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J. Ts . Y p ) . tI . ' . - ' - ' ' '" ' . ! I "' ' .'.,"THf ROWERS COLLECTION. , (. , . ' ': Pcrn; (KXK1 iH 7 Tl fl T7TT 7T1 O if S ' : I 1 1 .! I t l BY AL FABU3R OTHER 'GERMAN SPIES IN AMERICA It !t ibowa thxt In W'Vihlcrgtoa newspaper Writs ponder.: hare been seeding cable dis patches to cbsccre newspapers in Switzerland Kcliz x much as a thossatuS dollars a feocth. ari that these newspapers never be fore received any cablegrams from this coun try. code. The New York HeraH wyi these arc fneuurtt and contain icfcematicn for .Germany. It reads the rict act to Confess la the following vigorous fashcn: It wcuM seem as though seme great d;x:er were necessary to force upon CccgTest a realixatioo of the war reob Irms which confront us. An illustration cf the blindness c.fc the House is given by the fact that upon the declaration cf Rep rrsentativc Mann c! what he call the ridiculousness" cf the national alarm ever German plotters the spy provision of the trai-.rg with the enemy till was stricken cm?. It U to be regretted that there it r.o channel cf cfT.cial in formation between the great departments of the guterr.mer.t and Centre. CTesmea Were that the cave tne ton rhe mjndi are ciou-iy at to a the are mirt be well enough ir formed to enable them to legiv- U?r ir.tci.rrr.tiT a well a r;atrio:tcai!j. The Herald thi morninj:. in a dbjutch frcm Vah:rtcn, show, bow seriot; this corfstson ix. Vahir.gton ar.d New York" are f.Ited with German new pa per a:er.. whoe r.cr.inj! employer are fcbSicaticfts in reatral contrtc- ureltr ihere is tome Srr-T,l fee spucn when a German in America. poirj; a a newtpaper corte- pcr.der.!.' eni in an pbKcre joyrcal in h'.ircrUr. ! cabte d;pa?che cotinj: more than a thand ditlart a month when it it a fict eai! aerta":r.ed that r.eter be fore iK present vr. i;t:cns cited did the tourr-a! in r-e t:n crer pend a dotlar in ca..'r itrn tr.: co'is:rr. , f'T'-t rr...-ti.!! - 1 a nii coc:- r. i-a tie enrmy. nJ!TY t-j-tmaljcn . to . K , m a t ea-.er than the con c; a (occ tn wnai arrears :n the :ixzt fa te an hcr,rt news d;iptch m - - re ccmr-ercu! menace. Kepmcrjatjtc Mann i "oTetwbetme4 w$:h rrsef at the thocht that Or man cr. let a peosi;cn rj the trad;rr w$:.v tne cremr fcul m:rhl be den:eS the ccr.s-a- t:n ri rrceissrg letters from relatives in ih;s cfun:ry. M'.st a tranpcrt l sur Mann will feel that wr ate k t efcre Mr. in a war and that it t Niser that the tender senbui t:t cf German err.ir be injured than that the rruuant get exact tiata concern-i-g eur ms;tary motements upon wh:ch to tae ther pirate warfare? It seems mrre than pa:r.g strange that a jCcrgrestman cf Mar.n's inteHerxe shcu!d lrppose a law that utmW stop this kind f bui r.es s. Hat in a nat:n money mad it is to be icsedcd-, And that i the troupe with the war right .w. In:ea ! rf a ration tvecomsrg patriotic txrA figctt:ng for the ronce all cle ase the ;.,-re cf the r!ag. hur.ireds ef crared money rabers ruh in and in;si thai this will not I that wII tvtfX d.a. tV.tes Uncle 5am takes kmea.srrn to stos the spy system: unlets he 1 ruhes thrweh h:s war pre paraVrr.s an I sends tjse mu.sn men to irar.ee, ir,c "i.4 w W-c?!ir'ed ir.defcr.;:eJv. The Amencan reT. a a peep!e. have revcr yef been aroued. ."Ine-tenths ef them fail to grap the encrmily Vf the situation- They fail to rea!:re that it is Ws;Me fee Germany to cot. to these shorts 4;th her tnsai re armies. They have gnr.e rr-iJ ar.i rrch:hit:cn mad and all other f mad. and are not mk:rg hay. The .k.r.is c Icxrz all he can Co. but instead ot ---?t c ' action. irs;cav x 1 tome:hir.ir to help in the pftecut.on cf the War thcoarx!s cf us are a::sng in retarding 1, fi-s crx ef these days there will be an awaVesinr. We will be !xk:rg the stable after the h?rse is stolen. Ksery Cttmn spy bo i. I be harctd. irty man ai ling and abet-t-g the enemy by wrtfd ef mouth rr o:herwte ,-T J tc impri'"-r--! Thi is no time for halfway meassrrs. but ha'.f way measure An IU Wind is an it: wind that btows rvl to robody. It and we yr:'.rr how the r f mt'h i ?i?Ae hit f I Ni.au e he kms mat ir.c.r.ii- r f ih- reean feel about this subma- sumed. Save the rrvVWarr Carrie valued at motions of j ,ee that there is no w,stc of lood. 1011 cam S 'iJI 4 J'rn ta tic bittern, and rf course waste the money. If it is spent for a state con t IsmZ Vx dtnns ef the deep. Tl;e ventien today it w.ll be spent for something i I ?! o ' mack their !: when a crew f the tomorrow. It only a circulating me- ;;:a" w cr .f it i true 'that the rasens d;m and cannot be wasted. As a nation it " : I r 4" fed In the lan three makes no di.Tercncc whether Smith cr Jones a-1 ? rcd?m;: rf dlar. in food- f has the full pur-jujst so the purse ,s fulL V , te bottom, an! thcr.sand f But as a nation it does make a difference if iVsVs