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The daily morning oasis., 1918-10-15
AIRPLANES DROP
CIGARETTES
To Battling Soldiers at st. Mi
hiel-A New Method of
Welfare War Work.

Showers of cigarettes fell
from the skies on the American
fighters driving the Germans
out of the st. Mihiel salient.
This fact was announced in a
cablegram received by William
]. Mulligan, chairman of the
Knights of Columbus Commit
tee on War Activities, at Ma
tional United War Work Cam
paign headquarters. From
American airplanes 10000 pack
ages of cigarettes were dropped
into the hands of infantrymen
and artillerymen pressing for
ward in their victorious squeeze
which dislodged the enemy
from the strong hold they had
held for more than three years.
Each package was stamped
Compliments of the Knights
Of Columbus"
At the same time, cable dis
patches announce, Y. M. G.. A.
workers on foot moved among
the soldiers, handing out choco-
lates and cigarettes. On land
and in the air these fearless
workers kept pace with the
American fighters moving for
ward in the first offensive ex-
clusively executed by our troops
The airplane service for dis
tributing cigarettes to the SOL
diers, while the battle was in
progress and the ordinary foo:
or motor methods of reaching
the men in the front lines were
unavailable, was established by
Martin v. Merlo, of San Francis
CO, a K. of c. secretary, with
the cooperation of an American
airplane unit. After the fight
soldiers related how pleasantly
surprised they had been when
cigarettes dropped from or
high. They declared no service
in their behalf ever had pleased
them as much as this ultra
modern delivery of smokes"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-10-15
Registered at the Bowman

F. A. Boyce, N. S. Masters,
VIM. E. Meyers, Los Angeles
J. Jefferson, Guaymas; H. A.
Whitcomb, Worlds Fair Mine
S. P. Henegan, Robt. Hamilton,
Bisbee; A. Macfarlahe, Tucson
E. l.. Manning, Phoenix; James
Burson, D. Glazer, Ell Paso; Ray
Jones, Douglas.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-10-15
Shoplifter Bagged.

Saturday night during the
usual rush at the big stores,
Carlos Herrera entered Ben
Coltman's Ell Bazaar dry goods
establishment and deftly lifted
a fine pair of ladies' shoes. Off
Ger Grimes, ever on the lookout
for chicks" of the Herrera
stripe, promptly marched him to
Jail and he must face a charge
of larceny.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-10-15
OUR RECORD.

Human sceptcsm tends increase. The proportion of
suckers to the population has changed Banum epgram
Or perhaps he overestmated human gullibiIty.
Anyhow fellowmen show growing reluctance to take
at valuation If tell them that clever
had better do something clever prove it. Not that they dsbe
eve They want be spared the fatigue Analysing
LESSONS.
say that intentions excellent when our conduct
looks suspicious they want look record Americas
tive for ggo praisewohy record bear
this claim?
Here the allies have advantage. Uncle Sans
treatment of Cuba and the Philippines mcromeer cor
rosve acids high ensesa the mechanical and chemical
The daily morning oasis., 1918-10-15
RIPPING RHYMES.
(By Walt MasOn.)
Axes to Grind.

The to grind always genial bland anu
kind of he FULL and he ndorses all say however
far roam astray from truth which all WOOL The friends
usually meet bullying down the street. their own views
entertain the grand when there is rain to beat
the band they insane And talk OF politics. ana
stand up lot Of hicks these friends of mine dtest they
nv dome full of bats and prod roundy in the Stats unit
thew soi nv surely honest skate who doesn't pause
or hesitate speaking of his mind but dislike the urban gent
who always salaams bent who has to grind He SO
passing this that might trampe his corn and ne
would only sme certainly will find what sort of AK
he has to grind just little while Some day he'll grab me by
he'd like to have vote he needs forty ways
when gently turn him down he'll sheve the smile and spring
frown, and hate all his days.
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams
Evening star., 1918-09-15

