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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
HUN CONTINENTAL POLICY

Vorwaerts expresses the Germ
decline and fall epigrammatica.-.t
when it says, "The continental Ply
of the German Empire has coliaE !
The Hamburg Bagdad line has h..r
reduced to the Neutrality-suspicious. i
road. The CZecho- Slovaks have cvt
tie railroad between Berlin and V.
cnna near Bodenbach. and German
t!t,.ns can go only as far as Schnadar
i'otenbach is in Bohemia, very r'cSt
10 ire Saxon boundary. 20 this gran.
diose vision of German craftsmanship
and the General Staff, and The pipe
dreams Of German commercial mag.
mates, come to an end sEw miles out
s;Je Of Germany.
Well, it was world domination OF
decline :hot Germany shouted as III
plunged into the FRAY. I'D it comes
out with one of the alternatives. As
every one knows. there was never Al
more overwhelming national dlsap.
pointment. Germany was fast attain-j
ing the commercial conquest OF the
globe. 1t had France beaten IN the
world Of commerce. 1t was threaten
ing the supremacy of Great Britain
upon the seas and in South America
and Asia. Its traders were the most
serious obstacle to the expansion OF
our foreign trade.
As an exchange says, in a few
years all the world would have been
tributary to Germany in CONNER
cial sense. But the military caste
wanted to demonstrate what they had
so long asserted that they had the
greatest army on earth. And the
was a victim of military
mania, crazy enough actually to say
that where Alexander and Caesf: and
Napoleon had failed he wouli succeed.
Behind these was nation intoxicated
ov the hattery of its university pro-
lessons, drunk with the ASSURANCE 81
: military chiefs, and dazzic ! o.; the
of wealth it had acquired N a
generation, whose cuo:d,rv WAS
aroused BY the sight .: AL the wealth
n the world which it. had ]. not yet:.se-
:ured. 80.
So it started out to make the nearly
rol:o f.um- Hamburg to :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
THE CRY OF CAESARlSM

It is most diverting to see the two
T.pubilcan ex-Presidehts warning inc
4 untry against CaesariSm and I: Gi:-
.torship and the menace to Our l;bt'-
I ;es of submitting to the tyranny u
&,To,d, Gw Wilson. AS a contemporary
SAYS, the personality OF the DIRECTORS
makes this particularly deiic:ous-or
q irritating. Theodore Roosevelt con-
8IIc:ed the most personal Government
we have had since Andrew Iachso1.
enuI William Howard Taft couldn't
\ nod his OWE party together. 10 shy
Rnothing Of making amy impression on
sthe opposition, and he was the worst
beaten candidate any OF the great
parties of the country ever ran. ms
is a fire pair of ducks 70 quack about
the danger 70 our liberties IN giving
the Administration an overwhelming
vote of confidence!
Mr.. Roosevelt paid no attention TO
he Constitution or the Congress, ard
boosted Of making the Panama Ca
nal, with the help Of a revolution ar
ranged in Washington and which Mr..
Roosevelt would rot allow Colombia
to suppress, while Congress TALKED
atuut it. Without any such nece SHY
as great war creates he forced his
personality upon the country, merely
in the exuberance of his scir-conceit
and his wilfulness.
Nearly 80 years ago The New York
Herald was so!emnly warning the
country day after day for months OF
tla CacsariSm Of Genera! Grant.
Grant and the political gang th&t
ruled through him didn't care for
much OF anything except then, own
interests, but civil liberty survived,
and: there, was enough independence
n the country to refuse Grant third
term, even after his prestige had be@n
ncw-gilded by The regal hon"rs Ell
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
WOULD CONSERVE PAPER

