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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-17

force mighty England through bat
ties on land to seek peace. The miliJ
.ary critic intimates this might be
done by an attempt tc overwhelm the
French army, which, he assumes, IS
weakened and discouraged, before the
arrival of American assistance, which
he says would leave England isolated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-17
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-17

finally declaring that he would not
again mention peace unless he was
requested to do SO by one of the belig-
erents."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-17

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
NEW GODS FOR OLD
(Robert Herrick.)

L. ASO0S
Returning from Europe, cursed
with war. ! Wa ior convinced than
of anything, else in life that what is
being slowly settled in that grim
trench land over there does mean
something to us-mOre. Oh. SO much
moro. than money or legal rights or
sympathy for bleeding humanity.
Not that I am especially a%pprehensive
of a raid on these United States. the
crumbiing Of our skyscrapers. with
the exaction Of colossal indemnitles.
That, too, of course, might happen If
German arms were triumphant. if the
pax Germanica were imposed upon a
beaten world.
But that is not. to me. the worst.
To me the German peril does not he
80 much in her big guns, her sub
marines. her "Prussianized war ma
chine" 1t lies in herself. in, her image
of the world. II Germany would win
even a partial victory under ner
ism, illuminated as it has been ny
every sort Of cynical crime, with ,ts
reasoned defiance ofrcontract, its prln ~
ciple Of "indispenSable seventies. lts
military logic, ETC., shat must become
the moral law Of all the world-l"e
jungle law!
In order to survive we must all ac.
cept this law Of the Jungle. Ana y,
all the PROSTATE peoples Of the wor.u
forced to accept the vfctor's new "
sion OF the ancient commandnlemM,ss
proud America would be the first. W.
cannot resist the fascination OF sue
cess. So the German ideal. the Ger.
man Morality-one rule for you anu
me al individuals and another utte.!s
Irresponsible rule when We get W,
gether ~ a statA-would be im'tateo
by us more than the German tno..
oughness in civil and military orsa"A'
cation. l~~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28

his letter, dated November 81. young
Clarke writes:
".Just "A little incident Of how iEno-
rant the German soldiers are kept Of
the part the United States is playing
in the war was shown the other day
while a crowd of us were talking to
some of the German prisoners at one
of the camps not far from where We
were stationed. One of the boys who
could speak German was talking to
several of the German prisoners. In
the course Of the conversation a Ger
man soldier expressed great surprise
on being told that the American arms
were meeting with success. The poor
fellow had been told that the German
army had invaded the United States,
captured New York and were march
ing vi%ctoriously on to Washington.
another one of the Germans pris-
oners said that the soldiers had been
led to believe that the American boys
were British soldiers wearing the uni
form of tile American army. This
they were told was a trick of the al
lies to try to deceive the Germans
into believing that the American army
had arrived in France"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
Bread Lines Grow in English
Towns; Faulty Distinction, Not ),
Lack Of Food, Forces Long Wd''

