Twin City Star
Saturday, August 24, 1918
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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FIGHT THEIR WAY NEARER TO NOYON
FIGHT THEIR WAY NEARER TO NOYON
FRENCH MENACE KEY TO ENTIRE
GERMAN LINE WEST OF
SOMME RIVER.
ENEMY FORCES RETREATING
Teutons South of Noyon and Along the Oisn Are Fleeing, Which May Account for Gen. Mangin's Rapid Progress.
London, Aug. 23—The German battle line in France is crumbling under the impetus of the attacks of the British and French.
From the region of Solissons around the curve in the front to the neighborhood of Lassigny, the enemy has been visited with further heavy defeats, while farther north, from the Somme river at Bray to the south of Aras, Field Marshal Haig's men have continued their victorious thrusts.
On no sector of the front have the Germans been able to stay their foes, who have captured a large number of additional towns and vantage points which in the further prosecution of the offensive are of the utmost strategic value. Nowhere is the enemy being permitted to pause for breath.
Thousands of Prisoners Captured.
Thousands of prisoners, numerous guns and machine guns and large stores of war supplies have been added to the stocks already in Allied hands. To the British alone in the last two days of fighting have come more than 5,000 prisoners.
The French have reached the Dirette river, and have crossed the Oise and Allette rivers. Driving northward on the heels of the Germans in the angle of the Oise and Allette rivers, General Mangin's tenth army advanced seven miles.
In a new offensive begun by Halg from the north of the Somme to Albert, an advance of two miles eastward already has been made over the six-mile front. In this fighting the town of Albert on the Ancre, the keystone of the German defense protecting the Germans north of the Somme, has been taken. Here the British made 1,400 Germans prisoner.
London. Aug. 23.—Fighting their way forward on the southern reaches of the Picardy battlefront, French troops stand before Noyon. This city has been referred to as the key to the whole German line west of the Somme.
During last night General Humbert's men reached the Dirette river for a long distance west of its confluence with the Oise. South of Noyon the army commanded by General Mangin holds the south bank of the Oise from Sempigny to Bretigny, a distance of more than six miles. At Sempigny they are only a little more than a mile from Noyon.
Aillette River Reached.
The line turns to the south at Bretigny and runs to Bourguignon, where it again curves to the east and reaches the Allette river at La Quincy Basset. It then extends southward, and it is officially reported that the French now have reached the outskirts of Pommiers, a village on the Alsne less than two miles west of Soissons.
German forces in the sector south of Noyon and along the Oise are said by the French official report "to be retreating," which may account for the rapid progress of General Mangin's army. It is said, however, that contact with the enemy is being maintained by the French.
Britons Strike Along Somme.
British troops attacked the Germans along the line between the Somme and the Ancre river. This may be considered a continuation of the attack north of the Ancre. The front of the last attack is about five miles long.
MAKE THEIR VESLE HOLDINGS MORE SECURE
Americans Take Another Position From Germans and Repulse Counter Attack.
With the American Army on the Vesle, Aug. 23.—The Americans made a local attack west of Fishes on the Vesle river between/ Solssons and Rheims.
The attack rendered the Vesle holdings more secure and also resulted in the cleaning out of a position from which German snipers had been causing the Americans considerable annoyance. The attack was preceded by barrage.
The Germans made a counter attack in an endeavor to offset the American success. The Americans, however, killed a number of the Germans, made 14 prisoners and forced the remainder to flee in disorder.
THE TWIN CITY STAR.
MRS. AGATHE O. STEWART
C MARRIS & FWENT
Mrs. Agathe O. Stewart, secretary to William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce, now shares with the secretary of David Lloyd George the distinction of being the only woman secretary to a cabinet minister. While Mrs. Stewart's title is new the job is not, as she was secretary to Redfield for some years before he went to Washington.
RUSSIAN GARRISON MUTINIES
COMMANDER 'LEADS REVOLT AT KRASNOYE, SELO.
Bolshevik Government Nt Declares State of War Exists With the United States.
Amsterdam, Aug. 23.—Soldiers of the Russian garrison at Krasnoye, Selo, a summer resort 18 miles southeast of Petrogard, have mutinied, according to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. The mutineers were led by their own commander, Colonel Maren.
Vice Consul Imbrie Leaves.
Washington, Aug. 23.—The Bolshevik government having declared a state of war to exist between the United States and Russia, Vice Consul Imbrie lowered the American flag on the consulate at Petrograd and turned the archives over to the Norwegian representative, according to State department cablegrams dated Aug. 2.
This is the first specific reference to a "state of war" existing between the United States and the Bolshevik, the previous report affecting the Allies and the Bolshevik.
The department assumes, however, that "the state of war declaration" is the same as that recently declared by the Bolshevik at Moscow, afterward designated as a "state of defense."
Imbrie will remain in Petrograd until he receives instructions from the department. His action, apparently, was taken to protect the records in his possession and to guard against contingencies.
LATEST CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS 194 NAMES
Eleven Men Killed in Battle, Seventy-
One Missing and Over One
Hundred Wounded.
Washington, Aug. 23.—The following
casualties are reported by the com-
manding general of the American expeditionary forces:
Killed in action, 11; missing in action,
71; wounded severely, 81; died of
wounds, 6; wounded, degree undetermined, 25; total, 194.
Northwest names appear on the list
as follows: Private Joseph Schute,
Richmond, Minn., died of wounds;
Private Hector N. Andrews, St. James,
Minn., severely wounded; Sergt. Victor F.
Berchardt, St. Paul, wounded,
degree undetermined; Corp. Kenneth H.
McLead, Rice Lake, Wis., Private Arthur
McGinnis, Rice Lake, Wis.,
severely wounded; Private John Miner,
Luverne, Minn., wounded, degree
undetermined; Corp. Steve Mikoloff, Wal-
nut Grove, Minn., Private Bryan W.
Wilbur, St. Paul, missing in action.
RAIL ADMINISTRATION IS AFTER TICKET SCALPERS
Two Arrests in Chicago Are First Step in the National Cleanup.
Chicago, Aug. 23.—H. A. Koach of the railroad administration took the first step here in what he said is a nationwide cleanup of railway ticket scalpers. David Lyons and H. W. Young, Chicago men alleged to have made $25,000 a year each out of the business, were arraigned before a federal commissioner and bound over for trial. In a statement made by Lyons he charged one speculator with manipulating the tickets in such a manner that one pastboard was used 16 times before detection.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., AUGUST 24, 1918.
NAVY COMBS SEAS WITHOUT RESULT
GERMAN CREW HAS PROBABLY
SANK THE CAPTURED
TRAWLER TRIUMPH.
NO NEW SINKINGS REPORTED
Admiral Benson Feels Confident That Teutons Have Destroyed the Raider and Returned Aboard Their U-Boat.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Absence of any definite report of activity on the part of the raider Triumph, the converted steam trawler armed by 16 members of a German U-boat crew, strengthened the belief in naval circles the vessel is no longer on the north Atlantic fishing grounds.
So thorough have been the "steps taken to safeguard the fishing fleets," as described by Admiral Benson, chief of naval operations, that officials here are positive the Triumph could not have escaped the net spread for her capture. The only possible explanation of the failure of patrol craft to capture the raider will be that she has been sunk by her crew, possibly after the men have returned to the submarine.
Submarine and Trawler Co-operate. A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 23.—A German submarine, presumably the craft which captured the Triumph, is operating with the raiding trawler, said Capt. Jeff Thomas of the Sylvania, who arrived here in a power dory after his schooner was sunk by the raider. As he and his men rowed away from their craft which the Germans bombed, they saw two miles distant a large submarine lying on the surface. Destruction of another large fishing schooner was reported with the arrival at Gaborus, Cape Breton, of 16 of the crew of the Dela Garde. They said their vessel was sunk on the fishing banks by a submarine. One of the men is injured. A dory with three of the crew is missing. The American schooner Sylvania was sunk by the trawler. The Sylvania's crew reached a fishing port near here. The trawler also sank the Nova Scotia fishing schooner Pasadena. The crew, which reached ports, reported that their vessel was sent to the bottom at midnight Tuesday.
Entire Fishing Fleet Lost.
Montreal, Aug. 23.—Virtually the entire fleet of the Maritime Fish corporation has been destroyed by the trawler Triumph who was captured by a German submarine crew and armed, according to reports to the corporation's office here. The fleet was operating off the Grand Banks of New Foundland. It was composed of boats of both Canadian and American registry.
The exact number of vessels destroyed is not known here but the corporation's fleet generally consists of eight or nine vessels.
COMMITEE REPORTS
ON AIRCRAFT INQUIRY
Urges Creation of New Department of Aviation, Headed by Cabinet Officer.
Washington. Aug. 23.—The long awaited report of the senate military subcommittee investigating aircraft production has been submitted with an arrangement of delays in the early days of the war, a review of the improved conditions and recommendations for the creation of a new separate department of aviation with a cabinet officer at its head.
Failure to adopt successful foreign airplanes and motors, waste of millions of dollars on aircraft appropriations, dominance of the airplane program by inexperienced automobile manufacturers, "unsystematic and ineffective" organization and excessive profits to manufacturers are among criticisms made by the subcommittee.
NEBRASKAN ELECTED
GRAND ARMY COMMANDER
C. E. Adams of Omaha Was in Fifth Wisconsin Battery During Civil War.
Portland, Ore., Algr. 23. — C. E. Adams of Omaha, Neb., was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic for the coming year. The new head of the organization served in the Civil War in the Fifth Wisconsin battery, Fourteenth army corps, under the commands of Gen. George H. Thomas and General Sherman.
New Montenegrin Envoy Here.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 23.—Gen. A. Gwosdenovth, the first Montenegrin ambassador to this country, arrived here aboard a French liner. He left immediately for Washington.
PERSHING IN STEEL HELMET
This is the latest picture of Gen. John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces, wearing his steel helmet.
ARTICLES MAY BE INSPIRED
GZRMAN PAPERS GIVE CORRECT
SIZE OF AMERICAN ARMY.
Find Some Comfort in Fact That Only Small Force Has Been in
Amsterdam, Aug. 23.—At last the German press has given up struggling against the truth. In a short notice, which appears in virtually all the papers, the identical nature of which suggests official inspiration, the reluctant admission is made that Secretary Baker's figures regarding the strength of the American forces in France are about correct.
One or two papers add the lame explanation that their foremost figures were based on the position prior to May and that the really big shipments of men from America began since then.
The papers now comfort themselves with the thought that of the 1,300,000 or more Americans, only 400,000 are actually in battle array, with 300,000 behind the front and that the remaining 600,000 is etappen troops. (Engineers, railway men and general workers.)
The Berliner Taeglische Rundschau adds as its own information that no more than 150,000 Americans have up to the present been "noticed" on the West front.
ORTHODOX JEWS MAY
REGISTER NEXT MONDAY
President Amends His Proclamation
Owing to Observing Saturday as Sabbath.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Because adherents to the Jewish Orthodox faith object to registering for military service on the Sabbath, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that youths of that faith will not be required to register next Saturday with others who have become 21 since last June 5. Their registration will be accepted by local boards on Monday, Aug. 26.
President Wilson has authorized an amendment to his original proclamation, under which all persons adhering to religious sects which observe Saturday as the Sabbath may register on the 26th.
PRISONERS EXCEED
ALLIED CASUALTIES
Ground Gained in One Month at Smaller Cost Than Any Victory in West.
London, Aug. 23.—Referring to the advance which the Allies have made during the last month east of Amiens, it is stated in London that this ground has been gained at a smaller cost than any victory in the whole history of the fighting on the western front. The number of Allied casualties is actually less than the number of prisoners taken. This is a situation which is unprecedented in a large scale battle.
ONE MILLION LABORERS NEEDED FOR WAR WORK
Further Curtailment of Non-essential Production Is Planned to Release Men. Washington, Aug. 23.—The fact that there now is a shortage in war work of one million unskilled laborers and that the reserve of skilled workers is exhausted developed at a conference of field agents of the federal employment service. Further curtailment of non-essential production is planned to release men for war work.
TYLER DEATH LIST NOW TWENTY-NINE
TYLER DEATH LIST NOW TWENTY-NINE
WORKERS COMPLETE SEARCH OF
RUINS IN TOWN WRECKED
BY TORNADO.
TWENTY-FOUR IN HOSPITALS
Adjutant General Rhinow Arrives In Devstated Settlement and - Placea the Town Under
Tyler, Minn., Aug. 23. After a complete search of the ruins in tornado-stricken Tyler, the death list was revised to 29, with 24 persons in the hospital, two probably with fatal injuries, and more than two score less seriously hurt.
Adjutant General Rhinow arrived and placed the town under martial law. No one is allowed to enter the destroyed area without a military pass. National guard companies from Pipestone and Worthington are patrolling the streets. More guardsmen will arrive from Mankato under General Rhinow's orders.
Property Damage $500,000.
The property damage to the storm-swept area three blocks wide and five blocks long will exceed $500,000. Rescue parties and dozens of doctors and nurses poured into the town and relief work has been efficiently organized.
Tyler was the picture of desolation, in darkness and sorrow. Its lighting facilities still were unrepaired and the searchers worked frantically to dig into the ruins for any persons who might have been overlooked.
The motion picture theater, which stood intact like a lone sentinel in the mass of wreckage, has been converted into a morgue. Hundreds of persons passed between the lines of bodies searching for relatives and friends.
The Danish Luther college nearby, unharmed by the storm, is housing the injured. A relief train from Mankato arrived bearing 20 doctors and nurses. Scores of Red Cross women came to the town to offer help, but many left when they found that the relief work was completely organized and every victim cared for. Those who remained are serving in the hospital and helping reorganize damaged homes.
Three Banks Demolished.
All three banks in the town were demolished. More than a score of frame business houses were turned into fire wood, and the brick pumping station and electric light plant was razed. About 50 homes in the residence section were torn apart. The timbers and bricks were carried everywhere in the town before the tornado lifted.
BECAUSE SOLDIERS
SHOW KEEN INTEREST
Secretary of War Baker Favors Playing World's Baseball Series This Year.
Washington, Aug. 23.—When asked whether the "work or fight" order would interfere with the world's baseball series this year Secretary Baker said the question had not come before him but indicated his strong opinion that the series would be and should be played.
Since only two teams would take part, the secretary thought the number of men affected by the "work or fight" order would be very small, and, moreover, he added, the soldiers in France are intensely interested in the results.
ITALIAN PAPER DENIES
CHARGES AGAINST POPE
Declares Certain Appointments Show Pontiff is Positively Not Pro-German.
Rome, Aug. 23.—The Corrier d'Italia publishes an authorized statement vigorously denying charges of Germanophilism recently made against the Pope.
"Appointment of nuncios at Lisbon and Pekin, which is of special interest to two Allied countries, ought to suffice to clarify the Pope's smypathies," the statement said.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
BOMB OSTEND DOCKS
Naval Filiers Carry Out Successful Raiding Expedition at Night.
Washington, Aug. 23.—American naval aviators have conducted a successful bombing expedition at night into enemy territory and dropped a large quantity of explosives on the submarine docks at Ostend, Secretary Daniels announced. The report of the raid was transmitted by Vice Admiral Sims.
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NO.24.
SEVERAL SOLDIERS INJURED
TROOP TRAINS PULLING OUT OR CHICAGO STONED.
Federal Operatives Are Ordered to Capture or Shoot the
Chicago, Aug. 23. — Chicago troop trains, bearing soldiers to cantonments, were stoned as they pulled out of the Polk street station. Window panes were smashed, boards in the sides of the cars split and several soldiers injured.
As a result, a score or more federal operatives were ordered out to seek the plotters and told to shoot them on sight.
It was stated at the department of justice that the search would not end until the plotters either had been shot or were in custody. The attack on the train is the third effort to injure troops in Chicago en route to various cantonments.
Authorities believe the attacks are the work of a band of pro-Germans who so far have eluded the efforts of the department of justice to capture them.
The attack came just as the train was pulling out. The soldiers did not realize it was an attack on them and were singing and joking one another about their "bit" in the war.
Several were struck before it was realized they were being stoned. They were given first aid by their companions and Y. M. C. A. workers aboard.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES ON BRITISH FRONT 20,000
Tommies Fighting in Italy Have Only
Lost 2,500 Men Since
June 15.
London, Aug. 23.—Austrian losses on
the British front in Italy between
June 15 and Aug. 15 were 20,000, acc
ording to advises received here.
British casualties in the same period
totaled 2,500, it is said.
BASEBALL SCORES
American League.
New York, 5; Detroit, 3.
Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, 2.
St. Louis, 1; Boston, 0.
Washington, 7; Cleveland, 1.
National League.
St. Louis, 4-2; Brooklyn, 3-5.
Cincinnati, 9; Philadelphia, 6.
Pittsburg, 3; Boston, 0.
New York, 4; Chicago, 2 (10 innings).
THE WEATHER.
Fair today and probably tomorrow; cooler today in east portion.
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Minneapolis Grain.
Minneapolis, Aug. 23.—Oats: Sept.
70%c; Oct., 71%c; Rye: Sept.
1.75%2; Oct., 1.77%2.
Duluth Flax.
Duluth, Aug. 23.—Flaxseed: Sept.
4.66; Oct., 4.48; Nov., 4.40.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago, Aug. 23. — Corn: Aug. $1.64½; Sept., $1.64¼; Oct., $1.66¾
Oats: Aug., 73c; Sept., 73¾c; Oct. 75c.
South St. Paul Live Stock.
So. St. Paul, Aug. 23 — Steers, $7.50
@$12.25; Cows, $7.25@$10.50; Calves,
$5.75@$16.00; Hogs, $18.88@$18.90;
sheep and lambs, $9.00@$16.25.
Chicago Live Stock.
