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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
WEIGHT RESTS ON
AMERICAN FARMER

Upon no one class rests greater
responsibility than upon the Ameri-
can farmer, who with his wives and
SONS and daughters constitutes one
third of our population. He has the
first and great responsibility OF pro-
viding food for the nation at home,
food for the fighting men abroad, and
food for our allies in the battle line
and their civilian population.
England, with millions OF acres OF
parks and hunting grounds converted
into farms can only raise crops to
feed her people half the year. France,
with every man In uniform. and
nearly half her fields overrun by
armies, does even less.
With her grain fields extended by
millions of acres Of new land, Ameri-
ca is responding to the call and allied
hunger will never be an ally to Ger
many. Billions of dollars Of Ameri-
cas- huge war loans are coming back
to the farmer in payment for his
grain and stock.
The farmer, for his future honor
and standing in the nation, must see
that every penny Of this sum he can
spare Is reinvested In war loans.
The Fourth Liberty Loan. now upon
n, calls for but portion Of what
America must spend in war efforts in
the next few months. 1t must be sub.
scrfbed promptly and overwhelmingly.
That 'tthe man who is not for US is
against us" is as true now as when
4 was written centuries ago.
If YOU buy a fifty dollar bond
when you COULD BUY five hum
dred dollar bond, you are not doing
your full duty as an American.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
KAISER PLANNED TO
RULE WORLD after
6 months WARFARE
Thought Theft of Iron and Coal
From France. Land From
Russia, Would Pay Bill

Planning world trade domination. II
not actual world rule, as the outcome
of a short six-months' campaign in
Europe, Germany now finds herself
outcast from among civilized nations,
her people impoverished. her honor
irrevocably stained by the blood of
Belgium, and facing a future OF
fathomless ignominy and disgrace.
81 will make room for my growing
people W taking some more of France
and a few thousand square miles OF
Russia" said the Kaiser. I'VE will
get the iron and coal in Northern
France for manufactures which we
will sell the conquered population of
Russia, and this, besides indemnities,
will more than pay for the war. Eng.
land will not dare come in. and our
merchant fleets will soon crowd her
from the world trade routes.
IF the United States does not
acquiesce, her manufacturers will get
no more of our dyes and chemicals,
her farmers no more Of our ferti.
lizers. And we will also take away
from her all South American com
MERGE"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03
GERMAN GRAVES
GRIM ANSWER

Now, across the graves OF q mil
lion of his young men, the Kaiser is
beginning to see the sun set on the
smallest of his ambitions. "Foch will
never cross the Rhine" is now the
German watchword. German cities.
shrieking beneath the visitation OF
allied and American airplane bombers
cry out: mo more of this barbarity."
Such cries are echoed in the ghostly
laughs of thousands of Gotha and
Zeppelin victims in London and Paris.
The Rhine will be crossed, and
Cologne and Berlin will vince be-
meath the shells of Allied guns.
give million men in France" cries
America. Remember Belgium and
end the war in 1919" -.~- -.
To America and her five million
fighting men in France will come the
greater glory of the world war. But
that end will not be achieved with
out the sacrifice of thousands OF
those men, nor without the most
earnest and united support Of those
of us at home. Where we have given
valiant efforts to war work here
tofore, we must thrust our sholders
desperately against the wheel of wal
preparations from now on. To ne
one person or class is It given to d.
q greater share In this war than any
other person or class. Each mus
10 hia utmost
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03

Back Your Own with tho Bond Ven
Own. -.s
To Buy or Net TO Buy % Not tho
auestlon-Buy.
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-03

Each BOND ! step toward VICTORY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Let the Eaglets Soar.
BY WALDO G. MORSE,
Lawyer and Publicist.

