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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-04-13
WHAT YOU CAN
NOT EAT OR DRINK
Foodstuffs which are completely
exhausted in Germany:

Foodstuffs which are completely
exhausted in Germany;
/. Rice.
2. Coffee.
3. Tea.
4. Cocoa.
5. Chocolate.
6. Olive oil.
7. Cream.
8. Fruit flavoungs.
8. Canned soups or soup cubes.
10. Syrups.
II. Dried vegetables, beans, peas,
etc.
IL. Nuts.
>13. Candy "a very limited NUM-
Der of persons can buy one-quarter
OF pound about once a week.
IA. Matted milk.
Is. Beer made Of either malt or
hops.
l6. Caviar.
II. Ice cream.
Is. Macaroni.
WHAT YOU MAY EAT
Food Obtainable ONLY by Cards:
|. Bread, 1000 grams per week
per person.
2. Meat, $50 grams Il 2 pound)
per week per head.
3. Eggs, person every two
weeks.
4. Butter, 80 grams per week per
person.
5. Milk, one quart daily only for
under ten and invalids.
6. Potatoes, formerly nine pounds
per week; lately in many parts Of
Germany no potatoes were avail
able,
Z. Sugar, formerly two pounds
per month, now 4 pounds, but this
will not continue long.
8. Marmalade, or jam, Ia Of a
pound every month.
8. Noodles, IL pound per per
son month.
10. sardines, or canned fish,
small boxes per month.
II. Saccharine, Ga coal tar prod
uct substitute foa sugar., about 25
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-04-13

liladelphia is about to build a
public library building to cost
100, 900 and to house 1900, 900
mes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-04-13

Pennsylvania last year grew po-
tatoes on 265, 200 acres and got an
average of 70 bushels to the acre,
compared with SO bushels in 1915.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1917-04-13
OBSTACLES PLACED IN WAY
"SLACKERS" GETTING
MARRIED

Chicago. April 10. obstacles
were placed today in the way of the
parade to the marriage license bu-
reau, where, since the beginning Of
war with1Germany. the number Of
daily applications has reached an
unprecedented figure. Observing
that lie Of $50 applicants yes
terday were of military age, County
Clerk Sweitzer eliminated his en-
Urgency force Of twenty clerks, leav-
ing the normal force Of four.
The second obstacle was to place
recruiting officers in the building
where clear eyed young men i'll uni
form were to ask each applicant the
direct question, Are you going
to sidestep your duty?"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
"Runners Out"
A STORY or THE TRAINING CAMP

Austrian again. not as fellow cadets
this time. but as the only things they
were fit to be-enemies.
When the weeks of training in the
trenches came there was need for all
the discipline the prospective officers
had acquired II was far from pleas
ant work. quite as bad, in fact. except
for the actual bullets and shells. as
much of the life on the western front.
Rain. mud. ice. damp dugouts. little
or no sleep-this last the worst OF all.
And then the plan OF establishing lines
of runners. 1t would be good expert
ence for the student officers, their
superiors thought
Modern armies. equipped with ev-
cry device for communication known
to science. have had TO fall back in
times of stress upon the most print
tive Of all methods Telephones. flag
signals and all the rest will not stand
up under shrapnel That IS Why as a
last resort chains OF runners are estab-
lishej TO get all the important mes
sages through.
II may be one thing 10 realize the
AC(CSSAlN "a ACAlAAE WIN ~ NAAC AN-NN
highest commander in the midst OF a
trench attack, but it is a different mat
ter to realize that necessity al q train
ing camp when you know that the
whole thing is a play war. anyhow.
and you have just found room in the
dugout to stretch your weary bones
and catch the first bit of sleep in two
nights The first impulse on being
awakened under such circumstances is
TO murder the fiend pulling at your
foot When you have restrained your
homicidal tendencies you usually con-
tent yourself with expressing your
opinion OF the aforesaid fiend and, his
immediate forebears-
There are many thankless jobs at a
training camp, but the worst of the lot
IS that OF being in charge of the run
ners during q week Of simulated
trench warfare II takes an abiding
sense OF duty 10 persevere in the ask
Of getting out the-men al any time OF
for runners out
It took the ironclad discipline they
had riyeted upon him In Vienna TO
keep him on the job. bat il kept him
there Perhaps that was why the Of
ficers had selected him for the place.
They knew what orders meant 10 him.
A candle struggling with the dugout
gloom Lumps wrapped in blankets
strewn about the earthern floor. A
snoring - usually - from corner.
A movement OF the burlap curtain and
a face dimly outlined The call: Run
ners cut"
No sound or movement
Come on oudt, you amt asleep.
No response. The poking OF the
nearest lump with an army shoe.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16

