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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-12-13

Mesdames John Land and Ed Daley
were in Richmond, shopping Tuesday
Miss BeuIah Sebastian spent Satur-
day and Sunday with Misses Bernice
and Bessie Teater.
Mr.. James |. Hollon of Hazel Green
a brother to Miss Lenna Holon, re.
ceived commission as First Lieutenant
at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Miss Lenna Hollow is conducting a
moonlight school, at the school house
here on Monday. Wednesday and FRI
day evenings from O'Clock to $50.
Miss Lucy Worthington who is at.
tending the ID. and ID. Institute at
Danville. had the misfortune of burn
ing her hand so badly at a machine in
the Laundry there that three fingers
had to be amputated.
A watch which was lost by Mr.. An
drew Bogie at his home at Buckeye
before his death several years ago was
found recently in the garden there.
The watch was present from his wife
Mrs. Permelia Bogie. ana it was quite
a surprise to find it sfter so long u
time.
Mrs, Tom Floyd who has been a
great sufferer for some time from a
growth on the leg which puzzled
number of physicians died at her home
here Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Floyd
was Miss Dora Burton. She was twice
married; first to Mr.. Mosie Masters.
She leaves husband and seven
children. mother and number of
brothers and sister. The deceased left
a beautiful testimony of faith for her
redemption thru Christ so the bereaved
ones can look thru their tears to hope
of lana where there will be no suff-
er:ng and sorrow and prepare to meet
their beloved in that Land
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-12-13
GUMS CHAPEL.

Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Chandler visited
in Madison recently.
Mr.. Harold 0nstott of Beres College
visited his parents here recently.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-12-13

t''il say this respecting the horse
H"i have had much 10 do with every
.,"iy aad kind that for docillty
FER mi'hfulness and for cheapness of
Hli'icnance. give ne the horse who
'N"r sheds his coat or is bothered
VITA ingrowing toenails. who remains
wherever you place him and is ever
u' the job when hes wanted. That
n"IN" Is the sawhorsc.-Zim In Car.
looms Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
SNOW SCOOPS

They seem to be very scarce in
Audubon this winter, else there is
tremendous shortage of man power
to run them. Possibly 1t is the war
that causes this stringency, but be
that as it may, there are very, very
few stretches of side walk that have
been treated with the snow scoop the
past week.
Early in December is none too
early to get ont that snow removing
instrument, nor is it too near the
Fourth Of July to apply a little bit
of muscle or elbow grease to it's OPP
Grafton.
Possibly you have not had the good
fortune to use the side walks since
the snow began falling two weeks or
more ago and consequently you have
not realized that it is just as bad
wading shoe-mouth deep now as it is
in March. Perhaps you have noticed
now and then walking in the middle
of the street and perhaps drivers of
vehicles have been annoyed by the
persons walking in the beaten paths
of conveyances. But like the Postum
advertisement says There's rea-
son" for the use of the street centers
by the school children and persons
travelling the "hoof route" and that
is because the sidewalks have not
been made ready for them, and the
snow is still lying hereon in undis.
turbed heaps just as it fell from the
lofty heights.
Take a look at the side walk in
front of your home. Has the snow
been removed from it, and is the
walk in fit condition for school chill
dren and others who walk upon it?
If not, send yourself after that
snow scoop. Anything will do so you
get the snow off your walks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
WHAT GUNNER WAITE
SAW IN BELGIUM

Chief Gunner Richard Waite, hero
of the Dardanelle campaign and q
participant in the battles In the
trenches in the north of France had
something to say at Bloomington rec
emily of the things he had seen while
at the front. The events he related,
or at least those parts of them which
came into view as a result OF actual
warfare, he saw. 1t is not hearsay.
One incident will suffice to give an
idea of what he saw, in addition to
shots given the socialists, pacifists.
slackers and the Hearst newspaper
syndicate.
Waite says in part:
"In the little town of Amdeen, in
Belgium, he saw things that IL Ro-
man Catholic heard the truth about
them he would go out and kill the
first pro-German he saw. When a
portion of German trenches were
taken an this town, included in the
advance, the women we're found mex
ed in the streets. The mother super
Tor and the good priest of the con-
vent had been killed and the sisters
had been used for the brutal pleas
ures of the soldiers. One hundred
and sixty Of these women later gave
birth to German children in the hos
pitfalls of England and the infants
were smothered at the order of the
British government"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED

Sunday evening just about supper
time the fire whistle shrieked it's
loud noise, and called the fire de-
partment to the art studio of Miss
Kate Sorensen where a small blaze
was the cause of commotion. Miss
Sorensen and assistant, Miss Ras-
mussen, had gone to the post office
and were absent only about ten min
utes. When they returned they
found the flue had caught fire from
the cook stove and the woodwork
about the flue in the basement was
the only thing damaged. The fire
boys did not even have to use the
chemical apparatus, just forming a
bucket brigade to extinguish the
blaze. 1t is fortunate that the ladies
returned to their home as soon as
they did, otherwise the damage
would have been much greater.
This is the first time the fire de-
partment has been called out in sew
eral months and even though having
lac of practice, the boys were John
ny on the spot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
UNDEFEATED CHAMPION
sUCCUMBS AT LAST

Frank A. Gotch retired champion
heavy weight wrestler of the world,
died at noon Sunday at his homo at
Humboldt, Iowa, of uraemic poison.
ing. He had been in failing health
for two years.
Gotch was Al years old. The rec
ord books detailing the events of his
life give Ills age as 80 years, but this
is inaccurate. He was born on April
81, 1875, on a farm three miles
south of Humboldt.
He is survived by his widow. A.
year old son, Robert Gotch; broth
er, Fred Gotch; sister, Mrs. Char
lie Kurth of Humboldt, and his
mother, Mrs. Amelia Gotch, also a
reident of Humboldt.
His wife and son were at his be-
side when death came. 1t is said
that the famous athlete was con-
sciouc almost up to the time of his
detath despite the rumors that have
been in circulation during the past
two months that he was irrational
part of the time.
Gotch built up fortune in wres
thing and by investing his earnings in
Iowa farm lands. His estate is var
iously estimated at between $780,.
900 and 100000, all of which rep
resents money made through his abil
ity as a wrestler.
Gotch won the American champ
ionship January 81, 1904, from Ton
Jenkins, after one of the roughes
matches ever seen in this country
The bout was staged at Bellingham
Wash. Gotch won the first fall ant
was awarded the second after Jen
kins had fouled him repeatedly b!
applying the strangle hold and b!
striking him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
AMERICA, MY COUNTRY

(By Jens X. Grondahl)
America, my country, l come at thy
call;
plight thee my troth, and I give
thee my all;
In peace or in war time wed to
thy veal
I'll carry thy flag through the fire
and the steel.
Unsullied 1t floats DER our peace low
ing race,
On sea nor on land shall 1t suffer dis
grace;
In reverence l kneel at sweet Lib
erty's shrine:
America, my country, command,
am thine!
America, my country, brave souls
gave thee birth
They yearned for haven Of freedom
on earth;
And when thy proud flag to the wind
was unfurled,
There came to thy shores the oppres-
sed of the world.
Thy milk and thy honey flow freely
for all
Who takes of thy bounty shall come
at thy call;
Who tastes of thy nectar Of freedom
shall say:
America, my country, command,
obey!
America, my country, now come is
thy hour
The Lord of hosts counts on thy
courage and power;
Humanity pleads for the strength OF
thy hand,
Lest liberty perish on sea and on
land.
Thou guardian of freedom thou keep,
Ell of right,
When liberty bleeds we may trust In
thy might.
Divine right of kings or our freedom
| must fall
America, my country l come at thy
| Chorus:
America, my country, l answer thy
call.
That freedom may live, and that ty
| rants may fall;
l owe thee my all and my all will
give
do and 1 die that America may live
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
CONGRESSMEN'S SALARIES AND
THE EXCESS PROFITS TAX

