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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-09-14
men AT FRONT
DON'T TALK WAR
Discuss Pretty Much Everything
Else While Fighting.
SIMPLY WILL NOT WORRY

Commander Of Battery Of Howitzsrs
Eats Jam While Giving Orders That
Sends Huge Shells Tearing Thrs ugh
tho Air, Screaming In Terrifying
Fashion-Betwsen Shots Talk About
Shows, Baseball and Pretty Girls.
People can get used to anything,
even to this business Of war. Were it
not so those who have to keep on kill
ing Germans month in and month out
would go mad and bite somebody.
Recently | was out among the guns
pounding the Germans to pieces In the
neighborhood of Lens, says William
Philip Simms, with the British armies
in the field. 1t was tea time. Over
head seven British planes were wing
ing past on their way to a wrestling
match with the enemy In the clouds.
Now and then a six inch shell explod.
ed In the vicinity OF the British bat
teries.
Under scrap Of canvas serving as
shelter from the midsummer sun sat
a British major, commander of a bat
terry Of howitZers. He was barehead-
ed. On wooden hand grenade pack
ing case was cup Of tea By 1t lay a
slice Of buttered bread. The major
was in her shirt sleeves. In his hands
were book and copying lead pencil.
Jotting something down In the book,
the major laid 1t face down on the case
and took up the slice of buttered bread,
bit of a mouthful and chewed away
for some thirty seconds, then called out
to one OF his gun crews near by:
mo. 81 -Four seven FIVE miner
Eats ss Big Guns Roar.
No. 2 crew lifted a huge shell into
the howitzer's breech, closed and lock-
ed the breechlock, sighted and stood
by, one OF the men holding the lanyard
taut in his right hand. In his left he
held a piece Of bread. Swallowing a
gulp Of tea, the major picked up his
gunnery book and casually ordered,
mo. 1, frer' The bowitzer next to
No. 2 beloved so the country round
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-09-14
LIABLE HEALTH HINT

01hartic Tablets keep the
pen and regular the liver
stomach sweet. They
jim, nausea nor gripping,
ev1 Indigestion, sick headache
81 bur stomach and like in.
in Stout persons enjoy them
:, re 50 comforting and helpful.
ties Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-09-14
HARDEST WORKED NEED HELP FIRST

Through all the years the Kidneys
are at work filterlng out impurities that
poison the blood ifpermitted to remain.
Is il any wonder that they are over
worked and in need Of help? Foley
Kidney Pills are tonic and strengthen
ing in action. Get rid OF backache,
rheumatic pains, stiff joints, sore
muscles.-flite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-09-14

about echoed and rocked to its thun-
der. The major set down some figures
and refreshed himself with more tea
and bread. Hey, Bill!' sang out the
gunner of No. ] crew.
Watcher want now?" an ammuni-
ton tender growled. He was busy
chewing and opening can OF some
sort of timed food.
where's that jam?" said the Ian
yard chap.
"JamT queried Bill as he worked
away. "What jam? You mean the
rhubarb Jam?"
"NawP replied the lanyarder. Not
the rhubarb jam, the strawberry jam.
I'm fed up on that stringy rhubarb
jam"
mo. l!' bawled out the major. six
naught five three" Then after a
swallow from the enameled cup, mo.
2, fire! No. blaZed away, and q
huge shell tore through the air scream
ing in terrifying fashion and likely
enough it found its mark and tore to
shreds a dozen dupes OF the kaiser.
"Yes," said the gunner who had pulled
the trigger, that was certainly some
game! Two men out, man on third,
score tied and the ninth inning. Old
Ty Cobb was at. the bat with two
strikes on him. Ty whaled away at 1t
and 80
mo. p" shouted the officer. -Four,
seven, five, eightr Then: by God
frey" he murmured to himself, won.
der wherein the devil they got this
butter! No. 1, frer'
Again the howitzer shivered and leap.
ed, and as the recoil threw 1t back into
position Bill came up with a tin plate
In his hand. Here, Sourface," he said
to the lanyard puller, "here's your
bloomin' jam. Shall fetch you a I'm
ger bowlT
Seldom Talk About War.
And so the manslaughter went on.
Dispassionately and as coolly these
men feed and fire their howitzers.
When luncheon time comes they may
knock Off work for time and eat it
comfortably, sitting on a pile of shells
any one or which contains enough ex-
plosive to blow up the woolworth
building. Or, II for any reason 1t Is
necessary to keep on firing, the gun
ners eat and talk and fire the guns
without pause.
They seldom talk abou, he war.
Rather they tell their experiences the
last time they went on leave. They
talk about the shows they saw, the
good things they had to eat, the pretty
girls they met. what they are going to
do when the war is over, and the rest.
In the trenches 1t is precisely the
same. Between raids and lodging
trench mortar stuff they play check
ers and other games, write letters,
have their tea and talk about food
and girls and shows and things.
or course these men do not love the
war-nobody loves the war ~. o.,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-09-14

school. and that has been taken over
by the Turkish military authorities and
is used as headquarters by DJemal
Pasha and his staff"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
THE BEST OFFENSIVE

