The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-07-25
TO TIE CANS TO YELLOW DOGS

TO TIE CANS TO YELLOW DOGS
IRVING DODGE patriotic popagandist
III making national appeal the suppression The Yellow
Dog by the establishment municipality the United
States Of branch Of the Boy Detectives of America
1.-THE Yellow Dog according Mr.. Dodge is the whining
native who constantly harps German efficiency of our
fighting Engands of its being rich mans war; OF the
of sending boys there of the mpossbity OF
feating Germany, of charging Doarayear with being
proeers declaring large percentage
grafters M the of the feebeminded twadde
making his appeal the cooperation Of the
superintendent of public instruction, members of patriotic
cees Scout Masters of the Boy Scouts of America and T. M
c. A. secretaries Mr. Dodge declares that The Yellow Dog
greater army His attacks
while the attacks of the German be guarded
against
speak conservatively says Mr. Dodge when that
every yellow equal strength infantry in
the German army The of The Dog sappng the
strength They gnawng at the foundation of attack
and defense They working the Germans and
them don't know it.
Dodge plan the suppression of The Yellow Dog is
outlined his most recent work of fiction In it he portrays
the which the boy of suburban town
harnessed under the of the boy Detectives of America
and the was ceansed of yellow dogs without untoward
without the usual police channels Now
he the boy Of municipality in America har
messed the in order to accomplish the
suit nationally.
that necessary to campaign accomplished
fact according Dodge determined men-eaders
boys every municipality who will take the trouble of
planning the details to the youngsters.
boys be organized They to be regular
detectives for the Of frretng out he Yellow Dogs
Every keep his wide open for direct and implied
attacks the and keep the end of the
question, "How do you know
campaign patriotic citizen
arrange meeting with the boys and explain to them just
what the boy Detectives of America is and the meaning of
organization the welfare Of the United States Then
club be organized Every boy to be given official
bershp card and every member receive supply of e
Dog cards out who along the feeble
minded twaddle."
Dodge his expense offers furnish membership
cards and he Yellow Dog cards the members of
that is formed.
On the front Of The Yellow Dog cards. printed in large
type the words You're Yellow Dog and the
descriptions of what constitutes The
Yellow Dog Some Of these enightenng phrases read:
IF talks against the government and can't back up
what he says, he's yellow dog.
he yellow of the lot is tn that stands
and hears his country abused without protest"
"Any who tells the government about its faults and
how correct it's friend tells the
about its faults just to discourage is yellow dog.
Anybody says Vanderbilt loaned France forty
millions is yellow dog. He amt got that much
ANY that won't buy bond isn't willing to pay his
of the expenses of brothers the trenches VINO
rsking fighting him. Can yellow dog be
yelerer'n that?"
anybody that says bonds amt the safest investment
in the world is yellow dog.
Anybody that says anything that the Germans chance
write home an that amt popular war Is yeoW uo
It's popular an then some"
Anybody talks peace by compromise is yellow dog
$3.50 peace with the devil EVERYBODY knows where
Judas got off
'This American town We're behind the government
Swat the yellow dog"
.Al yellow dogism is made in Germany
supply should be carried by member
the Boy Detectives of America and when he hears
make indicating that person in The Yellow Dog
class the boy approach him with the
"How do you know"
Usually the person spreading the unpatrotc libel doesn't