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—Follow The Boy That Follows The Flag—
Knights of Columbus
WAR FUND
—DRIVE—
March 11th To March 16th
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The Knights of Columbus have established and are establishing recrea
tion centers inyhe military camps in this country and France. These centers
are life-savers for the soldiers. They not only rest and restore them phys
ically, but they are a boon to them mentally. They are home to the home
sick and medicine to the worn out. The camps couldn’t get along without
them. Creed is forgotten; religious lines are wiped out in this work. Protest
ants are as welcome as Catholics. No man is asked what he believes or
whether he believes. It’s just: “What do you need?”
' Every Cordovan who gives to this fund is contributing to the comfort of
the soldiers.
Don’t wait to be asked to give. It is your duty to see that your dollars
get into the fund If you have given already, give again—give until it hurts.
You will never have an opportunity to put your dollars to a better use.
Approved and indorsed by President Wilson, Ex-President
Taft, Ex-President Roosevelt, Secretary of War Baker, Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels, General Pershing, Commanding Offi
cers of Every Cactonmict. iy the Press of the Country, by
Clergymen of Every Deaomiration.
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JAS. GALEN, Chairman F. A. JONES, Secretary
JOHN MULLER, Treasurer
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO JOHN MULLER, Treasurer
1 EXPOSED!
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®ALT,M®'*E AMERICAN. 4^.
t Arrested and held at Seward as a
% German spy was the predicament In
which Charles L. Mason, of Anchor*
| age. secretary to William C. Edes,
I chairman of the Alaskan engineering
commission, found himself, according
to a fanciful story in the newspapers
of Mr. Mason’s home town, Denver,
Colo. Ifepuse the young man filed at
the Seward cable office a message in
'which reference was made by num
bers to the chapter and the verse of
a book in the Bible he was suspected
of attempting to convey information
by secret code to the Germans. After
having been taken into custody, he
could not regain his liberty for several
days as according to the Denver jour
als it took that long for the officials
of Seward to find a Bible there so an
explanation could be made to them of
the innocent nature of the scriptural
reference in the cable message.
Story in Denver Papers
I The story as printed in the Denver
newspaper follows:
I ‘‘Charles L. Mason, former super
intendent of the Sunday school classes
at South Broadway Christian church,
Donver, narrowly escaped arrest in
connection with a ‘spy’ plot because
censors of cable dispatches to and
from the United States are not well
versed in the Bible.
“Marvin E. Gantz, who succeeded
Mason as superintendent of the Sun
day school, tells of the embarrassing
predicament his predecessor discover
ed himself in when government censors
I in Alaska Failed to understand the im
port of a congratulatory message con
taining a Bible excerpt.
Greeting and Good Cheer
“Mason is now employed in Alaska
and recently attempted to send a mes
sage of greeting and good cheer to
the Sunday school class during its an
nual festival in this city. In an effort
to save tolls and prevent congestion
on the already heavily burdened cable.
Mason conceived the idea of abbreviat
ing a Bible text.
I “At Seward, Alaska, Mason filed
this message to Gantz, Denver:
“ ‘Congratulations, Colossians, 2-5.’
“‘What's the code?’ asked an offi
cial in charge of the cable station.
“ ‘It's a Bibical excerpt,’ confided
Mason.
“ ‘Maybe,’ retorted ihe officer, sar
castically, and ordered Mason detain
ed as a suspicious person until the
'code' message could be investigated.
“After several days’ search a mis
sionary with a Bible was found and
apologies from the government offi
cers were profuse when the ‘code’ mes
| sage was translated thus:
“ ‘Congratulations. For though ab
I sent in the flesh, yet I am with you
j in spirit, joying and beholding your
order and the steadfastness of your
1 faith in Christ.’ ”
SLUED RULERS
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(United Press Staff Correspondence) (
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES AT i
VERDUN, Feb. 20.—Two years ago to- i
day, Germany began its great assault '
on Verdun, which by striking a death i
blow to France, was to shatter the en- 1
tire allied cause, and at the same)
time, by the military genius displayed ■
in the stroke, establish for all time to j
come the prestige of the Crow n Prince j
and the durability of the House of j
Hohenzollern. i
Today, Verdun, while still maintain- :
ing invincibly the proud position which s
the kaiser himself assigned to it as s
"The Greatest Fortress of Modern I
Times,” has become something more 1
to the allies, something in which the 1
moral and the spiritual elements enter |
more profoundly and more significant
ly than does its mere military import- j
ance.
Verdun, which saved France—and by ,
saving France, the entire allied cause'
1—has become to the allied nations a
veritable shrine—a shrine to which
they pay homage, collectively and in
dividually and with the same deep, de-;'
vout thanks and emotions that homage !
is rendered by the individual to the 1
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person or the Divine Providence
who has saved his life.
It was France's heroic nine months’ j 1
resistance at Verdun that not only 1
shattered the flower of the entire Ger- j ’
man army, but that permitted the!
other allied nations to perfect their!
armies and military organization to a j ‘
point that would enable them to enter
the arena with a fair chance against s
the military colossus that Germany ‘
had been perfecting for forty years
previous.
