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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
The High Cost Of War.
eirare in the PHILADELPHIA Publie Ledger.

Napoleon was such a masterful genius that he made his 30 years
loo was fought and his career ended, the French debt was exceedingly
small-scarcely greater than 1t was before the world had heard the
name OF Bonaparte.
Bismarck learned that trick Of making money out of wars. Thus
it happened that when the Francol'rnssian conflict was all over and
settled for. Germany had $579y0o0O0o more cash than when she
started, and had Alsacc and Lorraine to boot.
As Napoleon two decades Of wars ended, the French national
the debt Wa sl6o, and at the end of last year it was $3.50.
70 save her existence France has bled money as heroically as she
Waterloo Cost English Heavily.
Wellington is accounted a victor. and England did most to end
Napoleons wars and Danish the emperor.
But it cost England vastly more to fight Napoleon than it cost
the French at his back. You can see this by the bald figures.
have said France S debt a century ago was only $12 per person.
out Great s4Ifrtains debt was then exactly 20 times that sum.
The British debt at the beginning of the present year was $3.50
ginning of this war and $24o at Waterloo.
Russia has failed ed TO mobilize her wealth any more efficiently than
only $44- little more than a ninth of Engandfs and less than a 10th
Americas Per Capita Debt S35.
Germany began this war $50 in debt for every citizen of that en-
pire. By the end of last year she was in the hole to the extent of $255.
No other people buy their home loans like the French. Two years
after Sedan, when the government called for money to pay off a part
Of Bismarck,.s appalling indemnity of s1,ooo0oo0oo, there were
$s,o00O00OO0 subscribed. or many times the specific amount asked for.
English and French debts arc not in the form of bonds. They
never come due and need never be paid off. They resemble govern.
ment annuities.
Americas heaviest national debt was at the end of the civil war.
when it amounted to about 500 for every person:
With our new Liberty loan added, we shall have only about $5
each.
If Americans buy government bonds like hot cakes off the grid
die, as do the French, 100000 persons will participate. One in
First Touch Wa for 100000.
The Declaration of independence was only a year old when the
United States made its first foreign ''touch.' 1t borrowed 100000
Always in the past our war debts were paid off in double quick
time. First was wiped out the revolution debt, and then that of 1872.
During Jacksons day at the White House Uncle Sam had no debt
and was SO flush IN the pocket that he actually gave away $1S,00000C
to the states.
off. When President Mckinley called for cash to free Cuba he only
wanted 2%o0000,000, but our thrifty folks Offered that amount seven
SO unless you step out and buy this Liberty loan at a fast er
you VIII mar the precedents set by your Slres.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Political Conviction.

From the OHIO State Journal.
He Is a poor citizens who forms his po-
itical convictions on the failings of the
other side. But most men do. Talk with q
man five minutes and he will begin to de-
nounce the other side with great enthusi-
asm. He constructs his political faith en-
tirely out of the weakness of the other
side. He has not a word to say about the
strength Of his own side. That doesn't
seem to matter. So his political enemy
embraces horse thieves and villains. II
make no difference what his own side is
composed OF. If the enemy is vile and or.
merry that determines his opinion without
thinking for a moment that his own side
may be just as bad.
This state of politics puts the nation In
a bad fix. 1t does not found public opinion
upon virtues and honor, but Tx their
absence the basis Of its faith. No worthy
citizen will determine his political duty
by the faults Of his political foe. He will
determine 1t by the integrity and honor
OF his own party. This manner Of judge
individual and a him an unworthy
citizen. That. there are 30 many such Is
what afflicts the country. Every man
should examine his political convic-
ton and II 1t is not built upon moral pur.
pose and intelligent uprightness he is .
disgrace to his party and on his account
1t ought to be defeated. b
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Abusing the S. o. S. Signal.
From the Paris Petit .JournaI

