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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-12
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Tame 4poczty' lwowskie.

w czasie panowania rosyjskie.
go we LWOwie - rae poraz miesz
kancoW miasta pobudziafy i ME,
pokoily najrozmaitszc pogloski,
Iprawdziwe i zmyslone. Nickt6re
|puszczano W kurs, obliczone ma
wzmocnienie zaufania do w}adzy
rosyjskiej, inne miafy ma celu
wspomaganie uczuc pro-austryac-
kich, a antyresyjskich wsrod lu-
du. Ia kazdym razem, skoro sic II
kazaf W poblizu Zeppelin czy aero
plan austryacki, rzucaf W dodat--
ku do bomb j pocisk6w proklama
eye polskie, zydowskie, ruskie, a
navel niemieckie, wzywajac lud.
by byf cierpliwy, jake re Rosya--
ME wnet beda wyparci, a Austry-
|acy powr6ca, donoszono plakata--
mi puszczanymi z balon6w i aero
plan6w o zwyciestwach, z ktorych
jedne byly prawdziwe- inne zmy
Stone. Mialo to podw6jny efekt.
Podnosi}o ma duchu sympatykow
austryackich, a oslabia}o ufnosc
do Rosyan wsr6d ludu, oraz de-
moralizowalo zolnierzy rosyjskich
podajac im nowiny czesto przesfa
ne i k}amliwe 0 zwyciestwach au-
stryackich a kleskach rosyjskich.
Poza temi nowinami napowiet--
rznemi puszczano tajnic drukowa
ne, raporty poufne pochodzacc
takze jakoby T. napowietrznych in
formacyi: byly one r0wniez wy
przeciwko panowaniu
rosyjskiemu we Lwowic i utrud-
nia}y tam sytuacyc Rosyanom, lie
sic daio. Informowano mnie, re
to robota cntuzyast0w au-
stro : filskich. wrogow nieublaga
nych Rosyi, lub tez byla to praca
agentow "~ochrany' chcacych do
prowadzic do rozruchow, kt6rcby
potcm tlumic bylo MONA.
Pc pierwszych czterech miesia-
each okupacyi rosyjskicj guberna
tor generally rosyjski, hr. Bobrin
ski i jego poplccznicy przedsie--
wzieli kroki drastycznc przcciw-
ko cyrkulowaniu owych raport6w
i poglosck 0 bitwach porazkach,
ruchach wojsk j wszclkich innych
wog6lc sprawach wprost, hub pos
rcdnio y wojna zlaczonych. Wyda
no proklamacye podpisana przez
Bobrinskiego a kontrsygnowana
przez Skallona, komcndanta pla-
Gu we Lwowic, zakazujaca roz-
szcrzania W jakikolwick spos6b
ely ustnic wszelkich o.
poglosck, raport6w etc. do
,yczacych czynnosci wojsk, zolnie
rzy, wladz rzadu rosyjskicgo ma
okupowanem terytoryum. kary
p~icnieznc W wysokoSci po 5000 RIB.
wiezicnie "a kazdc przcstepstwo
zostalv naznaczonc W dodatku do
lalszcgo postepowania karncgo
"a wrogie to wzgledcm Rosyan
.ystepowanic.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-12
sTATEliENT OF THE OWNERSHIP ANDsMA.
NAGEafENT. REQUIRED u THEAcT OF
CONGRESS OF AUG. e 1911.

