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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE KAISER?

Announcement IS made that the allies have concluded de requston of William Hohenzolern find that perfectly proper proceed ing
 improbable then be forced to hand over her unwecome guest
 Once the Kaiser the allies hands, what shall do with him?
 In England William Hohenzollern has been indicted for the murder of the and children who died The feasible be place him trial for this crime and give him his just deserts.
 Certainly will be making the world safe democracy allow the former Kaiser loose him aged island from which may escape Napoleon did from Eba through the connivance of guards threaten the of the world The strong and going live in oblivion long for him to plot power.
 Some will have be found for disposng of him if the world we have restored capital punishment Arizona would like have the opportunity of him here for his crimes against humanity.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD 1

The policies of industrial sruction will be the order of the day.
 In nearly all the elections showed strong dis position of the stand for sound policies
 Candidates and organizations strongly loaded up with sc ncnaons revolutionary propositions showed under
 Initiatives and referenduns amendments constitutions and proposed constitutional generally the board While radical labor politician everywhere defeated the determination of the against labor such
 Fair wage and living conditions regarded essential and peaceful relations between industry and capital
 Now the long pull together for uphodag payrolls and the productive of the
 The undeveoped and unoccupied lands the millions of loggedoff brush and timber lands the problem.
 How get labor bring them under cultivation make them produce the of life for the world is the tobem
 The canning and preserving vegetables and fruits and the of dairy make cheap labor indispensable
 How get this labor for the period of reconstruction and necessary extension of production up government
 There be patriotic cooperation of all classes, with broad national views make country productive.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
WITHIN THE GATES
 

The has given warning that there should be taxation o the energetic campaign carried into the German espionage The warning of based thorough knowledge of the situation and doubt will be needed The work of American Protective league that splendid organization patriotic citizens whose the will day be known everlasting honor will go
 Meanwhile we'll for for e authorities, when the public gmpcs of what has been going tc way of plots against peace This will stimulate pub c opinion and brace morale against the nsios effects of the spread by conSprdcy destroyed The evidence coming forth in the inquiry o the judiciary inc operations o the German American National alliance i point Against the revelations of the of the Posdam plot now being made in Germany S interesting O place such statement made by spy his report antiG Ger maniSm in Texas.
 Our next look directed Texas where fanatics had cacd Gcrnanm the h said the report written by Joseph Keller ui Indianapolis Ind We glorious thoroughgong cconscous Gcrmanis both third and also the fourth generations which for the part traizcd in a mighty order of the of Hermann"
 America has had enough of the o Hermann and that and ought that such influences anscd this country. We know that the plots Bosheyism in this country elsewhere and know that
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

In week the the present armistce will have expired by limitation. It will be extended doubt with such qualifications suggest themselves the allied commanders here further doubt that these will take consideration German internal conditions Before reached responsible government able obtain recognition Versailles the outlook such s not bright, but there way of insIring Let the allied be extended and let sufficient troops from the Amcrcan French and British occupy Berlin
 restore order and the irresponsible and from cutting each others toatS. Not that particularly interested conserving life just because will purpose have stabilized In Germany while the peace council Is session.
 Germans respect force. They show this the which, their extremity they turning each other They respect constructive rcoran aton based compromise among themselves with spcct for minority opinion.
 few divisions of soldiers would be able speak language they understand Berlin needs martial law martial law cniorc cd by local authorities the strong arm of just but uncompromising conqueror.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
ENDS BIG CONTRACTS

ST. LOUIS. Nov. H.-M. F. Sim eleton. chief of the St. Louis district of the ordnance department of the United States, army, announced today that the government plans to end work in this district on ordnance com tracts estimated at S2OO.OO0,OO0 under terms to the contractors that will least disturb labor and business cou- ditions.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
NEWSPAPERS HIT HARD

At meeting of the Inland Daily Press Association Chicago the chairman of the Standing Committee asserted that labor and conditions have forced the consolidation 250 daily papers the United States and the suspension of $50 publications since the war began.
 Readers of and class publications have idea of the difficulties confronting the publishers this time Material paper ink etc) has almost of sight price and remembered by subscribers that conditions materially reduced the advertising patronage upon which class publications depend for support
 This reduction has compelled publishers reduce the size of their papers both inches and number of pages.
 All publishers who able weather these be congratulated.
 We all hoping for carly normal times when the papers may their usual form and volume.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

this brand today mpernent and willing brag social poison they still and for level headed they helpless This left the impompu rebuke of khaki outraged by insoenc of red gatherings It be deliberate deemna
 all Americans creating atmosphere which Boshe vism cannot live.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

McAdoo hope for 1920 says Washington coespon- dent of the Los Angeles Times He adds that the director Gcner al farghted politician Washington the the wall
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
KEEP THE DAYLIGHT

