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Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24
INFORMAL POLL IN STATE
SENATE INDICATES THAT
MEASURE WILL PASS
NO DIFFICULTY IN HOUSE
Senate, However, Defeated the
Proposition Two Years Ago
Several Have Indicated
a Change in Mind

Topeka, Jan. 22.-The main part Of
Governor Aliens Legislative program
the constitutional convention call
is due for passage. Said passage,
however, will be by narrow shave.
The assertion is based on an infor-
NAL poll made in the state senate yes
terday. The house, elected to back the
Allen program, is expected to support
Governor Aliens most important
plank without much ado. The senate,
elected in 1916, defeated the consti-
tutional convention resolution in the
1917 legislature. The resolution, how
ever, lacked only two votes of the
necessary twenty-seven, or twO-thirds.
There has been a delay in the pre-
sentation of the constitutional conven-
tion resolution. II has not even been
announced who has been selected to
lead the fight for the resolution on the
floor Of the senate.
In his message to the legislature,
Governor Allen stated that the i'm
portant land tenantry and taxation
problem facing the stae, can best be
solved after a more modern constitu-
ton has been adopted. This cannot
be brought about for three years, as
the process Of notwithstanding re-
quires this time.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

-
ed Europe and other parts Of the
worid-cansSd by the greed Of a set
Of men who held authority, 90 they
claimed. by "Divine Right" and who
had 4 in their power % start some
thing they could not stop. p.
And the saddest thing of all Is that,
in all wars, the innocent suffer hard
est and longest. Long after the scars
Of battle will have been effaced from
the typography Of France and Bel
gium there will still remain the out
standing scar that will not be effaced.
That is, the scar or the mark of the
beast Of Berlin that he left imprint
ed on the motherhood Of these ravish-
ed countries when he turned loose ten
thousand fends from hell to perpe-
trate the unspeakable crime Of en-
forced motherhood upon helpless girls
and women Of these little countries.
French 10 say and to our mind Mr..
forget these mothers with strange Off
springs thrust upon them. America,
three thousand miles away and suffer-
ing none Of these things, will pass It
over as a nightmare or a chapter from
Victor Hugo and the lesson will have
been lost upon US If the Arch Grim
inals are not brought before a trial
Judge and given the limit. Just what
the limit is we would like for the
Frenchto say and to our mind Mr..
Wilson should at least absent himself
while this is being decided. We still
do not win this war if these men are
not forced into the moose or something
akin to it. Motherhood must be vim
dicated from the terrible plague visit
ed upon 1t in this so-called enlighten-
ed age. And what Of the continued
suffering Of these enforced mothers? ?
Would 1t be unwise or unchristian to
pray that God in his mercy would,
when the day Of their fulfillment is at
hand, In some way mysterious TO hu-
man minds, call out of life those suf-
fering souls who stood in the path Of
the much vaunted German Kultur?
The price Germany must pay can
not be too great. If, as they claim,
their people are starving, let it be so;
better a nation wiped from the face Of
the map even as God chose to do in
the times Of Noah than that there
should again be visited upon our
children or our children's children
such strange antics Of a people who
claim their license to do things that
would make Nero himself hide for
shame.
We Americans are not q vindietive
people; It may pay US to become so in
this instance.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Riseling, Of
West avenue, entertained as their
guests Tuesday Sergt. S. D. Farmer,
wife and little daughter, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Farmer, Of Galena. In the
afternoon they were Joined by Mrs.
Roy Hartley and little son, James.
Sergt Farmer is home on a 20 day
furlough from Camp Dodge, Iowa,
where he has been stationed since be-
ing returned to the states from over
seas duty. He was wounded in the
battle of Sept. 25, 1918, and has been
in the hospital much of the time and
the wound is not healed yet. He was
shot through the right shoulder. He
expects his discharge some time in
the near future,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24


