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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21

When the Kaiser dies the devil
will lose his job as ranking officer
in hades.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21

Hindenburg says he will be in
Paris this spring, but we predict it
will be plaster paris and not Paris,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21
Meridian Miss. Feb, IA, 1918

The patriotic Mr.. Vanderlip was
serving his country for $1.00 a year.
but incidentally making six millions
out of the shipbuildipg contract.
Such patriots can very well be
spared and he should be banished
from the country and at least five of
the six millions conscripted and
used to help pay the expenses of
the war.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21

Good morning. Have you Hoov-
cried ?
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21
FLOUR
ADVERTISING.

Any advertisements tending to in
duce purchasers to increase their
purchases of -four or sugar during
the present National crisis are de-
eidedly against public policy. This
information has already been given
"a with the suggestion that he
Press of your State censor their adj
vertisements. We request that YOU
please convey this information to
the retail groeers.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Flour should be sold at Whole
sale and Retail ONLY" wit an
equal quantity of Cereal or Coreals.
All at NORMAL PROFIT.
Yours very truly,
p, NJ. HARDING,
Federal Food Administrator.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-02-21
Quantity Sales of Certain
Commodities.

Nicksburg, Miss, Feb. 16, 1918.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Your attention is herewith direct.
ed to information below relative tc
sale OF SUGAR, FLOUR, ADVER-
TISING,and WHOLESALE GUAM.
Titles OF SUGAR which YOU
are expected strietly'to comply with :
SUGAR.
Sugar should be sold in towns
and cities to consumers in two to
five pound quantities to farm and
rural customers in five to ten pound
quantities. The NORMAL FROF-
IT. allowed retailers is construed
to mean NOT EXCEEDING ONE
CENT PER POUND ON SUGAR.
FLOUR,
Flour in towns and cities should
be sold in eighth to quarter barrel
quantities in rural and farm com
munities in quarter to half barrel
quantities.
The sun., 1918-09-24
LIES LITTLE IRRITATYONS.
A Philosopher Sets Down Some Of His
Passing Abhorrences.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Here
are some Of the things that get on your
nerves In dismal weather:
TO read a poem beginning
Take no thought OF the, sordid iucre
That corrupts the hearts Of men.
and to discover that Il was written by
your old classmate BIZ Brown. the ali
American champion tightwad.
To see a sprightly young chap in the
shipyards at Hog Island dapbling at
work he knows nothing about and TO
recognize him upon close scrutiny as one
OF the quartet OF grenadiers who. with
carefully plastered hair and excessively
creased trousers, appeared upon the
stage with solemn mien In recent
musical comedy. and with hands upon
each others shoulders sang In a per.
fectly ripping manner a stirring ditty
about MY love, my honor and my ma
tive land"
To see a powerful husky running err
rands in an automobile shop and to dis
cover that he is none other than popu-
lar professional baseball player of a year
ago, one OF the acknowledged leaders
OF the sport that Is supposed to repre-.
sent the healthiest and sturdiest type OF
American youth.
To listen to the selt-styled patriot who
loudly boasts that he 10 willing to lend
his last dollar to the Government. I'm
plying thereby that he considers he has
done his duty when he has invested
his money at ~ per cent. interest In
the best securities In the world.
SIMON CREEL.
AiaANY Septamber 81
The sun., 1918-09-24
THE BIRTH OF A WORD.
Is "SkedaddO" Now q Sicilian Syn
Onym for "FOrefgner"l

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
discussing a way OF realizing how all
language is formed, Professor Barrett
Wendell. In a work on English compost
ton. gives as an example the following:
"Some years ago happened to be in a
small Sicilian town. infested by con-
tagiously good humored beggars. When
they pressed about me inconveniently.
turned on them. and uttered. among
other expressions unhappily not re-
markable for pollteness. tho word
'skeedaddle.' Somehow 1t caught their
fancy. 'Skedaddo' they shouted in
chorus. When / next went out of doors
I was greeted with shouts OF 'Buon
giorno, skedaddo! The rascals had
named me. and called me by the name
for the remaining hours of my stay
among them: and a Sicilian gentleman
subsequently told me that very prob
ably the word 'skedaddo' might become.
in the town in question, a permanent
generic noun signifying a light haired
foreigner of excitable disposition"
l.. W. HARoER,
PIrTsFIELp. Mass. September %.
The sun., 1918-09-24
were defeated and the remnant driven