Chairman Baruch of the War In
dustries Board yesterday made fur
their suggestions for the saving of
paper. A large tonnage of paper
and a great saving in chemical pulp
would result from the following Of
these suggestions, he limited.
These suggestions are as follows:
l. Write single space. except be-
tween paragraphs.
2. Write on both sides in case of
long letters.
2. Use half or two-third sheets fo1
short letters, if necessary, eliminate
excessive advertising, long lists of Of
ficers and directors, etc, from letter
heads. especially where changes are
likely to occur.
1. Use 16-lb paper and the smallest
sized envelopes required by the en-
closure.
Use the backs of letters that are
being answered as carbons.
6. Use post cards for acknowl-
edgments.
T. Watch your waste baskets and
use the spoiled sheet and backs of en-
velopes- for scratch pads.
A cartoon in contemporary few
days ago represented an editor in his
Sanctum with waste paper piled al
most as high as his ears. An acquairt-
anre who had entered observed, "Why
you seem buried in paper. What's
the matter?" The wielder of the quill
replied. "Why I've been looking over
government publications calling at
tention to an approaching scarcity of
paper and requesting all TO use as
little as possible"
The cartoon expressed more than a
volume. Most newspapers IN the
country receive dozens of circulars
daily on war work. movements in this
and that direction. all Of which re-
quires the use of much paper. Such
documents are typewriter upon one
side only, and they furnish clippers
end writers in more paper than they
need. The blank sides of such produc.
sions are used in type-writers when
editorials are needed. while reporters
subject the missives to similar base
usagc.
The government could begin this
crusade in its own departments.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
ANNUAL MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the an
anal raceting. OF stockholders Of the
Washington Safe Deposit Company IN
cnsporat"d will be held at the c'!'rG
II sho company III south Fairfa"
street, Alexandria, Virginia, on Tues
DAY, November ), 1913, at 12<o'ciock
roon for the purpose of elcct;ns q
Board c. Directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction OF such
at,ter. business as may properly come
before said meeting.
John Schroeder, Asst. Scc$.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
TT ESDAI'S ELECTION

The Kaleidoscope rapidity with
which momentous events are occurring
abroad. rs shown by the collapse of
Turkey and the near, approach of
Austria % similar state, has
brought a feeling OF apprehension
among Republican, leaders in Wash
ington that the masterful handling Of
the situation ny President Wilson, as
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02

ropaan Governments paid him on his
grand sour.
This chatter about Caesarlsm IS
pretty threadbare, and, coming from
the Republican ex-Presi.lentS, it s
scarcely amusing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02

Bagdad a base Of operations for tr;-
umIElal march around the world. And
now its through trains scheduled Ter
the other side of the world can get no
farther thar D2''enbach.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-02
ENTER THE DARDANELLES

About two years ago an interesting
panorama was exhibited az the ElEs
Hall in Alexandria. A large assent
lace was present which watched the
pictures with great intoresE. Some
of the most perfect repre;':'.2a the
Dardanelles, the entrance from thc
Aegean Sea to the Sea Of Ma1n.or",
and while the scenes were being so
wildly portrayed our minds danced
through history. We thought or
Helle, from whom the Gellesr|n5
takes it's name, and her fase; of Lean
der, who swan the strai.s Iocr miles
wide) to pass evening; NH Here,
the beautiful priestesS OF Venus, anu
his untimely end: the crossing OF the
neIlespont b. ,Icrxes and Cyrus, and
centuries later by Alexandria the
Great. Those in the audience CONVEX
sans wit.h, he history and traditions
of the past were kept in pleasant reE-
cries as the scenes were ahiftc1,
The United States was not in the
war 1T the time, but oil: s,'r.l&tE!es
were with the nations ccnt.s.;rc
Gcrn,any's purpose to master tie
world. The simmering Hellespont,
Sea of Marmora and Constantinopie
were to be in the hal.ds of the Ted
tons if sheir dreams crystalized. Tie
allied fleet had attempted to force the
Dardanelles, but their efforts proved
futile. and eventually they were forced
to back away and leave the Turks and
their German instructors masters OF
the situation.
! VI many seaiS III s'INoi"'''NS' VIVA
treaties designed to maintain the bal
ancc Of power, no men-of-war were al
lowed to pass through the Dardane!les
into the Black Sea. This was aimed
at Russia, which for n long time had
coveted Constantnople, the acquisi-
: ton of which would have made the
Muscovies the most mighty people in
the world.
Were Russia today fighting with the
allies as she was at the beginning
that nation would now lay claim to
this city which stands at the most
strategic point in the world. The
Muscovite, however. under present
conditions, cannot claim this city after
the windup Of the war.
The announcement today that the
allied fleet had entered the Dardane!-
les on the way to Constantinople has
sent thrills of JOY throughout the civ
i!iZcd world.
The shades of Hellc, Hero, Leander,
Nerxcs. Cyrus and Alexander may be
looking down upon the triumphant al
lies who have redeemed the world and
who are about to drive the last nail
into the coffin IF autocracy.
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11