There was silence in the place. II
was long time before anyone at the
tables spoke Finally they began TO
turn 10 each other and clear their
throats.
TIE best soldier OF us an" they
said. unashamed OF the tears ON their
faces.
BY all the rules of the game the
story should have ended there. Such
is the disadvantage of writing facts.
Those shoulders AMI that stride
didn't belong TO civilian clothes. That
was plain TO be seen as their owner
swung through the crowd on Grand
avenue. A call. The legs that should
have been in olive drab turned around.
A handshake.
you don't LOOK right in those
clothes. Runners Out
His smile brOadened-
4 vondt be in them long. either,
he said. What you think. I hat a
notice to report for duty in the intelli-
sence department. | guess it is be-
cause OF the languages speak.
will be back in the uniform soon"
He pointed TO his shoulders.
Maybe there won't De anything up
here he said, but We viii all be to
sether in licking them just The same. .
Good boy. Runners Out"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
The POSTMASTER aSse. His fac,

The POSTMASTER aNse- His face
was set. The tables Sflled.
There is one here he said slowly.
who has 10 leave US nOW--tO catch 4
train. He wants To talk TO you"
There was u silence and then from
his place Runners Out stood up.
There were men back in barracks who
had not come to the dinner because
they were not sure of their commits
sions. Runners Out was sure-that
there would be none for hOm-and he
had come to say good-by before going
back To his little farm.
The bunch knew that. too, and the
cheers that had gone before were as
nothing to those that greeted him
when he arose. When he began to
speak he was smiling, the only one in
the big room
y hat TO go now" he said simply.
"and want to say good-by to all you
fellows. ! cans be with you tomor-
row; / guess you know that. but my
heart will be with you. l am glad that
you are going to be officers in the
army of the United States. | am glad.
1T bass been good to know you. II
bass been fine three months We have
had together We hat had good times
together. even when / went around at
night in the dueouts to call the
runners oudt and you told me to go
to hell But we got the runners oudt
all right-the major himself said So
Before l go l want TO say liddle
about ven I was in the cadet corps in
Vienna. Some Of you think you hat
been handled pretty strict here; you
should hat seen the way they treated
Us there. IL was good discipline, but
II was hard. sometimes
The commander of the cadet corps
was Prussian, q PruSSian of the old
school There was just one thing that
you could be sure about and that was
whatever you did and however you did
il that he would cir you hell No mat
ter now neat you were or how clean
your uniform was. or anything like
that, you would catch hell for il. You
could always count on that.
1T is the same way with my peo-
pie. the Croatians. No matter what
they have done or how hard they have
tried 10 please the Austrians and the
Germans they haf caught hell.
Il haf wished that ] could go along
with you fellows offer there, but /
guess l von't-right away, anyhow.
But there iss Won thing | want TO ask
you to do-and that ISIS to gif them
back some of the hell they haf gifen
US
That's all Good-by .
and good luck"
With the last word he turned and
marched TO the door. At the en-
trance he halted and faced the Off
GERS table. His body stiffened to at
tention and his heels clicked smartly
as his hand swept up to the salute.
There was a decided pause before
the officers remembered to return it.
Not until the last one had done so did
the figure al the door move Then his
hand snapped down, the curtains NOV
ed aside and Runners Out" was gone.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
kansas City Start