back by British army equipped for
desert service and trained In Egypt.
With the loss of Palestine and Its
railroads and highways and the He'd
Jazz railway In the possession Of the
Arabs their hope for the recovery of
the southern part of the Aslatic Otto
man Empire passes.
The main force of the Turkish army
Is, according to last official reports.
at Aleppo. some 200 miles north of the
present British advance lines. What
strength this army may actually pos
sess is a problem. At the time that
General FALKENHAYN was sent from
Berlin, ut the request Of ENvER Pasha,
to take over the command, 1t was said
to be thoroughly disorganized and
poorly equipped for service. Mutinies
have been frequent since and des-
patch from Constantinople reported
10000 assertions In one month. This
condition has no doubt been respon-
sible for the failure to send relief to
the Ottoman forces I'm Palestine. At
the same time 1t has presented an OPP
pOrtunity for the carrying out of the
broader scheme of the Allies In this
theatre OF the war, the junction of
the British forces in Palestine with
the armies operating in the Mcsopo-
| tamian valley. As General ALLESBY
has been advancing northward the
British forces further to the east
have been gradually gaining until
they hold the Euphrates beyond Hit
and the Tigris to Mosul.
These brilliantly won victories mark
the end OF the deliberately planned
Bagdad route to India and the East.
They mark, too. the end of Turkish
rule over the regions of the Red Sea
! and the Persian Gulf How much of
the remainder of the wretched mis-
governed Ottoman Empire will Con-
stantinople and Berlin yet manage to
save themselves?
The sun., 1918-09-24
suit Of the retreatins remnants Of q

suit OF the retreating remnants Of q
defeated Turkish army.
We hear from time to time a good
deal about the horrors Of the great
war; but 1t is not without its ele-
ments of romantic interest.
The difficulties attendant upon car
rying out the Syrian plan Of cam
psign have not been fully appreci-
ated except by those Immediately con-
cerned. In Harper's Magasine for
October General MAURICE describes
some of the obstacles encountered by
General ALIENBY's forces on the
march from the suez Canal toward
GAIA on the Syrian coast, where
SAMSON did grind in the prison
house" after he had carried away
the gates upon his shoulders:
1T was discovered that the bracklsh
waters Of the pools and wells, suited to
the stomachs Of the Arab and the Turk.
had the effect upon European men and
horses OF very strong aperient Water
for the army. then, had to be brought
from Egypt. and pipe line with in
Vulnerable pumping stations and reser-
voirs was constructed across the desert.
England. busy In making up her ar
rears In the supply OF munitions OF war,
could not at the time make pipes OF the
required size. and these were furnished
by the United States and carried over
1000 miles to their destination. Ths
considerable army which lay for months
before GAIA was for the most part
drinking water borne through these
pipes from Egypt"
From the Suez Canal to GAIA 1t Is
100 miles rs the crow flies; but the
route which the pipe line would have
TO follow must be 100 miles longer.
These figures will give some idea Of
the extent of the achievement.
No feature Of the great war Is more
satisfactory than the certainty that
| the Holy Land and the city of
HARoUN-AL-RAscHID will be forever
withdrawn from Ottoman--and Ger,
man--d0mlniOn. y
The sun., 1918-09-24
THE NEGLECTED ORATOR.
His Offer of a Lecture ON Ideals Went
Begging.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: A
few days ago THE SUN had fine edi-
torial article on ways that elderly men.
other than soldiers, could help in the
present war
II THE SUN will print this letter It
may be that my own sphere of service
can be widened.
I paid for the advertisement which
follows and ran It in a New York paper
about a year ago. Never an answer
came to the offer:
American lawyer will give free lecture,
american Ideals as Embodied In United
States Constitution" before clubs or So
cieties. No charge whatever.
What hurts most of all is that !
might have used the price OF that ad-
vertisement for fine. big. Juicy beef
steak. AMERICAN.
NEW YORK, September 20.
The sun., 1918-09-24
Describes SUNDAY?
What Would the Children Say TO Such
Proposition?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Mr..
Hoover is overlooking one great source
OF sugar wastage. and that is the des-
sert after dinner. Tho dessert, no mat
ter what 1t may consist OF. is a waste OF
sugar as well rs other material. 1t is
always taken when the solid meal of the
day has fully satisfied the appetite. 1t
loads the stomach up with lot of rich
food. which Is more or less indigestible
and which often produces Indigestion In
those afflicted with weak stomachs. 1t
Is purely an appeal to the taste and
never to the appetite.
Has Mr.. Hoover the courage to ask
for a describes Sunday dinner for a
period of six months?
To say nothing OF the great saving Of
sugar. such an order or request. II CON-
piled with. would be of incalculable
benefit to the health Of the entire coun-
try, as 1t is on Sundays. when people
often take little or no exercise. that the
dessert gets In It's deadliest work on the
digestive organs.
To win the war cut out the dessert!
NEW YORK, September 20. NJ. T. r.
The sun., 1918-09-24
Allied Victories In Asia.

