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been permitted to grow up in tho midst
of America. There Ia too much talking
of foreign language on our streets, 70
much reading Of forcign-lnnglagc pub
locations.
Ample means exist for newcomers
from foreign lands 10 learn tho language
Of their adopted country. Parents with
children in The public schools may find
the task cnsest; but any contact with
Americans, in tho shop or homo or on the
street, should be sufficient to- start ono on
the way toward reasonable proficiency
with English Industrial plants have
taken tho matter up ia earnest. The
schools are putting their resources more
and more ut the service Of adults who owe
il OF themselves, their children and their
new home land TO fnmlliari1e themselves
with its tongue. cleveland Plain Deal
az
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JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
TIED DOWN.

They tie YOU down" woman said
Whose cheeks should have been flaming
red
With shame 10 speak of chill 80
when bnhies come Won cannot z,
In search OF pleasure with your friends
And allyour happy wandering ends
The things you like you cannnot do
For babies make a slave OF you.
| looked at her and said "TIs true
That children make 3 slave OF YOU,
And tie YOU down with many knot,
But have you never Thought 10 Whss
II in Of happiness and pride
Tha, Ii tie hntIes have YOU tied
Do Won not rnias the greater Joys
That come with little girls aud boys
They tie Won down 10 laughter rare
To hours Of smiles and hours OF care.
To nights vt watching and tof tears,
Sometimes they tic Won down tntears
And then repay YOU with smile
Md make your trouble oil worth while.
They tie Won fast to chubby feet
And cheeks Of pink and kisse. sweet
"They fastcn YOU with cords OF love
To God divine who reigns above
They lie Won whereso Ct YOU roam
INTO The little place called home,
And over sea or railroad track
They rug ~ YOU 70 bring YOU BACK,
The happiest people N The town
Arc these tho hahlos have tied down.
ooh 20 your selfish way and Tree
hut hampered would rather he,
Yes rather than a kInglv crown
| would he. what you term. tied down,
Tod down q dancing eyes and charms.
Held fast by chubby, q IMPLIED arms,
The fcttrrd slave Of girl and boy,
And win from them earth finest Joy.
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TALK UNITED STATES" "

traveller in Andora relates the diff
ficulty he had persuading a motherly
inquisitor that he really came from the
United States. But, she protested, do
they talk English in North America
0nhappily' not all n North Ame T,
nor all In the United States, speak Eng
lish. The mores the pity. Develop
ments brought about by the war point
an unerring moral that every man or
woman in the United States who does not
speak English should be learning it.
Too many European communities have
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A HERO EVERY DAY.
Brave Deeds Of Men in America 8
Fighting Service.

Vengeance comes swiftly 70 him who
defes 4 United States Marine on duty
Sergeant William K Knox. L : Marine
Corps. who was captain in the tiiareth
Nacional Domlncana. Dominican Re-
puhhc was arnhushei By outlaws and muir
derrd while returning from n town where
he had delivered prisoner for tnal lie
was accompanied hy Porto Rlcan, who
escaped and gave the alarm \ detach-
meni Of IL Marines went IN pursuit Of the
outlaws made contact with a band Of
25 of them the next day. killed five, and
the others. many of them wounded,
escaped IN the dense linderbrush. here
were no Marine casualties.
Articles belonging 70 Knox were found
on the dead and wounded barKAts, t1ving
good reason 10 believe that nc least = me
81 the murderers had paid the penal "
The body Of Sergeant Knox Wa buried
with full military honors in Nhe National
Cemetery at Brooklyn y Y. Sergeant
Knox was esteemed highly by the citizen.
where he served. and no animositv toward
him existed except among the evil doors
against whom he was active IN his police
capacity. He first enlisted in the Marine
Corps on April "a 1908, ut New York
CITY. and was on his third cruise wher
killed on duty His sister, Mrs. h )
MacNab. lives at 426i st. Cathos4n
street West. Montreal, Canada.
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be added at a moment notice. and others
nf an even more radical nature will have
70 Re added before long il the experience
of Europe is n be repeated in this coun-
trv. Ia England there Is a college which
i training women 70 be farm hailIffs.
another Is training forewomen N forestry
while one college has recently advertised
se~ 0aAs lnducement course IN black
EmithIng.
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BUILDING SHIPS.
A. Nj. Main Meeting With success i
Jacksonville Venture.

