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The Parker post., 1918-05-11

The farms OF this country could
clusion even ii all the rest OF the ma
tons should quit. The rest will not
quit but we could win it without
them 1t we had to do 1t. The farmers
Of the United States can whip Ger
many. We can whip them with guns
We can whip them with our products
We can whip them with our money
Every farmer in the United States
must remember that the war has a
first mortgage on every cent he has
The. last spare cent in the pockets OF
every farmer in America should be
devoted to the war
The Kaiser began foreclosins his
mortgage on our farms when he de
clared ruthless submarine warfare
The war is our answer to his bill OF
foreclosure.
Our contribution is, first, our sons
and brothers for the trenches; sec
ond, the last pound OF food products
which we can grow by mobiiizing our
scanty labor supply, utilizing the men
women and children and the towns
people about US; and third, money
For Liberty Bonds.
This il the crucial year OF the war.
Our soldiers are at the front, hun
dreds OF thousands Of them in the
trenches, and a million more ready to
60 The whole burden OF carrying on
our own part In the war, and Of aid
ing our sister, nations in arms, rests
on the: United States Treasury.
II the treasury fails or falters OF
finds itself unable to respond to every
call upon it, the war Is lost Do you
realize that?
Your son, and all the nations sons
are relying on the United States
Treasury TO furnish things with which
they may fight.
Their lives are lost IL the treasury
fails Our country is lost if the treas
ury fails: -,
Germany wins IL the treasury fails
Therefore every cent you can rake
and scrape together belongs to the
treasury, that our soldiers may como
back to III alive and victorious. This
is literally true. We can whip the
Germans with our money; but not
with the money In our pockets o.
bank accounts. 1t must go into the
United. States Treasury in suhscrip
tious to Liberty Bonds.
(This 10 the last Of series o
The Parker post., 1918-05-11

"ClViiians, YOUR firing line is whore
George, Jan. I, 1918. Have you fired
your dollars at the kalser7 Buy Lib.
erty Bonds.
The Parker post., 1918-05-11

I'VE seek no place in the sun OK.
cept the sun of Llberty."-Otto r..
Kahn, Jan. 13, 1918. Every Liberty
Bond brings another ray of freedom
Bought yours?
The Parker post., 1918-05-11
EnioyeQ the Gail.

Mani enjoyed Mr.. Borem's last
call ever SO much" Amt thought
that you weren't homer" Nan-'I
wasn't
The Parker post., 1918-05-11

les of three articles by Mr.. Quickly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
INCIDENTS OF THE SCOURGE

Alexandria, with other nearby
places, is passing out OF the sable
cloud which has hung over our COM
munity during the past two months.
Many Of our people mostly young,
have been called from mundane scenes
during this period, and numbers are
still i'll, but in the majority Of cases
convalescence IS in evidence.
In some cases death has taken two
from families. Funerals have been
hurried, difficulty has been experienced
in securing the services of grave-dig-
gers and ministers have passed from
one hous. to smother while officiating
at funerals. In number Of cases all
members of households have been pros
trated, nc one being able to minister
to others, while the work of securing
help has been futile.
Our people have been called upon
to pass through trying scenes, but we
read of conditions in other places
where they have been far more. seri-
Gus. :
Leaving his three small children
crying for their mother, who died
Thursday, Julius Frey, musician, OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, went to Calvary
Cemetery and dug her grave Satur-
day. While at work he saw IA man dig
ging another grave.
Il am digging this for my little
daughter" he told Frey. and, pointing
to another grave, the man said that
he had prepared it for his wife, the
tive having died Saturday. "On my
way to this part of the cemetery !
saw man digging grave for his
two children" the man told Frey.
Not only was Frey obliged to dig the
grave for his wife, but, assisted by
relatives, filled the grave after the in
torment yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04