We will have many lessons of the but better than that of daylight Congress should by all make permanent the rule followed during the that of ting forward the clock
 It Is doubtful if there citizen who has by the pie of last been by the plan of daylight We have found that by leaving the office bench by the hours there still half day for pleasure before dark the morning bright In the winter there is nothing be gained but good deal be lost wherefore the daylight law finds its best pcaon during the long days and short nights Setting the clock forward in the only adds the morning darkness and the need for light and warmth, hence its unpraccaness.
 While there plenty of time and before the need arises for
 the legislation should prepare for and all time by adopting the daylight law a permanent feature.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

The Coconno Sun observed that the tipped slightly the ether day when Governor Hunt and Captain Lowcna left its borders the Labor Laredo
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

The former Crown Prince he will the German Empire What he probably that he will to what the German Empire.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

The ambitious correspondents o America and the Allied unwilling delegate their tasks to crel or O adopt the slogan Let George do it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Physiological.

"Man had his origin in an environ.
ment that subjected him to frequent,
rapid and extreme changes from heat
to cold, and from dryness to damp.
ness" says Doctor James, land from
a study of his anatomy and physiol-
ogy, as well as from the teaching OF
the law Of Weismann, we know that
we modern men are equipped with the
same body device as were our Cromag-
non progenitors. Weismann's law is
to the effect that acquired characters
are not transmitted, and its corollary
is equally true, that unused or abused
characters are not lost, so that we
may think of all congenital character
istics, whether good or bad as being
entailed, and, as far as the race is
concerned, as beng permanent Elk.
change.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

lowed him. Inside the house was o
passageway under the ruins. 1t was
about seven feet wide and fifty feet
long, should Judge.
At the other end was the great old
'75," poking its nose out of hole In
We III e & ca % -l,s
crew were sitting around waiting the
word for action, and they seemed tt
know Brown well. was surprised al
that, but still more so when he tolG
me I could examine the gun If
wanted to, just as if he owned it.
So I sat in the seat and trained tht
cross wires on an object, opened ant
closed the breech and examined the
recoil.
Then Brown said: "Well, Chink
you'll see some real gunnery now" ant
they passed the word and took sta
lions. My eyes bulged out when
saw Brown take his station with them
"Silence!" is about the first com
mand a gun crew gets when 1t is going
into action, but / forgot all about it
and shouted out and asked Brown how
he got to be gunner. But he only
grinned and looked dopey, as usual
Then came to and expected to get 6
call down from the officer, but he only
grinned and so did the crew. i
seems they had it all framed to spring
on me, and they expected would bt
surprised.
So we put cotton in our ears ant
the captain called the observation
tower O short distance away and they
gave him the range. Then the captain
"called Alps meters to Brown. They
placed the nose of a she'll in a fuse
adjuster and turned the handle unit
1t reached scale 412S. This set tht
fuse to explode at the range given
Then they slammed the shell into the
breech, locked it shut and Brown sem
his best to Fritz.
The barrel slipped back, threw Out
the shell case at our feet and returned
over a cushion of grease. Then we
received the results by telephone from
the observation tower. After he hat
fired twelve shots the captain said tt
Brown, "You should never waste your
self In infantry, son." And old dopey
Brown just stood there and grinned
That was Brown every time. He
knew about more things than you coult
think of. He had read about gunnery
and fooled around at Dixmude until
they let him play with the "75's," anc
finally here he was, giving his kindesl
to old Fritz with the rest of them.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

our noses worse than the coolies. They
certainly were game little devils, and
came right back at us.
So most of the poilus threw the
dope at Fritz and fought the coolies
hand to hand.
There was plenty of food in the
trenches most of the time, though once
in while, during a heavy lombard
ment, the fatigue-usually corporal's
guard-would get killed in the COM
munication trenches and we would not
have time to get out to the fatigue and
rescue the grub they were bringing.
Sometimes you could not find either
the fatigue or the grub when you got
to the point where they had been hit.
But, as l say, we We're well fed most
of the time, and got second and third
helpings until we had to open our
belts. But as the Limeys say: "Gaw
blmey the chuck was rough" They
served a thick soup of meat and vege-
tables in bowls the size Of wash ba-
sins, black coffee with or without
sugar-mostly without and plenty
of bread.
Also, We had preserves in tins, just
like the Limeys. If you send any par
GELS over, do not put any apple and
plum jam in them or the man who gets
it will let Fritz shoot him. Ask any
Limey soldier and he will tell you the
same. / never thought there was so
Isnueh jam IA the world. ~ Man S
Land looked like a city dump. Most
of US took it, after a while, just to
get the bread. Early in the war they
used the tins to make bombs of, but
that was before Mills came along with
his hand grenade. Later on they flat
tened out the tins and lined the dug
outs with them.
Each man carried an emergency ra-
ton in his bag. This consisted Of bully
beef, biscuits, etc. This ration was
never used except in a real emergency,
because no one could tell when 1t
might mean the difference between
life and death to him. When daylight
catches a man in a shell hole or at a
listening post out In No Mans Land
he does not dare to crawl back to his
trench before nightfall, and then is the
time that his emergency ration comes
In handy. Also, the stores failed to
reach US sometimes, as I have said,
and We had to use the emergency
ratiOns.
Sometimes we received raw meat
and fried 1t in our dugouts. We built
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Laid the aehost.D

