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VOL. 11. NO. 25.
The Need That Uncle Sam Should Be
Able to Defend Himself Is Dis
cussed by the Former President in
First of a Series of Articles.
“TREATIES ARE NO GOOD
UNLESS BACKED BY FORCE”
Fate of Belgium Is Cited as an Ex
ample of What May Happen to
This Country Unless It Ignores
the Advice of the Ultra-Pacificts.
This Is the first of a serles of articles by Colonel Roosevelt-on the ies
sons for the American people in the great European war. .
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT. :
N this country we are both shocked and stunned by the awful
l cataclysm which has engulfed civilized Europe. By only a
few men was the possibility of such a widespread and hideous
disaster even admitted. Most persons, even after it occurred, felt
as if it was unbelievable. They felt that in what it pleased en
thusiasts to speak of as ‘‘this age of enlightenment’’ it was im
possible that primal passion, working hand in hand with the most
modern scientific organizations, should loose upon the world these
forces of dread destruction. ; » G
In the last week in July the meén and women of the populoms
civilized eountries of Furope were leading their usual ordered
lives, busy and yet soft, lives carried on with comfort and luxury,
with appliances for ease and pleasure such as never before were
known, lives led in a routine which to most pépple seemed part of
the natural order of things, something which could not be dis
turbed by shocks such as the world knéw of old. A fortnight later
hell yawned under the feet of these hardworking or pleasure
seeking men and women, and woe smote them as it smote the peo
ples we read of in the Old Testament or in the histories of the
Middle Ages. Through the rents in our smiling surface of civil
ization the volcanic fires beneath gleamed red in the gloom.
WAR LIKENED TO TITANIC DISASTER.
What occurred in Europe is on a giant scale like the disaster
to the Titanie. One moment the great ship was speeding across
the ocean, equipped with every device for comfort, safety and
luxury. The men in her stokehold and steerage were more com
fortable than the most luxurious travelers of a century ago. The
people in her first-class cabins enjoyed every luxury that a luxu
rious city life could demand and were screened not only from
danger but from the least discomfort or annoyance. Suddenly, in
one awful and shattering moment Death smote the floating host,
so busy with work and play. They were in that moment shot back
through immeasurable ages. At one stroke they were hurled from
a life of effortless ease back into elemental disaster; to disaster in
which baseness showed naked and heroism burned like a flame of
light.
In the face of a calamity so world-wide as the present war, it
behooves us all to keep our heads clear and to read aright the
lessons taught us; for we ourselves may suffer dreadful penalties
if we read these lessons wrong. The temptation always is only to
half-learn such a lesson, for a half truth is always simple, whereas
the whole truth is very, very difficult. Unfortunatelya half truth,
if applied, may turn out to be the most dangerous type of false
hood. :
“EXISTING TREATIES NO PROTECTION.”
Now, our busines§ here in America in the face of this cata
clysm is twofold. In the first place it is imperative that we shall
take the steps necessary in order, by our own strength and wis
dom, to safeguard ourselves against disaster as has occurred in
Europe. Events have shown that peace treaties, arbitration
treaties, neutrality treaties, Hague treaties and the like as at pres
ent existing offer not even the smallest protection against such dis
asters. The prime duty of the moment is therefore to keep Uncle
Sam in such a position that by his own stout heart and ready hand
he can defend the vital honor and vital interest of the American
people. . ‘
But this is not our only duty, even although it is the only duty
we can immediately perform. The horror of what has occurred in
Burope, and which has drawn into the maelstrom of war large parts
of Asia, Africa, Australasia and even Amerieca, is altogether too
great to permit us to rest supine without endeavoring to prevent
its repetition. We are not to be excused if we do not make a reso
lute and intelligent effort to devise some scheme which will mini
mize the chance for a recurrence @f such horror in the future and
which will at least limit and alleviate it if it should occur. In other
}words, it is our duty to try to devise some efficient plan for secur
hng the peace of righteousness throughout the world.
That any plan will surely and automatically bring'peace we can
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Buys Bad Securities
John D., Br., Grows Confidential on
Golf Links and Tells How He
Loses—SBometimes.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26.—Summer
fleld Baldwin, father of William W.
Baldwin, a New York lawyer, has re
turned after a visit to his son’s home
in Westchester County, New York,
Though 82 years of age, Mr. Bgldwin
enjoys golf and told of a game he had
played by invitation on the links of
John D. Rockefeller,
In the course of the game John.D.
talked about investments and men
tioned several which had been far
from profitable to him. For instance
there was the Western Maryland
Railway. He helped tg reorganize
this company and now controls it, it
is said. He told Mr. Baldwin this in
vestment so far has ylelded him no
return. But he added that he still
has confidence in its future.
' As for Colorado Fuel and Iron, Mr.
