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The Lamar register., 1918-10-02

regiment. The division went thru but
the regiment in which was interest
ed went elsewhere and it almost made
me sick. was so anxious to see
them. They have passed thru from
every state in the Union believe, and
while there is difference in each
group, yet on the whole they are very
much alike and it is a pleasure to serve
them, talk with them and note the
fact that they are Americas best and
the worlds best. Do you wonder that
the work is fascinating and worthy of
ones best?
| believe that related recently tn.
fact that among other things, / had
drawn two wills and had written many
letters to mothers tone to a poor fell
lows wife, and have been receiving
some replies from the said mothers
thanking me for letting them know
of the welfare of their boys. My let
tiers reaching them ahead of the SOL
dier's mail. One mother stated that
she had not heard from her son for
so long that she had been greatly wor-
ried and was glad to know he had al
ready found a friend and hoped
would see him often. The fact is nc
was with us but part of two days,
(they are going FAST but he can easily
find a friend in any Hut at any time.
While one of the big parts of the work
is the canteen, yet it is not allowed to
become the big thing. A home for
the boys is the purpose of the Hut,
and it is appreciated is evident by the
common expression, 81 do not know
what we would do without the Y"
I've heard that it is said that the
Y is overcharging the men. 1t is I'M
true. The prices seem high but it is
because that there is high duty on
so much that we sell. For instance "A
duty of $50 per cent on tobacco 1--WE
were able to secure little American
tobacco that was admitted without
duty and sold Bull Durham at tupense
(4c) the package and Sweet Caporals
at three ha' penny (3c) but is it hard
to get. Candy is very scarce and high,
yet we had little, possibly ton or
so, of American chocolate bars at tu-
pense the bar. Many articles are sold
at less than in the states and EVERY
THING LESS THAN SOLD IN THE
STORES. The Y is not profiteering.
Merchandise is sent to us from head
quarters and charged to us at the SELL
The Lamar register., 1918-10-02
U S. Civil Service Examinations.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the examina-
ton named below to be held at an
early date. Application blanks and
further information may be obtained
from the local secretary, board of Civ
il Service Examiners, at the post office
in this city.
The examination is for Forest and
Field Clerk.
The Lamar register., 1918-10-02
LETTERS FROM ABROAD
Continued from Page y

how I'd ike TO be tnefe 1or tne even
ing, but there will be many such OPP
portunities after the war and there
will never be such another war as
this, so really am glad am here in
stead of there.
Also this is the day when all of my
age will be registering in the states
1--WE will register the 18th of Oct.) and
again it is my birthday, so well worth
remembering.
Have received several letters from
you and sorry that time prevents one
from writing as many as one might
wish but of course you understand.
and time and again have thought of
what you were doing. Georges paper
which he is sending me, keeps me
posted as to what is happening and 1
read the ads and all. l should say
the editorials and all because / al
ways want to see what George has to
say. Sorry that Sam Smith hasn't a
paper for I'd like to know what he
is up to these days in view of the
fact that we cannot sit down and talk
it over anymore. The letters from
Messrs. Thoman, Goodalc, Markham,
Cole, Shanner, Stream, Rev. Smith
Chas. Maxwell (banker) and others,
were gladly received. | trust that
may prove worthy of your well wish
es
The personnel of the Hut changes
rapidly. | am nov the oldest man in
the Hut except the business secretary,
an Englishman who has been attach
ed to this Hut for about three years
and who is very congenial. We now
have Mr.. Ethel, an attorney of Den
yer; Mr.. Frederick, a minister from
N. Y; Mr.. Morton, a former jeweler
of Monravia, Calf; Mr.. Grove, a shoe
man from Kansas City, Mo-, in addi-
ton to the aforesaid Mr.. Piggott and
two recent arrivals, Miss Osborn of
New York and Miss Snider of Penn,
the latter two having a room in the
city, but eating and working in the
Hut. OF course the ladies from the
city also take turns assisting at the
canteen and delightful ladies they are.
All elderly but so anxious to make it
pleasant for the boys as they pass
thru. At Eagle Hut, last Sunday
evening, was told by my predecessor
at this place, that they had furnished
breakfast for three thousand men that
morning, all soldiers or sailors, and
the work all done by the secretarial
staff and the ladies of London who
volunteer for the work. 1t is consider
ed an honor for anyone to assist in
such work and the ladies must be of
a certain age and absolutely above re-
proach and they are under the direc-
ton of a lady in each district and are
sent to the different huts by her.
Splendid canteen workers. quiet but
pleasant, and willing to do anything
from washing cups to selling soap,
towels or cigarettes. The boys APP
preciate it and it helps to make the
place homelike.
While talking to Mr.. Tom Watt, as
aforementioned, last Sunday evening,
he stated to one of the secretaries,
that | had the place that he wished
he had this old hut) and the other
man said, Don't you like Eagle Hut ?"
Watt answered, 'Yes, but l love
'Dinam,." In our Hut the men stop
for but a few days at most. We see
them come and 90. In Eagle Hut, you
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
General Hirschauer.

