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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

claring the principles of right and jus
ticc between men and nations and not
leave them empty words. It's cXtraor.
binary work, while ut first Unap1re-
GATED, has now the recognition of all
who are earnest in carrying on the
war to victory and who believe in the
supreme duty to give the most and the
best to our brave sous who are offer.
Ing ,theiraliyes- on the battlefront. We
know. who urged Undergraduates
They Tere Pro-Germansr or billiards.
The war came and has given, us. Uni-
versal Service no praise is too great
for the men Of the land in their re-
spouse to the order for duty in the Sc
, lective draft, due In great part to the
prior teaching by the National Securi-
ty League Of the duty so to take the
order.
The work Is now on to create the
heart In every one to win the war
against all sacrifice and hardship,
How can that be done; how can war
WEAKNESS and war laxness be prevent.
ed? The hoart to win must be founded
on comprehension and will &ompre-
hension Of the diabolical, dishonest,
plratical, cruel, rapacious, venal, I'M
American German kultur, which would
destroy the liberty Of men and the life
Of small nations In q selfish attempt at
ACKNOWLEDGMENT founded on vanity and
cupdity. That being understood by
our people, we must elevate the char.
acter Of Americans to the point to
hasten to make sacrifice to destroy the
enemy or to bring him to terms.
100000 Teachers.
The League, to do this, has organi5-
ed in the Summer Schools for Teach
ers courses by which 100000 teachers
have had the instruction Of our teach
ers and our literature.
A campaign to get the best Congress
Is in progress. Fusion, where serious
danger exists, that q soft or too ~aci-
hstic, or too extreme, social philoso-
pher shall get into Congress, is urged
and knowledge Of those who have fail.
ed to stand the test is being dissent.
mated. The people are being aroused
TO the danger OF a golshevik peace,
which means disaster as we'll as trea.
son.
Street Speakers squadrons
The League is conducting a CAM
paIgn for Street Speakers Squadrons
Tor every city. Speakers by the hun
dred are organized to talk at street cor
ners and other vantage ground to the
people who eagerly congregatc. 10
listen, hector, heckle or applaud Those
who do not read learn by hearing, and
no more effective way to create ambi.
ton and patriotic feeling and to neu
tralize the anarchistic poison that goes
to the people In crowded districts can
be found than going right to them with
the word.
I'm these and other activities l ask
support Of the National Security
League from all men and women whc
approve the work and can ioip therein
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

U n | t e d States
who approve its
work. Few APP
preciate the task
1t has undertaken
and Is perform.
ing. From its or
ganiZation it has
advocated action,
not lip service. Il
was created to Sc
cure such prepar
edness in III e n
and material as
would compel re-
spcct for the pro
pouncemcnts Of a
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

have the power to do sc, for unlike tn ;
fighting men and the railroads they
have not been conscripted. We he
many prophecies of the startling
changes that are to come with victory,
chief among which is the assumption
that the day of the capitalistic pro7-
teerer is over. We are told that the
dawn of a new economic era IS II
sight. If this be true, labor's stake III
this most terrible and relentless OF
wars is greater than that OF any
other class. If greed and indifference
prevail Germany will win; Tor
"Graw" would be tantamount to a re-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07
THE NATIONAL SECURITY
LEAGUE AND ITS WORK
BY COL. CHARLES E. LyDEcKE7.
President OF the National Security
keddue,
By z. w. KEMBLE

The National Security League calls
for the cooperation and membership
Of all men and women throughout the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-07

yrmrtion Of militarism and the indcfi-
mite postponment of the social demo-
cratic program. Without the whole
hearted aid of the workers at home
cur brave men at the front will he
powerless to conquer. On the ami
vcrsary which marks the holiday Of
Industrial industry this should oe
borne in mind. And further 1t may
he said that world Gu!ekered to It's
depths in it's resolution to extlrpate
cverlords is in no mood to tolerar"
the substitution of one tyrant Tor
another.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

that there are few votes that can "e
bought. don't want a vote th"' mas
to be bought. M' " '"''''
The article published in the News
is plain and the bosses referred to are
not the officials as Mr.. James would
have the public believe. We ana nov
intend to answer this article but some
of Mr.. James friends are taking sh't
at the News and trying to inter tha'
this paper is against the railroad man
when Just the opposite Is the iact III
the case. The following article was
published in the News last week ana
il is the one referred to by Mr.. james
II plainly shows what the News thinks
of the high class of railroad men th'
political bosses" mot raiIroa oiiI'
cialsl have to deal with in the cl'E
elections as well as the state AMI coun-
tv elections. 1t shows that tn rail-
road men are not dominated by polit'
cal bosses and vote for the men they
think fitted for the position to wh'ch
they aspire. Here is what we said last
week and we're not ashamed of 1t:
Just to show what arguments some
people will put up in order to gain
their point the following will Illus
trate. A fellow told the News editor
that ninety eight per cent of the rail
road vote would be for one certain
candidate. He said the railroad vote
could be handled by the leaders anC
what the boss said they would do. liz
evidently has not taken notice of The
recent elections in Tucumcari. Th'
railroad men have minds of their owl
and they use that mind just like othel
men no matter what the boss says
Their job does not depend upon how
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