At the recent exposition of chemical
industries of the United States held
in New York a representative OF the
economic department Of the National
City Bank in an address said; ITO
day. owing to the demands OF our
domestic markets, few manufacturers
are keen for any export business. To
morrow they will be fighting for it.
and it is for tomorrow that We must
plan. Not only our present export
markets, but our domestic markets rs
we'll, will be in danger when Europe
again begins production on a largo
scale. The best defensive is n strong
offensive, and this applies in trade rs
we'll as in war. A strong and vigorous
export trade policy enables Us to main
tain our hold upon our domestic mar
kets." The speaker then called atten-
ton to the fact that tho statesmen Of
Italy, England and France are studying
the commercial possibilities OF the
tariff, land We may well anticipate a
series OF national protective tariffs de-
signed to foster and encourage COM
MERGE" Germany, as We know. Is
firmly welded to the protective policy.
It is hardly probable that the banker
Intentionally minimized the import
ance of a protective tariff to this coun-
try, although his address contains
little on that subject. That the United
States could hope to extend matcrl.
ally its export trade while practically
every one OF our competitors was
operating under the protective policy
is impossible to imagine. To meet in
foreign fields the competition OF our
European rivals, with their low wage
scales, can only be done under condi-
tions which assure to American CAPT
tai and labor such a large share OF the
home market as will give us maximum
mill operation and consequent mini
mum unit cost. That could never be
done with our domestic marked
thrown wide open to European COM
petition, and that is situation which
the Democratic party encourages. Eng.
land. France, Italy. Japan ami other
countries have discovered that IN"
protective policy Of America and Ger
many Is tho best offensive and dcfrn-
sive. We must decide that il is a
good thing to return to, and the party
which has always stood for that policy
is the party best qualified to put il
again into operation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
AN EXPLANATION

Hon. Louis T. Haller, County Commits
sioner, and e1-president of the Board
long since achieved Il very prominent
place in this community; and at last
he has tho tangible and visible rvi'
dence OF greatness III having his name
butchered UP II a newspaper. Tn"
IntelllSenccr force Of experienced re-
porters, proof readers and printers
has been sadly depleted by the draft
ravages; and. strange 10 say. some nj
tho new help taken are not acauain,'
ed with the mysterious intrlcacicS nr
Mr.. Nallcr's signature, hence the
startling appearance OF IN entirely new
County Commissioner among those
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27

"H0LY RUSSIA"
Z d" { T.
J. MlA -
The Importance of Religion in This Turbulent Nation Factor
Which Must Be Remembered in European Calculations
BY WALDO G. MORSE
Lawyer and PubliciSt.

