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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
No Stone Unturned
in Preparation of
an Efficient Army.

Recognizing the need of raising an
army that can be sent to the front
100 per cent efficient, the govern
ment has banished dissolute women
five miles away from military camps,
has made it a crime to give any SOL
der liquor, and is striving to throw
protecting arm about the men sum-
moned to the colors.
1t is to look after the well-bcing Of
these men that the national war
council of the Y. M. c. A. is sending
its best men into the training camps
to point out to the soldiers the neces-
sity of following a clean life; to make
conditions in the training camps or
wherever the enlisted man may be.
SO welcome and inviting that he will
find his pleasures there and not seek
influences that tend to rob him of his
manhood and honor.
Wherever enlisted men are sent
will follow the red triangle of the Y.
M. c. A. to which they turn for recre-
alton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
President Wilson Shows
Purpose of United States

in War.
1.-THE purpose of the United States
in this war are known to the whole
world-to every people to whom the
truth has been permitted to come.
They do not need to be stated again.
We seek no material advantage Of any
kind. We believe that the intolerable
wrongs done in this war by the fu-
rious and brutal power Of the impe-
rial German government ought to be
repaired, but not at the expense Of the
sovereignty Of any people; rather q
vindication Of the sovereignty of those
that are weak and those that are
strong. Punitive damages. the dis
memberment Of empires, the estab-
iishment Of selfish and exclusive eco
nomic leagues we deem inexpedient
and in the end worse than futile-no
proper basis for peace of any kind,
least of all for an enduring peace.
That must be based upon justice and
fairness and the common rights OF
mankind. '-President Wilson.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Red Cross Establishes
New Ocean Service
to Handle Supplies.

To handle the vast quantities of
medical and relief supplies now being
shipped almost daily to Europe to
aid the stricken peoples Of France,
Belgium, Serbia, Russia and other
belligerent countries, the Red Cross
has established special transporta-
ton service. Practically all the car
go space needed has now been placed
at the disposal of the Red Cross war
council. much Of 1t being given free
by the steamship companies and the
allied governments, the Official Bull
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Drafted Men May
BE Commissioned
- Army Omcea,s.

There is no reason why q drafted
man cannot be commissioned as an
officer in the military service of the
United States, engaged as an army
field clerk or ordered on special as
signment other than to a mobiliza-
ton camp quite as we'll from his stat
US as a drafted man as from status
as q civilian or volunteer soldier"
says an oficial statement recently
issued by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. This is taken to indicate
that the war department proposes to
assign drafted men to different
branches Of the service to which they
are best adapted or for which they
have a preference, instead of CHASING
them all in the infantry, as popular
ly supposed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
IO1nOthers' League Asks
Aid from Women,
of America,

u A0C81C~s
The American Godmothers' league,
the new organization whose object Is
to supply necessary comforts to SOL
diers in the trenches, calls for volun-
teer aid from all parts OF the coun-
try.
Each woman who sends parcel Is
asked to inclose a self-addressed en-
velope with it so the soldier recipient
can make a personal reply. She Is
also urged to keep up a regular cor
respondence with him and send reg
ular monthly supply of necessities
through the Godmothers' league.
Parcels intended for American SOL
diers abroad should be addressed
and sent by parcels post to American
Godmothers' league. New York coun-
ty chapter, Red Cross, 121 West
Twentieth street, New York. In
case of death of the particular soldier
a parcel is intended for, the league
will pass it on to someone else, who
will send an acknowledgment to the
donor.
Among the articles that may De
sent are knitted sweaters, muhlers.
helmets, socks, wristlets, flannel
shirts (khaki COLOR, braces, leather
shoe laces, a box of automatic but
toms. colored pocket handkerchiefs,
safety pins, wrist watches, writing
pad and envelopes. :
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Bows of 10 and 20 Years
Should Not Hesitate
IN nn Their Rit

Boys of 10 and 20 are not called
to army service in America as In
England, France and other nations
at war. But this does not mean that
the ages thus favored are expected to
perform no patriotic service. There
are many things to be done, particu-
larly in the work of conserving food
products, in which the boys can make
themselves useful. Their RESPONSE
bilities are as great as those OF the
boy soldiers in France.
The national pig club movement is
one which should not be overlooked
by any boy wishing to do his share.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14

letin says. The railroads war board.
controlling the rail shipments Of all
the railroads in the country has also
notified the war council that Red
Cross shipments going to the sea-
board or elsewhere will be exempt
from embargoes, which will give
them the right of way over all
freight except that of the govern
ment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
President Urges
Passage Of War
Insurance Bill.