Omaha, Aug. 23. — Hogs, receipts,
9,500; lower, heavy, $18.10@$18.65;
mixed, $18.20@$18.40; light, $18.50@$19.15; pigs, $16@$18; bulk of sales,
$18.20@$18.40. Cattle, receipts, 3,000;
stronger; native steers, $11.50@$17.50;
cows and heifers, $7.50@$12.50; western steers, $10@$15.50; Texas steers,
$9@$12; cows and heifers, $7@$11.50;
canners, $6@$7; stockers and feeders,
$6.50@$14.50; calves, $10@$13.50; bulls,
stags, etc., $6@$11.50. Sheep, receipts,
28,000; lower, wethers, $12@$14;
ewes, $10.50@$12.75; lambs, $16.75@$17.50; yearlings, $13@$14.50.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Minneapolis, Aug. 23. — Butter: Creamery extras, per lb., 42 1/2 c; extra firsts, 42 1/2 c; firsts, 41 1/2 c; seconds, 40 1/2 c; dairy, 37 c; packing stock, 34 c.
Eggs: Fresh prime firsts, new cases, 38 c; current receipts, new cases, rots out, $10.80; old cases, rots out, $10.50; roosters and seconds, doz. 25 c; drieties, candled, 29 c. Quotations on eggs include cases. Live Poultry: Turkey, fat, 10 lbs. and over, 25 c; thin, small, 10@12 c; cripples and culls, unsalable; roosters, old and young, 19 c; ducks, 16 c; geese, 15 c; hens, 3 1/2 lbs. and over, 28 c; hens, under 3 1/2 lbs., 23 c; broilers, over 2 lbs., 29 c; 2 lbs. and under, 29 c.
IN THE
CITIES
NDIANAPOLIS—Employees of the Nordyke & Marmon company's plant, said to have been 500 strong, and headed by a group of soldiers on duty at the plant, placed an American flag on a house occupied by Charles E. Heckman. 1404 Silver avenue, after
men in the crowd who went to his home. Heckman, the workers say, is the janitor at public school No. 3, York and Silver street. One man employed at the Nordyke & Marmon plant said neighbors reported at the plant that Heckman had placed the school flag on its staff upside down on more than one occasion.
In the angry crowd that went to Heckman's home and later to the school building, where he was found, were a number of women and girls. There were threats of violence, it was said, but the soldiers took charge of the situation and released Heckman after he had kissed the flag.
Herbert Foltz, president of the board of school commissioners, said the board would make an investigation of the reported action of Heckman and, if the reports are found to be true, "quick action will be taken by the board."
"Such a thing as that will not be tolerated for a minute," Mr. Foltz said. "If the janitor has done and said the things he is charged with he will be dismissed at once."
Tire Salesman Had a Perfectly Corking Good Time
Tire Salesman Had a Perfectly Corking Good Time
KANSAS CITY.—"Stick" Stanley is no common crook, he says. He's a salesman. Every Sunday he takes his little notebook and circulates among chauffeurs and motorcar owners, taking orders for tires. In his little
months ago on a similar charge, "Stick" pleaded that he be allowed to join the navy. He was fined and permission granted. The navy refused to take him, with his police record. Today he made a similar plea, asking he be allowed to join the army. Judge Clark fined "Stick" $100 and gave him to July 15 to leave town or get into some useful work. Else a sentence of 200 days on the municipal farm awaits the tire "salesman."
Stanley said he had a job in Kansas that he could take and that he'd leave at once. He said he thought he'd wait for the draft to come around to him. "Stick" is twenty-seven years old and has spent some of that time on the municipal farm and in the county jail.
He was arrested with his little notebook at Eighth street and Grand avenue by Patrick Thornton, patrolman.
CHICAGO—Judge John J. Gregory held $5,000 in his hands for five minutes the other day. It belonged to William Fillman, whose wife, Jeanette, seeks a divorce and allmony. They live at 1722 Kninnickinnie avenue, in a home owned by the defendant. He testified
And, sulting the action to his words, William pulled a role of $50 bills from his back pocket and handed them to the judge.
Lawyers on both sides gasped. Judge Gregory said he had never had so much money before and then he started to count it.
It was stage money!
William explained he had to do things like that to appease his wife, who always wanted money.
The two have been married 18 years and Judge Gregory told them to come back in a day or two and meet him in chambers. "You two folks ought to make up and be happy," he said.
Captain's Head Is Bald, but Not From Gas Attack
Captain's Head Is Bald, but Not From Gas Attack
KANSAS CITY. "I haven't a blade of hair on my head," wrote Capt. Hughes Knight, son of W. W. Knight, chairman of the draft board of division two. It was a letter telling of his complete recovery in a hospital
said he did not. Mr. Knight visited Dr. Lester Hall. "Can't you give us some hope that he won't always be shorn?" he asked of the physician.
"I have never heard of this condition," replied Doctor Hall.
Still disturbed, Mrs. Knight mentioned the fact to a neighbor who has sons in the trenches.
"Don't worry," she said. "They shave their heads in the hospitals to get rid of cooties."
A subsequent letter has verified the fact that this is the extent of the injuries to Captain Knight.
Between enemy bullets and persistent and irritating cooties, it can hardly be said with truth that the soldier's life is one continuous round of happiness.
Heckman, the workers say, was reported to have made the assertion that he "would not have the —— flag on his house and would shoot the first man who tried to arrest him or put a flag on his house."
Before the flag was holsted on his home Heckman declared his loyalty to the United States, said some of the
men' in the crowd who went to his host janitor at public school No. 8, York and the Nordyke & Marmon plant said nephew man had placed the school flag on its occasion.
In the angry crowd that went to B building, where he was found, were a were threats of violence, it was said situation and released Heckman after herbert Foltz, president of the board would make an investigation of if the reports are found to be true, "quit "Such a thing as that will not be "If the janitor has done and said the dismissed at once."
Tire Salesman Had a Pet
KANSAS CITY.—"Stick" Stanley is salesman. Every Sunday he talk among chauffeurs and motorcar owner
I OUGHTA GET
A GOOD PRICE
FUR A TIRE
LIKE DAT
months ago on a similar charge, "Stick the navy. He was fined and permission him, with his police record. Today he allowed to join the army. Judge Clark f 15 to leave town or get into some user on the municipal farm awaits the tire. Stanley said he had a job in Kar leave at once. He said he thought he' him, "Stick" is twenty-seven years of the municipal farm and in the county. He was arrested with his little avenue by Patrick Thornton, patrolm
Seemed Like Large Su
CHICAGO.—Judge John J. Gregory h the other day. It belonged to Willi a divorce and allommy. They live at
owned by the defendant. He testified
he and his wife did not agree, and all
the money he had was about $600 in
the bank and $15 a week he drew from
a machine shop he owns.
"He had $7,000 in cash only the
other day. I helped him to count," ex-
claimed Mrs. Fillman. The judge
looked serious and asked:
"Is that so, Fillman?"
Fillman replied: "We sure did
count the money. It was $6,800. She
counted $1,800 and I counted the other
$5,000, and may it please your honor I
And, suiting the action to his wo
from his back pocket and handed them
Lawyers on both sides gasped. Ju
much money before and then he starte
It was stage money!
William explained he had to do the
always wanted money.
The two have been married 18 y
come back-in a day or two and meet h
to make up and be happy," he said.
Captain's Head Is Bald,
KANSAS CITY. "I haven't a blad
Hughes Knight, son of W. W. K
division two. It was a letter telling
MY HAIR DON'T
BOTHER ME
AT ALL
sald he did not. Mr. Knight vlsited some hope that he won't always be sall "I have never heard of this condit Still disturbed, Mrs. Knight ment sons in the trenches. "Don't worry," she said. "They sh rid of cooties." A subsequent letter has verified injuries to Captain Knight. Between enemy bullets and persist he said with truth that the soldier's life
SURE, — I
KISSED DER
FLAG — ER-R
DEY
MADE
ME —
time. Heckman, the workers say, is the
and Silver street. One man employed at
neighbors reported at the plant that Heck-
s staff upside down on more than one
Heckman's home and later to the school
a number of women and girls. There
, but the soldiers took charge of the
he had kissed the flag.
board of school commissioners, sald the
the reported action of Heckman and,
rick action will be taken by the board."
colored for a minute," Mr. Foltz sald.
things he is, charged with he will be
Perfectly Corking Good Time
no common crook, he says. He's a
es his little notebook and circulates
taking orders for tires. In his little
book he marks the size of the tire required and identifies the purchaser by some system of his own. Later in the week he delivers the tires. During the week he steals them, he admitted before Judge Charles H. Clark in the North side court.
"Stick" Stanley knows practically every policeman on the force, in a personal, intimate way. His record, stated in an offhand way, embraces some 150 to 200 separate arrests for petty thefts.
When he appeared in court several
kick" pleaded that he be allowed to join
on granted. The navy refused to take
him made a similar plea, asking he be al-
named "Stick" $100 and gave him to July
ful work. Else a sentence of 200 days
"salesman."
Assas that he could take and that he'd
d wait for the draft to come around to
and has spent some of that time on
jail.
notebook at Eighth street and Grand
man.
him, but It Was Phony
held $5,000 in his hands for five minutes
am Fillman, whose wife, Jeanette, seeks
1722 Kinnickinnie avenue, in a home
IS THIS REAL?
"I will make you a present of it," words, William pulled a role of $50 bills in to the judge.
Judge Gregory said he had never had so much to count it.
ings like that to appease his wife, whoears and Judge Gregory told them to him in chambers. "You two folks ought to but Not From Gas Attack
e of hair on my head," wrote Capt. night, chairman of the draft board of of his complete recovery in a hospital after a gas attack. "I'm well and strong except for this disfigurement," he continued.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight were disturbed over this announcement.
"I wonder if it will be for life," worried Mrs. Knight. Mr. Knight met Dr. W. F. Morrow on the street. "My boy hasn't a hair on his head," he said. "Do you know whether it will grow again or what the effect of gas in this way is?" Doctor Morrow
Dr. Lester Hall. "Can't you give us a horn?" he asked of the physician. Ton," replied Doctor Hall. Moned the fact to a neighbor who has have their heads in the hospitals to get the fact that this is the extent of the patient and irritating cooties, it can hardly be one continuous round of happiness.
Our Part in Feeding the Nation
Our Part in Feeding the Nation
(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) STORE VEGETABLES FOR WINTER USE.
A man stands in front of a small shed surrounded by trees.
This Concrete Storage Cellar Is Built Partly Underground to Make It Frost-Proof.
STRIVE NOW TO PREVENT WASTE
Save Time and Labor by Keeping Root Crops in Storage Cellars and Pits.
OUTDOOR CAVES ARE USEFUL
Particularly Desirable on Farm as They Afford Convenient and expensive Facilities for Surplus Vegetables.
Before canning or drying root vegetables the housewife should carefully consider the possibility of saving time, strength, and expense by the use of storage pits or root cellars. A half-acre garden will produce far more vegetables than the average family can consume during the summer. Only a small portion of the garden products are used as they reach maturity. Beets, late cabbage, carrots, celery, onions, parsnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes, salsify, and turnips may all be stored for winter use.
The successful storage of vegetables is not at all difficult; in fact, good storage facilities already exist in most homes, it being only necessary to make use of the cellar, the attic, a large closet, or other parts of the dwelling, depending upon the character of the product to be stored. Many cellars are not well suited for this because of poor insulation or lack of ventilation. Cellars containing a furnace for heating the dwelling usually are too warm and too dry for the storage of root crops. It is often possible, however, to partition off a room either in one corner or at one end of the cellar where the temperature may be controlled by means of outside windows.
Outdoor Storage Cellars.
Outdoor storage cellars or caves are excellent for the storage of many vegetables. They are particularly desirable on the farm, as they afford convenient and inexpensive storage facilities for surplus vegetable crops that otherwise might be lost. They possess all the advantages of the storage room in the basement and are superior in many respects. The outdoor storage cellar can be maintained at a uniform temperature over a long period. It is possible to keep the cellar cool and quickly to reduce the temperature of the stored products to the desired point for safe storage by opening the door during the night and closing it in the morning before the air becomes warm. All ventilators should likewise be kept tightly closed until the outside air is again cooler than that within the cellar, when they should be opened, unless the outside temperature is so low as to be dangerous. This safeguards the product and adds to the efficiency of the storage chamber. Vegetables can be more conveniently placed in such a cellar than in the storage room in the basement of a dwelling.
When the chief use of the outdoor storage cellar is for storing turnips, beets, carrots, and other root crops commonly used as stock food, it should be located near the stable, where the material will be convenient for winter feeding. When it is to be used for vegetables for the table the cellar should be accessible from the kitchen
Value of Dairy Heifer.
The care given to dairy heifers will determine to a great extent the profits they will make when they join the milking herd.
Human Food From Cow.
A good dairy cow will make four times as much human food from a given amount of feed as will a steer.
Keep Up Registrations.
Keep up your pure-bred registrations for it means money later on.
at all times. If apples or other fruits are to be stored in an outdoor storage cellar it is desirable to have a two-compartment cellar, one for vegetables and one for apples, with a ventilating apparatus in each compartment.
Small Pits Best.
Outdoor banks or pits are used very generally for keeping vegetables. The conical pit is used commonly for such vegetables as potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, salisfy, parsnips, and heads of cabbage.
Vegetables keep very well in such pits, but it is difficult to get them out in cold weather, so that when a pit is opened it is desirable to remove its entire contents at once. For this reason it is advisable to construct several small pits rather than one large one, and instead of storing each crop in a pit by itself it is better to place a small quantity of several kinds of vegetables in the same pit, so that it will be necessary to open only one bank to get a supply of all of them. In storing several crops in the same bank it is desirable to separate them with straw, leaves, or other material. The vegetables from the small pit may be placed temporarily in the storage room in the basement, where they will be easily accessible as needed for the table.
Dry by a Fan.
In the household which possesses an electric fan, the drying of small quantities of material can be easily done, provided that special care be given the preliminary treatment of the products. All that is necessary is to make trays of wire screening, with one end of each or preferably both ends open. The materials to be dried are spread thinly upon the trays, which are stacked one upon another with the open ends turned toward the fan and covered with cheesecloth, and the fan is placed close to the end of the stack and run at moderate speed; thus driving a vigorous current of air over the material. Drying occurs much more rapidly at the end nearest the fan, hence the stack must be reversed after four to six hours and again after a longer interval.
All materials requiring blanching that are to be fan-dried should be blanched in steam or boiling water or serious deterioration is likely to occur. Also, since the rapid movement of air over the product has a tendency to dry out the surfaces of the pieces while the inner, central portions are still too moist, fan-dried material should be placed in baking tins and placed in the oven of a warm stove to be finished. The door of the stove should be left ajar and the fire so regulated that the temperature is held at 150 to 160 degrees F. for two to three hours, after which it should be raised to 180 degrees F. for a minute or two in order to destroy any eggs of fruit insects which may have been deposited in the material while exposed in the drier.
This article gives briefly the different storage places available for keeping late vegetables. For detailed information on arranging storage rooms, making outside pits and cellars and taking care of specific products write to the division of publications, United States department of agriculture, for a free copy of Farmers' Bulletin 879 on the home storage of vegetables.
Yarding Little Chicks.
When ther are different-sized chicks in the same yard, care should be taken to see that the little ones get their proper share of the feed.
Select Best Breeders.
Don't breed from all the hens you have, unless you have all strong, healthy, vigorous stock.
Growing in Popularity.
The guinea fowl is growing in popularity as a farm bird more and more
In the PUBLIC EYE
SPENDING MILLION A WEEK
Think of having the job of raising $50,000,000 and, on top of that, the job of spending that $50,000,000 at the rate of about a million a week!
William J. Mulligan has such a job, and he is making good at it.
William J. Mulligan is the chairman of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities, which has charge of the supply of comforts and attentions for the spiritual, physical and mental needs of the million and more American soldiers in this country and overseas.
Mr. Mulligan is a lawyer, and before he devoted his time exclusively to K. of C. war relief work practiced his profession in Hartford, Conn.; he resides in Thompsonville, Conn. He is a graduate of Yale law school. Among the many strong features that enter Mr. Mulligan's makeup, the predominating one is perhaps the power of organization. His ability in this di-
rection has been proved by the accomplishments credited to him as a result of his tour abroad. In France it only required 60 days for Mr. Mulligan to put the entire K. of C. overseas organization in smooth working order. Besides contracting for a great number of K. of C. huts, he ordered that there be constructed 50 barracks, and in addition purchased a great quantity of tents which K. of C. secretaries aid their attaches are using.
rection has been proved by the account of his tour abroad. In France it only put the entire K. of C. overseas organ sides contracting for a great number of be constructed 50 barracks, and in tents which K. of C. secretaries and the
DEAN OF WAR REPORTERS
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[The text is in a serif font, centered, and reads: "PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK."]
then we were 'up in the air.' We felt thing than we had ever tackled and we know what we are up against no. It is merely a question of rounding up. "It will be done in the air, I am this war would be settled in the air, Why they don't send an immense fee understand. Three days' unlimited dogs I like the German cats and dogs settle the matter."
then we were 'up in the air.' We felt here was a new thing and a bigger thing than we had ever tackled and we weren't just sure of ourselves, but we know what we are up against now, and there is nothing more to fear. It is merely a question of rounding up the Germans.
"It will be done in the air, I am sure. For years I have predicted that this war would be settled in the air, and today I am surer of it than ever. Why they don't send an immense fleet of battleplanes over Berlin I can't understand. Three days' unlimited slaughter there, sparing only cats and dogs (I like the German cats and dogs, for they are friendly animals), would settle the matter."