a " Main crmcr,y 81 WlmngfuH
now vice-presideny and genera. manae
of the Merrill-ste vens Shpbuldlng Cor
poration al Jacksonville Fla. IS having
remarkable succcss with mat venture
A large and well equipped plant chiefly
for the construction d composite san
for the Emergency Fleet Corporation
has been built since May -, 1917, aga
on last Memoria. Day May 30, the mrs.
Of So OF these ships was launched. = :
proposed O launch one a month.
Miss Ellen Avery Main, Mr. MAJ,
daughter, was sponsor Tor the ne" ooai
which was ehrlstened the Red Cloud
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The bombardment Of Lewes by British

iIt JUIAItJeiI tIIA4NIAV u - = = IT -11
warships in 1913, because the people
would not sell cattle and provender to
the invaders, Is said 10 have resulted
in very little destruction Of property,
and only a single casualty, that Of the
killing Of cow Tradition and honor
able history, therefore, should sustain
the courage Of the people Of Lewcs today,
in the threat happily very remote at
this time-of a bombardment Of their
town by German submarine.
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We have some torpedo-boat destroyers
and submarine chasers on this side Of the
Atlantic, as the German invaders Will soon
find out to their discontinue and
destruction There Is no occasion to feel
any alarm
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RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
BIG TALK.

The foe is always spelling IN loud,
majestic to mes, and hopes he Is con-
pealing the marrow in our bones IN
language high-famtin he twists the
truth askew; the Austrian is tooln',
the Teuton tootin too. Old Hin
denburg was boastlng, in his fat
Teuton way, through Paris, he'd be
coasting upon a certain day The
certain day was CHEEKY, though
rather cool and wet. but linden
burg was leary! he hash got there
vet Big things they re ALWAYS plan
ming, the Prusslans in command, and
we take pleasure canning the mighty
things they've planned. It's always
been a habit OF chesty Kaiser Bill,
to think the foe a rabbit, whom
sounding words would kill. Your
! Uncle Sam had better he said
to Brer Gerard, lie low, or donner-
wetterl I'll jolt him pretty hardf'
Forever, always bmfiing! Twill be
the Teuton way, until we knock
the stuffing from him, and exc the
whey. Big words and scowls
tremendous NAV scare sheep,
mayhaD, but they will only lend
us amusement while we scrap.
I'm feeling pretty sllttish, = said
Bill, so dead game sports, let 5
clean up all the British, and take
the channel ports To Dragging
he is given, he'll brag the long
months through, he II brag until
we've riven the tootin' Teut in two.
.
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Meanwhile let US continue to save all
the wheat that may be possible and send
it abroad 1t viii help our fighters
across the ocean And, depend upon it,
We will be able to send it abroad, not
withstanding the presence Of German
I'-boats along the Atlantic coast. They
VII not stay there very long.
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Now is the time for the Fuel Admins
tration - speed up coal production and
distribution. We viii need coal for
war operations and also for home use
next winter.
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KENNARD q co.

Notc-In order TO cooperate in oil wartime econo-
noies and harnnonizng with arrangements made IN
other cites will from this date, have delivery
dsv We ask the cooperation Of our patrons in this
cb,nu. TO the extent of accommodating Themselves
to this ne arrangement
New Merchandise
From day to day stocks ore freshened by new
additions to what are already large assortrnents.
Many new styles Of printed Voiies
Full range of qualities in white Voiles-
Novelty white Voiles and Bststs.
White Shirtings.
Summer Silks
White Hosiery.
Silk Gloves.
Summer Skirts, Waists and Dresses
62I-623 Market Street
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Emplover-" YOU understand the
duties OF an Office boy2' Applicant
yes. sir. You wake up the bookkeeper
when YOU hear the boss coming. Mile
stones.
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''Thev tie YOU down" a woman said
Whose cheeks should have been fleming
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
CITYP Q. PREPARES'CAPT. JOHN PITNEY
FOR HOLIDAY RUSH WOUNDED IN ACTION

