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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-12-24

LOST--On Thursday. between the
Seminary ana Braddcck, black
leather travelling bag. II found
please return To- VIM. Bryshaw, 1t
the Seminary. md receive reward.
3G6-5t.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

for today II 10 not give ME- liberty"
but GIVE THE WORLD LIBERTY.
II America is to help bring liberty to
the world she must fight fast fght
lest the souls OF men become SO
stepped in battle m.re and bloody op-
preston, 80 saturated with the au-
thority OF the war GOD that they can
no longer hear the call OF the rights
OF every man-fredom. For so con-
structed is the human soul that 1t
rfveets as quickly TO the desires Of.
The primitive animal man as does the
adjustment OF the eyes TO the dark
ness of night Fifty years of war
fare can tear down IN man what took
centuries and centuries to build But
even so, II sometimes requires a sword
of fire to clean the refuse from the
face Of the earth. It's UP TO US to use
that sword OF ire- America can check
the retardation in the finer things Of
man caused by years OF warfare by
burning even each twfg OF grass and
every living thing In Germany II by
so doing the war can be quickly won
and peace restored to the earth. This
quick and absolute victory can be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

according to the aviation bill that
passed both houses Of congress q few
days ago, only six hundred and seven
ty-hve million dollars for lighting air.
ships. The one billion and a half as
against the proposed seventeen billion
dollar expense, to say nothing OF the
thousands OF lives that go with 1t. seem
quite a high price for ticket to see
Germany, even If the seventeen billion
dollar ticket will take us In on the
orchestra floor.
Quite recently fifteen aeroplanes
few over the British Isles and threw
terror and agony into the populace.
They wrought terrific damage In a
very short flight. II fifteen aeroplanes
scould do so much damage. then what
would be the result Of fifty thousand
flying over Germany at one specified
time?
SEVEN HUNDRED FIGHTING
BATTLE PLANES can be construct
ed for the price of one war
ship, and at present we have
absolutely no need for more warships
than we now have. 1t costs enormous
sums to train, equip and transport
an army Of million soldiers and
their fighting effort will amount to a
few miles gained in year at best,
with the price to be paid in much
American blood. We must whip Ger
many. but We must leave ourselves
unwhipped.
The aeropiane is no longer a dream.
It is a known quantity and has proven
itself nobly. Although an American
invention, we sadly neglected to de-
velop 1t to its highest ability Foreign
nations have brought out the best
that is In 1t. just as they have the
numerous. in fact, all products of
clever American brains, however, IL
is NOT too late for us to recla i'm our
own and employ its effect for human
ity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

We have felt absolutely secure De
hind the bulk OF our Uncle Sam--too
secure. we now regret, TO have insisted
on his preparing himself when he had
the leisure time America has gone
10 no less extreme in good nature than
she did In unpreparedness. And our
exceeding toviality was one OF the
main reasons that Germany believed
we would continue to twist our thum hs
while her Huns sank ships and muir
dered innocent children and raped The
whole OF humanity.
am not. however, going 10 write
about the reason America Is in the
war" Not one OF Us has forgotten
the reascn-or rather tho billion rea-
eone--and We are pretty well con-
WINGED that we are on the right side.
We are moro convinced OF that part
of II each day when some other ma
ton walks over 10 the side of the
allies ana faces the rahid daschuund
As ! write this the news Is coming
over the wire that little Siam. the
pigmy nation way over near China
somewhere. has thrown neutrality"
to the winds and has Joined hands
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

