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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-07-19

At Chillicothe he was a student and
clerked in a drug store. He attended
the University OF Missouri at Coluul
bia and was a self-supporting student.
In st. Louis he carried newspapers
while a member of the Senior class OF
Washington University and while al,
tending the Law School OF that insti.
tuition, from which he graduated.
Col. Torrey drafted a bankruptcy
bill which was given his name.
At the outbreak of the Spanish.
American Wal three cavalry regi.
ments, afterwards known as the Rough
Riders, were organized. They were
commanded respectively by Colonel
(now General) Leonard Wood, Colonel
Torrey and Colonel Grigsby, Colonel
Wood was afterwards promoted, and
Lieutenant-C Colonel Theodore Roese.
welt succeeded to his command.
In Wyoming he was a candidate for
the legislature and received every
vote of all parties in his home pre-.
cinct except one. He served success,
fully as speaker.
While a member OF the bar in ST.
Louis he was nominated as one Of the
candidates for the circuit bench, and
In the convention received 80 more
votes than any Of the others. He ran
5000 ahead Of his ticket, but was
counted out. While living there he was
active in fr%aternal and club matters
He left the Missouri State Univer,
sity at Columbia as senior cadet cap
tain. He afterwards commanded q bat
TALON in st. Louis as Northumberland.
His friends expect him to receive
an immense vote Of farmers and 9th.
ers who believe that farmers with le-
gal experience are more needed in the
Senate than city lawyers without ag.
ricultural experience.
A quotation from "Reedy's Mirror"
Of St. Louis Is as follows:
"Of course, l do not approve OF him
Colonel Torrey) because he was a
violent, though l believe q misguided,
opponent Of the single tax proposal in
two different campaigns, but he is, for
all that. a candidate above the Gus.
tomary average In mental and char
acter equipment"
President Mckinley desired a Rough
Rider as his running mate when he
was renominated In 1900. Between
1,400 and $500 newspapers in the
country advocated the nomination of
Col. Torrey. There were many other
candidates, but Col. Roosevelt, who
was then governor of New York, was
so popular that no other name was
presented to the convention.
Col. Torrey, and his people before
him, have always been 100 per cert
Americans. He has had the expert.
ence Of patriotic fervor in the line of
soldierly duty. He has been wounded
while in uniform, and can sympathize
with every soldier who has a like mis-,
fortune.
Help to win The war, is his oncep
ton Of the present duty of every man
and woman in the country. Colonel
Torrey will be a win the war.now sen,
ator; not only because our cause Is
Just, but to prevent an invasion Of this
country by the worst enemy ever
known to civilization. He will urge
the sending of every soldier nece.$
sary. but not the sacrificing needIessly N
OF a single life. He will advocate the
spending of every dollar necessary, but
not the loss of a single dollar in graft.
In short. he is an able, aggressive
who will represent this state In
the great council to give freedom-free.
dom of conscience and a%ction--to the
world.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-07-19
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-07-19

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. piel Cob mad Rpm, oaB biefes
Dtetall in ieinem preisosrbGttnis 9es
zen SLIDER beoeutenb auriidaina.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
BROUGH SPEAKS BEFORE
UNION LEAGUE CLUB
PROMISES THAT THE PEOPLE or
THE SOUTH WILL % THEIR
PART IN THE WAR.

Chicago. Feb. 22-The people Of the
south will never give in and will do
their share IN This war until German
autocracy is downed forever, Cover
nor Charles u Brough. of Arkansas
deolared~he teaay in speech be-
fore the Union League club.
"The south today stands confident
realizing its shortcomings and cap
abilities. realizing its possible mastery
of both" he continued. Though VIC
still lionhe our heroes OF other days
we are willing to fight to the last
ditch in this war. More than 1000
men from the south are in the SER
vice. We have given more than our
quota in every patriotic movement.
"Our immense agricultural OUTPUT Of
last year valued at five billion doll
lars, is being wisely conserved and
each state Is increasing It's food pro-
duction. The south viii not be found
wanting"
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
Russian Courier
ArriDeS in Berlin

