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New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
"Peace With Cancellation" !

Just let US suppose:
Imagine that last year the ruling group
of Germany had seized upon the Russian
revolution with consummate intelligence
and foresight.
Suppose they had sensed the inherent
weakness of the Russian character, now
revealed.
Suppose they had selected Lenine and
Trotzky as their agents, and given these
men unlimited gold.
Suppose they had felt the pulse of the
Russian people at every moment with all
the acuity of trained physician watch
ing patient in the hour of crisis-press-
ing little, now relaxing little invent
ing puppet play at every moment when
there seemed the faintest possibility of
an awakening of the national spirit.
Suppose, in word, that Lenine and
Trotzky were the arch-traitors of the age,
endowed with an almost superhuman
vision-could they have done better job,
for Germany?
1t is to think.
things possibly it might be worth while to
think of another.
Suppose that with this same consum-
mate intelligence and vision Germany was
operating in the United States right now,
with the same end in view. Suppose that
among it's Lenines and Trotzkys were men
of the type of DR.. Judah Magnes, Mr..
Amos Pinchot, Mr.. Morris Hilquit, Scott
Nearing and Dr. David Starr Jordan. Let
US take a few sentences from the utter
ances at meeting only few months age
Before very long said DR.. Magnes,
"President Wilson will issue call to all
the belligerents to lay down their arms
and conclude an immediate peace. 1t is
the only possible basis that is left"
There can be no military decision in
this war;" said Mr.. Amos Pinchot
''The war" declared Mr.. Morris Hill
quit, "does not matter any more
And these same things are being said in
countless pamphlets and at numberless
pacifist gatherings all over the country.
We do not know, nor have we any idea
if Lenine or Trotzky ever touched pfen-
mig of German gold. Nor is any such ac-
cusation raised against their coparceners
in the United States.
But are they less effective at the Ger
man job?
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
The Folks Protest

Several old New YOrkers-that is to
say, New Workers who have been here
since before the Great War and can re-
member as if it were yesterday the day
Mayor Gaynor was shot-have already
arrived to protest against the notion that
New Workers are not neighborly. Or at
least that they would not like to be
neighborly if time, business, custom and
weather permitted. We are glad to agree
with them as to the innate good will and
frendliness Of New Workers. New York
ers are eternally rushing about and thev
have not time for the frills and elaborate
details Of courtesy to strangers; but their
hearts are in the right place and informa-
ton wanted is always given with will,
even if in one breathless second of a
sentence.
Granting New Workers hearts. however,
does not affect their frequent outward
freshness and lack of neighborlv tech
nique toward the folk of their apartment
house or their street. 1t only shifts the
inquiry further on. Why, if New Workers
yearn for the glad hand and the friend
liness of Middle Western town, do thew
so often end in a preternatura pretencc
OF toplofty cXpressionlessness?
We have heard but one suggested an
swer that seems to have weight in it. and
that Is based on the fundamental differ
ence between the small town and the large
city. Those of us who have lived in the
small town can testify to the utter pub
licity of acts, intents and motives of every
inhabitant. There is no such thing rs
privacy in village or even a small CIV,
Living in glass house hardly begins to
express the pitless glare which gossip
and general observation cast about the
dwellcr in small town. And the glare
lasts from morning to night. 1t is not
only q thing of homes but business. of
bank and shop and, as well, of church and
club-of Main Street as we'll as Walnu.
Avenue.
Now, the direct consequence of this is
that there is no room for prctence or
bluff, of putting on lugs in the small town.
If you are tile butcher and make a pretty
good thing of it, everybody knows both
your job and your income. If YOU
are the bank clerk you can't bluff Main
Street into thinking you are the bank
president by wearing spats and sporting
an automobile at the expense of'your life
insurance. In New York, quite to the
contrary. You may live in two-room
apartment on the upper West Side, but if
you can scrape together the price of silk
nat and cutaway you may look and feel
like Vincent Aston on Fifth Avenue. The
Whole vast secrecy of great city en-
courages bluff, pretence, finding here to
splurge there, squandering more than one
can afford for a few hours of luxury, for
taste OF the riches one hopes for, enves
and will probably never achieve.
Such intimacy as New York living en-
couragcs the community life of an apart
ment house ends at the apartment house
doors. 1t has no relation to business or
church or club. 1t encourages rather than
hlnders pretence. The great American
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
West or East?
man job!