-.,;., a woman With notn.
inr 70 do viii 60 the rounds ana
nheso nc mmch Of one OF n oNsaSIs
articles as possible and hen psmaIl
then, ont TO her friends AZ snrd.
;,rof, Then every woman Is q Hsneo
ar IN a small scale and the e n a
~, nnt.inc hv for some future neeu -
few pounds of tea or seel.ln
he as irresistible as h
ter. ~ supplies
| are diminished. there Is ae.uans
increased demand to meet ,en,e
| stores themselves are parti! ~ 10 a
/ 1t has been held by retailers ~ ,;ns
| good advertisement to have d i9ns .on,e
| Of shiverinE women waiting. IN s.n
"a ses the retailers have delioeratels
refused 70 sell except at a parucuIas
hour. and have placed that nouF ~.
enough to be r. to gatner d h.in
| crowd. L,arse companies with CHAN
! stores are also blamed for o pIo.
| vidinr enough. to satisfy the lesi1'h'ss s
wants IF their customers ana w
holding up goods for higher prices
/. Bitter Feeling Shown. .r
So with the worry of hunting io'
food necessities there has gone an un,
easy n of injustice. 1t is alieseo
that the we'll to do get all they "a sJ
a by no means fair a%ssulnptloh. CIV a;r
that dealers are making an uhlas
profit. out of the in~convenlence In
fatigue of other people. so eltter mss
this feeling grown in certain parts
that there have been actual strikes IN
imnortant works in order to ming
conditions of affairs to the notice OIL
tho authorities and to impress upon
them that if they want men and Won,
en- to work long hours in the natlo'aI
service they must see that there 40
food for them to buy.
The grievance has become so SER.
Gus to the public interest that Premier
LLOYD George in his formal summary
of the condition of the country IN tne
fourth year of the war placed 1000
conditions in the forefront OF ms
speech and the food controller Is 90,
ing his best to force local 1000 contIol
to take steps to remedy Tue
evil. This is likely to be done atteI a
plan adopted by the local a~uthorlties
at Birmingham. Under tnat, a pu,s
chaser may go only to II shop. anu
a retailer is not to supply any Gus
toner who is not registered with MN
as a regular customer. He has to 49,
sue cards to those whom he has been
in the habit of serving. and Is sup
posed to request the food controller to
see that he gets sufficient supplies 10
fill all his regular demands. Large
dealers also have been ordered to pass
to their less fortunate neighbors
any surplus of food stuffs they may
have over their regular needs.
OF course, prices of nearly all staple
articles have by this time been regu-
lated so that the public cannot be
asked to pay more than q certain
amount. but they cannot at present
ever be sure of getting their proper
share. The Birmingham plan has the
merit of r%eGularizing the whole bust,
ness and Of cutting out boarding and
p~rofiteering. But it has not yet been
esta blished that it will work. Unless
it, or something Of the same order,
does. however. there will be no cs-
cape from rationing.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28

London. Dec. IS, 5Delayed.)-
Meat queues, margarine queues, mar
malade queues. even whisky queues.
have for the last few weeks formed an
increasing feature Of English town
life. They are caused more by faulty
distribution, thaneby actual lack of
supplies, but none the less they are
recognized as a serious evil and even a
menace to the whole-hearted prosecu-
ton Of the war.
AS one goes through the poorer dis
tricts. Of a large city every here and
there one sees in front Of a grocer's
or butchers a long line Of people
waiting patiently to enter the shop.
Most of them are women evidently OF
the working class. but here and there
are men, and children are we'll repre-
scented. They stand patiently for
hours at a time through all the damp
Of an English winter and of penetrat-
ing London fog. They have often
been in line long before the shop was
open, and all they hope for is a
chance to buy half a pound of tea or a
Quarter of a pound Of margarine.
They are going through the misery
of the bread line although they have
plenty of money in their pockets, and,
indeed. to many the hardship is par
ttcularly great just because they are
earning good wages. In many of the
industrial centres. of England today
practically every member of the
household is at work, and women
quite unused to factory life have been
pressed into he service of munitions
makers. Their family income is Very
them when they leave their work to
be forced to stand for hours in line,
perhaps in a queue a quarter of a
mile long, to get the bare necessaries
of life. Many cases have been re-
corded of women fainting as they
waited. and naturally colds. rheumatic
complaints, and even pneumonia are
steadily increasing.
Bad Management Blamed.
II there We're any absolute short
age OF food these hardships would be
borne much more cheerfullN Eng
land today is strung up to endure
necessary h%ardships, but it objects
strongly to those which are merely the
result Of bad management. Lord
Rhondda. food controller, has said
that %rationing probable would come.
but he still hopes to avoid it, and
those who have to endure the queues
almost hope he will not succeed.
England in the matter of food to-
day is like a man with barely suff1-
sctcnt income and eXtravagant tastes.
He has enough If he manages. but he
is always running short in one direc-
ton or another. So. there is so far
sufficient of practically everything in
England. only it must be distributed
scientifically and used economically,
and in this the foo controller and the
regular dealers have failed utterly.
Any n may buy as much of any
article as he likes and at as many
places as he likes. Retailers have tried
to portion out their tea. margarine
and SO on fairly by limiting the guam
tity which they will sell to each Jus
toner. but there is nothing to prevent
that customer going to another shop
and trying again. That has become a
common custom and there has even
grown up a system of ~unrccognized
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
PEACE PROPOSALS