ha.c An ! the he cf the 1 both Smith and Jones waste food that should cf l:e he - Vr i ,v. A ,v.. ..w, arc 1 u ,4secL That s the ditterence. and food A lznU'uX U l1 l fnCf I raiion i. the one thing to watch and thctn- j U!k about. .... . . . . -f . i f rrv I C- I re s si:h;n rcaih cf cscrjlo.). itucumoi urn a txxju k&ui on cmi WE ICNEW THIS TWO WELL, ALAS! The federal trade commit lion Has given its otf.aal sanction to the fact that prices on al most cverrthirc consumed are too bsjrh. Dut we all knew this. Why waste time and money in ascertaining facts already known to all men? Why not give Hoover or the trade commission or some other ajrencr power to act? Why should we be paying three and four prices for foodstuffs, and everything else, for that matter? No reason in the world, ex cept speculators have come in like highway men and demanded-our money and we have given tt up. Prcsident Wilson issues appeals to the peo ple and to the railroads and to producers, but what ts wanted is a law that will give the government power to act. and then machinery to enforce that law. It can be done and done quickly if the fool CoigTesmen will grt a little patriotism into their heads and forget politics aixut a day. The average Congressman is so afraid that he will not please his constituents in all things that he walks the tight rope and does nothing. What Congress needs is some brave men, men able and fearless, who will take hold of these questions and shake things up. Right row the people of the United States are being robbed band, and there ts a way to slop it. Not necessarily by saying what com shall be worth, but by saying the gambling must stop and that speculators cannot buy and hold and corner markets. It is.easy to do, but it will reser be done, it seems. o Nothing Serious. The Durham Herald says about our great hog pen war and other things threatening to disrupt the city: Between the fight over the selection cf a new superintendent of the schools and the proposition cf allowing hogs nearer the city limits than in the days of yore, the Greentboro Commissioners arc making a bid fee a opularity that is not unlike the esteem in which populace bold the murr.pr. The war-time hog proposition I . ir.tcccenl cl schools facd rre-e!ection. and between the two the Gate City people hate found plenty to occupy their rinds without worrying over a set of senators and congressmen who lose the sound cf their own voices more than they do the men who are being sent to the battle&elds. Thcre hat been no blood spilled up to the hour pf gtnng to press. There will be nothing doing unless the Commissioners defiantly con tinue the school warfare. If this is done there will be an attempt at recall. We doubt wheth er the recall would accomplish anything, but it is certain that a petition will be circulated if the school matter is not quieted. The friends cf the Hammel campaign insist that Koontz mut not be retained, because if he is the school Suppose lightning should strike an inter urban Hog Pen and put it out cf commission? Would the city be responsible, and should an ins estimation be ordered? 0 Conservation. It doesn't lock like there was much conser vation cf com or time in this state, if we arc to judge by the number of conventions being held. True, there are limited delegates, but the merriment still goes on. In our town yes terday Mr. Fred Taylor, chief of the fire de partment, asked for expense money ion omy sesen delegates, whereas it hat been the cus tom to send fourteen. War time caused him to cut in half the usual delegation, but no matter what the organization the state meet ing still go on. And why not? If war is on us. why not let our pep!e have a good time while they can? Whv shut up like a clam and look se rious and say we must talk only in whisper. There is only one thing paramount in this war business, and that is to stop the waste of foodstuffs. The idea that every tabic should be be laden with food that is never eaten must dimised. Cock only what wiU be con- garbage, for the The rumor that Germany was about to sue ( for peace do not as et seem to be cocwfirced. ! r fi itiSrtt It 14 cm thit nurtlion that mil I . 11 j j , r ' nub city he rets naturally the more ousmcss aeni. 11 is irom precis om mai an wukd- harr. Hundreds of l citizen have "V"" will do. The billboard, the electric sign, tic information comes, and it is up to that pub- themselses. and as the day go by the blood Ph J d;rayf the arc the things licity bureau to say what can be printed and JlVlZ Ktbn ht. cannot be priced. ?Zl S-bTS ? .0 hanr PWic "d lh wan who is selling goods It is a self-evident fact that at, least half of repe very much-but there is room to hang fc h customers come from, the wild stones which have been sent from a hat cr two. and there will perhaps be some- eyCcorac -nd ,cavc thc coin. The live across the sea the last three years concerning !.i rg dotrg. , merchant doesn't advertise for one particular victories of both the allies and Germans have But m these times, when war i erery where Jjercna 1 f becn mi$Ieadin& Berlin claims one thing and cNe GrrenXboro wants to be the Johuny 01 h but h wanW rncmbers of all churches the French war office gives it the lie. It was the pt. hc win start something. , . . . . . . . 