The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-10
YELLOW D0G|SM
 BIGGER MENACE
 THAN HUN ARMY

NEW YORK, Sept lO-Hcnry Try.
 ing Dodge, author and patriotic prop,
 agandist, has made Il national appeal
 for the suppression of the yellow
 dog" by the establishment in every
 municipality in the United States of
 branch of the Boy Detectives of America"
 "Tho yellow dog according to Mir.
 Dodge. is the whining native son who
 constantly harps on German eff. ciency, of our fighting F.nglnnd's war
 of its being rich mans war, of the crime of sending our boys over there, ot the impossibility of defeating Ger many. of charging our "dollar-a-year' men with being proiitccrs. Of deClar-
 tax money goes to grafters, and "alI
 the rest of the fecblc-minded twad- de"
 In making his appeal sor tn" CO
 operation of the mayors. superinr"n-
 dents of public instruction, members
 Oi patriotic societies, sCOutmastors ol
 the Boy Scouts of America and Y. M
 (. A. secretaries. Mir. Dodge declares
 that the yellow dog is menace far
 greater than the German army His
 attacks are concealed. while the at
 tacks of the German army may be
 guarded against
 "I speak COnseryatively," says Nr Dodge, when l say that every yellow
 dog is equal in strength to one in
 fantry company in the German army
 The lies of the yellow dog ar" sap
 ping the strength at home They are gnawing at the foundation of attack
 and defense. They are working tor
 the Germans and many of them don't
 know it."
 Mir D0dges plan for the suppress
 sion of the yellow dog Is outlined
 in his most recent work of fiction. In
 il he portrayS the manner in which
 the boy power of q suburban town
 was harnessed under the name Of the
 Boy Detectives of America" and the
 town was clcansed of ''yellow-doGisn'
 without untoward friction and without
 the use of the usual police channels
 Now he wants the boy power of every
 municipality in America harnessed in
 the same manner in order to accom-. !: plish the same result nationally. All that is necessary to make the : campaign an accomplished fact, ac- : Cordng to Mir. Dodge, is few deter : mined men-leaders of boys in every municipality who will take the trouble (, explaining the details to the young : Stcrs
 The boys first ar" to be organized.
 They are to be regular detectives for
 the purpose of ferr"ting out the 'yel low dogs" Every boy must keep hi ears wide open tor direct and implied
 attacks upon tn" government and keep on the end of his tongue the one : question. "How do you know?" The first move in the campaign k fer some patriotic citizen to arrange for meeting with the boys and eN plain to them just what the Boy De tectives of America" is and the mean ing of the organization to the welfare of the United States Then the clul is to be organized. Every boy is tO be given an official membership card and every member is to receive q supply Of the "yelloW dog cards to pass out to persons who pass along the "feeble-minded twaddle.' Mir. Dodge at his own expense, of . fers to furnish membership cards ana
 the "yellow dog" cards to the mem
 bers of every club that is formed. on the front of the yellow dog : cards" printed in large type. are tn, words. "You're a yellow dog" ana on the reverse side are numerous de scriptions ot just what constitutes the 'yellow dog" Some of these en :: Tightening phrases read;
 :: ''Ii man talks against the govern :: ment and cant back up what he says :: hes a yellow dog.
 ; "Thc meanest yellow dog Of the lot ; is the one that stands up and hears :. his country abused without protest : Any man who tells the government
 about it's faults and how to correct 'em is it's friend; any man who tells the government about its faults just