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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-08
FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to call
at Griffith's Pharmacy and get alb
solutely free, a sample bottle of
Boschees German Syrup, a sootn-
ing and healing remedy for all lung
troubles, which has a successful rec
ord of fifty years. Gives the patient
good nights rest free from cough
ing, with free expectoration in the
morning.
Regular sizes, 25 and rs cents.
For sale by all dealers in civilized
countries.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-08
PRESBYTERIAN MEMS
CLASS is INCREASING

The Mems Bible Glass of tbo
Presbyterian Church has been NAL
ing some strenuous efforts tn :,
crease its attendance lately and the
results are proving an inspiration -
the entire Sunday School.
The officers and members reouas+
their friends who are not regular Al
pendants at some other class to meet
with them each Sunday morning Al
$50.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-06-08
MR.. STANTON READ
SOON GOES TO FRANCE

Mr.. J. Stanton Read, son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. w. Read, will leave in a
few days with Yaarab Temple ambu-
lance corps for service in France.
The company will go to Pennsyl-
vania for a. brief training period be-
fore crossing the ocean. Mr.. Read
expects to be in France in less than
a month
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Sept. 19.-Cattle re-
ceipts were on the moderate order
for a Tuesday. estimate calling for
z. 200, as against 2,617 the same day
last week and 2.37s the correspond
ing day a year ago.
Steady clearance was had for any
thing useful in the killer line, while
the undertone to the stocker and
feeder trade continued to show fresh
~outcropping of strength.
Sellers had the advantage in the
hog division. With supplies light and
from outside centers favorable
trading developed activity and in a
general way an advance of 10 a poe
was scored. Tops reached $500
while the bulk of sales ranged from
$17.54u17.80.
Sheep and lamb disposal continued
brisk and prevailing prices compared
very favorable with those on the
previous day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
GOOD PRIzEFIGHTERS AT
NAVAL TRAINING STATION
Champions Must Be Ready to
Meet All ChaIIengers-Eyery
One a Fan.

Seasoned scrappers guaranteed to
are being turned out by Captain w. A.
Moffett, commandant of the Great
Lakes naval training station, north of
Chicago. or the 1900 In training
there, oil picked from perhaps $4,000
applicants for perfect physical condi-
ton, scores OF first rate boxers have
been uncovered, and the game In the
squared ring is second to none In pop
ularity among the "landsmen for adj.
mirais."
Aspirants are given tryouts upon
merit alone. From the first day In
camp the newcomer is given an oppor
tunity to try his hand when volunteer
scrappers at all weights are called for.
BY elimination the best scrappers In
each class have been discovered. Aft
er proving their ability IN the ring
they are given an opportunity 10 chal
lenge the champion for his title. Bouts
Of three two-minute rounds each are
held regularly each Tuesday after
noon. A big natural amphitheater
seating 1900 IL the scene.
Wilbur Kendall, who halls from Ko.
komo, Ind, Ia pronounced by Martin
Delaney. director OF athletics at the
Chicago Athletic club. one OF the classi-
est amateur %scrappers he has ever
seen. Kendall, a lightweight. was so
far above the rank and file of boxers
at the Lakes that he tired OF success
fully defending his title time after time
and finally retired" giving the cham
pionship belt to Naman Favor Of Gal
weston. Tex. a boy who had shown the
most class among the aspirants.
Joe Dowd, who received his first
training In the amateur rings of Nj
agara Falls, N. Y. and Detroit, is hold
ing the fe~atherweight title against all
corners, while Steve Gunshaw OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Is the best of the ban
tams. Every m is a boxing fan at
the Lakes. from the lowest boot" to
Commandant Moffett himself.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
Congress OF Kings

King Alcohol said to Old King Coal:
The public's getting restless and beyond
control.
In some respects we are immense,
But they're growing rather weary Of our
great expense"
King Beefsteak said to old King Wheat:
We're getting 80 exclusive that we sell
dom meet,
For the man who dimes on meat, tits said,
Has exhausted his resources TIL he can't
buy bread"
King Butter said to old King MIX:
We're officially inspected TIL we're fine
as silk.
Our tax would not be quite so great
II 1t didn't cost 80 large a sum to sani-
tate"
All the various kings Joined the great
powwow.
They passed some resolutions which de
clared as how
Twas the place of old Vox Populi
Tt pass along his pennies without asking
why.
Washington Evening Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
A WORD WITH WOMEN
Valuable Advice for Madison Readers