The possession of the Holy Land
and the control Of the most important
portion of Syria falls to the Allies by
the well planned and swiftly executed
victory of General ALLENBY's forces.
To the sentimental value of the re-
covery of northern Palestine, the Sea
Of Galilee and the valley Of the Jor-
dan Is added the distinct military
gain of the plain Of EsdraelOn, the
control of the railways and roads Of
Palestine and of the southern section
of the HedjaZ railway and the COM
plete humiliation of the opposing
Turkish army.
Since their capture Of Jerusalem
the British forces In Syria have been
Inactive save for a few expeditions
against the scattered Turkish forces
In the immediate neighborhood. But
the end Of the hot, enervating sum-
mer In the hills of Palestine Is the
same signal for the renewal Of mill
tary operations that the beginning of
spring Is on the plains of Picardy.
General ALLENBY moved swiftly
northward with n force intensively
trained and under the protection of
war vessels along the coast and air
planes In the interior. The Turkish
army, cut off In their rear by cav
airy force of British, Australians and
Indians, which had advanced along
the Plains of Sharon, and faced by a
force Of British infantry that had
made its way over the rough high
lands Of the Interior, was taken en-
tirely by surprise and swiftly forced
to surrender.
The victory marks the end of one OF
the great projects Of the Germans and
Turks early in the war for the cap
! ture Of the Suez and the conquest OF
Egypt Their schemes, carefully nur.
tured and carried out with a wealth
! Of details under German engineers
brought them almost In sight of theli
goal. The Turco-G German forces, appar'
entity through layS OF organization
The sun., 1918-09-24
cat Nazareth.

We are so accustomed to assoclat-
Ing the idea of quietude and peace
with the Syrian village of Nazareth
that 1t is difficult to realize the full
force Of the announcement that Gin
the vicinity Of Lake Tiberias our cav
airy attachments hold Nazareth and
the rail and road passages over the
Jordan" In the oratory Of the war
there have been frequent and force
full references to Armageddon by
those who could scarcely have ex-
pected that to-day the actual field Of
Armageddon would be traversed by
the horsemen Of the British Expedi-
tionary Force in Palestine, sis pur-
The sun., 1918-09-24
THE TIN CAN FIRE BANK.
1t Is Objected That There Aren't
Enough Cans for Its Use.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
plan outlined by "F. W. H." for the con-
servation OF coal by blanketing the fur
mace fire with tin cans instead of ashes
does not reveal the source from which
the tin cans are to be derived. Ger
tainly he cannot have in mind the COM
paratively Insignificant number which
constitute the natural accumulation OF
each household. The amount of liquid
tin obtainable from the dissolution of an
ordinary tin can is SO small that 1t
would require Atty cans of average size
to produce sufficient Stag to blanket a
square foot OF fire. At the rate OF FIVE
cans a day. which is a fair average. it
would take two months to accumulate
enough to blanket the fire in medium
sized hot air furnace.
To project into this proposed scheme
an element Of feasibility the natural
supply of tin cans would need to be
augmented by an increased consumption
Of canned goods. r. s. FRAY.
New YORK, September %.
The sun., 1918-09-24
ute does. After KrrcHrs's mad hat

ter antics the Senate can bend itself
to the sober task Of raising revenue.
No doubt it will. True, with the
fourth Liberty loan here, the Senate
cannot make n wise, safe and an
effective revenue measure In a single
month. Nevertheless, 1t still has time
to give n strong indication as to
whether the final work will prove to
be hell raising or revenue raising.
Facing the fourth Liberty loan,
what the industry or business of big
income, even moderate income, wants
to know is whether the revenue taxes
will leave 1t anything to put into the
loan or will turn it's pockets inside
out. What the man Of big income,
even moderate income, wants to know
Is the same thing. Before they can
subscribe as they would like to sub
scribe both Of them must know.
Let the Senate lead this Liberty
loan drive!
The sun., 1918-09-24

