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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18
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The fifty-second annual convention
Of the Medina county Sunday school
association will be held In the Congre-
gational church at Litchfeld on Fri
day and Saturday, May 18 and ~.
State speakers present will be Mrs.
Phoebe a. Curtis, state superintendent
of the elementary department; Mr..
Burr Blackburn, state superintendent
Of secondary department, and Rev.
John S. Rutledge, anti-saloon super
intendent Of the Cleveland district
Following is the program for both
days:
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
President J. T, Calvert, presiding
Song Service
Devotional Service, Rev. G. R. Mente
Appointment Of Committees
"In Terms Of the Child" Mrs. Curtis
Discussion i
Music
"Crops and Character Building or
Relation of the Soil to the Sunday
School A. l. Root, Medina, O.
Round Table, led by Mrs. Curtis
Prayer Service. (a) Silent Prayer (b)
Sentence Prayers (c) Closing Pray
erS.
Adjournment
Supper
Friday Evening
SneciaI Temnerance Service
Song Service
&C. Conley, Seville, Leader
Devotional Service DR.. Mente
G. E. Knapp, Lodi, Chairman County
Dry Committee introduces Hon. p.
O. Shank, who will preside
Special Message from Mrs. Fanny
Wood, Wadsworth, County Superin-
tendent Of Temperance
G. E. Knapp, Lodi, Chairman County
Dry Committee
"Ohio Dry in 1917, Rev John s.
Rutledge, Anti Saloon League Super
intendent Of Cleveland
Benediction Rev. ]. S. Cough
Saturday Morning
Song Service C. C. Conley, Leader
Devotions Rev. O. G. Bedford
every Inch a Teacher" Mrs. Curtis
Music
eWinning the Boys" Mr.. Blackburn
Reports from County officers and
Department Superintendent
4 Election Of Officers
Reports Of Committees
7 Adjournment to Dinner
Conference of Secondary Works with
Mi BI6c'y 'ybufn during noon recess
Saturday Afternoon
&6s,1 st.Eeitt
DeVotions
Difficulties Of County Officers Coun-
ty Secretary Z. ]. Flickinger, Me-
dina
Discussion
"Co-o Operation Mr.. Burr Blackburn
Final Words
Adiournment
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18

"A rest room for women and chill
dten was installed at the local inter
urban station this week.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18

VII 7. B. Lanham is now organizing the
work among the recruits being receiv-
,ed by the hundreds daily, at Fort
Thomas, Ky He will probably re-
tnrn TO Columbus about May is.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18
. Y. M. c. A. NOTES

Under date of April 27, 1917, Presi-
dent Wilson issued the following ex-
ecutive order:
sThe Young Mems Christian as
sCciation has, in the present emer-
gency, as under similar circumstances
ii the past rendered it's services for
the benefit of enlisted men in both
arms Of the service. This organiza-
lion Is prepared by experience, ap-
proved methods and assured resources,
II serve especially the troops in camp
and field Il seems best for the in
the service that it shall con-
tioR; however, the results obtained are
81 beneficial and bear such a direct
relation to efficiency, inasmuch as the
association provision contributes to the
happiness, content and morale of the
personnel, that in order to unity the
civilian betterment, activities in the
army, and further the work of the or
ganization that has demonstrated its
ability to render service desired by
both officers and men, official recog-
milton is hereby given the Young
Mems Christian association as valu-
able adjunct and asset to the service.
Officers are enjoined to render the full
est practical assistance and coopera-
tion in the maintenance and extension
of the association, both at permanent
posts and stations and in camp and
feld.'
Jabez Bostwick, son of Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. ,Bostwick of Seville. left Mon
day morning for Ft. Thomas, KY,
where he will be engaged in Y. M. G..
A. work as army secretary. 1t is
reported that recruits are being re-
,ceived at Ft. Thomas at the rate of
from 200 to 400 day. Mr.. Bost-
wick is one of Seville's best known
young men and possesses many friends
who wish him success and congratu-
late him on having been recognized as
one fitted for leadership.
international Secretary John r.
Mott is leading a campaign to raise
Immediately fund of at least $S,-
900, 900 for work among American sol
>diers. He recently addressed a meet
ing in Cleveland, following which
nearly 100000 has been given in that
city alone. It is proposed to raise
at least $4,000 in Medina county for
this first call. Over half that amount
has already been promised. y
The County Work Department is
organizing its resources to be of all
possible help to the movement to pro-
vide and maintain soldiers Of the
soil" for their fundamentally impor-
tant work to help feed the nations. In
cooperation with the employment de-
partments of the various nearby as
sociations, several capable young men
have been located for this county. The
associations summer program, includ-
ing camp activities, will be directed
to help meet the nations neecs.
n. H. Root and County Secretary
Stow were in Seville and Wadsworth
Wednesday, to confer with committee
men regarding the war work and
county activities.
T. B. Lanham is now organizing the
work among the recruits being receiv-
lea by the hundreds daily, at Fort
Thomas, Ky. He will probably re-
tnrn TO Columbus about May is.
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A rest room for women and chill
| Idfen was installed at the local inter
urban station this week.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18
WEYMOUTH SCHOOL BOARD DENOUNCES ARTICLE IN
MEDINA SENTINEL OF MAY IL, AS
MENDACIOUSs ISLANDER,

