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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
Serve CkeertatJly.

The Albany Herald directs seasonable attention
to the fact that for weeks the shortage of -four
has been growing continually more acute and that
but for the loyal cooperation of millions Of famf
lies the supply would have been exhausted
this" No veering from the most stringent econo-
nv of wheat -four will be allowable until the
new harvests pour in. and even then the need of
continued conservation viii be imperative We
now in leanest of all periods, however, that
there must be rigid adherence to the wheat regu-
lation OF six pounds a month for each member OF
the household. .#..
But there is no hardship to this in a land blest
with an abundance and variety of other cereals
Our Iarders could be ten times sparer than they
are and still be exceedingly fat compared with
those which our allies have long waged their
heroic war. We could sacrifice hundredfold be-
yond what most of us have yet done and still be
a long way from the seIf-deniaI of France and
England and Italy, to say nothing of Belgum's
supreme immolatiOn. Americans should meet with
accomplishing cheerfulness every patriotic duty
that comes to them whether it be the economy of
food and other necessaries the repeated appeals
for aid for the humanitarian ministries which at
tend upon the The cause is worthy of our
utmost sacrifice; and by serving it through self
abnegation here at home, win the honor of com
radeship with freedoms defenders
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
GLOraoWsLg "Over the TOP"

For Atlanta, for Georgia, for the Sixth Reserve
District and for the entire United States the third
Liberty Loan campaign has closed in a magnificent
triumph of patriotism. No battlefield of the war
has witnessed more splendid victory, or one more
substantial.
Though complete reports lacking and will
be for some days to come, it is certain that At.
lanta and the District have gone "over the top
gloriously "over the top" The city has exceeded
its quota by more than million dollars, at the
lowest estimate, and has enrolled upwards of
twenty-six thousand bond subscribers. Georgia and
many towns and cities having climbed far above
what asked of them. Especially admirable has
been the response of the rural communities ''The
embattled farmers have fired again a shot that
will be heard round the world
Nothing short of an entire newspaper could list
all those who have contributed to the success of the
campaign in Atlanta and throughout the District
The cause is particularly indebted to Mr. J. M. B.
Hoxsey, chairman of the Atlanta campaign COM
mittee Mrs T. T. Stevens, of the woman's commit
tee Mr.. W. C. Wardlaw, chairman of the Sixth
District committee and MIR. St. Elmo Massengale
general director of publicity. In addition these
and other leaders, literally tens of thousands of
loyal men and women have rendered the city and
nation distinctive service.
Estimates from Washington are that the loan
win reach four billion dollars and that the num-
Der of subscribers will approximate fifteen million
Americans are indeed making their answer to Prus-
sianism!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
Futile ObStructionistS

The Senate's overwhelming adoption Of the
Conference Committees report on the sedition bill
marks another rebuke to those politicians whose
iDcurable egotism blinds them to patriotic duty.
Opponents of this measure were largely OF the
same flock as those who gabbIed holly against
food control, against Goyernment-owned mer-
chant marine, against granting the President the
special authority which administrative efficiency
at this time requires, and against almost every
other essential piece of war legislation.
Most of these obstructionists got "agin the
Guvment" on the Selective Service bill; and hav-
ing started stubbornIy became more and more OBJ
durate How should we stand IN this critical sec
ond year of our war against Prussianism If their
hamstringing policy had prevailed? Should be
anywhere army of two million men, or
near even the beginnings Of adequate mer-
chant feet? What protection would either con-
sumers or producers of food have against the spec
ulators and monopolists who, in the winter and
early spring Of last year, lording things to
suit their own greed? The sharpest critics of the
Administration admit that within the past twelve
month mzrvels Of preparedness have been accom-
pltshed, and that notwithstanding mistakes and
inefHciencfes have reached point where
Americas power is counting nightly against the
Huns and whence 1t win move swiftly to a decisive
stage. All this, be it remembered has been ac-
mpftshed IN spite of those obstructing politicians
who cucumber Congress and misrepresent the
people Their objections to the Sediton bill were
Substantially those which they have raised against
other needtul war measures: it encroach-
ment upon individual liberties and was obnoxious
to The Constitution, they walled. Yet IT was plain
enough to the majority OF Congress and the ma
5ortty Of the people that the ultimate purpose of
these measures was to safeguard the very source
Of an our liberties and the very foundation of our
Constitution and national life. The Sedition
bm does curtan the privileges of German propa-
gzndtsts. 1t does initiate against the reasonable
utteranees of the l. W. WIS and other disIoyaI
cults II does abridge the free speech" of those
friends Of Prussianism and foes of Americanism
who seek to thwart effective prosecution of the
war But to the average citizen, as to the average
Senator and Congressman these were all sufficient
reasons for supporting the substance Of the bill.
II the professional obstructionists will emerge
from their egotism long enough to get one broad
view of the situation. they will realize how serious
" the country takes this for its freedom how
stanchIy it stands behind the President and how
gnatike is the insignffcance of those who are too
petty-minded TO do likewise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
AFTER THE WAR