ra Whs souEh. domnon through
Fearing men--real whole men. not mere pc part s
OF great governmental machine. To quote
PRINCE nee like unto you and me-"
In the great European crash at arms. autoc-
isanism Sniff Of personal s freedom from Domination
our armies shattered the armor Of orEanzed
despotlsm.
In terrified Russia the despotism o, the crowd
shevik rabbie OF coiIectivism are prined loose
But even America is not without Its auto
or sonSsp.on Of the eternal truth
Reports france that !n free fs
in ss w 70 an the
zsasns afs5 they are 6y
their lives in the fair land in which their brav-
great salvation from the Hun. We wish them
But ssar and joy an s
the sasnr are %
planning a muitipiicaton Of the coops wh acI
brood Of Amerlca-of course with large appro.
too soon, for We know now how far the GER
has SYSTEM aSa
through how large q proportion proportion OF It's admin.
conception Of a Centralized State Which Should Si
e4 we Se houd s FIJI. sn
the. State is. their philosophy. 4 nation made
Ike Of 81 d ou
going has been based ,ssr upon unssnsh love for
syiI1ss,osi yhs SallS
e the foe ea ssv for semRas
turn to o' the liberty While e ay sons
carry to many lands that freedom which has
free.ACopyright. 1913 20
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
Problems Discussed Readers Tho
Aut Writers-A Daily Editorial Feature.
DIVIDED AS WAVES YET ONE AS THE SEA.
ALFRED d. WILLIAMS.

President II his enthusiasm aud altrd-
ism should carry him too far. A great
EnSlish statesman Of some years ago
s ~ repoTtod as Sdefeiaring that the Con;
more wisdom and foresight tS than any
mind or hand. Sometimes We are
and e 70 % derdee sOme 81 Of lis lis p4 %as
ions. Yet, exactly at this moment and
az this time OF stress and strain and
sssnd We e, may, perhaps. learn to under
ness as never before.
IwGnty.one OF the forty-eight States
n nag' i h1epasiisan goyernments. Senate
resident and cabieee tD arc and the
It VIII be necessary for the attainment
OF great results tor the States. regard
r less OF political compiexion, to act in
ons %Seh a aaGf rules Yus oa TsgpS
nederai authorities cannot impose
upon ahe states or intrude upon their
necessary for our cohesion Of action,
now that we have been forced TO be.
come the dominant world power Our
Internal party disputes should be, and
totten. for the time at least. The dig
nifty and the majesty OF the American
character. 30 spiendidly exemplihed BY
ss S y9'eaag m men iiEhsins abroad. VIII be
here and by the soldiers when they
Gratis In all branches OF the govern
ment and in all the far scattered States
alike. will cooperate in this enormous
work Of reconstruction and balancing
ourselves and aiding The new nations
after ,he heat and fury OF war almost
as mushrooms do in the genial warmth
OIL IA spring morning following a storm.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

When ve como to look at ourselves.
We are fairly we'll balanced and we'll
ordered people, notwithstanding our
weaknesses and follles. Wo have just
como through ten days OF very fierce
tumult. something almost like an In
ternal revolution In our political AFFAIRS
and tho most magnificent and ama1-
We had u FULL and honorable part. Yet,
we arc undisturbed. our balance Is not
shaken and already we are addressing
%orid rshsbiltstion WhieS lies ask just st
However our plitical sympathies and
feelings may be; most OF us may begin
for us at this crisis that Responsibility
is divided between our two great par
ties II we look back to tho Beginnings
viii see that the founders contemplated
more or less clash of authority between
OF the government They are useful
Presidents hold on tho confidence Of
the country and tho world. we must
realize that opinions from different
parts parts Of our vast country and from az
right decisions. Never before has
t therS peep s speh MULTIPLICITY and in
made a century of progress in less
than two years. In politics we may do
equally we'll
The Republicans can do nothing to-
without the suggestion Of the Preside Mt
and the corporation of Democratic
Senator'S Neither party has in either
President has the veto power over the
congress and the Congress can stop the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
News of Fifty Years Ago
fFrom the Richmond Dispatch. Nov. is, 1862
Rev. g. s. Lambeth, of Suffolk, will preach at
Trinity Methodist Church at II A. NJ to-morroW

