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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-08-05

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Tongue Has Played Greater Part
in Void War Than the Pen
BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY Of the Visl.n,e.

The pen may may not be greater than the
sword. That depends upon and the user. Accord
ing to Rlchecu the proyerb only applied when the pen
in the hand Of the truly great. However the mat
ter may stand between pen and sword how about the
relative Importance to them of the mouth?
That the tongue is fiery little member by which
great matter may be kindled has been marked a
long time ago, and in Holy Writ. Its power has been
coquenty set forth at length in phrases familiar
household words. The effect Of It's abuse has been noted
The citizen., 1918-01-10

foundation I'm fact he was satisfied that
no rival farewell poem would be offer
ed her. and so II may be that he
thought "In Dream" might show her
at last In one blaze Of light what her
eyes had sometimes fleetlngly intimat-
ed she did perceive I'm part-the diff
ference between William and such ev-
eryday. rather well meaning. fairly
good hearted people as Joe Bullitt,
Wallace Banks. Johnnie Watson and
others. Yes. when she came TO read
In Dream" and TO look back upon II
rll" she would surely know-at last!
And then. when the future four long
years-while receiving his education
had passed he would go to her. He
would go to her and she would take
him by the hand and lead him to her
father and say. Father, this is vii
liam"
But William would turn TO her, and,
with the old dancing light In his eyes,
NO, Lola" he would say, mot Will
liam, but Ickle Boy Baxter. Always
and always just that for you, oh, my
dearY
And then. as in story and film and
farce and the pleasanter kinds OF
drama, her father would say, with
kindly raillery, "Well. when you two
young people get through you'll find
me in the library, where have a
pretty good business proposition to
lay before you, young man"
And when the white waistcoated
white sideburned old man had, chuck
ling. left the room William would slow
ly lift his arms. But Lola would move
back from him step-only "A step
and after laying finger archly upon
her lips 10 check him. wait, sir" she
would say. Il have a question TO ask
you, sir"
"What question, LolaT"
"Thls question. SIR" she would re-
ply: "ln all that summer, sir. so long
ago. why did you never tell me what
you were until | had gone away and
II was too late 10 show you what
felti All Ickle Boy Baxter, never
understood until looked back upon II
all after had read In Dream ON the
train that day. Then ! kHcrf
"And now. Lolaf" William would say.
DO you understand me nOuy
Shyly she would advance the one
short step she had put between them
while he. with lifted. yeamlng arms
this time destined to no disappoint'
ment-
AT SO vital moment did Mrs. .Bax'
'er knock at his door ana consolng
reyerie cease TO minister unto William
lie started. placed the sacred box out
OF sight and spoke gruiily
The citizen., 1918-01-10
BREAD OR BEER.

Sir Alfred Booth, chairman OF the
Cunard steamship line, was. when the
war began, neither prohibitionist nor
a total abstainer. Early In 1915 he
startled Great Britain by declaring
that "the transport problem demands
prohibition until the war Is over" Il
am not thinking Of the temperance side
of the question" he said, 1--WE have got
beyond that now. l am thinking OF
the demand which the trade makes up
on the services of our ships, our rail-
ways and carts, and our labor" He
denounced the use by the breweries
and distilleries of thousands of tons
of coal mined and sent to them every
week, the barley and other produce
carted and hauled by rail to the brew
cry, brought back again and distrib-
uted to the consumer. "If we are to
maintain our armies in the field, we
shall before very long have to choose
between bread or beer"
The citizen., 1918-01-10
CHAPTER XXI.
IhaIaat Sad Ritea.