General Hirschauer of the Second
French army will be the military
governor of Metz. it Is believed. until
after the adjournment of the peace
conference
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
A Golden Vista

sentence in an address issued by the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress arrests our attention:
During the past eighteen months we have proved
both cur ability and willingness to devote tens
Of billions of dollars purposes Of destruction and 1t
is safe to prophesy that after treaty of is
signed we will devote billions of dollars to construc
tive work"
Does this mean that our efforts in raising money
for the war have shown how easiy we may produce
more pork" Will have only been rendered
dissatisfied with the paltry millions have wasted in
improving unnavigable rivers and locating impossible
harbors and shall now clamor for billions instead?
All this is to be asked for in the of the need of
transportation facilities which the war so plainly
manifested to
The Rivers and Harbors Congress held meeting
last year and when the official board met in october
of this year. end of the war being in sight it was
decided to hold none this year. But the is ended
and the official board will next Saturday to decide
whether would not be well to call convention early
next year instead of waiting until the usual time in
December We cannot get at those billions too early
All Will agree that VIC need additional transporta
ton facilities We needed them since white
men settled in this country And have been paying
for fifty years transportation facilities which we
never received.
The rivers and harbors bill became great shame
less scandal It organized annual raid upon
the public treasury. The value of a congressman
to his constituents depended upon the amount Of
plumber he could carry away in the rivers and har
bors bill or the public buildings BILL We think that
it wa. rom the exploits of peculiarly alert congress-
men that We have derived that expressive phrase,
bringing home the bacon
We agree that We need transportation facilities
and that water transportation should be encouraged
wherever it may be made available, but we do not
think the people want now invest vast in
reckless Improvements with such debt they have
recently placed themselves under.
The republicans in control of both houses of con-
gress after March a. will the party the
try if they will wipe the rivers and harborS and
the public buildings bills; if they will insist
that every project of public improvement shall stand
alone, its merits; if they will destroy log rolling
and if they will thus give that every dollar
voted for rivers harbors and public buildings shall
lie honestly and profitably expended.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
The Primary