QUICK IN NAME AND ACTION
Quick in name, thought and action, Sergt. Maj. John Henry Quick of the United States marines is one of that noted organization who, after being cited for bravery on the battlefield years ago, again comes to the front by performing valorous deeds in France and again being cited for bravery.
He was awarded the congressional medal of honor for his conduct in fighting at Cuzco, Cuba, in 1898. The enemy was hiding in ambush and he volunteered to stand against the sky on a high crest and signal firing directions to the U. S. S. Delphin. He stood with his back to the enemy and, although bullets were cutting all about him, sent the signals as nonchalantly as if he were in camp.
On June 6, 1918, he volunteered and assisted in taking a truck load of ammunition and material into the town of Bouresches, France, over a road swept by artillery and machine
gun fire, thereby relieving a critical situation. For this deed he was highly commended and cited by General Pershing.
NEW CORPS COMMANDER
PHOTO BY ELINADINE
was declared in 1917 Bundy was made France.
A quiet man is Bundy, but sociable and was for a time an instructor in the Leavenworth.
was declared in 1917 Bundy was made a brigadier general and ordered to France.
A quiet man is Bundy, but sociable. He is a student of military subjects and was for a time an instructor in the infantry school of the line at Fort Leavenworth.
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epilships credited to him as a result required 60 days for Mr. Mulligan toization in smooth working order. Beof K. of C. huts, he ordered that there addition purchased a great quantity of their attaches are using.
The king of Bulgaria, on the battlefield of Mustapha Pasha, before Adrianople in 1912, said to his chief of staff as his troops were going into action: "Observe that Englishman passing up with the artillery. He has seen more fighting that any soldier alive."
He meant Frederic Villiers, artist and correspondent for the Illustrated London News, who, from 1871 to 1918, has seen all the world has had to offer in the way of warfare. He recently turned up in New York, after two and a half years on the western front and a trip around the world that led him to the frontiers of India.
"The end is quite a bit off, yet," said Villiers. "How can it be otherwise when the German still thinks he is 'top dog'? It may last several years.
"Since the Aisne I have had no doubt of the ultimate end. Tommy took Fritz's measure there. Until
It here was a new thing and a bigger one weren't just sure of ourselves, but aw, and there is nothing more to fear, the Germans. sure. For years I have predicted that and today I am surer of it than ever, set of battleplanes over Berlin I cannot laughter there, sparing only cats and cats, for they are friendly animals), would
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Brig. Gen. Oman Bundy, who has been placed in command of the Fifth American army corps in France, was born at Newcastle, Ind., and was a student at De Pauw until he entered West Point in 1873. He first won distinction as a fighter in the Philippines at the battle of Bud-Dajo—Mount Dajo—when as a major he led a column of men up the side of an extinct volcano to attack 1,000 Moros in the crater. Fifty-two per cent of his men in one company fell, 50 in another; still the line, kept moving forward, held to its course by the commander, and cleaned out the enemy. In 1915 Colonel Bundy was detailed as adjutant general at San Antonio, Tex. In connection with Pershing's expedition into Mexico unusual administrative responsibility fell on him, and the manner in which he discharged this no doubt made a further impression on Pershing. After war
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WAsEINaTON she hoped to go to France with her father, Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, former chief af the army staff. Now that he ts not, his’
charming daughter, Louisita Wood, is a very much disappointed young woman,
horsemanship from the troopers at Fort Myer and soon became as proficient
a rider as any of them,
Always a favorite with the men, she grew up spending half her time
around the stables, never so happy as when with the horses.
From her father she inherits a naturally robust physique, for General
‘Wood even today is a powerful man, and in his youth was one of the finest
all-round athletes in the army,
‘That first long ride she undertook when a twelve-year-old girl was when
ther father and Colonel Hieston were obliged to ride that distance in compli-
‘ance with army regulation to the effect, that such a trip be made by officers
once a year in the army test.
Tt has been indicated that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who has been
left without a permanent command since he was denied overseas service,
might command the American forces, Although only a major general and
ranked by March and Pershing, who have the rank of general by brevet, Gen-
eral Wood is by seniority the ranking general officer of the United States
army. If chosen to lead the American force he might, as a matter of courtesy,
be given supreme command of the expedition,
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One Man Who Might Have Evaded His Military Duty
po chords a-plenty, but how about lost questionnaires? Ever since the
war department made the questionnaire well known to 10,000,000 young
men and all their parents and friends there has been wonder on the part of
It seems that @ certain registrant Teft the city and was working on neces-
sary governnient work in a nearby community. "The work he was engaged in
gave him good ground for deferred classification,
But he got tired of the work and came back fo thé national capital, He
secured “himself a position in the fire department, I am told, and the very
first day meandered down to his local board to ask about his standing in the
draft, f
It-may as well be stated right Here that this man was willing to go to
camp any’time called upon.
His loca} board members and the clerical force began td hunt up hig
questionnaire. But they couldn’t find it high or low,
‘The questionnaire was lost, that was all.
“We wouldn't have known we had you on the rolls,” said a member,
“But, now that you're here, we'll send you to camp tomorrow.”
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Ever Hear of a Sparrow That Had Sense of Gratitude?
TE rarer that adopted a man also may be added to your Uist of worthtes
‘This natural biplane, belng but a few weeks old, had his motor go back
on him one day in a downtown street and fell into the gutten A kind man
Soon the sparrow revived. He grew fat.’ In four days he could fly
round the room at a lively rate.
“You are old enough now to take to your elemental heath,” sald the man.
** Bat the sparrow would not leave him,
‘The bird insisted on perching.on his shoulder and even wanted to
travel down. to the office that way. £
In order to escape from him the man had to suddenly dart from the room
and close the door with speed.
‘The last I heard of the sparrow he was altting out in # trey walting for
his master to come home, "Ce ib
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Hezekiah Got Some Satisfaction for His Beating
Ae. time ago in a turpentine camp in thé South, Lloyd Jackson and
Hezekiah Brown had a falling out. The scrap was never settled because
Hez got cold feet and ran away. Several weeks ago Lloyd got wind of the
frowd he was with and follow her. She lured him into a house in southwest
Washington and whispered some polsonous language in his ears, And when
she was sure that he had no gun or razor on him, she gave Lioyd the signal,
‘He came in from a back room and jumped on Hez and almost beat him
to a jelly.
‘The woman disappeared, otherwise Hez would have had her arrested
‘also, Because he was mad about the way in which he had been trapped,
‘However, thé court avenged him, Lloyd got 60 daye—and if Anne ever
ghews up see will get hers, tea
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Arhetic, fond of all sorts of out-
door adventure, Miss Wood, when she
‘was twelve years old, set a record for
long-distance riding for girls. In Oc-
tober in 1918 she. galloped into Fort
Myer, Va., with her father and Col. H.
C. Hieston at the end of the last 45-
mile dash of a 90-mile ride. Ever since
‘she has set the pace in hard and long-
distance riding for girls. Miss Wood
1s about elghteen years old.
From the time she, could walk
Louisita has been a rider. She learned
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gary governnient work in a nearby commun
ave him good ground for deferred classifi
But he got tired of the work and came
secured “himself a position in the fire dep
first day meandered down to his local boar
draft.
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camp anytime called upon.
‘His local board members and the cle
questionnaire. But they couldn’t find it hi,
‘The questionnaire was lost, that was
“We wouldn't have known we had y
“But, now that you're here, we'll send you
Ever Hear of a Sparrow That |
Ts. sparrow that adopted a man also ma}
‘This natural biplane, being but a few
on him one day in a downtown street and
Saw the fal and Surried. to the scene
of the disaster, ‘The: little sparrow
winked his bright eyes, and growled in
Pain. Didn't you ever hear a sparrow //
growl? No? Well, what has that got 7
to do with the story, anyway? While
you are thinking up the answers to
these three questions let us follow the
man and the sparrow. Y,
‘The man picked up thehalt-starved /7
little fellow and carried him to his ° J
home. He took him to his room and
fed him bread crumbs soaked in milk,
Soon the sparrow revived. He grew
ground the room at a lively rate.
“Yon are old enough now to take to yo
** But the sparrow would not leave him.
‘The bird insisted on perching.on hi
travel down. to the office that way.
In order to escape from him the man h:
and close the door with speed.
‘The last I heard of the sparrow he wa
his master to come home,
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was heard to murmur:
“I wonder what the’ old man will
say.”
‘That is what the Y, M. Q, A. woo-
Gers, as today the association address-
es to “the old man” an appeal for him
to pick up stakes and follow his boy
overseas to wogr the uniform of the
Red Triangle, Before September 1 the
¥, M.-G. A. must recruit 4,000 men and
women to share the burdens on the
western front with the more than 2,500
workers who are alrendy there.
To those who do not know that the
British Y. M. ©, A. has 40,000 work-
ers in the British armies, and that the
American Y, M, 0. A. has been charged
with the responsibility ‘of providing
recreation for the fighting men of the
United States and keeping up thelr
morale, it 1s perhaps inconcétvable,
Sarr 5 wager to the New ‘York Trib-
tune, that men of this country
above draft age should be asked to give
up their business to go overseas with
thelr sons and thelr younger brothers
who are not too old to fight.
Part of the War Machine.
‘The facts are clear. ‘The outstand-
tng fact {s that the Y. M. C. A, while
retaining Its individuality as a civilian
organization, 1s an integral part of the
military machine. And the association
fs a part of the military machine not
only ef the American expeditfonary
forees but of the French and Italian
armies as well,
The Y: M. O. A. was tn the great
war long before General Pershing land-
ed on French soll. General Pershing
went to the western front with several
clear-cut notions of how best the Amer-
fean troops could do thelr part’in the
winning of the war. First, he deter-
mined that his army should be a clean
army; he believed that the best use
that could be made of a man in unt-
form was to put him tn the fighting
forees; he sought to transfer as many
‘of the noncombatant functions of his
army as possible to some responsible
agency. The ¥, M. 0. A. got the Job
because the ¥. M. ©. A. had the organ!-
zation. Since then other volunteer or-
ganizations have gone to France to
help. All are welcome. Salvation Army,
Knights of Columbus and so on. The
“¥" bears the brunt because of its size.
Hut Keeper Does Little of Everything.
This man with the Red Triangle on
his eléeve ts oyer draft age. The “Y"
would not have him there if he were
not. He has no rank, but even the
offieers salute him, because, they say,
he 1s there through the impetus: of
‘service. The shells may fall all aronnd
him, but {t 1s extremely unlikely that
the Orolx de Guerre will ever be pinned
upon his breast, He is unarmed be-
eause capture by tle Germans under
such circumstances means death im-
mediately. \
‘What {s his job?
‘Wall, his hut is the club of the trench
or billet. ‘The “Z" is the general store.
It.is where the men meet when they
are not on military duty. ‘The man in
charge sells or gives away some of the
| One of England’s Jargest veterinary
hospitals ‘s now run entirely by
‘women.
| Argentina maintains a meteordlogi-
al station at an elevation of 4,000 feet
above the sea.
Of 14,068 fires in New York last
year only 152 were attributed to defee-
tive electeteal installation.
‘Tip government of Colombia has ap-
propslated a large sum to encourage
alk production in that country,
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some as to'whetier one Of those mil-
Uons of documents might get lost some
time,
Each of the approximately 5,000
local boards of. the natién guards its
questionnaires with its life, of course,
but since local boards are composed
of human beings, and since even the
greatest of human beings {s not per-
fect, well—why say more? =,
Thave at last heard of # lost ques-
tionnaire,
‘Rieht hara tc Washinctam tan
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@ government building.
He snooped around the man for
& few days—but Hex slways hada
stick or something in his hand and
Lioyd was afraid to tackle him.
‘Thursday evening while the parade
‘was going on, Lloyd detailed his girl,
Ann Crump, to lure Hez within strik-
ing distance,
Hex was bound to fall for this and
be did, Anne was only a few min-
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Men of the Red Tri-
angle Must Be Ready
to Do Evernthing But
Go Over the Top
N American soldier, hard-
ly more than a boy, was
reading a letter which
had Just been delivered
to him at a concentra:
tion camp in France.
Six weeks before he had
written to his father and
to his sweetheart. The
censor had mixed the
letter from his best girl
and as he sadly tucked it
‘atimnad fs Sin! toned tale
CONDENSATIONS
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must be ready to do the thing that
comes to him to do. France is no
place these days for the man who
thinks he has a mission. There ts
just one idea behind the whole wort
—and that is service, what our boys
want and not what some missionary
thinks they ought to have. The man
who goes overseas must be a man of
conscience, integrity and high ideals
and ability. And he must realize that
he is tackling the biggest Job that It
was ever given man to do.
“Second a man must go in there with
the Idea firmly fixed in his mind that
unless we win this war it were better
that America should be annihilated
than that she should retreat one step
in the determination to prevent the
barbarous Hun from tmposing his un
merciful sway over the world and
sweep democracy from the earth.
“Third, he must be a man who be
Meves in the war work of the Y. M. C.
A. and can grasp the meaning of its
wonderfully human and spiritaal pro
gram, and who, seeing all this, cap
be enthusiastic abeut his Job and con-
sider it a great privilego te perform It
“And last, he must be a thorough:
bred—a dend game sport in the best
sense of the term—who can go through
the whole war game and not flinch, in
spite of the slaughter, the blood, the
mud, the discouragements, desolation
and horror of it all, He must go
through tall by tha sheer, good ne
ture that sees above tt his high ideals
triumphant and democracy vindicated
and scattering its blessings upon man-
Rind.”
Scope of Work Boundless,
‘The scope of the ¥. M. ©. A. enter-
prise 1s practically boundless. The as
sociation has gone far afteld from its
traditional activities, Never in thelr
wildest dreams of service have the
lenders of the Y. M. 0. A. concelved
the ponsibility of thelr becoming man-
ufacturers of chocolate and purveyors
of tons and tons of cigars, cigarettes
and smoking and chewing tobacco. Yet
today the “Y" sign hangs over the
doors of more than 600 post exchanges
in France,
Because of the difficulties of trans.
portation only three to four thousand
tons of supplies can be shipped from
America each month. Hence the Y. M.
©. A. bas become a manufacturer by
necessity. Raw materials are shipped
from the United States ‘and the com-
pleted products—ehocolate, crackers,
ete—are made in France.
‘The “¥" needs, therefore, not only
business men who can sell goods, but
men who are experienced on the manu-
{facturing eng, ‘The scope of the work
makes it posstble for salesmen, ware-
housemen, accountants and clerks of
‘all kinds to tgo overseas and do thelr
bit in this war.
Sports. If there 16 one thing that the
healthy American young man, in khakf
needs most in France {t 1s good,
healthy sport. Some of the most fa-
mous athlettt directors and athletes
of other years are in France today
leading men ih mass athletic games.
Herbert L. Pratt, vice president of
the Standard Oil company, who recent-
ly returned from France to head the
local overseas recruiting committee, 1s
authority fof the statement that “there
1s no job in France too small for the
biggest man in any American com-
munity.” “No president of a railrond
or a bank, or a college,” he adds, “no
lawyer or minister is too big for the
job of taking care of our boys over-
seas.”
‘Mr. Pratt and others who have seen
the work that is being done in France
sum it all up by saying that It means
to our boys over there, first of all—
America and home,
Those who have lived with, rather
than glanced at, the Grand Canyon be
come increasingly moved by its glories,
It has inspired more literature and
art than all the other scente places of
America combined. It ts the center of
fh steadily increasing pilgrimage of
painters, It perhaps may be said that
the Grand Canyon and the region of
which it 1s the climax inspire the high-
est a8 well as certainly the mast ex
tensive expression of landscape art in
America today,
a pounds of chocolate that the
American troops are eating every
month in France, Or through his
hands go some of the cigarettes and
tobacco that are shipped to the west
ern front in hundred-ton lots,
‘When he {s not too close to the front
he runs motion picture shows and lec-
tures in the evenings. If his billet {s
‘8 small one and there {s no sports lead-
er assigned there, he leads the men in
athletic games in which all may take
part, And under the same circum-
stances it may be his Job to arrange
Teligious services for Jew and Gentile,
for Catholic and Protestant. He sends
money back home for the boys without
charge to them. In the “Y” dugout
they write thelr letters, and the hut
leader starts them on thelr way. He
Ustens to tales of woe, answers ques-
tions by the hour, admires the picture
of the baby that was born since father
answered the call to the colors, and
works about three hours a day longor
than the working hours of the man in
uniform,
It he be assigned to the trenches
near the frent line, It is the “Y” man’s
Job to make hot coffee and hot choco-
late, late at aight, All his pockets with
choeointe, gum and smokes and go
throngh the communication trench te
the front line so that the boys on watch
may have thelr comforts from home.
And ff there be a listening post near
by in No Man's Land, he goes there,
too. The “¥” goes everywhere with
the men except Over the top and ts not
far behind then,
‘The Kind of Men Not Needed.
What kind of man fs the Y. M. ©. A.
seeking, then, in this drive to keep pace
with the ‘rapid expansion of the mill-
tary establishment of the nation?
Surely not the kind of which a sam-
ple appeared at the offices of the Na-
tlonal War Work Council, 847 Madison
avenue, the other day.
“The Lord has closed all doors to
me,” he began, “all except one, and
that Ome opens to France. The Lord
has made {t clear to me that it {s my
‘duty to go over there and preach to
those. boys.”
It happened that the listener was
James A. Whitmore, who hgg been:a
¥. M. ©. A. secretary for years and
who recently returned from the west-
ern front with broad views inspired
by watching pastors of big clty pulpits
sell plug tobacco to soldiers on Sunday
afternoon and the lke. Mr. Whitmore
‘was explicit in his reply.
“Your kind is the last that's needed
overseas,” sald Mr. Whitmore. “When
you go to France for the Y. M. 0. A.
you go on a blind assignment, to do
whatever 1s most important at, the
time and always to do what the’boys
1m uniform want.”