Many a woman endures with noble
patience the daily misery of back
ache, pains about the hips. blue. ner-
vous spells. dizziness and bladder
disorders. hopeless of relief because
she doesn't know what is the natter.
10 is not true that every pain in
the back or hips is trouble peculiar
10 The sex. Often when the kidneys
get congested and inflamed. such
aches and pains follow.
In many cases there are bladder
annoyances, restless night and a dun.
languid feeling Help the weakened
kidneys. Don't expect them to get
well alone.
Doan's Kidney Pills have won the
praise of thousands of women. They
are endorsed at home. Read this
Madison woman's convincing state
ment:
Mrs. $. Olsbo says: II highly rec
ommend Doan's Kidney pills. as
consider them a good medicine for
backache and other kidney ailments.
They have proven their value to me
fer such trouble"
Price. 60 cents. at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney rem
edy- get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mrs. Olsbo had. Foster
Milburn Co.. Props. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
GUARD SCHOOLS IN CRISIS.
Commissioners Of Education Urges We
men's Clubs to Aid.

A special appeal to club women and
ministers In the United States has been
issued by the United States Commits
sioner Of Education, DR.. p. p. Claxton,
urging that their influence be given TO
the maintenance Of the schools Of the
nation In their full efficiency during the
war. DR.. Claxton says:
Everywhere there seems to be fear
lest our schools OF all kinds and grades,
and especially the public schools, will
suffer because Of conditions growing
out OF our entrance into the war. On
the other hand, both for the present
defense and for the future welfare Of
our country as well as for the indi-
vidual benefit of the children, 1t Is Of
the greatest Importance that the
schools shall be maintained In their
full efficiency.
while the war continues there will
be many unusual temptations to many
kinds Of Juvenile delinQuencies. Prompt
and regular attendance at school and
proper employment during out OF school
hours viii be the childrsn's protection"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
TO SING WAY TO WAR.
Plans C~ompIsted to Convert Army Into
Legion Of Warblers.

Legion Of Warblers.
United States soldiers are going to
sing their way TO the trenches. Plans
for converting the new national army
into a legion OF cheerful ~warblers who
will hum their way through the Huns
have been formulated. The organiza-
ton which will have charge Of this
work, under the direction OF the war
and navy departments. has been man,
ed the national committee Oh army
and navy training camp music. w.
Kirkpatrick Brice was elected chair
man.
The task OF selecting thirty-six song
leaders who will teach the drafted
army to sing has been left TO Lee +.
Hammer OF the war departments COM
mission on training camp activities and
appointed to the same post by the navy
department. These leaders will be
trained by Harry Barnhart, leader OF
New York's Community chorus. Mr..
Brice has been placed In charge OF
a subcommittee to compile and issue a
song book by Oct. /. THIS book will
contain the old, familiar American
folksongs AZ well as the new, patriotic
marching words and tunes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
TO GIVE PRIZES FOR ESSAYS.
why America Entered the War" Sub
ject For School Children.

The national war aid announced
from Its headquarters a prize essay
contest for children between the ages
Of eight and eighteen on the topic
why America Entered the War" The
prizes include a fifty dollar liberty loan
bond and gold coins Of $25, $15 and
$40, respectively.
The only restriction is that the con.
testant must be a relative not further
removed than third cousin of some
man serving his country In the war.
The writing of one cheerful" letter a
month to a service relative Is one o.
the requirements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
PROTEST MEETS IN SWEDEN
People Demand Proof Of Nations Neu-
traIity In War.