The Last Sad Rites
VAT LILLIAN opened the box OF
NM candy and placed the letter
" upon the top layer OF choc-
olates. Upon the letter he
placed a small photograph, wrapped In
tissue paper, OF himself. Then with a
pair OF scissors he trimmed an oblong
OF white cardboard to 1T into the box
Upon this piece OF cardboard he labori-
ously wrote, copying from a tortured,
inky sheet before him:
In Dream
BY WILLIAM S. BAXTER.
The sunset light
Fades into night
But never will I forget
The smile that haunts me yet
Through the future four long years
hope you will remember with tears
Whateer my rank or station
Whilst receiving my education
Though far away you seem
would see thee in dream.
He placed his poem between the pho
tograph and the letter, closed the box
and tied the tissue paper about II
again with the blue ribbon. Through
out these rites-they were rites both In
spirit and In manner-he was subject
to little. catchlngs OF the breath, half
gulp. half sigh. But the dolorous tok-
ems passed. and he sat with elbows
upon the table. his chin upon his hands,
reverie in his eyes.
Perhaps he was helped too by won
dering what Miss Pratt would think
Of him when she read "ln Dream" on
the train that afternoon. For reasons
purely intuitive and decidedly without
The citizen., 1918-01-10
For right and you /;
1uE woRkINcMAN's BURDEN.

Every workingman carries on his
back nonproducer. The laborer
who pays his bills is charged higher
price to cover the loss the storekeeper
sustains by failure of the drinking
man to pay what he owes. When
crime is committed or family impov-
erished by the drink-debauchery of Its
natural support, the cost appears on
the tax bill of the man who labors.
Jobs are made by the consumption
Of products, and II money is not spent
for booze, it will be spent for other
things which must be produced by
labor.-From the Cyclopedia of Tenn
perance.
The citizen., 1918-01-10

prank must be empty. OF course, and
the split ink must be represented by
a piece of black paper placed so as to
extend up to the mouth OF the bottle.
You will have the job of cleaning up
after playing the paper-shower win
dow-shade prank. but never mind the
work. you will have had your fun.
Take down the window-shade roller
from its fixtures. unroll the shade,
scatter paper over the unrolled por'
ton Gig. g.. then roll II up again. and
replace the roller in its fixtures.
Father or brother may be greatly
excited upon seeing a stick appar'
emily running right through the crown
OF his everyday hat Gig. ~. but
this prank does no damage In the
least, because the upper end OF the
stick is sawed of Gig. 81. and only
a needle runs through the hat crown.
TO Join the two pieces.
The fiutterer shown in Figs. 8. 10
and IL may be mailed In due time to
The citizen., 1918-01-10
put no ole. figures. not even Miss

put no ot.e, figures, not even Miss
Parchcr's. into this picture.
Parting is the most dramatic moment
In young lcve aud il there Is one time
when the lover wishes TO present a
lofty but graceful appearance II is at
the last; To leave with the loved one.
for recollection final picture OF man
ly dignity In sorrow that. above all
things, Is the lovers desire. And yet
even AZ the beginning Of Williams 200
foot advance later so much discussed.
he felt the heat surging over his ears.
as he took OF his hat. thinking to
wave II jarntily inreply 10 Mss Parch-
er. he made but an uncertain gesture
OF II. so that he wished he had not
tried II. Moreover. he bad covered less
than a third OF the distance when he
became aware that all OF the group
were staring at him with unaccount-
able eagerness and had begun TO laugh.
William felt certain that his attire
was In no way disordered nor In itself
a cause for laughter. All Of these peo-
Pile had often seen him dressed as he
was today and had preserved their
gravity. But IN spite OF himself he
took OF his hat again and looked 10
see II anything about II might explain
this mirth, which at his action In
creased. Nay. the laughter began to
be shared by strangers.
The citizen., 1918-01-10
: TEMPERANCE
Conducted by the National woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
The ALCOHOL AGE.


"What is the matter with the
worldf" asked DIR. Charles Gilbert Da-
Wis. noted surgeon Of Chicago, In a
thought-arresting article in the I'LL
nois Issue. His answer Is, "a thou
sand years OF alcoholic saturation."
"All life should evolute," he says:
"alcohol produces evolution. Take the
largest and finest breed Of dogs-the
Great Dane, for example-and for
three or four generations feed them
daily little alcohol and what Is the
result7 What was previously large,
noble animal will deteriorate into a
swapping, snarllng, fighting, almost
hairless, insignificant little cur. And
yet we feed men on this lethal poison
for thousands Of years and then won
der why we have disease, pestllence,
insanity and war.
"In this dawn of the twentieth CEN
tury II may be truthfully affirmed that
the aggressive war brain is the brain
that directly, or indirectly through he
redity, has been poisoned by alcohol.
The alcoholic brain cannot evolve
those emotions of the human soul that
make for peace. We may talk peace.
legislate for peace, and make peace
treaties, but wars will never cease till
the brain is freed from the corroding
effects of alcohol.
zone thousand years from now the
historian will record the events Of to-
day and classify them under the gen.
eral heading. The Age Of Alcohol! 1t
will be pathetic but interesting lit
aroturan
The citizen., 1918-01-10