From statements made in some
papers. many have understood that
the salaries of congressman were ca
empted from the payment OF the IN
come taS under the provisions of the
last revenue bill. This is entirely err
roneous, as congressman pay the
same income etax as any other per-
on having the anne income, and will
continue to do so as the lay now
stands. The real point was whether
their salaries were exempted from
the exces profit tax. The new law
made the excess profit tax apply to
individuals as we'll as corporations
and co-partnerships, but exempted
the salarie of Officers under the
United States and the several states
and territories" The salaries Of the
state officials were exempted because
it was believed that these could not
be taxed under the constitution. The
salaries of the federal office holders
were exempted because the judges
salaries could not be taxed constitu-
tionally, and as to most of the others
it was claimed that they were already
insufficiently paid but there was no
intention to exempt the salaries of
congressman. Judge Green has writ
ten letter to the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, showing that, as
the words are used in the constitu-
ton, Officers under the United
States" are only those who are ap'
pointed, and the congressman, not
being appointive officers, are not ex
empt. He has consequently asked
the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. to settle the question by holding
that salaries of congressman are not
exempt from the excess profit taz
and to make ruling to that effect
In his letter he cites number Of
decisions of the Supreme Court Of
the United States holding that
strictly speaking. none but appointed
officers are Officers under the
United States"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
GETTING MORE COAL

We are informed that several peo-
pie who already have a supply Of
hard coal on hand, even enough to
last them a month or two, tried to
get more from the car load of hard
coal that arrived at the Updike Co.
Thursday evening. This is hogging
it little too much and should not
be allowed. Those having coal in
their bins should let others. who are
not SO fortunate, have a chance, in
fact all the chance to obtain the coal,
which is little enough. as only a half
ton order to each person wac given
by Commissioner Carter at this time.
in order to give as many as possible
the opportunity of having the COM
forts of a warm fire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
WAS NOT A DOUBLE WEDDING

We were not far off in last weeks
Republican when we said we would
keep a look outin the Atlantic paper
regarding a visit of four Audubon
young people to Atlantic. The fol-
lowing article appeared in the Allan
tic News-Telegraph on December IA.
REX E. Davis and Miss Iva Kauff-
man, both of Audubon, were mar
ried here yesterday by the Rev. F.
w. Simpson of the Methodist church.
The ceremony took place at the par
sonage. The attendwants were Will
Kaufman, a brother of the bride,
and Miss lola Davis, sister of the
groom.
"Mr and Mrs. Davis left for a
months welding trip to Indiana, after
which they will make their home on
a farm near Audubon"
Mr.. an Mrs. Davis are the son and
daughter of two of Audubon's most
highly respected families and have a
host of friends, who will not only be
surprised to learn of their marriage
but will wish them the Joy and hap
piness of successful welded life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
SNOW FALL HELPS
THE GROWING CROP

That the cold spell is fine thing
for the growing wheat and that 1t
came just in time, especially the fall
of snow, is the opinion of B. ]. Snow,
the crop expert of Chicago.
According to the crop expert, 1t
doesn't really matter that the snow
and cold over large area of the
northern states of the middlewest
chills to the marrow, impedes We
hicles and railroad traffic and eats
into coal supplies. None of these
we're suffered in severe measure, Mr..
Snow pointed out, whereas the ben
eft to the crops are of vital import
ance.
The fortunate circumstances of the
occasion was the fall of snow, need
ed by seeded wheat as a blanket of
warmth against the cold, and to pro-
vide moisture for the soil. Many
things may happen to crops be-
fore next harvest but that, Mr.. Snow
said, does not alter the fact that for
the present time the right thing hap
pened at the right time.
Who of all the human race could
make even one little snow drop?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
A NEW HEAVYWEIGHT

Early Saturday morning at six
O'Clock new heavy weight arrived
in Audubon. 1t is an eleven pound
boy that came to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Eaton. in West Audi
bon. where the first bout was put on,
he getting the best of the father in
the first round. The mother and
child are doing nicely and Grandma
Keith has been as proud as a pea
cock strutting about ever since. Dad
Eaton failed to put in his appearance
for work at the Dixon Lumber Co.
Saturday, but has finally come down
to earth and is again his normal self.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Sunday night a number of the
friends and relatives of Mrs. VIM.
Krauel called at her home and sur.
prised her, it being her 55th birth
day anniversary. The evening was
most enjoyably spent and an appel
izing luncheon was served at ten
O'Clock, after which the unlimited
guests took their departure, not how
ever. without wishing Mrs. Krauel
many more pleasant birthdays and
promising to see that she received
the presents due her from her
friends
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
EXCURSION NOTICE

Another land excursion to Texas
points by the Rio Grande Valley
Land Co., will leave Audubon. At
lantic and Omaha on Tuesday, jan
uary 1. 1918. For full particulars
see H. G. Leach, local manager. 500
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all our kind
neighbors and friends for the kind
ness shown toward us during our
time of grief.
Mrs. Sarah Jones
Mr.. Laurel Peppers
Mrs. VIM. Scherf.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
FORTY HOUR DEVOTION

