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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
WILSON'S TRIBUTE TO ROOSE
WELT

| understand that the section of this
act which authorizes the creation of
volunteer divisions in addition to the
draft was added with view to pro-
viding Independent command for Mr..
Roosevelt and giving the military au-
thorities an opportunity to use his
fine vigor and enthusiasm in recruit
ing the forces now at the western
front. 1t would be very agreeable to
me to pay Mr.. Roosevelt this compli-
ment and the allies the compliment of
sending to their aid one of our most
distinguished public men, an expires.
ident, who has rendered many con-
spicuous public services and proved
his gallantry in many striking ways.
Politically, too, it would no doubt have
a very fine effect and make a pro,
found impression. But this is not the
time or the occasion for compliment
or for any action not calculated to
contribute to the immediate success
of the war. The business now in hand
is undramatic, practical, and of scien.
tifie definiteness and precision. I
shall act with regard to it at every
step and in every particular under ex.
pert and professional advice. from
both sides of the water.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
THE DARK PICTURE OF WAR

We have before us copy of the
London Times of April goth.
Under the title of the Roll of Hon.
or" it prints list of the officers kill
ed, wounded and missing.
The list covers two and half col
umns in small print, anj must num-
Der at least more than i've hundred
names.
1t does not require much exercise of
the imagination to realize the amount
of sorrow and mourning these oft-re-
curing lists bring to the homes of the
people of England.
The Times happens to print from
another newspaper a brief sketch OF
one of these heroic dead. He is reput-
ed to have been brave and dashing
young fellow, fine looking and popular
and had just come into an Inheritance
of greatly more than ten million dol.
lars, and was on the eve of his ap-
preaching marriage.
But he was in the trenches, as are
thousands of other splendid fellows
in the very hey-dey of youth.
| His brother comes into this large in
heritance, and he likewise is in the
trenches, and any day his name may
appear upon this roll of honor"
/ Besides this long list of the dead,
| the perusal of which brings sadness
! even to the strangers here across the
water, there are other articles which
show how war stunts the finer feel
ings, even of the women, and trans
forms them into things worse than
brutes
| The Berne, Switzerland, correspond.
ent of the Times says that one of the
saddest fruits of the war is the reve-
lation which it has produced in the
nature of the German women. The
stories he tells are somewhat if not al.
together shocking.
| These stores, the cores pondent
says, is attested by hundreds of pris.
oners.
"It was the common amusement of
these Red Cross nurses to tempt our
men, who were in the last extremity
of hunger and thirst, by holding food
and drink out to them to try to make
them snatch at it, and then drawing it
away. Many scores of our men, beg
ging for drink. had coffee, of water,
or soup rendered to them; and then
at the last moment. the gentle nurse
would spit in the cup or glass. Not
seldom our men, in their suffering,
had to drink the defiled stuff. while
the women looked on and laughed. An
equally common entertainment with
these women was to offer wounded
man glass. perhaps, of water. then
standing just outside his reach, to
pour it slowly on to the ground. or
down between the station platform
and the railway carriage"
Then it contains another story OF
how the German and enemy dead are
tied up in bundles and sent to a regu
lar incorporated factory and the bodies
thrown into great receptables, the
fats made into lubricating oils and
other parts of the body made into fer
tilizers.
This number of the Times not par
ticularly intentional, but merely Incl
dental, gives an awful picture of war
mot the least bad feature of which is
the defilement of the consciences OF
the women, supposed always to be adj
ministering angels.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
Why soN0sa FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS
BACKS? OF