There she stood-a glowing little fig-
ure in the hazy September sunlight,
her hair an amber mist under the ador-
able little hat, small bunch Of violets
at her waist, a larger bunch Of fra
grant but less expensive sweet peas In
her right hand. half dozen pink roses
in her left, her little dog Flopit In the
crook OF one arm and a one pound box
of candy IN the crook OF the other
ineffable, radiant, starry. she Stood
Near her also stood her young hostess
and Wallace Banks, Johnnie Watson
aud joe Bullitt, three young gentlemen
In condition Of solemn tensity. Miss
Parcher saw William as he emerged
from the station building, and she
waved her parasol In greeting, attract
ing the attention OF the others 10 him,
SO that they all turned and stared.
Seventeen sometimes finds II embar-
rassing, even In state OF deep emo
tion. TO walk 200 feet or thereabout
toward a group OF people who stead
fastly watch the long approach And
when the watching group contains the
lady OF all the world before whom
one wishes 10 appear most debonair,
and contains not only her, but several
rivals who, though fairly good hearted.
might hardly he trusted 10 neglect
such an opportunity TO murmur some
thing jocular about one No, II can
not be said that William appeared TO
be wholly without self consciousness.
In fancy he had prophesied for this
moment something utterly different.
He had seen himself parting from her,
the two alone as within a cloud lie
had seen himself gently placing his
box Of candy in her hands. some Of
his fingers Just touching some OF hers
and remaining thus lightly In contact
to the very last. He had seen himself
bending toward the sweet blond head
to murmur the few last words OF sim
Pile eloquence. while her eyes lifted In
mysterious appeal to his. And he had
The citizen., 1918-01-10

Breathless. william flung open his
door, seized the hat. racketed down
the stairs and out through the front
door, which he left open behind him.
Eight seconds later he returned at a
gallop, hurtlcd up the stairs and into
his room, emerging instantly with some
thing concealed under his coat.
Mrs. Baxter sighed and went 10 a
window in her own room and looked
out.
William was already more than half
way to the next corner, where there
was a car line that ran to the station,
but the distance was not too great for
Mrs. Baxter to comprehend the nature
OF the symmetrical white parcel now
carried In his right hand. Her face
became pensive as she gazed after the
flying slender figure. There came to
her mind the recollection OF a seven
teen-year-old boy who had brought a
box OF candy-a small one, like VIII
liam's-to the station once. long ago.
when she had been visiting in another
town. For just a moment she thonght
OF that boy she had known so many
years ago. and smile came vaguely
upon her lips She wondered what
kind Of a woman he had married and
how many children he had and wheth-
er he was a widower-
The heeting recollection passed. She
turned from the window and shook
her head, puzzled
"Now. where on earth could Jane
and that little Kirsted girl have goner'
she murmured.
At the station william. descending
from the street car, found that he had
six minutes to spare. Reassured OF
so much by the great clock In the sta
ton tower, he entered the building
and. with calm and dignified steps,
crossed the large waiting room. Those
calm and dignihed steps were taken
by feet which little betrayed the trem-
ulousness Of the knees above them.
He made sure that the person he
sought was not I'm the waiting room
Therefore he turned to the doors which
gave admission to the tracks, but be
fore he went out he paused for an In
stant OF displeasure. Hard by the
door stood telephone booth. and from
inside this booth a little girl OF nine
or ten was peering eagerly out at VII.
liam. her eyes Just above the lower
level OF the glass window In the door
Even prospect thus curtailed re-
vealed her as smudged and dusty
little girl To william she suggested
nothing familiar. As his glance hap
pened to encounter hers the peering
eyes grew instantly brighter with ex.
element. She exposed her whole coun'
tenance at the window and impulsively
made a face at him.
Three seconds later the dusty faced
| little girl and her moue were sped ut
terly from Williams mind. For as
the doors swung together behind him
he saw Miss Pratt There were nc
gates nor iron barriers to obscure the
view There was no train shed &c
darken the air She was at some dis
tance. perhaps 200 feet. along the
tracks where the sleeping cars OF the
long train would stop. But there she
stood. mistakable for no other on this
wide earth
The citizen., 1918-01-10