This supreme, historical, epocal
fact is now recognized and admitted 1
by all the allied nations and during
the past year, each and every one 11
of them has sought public occasion j
for giving expression to their thanks. |
In precisely the same manner that 1
the Individual almost since the begin- 1
ning of humanity has laid his votive *
offering of thanks at the feet of the '
Deity or at the shrine of the saint that <
has intervened in his behalf, all of the 1
allied nations have now deposited on <
(he shrine of Verdun votive offerings
in the form of the highest decorations ,
and medals for military valor which 1
they have the powder to confer. (
France herself paid the first tribute 1
to Verdun by conferring on it in con- '
formity with her time honored custom i
and tradition, the cross of the Legion i
of Honor to which was also added the
Croix de Guerre.
Immediately thereafter the various i
allied nations followed suit with the i
most distinguished decorations they i
had to offer, and in the Citadel at
Verdun, on a velvet cushion there are i
now pinned, in addition to the Legion
of Honor and the Croix de Guerre, the
Russian cross of the Order of Saint 1
3eorge; the English Military C/oss;
rhe Italian gold medal for Military
valor; the Belgian cross of the Order
>f Leopold: the Serbian gold medal
or military bravery; the Monteneg
rins- historic Obilitch Gold Medal and
inally the plaque, collar and grand
:ordon of the Portuguese order of the
rower and the Sword, the highest
lecorations and the highest rank of
he order which the President of Por
ugal had in his power to confer. And
inally, above the jeweled and decor
lted cushion there now hangs a glist
ening gold sword conferred on Verdun
>y the Mikado of Japan.
But these votive offerings deposited
>n the shrine of Verdun by grateful
illied nations constitute only part of
he homage that has been rendered,
n the same humanity-old custom in
vhich the grateful individual has made
ong personal pilgrimages to the
shrine of his patron saint or his ac
;epted city, the allied rulers during
he past year have made pilgrimages
o the shrine of Verdun in order to
five even more striking testimony of
:heir thanks. The circumstances un
ler which some of these visits were
made were exceedingly impressive and
striking.
King Albert of Belgium, who, when
he Hun invasion swept over all but
he last few square miles of his king
lom, vowed he wmuld never set foot
nitside this last remnent of Belgium
intil all had been redeemed, made an
exception to this vow in order that he
might pay personal tribute at the
ihrine of Verdun. Then on a hill sum
mit just outside the city itself, he
'almly and majestically pinned the
various Belgian decorations for mili
ary valor on the breasts of the indi
vidual defenders of Verdun while at
every momept throughout the cere
nony German airplanes fought over
mad in an effort to pass the barrier
>f French shells and the squadron of
•Tench air fighters that they might
Irop bombs on the king himself in this
tingly set.
King Victor Emanuel left Italian soil
or the first time since ascending to
he throne of Italy in order that he
night pay personal homage at Ver
lun.
Prince Arthur of Connaught made
he pilgrimage on behalf of King
leorge of England and President Ber
tardino Machado of Portugal came
Iso to the shrine in person, bringing
vith him the high insignia of the Gr
ier of the Tower and the Sword which
»e had conferred.
To the military halo that must al
vays encircle the name of Verdun dur
ng the centuries to come there prom
ses thus to be added also a halo of
latitude and thanksgiving from the
tilled nations which will continue to
thine with increased lustre and
itrength as future generations of these
tame allied nations render up in turn
he thanks for the life of political
reedom that Verdun will have con
erred on all.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 12.—Fed
eral Judge Dooling recently ruled that
vhen a ship or vessel is wrecked
hrough the carelessness of the mas
er in sailing too close to shore, the
company owning the vessel is liable
o the full amount of damages suffer
id by persons or from cargo lost or
lamaged.
He said that many coast wrecks
tad been caused by vessels taking
t course that brought them too close
o the shore for safety and that pos
ibly this was done under the orders
if the owners to save time.
The ruling was made on the peti
ion brought by the owners of the
vrecked steamer Santa Rosa for llmi
ation of liability. The vessel was
vrecked off Point Arguello, Cal., in
911.
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No portable camp kitchens have yet
>een provided for the army, presum
ibly because there is not yet need of
hem. Preparedness, you see, consists
n waiting until men are howling for
linner, and then advertising for bids
o build kitchens in which to do the
poking.—North American Review.
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Anybody that is looking for the col
apse of the German people on the food
[uestion had better turn around and'
ook at the moon, because the results
vill be the same. Germany is in no
nore danger of collapsing on that
core than we are, if as much.
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We have always had a great margin
>f food and never appreciated its sig
tificance. We have wasted food as a
lymbol of our success and progress.
V man who could order a meal and
>nly eat part of it felt he had gotten a
ittle further up the scale than the
nan who had to eat all he ordered,
fhat Is a fundamental sin in America.