are urging his election for mayor on
the grounds that he is an ex-railroad
man. Mr.. James is an ex-railway clerk.
But that argument fails ,c take in;o
consideration the fact that Mr.. NJ.
E!roy, his opponent, H. also an cX-
railway clerk. Neither of these men
are railroad men now and both of them
are ex-railway clerks. So this argu-
ment to get the railroad vote is with
out foundation. Mr.. McElroy was for
merly employed by both the Rock
Island and +. p. 4 S. W., and holds
three service letters showing his ser
vice, resignation, and services salts
factory. Some of the old timers will
probably remember the days when he
held down a desk at Alamogordo.
1t would appear to a by-stander that
they are attempting to carry water
on both shoulders.
The railroad men will recall that at
the time the late Tom German was
appointed postmaster these same lead
ers made bitter fight against him.
particularly for the reason that he
was a railroad man and on account of
his religious affiliations, and at the
same time fought another railroad man
who was candidate for the position
1t would seem that circumstances
make considerable difference in the
way these would-be bosses attempt to
line up what they call the railroad
vote"
The bunk about voting the Citizens
railway clerk. fails to take into con.
sideration the fact that Elton Dunn
is an ex-railway employee. Elton has
been in the service of the +. P IL S
w. in Office work, rip track and as 8
fireman. As the News has said before
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28
misunderstood THE NEWS

An article signed by NJ. X. James
published in the Tucumcari American
last week misconstrues the meaning of
an article published in the News con-
cerning the railroad men. This paper
enjoys the friendship of large major
ity of the rairload boys and the article
when read correctly Is n compliment to
them. We are reprinting Mr.. James
article and the one published by the
News to allow the public to compare
same and it will be plain to see what
is meant by both articles. Following
is the james article:
The Tucumcari News this week
states that a man made the statement
that 90 per cent of the railroad vote
would be cast for single candidate
in our city election and he went so far
Gs to leave the impression that the
bosses were debating to their men
how to vote. In my seventeen years
of railroad experience ! have yet my
first time to be asked or demanded to
vote for any one person by any rail
road official. Ten of this seventeen
years were spent in Tucumcari under
these same bosses of which the News
speaks and | know them too well to
think that they would attempt to die
tate to their men how to vote. | also
know the men well enough to know
that they are not slaves and vote as
they see fit. This paper also states
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

any citizen might covet and one in
which he might render many valuable
services for the welfare of his city
and community. do not seek the
Office as a representative Of any polit-
ical party or faction, but entirely in
dependent Of such, and in case Of my
election, it would be my purpose to
serve the best interests of all and give
every man a square deal. shall be
glad to answer any questions in re-
gard to my views on any question rela-
tive to matters Of city administration.
HARRY II. McELROY.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28
ANNOUNCEMENT

| hereby announce as candidate for
the Office of Mayor of Tucumcari, in
the election Of April 2, 1918.
have been a resident of Tucumcari
for about eleven years and have never
before asked to be elected to any Of
fee, and have repeatedly stated that
l did not seek or desire any office. II
is not according to my personal wishes
that have decided to run for Mayor
but l do SO at the request of many of
my friends and among them number
of the business men of rucumcari.
This is not a remunei ativc Office and
/ do not seek it for any personal bene-
fit or gain. 1t is, however, an honor
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

Do the opponents of Mr.. McElroy
say that he will not appoint a railroad
man? In an interview with Mr.. Nc
Elroy, candidate for mayor on the in
dependent ticket, today, he stated to
the News that it is contrary to hi
policy to go into office pledged to the
appointment of any candidate, and
that he has so stated to certain appli-
cantS for appointments which have
been made to him, but that he consid-
ers there are in some cases good rea-
sons for exceptions to this policy and
that he has particularly made one ex-
ception in the matter of his intention
to appoint VIM. Ramsey as city mar
shall in case if his election. Mr.. Nc
Elroy states that he will nominate Mr..
Ramsey for this office, and that Mr..
Ramsey has stated to him that he will
accept the appointment. Mr.. McElroy
states that he has determined upon
this appointment upon the recommen-
dation of some of the very best citi-
zens of the community.
-O--
WHO'S THE RAILROAD MAN?
Some of the friends of Mr.. James
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