All hall to Israel Putnam's boy.
Tho heir to Old Puts grit and goS
He hitched his Sirplane to q star
To night . duel with the foe.
A Teuton bullet In his breast,
Stone dead he guided back his plane,
An aerial 81 CID. to rest
Within the Allied lines again.
For him the roses red OF death,
For him the shining star of gold,
For him a niche In history
With Israel Putnam. blum and bold.
For him In every patriots heart
And memory q hailowed place,
And glory TO the end Of time
For David Putnam, Yankee ace.
NINA ixvtHe.
The sun., 1918-09-24

The gloom which has but recently
darkened the pages Of the ever loyal
and faithful Lokdl Ansef1er has been
dissipated. Herr RosNER is again with
the All Highest at the front. "in sight
Of the Vosges on whose heights and
slopes the German positions run
within hearing Of the duh roaring Of
the cannon fire."
The Emperor. he says. passed along
the entire Lorraine front, but instead
OF visiting STATS he called on small
units, regiments and battalions. He
was told "by the Generals Just as by
the simple musketeers that they will
never let the enemy pass" In ex-
planning the apparent lack Of warmth
In the reception extended to the All
Highest Herr RosNER says:
1T is true that the 'hurrah' feeling
Of the commencement OF the war has
vanished. but everywhere one meets
with the same unsuitable and sure
calmness which never for moment
doubts Of a victorious resistance"
What would Germany do without its
cheerful, hopeful RosNER? And how
the rest Of the world misses him when
he is not on the job!
The sun., 1918-09-24
Leagues and Crises.

The hand of the Allies has rested So
heavily on thescale that at last 1t ap-
pears that the man power Of Germany
Is being unbalanced by her losses In
the field. She not only cannot add to
her forces, rs her opponents are doing
through the arrival Of the Americans,
but she Is failing to call enough new
men to keep up her numbers.
The ink power Of Germany Is stu
undiminished. In the midst of mill
tary wreckage Herr ERzBERGER sits
him down anu calmly enough draws
up complete scheBA-for q league of
nations. Into this league any sover-
eign State will be welcomed as soon
as 1t Is formed; and it shall be con-
sidered to have been formed when the
following Powers are among those
who have announced adherence: Ger
many, Great Britain. France, United
States and Russia" Poor, neglected
Austria! The seat of the league, ac-
cording to ERzBERGER, is to be The
Hague, a place familiar to the world
as the home of the tribunal where
Germany made some promises. Mem
hers of the league, says the despatch
from Amsterdam, would recognize
freedom of the seas. the reduction OF
armament, &c. In fact, Herr Err
MERGER leaves little for the league
of nations to do; he has exercised
his clairvoyant power to put all Its
purposes on paper now.
The other German ink spree deals
with crises. Germany is having them
again and the German press. after tel
ephonlng to the Wilhelmstrasse, views
them with alarm. 1t is easy to mag
inc even KAR. RosNER dashing Off a
piece about the imminent democrati-
zation of the empire. The London
Telegraph, which has kept count OF
German crises. announces that the
present Is the eighth. "All Of them.'
it coldly adds, shave left things very
| much as they were before" The Lon
don Graphic is brutal enough to sug-
gest that the Junkers are putting on
the mask again for the purpose OF
making the Allies think that the time
has come to talk peace with "the Ger.
man people"
Outside of Herr ERzRERGER's intel.
lect there Is a real League Of Nations
but 1t is not sitting at The Hague. Its
British, French and American dele
gates are convincing Germany along
the western front Its Serbian men,
bers, long absent from the conclave,
are talking with their cannon from
Uskub to Salonlca. Its special COM
mlttee on the Holy Land has written
two Turkish armies off the map.
Outside Of the German newspapers
and, indeed, outside OF Germany it
| self. there are some real crises. The
| Bulgarlans are screaming that the
hour has come for the discontinuance
of a hopeless struggle. The Turk ie
finding General AILENBY too critical
for utterance. Austria is enjoying the
crisis Of a nation that has been be
fooled, beaten and spurned.
So far as Leagues Of Nations and
crises are concerned, Germany might
well spare her Ink.
The sun., 1918-09-24