Stockholm, Sept. 1S.-Demand OF
the Swedish people that their govern
ment take immediate measures to
convince the world that the Swedish
people are strictly neutral" was
voiced in a monster mass meeting
here. Not all the thousands in SYM
pathy with such a public move we're
able to press into the auditorium
where the meeting was held. The So
cialist minister, Hjalmer Branting, ad-
dressed a great overflow meeting in a
neld outside the city. Numerous other
scattered meetings to protest against
The course of the conservative govern
ment in acting as Germans messenger
were held throughout the city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
NEW PERISCOPE IS INVISIBLE
Silver Plating Used by Germans Said
to Mirror Ocean.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 1S.-Subma-
rines with silver plated periscopes are
now at work, passengers on an Amer
lean liner In port here declared. They
asserted this plating mirrored the sea
30 perfectly that the p%eriscopes we're
invisible. Of the Irish coast a tor
pedo was fired at this American liner.
but missed by SO feet. Gunners fired
one shot at random, as no submarine
vas visible.
Wireless warnings against U-boats
on the American coast were picked
up by this liner, passengers said. They
declared the message came from Cape
Race, a British station.
No trace of the submarine reported
~ Smelling a vessel OFF Nantucket Fri
day morning has been found.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
BIG COAST STRIKE is BEGUN
twenty-five Thousand War Workers
Walk Out From 100 Plants.

San Francisco, Sept. 18.-About 25.-
300 iron workers and metal trades me-
chanics, engaged In war emergenc
construction in San Francisco and
bay cities, went out on strike Monday
following rejection of their demands
for a 30 per cent increase in wages.
The walkout in more than 100 plants
was carried out without a hitch, it was
reported.
Eleventh hour efforts to avert the
strike by employers and representa-.
tives of the United States shipping
board failed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19

Pueblo. Col, Sept. III. II. Car
penter, OF Marina, Col. did not know
there was a war between the United
States and Germany and thought the
registration under the selective draft
law was registration for an election.
he told officers here when arrested for
failure to register.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
WARNS AGAINST FLAG ABUSE
Attorney Generals Order Aimed at
Enemy Aliens.

washington, Sept. 1S.-Warning
against Dissertation of the American
flag by enemy aliens and an order for
heir summary arrest and punishment
has been issued by Attorney General
Gregory and is in the hands of u. s.
attorneys throughout the country.
amy alien enemy tearing down.
nutilating, abusing or d%esecrating the
United States flag in any way" says
the order, will be regarded as a dan
ger to the public peace and safety and
will be subject to summary arrest and
punishment"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
TlGHTENS BAN ON FOOD
EXPORTS TO NEUTRALS
Requiring License for Shipment
Scandinavia Hard Hit.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-A list OF ar
lcles for which export licenses will
be issued only when shipments will
contribute to actual wal purposes. has
been issued by the exports admins
tration board.
Fear Starvation.
Scandinavian representatives here
particularly the Swedish-pleaded
that the new prohibition on wheat ex-
pert Will bring their nations to the
brink OF starvation. The Swedish rep
resentatiyes declared their nation will
be the first to feel the pinch of fam.
Inc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
cert'ny 10 Some eunny's FootI

A rabbits foot will remain the priced
possession of William Brown, negro
workman, for life, he said, after a heavy
autotruck, which he was backing down
a skidway into an excavation for a new
building In Ardmore, Pa, turned ove
and fell into the hole, Brown beneath 1t.
The reason he will always keep the rab-
bits foot is that he had 1t with him at
the time of the accident and because the
doctors at the Bryn Mawr hospital.
whittier he was taken by folks who
thought him dead, declared that he was
still as sound as a dollar and sent him
back to work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19

Washington, Sept. 1S.-The importa.
ton, manufacture and refining of sue
ar, sugar syrup and molasses will be
licensed beginning October /, 1917,
under executive order Of the prest
loo2
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19
BOOKS FOR TROOPS
ARE BADLY NEEDED
Governors Are Invited TO As
sIst Library War Council.
TRAINED MEN DIRECT WORK

Plans Are Under Way to Provide Suf-
ficient Reading Matter of the Proper
Kind For Each OF the Thirty-two
cantonmsnts - Prominent Bankers
Lend Support to Nation Wide Plea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-19