kansas City Starr
In July, when the call came for th'
second officers training camp. he wa:
among the first to apply His wife
could look after their little farm JUS
outside OF Kansas City. They haC
talked il all over II would be a wond
erful chance 10 fight the Austrians-
those Austrians who had enslavel
their country. Croatia. and made serf:
OF their people.
At the examination they asked hin
for his previous military experience
and he told them OF the years in tbs
cadet corps At Vienna They were
curious. Was he an Austrian, then.
An Austrian, Bah He was a Czech
"A Croatian. The Austrians were
beasts-without souls. Give him q
chance 70 tight those dogs
The chance came He was among
those chosen for the camp How hap
py ne was and what fine lot Of Eel
lows were there with him Il was
true that at first they looked al him
oReerly when he cpoke-his tongue
had never freed itself from the foreign
accent-so he FASTENED to let them
know he was no German or Austrian
the beasts He was Czech-a Croat
ian.
Had not a whole Czech division. he
related. as they stood in line for their
equipment. in the early part OF the war,
marched across to the opposing forces,
faced about, and with the same Off
GERS leading them, charged the army
they had just left? That was what the
Czecas thought OF their oppressors.
And to the circle OF interested listen
ers he went, on To describe the cam
paigns in the Balkans, that everboil-
ing pot OF trouble, and of the early
stages OF the great war
Had there been any lingering doubts
OF his sincerity and purpose. they
would have vanished In the succeeding
weeks Discipline. that first essential
OF q good soldier, was TO most OF the
men a thing that came hard indeed.
The average young American has had
very little practice in completely sub
ordinafing his viii to a set OF rules
and regulations Put his schooling had
been different An order 10 him was
something 10 be obeyed implicitly,
and as the training went on the others
came more and more TO arrive at his
viewpoint
Always. whatever came, he was
smiling He was going to fight the
Austrians For what greater happi-
ness could q man wish When the
work grew harder. and then still hard
er. and nerves began TO fray under the
strain. some men found relief in
thoughts Of the homecoming only a
few weeks off Thoughts Of the little
farm came 10 him TOO, but he didn't
need them. There was always that
beautiful anticipation of meeting the
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
National Army Is
One-third Foreign

One-third OF the men who are going
to fight the hattie OF democracy and
peace for America are of foreign birth,
for we learn from the immigration
commissioners that 81 per cent OF the
soldiers In the American army are
foreign-bOrn and that almost that num-
Der cannot speak the English language
and have TO have interpreters. And
that when their relatives come to see
them. one of the most important pro-
visions al the hostess houses is that
interpreters be on the scene 10 trans
late their requests.
As Mrs. Frank Gibson said in 4 re-
cent speech. We expect these people
to love and fight for our country, TO
admire our American ideals. yet We
have no governmental arrangements
by which they can be taught these
ideals or learn anything about this
Americanism OF ours. These people
come 10 our shores, herd in the foreign
quarters. see the least desirable side
OF life. earn the least Wages. suffer
the worst home conditions. and al.
though We eXpend vast sums on
them tor police courts. jails. sickness
and charity. we only spend one-eighth
OF Per cent on their education. In
deed their education is left entirely
in volunteer hands-chiefly the wo-
mems organizations. and they know
even less about us and our ideals than
We do about them and theirs.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16

Runners ordt, tell YOU Wy don't
you come oudt?"
A withdrawal of several Jumps fur
Their into blankets for strategic rea-
sons
Wake DIP. Wake up. Let ME see
your face. Who ISIS dis? De captain
says runners oudt You hat got To
come oudt"
From the blankets: ~Oh, hell"
Runners oudt. it iss. Come on"
Grumbling men emerging for the de-
lightiul pastime of laundering down
a dark and muddy trench TO relay the
message
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
CUBA FOLLOWS sulr

HAVANA. Dec. l5.-The Cuban sen
ate this afternoon unanimously adopt
war between Cuba and Austria-Hun-
gary exists. The resolution was the
same as that passed by the house on
Wednesday.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16
Germany Must
Go Barefoot
This Winter

ZURICH Significant in part be-
cause a German newspaper, the Con-
stance Gazette. publishes the informa-
ton. comes word that Germany today
possesses less than one-seventh
enough leather and completed shoes TO
supply its population for the coming
winter.
The figures, says the newspaper,
are the more alarming because they
are based On a population of $4,000
which averages but one pair OF shoes.
and three sets Of soles. per year. Since
certain classes OF wormen. ADDS the
Gazette. must absolutely have more
than this. the gravity of the situation
is increased and is not apt to be al
layed by the production. as planned at
present OF shoes OF cloth with woodeR
soles.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16

And the kaiser will need the iron
he is employing in the making OF
crosses in the manufacture OF can
non. He might conserve the supply
of iron by cutting out. the crosses.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16

LoNDON-lt has been definitely de-
cided to manufacture a mixture stand
ard cloth fOr-eivilian wear which win
be produced at about six shillings per
yard. The orders win be arranged by
the wool board of control and the price
Tor 4 mans suit viii be about 81, so.
youths Sl0 and boys from ss,50 to
$3.50.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-16