We the undersigned being duly elected members Of the
Weymouth School Board having been witnesses of the discussion
in question between E. Jens E. Hawk and H. Scanlan
brand the attack made Scanan by the Medina Sen
tne its henchmen false malicious and untufu SANDER
1. f. HAMLIN,
E.Z WORDEN
d. Al. KESLER.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-18

RI. H. Root and County Secretary
Stow were in Seville and Wadsworth
Wednesday, to confer with committee
men regarding the war work and
county activities.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

The fact that platinum is n nee
essary metal in many industries clio
sely connected with the war. and one
OF the rarest OF metals. makes il OF
timely interest, II is doubly inter
esting because rare. The total sup
ply in the world to date has been a
little less than 5.00O.o 900 ounces OF
about 10s tons,
Nearly 10000 ounces are used
yearly in the United States. Halt
Of this is used in jewelry, In chemi-
cal and physical equipment, In the
manufacture OF sulphuric acid and
in electrical devices. most OF the re-
naming half is used.
Nearly all the platinum OF the
world has been taken from placer de-
posits. None OF the deposits in mo-
ther rocks have been found of a
grade that would permit commercial
mining.
BY far the largest known deposits
are in Russia. that country having
furnished $50 Of the worlds supply
Colombia. S. A. is the second larges,
producer: with small deposits in Bra
zil, Spain. Australia and Borneo.
In North America the known sup
ply is in the gravels OF few streams
in the western mountains. In Can
ada the metal Is found In the Tul
ameen district not far from oroville
Wash. In the United States the pro
duction Of platinum has been limited
to streams rising in the belt OF ser
pentine rocks in central Californii
and from the serpentine areas II
Siskiyou and Trinity Counties. in thu
northwestern part OF the state. whicl
continue northeast into Curry. Jose
phine and Jackson counties. Oregon
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
FIRST ENROLLMENTS
At OFFICERS CAMP

San Francisco. May ll.--Four
hundred and twenty prospective
members OF the first 10000 army
officers for service In France report
cd and were enrolled today at the
officers reserve corps camp at the
preside. Yesterday $50 were en-
rolled and tomorrow $50 are sched-
uled to show up.
Tuesday the men will be vaccin-
ated and classes organized.
For the first month all will be In
structed In elementary infantry tac'
tics. Then the various arms OF the
service will be taken up, men beinp
assigned to coast artillery, infantry
cavalry and other branches for thu
final two months.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
GREAT ARMIES GRIP
IN TWO CAMPAIGNS

London, May ll.-Bullecourt and
Lens were the two points most men
aced by the British offensive today.
Bullecourt is almost surrounded.
Lens is more than half encircled.
the British gaining every day yard
by yard to the south, The fighting
at both places is intense. At Fres-
noy there were indications today
that the force Of the British often
sive was slowly wearing down the
rock-like resistance OF the Germans.
But while this greatest Of allied
ofiensives was in progress on the
western front, dispatches today de-
tailed the start OF another major
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

world war. the French and British
battle missions will join forces here
tonight to commemorate the historic
parieys in n national farewell reccp-
ton ut the Waldorf hotel. The com
missioners are going home.
No one knows for publication pre-
cisely when or how. Minister VI.
'viani and Secretary Balfour will re-
turn with their stafYs TO their home
governments. The day Of departure
is not far distant.
Both commissions have privately
expressed themselves as highly plens-
ed with the result OF the world war
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
JOFFRE VISITS
HISTORIC HOUSE