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Francis A. Beck
or, member of the republican state
central committee, under Indictment
N the twenty-first ward graft asses,
was dubbed "generalissimo of vice" by
state Attorney Maclay Hoyne, follow.
ing astounding disclosures in docu-
ments seized In Hoyne's raids on Beck
sr's office and home. The thousands
Of documents found in Becker's files,
II h claimed, showed he reached a
powerful hand into almost every
branch OF city government, police,
schools, civil service, taxing bodies.
Ray Seize Northwest Wheat, 10 Report
Washington, Sept. 17.-That Presi-
dent Wilson is prepared to comman-
deer wheat held up by farmers of the
Northwest was the statement of Rep
resentative Baer, North Dakota, based.
he said, on a talk with Herbert Hoover.
At Hoover's Office confirmation of this
was lacking. Baer said Hoover told
him the action Of farmers holding up
wheat until operations OF mills Is
threatened is "~disloyal" and the Pres
ident will use his war powers to COM
mandeer grain IL the farmers continue
- take that standr
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
DEPUTIES GET 3 SLACKERS
Jim Stokes is jailed Altho He SAYS
Hc is Wiling 10 Fight.

Is Jim Stokes a Stacker or is he as
anxious to shoulder his gun and 10 to
fight the naughty Germans as he
says he is?
jim Is an oil worker, 20, and came
here from Pennsylvania Registra-
ton day found him in the oil field
around Eldorado, Kan, where he
registered. Then he came down to
the tIcaldton fields and when tho
wheels Of fortune" turned at Wash
ington he says he wrote the county
clerk at Eidorado and asked for his
draft number, telling that official to
let him know when to report. He
claims the clerk did not answer his
letter. He was brought to Tulsa by
deputy marshals yesterday as u
Stacker and as he could not give
bond or rather, said he would not
| try, Commissioner j. II. Wilkins sent
him TO Jail. 80 will be taken to
MusFogee today or tomorrow and
| placed in the United States Jail there.
Three slackcrs were rounded up by
deputy inarshals and sent to jaii by
Commissioner wilkins. They were
Oce Taylor, Ben Gray son and Bob
Jackson, all OF Bixby. The two last
named are negroes Grayson said
he registered at Okmilgoe and thot
that was all he had to do. Jackson.
| looking % II a day and wearing a
| nustache, said he was too young to
| register"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
SIXTY GO ON MIAMI TRIP
Tulsa Merchants VIII Become Az
ouaintcd with Mining District.

More than sixty OF the leading bank
ers, jobbers. merchants and business
men of the city announced yesterday
their intention OF accompanying the
excursion which will be made this
morning to Miami and the zinc init
ing section of that country at the re
quest of the Miami chamber OF com
merce
The start will be made this morn
ing mt G:10 o'clock. special coach
having been placed at the disposal Of
the local Chamber of Commerce Tor
that purpose by. the Frisco officials,
The visitors will be met at the s,a-
ton at Miami by Representatives OF
the chamber of commerce there. aro
win be treated to an automobile tour
over the city and over the principal
portion of the mining and smelter dis
trict. ARRANGEMENTS have been made
Whereby those desiring to do 40 may
return at 3 o'clock, while those who
care to spend more time In Miami
may catch the 7 o'clock train for the
return trip.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
WEALTHY OIL MAN
FACES SLAVE CHARGE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