After that he was Runners Out
TO everyone.
The name. bestowed in Jest, had
much of admiration in it, too, the ad-
miration that men have for a tough
job, well done. The day the major
sent a special message commencing
him for the remarkably fast time his
runners had made, the whole company
was as much pleased as he was. After
the trench work was over even the
worst grumblers among the runners
were laughing with him over the ex-
perience
The camp was about ut an end. II
was rGmor time Who would get com
missions and who wouldn't? A thou
sand reports. each contradieting the
one before il, were repeated and dis
cussed. Finally came one with the
earmarks OF genuiness.
Everyone would be commissioned
except So-and-SO and So-and-So-and
Runners Out" The officers had de-
cided what some of the men had feared
would be the case. that his accent
would make il too difficult for him TO
lead the men of the national, army
There would be too many who would
not Lnderstand-tOo many who would
not take the trouble to distinguish be-
tween him and our foes-the Germans
II was too bad. Poor old Runners
Out" A good soldier. Too bad
The bunch was together for the last
time The last time because in the
morning the commissions were to be
given out, and If rumors were true
they would be scattered to the four
winds by nightfall.
1t was happy gathering around the
long banquet tables. The end Of three
months Of the hardest kind of work
and tomorrow-those shoulder straps
No wonder the songs were roared out
with q punch and the entertainers
brought back again and again for en-
cores. 1t was a gloriously happy
crowd.
The speeches began-straight from
the shoulder speeches from the Off
GERS with kick in every line. Cheers
and bandclapping and more cheers
for the men who had led the way TO
the commissions that were to come
in the morning The spokesman for
the student officers voiced their graft
tude. Yet more cheers. II was a
happy, happy bunch
Evening star., 1917-11-06
The Rejected.

1t gives my soul wrench that
| can't join the boys and excavate
a trench and make a warlike
noise. | stick to my abode and
do my daily grind, because Pm
pigeon-toed, knock-kneed and
color-blind. For me no hero's
wreath, no garlands or applause,
because I've store made teeth,
swayed back and lumpy jaws. |
see the boys go by, with buoy
ant step and free, and shed a
weary sigh-the march is not for
me. may not hear the drums,
or join the gallant charge, be-
cause I've shriveled gums, be-
cause my waist lines large. All,
we'll, gent can do his little stunt
at home, if he can't pot few be
yond the raging foam. By
humping all the day, and buckling
down ike wax, MelHlnKS tIldl L
can pay each added wartime tax.
By helping liquidate our Uncle's
grievous bills, I'll keep my record
straight, though shy of martial
thrills. I'll pay up like guy who
wants to do his share; SO when
the boys go by, I'll get no stony
stare. l cannot pack a gun, or
WELD snickersnee, because |
weigh ton and have the house
maids knee; Pm troubled with
the gout and falling of the hair,
but that won't let me out still
can do my share.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1917-11-06
H. LEE B0TELER, JR., DIES.
Young Business Man Passes Away at
Hospital-Funeral Tomorrow.

H. Lee Boteler. jr., twenty-four
years old. son of Harry L. Boteler. for
merly of this city, and Mrs. George T.
Schmidt. died Sunday night at the
Episcopal Ear, Eye and Throat Hospi-
tai after short illness. Funeral serv-
ices are to be held tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the residence of his
mother, 1886 1st street northwest
Last spring Mr.. Boteler was operated
on for an absess on the ear and par
TALLY recovered About two weeks ago
he was stricken on the street. He was
the grandson of the late ]. Wesley
Boteler of this city, and the late Judge
Robert F. Dodson of Anne Arundel
county. Nd. He had been employed in
several prominent business concerns
here.
Mr. Boteler is survived by his wife,
Mrs Edna H Boteler, and a young
daughter. Florence Margaret Boteler.
Evening star., 1917-11-06
DIR. ]. F. JAMESON TO TALK.
Growth of Nationalism to Be Tonic
at Y. w. C.. A. Building

The Growth Of Nationalism" is the
subject announced for lecture to be
delivered by DR.. ]. Franklin Jameson.
head of the department of historical re-
search of the Carnegie Institution. at
the y. W. c. A. building, 14th and G
streets northwest, tomorrow evening at
s o'clock
This will be the first of series of
-FOUR lectures arranged for by the or
sanization. which lectures will deal
with Europe during the half century
before the great war. Succeeding ton.
les will have to do with the eyniutian
OF France. Germany and England dur
ing that period
Evening star., 1917-11-06
TWO CHILDREN DIE IN FLAMES.
Disastrous Fire in Home of Walter
Sorg in Fairfax County.

