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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
Shoes That VIII Lat Twenty-Five
Years Made of Grass.

Soon we may be buying shoes with
a 6,090-mile guarantee if the lessons
of the war should tempt some manu-
facturer to introduce Esparto grass
shoes in America.
These are made principally in Spain
and Portugal, and to some extent in
the mountain districts of France. A
single pair often will last twenty-five
years, it is said, and pair of Espacto
shoes only ten years old may be said
to have been just .''broken in"
This grass is of d peculiar tough
ness. is practically wear-proof, and
makes very comfortable shoe.
The Spanish peasants fashion the
fiber into shoe that resembles a
moccasin, sometimes dyed in lively
tints. The sole is loosely woven, and
in the course of years sand and gcav-
ell adhere to the sole. making it rs
hard as leather.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
RED CROSS DONATIONS.
Many Fine Sums Sent IN During the
Past Week.


Mrs. Amanda Fretheim, Chain
money ..........."..,. Sl.0V
Commission for Burr Oak Chautau-
qua, money sent by Miss Jennie
Sanaker ................ $500
Mrs. r. Wicks. .......... :. $500
Mrs. NJ. Price, chain money $1.00
Fred Koenig ...............$ l.OO
Winfield Baker, donation. ;. $500
Myrtle Luren and Mabel Musser,
chain money .$2.26
Canoe Ridge Young Peoples Society.
Ice cream social, by Blanche
Mussci'. ..~............ $500
Blanche Musser, chain money. .$1.0o
Hattie Musser, chain money. $1.25
Fourth of July Celebration at Frank
Vile, money sent to j. A.
Nelson ............. S26.S4
Mrs. Albert Hagen, chain money -.
........ ......... $1.oO
Mrs. H. G. Landmeyer, chain
Proceeds of ice cream social by
Garry On" unit, Bess A. Beard,
Captain ............ $4,000
G. G. Tillinghast, donation e. $500
Miss Eileen Malloy, Sec, and Treas.
Castalia- branch sent the following
Card Party given by Castalia Red
n
Cross ladies .....,. .1O1.OO
Entertainment given by school
children ....... $3.50
Fred Kneeskern dance. $1G9.52
J. DeCou dance. S1O3.S9
Fred Kneeskern dance. =. .$44.S5
The Castalia orchestra donated
thei. services for both of these
dances
Mrs. Kittle Ellingson, chain money
Program and ice cream social given
by Frankville and Glenwood
young people at the home OF
Andrew Anderson, Miss Katinka
Ruen deserves great credit for
getting this up. 49,. $3.50
Canoe Valley Equity Local, BY N. 0.
Bue, Secretary. ..,.....$ l5.0e
Red Cross entertainment at home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Lee. $500
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
Splinter of Rome in Brain.

Logan. Ia, July 29.-Harley Hunt,
well known young farmer living four
miles east of Logan, who was kicked
in the face by horse, crushing the
nose and fracturing the frontal bone
and who was taken to st. Joseph
hospital at Omaha, is reported bet
ter, but in a serious condition.
Splinters Of the frontal bone were
removed from the brain in an opera
tion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
To the Winneshiek County Chapter
of the American Red Cross.


Thanks to the liberal support ac-
corded our work, our Chapter is in
no immediate need of money.
What we have on hand will be
enough to carry us along until we
get returns from the Pig Club, AID
they who have monthly subscriptions
will Of course continue to pay
Otherwise it would seem desirable
to refrain from soliciting money
from the public for some time to
come.
Therefore entertainments at which
an admission charge is made for the
benefit of the Red Cross and all
other ways of producing revenue
should be held in, allegiance. The
work will of course be continued
with undiminishing vigor, and when
we need more money l know we
shall not ask for it in vain.
PAUL KOREN,
Chairman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
Pronounced Pawh-Ioo.

