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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-12
Little Fear of Death.

II is not a disease; 1t is hardly a
philosophy; it is a peculiar condition
of mind for which Boche heavies have
terror and which enables many sol
diers to keep calm and collected thru
out the most strenuous bombardment.
II should be mentioned here that the
average British soldier is a bit of a
fatalist and that he has lived thru
out so many hair-breadth escapes
that he has no fear OF the shell which
has not his name written on it. In
deed, one of the tags of active ser
vice and living with that admirable
man. Thomas Atkins, is "a fine life
this, if il were not so d danger
GUS"
There is, without a doubt, among
the men in France, a contempt for
the Boche and all his works. re-
member between the big show of
Messines and the subsequent "strafe'
taking part in-some divisional sports.
A boxing tournament was part of the
test. The same afternoon the Boche
was having a field day with his guns
over the back areas.
At one time there was a danger
that the boxing ring. created out of
odds and ends one always finds in the
forward area, would go up in the
air.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-12
WAR RESULTS IN
A HAPPY REUNION
FRED ENGLAND FINDS PERCY, 4
BROTHER, IN AMERICAN
EXPEDITION.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 3.-Four thou
sand United States troops marched
thru Trafalgar Square, and 1000
Londoners packed and jammed the
streets from building wall to build
ing wall, to give them greeting.
In an Alabama company of ensi-
neers. somewhere in the marching
line, was Percy England. youngest
son of G. X. England. Of Mobile.
In the hundreds of thousands that
packed the streets, somewhere. was
Fred England, eldest son OF G. n.
England, of Mobile.
And they had never met. Their
roads of destiny intersected for the
irst time at this halfway station on
the journey to war.
Looks la Every Face.
Fred England, sanitary engineer
of the city OF Legion, nngland. left
with an uncle for education when the
England family moved to America,
before Percys birth. read in a morn
ing London paper that American
troops would march thru the British
metropolis that day.
lie was not certain his brother was
in the army, he had no reason to be
lieve he had crossed the sea and there
was no ground whatever for his
strange "huuch' that Percy was in
the regiments marching that day
through the streets of Losdon.
Nevertheless. the elder brother
writes in a letter just received by his
father in this city, strange impulse
led him to make every effort to look
into the face of every passing Amer'-
can
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-12
Describes His Search.


trafalgar Square was simply so
damned could not get near the
American troops" wrote the British
brother. Then l remembered the
paper said the troops were to rest in
Green Park after marching. ran
that way, by side streets to escape the
crowds.
81 walked up to the park gates.
They were locked. None but the
American troops can go in, and they
will enter by the Canada gate a
policeman told me.
"The Canada gate was way on the
other side. But | did not feel like
giving up. On my way there the
American soldiers marched by. |
got as close as l could and watched
every face. but could not see anyone
took for Percy.
AT the Canada gate the police
man threw me out. Then | fell III
with the last troops and tried I
again. \ policeman grabbed me
once more. While a military OIL
Ger distracted his attention ! slipped
by. Other police saw. me in civilian
clothes and tried to throw me out,
but the gates had been. closed and
the crowd was so thick they could
not be opened, so the officers had TO
let ME go.
81 asked all along the line for the
American engineers. 1t was the last
regiment I came to. When | inquir-
ed for Percy England someone sent
me to Company f. At Company f
they told me he had been transferred
20 A Company.
Recognized From Photo.
81 found that company, saw
man sitting apart on the grass. /
went ND to him-and sure enough il
was Percy. I recognized him from
photo mother had sent me years
ago"
Fred England said he was unable
to explain the mysterious feeling
which absolutely compelled him TO
start out on the search for his broth
er, and to preserve thru obstacle af-
ter obstacle, but he says he had pre-
mouition from the FIRST that he would
succeed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
Submarine Warfare.