The Forty Hour Devotion exercises
to have commenced at St. Patrick's
church last Friday morning were
postponed until Sunday morning,
when they were opened at the nine
o'clock mass which was a High Mass,
celebrated by the pastor, Rev. Nc
Donald, who just recovered from his
illness, having been a sufferer from
tonsilitis and rheumatism. Comics
sions were heard from four to six
o'clock Sunday evening and all day
Monday, and the devotions closed on
Tuesday morning. Sunday night
Holy hour, the rosary and benedic
ton of the Blessed Sacrament were
had, at which large number Of the
congregation were present.
Frank Garoutte was a business
passenger to Manning Monday ev
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
A PRETTY VIEW

I've seen a lot of pretty views
BY day, also by night
But the prettiest sight I've seen a.
week
Was a load of anthracite.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-12-20
FOR REGISTERED MEN

The county advisory board has is
sued the following instructions for
guidance of the men registered for
the selective CONSUMPTION.
Commencing December 18th, and
daily thereafter, QUESTIONABLE will
be mailed to each person whose name
appears on the list of registrants for
the selective draft.
On the first page of the question
aire is stamped the date on which 1t
is sent out and it must be returned
properly made out in time to reach
the local board within seven days
from that date.
With each QUESTIONABLE is print
ed notice stating where the advisory
board is in session to whom the reg
istrant may apply for assistance In
making out his QUESTIONABLE, without
any charge therefor.
There is one division of the ad'
visory board sitting at the court
house in Audubon. The registrant
may apply to the division and is
urged to 60 there And he must take
with him the persons who are to
sign the affidavits in support of the
claims they make for deferred classi-
fication.
If the person whose name is on
the envelope that contains the ques-
tionaire does not now receive his
mail at that address or If he is al.
ready in the military or naval ser.
vice, the person living at that ad-
dress must Immediately notify the
local board of such fact, and also the
mail carrier on that route. The
headquarter of the local board in
Audubon is upstairs in the court
house, where the Advisory Board is
at work each day.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

making declaration Hon. Julian
w. Mack of U. S. District Court,
and head of the American Military
Insurance Dept, Washington, D. c.
England, politically the ripest
of commonwealth, boldly news the
path toward this triumph of inter-
national justice; in due time Amer
lea is certain to follow DIR. Max
Heller, New Orleans.
AT no other time was it as
clearly apparent as at this hour
that the restoration of Palestine as
a homeland for the Jewish people
is chiefly dependent upon the or
ganized will Of the Jews them
selves" Leon Zolotkoff, Sec. of
Federated Zionist Societies of the
Middle West.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
November %, 1917

time of. the Crusades. Napoleon
captured Jaffa in 1899, and hum
dreds of his soldiers died there of
cholera which came with the army
from Egypt.
There is good carriage road
leading to Jerusalem, a distance
of thirty-one miles, and also a
railroad fifty-four miles long built
in 1892, which runs blythe ancient
town of Ramleh. The population
of Jaffa numbers about 10000 in
normal times, and the chief ex-
ports are oranges and other fruits,
leather goods, wool, corn, and
soap.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR JERUSALEM
INSTITUTE

The Jerusalem Institute for Blind.
Children has received further contrihu-
lions from the Mines. John Friednoon
sam Phaum, Herman Mikolas, Henry
Welskopf, Emil Robitchek, A. Goldberg.
David Friedman, Ben Schneider, Sam
Friedman, and VIM. Greenberg, of Mime.
apolis, and Mrs. Philip Newman. of still.
water, MINI. 49,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
TOIN ZIONIST MOVEMENT.
Enlistment of Two Rothschi1ds Re-
ported in London Dispatch.