Germany was certain to conquer, and
then its promises would be redeemed.
He is also in retirement in Switzer-
land, or possibly in Austria.
Austria itself had some interests
in the Balkans, but none at all in
Pan Germanism. Eighty per cent. OF
the subjects of Austria were either m
different or profoundly opposed to
an-Germanism. But the Austrian
Government believed that the German
Army was invincible. We should like
to have film picture of what is 60
ing on in he mind of Count Berchtold.
Enver Pasha had lived in Berlin,
and the swagger of German mllltar-
isrr: had impressed him profoundly.
ae-was confident that Germany could
conquer decadent France and CONNER
cialized England, and Germany wo&ld
allow the Young Turks to assasslnate
the Armenian nation, which England
and France would prevent il they
could. So Enver and his accomplices
betrayed their country into the hands
of Germany by a trick; and now
where is Enver, and where IS his coun-
try, and whatlis going to become Of
it? He will probably grace gal
lows.
Trotzky and Lenine knew that Kali
serism was as absolute block to
poplar government or proletarlst
government as Czarism was. Bat
they liked German money, and had no
doubt that the German army could
beat anything, and SO they sold Their
country and the lives of thousands c.
its most useful people to Germany
Anw now Germssy is on the point OF
accepting any terms the Allies may
impose upon it, and the result is that
the Allies will enter Russia, hang a
few hundred Bolshcviki for their hor,
rible feast of blood, and deliver the
country from them.
On the whole, there must, seem
even to the atheist, that there is some
moral government of the universe
enough, at least, to justify TIE gene.
alization that the way Of the trans,
gressor is hard. (-philadalphia Rec
ord
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
CURB ON LANDLORDS
z, - us

During the recent influx into Alex
andria and the demand for houses
rents have, in many cases, been ad-
vanced. While this course may not
always be justified, in' many cases,
the advances seem to have been just,
and this for many reasons. But some
tenants who have been paying rents
which have remained unchanged for
years have protested when notified
that they would be expected to pay
certain increases in the future.
The renters have laid the matter be-
fore the U. S. Shipping Board, alleg-
ing that they are engaged in war
work and that no advances sent should
be made, although they are receiving
double as much as they did few
years ago.
Certain householders in the south,
eastern section of the city have beer
notified that rents must not be adj
varced, and should landlords persist
in their demands the property will BIZ
Communicated by the government.
The owners called attention to the
fact that property must be kept up. a:
repairs are always being invited, tina
they are compelled to- pay workmer
advanced wages, and in many case:
sewers have been tapped which take
big slices from rents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
KAISER READS THE BIBLE

\ German officer who was recently
apturcd on the west trent still has
hopes for Prussian militarism. He
make excuses for the HohenZollerns,
and entertains hopes that the Huns
will seucre 4 favorable piece. Among
other things he says:
There are DAYS when no officer Of
the German General Staff can give &C.
cess to the Emperor. These are days
passed by the monarch almost entire
" in prayer and Bible reading
We would suggest that William II
read Of Nebuchadnezzar, who desired
to be the autccrat of all things here
below. After the prophet Daniel
showed the king that his reign was
limited ahd other monarchs we're to
follow him, he went out and exclaim-
ed, rs net this great Babylon that |
have bui'!ed?" The King was bereft
CT his reason. moved on all four and
ate gran like the oxen.
The German wonld-be ! autacEat
could also perusc the New Testament
which ontains the following: "From
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
DUPES OF MILlTARISM

The German people are not the only
dupes of militarism. srhe swagger Of
German officers deceived good many
other fgnoramuses who now realize
that they have lost everything by
listening to the gasconade of William
Hohcnzollern and his satellites.
First i'll order of time was Constan-
tine of Greece He was not or any
too good terms with his German wife;
he was not German bred; he knew
that Venizelos was correct in saying
that the interests as we'll as the SYM
Pathies Of the Greeks were with the
Allies. But he thought the German
army could beat anything. He has
been living in retirement in Swift
land for year and half.
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria is a Ger
man, but he is also the, grandson of a
French king, and he is not en.barrass-
ed by scruples or sentiments Of any
sort. He was openly offering himself
to the highest bidder; and Ele:acce s!atss
the German bid, not because it was
the highest, but because he supposed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
Dear Father and Mother

October 8, 1918
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
GERMANY'S TERMS TO FRANCE.