Imagine after this war in some distant island,
perhaps, a Frenchman English man, Ameri-
can a Portuguese, Italian all seated at the din
ing table of a little hotel. A German comes in
and seeks to Join them. Will he be treated an
equality? Will he be taken into their society?
Or will he be treated a leper and pariah? The
Germans will wish to be in position to say:
why, gentlemen, was against all those cruel
ties / was against the sinking of the Lusitania
and the murder of its women and children. I was
against the starving of Poland and the slaughter
of the Armenians and the crucifxion of prisoners,
and we Germans have thrown out the government
that was responsible for these horrors"
Stronger than any other consideration will be
the desire of the German to repudiate these acts
which have made the Germany Of today Cain
among the nations-an outcast branded with the
mark of shame.-James W. Gerard.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07

When the Rev. Dr. J. H. Jowett took leave of
his congregation at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, on April IA, after pastorate of seven
years. to accept work in England, he used these
words in his discourse:
81 am too old to fight with material weapons
in our sacred cause. and l can make no contribu-
ton to our material strength. But there forces
besides those which supplied by munitions The
moral and spiritual forces of the nation are after
ALL its manifest equipment.
"If the morale of a people suffer, its ideals
grow dim If it's enthusiasm loses its fire, if its
spiritual vision becomes faint, if any deadly wear
ness creeps into its temper all the munitions in
the world will not secure it's triumph.
81 do not for one moment believe that
lose in this struggle and feel that our final tri-
umph is as the morning"
This rings sound and sane 1t shows clear
vision of the preachers duty in time
Most of the preachers have shared in the moral
struggle of well-nigh the entire population in the
effort to reconcile the plain trend of Bible teaching
toward peace with the no less plain, but new and
startling, duty of a peace1oving people to resist
with force and the brutal efforts of militaris
tic nation to destroy all moral law in the world.
Most of them have found themselves. While
they do not preach hate and vengeance, they do
preach the necessity for free people to resist to
the ditch the violence of organized wickedness
The preacher has a shining opportunity. He
can with a clean heart pray God to strengthen the
arm of the law and justice and to defeat the foe
whose aim is tyranny, whose method is the most
frightful inhumanity, and whose motive is sheer
madness.
He can set before the young of draft age
those lofty ideals of courage and honor which shall
make their service high privilege.
He can sustain the tried spirits Of the mother
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07