5nouldn't care our understanding that with a bureau of pub- m O I SATURDAY, JULY 14, 19x7. A FREE PRESS NOTLICENSED It is generally understood among many people that the business office of a newspaper dominates the editorial rooms, and that were it not for the business office suggesting that the editor go light on this'fubject or light on that through fear of losing business there would be in this world a fearless and unbought pre newspapers which would, like Boscoc of old, eat 'cm alive. But even that wouldn't work. The following news item and com ment from the New York. Herald makes the story plain: After an existence tf "six years an advertisement-less newspaper in Chicago that proclaimed itself to be the sole ex ponent in America of the ideal free press has suspended publication. The publisher, who boasts of the achievement of having brought his journal to a point where it was not losing more than $500 a month, issues a swan song in which be says that not enough people wanted a free press. Tired of publishing a newspaper "under no obli tion to advertisers and free to publish the truth," this journalistic crusader sur renders to his imaginary foe zndt enlists in the war on the kaiser. It is interesting to observe that, while many persons have proclaimed their de mand for a "free" press for journals that ssould print nothing but the truth and that would not sully their souls and their columns with advcrticments--only one man has had the hardihood to back his theories with his money. The failure of hi experiment does not prove that the American people do not desire a free press that tells the truth fearlessly. It merely . shows that the free press already in ex istence is superior to the one that vaunted its freedom. Incidentally, also, it shows that a news paper without advertisements is not a complete newspaper. Six months hence an advertisement indicating that John Smith & Sons are making a "drive" on potatoes or satins w ii;rt rcM, a s jn n j thouvanis cl newspaper readers as wm a news item that the erstwhile publisher of the ad-less newspaper has participated in a big "push" somewhere in France. The truth is that newspapers for the most part print about wnat tney warn 10 prim now and men tne menacing worn pvuwt m I t . I a iLa come in and mattes oemanos, oui ior mc moil part the editor of the paper generally K fcU ov Advcrtisinc i simolv a business tforK.iiion. and the merchant is a 1001 wno allows personal feelings to keep him out of the transports were going to France, column of a newspaper that other people Strange that this Nation cannot furnish in Puhlirifv it what he seeks in advertis- formation to its people and satisfy them. ing, and every medium, no matter whether he like' it politics, its appearance or its owners, is worth his while. lie can buy space and tell the rublic what he has to oner, and the more anything about the newspaper, except to know that it 1 read by the people. 1 ne cnicago pa per dreamed that if there were no customers tn nlrise excent the subscribers: if the edito rial department was free to talk about any and everything, all the people would want such a paper and demand it. But, as the Herald points out. after six years hard sledding it never did pay, and finally was forced to suspend. I'copic read advertising as well as ncsvs. In this town the past week this paper has carried several .pages of information concern ing cut prices on shoes and clothing, and the readers were glad to get such news. As the Herald says, i( is interesting information to kvw that John Smith & Sons arc making a drive on potatoes or satins. -o It makes a man feel very cool to get into one of these cut-in-half Palm Beach suits and know your neighbor paid full price for his because he wanted to force the season. o Will Fight To Finish. While Germany is not at peace with itself, the chances arc that the war will continue until Germany is annihilated. The kaiser is evidently determined to never sue for peace, and doubtless the allies arc determined to never grant peace unless it means the absolute annihilation of the German empire. Thai was a gTcat day in Berlin Tuesday, but it appears that the ones responsible for the war arc still in the saddle, and as they believe, it appears sincerely, that God is with them in this struggle it is folly to look or a settlement of differences. The allies have indicted Germany for all the