Miss Leah Chapman, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Chapman of East
Twelfth street, had as her week end
guests the Misses Lucil and Ber4iee
Holly, of Carthage; Miss Pearl Hall
of Joplin, and the Misses Edith Dun
away and Nell South of Galena, and
on Sunday afternoon her guests were
presented to the following Baxter
young ladies at the home where the
delightfully."- informal gathering took
place; The Misses Scotty Nichols,
nellie Weaver, Swannie Smith, Beat
rice Titus, Mabel Rummel and Alma
GoOdner, and Mesdames Mildred
Pickens and Chas. L. Smith.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

One Of the best educated negroes
IN Kansas assures US that the articles
published in yesterdays Citizen on
the segregation Of the races in the
public schools, VOICED bis sentiments.
A leading white Republican called our
attention TO the fact that the article
voiced his sentiments and the senti-
ments Of all fairminded white men IN
Kansas. We will be glad TO receive
more comment. If the amalgamatiOn
of the races is what the people want,
we think that all we need to do is to
keep still and there viii be enough Of
the Indifferent Of both races to satisfy
those who favor amalgamatiOn. But
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Rev. c. A. Parham, who preached
in the opera house here Sunday night
drew a big audience. People arriv-
ing late had to find seats on the steps,
the window seats and dressing rooms
and scores were turned away. Mr..
Parham spoke for over an hour, US
ing as his subject: "The Early Com
ing Of Christ" The music rendered
by Mr.. Burnham was exceptionally
fine and many compliments, placing
him in the front rank with vocal ar
fists who have favored Baxter with
their vlaits,
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24
BAKER TO EXPLAIN s-s
KANSAS CASUALTIES
Secretary Called Before Committee
From House

Washington, Jan. Secretary
Baker will be called before the house
rules committee today to testify
regarding the casualties In the thirty
fifth division, Kansas and Missouri
troops, in the battle Of ArgOnne for
est. The investigation was asked in
n resolution by Representative Camp
bell Of Kansas, because Of reports Of
heavy losses. The thirty-ffth divi-
sion was in training at Camp DOni-
phan.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Written by ]. W. KAltenbach for The
Daily Citizen.

Less than ninety days ago the boys
Of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
were engaged In . mighty death
struggle with the Boches In what
shall be known to future students as
the Battle Of Argonne Forest, said to
have been one Of the most stubborn
encounters that humans have ever
been forced into. And yet today a re-
ference to such an event sounds like q
page from our old Barnes history
and we think In terms Of the strug-
giles long since forgotten.
Such 10 the average American mind
that we live In the future and the past
holds nothing interesting for Us. Our
minds are absorbed IN the pursuit Of
the dollar and the accumulation Of
lands and homes and things that dol
lars buy.
The big peace conference has just
settled down to business over ut the
French city Of Versailles. II took
some time for Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson to
get into their Paris duds, 30 10 speak,
and to drop in on King George and
Queen Mary and the rest Of the folks
in LOnnon town, and to run down to
Rome and see the Pope and 10 hobnob
q little with Clemenceau, but now that
the ice has been broken and the intro
ducing and the red fire sorter over
with, we shall look for some progress
towards the main point.
We read from the brief dispatch
that Creel allows to come thru, that
president Wilson and the French
Premier sat in chairs Of State" the
other delegates sat on just the ordi-
nary kind, likely hickory" like Har-
vey sells for $500 q dozen, and we
read further that they are sitting Tor
setting, which is it?) around "three
sided table" We often hear Of
round quarter oak table but we can't
just diagnose q three sided table. Be
that as it may, however, we suppose
tables are scarce there, judging from
pictures we see Of the dOughboys est
ing, and the delegates viii just have
to make out the best they can.
Mr.. Wilson, we see, sits on the in
side Of the table and appears to be
the dealer; Just where Colonel House
sits in we can't say, but we note signi-
ficantly that Lloyd George and M.
Poincare are sitting close to the deal
er and likely watching for any
t'phony" deals. Also that about twen-
ty-fve other delegates representing
countries all the way from Spain to
the Azores are sitting in and
and fumbling their cards, all Of which
Is by way of saying, the Powers that
Be are at last becoming serious and
fumbling their cards, all Of which
they are about to play for.
Kaiser Bill and "Willie" are safely
tucked away IN Holland, enjoying
three good meals q day and handing
out long interviews to newspaper men
who are not able to get booth at the
Peace Conference, while millions Of
homes are in mourning over devastat-
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24
SAYS EAGLES" WERE FAULTY
Mistakes in Construction Charged by
Former Employee of Ford