Anticipating an overwhelming rush
of mail to and from Washington dur
ing the Christmas period. the city
postoffice is planning to practically
double It's working force for the holt
days. 80. .er. l.. a.,,
Conditions in the postonice have
become so serious, 1t is said, that it
is necessary for all employees to work
at top speed. to efficiently handle the
normal mail traffic go a."
Officials OF the postoffice pn.ut out
the volume of traffic row going
through the local department as in
dicative OF the. increased strait on
the working facilities of the en-
ployes. On Monday, October p.
.o35, SO articles OF mail were can
celed. This is more than double the
amount handled in two OF the busiest
days last Christmas, when conditions,
too, were abnormal The daily aver
age of cancellations for the week
ended October 20 was 721,S41. The
daily average OF cancellations for the
week ended December %, 1917, was
5o2. 900.
In view of war conditions and the
huge volume of mail going through
the local postofice Washington resi-
dents. are urged to do their Christ
mas mailing" early.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31

Capt. John Pitney has been wound
ed In France, according to information
which reached his father, Associate
Justice Mahlon Pitney. of the United
States Supreme Court, today. Captain
Pitney was hit by q fragment of shrap-
mel, butt his wound IL reported TO be
: slight. 49, 49, 'E7
/ Lieut.. Malcolm C. Vanderwater, q
former Washington newspaper man,
and a member of the Royal Flying
Corps. was killed in France October
20, according to n dispatch received
here. Lieutenant Vanderwater was
refused enlistment In the American
aviation corps on account of a slight
physical defect.
Thomas Sheppard. a Washington boy
now fighting in France. received his
commission as a lieutenant on Sep
TENDER II. Word of the promotion
has just been received by the father,
Thomas Sheppard. ST.
Grover n. Moore GasSed.
Gassed but anxious to return TO the
battle front is the experience of Capt.
Grover E. Moore, of 80 z street
northeast, whose wife has just re-
ceived notice that he is in a hos
pital in France.
Herbert L. Buell.. clerk in the office
OF the chief of engineers. L. s. A.. has
received the appointment of major of
engineers in the army. Major Buell.,
who resides at 1923 r street north
west. is a civil engineer by profession.
Winthrop Lockwood. Of 2212 Massa-
chusetts avenue, who enlisted in the
District Of Columbia ambulance unit,
lisa prisoner and is serving as a
nurse in a German hospital. Lock-
wood first was reported missing in
action, but his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas W. Lockwood. have Just re-
ceived three postal cards telling Of
this capture.
]. Eugene Gallery. Of IL Seaton|
place northeast, a student soldier at
Georgetown University. has been ap-
pointed top sergeant of Company &.
Capt. GIasScock Dies.
Capt. Alfred Glasscock. a former
physician at the st. Elizabeth Hos
pital, died in France Of pneumonia on
October 10. Mrs. o. Moore, of 1O1lI
II street northwest, a sister, has been
notified.
George TwaddIe. acting pay clerk,
u. S. N. died at a naval base some
where abroad on Oct. 2, according to
word received by his wife. at her resi-
dence, All o street southwest
Albert K. Paris has Just received
word that his sons, Lieut.. Worden
whitman Paris. and Capt Morris Ad-
Olson Paris, both Georgetown boys,
have Just met at st. Nazaire, France
How he lay in q she'll hole for two
nights with three pieces OF Ehrapnel
In the right leg and another piece in
his left lunE. Is told by SerEt. Charles
X. Lettow 70 his wife and child. OIL
1882 Third street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
POLICE CHIEF DEAD

BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct. 31.-MarshaI
John c. COckey, head OF the Baltimore
county police department and his wife.
Mrs. Florence Lydia Cockey, are dead
today at their home, Pleasant Hill,
baltimore county. victims Of Spanish
Influenza. which developed into pneu-
monia. Marshal CociSey before enter
ing tho police department was promi-
nsnt in military circles, having been
commander Of Troop A. Maryland cav
airy.
The condition OF United States Sena-
tor John Walter Smith Of Maryland
Ill at the homo OF his daughter in this
city, suffering from an attack OF in
fluenzR. WAS reported today to be
much improved,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
.18FOE FLYERS FAIL
TO GET z YANKS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF vERDUN, Oct. 81.
Two American aviation lieutenants
were attacked by eighteen German
machines Wednesday morning. and
IN the fighting which followed ons
OF the boche planes was shot down.
The American hacked their way
through the enemy squadron and
escaped. Eighteen other German
airplanes were shot down Tuesday.
The Americans have captured the
nrst enemy armored battle plane.
The pilot was protected in a bowl
of steel, bearing dents of machine
gun bullets fired in several encount-
ers. None had pierced the steel.
The fine weather has resulted in
a burst OF more air activity, but the
Yankees are showing superior skill
and fighting qualities.
The Germans are flooding the
front on the Argonne-Meuse sector
with circus Squsdrons. The German
planes are gaudily painted with tiger
stripes and smears of red and cold.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
An Invitation to Our
Birthday Party