Mr. Whitmore went into details re-
garding the Y. M. 0. A. program ¢
service, and as he proceeded the visi-
tor palpably weakened. He thought
that he would be willing to go to
France with a revised point of view.
In fact, he sald that he would be will-
ing to do anything that he thought the
Lord wanted bim to do.
“Well,” replied Mr. Whitmore, “in
that case you'd still be a bit restricted.
‘The Lord gives his message to only
one Y. M, ©. A. man in France—he's
Ned Carter, our chief secretary—and
you'd haye to take Ned Carter’s word
for it that you were getting the Lord’s
message straight.”
‘Type of Man That Is Needed.
And as the messenger whose message
never will be delivered went on his
way Mr, Whitmore shot after him his
notion of the tind of man who Is need-
ed in Fratice today by the Red Tri-
angle. He said:
“Pirst of all, the man who is sent
to France by the Y. M. 0, A. must un-
Baltimore is the first Southern city
to have women street car conduetors,
Several of the large retall stores of
Newark, N. J., have hired women to
drive their delivery cars.
Siam produces more than 40 varl-
eties of rice, some of which are ripen-
ed in 70 days from planting, while
others require six months.
‘There 1s an opening in one side of a
Michigan inventor's milk bottle
through which cream can be drawn
without disturbing the rest of the
milk.
Marvelous Grand Canyon.
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‘Deacker of English Bible in the Moody
‘Bible Institute of Chicago.)
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“LESSON FOR AUGUST 25.
CONFESSING CHRIST.
Qitay be used with missionary sppitce-
‘gee ‘TEXTS—Luke 12:8-12; Acts 1:1-
GOLDEN TEXT—Whosover shall con-
fess me before men, him shall the son of
man also confess before the angels of
God.—Luke 12:8
sev oreney READING—James 3:1
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—Psalms 145:
1-21; Mark 6:19-20; John 1:40-46; Acts 4:18
20; I Peter 3:15,
1. Importance of Confessing Christ
(uke 12:8-12).
To confess Christ 1s not easy; it has
never been ensy. To do so means ex-
posure to ridicule, contempt and per
recution, Regardless of its issue, the
true disciple will confess his Lord.
1. Christ will confess before the an-
gels of God those who confess him
before men (v. 8). ‘The true disciple
will not be ashamed te let all men
know that he knows, loves, and serves
Christ,
2, Christ will deny before the an-
gels of God those who deny him be-
fore men (v, 9). To deny Christ before
men may get one a little of human ap-
plause, but will surely bring one to
loss of henven and to the sufferings of
hell ferever.
8 A pernicious testimony 1s unpar-
‘donable (v. 10). ‘This testimony 1s
the expression of a heart utterly per-
verse, attributing the mighty works of
the Holy Spirit as wrought by Christ
to the deyll (Matt. 12-82; Mark 8:29).
‘The unpardonable sin will only be com
mitted by one whose heart {s incurably
bad, one whose moral nature 1s so vile
that he falls to discern between God
and the devil—a reprobate.
4, Divine afd given in testimony
(vv. 11, 12), In the most trying hour
the Holy Spirit will teach the disciples
what to say, and how to say it,
{1,—Qualifications for Confessing
Christ (Acts 1:1-11).
Christ remained with the disciples
forty days after his resurrection to
prepare them for the important busi-
ness of witnessing for him, He had a
five-fold object:
1. To convince the disciples of the
absolute certainty of his resurrection
(vv. 2, 8). Before the disciples could
undertake the great work for which{
they had been preparing, the question
of Christ's resurrection must be set
tled beyond a doubt. No one can preach
the gospel who does not have certainty
of conviction touching the resurrec-
tion,
2, To instruct the disciples in
things pertaining to the kingdom of
God (vv. 8, 6, 7). Their unwillingness
to hear Christ's instruction (John 163:
12, 18) before his passion shut out
much valuable information, so the Lord
tarrles to supply this need. ‘They had
a wrong {dea as to the kingdom being
restored, not as to fact, but as to time,
Christ had again and again predicted
a coming kingdom in harmony with,
the united testimony of the prophets)
of Isrnel. They understood him aright
as to the fact of the kingdom, but tho
time of its manifestation they failed to,
grasp. The disciples should be des
fended against the reproach for having:
‘materialistic conception. ‘The king-
dom 1s still to come; the time of its
coming 1s Known only te God.
8 To show the disciples that their
business was to witness for Christ to
the uttermost parts of the earth (vv.
4,6, 8.) This witnessing was to be done
In the power of the spirit, the result of
which would be the formation of a
new body, the church, called out from
the world in the time of the postpone-
ment of the kingdom,
4, To show the disctples the scope
of thelr missionary activity (v. 8). This
1s shown to be as wide as the world it-
self, They were to begin at home and!
carry the good news concerning Christ
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Mission work begins at home and endd
with the bounds of the earth. ;
5. ‘To show the disciples that Christ
will henceforth operate from heaven.
They were to work on the earth, but
the source of thelr power was in heav-
en. Though he {s separated from the
disciples it will not be forever, for ha,
will come again. He will come again
as the God-man, our mediator. The
words of the men in white apparel;
have a double significance.
&) To show that Jesus will come
‘again.
(2) To show that in the meantime
they should set to work In the dfs-
charge of thelr commission, and not be
gazing up into heaven. ‘The Lord's in-
struction to the disciples was, “Occupy
till I come” (Luke 19:13). ‘Those who
have an intelligent; hope touching the
coming of Christ’ gf not sky-gazers,
but are deadly ta: witnessing
for Christ... 4
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Divine Descent.
| The inconggeity of the Bible with
the age of its birth; its freedom from
earthly mixtures; its original, unbor-
rove soiiany grenibensi ies siekies,
ness' with which it broke forth amidst
the general gloom; these to me are
strong indications of its divine de-
scent; I cannot theta, with a:
haman i aes,
When It Is te. Pray.
It 4s hard for a man to pray accor
ing to God's will if he ts not living ae
cording to tt. =
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"THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE SHIP; ALL ELSE IS THE SEA," said Frederick Douglass. Now is the most important time for Negroes to stand by the old party of Lincoln and Grant.
Keep Minnesota a Republican State.
Let us not draw the color line. Rectprocity between the races will be the salvation of the Negro.
HOME GUARD FRICTION.
The Home Guard as an organization is a valuable asset to our state's military forces and a credit to our race. We regret to say, that like the organizations of the white companies, the usual friction has developed. There is among the Negroes a desire of some to outrank their superiors, and the proper discipline has not been maintained. Instead of supporting each other to make the entire outfit an efficient organization, there is a spirit among a few to be insubordinate to such an extent that progress is hindered.
Efforts are being made to make it unpleasant for those who have the responsibilities of organization in order that the agitators might succeed in command. Whether this is pro-German propaganda, or a natural desire on the part of those to climb over the corpses of their fellows to secure official prominence, is a question which will be answered none too soon. A spirit of harmony and tolerance should prevail. The time given to criticism and gossip could be better used for instruction, so badly needed.
The Home Guard is a permanent organization, but some men and officers have unwillingly separated themselves from it. It is time for Negroes to learn that discipline in all military branches at this time, whether state or federal, is compulsory and violations are punishable. Restricting the progress of any organization to aid the nation in this war, is a federal crime. Although some are innocent of such intent, they are ignorant tools of the underlying forces at home, for which Home Guards are authorized to destroy in order that all citizens shall be protected.
COLORED NURSES TO BE USED IN ARMY CAMPS
Orders Issued by War Department Makes Opening for Hundreds at Six Base Hospitals in This Country—Many May Go Overseas.
Washington, D. C., July 22, 1918.—The War Department authorizes the following statement from Emmet J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War:
"Orders were issued today by the War Department to the office of the Surgeon General, which will enable colored nurses who have been registered by the American Red Cross Society, to render service for their own race in the Army. Colored nurses will be assigned to the base hospitals now established at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas; Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois; Camp Dodge, Des Molines, Iowa; Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.; Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, and Camp Dix, Wrighttown, N. J. At these camps a total of about 38,000 colored troops are stationed. General Pershing has been asked by cable whether the services of colored nurses can be utilised to advantage among the American
"ENLIST OR WORK" CAMPAIGN. The military authorities intend to push the enlist or work campaign among the Negroes. There are many idlers who have no lawful means of support. They will be drafted into the industrial army. Get work, gentlemen of leisure, even if as a side
A. B.
President Gunner Appeals to Colored Americans to Assemble at Chicago in September to Deliberate on Organization by Colored Americans to Get World Democracy.
Hillburn, N. Y., August 3, 1918.
Dear Fellow Colored Americans:
The National Liberty Congress which recently convened in the city of Washington, fully accomplished its avowed aim and object, viz: "To press the just claims of Colored American citizens to share in the world democracy, and to take positive measures to secure from the Government guarantee of the abolition of disfranchisement and of all caste discriminations, civil and political."
Expressed in plain uncompromising English, our just grievances were brought squarely before the House of Representatives, and before the American people, by said Liberty Congress, and were made a prominent and permanent part of the Congressional Records. (June 29, 1918.) It seems providentially fortunate therefore, that this note-worthy achievement on the part of the Liberty Congress is to be so soon followed by the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Equal Rights League, to be held in September, in the city of Chicago.
Our League is to convene in one of the most wide-awake political and social centres in the United States and during a most critical period in the world's conflict. From this important centre we shall urge our people to remain loyal to our country and to the cause of humanity. We mean to stand by Old Glory to the death; we intend also to contend to the death, if need be, for an equal share in that same democracy for which so many thousands of brave Colored Americans are cheerfully pouring out their life's blood. To secure these blessings to ourselves we must organize quickly those who are proscribed seeking to combat prescription.
Therefore, let us get together for organization as a race to enforce our claims to world democracy. Every church, civic, educational, fraternal, political and business organization among our people, without regard to sect, sex or party, are invited to be represented in the Chicago convention by one, two or several delegates to deliberate on the organizing of our race for self-defense. An especial appeal is made for the quick formation of equal rights and democracy leagues or committees for the purpose of sending delegates to this national convention for race organization for liberty.
Let every community join this Colored Liberty Organization Drive. Let us as a race get ready to enforce our claim to World Democracy as an issue of this world war.
We have never known two injustices to make anything right. The Saturday News has prospered by being as just to the white man as it has ever been to the Negro. We have never gone off half-cocked upon any proposition. Whenever we grope, we are in search of the truth. We want to be right and avoid as nearly as possible being wrong. We are not for the Negro right or wrong. We want him to be right. We complain because a majority of white people will always side with a white man when a question arises between him and one of our color; still certain colored newspapers, without making any investigation whatsoever as to the evidence, would have the entire Negro race do identically what they condemn the white people for doing. Be cause the white people do wrong is no reason why the Negroes should do wrong. The best preparedness to receive justice is to be just yourself.—Hopkinsville (KY.) Nows.
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MOONEY REFUSED NEW TRIAL
California Supreme Court Denies Plea in Bomb Case.
San Francisco, Aug. 23.—A petition that the trial court be directed to grant Thomas J. Mooney a new trial on the ground that his conviction was brought about through malfeasance practiced by the district attorney was denied by the state supreme court here.
Read the Negro Papers.
That, after you have been promoted you can't get any chevroons for a month and a half to show your pals who you are?
That, on the very night that you decide to skip mess and buy a feed of your own, the cook dishes out real steaks, fries, and apple pie?
That, after you've paid 100 francs to a French dentist to go over your teeth, a regimental dentist arrives in the town who would do the whole job for nothing?
That, just after you've gone out and bought a pair of putts on your own, the supply sergeant takes it into his head to issue better ones than those you purchased?
That, right after the distribution of cigarettes from the company fund, you get slathers of 'em from home—whereas you hadn't had a butt of any kind for a month before?
That, just after you've done your own laundry, at the expense of parboiled hands and a broken back, a payday comes along, bringing plenty of laundry money with it?
That, just after your barrage of letters to a girl back home has begun to take effect and her replies are becoming better and better with each succeeding mail, you suddenly discover that you don't care about her at all?
That, after you've taken one of those billet baths in a mess tin, you find out there are perfectly good shower baths only a quarter of a mile away, and that they were there all the time you were wrestling with the sponge?
PHILOSOPHICAL
Wise men make proverbs for fools to laugh at.
It's all up with a drummer when he loses his grip.
Nothing pleases an actor more than a lot of strenuous glad hands.
Religion is a good thing that does not cut a wide swath in a horse trade.
When speaking of amusement circles it is proper to include circus rings.
Fruit is considered wholesome, but a banana peel will upset most any man's stomach.
If a man refuses to set an example he is foolish if he expects the world to have a good opinion of him.
Statistics show that the sooner a man allows his wife to have the last word the sooner the controversy ends.
ABOUT PERSONS
Claud Hamilton of London demands execution of all pet dogs to conserve food.
Houston Richards, nineteen, of Philadelphia, has married his twenty-two-year-old widowed stepmother.
C. E. Elder, Methodist preacher of Trenton, N. J., in 19 years has officiated at 2,895 weddings.
Raymond Besselin and Ann Martha Washington were recently married in Omaha. Bride is kin to George.
J. W. Sample, seventy-four, Alderson, W. Va., has taught public school at $40 a month for 52 years and demands a raise.
THEATER BROMIDES
Full house tonlight.
No, I didn't smoke cloves.
They say this is a good show.
Did you ever know a show to begin on time?
I'll run out and smoke between these acts.
I don't know who did write the play; I never bother to look.
POPULAR SCIENCE
State war board of Minnesota forbids strikes or lockouts during the war.
National Wool Growers' association denies that there is a wool shortage and that there will be an increase of shoddy in clothes.
President Thomas of Middlebury college says that the war will lead us to revise our catalogue of virtues, giving stronger emphasis to some elemental qualities of manhood and judging less strictly the omission of more cultivated graces.
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Prisoners—Married men.
Liquid Fire—Prohibition whisky.
Raiding Party—1 p. m. at the ice box.
Relieving Party—Friend wife on pay day.
Camouflage—Rouge, poudre de riz,
peroxide, etc.
Tanks—Husbands whose wives are
in the country.
Revelillo—Shrill voice exclaiming:
"It's seven o'clock!"
Flank Attack—What little Willie gets for putting flypaper on baby's head.
Over the Top—Your wife's hints to you concerning her lack of anything to wear.
Gassed—The result of listening to a chatty neighbor's detailed description of her appendicitis operation.
Code—The hard look your wife gives you when you have company at dinner and you ask for more chicken,
POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS
Basting threads left in a garment signify that it is not yet paid for.
Rub a cat's back the wrong way, and if you see sparks it is a sign of cold weather.
Australian negroes used to hide themselves during a thunderstorm to avoid attracting the attention of the thunder demons.
An evening red and morning gray will set the traveler on his way. But an evening gray and a morning red will pour down rain on the traveler's head.
A black cat is the theatrical emblem of good luck, and when a new piece is produced the proper thing to do to secure success is to entice a sable tabby to enter the stage from the rear.
African tribes have charms, spells, omens, lucky and unlucky days. They makes fetiches of serpents, elephants' teeth and tigers' claws, and they believe that wooden images are imbued with peculiar power from their divinities, to protect them against danger, disease and witchcraft.
FROM THE PENCIL;S POINT
Constructive criticism seems to hurt as poignantly as any other kind.
If all people said all that they think, the world might get used to that, too.
A beautiful woman can look beautiful in anything—even a breakfast cap.
It is distressing that so many can't distinguish between an intuition and a prejudice.
Lasting disgrace would fall upon the small boy who should ever call a man anything but "that guy."
In these times of unprecedented demand there are "substitutes" for everything—except common sense.
Prize: One dozen dill pickles for a new joke about church services that doesn't depend on a member going to sleep during the sermon.
SAYINGS OF PUBLIUS SYRUS
To do two things at once is to do neither.—Maxim 7.
Everyone excels in something in which another fails.—Maxim 17.
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.—Maxim 120.
An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.—Maxim 148.
Many receive advice, few profit by it.—Maxim 149.
Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.—Maxim 170.
YOU MAY HAVE OBSERVED
Worry is a good friend of the undertaker.
Some men take what is in sight and hustle for more.
One woman seldom calls on another unless she has a secret to tell.
How superior a boy feels when he hears some other boy being scolded.
The best diamonds are of the first water—but it's different with milk.
The woman of the hour is the one who promises to be ready in a second.
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THE live stock famine which the world is facing is the most alarming condition agriculture has ever confronted. The horse, cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry industry in Euro-Asia has been nearly wiped out by the inroads of war.
And the lack of work horses and work cattle is preventing these countries from producing enough feed to raise more live stock, with which to raise more crops.
The duty of America is plain----we must plug that gap by getting into the business more deeply ourselves, not after while but now.
Our community can learn how to do this by visiting the live stock show at the Minnesota State Fair, September 2 to 7.
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Mrs. Florence Johnson and Misses Arilta and Regina Teal, nieces of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Teal, 3525 4th Ave. So., are visiting their mother, Mrs. Eliza Berryman, in Sparta, Ill.
DEATH OF EX-FIREMAN.
John Cheatham, Ex-Capt. of Minneapolis Fire Department, died at his residence on August 15, aged 63 years. Funeral services were held August 17 at Bethesda Baptist church where he had been a member for a number of years. Rev. Beasley preached a fitting sermon using as his subject "The Christian's Confidence." Funeral rites were conducted by the Masons and Ladies of the Eastern Star. A platoon of 24 firemen attended as escort. The floral pieces were numerous. Interment at Layman cemetery. Mr. Cheatham leaves a wife, three children and several relatives. He was highly respected and had been in bad health several years.