and assembled. and the aviators trans
ported, the machines could be detailed
to the different fronts as follows:
Twelve thousand to the eastern front.
twelve thousand to the southern front,
and twenty-six thousand to the west
ern front The complete training of
the aviators could be then completed
behind the lines and at a specified
time the fifty thousand fighting ma
chimes could rise and hover over the
enemy country at such a height as to
be absolutely out OF range Of the
enemy guns and yet be able to wreak
its appalling havoc with FIFTY MIL
LION POUNDS OF DYNAMITE at
one flying and in one day.
The smashing effect of this great
quantity OF explosive loosed at one
one recalls the CONSERVATION caused
in England by the dropping of bombs
by one lone dirigible or aeroplane.
The flight OF fifty thousand battle
planes over the enemy country could
disorganiZe it's armies, destroy its am
munttion factories and burn to thS
ground its cities, without great NOR
tally to itself Figuring that one
aeroplane of this type flies with one
thousand pounds of explosive and that
nifty thousand planes fly and drop
their deadly burden at one specified
time. would mean. as I said, fifty
million pounds of explosive for the
whole of Germany or slightly more
than one pound for each and every
person now In the German empire
proper.
1t would cost the United States one
billion five hundred million dollars for
aeroplanes alone in order to blow Ger
many Off the map. Whereas the gov
eminent has only recently announced
that the proposed expense Of the first
year Of the war will be seventeen bill
lion dollars. OF that amount the gov
eminent Intends at this time to spend,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

against the crazy Teuton. Yes. we
are going to win the war all right
but we've got to do more than just
say 1t. First, We must settle on one
definite policy, get right down to rock
bottom, brass head tacks, quit quib-
bling and dreaming and wasting en-
ergy to the four winds. put the weight
OF the nation behind one BIG FIST
and let loose the knockout wallop.
The United States has been at war
three months now. and while each
day has brought its list of more Ger
man atrocities. more murdered British
and Belgian and Frenchmen, Goe-
thals and Denman, the two men on
whom the government depended to
give US some ships as soon as possible
that we might transport food and SOL
diers to the aid Of the dying, have
been scrapping and fighting between
themselves, each wanting to have hts
way; each wanting the whole of tho
limelight, arguing whether the ships
should be built OF wood or iron and
the result is that no ship has been
built at ALL
War time Is no time for politics
or personal exploitation. What differ
ence does it make If q man Is a Dem
ocrat or a Republican, so long as he
is an American? And yet, sad to say.
VIC have every reason to believe that
oven while the little children of
France and Belgium starve. and their
mothers have only their shriveled
breasts to offer the whimper!ng little
ones, we are not forgetting politics
and preference and the personal.
America IS at war. We could not
be otherwise when We think Of our
forbears and how much less they
fought and died for. And yet. Amer
lea faces today period more grave.
more historic, than 1t has realized
since the day she became a nation.
More to the future OF civilization is
this day than that on which Patrick
Henry uttered those memorable words.
Give me liberty, or give me death"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

that the Germans were coming atn0u
his Leland the day was saved. ~
at the battle of the Marine an aafe
plane flashed to General roch the me-
sag, that there was a gap In tn
ranks of the Germans to his front an1s
thus the Germans did not have Chris
mas dinner in Paris"
When Professor Langley demons
strated the practicability OF the gtld1e.s
back in 1895. the future OF SebaSt3oH
Mercier's dream was known to be ne
impossibility.
The battle-p plane is the weapon thu
lays closest to the hand Of Uncle aara.
The weapon that costs less, works
fastest and WILL WHIP MOST cons.1
pleuely. .ge
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

operators, but this handicap could be
overcome by conscripting all private
ly owned. and otherwise, aeroplanes Of
the country and by using the first OF
the war planes as training machines.
>C~As quickly as the fifty thousand bat
tle-Ptanes are completed, sent across
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12
GETTING. DOWN 70
BRASS HEAD TAcks'
What America Can Do Toward VIM
ming the War, Described In an
"Unmilitary Summary"
WAS SANE OLD OPTIMISM
Ought to Have Been Buckling On
Calling Guns and Filing Our Teeth
Long Time Ago for the Fray That
Was Bound to Come.