Poilu is an ordinary Frenchman
and is pronounced pawh-loo, with the
first syllable accented. Boche is the
French nickname for a German and
is pronounced bosh, with long o.
Foch is pronounced Fosh, rhyming
with gosh, by gosh.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31

Try them they are fine-Ice
Cream Sandwiches at Otto Ander-
sons 24-tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-07-31
MORE PIGS FOR
The RED CROSS
And her Big List of Contributions
This week Swell the List to Big
Proportions
CLUB HAS BEEN
HEARD OF IN NEW YORK
Has Put Winneshiek on the Map i'm
Big Letters. Results Will Be
Wonderful

There seems no end to the donors
of pig to the Winneshiek County
Red Cross Pig Club. The list has
been swelled to big proportions this
week by many more of the good
patriots throughout the county. They
are talking about the club in New
York now. Well it is good news and
travels far. The trainload will be
well worth seeing when it pulls out
for the Chicago markets next Deem
Der. Following are the past weeks
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Green en'sLawyer
hFraud Case
Lee NJ, Gray Held to Answer
Indictment Charging Using
Mails 10 Defraud,

Lee NJ. Gray, attorney, Of Hennessey,
vas arrested last night by deputy
United States marshal on an indict-
ment issued by the federal grand Jury
in session al Guthrie last week ehsrg-
lns him with using the mails TO de-
fraud. He was taken before United
States Commissioner Ernest 6. Cham
bers and released for appearance in
,ourt here under a bond ofSs0O0.
Grayis charged with the same vio-
Iations of the federal law for which
Ellsworth ]. Green and his son +. II.
Green are held for trial. II is alleged
that he conspired with the Greens in pro
noting five oil stock Ceiling companies
controlled by the Great Western Guar
aniee Investment company that offered
md sold stock under . guarantee tina:
Iubseribers would double their money
oy . certain date. The contracts given
an subscribers. il is said, contained
the resale clause" which cau,ed The
indictments Of the Greena
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Sharks Attack Fiers Forced
To Land on Water; Monsters
Bite at Seaplane's Wing.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The
crew and passengers OF a steamer
which arrived here today saw two
seaplanes in the sky yesterday ai
ternoon. Everybody~was on deck
20 watch their maneuyers. Sud
denly one Of the planes dipped out
of the sky and landed on the crest
Of . wave and was tossed about
from one biilow to another
The captain ordered all speed
ahead in their direction Meanwhile
the pilot and observer had donned
their life preservefs, the engine had
gone dead on them and they were
helpless
Then from out OF the angry water
appeared the snout OF a shark An
other and another followed and the
sea seemed full Of them. The sea
wolves hungered for their prey. for
they turned on their backs and bit
at the pontoons as II they knew the
weak SPOTS which separated them
from their meat Their white bel
lies thrilled the fliers. The men
we're horror stricken, realizing that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Americans Begin
New TURNING Move
AssocIated PTess WaT ReYieW

American and French troops tavu
begun turning movement that Il
successful, will compel German re-
tlrement over wide sector OF Fere-
en- arndenois at the center OF the
SossonS Rheims salient.
They have attacked over a front u
over three miles on each side OF the
village OF Nesles apex OF the allied
wedge north OF the Ourcq Their
greatest advance was toward the east,
where Americans pushed on some diss
tance from the town OF Sergy and ap-
preached Chamery.
Although the announced purpose Of
the attack was the strengthening ou,
OF the line between Seringes and
Cierges, this is really secondary TO the
outilanking Of the Germans 20 ths
southwark The enemy is holding very
strong positions at Roncheres and 81!
Gemme. where his line is still less than
five miles from the Marne. and a con.
tlnued advance between Nesles and
Cierges would force him to fall back
to escape being cut off from the resry
This seems TO he the only sector
where the allies are attacking with
their infantry. Heavy artillery fire 10
reported along The mast Of the Inns
between scissors and Rheims
The Geruans attacked the allied
lines on the heights Of Bligny. souih-
west OF Rheims, Tuesday night but
were repuised.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
1,700,0OO-BALE
LOSS INDICATED
IN COTTON CROP
Western Drouth Causes Set
back Condition Here IS,

WASHINGTON, Aug. Loss of
l,7OoDO bales in the prospective cot
ton crop due principally to drouthy
conditions in the western part OF the
cotton belt, especially in Texas, was
shown today W the department Of agri-
cultures August production forecast
placing the estimated crop at 100000
equivalent SO0-pound bales, compared
with l5,23S,0OO bales forecast in July.
The condition was 736 percent.
The condition by states follows:
Virginia rs, North Carolina 81, South
Carolina 80, Georgia II, Florida 20,
Alabama 7S, Mississippi 81 Louisiana
os, Texas 6l, Arkansas ", Tennessee
10, Missouri 90, Oklahoma IS, Cali
fornia oS, Arizona o5.
The crop last year amounted to H.
3OO,2S4 bales, The condition Of the crop
on July rs last year was 1913 percent
OF normal
The area planted TO cotton this year
IS the second largest on record-T,- .
0730O acres.
The crop in Louisiana also suffered
greatly from drouth, the condition
showing a decline of twenty-five points
in the month while in Texas the de-
cline was twenty-three points. In Ok
lahoma there was a decline OF fifteen
points and in Arkansas fourteen points.
The average decline from June rs to
July rs in these states is from one to
three points.
For the entire cotton belt the decline
in the condition Of the crop was l2.2
percent, compared with an average de-
cline OF 28 percent
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Mackensen Won't
Release Troops
From Runnania

