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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05
A Beautiful Story
If 1t We're But True

There is an old saying that it is
better not to know SO much than to
know so much that isn't true.
That's what ails some OF the re-
1aters of a certain beautiful story
dealing with patriotism and loyalty
to the flag.
How, when and where it started no
one seems to know-at all events,
Ne one is telling, If he knows.
As it finally reached the party most
directly concerned it ran something
like this:
Mr.. Ludwig, agent for the Pacific
faevator Co. made a sighting remark
about the American nag, spat on it,
and 50 forth and so on in the pres
ence OF Recruiting Omcer Basil d.
Coleman, in Watertown. not long ago.
The onlcer promptly knocked him
down. Ludwig got UP, stood on his
pins rather ~unsteadily. because Of the
terrific blow, and sort of half repeat
ed what he had said. Tho recruiting
eaacer, without saying 4 word. and
having said not a word during the pro-
ceedings, knocked him down again.
Ludwig then wended his way to
fudge Myers OF the municipal court
and here's where the courts loyalty
comes in. according to the yarn.
Lets see,"" observed the court,
what was it ron saidsa Ludwig is
said to have repeated it. in substance.
Well admonished the court. my
advice is for you to gosback to the re-
cruiting onicer and ask him to knock
you down again!n
Finally this story. inits most sem
setional form, reached the ears OF
Mr.. Ludwig, who, rejecting and
scratching his head in meditation,
could not recall the affair.
So recently he called on Offcer
Coleman and asked whether the re-
c~ruiting station had heard ANYTHING
about it.
Why, no. said the oficer, in eject.
And then, after hearing what sort Of
a report wa in circulation. Recruit
ing Officer Coleman promptly dictat-
eda note to the press. declaring that
he had no knowledge Of any such In
cident, had sneyer struck NJ. Ludwig
for this or Tor any other cause.A and
hat he had never heard Mr.. Ludwig
express, directly Or indirectly, other
taan the most loyal sentiments re-
ssecting the United States q the
flag.
It's real bad to have somebody's
little dream - abruptly die aeborning,.
md it would be nnesif the fellow who
~ooncocted ne story merely because
Y sounded Arnericanly romantic;
seuld b placed Inn position where
- German 41-centilmleter guns would
1870 him hall To death every half
honr oryasweek
LME& EE2E AA ELMAA AA-AE
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05
BATTLE cay or THE MOTHERS.
(By Angela Morgan)

Bone of u bone, flesh OF our flesh,
Fruit Of our age-long mother pain,
They have caught your life in the ma.
tionss mesh,
They have bargained you out for their
paltry gain
And they build their hope q the snat.
tered breast @
OF the child we sang to rest,
On the shattered breast and the
wounded cheek
o. God! il the mothers could only
speak,
Blossom Of centuries trampled down
For the moments red renovn.
fslse Of u pulse, breath Of our
breath,
Nope Of the pang that brought to
birth.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05

Germany can always ind SUM
Gent store Of high explosives ~ tap
ping County Rerentlow.New FORK
Evening Post.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05
Roberts Doubts
Ii, But Sound Theory