President Wilson has written a
letter to Representative w. c. Adam
son, chairman of the house commit
tee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, urging the passage of the war
insurance and indemnity bill recently
proposed by Secretary of the Treas
ury w. G. McAdoo, and asking that
the limit of insurance available for
officers and men, reduced to 5000
by the committee, be returned to
$4,000, the original figure.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Red Cross Plans Relief
for American War Prisoners
a. n<rvsvrr

Red Cross Plans Relief
for American War Prisoners
in Germany.
The American Red Cross has per-,
fected plans for relief Of Americans
held prisoner in Germany. Advices
say that food being furnished priso-
ners in German retention camps is
entirely insufficient to keep thcm In
good health. Many former French
prisoners in Germany have been re-
turned. to France in the last stages
of tuberculosis, due to malnutrition
no less than to unsanitcry condi-
lions.
Plans for Christmas cheer for all
in the fighting ranks have been per-
fected by the Red Cross. Chapters
nearest the 80 cantonment camps in
the United States will probably ar
range in their towns community
trees and pageants and holiday
movies, to which the 100000 men in
training will be invited. Every en-
listed man in France will receive his
package of Christmas cheer. Beside
surprises" they will probably con-
tain writing paper, pipes, tobacco,
cigars and cigarettes. unbreakable
mirrors, puzzles, dominoes. banker
chiefs and playing cards.
The Red Cross is cooperating with
public health authorities to safeguard
the health of civilian populations in
the areas surrounding the canton
ments.
Plans have been made to supply
refreshments to troops while enroute
from their homes to environments.
To meet the urgent need of Rus
sian hospitals the Red Cross has sent
$50, 900 in medical supplies.
Canteens and rest stations for
United States and French troops are
being established in France.
For Serbian hospitals, $4,000 cans
of condensed milk have been bought.
A group of specialists in infant
welfare has been sent to France.
Donations to Red Cross funds will
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
ENTER NAVY RADIO SERVICE.


Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. harrington re-
ceived word this week that their son.
Howard E., formerly an employe OF
the Olympia National bank. and John
M. Wilson, jr., son Of Industrial In
surance Commissioner and Mrs. John
M. Wilson, had passed the radio ex-
animation and been transferred to
that branch of the navy service.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Address ON Mail to Men In France
Must Include Unit or

Must Include Unit or
Organization.
From the office of the postmaster
general is issued the statement that
mail intended for members of the
American expeditionary forces in
France must show in the address the
official designation of tho unit or
organization to which the addressee
belongs. Otherwise mail will be re-
turned to sender.
Correspondents Of an enlisted man,
no matter where he is located, should
make a memorandum of the company
and regiment to which. he belongs and
always include this information in
addressing matter. The name and
address of the sender should also APP
pear on every envelope and wrapper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Deaths on Western Front ii in 1000

The Committee on Public Informa-
ton, stating that it has obtained
from official sources the most nearly
accurate figures possible of the per-
centage of fatalities in relation to
casualties on the western front, an
nounces that losses due to deaths
from wounds and killed in action are
approximately II in every 1000 Of
modified strength on the battle
front.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
They originally enlisted in the hos

they originally enlisted In the hos
pital corps and have been at the naval
training camp on Goat island, San
Francisco. After two months pre-
liminary training at the radio station
at San Francisco, they expect to be
sent either to Harvard university or
to the radio station near San Diego
for special instruction. Both boys
have been interested in wireless teleg-
raphy for some years, Harrington hav-
ing operated an amateur station in
this city until they we're all disman-
tied under government orders last
spring.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Meeting Our War Obligations
As an Atlantic Monthly
Writer Soee It.

Writer Sees 1t.
Everyone must bear a share of the
burden thrust upon this country by
the war. Before long those who per-
sist in acknowledging no obligation
will have their parts allotted to them.
Why one may not live lightly at this
time is thus explained in the Atlantic
Monthly:
"These are perhaps the most mo-
mentous times that have been vouch-
safed to humanity since the coming
of Christ. Other periods have pre-
sented the picture of isolated coun-
tries being thrust into the crucible;
but now every morning the newspa-
pers spread before our eyes the awful
spectacle Of q whole world in q vast
fiery furnace. The times are mad
with change.
But terrible as the times are, and
more terrible as they may become,
surely no one can fail to be proud
to have granted to him or to her the
inestimable privilege Of life at this
hour. No American may dare live
lightly in the present; for whether
our country rides the waves Of change
successfully, or is swamped by them.
IL going to depend not upon this per-
son or that. or upon some high ON
cial in Washington, but upon you
upon the dedication and highminded-
ness of every individual within its
borders"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Short Notes of Various
Activities Of the