i It occurs to US that now is an op
perfume time for the government to
issue greenbacks.
! We have a patriotic population OF
one hundred million.
We possess more wealth than any
other nation in the world.
| We are blessed with more natural
resources.
i We have proven ourselves to be the
most ingenious and inventive people
on the globe.
! 1t is entirely safe to say that every
one of our one hundred million popu'
Iation will be more than glad to re,
ceive every dollar as it falls freshly
printed from the presses for every
/ ounce of produce. every hour of labor
and every article of manufacture that
they have the opportunity to give in
return.
So why resort to the issue of bonds
at all?
If the government is in position
! to make its bonds good it is certainly
in a position to make its money good
and more so for the reason that its
money is non-interest bearing and is
! taxable, hence costs the government
less to redeem it and thus maintain its
standard of value.
When the government gives a mil
| lion dollars in bonds for million dol
lars in gold it is merely swapping dol
lars and paying boot for the privilege
Besides keeping the gold for the fl
nal redemption of the bonds, it must
provide a place for storing it, and
provide guards to protect it, and in
the thirty years the interest will have
eaten up the principal.
That is the way it looks TO a novice
| 1t occurs to us that so long as the
government has the power to levy and
collect taxes it will have the power tC
maintain its credit and keep up its
standard of value, at least among its
own people.
And as long as its own people are
patriotic enough to maintain a stable
government it will not have much
trouble in having its money pass cur
rent abroad,
The power to levy and collect taxes
is the elixir that gives life to a gov
ernment's currency, and it gives thai
life in proportion to its strength and
stability
This is time when the government
printing presses could do a patriotic
service by being kept busy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25
"AGIN" THE NEWSPAPERS

The Tallahassee correspondent of
the Times Union says
The newspaper men of the state
are incompetent to run their own bus
mess, especially if that business be
with the railroads. In effect that is
what the house of representative said
today by their votes on the bill asked
for by the Florida Press Association,
the members of which had deluded
themselves into the belief that they
ought to be permitted to make con-
tracts with railroads for advertising
space in their papers the same as if
they were dealing with other concerns
who have occasion to buy space from
them. In other words, they have oc-
casion to use a considerable amount
of railroad mileage, and experiences
of the past had taught them the rail-
roads would use more of this space if
they could pay for it in transporta-
ton than they would if cash had to
be paid for it.
Some years ago, at the suggestion
of the railroad commission, one of the
wild and woolly legislators bad de-
prived the newspapers of the right to
barter their advertising space, and it
had remained until the present time
on the books.
AT the instance of the Florida Press
Association bill was introduced. ear
ly in the present session asking that
the railroads and the newspapers be
permitted to make this exchange.
"Twenty-one members of the house
thought they ought to have the privi-
lege, but forty-four voicing the senti-
ments of the leaders of the opposition
on the floor who. made no effort to
conceal the fact that they would not
trust a newspaper man who rode on
transportation secured in that way,
killed the bill.
Here is the list as it was recorded
by the clerk:
Yeas: Mr. Speaker. Messrs. Ander-
son (Gadsden), Baggett, Best. Clark,
Crews, Dawson. Fem. Gomez, Harris
(Pinellas), Hood, Mckenzie, Roebuck,
Smith. Taylor Tilghman, Williams.
Weaver, Wilson, Woodruff (Seminole)
Wicker-21.
mays: Messrs. Anderson (Walton) &,
Barnes. Blanton, Bryan, Bryant, Chair
es, Crosby. Corbett. DeGrove, Edge,
Epperson, Franklin. Hamblin, Harris
(Jackson), Hamrick, Hanson, Had
dock. Jennings. Langford, Lewis.
Light, Matheson, Marshall, Moore,
Mathis. Mays, Morgan. Nelson. Perry.
Putnam Rhodes, Robson, Stockton.
Strom, Stephens, Scruggs, Stewart.
Swain, Sholtz, Trammell, Withee. Will
der. Woodruff (Orange), Walker-44."
We are sorry to see the names of
both OF Marion's representatives yot-
ing against this very reasonable meas.
urs.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