Rockefeller said he has Invested
millions of dollars in that company
without a cent of return.
In spite of this showing of poverty,
Mr. Rockefeller was calm enough to
play good golf.
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Finds ‘BigOne’ onLine
IsN av{;: Submarine
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—Honors
for hpokln: the biggest fish that ever
got away go to Martin Ulrich, a sales
man' of Oakland, who is himself au
thority for the story. Ulrich and a party
of friends were out fishing for big fish
in Ulrich’s launch “‘Germany,” off Angel
Island in San Frafclsco Bay. Buddenly
his line gave a violent tug. He grasped
it will all his might, and so strong was
the pull that the launch began to plunge
wildly through the waves.
After a few minutes of excited uncer
tainty something strange and shapeless
rose from a swirli of foam ahead. It
was submarine K-27, taking a practice
spin. Ulrich’s hook had fouled a ring
on the exterior of the submarine. He
cut the line.
?.20001’ .&t Found
n Fresh Water Clam
BT. LOUIS, Sept. 26.—Richard Thom
as and August Knies, miners, cast thelr
minnow nets into the Okaw Rilver, just
north of Carlyle, 111, and hauled in a
half-dozen clams. Thomas broke open
the shells anda was about to ‘toss a
mussel away when his fingers felt a
hard substance.
“Look here, Gius,” he cried, “I believe
I have a pear!!”
Gus looked, and both viewed the
largest gem, perhaps, ever seen in Bt.
Louis. They made the:rounds of the
St. Louis jewelry shops and were in
formed they had found “‘a pearl of great
price.” They are holding it for $2,000.
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Man of Means Jailed;
Took Bread and Milk
4
PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 26-—~Admitting
that he owned real estats, John Valin
sky, ag>d 56, pleaded guilty to stealing
eight quarts of milk from doorsteps.
The police also charged him with steal
ing bread.
Valinsky pleaded that he was “dry
and hungry” when he stole the food
stuffs, but admitted that he owned real
estate against which there was no in
cumbrance, Justice Audenried sen
tenced him to four months in the coun
ty prison,
.
Pardon Lets Convict
Die With Clear Name
LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 26.—For the
first time In the history of Arkansas
a State convict has been granted a par
don at the point of death in order that
he might die without the stain of gon
viction resting against him.
Governor Hays, acting on the state
ment that Joe Coker, now serving a
sentence from this country for second
degree murder, 1s critically ill of swamp
fever at the State Farm and can not
possibly recover, has pardoner Coker.
.
First Stowaway at
Canal Earns 1 Cent
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—Bearing
the distinction of being the first stow
away successfully to have negotiated the
Panama Canal, John Jaugan has ar
rived on the steamship Admiral Schley.
After his presence was discovered,
Jaugan was signed as a member of
the crew and was employed polishing
brass work for 23 days, ‘for which he
will recelve exactly 1 cent.
At 82 Father of 13
.
Takes Bride of 88
MENA, ARK., Sept. 26.—David @G.
Miller, 82, and Mrs. Vernilla Slawson,
88, obtained a marriage license here
and were married. Miller s father of
thirteen living children, the eldest of
whom is 44 years old. The couple have
103 children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren,
e ATLANTA, GA.. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1914.
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Coming Month, However, Will Be
Hot and Dry for the Most Part.
Venus, “King of Stars,” Is To
Be at ““Her’’ Brightest Oct. 23.
There’s No Human Life on Mars,
Says the Griffin Seer—lt's Just
a Vast Frozen ‘Plane’ Like the
One Doc. Cook Found at Pole,
Fair September hath yet a few days
to run, but that period, with refer
ence to the October forecast of Pro
fessor A. L. Snider, of Griffin, is
compartively slight—even infinitesi
mal. The professor can lay down for
you the weather for next year. He
will tell you so himself. So why
should a few days, more or less, con
fuse him when it comes to the cli
matological complexities of the ap
proaching October? They de not
confuse him. They merely aid the
professor to get a better perspective
on the weather prospective, as it were
—a sort of running start before leap
ing into the autumnal lap of the fair
Southern October.
We get this from the professor,
then, as the October prediction, with
a light discussion of Venus, poeticaily
cast, and a more profound considera
tion of the problem of human life on
the plarlet VMara.
. First comes the October weather.
| H#Good, Clear Weather.”
*October will come in fair and
cool,” predicts Professor Snmider, “It
will be a' dry and warm month, how
ever. There will be a fqw showers,
of course, but the general outlook is
for ‘much good, clear weather."”
So far, good enough, But the sci
entist who put Griffin, Ga., on the
map has a more serious comment to
make of the approaching month:
“fhe last week of October will
bring us to & combination of astro
nomical disturbances which will
caugé unsettled weather with rain,
followed by much cplder weather.