The Germans have advertised a West
ern offensive so much that few people now
believe in it. Abel l'aivre cleverly expressed.
the general skeptcsm in the cartoon Of
his IN "L'Echo de Paris" which The Trib-
une reproduced last Sunday A command
ing general doesn't go out in front Of the
lines with megaphone to warn the enemy
OF an impending attack.
Germany's aims in this war are preda
tory. Like every other beast of prey she
has keen eye for easy victims. She has
already subjugated Belgium, Serbia and
Rumania and is dismemberng Russia. In
Eastern and Southeastern Europe she has
! found an illimitabe field of plunder Why,
then, should she be eager to squandcr lives
and munitions on the Western front
where every square mile of territory gained
must represent an appalling cost, while
on the late Eastern front mere parade
will carry her as far as she wants to oo
into the heart of the extinguished Russian
Empire?
When Fritz gets real attack of f7tro,
Teutonacus he may not act like normal
!
good deal of human nature in him. The
French government bestowed a medal OF
the city of Verdun which bore this in
scription: "On nc passe pas" The Ger.
mans have great deal of respect tor
that inscription. And they know that nc
such legend can he found on any sign.
board on the roads to Petrograd and
Moscow.
Prussia rose to power through process
something like taking candy from chill
drcn. She stole Silesia from Austria
Posen and West Prussia from Poland
Schleswig- Holstein from Denmark. and
with the aid of the South German Confcd-
Grafton, Alsace- Lorraine from France In
cidentally she conquered and annexed
Hanover and many other minor German
states. Now, the Russians are the chill
dren with the candy. They will stand,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
From a Friend Of Bertrand Russell

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: AS friend of Mr. Bertrand Russell.
and in charge of his literary interests here.
may venture to suggest that your editorial,
"FXit tho Hon Bertrand RUSSELL" is not. in
pcnt of fact, quite just? His book, "Justice
in War Time" did not follow "Why Men
Fight" 1t was published carly in the war.
while the book which pleased a wide circle
of American readers" came out last summer.
hcnce, if Mr. Russell's "progress away from
reasoning to fanaticism was marked" it is
not marked by the sequence of those two
books
Any one who knows both countries is aware
that unfortunately there are several senses in
which IAN England conquered and overrun
by Germans would be the same old England
stll!." For instance, the English laboror
would not pay q penny more tribute to the
Irusslan ovcrlord than before the war he
was paying the English landlord And finally.
when Mr. Russell says that the American
army is accustomed to the occupation of in
timidating strikers I cannot see that he has
offered us cheap insult or misrepresented
facts. crudely or otherwise | dislike to be
reminded of it as much as any one. but Mr..
Russell has the facts overwhelmingly with
him. ALBERT JAY Mock
New York, Feb 49, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
An Honor to America
c Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have just seen an extract from q
letter written by British officer who spcnt
his Christmas leave in Paris and was much
impressed by the appearance of our troons
He says:
They are serious and intent on their
enterprise They seem all teetotalers They
are very modest and difident | spent an
evening with two of them. One spoke quite
as devotee who has dedicated himself to a
cause. A most charming, attractive. d;stin-
guished looking lad. Tell II. that the do
meanor of their countrymen in Paris does
honor to America"
In the face of most reports, this seems
worth mentioning. JOHN S. MELCHER.
New York. Feb. "a, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
A Great Crisis Inpends