II you should force the country to
rely solely upon your volunteer plan,
what do you suppose would happen?
Why, those German propagandlsts
would do everything in their power to
induce people not to volunteer. and
they would make such campaign
force men into service you would have
serious trouble So when you post
pone the seiective draft plan you SIM
ply give the enemies of the govern
ment time and opportunity to delay
and hinder the government in its Ell
forts to speedily raise and train an
army. Why. Mr.. Chairman, way back
in the days of Moses the principle
was recognized that all men Of the
lighting age owed military service to
the country. The Bible tells us that
Moses asked the children of God and
the children of Reuben if they thought
that it was right for them to remain
at home while their brethren went to
war. (Applause.)
Mr.. Barley: viii the gentleman
yield?
Mr.. Hehin: Yes.
Mr.. Barley: | want to recall to the
gentlemans mind the fact that Moses
himself was drafted man. When he
was first drafted he wanted to stand
aside and let Aaron 60
Mr.. Hefin: Yes, that is true. Then
again. the Bible tells us that the army
of the Lord was chosen from the sons
of Reuben and from the Gadites and
from the tribe of Manasseh, and that
they were taken from the valient
men, men able to bear buckler and
sword and to shoot with bow, and
so forth. And when the children of
Ammon hired Syrians to battle against
the army of the Lord, David, the man
after Gods own heart, sent Joab out
to select from the choice men of Israel
an army to go out and battle for the
Lord against the Syrians. (Applause)
Mr.. Adamson: Mr.. Chairman. will
the gentleman yield?
Mr.. Helm: l will yield to the gen
tleman, although my time is very
short
| Mr. Adamson: Just a word to help
the gentleman and Brother Barley
with the scripture a little bit. The
churches will not allow a man to vol
unteer and preach. They are called
Jesus selected or drafted all of his dis
ciples, and when Judas went out his
successor was selected.
| Mr.. Hefiin: Yes; Jesus went among
the people himself and picked out OF
selected his disciples. The Baptist
and Presbyterian denominations select
their preachers and the preachers OF
other denominations are selected by
some authority in the church We Sc
lect school teachers to instruct our
children, and we pick out or select
men for jury duty,-Tom Heflin of AL
ALBANIA.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

God bless the flag! Let 1t float and
fill
The sky with its beauty: our heart.
strings thrill
To the low, sweet chant OF its wind.
swept bars,
And the chorus Of all its clustered
stars.
Embrace it, O mothers! and heroes
shall grow,
While its colors blush warm on your
bosom of snow.
Defend it o fathers; there's no sweet
or death
Than 10 float it's fair folds with a sol
dier's last BREATH
And love it, o children! be true TO
the sires
Who wove 1t in plain By the old camp
firea-
Samuel l.. Simpson.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Our Tallahassee correspondent says
that Governor Cats sermon preached
at the Baptist church in Tallahassee
last Sunday night was the finest ever
heard from the text: Behold, the
Man was the Story of the Christ"
Brother Cats made big mistake
when he abandoned the pulpit for pol
itics and letter writing.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Senator Trammell and Congress.
men Sears and Kehoe are no older
than Congressman Gardner, who re-
signed and volunteered.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

War among her neighbors has now
brought such wealth to Denmark that
the number of miiiionaires in that lit.
tie kingdom was increased last year
BY 80.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

The Jasper News says that 1.-The
school children of Florida are being
imposed upon. and tax money wasted
by employing certificate holders in.
stead OF teachers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Well, at any rate, ex-President
Roosevelt's intentions will be remem-
bered with generation. We don't be-
lieve that Cats can head him of for
president.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Perhaps what Mr.. Bryan meant
was that one million men would vol.
unteer over night to muster in and
command volunteer army.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Florida negroes are still leaving for
the north. A bunch of 600 left Jack
sonville Tuesday night for Philadel-
phia.-Clearwater Sun.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Why not let the inmates of Chatta-
hoochee visit Tallahassee and inspect
the legislators Tampa Tribune.
Turn about is fair play.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Representative Light is receiving
abundant praise for his vote against
the inquisition bill. and he deserves
all the thanks that he is receiving.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Green Bay, Wis. has set the clocks
of the city ahead one hour, to con
serve daylight and improve industrial
and social conditions"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Now Hayes Lewis threatens to run
for governor. Since Cats was elected
there is an impression that most any
one can get the job.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