lON lin UED FROM PAGE ONE
him all the money she makes" She
says she buys and sells oil and gas
leases and has negotiated a number Of
oil deals with Preston, who is one OF
tho most active and successful pro-
ducers in the Oklahoma fields. His
holdings are extensive. he having
operations In practically all the i'm
portant fields In this section.
Mrs. Halfhill admits she is good
friend OF Preston's but asserts that the
friendship is purely platonic. She
says the oil man some time ago loaned
her $500, which she requested in order
TO place her two young daughters in
tho state normal at Tahlequah.
Knew of Friendship.
Her husband, Mrs. Halfhill says
knew of her friendship for and bust
ness dealings with Preston and that
the lawyer himself had done lega
work for the oil producer and that
Preston had several times been Il
guest in her home for the purpose OF
comforting with Mr. Halfhill on his
oil deals.
Preston, ii is said, confirms the
woman's statements as to havinl
bought "a number of oil leases from
her and as to making the $500 loan
He said he did so because Mrs. Half.
hill appeared to be so anxious about
her children's education and thai
having met the girls on his visits tC
their home, he was glad to extend the
assistance their mother asked
whether the money was ever returned
or not. He denies the charges brought
by the attorney. absolutely
Preston is married and has a mum.
Der OF children. Altho nominally theiI
home is at Okmulgee. the family i:
said to have been spending most OF
their time in Tulsa since Preston's oil
interests grew to be SO extensive
Friends last night estimated his wealth
at 5000 900 II not more. He came tt
oklahoma some eight or ten years age
from Wisconsin, right off the farm
and has made all his money from oil
within the past three or four years.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07

and tape. trying to fix n corn 30 II
wouldn't hurt. Eut now no one In
tho world should worry because tn"
moment YOU put "GetS-lt" on. 1t
means the end OF a corn. There is
nothing in the Iorld like "Gcts-It"-
nothing as sure and certain nothing
that YOU can count on to take off II
corn or callus every tine, and without
danger. The corn never grew that
"Gets-lt' will not got. 1t never irri-
tntes the flesh. never makes your too
sore Just two drops OF "Gets-lt' and
presto, the corn-pain vanishcs. Short
" YOU can peel the corn right off
with your finger and there you are
corn-frce and happy with the too ms
smooth and corn-frce as your palm.
Never happened before, did IT Guess
not.
Get n bottle OF "Gets-It" today from
any drug store, you need pay no more
than Csc. or sent on receipt OF price
by T.. Lawrence 4 Co, Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Tulsa and recommended as
the worlds best corn remedy by Roy
Gcrmant Tho ReNnll store, Quaker
Drug Co., Tulsa Drug Co. Kendall
Drug Co.. Younkman Pharmacy, Guy
IInrper
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-07
Letter From France

from somewhere on the battle
front in France comes a letter from n
former Tulsa high school lad who Is
with an American hospital unit. Writ
Ing to Cleve J. Stafford OF All South
wheeling. "A classmate. Carl G. MAgee.
Jr.. writes:
Somewhere on the Front. Aug. IA,
1sl7.-Dear Old Cy: I'm sitting In
the back end Of an ambulance, "A big
! French Panhard. backed up in a barn
yard, five miles behind the lines, rest
ing my writing board on a stretcher
ran ana penning away ninety miles hh
hour. You never know what little
conveniences are, Cy. until you don't
have them once. l haven't had n bath
for two weeks. Reason? No water,
except in the horse trough. and n
forty-mile north wind. ! haven't had
a warm water shave for as long Rea-
son No warm water. | haven't peen
real honest o-gosh warm for n week.
Reason? Cold weather. And so It
goes-war is great stuff. | haven,
been under fire yet. but ! have slept
IN mud and rain. indoors and out. had
Teas eat me good from head To foot,
eaten all kinds of junk. gone two Gays
without water, and done several other
little things which aren't pleasant
can hear the guns banging away
every moment as | write. and out OF
my ambulances window sec the pis
sausage captive balloons floating Just
over the hill. Aviators are up all the
time, and YOU can see the shrapnel
breaking all around them. Now all
this sounds very nice to rcad-but It's
not half so much fun when you re-
right In II. This section came out of
front duty two days before was
! ordered out TO it. where It had lost
two men and four cars in week.
There are only forty men in the sec
ton and twenty cars. so you see tho
shell fire wns pretty bad. I guess the
censor won't mind my telling you
where they were, now 1t IL 30 long
past. 1t was the week OF July 25 and
they We're in tho Craonne section-on
| the plateau OF California, between
Rheims and scissors. Read your paper
about what happened there at that
time. 1t was hell all right I'm sorry
didn't arrive little sooner so !
could have seen some OF the hot work,
but fate didn't decree II that way. We
expect to so back on front duty any
time. l will see my share all right
| e. c. Magee, American field service
| Il rue ltaynonard, Paris