Commenting upon the fact that since
the declaration of war with Germany
this nation has contcnded with more
than three thousand strikes and labor
disturbances of Importance, the Eng
lish labor commissioner says the same
amount Of industrial unrest in Eng
land would have long ago forced that
country into n Gcrman-made peace.
While the strikes called since the be
ginning of the war have cost hun
drcds of millions of dollars, and will
undoubtedly cost thousands of lives
before the war is brought to Il success
fu close, the nation has the industrial
vitality to survive, and the determi-
nation Of the people will cause them
to pay the price in both lives and in
money. The people at home should
make every effort to prevent strikes
and labor disturbances of all kinds un-
til after the war,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

they vote and the railroad men CT
this locality cannot be driven to the
polls and voted like sheep. The day
of bossism has passed and politics cut
no ice in Il city election. There will be
two tickets in the field this year and
each ticket will contain republicans
and democrats. The mayors Office will
require a full-sized man to fill it this
wear and its up to the voters to Sc
iect that man. There may be few
Meyicans and low white trash who
can be bought but Tucumcari voters
will handle their own ballots and no
dictation will be tolerated by the new
system now being used"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

The FL Paso Herald insists that the
miners are not getting enough for the
metals produced and predicts short
age of all the important war metals
if something is not done very soon.
1t seems that while the large mines
can produce copper cheaply, and get
through with II profit regardless of
higher wages, increased cost of sup
plies and other extraordinary financial
burdens the small producers have not
been getting by with profit, and are
gradually reducing their production.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28
ANNOUNCEMENT

/ have decided to enter the city
election as candidate for City Clerk,
the Office l have held the past two
years. II you are satisfied with the
service you have been accorded from
my Office | ask you to support me
with your vote in the coming City
Election, to be held April End.
ELTON DUNN,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

The fuel administrator of New Eng
land estimates that since the govern
mcnt took over the control of the fuel
industry of the nation the people have
been forced to pay for 55,O00,O0O tons
of stone and dirt.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1918-03-28

Didn't think there would he much
excitement in the city election, but
business is sure pickin' up.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-18
Opportunity Is Knocking.
al Address by Francis n. sisson, Vice President Guaranty Trust Co.
Of New York, at Atlanta, &c. 8

From an Address by Francis II. ssson, Vice President Guaranty Trust Co..
Of New York, al Atlanta, Ga.
The national debts of the powers now fighting are multiplying
at a prodigious rate. To be sure, our own debt is mounting rapidly,
but by virtue of our unequalled wealth, we ae certain to be in .
sounder and stronger position financially, industialy and economic
ally than any other nation when peace finally comes.
Requests for credit must necessarily accompany the demands
for goods which Europe will make in this country after the war,
and we shall be asked to take in partial payment, at least, securities
which will give III an interest in foreign enterprises of all kinds.
The policy will be new to us, although we should not forget that
Great Britain gained the foremost rank in foreign trade by this
method, and Germany, her chief rival, adopted the same plan in
reaching out for foreign markets.
Latin.America was a large borrower Of European. capital before
the war, and the development of the potentially great commercial
empires to the south was arrested when the fiscal flow from over the
seas was interrupted. But just as Latin-American1 countries have
been compelled to seek funds in increasing quantity here during the
last three years, so they will seek money in the United States after
the war.
South America, with its vast wealth in forest and mineral
resources, and its ability to feed the world for centuries, is perhaps
the most promising virgin soil for Investment in all the world.
Gratifying results are rewarding those who have devoted themselves
to the development of the dormant wealth of the southern continent.
South America is too large and its population too small, its means
of transportation too limited and imperfect, its labor too unskilled, its
banking facilities too inadequate, to permit rapid systematic develop
ment Of its resources. To recognize this fact, however, is to. realize
the immense possibilities which these regions offer to the patient
explorer and promoter-be he Individual or corporation, be he backed
merely byh is own energy and capacity, or by the millions of powerful
interests; be he forester, cattle breeder, engineer, merchant, banker,
or investor.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-18
UNCLE SAM PRACTICES
ECONOMY HE breaches
Partly Worn Clothing of Sol
diers Is No Longer Allowed
to Be Thrown Away.

