THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1919
FIFTH LIBtKIY LUA1N
American marines and soldiers held
for three mortal days on the Marne
at Chateau Thierry against the picked
troops of the German army. Did they
quit the moment the Germans turned
back and tried to find a place to dig
in? No they did not. They went
right on fighting the German rear
guard. They drove them until the re
treat turned into a desperate rout.
And they kept right on chasing them,
first at one point and then at another
until they had cleaned them out of the
valley of the Meuse and the forest of
the Argonne, and the town of Sedan.
Then came the German surrender—
fhe most abject and crushing fall in
all the annals of warfare.
In plain language, the American
troops operated on the good American
rules of the game: “Keep your eye
on the ball. Follow through. Play
the game right and play it to the
finish.” Of course, they won. They
couldn’t lose, playing the tragic game
of war that way.
Now there is a parallel calling for
the same method of play.
The American expeditionary forces
went abroad to fight, to be wounded,
to be killed, if necessary—fully de
termined to carry out their pledge of
victory.
What was the direct pledge of the
American people to those men? The
contract was not all on the shoulders
of the troops. The nation had to take
one side of the contract. The Ameri
can people assumed the solemn obli
gation to back up the fighters with
money, arms, supplies, medicine,
moral and social maintenance.
The Army in France took a contract
to. fight.
The army at home took a contract
to pay the bills.
The fighting Americans have made
good on their contract.
now it is up to the people at home
to pay the bills.
That i& why the treasury is selling
anticipation certificates covering next
year's federal taxes and discounting
the subscriptions to the coming fifth
loan. All the money raised on the
previous four Liberty Loans has been
spent and the bills have not been
paid.
Nearly all the ‘ American soldiers
are over seas and it will cost many
hundred millions to bring them back.
Meantime, they must be fed and kept
up to the scratch in appearance,
health, morals, spirits and every
other way.
There is only one way to do it. This
paying business takes grife.
Every American must go right on
saving as hard as before the armis
tice.
Save every nickel, every dime,
quarter and dollar that can be spared
from living expenses. Put savings
into the banks, or buy Thrift and War
Savings Stamps.
Then when the time comes to sub
scribe for the Liberty Loan Everybody
will be ready to carry out the con
tracts we have on hand.
The soldiers won the peace by fight
ing.
We have the job of paying for the
peace.
Save and prepare for the Fifth
Loan.
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TAFT DIS8ECT8 8PEECH OF
8ENATOR KNOX
Analyzing Senator Knox’s objections
to the proposed covenant of the league
of nations, former President William
H. Taft, in a speech delivered at New
York on March 11, declared that the
covenant did not transfer “the sover
eignty of this nation to the governing
body of the leagus,” which Senator
Knox "asserts the executive council
to be.”
"When Senator Knox’s attack upon
the validity of the covenant is an
alyzed it will seem to rest on an As
sumption that the executive council
is given executive powers, which is un
warranted by the text of the cov
enant,” said Mr. Taft. “The whole
function of the executive council is
to be the medium through which the
league members are to exchange
views, the advisory board to consider
all others arising in the field of the
league’s possible action and to advise
the members as to what they ought by
joint action to do.
“The council makes few if any or
ders binding on the members of the
league. After a member of the league
has agreed not to exceed a limit of
armament, the executive council must
consent to raising the limit. Where
the executive council acts as a medi
ating and inquiring body to settle dif
ferences not arbitrated, its unanimous
recommendation of a settlement must
satisfy the nation seeking relief, if the
defendant nation complies with the
recommendation.”