The central powers, which means Germany, are us
Ing the Russian negotiations as a means Of laying peace
proposals before the world. As usual, the proposals are
such as cannot be accepted.
In the outline given Of the terms laid before the
joint gathering Of Russian and German allies about the
only change from the oft-repeated terms coming from
many's intention to deprive of independence any nation
which has lost that Independence during the war. That
somewhat ambiguous statement conforms so CLOSELY to
the oft-repeated policy Of mo annexations and no in
demnities' that it may be dismissed as the same old
thing ~ before.
1t is true that this policy, undesirable as it is js
not ut all in accord with the Pan-German policies which
have been so strenuously urged In Germany by the fac
ton which is dominant in the German government.
and Of other occupied territory. Just what method of
reconciling the two views has been or may be adopted
may be left to the Germans themselves. In any case,
their contempt for agreements Of, any Kind has been
demonstrated on so many Soccasons that little attention
need be paid to what they propose or promise.
30 long as Germany poses ~ the victor IN this war
peace is hopeless. There can be no peace with q vic
to5ious Germany, or with q Germany whose people be-
Hsve her to be victorious. And Germany must not be
dsfsassd in neEotiation . by diplomacy. AS ha. been
said she must be defeated on her own ground and with
her chosen Weapons. She has appealed to force, ana by
farce must her power to work injury to the world be
dsstroysd. The psacs tsrns smaaatins from the Rus
sian c~enfsrsncs viii do very well ~ Z 0ait. but the
powsrs aliied asainse Germany Vim not DO 20 foolish a.
~ bits. & ths.s.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
HERE'S NEWS!
N. Y. TAKEN,
SAY GERMANS
Teuton Prisoners Report U.
S. Invaded and Capture
of Gotham.

Baltimore, Dec. 2s.--Furt,er con
frmation of deception and of the eff
forts of Germany to strengthen the
morale of her soldiers in the trenches
is see in the circulation of the re-
port hat the imperial army has in
vaded the United States, captured
New York and is marching ron to
Washington. This Information was
given by several German prisoners to
boys of the III Trench Mortar Bat
tAfy. Baltimore contingent in the
Rainbow division. serving in France.
An account Of the conversation is
contained in a letter from Jack A.
Clarke, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
j. Clarke of Baltimore. who is now
with the trench mortar battery. In
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
A MANS EARNINGS

Can a man earn %$15O,o00 a year? Some railway
presidents are said to receive that salary. If a man can
not earn that much. how much can he earn? The
man who received that salary probably could not dig
as many %postholes in a day as does the man who makes
. business digging them for ordinary day wages. The
actual needs Of the one are not materially greater than
those Of the other. A few dollars would cover the diff
ference between the food, and clothing, and shelter
needed by each Probably few people will say that there
should be no difference in remuneration. Most of US
will admit that the man who has fitted himself to do
the things that but few can do, and who does them >ef-
fectively, is entitled to greater remuneration than the
man who does merely the things that men with only or
binary equipment can do. But, admitting that differ
ences are proper, where shall the line be drawn.
When we get into such large figures as those named
one Of two things is probably true. Either the re-
cipient, Of the immense salary is %benehting from favor
shsm due to control by himself or his friends over the
finances OF the corporation. and is getting a good deal
more pay than he is worth. or his services aye OF such
value to the corporation that its members are willing to
vote him such a sum annually as a testimonial OF their
appreciation rather than as the actual measure Of the
value Of his services, which may be worth many times
the salary that he receives. a..
Routine services in most Of the ordinary activities
have a rather clearly defined market value. A man
is capable Of performing a given amount Of work in a
day.. The market value of that work is 50 much. There
fore his services are worth 50 much. The. sum cannot
be fixed exactly. but it can be appropriated. But in
the handling Of the big tasks there cannot even be an
approximation. In the railroad business, for instance.
a property is run down, practically bankrupt. It's own
es are in danger Of losing their entire investment in 1t.
Along comes a man who sees in the property posi-
bilities which no other has recognized. He has imas1n-
alton, wisdom and executive ability. He takes hold of
the business, reforms and reorganizes 1t. He builds
feeders. He taps new territory. He finds new markets
and develops new sources Of revenue. He makes tho
road pay, honestly and ~legitimately. What is such q
man worth to the enterprise which he controls? No
body knows. His worth cannot be measured in dol
lars. and the sum which it is proper that he should re-
cetve must be determined on rome other basis than his
actual commercial value. for that cannot be measured.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
MADE NEARLY 1000 4 MINUTE
pittsburgh Dispatch.)