truo religion. They had brought home
with them the priests. ami In RussiN at
Kirff. was then established az the state
religion tho eastern Christian church.
with it's seat Ut Constantinuple. After
Cons tantinoplo fell tho Gear of Russia
became the head OF thut orthodox
church, With It's scat ut Moscow. 10
which nearly ono hundred millions now
own implicit alles lance OF loyal afGilfa-
uon. with SIM other friendly peoples
mailing the great whole OF vast Nussia.
Tho recent InIidcl cult Is negligible In
numbers as sci against the orthodox
church. as also are the Tcutonic races
; and those OF Mahommedan faith. strang-
crs within the gates OF her dominion.
Such is Holy Russia" feeling mis-
sion In tho world that she shall bring
together the west and the east under her
true religion, with tho picty and devo-
. lion Of earlier Christian ages stlll pow
rrfUl within her borders. The spirit OF
the crusaders has been bred into her
. people for hundreds OF years. and the
faith that they will rescue from the
MUSlcm invader the Sancta Sophia
! wherein their people Irst learned the
truth, and the defenders. prelutes. apes
Tics Ol muir ftllEllu uCnlSNcu IlAI -
, dom and satnthuod.
Sanctu Sophia. How her glori"s and
, the spendors Of her ritual had da2zlc,l
and enchanted tho cmissari"s Of SIM
pic kindly. unSpnilrd people. and how
slIdiy those iruRlc had turned from Ihe
scrdid and Il. chasing appeals Of hrath"n-
ism and embraced the new faith ~ Il
nation OF true converts. The Turks
How eXccrablc have been those marauh-
crS in the eyes Of four score generations
Of Russians while working. waiting. "N-
tending their borders. patiently yielding
10 authority AMI concentrating their
power. against tic time when they
should drive the Cr"Scrn; from tho earth
and rcstorr the cross above the dome nt
their great cathedral.
Driving Napoleon out Of Moscow,
hnlkcd by tn" concert If Europe Mt tho
close of the Turko- Russian war. held
; bnrk during the Balkan wars anil in the
present cunlllc. against Tcnton and
Turk combined sold out. trlckcd. SpicI
upon and exploited. the patient Russians
still dream nj CnnStantinoplr. the mis-
trcss Of the Husrhnrus ind the home OF
their faith. III whose lap lie the cnnSum-
, nation If their national and religious
aspiration, til" historic temple or their
faith and the open sea OF earthly ambl-
: ZION.
Holy Russia, Wherever she deems
her grra: commission and national AS
piratinn most safe. thor" vii! she b"stCw
The lnadc rSEip The froth OF dCsultory
ilghtiL" ~ III" streets Of cities mems
lttIc;:. It is lighter than dust in the
balance against the mass, the sober
Will. the weight a! 4 great religious ma
ton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
ILLUMINATING STATEMENT

The transaction Of any public body
involving either purchase or sale is
sure to excite some suspicious minds to
open conjectures Of deal or OF in
tangible beneficiaries Herewith. While
there have been some reflections cast
upon the Board Of Commissioners OF
Ohio county in connection with the
purchase OF the Schmulbach farm for
a new location Of the county inflrmarv,
the Official honesty Of the board or the
personal integrity Of the individual
members were in no wise called into
question. The main complaint was
that the Commissioners had made an
iujudicious and extra costly invest
ment, which promised to be an addi-
tional charge on the taxpayers Of the
county.
In yesterdays Intelligencer formal
statement Of the Commissioners ap-
peared, giving the details Of the trans
action and the reasons for the pur-
chase of the Schmulbach properly,
which completely refute the criticisms
on their action and establish the Wis
dom and business Judgment OF the
transaction. Instead Of imposing adj
ditional charges upon the county
treasury, it is shown that it was the
most economical movement that could
have been made: that the county had
no white elephant foisted upon It,
but in buildings. grounds and appur-
tenances had secured q most deslr'
able property for the uses intended.
The most important advantage
pointed out is that the county now has
farm OF sufficient tillable area TO
raise all the products required for the
inf1rmary and Jail. when heretofore on
the 3o.acre Elm Grove farm there was
4 deficiency that had to be supplied
BY purchases in the open market.
There are other advantages in the ne"
location that confirm the judgment OF
the board and distinctly relieve them
OF the uncomplimentary structures
that have been heaped upon them by
over.zealous and uninformed critics.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE

The future safety Of the Nation will
no in the hands Of the generation to
come I'D from those who are in the
pnblic schools Of the country. And the
education that is being impaired them
will be woefully neglected If it Is not
thoroughly grounded in the principles
OF patriotism and loyalty. The greatest
-enublic the world has known Is gong
through a severe test. 1t has DEFINED
certain righteous principles for which
It stands as a democracy, and 1t is for
.he perpetuation Of those principles IT
is mainly going to war with Germany.
an arrogant autocracy which forced
the issue upon Us.
!. Now, il wrong idea Is allowed TO
fasten itself upon child's mind. IN
the very perversity of human nature
it is liable to persist with more ten
acitv than the right impressions are
wont to do. 1t is vital matter that
The school child Of today should be
rightly informed as to why and what
for their country is engaging n TINS
world war. This becomes more i'm
peratiye when it is known that 1nsldt
Gus Influences arc at work poisoning
the mind against the present war
operations Of the United States.
At this point the National Security
League comes to the front with a prac-
teal suggestion in the shape OF a
resolution adopted by its executive
committee, which declares that rs
national necessity and as war meas
ure. we call upon every Board or Edu'
cation, School Commissioner and
School Committee to put into the cur
riculum Of the schools without delay
as a part Of each days actual tuition
tho facts showing why VIC are at war
with Germany. the danger OF failure
10 this country and the duty OF every
! American to support the conduct OF
the war loyalty and by service The
propriety Of such instruction is too
obvious to be pointed out. To set tho
facts before the children In plain and
easilv understood language will un-
! questionahly result in the message he
| ing carried into the homes OF the
! people, and through clear under
standing based upon knowledge a
! higher patriotism will be developed.
! If this - not being done in our city
schools and In the schools throughout
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
PEOPLES POPULAR LOAN