bits. Vot you tink of dot? Can't you send dem some of your speeches right away? dey don't know how terrible ve are. Can't you move my army back to Belgium were ve von all our glory? |? My men can vip all de women and children vot dem Belgiums can bring up. But desc Americans are so rough and ignorant. We want make lem un- derstand dot ve are der greatest sol- diers on earth, and ven we try to sing "Dutchland Heber Aliles," dey laugh like lot of donkeys. But ve are get ting the best of der Americans. ve can out-run dem. Papa, if we are not der best fighters on earth ve are sure the best runners. Nobody can keep up init us VII ve tink of der dear old Rhine, and my army never did tink so much of dot dear old river. Let me know right away vat to do by return postoffice.
 CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
WEEKLY KANSAS CITY
 STOCK MARKET REPORT

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS, Oct. ', 191S.-Cattle receipts today were 38,000 head, about the same number as last Monday, market steady, top around $17.50. Hog sup ply was 16,000, market 10 lower, top $19. Sheep run today was 15,000, market steady, Western lambs S15.65, western ewes $9.50.
 Beef Cattle Higher.
 The steer market today is around 25 cents higher than week ago. One drove of prime steers brought $19 last week, otherwise few cattle brought more than $16.50. Scarcely any long fed cattle are in the country at this time, and short fed corn and cake fed steers are selling at $15.50 to $17.00. Weighty grass steers, HOO to 1900 lbs, bring SIS to $15.50, lighter steers $9.50 to $13.50, though some well-bred western steers weighing 950 lbs. are bringing up to $14.25 under competi- tion from feeder buyers. Colorado beef steers bring $12.50 to $14, a few head in the last week up to S15.50. Cows are 25 to 50 higher than week ago, grass cows, including Colorados, selling at S8 to S11.50, canner cows s5.50 to s6.5o, veal calves cull at $10 to $12.50.
 StOckers and Feeders.
 Shipments out last week were ST. 900 head, and more cattle went to Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado than heretofore. Prices are strong as con- pared with week ago, except on plain and common stock steers, which are 25 to 50 cents lower than week ago. Feeders sell at S9.75 to $14.25, stock CTS $S to $12.25, some extra common ones down to $5.50, and stock calves s10 to $10.50.
 Hogs Lower.
 Prices made net loss of 40 cents last week and there is decline of 10 cents today. not many good hogs are coming, and the top price today. S19 was paid by an order buyer simply be- cause he was afraid to leave the hogs et lower bid. Packers stopped at sts.90 today, and best lights S1S.75. Sales ranged on downward to s17.50 showing a wide variation in degree of finish. Stock pigs are 50 cents to s1 lower than a week ago at S16 to s16,75. receipts of this class compara- lively large.
 Sheep and Lambs Decline.
 Best western lambs brought s15.65, which shows big decline from a week ago, native lambs sell at S13.50 to S14.50, fat ewes are selling up to S9.50 today. Other markets have had even heavier declines than Kansas City. Large numbers of good western feed ing lambs are being offered every day at lowest prices of the season, namely, SIS to s14. feeding ewes around S7.50, breeders s11.50 to S17.
 J. A. RICKART,
 Market Correspondent.
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
A FAMOUS JAPANESE
 DIPLOMAT VISITS THE
 GRAVE OF DIR. LOWELL

The Hon. Tsunejiro Miyaoka, lead CT of the Japanese bar, pre-eminent Oriental authority on international law, the so-called father of the con- stitution of New Japan"; a leader of note in the Nipponese diplomatic corps off the past twenty-two years, and who has represented his monarch at The Hague, at Berlin and at Wash ingtcn, stopped off in Flagstaff be- tween trains Saturday to visit the grave of his friend, Dr. Percival Lowell.
 During the early 80's he was pri- vate secretary to Dr. Lowell in Japan. who was there on government mis- sion.
 The Hon. Tsuneiiro Miyaoka has been on an extensive lecturing tour through the east and in Canada for the Carnegie Peace Conference and was on his way to the coast, where he will deliver more lectures before leaving for Japan some time about the middle of the month.
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
FROM THE GERMAN FRONT. On the Run
 Somewhe in France, July 20 Times