Newhurg, N, Y. May li,--lnto
the modest little frame house from
which General Washington directed
the defeat OF the British nearly u
century and u half ago. there step.
ped today second great fighter for
freedom. Marshal JQnrc, Ho paused
silently on the Threshold and stood
at rigid salute full minute, He
hind him stood great crowd led by
five thousand school children,
Accompanied by lieutenant-Col-
onel Crosby. official representative
OF the war department, and by his
personal aide, Joffre made tour OF
the headquarters house and reap
peared. TO be surrounded by the chill
dren. His answer to their shrill
cheers was TO lit two or three OF
them In his arms and kiss them on
the cheek.
with Governor Whitman ON one
side and Mayor Wilson on the other.
the stocky Joffre. standing before
entrance to the house where Wash
ington and Lafayette conferred on
their war plans, received the gold
medal struck for him and paid for
with the five thousand school chill
dren's pennies,
On one side OF the medal Is In
scribed. Washington. Lafayette
Joifre. l7Sl-lS24-lsl7. On the other
side Is a replica In gold OF the head
quarters house.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
.JOFERE AND PARTY
SOON GOING HOME

New York, May 1i.--HavIng prac-
tically completed their task OF
Showing America how II can best
help the European allies" win the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

The following poem by Alfred Aus
tin. poet laureate OF England. writ
ten 20 years ago, is strangely ap-
propriate to the present information
al situation.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

conferences In which they have taken
part during the last few weeks.
They feel that America has got
everything II needs and has given
everything. or arranged TO give
everything they have asked,
The triangular conferences are be.
lieyed TO have practically completed
II system OF anti-submarinc war.
which will wipe out the submarine
menace. This is understood to be
the coordination OF the system In
effect before America got In. and
the addition OF certain secret Ameri-
can inventions. l.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
LONDON AND BERLIN
AGREE IN REPORTS

London. May li.--Vigorous Ger
man attempts to shake General
Haig's grip on Arleux positions and
lines to the south OF the Souchez
river were all repulsed. the British
commander reported today,
British artillery and machine gur
fire stopped the enemy's assaults
Around the Souchez salient. the at
tack was repeated a second time
with liquid fire employed by the
Germans. but II was likewise re-
pulsed
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
REFERENDUM ON
FISH BILL FILED

Salem, May 1.-THE first COM
pleted referendum petition was filed
today with the secretary OF state by
Sanderson Reed Of Portland. 1t In.
vokes the referendum against house
bill 24S. known as the Rogue River
fishing bill.
The petition was circulated in the
name OF H. l.. Christensen. Reed
said It bears 1880 names. The le
gal requirement is 1905.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

Los Angeles. May l0.--Six wire
less stations In and around Los An
geles in commission despite the fed
eral dismantling order. were captur-
ed by deputy sheriffs and federal
agents this afternoon. One OF these
plants was communicating with Hon
olulu when officers seized and dis.
mantled II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

push" In which British troops are
participating. This Ia In Macedonia.
British. French, Italian and Serbian
troops. under General Serial have
started their long.expectcd offensive,
Some gains were made on a front Of
two miles. But one mile Of trench
front was re-taken by the enemy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
PLATINUM

The Sisklyou mountain range,
which In that past geologic age when
the Rogue River valley formed an
arm OF the Pacific ocean-was sis
kiyou Island" has many unique dis
tinctions. Among them Ia the fact
that II is one OF the very few plati-
mum producing sections Of the world.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

Berlin, via London. May H.
Sanguinary repulse OF an attempt to
storm Bullecourt by an encircling
movement OF British troops was re-
ported In today's Official statement.
AT Fresnoy, hoeux. Monchy and
Cherisy local advances were unsuc-
cessful to the enemy" the war Of
flee said.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11

Enristments in the army OF the
tillers are coming in fast. The or
ders of mobilization place no limit
on the number OF recruits wanted.
Get a hoe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
ALFRED AUSTIN