"- ioLi llit L LII ( Slll 5OuIIdl.
Count Won Ukner, in command of a Ger
man corsair (the armed bark Seeadler. re-
ported in the Atlantic a month ago., shot
at and sank a French steamer after him
self sending out the s. o. S. distress sig
nal. The French steamer, answering the
S. O. s.. rushed to the rescue. The details
of what happened are given by the cap
tain, who says:
When we received the s. O. S. from a
ship pretending to be the Norwegian YES
sell Bergen, l gave orders to rush to the
point indicated, at the same tine wire
When We made the ship she appeared, to
out. Judge. of our surprise when within
three lengths Of her a searehlight was
played on US, and the Norwegian flag was
lowered and replaced by a German flag.
Seeing that I had fallen into a trap, I
turned about, but a shot had already
struck us under the water line. Three
We were 80 near the corsair that we could
hear the officers gtbing at us with cries
boats. but one was hit and four occupants
killed. We sent out ) q 8. o. 8. and were
soon afterward piclsel up by. a British
cruiser, the German ship making off.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
GATHER AIR DATA
IN HAWAII WITH KITES

Honolulu. T. Observation-Disclosures
pondence Of the Associated Press).-
The second meteorological station in
the United States for the purpose OF
gathering OF data of the upper air will
be erected shortly in Hawaii, in ac-
cordance with plans worked out by the
weather bureau. it was announced here
to-day. 1T has been proposed by A. NJ.
Hanlrick, local representative of the
weather bureau, and enthusiastically
endorsed by the army authorities OF
the Hawaiian department, that an cleo
trio reel station be built from which
will be flown the great kites which
carry meteorological instruments aloft.
The station will, it is announced, be
modelled upon n in Omaha, Neb., and
will be the only station of the kind in
the tropics or semitropics.
Gen. r. X. Evans. who was in com
mand OF the Hawaiian department
when the proposal was first made by
MIR. Hamrick. took the view that such
n station would be of immense advan-
tage to aviators and artillerymep. and
he strongly recommended to the war
department that it cooperate to the
fullest extent witt the weather bureau
IN the proposed work. After going
through nearly every department of the
weather bureau and every bureau OF
the war department. Mr.. Hamrick's let
:er came back to him a few days ago
| With the report that every effort is to
be made by both branches of the gov
eminent to secure the establishment OF
the proposed station.
This is interpreted to mean that as
soon as funds are available. work on
/ The construction of the plant will be
begun.
Mr.. Hamrick recently established
weather observation station on Mid
way island, which is now the farthest
west of any weather station, and is re-
ceiving daily reports by cable from
that distant observation point. The
Midway station is the first of a series
of observation stations which he hopes
to establish throughout Pacific
with a view to making the Honolulu
weather bureau a ~forecasting station.
AT present, On account of lack OF data
from which to max computations, no
forecasts are made here. MI. Ham
rick says that weather predictions will
be of immense value to shipping in the
Pacific. particularly that plying be-
tween Hawaii and the Pacific coast.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
The 1912 Model Bathing Suit.

New York Correspondence of Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
On the crest of the war time saving
spirit comes the 1917 model bathing sui
and the economy practiced in buying ma
terial makes it almost invisible to thu
naked eye. 1t would seem that manu-.
facturers, and the women themselves. are
times on special sets Of scenery when
cloth is needed for soldiers uniforms.
The skirts have retired to the linden
burg line and the stockings no longer
slip down into u shapeless bunch around
the calves. For the most. part they
Of neatness to the ankles or there is no
hosiery at all. just bathing shoes, the
fancy. high laced kind intended for beach
strolling. To balance the cutting off Of
the skirts which in some cases were
given up entirely in the interest OF econ
omy, the seasons bathing suits have an
equal abstinence of cloth or material at
showing that the dear girls are willing to
utilize that which has been discarded in
the modern army officers uniform. In a
few cases the designers of the suits were
not well informed on military strategy,
ed too far. Observing the first effect of
the war on bathing suits. the economic
ing on material TO Il degree which seems
almost too patriotic. one wonders IL the
next step will be to adopt sae style Of
bathing suits which one use6 TO see on
photographs of Ostend Just as a tribute
to Belgium = those suits about the size
stripes around the equator. Anyway, these
deleted bathing suits are good for the
defense of the coast, besides they always
insure the presenc of plenty of look outs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
To the kaiser
From the Reatrica snr