OFFICIAL CHANGES IN
NEGRO HOME GUARDS
W. R. Morris was commissioned a Captain in the 16th Battalion, M. H. G., last week. He was assigned to Co. D. of Minneapolis, relieving Capt. Chas, Sumner Smith, who is assigned to staff as field officer. Lieut. Geo. W. Holbert and R. L. Robinson were discharged from the military service for violation of orders of the Minnesota Public Safety Commission. Sergt. Wm. Clack was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and assigned to Co. C. 16th Battalion. During the absence of Maj. Sherwood, Capt. C. W. Wigington served as acting major.
NEW RED CROSS SUPERVISOR.
Mrs. S. G. Franklin has been appointed Supervisor of Alpha Chapter. She succeeds Mrs. Noah C. Stone, resigned. Mrs. Franklin is making arrangements for quarters for the Chapter. Owing to much distraction the work at the Chapter is far behind. Plans to continue the good work of Alpha Chapter will be devised at the re-organization of the Chapter.
ELKS TO ATTEND CONVENTION.
W. R. Morris, Geo. W. Holbert and P. H. Southall of Ames Lodge of Minneapolis, and Geo. W. Stewart of Gopher Lodge of St. Paul, will attend the annual convention of the Grand Lodge of Elks at Baltimore next week. Morris is a candidate for Grand Exalted Ruler.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keeyes have returned from Syracuse, N. Y., where they went to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Lucina Keeyes.
Mrs. Emma Jeffrey has moved to 809 Fourth ave. N.
Mrs. W. W. Williams, 2900 Eleventh ave. S., left last week for Pilly, Wis., to visit her parents and relatives. She will remain there about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Levy will leave this week for an extended eastern trip, visiting Chicago, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cape May and Atlantic City. They have just completed furnishing their elegant apartments at Fourth ave. S., and will be at home to their many friends on their return. Mr. Levy is an alternate to the Elks' Convention from Ames Lodge.
The boat excursion by the 16th Battalion Band and St. Paul Patriochie was a big success. There were several visitors to the Twin Cities aboard and everybody enjoyed the music of the band, which has made such progress under Prof. W. H. Howard.
Mr. Garfield Cook has gone to Kansas City to visit his sister, Mrs. Belle Cook, 1921 E. Elgheteenth st. He will stop in Des Moines and at Camp Dodge. Mr. Cook is in charge of the cafe car of the Great Western R. R. to Rochester. He comes in daily contact with many of our representative men and women, who go to the famous Mayo's sanitarium, where there is no color line.
Rev. D. E. Beasley, of St. Paul, has moved to 1911 Fourth ave. S., in this city.
Mrs. Georgia Broadus and Miss Ethel Waters of Lexington, Ky., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Belle Branch, 3511 E. 37th St.
Mrs. R. J. Cooke, 1301 Sixth ave. N., is visiting her mother in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. J. Hoffman, of 3640. Snelling ave. was agreeably surprised on the evening of Aug. 16, when a party of friends called at her home. Mrs. C. Cunningham arranged the affair. The social features were enjoyed by all and the surprise was a grand success.
Mrs. W. J. Gates and daughter, Rhea, of Montreal, are visiting friends in the Twin Cities. They are the guests of Mrs. Arthur White, 2832 Fifth ave. S.
THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES
Our boys overseas are not going to fall victims to the gas attacks of the Prussians if Uncle Sam can prevent it. Different kinds of gas
JOHN H. BURKE
NEW FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Mr. Bert Ellis, a young man of our city, is to be congratulated upon his venture into the business world, as a funeral director. He is well known in the Twin Cities, having worked for several years from bellboy to head bellman at the Minneapolis Athletic Club. He has a good education and he studied embalming, having had former experience in undertaking. He denied himself many of the pleasures of life and used his spare time to perfect himself in his chosen profession. Mr. Ellis is not like most young men of our race, who have started out without financial protection. He has saved enough to purchase a modern funeral outfit, which is a credit to the business men of our race.
Mr. J. E. Bostrom, of Bostrom's Undertaking Co., 3008 South 27th avenue, Minneapolis, heard of the ability of Mr. Ellis, and they became associated in business. Mr. Ellis has an office and every convenience for service in that building. Mr. Ellis is determined to bring funeral management among our people up to its highest standard. He deserves the patronage and support of those who appreciate his efforts and admire his ambition. He solicits public patronage and depends on his ability to render efficient service, and hopes to satisfy his patrons.
SHERWOOD ELECTED GRAND
COMMANDER OF
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
Maj. Jose H. Sherwood of the 16th Battallon, Minnesota Home Guards, was elected Grand Commander of the Knights Templar, Missouri jurisdiction, at the session in Marshall, Mo., this week. He is expected home next week, spending a few days at Camp Dodge and Kansas City.
Mrs. Jennie Ford has gone to Winnipeg to visit her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Pitts. She is accompanied by Thomas Donaldson, Jr. During her absence Miss Isabel Ford is residing with Mrs. B. A. Smith at Oakland Ave.
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masks used by the United States are interesting features of the big war show at the Minnesota State Fair, September 2 to 7.
NEGRO NURSES WANTED.
Major Jose H. Sherwood, 971 St. Anthony Ave., St. Paul, will be glad to receive the names of any graduate nurses among the colored women. He has been requested to forward such information to proper authorities for the organization of Colored Red Cross workers for overseas service.
Miss Mildred Plummer entertained for several young ladies last week.
Mrs. Levi Spencer, of Montreal, has returned home after a visit to her son, Harold Spencer, who has entered the war.
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WANTED--EXPERIENCED PIANIST.
At once. Lady or gentleman pianist, who has bad experience in theatre and dance work. Colored preferred. Write Prof. Eugene Schuck, Box 1, Bemidji, Minn., or phone 669 W.
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HOUSE FOR RENT.
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STORE FOR RENT.
Store for rent at 715 51th ave. N. in Greenberg's brick building. Store all modern. Steam heat furnished. Building 22x80. Best block on the avenue. Will rent reasonable for desirable business. Inquire at Greenberg's store, or phone Hyland 3947.
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Two rooms, furnished or unfurnished; suitable for light housekeeping or bedrooms. Mrs. Alice Brower, 2426 5th Ave. So. Call South 4474.
NICE FRONT ROOM Fog Rent—Suitable for two; gentlemen preferred. Snelling and 4th Ave. car lines pass the door; good location; walking distance. Call So. 117 before noon. Mrs. E. A. Mitchell, 1828 4th Ave. So.
MODERN FLAT FOR RENT. Modern Five Room Flat, 1st floor. Good location; walking distance. Apply J. S. Wright, Main Postoffice. Tel. N. W. 19 W.
EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE, 407 Nicollet Ave.
Wanted—A live, honest, correspondent and agent. Apply to Twin City Star.
Do not waste your time making promises to our agents. Send your money by Express or Post Office Order or in cash or postage stamps.
ADVERTISE IN THE STAR
PROFITEERING IS BARED BY REPORT
Treasury Department Tells How the American Public Has Been Made to Pay.
BIG INCREASES OVER 1916
Producers of Foodstuffs Made the Most Enormous Profits, and Nearly Every Other Branch of Industry Piled Up Huge Riches.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The treasury department's report on profiteering, just completed in response to a senate resolution and covering 31,500 corporations, reveals the fact that astonishing profits have been made in almost every branch of industry in America in 1916 and 1917. The names of the concerns are not made public. The treasury department takes the position that it would be a violation of existing law to make public the names of corporations and their earnings. The senate resolution is not sufficient to suspend the law; it would require a joint resolution, the treasury department holds.
The most extraordinary profitteering revealed by the report was in foodstuffs. Producers of nearly all the common necessities of life were shown to have made enormously increased profits in 1917 over 1916, although their earnings in 1916 were in numerous cases far above the 100 per cent mark. Ment packers' profits were shown to have increased substantially. One large packer made $19,000,000 more in 1917 than in 1916. In the iron and steel industry sensational profits were disclosed. In coal and oil profits mounted to unparalleled figures. Public utilities of virtually every character also came in for a liberal share of the increased prosperity.
Among the dairy concerns large increases of profits were shown. One company with $600,000 capital made $166,000 in 1917, against $25,000 the year before. The small dairymen made the largest percentages of increased profits. One little concern with a capital of $2,400 made $11,659, as compared with $4,000 for 1916. Fruit and vegetable growing industry's profits increased considerably over those for 1916, although they were fairly large for that year. One concern's profits were 240 per cent more for 1917 than for 1916. Concerns with small capital showed the largest increases. Wheat, corn and barley growing was not so profitable, according to the returns. One concern with $425,000 capital lost money.
Stock breeding showed substantially increased profit in nearly all the concerns listed. The industry also showed large profits for the previous year. One concern's profits were 255 per cent more in 1917 than in 1916. A large number of industries listed as "miscellaneous agricultural industries" showed some strikingly large profits, beginning in 1916 and increasing rapidly in 1917.
Food Men Gain Riches.
Of 216 concerus listed under the caption "Bread and other baking products," profiteering of an amazing character was shown. For example, one company capitalized at $40,000 increased its profits from $50,000 in 1916 to $107,000 in 1917. Few of them showed increases of less than 20 per cent on their capital stock.
In the canning industry one company which earned 377 per cent in 1916 earned 1,047 per cent in 1917. Another, capitalized at $93,000, made $247,000 in 1917, against $66,000 in 1916. A $50,000 concern which made $25,000 in 1916 made $142,000 in 1917.
The manufacture of syrups, molasses and glucose netted much increased profit. One company with $350,000 capital earned $363,000 in 1917 against $176,000 in 1916. Ice cream was an especially big money maker.
Of more than 500 flour, feed and grist mills listed only a few failed to show largely increased profits. One $2,500,000 concern made $752,000 in 1916 and $1,200,000 in 1917.
There was a general upward rise in most packing companies' profits. The largest concern listed had a capital of $100,000,000, upon which it earned $49,000,000 in 1917, against $30,000,000 in 1916.
Startling Profits in Leather.
Leather manufacturers, including the dealers in hides, and makers of boots and shoes and trunks and valises, made profits in 1916 and 1917 that are startling. One shoe manufacturing concern, with $1,000,000 capital, made 313 per cent in 1916, but no excess in 1917.
Scores of boot and shoe manufacturing concerns, whose capital was from $100,000 to $1,000,000, made all the way from 20 to more than 1,000 per cent in 1916.
Our Silver Goes to India.
The viceroy of India, Lord Chelmsford, returns thanks to the American government for its contribution to the silver supply. There is plenty more that can be spared. Only $77,000,000 of the cart-wheel standard silver dollars are in circulation, while about $440,000,000 are stored in treasury vaults and represented in circulation by silver certificates—in effect, warehouse receipts. The borrowing from the treasury by our government of a few hundred millions of the discs to be
The profits of the brewers ranged from 25 to 175 per cent in 1916, and their excess profits in 1917 were from 5 to 50 per cent, most of the large breweries making an average profit of 42 to 50 per cent in 1916, and an excess profit of 10 per cent in 1917.
The distillers of whiskies and spirits made profits in 1916 that ranged from 9 to 823 per cent, while their excess profits last year were from 12 to 400 per cent.
Coal Men Pile Up Wealth.
The Pennsylvania and West Virginia soft coal mining companies made enormous excess profits in 1917, according to the report. The large companies all made profits in 1916 ranging from 25 to 150 per cent.
In 1917 all of the large bituminous operators, the report shows, made unusual profits. One mine made 1,626 per cent on its capital in 1916 and 4,337 per cent in 1917. Another made 1,872 per cent in 1916 and 5,983 per cent in 1917.
Profits of the midcontinent bituminous operators were smaller, averaging 50 per cent.
The big oil producing companies of Illinois, Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia made from 28 to 396 per cent in 1916 and enormous excess profits in 1917. The Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas oil companies showed similar profits for both years.
All of the garment manufacturers made gigantic profits in 1916, those for the larger companies ranging from 25 to 75 per cent that year. They showed excess profits in 1917 of from 5 to 55 per cent.
Small dealers in flour and grain, with capital stock of from $1,000 to $8,000, made excess profits that ranged as high as 519 per cent. The report also shows that the small dealers in furniture and other household goods made enormous profits last year, with excess profits as high as 350 per cent. Retail dealers in tobacco made enormous profits off the smokers of the country, the highest being 3,176 per cent, and the average approximately 80 per cent in 1916. These profits were doubled during 1917.
Auto Builders Wax Fat.
Most of the automobile companies hit high marks in earnings in 1916, but they went still higher in 1917. The largest listed, however, did not show any extraordinary increase in profits over those of 1916. One company with $31,000,000 capital in 1916 earned $17,000,000, then boosted its capital stock to $96,000,000 and then earned $23,000,000. A $19,000,000 concern which earned $4,608,000 in 1916 made $5,258,000 in 1917. A $19,000,000 company made $4,713,000 in 1917, against $4,100,000 in 1916.
A tin plate mill with $49,000,000 capital made $54,000,000 net profit in 1917, against $19,000,000 in 1916, or an increase of 72 per cent on its capital stock.
Transportation, public utilities, and light and power companies, with very few exceptions, fared exceedingly well during 1916 and 1917. Their profits in 1916 generally ranged from 6 to 80 per cent on their capital stock, while they nearly all made excess profits in 1917 of from 3 to 35 per cent. Profits of the large public utilities companies in 1916 and 1917 ranged from 11 to 25 per cent.
Steam and electric railroads in 1916 made from 17 to 207 per cent profits, while in 1917 they made profits in excess of 1916 that ranged between 15 and 20 per cent, according to the report.
Marine, fire, and life insurance concerns enjoyed unusually large increases in profits. One company earned 483 per cent more on its capital stock in 1917 than in 1916. Another capitalized at $700,000 increased its income from $324,000 in 1916, to $3,778,000 in 1917.
How Dry Goods Men Fared.
A list of 2,092 clothing and dry goods merchants, including department stores, showed profits for 1917 in excess of those over 1916, as high as 191.43 per cent on the capital stock. The concerns making the enormous profits, however, were the smaller firms.
Retail grocers and provision brokers made their enormous "war profits" in 1916, the report shows. The grocers made only a small profit in 1917 in excess of their 1916 profits. Of the 1,633 concerns listed in the report, however, only a dozen show profits of less than 20 per cent on their capital stock in 1916, the year before the United States entered the war, and the profits of some concerns that year were as high as 1,813 per cent. Most of the grocers, both large and small concerns, the report shows, made average profits in 1916 of from 50 to 200 per cent:
Sentimental Gush.
"It's positively silly, of course, but a guess most of us have been that way at some time in our lives."
"What are you talking about?"
"I just now overheard a young chap telling 'earth's fairest creature' why it was that the sugar shortage wasn't bothering him in the least."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
converted into bullion and loaned to our silver-using allies is good finances. New York Herald.
Rather Slow.
"I don't suppose you would consider houseboating a form of sport?"
"I should say not!" replied the motorist. "Why, the last time I was on board a houseboat it took us a week to cover a distance I can travel in my car in about two hours of moderately fast driving."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Nothing Changed But the Price
Sight Drafts Sill the Same Fine Old Cigar You've Always Liked
When your dealer asks you six cents apiece for your old friend Sight Draft, don't get the idea that he is trying to put something over on you.
The plain truth of the matter is that our labor and other manufacturing costs have increased so much that we had the choice of cutting down the size of the Sight Draft cigar, using Inferior tobacco, or raising the price one cent.
We believed you would rather have the same old Sight Draft quality, the same old size, even if it cost you a penny more. So, from now on Sight Drafts will be six cents.
Try a Sight Draft today. It's worth six cents, and you experienced smokers KNOW it is. W. K. Gresh & Sona, makers. W. S. Conrad Co., St. Paul, wholesale distributors. — Advertisement
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CLARENCE BELL MOVES INTO NEW QUARTERS
Having secured a more desirable building for my barber shop and pool hall, I have moved to 250 Third Ave. S. (same block), where everything will be complete for the accommodation and comfort of my patrons. Up-to-date service and courteous treatment extended to all. Public patronage solicited. CLARENCE W. BELL. (Advertisement)
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GEORGE L. HOAGE—First Lieutenant and Supply Officer.
ARTHUR J. TODD—First Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer.
DR. VALDO TURNER—Captain, Medical Corps.
DR. JAMES H. REDD—First Lieutenant Medical Corps.
Major Sherwood has appointed Ira S. Ashe Battalion Sergeant Major.
Company "B" elected officers following Captain Sherwood's promotion to Major.
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T. W. STEPP—First Lieutenant.
JOHN F. COQUIRE—Second Lieutenant.
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Nature is conducting a "starvation drive" against Germany and Austria. While the crops of America and her allies promise this year to break all records for size, those of Germany and her allies will be smaller than at any time since the war began.
Widespread drought enveloped the central empires during April, May and June, which, combined with intense heat and an unseasonable frost during the first five days of June, stopped the development of all the vegetables and roots so urgently needed by the Teutons.
The frost destroyed one-third of the potato crop, especially in the northern part of the country. Peas and beans also were seriously damaged. At the same time the heat and drought increased the ravages of all kinds of pestiferous insects, so the crop of apples and peas will be insignificant. It also delayed the wheat crop and with the failure of Roumania and the Ukraine to deliver the expected wheat, Germany is in a bad way.
On the other hand, America's wheat crop will exceed 800,000,000 bushels, if it doesn't reach the billion-bushel mark predicted earlier in the season. The corn crop forecasted will be 3,160,000,000 bushels, breaking all records. The oat crop also will be a bumper one.
Canadian crop estimates differ, owing to the fact that the wheat country is so vast and enjoys varying weather, but indications are for a record crop for our northern ally also.
English crop experts report favorably on the prospects for this year, and good crops in the uninvaded portions of France, with an average yield in Holland and Spain, are predicted.