The following poem by Alfred Aus
tin. poet laureate Of England. writ
ten 90 years ago, is strangely ap-
propriate to the present internation-
al situation.
A Voice From the West
Poet Laureate Of England
What is the voice hear
On the wind Of the western sea?
Sentinel. listen from out Cape Clear,
And say what the voice may be.
'Tis a proud. free people calling loud
to a people proud and free.
And 1t says to them, "Kinsmen, hail! !!
We severed have been too long;
Now let us have done with a worn
out tale.
The tale Of an ancient wrong,
And our friendship last long as love
doth last. and be stronger than
death is strong"
Answer them, sons OF the selfsame
race.
And blood OF selfsame clan,
Let us speak with each other, face to
face.
And answer as man to man,
And Loyalty love and trust each other
as none but freemen can.
Now fling them out to the breeze
Shamrock. thistle and rose.
And the Star-Spangled Banner unfur
with these,
A message to friends and foes,
Wherever the sails OF peace ar,
seen and wherever the war wine
blows.
A message to bond and thrall [,
wake,
For wherever we come, we twain
The throne OF the tyrant shall rocl
and quake,
And his menace be void and vain
For you are lords OF a strong youn
land. and we are lords OF tn
main.
Yes, this is the voice on the blu
March gale;
I'VE severed have been too long
But now we have done with a worr
out tale,
The tale OF an ancient wrong.
And our friendship last long as loy
doth last and be stronger tha
death is strong"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-11
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OREGON WEATHER

= Tonight and Saturday show \
y ers west. unsettled. probably \
= showers east portion; southerly !
winds. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

the white men and women of oregon,
whose ancestors his progenitors mas
sacred in cold blood, the spectacle be-
comes of touching human interest
When the fact is recalled that white
men riding in automobiles stopped
long enough to attend the crude ser
vices held in the pioneer church at
Tutuilla by the sons and grandsons of
the men who, in the darkness of
night slaughtered Marcus Whitman
and his faithful wife 6S years ago,
men will scarcely wonder that God
moves in mysterious ways His won
ders to perform
The people of Umatilla county,
where reside in splendor the wheat
kings" OF all oregon. have before
them the spectacle of the red man
changing places with his old enemy
and becoming the instrument in the
hands of providence for the spreading
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

skins are red, but whose hearts beat
| in consonance with their Creator.
From its crude pulpit the gospel is
preached every Sabbath day, the
, prayer meeting is the regular devo-
| tion of its communicates the ordi-
nance of baptism and the communion
are regularly practiced. The pastor
of the church Is Rev. James Dickson,
a member of the Walla Walla tribe.
He is a brother r-in-law of Parsons Mo-
tanic the famous Indian wrestler and
Sunday school and church worker
Mrs. Dickson is a Nez Perce Mr.
Dickson is a graduate of the Car
Isle Indian school and studied for
two years at the Moody Bible Insti-
tute in Chicago. preparing for his
life work. He was ordained to he
ministry by the Presbytery of Kon-
dol
Gathered upon the Umatilla reser-
vation are about 100 Indians of which
number over 400 have come under the
Influence of Christianity and of the
little church While it is true that
many of the braves are still bad In
dians,' it is also true that the refIec-
tion Of the lives of the religious
everywhere, in every activity of the
people, in all that is done, whether
the doer be believer or non-believer
The Umatillas are among the most
enlightened of the red men of the
northwest. Many of the Christians
farm land well, own good homes, ed
ucate their children and become val
liable citizens in the community Pi-
~, Cf ba
homes.
Whitman First Missionary.
Religious work on the Umatilla
reservation dates back to 1896, when
Marcus whitman and his noble wife
founded the mission at Waillatpu. on
a lonely creek a few miles from the
present site of Walla Walla. on the
spot where Whitman gave up his life
for the good of the red man in 1S47,
has been erected a granite monu-
ment. comemmorating the greatest
crime of the age in the northwest.
From the early beginning, with its
tragedy and the consequent scatter
ing of the influence where religion
had found lodgment, after many
years. came the movement which
crystalizzed in the well organized
tained by the red men in whose in
terests the Presbyterian church has
made such tremendous efforts.
From 1s47, the year of the Whit
man massacre. until 1882. active work
among the Indians of eastern Oregon
was abandoned. practically altogeth-
er. But the seed sown was not al
lowed to die among the few faithful
Indians who had learned to love
whitman's God, and to them IL due
credit for maintaining a scattered or
ganization in an effort to keep the
attention OF white men directed to-
ward the field, apparently in the hope
that the possibilities of the work
might be discoverd
Old Mission Reorgani7ed.
In 1882 the p resbyterian Home
Mission BOARD Of the United States
reorganized the work, and establish
ed the present Tutuilla mission, erect
ing cheap buildings upon 100 acres Of
land given the board for mission pur-
poses. At the same time the Catho-
lie church received from the govern
nent a similar donation for mission
purposes. and began work upon It,
Following the reorganization OF
the work. difficulty was encountered
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