uOVeW0Au0Uts
Care in harvesting the apple crop
is urged by the food bureau.
One million dollars will be raised
for libraries for soldiers at the 80
camps and cantonments.
Food conservation plans were
heartily Endorsed at the recent con-
ference Of Congregational churches.
Twenty-three states have exceeded
their war quota of men for the regu-
lar army and aided to bring the total
of enlistments since April up to
186,60S.
The department Of agriculture is
seeking data on best methods of ship
ping food products, and information
obtained will probably be put out in
pamphlet form.
The campaign for the second liber-
ty loan will begin October 1. All
liberty loan committees already ex-
listing are asked to prepare their or
CARNATIONS for work.
School girls in every state are ex-
pressing their desire to serve the
country, in every capacity from driv-
ing motor trucks to stenography, but
arc being advised to remain in school.
Applications for entrance to the
naval militia, training on the uni
yersity campus at Seattle, may be
made to the executive officer at the
training station. The training will
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14

The manufacture of whisky In tho
United States ended last Saturday
night. by order Of President Wilson.
issued under authority OF the food adj
ministration law. Millions Of BUSH
els Of grain heretofore used in max
ing disti1led liquors will thus b
diverted to regular food channels.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14

Howard J. Borg has filed suit for
divorce from Amanda Berg. on
grounds Of desertion. He also aslrs
for the custody Of their son.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
New Pamphlet Urges
Dairy Interests Be
Projected.

ffOtocOeU.
In a new pamphlet by Herbert
Hoover a strong plea is made to pre-
vent slaughter Of dairy stock. Be-
cause of the extremely high price OF
feed farmers are showing a tendency
to reduce their herds.
In normal times dairy supplies OF
the allies came from Scandinavia and
Switzerland. but under German pres
sure these supplies are being diverted
to Germany. The burden of replace
ment falls upon America.
Since the war began the worlds
supply OF cattle has been reduced
28.OO0.OOO head; sheep, 34,0OO,0O0
head; hogs, 100000 head.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
Big Amounts
From Small
Sums Grow


The gathering Of the National
Army is an example Of how many
units make a large total.
Only seven went from Olympia
for the first call.
Thurston county's full share is
141 men.
These with others from all over
will make up the total of millions
who are to be soldiers and fight
ing for Uncle Sam.
Put away your small change.
Marshal your money at the
bank and before long you will
have regiments Of dollars for your
protection.
The time to have your money
enlist is now.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14
WEEKLY WAR |NF0RMAT|O

Direction of
Public the Council Defense
nhed Without Charge by This Paper knowledge
70 Common Good
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-14

be received and forwarded by almost
any bank.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15

Emerson says: "Finish every
day and be done with it; you have
done what you could. Some blum
ders and absurdities no doubt crept
in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is new day; begin 1t
we'll and serenely and with too
high a spirit to be cum bered with
your old nonsense. This day is
all that is good and fair. 1t is too
dear, with it's hopes and invitations,
to waste Il moment on its yester-
dayi.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15

actually dollars in a reputation for
ohivalrous bearing in your home.
You know yourself how you feel
toward a man of whom every body
says: "He is so good 20 his wife"
Everybody wants to help that kind
of fellow. If he is a strong mars
his community glories in his
strength and increases it by their
admiration and support. If he is
not strong man, every body wishes
that he were and tries in tbous-
aad ways, which general kindly
disposition toward him suggests,
to supply his DEFICIENCIES. And
this is no jug-handled rule, either.
The same thing is true of the wife,
When her acquaintancss declare of
any woman: "She is lovely in her
home," they have placed upon her
brow the crown of their ultimate
tribute and regard 1t depends
upon both, of course, whether
their domestic beatitudes will ex-
ist in the home. Undoubtedly,
however, it depends upon the man
more than the woman. He la Q
man-and that is everything. And
being a man, he should have
large and kindly forbearance, a
sort of soothing strength and calm.
ing serenity.-Exohange.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15

Forget the unsuccessful past,
bold up your head-look the world
in the face, push toward the front
inspired with the hope of s ming
the golden prize in the hidden
vaults of the future.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15
What 1t Would Do.