Pierre Daily Dakotan, edited BY
Tom Roberts: Frank Cory, one OF.
the ablest editorial writer's in the
state, in a column article in his pa
per, the Watertown News. shows
very conclusive1y that he does not
like the appointment of Charles N.
Day. to the board OF acharities and
corrections by Governor Norbeck. Not
because Mr.. Day is not competent,
honest and thoroughly qualified, but
because from b son the Argus-Lead-
or will lose ~tssprestig, as a newspa-
per and become the smouthpiece OF
the administration. We cannot agree
with Brother Cory. While from a
general standpoint it probably would
be better FOL. alLeditoral not to accent
once, still with men of the caliber of
Charley Day it will make no difrer-
ence. When the administration
espouses d cause which MI. Day does
not believe In, he is big enough to
stand for what he considers right and
rather than go wrong he will resign.
That is our opinion Of Charley Day
We do not believe he would do other
wise to hold any political job under
the present administration or any
other. We do not believe that Cover
nor Norbeck, however, is going TO
make any such action necessary. He
has started out right and If he contin-
ues in the way he has started. not
only Charley Day but every other re-
publican editor in the state will be
back OF him with possibly the exccp-
ton OF the Sioux Fails Press which Is
so badly peeyed they will probably go
or and playsby their lonesome.
what makes you think George
doesn't love you al much as he used
[tos.
sWhy, when he comes to see mo
now he's always looking at his watch,
Rrnwning's Magazine sss
He. When is your sister think
ing Of getting maTried?1
She Constantly Pelican
i member of the reichstag makes
the charge that President Wilson
doesn't know Europe, With few
years more Of -Prussianisrn. the old.
est inhabitant won't know tSayan.
nah News. sS4ss
Germany can always ind sum
cient store 81 high explosives BY TAP.
ping County ReTentlowew FORK
EveningssPos
The discovery that itswas the usSs
inst sank the american ship HCusa-
tonic should prove ryg4tifyfng n
members ~ the Newport reception
lcomlllnittees-Boston TIanss4ipf
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05

u You i've ii Watertowa q vicinity, 81 that You Dan.
al upon u.s. vel be glad to explain the plan IN detail You.
furnish certain references, is : matter OF good faith and sign
m agreement to- take the machine upon stipulated monthly
payments, Of for cash, providing II suits you after you have had
- opportunity TO try II out. sNS
signed the agreement, you ask that : machine Be shipped to
YOU, transportation prepaid, and you'll get the machine for
nye da lays tree trial; =, e the end Of the i've days, you con.
back st the company's expense. Your asking that the ma
chinebe sent to You places you under no Obligations to keep it,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05

the trial, YOU don't like II Gould anythi
WHY NOT INvEsTTGAsTK2

'ifs after "a tzial, yca dont ike Il Gould Anything IS farrssra
WHY NOT IHvKsTIGATx NN
time, why not call a. our Office to in5poct thess machinSs4
We're Convinced that you'll like thu looks of Tho Woodstosk
and that you'll appreciate its shne action and admire III 80
soi . operation. let rs demonstrate this machins ~ you WAY
HOW CAN WE DO IN
We can make these Offers becanse neitnery VI ID I'M
manufacturer employs high-sala1ied travelling salenneR rs
A drum MP prospects and then demonstrate the machine Is
those rounded up It has been costing too much tos IN
typewriters. That's why you've had - pay such trernsndous
prices for highgrade machines. The Woodatock people Hs
advantages Of Opportunity IS knocking AZ yonr very doorP
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05

And the sound u our million drsns.
You shall know that the world II I'm
last awake
You shall hearSsthe cry that the mstAsa!
ers make
You shall yfeld-for Tire mother
sake.s
Speaking purely from personal
standpoint. W. are entirely Willinx
that the fnalienable right 81. American
citizens to sail any part of the high
seas, regardless Of subrnarines.abssx ~.
ercised by somebody else.--Nashviilss
Southern L~umhermans
---------~
passage of the espionage bin
makes the country reasonably safes
now from the Vaccinations of every.
body except OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Transcript.
2ANE 49, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
SWEATERS RECEIVED
Helmets and sux Are Needed. Also

Helmets ana SUx Are Needed, Also.
Twelve Jewish men in the camp re-
eeived sweaters during the past week
from the Young Mems Hebrew assoc
citation Representative, Mr.. j. Gold
haar. The sweaters were sent to Mr..
Goldman by Mrs. H. H. Mayer, 1900
E. Armour. boulevard, Kansas City.
who is in charge of the organization
in that city that is making the gar
fnet1ts for the Jewish men in the
camps.
According to Mr.. Goldman, the men
are in need of helmets and soX rather
than sweaters and he has therefore
asked that in the future such organi-
cations devote their time to making
the garments that are needed more
at this Iime. Many of the men are
doing guard duty and the cold Kan
sas winter winds are new to them.
The helmets that keep the ears warm
are the things that are needed espe-
cially.
In Mrs. Mayors letter to Mr.. Gold
haar she advised that any men who
came to Kansas City would be well
taken care of and that the local or
ganization was planning to ask the
Jewish men to their homes when they
were in Ka nsas City. Mrs. Mayer is
the head of the Temples Sisterhood
of Kansas City and is the wife of
Rabbi Mayer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
MORE MEDIC OFFICERS
Eight Thousand Coming to Funston to
Take Up Quarters.