crimes in the. catalogue. They have firmly rc mWrd tn firht to a finish, and while America is in she hasn't signed up with the allies. She is simply assisting, ana 11 win wkc ncr nvc million men to bring to the kaiser a realizing sense that numbers will finally be victorious. AT IB XZWf STAXSS AXD OK TBAXKB EMMA GOLDMAN ISMISGUIDED tmma uoldman has commenced to serve a two years sentence in a" federal prison, con victcd of attempting to obstruct the federal army draft law. Perhaps others made as much attempt infthis regard as the Goldman woman," but Emma has too long been a holy terror. Naturally hcr'past character was con sidered it had to be although the. law does not intend it should be. But for many years EmmaaGoldman has been sowing the seeds of anarchy in this country, and the harm she did was in influencing weak-minded outlaws to join her organization. ' Emma Goldman is a wonderfully, brilliant wpman, and her talents could have been em ployed for the good of the country her father adopted. It is said that when she serves her time she will be deported to Russia, and if she is this country is well rid of one great dis turbing force. To her credit it must be said that she is entirely honest and earnest in her views on anarchy. She believes that it.is pos- 1 if fl" stole to nave an taeai woria wnere mere is no law. Her philosophy teaches "that if people were as they should be the human race would be one large family, all helping one another. From the platform she has preached this doc trine, and her followers have been taught to believe that the way to reach this ideal world is to use dynamite to clean up capital. and Society. Preaching and teaching this danger ous propaganda, she has always managed to hide behind the Constitution, which guaran tees free speech in free America. But for years she has been guilty of seditious utter ances, and her departure will be a great'thing for this country. Her lecture engagements haven't proved very successful in late, years. At first she was regarded more as" a curiosity. tnan anything else ana large houses greeted her. But the past few years she has' enter tained socialists and anarchists, and that was about all. Her printed articles were widely .distributed. . o And if w-e could get another railroad into this OM BALM -tower- thetemis ht.-e Ie sftallqr aboo t pr lyaTT?'- . - o ' : . . Looks Easy. And now comes Senator Penrose, and de mands an investigation, of the bureau of pub licity. He wants to know about salaries, about the number of people employed, and he wants particularly to know why reports are changed and why the American people can't have in formation. This especially because of the dif ferent stories told about U-boats when our There is certainly some reason for maintaining secrecy concerning certain things, and, as we understand it. President Wilson appointed George Creel to personally represent tne rresi- licity in this country our people would receive nothing but the truth, if they received any thing. Oftentimes the truth need not be told. But it looks like Senator Penrose wants to start something, and this seems a poor time to do it. Better let the President have his bureau and let that bureau give out what informa tion it wants to give out, and not pay attention to all the wild stones, many of them written in New York and given a foreign date line. o - Might as well prepare for at least two years of war. The kaiser isn't going" to stop until he is stopped. o Federal Control. The Southern publishers have held their annual meeting and, like the famous Tooley street tailors, they have resolved that .they 'were the people and asked Congress to take control of the white paper situation. But why not take control of the black coal situation? Why not take control of all situations in these days of highwaymen's tactics? The thing to do is to put the conspirators" in the peniten tiary. That they are conspirators, morally, there is no doubt, and the. Department of Jus tice has made overtures suggesting that they are legally so. The paper manufacturers have fleeced the publishers for over two years-; they have done it defiantly, and Congress has no more right to take control of the paper output than it has to take control of. all other outputs in which the public is interested. Surely the flour and coal, supply is of greater moment than the sup ply 6f white panerv In a pinch a man could get along without his newspaper, but take his coal-and flour away from him and he either starves or freezes to death. ; It 'isn't a matter of government control of the products it is a matter of government control of the speculators and conspirators who have determined to rob the people blind. ESTABLISHED MAY; igoa. ONLY GROUNDS FOR EXEMPTION It is now thought that the drawing for army men will not take place until. next