and hour hand are cut out OF black
paper. Paste the hands In place.
One OF the most surprising and an
noying things for father or mother
to discover is a fresh crack across
the corner OF one Of the large panes
OF window glass. You can make a
perfect imitation Of a broken window
pane by gluing a piece OF cotton wrap
ping-twine TO the glass In the manner
indicated in Fig. 3. Put only touch
Of glue here and there. where you
make a turn with the string. I have
never known this deception 70 fail,
even when the person examining the
window has stood but three feet away.
Quite as startling as the broken
window pane is the sight of an over
turned ink bottle upon ones writing
desk. The ink bottle used in this
The citizen., 1918-01-10
Mo1HERINe The SOLDIERS.

The w. C. T. U. has opened many
recreation rooms for the soldiers. The
homesick men who flock to them do
not fail to express their gratitude for
the CHEEKY welcome and the honey
atmosphere they find in these places.
TO the matron at the rooms In Wash
ington, d. c., poem was presented by
young Robert f. Lee, grandson OF the
great Southern general, as an express
sion of his feelings. The last stanza
runs thus:
When sldesby side we take our chance.
To live or die in bloody France.
For right and you;
Then never fear, you here at home
That wen forget, where'er we roam
The w. G. T. u.
The citizen., 1918-01-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: HANDICRAFT
FOR GIRLS
By DOROTHY PERKINS
VtOPyTItht1 by n NteIy IfhIII
HARMLESS FRANKS FOR APRIL
FIRST.
Observation-Disclosures

Nobody objects to being fooled on
April first. providing the prank is free
from every element OF danger that
might result in personal injury or
damage OF some sort.
During the earl, morning. the clock
is probably the most looked upon OBJ
ject In the house. Therefore, II IL
develops an extra pair Of hands over
night. the abnormality is not likely
to escape anyone.
Figure 1 shows a four-handed clock,
and Fig. 2 how the extra minute hand
The citizen., 1918-01-10
The Third Party.

"The pen is mightier than the
sword" isn't 1t about time the ink
got little Of the credltr'-Judge.
The citizen., 1918-01-10

be received on April first. By having
II come by mall no suspicion will be
aroused. The fiutterer consists OF
two rolled-up pieces OF paper. folded
over. and connected by rubber-band.
Letter April Fool!" upon the pieces.
Twist the papers In opposite direc-
tions. until the rubber-band Is twisted
very tight. Then place between the
folds OF a sheet Of note paper. slip
the paper into an envelope. and seal.
address. stamp. and mail.
Upon removing the paper from the
envelope. the iutterer will Jump about
very lively until the rubberband 10
entirely unwound. when the person re-
cciving 1t will be able TO read the
message"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Germany Reveals
Line of Retreat

LONDON, Sept. 9.-Hilaire Bel
loc, the military commentator, writ
ing in the Daily News, says the line
of retreat to which the German
forces are approaching now is clear.
1t just covers ST. Quentin, Cambrai
and Douai, the old Hindenburg line
up to Moeuvres, and thence north
ward to the Canal du Nord. Belloc
believes that if the foe stays there,
or if he goes further to the vicinity
of st. Gobain, Laon, the Chemin-des-
Danes Ridge or the Ailette group of
heights, he might be able to hold the
line indefinitely against Allied pres
sure.
But if the line is broken in the
Champagne sector, or alternatively
on the critical point of the Douai or
st. Quentin line, on his right, gen.
eral retreat will be inevitable.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Soldiers In Hiding
Brutany Slain