Rev. 8. 8. Lambeth. of Suffolk will preach at
Trinity Methodist Church at II A. M. to- morrow
and at Clay street Church at 1880 r. Nj.
At the quarterly term OF the county court Of
Chesterfield County yesterday John McCaul was
tried and convicted Of horse stealing and sem
fenced to be hung on Friday tho 18th Of De-
ceinber.
big gun being pulled by sixteen horses
going TO be mounted on Cold Harbor baltic field,
broke in tho bridge over Chickahominy River
On the Mechanicsville Turnpike yesterday, and
was precIpitated in the river Tho horses were
saved.
The schooner John Forsythe has arrived In
Pamunkey River with the third cargo OF Iron
for the Richmond and York River Railroad.
The schooner General Grant sailed from this
port yesterday with $500 bushels OF wheat for
Brandywine. Del.
wyman, the wizard. will give a performances
Monday afternoon at o'clock for tho beneit
OF the Masonic Academy. The institution now
haa nearly 100 pupils and needs help, It Is to
be hoped there VIII De great crowd at Wy
mans bcnef1t performance,
Married; At the residence of the brides
father, Noyembsr II; By Rev J. 3: T; patterson,
<. Elicit. OF Hanover County. No cards
married.: On the 10th instant at tho residence
OF the brides father by Rev F.. n. Peterson,
John w. Todd and MISS Annie 7. Ttmbefiake-
both Of this city.
General Mcclellan has been elected president
Of the University OF California. 80
George Francis Train says he 10 organising
n new poiiticaI party to be known as tho KNOW
n liz asss candid for tho rsssidsu - Z.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Ir.iands Claim to Freedom.

To the Editor of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir.-In the editorial columns Of to-
days Times-Dispatch you pettily deny
and deride tho claim Of Ireland to
freedom. or even to being heard at the
peace conference. You petulantly tell
the Irish to settle their own domestic
affairs. But when this right Is refused
them. what then? 1t Is Il littlo unfor-
tunate for your conclusion that II was
not arrived at as a result OF the appli-
cation of the principles upon which
alone the validity OF such claims rest.
On racial and historic grounds Ireland's
claim Is incontestable. AS you know,
before any of the present-day national
tiles OF Europe had taken definite form.
ireland, as a nation, was recognized
by all civilized Europe. On the prin-
ciple OF MISREPRESENTATION her claim Is
worthy consideration. for. In seventy
years. Ireland's population has fallen
SO per cent-from 100000 in 1871 to
100000 in 1911. But to come down
to the epoch-making statements by the
President OF the war aims OF America
If those statements are to be taken
at their face value land who doubts
that they are to be SO taken?)-they
most emphatically spoil freedom for
Ireland. Shall peoples be ruled and
dominated, even In their own internal
affairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible
force. or by their own Will and choice ?"
Shall strong nations be free to wrong
weak nations and make them subject to
their purpose and interestT' That
there are strong un-American infiu-
ences at work with view to main
tanning inviolate tho present political
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Opposition in High Places

IMPOSITION to q system OF universal mil
~ ltary training in the United States comes
from high sources. President Wilson has
committed himself against it, Secretary OF
War Baker does not approve 1t and Senator
Martin opposes It, That, however, does not
alter the fact that the public sentiment de-
mand1ng the inauguration OF an adequate
plan OF universal training. whereby the couu-
try can be kept in condition of prepared
ness and its future safety guaranteed is
growing so rapidly that it must be needed
by Congress Americas experience when It
entered this war was not OF nature to
encourage relapse into the old apathetic
and mistaken Idea that no further danger
can come to this country II any one be-
lieves that Americas immunity from attack
Is assured for all time to come his mind
should be disabused. for in that wav Iies
disaster.
There is little likelihood that the spec,ous
arguments Of the paci1sts and the little army
and navy men will succeed in causing n re
duction OF the military establishment To tbe
r1diculously and dangerously meager prewar
conditions, but there Is grave fear that they
may be able to thwart the plans designed IN
keep America constantly prepared and at
least SO strong In the military sense az to
command the wholesome respect OF all other
nations even as 1t commands II TODAY
Alter all, the best argument for universal
training will be the American soldiers them
selves when they return from the battle
front, strong manly, victorious, their minds
broadened and their characters strengthened
lot thelr peace tasks. They will be the liy-
ing examples OF what discipline and training
! can accomplish, and it will be strange indeed
II they do not throw the weight OF their
advocacy into the scale that all the nations
young men may have the advantage OF mil
itary instruction.
Ihere Is reason to believe that the onno
sition OF the President and Secretary NJ War
VIII not continue after the present day organ
ization problems are met and solved and the
time for permanent military policy comes
WINE the arguments on the ground OF
economy faii TO the ground in the light of
| comparison between the probable cost Of a
{ continuing system, for which the Gamma al
| ready are prepared, with the hundreds OF
! lhilhons or dollars expended TO whip the
se!ective draft army into shape.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Books and Authors