We suppose that both houses of the legislature will
early be deluged with bills to repeal the primary
some overhaul it. 1t agreed that is
what it ought to be and there many who believe
it ought not to be at all.
Some facts are observable. the most important
being that the officials had county and state,
for the most part, of smaller caliber than those
used to have That alone is sufficient condemn
the primary law if any relation be established
between that fact and the law. The object of any
system primary convention is to secure the best
for office.
1t was urged in behalf of the primary law as
against the old convention system that the. former
would give every man equal chance whereas under
the old system only those with influence chance
Thus it appears. the law intended to serve
with itch for office rather than give the best
officials it guaranteed every citizen the naenable
right of running for office
The matter of expense was not considered sufff-
GENTLY We suppose that the law would have been
made put all with itch for office on a finan-
cial equality. Indeed. in a way that attempted
by limitation of expenditures, but there ways
and ways Of spending money in political campaign
Tt is estimated that the expenses candidate in
the recent campaign amounted to $4,000.
1t has been made plain that the dominant party
suffers from any primary system, especially
if it is Overwhelmingly dominant. That is inev-
liable. The contests within it for nominations be-
comes a scramble All sorts of people engage in it
and inferior ones often successful. The weaker
party such Nobody engages the hope
Of reward. Candidates are usually selected by a
mittee-drafted into service-and they almost in
variaby good men, In the dominant party there is
much heart burning after primary and its acueness
is manifested at the general election.
For those reasons the Legislature which is strongly
democratic. will endeavor to rid the party of a law
which has handicapped it.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
To HALT ". S. s. DRIVE
IN COUNTY WHEN THE
QUOTA IS REACHED

Preliminary plans for the intensive
campaign to put Maricopa county over
the top for the war savings stamps
were made at a meeting held late yes
terday afternoon in the state head
quarters which was attended by J. c.
Dobins, county chairman for the war
savings stamps: Barry Goldwater, Jo-
seph r. Lotus, county chairman for
the fourth liberty loan: Harry WEIGH,
secretary of the chamber of commerce:
A. T. Esgate, /. l.. Fletcher and Harry
Tritle, state director for the war saw
ings stamps.
A second called meeting will be held
this afternoon at which a larger num-
Der will be present and at which
formal plans for the campaign of De-
cember 9 to IA, inclusive, viii be finally
passed upon.
One thing all agreed upon at the
meeting held yesterday afternoon was
that as soon as the county's quota for
the war savings stamps is reached, the
drive will be considered over-whether
that is in one day or six. There will
be no contest to try and make the
county more than reach its quota for
the year, that in itself being a rather
( large task, because the county is far
behind in its monthly average for in
vestment in these prime little govern
ment securities.
Exact figures for the amount vet
needed to Maricopa countys quota are
rot yet obtainable, but the best indica-
ton is that the amount vet to be in
/ vested in this county will be betweeS
s225,000 and s250,000. Had the county
/ kept pace with the monthly investment
/ schedule as planned there would now
! be but $4,000 remaining, and the task
would be correspondence easy.
( One of the first things which will be
/ done will be to see that all pledges are
lived up to- All pledges made must be
/ fulfilled by the first of the year. and il
may be that an order will come from
headquarters at any time to have
/ pledges taken up within a very few
days. All pledges whether by individ
uals or war savings societies, of which
| there are many score in this county
Will be checked up Immediately to see
how well they are being lived up to.
1t is planned to form n special or
ganization to handle the intensive
campaign in Maricopa county, and the
details of this campaign will be worked
out today so that a complete organiza
lion can take to the field next week tt
put Maricopa in the 100 per cent loya
class where the county has always
been ranked in every patriotic en-
deavor since the United States entered
the war.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03

abroad the Irish home-rulers will have delegation
there; will there be representatives from every
political and industrial group in the world, urging
their claims upon the conference, and the real bust
ness for which is be brought together will be
lost sight of
We will agree that world wide prohibition will be
a good thing. We have steadfastly supported prohi-
bton in whatever form it has been presented, local
option wide, countrywide, and we are in
sympathy with the movement for worldwide prohibi-
ton but it be secured only by the same means
by which prohibition has far triumphed-by the
will of the people
There will be nothing done the conference that
will be Immediately binding upon the people of any
country participating in the conference. Any one
country may reject any agreement that may be
reached there by delegates in unanimous accord
We also why labor should desire improve
of its condition after the and why labor in
America should be more concerned in international
agreements after the than labor in any other
country be, 1t must secure protection against
cheaper labor abroad either by the raising of foreign
labor its own present favorable position else
it must depend upon national protection
But this is not a matter to be decided the peace
conference. but by a league of nations which may
result from the conference if there should be no
such result through commercial treaties with the
world.
The peace conference is fix terms of peace with
the central powers and to take steps to safeguard the
political of small nations which do not
exist but which will be products of the war.
The conference will not attempt to outline internal
systems for those nations and still less will it under
take to disturb the internal affairs Of the nations
participating in the conference. This is something
be only by people of each nation for them
selves and not for any other people.
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03