WIARUS
published weekly at Winona,
MINI, for April list, 1917.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF WINONA-ss.
Before me, a notary public in
and for the state and county a.
foresaid, personally appeared j.
Pr. Guzinski, who having been du-
lily sworn according to law, depo-
Ises and says that he is the bust
mess manager of the Wiarus, and
THAT the following is, to the best
lof his knowledge and belief, a
true statement Of the ownership,
management (and if a daily pa
|per, the circulation), etc., Of the
aforesaid publication for the date
Ishown in the above caption, re-
|quired by the Act of August "a,
1912, embodied in section 443,
Postal Laws and Regulations:
l. That the names and adres-
:es Of the publisher, editor and
business managers are:
Polish Printing & Publishing
Co., Winona, Mimi. Editor-Mrs.
III. Derdowska, Winona, Mimi.
Business Manager-J. F. Guzin-
ski, Winona, Mimi.
2. That the owners are: (Give
names and addresses Of individual
owners, or, if a corporation, give
its name and the names and adj
dresses Of the stockholders ow-
ming Or holding l per cent or
more Of the total amount Of
stock). v. Kupferschmidt, Jos.
w. Jercczek, J. w. j. Pacholski,
R. j. Hamerski, Leo L. Bronx, j.
j. Guzinski, VIM. Galewski, Pau
line Guzinska, Mrs. Julia Ha-
merska, F. B. Lewinski, John
Niemczyk, NJ. Ritter, S. Wesolow-
ski, H. H. Kowalewski, j. E. Ora
bowski, Kasper Kujawa, John Maj
man, Mike Liberia, +. l.. Cierzan,
j. r. Hamerski, Leon Pcrszyk,
Nick Sieracki, j. F. Guzinski, all
of Winona, Mimi.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security
holders owning or holding l per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other secu-
rites L G - Mcrgenthaler Limo
type Co.
4. That the two paragraphs
next above, giving the names OF
the owners, stockholders, and Sc
curity holders, if any, contain
not only the list of stockholders
and security holders as they APP
pear upon the books Of the com
pany but also, in cases where the
stakeholder or security holder APP
pears upon the books Of the com
pany as trustee or any other fl
duciary relation, the name Of the
person or corporation, for whom
such trustee is acting, is given;
also that the said two paragraphs
contain statements embracing at
fiant's full knowledge and belief
as to the circumstances and con-
ditions under which stockholders
and security holders who do not
appear upon the books OF the
company as trustees, hold stock
and securities in a capacity o.
Their than that Of a bonafidc ow-
ncr: and this affiant has no rca-
to believe that any other per-
son. association, OF corporation
has any interest direct or mdl-
rect in the said stock. bonds, or
other securities than as so stated
by him.
il. GUZINSk.
Bvs,SEss MANAGER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2sth
day Of March. 1917.
HERMAN WElBEL.
.,SEALl Notary Public.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-12

Ably wyleczyc zapchanic, Wy
czyscic wnetrznosci, nastroic
wzmocnic nadwcrezone organy IL
micScic jc W naturalncj kondycyi,
wziasc HOLSTER a Rocky Noun
tain hcrbaty. Doskona}c lckastwa
cd dwudzicst4l- lat. 35c.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1917-04-12

BUSINESS MANAGER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2sth
day Of March. 1917.
HERMAN WElBEL
.ISEALl Notary Public.
Wiaona County. Mimi
(MyCommis sion Exoires January ). 1881 =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-27

Unlng TO keep you warm.
Modern women's clothes don't
even do that. Women make them
selves almost naked to attract men.
Their dress, or lack Of it, is kill
ing women in New York today.
Il know of society girls VINO have
died recently of nothing but expos
ure caused by insufficient clothing"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
WORI
LIE Sal

1t to do /
Sam? i
enty of ID
7 which |
only taksI
bat they |
Sam you !
lotto dutyI
ms, secrsj
at the d
| glad to |
[ncle Sam.
we'd by 4
men who |
In the y
have d
if they J
six mon
months, {
| s.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
IMPORT CHINESE
FOR FARM WORK
Proposition to Secure Plenty OF Men
to Work Farms Of America
During Progress Of
the War.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SAN FRANCISCO, May PA pro-
posal that the shortage of men needed
to cultivate the fields and increase
enormously the production of food in
the United States be filled by import
ing Chinese workers, was te1egraphed
to the national council Of defense at
Washington today by the Chinese Six
companies.
The plan was submitted independ-
ent of the Chinese government accord
ing to F'ung Ming, secretary of the or
ganization but he added that the Six
companies were confident they would
have no difficulty in getting the men.
The organization repudiates any in
tention to ask permanent residence Of
such workmen, but suggests their use
here for limited period" to be re-
turned to their homes" as the wish Of
your congress might dictate" The Six
companies offer to guarantee the gov
eminent against any such men becom
ing a. charge upon the American peo
pie and suggests that any man violat-
ing any law, be Immediately deported
without court procedure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
Scope Of Examination.

Every candidate will be examined
mentally in the following subjects,
subject to exemptions noted below:
Group III. S. history and consti-
luton, English grammar and COM
position. geography, general history,
arithmetic, algebra, geometry plane,
trigonometry plane.
Group English and American
literature, French. German, Spanish,
analytical geometry, minor tactics
and field engineering, surveying.
All candidates who are not gradu-
ates of a recognized college or uni
versity will be required to take all
of group one and any one subject Of
group two. Graduates of recognized
colleges or universities will be
exempt of all in group one, but will
take two subjects in group two not
more than one Of which may be a
foreign language
Students of recognized colleges or
universities will be exempted in
those subjects Of group one in which
they can produce certificates Of
examination or satisfactory compile
ton. Students who are exempted in
more than one-half of the subjects in
group one will take two subjects of
group two, not more than one of
winch may be foreign language.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
podalna War Taxes.