Amsterdam, Feb PA Russian
courier With peace proposals Of
the Russian government has ar.
rived in Berlin, according to ad.
vices received here. The Nord
0eutsche AIlaemeine Zeitung, the
German semi.official organ, says
the reopening of the negotiations
with the Russians cannot be ex-
peeted for some time.
According to the Lokal An
zeiger, Of Berlin, Or. Won keuhl-
mann, the German foreign minis
ter has gone to Vienna, where he
will be joined by Count Czernin.
the Austria Hungarian minister.
They will travel together 10
Bucharest, where they will open
discussions Of peace terms with
General Fofoza Averesco, the Ru.
manan premier, and commander
Of the Rumanian forces in Dod-
rudia.
II the conference at Bucharest
is ended in time DR.. Won kuehl.
mann will proceed direct TO
6rest -Litovsk to continue neoo.
tiations with Russia.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
FARMERS WANT $3.50
A BUSAEL FOR WHEAT

Kansas City, Mo. Feb. o. trgins
American farmers to raise the maxi
mum amount of grain and food and
help win the war, the convention 0l
ne National Farmers association ad-
journed today after a three day SEES
sion here. The return of the retired
fatner to active agricultural produc-
ton and the resolve of the farmers
remaining en- the farms 10 produce
f9od to their limit was the only solu-
tion of the present crisis in the opin-
ion Of Thomas Reed, of Breckenridge.
Mo. q delegate who spoke today.
Resolutions We're adopted today pro-
teslne against The use of grain for
the manufacture of intoxicating
Aauors and tayorinc the setting of a
price of $50 a bushel on the 1918
wheat crop Officers chosen for the
ensuing year were: c. d. Resler
Chanute. Kan. re- elected president,
II il scbenk. Memphis. Mo. vice
president. B p Smoot, Sturgeon. Mo,
secretary and treasurer.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
PACKERS WELFARE OFFICIAL
GIVES HIS TESTIMONY
READ STATEMENTS FROM saw
lNGs BANKS TO SHOW THAT
WORKERS WERE THRIFTY.

Chicaeo. Feb. 22.-IIarvey G. FL
lerd supervisor OF Armour & COM
pany's employees welfare and relief
department, testified in the stock
yards WAGE arbitration today that liv-
Ing conditions Back of the Yards"
are better than in Chicagos Ghetto.
and other congested, over crowded
tenement sections.
He admitted there were many fam
lilies in the Back of the Yards" dis
trict who lived in overcrowded, insani-
tary quarters and who might not be
properly clothed and fed, but he said
all were not employed at the stock
yards and that many of these cases
might be accounted for by the fact
that the husband was either dead or
had abandoned his family. Bad per-
sonal habits, lack of thrift and poor
management of household affairs by
either the husband or wife. or both,
were mentioned as other causes which
led to poverty and suffering by pack =
inghouse employees.
The witness did not discuss wages,
saying that he had no information on
| that suhject He read figures from
three ot the largest stock yards saw
ings banks TO show that a large ma
jority of the packing house employees
We're thrifty.
The witness explained in detail the
work done by the welfare and relief
department of Armour & company. A
medical department with five staff
surgeons and three nurses, a consult
ing surgeon and pathologist are en-
ployed in connection with the opera
tion of an emergency hospital and
labratory
last year 1881 surgical and 2.1t9
medical cases were given treatment
Thirty-two thousand persons were
vaccinated He said the object was
to furnish free medical attention to
all employees unable to pay for treat
ment Armour & company do not
| operate nm employees life insurance
department similar to that of several
Of the other packing firms. He said
the welfare bureau even loaned en-
.ployes money at times when they were
in trouble The company also has n
pension payroll of $4,000 a year which
cares for seventy five superannuated
employees
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23