To send two million soldiers would con-
sumo the capacity of nearly half the ships
now afoat. And this would be in addition
to present needs, which are already so great
that crisis is in sight
After Secretary Bakers testimony, early this
month, "The Washington Times" ran a head
line which read: Baker Declares 1900 900
Will Be in France in 1918"
And "The New York Heralds" headline.
equally positive and equally definite, gave
The figure as 100000" Now the fact is,
Secretary Baker did not say that He didn't
say VIC would have 100000 soldiers in
France this year. He didn't say we would
have 100000 soldiers in France this wear.
He dldnt say we would have 100000 SOL
diers in France this year What he did saw
was this:
Owe will have more than half million
men IN France early in 1918"
And at that the Secretary is taking con-
siderable chance. It would be interesting
to check the figures up on July l. If. in
order to make a record, he does send enough
more soldiers to make up half million he
wl!l run the risk of embarrassing the British
and French, who are dependent on US for
supplies. And if he gets half million
American soldiers into France during the
hrst half OF the year, it viii be most inter
estlng to watch what happens the second
half. AS soon as you get half million SOL
dlers INTO France you have permanently,
mortgaged three million tons of shipping 70
keep them supplied
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26

States Shipping Board is Mrs Edward F.
Carry. He was testifying before the Senate
Investigating Committee.
Senator Bankhead asked:
"How many days are required to make the
rou~d trip from New York and back?'
Mr. Carry-Under normal conditions, you
mean?
Senator Bankhead Yes.
NJ. Carry-They ought to make round
trip in three weeks. Now that the conges
ton is so great, it takes from fifty to sixt
daYs to make a round trip
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
''Progron1rne"T Talk


Inc fixed fact of history is that during
1917, and right up TO the present. we-moar,' s'r7
ing by "we' not merely the United States
but all the Allied rcsources-we have been
building less than half many ships as the
submarine has been destroying. Most of our
talk has been of our programme" PRO
eramme' is' a word of the future and is toll
Grant of loose talk. 1t is in. the world of
hope. luck and blue sky
me President several months ago spoke
OF the 100000 tons we will build in 1918. y
we shall not build them. Mr. Hurley has
spoken or 100000 or 100000. We shall not
ol,ld and tncm. We shall not build more than
''ooo'ooo tons. And 100000 tons is not
enough to avert calamity.
What we are doing, primarily, is not
building hips, but getting ready to build
ships. Mr. Hurley knows this, and is sensi-
hIa ennll oh To -
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26
Wanted: More Speed

nave dwelt upon the necessity for more
tonnage. And more tonnage is the first THING
20 get. But the problem is not merely one Of
sh'ps 1t Is one of ships plus speed of op-
Grafton. - W
lhe director of operations for the United
New-York tribune., 1918-02-26

even, for money indemnity. Why should
the Kaiser interrupt the easy spoliation of
Eastern Europe in order to seek another
Nerdun decision on the Western front?
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04

sistance to infection" still prevails
among the senior medical authorities,
and we fear that so long as the good
old doctors adhere to this conception
it will be impossible to make any ap-
preciable progress in the prevention
of the respiratory infections vulgarly
known as colds" and grippe" The
catching cold phobia handicaps or
predestines to failure every effort in
that laudable direction. You can't
make a hard-headed human being be-
lieve that the open air, or cool fresh
air in a moving state indoors is wholly
good for his health if in the same
brecth you caution him to look out
for the drafts. You can't persuade
him to take his constitutional every
day in the year if you admit that a
wetting of the feet now and then or a
sudden change of weather lowers his
Observation-Disclosures that means.
The respiratory infections, 1nclud-
ing tuberculosis and diphtheria and
pneumonia of course, cause more
deaths than all other diseases combin-
ed in this country The respiratory
infections, excluding tuberculosis
(which is sometimes, at least, not a
respiratory Infection but an aliment-
airy infectiOn) cause most Of the dis
ability of workers from sickness. All
of the major and minor ailments pop
ularIy classified as colds" of which
pneumonia is the type and. coryza
(head "cold") the most frequent, are
preventable but rarely prevented be-
cause Of the very fact that people are
afraid of exposure to pure air.
Somehow there has been crystallized
in popular Imagination the notion that
grippe" is an illness vaguely due to
(1) weather either toe DAMP, too dry,
toe cold, too warm or too bad, ~ this
weather penetrating the homes and
causing aches and pains, chillaesB and
feverishaess, and especially 90 sneez-
ing, coughing, horseHess or sore threat
All of which Gestures are common to
practically all OF the known respira,
tory infections. But thea no matter
what does the victim care which all
ment he has, so long as it is grippe
and in season? And yet, heaven only
knows what grippe" is. No doctor
knows what he means when he dag
noses grippe"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
MORTGAGE SALE.