Frost may be looked for on October
26.” 3
Let us note the date—October 25.
The professor now is telling us some
thing vital, for does not the first frost
carry with it premonitions of ripen
ing persimmons and possums? And,
oh, the beatific combination of sweet
potatoes and simmering marsuplal or
rodent or whatever it is, to say noth
ing of 'simmon beer.
Here the professor breaks off rather
abruptly in his weather predictions
and with merély a hint to note well
the accuracy of his, forecast he sticks
his heels in the Pegasian slats and
proceeds to climb like a monoplane.
& Vénus Apostrophized.
“The planet Venus {8 now a very
brilliant 'star,” states the bard of
Griffin, by way of preliminary. “Look
over in the western sky after night
fall and see her. She i{s a beauty to
behold. Venus will be at her bright
est October. 23. She is the fairest
among ten thousand and one alto
gether lovely, therefore——
“Shine on, O Star, In Heaven so
bright,
Softly falls thy silvery light,
As from Heaven thou lookest afar—
King of the stars I know you are!”
Whereby it would appear that
among her other attributes this fa
vored planet, besides being also a
star, has a duality of gender, being
both & queen and a king in the same
hand.
Following is the professor's serious
essay of the month, entitled:
| “No Human Life on Mars.”
. Through a telescope, Mars looks to
be what Dr. Cook found at the North
Pole—a vast frozen sea of snow and
lico. Mars seems to be one vast frozen
plane. I believe the so-called canal
is a great river, running from pole to
pole. There are no mountains on
Mars, so I will draw the curtain un
til some man like Dr. Cook can find
a way to get to them.
Delevan’s Comet.
This majestic specter now is visi~
ble to the naked eye, with the tali
pointing toward the southwest. The
best time to see it is 3 o'clock in the
morning. i
(NOTE.—The professor agaln omits
to state whether one should be get
ting up or ‘oinr to bed when view
ing this apparition from the outward
realms of space. It is hoped that this
Important point will be settlied in his
next communication.)
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““He Became Terribly Angry and Let
Out String of Oaths and
Vile Words”
BILBAO, SPAIN, Sept. 26,—Follow
ing 1s a literal translation of a news
story in yesterday morning’s La Gra
ceta del Norte, a Bilboa morning pa
per, telephoned from Santander by its
“own correspondent:”
“The local reporters to-day called
on General Huerta., ex-President of
the Republic of Mexico,
“Upon the reporter’s intimating’'&
Huerta that the Spaniards in Mexico
had not reported much consideration
from him as President of the repub
lic, the ex-President became terribly
angry and let out a string of oaths
and vile words. »
“Whereupon your correspondent,
protesting, abandoned the interview.
The other reporters likewise con
demned the actions and manners of
Huerta.
“The Mexican Consul has made
apologies, begging that the intemper
ate impetuosity of General Huerta be
overlookd.”
General Huerta and family have
now gone to Cadiz.
Population of Paris
.
- Declined 1,026,507
PARIS, Sept. 26.—Officlal figures on
the census of Paris, within the city
walls, shows that there are to-day iln
the capital 362,464 fewer familles than
there were in 1911, The number of
households now in the city is 761,200.
Consequently a third of the resident
familles has left. Numerically as to in
habitants, the population to-day shows
a reduction of 1,026,607 as compared with
1911. This Is equal to 66 per cent of
the population in normal times.
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Austrian Emperor Is
Not Dead or Fugitive
THE HAGUE, Bept. 26.—Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary has
neither fled from Vienna nor has he
died, according to an announcement
made here to-day by the Austro-Hun
garian Minister.
He sald he had received a dispatch
to-day from Vienna telling how the Em.
peror was busying himself in behalf of
the Austrian wounded and had given
one of his palaces for & hospital
.
Nordau, War Prisoner
.
Freed; Coming to U. 8.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—Max Nordau, who
was arrested here recently as a spy and
detained in the concentration eamp, has
been released on the intervention of Am
bassador Herrick.
He has left France en route to the
United States, where he will remain till
the end of the war.
'Bass Dry Goods Co, to
Take 500 Bales Cotton
Mitchell Street Establishment, With
Large Trade From Farmers, Comes
to Their Assistance.
The first Atlanta dry goods store to
enter the popular buy-a-bale-of-cot
ton movement is the Bass Dry Goods
Company, of Mitchell street. As an
nounced elsewhere In this issue- of
The Sunday .American, the Bass
Company will buy 500 bales of cotton,
basis middling, which, at 10 cents, will
aggregate an amount of $25,000. For
this cotton the Bass Dry Goods Com
pany will pay in merchandise from
their store at the regular cash prices.
The store's stock includes dry goods,
furniture and wearing apparel for
women and children.
