
air. about a mile above the city. while a
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
washington Will GET
new VAUDEVILLE HOUSE
Columbia Theater Leased to Marcus
Loew Interests for Period
of Five Years.

The Messrs. Metzerott last night an
nounced that the Columbia Theater has
been leased to the Marcus Loew interests
for five years from October II. This
means that the National Capital Is to
have q new vaudeville house.
The Loew interests control many Ihea-
ters in New York City and throughout
the country. and the Loew vaudeville
circuit extends across the continent.
The Columbia Theater is to form link
in this vaudeville circuit with a modern
theater in Baltimore.
The Messrs. Metzerott announced that
the lease covers only the theater proper
and not the office building In which it is
located. The lease was executed by the
estate of W. G. Metzerott. in which title
has rested for years. 1t was also an
nounced that Paramount Pictures will be
shown at the Columbia for four weeks.
Since 1896 the Columbia Theater has
held its place in the esteem Of the Ma
tional Capitals theatergoers. Before
the civil war. William G.. Metzerost,
father of Frank and Oliver Metzerott.
was this city's leading dealer in musical
instruments and also had a reputation
for managing frst-claSs amusements.
After the civil war Mr.. Metzerott oc-
cupied the Iron Hall. in Pennsylvania
avenue between Ninth and Tenth streets
northwest. Later he removed to Ninth
street and Pennsylvania avenue and gave
a number of famous recitals. He dieo IN
1884. and his sons took charge Of his
work. In 1891 the Metzerotts improved
the Twelfth street property. where the
Columbia Theater now Is located. and
built the Metzerott's Music Hall.
The present Columbia Theater was
erected in 1896 and was opened with
Emo
The theater since then has been owned
and operated exclusively by the Metz
croft family. 1t has been the scene OF
some of the greatest productions and the
greatest artists have been heard within
its walls.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
Plans Complete for Dedicating
Census Building for G.A.R.Camp
Citizens Committees Report Finishing Touches Being Put on
Headquarters for Veterans -Pennsy Fvania Avenue
Grand Stands Nearing Comp pletion.

and Miss Mary Baker, daughter Of
Representative ]. Thompson Baker. Of
New Jersey. Mrs. George Dewey, wife
of Admiral Dewey. is a member Of the
organization.>
Headquarters Of the decorating COM
mittee. 140S New York Avenue north
west. was the scene OF great activities
yesterday. Hundreds of merchants ap-
piled for the loan of flags and en-
signs. Decorations valued at more
than $4,000 have been loaned the COM
mittee by the War and Navy Depart
ments. The first quota was received
yesterday by Isaac Cans, chairman Of
the committee, and Thomas Grant, sec
retary Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Most of the flages received yesterday
came from the War Department. but
there were some from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. Two sailors from the L. S.
S. Dolphin were assigned to the COM
mittee storeroom to assist in handling
of the flags.
Detectives from big cities throughout
the Eastern half Of the country will be-
gin to arrive here this week to assist dhe
local police force. The sleuths will come
from as far North as Boston. as far West
as Chicago, and as far South as New Or
leans. They will keep a sharp outlook
for pickpockets. thieves. burglars. conf
dence men, vagrants and other criminals.
and will pay especial attention to arrivals
at Union Station and steamboat wharves.
During the parade next week detectives
will patrol the outlying sections Of the
city in automobiles to guard against bur-
glaries in the deserted districts. Fifty
additional mounted policemen will be de-
tailed in the downtown section. More
than 400 Boy Scouts will aid in patroling
the route of the parade and maintaining
order.
Union prisoners Of war are to hold their
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21

dozen flares from searchlights played
upon II.
The details of the London air raid
brought here today on the Rotterdam
were the first to be received. as they have
been held up by the British censor. They
show that the situation in London and
on the east coast, as a result Of the con-
tinued air activities of the Germans, is
much more dangerous than was supposed.
The British censor has allowed only mea-
ger information relative to Zeppelin at
tacks to leak out.
Bombs struck the Bank Of England and
fell on the Mansion House. the official
residence Of the lord mayor Fire broke
out near the stock exchange, but lwas
conquered before 1t could spread from
the wreckage where ii started
The Washington herald., 1915-09-21

| annual meeting here during encampment
| week. Their headquarters will be In room
a. at Camp Emery. Their business ses-
| sions will commence next Tuesday morn
ing at $50 O'Clock.
Col w. ". Harts. superintendent Of
public buildings and grounds. Is in charge
of the program for the laying of the cor
ner stone of Arlington Amphitheater. Oc-
tober I.
Mrs. Little E. johnson is to be official
hostess for entertaining ladies of the q.
A. r. She has engaged in veteran and
patriotic work for twenty-eight years.
and twice before has served as official
hostess.
Probably 800 persons will be included in
the local mounted escort for the big pa
rade. Melvin c. Hazen. District surveyor.
Is in charge of arrangements.
Members. of the Eighteenth Corps will
meet tonight at 7:3o o'clock in. G. A. r.
Hall to complete arrangements for the
reunion next week.
Orders have been issued by Brig. Gen.
Harvey. Of the District National Guard.
for the participation of the local citizen
soldiers in the G. A. r. parade. The mi
litia will serve as an escort to the citi-
zens Of Washington at the head Of the
parade.
HcH. harvey lSsueu tne lOiiONIuS VI
der:
Companies. separate organization will
assemble near Peace Monument in the
following order not later than $50 a. M.
reporting their arrival to the adjutant
general; brigadier commander and stan,
Third Infantry, First Separate Battalion.
Naval Battalion. Hospital Corps. Battery
A, Field Artillery, Signal Corps company.
Dress uniform will be worn. For Off
GERS. dismounted. black shoes (high top;
for enlisted men. dismounted. russell
leather shoes.
Each organization will be inspected by
its commander before the general assem-
bly,. and any officer or man not In proper
uniform or not presenting a creditable
appearance will not be permitted to
parade.
"All commanding officers will report at
brigade headquarters at o'clock in the
evening of September % to receive any
special orders that might be given.
This duty will be without pay. Gov
ernment employees will be furnished Ger
tificates under this ORDER