Washington, Jan. 22-HarTy E. Le-
roy of Saginaw, Mich, formerly en-
played as contractor at the Ford De-
tEOit boat plant, testified before the
House naval committee that the Eagle
boats built for the navy at the plant
were seriously faulty in design and
construction. He said the walls of
the craft were weak, particularly
about the engines and fire room.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

we do say that the way 10 keep aiel
we do say that they way 10 keep the
blood of the races pure Is TO separate
them and the time to begin Is in child
hood. Let the bill proposed by our
Galena senator become q law.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Mrs. Mary Wheatley has received
word from Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Long
that the party had arrived at Lords
burg, N. NJ, in good order. They left
from here several days ago, with Mr..
Longs mother in their automobile.
They found the roads somewhat heavy
but got through in good shape.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

The chat which has been spread on
Military avenue has greatly improved
that thorOughfare and we wish the
work could be peHttARea much faF-
ther, yea, on other streets TOO. Our
streets are not at all ereditabls, and
should be improved, and while chat
does not endure on roads with heavy
traffic, yet, placing chat on the streets
would do much toward relieving an
almost Intolerable condition We re
neat: Put chat on the streets Of Bax-
Der sPrings.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Rev. John Garretson left for New
York City Monday to be gone two
weeks. Next Sunday Rev. J. W.
Pierce Of the Baptist church viii
preach both morning and evening IN
the Presbyterian church, the two con-
gregations worshipping together.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Mrs. B, D. Humphrey returned this
morning from Kansas City where she
had been for several days with her
daughter, Miss Helen, who was SER
iously i'll from an attack Of appendi-
citis but who Is now recovering.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Trewatha have
moved into the Fancher property on
Thirteenth street recently vacated by
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill who have moved
to Kansas City.
Baxter Springs news., 1919-01-24

Mrs. Clyde Foster, who has been Ill
at the home Of her mother, Mrs. Caz-
eel, since Christmas, was taken 70
her home near Cherokea recently,
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in other places divisions had to remair
at their places in the front line.
Only south of ST. Quentin was the
enemy to be attacked after crossing thu
Somme and the Crozat canal; this was
done, but the attack was not car.
ried out With sufficient energy Its
success was not conspicuous.
The group of armies under the
Crown Prince Rupprecht and We al
G. al Q. had weighed the possibility of
general counter-attack along the
whole of the Seigfried line. for w,
should have liked to wipe out our con-
fession of weakness by a great tractical
success The condition and numbers
of our troops however, were such that
it was impossible for US to throw in
victory on a battlefield rendered inn
passa BILE. and G. H. O. had, therefore.
for better or worse, to give up the idea
of great counter-attack
The Entente armies followed closely
on the heels of our retiring forces and
tried to make fout that our retreat was
a great success for themselves But
the press had been so cleverly and ef-
fectively manipulated that they did not
succeed AS a matter of fact they had
not gained any military triumph.
Thanks also to the false intelligence
we had circulated. they had not even
interferred with our work of demolition
and clearance. The whole movement
was a brilliant achievement on the part
of both commanders and troops, and is
evidence of the careful foresight and
work of the German general staff
OBJECT FULLY ACHIEVED
We were now more compactly and
firmly established than we had been
along our previous extended line The
tactical measures of the enemy had
been frustrated. He was no longer
able to attack in the same directions
as before. The country VIC had
traversed was devastated and in order
to carry on war there a certain amount
of restoration was essential. Before an
attack could be launched over it an
infinite amount of road and bridge
building would have TO be done.
The enemy. therefore. established
himself in relatively slight strength in
front of our new line We. for our
part, could now thin out our forces by
taking away whole divisions
We had completely achieved the OBJ
ject of the Alberich programme, which
was to reach and occupy the Siegfried
line 1t stood us in good stead for
some considerable time. The retreat
had been well worth while.
Indeed, all our commanders wished
that the German Army had possessed
many another Siegfried line, with its
concrete dug outs, for the conduct of
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Explains Great Retreat
of German Army in 1917
Ludendorff Makes Defense of Devastation of Regions in
France Which His Army Abandoned-Retreat Ne
cessity Because of German Weakness
By EUGENE J. YOUNG