West Eirginia'S share OF the war
savings propaganda which will be in
augurated next week is 50 OOh.o0D,
little enough for US in this drive TO
reach a class OF people who are I'M
able to help the government in the
field OF the Liberty Bond 'suoScrlp-
tions. The publicity campaign OF this
\schene begins next Monday. but the
opportunities Of the people for avail
ing themselves OF the benefits OF the
scheme will be open the remainder or
This wear and the whole Of next. Be
sides the hclpfulness that will be
given the government. the participant
ors in the savings plan will be helping
themselves through acquiring the
thrift habit. an accomplishment that
will stand them in good stead when
the DAYS of rcadjustnent come after
the war closes.
The war savings certificate plan is
not original with this country. lis
counterpart was successfully operated
in Great Britain. We hav" the oene-
fit OF that experience with the English
scheme modified 10 meet our own par
ticular requirements. |, is so under
standingly explained by Julian Street
in the Saturday Evening Post that his
colloouial exposition i reproduced for
the benefit of Intclligencer readers:
Rer;nninc December !. 1917. tho Gov
c-,p,.nt will Offer a war-S:tvinGS-certl-
bcate stamp. which il will sell in D"c"m-
her 1911 and in January. 1919. for $i.l-.
This obligation is in effect tho Govern
uen,'s rote for five dollars. falling due
January T. 1925: and til" buyer who. dur
ing the corning December or January.
purchases for $t12 on" OF theS" flve-
o,ollar war->arinEs certificates is virtual
" discountinE thr Governments a"te
for five dollarS-tliscountinc il At four
nor cont interest r"inpnuu'icd quarterly.
In other words. Gncl" Sam says 10 TN"
c,t;,en. Lend me- St.i". and in return
I will give you Il stamp which il my
nror,ise 10 nav I will uSr your Si.12
70 prosecute the var and m"": III" en-
nc,ses OF Government. and will pay you
four per cent interest. compounded
quarterly Thus. when january. |.
1922 rolls round. I will hand ynu back
the money you helped me out with. plus
the interest: 80 that-spcaking approx
,nately. and ignoring. III our liberal
American way. the few odd ccnts-for
every four dollars you lend me now.
when 7 need II. I'll give you back five
dollars five years hence.
But We can imagine the citizen
saying to Uncle Sam. don't you want mo
to lend you more than S4.l2?
".Ot course I do" says Uncle Sam. I
want you to let me have all you can
spare throughout the coming year
Indeed I will" says tho citizen l
can let sou have sI.12 in December.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27

During tho course of her address be-
fnrn tho economic department Of tho
Whrclinx Wuman's club. Miss Helene
rropr Of the Carnegie Institute. 1lttS-
burgl gave n weeks War Menus which
proved very interesting to thg club
members who were present. As II WAS
inpnSsihlc to allow the time necessary
for those who wished tn copy The In
! tcIligrnrcr publishes them So that MI
housewives who ar" Interested can
hnvr n cury. 1t will hm noticed that
quite n number Of the menus do not call
for cnffrc ur tea Miss Pope said that
n beverage was not necessary and That
water answered tho purpose or liquid
, with n meal: that all these meals II
served exactly as given will 10 perfect
| " In lancrd md give the necessary num-
her nr calories.
Monday
Ercnkrast-stcwed pruncs with no
added sugar, rolled oats with top milk
or cream, cgEs n you wish. corn meal
mullins and coffee.
bunch-c"rn chowdcr crackers. orange
and ,lntc salad. graham bread with graf
ch ch"rsc.
Dinnrr-bccf loaf with brown SAUCE.
rice. crcamcd onions. VIII bread and
f; pumpkin pie.
Tuesday
Rrcakfnst--stcwcd dried peaches. hom-
my with milk or cream. GEES II you
wish. brnn mullins and coffee.
l.uncheon--rice md cheese baked. cold
slaw. bread and butter. lemon jolly, oat-
meal cookies.
Elnnrr---clcar tomato soup. white fish.
baked potatoes, celery, fruit salad, crack
crs anu corec.
Wednesday
Observation-Disclosures, rolled oats with
dntas II you like, cgEs II you wish, toast
and coffee.
Lunch-fsh In ranikins, lettuce with
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27