The unrestricted submarine war
fare resorted to by Germany is
proving to be Of much less value to
the Germans than was expected
Great Britain is moving every
month 20 per cent more merchan.
disc into the United Kingdom than
she did before there was unrestrict.
ed submarine warfare. This is the
answer to the submarine campaign
And it is an answer which will spell
defeat for Germany. Submarine
warfare was frankly the last effort
of which military Germany was
capable, On this kind Of warfare
she builded her hopes for the sue
cess Of he's army. BY submarine
warfare she had hoped to keep
Great Britain from obtaining sup
plies and without Great Britain
victory would have been com
paratively an easy task. but Great
Britain is not out Of the way. Sub
marine warfare instead of achieving
the desired results has brought the
United States into the conflict. Ii
has allied a numder Of neutral
nations against the fatherland and
has brought down upon the devot-
ed heads Of the German people the
wrath and hatred OF the world The
result Of submarine warfare t0
Germany was exactly the opposite
of what they expected and believed
il would be. In fact, 1t did the very
thing il hoped not to do, made
Germsny's defeat more certain than
1t was before. England will not be
starved into submission. The re-
sources and wealth and military
power of the United States are now
backing the Britisk-snd other allied
countries. This help comes to the
allied nations as the result of Ger
many's submarine war policy. The
most powerful blow that has yet
been struck to Germany was struck
when that country adopted unre-
stricted submarine warfare.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
Credit To The Press.

The only possible solution of tie
problem With which the railways
were confronted when this country
e entered the war" said r. H. ASH
ton. chairman of the Central De
partment of the Railroads War
Board, was to increase the amount
of service they could get out of
every mile of track, every engine
and every car.
In order to secure the good will
and co operation of the public in
doing the things the railroads had
to get before the public the reasons
why cars must be loaded heavier
and loaded and unloaded more
promptly, and why unnecessary
passenger service must be eliminat-
ed. This could be done only through
the press. 1t realized the nations
necessity and patriotically has used
its news and editorial columns to
impress on the public what must be
done to insure the efficient trans.
portstion service necessary to help
with the war and maintain the com.
mercial welfare of the country.
The railways and the nation owe
a debt of gratitude to the press for
the generous way in which it has
explained and commended the aims
and accomplishments of the rail-
ways since the war began.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
The Coming Sea Fight.

The German Kaiser a few days
ago visited his feet at Kiel. The
officers Of the British navy believe
this visit was connected with the
German purpose of. in desperation,
giving battle to the combined
British and American fleet.
The officers Of the British Navy
firmly believe, that before acknow-
edgine defeat Germany will send
out her navy for one great sea
fight In England a strong party,
headed by Winston Churchill, FORM
er Lord of the Admirality. have in.
sisted that all Of the allied fleets
should brave all Of the mines and
and shore defenses of the German
and Belgium coasts to seek out and
destroy the German Navy. Evident.
ly this plan has been regarded as an
enterprise of too desperate a
character by the naval officers who
are in control.
All the elements in the British
Navy believe that after the Kaiser
finds his enemies closing in around
him and his own strength on land
slipping from him. that he will
make one desperate effort to break
hru the fleets of Great Britain
Fra nee and America. The English
navy is in possession of information
which shows that there has been a
great speeding up of the work oI
enlargine the German navy for such
an enterprise. If such an attack
should be made by a great moderr
fleet of the character of Germany
against an even greater fleet in tn,
open sea. the world would witnes.
the greatest naval fight in history
Not only in Great Britain but in thu
allied countries, naval officers thial
that the Kaiser is going to play hi
last desperate card in this manner
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

When a man tells you that the
big city weekly is worth more than
your home paper, ask him how
much the big city has ever done for
your locality: if it has ever spoken
a good word for it; if it had ever
metioned what he and you were
doing to improve the condition; if ii
had ever noticed him or his friend
when sick or dyine-in short, if all
his dealings with the metropolitan
weekly have not been entirely one
sided, in which his dollar only, was
recognized by the party. while he
and all his individual interests were
completely ignored.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