A military triumph s
dorff paints of the of the
of northern Proud of which
will down into military history
he took to safeguard his brought this
confession of defeat the will mankind:
thorough
account order OF
their with all the pulled One blame them
saved battling 20 months
to
until they crushed the which had laid this of
France and the hearts of men,
had acknowledged Ludendorff brilliant
the instead of the blame of the world
What he did colossal scale principle of fortress
building He made his line of defense of
in
could be subjected
|
Furthermore of of
this would the miles the
German soldiers before The defenses
10
would them.
Such with
and the hnned
break through
the leaving roads, shelter food
best the of the
critical was
No could allies
and long weeks the rebuilding of communications and bringing
from the TANKS
of these
blows of Without
10 III n
in
the end the miart who conceived and executed
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bishops life should be" he says.
and there IS big sattle to be fought
in the future on the question OF
bishops palaces and incomes.
NO one recognizes more fully than
do that many of the bishops are
poorer as such than they we're before
they accepted the office. but that does
not alter the fact that the bishops pail
aces. motor cars and bishops incomes
are real stumbling block to the
working man in accepting Christian
ity,
As Bishop of Lincoln he would have
received 1890 a year and would have
been expected to live up to it.
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The submarine cruiser campaign
opened on February /, 1917 and as soon
as it became evident that the troops
that had been concentrated on the from
tiers of Holland and Denmark to meet
a possible attack from these quarters,
would not be required, these forces and
their staffs, which had been held in re-
serve for this purpose were liberated
for use on the western front,
SERIOUS SITUATION
In the west continuation OF the
British attack on the Somme, perhaps
extending to the north, had to be reck-
oned with. 1t was possible that this
would be accompanied by a French
offensive between Roye and Noyon, but
the probabilities were that France
would choose our SCISSORS Rheims-Ar-
gonne front for attack, as she had done
in the autumn of 1915.
The Entente would thus have signed
a strategic advantage by pressing on
both TANKS of the salient we had
pushed into French territory. 1t was
impossible to foresee which part of the
front the French would select. They
might cause a diversion at Roye, and
reports also pointed to the possibility
of an offensive on the Lorraine front
and Sundgau upper Alsace), where we
had made very little progress toward
the consolidation of our lines.
We had always been conscious OF
certain weakness In this sector, as local
engagements were to be expected here (
and it was only with difficulty that we
could bring up reinforcements. Verdun
was also occasionally mentioned, as
the French were always in position
10 omen an attack at this point Lastly
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BISHOP OPPOSED
TO LARGE HOUSES

London, November 15-Csnon Peter
Green. rector of St Philips, Stafford,
has refused the bishopric of Lincoln
because ne is opposed to bishops liv>
ing in big houses (palaces they are
styled and receiving big salaries
81 have very strong ideal, Of what
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LIDENDORFT
As everything
the chief defensive fighting 1917 although
high had been
in a
The the theatre demanded the
passed
established Kreuznah Munster and Stein
February contemplated the
the transfr place.
Hungarian
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mention the partial abandonment oil
the work of demolition.
ORDERS TO MISLEAD PEOPLE