Among The reports OF disrupted sotl-
ETY.. of r"vults ptlcd upon revolutions
with threats Of counter revolutions tn
bring back autocracy. VIC d'mly perceive
1hc bulk OF great Russia with her l7S.-
nGn. 00u people, In area thr"" times nv
extensive as tn" United States.
Arc all OF those nlllluns IN nphcaval.
and arc devastation ana destruction
of social order sweeping like plaques
over those countless milcs or land" l'y
no means. Not moro than ono Russian
in five Thousand has rolt any serious
shock to his personal or business rcla-
lions or occupation. What |" really hap
pcning, among the myriud> Of fnr flung
races. tll,rra,o mostly. simple, pastoral
Idculist!c. selt-conildnnt religious 10 u
degree"
LARGELY In Pptrograd and meaSuraoly
IN Moscow, thcro have been scattered
forces OF instruction bred by uutocrau':
domination In national affairs. In the
capital all that would destroy society
had grown beneath tho surface. FED ny
corruption from above. Luz the lighting
has been negligible even In petrograt.
Wo arc yet awaiting the national deter
m!na,ion. the Will OF tho real people.
Occasionally come reports of religious
awakeningS, and that Holy ltussla Is
TO lie saved from foes without and With
In. What then Is Holy Russia what
Is the foundation OF her greatness. and
10 whom will she now turn?
The greatest democracy in the world
IN its Internal policy" WAS Russia as
described = few years ago by famous
churchman who had visited all or thu
leading prclutcs Of all Of the religions
and sccts Of the world. That democracy,
old, tried. conservative. supreme in To-
cal affairs, has not found its voice or
its arm among the forces or disrrEanIz-
alton. What will II say and what Will
il do What are the national ideals.
and toward what do the lonSinGs OF the
simple folk reach out?
On one fact at least we may now safe
~ rely. Russia is earnestly religious.
and an awakening of the religious fer
vor will speedily restore any damage
from dcrrcdations upon the nationa! Or
dor which rrciiriou and its attendant
agents Of destructIor may bring about.
tutocracy was mere incident. useful.
perhaps, or maybe useless. but II was
not the real Russia.
Holy Russia" began in III" year 99c
A. H.. when Vladimir. ruled Of wild
people. sent his ambassadors throughout
the world 10 find and bring back the true
religion. He had heard rum"rs ut true
religion from tho far east and from the
south. and he would follow the true re-
liSion.
Through China. india, Egypt, Arabia
and on to- ~nnSt anipoplc iourncycd tho
caravan. :npuirinE. observing and learn
inr, and from Constautinoplc they re-
turned and laid down their burden amt
offering.
In Cunstantinople they had found the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-27
Tuesday, November 27, 1917,
TO MAKE DREAMS REALITIES

:. The conference held in this city yes
. terday to devise measures for the es-
Establishment OF improved tranSporta-
ton facilities on the Ohio river. with
special reference TO the Upper Ohio
valley, was characterized by the large
attendance, the representative charac-
ter and the active interest manifested
BY the conferees. Every interest, COM
naercial and Industrial, from Pitts
!. burgh to Cincinnati. of the three States
having traffic relations with the great
Highway Of commerce, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia, had their
Spokesman present to press the inpoT-
lance of providing greater facilities Tor
the movement of freight, inauguratins
q dependable transit which would not
only relieve the congestion OF railway
traffic, but be helpful in forTardinE
the governments successful prosecu-
ton of the war.
~ The substantial results OF the meet
tnc of this influential body OF men
speaks we'll for their intelligent grasp
OF the situation OF course the formal
Resolutions Of any body Of men are
without effect if the suggestions are
without the life OF practical intention
or execution. but this conference has
mapped out a policy of activity that
means business. That is the most
encouraging feature Of the promise OF
fulfllmen;.
The provision for the establishment
of an operating corporation with a
capital Of $500 900 will produce fleet
necessary for the transportation needs
Of the territory represented IN the
conference. To make this scheme et-
IfanPre will require the hearty CO.
operation of the river ports in proTld-
ing proper wharf Recommendations
and liberal Treatment Of the munich
palities in the Way Of easements.
There can b. 10 question but that this
encouragement and cooperation Will
be promptly forthcoming.
The action Of yesterdays conference
nav be said 10 mark the most definite
step that has ever been taken for the
\ ACCOMPLISHMENT of what for years has
been talked about. and which has al
WAYS ended in talk. This time we are
to have action.