PARIS, Aug. lin well-informed
Rumanian circles in Paris, II is said
the German high command has asked
The commander of the German troops
stationed in Rumania and in the Rus
sian districts, how many divisions can
be released to be sent to the western
front.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen, the
German commander in Rumania, ac-
cording to dispatch to the Hayas
agency from Berne, replied that Il
would be unsafe to remove any troops,
owing to the excited condition Of the
Rumanian population,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01

the wreck OF the pontoons would
throw them in the water where
their life preservers would form
little protection from the ravenous
Jaws
They succeeded in getting loose
two uprights from their plane and
with them walloped every snout
that prolruded from the water and
kept The sharks away from the pom
toons. They beat the waves Justify
and yelled at the attacking mon
sters. Thus they saved the pom
toons until the steamer hove to
nearby and guided their craft to
the companion ladder.
A boat was lowered from the
steamer apd the sailors beat the
sharks with their oars. the school
hanging on to the hydroplane
Finally both pilot and observer
we're hauled up the companionway
out of the rough sea, and with the
aid of those in the boat the ma
chine was also lifted to the deck.
1t was in a badly damaged condi-
tion but not beyond repair.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
B BULLETINS S

WASHINGTON, Aug. I,--Plans
of the war department for an en-
larged military program, including
extension of the draft age limits
In both directions have been virtu-
ally completed, Secretary Baker
announced today. He anticipates
that the war department bill will
be introduced in congress next
week, enabling the military com
mittees to begin consideration
without delay.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug, l.
Train No. n, west bound, ~ the
Pennsylvania for St. Louis. left the
track in the east yards here early
this afternoon and one coach was
badly smashed All OF the train
left the track. Three coaches
turned over Ambulances are
bringing the iniuted to the Terfe
Haute hospitals.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
HUNS Nave ONE
MACHINE GUN TO
every FIVE YARDS

Copyright, 1918. by the New York
Times, the Chicago Tribune and the
Oklahoma City Times.)
WITH THE AMERICAN AR
MY, Aug l,-Germans have done
such effective work with machine
guns recently that il may be inter
esting to know how many they use.
4 German division of 1900 men
has 400 machine guns. The average
width of the sector held by one
division is about two klomeiers.
This means an allotment OF one ma
chine gun TO every five yards OF
front As rule about one-third
are IN operation at the same time.
so this means one machine gun ey-
cry fifteen yeards in the actual
fighting.
At many points the Americans
ran against more machine guns
than that. This represents the most
intensive machine gun work
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Sheriff Raids
Illicit Still
MearArcadia
Six Negroes Arrested and Big
Quantity of Corn Whisky
Not Yet Ripe, Is Found,

Corn whisky in wholesale guam
titles. machinery for di>tilling It
and six negroes were taken early
this morning n iaid bi G. :.
Johnson, sheriff Homer Adrean,
Claud NJ. Tyler and Ben B. Moore,
on creek six miles east of Ar
cadia in the extreme northeast part
OF the county.
A large quantity OF corn whisky.
not vet ready for use, was found
and officers believe the negroes had
been making the whisky several
months and supplying il TO okla
homa City bootleggers. Rumors
have been persistent Tor mc-c than
year that local whisky peddlers
were getting their supply nearer
home than the wholeSale whisky
certers OF Kansas City. st Louis
and Joplin and many investigations
on tips" have been made. vet this
is the first catch OF any consc-
Quence where evidence was found
that whisky was being made ~
Oklahoma county
Johnson and one of his deputies
brought the six negroes TO town
early this morning end other depu-
ties stayed on the scene to ,nakc a
further search Of the premises after
daylight The amount of whisky
found could not be learned as il
was not brought to the city with the
negroes.
Charles b. Selby county attorney,
is investigating the case AID will
file charges against the negroes this
afternoon. They gave their names
asGus Stephens, I'm Stephens, Am
brose Lambert, Harry Lambert,
Robert GRAY and Clarence Hall
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01