ORDERS TO MISLEAD PEOPLE
At the same time Lieut-Colonel
Nicolai received instructions to mis-
lead the enemy by furnishing them
with special news. lie and Colonel Won
Haeften had so to influence the home
and neutral press that no inkling of
the intentions above described should
be given. l myself personally informed
the chancellor of our scheme.
The Alberich programme was carried
out according to plan. 1t was success
full in every detail Many treasures OF
art were removed from the zone we
were evacuating, and in accordance
with the terms of the Hague conven-
ton stored in places of safety in the
occupied territory. The fact that much
property belonging to the inhabitants
was destroyed was to be deplored but
1t could not be helped.
The bulk of the population was
driven eastward. only a small proper
ton being collected in certain places.
such as Noyon, Ham and Nesle. and
provided with rations for several days
and left behind On the one hand IL
was desirable not to make a present
to the enemy of too much fresh
strength in the form of recruits and
laborers, and on the other we wanted
to foist on him an many mouths to feed
as possible.
FEARED ALLIES WOULD ATTACK
On the Somme front fighting with
the British had never quite come to a
standstill At the beginning of March
signs were not wanting that the battle
north of the Somme might break out
afresh. South of Roye. too. French
preparations for attack became ever
more conspicuous. Whether the atti-
tude of both armies was the outcome
of the measures we had it is inn
possible to say.
1t was severe strain on the nerves
of the local commanders to keep. in
spite of everything, to the date origin
ally fixed upon for the retreat to be-
gin. In the event this did not prove
entirely practicable, as in the north
from about the 18th. and in the south
from about the 18th, minor modifica-
tions of the line were effected in order
to evade the attack. which seemed
every day more and more imminent
! The great retreat began on March 16,
according to plan, and was carried
through without a break in a few
stages of moderate length The object
of G. III. Q. was in general to avoid bat
tie, and to allow the troops time to
prepare the Segfried line before the
enemy reached itsin superior force.
Some of the divisions in reserve at the
time were ordered to the new position,
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tralia All rights reserved for France,
Belgium, Holland, Russia, and the
Scandinavian countries.)
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the war during 1918 would then have
been easier. The labor required for
their construction. however. was not
available. Moreover. the best lines
ultimately gave way before the tanks,
which were able to overcome the great
est obstacles
CALLED HUNS; ADMITS REASON
We had TO put up with the fact that
the Entente turned our exceedingly
thorough demolition of the territory
and dispersal of the population to ac-
count, in order once more to call us
huns, and to play the. organ of their
propaganda with ali the stops pulled
out. One cannot blame them.
Nevertheless, we had acted in &C
cordance with the laws of warfare,
and had not even gone as far as the
belligerents in the American Civil War,
During our retreat in Poland in 1914
we had spared the country as far as
possible. for there. on account of the
vast distances. | had. set all my hopes
on the obstruction of the railways But
in the present case the area avacuat ed
was so small that the country had to
be more severely handled
In Poland we were able to leave the
Inhabitants of enemy territory alone;
here both humanity and prudence de-
manded that we should drive them out
Ought we to have left them 20 perish
in the devastated districts?
In all the measures we took, the
exigencies of war alone proved the de-
cisive factor. Otherwise the dictates
of humanity were obeyed as Far as
possible. We were too powerful to
wish to increase the suffering OF others
by unjustfiable harshness and spite.
This was the case not only here. put
everywhere. We only acted with sever
ity where military security demanded
tin matters of contre-espionase
Frances great offensive in 1917; the
failure of which led to the disgrace of
General Nivelle and the fall of the
Painieve cabinet. was due to the fact
that the Germans knew in advance
where the blow was to fall and had
made all preparations to meet 1t.
Failure of Marshal Haig to press an
vantage he had gained earlier gave
the Germans a chance to pit their
strength against the French, These
are high points of Ludendorff tomor-
row.
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This suit may be had in either mahogany or wal
nut Our dining room furniture stock is quite COM
plete at present. embracing practically all the
beautiful period goods as we'll as the ever-popuar
colonial designs. Prices on complete dining room
suite range from
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-08-25
MORMONSDR|VENFROM
MEXICO BY GEN. VILLA

Douglas. Ariz., Aug. 20 Some OF
the several hundred Mormons who
were driven out OF their colony at
Colonia Morelos. 65 miles southeast
OF Douglas by Villas army OF inva-
sion in 1916 are endeavoring to re-
cover their homes from the Mexican
sqnatters who have usurped them.
About ten Mormon families still live
in the colony but are not permitted
to occupy their own brick houses.
Mexican families are living in them
and refuse to quit. proclaiming the
doctrine of Mexico for Mexicans -
Many other Mormons, dishearten
ed by their reverssls have begun
life anew in the United States.