vi Anc AlC1lnpnu trStnlnn.)
Anyone you meet nowadays. after
exchanging tho usual salutation. Us
1t hot enough for you?" begins right
off the bat to PROFOUND his absolute
Conviction that America will win the
war Just like that"-and he then
turns his hand over with the greatest
ease and nonchalance. Whether he's
the butcher, the baker or the banker
II s all the same-'One good bill from
Uncle Sans haymaker and Kaiser
Billll pull tho 'possum. Every one
OF US think that way; we can't help 1t.
The same old optimism that makes
Willie Bryan believe he Is yet going
to be President and also the same OPP
timism that made the United States
sit calmly by and hope that We
wouldn't get mixed up" with these
vulgar warriors. when all the time We
should have been buckling on gatling
guns and filing our teeth for the fray
that was bound to come.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-12

economy for thirty thousand dollars
each. When completed the machines
can be transported to the other side
and assembled there by American ma
chininsts. OF course, the hardest part
of this program would be the train
ing of, say, seventy thousand machine
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
ADVANCE FOLLOWS
 BREAK IN COTTON
Decline at Opening Offset by Bad Crop News and Close is Higher-Cr0p Condition Esti- mated at 67.

New York, Aug. 27.-A sharp early break was followed by very rapid advance in the cotton market today, with December selling up from 21.46c to 22-15c, or about $3.50 per bale, from the low level of the morning, and 35 points above Saturdays final quotation. That delivery closed at 22.08c, with the general list closing irregular at a net advance of to 2S points.
 The market opened steady at de- cline of points on October, but gen. erally to 9 points higher and sold 10 to 16 points above Saturdays clos ing figures right after the call. A Memphis report making the condition of the crop 67.2 against 72 last month encouraged reactionary sentiment af- ter the recent big break, but the ad- vance met increased offerings and the market soon turned easier. The talk of Southern selling here seemed to emphasize the bearish views of in- creasing new crop receipts and there was also selling on the prediction for partly cloudy weather in Texas, with showers in the panhandle. Recent buyers for rally unsold on the break and spot orders were uncovered on the decline which carried the market into new low ground, with October selling at 21.40 and January at 21.43c, or about IA points net lower on the more active months. Offerings then tap cred off and the market turned firmer on another bearish crop report, fol- lowed by rumors that Southwestern farmers were refusing to follow the decline and that spot demand was im- proving. For time prices advanced very rapidly, with October selling at 22.13c and January at 22.13cc, or about 20 to 36 points net higher on the active positions. The close was a few points off from the best under realizing. A Chicago authority esti- mates the condition of the crop 67, against 72 last month.
 Cotton closed irregular.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
ONLY 2,00O MEN TO CAMP
 PIKE ON SEPTEMBER

Only a little more than 2,000 men selected under the draft will go to Camp Pike on Sept 5, of whom only 800 will come from the Arkansas quota Under the latest ruling of the Department, only five per cent of the draft will be mobilized on that date, 40 per cent on Sept. 19, 40 per cent on Oct. 3, and the remaining 15 per cent at some later date. This is on account of the greater facility in the handling of the men, and to give the quarter masters department ample time for the completion of the camp.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
WIDE VARIANCE PRICES
 OF FARM PRODUCTS

Little Rock, Aug. 2S.-Commisslon- or Page has discovered wide vari- ance in prices of farm products over the state. On the same day that onions were selling at 65 cents a bushel in Prairie Grove, the growers were getting $1.30 bushel for them in Altus. Oats sold at 55 cents a bushel in Garfield the same day they were selling at 90 cents at Tuckerman, SO cents at Altus and S5 cents at Hartford. On Aug. IS, corn sold at 25 cents a bushel higher than wheat at Fort Smith. The lowest prices on corn were $1.25 at Success and $1.40 at Walnut Ridge, and the highest was $40 at Hiwasse. On the same day Irish potatoes sold at 95 cents at Lowell and S2 at Fort Smith.
 Mir Page says that better knowl- edge of the markets and a better sys- tenn of local distribution is needed to equalize prices and secure uniformity ia the local markets.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
POLITICS TO THE
 FRONT IN ARKANSAS
Constitutional Convention Con- venes Nov. 19-Interesting Contest Promised for Presi- dent of Convention.
By Clio Harper