and the wife by reminding them of the nobility
that shall come to them through sacrifice.
He urge the rich to give freely of their
possessions and the poor not to stint their labors in
rendering the nation efficient.
He can emphasize all Jesus words of peace by
calling to the mind of His people that the one
and only way to bring peace is to defeat and
render impotent the organized deviItry of that ma
ton that disturbs the peace.
He can tell his people with perfect truth that
it is as holy business to repress outlaws when
they come armies it is to take and bind them
when they operate a small band of thugs
He can lay before them the horrors of Armenia,
of Lithuania, of Belgium, France and Poland, and
call upon them to do what they can to end the
nefarious power that commits such things
He can show each man, woman and child in
his care the need that every one do something to
help and that buying War Stamps and Liberty
Bonds, conserving food and assisting in the various
relief societies needed carrying rifles.
He can urge unity, suppress discord, preach
courage cheer and hope, and thus of inestimable
value in sustaining the heart of the people in this
supreme trial
This is most profoundly a religious war a war
against inhumanity, treaty-breaking cruelty tyran-
nical power and ideals the vicious and rotten
Surely this issue is enough to tip the preachers
tongue with eloquence and to fire his heart with
divinest passion, for was nation reused to
action with cleaner hands nor holier purpose.
Copyright, 1918, by Frank Crane0
Some people reminiscent as an odor
1t wasn't loan; it an avalanche
The Kaiser may be crazy, but this insanity plea
business won't CO.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07

TF YOU are nervous, uneasy, and restless, and
if at the time you are given to
- cessve use of salt with your food, try to
practice moderation in your daily salt allowance
Your nervousness may not be direct result of
the unusual amount of salt you consume. But
there probably is unsupported relation between
the two In any event your general health will
be benefited If you less salt.
AS is pointed out by a physician who has
studied closely the effects of too much salt in the
diet
Silver and gold eagerly exchanged,
weight for weight, for salt, in communities remote
from adequate supply; for without salt fatal weak
nesses intervene.
ION the other hand, excess of salt in food or
lack of water with food, increases the density OF
the fluids of the body, and interferes with many
of the finer processes of nutrition
Consequently many suffer nervously, because
through high seasoning their taste has become per-
verified, and they constantly overusng salt.
'"The damage would be greatly lessened if guam
titles of water also taken, but understanding
is a fault of the nervous, particularly
among women"
Do not think, however that you can adequately
compensate for excessive of salt by correspond
fngly increasing your allowance of drinking water.
Quite apart from the amount of, salt you use,
you probably drink much less water than you
should. By drinking more water you will merely
come more closely to meeting your bodys normal
requirements.
The thing to do is both to drink more water and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
OUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

lust what is meant by euphemism?"
"In explain" said the erudite person when
a widow who has been married three or four times
ropes in another man, it is announced that she was
led to the altar Exactly" THAT phrase, led
to the altar, is euphemism"
do you want the leaves raked off your grass?"
asked the incipent captain of industry, age about
ten as he rang the doorbell of house. why, we
haven't any," replied the woman. I'VE haven't a
single shade tree in front" "Oh, but you've got
four big baskets of leaves out here protested the
boy. me an mother boy dumped EN- here early
this morning, and I'll carry EN- away for nickel"
WAS your boy Josh much of help to you
around the farm ?"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel, 81 didn't
realize how much of a help he was. He didn't do
much work, but he could play the jewsharp an
tell riddles an keep the farmhands entertained so
that sometimes they would stay for days and days
at time before going
Battle Creek lady danced three times with
good looking first lieutenant and then said;
Pardon me, sir, but your face is strangely
familiar. Haven't / seen you somewhere before!
yes madam. you have" responded the ot1cer
IT was your milkman for more than three years
weIl-known Hampshire squire, noted for his
shabby coats, day leaning over gate
which commanded good view of his broad acres.
A well pleased smile on his lips When ne
was startled by the sound OF Wheednng voice
him. -,
donkey up the MILL
The squire turned and, with the smile deepen
ing on his face pushed the little cart behind with
so hearty goodwill that the coster exclaimed with
admiration:
We'll I'm darned il you amt good old sort
I say" he went on in a whisper, Give knocked over
two or three of the old squire's rabbits, and I'm
darned if you shant have one"
Whereupon with a great appearance of secrecy,
he pulled out a tat young rabbit from under sack
in the cart, and trotted away leaving the bewilder
ed squire with of his rabbits dangling
from his hands.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07
The Journals Service Flag

In honor OF the sixty-one Atlanta Journal men
who have entered service of their country The
one white star is In memory Of Captain Meredith
Gray who gave his life the French Battlefield.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-05-07

The Kaiser may be crazy, but this insanity plea
business won't go.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
AT ATTENTION!