~ NHA lAS IoSdlIlCe ouH.
Several weeks ago the Sun remark "a
ina that somebody should send to the kaJser
country, and pointed out the fact that on
one Day when 10 recruits were enrolled
Tor Z company, a majority Of the names
were of a pronounced German flavor and
at least one OF the boys was the son of a
former German soldier. To keep history
straight, it may be noted that two. instead
o. one, :o1 the recruits were boys whose
fathers had served in ehe German army
before migrating to this country.
There is another patriotic roll of honor
which might be sent to Potsdam. it is
the list of contributors to the Red Cross
fund. Nowhere did the appeal to support
the American Red Cross find more ready
and generous upport than In the com
mannver to Oh large are German Population.
Red Cross fund a large majority Of
guage, are of German birth or ancestry.
It It is a libel both upon the good sense and
said by a high Berlin official to Arnbas-
sador Gerard, that they are not loyal to
America; to Its government, its principles
and ideals.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
just Talk.

L. SdSS } GIN E-reH
THE Huns said a government Off
,ial mt luncheon, talk big about II
var indemnity and annexation, but
hey don't mean what they say. They
just hope by their big talk in the be-
ginning to make a better bargain in
the end.
The Huns nre like the chap who en-
tered the bankers office and said:
Pardon me. but are you carrying
sufficient life insurance to satisfy your
-onscienceY
81 am said the banker, shortly.
Gould interest you. then. sir. In
a player piano. with electrical attach
mcnts at a thousand dollars?!'
".You could not
What about a gold-mounted talk
ing machine in satinwood case. re-
duced to sever hundred and fifty dol
lars"
Nothing doing
- wonder, sir, If an u%nexpurgated
SIT Of p. p. Roe, full levant
blind fooled. going Mt five hundred dol
lars dirt cheap, would appeal to your
"'No, it wouldn't
Want to buy a filing cabinet. sir?'
Ono
"'A!lem. Then what would you say
to this t%ive-cent stick Of shaving soap
4 nickel stick of shaving soap. just
10 get rid of me? Anything doing, sir?'
My goodness, yes! Here, Take
this
"'Thank you sir, and good day"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
Passing Of a Toll Road.

Over a century ago the PENNSYLVANIA
legislature incorporated a to
build a road from Harrisburg. on the Sus-
quehanna river. to Reading. on the
S%chuylkill river. Tolls nave been collected
for many years for it's use, just as they
are collected today in many parts of that
commonwealth. at a very high rate for
decidedly inferior service. in most cases.
Nine years ago the section OF the road
from Reading to Wernersville was freed,
and a little later the section from Harris
burg to Hummelstown. hit there is still
s4.A miles Of the old Berks and Dauphina
cents per mile for the use of the road.
which compares favorab'y, from the toll
company's point of view, with the rates
for passenger traffic permitted on rail-
roads by the Interstate Commerce com
mission. The only tariffs that exceeds it
are probably those for the use Of certain
on private land for the accommodation of
tourists. The condition of the road and
the high tolls combined to make any con-
tinuation Of the conditions impossible, so
the state highway department and the
three counties traversed by the road have
bought it for s75, 900: The price shows that
even with high tolls such a property is
not likely to be profitable.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
The sandbas Caves of Venice.
From the Christian Herald.

In other cities, when aerial mbar
ments take place, the citizens run for
safety into underground cellars and store
places. But. as is we'll known, Venice has
nc cellars nor underground places. Around
the houses and below the houses there is
water. One can hardly dig a few feet be-
low the surface anywhere without coming
to water. For this reason the ground
floors Of the houses are made OF cement
70 as to be impermeable to water; but
should any flaw or crack appear in them
the water soon discovers It and comes
bubbling up through Il. Venice thus lack
Ing underground cellars. a substitute had
to be found for them. Fortunately, it pos
sesses many strongly arched passages,
and in these the authorities have pro-
yided what are called luoghi di rifugio
places Of -'ufuge). They are built Of
wood and s%andbags. They have been
constructed in every quarter of the city,
and signboards on every corner point out
the way to them. And SO, when the
watchmen sound the alarm on their
trumpets. the people. like those Of old,
flying from the avenger OF blood, can
run into these refugees and be safe,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
To Grow suekwheat in England.
From the I.ondon chron,c,o