The Jewish Morning Journal pub
lished the following as special dis
patch from London:
AT a reception held in Princess
Hall, Piccadilly, London, given by
Lord Rothschild, the head of the
Rothschild family in England, in
celebration Of the official declara-
ton by the British Government in
favor of a Jewish home land in Pal
estine, Lord Rothschild announced
that his younger brother, Charles,
and Baron Edmund De Rothschild
of Paris, head Of the French branch
of the Rothschild family, had joined
the Zionist movement.
"The reception was attended by
all the Zionist leaders in England
as we'll as by prominent Jews and
gentiles: One of the latter, a priest,
presented Lord Rothschild with
handsome volume of suitable texts
relating to the return of the Jews
to Palestine.
1.-The prevailing opinion in we'll
informed Zionist circles in London.
is that Russia will urge the inter
allied conference, to be held soon in
Paris, to give it's approval to Zion
ism. The Armenian Consul in Lon
don congratulated the Zionist lead
ers on their excellent prospect of
getting Palestine, and expressed a
hope that the Jews would prove
good neighbors.
The German newspaper, Ger
mania, organ of the German Cath
Ole Party, urges the German Gov
eminent to take steps against the
alliance of Great Britain and the
Zionists."
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
BRITISH FIVE MILES FROM
JERUSALEM.

London.-During the past week,
the British forces under Gen
eral Allenby, have made consider
able progress in Palestine, and at
any time now the cables are expect
ed to flash the news that Jerusa-
lem has been wrested from the
grip of the Turk. Already Jaffa,
on the Mediterranean coast, 81
miles from the Holy City, has been
occupied by Australian and New
Zealand mounted troops. The
whole Turkish army is said to be
in retreat to the north. -
The country now being traversed
by the British forces is full of Jew
ish memories. Beersheba is asso-
ciated in the Jewish mind with the
progenitor of the Hebrew race,
Abraham, who ''planted there a
grove and called on the name of
the Lord" 1t marked the south
ern boundary of Judea, as is indi-
Gated by the proverb "from Dan to
Beersheba. GAIA and Ascalon, the
two Philistine towns, bring up rec
objections Of the period of the
Judges in Israel. It was one of
the most important commercial
centers of Palestine and figured
in many famous battles. It was
the scene of victories by Ptolemy Of
Egypt, Mark Anthony, the Crusa-
ders, the Monaghan hordes and
finally Napoleon, who captured it
in 1899.
Jaffa or Joppa, as it was known
to the ancient mariners in the
Mediterranean, is one of the oldest
seaports in the world, and is built
on a tongue of land jutting out
from the coast of Palestine. 1t
was the place where the cedars
for building the great temple Of
Solomon in Jerusalem were landed,
and also figured in history at the
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-23
WHAT LEADERS OF AMERICAN JEWRY HAVE TO SAY
ON BRITISH DECLARATION FAVORING RE-
ESTABLISHMENT OF JEWS IN PALESTINE.

The declaration has transferred
Zionism from the field of national
aspiration to the realm of political
fact. It now must be taken for
granted that opposition to Zionism
is ended. Whatever some Jews
may heretofore have thought and
said about the Zionist hope, they
face a fact which cannot be con-
troverted or annulled.-Dr. Steph-
en- S. Wise, Chairman Provisional
Zionist Committee.
"This is historically the most i'm
portant event in modern Jewish
annals and establishes the status
of Israel among the nations DIR.
Harry Friedenwald, President of
the Federation of American Zion
lists.
II have absolute faith in Brit
aims power and believe that what
she has undertaken she will &C
complish. Clarence I. De Sofa,
President of Canadian Zionist Fed
Grafton.
''This is the first time in history
that the positive cause Of the Jews
is taken up by a great Power and
the distinct promise given to fur
ther that cause to the best of it's
endeavors. PROF. Richard Gott-
he'll, First President of Federation
Of American Zionists.
"No power on earth can give to
the Jewish people anything which
it is incapable of taking advantage
of. Will the Jews of today rise to
the occasion ?"-Louis Lipsky,
Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee, Federation Of American
Zionists.
"The declaration is sure to have
it's effect on the Peace Commission,
whenever it shall meet. The res
toration of their respective lands
to small, conquered peoples, will be
among the first questions consid-
cred. In that deliberation, the
right of.the Jews to Palestine will,
I believe, be recognized and favor
ably acted upon" Rev. DR.. Kraus-
kopf of Philadelphia.
''The declaration must have the
effect of gaining for the Zionist
cause the support of even such
Jews as have hitherto been indif-
ferent or opposed to the movement,
for no Jew can consistently oppose
the establishment Of a Jewish
homeland be it ever so SMALL
Adolph Kraus, President Independ-
ent Order Bnai Birth.
"American Jews, citizens Of this
~ IL L.