Twenty-Five thousand dollars for a
song is quite a neat. but not gaudy,
sum for a half hours work. That is
what George NJ. Conan earned for his
war song. lover There" which he
dashed off. in exactly 80 minutes. He
has just sold it to a New York music
publisher.
The price Of $4,000 represents
1851 a word and $13s note. A COM
for instance, is frequently valued at
$4,000. The highest previous payl
lnents a word for writing were 81 to
Kipling and So to Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. But it took q war Jingle,
done in half an hour, to, run the price
UP to $161 a word. And it took Tin
Pot Alley to bring home the bacon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28


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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-28
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LAND,
LORD.
Clohe

Bill TAYLOR, a shiftless renter, liv-
ing in the Potato Hill neichborhood
in Atchison county. lately fell out Of
bed. He announces that he will sue
his landlord for damages. The neigh
bors can't see where the landlord Is
to blame. but Eill says his lawyer can
figure it out.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
ROCK BUSINESS ROOMS
Bank CIearings Increased 22 Millions
 During Past Year.

Little Rock, Jan. B In twenty years the bank elearines of Little Rock have increased from slL39i- iS5.0i, ia ls97 to si5o,2a8,7 ,7l122 in 1916, one of the most notable in- dices of the prosperity If the com- .munity The increase over 1915 is in excess of 22 millions condition considered nothing short Of phe- nomenal The annual increase, has been gradual since 1897. the only wear showing a decrease being lo0i. But the increase for the year just Ielosed has been out of proportion to anything that preceded it and has set a swift pace for the future to maintain. The year 1916 broke all records, and that, coupled with the tremendous volumes of business re- ported by all commercial. industri- al and financial concerns, the re- cord breaking deposits in the banks
 the scarcity of mercantile or indus
 trial bankruptcies on the first of the new year, and the prevalent op-
 tlmlsm, presage a continuance of prosperous conditions for 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11

war Now comes a dispatch from Berlin which says many thousandl of guns per week are being mantl factured in Germany for use in thel campaigns of this year. Every man that can be spared from the fronil and from regular occupations is bel ing put to work in the great muni-l tions factories of Germany, and when the spring activities begin Germany will have an immense sup-l ply of cannon of all calibers, from field guns to gigantic howitzers, ano will have ample ammunition for these guns.
 A dispatch from London says the British soldiers in France welcomf 1917 as the beginning of the end oI the great world war. None of then question final victory of the entente tho some believe victory will cone thru extreme concessions by Ger. many, while others believe 1t VII come only thru military pressure. | Peace seems far away and It ? far away unless something happep which the world has no reason Is think will happen.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
CONDUCTOR LEFT FORTUNE.
Meager Savings of Chicago Street
 Car Man Went Into Realty,