When has birthday, his friends give him
presents-and "A good time is had by ALL
With a business it is dferent-our Customer-friends
can't do that for us.
So we have made it a custom to celebrate in way
of our own by giving each of Customers present
Our present you this year a choice selection of
Winter Suits and Fall and Winter Overcoats Hats,
Furnishings and Shoes
Because the present this year bigger than
does not necessarily have grown bigger
hearted we have grown a year older.
More likely, it is case of our Birthday offering
being trebly welcome this year.
Opportunities like this today And, so far
as clothes are concerned, know it can't happen
twice in season.
In fact. it is all we can do to keep from telling you
what clothes like these stylish smart so well made
of such known al[wool quality in many new rich pat
terns-must when we have to replace them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
APPOINTED NURSING CHIEF.

Miss Julia Stimson, OF Worcester,
Mass, formerly chief nurse of the
American Red Cross in France, has
been appointed chief nurse Of the Amer
lean eXpeditionary forces, Before en-
tering the Red Cross service Miss Slim
son served with American hospital
units attached to the British forces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-31
scHooLBoYs TO MEND SHOES.

CoNSHoHOCKEN, Pa, Oct. 81
James Fleck, the manual training
teacher in the public schools, is about
10 introduce an innovation. He will
teach boys how to mend their own
shoes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
PREVENT FARM FIRES

Prevention CT Cor flaCrations Should
Be Institute Subjects.
Fire prevention on the farm should
Re one of the matters discussed at
farmers Institutes. This is the opin-
ion Of George II. Nettleton, chief as
sistant state fire marshal.
"The farmer just now occupies q
more important place than ever and
his farm is one Of the most imporF-
ant assets Of the government in it's
fight against the Hun.
'It is therefore particularly neces-
sary that the farm boy who is sent
to the agricultural school this year
or the older farmers who are attend
ing farmers institutes should be given
some instruction toward fire proven
tiOn on the farm.
Zone Of the matters that could be
discussed would be the proper de-
sign and arrangement of farm build
ings and the use Of the water system
in checking fires.
Nest farmers have been led to
believe that lightning is the most
dangerous clement to contend with
but recent. reports have shown that
there is more fire loss due to neglect
Of proper precautions against spon-
taneous combustion and carelessness
than from lightning"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
MORALS OF YANKEES
BOOKED AS Splendid
Are In Full Accord With Their
Lands Best Traditions
WORD )ANIELA.POLING
Stories Wholesale Drunkenness
And Vice Are Not True,
He Says

London, March 19-ECorrespond-
ence Of the Associated Press.l -''Ten
weeks spent in the war zone con-
vinces me that the morale and morals
of the American soldier in France
are in full accord with the finest
traditions OF American arms and a
credit to the social and religious
standards of American society, said
DR.. Daniel A. Polling of Boston,
associate president of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, in an
interview with The Associated Press
on his arrival in London on his way
to America.
my INVESTIGATIONS" he said,
carried me into every American
landing port III France; into rest
camps and training camps. and for ten
days l was practically N our front
line, including two rights ana three
days in front line dugout. / was
right with our men all the time
l messed with them, slept with
them and experienced two barrages
with them.
Administration Is Efficient
my whole experience convinced
me that the administration Of our
war activities in France is amazingly
Continued on Page Two)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
LLOYD GEORGE:
makes bold BID
British Premier Asks Home Rule
for Ireland With Conscfip-
ton OF irishnan.