week, be- v . cause of delay in some states getting in their information. But next week the numbers -will Be placed and the names of those who will go : to war, unless they are excused or fail to pass- r examinations, will be known. The War De partment has just issued a bulletin telling who will be exemptand it is a wide field, and manyc; -are the men, who caii successfully claim ex- -emption if they do hot want to go. : The list - ' came in this morning and-is official. It reads; , -"The following are the only grounds for ex- -.empjion-:' . . . f ;' -.' - "r. That-you are an ofcer legislative,exr riitJv err - inrliria tJrtf the United States. Tav state or territory or the District of Columbia., "2. That you are a regular or duly ordained minister of religion. . V V r fi "3. That you were on May 18, 1917, a student preparing- for the imnistry in any recognized" theological or divinity .-school. ; 4 '!' t " "4. That you are in the-military or naval ' service of the United States. '1 "5. That you are a subject of Germany, " whether you have taken out papers or not. "6. That you are a. resident alien .who -has. V not taken out first papers. . : " "In addition to claims for exemption claims for discharge may be made on any, of theol- . lowing grounds; which are the only grounds , for discharge by a local board : ' -' . "1. That you are" ?a county or municipal. " Officer.- "-. ; ' , , "2. That you are a customs house clerk. "3. That you are employed by the United States in the transmission- of mails. . - : "4. That you are an .artificer pr workman employed in an armory, arsenal or navy -yard-, ; of the United States. . :; - - "5. That you are employed in: the service of the United, States (under certain conditions). See "paragraph :e of section ,-Regu'ation5. , ; "6; "That you are a licensed pilot regularly ' employed in the pursuit of your vocatidn. , in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the Uiiif e"d States. " ' ; "8. That you are a married man with a wife or child dependent on you for support. "q. That you have a widowed mother depend ent on your labor for support. . 10. That you have aged or infirm, parents dependent upon your labor for support. 11. That you are the father of a motherless child under . sixteen dependent upon your lcbor for support. ' 12. That you are a -brother of an orphan child or children under sixteen dependent on - your labor for support. 13. That you are a member of any well- recognized religious sect or organization or ganized -and existent May 18, 1917, and whose then existing creed or principles forbade its members to participate in war in any form and whose religious convictions are against waror participation therein in accordance with the creed or principles of said relgious organiza tion. ; These are the only grounds for exemption or discharge by a local board. : . "Another person can file a claim in; your be half, but must use different forms in filing the claim." Of course it is understood that physical de fects let a man out. Naturally there will be a big demand to save the married man, and on this ground there will be many appeals. How ever,' there must be an army raised, and after the first drawing there will be a secondhand . so on until at least five million men are ready to do battle. " o . - Suffragettes Obstinate. The regularly organized equal suffrage league has tried to get the fool women com- ; posing the Congressional Union to stop their idiocy and get down on the earth. But the v half-witted sisters insist on picketing the White House grounds, and so sure as a gun is iron they are sowing seeds that will land them in prison for a term of years. President Wil son has been very patient with these poor fools, and one of these days he will find it necessary to stop them from running at large. The hope, is that he will make his order quick ly. Such' conduct as indulged in bythese half crazed creatures only adds to the general dis content of the country. They have ainbeen guilty of treason,' and to hang them would be pretty harsh, but treason s punishable by death, and sex should make no difference. ' 0 : ' The Four-Minute Men. Greensboro will organize the Four-Minute -Men, and two or three times a week at each playhouse thepe "will be four-minute speeches concerning the war and what is needed. These speeches will be made. by volunteers who en list for the war period and will assist the gov ernment in its prosecution of the war. The speakers are furnished, their text by the gov- - ernment, talk only four minutes, and it is , the belief of the Council of Defense that this pub licity will be. the greatest help yet devised. Naturally if you didn't go to the Fourth of ' July celebration you will .try to do something ; Christmas. . . ... . trt.e zU I '-J r.
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