limited Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW YORK, May 21.-You can get
into lots of things at Coney Island
this year, free. But you have to pay
ten cents to get out.
So the 100000 Gothamites who at
tended the gala opening day at the
tinseled city discovered. The idea is
that there will soon be war tax on
admissions, but none on departures.
Thus Coney Island qualities as the
first tax dodger in the land
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21

Genera seI weakness that was so hard to
sm ear. am able to do my work during
fuoi1 tlmes and am recommending Lydia
~, IN ln1kham's Vegetable Compound to
Ky friends who suffer as I did."-Miss
P rola, IIEDEMANN, 1922 Jefferson Ave-,
brooklyn, N. Y.
DO know whether Lydia e.
nii kiham's Vegetable Compound
n mni help you, just try it. For
MSIa,ce write to Lydia E.Pinkhaln
MI eilclne Co. (confidentiaD Lynn,
ra. Your letter will be opened,
n,n ana answered by q woman,
anu held III strict confidence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
Raised Half Million,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO. May 21.-Chicago Jews
today had raised 100000 toward the
s1O0O0,OO0 fund which the American
Jewish war relief committee is col
lecting for the relief of the race in
the war zones.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21

very weak and mis-
cradle. / remem-
bered how my moth
er had found relief
from pain by using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v e G e ia Bile Com
pound and / decided
to try it, and thanks
to the Compound it
hel ped me just as it
did my mother, and
| am free from pain,
ho III ooha ar1 <bof
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
|Nust u

|, MAN VIII
NOT astaln,,
=. m. to III
pace =, in nj
tn these wi
sstrat'on, y,,|
be, on Or N
ger by nail
Epply to u
J, 10000 n
clerk lnss.l
PROVIDES
~ resistrI
must resi,,I
n who shall
first be- ~
men as h.
nitions and |
nd singh.
how tn. !
how ths J
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21

Sr., l.. B, h
G. Wime,l
Paul Bend
K. J. Fdl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21

Those who this may this
Order" Form for the
ordered IL in person.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
BOTH MOTHER
and DAUGHTER
Relieved From Pain and
Suffering by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-"For three or four
years | suffered great deal of pain
periodically, so would have to lie down.
MY back would ache and I would feel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21

to be followed by conveniently small
monthly payments of as little as
$500 (for the cloth binding) for a
limited period, will secure set for you.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
A Common Goal

Mitchell Republican: The Russians
claim to be all making for the same
destination, but they are taking a lot
of different paths.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
.KF0KUK BEHIND
IN ENLISTMENT.
!, rwo From This City Have Ap-
,.d for Admission to the Resu-
lar Army, Letter
Declares.
SHOULD BE "a FROM CITY
c,.,u,ar From Omaha Recruiting Sta
to, TELLS How Enlisted Men
May Obtain Army
Commissions.
Keokuk has fallen down
on enlistments to the regu-

H. nm enlistments to the regu-
- lar army. While large
w. number Of local young men
have Joined the national guard and
made application for officers train
inc camps. but two from here have
heen applicants for the regulars, &C
cording TO an announcement sent to
Mayor Lotion from the army recruit
ing station at Omaha.
Keokuk is included in the Omaha
district and according to the letter
received by the mayor, based on in
structions from the war department
az to the quota allotted to the Omaha
recruiting district, Keokuk should
furnish eighty-four applicants.
The report goes on to say that
many towns in Nebraska and Iowa
nave furnished considerable num-
her of men in excess of their quota
and the mayor is requested to bring
n the attention of the young men OF
This city the necessity of enlisting in
The regular army at the present time.
Accompanying the letter is a clrcu-
lar announcing how enlisted men may
take examinations for commissions in
the regular army. This announce
ment follows:
An Opportunity for College Men to
Obtain Commission in the
Regular Army.
The following telegram was re-
ceiyed by the army recruiting Office
at Omaha: "All men enIisting in the
regular army will be eligible to take
examinations for commission in the
regular army under rules applying to
civilians candidates at any time after
enlistment Heretofore. soldiers in
the regular army to be eligible to
compete for appointm ent as pro-
visional lieutenant must have served
honorably not less than one year.
The present ruling of the war de-
partment makes it possible for those
men who were not selected to attend
the training camp at Fort Smelling to
obtain commission in the regular
army.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
Very truly yours,
ELIOT WADSWORTH,