situation the administration state.
ment says
lhere has now been about fw.
weeks Of moderately GOOD weat5o,
during which time an ex.raordinary
effort has leen pat forth by the rail
roads for the week ending February
l'-22, lo4ooo.Q0o bushels Of grain
were received az western primary
markets which were the railroads
largest receipts for one week i'm tyo
/ years an increase Of 81 percent over
Ine previous week. and 5f - nor-
cent over the same week Iasr year
The average numbers of cars or
grain being loaded is tive thousand
which is approximately six million
bushel daily. This has been done
Notwithstanding the weather condi-
tons are still sever Elm large nart
OF the country and it viii certainly
increase in proportion as the weather
moderates.
This statement was based on fig
ures gathered by the traffic division
OF the administration Other reports
showed that in the nine DAYS be-
tween February n and February "a.
2S,365,o0o bushels of grain We're re-
ceived at the principal elevator and
milling centers OF the west. This
movement included 1861. 900 bushels
OF corn much of which was the soft
corn which is so prevalent this year
1929 0o0 bushels of oats and 2.44G.098
bushel OF wheat In the eight DAYS
between February II and and Feo-
ruary l9-3S7JO cars were loaded
with grain, Of which 26,5I9 were In
the western district or west of the
9,319 were in the eastern
district and 2,SS2 in the south.
Forty-two special food trains con-
tanning 1868 cars were sent eastward
fro Chicago ana East St Louis to
New York, Philadelphia and Boston
for trans-shipment To- the allies de-
tween February l2 and 10. This
through movement Of food trains is
still continuing and six trains OF
meats are going daily to eastern
ports for EXPORT
Between February 10 and Febru-
ary 21, twelve days( 9.3G3 cars or
about 2Go trains of livestock. dressed !
beef and perisha0le products have
been shipped eastward from Chicago. !
The movement OF special foods |
,.-I.~ F..+ ..b9.1fr...
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
GERMANS CONTINUE
TO DEPOUT BELGIANS
GERMANS THREATEN TO TAKE
OLD MEN UNLESS YOUNG
ONES WHO FLED RETURN.

Washington, Feb. 22.-Ouicial di,
patches to the Belgian legation today
told of the further Communicating hy
The Germans of young Belgiaus for
military work behind the German
lines and the finine OF Louis FraucA,
a Flemish deputy ten thousand marks
for urging the Flemish people 10 stand
steadfa5t I'm their resistance to Ger
man political mtrigues
Frauck was taken before a military
tribunal and was threatened with de
portation, the dispatch said, but de-
spite German concern over the move
ment against the authority of the self
STYLED council of Flanders, this threat
was not carried out. The Judgment
declared that since the deputy was
CHARGED with having incued opposi
tion. this was the last time that lie
could hope to escape with line.
Communicating of men for work
behind the German lines continues 70
grow. the dispatch said At RenaiX
an industrial town m eastern Fland-
ers. $50 Young men We're seized. man,
taken in the streets. Some had fled
and the Germans had threatened to
take old men unless the young ones
returned Students were taken from
an engineering school at Mons and
sent to work at an aviation cam;
while in IuNemburg more than Go0
Young men have been taken from
rillnnes for military WNrk
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
COLD STORAGE FOOD
CAUSED STRANGE ILLNESS
BETWEEN $500 AND 5000 PEOPLE (
ARE AFFECTED AT
PEORIA.

Peoria. H., Feb 22.-With between
$500 and 5000 persons suffering from
n strange stomach and bowel malady.
the village OF Washington, Tezewell
county. today reported the same epi-
demic had broken out there. Wash
ington is twelve miles from Peoria
and does not use Peoria water, to
which some had attributed the origin
Of the trouble.
DR.. George Parker. city commits
sioner of health, declared his belief
tonight that the whole epidemic was
merely a widespread grip infection
and that it would cease with warme,
weather.
Three representatives of the state
department Of health arrived this af-
ternoon to investigate the situation
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
COLD STORAGE POULTRY
CAUSES PTOMAlNE POISONING

Chicago. III, Feb ga dozen
cases of supposed ppmaine poison
similar to those found in Peoria were
found today by Health Commissioner
Robertson.
Mr.. Robertson tonight said he feared
widespread outbreak, but had taken
preventative steps. Large consump-
ton of cold storage food. especially
poultry, was advanced by Mr. Robert
son as a possible cause of the trouble,
both here and n Peoria.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
CONGRESSMAN KlTCHlN
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Washington. Feb - Mrs Thomas
Eaiuey, OF Meridian Conn, Wife Of
former Connecticut congressman,
was seriously injured and Representa-
tive Claude kifchin, of North Caro-
lima and Mrs Kitchn We're shaken
and bruised when the automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
a street car here toniaht G. u. Eng
land secretary to Mr. Kitchin, who
was driving the automobile, escaped
unhurt
Tho injured were taken to the
Kitchiu home where Mrs Reilly has
been a guest The extent Of her in
iuries was not made known, but it is
known they were serious. Mrs
Kitchin is said to be suffering also
from nervous shock, but the bruises
sustained by Mr. Kitchin were re.
ported slight and he is expected to be
out tomorrow
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23