Colonel BRYAN of Nebraska re-
prints In his COmmoncr the subjoined
statement by the Economist of Clay
Centre, Kansas, concerning the rea-
son for his submergence at present
as topic of news interest:
The public knows that 4 large num-
Der Of the so-called great papers have
entered into an agreement to ignore Mr.
BRYAN as far as possible and avoid
giving publicity to the work he Is doing.
The public knows. or could know, why
this Is true and that Il is n very high
compliment TO Mr.. BRYAN"
This theory of conspiracy among
the leading newspapers to shut Colo
mel BRYAN out Of type must he CRATE
full to his wounded sense of public
Importance, or he would scarcely have
copied the paragraph In his own pc
rlodical. He must really believe this
charge that the papers have entered
into an agreement to ignore" him;
for otherwise. II he Is an honest man
and editor. he would not lend his col
umns to its further circulation.
We wonder what Colonel BRYAN
thinks was the method used by the
envlous newspapers to effect the sup
preston Of his name and the oblitera-
ton Of his personality. Was the
agreement drawn by a lawyer, type
written in the usual form and signed
by representatives of the various es-
Establishments pledged to his Ignoring?
Or does he believe that some head
devil Of the conspiracy, some pro-
prietor or publisher or editor with
the talent of persuasion, has been
travelling around the country. at Nc
AdoO mileage and Pullman rates, Wis
iting the different offices and pri-
vately enlisting the cooperation of
his influential contemporaries in the
| sinister work?
Our own explanation of the less
frequent mention Of Colonel BRYAN's
name and activities would be much
| simpler and less sensational than
that We should say that If he has
been crowded out of the front pages
and the headlines 1t Is by the war
and other matters more Immediately
Interesting just now to the public
than his sayings and doings. This
Is not the result of a deliberate at
tempt on the part Of anybody to in
jure Colonel BRYAN by ignoring him /;
1t occurs by the natural operation of
certain laws of news perspective well
understood by I'LL journalists and also
by many intelligent readers Of the
daily press
But that Colonel BRYAN is ignored,
at least to the extent to which II
seems to give him satisfaction to
suppose. we emphatlcally deny. Ac-
cording to our observation his activi.
ties in behalf of prohibition and
woman> suffrage, his occasional
speeches and interviews on other sub
jects, are getting their due measure
of space In the "so-called great pa.
pers" as well as In the sO-called little
ones. And We have noticed that
whenever he happens to utter an
OPPORTUNITY patriotic sentiment-and
this, let us say to his credit, happens
frequently and effectively-the recog
milton of his service to the country
and the cause for which we are fight.
Ing is prompt and ungrudging.
Finally, the blessing which he SC
eloquently bestowed upon President
WILSON when he parted company
with that statesman seems to be con
tinuously operative.
The sun., 1918-09-24
Wicked Landlords Of Another Century.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Truly
the rent profteer Is also an old 'un.
Thes sorte OF coveteous Buylders exacts
great renttes. and daiely doe Increase
them. In so muche that a poore handle
craftsman IL not able by his paynefuli
iaboure to Pave thS rentte OF q smsls
Tenement and feede his ffamilie.
This is from q tract OF the time OF
James l.. quoted In Health and the
State" by william A. Brend.
PARIS ANDERSON.
HARTFORD. Conn, September 23.
The sun., 1918-09-24

DErEw Of life to-day unveils CHAyN-
GET Of bronze, a step toward the aboli
ton OF the ancient practice OF dying
to be honored. This is a proceeding
which the gentleman In question has
not only long believed to be unneces-
sary. but has also proved to be I'M
necessary.
The sun., 1918-09-24
The Marketability Of Labor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: l
see Samuel Gompers says that labor Is
not a marketable commodity" II not.
what Is II? What Is the difference be-
tween a mechanic who sells his manual
dexterity and a doctor or a lawyer who
sells his mental skill? r. NJ.
New YORK. September %.
The sun., 1918-09-24

Germany's defeat was assured in
1917 when ruthless U-boat operations
forced Americas entry; and now II
appears that continued submarine
depredations will hasten that defeat
by embroiling Spain.