Especially worty of remembrance
at this time are words of Abraham
Lincoln concerning regard for law;
Let every reverence of law be
bteathed by every mother to the
lispine babe that prattles on her
lap; let it be taught in the schools,
seininaries and colleges; let it be
written in primers, spelling books
and almanacs: let it be preached
from pulpits. and proclaimed in
legislative halls. and enforced in
justice: in short, let it become the
political reli ion of the nation"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

z A bill has been introduced in the
Maryland legislature to prohibit the
wearing BY girls and women of high
heeled shoes and short skirts and
also the dancing of such immoral
dances as the turkey trot, the bunny
hug, the tango or the loop the loop"
The bill prescribes that money col
lected from fines for violating its
provisions shall be used to educate
girls how to dress decently."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

The negro woman who decided to
put her funeral money" into Lib
erty Bonds showed more wisdom
than some unpatriotic people Of
much higher financial standing
The woman is assured Of a decent
burial. for her bonds will never be
worth less than she pays for them,
while the interest will help make
life worth living in the meanwhile
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
To Our Soldiers.

We nave had more than the US
ual opportunity to observe the kind
Of men who have answered our
country's call to service in this
present war Visits to the camps
in Massachusetts, where thousands
are assembled. to the New England
headquarters. where many Of the
officers are to be found. and the
study of the young men in uniform
who are seen in increasing num-
bers on our streets. justify us in be-
lieving that no finer body of troops
has eve responded to this country's
summons in her hour of need. Not
only physically do they command
respect straight. athletic. alert in
appearance, but intellectually they
have impressed us as the highest
type Of soldiers-men who had
brains as well as bodies to give to
their country.
This is our word of interest and
goodwill: War. naturally. once we
are in it at close quarters, awakeEs
in the best of US the baser passions
of our natures. We cannot see our
comrades shot down. mutilated, the
victims of inexpressible suffering,
we cannot Sc, the waste and ruin
that the opposing armies are every
where producing up to the limit of
their power, without feeling within
US the quick kindins of the fires of
resentment. hatred and revenge.
The old brutal impulses of the prim-
tive savagery of the race spring to
the surface and would blind us to
all reason and to every plea Of
conscience. This is natural. 1t is
alas. part OF our inheritance.
But after all we are men. After
all. there is diviper side to us
which can, If 1t will. bold the wprser
part of US in check and still the
clamorous voices that cry for ven
eeance and reprisal We have en-
tered this war not because we hate
the German people. Their hearts.
on the whole, are much like ours.
They love their homes as we love
ours. Their mothers, their chill
dren. their wives, their sweethearts,
love them as ours love US. The
thing we have pledged ourselves to
fight is a system of government, a
policy of national lifeOand an atti-
tude toward. the rest of the world
which to us is wholly at war with
the things for which our county,
ideally. stands for and for which
our fathers died. IS
Will it not be possible to remem-
1
Der this even in the bitter stress
of the conflict and so keep our
hearts from the moral degradation
into which the unbridled passions
would otherwise be saved from
some Of the worst of its destroying
evils, Only thus can you come
back to US, as God grant you may.
not only your country's honored
heroes, but masters of yourselves
men purified and ennobled by the
fires though which you have SO
bravely passed.-Our Dumb Ami
mails,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

In looking over our exchanges
from different parts Of the state,
we notice many letters from the
boys at Camp Funston or who are
in service at some other place. and
nearly everyone Of them has some
thing to say Of the good work OF the
Y. M. C. A. and how much it is ap-
preciated by the men. The Camp
Funston boys also unanimously
condemn the false statements pub
lished in the Kansas City Star
about conditions at the camp and
without exception the men writing
back home say they plenty to eat
and to wear and plenty Of bed
clothing. They also say they are
enjoying the experiences and hav.
ing the time Of their life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
Wheat Price Explained.