Miss Sammie Fitzgerald, who lives
at $40 West Ninth stfect IS the frs.
woman OF the fiity-fiye needed to reg
ister here for training IN the student
nurse reserve. Miss Fitzgerald has
lust returned from New York City.
where she helped in the Red Gross
drive
Her brother, R. C. Fitzgerald, is with
machine gun battalion Of the 10th
division and is now in France. lie is
considered the best gunner in the bat
talon
Miss Fitzgerald was in Canada last
year. The sights she saw there made
her more than anxious TO do what she
could 10 help When she found that
soldiers sisters may now be trained as
army nurses she lost no time in regis
tering Miss Fitzgerald prefers to be
trained as an army nurse but she reg
istered in the preferred class and has
placed herself entirely at Uncle Sam.
disposal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Navy Recruits 486
In State in July

Navy reserves recruited in Oklahoma
for the month of July totaled +05 enrol
ments while eighty-three boys enlisted
in the regulars and were sent on to
their destination Immediately.
Owing to the erowding of training
camps which had received their full
quota in June many navy reservisti
were sent home in July to await orders.
During the past ten days due to the
opening Of few stations and the move
ment OF class graduates. there has been
room for forty-eight reservists daily.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
UTILITIES BOARD
RESUMES FREIGHT
RATE HEARINGS
Operating Costs in Nearby
States Are Compared,
MUCH EVIDENCE IS HEARD
Announcement Of New Rates
Not Expected for Weeks,

ResumIng the hearing preparatory to
the adjustment OF Iutrd-state freight
rates, the Oklahoma corporation com
mission this morning heard evidence
on the comparative costs OF operating
railroads since January 1918, in sew
eral nearby states in determining the
schedules on different commodities
which will be attempted to be put in
force in this state.
Comparison on the costs of operat-
ing per mile and the commodity rates
OF Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and
Nebraska, where conditions were said
to be similar to Oklahoma, were given
IN tables OF figures 20 be no higher
than in Oklahoma The figures OBJ
tanned by rate experts, IT was explained,
were from various railroads and the
units of 100 and 1000 miles were used.
The hearing will be continued this
afternoon
New rates on the evidence taken here
are not expected TO be announced for
several weeks and then it Is not ex-
pected that the railroad administration
will recognize the schedules. Attorneys
for the railroads. it was explained,
would seek restraining order in the
federal court preventing the commits
sion from enforcing the rates, for the
reason that the roads are under the
jurisdiction of the railroad administra-
tion and the administration has indi.
Gated that it docs not recognize the ju
risdiction OF the commission.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
EXCISE BOARD
TAKES Up NEED
OF HEALTH FUND
Present Plan Of Caring for III
Inadequate, Says Kuhn,
NEW HOSPITAL is NEEDED
Action on City Budget Is Post
poned Until Tomorrow,

"The present plan OF caring for the
city's sick is inadequate" said DR.. ]. +
Kuhn, acting county physician, in a
meeting of the excise board at the Of
flee Of the county clerk today 10 con
slider the budget for city departments
No definite action was taken on the
budget and the board adjourned after
a lengthy session until tomorrow morn
ing.
Ill Have Increased.
THE great increase In the number
OF inhabitants IN Oklahoma City has
without doubt greatly increased the
lumber Of chroncally III patients for
whom we must care" DR.. Kuhn ex-
planned IN commenting on the health
department. budget which Commissioner
Mark kesler seek, to have increased.
The Provident association has been
aiding to its full capacity; the city
health department has done all II can,
considering equipment, but the trouble
lies in the fact that facilities and funds
are inadequate" said DR.. Kuhn
There is but one possible remedy /;
provide a place for the chronicaly i'll
anu dnOlnCI lOI toHNdltANCW pdtCillN,
OF one place suitable for both The
University hospital, leased from the city
at present, is caring for the city's pa
tients TO its full capacity at the low
cost of $40 per person. Here only the
acutely III should be housed
New Hospital Needed.
"A place must be provided for the
people in the chronic class This
might be q pavilion hospital a one
story frame structure, cheaply built,
u nsed be. Then give US all the funds
posaIbia for the immediate care Of
hese needy, and lastly, provide a way,
~ legislation " necessary, 10 furnish
ufficient funds for maintenance
A committee from the civil council,
omposed OF ID. L. Patkhurst. Harlan
Deupree and c. II. Converse. and
ommittee representing the health sur
tcontinued on Page 2. Column ~
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hardest struggle of the war, they vii
be victorious.
e- Yanks, Don't FIishien Us
The emperor continued
American armies and numerical
superiority do not frighten US. 1t
is spirit which brings the decision
Prussian and German history
teaches that, as well as the course
which the campaign has hitherto
taken.
"ln true comradeship with my
army stands my navy. In unshake
able wilto win, the victory in the
struggle with opponents who are
often superior and, despite the unit
ed efforts OF the greatest naval
powers of the world, my submarines
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
W00DMEN WILL LAY
CORNERSTONE OF LIBERTY
KITCHEN AT Ell RENO