From the London Chronicle.
OF all the different grains recommended
to save wheat just now, buckwheat and
we seem the only W that can be grown
owes its name to the Resemblance of it,
Seed to q %beechnut. enc its GermaL
name. Buchweizen, corrupted to buck.
mostly grown here to feed pheasants, but
i Is q most nutritious and quite pleasant
food for man It yields very a%bundantly
grows on poor soil, and needs little ma
nure. The only trouble Is It does not har-
vest well in any put dry weather, and
that is probably why hitherto Il has not
been more grown here,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
How He Led the ciaes.

There was on doubt as to whether
Johnny, age eight, OF Muncie, would be
promoted this year, his mind having
nm largely to baseball and other mat
ters ex1raneous to school, but he man
aged 10 pull through" AS he came
home waving his report card his moth
en- asked, rather fearfully, 'And how
did You stand, son?"
Right Mt the head of the Glass; was
the boastful reply. "The teacher told
me that II the class We're turned up
side down I'D be at the head, and it
certainly was upside down this morn
ing. because we didn't study or do any
thing but shoot paper wads, whisper
and mel up"-1ndlanapolfs News.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
We WA.
From the Pittsburgh Post.

you'll chase the Germans out Of our
country" cried the people assembled III
the French port on the arrival of the frat
We will" responded the American sol
diers.
How like a great nation. confident of its
cause, is the simple dignity of that as
surancei II recalls the quiet resoiuteness
of Dewey at Manila bay: You may fire,
Of eating dinner in Berlin in a few weeks.
No spectacular move.
The champion has entered.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

poration income tax has been willingly
paid, 1t is easily collected. That is an in
dication of the direction in which the
government should proceed in it's efforts
to OBTAIN new venue. The newspapers
will make no objection 10 taxes upon cor
porate or Individual incomes Justly and
.equitably assessed upon all business in
~terests in the country. In any system of
taxation that may be adopted. the pre-
cent that it is not wise to destroy the
sources from which revenue is derived
should be kept steadily in view.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
elunder That Hslped.

From the Boston Globe.
With their famous faculty for diplomatic
Numbering, the Germans murderedswomen
and children in an airplane raid on Lon
don just in the nick OF time to stir ifp
people over here and send them hurryinE
to the banks to subscribe Tor IIberty
loan bonds.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19
ATTACKING the Weakest Point

AS a result of his overdevelopment
IN the wrong direction Dennis, who is
low aged ten, had been sent to bed
1t an unusually early hour with strict
n.tunctions that he was not even to
"ead. After about half an hour of
%'epertant quietness a subdued but In
sistcnt call of marine" was heard
downstairs. 1,
What is it?' came the impatient re-
ply.
Cant l read a bit Of the Bible?'
pleaded a sorrowful voice.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

In its life OF 16O years, only seven
ministers have been pastor of the
Scotch Presbyterian Church. New York
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

Any woman has a perfect right to
look in a milliner's window and wish
she had a wealthy husband.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-19

England and Wales will build 100000
new houses after The a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

en- larger responsibilities for the en-
suing year but that is no good reason
for faltering in our course or even let
ting up in our effort to do something
in the way of charging the business
usefulness of Cordee and Crisp county
II should be our purpose to put all
our forces to work in the interest Of
anger business for We. must have it
no matter what the, new responsible
ties may be- 1t is a larger Cordele,
a more productive Crisp county, a
larger business development for both
that we must provide and we are to
start early enough to make the year
mean something.
The business men Of Cordele are
probably this year more than ever to
realize that to make their own town
mean something to themselves as a
business center they must be out after
that which they can fairly count as
their own. 1t must likewise be re-
membered that it will not be as good
business where we do not go after
it as an organized force. We are not
at present dealing fairly with our far
mer neighbors througout the county
when we fail to realie that they are
capable Of doing much to make the
local business what it ought to be all
throughout the year They are not
themselves doing what they can to
help improve business when they fail
to realize that htey can be more effec-
tive working with us together for
larger volume of business.
We do not suggest the annual din
ner because we are especially inter
ested in just that thing. We could
suggest a less expensive way of get
ting our business interests together,
but we could hardly mention more
effective way. The informal stir of
business enthusiasm is what we want
and this should be most fitting at the
close Of the old and the enering of the
new businessseason.
Let us get ready for the new year
50 that when 'the holiday business Isl
gone there will be nothing to do but
to step into the working harness for
anoher year, a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11
OUR ANNUAL DINNER