Wheat Price Explained.
Although there has been much
said by way of explaining the gov.
ernment price Of wheat many peo-
pie are still asking for information
on the subject. and this is not at all
strange for the problem Of price
fixing by the government is entire
ly new to our country.
The price now is So 20 at Chicago
Tor No. I wheat of the different va
rieties. This was determined by
committee Of twelve selected by
the president. the membership Of
the committee being composed of
two prominent economists. two rep.
resentatives Of organized labor. two
representatives Of big business, two
presidents Of state agricultural col.
leees. three representatives Of organ.
lied agriculture and one individual
farmer. There were on the com.
mittee four men actually engaged
In farming.
The price Of S220 for No 1
wheat at Chicago is fixed price
for the 1917 crop and will not be
changed before July 1, 1918 The
government will buy all wheat Of
fered at that price, provided there
are no other buyers who will pay
that much, but will not permit any
buyer to pay more. So that. al
though the government may not
buy all of the wheat yet this price
is a fixed price that will be paid by
all buyers and which will be made
neither more nor less.
10 the legislation establishing
food control the Congress placed a
minimum guaranteed price on the
1918 wheat crop. This minimum,
beiow. which tins price can not 60. is
So 90, but is based on the principal
interior markets" and not on Chi.
cago alone which means that the
price can not be below $500 at any
one of those principal primary
markets." such as Minneapolis,
Omaha, Kansas City, etc.
The price of So 90 is only mini
mum guarantee. 1t will become
effective July /. 1918. and continue
in effect until May /, 1919. 1t will
be not changed or Withdrawn. 1t is
not a rule Of the Food Administra-
ton, but an act of Congress. No
matter how large the crop raised
next year may be, if there are not
other buyers for the wheat who will
Q fer $500 the government must
take il at that price. On the other
hand if costs of production increase
or there is light yield. or if for any
other reason the costs Of production
are unduly high or the demand is
very urgent. the price may be
above $500 as it is now.
The present price Of $500 is a
fixed price that will not be changed
in any way until July 1, 1918. The
$500 price for next year is only a
minimum. The actual price for
next year can not be less than that
but it may be So 90 or more.
One bad feature Of the govern
ment price on grain is that it didn't
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

Many of the people who object to
paying double prices for munitions
are the same ones who opposed pre-
paredness for war years ago when
it wouldn't have cost so much.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
New Exemption Ruling.
The Provost Marshal General ha

The Provost Marshal General has
issued a ruling whereby cases Of
hardship may be corrected and reg
istrant exempted after he has been
called for military duty and sent to
mobilization camp.
This ruling is applicable to cases
where EITHER through error in law
Of a local or district board or through
the non culpaOle ignorance Of the
reeistrant, a person who. clearly
ought to have been exempted OF
discharged has been held for service
and is as follows:
Either the local board or the
military authorities at the mobili-
cation camp may request Of the ad-
jutant general Of the state per
mission of the local board to re open
the case for the purpose Of determ-
lining whether or not the exemption
or discharge should have been
granted. or the Adjutant General OF
the state may request the local
board to reopen the case for the
same purpose. In case permission
is granted or request is made by the
Adjutant General, the local board
will reopen the case. pass upon its
merits ard certify IL to the district
board in the regular manner The
district board will also treat it in
thesregular manner. II it is deter
mined that the exemption or dis.
charge should not have been grant
ed the district board will SO notify
the -adjutant general of the state
who will, in case where the re
quest to reopen comes from the
commanding officer of the mobill
zation camp. promptly notify such
commanding officer ..there is NJ
grounds for dischargiDg the mar
from military service. If il is deter.
mined that the discharge should
have been granted. the local board
will not deliver a copy of the dis
charge to the reeistrant. but viii
forward it to the adjutant genera
of the state who will forward it tC
the commanding officer at the
mobilization camp with the requesl
that the man be discharged from
military service on the ground thai
he should have been discharged
from the draft.
Thereupon, the com manding of
& Ger at the mobilization camp viii
discharge the man from militar,
service.
All concerned are cautioned tha
the authority here granted is intend
ed to relieve cases of hardship
W here, either through error in law
or through the non, culpabl,
ignorance of the registrant, maj
has been held for service who shoulc
have been discharged or exempted
Great care must be taken to SCI
that this authority is not abused Of
used as method of obtaining re
hearings in cases where the onl,
question is one of the determination
Of facts bv the boards. or any othe
class Of cases than those. specifics
| herein"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