may be changed much or little, but
surely it cannot wisely be left as il
was. | hope that the congress will
have a complete and impartial study
of the whole problem instituted at
once and prosecuted as rapidly as pos
sible.
Il stand ready and anxious to re-
lease the roads from the present con-
troll and l must do so at a very early
date; if by waiting until the statutory
limit of time is reached | shall be
merely prolonging the period of dount
and uncertainty, which is hurtful to ev
cry interest concerned.
Paris Paramount Duty
Il welcome this occasion to an
nounce to the congress my purpose to
join in Paris the representatives of
the governments with which we have
been associated in the war against the
central empires for the purpose of dis
cussing with them the main features Of
the treaty of peace. | realize the
great inconvenience that will attend
my leaving the country, particularly at
this time, but the conclusion that it was
my paramount duty TO go has been
forced upon me by considerations
which I hope viii seem as conclusive
to you as they have seemed to me.
1.-THE allied governments have ac-
cepted the bases of peace which l out
lined to the congress on the eighth of
January, last, as the central empires
also have. and very reasonably desire
my personal counsel in their interpre-
tation and application, and it is highly
probable that L should give it in order
that the sincere desire of our govern
ment to contribute without selfish
purposes of any kind to settlements
that will be of common benefit TO all
the nations concerned may be made
fully manifest. The peace settlements
which are now to be agreed upon are
Of transcendant Importance both to us
and to the rest of the world, and !
know of no business or interest which
should take precedence of them. The
gallant men of our American forces on
land and sea have accepted my state
ments of them as the substance Of
their own thoughts and purposes, as
the associated governments have ac-
cepted them; / owe it to them to see
to it, as far as in me lies, that no
false or mistaken Interpretation is put
upon them, and no possible effort
omitted to realize them. 1t is now my
duty to play my full part in making
good what they offered their life's
| blood to obtain. l can think of no call
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
Not a Millennium Factory

Sometime before an announcement was made of the
personnel of the delegation from the United States
TO the peace conference Samuel Gompers fire.
Guenty mentioned as a probable, at any rate
possible member of the delegation Though an expert
in all matters pertaining organized labor. Mr.. Comp
ers has not far have known, qualified
expert in those great international matters which will
naturally before the conference. 1t seems hardly
probable that any phase the labor question will be
considered there.
But about that time the superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League addressed the president protesting
against IAN organized propaganda movement under
way to secure the selection of Mr. Samuel Gompers
of the representatives from the United States
the peace table" The protest made acknowledgment
Of the valuable service Mr.. Gompers has performed
in connection with labor during the war, but the
superintendent believed that his attitude the sub
iect of prohibition and that the impression which he
fostered that labor would rebel if prohibition
adopted SANDER upon American labor, and that
his activity in behalf of the brewing interests, which
have been exposed supporters of German propa-
sanda, and which have hindered the preparations Of
this country for war, have offset the commendable
things he has done"
The superintendent of the Anti saloon League is
if possible in greater to the business of the
peace conference than the propagandsts in favor
of the selection Of Mr.. Gompers as a peace delegate
1t is inconcevabe that the question of prohibition can
in any come before the conference or if it should
come before it. cannot what could possibly
happen there that would either favor prejudice it,
There is widespread and mistaken notion that
the peace conference is to be made clearing house
for all the ills which have affected the world since
men were divided into groups, and that when the
conference is ended the millennium will ushered in
Not long ago it was decided at national meeting
Of colored religious association that noted preach
should be sent there intervene in behalf
sroes of America. A little later the countrywide
meeting at Columbus Ohio decided be represented
in behalf OF world wide prohibition II the
expectations of the peace conference are entertained
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03