The Dispatch would like to suggest
that it lis time to begin thinking OF
the business plans of the coming year
and to say that these plans are best
made at the annual dinner that is the
laying out the work.
There have been many things to do
since we layed our plans last year and
many things have fallen to us to do be
cause of our entry into the war We
.arr. Tn al nnallaiai litT.going oahaYe eY-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11
That Editor ]. j. Howell of Cuthbert

That Editor J, j. Howell of Cuthbert
believes in the future of his country
was demonstrated by the fact that he
recently inysted in a generous slice of
ii known as the e. II. Handy place,
consisting OF a 20 acre farm, was his
purchase We win now look forward
no some agricultural comments from
his pen, as there are few things we
have enjoyed more than the spicy par
.9grHhs descriptive of his varied ex-
pcl,en>os with his peanut patch. etc,
which has appeared in The Leader
from time to time.-Lumpkin hide
pendent.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11
IMMIGRANT MENTALITY.

i'MentalitY Of the Arriving Immi-
grant @~is-.tha title OF a publication to
Be issued blythe Public Health Service.
This publication deals with the psy-
chologicaf experiment which was con-
Quoted by officers. of the Public Health
Service at Ellis Island, New York DUR
pg 1911, go
The,expe consisted in examin-
ink 296 literate and illiterate immin-
grants, above the age of nine, by
meanns of questions puzzles and other
psychiatric tests in order to find out
the mental status of the normal or
average immigrant at the time of land.
ing During the Investigation which
continued over a number of months,
iully $4,000 tests were applied to those
immigrants.
The volume shows how the various
tests were executed by the different
alien groups and throws light upon
many points in connection with radical
psychology. After the presentation of
The data in each test, discussion of
he test is entered into. The bulletin
contains number of new tests, new
IDEAS in ragard to scoring and testing
and original findings in the field of eX.
perimental psychology.
While the bulletin was designated
primarily to increase the efficiency of
The noraml examination Of arriving
aliens, it is believed that it will be of
value to research workers in other
mental fields, The bulletin will be OF
service to Xeaminers of mentally de-
tctiye persons. 1t also contains mater.
jal which will be of interest to the
teacher psychiatrist and public health
officer
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11
POST OFFICE FUNDS
REACH BIG FIGURES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11;-IDebate on
the post office appropriation bill, the
first of the big supply measures Of the
session, began in the House today
The bill carried an aggregate Of threa
hundred and thirty three million, inclu-
ding a million two hundred thousand
~"
for censorship of European rails.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

Canadians fresh from home did good
work in the trenches-new men are
man trenches, Are not our boys as
good as the best. What about the
boys on The Gallipoli peninsula?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

Tousands Of people are starving in
the Caucasus. Since they are nearer
10th Russian reserves Of wheat that
may soon pass to the Germans, it
would be wiser to let them cat of it
than to send them bread from Mime
apolis and Chicago.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

About the time that the Americans
learn all about trench fighting, he arm
les will have lef the trenches and be
fighting in the open.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

The verdict in the DeSaulles case
only confirmed our suspicion that kill
ing husbands has come to be triffling
offense, but we certainly hope that the
habit doesn't spread. Americas
Times Recorder
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

Is it possible that the Kaiser plan
ned the collision Of the French and
Belgian ships that shook up Halifax?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-11

TIL Turkish resistance has stiffened
since the British armies have gotten
near to Jerusalem. But why should
the Turks value Jerusalem?