fire in the kitchen of the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sorg. at Dunn
Loring. in Fairfax county, burned to
death the two children of Mr.. and Mrs
Sorg. who had left them alone in the
house for a short time while working
in their dairy. Smoke was seen coming
from the building by neighbors. When
the door was opened the interior Of
the kitchen was in a blaze and no one
could enter. The flames were extin~
guished and the bodies Of the boy,
three years of age, and the girl of
eighteen months, were found burned
to a crisp. 1t is supposed the children
were playing with a fire in the kitchen
stove and set the room ablaze.
Evening star., 1917-11-06

authorized to purchase another bond,
should another be issued. 1t was de-
cided to exempt from paying dues all
members who are selected for the serV-
ice of the country.
meeting of the Citizens Associa-
ton of Chevy Chase. u. c., is to be
held tomorrow evening at o'clock at
the Chevy Chase School building. The
question of amalgamating with the
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Associa-
.tion will come up for discussion.
Mrs. Leisenring and Miss Saunders
will be hostesses at the Thursday
night dinner of the Arts Club. 2017 1
street northwest. The subject will be
"Potpourri Plans for an elaborate
of the club, the proceeds from which
will go to the support of families Of
District men in military service, will
be discussed Sunday night.
Evening star., 1917-11-06
Sues for Limited Divorce

Alleging that although she forsavs
her husband. took him back and dis
missed a suit for maintenance which
she had filed against him last year. he
failed to keep his promises, Mrs. Cor
nelia L. Mirsuet has brought suit for a
limited divorce from John 4. Mireuet
an employe of the National Museum
They were married September 20. 1910
and have three children. Attorners
Hawken q Haven appear for the wife
Evening star., 1917-11-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
CAT TALES.

A meeting of the board of the George
town Industrial Center, 144o Wisconsin
avenue. has been called for tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock. Miss NJ r.
spencer is manager and Miss Helen A
Calhoun is president of the center
The Conduit Road Citizens Aasocia.
ton is to hold meeting tonfRnt at Q
o'clock at St Davids parish nail. ac-
cordine to announcement made by Cora
Van SAINT, secretary of the ASSOCIATION.
Kit Carson Post. No. 2. G. A. r.. ts to
hold a meeting Thursday night at
o'clock at Grand Army Hall, 14l2 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest mus WI
be annual inspection night OF she posi-,
and officers for the ensuing year viii
be nominated.
The monthly meeting Of the Associn-
ton of the Oldest Inhabitants OF tne
District of Columbia is to be heid 70.
Union engine house. 10th and II streets
northwest. Plans for the f1fty-second
anniversary of the organization are TO
be considered
The meeting of the WOmnnss Guild OF
Sfbley Hospital, which was scheduied
TO have been held tomorrow. has peen
postponed until Thursday morning. No
vember IS. at IL o'clock. at Rust Han.
The membership campaign. which Is
being conducted by the organization
to swell it's membership. will close with
a rally Tuesday evening. November ~
at Rust Hall. ."..
Can't. Charlie. d. shackelford Of Com
pany A, Home Rifles, has called a dr1ii
of the company for Thursday at head
quarters. 1924 H street northwest.
Every member has been ordered to De
present.
a ten for girl students of George
washington University Is to be given
Saturday afternoon from 3 to O'CLOCK
at the National Womans suHrage nead1 a.,
quarters, 1926 Rhode Island avenue All
George Washington alumnae are In
vited.
A meeting Of the executive council
Of the federated Jewish organizations
for the welfare Of soldiers and sailors
will be held at the recreation center
ia47 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
tonight at $3.50 o'cleck
Judse william F. Norris of the De-
partment of Justice will deliver the
second Of a series of lectures under the
auspices of the Brotherhood of the
western Presbyterian Church. on d
street between 10th and goth. tonight.
His subject will be The Fifth univer-
sal Empire.
All member. Of the volunteer guard
division of the Home Defense League
are called to a meeting and drill to.
night at 7:30 o'clock in the armory OF
Dunbar High School Plans for rife
practice will be taken up
The Texas Club will hold it's regular
meeting at the Twelfth Street Branch
Of the Y. NJ. C. A. tonight at o'clock
All Texans are requested to be present
The District of Columbia Woman Suf-
rfare Association, Mrs. Henry Church.
iii Cook, president. will hold its month
ly meeting at headquarters, 1886 Rhode
island avenue northwest. tomorrow
evening.
The action Of the .ecretary. Of the
william A Freeman Lodge, NO. 2oss'
hundred dollar liberty bond of the sec
ond issue was approved by members OF
the organization at meeting last Fiji
The secretary also was