Isn't the Carranza government
taking big chances IN supporting
woman suffrage in Mexico? Villa
might mobilize his wives and carry
the election.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

One bad feature Of the govern
ment price on grain is that it didn't
prohibit the holding of grain by the
farmers. The price being fixed. the
farmers can hold his grain as long
as he chooses because he knows
that the price will be the same
whenever he gets good and ready to
sell. This will cause millions Of
bushels to be held when it should
be put on the market in order to
not cause a shortage of flour and
feed.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19

Probably old Benedict Arnold
claimed it was free speech when he
told the British how they could
capture West Point.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-10-19
Outraging Belgians.

Recent reports from Germany
show that the conservation of Ger
man power by forcing labor upon
Belgians is growing more extensive
and worse. Evacuated Belgian
towns have been depopulated, so
far as able bodied men are concern.
ed. and the Belgian Government re-
ports that these deported civilians
are being forced to work SO close to
the front that many have been
killed.
A German official said in the
early stages Of the war that ii the
time ever came when Germany
needed more soldiers than could be
found, the German women would
be sent to the front to do mems
work.
This heroic proceeding. we gather,
will lot be resorted to while innocent
and outraged Belgian civilians can
be forced to aid in the war against
their unfortunate country. and, fol-
lowing logical course. perhaps the
Belgian women will precede the
German women in the work just be
hind the trenches.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09
ATLANTA WOMAN DIES
WHEN AUTOMOBILE BURNS.
Miss Winnie Brown Partee'S
Charred Body is Found
Under Wreck

AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov. s.-The char
red remains of the young woman
found beneath the ruins of a bruned
automobile lying beside the road about
six miles from this city before day
light this morning. have been identi-
fled as those vi Miss Winnie Brown
Partee. of Atlanta. who was visiting
relatives in this city.
The young woman's body lay beside
that of w. ID. Mahoney, prominent
young AuguStan, with whom Miss
Partee had gone to ride.
The charred remains of Miss Partee
and Mr. Mahoney were found by a
hunting party at midnight Tuesday
night in the debris of the burned au-
tomobile. The accident happened at
a sharp turn in the road and instead
of the machine following the road It
went straight ahead. In some man.
ner it caught fire.
Screams were heard by the hunting
party and on investigating found the
smoldering ruins = of the machine and
the bodies. A locket worn by Miss
Partee and a belt buckle belonging to
Mr.. Mahoney aided in making the iden-
tity at a corOner's inquest held We'd
nesday afternoon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09

period exceeding sixty days.
tel He shall not have on hand in his pos
session or under his CONTROL at any time,
quantity Of cottonseed oil, soya bean oil. palm
oil or copra 'oil that exceeds the equivalent of
his production for thirty days
() He shall not knowingly produce any cot
tonseed meal cake, testing less than seven
per cent ammonia, or its equivalent Of thirty
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09
Movement of Cotton
During the War Given
Thought by Meeting

WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.-Movement
of the cotton crop. so that war needs of
the government may be met despite the
handicaps of transportation, was dis
.cussed here today at n conference of
representatives Of the National Council
of American Cotton Manufacturers, the
shipping board and the railroads.
Approximately 80 per cent of the pro-
ductive capacities of the nations cotton
mills is said to be engaged on govern
ment contracts. which are threatened
with delay because OF the decrease in
coastwisc ship tonnage and the unusual
demands on the railroads.
At a previous conference i'm October
two committees were appointed to con-
slider the situation and report at the
meeting today. Two suggestions con-
sidered were that cotton bales be COM
pressed TO smaller size and that steam
ers from the Great Lakes, idle during
the winter months. he put into she
coastwiSe trade.