to service which could transcend this.
Il shall be in close touch with you
and with affairs on this side of the
water. and you will know all that dc,
At my request. the French and English
governments have absolutely removed
the censorship of cable news which,
until within a fortnight, they had
maintained, and there is now no CEN
sorship whatever exercised at this end
except upon attempted trade communi-
cations with enemy countries. 1t mas
been necessary to keep an open wire
constantly available between Paris and
the department of state and another
between France and the department of
war. In order that this might he done
with the least possible interference
with the other uses of the cables,
have temporarily taken over control of
both cables in order that they may be
used as single system / did so d
the advice of the most experienced
cable officials, and I hope that the re
suits will justify my hope that the
news of the next few months may pass
with the utmost freedom and with the
least possible delay from each side OF
the sea TO the other.
May | not hope, gentlemen of the
congress, that in the delicate task ]
snail have TO perform on the otner SIDE
of the sea, in my efforts truly and
faithfully to interpret the principles
and purposes of the country We love.
/ may have the encouragement and
the added strength of your united sup
port? l realize the magnitude and
difficulty of the duty [ am undertak-
ing; | am poignantly aware of its grave
responsibilities l am the servant of
the nation. I can have no private
thought or purpose of my own in per
forming such an errand. l go to give
the best that is in me to the common
settlements which [ must now assist in
arriving al in conference with the other
working heads of the associated gov
ernments. 1 shall count upon your
friendly countenance and encourage
ment. | shall not be inaccessible. The
cables and wireless will render me
available for any counsel or service you
may desire Of me, and shall be happy
in the thought that | am constantly
in touch with the weighty matters OF
domestic policy with which We shall
| have to deal. l shall make my absence
as brief as possible and shall hope to
return with the happy assurance that
| it has been possible to translate into
action the great ideals for which
! America has striven."
Arizona republican., 1918-12-03
POSTERS To CALL ALL
To AID IN CHRISTMAS
RED CROSS ROLL CALL

Supplies for window displays for
Christmas Red Cross Roll Call week
nave been received at the Red Cross
headquarters and will be distributed by
the motor corps of the chapter. Stores
which will make window displays for
the week-which is the week of De-
cember l6 TO 23-should telephone to
the Red Cross chapter headquarters
and secure therefrom the posters,
streamers and other material which
will enable them to make their dis
play all the more effective.
The supply contains a number of
particularly attractive posters, and it
is suggested that since the government
has requested that all Liberty Loan
posters still on display be removed
and a similar request has been made
| by the agencies interested in other pa :
triotlc campaigns which are concluded
the new Red Cross Christmas Rcll Call
posters to be put in their places.
This suggestion is not made with
regard to War Savings Stamp posters,
since that is q perpetual campaign and
not like the Liberty Loan compaigns,
over in a week or two.
The Christmas Roll Call or ''Univer-
sal Membership Week. as it is also
called, will undoubtedly meet with
ready response in this city and sec
ton, as over Is volunteer memberships
have already been sent in to the Red
! Cross headquarters.
| All who volunteer their memberships
| will have their names published in the
/ Two local newspapers on December IA
| two days before the formal canvass for
members commences. This is done tC
| enable the workers to know those who
are on the 1919 membership roll al
ready and also to give credit to those
! who did not wait until solicited to join
the great mercy organization.
Harry Thompson has been asked tC
| be associate director for the Christmas
! Roll Call in Phoenix and has accepted
| this important position. He is already
helping to perfect plans for the cam
paign in this city.
There will be a meeting of the gen.
4 eral committee in charge of the Christ
mas Roll Call this Tuesday Afternoon
at which detail plans for the campaign
will be made. II such a thing is posi-
BILE, it is desired to have a house tt
house canvass of the city, but this
will depend entirely upon the situa-
ton with regard to the influenza cpl
demic 1t is hoped that conditions viii
have materially improved before I;ol
| Call week, for, with the situation as i
| is at present, it would be impossible t.
| undertake any such canvass as coulC
be normally expected