X X4s fsts,t s.. sss + AS.ss
wooden horse and dashes Eaijy rsu md
the circle OF the merry-Eo-round of tho
ae.S. Herein are treated such various
i iop'cs s,m as music IN It's relation to cook
tus. the literary methods OF George
Moore. Spanish dancers, Mimi AGugiia,
MMar rg re hnslin, American composers.
age OF singers. the uselessness Of in
t n,or decorators, Avery Hopwood.
r iaHa , M9eiier Georges Eeydeau. &c.
Of our childhood days The first essay
may may De taken as a symbolic introduce
aso to ali Hn ~ p vas an SGSh sone but
II proclaims the superiority of per-
sonal taste over that which is sub
servient or Initiative.
Safe and Unsafe Democracy" by
Henry Ware Jones (Thomas Y. crow
fort to define the exact political obii-
cations and duties OF American clti-
Ten ,be b It is noi tr,Tmpe. call 70 purity
is unique in. accuracy and Clarity the
smooth surface Of habit, usage and
opinion 5I,I Is rubbed of and the under.
aetion revealed. Now Pr9 when Semssl
raey Is fighting for existence against
s stai the b Po the
most opportunely. The chapters Jt '" on
means and methods and political edu-
cation should become a part or the in
ner consciousness of every American
citizen. AS a. whole the book is a
notable contribution to the poIiticai
literature OF the. world and might we'll
have been entitled "The Wade Mecum
fred Mitcheirs War Story, "a ono
Of Alfred A.. Knoprs latest Issues.
Fred Mitchell, noted jockey. and tho
youngest. son Of an old and noble
British family, at the age Of sixteen
found the race track so compellIng
that he ran away from home to be-
come after very short time one OF
the foremost figures Of the turf. Tho
outbreak of the present war found him
one OF the first Jockeys OF France.
where in his twenty years experiences
he had ridden more than 450 winners
in fiat and steepiechase races. Tho
deals only with his experiences since
July, 1914; He spent well over three
years in the war zone, and was one of
the few men who. as the Germans were
advancing on Paris had entree
through all the various lines. Can
tured for time by the Huns-with
his son, who Mt the age Of sixteen was
amateur champion swimmer of France
and well-known amateur boxer
Mitchelrs story is far more grinding
than any fiction ever could be. Casting
as 1t does most intimate side Urbts
on the most exciting days of all Of tho
war. -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Street Sign. Needed.

TO tho Editor OF Tho Ttmes-Dispatch:
S!r.-I know this Is no time for mu-
inequalities to BIO increasing their ex-
pense accounts, but Greater Richmond
ought TO find tho money somewhere to
nave signs put up at the street cor
ners 30 that visitors. as we'll as its
cwn citizens. can travel the streets in
diligently,
Downtown at q few places sign
boards. giving the names of the two
streets which come together. are posted
on tho sides of tho corner houses and
most people. being already familiar
with these old streets. they are OF lit
tie or no service. Out In the West End
and in all OF the newer parts Of the
city there 10 nothing TO tell what street
person may be wandering on. and
thus II happens that Richmond Is the
hardest city ! know to find ones way
anywhere. Strangers and visitors get
lest and befuzzled every day. Can't
something be done?
FREQUENT VISITOR
Richmond, Va, November T.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

Whom Marshal Foch makes his solemn and
triumphant entry into strassburr and Meen
1t will be. In tho smaller sense. tia cuimi.
nation OF Frances giory'in again taking pos
session OF her provinces which no LONGER arc
lost, but to tho civilized world IL viii mark
tho hnal and complete overthrow OF thu
forces OF barbarian. And this entry will be
mado less than oight months after tho date
sot for tho victorious entry OF tho Kaiser and
Hindenburg into Paris. whore they proposed
TO dino In joyous token OF a conquest finished.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