A young man recently came to d
doctor and his complaint was a rather
extraordinary one. He had seen a
ghost. The doctor asked him where
he had seen it and what it was like.
81 saw it," said he, "the other night
when ] was passing graveyard; it
had a big mouth and long ears like
donkey" "Go home" said the doc
tor, "and say nothing about it. 1t was
your own shadow You saw"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

iueJ rotLSu HuHe ny 1uSSo WORK.
regular clay ovens in the dugouts, with
iron tops for broiling. This, of course,
was In the front-line trenches only.
We worked two hours on the fire.
step and knocked off for four hours,
In which time we cooked and ate and
slept. This routine was kept up night
and day, seven days a week. Some
times the program was changed; for
instance, when there was to be an at
tack or when Fritz tried to come over
and visit, but otherwise nothing dis
turbed our routine unless 1t was gas
attack.
The ambition of most privates is to
become sniper, as the official sharp
shooters are called. After a private
has been in the trenches for six
months or a year and has shown his
craftsmanship, he becomes the great
man he has dreamed about. We had
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

him IN the trencheg, because our D nt
fits were nowhere near each other, but
whenever we were In billets at the
same time, we were together as much
as possible.
Brown was a funny card and / never
saw anyone else much like him. A
big, tall, red-headed, dopey-looking fell
low, never saying much and slow In
everything he did or said-you would
never think he amounted to much or
was worth his salt. The boys used to
call him "Ginger" Brown, both on ac-
count of his red hair and his slow
movements. But he would pull sur
prise on you every once in while,
like this one that he fooled me with.
One morning about dawn we started
out for walk through what used to
be Dixmude-piles Of stone and brick
and mortar. There We're no civvies to
be seen only mules and horses bring
ing up casks of water, bags of beans,
chloride of lime, barbed wire, ammu-
milton. etc. 1t was a good thing we
were not superstitious. At that, the
shadows along the walls made me feel
shaky sometimes.
Finally Brown said: "Come on
down; let's see the 75's.'>" At this
time I had not seen a u.s. except on
a train going to the front, so I took
him up right away, but was surprised
that he should know where they were.
After going half way around Dix
nude Brown said, Here we are" and
started right into what was left of q
big house. kept wondering how he
would know so much about 1t, but fol
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
lconoclastlc ACE.

"A scientist says the ant is much
ovcrrated insect"
"NQt as Industrious and intelligent
as we have been led TO believer"
That's it. Some Of these days a
scientist will rise up and tell us that
an ostrich cannot digest doorknobs."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
CHAPTER V.
with the "7s,s.v

Ny pal Brown, of whom / spoke be-
fore, had been put In the infantry
when he enlisted In the Legion, be-
cause he had served in the United
States infantry. He soon became q
sergeant, which had been his rating
In the American service. ! never saw
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

two fires. The
army Of the Sy-
MS opposed
him on one side
and the army OF
t h Q Ammonites
on the other. EN-.
ploying the best
tactics he knew
and placing his
army to the best
advantage, he
made an address
to his men on the
eve of battle, The
text is part OF
t h a t a d Dire S $
which reminded
them they were
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Members of the Foreign Le-
gion, all soldiers of fortune,
swear vengeance when they see
the Germans place Belgian worn
en- and children in front of them
as shields against the enemy's
fire. Gunner Depew tells about
this in the next installment.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
She Won't Believe It

"A man may be hopeless idiot, but
If he admires a woman you can't con-
vince her that he is crazy.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05

Trinidad is increasing its petroleum.
production, the output last year being
almost 5f-O00.000 GALLONS.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
Three Needs
Of Christian
Workers
BY REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department. Moody Bible
Institute. Chicago

: TEXT-Be of good courage and let us
behave ourselves valiantly. and let ths
Lord do that which is good in his sight
Chron. 1918.
Joab, the commander in chief Of
David's army found himself between
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
HISTORICAL QUERY.
Who Was First Physician to Be Yer
mont National Bank Director?