By virtue of the power of sale con-
aimed in a mortgage deed executed
o the undersigned mortgage on the
6 day Of November, 1909. by Nina G.
brewer and Georgia U. Graham, and
ecorded in book % at page 124 of
the Henderson county mortgage re-
cords, default having been made in
he payment of both the principal and
interest thereby secured, 1 will sell
to the highest bidder for cash, al
the Court House door. in the city OF
|HendersOnville, at II o'clock NJ, on
July Goth Saturday., 1918, all the
following described piece, parcel or
l)t of land lying and being in the city
of Hendersonyille, county OF Hender-
son and described as follows: Being
that lot or tract Of land conveyed to
Georgia U. Graham and Nina G. Brow
er by deed dated the 18th day Of No
vember, 1909, and known as the J. P.
Case house and lot located at the
corner of Sixth Avenue and Flem-
ming street and bounded on the north
by the U. G.. Station lot, on the east
by the John Reiber lot, or the south
by Sixth Avenue and on the west by
IFlemming Street.
This sale being made TO satisfy the
debt secured by said mortgage, inter-
est and the costs Of the safe.
G. K. HALE, Mortgage.
st National Bank of Sumter, S. C..
Assignee.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04

Win LOaQS.
sometimes a crop of warts on the
hands may be cleared up by occasion
ally painting the whole affected sur.
face with half strength iodine (half
tlncture of iodine and half alcohol.
say, once in four or i've daysl, and re.
-IlS1ously scrubbing with soap and wa
ter several times q day to discourage
microbes. Exposure to sunlight Is also
a cure in many cases. C~ondeusing the
suns rays upon a wart with a reading
glass every day, up to the limit of tol.
erance, will clear it Up after a time.
When too many warts are present to
attempt the removal Of each lesion, a
few X-ray treatments will usually de-
stroy them. A multiple growth of
warts on unexposed skin is best at
tackled by the currette under ether.
There are as many sure cures for
warts as there. are victims Of warts.
Acids, caustics and other irritants are
unw1se, because these are often pain.
full, usually unsatisfactory and some
times apparently productive of malig-
nant change in the lesion (cancer).
Moist warts, about moist surfaces,
may be cleared up by careful cleanli-
ness, and bathing with one dram Of
tannin acid dissolved in three ounces
of alcohol, then pOwdering well with
boric acid or zinc stearate. The region
must be kept dry. =
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
NOT THE ONLY ONE
There Are other HendersonNit!e Eco
pie Similarly Situated.

mere Are OCher SnG2FSonNif FES-
pie Similarly Situated.
Can there be any stronger proof Of
fered than the evidence OF HenIr@on-
Vile residents? After you naTc read
the following, quietly answer Ln7
question.
Mrs. NJ. Lowry, Willow ST., Hender-
sonvi,Ie, says: Il had a bad case OF
kidney trouble several years ago. My
back was weak and ached a good deal,
and felt all run down. After bend
ing over l could hardly S~traighten
and black specks came before my
eyes, blurring Roy sight. l had dull
PAINS in the back of my head, was
EeTroaS, felt lame and sore mornings
and my ankles sweIled SO I coui0
hardly get nay shoes On. Ny kidneys
didn't act right, either. 1 finally heard
Of Dcan's Kidney Pills and began TAX
ING them. They relieved me right
way and secn l was entirely cured"
.P-:co &C, at all dealers. Don't
i-4r%y ask for a kidney reTnedy-ge
D0ar's Kidney Pills = the same tnae
Mrs. Lowry had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
Just Warts

You've heard of weasel words,
words which suck the strength out OF
what you have to say? Well, we nave
before us this evening a pole cat Wofo'
a word used to soften suspicion or dls-
tract attention. For instance, the pole
cat specialist who is invariably
anonymous and always "~perfect1ng
wonderful new remedies, urges 10
"iust get an ounce of"-and you go
and get it. We know mighty little
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04