red in color, but true and kirdlier in
heart
From the early days of missionary
work in the northwest until the pres
ent. the religious work has centraliz-
ed more on the Umatilla reservation
than at any other place. Nowhere is
the work more thoroughly organized.
nor the methods employed more ef-
fective.
pioneer church Near Pendleton.
Five miles from Pendleton a busy
bustling wheat and wool center, is
the religious mecca around which
cluster memories dear to every fol-
lower of the Nazarene Standing up
on a slightly elevated plateau. nest
ling near the foot of the Blue noun
tains it's diminutive steeple pointing
heavenward is the little Tutuilla
church, built by Indians, maintained
by Indians, loved by the men whose
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22
Tutuilla Mission Revived Work
Started by the Martyred Whitman


= The story of the white mans
. invasion of the Indians domain
. is well known. Generously the
D red men shared their food and
. their homes with the newcomers,
= but as the white population in
. creased they were driven back.
y foot by foot by the all conquer I
. ing power of a superior civilizza-
. tion. From the Atlantic coast
. they were first forced back be-
. yond the Alleghanies, and later Z
= to the shores of the Father of Z
. Waters. When the immortal
. Sacajawea pointed out the path
= to the west, she pointed with
. prophetic finger, and at the sig
. nal from that faithful, out
= stretched hand, the gates of an Z
. empire swung wide open.
. over the trail, deeply furrow- 4
. ed across the hearts OF Sacaja-
wea's people, came the followers I
. OF Lewis and Clark, men of
, dauntless spirit and Of iron
. will With sublime endurance
they met the privations of the
peTlOus TRAN. over mountains
rock ribbed and precipitous,
across burning desert wastes,
starving, thirsting, scorched by
the heat OF midsummer, lashed
, by the frost laden blasts of mid
, winter, they drove back the red
, skinned monarch of the land.
, From the Atlantic westward and
, from the Pacific eastward, the
, tides of civilization drove the
, Indian until there seemed no
D place left for him.
B Where could he fly but to
God?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

of the gospel, not only among his
own TRIBE, but among the white peo-
pie as well. For faith in the religion
of Jesus Christ has annihilated the
blood thirsty savage a band of men
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

TO the educated Indians accustomed
to bearing the white mans burden"
Of ttlling the soil is a far cry. But
when the Indian labors earnestly,
preaching the gospel of salvation to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-09-22

(By A. H. Harris)
From the savage red man, filled
with hatred and thirst for blood. be-
decked with war paint and feathers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-01-19
AUTHOR OF "QUO VADIS" DIES
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish Leader,
Was Active in War Relief
WeIl-known in America.

New York, Nov. 17.-Henryk Sien-
kiewicz, the Polish novelist, best
known in this country as the author of
Quo Vadis," is dead at Vevey, Switz-
erland, acc riding TO cable dispatch
received here by the Polish victims
relief committee Sienkiewicz had de-
voted much of his time recently 10 Po-
lish relief work and had been in fire.
quent communication since the Euro
pean war began with the committee
here and with the National American
Red Cross.
Born of Lithuanian family at Ok
reya, podlasia. about seventy-four
years ago. SienkiewicZ moved TO Po-
land because Of war in Russia and was
educated at the University of Warsaw.
Sienkiewicz became widely known in
America by the publication of Quo
Vadis," which in recent years has been
filmed successfully and has been ex-
hbited in America.