- Lloyd George, the war over. reiterates that
ireland must have home rule, but that Ulster
must not be coerced. That seems to leave
the Premier Just where he was when he
started out to find solution for the Irish
dtmculty. The war furnished answers to
many perple1ing questions, but Erin's do
mestic broil. the snag over which SO MANY
British statesmen have trippcd up, promises
10, be perpetual, for self-determination fails
40! determine when people is divided against
Itself.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
wayside Sone,

loved tho golden face of the Dawn &
The voice Of tho Night Wind crying:
laughed with a fose on moon,
hushed lawn, =,
had a heart that was all my own
,, The worlds gifts I could borrow
And touched my eyes with Sorrow
The thrush is dead in the clover: ~
The Moon Is fed from the starry hill
Loves summer days are over. 49,
I knew tho birds and tho whispsstnx
grass, 30 - IN -
The worlds Joys I could borrow; ia5
Until saw d maiden pass, ~
Who touched my heart with sofyuk
-. Corson Miller In the R6oEo3
Transcript FgT7 y ~ n. 4 & q ~ 3. ~.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

~..'.Well, we are here!" Where is your old
war;" American troops arriving in England
and France made this jovial announcement
and challenge which has become historic.
fortunately, or unfortunately, as we may
Choose to look at it, the last 100000 or 3oo,-
600 OF us who got there were compelled to
look blankly at vanished war? They were
there to fight and with nobody to fight
against. Il.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

Germany Is not too good to beg OF the
allies food In the midst OF plenty, as it is
Bald by a, French newspaper to be doing,
but reports which come from that conquered
country DO not lend color to the accusation.
There is too much evidence that millions OF
Teutons are starving. and It is easily be-
lievaole that had privation. suffering and
munger not broken the homo morale the
armies on the western front still would be-
lighting
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

To a nation which to tho very last per-
sisted In its maintenance Of neutrality. the
loss of S31 ships and 1000 lives at the
hands OF the Germans is no Uncomfortable
item. But Norway turned every cheek It
had for the reception OF the German slaps
and so far as can be judged from it's actions,
grew to like them. Perhaps II hopes to find
comfort in the crumbs II may be able to pick
up from tho rich allies peace table
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

even suggest July the Fourth as the
date of which TO celebrate the allied fri
Nmph over the Hun? Let that date remain
Heculiarly sacred to Americas achievement
81 independence from the yoke OF autocracv.
Ehere is no reason why the allies should
eare to choose the natal day of the United
States for an international celebration O,
their triumph. 1t would be much more fitting
I'D celebrate the day on which GERMANY ar
q powledged its defeat by signing the arms
stiee terms, and let the place be Paris.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

syssss.America has no valid claim on the peace
at least none that does not seem
tnsignihcant when compared with the incon-
steStable claim OF France. To be selected for
tine conference would be an honor to any
&Suntry, but the United States Is seeking
sssneither honor nor glory beyond that It al
ssfAady has won, and IT will let the peace tab,e
spf spread where the allies may decide II
III; neutral country be the choice the con-
fenee will sit In Switzerland; otherwise
sAnss undoubtedly will be tho host and
9Saiiaes the place. France has fairly won
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
Chlld-Ey~

Child-Ecyen-
tReprinted by Rcquest)
Two little blue eyes,
TWO little true eyes,
Sparkling like the violet
Where the crystal dew lies;
Washed with tears. and bright with laughter
AS the storm and sunshine after
Richer than the rarest gem
When tho love light comes TO them
Two little bright eyes.
Two little light eyes
Rivaling the purest star
That unto the night crtes
O the moods forever changing
From despair 10 rapture ranging
In the warp and w,,of Of fancy
Weaving wcirdest nccroinancy,
Two little rad eyes Sgtsa
Two little bad Dyes }1SSH
Roguish. pleading for the kis. "'s'
That will mako them glad eyesl
Weary. when the shadows, creeplnx
Summon all the world to sleeping
Then the curtain laahcs droop
Where tho elves Of aIumbcr troop
Two little closed eyes,
Gently reposed eyos.
Eweeter than the bud that spri,r,
Where the weary roDc oies
And methinks the angels, tread,,.
On the wRvsrinK moonbeams threading
honE fpa shades, have heard the prayer
OF . child. and linEsr there,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

the honor. and there Will DO poetic Justice
In framing the provisions of peace and ro-
making Europe's map along tho lines of
democracy in the place whore tho deposed
Kaiscr's grandfather was crowned Emperor
of tho German Confederation, while his vic
tim. Franco. lay at his feet ravishcd and
helpless.