Attention is called to, the fact that
when Germany conquered France in
1870, she would not even grant
France an armistice until she surren-
,lered the 25 forts surrounding Paris.
Germany's peace terms were the re-
linuuishment of Alsace-Lorraine and
the payment of u billion dollars, a
huge sum at that time And the Ger
man troops remained in France, too,
let it be remembered, until the last
cent If the money was paid. Has Ger
many any reason to eXTect any easier
terms now than She granted then
when the victor?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
REDEMPTION OF, i: pi'ALEsTINE

The Turk is gone from the molly
places says the New Republic. Step
by step the British advanced out OF
Egypt through the land of Edom and
the Palestine. littorxl, pressing the
Turk northward until the whole tang
led highland of Judea and the PLAN
Of Sharon were cleared Of the defile-
ment of his presence. And now all
Samaria and the Plain Of Esdraelon
have been liberated by the last great
victory of General Allenby.
There remain doubtless demoralized
bands of Turks in the hills of Galilee,
but they will soon have been hunted
G,,i.. All the lands on this side or
Jordan up to the boundaries Of the
I,abanon, where for two generations
Turkey has he'd only normal sway
will have been redeemed. And beyond
the Jordan the remnants of the Turk
ish force are darting wildly about in
Giead and Ammon, seeking desper-
ately an escape from between the
British ir tie Hauran, and their
Arabic allies moving north through
Moab.
There is no way out for the Turks
except over the deadly Arabian desert
to the east. Whether they go out
into the desert or remain to be made
prisoners is all one to the world. They
are thrust out CT Palestine, and that
stricken land will know their misrule
and greed and cruelty no more.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
PEACE OFFER FROM BURGLAR.
10 the Police Department:

TO the Police Department:
am occupying house that does
not belong to me and have stolen
and removed everything Of value.
have murdered most of the people IN
it and have tortured some of them.
I have despoiled the place beyond all
repair. New / desire an armistice SO
as to withdraw to safe place and am
willing to enter into peace negotla-
tions with you in a manner which
shall not affect my liberty or my hon
or. Now that you have the place sur
rounded will make certain ccnces-
sions if you will do the same, allow
ina me safety and permitting me to
keep what l have stolen. also de-
.nand chat shall not be mugged fer
the Rogues' Gallery.
: Pill the Bood.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04

Writing to you to let you know
am well and in good health. | re-
ceived 90 ietteis yesterday mail from
both Of you, Aunt Nina, Uncle Ike
and the Church League and Clarence
and Alice and Mac.
am very proud to say ! have been
over the top, as they c:.ll it, and every
one of Us boys did our bit. We were
ready fer the hun and had them on
the run fer ) days and e nights. but
| will never forget the sights and the
thoughts that passed, over me during
those days and nights we were III &C
ton. | only hope ] am carried safely
through I'll that is yet before me. for
| can POW tell them all have done
MY bit, while the people at home are
doing theirs.
Don't worry if YOU do not hear fr@n:
me very often FOR | will write as often
as ! can, and do net think ! am neg
lect;ng writing for home was never so
dear to me as at the present time, and
words "annot explain how ! am long
ing to be hac!; there once again.
When You oace 60 over the top. 1t
puts an age on yod. and it IS certain
IL hard on your nerves. You don't
realize the danger unit! you are safe
~ out Of the conflict ard you then 20
all to pieces for 4 time. | had
slight machine gun wound. ] sho9ld
lot mention it to you. but | consider
myself SC lucky it gives me joy to
think of it. It jus. seemed rs though
it went through al of my clothes and
I guess the Lord must have stopped
it. IT stunned he for rIinute ard
caused me to lose my rifle. but ,s!ieve
ME. I soon had another che and was
on my way.
! hope this letter finds ali well. Am
doing my best to see you all once
again. l received the money and It
came in good. hut don't send any
more. All want is to get back SAID
~ and you can buy me a new suit
when that time comes, for | Will be
to get cut of this suit OF kha-
ki as soon az this war ends. Give my
regards to all ard I assure Jou | VIII
come home with the boys some day
called tomorrow
Bidding all goodbye.
William T. A!e,,
Am. E. F.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
WANTED