Oklahoma Camp No. 4, w. o, w, is
to offieiate at the. laying OF the cor
nerstone of the Liberty kitchen al Fl
Reno this evening at 8 o'clock During
the service Judge John Hayson will
officiate as consul commander Of the
degree team: Charles Hubyoka as past
consul eommnder; George L. Eckhard.
advisor; T. S. Harper. banker. and
Wilbur Dare. escort. Plans are being
laid to take. the drill team Of sixteen
men. Capt w n. Burton in charge
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
KAISER TO BREAK
WITH UKRANIANS
OVER BOMB PLOT
Berlin ContempIateS With
drawaI of Ambassador

LONDON, Aug. l--Germany is con-
templating the recall OF Ambassador
von Mumm from the Ukraine and the
sanding Of passports to the ambassador
" the Ukraine in Berlin, pending the
clearing up Of the situation in Kiev
according TO an Exchange Telegraph
Dispatch from Amsterdam under Wed
sesday's date.
Foreign Secretary Won Hintze, the
message adds, had long interview with
NJ ambassador from the Ukraine We'd
sesday and then received the Austrian
ambassador. With the latter the pos
sibility OF sending military reinforce
,ents to the Ukraine was discussed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Yanks Don't Worry Kaiser,
So He Says in Royal SPIEL;
Besides, U-Boats Stop 'Em

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1.-The coming
Of American armies TO France and
numerical superiority on the part oi
The allies do not friehten Germany, de.
clares Emperor William in a proclsma-
ton TO the German army and navy.
Vital forces which are streaming
across the sea TO the enemy" he said,
are being attacked by German subma-
rines which are certain OF success"
"See What I've Done
The emperor in his proclamation,
which is dated August /, alluded TO the
success which the German forces have
won, the bringing Of peace to the east
ern front and the heavy blows dealt the
allies during the present summer. lie
assured the army and navy, that. al
though they are in the midst of the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Wife OF Soldier
Weeps to Death
~ When He Leaves

CHICAGO. Aug. Heart fail
ure, superinduced by violent grief
is given as the cause of the death
Of Mrs Mary Anderson, il was an
nounced today. She had sobbed CON
tinuously for nearly sixteen hours
following the departure of her hus-
band to join his army unit They
were married in Nav.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Cotton Jumps Up
On Buying Wave

NEW YORK, Aug Ia wave OF
buying took place in the cotton mar
ket today within a few minutes after
publication OF the government report
making the condition 73.6 percent OF a
normal Near positions rose eighty
points, or "a a bale, from the low quo
tations Of the earlier trading. The
r-o-ket remained steady after the ad
vance,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Huns Try New Gas.

The Germans Wednesday used a new
81, having wnTc lldm- and sr,ot"
Ihc allies urtIllr a., r,;.,1 their
!CNy aruG ", rhei- ayiai1r, and pa
trols having reported .Iile after mile Of
barbed wire standin2 eIong the German
lines. The heavy suns soon fund The
range OF the entanglements. Some
enemy infantry had dug IN behind the
wtres. but the llusS were To-. Ike r9Gst
part manned b. machine e,incrs.
Artillery Is Active.
The German arIiller" -ep,y consisted
chiefly of Shells from the IL and i15s.
The machine guns with the heavier
pieces were active in an effort to pre-
vent an allied advance.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Huns Beaten Off
South of Rheims

PARIS. Aug. l.--TM Germans this
morning attacked the French positions
in the region cf BIigny. sou,hwe,f Of
Rheims The attack was repuised,
avs the official statement today from,
the war office.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-01
Fair Tonight, Is
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoaEcAsr-rar weather to.
night and Friday.
STATE FoAEcAsr-Tonlpnt and Fri.
day fair weather.