dents orders TO acts specifically au-
thorized by law was beaten. 46 to 20.
Also the senate rejected IS to III a
motion by Senator Kirby. of Arkan-
sas, to strike out The provision an
thori2ing the president to buy and sell
railroad securities The substitute
bill Of Senator Townsend, of Nlicbi-
san, member Of the interstate COM
merce commission, was rejected. 81 IN
II. lie said it was patterned vir-
tually after the compromise draft. but
with many alleged defects eliminated
In his effort to reduce the presi-
dents jurisdiction over rates Senator
Cummins proposed that he be au-
thorized to initiate only rates of
troops and government materials and
merely to suggest rates to the inter
state commerce commission, not to be
effective until the commission ap-
proved them
This amendment was rejected, 4G to
l9. Representative Lenroot, of Wis
consin, republican, vigorously criti-
cized the bin in the house today, de-
claring II contained many inaccura-
cies and absurdities.
representative Reyburn, of Texas
opposed government ownership of the
railEOads and advocated time limit OF
government control.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
UNITS WERE COMPOSED
OF ALL NATIONALTIES
Bringing Up the Rear Was a British
Tank with a One Founder in the
Forward Turret, Which Kept Up an
intermittent Cannonade as the Steel
Monster BUNDLED Along.

New York, Feb q. Ten thousand
national army men Of the nth divi-
sion, Camp Upton. paraded here to-
day. Five hundred thousand men,
women and children stood for two
hours or more in a sweeping snow
storm and stinging wind to see their
sons and brother and sweethearts
marching by.
New Workers have cheered Loyalty
all kinds and conditions OF soldiers:
have cheered and enthusiastically.
They didn't cheer today They felt
more like weeping What they saw
was more than a parade. It seemed
to them like a solemn dedication.
The men in line were typical of the
great polyglot city Swarthy Armen-
ians strobe side by side with salr
haired Canadians Irish boys rubbed
elbows with Jews. Italians trudged
beside Poles Here and there was
Chinaman and here and there a face
that was typically Yankee.
Five months ago the same boys had
rambled through the same street,
nondescript throng OF individuals-
clerks and mechanics. bookkeepers
and brokers', grocer boys and long
shoremen-representing almost every
trade and profession and almost every
race under the sun. They were the
raw material from which armies are
made.
They came back today men of the
nth division. national army. Camp
Upton, welded together into compact
military units. Brigades, regiments,
battalions, batteries and companies
strode through the wide street In
heavy marching order with the swing
ing stride Of veterans Their bronzed
cheeks glowed with health and their
clear eyes shown with pride as they
stepped briskly through the haze OF
falling snow TO the stirring music Of
their regimental bands.
Not a sword nor an inch OF gold
lace was to be seen. Brigade Gen
eral Edmund Wittenmeyer with a
single gold star on the sleeve of his
service overcoat marched at the head
OF the line like the humhlest dough
boy Of the lot. They were grim, de-
termined. business like Young cap
tains and lieutenants who were cary
ing out peaceful careers a few months
ago, barked commands which we're
obeyed with maehinelike precision.
Bringing up the rear significant
feature of Washington's Birthday
parade, was the grim british tank
Brittania, with Stars and Stripes fly
ing beside the Union Jack. A one
FOUNDER gun in the forward turrent
kept mp an intermittent cannonade az
the huge steel monster rumbled along
behind the marching men.
Il am very much pleased with the
splendid showing Of the men Of the
national army" said Secretary Dan
lels "and | was especially proud OF
! the colored men,
The parade included a battalion OF
negro soldiers.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23

has been the artery which has fed
the forces operating afainst the Arab
inn trihesmen. If this road were cut
IL would give the tribesmen geat ad
vantage in their struggle. Germany
has officially recognized the treaty of
peace arranged with Ukraine This
treaty has bcen bitterly attacked b.
the Poles and Czechs in the Austrian
reochrath and by the socialist leaders
in Germany
Innsbruck, which has been recog
nled as the center of Teuton muni-
ton plants for the Italian campaign
has been bombed by allied airmen
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23