July 20 Times
 Dear Papa:
 am writing on the run, as the brave and glorious soldiers under my command have not seen the Rhine for so long that they have started back that way, and of course, am going mid them. Oh papa, here has been some offel dings happened here in France. First, l started in my big offensive which was to crash de fool Americans, but dey know so little about military tactics dat they was not crushed be like I want dem. sent my men in der fight in big waves and when dey got to the Americans dey said "Boo" as loud as dey could holler. We'll, according to vat you haf always told me, de Americans should haf turned and run like blazes. But vat do you tink? Dem fool Ameri- cans don't know anything about war, and instead of running de oder way, dey came right towards us. Some of dem was singing something about "Ve don't come back till it's over, there," or some other foolish song, and some of dem laffin' like fools. Dey are so ignorant. But dey are offel reckless nit dere guns and ven dey come to- wards us it was den dot my men took notion dey wanted to go back to der dear old Rhine. We don't like de little old dirty Marne river anyhow. And, oh, pap, dem Americans use such offel language. Dey know noting of qultur and say such offel dings right before us. And dey talk blasphemy, too. vot you tink dey said right in front of my face? One big husky from a place dey call Kansas, he said-oh, papa, [, hate to tell you vat an offel ding he said-but I cont help it, he said, "To hell init de kaiserw Did you ever hear anyding so offel? I didn't tink anybody would say such offel ting. It made me so mad. wouldn't stand and hear such offel ting, so turned and run nit der other boys. Vas I right? Vat? And oh, papa, you know dem breast plates vat you sent us can you send some to put on our backs? You know we are going der odder way now and breast plates are no good, for der cowardly Americans are shooting us right in der back. Some of our boys took of der breast plates and put lem behind, but der fool Americans are playing "Der Star Spangled Banner" init machine guns on dem plates. Can't you help us? You remember in your speech you said nothing could stand before der brave German soldiers? Oh, pap, I don't believe desc ignorant Americans efer read your speech, for dey run after us just like ve vas lot of rab-
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF
 REAL ESTATE

WHEREAS, an execution and order of sale issued out of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Coconino, in favor of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Heiser, and against Steve Lovereck and Effie Low creek, to me directed and delivered, commanding me to make the sum of Seventeen Hundred and Three and 84-100 Dollars, and interest. Twelve and 40-100 Dollars accrued costs, and One Hundred and Fifty ($150.00) Dollars, as attorneys fees, out of the following described property, to-wit: Lots Nine (9), and Ten (10), in Block Eighty-five 1851, of the Town of Flagstaff, Coconino County, State of Arizona as surveyed and plated by H. c. Mutt, Trustee for the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, and ad- dition plated thereto by the Santa Fe Railroad Company. All within the corporate limits of the Town of Flag staff, Coconino County, State of Ari- zona, together with all the improve ments and buildings thereon.
 NOW, Therefore, public notice is hereby given that on the Eth day of November, A. D. 1918, between the hours of 8 a. m. and p. m., to-wit: 2 o'clock p. m., at the front door of the Coconino County Court House, at Flagstaff, Arizona, I will sell at pub- lie auction to the highest and best bid- der for cash in lawful money of the United States of America all of the above described property, the buyer of said property to have immediate pos session thereof.
 Dated this Eth day of October, A. D. 1918.
 W. G. DICKINSON, Sheriff of Coconino County, Arizona.
 By FRANK FAIRCHILD,
 Deputy Sheriff.
 (Oct. II to Oct. 25-3t.)
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES-ss

On this 10th day of August, A. D. 1918, before me, R. D. Middleton, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, person. ally appeared Cyrus A. Phelps and John J. Kamm, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and aclnowl- edged to me that they executed the same.
 In Witness Whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed my of- ficial seal the day and year in this Certificate first above written. (Seal) R. D. MIDDLETON, Notary Public in and for the County
 of Los Angeles, State of Cali
 fornia.
 My commission expires March 26th, 1922.
 (Sept. IS to Oct. 1s.)
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
CURETON OPPOSED TO
 PROPOSED LEASE LAWS