We are more sorry. than we can
tell to see Senator Trammen in train.
ing with Stone. LaFollette and that
bunch.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Just before his sudden death Mr..
Joseph Choate, Americas great bar
rister, said that it would be no "hur-
rah-boys war"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Let Colonel Roosevelt go to it. The
tocsin of war has been sounding for
? three months-he has been punished
enough.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

One out of twenty of the young men
will be in the select army.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Now that European production has
been shut off, Nebraska leads the
world in the potash industry
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Don't put tax on cotton either for
export or import, or for the purpose
of raising a war revenue.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Uncle Sam is going TO build $500
airplanes to be used for military pur.
poses.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

1t is said that Turkey is ready to
desert Germany has failed to deliver
the goods.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Governor Cats is improving
has quit making speeches and writing
letters.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

The corn crop promises to solve
the food problem. Reports from all
sections are favorable.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Joffre says tina THE need of France
just now is soldiers.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Switzerland is becoming fearful of
a food famine
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

The war program will soon be com
plete.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Hindenburg to the kaiser, 1.-THE
line is busy. Tampa Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Hungary is hungry and bankrupt.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

Yes, make it the Banner year.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-05-25

the beginning of the next clause
housed" Today stands as the van
tage ground of all of life's POSSIBLE
tiles and opportunities. 1t is the nat.
ural strip beyond the yesterdays and
the tomorrows. Yesterday, with all
of its possibilities, is past; tomorrow
will never come. 1t is always "tomor.
row. with the weak, the hesitating
and the vacillating. For the valiant,
the brave, the strong and the true,
life is one everlasting NOW!
We all need the Master, and he
says he needs US. Think of it, he, the
Lord of everlasting glory needs You
and me. He wants to abide at our
house. He is in a hurry too. He
thinks so much of us he wants us to
come right away. To-day must
abide at thy house." Don't YOU
think your house would be all the bet
ter, all the brighter, for the Masters
presence? Don't you think you need
him to help you smooth out things
here? Zacchaeus made haste and
came down and received him joyfully
when he heard the Master express
that desire. Will you?-Rev. Williafm
Carter, D. D.. Throop Avenue Pres
byterian church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
Incorporating an Interview With
By Sue L. Carmody-

the tenderness and sweetness of speech and action
which characterizes Sister De SIS every move
men..
Il do not wish 20 to dictate" said Sister De
s" but 1 wish that il in my power impress
upon the minds and hearts of the people of the
country-the horrors of To hear Of battle and
learn that number Of killed is a matter
but passing interest the casual listener but
that number of stretched the battle
field. wounded crying for much drink of
ter"-here Sister De s paused, eloquenty. and her
words seemed take a seriousness and
dignity Ito them and TO be helpless TO do that
little something for them ALL just when they need it
the mOst-s terrible. II must fght-we must fight,
evade duty. but still should
forget what the real issue like think
of modern nursing a splendid the world.
I easily appreciate il such, know the great
need OF it. But know, too. that scientific nursing
take the place OF the affection that only
give a suffering BY affection ! dc
a particularly individual demonstration. Her
feeling must be general She learn TO have that
peculiar quality which is thing finds a born
Nurse Il is nothing less than a composite
OF tenderness compassion for suffering and weakness,
the feeling that mother would have for She
be gentle and kindly. yet firm and steady
ANCIENT HORRORS OF WAR.
II there horrors Of 1917 far beyond those
oden times also there wonderfully improved
facilities for caring for the wounded Modern military
hospitals the wonders OF science and modern mill
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