LONDON, Sept. 9.-Authentic de-
tails of peculiarly infamous case of
German brutality have been received
by the Daily Express. Eleven Brit
ish soldiers, finding themselves be-
hind the enemy lines in France, man
aged to evade capture for several
weeks by hiding themselves in fields
and subsequently taking shelter in a
house.
The woman in whose house they
found shelter says sne and her hus-
band, knowing the soldiers were
hiding in a field, took them in and
lodged them in an attic. Unfortu-
nately some outsiders knew they were
there and neighbor denounced them
to the German commandant at Guise.
He sent troops to arrest the soldiers,
who gave themselves up Immediately
without making any resistance.
Three days later they were tried.
The eleven soldiers and the husband
Of the woman who had sheltered them
we're sentenced to death and were
executed on the same day. The
woman was sentenced to fsur years
at forced labor, her daughter totwO
years and her son to three years,
while a woman who had given the
soldiers some food was centenced to
ten years at forced llsshar and her
daughter to one year;
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Americans Stand
Guard Over Paris
Even In Death

PARIS, Sept. 8.-Upon the east
ern slope Of Mount Valerian are bur-
led the $50 American soldiers who
have died in Paris hospitals. AL
though the cemetery has been in use
only three months, it is sought out
by reverent American visitors and
the graves, marked by the inter-
twined colors of the two republics,
are constantly decorated with flowers.
Not content with acting as god
mothers to the American soldiers who
return to Paris on furloughs, French
mothers whose sons have died that
liberty might live, have adopted the
boys from the United States even in
death. To each little cross on Mount
Valerian there is pinned a card show
ing that some woman has vowed the
grave never shall be without wreath
or vase of flowers. Some of the floral
pieces are of elaborate workmanship.
From the Stoves of Valerian the
beautiful panaroma of the Paris re-
gion spreads out from the imposing
hill and is one Of the. most effective
defenses of the city. Visitors have
said it seemed to them that even in
death the young Americans are stand
ing guard over the Paris they died
to protect,
The oldest grave in the cemetery
is that of Private Bough, Of the 102d
infantry, who died March 26 last.
Most of the plates tackled to the
wooden crosses bear more recent
dates and the majority say the sol
dier lying there belonged to the ma
rine corps.
Mort Pour La Patrio," read the
inscriptions.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Deadly Work
OF Hun Torpedo

WASHINGTON, Sept. g. Thirty
five members Of the crew Of the Am
erican army transport Mount Yer
non, formerly the North German
Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecillie,
we're killed by the explosion of a
torpedo which struck the vessel last
Thursday, when she was 200 miles
from the French coast, homeward
bound. The passengers included
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, who was
among those safely landed after the
transport returned to French port
under her own steam.
Vice Admiral Sims reported to the
navy department today that the tor
pedo struck the transport on the star
board side, flooding four frerooms,
but he did not state the extent of the
damage. Navy officials assumed,
however, that since the vessel was
able to reach port under her own
power she was not badly damaged.
The men killed were fremen, en-
ginemen and water tenders, and prob
ably were on duty in the flooded fire
rooms.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Is Growing
In German Army
And In Navy, Too

LONDON, Sept. General de-
moralization of Germany's popula-
ito nand widespread and growing dis
affection in the German army, ac-
companied by mutiny and desertions,
are described in a dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from its Rotterdam
correspondent under date of Thurs
day.
The correspondent says that infor-
nation reaching him is so sensa-
tional as to inspire skepticism, but
declares he has received undoubted
corroboration from authoritative
sources.
He asserts that the German army
is filled with dependency and seeth-
ing with mutinous spirit, and that
alarming outbreaks have occurred in
several units, principally Bavarian
and Silesian.
One incident on the Arras front
terminated in a whole Bavarian di-
vision being disarmed and transport
ed to Bavaria, where it was placed in
prison camp, and the mutiny of
one of the Silesian regiments result
ed in nearly a hundred of its men
being executed.
A huge number of desertions are
occurring, the correspondent says,
and it is estimated that there are
more than 10000 deserters in Berlin
alone.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-09
Secretary Baker,
Ryan and Gorgas
Now In France

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-The
war department today announced the
arrival in France of Secretary Baker,
accompanied by an official party, in
cluding John D. Ryan, assistant sec
retary in charge of aircraft, and
Maj. Gen. Gorgas, surgeon-general Of
the army.
Mr.. Baker and his party made the
trip on an army transport, which car
ried its usual quota of soldiers to
France. Before leaving this coun-
try the war secretary said the per-
sonnel of his party would make plain
the purpose of his second visit to
France, and that he hoped the trip
would not keep him away from the
United States for very long period.