Editor of The Reformer:-
On looking over the interesting his.
'orical series Of the Vermont National
bank by Miss Mary r. Cabot, | notice
IN series No. 81 that it states that Dr..
Charles Chaplin was the first of the med
zeal profession to be elected director of
this bank.
Was not ARENAS Robbins (series No.
-. Connected with the bank about
lsS2) the DIR. ARENAS Robbins (son of
Nathaniel and Mary [Coolridge1 Rob
bins born at Newton, Mass, Jan. s,
1902 In the list of early physicians of
Brattleboro his name is sixth on the
li5.. He went to Bellows Falls about
1927, where he practiced his profession
for more than 30 years previous to his
death, May 16, 1857. His home in Bel
lows Falls was a large dwelling where
the opera house now stands. He was a
stern man, very proud, great temper
ahee man, fighting rum in every form,
and skilled practitioner in medicine.
In poetical etfusion by Chief Justice
Royal Tyler, delivered by his son at
an exhibition at the close of Miss
Peek S select school in Brattleboro in
1923, he says; "Do you the rose of
sharon prize9 On our Lucretia east voul
eyes. The above refers to Lucretia
Leonard, adopted daughter of DR.. Arte
mas Robbins, who moved to Bellows
Falls.
MRS. y. NJ. p. AKELEY.
Brattleboro, Jan. Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
MRS. MAY WARD DEAD.
Author, Woman's Club Leader and Lee.
urer Victim of Auto Accident.

BOSTON, Jan. l5-May Alden Ward.
%, author, women's club leader and lee
turer was instantly killed at Cambridge
last night when the limousine in which
she was riding colhded with trolly car.
The impact turned the big automobile on
It's side and Mrs. Ward was thrown
through window, the glass almost de-
capitating her William A. Thompson,
the chauffeur, was not seriously hurt
Mrs. Ward was direct descendant of
John Alden and Priscilla Mulens of the
old Plymouth colony days She was born
IN OHIO. For several years she was
president Of the Massachusetts state fed
GRAFTON of women's clubs, for two year.
she was vice president of the general fed.
Grafton Of women's clubs and had served
as president OF the New England WON
ans club and commissioner of Massa
chusetts to the St Louis and Portland
eNpositions. For some time she was edi
tor of the Federation Bulletin. the ma
tional official publication of the genera
federation Of womens clubs. She is sur
vived by husband and daughter
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
FIXING PRICES.
interpreting Committee Announces Fig.
ures for Potatoes. Sugar and Flour

BURLINGTON, Jan. 15.-The first
meeting, of the grocer's committee or
gained under the direction of the fed
erai food administrator of Vermont for
the purpose of interpreting prices of
certain commodities, both wholesale and
retail, and giving out the same for pub
llcatlon, was held at the Merchants as
soclatlon rooms Saturday, when prices
OF potatoes, sugar and -four were in
terpreted as follows:
Potatoes, wholesalers price for No.
|, sl25 to s1.35 per bushels; retail price,
70 to 40 cents per peck.
Granulated sugar, wholesalers price,
$50 to 1920 per hundred pounds, ac-
eordlng to package; retail price, 10 to
cents per pound.
Bread flour, wholesalers price, $l1.50
70 81 per barrel; retailers price, $l.70
to $3.50 per once eighth barrel sack.
The committee is required to meet
daily for revision or Interpretation OF
prices of such products as the food ad
Illustrator may direct.
The wholesale prices. of flour and
sugar are practically fixed by the gov
eminent by putting a basic price on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
FRANCIS WARNS RUSSIANS.
Beware of German Trickery-Revolu-
tion Is Threatened, Says U. S. Envoy.

PETROGRAD, Jan. Is (By The AS
ISOLATED Press David r. Francis, the
American ambassador, in greeting the
Russian people on the occasion of the
Russian New Year, which was yester-
day (Jan. l4), has issued statement
to the Russian press, in which he says:
The best greeting l can give the
Russian people from the American peo-
pie is President Wilson's message to
congress on Jan. S (Dec. % old styIe)
which has been given in full to the
Russian press.
He says that the message expresses
clearly the friendship of America fo1
Russia, adding:
The Russian people, however, can.
not be too often reminded or too deep
ly impressed by the fact that theil
hard earned freedom is ieorardized bl
negotiations for separate peace. Of
that II Germany dominates Russia thei,
highly priced liberty and fruits of the
revolution will be sacrificed >
Ambassador Francis calls attention
to President Wilson s message to tho
American senate in January, 1917, say
ing that the peace outlined IS "tbt
! same peace Russia championed aftei
the revolution i'll March, the same kline
| OF peace that the Bolshevik govern
ment of Russia and the wearied bu-
gallant soldiers of this afflicted coun
try feel is now jeopardized by German
trickery.'
| The full text of President Wilson :.
address TO congress, which reached
Petrograd only Friday, already ha,
been teleSraphed by Premier Lenine t,
Foreign Minister Trotzky and othe
members of the Russian delegation a
| Brest-Litovsk.