There is a movement on foot turnout the United States to bring about great reverence for the National anthems. Everyone knows that they should rise when either America or "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played or sung, ard all boys and men remove their hats when standard bearing the Flag passes by, but few there are who maintain at the same time the attitude of attention" while doing so. The movement is now gaining headway to teach that we should stand at attention when the Flag passes by, and also to adopt the same attitude when rising for the two na- tional anthems. This is because there is a vital connection between the physical and mental attitude of an individual. A loose, sloppy physical attitude reflects itself in a loose and divided mental attitude, with the result that when one rises and slouches when out National Anthem is played, the chances are very strong that one does it not because one wants to show his reverence for the song, but rather because everyone else is doing it., and hasn't the nerve not to.
 It is to correct this mental attitude and produce ceremony that shows respect, that the effort is being made to incorporate the attitude of attention" as part of the act of rising
 Soldiers are required to stand at at tention, and the regulations attending the at titude itself are rigid and strictly enforced But it is not desired that civilians should fol- low these regulations to the letter. It is enough if they rise and stand squarely upon both feet without other support, with heels to- gether, body erect, shoulders thrown back,
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
MONOGRAPH IS DEATH LURE OF
 UNSUSPECTINC

SEATTLE, Nov. 14.-Phonograph music lured scores of destructive hair seals of the lower Puget Sound to their deaths last summer. according to Ed Corfee, who spent several months at Useless, Mutinya and Gull tus bays, south of here, killing the seals that prey upon the salmon. Corfee is hunter employed by the Washington Fish and Game commis. sion.
 A photograph and a rife were the principal items in Corfee's out. fit. According to his statement, he played his photograph on the rock and sand and the seals came out of the water to listen to the music. Whenever seal put its head above the surface Corfee's rifle spoke and the seal dropped dead. Each seal is said to be able to destroy $1,OO0 worth of salmon year.
 Officials of the commission support Corfee's claim that the seals respond ed to the music. Another Seattle of- flcial, Superior Judge Calvin s. Hall, agree with them and says he has seen several boys armed with Jews harps bring seals up onto the rocks of tho lower Puget Sound.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
HELD
 LAST EVENING
 AT EAGLE HALL

Last evening at the regular meet ing of the Fairbanks aerie of Eagles the election of officers for the ensu. ing term was held. Those who will fill the offices for the ensuing term fill the offices for the year will be as follows:
 President-George Moody.
 Vice-President-Emmet Kincaid.
 Chaplain-A. L. Wilbur.
 Secretary-L. F. Protzman.
 Physician-Dr. J. A. SutherIano.
 Trustee-August Burglin.
 Inner Guard-W. Jackson.
 Outer Guard-Ed Davis.
 Following the election a lunch was served after which the meeting ad. adjourned to enable the members to take part in the British Day cele. bration.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
CONGRESS WILL BACK THE
 PRESIDENT