Chicago. Jan G. Henry Torbope died here today, leaving q fortune of 5 million dollars, most of it ac- eumulated during the last forty years while conductor on a street car of the Blue Island Avenue Line. He was B years old and died while al work.
 Torborg came to Chicago a young man and invested his savings in real estate. He got a job with the street car company continued to save and to invest in outlying pro- perty The growth of the city to a population of 214 million tells the story of the growth of his fortune. Two sons inherit the fortune. Tor borg had a number of sayings:
 Good spenders may be good fell lows, but a bank account needs no friends"
 Never pay for having work done that you can do yourself"
 Make your vacations pile up your dividends"
 The man who stops work is like the old mill out of use; he falls to pieces"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
woa,Ilnnd ildIiIon te Mem .1

representatives to probe the charges that insiders in Wall Street profited thru a tip on Wilsan's message to the belligerents
 Debate on the question of privl- lege was followed by the resolution heinz passed to be considered imme- diately. Republicans supported Wood and Democrats supported Chairman Henry. of the rules com miitee. in opposing the resolution.
 Henry's action in refusing to grant . hearing on his charges that sixty million dollars was cleaned up in Wall Street and an attempt io shield those in government circles responsible for the leak was tha charge made by Wood today
 Chairman Henry. prompted ny We knnw not what unless bs the
 higher ups is trying to stifle this disgraceful matter under cover. Wood said.
 The fight took it's most sensations al turn when Congressman Bennett, of New York, named Benard Baruth as one of those thru whom Wall Street got it's tip.
 The rumor is," Bennett declared from the house floor, that Bernard Baruth, a member of the council ol national defense, thirty minutes be- fore the peace note was made pub- lie, sold short on rising market i5,0G0 shares ef steel common"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
EARL CuRZ0N MaRRIEs.
First Wife Was Miss Letter of Chi eago-SecOnd Also an American.

London, Jan. 3.-The marriage of Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Mrs. Grace Elvina Duggan took place yesterday in the private chapel of Lameth Palace, the most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop of York, officiating.
 Lord Curzon, a member of the British war council and formerly viceroy of India, was widower. His first wife. Mary Victoria, daugh- ter og the late Levi z Letter of Chi cago. died in 1906. Countess Curzon. native Of Alabama. is the oldest daughter of the late J. Munroe Kinds, formerly American minister to Brazil. Her first husband was Lord Dugsan Of BHenos Aires.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
A MARRYING JUDGE QUITS.
Thomas l.. Johnson of Leavenworth
 0Hlciated for 5000 Couples.

Leavenworth, Kas Jan. 6.-Thom- as l.. Johnson, probate judge of Leavenworth county the past twelve years. retired from office tonight after issuing a total of 8,774 mar riage licenses and tied knots for moro 'hen 7000 couples. Leaven- worth hrs lang been famed as the "Gro'r cr-en' of the Middle West ~r r. 'e If couples from Kan eee ona lsewhefe have been
 hf ts'ee Johnson. while f" as ah -r nhta;ued licenses
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
TRAIN RED CROSS NURSES.
Course in Military Work For Girls
 May Be Added in Schools.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-The proposals to establish in Chicago high schools a course in military work for girls, teaching them to act as Red Cross nurses and first aid workers, is be- ing considered by the Board of Edu- cation as an adjunct to the plan for military training for school boys now under way.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11
JUST LIKE ~oLD TINES p
Civil War Veterans Get Hard Tack
 From General Funston.

san Antonio, Jan 3-S. D. Park hurst, of Houston wrote to General Funston a few days ago, saying he was hungry for hard tack, which he had not tasted since the civil war ended.
 General Funston promptly sent a box of # Go the veteran and today a letter of thanks came in which parkhursi said he had shared the treasure with other veterans in Houston t bringing back "old times To lhem.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11

ployes organized their union. The increase will amount to $500 a month, or s6000 a year.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-01-11

\ Bloody Year in Prospect. From The Arkansas Gazette.
 The answer of the entente allies to Germauy's peace proposal showed thait saiif in their mower fo win the