MT. Editor:
 In your, last issue l explained how the proposed amendments to our state land laws, if passed by the peoples vote and not protected by the next legislature, would have unlimited the length of time and the number of acres one man or company could lease, while under the present laws one man or company is permitted to lease but GAO acres for term of five years. At this time will show further reasons why these proposed laws should NOT be passed.
 When the Territory of Arizona be- came state the Congress of the United States gave the new state a grant of two million three hundred fifty thousand acres or 3,672 square miles of public lands for educational and other purposes. In addition to these state lands the state holds sec tions 2, 16, 32 and 36 in each township of Arizona as school lands. Under our present laws, the State Land Commis- sion has control of these lands and leases them, giving to one person or company a limit of GAO acres for a term of five years. The State Land Commission also has the power to se- lect these 3,672 sections of land, most of which it has already selected.
 In Coconino county thousands of acres of state lands have been selected adjoining making it possible for one large livestock holder to fence in under one fence large blocks of our range to the detriment of our small livestock owners and others who might desire state lands in the future, in case the limits are thrown off our lease laws. Most of the livestock owners and ranchers of the county know where these state selections have been made and can pretty we'll guess what out fits are to get the lands in case the PEOPLE help them out by voting the necessary laws and in sending the RIGHT men to the STATE LEGISLA- TURF.
 Now, if any of the voters of Coco nino county are in favor of this land grabbing, land monopoly, fencing-out, freezing-out proposition, don't vote for me for the state senate, for will do all in my power here at home and in the state legislature, if elected, to de- feat this proposed monoply of state lands. It is not just because it is be- fore elecion that I am opposing these laws, for I have always opposed such legislation. Two years ago many vot. CTS in the county voted for me and sent me to the legislature to prevent any drastic land law changes leading to land monopoly. They knew how I stood then and they know how I stand today and what they can expect of me in the legislature and in the future.
 Every man on the legislative ticket in Arizona should be asked how he stands on this proposition, and if he hesitates or stammers and claims to be against it just before election and can't give you good, sound reasons why he is against it, put him down as favoring it and vote for someone whom you can trust in the legislature to oppose land monopoly and help to eradicate what seems to be KAISER ISM IN ARIZONA.
 Very respectfully,
 n IT CIIRET0N
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Of the State of Arizona, In and fol

Of the State of Arizona, In and for
 the County of Coconino. NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION. In the Matter of the Estate of George c. Nichols, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that N. c. Layton has filed in this Court cer- tain document purporting to be the last Will and Testament of George c. Nichols, deceased, together with his petition praying that said document be admitted to probate in this Court as the last Will and Testament of said George c. Nichols, who, said petition CT alleges, is deceased, and that letters testamentary issue thereon to said pe- titioner N. G. Layton, and that same will be heard on Friday, the 18th day of October, A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said Court, in the Court House, in the Town of Flagstaff, County of Coconino, State of Arizona, and all persons interested in said es- tate are notified then and there to ap- pear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 CHAS. H. ADAMS,
 Clerk. Dated September 2sth, 1918. (10-4-2t)
The Coconino sun., 1918-10-11
Cow Punchers Badly Needed.

SOW uuCTtTs DduIN lNtCucus
 Dr. R. H. Williams, animal husband man of the experiment station at the University of Arizona, no doubt prop erly senses the true situation on the ranges in the following statement:
 Gentlemen are at their wits end to know what to do for cowboys to work their herds. It so happens that most of the riders are young fellows sub ject to draft. and most of the men are leaving for the war. The work of a cowboy is highly specialized, as the man must be horseman, know the range, how to brand and ear mark, and be able to read these marks. They are needed in the country to take care of the animals, and they will do as much war work there as they could in the trenches. Range cattle are very likely to stray away and they must re- ceive constant attention. Somebody must do this work. and old men and girls cannot substitute for the cow boys. Able bodied men who can ride "A hours at stretch and gather and doctor the animals must be had.
 It is certain that the war must 20 on, and cattlemen will be compelled to economize on labor and get along with as few men as possible. The only solution, however, of the cowboy prob lem is to leave some of them in the country to look after the stock. The government is interested in the prob- lem of beef production, as shortage of this product is apparent. Right now the ranges are in critical condi- tion. and it is important that experi- enced active men be left to save as many of the animals as possible. No- body can do this better than cowmen who are acquainted with the country, and on this account they should be given deferred classification"