Little Rock, Aug. 2S.-Constitu- tional convention politics is beginning to come to the front. Wars may come and wars may go, but the Arkansas political game is a sort of endless chain affair, a workable device in perpetual motion that cannot be pat ented.
 The convention draws on rapidly. It is now less than three months until it convenes, on Nov. 19.
 One thing that even the friends of a new constitution do not deny, is that if the question were left to a session .of the Legislature meeting now, it would not be called. The need is just las great, if not greater, but the tenn perament of the people is not so strongly in favor of tampering with the states organic law as it was be- fore we became involved in this war.
 But now, that it has been called, and the delegates have been elected,
 it is the part of wisdom to get out of it the very best constitution which can he written by the men composing the body, And it is admitted that the average caliber of the delegates is a little above the ordinary. There are many strong, progressive men among the delegates, and they can be relied upon to do that which will rebound to the honor of the state.
 A few months ago there was more or less agitation against the holding of the convention at this time, but that has died down, and is seldom heard any more. It is one of the car dinal reforms that has been advocated all along by Gov Brough, and he has a all times been unwilling to yield to the opposition, believing that great and important measures will come from the deliberations of the conven- tion. Some delegates have said that they will propose to meet, organize, and adjourn to some fixed time, in the hope that conditions might become more satisfactory. This, however, would probably defer it to the midst of the next state political campaign, and there would be 8 very serious con- flict. And if they kept adiourning long enough, it might run into the next Legislature, which could repeal the whole thing, if it wanted to, and there you are So it is very probable that when the 110 delegates assemble in the hall of the House of Represen- tatives Nov. 19, they will proceed to write a constitution, and make an effort to be so careful in its construc- tion that the people will ratify it when it is submitted to them
 There promises to be an interesting contest for the presidency of the con- vention. Among those already avowed candidates or prominently mentioned for presiding officer are Judge John Ike Moore of Helena, Judge Tom NJ. Mehaffy of Little Rock, Hon. J. V. Walker of Fayetteville, O. H. Wilson of Pope county, and former Congress- man T. c. McRae of Prescott. Others may develop. Any one of these men
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
FIRST CONVENTION
 DELEGATE TO RESIGN

Little Rock, Aug. 2S.-The first re- signation of a delegate to the consti- tutional convention was received yes terday by the governor, Hon. c. P. George of Hamburg, Ashley county, having resigned. Gov. Brough, who, under the terms of the bill, has power to fill vacancies, appointed Judge Tur- her Butler, of Hamburg, as his suc- cessor. Judge Butler is circuit judge of the 10th circuit.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
COUNTY SETTLES
 WITH STATE TREASURY

Little Rock. Aug. 2S-Pulaski coun- ty settled with the state treasury yes terday for the taxes of 1916, paying in total Of S36l ,673.l2, which was dis tributed among the various funds. The aggregate revenue of the state being about three and a third millions, it follows that Pulaski county pays a little more than one tenth of the total revenues of the state, or that seventy four counties pay only nine times as much as Pulaski county alone.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28

Call 242 for September Ladies' Home Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
UNDERWRITERS APPOINT IN
 SPECTOR FOR CAMP PIKE

J. H. Rowland has been assigned to Camp Pike by the National Board of Fire Underwriters as inspector, J. s. Speed of the Arkansas Bureau, having found that he and his assistants were unable to give the work the necessary time. Maj. Fordyce, in charge of the construction, says that Mir. Howland's suggestions for fire prevention will be followed carefully.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
FIRST BALE NEVADA
 COTTON SOLD TODAY
Raised by Tenants on L. J: Bry- cons Farm-Nets $2OO.OO- Sold at Auction on East Elm Street This Afternoon.