Louisville, Ky.-Some Of the econ
omies practiced by Uncle Sam in these
spendthrift days would make a thrifty
housewife envious. The good old DAYS
in the army when the soldier was al
lowed to overdraw his clothing allow
ance without an explanation are past.
A busted" pair of trousers n half
worn out shoes are rejuvinated at the
army camps I'M environments and
made to serve again. Even the names
OF army horses are scrupulously saved
and sold to upholsterers.
Torn trousers and worn shoes must
be produced before a like article In
good order is issued. No limit is placed
on the amount of clothing a man can
get SO long as he wears out that which
Is issued to him.
At Camp Zachary Taylor, near
Louisville, and at every other training
center in he country nc condemned
heap II some part of it can be salvaged
and used to repair some other piece of
equipment. No waAre of materials
about the camp is allowed to go un-
noticed or unchecked.
Too many broken pieces OF bread in
a garbage can will bring to the COM
mander of the unit a notice from the
commanding general OF the camp to
have his cooks issue bread in smaller
slices so that none will be wasted. The
general has learned of the waste
through daily reports laid on his desk.
Every pair Of shoes condemned as
unfit for further use passes under eyes
of skilled shoemakers In olive drab,
drawn from the ranks. A surprisingly
large percentage find their way back
into the quartermaster's stock to be
reissued. Some of them are practically
reconstructed.
A soldier wears the seat out of a pair
t0f L1a III frn1rSor>a md Hcrnfc a - 1vry ,onSA
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-18

held in San Francisco during the year
1913. Thirty acres of ground will be
required for the various pavilions and
buildings which will contain the ex-
hibits. One-half million square feet OF
floor space will be devoted to the show
ing Of these exhibits, which includes
all the products Of the field and man
ufactory.
The site selected surrounds the great
civic auditorium, which will be one of
the main buildings Of the exposition.
This building is 400 feet long and 200
feet VIDE and cost 81. 900, 900 to build.
1t will seat 10000 persons. The acre.
g fronts on Lake Merritt, consid-
cred one Of the beauty spots Of the
city:
states n counties pavilions, each ESQ
feet long and $50 feet wide; the man
ufacturers' department, 200 feet
square; the automobile department.
200 feet square; tractor department,
100 feet square; live stock, 48O feet
a seating capacity of 5000 persons
will be constructed In which to hold
athletic games as well as to parade
live stock.
A section 700 feet long and 12o feet
wide has been set apart for
clude the concessions with all the latest
novelties offered for the entertain
ment OF the public.
The exposition is a nonmoney max
ing scheme designed to exploit the re-
sources of the Pacific coast. One hun
bred and forty business men Of the city
constitute the advisory board and they
are contributing their services. No
salaries are attached to any Of the
offices. Any profits which may accrue
will b esdonated to organizations active
in war work.
The scheme Of architecture will be
the Old Mission, which is typical OF
California The streets, venue and
courts will be embellished by trees.
flowers, %statuary, groups and foun-
|tains. New ideas on illumination ara
being evolved, the plan being to make
this as much a feature as it was in
the case Of the San Francisco EXPOSE
ton three years q
According to the promoters, the ex-
position sprang from the belief that
an actual display Of the products Of
the farming and manufacturing ac-
~tivities Of the Pacific coast will ac-
complish results which will materially
aid in winning the war.
An awards committee is compiling
a premium list covering awards in all
departments and selecting competent
judges.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-18
Sea Heroes.

Herman Whitaker, In the Independent.
"a radio to the bridge of our destroyer
told OF a steamer being shelled by a sub
marine. h was too far away for -us 70
help, but itsdrew q re.niniscence from the
slipper. who had Joined us on the
bridge.
Someone win go to her assistance ana
IL h puts up a fight like the old l.
they'll stand q fine chance to be saved.
We were so.miles ava when we got her
first cali and while we were smoking u
over the mccain, just hitting the tins d
the wave, aegLu7vskep us posted on thu
fight. It was like reading - rounds e
q championship battle on q A416lietin board.
Bridge shot away!' .onf fire TN
placesT Have ex~tinguished the firesr
We have thrown code books and papern
,overboardi,
We were still % miles away when thu
happened. butWe wirelessed her not fo
surrender and received q reply that woulo
make 9 fine subtitle for movie meIo-
drama-.Neyer!i And she did n~ot-thanks
fused to stop firing when the captain
Doomed II time to haul down his flag
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-18

there were nearly as many aliens in
Buenos Aires as natives, 777.845 for
eigners and 797,969 natives. In order
voice in the city government a law was
passed recently extending the vote to
all aliens who were married to Argen-
tine women, OF who had children born
In Argentina, or who paid a specified
amount of house rent. This included
nearly all the married foreigners In
the city. Unmarried foreigners were
entitled to the vote if they paid as
much as SO pesos a year in taxes.
Tha nationalities most largely repre-
scented in the registration were Italians.
6,447; ~Spaniards, 1904; French, sos:
Russians, 4S1; Uruguayans, BIT; Ger
mans, 1876; English, 144.
One of the newspapers in comments
ing unfavorably on this re3ectlun OF
the ballot by the foreigners, said 1t
was an "inexplicable social phenome-
non"