Pure, Frech Air, Day and Night, Is the
Best Insurance Against TubercUIo-
sis, Pneumonia, Grips and Other
Respiratory Infections.
tons of the laity today. SO it takes,
on the average, two generations to
overcome an erratic theory. $
For example, take the night air
bogy. Our grandparents and their
doctors thoroughly believed in the
t~oxicity of the open air after dark,
and spared no pains to exclude all
they could Of it from the sleeping
roem Our mothers began to have
heir doubts about it when electric
lighting made the days longer. And
for Us today night air is just a joke.
But as we say, it is one of the de-
l1Shtful things about doctors, they
are human, they disagree SO cordial
~. Although there is no Longer any
difference Of opinion in the medical
profession as to the causes Of the
common respiratory ailments, there is
still some slight controversy OVER the
predisqosing factors of such diseases.
1t is absurd to think Of taking cold"
in the literal sense Of the phrase, yet
the idea that exposure lowers re-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
EVEN A FROG HAS SOME SENSE.

If You Are Troubled With Warts,
Don't Take the Chances Of Blood
Poison by Careless Treatment
Have a Good Physician to Cut Them
Out for You. ~
about warts, hardly enough to venture
a talk about them, so, with an apology
to the beautiful and ~iuoffens1ve animal
above libelled, we entitle the tadE
d:7ust Warts" 80 - -E-~as41rHTH~
Jadassohn inserted fragments OF
common or vulgar warts from four pa
tents in superficial incisions of the
skin in six adults. Out of seventy-four
NEGOTIATIONS, thic,. .hree were follow
ed in from two (" six months by the
development of IT'S, according to
1895, p. 497. Thu goes to show that
warts must be caused by some specific
micro-organism. ~vart may be con
sidered a nest CT .~acteria.
In young peol warts are only q
nuisance. When, warts come on the
skin Of elderly people, OF people oil
middle age, they sem to have a tend'
enc to break down into little ulcers
which presently rrove to be cancer
III Hence, thor ~ a young person
may daily with wa :, any elderly per
son had better me-,
Beyond all question the surest,
safest, least troub:t some way to dis
pose Of a wart is by cutting it out, un'
der local anesthes Il, and bringing the
edges of the little wound together with
a stitch in order to prevent visible
scar.
Occasionally warts r tu~bercuEar,
acquired by handling tubercular car.
casses or hides butchers, etc.} and
sometimes acquired by physicians &nd
students in the ~dissecting ROOM.
The reason why children more gen
orally have warts than adults is that
children irdiscriminately handle e<,
erythin~ and naturally hate to wash
their hands. Warts 90 with uneleanli,
ness. and not with undue familiarity
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
E. w. EWBANK, Attorney.
EXECUTRIX NOTICE TO CREDI-
TORS.

Having qualified as %executrix Of
the last will and testament of James
Erwin Russell, deceased, all persons
having claims against his estate are
hereby notified to present them to
for payment by the 9Th day of
May, 1919, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
And any persons indebted to the
estate will make payment to me at
Fletcher, N. C.
, This the 9Th day of May, 1913.
NORA CATHERINE LONG,
Executrix.
5-16--6tp
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
Niger in The WOOdple

Doctors are human Eeings like most
people and have their little traditions
just like plain folks. Every doctor
devotes a good share of his time to
the business of battering down tradi-
tons labOriously built up and tender
ly fostered by his immediate ancestors
in practice. The theories and opinions
of the medical profession of a genera
ton ago are the beliefs and convic-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
NUTfGE

This is to notify all people that the
undersigned~has qualified as the sole
e~xecutrix in North Carolina under the
viii Of Leonard Phinizy, and that all
parties indebted to the estate are
hereby asked to settle and all parties
with claims against the estate must
present them. for examination and
approval by the 18th day Of July,
1919.
This July Is, 1918.
MRS. ANNIE M. PHINIZY,
Executrix of Leonard Phinizy, De-
ceased.
6-2O-stc.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-04
~AAAA1
COMMISSIONS

Having qualified as Administrative
of the estate of Edward Posey, de-
ceased, all persons having claims
against said estate are hereby. noti-
fed to present them to me on. or be-
fore the 22nd day of June, 1919, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
heir recovery. And all persons in
ebted to the estate will please make
prompt payment to me.
This the 10th day of June, 1918,
MRS. HATTIE POSEY,
Administrative.