ktCIIHS IT.
The membership buttons and pins
have arrived and the committee N
charge of B. B. Hobbs. will commence
its campaign shortly. Persons who
wish to enroll ahead Of the campaign
and secure button or pin can send
or leave their contributions e. the
Industrial association offices with
Secretary Fulton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
Letters OF Recognition For This New
Organization Have Been Received
From National Head.
quarters.
CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERS
Buttons and Pins For Those Who
Take Out, Memberships.
Have Been Re-
ceived.
Keokuk NOW has f,,,

h. Keokuk now has a full
GESa fedged Red Cross chapter.
~ Letters Of recognition were
= sent the chapter chairman.
=. Il. Joy, from headquarters in Chi
cago, and now that the charter has
been approved, the membership cam
palgn Will be launched. The chapter
VIII be known as the Keokuk, Iowa
chapter, and will be organized in the
Chicago division.
The following letters were received
from Washington today:
WASHINGTON, D. c., May Ii,
l917.-My dear Mr.. Fulton: 1t
gives us great pleasure to trans
NIT to you the enclosed letter of
recognition of the Keokuk, Iowa
chapter. We trust that the new
chapter will have long and &C
tive service as a part of the
American Red Cross. We are
sending you some circulars con-
tanning information and instruc-
tons for chapters and also some
blank forms for the use of chap
ter officers.
Very truly yours,
Z. H. WELLS,
Assistant to the Chairman.
Mr.. James M. Fulton, Keokuk,
Iowa chapter, American Red
Cross, Keokuk, Iowa.
The letter of recognition referred
to in the above letter was sent to
Chairman c. R. JOY and is as fol-
lows:
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1s,
1917. Mr.. c. R. Joy, Chairman,
keokuk, Iowa Chapter, American
Red Cross, Keokuk, Iowa.-Dear
Sir: Having received notice Of
the organization in accordance
with authority duly granted of a
chapter of the American Red
Cross to be known as the Keo-
kuk Iowa chapter and to have it's
Jurisdiction at Keokuk, Iowa, ex-z
cept such portions of said terri
tory as have already been organ
lied under separate charter,
the central committee Of the
American Red Cross hereby
: recognizes the said chapter and
authorizes 1t to serve as such in
conformity with the charter and
bylaws Of the American Red
Cross.
Very truly yours,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-21
A NEW VOLUME

THE publishers of The Encyclopaedia Britannica
i announce that they have made arrangements !
for the issue, soon after the end Of the war
possible, of volume, containing full and !;
authoritative history Of the war.
The new volume will be written by scholars i
and experts Of the same high character as those I
who wrote for the Britannica itself, and by many
of its own contributors. 1t will be absolutely i'm
partial excluding all partisan feeling and preju-
dice. It will contain !
I. A judicial account Of the real causes OF
the war; the progress of the struggle, and the s
results all over the world with maps, as neces-r
sary to show changes in boundaries
2. The lives of the new leaders, whether CIVIL
military naval, in the belligerent countries
g. The results of the war outside the sphere
of fighting the progress Of surgery the pre-
vention of contagious disease, the new scientific
discoveries, etc.
The new volume will bridge the gap between
the days of peace before and after the twill
be printed and bound to match the Britannica and
the publishers guarantee that matter how
difficult and costly the supplementary volume
may be from the editorial point of view, the price
of 1t to all who purchase the Britannica during
the present sale will not be more than that OF
corresponding volume Of the Britannica
Hn~r~ r...,a.r.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12

with reference to the kaiser-"Did he jump was he
pushed?"
The Cologne Gazette is quoted as saying edtorially
president Wilson's impertnence is beginning
to get on our nerves. Has he no adviser to tell him
that this sort of interference is bound to goad
proud people to furyr'
Other German papers rail along the line al
though somewhat more moderate in language in dis
cussng President Wilson's to Pope Benedict.
At the time they all contend that great re-
forms being worked out in Germany in behalf of
the German people. These reforms, they contend too
all due to the innate goodness of the of Ger
many and in wise due pressure from outside.
That's all right. The main thing is to get the
reforms If the junkers make themselves believe
that they jumped nobody is going so unknd to
say they pushed
The days of the junkers numbered. All else
is of small Importance just as Germany is
concerned
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12
EVERY STREET IN MOSCOW
Has Its Share of the Proof That Kid
ney Sufferers Seek

Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want a reliable kidney remedy?
Don't have to look far. Use what
Moscow people recommend. Every
street in Moscow has it's cases.
Here's one Moscow mans expert
ence.
Let ]. N w. Gossett, farmer, 226 N.
Washington street, tell it. about
four years ago / had trouble with my
kidneys and my back was lame all the
time. 1t ached severely. The kidney
secretions were profuse and too fire.
quent in passage. l heard about
Doan's Kidney Pills, so l took some
and from the good results I received,
know they are fine. Doan's strength
ened my kidneys and did me lot of
good"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy - get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Gossett had. Foster-Milbu Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12

received just one line from someone
that cared. They felt, in their boyish
way that no one thought of them
They were respondent and in frame
of mind that meant disaster to them.
Then there went among them Sec
rotary of the navy Y. M. G.. A. He
knew what the matter was. He had
seen incidents like this before. And
he knew what to do. With CHEEKY
smile and a word of good will he went
to them individually and invited them
to share in the entertainment at the
association building that evening. And
they went. Boyish minds easily adj
just themselves to conditions. They
forgot the thoughtlessness of the
folks at home and entered into the
spirit of the evening.
All of which carries it's lesson. Keep
in touch with your boy The home
influence is the strongest tie he has
to keep him morally straight. When
it fails, the Y. M. c. A. can sometimes
reach out and save the day.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12
BELOW ARE THE NAMES
OF THOSE CONTESTANTS
WHO ARE ALREADY ENTERED IN OUR $3.50
VOTING CONTEST
WHICH is. NOW UNDER WAY
Together With the Five Thousand Votes Allowed
Each Nomination

following
October goth?
WIN ONE OF ORR vAIARI pRzEs Won know Won would
like
this already
would
any longer than will take to turn it over to the winner
the contest October goth
Study Following List
The
list Every ballot
Mirror Until
Friday
Immediately. 0
Getting
and subscriptions to The starMrror like pulling
such paper as ours IN their business All might
this
friends and acquanances for their subscriptions
you'll ind all the conviction you're looking for if you'll give
That's you'll
just interest yourself
quick
Manager We're
ing? It's
Miss Marjorie
Miss Marjorie Bah Poach Miss Catherine
Miss Thk Beck Moscow
MISS M A. Boyd Moscow Miss Ethel
MISS Ruth Broman Moscow Miss
MISS Agnes Mae Brown Moscow 5000 Miss Gladys
Miss
Miss Mamie Christensen,
MISS Bess Couey Colfax
Miss Nea Dur Moscow 5000 Miss lola
Miss
Miss
Marie
Hiss Edith Viola
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. 80 .''0O0 T..
~ Miss Mae
ar forest Hedden Moscow 5000 Miss Lulu Williams
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12
Young Soldiers in Camp
To Break Athletic Records
BY GEORGE MARTIN

WASHINGTON-World sports rec
ords may be broken by drafted SOL
diers of the new national army in can
torment camps throughout the coun-
try this fall.
Chairman Raymond D. Fosdick of the
war department commission on train
ing camp activities hopes to bring out
sport phenoms of many kinds whose
lights might have been hidden by the
bushel of private life as long as they
lived if it hadn't been for the war.
1.-THE great trouble with college ath-'
1etics," said Fosdick today, lis that
they develop few men intensively and
the many not at all.
'sThe draft mems training Is of
course, compulsory. The best In eve
ny man will be brought out. And
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12

High time several other big Russians were Romanoff
in the direction of Siberia.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-12
Don't Forget to Write
To Boys Far from Home

This incident happened very re-
Gently at the naval training station
on Goat Island, in San Francisco bay.
Fifteen hundred rockies, lads who had
just arrived at the station were sur
rounding sailor perched on box
distributing mail The boat had just
arrived and the mail was being handed
out.
AS the names of the sailors were call
ed the lads would step up and re-
ceive the letter addressed to them. 1t
was a fascinating sight. The sailor
distributing the mail would call out
name and Immediately would come a
reply and a willing hand backed by
happy smile would reach out and take
the letter. Then the lad would walk
away, his face fairly beaming. He
would seek quiet spot and read and
sometime re-read the letter
So it continued for Is minutes I'M
til the crowd was pretty we'll thinned
out. All around were sailors intense
1y reading. Some had a smile on their
faces, others looked more serious and
there was one lad who sobbed as if his
heart would break. bad news?"
questioned his chum. Poor old
Towsers gone,' sobbed the lad in re-
ply. THE folks say that he wouldn't |
eat thing after | left and they found |
him Sunday back of the barn, dead"
The last letter had been distributed |
to its owner and the postman had de-
parted but there still fingered dozen
or more boys with long faces and SER
ious mien. They were the lads for
whom there was no letter. 1t meant
a whole lot to those boys to hear
from home 1t would have lifted a
heavy load from their hearts to have