Italy, it is anticipated, will produce 164,000,000 bushels of wheat as against 140,000,000 bushels last year. An abundance of wheat is promised from India, Australia and Argentina. The question with those countries is one of tonnage and not of the size of the crop.
It doesn't look, therefore, as if the allied peoples will starve this year. The restrictions on the use of flour probably will be modified to a great degree by the food administration.
But the Germans will tighten their belts another notch and wait hungrily for the "vlctorious peace" their rulers have promised them.
How to Can Without Sugar
Fruits Will Keep Perfectly When Properly Canned in Water
Frank Schulte Comes Back After He Was Counted Down and Out as a Ball Player
Some ball players are often counted as down and out, but refuse to quit. Frank Schulte is one of these. He was regarded as a has-been in the National league and was well cast
"Keep canning, sugar or no sugar," should be the motto of housewives throughout the country this fall. If you can't get enough sugar for home canning put up your fruit without it, advises the United States department of agriculture. The products will keep perfectly until a time when more sugar is available or until a sugar substitute program has been worked out. Fruits put up in this way are excellent for ple-filling and salads and may be used in desserts, puddings, ices and punches.
In canning fruit without sugar, can the product the day it is picked. Cull, stem, seed, and clean fruit by placing in strainer and pouring cold water over it. Pack the product carefully in hot glass jars or tin cans until full. Use a tablespoon, wooden ladle, or table knife for packing purposes. Pour boiling hot water over the product in the hot jar. Place rubbers and caps in position, not tight. If using tin cans, seal completely. Place in the sterilizer vat, or canner, and sterilize for the length of time given below according to the particular type of outfit used:
Hot water bath, homemade or commercial ..... 30
Water seal, 214 degrees ..... 20
5 pounds steam pressure ..... 12
10 pounds steam pressure ..... 10
After sterilizing remove the filled containers. Seal jars; invert to cool and test the joints. Wrap in paper to prevent bleaching and store in a dry, cool place. If tin cans are used it will be found advantageous to plunge them into cold water immediately after sterilization to cool them quickly.
Short and Snappy.
Any man can take himself seriously, but success is getting others to take him that way. It's hard to convince a lazy man that the sunrise is a sight worth getting up to see. Just bear in mind that when your conversation is worth listening to you will always have an audience. The man who can't see that by sticking to his lathe and turning out as many pieces of needed machinery as possible he is helping the soldiers overseas to win the war, has mighty little imagination.
Every American soldier now entering the trenches carries an American Red Cross comfort kit, containing towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil, soap, handkerchief, socks, mirror and tobacco. The number of kits cannot be stated but the fact that every soldier has one means that the work done by the American women is a big comfort to the soldiers now on the firing line. This fact should be a solace to American women who have made them as well as to the soldiers. This statement is made on the authority of Maj. James H. Perkins, American Red Cross commissioner to Europe. It is added that more socks and tobacco are needed.
Population Center Changes.
When the census was taken in 1910 the center of population was in the city of Bloomington, Ind. When the first census was taken in 1790 the center of population was 23 miles east of Baltimore, Md.
Frank Schulte Comes Back After He Was Counted Down and Out as a Ball Player
Some ball players are often counted as down and out, but refuse to quit. Frank Schulte is one of these. He was regarded as a has-been in the National league and was finally cast adrift. He declined to go to the minors and sought a position in the American league. Clark Griffith of
F
Frank Schulte.
Washington picked him up and is not sorry for it, as Schulte has been hitting better for the Senators than he did in the National league for several seasons. He has proved a valuable man in the pinches and has made it possible for Griffith's club to win many games with his long drives. Reports have it that he is also playing splendidly in the outfield.
Castor Oil Is Soon to Be Off the Market, According To Druggists' Prediction
Castor oil, the public's one unfailing remedy for all ills, is about to go off the market. At least this is the prediction of Indianapolis wholesale druggists, who say that it is only a matter of a few months until the oil will be dropped from druggists' price lists.
Again the war is to blame. The oil is made from the castor bean, which for years has been imported by the United States from the East Indies by the thousands of pounds. Now the war not only has curtalled the importation of the bean enormously, but has created a demand for the oil derived from it that would have taxed the capacity of manufacturers had they been able to secure the normal supply of the raw product.
The government has found, drug dealers say, that no other oil is as perfect a lubricant for the type of engines used in the country's airplanes as castor oil. Consequently orders have gone forth from Washington diverting the present supply of castor oil in drug warehouses from civilian to federal use.
Goat's Milk Popular.
Canned goats' milk is finding an increasing market all over the world, and is said to be a profitable industry. In the course of the year the goat will produce 12 times its weight, but the goat is not so reliable as an all-yearround source of supply. Goats' milk is very rich, and is in demand as a food for invalids and many children, and the goat is said to be further free from tuberculosis.
Alien Property Custodian
Is Title of New Official
Created Since War Began
"Alien property custodian" is the title of a new official created by an act of congress of October 6, 1917, known as the "trading with the enemy act." It relates to the handling and disposition of productive properties in the country previously owned and operated by companies or corporations of a country now at war with the United States. In effect, it confiscates such properties, temporarily, leaving their final disposition for future settlement. Section 6 of the act says:
"That the president is authorized to appoint, prescribe the duties of and fix the salary (not to exceed $5,000 per annum) of an official to be known as the alien property castoidian, who shall be empowered to receive all money and property in the United States due or belonging to an enemy, or ally of an enemy, which may be paid, conveyed, transferred, assigned or delivered to said custodian under the provisions of this act, and to hold, administer and account for the same under the general direction of the president and so provided in this act."
Every corporation incorporated within the United States, and every unincorporated company doing business here which issues stock certificates is required to send the alien property custodian a list of its officers or stockholders residing in a country with which we are at war, together with the amount of stock owned by such person. The alien property custodian is vested with all the powers of a common law trustee in respect of all property which shall come into his possession in pursuance of the provisions of the act, and may manage such property and do anything in respect thereof necessary to its control and operation during the war, its ultimate disposition to be settled afterward. There is reason to believe that personal representatives of the German government, perhaps even the kaiser himself, have become stockholders in certain business concerns in this country and the "allen property custodian" has declared his intention to root them out.
SUMMER SMILES
Silencing a Bore.
He was boring the fair young thing to tears.
"It costs a great deal more than one would think to become a broad-minded and intelligent man of the world," he remarked.
The young thing saw her opportunity and took it.
"I suppose so," she said, "and I don't blame you for saving your money."
Where He Got Off.
"That actor is very pompous. He says he has arrived."
A
"He has," replied the manager "This is where he gets off."
"Dustin Stax must have been mighty smart to earn such a vast fortune."
"Yes," commented the expert accountant blandly; "but not smart enough to figure out his own income tax."
Somewhere.
Mrs. Flatbush—So your husband is "somewhere in France!" Mrs. Bensonhurst—So. I believe. Mrs. Flatbush—But don't you know where?
Mrs. Bensonhurst—No.
Mrs. Bensonhurst—No.
Mrs. Flatbush—Don't you feel some what concerned?
Mr. Bensonhurst—Why, no. When he was here I knew he was some where in America, but half of the time I didn't know where—Yonkers Statesman.
"Of course you read up on agriculture."
THE BOSS
"Yep," replied Farmer Corntosel. "I expect to make enough off the farm this year to buy books to teach me how to run it."
"Jones made a very lame speech on the subject under discussion."
"No wonder, when his argument hadn't a leg to stand on."
"Autochir," Name for a Truck Train Carrying Special Loads
The word "autochir" has been invented by Americans in France to describe a truck train carrying a special type of load toward the front. The first syllable of the word is easy enough to understand; the second is from the word "chirurgical," the old way of spelling surgical. The Red Cross motortruck trains, which have been given the name, carry a complete tent hospital of 200 beds. One of the trucks transports an operating room and another a sterilizing room. The other trucks, of which there are usually 18, carry double tenting, sturdy framework, floors in sections, window frames, heating stoves and full equipment for diet kitchens.
MARINES HAVE NO FEAR OF HUNS
Wounded Are Only Anxious to Get Back Where the Battle Is Raging.
ONLY CONTEMPT FOR ENEMY
Say When They Get Into Actual Fighting Contact With Fos There Is No Fight Left in Him.
London.—A naval attache who saw about 50 American marines in hospital suffering from wounds or gassing in the recent German offensive found every one of them full of cheer regarding the future; every one anxious to get well and be back in the fighting line. And every one of them held a poor opinion of Fritz as a fighting man. They were unanimous, the attache declared, in stating that the Germans were long-distance fighters only. As one of them said:
"They are not so bad when they are 50 yards away with a machine gun, but at close quarters the German soldiers are no good."
Marine after marine asserted that when he and his comrades got into actual fighting contact with the enemy there was no light left in him. Then the Germans would throw down their guns, and, waving their hands over their heads, cry out "Kamerad!"
Feel Contempt for Huns.
"Our men," added the attach, "gave me the impression of looking with utter contempt upon the German soldiers, who can fight only when they feel that they have the protection of artillery and gas, and surrender when it comes to hand to hand fighting.
"Far from feeling the slightest dread of the enemy, every man expressed eagerness to get out of hospital and return to the front. Every one of them wanted a chance of getting even with the Germans for having been gassed or wounded.
"The men were justly proud of the record that the marines had made, and their morale appeared to be of the very highest quality. The cheerfulness of all, including some infantry in the wards, may be summarized by the remark of one recovering from gas: 'Why,' he said, 'there's nothing in it. When all of us marines get going, we will wipe Fritz off the map, and we will eat our next Christmas dinner at home at that.'"
A British officer who has seen much of the American marines at their headquarters in France, and seen them at work against the Boche, writing on what he describes as "an instructive glimpse at the American war spirit
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This picture of Her Royal Highness, Princess Mary, only daughter of their majesties, King George and Queen Mary, shows her in the garb of a Red Cross nurse. Her Royal Highness has commenced her duties as a Red Cross nurse and is serving as a probationer at the Hospital for Sick Children, London.
British Aviator Killed in Triangular Fight.
Salvation Army Truck Driver Figures in Tragic Air Battle at the Front.
Paris.—Dying in the arms of a Salvation Army supply truck driver at the front in France, a British aviator who had just been crashed to earth in a desperate triangular battle in the sky had the satisfaction of witnessing the defeat of his German antagonist by a French plane just before he drew his last breath.
The struggle, according to a report reaching here occurred recently just behind the allied lines in France, and was witnessed by Ransom Gifford, eighteen-year-old son of Col. Adam Gifford, head of the Salvation Army for New England, and residing in Boston.
CAN'T KEEP A GOOD SHIP DOWN
and American efficiency in the field," says:
"On the reads to the front there is perpetual movement. Hundreds of motor lorries, each one packed with French soldiers, pass us in quick succession on their way to another part of the line. Again and again we pass bodies of American troops on the march, then a group of women and children. Although the road winds over the face of a well tilled countryside, few birds are seen, except for an occasional pair of ring doves. Such is the incongruity of war!
"We find the marines' headquarters at an old farmhouse, but in on every 'de' hum of aircraft, humous, and links up the intermittent crash of artillery fire. A Boche observation balloon hangs above the woods to eastward, and a 'woolly bear' shell lays a vivid black smudge against the limited skyline ahead. In the farmyard we seem to stand in a little world apart, but the sounds of adjacent fighting are close about us.
"A marine officer who has had no sleep for three nights comes in, dusty but cheerful; from the trenches. The marines are doing themselves proud out there, he says. There has been some stiff fighting in the woods, but the Boche will have to shift soon; that is the opinion of this old campaigner, who has fought by sea and land all over the globe. We leave the farm under the guidance of a young lieutenant, a 'broth of a boy,' with the face of a Greek god.
CAN'T KEEP GOOD
Half of Torpedoed Craft of Great Britain Have Been Salvaged.
METHODS GREATLY IMPROVED
Much Greater Weights Than Believed Possible Are Now Being Lifted—
London-Of 400 British ships sunk in the last two and a half years at least 50 per cent have been raised from the bottom of the sea. The organization responsible—the Admiralty Salvage department—is composed entirely of experts employed by a commercial firm which engaged in the business before the war. Ships were so cheap then, however, that often it did not pay to raise a sunken wreck and restore her to seagoing condition.
Things are very different now, and the result is that invention has been stimulated to an extraordinary extent. It used to be considered that 1,500 tons was the greatest weight that could be lifted from under water by wire ropes. A sunken government collier that was obstructing a fairway was lifted out of the mud recently and carried away by four lifting ships, with sixteen 9-inch wire ropes, and the deadweight carried was calculated at 2,750 tons. The wreck was shifted one mile at the first lift, and so was gradually taken to the beach, patched up and sent off to the repalring yard. She went back into service and made several voyages before a torpedo ended her career altogether.
Ships sunk in deep water cannot be salved. It is not expected that the Lusatania, for example, will ever be lifted. Divers cannot work in more than 25 fathoms successfully, though for special purposes they may sometimes go down to 85 fathoms for a brief spell of work.
The bulk of the ships saved have been sunk in less than 20 fathoms, or have been towed inshore by rescue tugs, and have gone around in fairly easy positions.
The salvage men face considerable risks, not only from bad weather but also from submarine attack. Only one Young Gifford was hauling supplies to hutments along the line, when suddenly three big planes circled immediately over his head and opened up a terrific fight.
In a short time one plane shot downward in flames and crashed to earth less than 100 feet from Gifford's truck. The young Salvationist ran to the wreckage, and after desperate efforts extricated the broken and bleeding aviator, who was still alive. Two French soldiers, who had been concealed near by ran up, and noting the condition of the aviator, raced off in different directions for a doctor and ambulance. Young Gifford held the dying airman in his arms, enabling him to lee back, and with fast closing eyes gaze at the conflict still raging immediately over their heads. The French plane put the German to rout, whereupon the English fighter with a smile relaxed and expired in the arms of the Salvationist.
Gifford states that for a month he has not had his shoes off, and that this is no uncommon occurrence with the supply drivers. He spent 24 hours under his truck on a subsequent trip when it ran off the road into a ditch.
"A rough cart track runs behind a belt of woods, and in this vicinity the American artillery is stationed. We approach one of the batteries, well hidden even at close quarters. A telephone fixed to a tree trunk rings sharply, and the captain, capless and without tunic, a megaphone in one hand, answers the call.
" 'Very good, sir!' He swings 'round to the guns.
" 'On barrage! Fire!'
"Through the megaphone his order penetrates to every corner of the wood, and the gunners leap to their work in a moment. Crash! Crash-Crash! Crash! The guns fling out their deafening message of death almost simultaneously, and in the momentary silence between the rounds the whizz of the shells can be heard as they fly on their way to the wood where the Boche still lingers.
"It is real team work, this gunnery, nothing else describes it—the work of a team, perfectly trained, in which keenness and efficiency produce a result beyond praise. For a time salvo follows salvo. Then comes the order 'Cease fire!' and silence descends upon the battery."
HERE'S GREAT CHANCE FOR WAR PROFITEERS
Manchester, Conn. — James Veich has a hen which lays freak eggs once a week. They are usually of large size. The latest one, a double egg, measured 8½ inches in circumference and 7½ inches around the center. In the center of the larger egg was a smaller one, the shell of which was harder than the one outside.
salvage ship, however, has been lost through enemy action.
One of the largest oil tank steamships was mined and caught fire. There was a heavy explosion and the decks were flooded with burning oil. The cargo consisted largely of benzine. Most persons would conclude that the case was hopeless. Not so. The vessel was scuttled by gun fire and thus the fire was extinguished. Then divers plugged all the shot holes, besides closing other apertures. On being pumped out the vessel floated and was forthwith taken to a repairing port.
As showing how valuable is the new submersible electric motor pump, a recently torpedoed ship which carried a cargo (mainly foodstuffs) of more than $15,000,000 value had a hole 40 feet long by 28 feet deep in her side. She was taken in to bury rescue tugs, but went down before time had served to beach her suitably. No ordinary pumping power would have served the need, but the new type pump enabled stakehold, engine room and all her after holds to be pumped out, so that cargo could be discharged and the vessel taken higher up the beach. Then the lightening process was continued until the vessel was floated and taken into dock, practically all her cargo being saved.
The number of the ships of the mercantile marine actually salved by the department in two years from 1915 to 1917 was 260. All these vessels were of big tonnage. For the present year the monthly totals of such vessels salved were: January, 14; February, 41; March, 37; April, 36, and May, 19. Thus the department has saved 407 important vessels of the mercantile marine. This does not include vessels salved outside of home waters. The larger figures of the latter period were due, not to increased enemy activity but to improved salvage methods. Many risks are run by the divers, particularly from gases generated by decomposed vegetables and meat in the holds of sunken ships, deaths having resulted from this cause. Grain, it seems, develops sulphureted hydrogen, which occasions blindness and violent sickness.
A chemist, however, has found a preparation which when sprayed on a rotting cargo immediately kills the gases and enables men to carry on their work in safety.
with shells dropping around it all day and half the night.
Mother Hands Beautiful Passenger Wallop for Each of Her Sons In Service.
Monessen, Pa.—"Tm making big money, and for my part I wish the war would keep up awhile longer," remarked a man on a street car here. A well-dressed, motherly-looking woman arose and gave the man a stinging slap, with "Take that for my son in France! And take that for my other son who is in camp waiting to go to France!" she said as she applied the same treatment to the other cheek. The man took his punishment without saying a word.
Postwoman in Wyoming.
Pine Bluffs, Wyo.—Wyoming has its first woman mall carrier. Miss Elizabeth Rutledge of this place is in charge of the rural route between here and Gallio. She took the place of Herbert Foulks, called in the last draft.
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By IMES MACDONALD
"per Syndicate.)
Alicia Randall was twenty-seven.
Sho had gone through many stages of
development since her twentieth year.
