Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-21
SAYS SOLDIERS
WON'T Be SAME
Observer Holds That Returning
Troops Will Not Be Human
in Many Ways. d,
Columbus Man, Back From the
War Zones, Gives Opinion
on Certain Subjects.

ways. I'm fearful of what they will
be-"
This is the opinion of Howard Deck
ard, Columbus man, who has returned
from an undivulged governmental mis-
sion to London and Paris, lasting
three months.
'The terrible things they have wit
messed and gone through, the slaugh-
ters they have seen and participated
in, cannot leave them the same"
Deckard said.
The one great influence now striv
ing to counteract this bloody spirit,
he said, is the American Y. M. G. A.
There is a canteen where sweet
meats, costing like fury in Paris, can
be purchased cheap. There are open
air movies and many other diversions.
The Y also is doing great work in it's
Paris and London establishments. The
men truly are Christian soldiers"
When the French call the Ameri-
cans their "saviors" they are not en-
ploying Gallo exaggeration, said
Deckard. The United States entered
The war in the nick of time as far as
the allies are concerned, he states.
Aim to Settle Coal Problem.
Is it best to buy coal now or wait
a while? Answer to this question of
coal consumers, particularly house
holders, is expected to be brought
back from Washington by Atty. Gen.
McGhee, Chief Inspector James B.
Dugan of the public utilities commits
sion, and Fred c. Croxton, vice chair
main of the Ohio defense council, who
journeyed to that city.
They saw Robert S. Lovett, director
of priority of transportation, in an
effort to obtain modification of the or
. der to railroads to give priority for
shipments to the northwest. This
modification, they say, is necessary
Immediately to relieve coal famine
obtaining in many parts Of the state
Coal Dictator Garfield was told that
retail dealers in Ohio are unable tc
get coal at the presidents prices, il
able to get it at any price. Garfield
was asked to fix Ohio retail prices as
WuTIy dS pOSSlDI0.
Take SquabbIe to Court.
Ohio suffragists have taken theil
squabble with Secretary of State Full
ton over alleged illegal signatures OIL
petitions asking referendum on th'
Reynolds act, to court with 200-pag,
| petition.
They ask temporary restrainin,
order enjoining Fulton from countin;
| 1858 names on petitions from g.
Ssunties and on part petitions from
sfyeral other counties on the ground
Shat they are permeated with frau
and that Fulton has refused to strik
them out or grant them a hearing t
prove their claims. Unless the ii
junction is granted, the petition says
a gigantic fraud will remain uncha
lenged and the initiative and referer
dunn placed in jeopardy.
Service to Younger Men.
Realizing the advantage of givin
prospective freshmen the right view
point toward university life, the Obi
State University Y. M. C. A. is pla1
| dCCOIu W 1IS uSudl SuSCO1A, L
be of service to the younger men fro1
the time they step off the train.
the Union station the new arrival wi
find an information bureau mail
tanned by the Y M. c. A, where b
may report for direction as to wher
to get room or locate the one he ha
rented.
Arguments Are Filed.
First line on the style of campaig
that the drys and vets of Ohio wi
make to keep the state out of the pr
hibition column was disclosed Sept.
Each side, through committees, file
with the secretary of state its arg
ments. The documents will be di
tributed to the voters by the state.
1t is plain that the liberals plan
impress the voters that if they vo
prohibition it will be impossible
gally to get intoxicants to drink.
The Ohio Dry Federation, by ]. '
Deffenbaugh, Edward L. Gillian
Percy Tetlow, L. ]. Taber and ].
White, filed the argument recitir
among other things that the amen
ment is desired to become effecti7
Feb. 10, 1919, giving time for Il
, liquor producers, sellers and employ
to engage in legitimate business.
1t also alleges that license and {
. forms of attempted regulations
, the liquor traffic failed in Ohio.
Guard Heads Retain Commands.
Ohio guard officers will not be I
! placed by the 200 national army lie
tenants recently sent from Chillicotl
, to Camp Sheridan, Ala.
, Gov. Cox protested to Secretary
! War Baker that the Ohio guard h
! plenty of non-commissioned Office
: with border experience to fill capat
any vacancies that may arise throu
q reorganization.
!. Baker replied that the nation
army officers are with the Ohio qua
. only temporarily and that vacanci
will be filled permanently with
: guard ranks.
, German Supports U. S.
Former Congressman John Hen
Cooke is giving the people of his d
trict an example of sincere and Wig
< GUS support Of the government in
@ war, from a genuine German. At
a lima, recently, he addressed a r
q Cross meeting in which he said Il
if there were any Germans in t
70 country who came here to imprc
their condition and to escape I
n sway of an autocratic governme
a and who were not satisfied now W
> this form of government and its pt
% ton in world politics, they should
= once return to Germany.
Would Keep Tobacco From Samm
American Sammies in fore
- trenches would paint no delecta
i'd pictures in the smoke from their W
a. stained jimmy pipes nor whiff
N dreamy delight at those "pernicio
- cigarets if law were made of the
- port of Rev. E. B. Ewing, Avond
,n church, of the temperance commit
of southeast Ohio's conference,
:, livered at its session at Fifth Avel
"a u. B. church. Rev. Mr.. Ewing rep
ed that his committee protes