Now that the su bscription of the
Eve billion dollar Liberty Loan
bond issue has been over.su bscrib.
ed, one may take the time to figure
on just what five billion dollars
mean and just what they would do.
1t is such vast sum of money
as to be slmost beyond oonprehen-
sion, and yet it will not be many
months before Uncle Sam will
have to cali upon his good and
loyal citizens to duplicate their
action in loaning him this money.
But in the meantime, should any
one offer to give you that amount
don't attempt to count it-just take
their word and let it 60 at that.
To count five billion dollars in
one dollar bills, counting at the
rate of about one hundred dollars
perminute would require hard work
the ten hours per day, 300 work.
ing days per year for somthing like
277 years. In other words, should
you undertake such a job, before
completing it you would shuttle
off this mortal coil and leave the
job for about half dozen genera
tions of heirs to come.
But tiring of counting it sup
pose you tried to estimate it by
the amount of ground it would
cover. If the money was silver
dollars, each touching the other, it
would make solid band of silver
wrapped around the earth four
times, With enough left over to
build bridges across both the Pa
cifc and Atlantic oceans.
The purchasing power of five
billion of dollars is almost beyond
comprehension. 1t would have
paid the debt of the United States
prior to the war 4 times over, or it
would have bought the entire cot.
ton crop of last year, with the
hay crop, wheat crop, oat crop, and
potato crop, thrown in for good
measure. Five billion dollars is
some money.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1917-11-15
Make Happiness a Habit.

Get into the habit of happiness
1t is positively amazing how you
can turn every little incident into
q sunbeam. What coward man
is who releases in his home all the
pent-up irrita ability, disappoint-
ment and gloom of the day! There
is no sense in such a course. It
does not make you less gloomy to
fill your home with gloom. You
ought not to do it, even from the
point of view of good health. If
you eat your meal in sour silence
which almost curdles the cream
and soales your wife half to death,
you do not and can not digest your
food. Forget it, then. If you have
had hard day, say to YOURSELF:
well, that was hard day Now
for some rest and some fun"
Get into the habit Of being
happy, l tell you. You can do it
Practice saying to yourself when
you wsken in the morning: Every,
thing is all right keep on
saying it. You will be surprised
how nearly "all right" the mere
saying of it at the beginning of the
day will make everything. This
is true of business as we'll as Of the
home. Prophets of gloom are
never popular and ought not to be.
Then, too, quiet cheerinese of
heart makes you treat your fellow
man better; and this is important
in your dealings with other male
animals. They will make it un-
pleasant for you if you don't. But
it is far more important in your
home than it is out in the world
of men, That Is what the home is
for-to exercise and multiply the
beauties of character and conduct
Returning again to the viewpoint
of business wisdom, you can not
treat your wife too we'll as a mere
matter Of polioy-though you will
never treat her we'll nor any ybody
else from that motive. l am merely
calling the attention OF your COM
mercial to the fact that there are
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09

Until Oct. 10, DIR. f. Hamilton viii
he in his Office from . to . p. m.-Adv.
lTS-ls9
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
NEW PEST THREATENS TREES.
JAPANESE Beetle Brought to America
in Roots of Iris.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct "a Jap
anese beetle. recently imported and
most destructive, is threatening the
ornamental and fruit trees OF Pennsyl-
vania. The state department of agri-
culture has ascertained that the beetles
were brought to this country in the soil
about the roots Of japanese iris pur-
chased bv a New Jersey nursery. The
beetles have made their appearance in
large numbers in New Jersey, and fed
eral and state authorities are engaged
in the study of the possibilities %
their control and determination. An
area of four square miles IS now affect
ed.
The beetle is somewhat similar in
habits to the common rose bug or
beetle, but is larger, with a coppery
green color and a row Of white spots
along the side Of the body. 1t destroys
the leaves and flowers Of many kinds Of
ornamental and fruit trees and shrubs,
doing great damage to roses. Besides
being a strong tiier and heavy feeder in
the beetle stage il lives a a grub on
the roots of grasses and other plants
much like the we'll known "white
grub. - which is the immature stage
of the MAY beetle or june bug.
Economic Zoologist j. G. Sanders of
the Pennsylvania department of agri-
culture recently attended a conference
of federal experts who are cooperating
with the New Jersey entomologists to
control the insect. and every possible
step viii be taken to prevent its spread
in Pennsylvania.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
POSTOFFICE ACCOUNTS
TO BE AUDITED HERE
Brattleboro Office Made the Central Ac-
counting Office for Windham Coun-
ty. to Promote Economy.

Under a system put in operation Oct.
1, for the purpose of promoting econo-
my in the distribution Of supplies and
Of the postoiGice department, the post
master at Brattleboro has been appoint
ed central accounting postmaster
for all Of the Al postofiiees in Wind
ham county with the exception of Bel
lows Falls.
Postage stamps, postal cards and all
other stamped paper which has been
supplied from Washington will be fur
nished by the Brattleboro postoffiee and
payment for them made there. The
quarterly accounts of each district post
Office will be rendered to and audited
by the Brattlcboro postmaster instead
Of the auditor Of the postoftice depart
ment as heretofore.