In view of the fact that about 5000
medical officers are to come to Fort
Riley and take up quarters in the bar
racks formerly occupied by the Thir-
teenth, Twenty-first and Twenty-sec-
ohd cavalry, the Y. NJ. c. A. is MAX
ing PREPARATIONS TO make the build
ing in chat camp suitable for the
winter weather.
when the barracks were built in
the cavalry camp they were built on
the plans as those used in warmer
climates. and are, therefore, not suit
able for the cold Kansas weather
All the buildings are being lined and
proper heating plants will be installed.
When the 5000 medical officers ar
rive the NJ. o. T. c. will be the sec
ond largest in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
TWO STATES IN A ROW
Accuse Each other OF '.Passing the
Buels'' on Border Saloons.

There is much dispute between Kan
sas and Missouri officials as to who
is trying to pass the buck" in the
agitation to close state line liquor
houses. In letters to Governor Cap
per, county attorneys of Jasper and
Barton counties, Missouri, asserted
Kansas officials were grandstanding.
The letters have been sent to GoVef-
nor Gardner of Missouri and some real
trite comment may follow.
Sometime ago. s. Nj. Brewster, at
torney general, lifted the hair from
the heads of Missouri county officials
because they winked at law enforce
meht, so he claimed, and permitted
liquor to be sold to Kahsahs and trans
ported into this state. Brewster fatty
declared the Missouri line officials
were lodging their dtity Now let
tiers have come to Governor Capper
asserting that Kansas officials are
grandstanding and trying to pass the
buck to Missouri
The Missouri officials asserted in
their letters to Governor Capper that
joints were permitted in Kansas and
the blame placed on Missouri. They
also claimed that Kansas officials
failed to furnish names of witnesses
and Information on which to base an
investigation or a complaint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22

army tyne. they stand hardships bet
ter; they're tougher" -
Tougher" said Sergeant Bragg.
'FWhy, tough is the n. A. shave-tali
middle name. Alter fraternity an
night stew, an army hike is rest
period: after frat boarding houses.
they get fat on @. NJ. straight. AFTER
college football, trench warfare is hke
a pink tea; after boarding X. G street
cars in rush hours. they can get any
where"
Anyhow" said the corporal. they
got som ewIfere now; they've got holo
of something hot. and can't let go
either"
"they don't let go of anything, nor
let thru, or by, or OUT; that is untli
they've squeezed it dry or digested II
Let the army go, guess not, not Will
out them. They value their new golt
shoulder straps higher than the best
farm in the whole U. 5. A. Taken hold
of something hot. Ell! Well, they ike
theirs hot"
But said the corporal, while l
admit we sorter like 'em, they lack
training, and this here esprlt-oe-corps
thew talk about"
Draining" said the sergeant,
they don't need it. Military eff
cheney was born in 'em all. They know
more right now than General jackson
ever did Esprit corps, they're run
or II, only II NlIleTSiAt
Won hard boiled old timers use. They
think more of the army after three
. months, than you fellows have in thirss
ty years They're full of lot OF
| things besides, they're fun of enthu-
siastn ideas, schemes, ambitions
| They're full of the old Nick. They're
full of everything they can get hold
| of, both in Funston and x. c. They II
| give the kaiser his fill too. before long.
| To make it short, they are gotten up
regardless and hence the high cost OF
| living for all the rest of us.
/ "COI. BLINK"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
GOOD COOKS ON HAND
Our Army Can Traycl on Its
Stomach.