Washington Feb. - Director
General McAdoo today gave assur-
ance that SO far as transportation is
concerned there is no danger o. suf-
fering from a food shortage in The
eastern patt of the country This
vas prompted by the warning given
last night 10y Food Administrator
Hoover that unless grain aud meat
movement Is greatly increased i'm the
next sixty days the country is threat
ened with an acute shortage OF food
and the program Cl lJOd shipments %
the allies will fail. In a letter to Mr..
Hoover the director general declared
that il the food administrator Will
give definite information on the To-
cation 2f stocks OF supplies intended
for the allies, the railroads will move
them promptly TO seaboard Simul-
taneously the railroad administration
gave out figures showing the move
ment OF grain to primary markets iP
the west within the last ten days far
far greater than in previous years.
Although declaring their desire to
avoid a controversy with the food sd-
mnistrauon. officials OF tine railroad
directorate today did not conceal
their belief that Mr. Hooyar's state
meut was not borne ont by facts
shown IN their reports.
Members OF Mr. McAdoo's stau as
sumed the attitude tuat Mr. Hoover
had dealth in generanues not sup
ported by figures or other evidence
showing such a pessimis,ic outlook
on future food conditions.
Writing 10 Mr. Hoover. Mr. NcA1oo
said:
You are. as understand it the
sole purchaser in this eontry of logd
supplies for the allied governments.
You must therefore not the location
OF the food supplies and the port or
ports in the United States to which
YOU wish TO have such supplies tanrs
Uorted will guarantee the necessary
TRANSFORMATION subject alone to de
laws from ,blizzards and floods.
Il wish TO reassure the country by
eaying that so far as Transportation
il concerned there is no danger OF
sufferiug from a serious food short
aca IN tha eastern mart of the coun-
,r,.n ''
Tho food administration upon. re
eeint of the letter issued this state
ment:
Dyyhi,o Mr. r4oovar is ont OF town,
food ad.Tinistration officials consider
air McAdoa,s stateme ntyer yreas-
curing aimee II indicates that further
oars will be furnished to western
terminals and that the shortage from
these western terminals to eastern
territory now will be overcome, AS
the railway directorate is evidently
alive to the situation it VIII no doubt
take all necessary Steps"
A railroad administration state
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
NEW YORK WOMEN NOT
INTERESTED IN ELECTION.

New York. Feb 22--Women did not
show any great eagerness today 10
register SO they could vote in the
special election which will be held 10
fill vacancies in the house OF repre-
sen,atives from New York City dis
trlct AT one polling place in tho
Bronx only seven registered and in
every district the enrolment Of women
fell far behind that of men
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23
WILL ELECT SENATOR.

Madison. Wis. Feb. Governor
Philip. of Wisconsin, tonight called
srecia election for April End to
choose a United States senator to fill
the vacancy caused by the death last
October Of Paul o. Husting.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-23

Washington, Feb. 22-The admins
! tratian bill providing for government
control of railroads until eighteen
months after the war. including many
short lines" and appropriating a re-
volying fund of $5O0,00o,0 Geo for federal
/ operation was passed today by the
senate without a roll call and now
awaits action in the house where IL
is under debate.
Both. senate and house worked
through today holiday to expedite the
| legislation General debate was con-
cluded today in the house and ar
ransemenLs made to consider amend
ments tomorrow under a five minute
/ debate rule with a view to final action
early next week Difference between
senate and house drafts then viii bee
adjusted in conference.
Neither on final passage, nor on
numerous ron calls today in the SEN
ate, was there any record of senti-
mnnt on the bin as whole. The
opposition of the Interstate commerce
commission in which the compromise
draft was brought i'm precmded inn
| portant revision. The only amend
men' radically changing The compro-
mise draft provided for inclusion OF
short line railroads in federal con-
tral and benefits
PROVISIONS OF the committee COM
| promise. u\ine the compensation OF
railroads to the three year basis pro-
'idin@ the $oo0,ooooo0 revolving fund
appropriation authorized the president
to initiate rates subject TO interstate
commerce commission veto and limit
government control TO eiehteen
months after the war All We're re
tanned hF The senate.
Amendments to reduce the period Of
control after peace failed. One by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, 70
! make the time limit six months in
stead OIL eighteen months was defeated
A TO 2a ana another by Senator King,
OF Otah' to make the period twelve
months hAewise was rejected a. to %.
Ihere was no attempt TO revive the
'lkHI Iof Hoehhlte government con-
Iroi "hleh Yesterday was defeated by
ID" vote OF 'i to 10.
PROVISION Tor short line railroads
was maze ID an amendment by Sen
alor Oul'l'"'l's' ol iowa adopted 'H TO
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trunk mes estimated TO ne worth
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