IorSes Wanted--acur large heavy
draft horses. WI! be purchased sub
Jet 70 inspection. Notify Us where
horses nay BE inspected, or i yo1
can aTranr, to do so bring them 70
our works, Notifying Mr.. +. /. Lake,
manager Of Purchases and Iraffic,
Virginia S!lirbuiIdinG Corporation,
Alexan iria, Va ZUD-.t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
81 SampleNightRob
at $3.50 each.

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are Wonderful rs gift, for your
| relatives and intimate friends.
Sample Night ROhes Of flesh b@-
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04
FORM .R RESIDENT
RECEIVES WOUND.

William T. Ale, former resident
Of Alexandria, who is now q member
of a Pennsylvania regiment in France,
writes as follows 10 his parents:
October 8, 1918
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-04

whence cometh wars and fighting
among you? Come they not hence
even Of your lusts that war in obtain;
We fight and war, yet we have not"
xr": rmor o r1nor mr. ocrmmh rh
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

one of the dozen others. AS a matter
of fact, room is the one great problem
Of this city Of palaces. To understand
all that has happened to Washington
you have to envisage the Washington
that slept and plodded in its sleep
through the years before the Hun jolted
it awake. It wasn't a factory town,
and the nearest it ever came to singing
the great modern song of songs, organi-
zation, was in the voice of the great col
lections Of human beings who came
from all parts Of the country to engage
in the then uneventful occupation of
working for the government. They,
however, didn't turn out any great
thing, they weren't engaged on any
tremendous project that demanded their
spirit as we'll as their energy-in short,
if they had any esprit de corps it was
Of the very mildest kind, due probably
to gratitude in return for the fact that
unlike other city workers they could go
home an hour or so past the middle of
the afternoon.
But it was not merely not factory
town. It wasn't trading centre, either,
except, as one might say, for yarns and
votes. 1t had no great jobbing houses,
mo great warehouses, it wasn't gate
way for anything except tourists. 1t
was the Los Angeles of the East. The
population grew by two methods of ex-
tension: either by the addition Of
another governmental department and
its necessary personnel or by the addi-
tion of persons of means who were un-
der the mistaken impression that
Washington was the place in which they
could find the social elevation their
means had not been able to get for
them somewhere else. Then there were
mixed in with these few other persons
of leisure, who liked to have an address
in Washington just to add, for the sake
of looks, to their other town and coun-
try addresses. 1t was little bit like
going to court and being presented to
the king.
The result of this was, in the first
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
The Sort of Backing That
Would Count

Mr.. M'CUMBER. We should no longer
AVA delay some effective method of utiliz-
ing all the energies of all the people of the
country in the field Of production. We are
at present operating on a scale not even 80
per cent efficient when we consider our
capabilities. Provision should be immedi-
ately made to the end that not a single
other strike shall occur in our essential in
dustries during the remainder of this war
We should see to it that there should be no
just cause for strikes, and then we should
further see to it that every days service
performed in the production of war necessi-
ties shall be full and honest days work;
that so long as we have single soldier in
France fighting for this country there shall
not be n single Stacker on this side of the
ocean. Back OF our patriotic fighting force
there should be patriotic producing force,
force with the same ardor, the same de-
termination, the same patriotism that
thrills the hearts of our little army That
we should call upon one class of men to
perform heroic tasks, to. suffer excruciat-
ing horrors beyond words of expression,
and even to die the most agonizing of
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Criticism

Nj R. KING. DO not believe in criti-
AvA cism for criticisms sake either in
peace or in war. It is an unhappy and
wholly fruitless way to wear out your life.
Furthermore, no one need to fear unjust
criticism; the sober and final judgment of
the American people will sustain the man
who is unfairly and unjustly assailed. 1t
is only the weak, the incompetent, the dis
honest who need fear the facts or who
should seek shelter from the freedom of
speech and of the press. The libeller, the
slanderer, the unfair critic, the purveyor
of false news will have short shrift with
the American people. If that were not
true, our theory of government would be
startlingly erroneous, for it all rests at
last upon public opinion, and without
free press and free speech there can be
no such thing as a sound public opinion.
Sincere and fearless discussion is in the
long run the aid of competent and able
administration.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