Mon of the Eighty-ninth division
will have good transportation to the
battle front if Napoleon was right
when he said an army travels on its
stomach.
Soggy beans, marbled beans. dough
biscuits. invincible biscuits. soft boiled
potatoes and hard boiled oatmeal and
the hundred other peculiar freaks of
the range that would often be found
in the stomach of a soldier if an au-
topsy were held. are to be conspicuous
by their absence from the mess tables
of the units of this division.
While the officers are studying tao
teal problems. the enlisted men drill
movements and the hospital units the
first aid exercises, the cooks and bak-
ers will be scientifically studying the
complexities of mothers cooking in
the schools for bakers and cooks
which opened today in barracks es-
pecially Get aside for this school.
Mess sergeants also attend the
school, their branch tea ching the
proper proportions of fats, starches
and a1bumen and just what will fill a
soldier with strength-g giving food at
the least expense. Means Of eonserva-
ton of the foods most needed to win
the war will be featured in the school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
MUCH MAIL AT CAMP
Funston PostoIIice-Is Like City of
100000.

The postoffice is getting ready for
the great rush of the Christmas mails
during the last few days before Christ
masC for Mr.. Mike" Frey, postmaster
and Major Smith. acting assistant
chief of staff, who has had much ex-
perienee in handling such matters
while he was postmaster of Philadel-
phia, realize the work that will be
necessary in connection with the
Camp Funston office.
The postoffiee here handles as much
first class mail as a city of $50, 900
population usually handles and the
above mentioned men know what to
expect from the relatives at home
during the particular condition.
In view OF the TACT that Major
Smith has been working out a sys-
tenn by which the ma Il n Camp Fun
ston will be delVe4 Ell So times - day,
he and Pos I1a3te. Frey have had
numerous conferences regarding the
starting of the system before the ii0l-
iday rush. 1t is likely that the full
arrangements will be comm enced to-
day.
The main changes that will be made
are that there will be a great tent
placed at one end of the postoffice to
hold the packages and letters for the
various regiments and companies. The
their respective bundles at the space
designated for them and will be kept
busyS>all day on the truck and indi-
Vidual delivery system. This addi-
ton to the office Will be temporary,
nevertheless it will be we'll heated and
will be not unlike working inside of
the building itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22

the organization of the sSth Division.
With this transfer of officers who
have just completed their training.
there will be many promotions among
the officers who have been in camp
since the first training began. In
structions from Washington are to
fill three-fourths of the vacancies in
the organizations by the promotion of
officers already assigned and the re-
naming one-fourth by the promotion
of new officers
Recommendation for the men who
are most entitled to be advanced to
higher office have been made up and
forwarded to the war department.
These lists are, for the most part
recommendations of captains to be-
come majors, first 1ieutenants to be-
come captains and second lieutenants
to become first Heutenants. Announce
ment of the advancements will be
made when they have been approved
at Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
"THE SHAVE TAIL"
Who wears the SWEETEST Clothes:
Talks the Most.

DO you know who is responsible
for the high price of everything now
adays ?" said Sergeant Bragg to Cor
p0ral Skin.
why" said the corporal, Il always
thought Hoover or the Farmers union
had a hand in it, but don't know for
sure
mo, SIR said the sergeant. its the
second heutenants, What is a dollar
or two in the life of a shave-tail any
how? who gets all the best looking
girls? Who gets the longest love let
ters? Who gets the biggest packages
by parcel post? Who wears the swell
est clothes? Who talks the most, walks
the most, buys the most, knows the
most, spends the most, steps the high
est and removes the limit ?-the ma
tional army shave-tail."
well" said the corporal, they
may be pretty speedy, but well slow
'em down when we get EN- across the
pond. Their nifty uniforms and girls
won't help 'en there. I'll admit they're
fast. but as for me, 1 prefer the old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
To the Anxious Mothers and Fathers
of American Soldier Boys:

nv the author of Private Peat.")
Don't picture your son choking and
writing in a gas attack. The uhiVer-
sal use of gas masks has made that
deVilish German innovation about as
harmless as d morning mist.
Don't let the German propaganda
stories about water, waist deep, in the
trenches cause you concern. New
fleece-lined rubber garments "shoul-
der high" have eliminated the suf-
fering and sickness of damp. trenches.
L was in the first gas attack. went
through that hell or horrors at
Ypres. I know what 1t is to fight
without gas masks. | know what 1t
is to lie behind meager breastw0rks
while a Veritable hail of enemy shells
demolishes everything in sight. We
of the first Canadian overseas force
saw the first phase of the confl1ct
with kaiserism. We saw a country
that had prepared for forty years to
meet the armies of nations that-frofn
a military standpoint-were not 20
per cent efficient. That naturally re-
suited in the most terrible situations.
That is why the weasel words of
pro-German rumor-mongers always
revert to the opening horrors of the
war. They would have American par
ents believe that conditions today are
just as they were at the opening of
the war.
Three years of war have worked a
wonderful, a glorious transition.
Today for every German shell that
drops behind the allied lines three
shells go back, ripping and tearing
and battering the boche's batteries
and trenches. If their gas it bad,
our gas is worse.
With Uncle Sans characteristical-
ly thorough methods an American
army will go over adapted to every
exigency the war has yet revealed.
From now on the breaks will be
even-perhaps a little with the allied
side-and the gains will be made on
fighting merit That is all that need
be said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
MARCH AND SING
Men Given Instruction in Singing as
They Go.

The selection of men to be singtna
instructors in the company in when
they are assigned, is coming along IN
fine shape according to Mr.. Chester
H. Guthrie, division singing instruc-
tor The work of organizing each
company into a singing unit, that
every man in the company viii Know
the songs and be able to take part IN
the singing done on the march ana
around the bi1lets, has been in prog
ress just one week. Out of approx
mateIy 200 companies nearlt eighty
singers have been selected from the
number that have reported to the
singing instructor.
ON account of the general quaran-
tine, which prevents men from one
company from assoeiatihg with those
of another and does not allow gather
ings of any kind. 1t has been rather
difficult to get together the men VINO
are to assist MIR. Guthrie in the vari-
Gus phases of his work. When the
quarantine was first put on Camp
Funston, Mr.. Guthrie was necessitated
to abandon some of his work in prog
ress at that time. He obtained per
mission to use the time in teaching
the different cotf1pa MES to sing on the
march and personally accompanied
the companies, quarahtif1ed and not
quarantined, as they were marching
out across the hills on the way to
their drilling grounds While on the
march Mr., Guthrie taught many
companies the songs that are intended
for the whole division, also some
popular melodies and ragtimes.
The singing department is now
working TO have some man in each
company be singing teacher to his
comrades These men are being tried
out with regard to their ability to
sing and as to their ability to lead
and teach the other men in the COM
pany to sing.
The selection is being made very
carefully and it is somewhat slow
owing to the quarantine. The men
quarantineu for measles are met by
the singing instructor in one group,
the men whose company is quaran-
tined for mumpS on another evening
and so on down the line of diseases.
No representative from a company
quafahtined for one ailrnent is in this
way associated with a man from an
other company Under quarantine for
another disease. The measles class
meets one night, the "mumps class
the next. the meningitis class" the
next, and so on.
After 81 singing instructor has been
picked from each company, Mr.. Guth-
RE will cooperate with each man in
the instruction of his company. The
company instructors will occasionally
meet and learn new songs, then in
turn teach them to their respective
companies The whole division will,
in this way learn the same songs and
will be able to sing in mass wherever
the occasion arises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-22
OPERETTA in COSTUME
HOUSE That Jack Built Given by
Monroe school Children.

''The House That Jack Built" an
operetta given by the pupils of Mon
roe school in the high school audi
torium last night, was one of the best
home talent attractions yet produced
in the city. More than 500 persons
formed an appreciative audience. The
operetta was sung in costume, under
the supervision of Prof. Fred Round
tree, principal of the school.
The cast of the play was we'll drilled
ana went thru their parts Surprisingly.
The faithful tutoring of Miss Okel-
Ian Grant and Miss Eulah NJ. Ridley
was largely responsible for this. The
Accomplishments were played by Miss
Josephine Cunningham.