TRIBUTE PAD
TO MEMORY OF
CORDOVA BOYS
(Continued from Page One)
song, “My Country ’Tis of Thee”; ad
dress, Charles J. Goodall; solo, “Reve
lation,” Mrs. T. N. Hubbert; benedic
tion; National Hymn and Simple Con
fession, orchestra
The address made by Mr. Goodall
was as follows:
“We have met here this afternoon
hoping to find some means, in a mes
ure at ieast, to express our admira
tion and respect for the three brothers
and friends, in whose honor we have
three golden stars on our honor roll,
and who gave up their lives in order
that liberty might not perish from the
earth. I gladly accept the duty as
signed to me to say a word in their
honor, though I realize how far I must
fail in expressing all that our hearts
feel at this time. But no matter how
poor my efforts may be they cannot
detract from the admiration, the love,
affeetiyn and esteem that flows to
their memory from all of us who knew
them well and admired their courage
and patriotic spirit. When we, the
people of the United States, were
called upon to put aside our ordinary
affairs and daily occupation to defend
ourselves from the aggressions of a
ruthless enemy who threatened the
destruction of all civilized institutions
in an attempt to enslave the whole
world, we looked to the young men
to prepare and meet the enemy in
battle on land as well as on sea, and
it may be said to the glory of Alaska
that the young men of this far north
did not hesitate. These loyal sons of
our country, from our town, from our
home, from our lodge, and from
among our friends, were among the
very first to answer the call, and in
this connection may I not say even at
a time like this, when our hearts are
heavy and sad because of the great
loss we have sustained in the ranks
of our soldier boys, that yet we are
mindful of a feeling of gratitude and
gladness because of the soldiers re
turned. I see many of them here this
afternoon and we are glad to have you
back with us. We honor you. You
have done your duty fully. And, like
our heroes that fell, were ever ready
with the same courage, and in the
same spirit that made possible a re
alization of promise fulfilled repre
sented in the stainless beauty bf our
fflnrlmis fln.er.
We regret to aay that we have
merely the briefest detail as to just
how these boys met their deaths. All
we know is Billy Jones, while raiding
on a troop train somewhere in France
met with some accident and died a
few hours later. James Bennett also
died while in the service.- He was at
some military camp in France. John
nie Jones was more fortunate, if I may
so speak, in that he lived to actually
face the enemy on the field of battle
and died gloriously for the cause of
liberty. France, too, ■was grateful to
him and recognized him as a valiant
soldier and pinned on his breast the
Croix de Guerre, the French war cross.
It is the highest honor that that
illustrious republic can bestow on a
soldier. As you know the Jones
brothers spent the greater portion of
theii* time living with their parents at
Mile 89, working for the Copper River
Railway company, but came to Cor
dova frequently, and it was my pleas
ant privilege to impart to them the
first lessons and fundamental prin
ciples of our great brotherhood, the
Knights of Pythias. James Bennett
was also a member of our lodge and
engineer by trade, working for the
Copper River Railway Company. We
miss these brothers in the lodge room
and we miss them in the pastime
gatherings around town, but we glory
in the memory and spirit of their
brave souls.”
Here a poem by Mrs. Owens of New
York was read, as follows:
The fields of France and Flanders will
be green
With buds of spring, and myriad birds
will sing
•Above the crosses gleaming In the
sun.
They sleep so quiet there, our soldier
dead!
Shall we disturb their rest? Ah, say
not so!
For we may love them there as well
as here.
And Heaven will smile on them as
graciously.
They have so gladly given of their
glorious youth,
And now they proudly lie among their
peers.
Disturb them not: their splendid work
is done.
Wrapped in the starry flag they loved
so well
They sleep their dreamless sleep.
The red poppies marks each resting
place,
With white of lilies that they died to
save,
And Heaven's own blue smiles from
behind jAe stars.
"But what shall we say to the
mothers who once sheltered these I
boys on their bosoms? What word
can we speak that will fill the empty
places and ease the pain of their
great loss? What can we say to them
who have sacrificed so much on the
altar of patriotic duty? If you know
who have ever felt the care and love
of a mother, you know that it goes on
and on forever until it kisses the un
seen shores of eternity. To them
words of comfort would be empty and
poor indeed. In the presence of their
great grief we can only bow our heads
in silence and join with the whole
nation as one great soul, offering at
their feet our everlasting gratitude.
We hope and pray that this sacrifice
shall not have been made in vain, and
that from the ruins wrought by this
war will arise a better and brighter
world to live in, and that from the
blood-soaked soil of Europe may not
only spring a league of nations, but a
league of universal brotherhood and
better understanding among all men,
and* if founded on the principles of
justice, charity and friendship, it will
heal the wounds of war, blaze the trail
and clear the way up which all nations
shall come in God’s appointed time.”
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Frank Clark of Fairbanks received
a letter in the last mail from Dr. Cas
sels, now a major in the army medical
corps. The letter stated that the
former Fairbanks physician is now in
charge of an army hospital in Cannes,
France, and that he was likely to be
stationed in that country for some
time to come.
PLAN ON NAVAL BASES
AT SAN FRANCISCO
OAKLAND, Cal., March 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The naval committee
of the national house of representa
tives is here investigating proposed
sites for naval bases. The committee
will leave for Seattle tonight.
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stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
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