HR. OVERMAN. I deny that this
MI is revolutionary measure, and
I deny that Congress has in any
way by this bill abdcated any
power. / am tired Of hearing Senators
talk about the abdication of power, when
we have it in our power after the bill is
signed to repeal it, when we have the whole
machinery of legislation here that gave the
power, and nothing on Gods earth is asked
for in this bill except-what? To exercise
power which Congress already has given.
I will ask the Senator is there anything in
the bill asked for that Congress itself has
not granted?
Mr.. VARDAMAN. The immortal Thomas
Jefferson, the variety of whose information,
farreaching vision and superb judgment
surpassed any statesman of modern times,
who lived in the morning of our national
life, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of
the men who gave this government being,
and christened it with their patriotism and
love, said:
"The will of the people is the only
legitimate foundation of any govern
ment and to protect it's free expression
should be our first object. The
first principle of a good government is
certainly distribution of it's powers
INV SAcCuI4Ncs judiciary anu icBlSla-
tive, and a subdivision of the latter into
two or three branches. No gov
ernment continue good but under
the control of the people. Pru-
dence, indeed, will dictate that govern
ments long established, should not be
changed for light and transient causes.
Unless the mass retains suff-
cient control over those intrusted with
the powers of their government, these
will be perverted to their own oppres-
sion, and to the perpetuation of wealth
and power in the, individuals and their
families selected for the trust.
Whether our Constitution has hit on
the exact degree Of control necessary is
yet under experiment.; and it is most
encouraging reflection that distance and
other difficulties securing us against the
brigand governments of Europe, in the
safe enjoyment Of our farms and fire.
sides, the experiment stands a better
chance of being satisfactorily made
here than on any occasion yet pre-
sented by history"
/ might proceed without limit to quote
from this inexhaustible storehouse of wis
dom; but the above is sufficient to make
clear my idea, and to direct as would if
permitted the course of the Senate in the
further consideration of this question.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
After the War
nRoF. FRANZ OPPENHEIMER, Of

i Berlin University, has taken a
glimpse, in recent address, into proba-
BILE conditions in Germany and Europe
after the war. He estimates that the
number of killed and disabled for all the
European states will reach 25,O0O,OOO to
S0,OOO,0OO. "That will cause" he says,
ian advance of Is to 100 per cent in the
value of labor" AS for wages, they
twill rise by successive stages, beginning
with agricultural labor and extending to
the factory workmen. The purchasing
power Of the German home market will be
increased by at least 81 1,000, 100000 through
this increase in wages.
"Antiauated arrangements in factories
can no longer be afforded. Only the manu-
featuring concerns that are best conducted
and have the most highly perfected ma
chinery will be able to pay the high wages.
Tho perfection Of economic methods, the
stretching Of the nerves Of production to
their utmost capacity, which Rathenau
thinks should be brought about through
state interference, will take place of itself
The number Of all laborers and employees not
absolutely necessary, like agents and COM
mercial travellers, will have to be reduced.
In consequence Of the high cost OF labor
the value Of land will fall Large landed
estates cannot be. kept up, and they must
be made free for the settlement OF peas
ants. Everybody will have to work to his
utmost capacity, and owing to the intelli-
gent application Of labor ;ts product will
increase despite the reduced numbers Of
workers. Strikes will scarcely ever occur
again.
AIN consequence Of the high taxes few
persons will create landed estates for pur-
poses Of ease and enjoyment; land will, ON
the contrary, be owned for the most part as
q mesns Of production. Capital will there,
fore increase rapidly, and the damages OF
the war will be restored at an equal pace.
The healing process, however, can 70 for
ward only when business is guaranteed
fFss market and manufacturers preserve
H. Instinct -o3 workmanship"