This store is popularly known by
and enjoys a large" patronage from
the farmers for many miles surround
ing the city, and through its move to
purchase 500 bales Is doing its share
in this movement to uphold thé price
of cotton. The Bass Company, 'in
taking over this cotton, does so with
the understanding that it will hold it
from the market for a perfod of
twelve months, or until such time as
the price of cotton goes to 10 cents a
pound in the cpen market,
Bouquet on Door of
's Closed Vill
Joffre's Close a
From the Speclal War Correspondent of
The Sunday American and London
Dally Telegraph.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—The extent to which
General Joffre is being idolized by a
people so impressionable and emotional
as the French, can be easily imagined.
Yet an admirer of the French com
mander did something even more deli
eately touching at Auteuil, whers the
Geeneral has a pretty villa, now closed.
This morning there was found hang
ing on the rallings a large bouquet of
carnations, dahlias and wild flowers.
An unknown hand had placed it there
in the night.
Germans Prepare for
All-Winter Campaign
LONDON, Sept. 26.—An Evening
News dispatch from Rotterdam to-day
says it has gen learned that every
available taf and canvas stitcher in
Germany is working night and day mak
ing heavy eclothing for the German
troops for a winter campaign.
.
Germans Bridge
Meuse for Troops
Spec’al Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
OSTEND, BELGIUM, Sept. 26.—Bel
glan scouts report that the Germans
have constructed a great bridge across
the Meuse at Dinant, where the stream
is about 325 yards wide. This is to
facilitate troop movements, Dinant is
sixteen miles south of Namur,
Tals Edition of The American
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Reports From the British Firing Line
Are That Furious Fighting Cannot
Last Much Longer Because of the
Awful Death Toll.
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TRENCHES ARE STREWN
WITH HEAPS OF DEAD
Desperate Attack of Kaiser’s Legions
on Fortifications Between Verdun
and Tuel on the River Is Success
ful, London Advices Admit. ©
By E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT.
Special War Correspondent of The Sunday American and The Lon
don Daily Telegraph. T
PARIS, Sept. 26.—1 was talking last night to a British cavalry
officer who has just returned from the front to fetch some re
mounts. He told me the fighting on the Aisne was of the most
;.deapmte character, the Germans concentrating their main effort
against the British army in the neighbothood of Laen. :
Our losses were very heavy, but those of the Germans must
have been ten times as great, for they still adhere to their old habit
of attacking in close formation. . “ - ' :
The officer is of the opinion that mo troops could continue to
fight much longer at the existing pressure. The German army
and the Allies have been fighting almost continuously for more
than three weeks, very often day and night. Losses on both sides
have been very heavy and the men have been called upon to per
form feats of superhuman endurance.
ADMIRES GERMAN ARMY MACHINE. ;
The officer expressed great admiration for the German army
as a machine, but has not a very high opinion of the individual
German soldier. They advance in solid formation because they
are forced to do so by officers, but the men are not naturally cour
ageous. He showed admiration, however, for the German head
quarters staff, and, above all, for the manner in which they had
conducted the retreat from the Marne to the fortified position
north of Rheims. o 458
When I asked him how the Germans were treating our wound
ed, he told me that in the engagement near Rheims to men of his
regiment were hit and left on the ground by a squadron which
had to retire.
When the ground was reoccupied two hours later both men'
were found to have been bandaged by German doctors, who per
formed the work of mercy under heavy fire. On the other hand
he told me of an officer in the Ninth Lancers who, having dis
mounted to remove a lance which a brother officer had received
in the chest, was shot dead by wounded German soldiers.
Rallying Germans Strike
At Fortress of Verdun
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
Special Cable to The Sunday American.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—That the desperate attack of the Ger
mans on the line of French fortifications between Verdun and Tuel
on the River Meuse is bearing fruit is indicated by the official ad
mission at Paris that the Germans succeeded in crossing the Meuse.
Though the official statement says that the greater part of the
attacking forces were driven back across the river, it does not ac
count for those remaining on the west bank. If a strong foree re
mains there, it may prove highly dangerous to the Allies.
The fortress of Verdun is the keystone of the French defense.
If the Germans succeed in capturing it they will be able to align
their armies on almost a straight front from the Oise to Metz.
This would give security to their lines of communication through
Luxemberg and eMtz, and permit them to regain the ground lost
when the Crown Prince’s army was forced to retreat from Ste
Menehould to Montfaucon.
Battle Crisis Along River Meuse.
Many experts have claimed that the attack on the German
right wing in an attempt to sever the German lines of communi
cation into Belgium is the erisis of the battle of the Aisne. The
indications to-day are that they were mistaken, and the erax of
the conflict is along the Meuse. sl
None of the official statements have hinted that British treops