It IS becoming very evident that when 1t comes to showdown, congress may be de pended upon to back the President in the at titude he may take abroad as representative of the American people at the conference in France. Representative Mann, republican leader of the house, has shown himself as against any partisan strife that will go to embarrass the chief executive in the discharge of his paramount duty, the attendance upon the momentous and historic conference for the permanent peace of the world.
 Not long after this, the next day in fact, the Cummins resolution was voted down in the senate foreign relations committed This resolution provided for the creation of a joint congressional committee to attend the peace conference and keep congress informed upon all that transpired at the meeting. The bill was taken from the bill box and handed over to this committee, which expressed it's disapproval of it, thus throwing it out en- tirely.
 The suppression of this resolution amounts to sanction of the actions of the President up to date, and goes to show that congress will back him when it comes to showdown. This act will also go to prevent any great amount of quibbling over the peace proposals that promised to raise considerable storm III congress. It Will Dack up those congressman who objected to the discussion of the peace terms, accusing the objectors of waiting until the President was on the high seas before they found fault with his utterances.
 In future because of these actions, more harmony may be looked for in congress, and indeed, if ever there was time when there should be harmony and concerted action on the part of the chief lawmakers of the coun- try, it is the present, when so much in the future depends upon the policy of the gov ernment The reconstruction period is at hand, and the program that should be outlined by this congress will be vital for the develop ment of the country Peace and harmony should prevail in Washington, for, in the words of Benjamin Franklin, if they don't hang together, they will hang separately
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09

 NEARLY WENT

In on eof the recent mails a let ter was received from Lee Hudson, who, at the time of writing was sta toned at Camp Mills, near Hemp. stead, New York. Lee is a member of the 18th infantry.
 To reach their destination the company had quite trip. Leaving Camp Fremont. California, early in October they passed thru Ogden, Omaha, Chichago, Cleveland and Ho. boken, arriving at their destination on October 22nd
 Lees regiment was embarking and would have sailed within a day or so when the news came of the signing of the armistice Every man in the regiment was disappointed at the way things had turned out as all of them anticipated some pleasure in chasing the enemy around. Lee expects to be back in Fairbanks in the spring.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
MAIL AVIATOR
 IS RETURNING
(The Associated Pressl

SEATTLE, Dec. 7.-Lieutenant Hog. land, who Is making a trial flight be. tween Sacramento and Seattle for the purpose of studying the air channels, left here this morning on his return trip to the southern city with a load of mail. He expects to arrive at Flu gene. Oregon, some time this evening.
 On his return the lieutenant will render his report to the. air service board and it is probable that the es. tablishment of aerial mail routes on the Pacific coast may result from the trip. The average speed of the plane is fifty miles an hour.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
CELEBRATED IN
 REGULAR STYLE

British Day has come and gone and with it the longing for another re- currence. It Is seldom that so much pleasure has been received from any celebration as the one just passed, in which every one participating felt high regard for Cousin Johnny, over the sea.
 The observance was more notice able yesterday from the fact that every mercantile establishment in town was closed and nothing could be secured for love or money. Even the closed Sabbath was not more religiously observed than was Brit ish Day. Nothing happened during the day that would attract more than ordinary attention. In the evening the picture house was thrown open to the public and within short time it was filled to capacity. Good pic lures were thrown on the screen and the specialties were well ren- dered. The only thing lacking to give it the required British flavor was the old barrack song-"Tommy At. kins."
 At the close of the program three cheers were given for Dick Thorne, the manager of the house and thru whose courtesy the public were guests. Emerging from the theatre the crowd headde for the Masonic Temple and engaged in dancing for several hours.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
ANOTHER LAY
 ON HAPPY OK,

Happy creek fill be more active this winter than it was last. another lay being taken for the winter work ing. At the present time there will be two outfits taking out dumps for the spring cleanup.
 A. Mcleod, an old timer in the district, has decided to cast his lot on Happy creek for this season and will operate on the lay he has taken. He is close to where Cosgrove and his partners are working. Good re turns have been received from this creek and more may be looked for
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-12-09
NEW HEAD FOR
 THE RED CROSS
(The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-John B. Miller. of Los Angeles. has been designated as the manager of the Red Cross organization for the Pa. cific coast states. succeeding Marshal Hale who has resigned.
 The new official is one of the most industrious workers for war causes in the state of California and is well qualified to carry on the good work done by MT. Hale. The outgoing of. ficial will engage in his own en- deavors.