London, April 10.-By couplins
home rule for Ireland with concrip
ton for Irishmen David Lloyd George
the British prime minister has made
the boldest stroke Of his career.
In one Of the most momentous
speeches Of any allied statesman
since the war 5egan, the premie,
Brought forward the war cabinets
new plans to raise future British
armies.
The proposals included in the man
power bill consist OF sweeping changes
in the present regulations under which
every physically fit man between the
ages OF Is and 25 will be drafted with.
out recourse to exemption claims !;
raising Of the military age limit to
so years and in some cases to So.
Sweeping cancellation Of exemptions
nov IN force will Immediately be
resorted to.
Rebellion Threatened.
The proposal for CONSUMPTION OF
Irishmen Immediately brought forth
open threats of rebellion, but despite
the violent opposition OF the Irish
delegations the premier was granted
permission to introduce the man.
power bill by vote of 200 to so.
Mr.. Lloyd Georges cpeech revealed
that the Irish convention had not
reached any agreement and that the
constructive work must be done by
the cabinet, guided somewhat by
Irish opinion as revealed in tie de
bates of the convention.
General Foch Supreme.
The most important statement in
the premier's speech apart from Ire.
land was that General Foch had been
appointed cupreme director OF the
strategy Of the Allied armies on the
Western front, which IS taken to
mean that he has superseded the Yer.
sailles war council
John Dillon and Joseph Devlin, the
Irich leaders were foremost in de.
claring open questions to the prem.
iers plans.
Dillon declared a bill applying con-
scription to Ireland would plunge the
country into bloodshed and would
open a new war front
Protest Is Voiced.
William O'Brien protested against
what he termed the governments "of.
fering a shadow Of a sham home rule
in order to impose upon Ireland a
naked military despotism, which it
dared not impose on Australia"
The premier said he hoped to get
the bill through this week, but was
Interrupted by an Irirh member who
shouted you viii have to get us
out of the House first
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
SWALLOWED THE BILLS
Eben Sailor Sought to Destroy the
Evidence CT His Theft,

Eben Sailor Sought to Destroy the
Evidence CT His THEFT,
Austin, April 10.-When Eben Sail-
or was arrested at Lyle for the tbeIt
Of $3.50 only $40 was found upon
him. This $40 tailed exacly down
to the buffalo rickle with the amount
stolen but the prisoner kept his mouch
shut as to where the $40 and IS bills
were gone. He denied the theft. He
was tried and found guilty. He Went
before Judge Catherwood Saturday
and pleaded guilty. He said he was
registered for the draft and was in
third class He offered to accept first
class and be INDICTED into the army
at Fort Dodge at once. He promised
to pay an allotment to the mother OF
his child and take out any insurance
for the child. General A. w. Wright
was made his guardian to see that
the conditions were complied with.
The prisoner told Deputy Sheriff
Carmichael that whom he was arrest
ed at Lyle he had the SO and the S.
bills in his hand. He put them in his
mouth and chewed and swallowed
them without being. suspected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-12
SLAVERY OF WOMEN
CHARGED TO TEUTON
Deportation Of Girls, Say the
Letters Slipped Through
MADE TO DIG TUNNELS
Put at Work Which Should Be
Done BY Men; TyraniCal
kaiserism

With the French armies, March 10
AIBy Maill.-The latest grip oi
Germany's iron hand on Alsace-
Lorraine is to force the women and
girls who still remain there TO aban-
don their homes and PERFORM maEue
labor in the war zone. The system Of
deportation and virtual slavery is The
same as that inaugurated BY vor
Kissing in Belgium and Northern
France.
According to letters which have
just reached France from the two
stricken provinces many OF these
women and girls are now being
obliged to dig both trenches ana
'funnels.
Despite the rigid surveillance
which the Germans exercise over the
inhabitants OF Alsace-Lorraine, the
latter still find means o. getting
letters into France, usually by way
Ct Switzerland, which gave Vivid
descriptions Of the regime which the
Germans are now imposing there.
One OF these letters from Essy-las
Nancy and which succeeded in get
ting through to Oucy in Switzerland
reads:
Girls Dig Trenches
IN certain villages the young girls
are employed in digging trenches
and tunnels until we are forced to
wonder how these unfortunate ones
can keep up their strength"
Another letter which got through t.
Epinal deals more at length with
the manner in which the Germans
are practically enslaving the girls
and women OF Alsace-Iorraine: This
letter reads: /,
"In Alsace," the boches have inau-
gurated the deportation Of numerous
women and young girls into the
military zone on the French front
Continued on Page TWO