The first bale of 1917 cotton was cold here this afternoon at auction by nor Putnam on East Elm street. The cotton was classed as strictly mid rnc and with the seed and premium no+tod the grower exactly $200.00.
 The cotton was raised on the farm of [. J. Bryson. Last year our first ho,e was sold here on August 14th. The cotton and seed were bought by W. K. Buchanan.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28

would make an excellent presiding officer, some better than others-take your choice. There will not be so many clerical positions as there are in the Legislature, but there will be a few, and there will be no lack of ap- plicants. Harvey c. Combs and Jim Higgins are most prominently men, toned in connection with the office of chief clerk.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
WORK ON CONFEDERATE
 HOSPITAL IS DELAYED

The hospital at the Confederate Home has been delayed on account of the scarcity of labor. The work should have been completed July 31, but it was impossible to do so, and it is announced that it cannot be con- pleted for another four weeks. The building fully equipped will cost ap- proximately $1S,000.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
WILL ATTEND ANNUAL
 MEETING WOMEN'S CLUBS

Little Rock, Aug 28.-Information has been received by local club women that Mrs. Josiah F. Cowles, of Los Angeles. president of the General Federation of Womens Clubs, will at- tend the annual meeting of the Ar kansas Federation to be held at Fort Smith Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28

Connecticut has just enacted a law to control the practice of stealing fruit, form of petty theft common with "best intentioned" people. It provides fine of S100 or six months imprisonment in jail.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28
THIRD REGIMENT BAND
 NEEDS FEW RECRUITS

Litt}a Rock, Aug. 28.-The Third Regiment of the Arkansas troops will accept few more men for its band It has been fully recruited with that exception.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-08-28

When you leave the city for week or more have the Prescott Daily News follow you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-12
TED MEREDITH IS AN AIRPLANE
STUDENT At TRAINING STATION

~ ILADE-- -EfA. PA, Sept ~
- While James E. CTed) Meredith
L the famous middle distance run
ner, was home here recently, he wrote
for a local newspaper an account OF
his experiences in the government
aviation school at Mount Clemens.
Mich His article, in part, was as
follows:
After about eight weeks OF air
planes. have the impression that
flying is the greatest game in the
world, and the sort Of thing that any
young man might go into at this
time for his own good and the good
Of the country.
The training in the army school
at Mount Clemens, Mich, where I
am, isn't easy. For instance, one OF
the stunts Of the instructors in some
schools is to carry about n foot and
a half Of rubber hose loaded at one
end with a chunk Of lead when they
first 90 up in the rear seat OF the
machine with a beginner who is driv-
ing for the first time. They know
that curious things can happen TO a
mans neryes-sOmething like stage
fright.
@He may grip the controls.
lose his head. remain with his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-12
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS BRIGHT;
C0LLEGESRENENING SCHEDULES

BW YORK, Sept 12.-The gray
N clouds Of uncertainty which
= have overhung the eastern coll
lege football situation for some
months are gradually being dispelled
and present indications forecast close
to so per cent Of the usual number Of
gridiron contests during the coming
season.
While the scheduling Of games is
still under way, in many cases the
autumn card already presents several
specially Interesting matches. with
the likelihood others will be added.
With Cornell. Pennsylvania, Dart
mouth. Navy. Army. Colgate. syria
cuse. Pittsburgh. Swarthmore. Penn.
State, Brown. Washington and JEFF
ferson, Carlisle. Springfield and Co
lumbia gathering about the football
standards there is every reason for
predicting a continuance Of the game
as would not have been dreamed OF
early in the spring
There will be lacking. o. course.
the usual climax Of the eastern play.
owing to the absence OF the annual
4ale-Harvard, PrincetOn-Tale and
Army-Navy contests.
A. wartime substitutes. how
ever the PennsylVaEia-Dartm
COraell-PennEylvani Syracuse
Colgate, Pennsylvania-Michi
Syracuse-BrOwn. COrnell-COlgate.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Rut-
gers-Syracuse and similar con-
tests VIII serve admirably.
There will not be as many inter
sectional games as in recent years.
but even in this department Of the
seasons schedule a few fixtures viii
prevail Both Pennsylvania and Cor
nell viii line up against Michigan and
IL IS barely possible that the Army
may be seen in its annual match with
Notre Dame
This contest was arranged last win
ter. but when the Army announced
that all the cadet football games Were
off. its opponents began TO arrange
for other contests to fill their open
dates. The eleventh hour decision of
the Army TO continue football viii
make it difficult for the soldiers 10
restore their schedule TO its original
form
whether NOtre Dame can give
the cadets the date formerly set