One of the most charming debutantes
in her set, her popularity remained un-
dimmed as new debutantes came dane-
ving after‘her. She had survived a vlo-
Rent love affair attached to a spectac-
polar engagement with a man who had
{been unworthy, and she had also sur-
jvived the sordidness of its ending and
ithe offensiveness of its publicity. Soon
jatterward she had experienced the
{deat of her oie who was dear to
wher, and the following financial crash
lwhich left her to her own devices for
making a living, And she had made
her living very creditably, indeed, a8
‘the city editor of a certain metropolt-
fan dally can testify, for within a few
short years she had advanced from
'sob-sistering to the editorship of the
[Woman's page, which position she
#dorned when Webster Rhodes Joined
the staff, oma
It is to be regretted that when this
young man first came under her exftl-
‘cal eye, Alicia Randall sniffed a very
(Superior sniff. She was at that point
‘in feminine life where she lodked upon
‘all men under ninety-two with suspl-
jelon—and upon those under thirty
with scorn. She placed Web Rhodes
lat twenty-five, when in fact, he was
(nearly thirty, and mentally filed him
‘away as a harmless impertinence, a
|mere boy. But Web Rhodes refused to
stay filed. Ho sensed her attitude at
ed and laughed at her, and one morn-
‘ing he thrust his head in her office
\door and shouted disrespectfully,
“Hello, Auntie! How's life?”
| And'in the days and weeks that fol:
owed he ‘cheerfully rumpled up her
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,dignity and fossed it into the ash-can
of neglect, once entering her sanctuary
Mio place a kiss with much gallantry on
the baek of her outraged hand.
| “How can you be such an impertl-
nent kid?” she demanded angrily.
“You're lucky, young woman,” he
grinned. “The next time I'm planning
ito kiss you right on the nose. Now
‘what do you think about that?”
Whereat she laughed. How could
she help it? It was impossible to stay
‘angry at the ridiculous boy. However,
jshe avoided him as much as possible,
|for he took the most startling lber-
ities with such an Ingenuous charm that
it was most disconcerting to the re-
‘served Miss Randall, although she
(knew it was just the overwhelming
exuberance of the spirit of bis youth.
No one could look inta his clean, fine
eyes without Ifking him instantly, and,
‘in epite of herself, she could not re-
Isent his freedom as much as she felt
that she should, for you see, Alicia
ro a ginl-woman, after all.
‘The first realization of her own at-
titude toward Web came on a day
when she Iunched with Amy Barlow, a
fr of the old social whirl in which
(Alicia Randall had once moved. The
Yuncheon was by appointment at Miss
Barlow’s request, and {ts purpose was
‘soon evident, :
“There's a very interesting young
man on your paper named Webster
Rhodes,” began the stunning Miss Bar-
low. “Do you know him?”
Though surprised, Alicia admitted
that she did. 3
“ What I want to kifow 4s this,” smill-
ed the irresistible Amy, “is he vulner-
able?”
‘“] don’t understand,” sparred the
puzzled Allcia:
“The point 4 this,” explained Amy:
“phe election {s but two months away,
‘as you know. Father has gone to ex-
treme lengths to make sure of the elec-
tion of certain candidates, This Mr.
Rhodes has something on father, wpe
4f published, would not only ov
bis plans but probably y fereire him in
‘most disgraceful political scandal
t this town's ever known. Mr.
odes has been ‘approached’ without
iccess, and father has put it up to
» $he arched her perfect brows
ith amused confidence in her own
powers of persuasion,
‘Allela was stunned. “You—you mean
to—to make him fai in leve with
jgouT” she asked.
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The Double
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Puzzled Alicia.
| “Not only that,” condescended the
charming ‘Miss Barlow, “but I would
even marry him if necessary, Father
says he's rather a splendid chap.”
“And you want me to introduce you,
4a, that it?” murmured Allcia.
“Exactly,” laughed Miss Barlow.
So it was that within two weeks the
entire staff was “on,"and when Rhodes
entered the editorial office he would
be greeted with cheers and loud laugh-
ter. “And how,” someone would ask
solicitously, “is the charming helress
Testing today?” or “Love me, Webble,
‘and the world is yours!” or “Noah, old
Tooster hold out for a stiff dowry—
and don’t forget your honest debts,
boy;" or “Webbie, dear, marriage is
a hard life.”
But. Webster Rhodes only. grinned
good naturedly and went on his war—
Usually, with the fascinating Miss Bar
low. She ‘phoned him, she noted him,
She called for him in her racing. car.
‘They drove together, lunched togeth-
er, and he was entertained at the Bar-
low mansion wh rijgmes"'s ‘00 00° sible
for him to be emg Ss
Week after week of this toltowéd,
and Alicia, stuck to her job with de
flant eyes and tight-pressed lips.
Whenever she saw Rhodes he seemed
just the same as always, but she sel-
dom saw him now. He was ambitious
—she knew that. Money, social post
tion, a beautiful wife—all these thing:
had been held out to him and he had
fallen for them!
‘The election drew nearér and nearer,
till it was but five days off—then four
‘The tension was growing every hour
It drew her back to her desk that night
atter dinner on the pretense of a press
of work, but she did nothing but sit
there and walt—she knew not fo1
what. Eight o'clock came—nine—sh¢
opened her door and looked out inte
the big editorial room. She sav
Rhodes enter, and noted that he looked
tired and unkempt. The city editor
leaped up at the sight of Rhodes an¢
went forward to meet him, They talk
ed earnestly for a moment as they
walked over to Rhodes’ desk. ‘The city
editor was jubilant about something
for, as Web slumped down into hi
chair, bis boss slammed him on the
back “and laughed encouragingly be
fore turning back to his own work
while Web himself sprawled before his
desk and put a fresh roll of copy pa
ber into his machine.
Puzzled, Allcia shut her door ant
waited another hour, then looked ou
again where Webster Rhodes sat alter
nately glowering at his copy and writ
ing in spasmodic spurts of energy
Pinally he glanced up and saw het
standing there. He beckoned and shi
crossed the room to stand by his side
“Stick around a while longer, Alicia,’
he grinned up at her, “I? you want t¢
see the fun.”
‘That was all. He dla not look a
her again but went driving along at hi
story. And Alicia “stuck around” til
one o’clock in the morning, when Web
ster Rhodes finished his work with §
nigh and gought er where she sat wits
her head Yn her arms on her desk.
She jumped nervously as she heart
the door shut behind him. The dron«
of the heavy presses that jarred the
building had almost Iiled her to sleep
“Look,” he sald, spreading a damy
copy of the morning edition before her
And there across the front page wat
his scoop story of the Barlow electior
scandal. He had just that moment
finished his follow-up story’ whict
would be printed in a later edition, In
getting together his material and tr
making his investigations he hadn’
slept for two days, and Alicia looket
up Into his tired eyes contritely.
“I—I thought you had—had faller
for Amy Barlow—and — her—her
scheme,” she murmured.
“Who? Me? Not on your life!” he
sald, picking up her hat and jamming
{t down over her pretty nose. “Come
on, let's ent, I'm hungry!”
A tear slid down from one of Alicia’
downcast eyes.
“And when I'm hungry,” he chuck
led, as he gathered her into his arms
“I always want my dessert first. ‘Tw«
scoops in one day 1s not so bad,” he
added, after the editor of the Woman’
Page had been efficiently although no
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Ly, Impressionistic, -
‘The artist took his Lrush, dipped it
in a bucket of paint and wiped it
across the surface of the canvas sev.
eral times horizontally. When he had
done this he took the result of labor
in hand and carefully placed it in an
elaborate frame,
“What's the idea?” his boon com-
panton inquired.
“Impressionistic study.”
“Do you mean,to tell me that ts s
finished painting?”
“Certainly.”
“What are you going to call it?”
“A village street from the rear seat
of a motorcycle.”
Tracing Slain by Watches,
‘The first number of a novel casualty
Mst has just appeared In Germany. It
contained the number of watches found
among the belongings of men killed in
action who cannot otherwise be identi-
fied. Watches, when sold or repaired,
are usually marked and numbered by
the watchmaker and recorded, and the
German military authorities, by ércu-
lating the new casualty list among
watchmakers throughout Germany,
hope to establish the {dentity of many
dead soldiers,
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Old Wayback—Ole Bill Kidder’s
son Rufe writes‘from France that he
don't git a chance to look around
scarcely fer watchin’ the sights.
Whadja reckon the ‘feller means?
‘Mrs. Wayback—Wall, I am sertinly
surprised at your tg'rance, Hiram Way-
back. Don't you know the young tek
‘Jer’s one of them cannon p’lnters?
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Cross Bulletin, issued at Washington,
has the following-account of the here-
ism of Red Cross nurses under fire:
“Private A. C. McLeod, Ake first
American soldier to be wounded in
France, was hurt when the Germans
bombed a Red Cross hospital. He owes
his life, he believes, to the Red Cross
nurse who stuck by him in the shat-
t.,4 ward, and saw that he had
prompt surgical attention. "Two of the
nurses were wounded by the same
bomb that hurt Mr. McLeod, but the
rest of the woinen, it was Stated, were
8 cool as the men. Here is his own
story in which 1t will be noticed the
Red Cross nurse 1s given the principal
place:
“‘Our hospital, a British-American
one in Flanders, was bombed the night
of September 4, last. I was working in
this hospital, at which I had been as
signed to the transportation section.
‘The patients who could do so went to
the bomb-proof cellar when the alr raid
opened, but there were a number of
soldiers so badly wounded that they
could not be moved. A number of
nurses stayed with the soldiers, and I
remained to help.
“ ‘Suddenly, a bomb made a direct hit
and exploded nearby. It pretty nearly
cleaned out the hospital. My legs were
smashed to a pulp and I was raving
with pain. I won't describe the scene
about me, for that would be too hor-
rible. A nurse stayed by my side. She
stuck to me and saw that I had prompt
attention, and I probably owe my life
to the immediate amputation which
was ordered. The bombing of this hos-
pital cost one nurse an eye, and an-
other a foot. ‘The rest of the nurses
‘were as cool as the men. I can’t say
too much for the work of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in France,’”
‘Here 1s something from the Central
Division Bulletin, published at Chicago,
‘which needs to be considered Jusf now:
Willing Workers Only.
"The growing seriousness of condi-
tions respecting transportation, hous-
ing, et cetera, prompt the suggestion
Little children take to the water
Wke ducklings and ought to be given
fa chance to learn to swim, wherever
thelr lot may be cast. This is an es-
sential part of thelr education and
might well be a part of public school
instruction, as gymnastics are, since
safety and assurance and pleasure in
the water in after life depend upon It.
Some youngsters learn so early that
they hardly remember the time. Boys,
who like to travel in gangs, shift for
themselves if there is any water in
walking distance that will give them
a chance for water sports, and teach
‘one another how to swim, often by he
role methods, Girls take fine swim-
mers, and certainly ought to be given
@ chance to learn at the earliest time
possible. ;
Nearly all the bathing sults for girls
under fourteen are made like the knit-
ted wool sult shewn in the pleture.
‘The body and the short and narrow but
elastic skirt are in one plece—the body
long-walsted. Separate, close-fitting
trunks are gtitched to the body, a lit-
tle below ‘the normal waistline, and
the suit buttons on one shoulder with
two rather Inrgé bone buttons. Cups
to be worn in the water aro of yabber
cloth, and made in lght colors and
faneiful ways. ‘They serve to distin-
AAat Eo. war countries of Hurope are
no place at present for persons with:
out definite business of actual value to
‘war or war relief work.
“The war council of the American
Red Cross announces that Jthe Red
Cross commissions abroad do not de-
sire any person to enter into forelgn
service except upon the explicit under-
standing that they shull be ready at
any and all times to undertake any
service and in any place, subject to
the control and direction of the Red
Cross officials under whom they are
serving; and that, until further order
by the war council, no person shall be
sent to service with the Red Cross
abroad for the purpose merely of in-
speeting the work, with the Intention
of using the results of sue Inspection
for leeture or literary material.’ ”
White Silk Veils.
Pure silk veils in white, rather
coarse mesh, come in large rectangular
shape, to be thrown gracefully over the
brim of summer sailors; the mesh,
quite open over the face and hat,
grows finer at the bottom of the vell,
and a sprawling flower design Is wov-
en into this finer mesh. These white
silk vells give a dressy effect to the
sport or semisport costume, and they
are very graceful, floating about in a
summer breeze. Best of all, they may
be washed in soap and water and dried
in one’s room overnight. If pinned out
while damp over a pillow they require
no ironing.
. White Stock Favored.
For, although the colored organdie
collar-and-cuff set prevails, it 1s not
the only type of neckwear in vogue
at present, Very different from it,
but equally popular; perhaps, is the se-
vere, high, white stock ng in fashion,
This stock 1s mude from heavy mate-
rial=usually lnén or duck; ityis un-
comfortably high, and is fitted with
two strips at the back which are to
be brought around to the front, looped
over once and held in place with a
site: “in op enanen:
many others when the beaches are
crowded, as well as keep the hair dry.
Many of the suits are blue, with
bands in white and In: strong colors.
Bright green, banded with white, and
bright orange banded with black are
favorites this season. With these usu-
ally there are rubber caps to match,
made in many ways, so that watching
mothers may easily keep an eye on the
Particular hehd that ts her care.
Most youngsters are barefooted un-
less the beach is rocky, in which case
soft cloth shoes protect them. Some
sults are provided with a knitted sash,
matching {ts border in color, and fin-
Ished with yarn tassels, but It is mere-
ly for ornament and not needed. It ts
a pretty embellishment, however, that
gives tone to the plain ilttle suit, as
may be gathered from the picture,
Greatina Qnace.
By creating legitimate places for
possessions that otherwise would be
out of place one can gain an effect af
spaciousness and order, and give eves
small city quarters the capacity to
hold a great deal without seeming
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PRACTICAL WORK ;
_ OF DISINFECTION
Thoroughness in Performing Op-
ération Is Important for Se-
: _ curing Best Results, mi
PRELIMINARY WORK NEEDED
Various Surfaces Should Be Swept
Clean and All Refuse Matter Re-
moved—Selection and Prep-
aration of Disinfectant.
(From the United States” Department ot
In the practical work of dis-
infection there are three essen-
tials:
1. A preparation of the
building that will factiltate
reaching drganisms of disease.
2. A disinfectant which upon
contact can be depended upon to
destroy such organisms,
8 A method of applying the
- disinfectant that will assure the
most thorough contact with the
bacterta.
Before beginning the use of disin-
feotant it is essential that certain pre-
Uminary work be done in and about
the stable that is to be treated. ‘The
various surfaces, such as ceilings,
walls, partitions, floors, ete. should be
swept until free from cobwebs and
dust. Any accumulation of filth
should be removed by scraping and
scrubbing, using for this purpose a
wire or other stiff brush and warm
water with a Iberal quantity of
washing soda, In some cases the
woodwork may have become softened
and so porous as to be a good me-
dium for the absorption of disease
germs. Such woodwork should be
removed, burned, and replaced with
new material,
Remove Refuse Matter.
All refuse, manure, ete., from sta-
ble and barnyard should be removed
to a place inaccessible to live stock
and, if possible, be burned or thor-
oughly mixed with a solution of chlor
{de of lime in the proportion of six
ounces to one gallor of water. If
the floor is of earth, it will doubt-
less have become stained with urine
and contaminated to a depth of sev-
eral inches. In such cases four inches
or more of the surface soll should
‘be removed and treated as suggested
above for refuse and manure.
Having made ready the field opera-
‘ation, the next consideration should
be the selection and preparation of
the disinfectant.» ‘The fact must not
be overlooked that many agents used
for the destruction of bacteria are
Mkewlse polsonous to animals and
man. In fact, some drugs, although
powerful as germicldes, are so pol-
sonous as to pre¢lude thelr general
use in the work of disinfection.
Among such, as previously stated, 1s
Dichloride | of mercury, which pos-
sesses the power of destroying not
only bacteria, but spores as well. It
is therefore essential in deciding upon
an agent to’ select one having a known
‘germicidal strength, properties of sol-
ubility, and at the same thme possess-
ing a reasonable degree ef safety to
animals and man,
Method of Application.
‘The efficiency and economy of the
work will depend in a great measure
upon the method of applying the dis-
infectant. Economy requires that the
Gisinfecting solution be applied rap-
ldly; efficlency requiras thnt it bé
not only spread in such manner as
to cover the entire surface requiring
disinfection, but that suffielent quan-
tity and force be used to drive the so-
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lution Into all cracks and crevices.
‘Where a very limited surface is to
be treated, as, for example, one stall,
it may be possible to apply the dista-
fectant in a satisfactory manner by
means of a whitewash brush. In all
cases, hewever, the best method of
applying the disinfectant and the lime
wash is by means of a strong spray
pump.
‘The entire interlor of the stable
should be saturated with the disin-
fectant. Special attention should be
given to the feeding troughs and
drains,’ After the disinfectant bas
dried, the surface may be sprayed
with lime. wash, provided this has
not been combined with the dtsinfeet-
ant as previously described. When
the werk has been completed it will
be adivieable to open all doors and
windows of the building fer the ad-
mission of air and Hight
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USE MACHINERY FOR
CUTTING CORN CROP
Binders and Platform Harvesters
Save Man-Power and
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Performing Task by Hand Is_Hard,
Disagreeable Job—Bundle Eleva-
tor Attachment Eliminates
‘One Man In the Crew,
Prepares Tint of Reroute
‘This year when farm help is so lim-
ited, there 1s an urgent need for labor-
saviig machinery wherever possible.