remove the wounded from the battlefield for hours
after they had been wounded, with frozen members
result After the battle OF Fort Donelson February
1862, many soldiers borne in this condition.
presenting most pitful sight Of suffering
HE MISSED HIS MOTHER.
L remember night they Brought q Young
ad. with his shot away saw. after short time
that the lad going 20 live ] 10y his
led He opened his eyes and said. Sister-my mother
used 20 put her hand my head. sometimes when
couldn't 60 % sleep and 7 believe that coulG
sleep II would do that put my hand his
forehead and he did drop OF 10 seepto sleep.
20 waken. HomesicS boys. Heartsick boys Boys who
have never been away from their mothers love AND
for than % day their lives Alone n "a
country OF and desolation. Wounded the bat
tleheds-these lads who in all the splendid yaior 90
their youth have given everything 20 night Tor
ideal and a principle
1T useless tell Il the horrors of war" con-
tlnued Sister De eravely and seriously. there
real comparison in the work ~ the women ir the
Civil and the OF today"
Sister De vas quite right. To -h-
south. there cannot be too much credu given one
cannot think vomen's work the
being matter ~ COM parisou. one can only remeuher
what they did boz tha DAYS with hardships an
kinds 90 beser them and then think the wonderful
work is Being done by the women % today-but
them being peculiarly distinctive from
each ether SORT OF monument % the efforts % fhs
women OF both times
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30

Organizations committees. boards-what multi
sude OF them since the began A committee for
this board for that and circle for something else
1T all makes for efficiency doubt" said a South
Bend woman who has been trying keep up with
al OF them and they say that efficiency will win
the war, but somehow there's something so cold
bloOded about H. I wonder sometimes whether so
much organization isn't taking away some of the
element OF personal sacrifice that would make
really patriotic women"
IL seems plausible. The other day Mrs. George Mayr
who Is in charge OF the surgical dressing activity
OF the Red Cross in South was n a dilemma
Why don't they come? We've got the materials
everything 20 work with-and a pleasant place
work. yet often nearly deserted Where
are the volunteers" That her question.
VIII take the shock OF the casualty lists really
20 awaken America-to arouse her women 20 the
eeds OF the hour2
wanted me answer 10 that question So I sought
among who recalled the stirring DAYS of the
Rebellion when the foundations the Union were
shaken.
AZ Old VETERANS VIEW.
cid veteran of that acting spokesman
Tor group Of his comrades at recent reunion. 20
whom had put ths question. reflected their general
spirit. Let him speak:
The women aren't fired with that fame OF pa
triotizIa that thrilled them I'm 81 and after all per
eAps It's only natural Their homes being threat
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-30
WONENS WORK IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
atty Lists Really to Atoaken American,
With "Sister of Mercy During the Civil War;

tary surgery abounds miracles. this
with the conditions confronting relief workers in
Sister De describes them in recounting
experiences in the "war-work"
Mother Angela come. We went TO
Mound City TO work in the hospital there. II
big warehouse building that had been taken by
the government and made into hospital building The
inside walls had been pasered they had been
whitewashed thus making building
livabe. At times there from a thousand four
teen hundred patients under treatment and many OF
the sick and wounded prisoners OF There
distinction made a when he
was sick or wounded and were cared for alike
Mound City, Memphis and Cairo" continued Sister
De s. were the general cener of the corps from
St Mays and from there they the hos
boat once. 7 shall forget how those poor sick
and wounded men, mostly southerners, lay stretched
out the floor in the cattle stalls There they lay
without even much pillow under their head
II terrible.
AT that place many OF the soldiers had been
shot through the mouth through the lungs and
believe that there is terrible wound
through the mouth through the lungs. In
where the patient has been shot through the mouth
he cannot anything and suffers a death
ton, and the other hand, a patient shot through
the lungs. neither sit up lie down A frame
has 20 be hung from above 90 let the body Of
rest in that. And in many cases. impossible