One man with a corn knife by work-
ing hard can cut and shock an aver-
age of 1% acres a day. Two men with
a platform harvester can harvest 4 oF
5 acres in the same time and three
men with a cprn binder in a ten-hour
day can cut and shock from 7 to 9
acres, Cutting corn by-hand is a hard,
disagreeable task, the bulletin points
out, and the time when it should be
done Is limited to a few days if the
full feeding value of the corn Is to be
retained. Fall plowing, seeding for
winter wheat and digging potatoes
must be done on many farms at about
the same time. In such cases, the
timeliness and ease of accomplishing
the work are determining factors In
deciding the advisability of using corn-
cutting machinery.
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Usually most satisfactory results are
obtained with a three-horse team, and
sometimes four horses are necessary
when the corn is heavy or the ground
hilly. In ordinary ylelds, one man op-
erating the binder will keep two men
busy gathering the bundles and shock-
Ing them. ‘These three men cutting
and shocking by hand would scarcely
cover more than four acres in a day
and it would be necessary to work
much harder than. when the corn bind-
er 1s used, thus the machine requiring
less Inborlous work takes from one-
half to two-thirds as long to cut a giv-
en acreage,
When the binder 1s used for cut-
ting corn for silage the labor of at
least twe men will be saved as com-
pared to cutting by hand. One binder
will usually be able to cut thé corn
as fast as a 12 or 14-Inch silage cutter
‘can handle it. A great deal of time
is saved im unloading at the cutter,
because the corn fs In bundles, which
enables a further reduction in the size
of the harvesting crew,
A bundle elevator attachment to the
corn binder saves further Inbor, By
this attachment the bundles of corn
are delivered directly to a wagon driv-
en by the side of the binder. This
method ellminates another man in the
crew. When the bundles are dropped
from the binder to the ground two men
are generally requirad to hand them
up as fast as one man can arrange
them on the wagon. When an eleva-
tor attachment 1s used one man usual
ly arranges the bundles on the wagon
as they are delivered from the binder
and another man or boy drives the
team,
‘The platform harvester ts the most
satisfactory machine when the acre-
age in corn fs not sufficiently large to
§ustify a binder. ‘This machine con-
sists of an A-shaped platform on tow
wheels two sides of which are equip-
ped with knives, It is drawn by one
horse, operated by two men, and cuts
two rows at a time. The men gather
the stalks as they are cut,‘and when
the shock ‘is reached the horse is
stopped and the men carry the cut corn
to the shock. In cutting corn with @
platform harvester for silage much
time can be saved and efficfent work
done if a wagon 1s driven alongside
the harvester and the corn placed on
It directly as it {s cut, By this method
‘approximately five acres of corn yield-
ing 8 tons of silage per acre eonsti-
tutes a fair day's work. Two men
with a platform harvester and one
horse will cut and shock at least as
much corn in a day as three men cut-
ting by hand. ‘This machine thus tak-
Ing the place of one hired helper will
very nearly pay for itself in cutting 40
acres.
Avoid Damp Grass.
“Don't allow the hems to run the
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dow mornings ox rainy days.
MUST DISCOURAGE BUYING LUXURIES
Many of So-Called Necessities Should Also Be Used Sparingly as Possible.
Money Could Be Turned Into Liberty Bonde and Thrift Stamps, and Labor Into Essential Industry
BY KORTIMER L. SCHIFF.
So much has been said and written in recent months on the subject of thrift, that it must by this time be the self-evident fact that unless the strictest economy is practiced by the people of this country, the enormous sums and the mass of goods which the war requires cannot be forthcoming. The most important contribution which the civilian population can make towards the winning of the war is to so order its daily life as to prevent waste and thus make available for military purposes the goods and labor which would otherwise be dissipated in production for unnecessary purposes. Not only must the spending of money for luxuries be discouraged, but even so-called necessities must be used as sparingly as possible. It is only in that way that the growing need of our army and navy can be met.
The amount which the individual can thus contribute may seem small, but if all pursue such a course conscientiously, the resultant saving is enormous. Surely it is due to our brave boys at the front that our military operations be not hampered by a lack of supplies due to production at home being diverted into non-essential channels. It must always be borne in mind and cannot be stated too often, that doing without something results in a double advantage to the government. The money thus saved is made available for the purchase of Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps and in addition a corresponding amount of labor and goods is released for war purposes.
To illustrate by a concrete example, if a man does not buy a new overcoat, but makes his old one do for another season, he not only can place at the disposal of the government the money which he would have used for that purpose, but the manufacturer can use that cloth and the labor for making the overcoat in manufacturing a military or naval overcoat for one of our soldiers or sailors.
Thrift Will Help Win War.
Fuel and food conservation work in a similar way and everything which we as individuals do without means just so much more for our allies or for ourselves for war purposes. The gospel of thrift cannot be preached too often or too strongly, not only for its direct bearing on the war, but also for its effect on the future of this country. We have been so blessed with natural resources and facilities for production, that we have been an extravagant people, and it is certain to be of incalculable advantage if we learn the value of saving. We have been extravagant not only in the expenditure of money, but also in what is even more important, in the use of our raw material and of our land. Intensive farming and full use of buying products are examples of this kind of thrift, which if intelligently practiced will tremendously increase our production.
Saving to be effective must be systematic and not haphazard in character. The greatest advantage of War Savings associations or the purchase of Liberty bonds on the installment plan is that they require the setting aside of a definite sum each week or each month and the making of the domestic budget accordingly. And the remainder of the money thus set aside is saved and invested in the premier security of the world, in the obligation of the United States of America.
Frugality Great Asset.
The problems of peace are going to be no less serious than those of war, but we face them with confidence, if, as a result of the habits we have acquired during war time, we shall have become a thrifty and economical people and a nation of savers. "Waste not, want not" is a true old saying, but its application was never more important than now. France's greatest asset has been the thrift and frugality of her people and we can do no better than to emulate her in this, as in so many other things. To do so each must do his or her share and by so doing divert production from non-essentials into essentials and make available the labor and goods needed for military purposes. In the same way, it is only by thrift and economy that we can speed up our production and make participation in the war more and more effective.
"Ma," said five-year-old Wilhe to the cleanliness administrator of the household, "I believe I could be a better boy if you wouldn't wash me so much."
"What has washing to do with your behavior?"
"Well, ma, you know that after you wash your hair, you say you can't do a thing with it."
How About Gossips?
The human voice is produced by 44 different muscles.
Dexter Christened for Friend of Owner; Maud S. for Daughter of Owner; Cresceus for Hippodrome Driver.
Every race horse is required to have a name, and when a champion appears many an inquiry is made in regard to the new performer and especially his name. Starting with Flora Temple the first 2:20 performer, says a writer, the records show that she won her first race under the stable name of Flora but no one has ever explained why Temple was added later.
George Alley named Dexter for his friend Dexter Bradford. The name of this horse was known to more people than any one that ever lived. Many a man who is now gray-headed can recall when as a lad his hobby horse was called Dexter, while the sled which he was given at Christmas had Dexter's name or a picture of him stamped on it. Also at the present time nearly every printing office in the country has in stock a few electrons of Dexter to insert in advertisements. The original was a print with Murphy in the saddle, the rider being removed when the wood cut was made. The Dexter print was also used by manufacturers of weather-vanes for barns and race track buildings all over the country.
Goldsmith Mald trotted her first races in 1866 as the Goldsmith Mare She was then owned by Alden Goldsmith. When he started out in 1867 he changed the word "Mare" to "Maid." R. B. Conklin, the breeder of Rarus, declared that the colt would be a champion, so he selected the Lat in word "rarus," meaning "rare," to designate him from the common herd He made good. In 1875 St. Julien was named for a brand of wine. Sargent who was training the gelding, asked for a name to be used in entering him at Ppughkeepsie. On the same day an agent from a wine house left a sample bottle on a Mr. Galway's desk in his New York store. He noticed the name St. Julien on the label and told Sargent to pass it along to the horse, which General Grant saw reduce the world's record at Oakland, Cal., in 1879, when returning from his trip around the world.
Maud S. was named after Maud Stone, the daughter of her Cincinnati owner. Sunol carried the name of a town in California, while Nancy Hanks was given the name of Lincoln's mother. Alx was named for the princess who married the recently deposed czar of Russia. The Abbott brought in a new line of names with "the" attached, the Village Farm producing a number of them. Crescue was named after a celebrated driver in the Roman hippodrome. Lou Dillon combines the names of her dam and sire, and Uhlan carries a name affixed to light cavalry of Tartar origin and which was first introduced into European armies in Poland.
While the war is not yet over, the American Y. M. C. A. and brother organizations among the allies have already won praise from the highest military commanders for their work in maintaining the spirit of the armies of democracy.
This great organization, says Detroit News, originated in an invitation extended by George Williams, a London dry goods merchant, to his young men employees to meet in an upper room of his store for a period of Bible study and prayer.
This was in 1844. The meetings were so successful that larger and better quarters were secured and other young men were invited to join. Similar associations were formed in other English cities. In 1851 the movement reached America, that year witnessing the formation of the Y. M. C. A. branches in Montreal and Boston.
In 1854 the first international conference met in Paris, with delegates present from America, Canada, England and several countries of continental Europe. There are now 10,000 branches in the world, of which 2,192 are in North America. The international headquarters of the Y. M. Q. A. are at Geneva, Switzerland.
"We Kings."
"We kings must stand together." So wrote Emperor Charles to King Ferdinand of Roumania last winter. Evidently his reasoning was found cogent by King Ferdinand—and perhaps it would be hard to blame him, observes Boston Transcript. All that a man hath will he give for his life. Emperor Charles had it in his power to save the "traitor Hohenzollern"—that is to say, the Roumanian representative of the elder and honorable branch of the Hohenzollern family—from the wrath of the "Hohenzollern of Berlin. And at all events King Ferdinand, to save his crown, perhaps his head, acceded to the German-Austrian terms, though his heroic queen thus far scorns the disgrace. "We kings must stand together." Also the democracies must stand together. More and more the warfare of the central empires takes on the character of a new "holy alliance" of tyrants, in whose willing service none but slaves is found.
An unhappy divorce scandal was being discussed in the presence of an English official.
"Poor Smith!" a banker sighed. "To fall at the age of sixty-nine! He'd climbed to the very top of the moral ladder, too. In fact, he was a Sunday school superintendent. How strange that at sixty-nine Smith should fall from the ladder's top!"
"But wasn't there a woman at the bottom of it?" laughed the official.
THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
NEWS OF STATE TERSELY TOLD
semldji.—One of the Bemldji hotels are advertising for "bell girls." Thief River Falls—Commencing Sept. 1, the Soo railway will place two more freight trains on the line from Thief River Falls and west.
Mankato.—One of the boldest robberies ever recorded in this city was pulled off when thieves entered the La Vogue shop and made their getaway with $1,000 worth of dresses and gowns.
Little falls.—The grand jury has returned indictment against John Wozmiak on three counts, charging first degree murder. Wozmiak cut the throats of his three children at his farm home July 12.
Stillwater—Sheriff T. H. Maher arrested Ambrose Barry on the charge of assaulting a young woman of this county, the arrest being made by St. Paul officials at the request of County Attorney Thoreen.
Brainerd.—The Brainerd Co-operative Creamery company has engaged Hermer Banson of the Albert Lea State creamery as buttmeraker. The new creamery is expected to begin operations about Sept. 15.
Rochester—Mrs. C. H. Rogers was very seriously injured recently by the explosion of a gasoline torch in the cellar of her home, where Mr. Rogers was doing some repair work and had three gasoline torches burning.
Minneapolis.—Frances Cox, 3 years old, was killed by, an automobile driven by W. R. Landy. The child was crossing Newton avenue and walked into the path of the auto. A rear wheel passed over her body. Fairmont.—A. J. Lindenburg, 16 years old, pleaded guilty before Judge Dean to affixing his name to a dozen or more worthless checks and passing them on local merchants, Judge Dean sentenced him to the Red Wing training school. St. Paul.—Governor Burnquist will redesignate the new regiments of National Guard in Minnesota. 'Instead of calling them the First, Second and Third Minnesota troops, they will be called the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth regiments.
St. Paul.—"School Patriotism," a handbook for the Teachers' Patriotic league and Dittle Citizens' league, written by Supt. C. G. Schulz of the state department of education, will be distributed to schools in all sections of the state.
St. Paul.—A number of booze carrying autos in the northern Minnesota Indian territory, confiscated by Indian agents, will shortly be sold at public auction. There is said to be quite a variety of cars, but the Fords are largely in the majority.
St. Cloud.—Capt. John W. Carter has been informed by Adjutant General Rhinow that the St. Cloud company of Home Guards has been accepted into the Fifth Regiment of National Guards with headquarters at Mankato. In connection with the local unit a fully organized motor corps has been formed in St. Cloud.
Winona—Employers of women and minors at less than $6 a week in Winona are liable to prosecution under the state minimum wage law. The warning was issued by Miss Eliza E. Evans, secretary of the Minnesota minimum wage commission, following reports that the wage law is being disregarded in many cases here. Winona.—When patriotic Winona men in a jocular spirit organized a society known as the Yellow Dogs and designed only to help along American war-time activities they evidently did not know that the name is applied to a certain definite class in the United States which has a sinister purpose and which is now the object of a strong campaign of opposition.
Virginia.—Alleging that Idell Layton, age 60, and he had been living together for the last fifteen years as common law man and wife, Joe Vieu, a pioneer settler near Gheen, filed suit in district court here against the woman to recover money he had placed in property she now owns. A marriage license was granted to Miss Layton and George Webster. Vieu alleges that he sold his own claim so that he might invest the money to improve the woman's property, and says that he stands to lose all if she marries.
Duluth.—John Quincy Adams of Duluth was unanimously elected president of the Minnesota State Association of Stationary Engineers here, Jess Williams of Minnesota was elected vice president; J. F. Gould was chosen from a field of four nominities to serve as secretary; J. E. Marshall was re-elected treasurer; J. Joyal, Duluth, becomes the new state conductor; T. S. F. Hays was unanimously re-elected state deputy, and Mr. Cookman, St. Paul, doorkeeper, Minheapolis was selected as the meeting city next year. Winona—Major B. P. Rosenberry of this city has arrived safely in France. He is the first of Winona's physicians in France and from all indications the division with which he is connected will go directly into the Somme district for active service.
Bemidil.—The first two tractors to be manufactured by the Short Turn Tractor company of this city were sold and delivered yesterday, one being sold to John Suckert, who owns a farm a few miles west of Bemidil, and the other being to John O'Jompera of Cokato. Two more tractors will be completed soon.
Mankato Woman Active In Y.
W. C. A. War Work.
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Minnesota is to be divided into nine districts for the co-operative war fund campaign of the W. Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A., to be held late in October. The district chairmen are now being selected. One of the first to be chosen is Mrs. C. J. Holman, of Mankato, who is leader, for the second district, represented by the counties of Nicollet, LeSueur, Rice, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Faribault and Freeburn.
The Y. W. C. A. is to have a particle ularly effective showing of all its war work at the state fair in September. One of the features is to be a miniature hostess house, a war-time activity of the association, which makes a special appeal to the American family, because it gives the soldiers in the cantonments a touch of home. Sixty-one of these houses have been built by the Y. W. C. A. since America began the mobilization of its army. Twenty-five more have been authorized and many more are needed. It is for this work that the association this coming fall will ask $2,400,000.
St. Paul—Chili sauce and ketchup will not be a luxury in Minnesota this winter. Dispatches from various parts of the state indicate that the tomato yield has been very satisfactory.
St. Paul.—The department of justice announced that A. R. Lanceille, a German alien of Mankato, arrested on the charge of representing himself as a recruiting officer, will probably be interned for the balance of the war. Winona.—Charles W. Anding, ex-county auditor, who was recently convicted of violation of the espionage act and sentenced to a year and a half in 'the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has been granted a third stay of forty days. Red Wing.—A squint-eyed forger who passed off three worthless checks in Red Wing came to grief in Winona when he attempted the same game. In Red Wing he used the name of Richard Kelly, but in Winona he made his checks payable to W. A. Latten.
Bemidji.—The Bemidji chief of police had a personally conducted tour to Thief River Falls Monday night, when he acted as chaperone to two misguided girls, who had aspirations to become "actorettes." One of the girls was 16 and the other 18 years of age. They were willing to go home after a little fatherly advice.
Stillwater.—At an inquest held over the body of George P. Wolf, an alleged horse thief, who was killed by revolver wounds, inflicted by two officers when Wolf sought to evade arrest, Sheriff Thomas H. Maher of Washington county and Patrolman Andrew Robinson, South St. Paul, were exonerated by the coroner's jury.
St. Paul—The Minnesota Public Safety commission has begun an investigation of the charges of Attorney Thomas O'Brien who stated that rich men's sons were exempted from draft when they had no more to do than to chase a rubber ball about the back yard lot while widows' boys were obliged to go to war because their sisters were able to eke out part of the living by clerking in a department store.
St. Paul.-Lax management of the Walker state tuberulosis sanatorium under the previous administration of that institution, is criticized in a report made public by the state board of visitors. Farm machinery was left scattered without protection in the farm yards; knives, forks and other tableware apparently thrown into the garbage were found in the hopsens and other evidences of careless management were reported by the board. The board visited the Walker sanatorium with state health board and other officials recently on the invitation of Dr. P. M. Hall, Minneapolis, newly elected superintendent. The report states that Dr. Hall is not responsible for any of the conditions criticized.
Faribault—The board of governors of the Minnesota Bar association expelled Attorney Albert Pfawender of New Ulm from membership in the association. The vote was 15 to 1. Action was taken because of an anti-war address which Pfawender delivered shortly after the United States became involved in the war. The same action was taken in the case of James A. Peterson of Minneapolis, who was convicted of disloyalty and who faces a prison sentence. Peterson was an unsuccessful candidate for United States senator on the Republican ticket at the June primary
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