man. speaking a strange mixture of
guese and Chinese. The compredor is
usually man of good financial stand
ing.
''All sales to Chinese are referred to
him. He passes on their credit. makes
the sales. collects the money and SIM
ply accounts to the foreigner. with
whom he is to some extent in partner
ship, necessarily. The shortcomings
of this system Is that the extension
of the business is left entirely to the
Chinese"
There are three internationally
known American manufacturing COM
panies, selling oil, tobacco and sew
Evening star., 1918-09-15

out the region southwark. Little boats
and canals distributing tiny cans of
milk. recipe booklets and other liter
ature." American industries of like
character are advised to take up the
same trail.
Returning the Boxer indemnity, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hopkins has had a lot
to do with the friendliness of the big
empire of the dragon toward this
country. ""rhese strange yellow men,
dwelling on the other side Of the earth,
look to US for help in many ways, and
not the least of these Is concerned
with trade" the same authority as
Serts.
The chief difficulty in establishing
Evening star., 1918-09-15

physically. saturated with the COM
bination. The company's trademarke
Is ever present; the "chop," it is called
by the natives.
This recalls little story heard In
the consular bureau. illustrating the
tenacity with which Chinaman
holds to an idea. A certain brand of
salmon was getting a hold in some
parts of China. The coolies. who
have long since adopted American
salmon as a most convenient and pal
atable food. had been going to work
with cans Of these fish In their pcck-
cts. lunch therefore being ready
whenever desired. Right and left To-
cal merchants were buying salmon
Evening star., 1918-09-15

fast and worthwhile trade relations
between China and the United States
is the fact that "compredors' are tho
main medium of such buying and SELL
ing. Americans and English going
to China 10 establish import and ex-
port business find at the outset n bar
rier to intercourse with the natives in
the language and the customs of the
country" in the phrasing of an ex-
perienced commercial agent who has
studied the Chinese question extern
sively. 1.-THE very first requisite, con-
versation, Is, almost without excep-
ton, impossible. So the compredor
came into existence. He is China
Evening star., 1918-09-15

ing machines, which have labored to
do away with this method of business
expansion in the country 50 long
closed to modern methods and "for-
eign devils" Young men who show
aptitude for such future are given
special training to tlt them for the
definite plans Of commercial Invasion.
The one oil company mentioned
makes gifts Of little lamps and oil to
any and all natives of the surround
ing country, pointed out by a colorful
pin and presided over by the ambi-
tious young man who has thought of
nothing but oil and China, China and
oil. until he Is figuratively, IL not
Evening star., 1918-09-15

from the other shore Of the Pacific.
All salmon canned for this part OF the
world had easily translated labels and
the brand there and then In favor
showed n sportively inclined fish with
broad tail swishing upward.
One consignment was complained Of.
The American Gamers were amazed
and somebody was about to get his
walking papers. Then an observing
American salesman located in this
particular port got the whole story in
Evening star., 1918-09-15

BRIEF NOTE from a friend
ly disposed editor of the
consular division of the
United States Department
Evening star., 1918-09-15

So, American canned milk Is making
headway toward popularity in the land
Of confucius and fine porcelains and
no less fine laundrymen. One quite
audacious commercial attache has
dared say that in some parts Of China
1.-THE younger set" now insist on
pitcher of milk with every pitcher of
tea consumed. That was a tribute,
indeed, to American business methods.
Doing business in Shanghai or further
inland Is like learning to walk all over
again for an English or American
agent.
An English company manufacturing
condensed milk started the campaign
about the time England got into the
war and the United States has favor
ably noted the British methods. Hong
kong was the seat Of the first and main
office concerned with the plan of fa-
miliarizing the Chinese with the use
Of canned milk Restaurants and tea
houses in the south were pressed to
offer the new food accessory. Geisha
girls. serving the amber fluid In fragile
CUPS, were ordered to persuade regular
customers to try bit Of the strange
ivory liquid.
In Canton an Office was opened UP by
the English and a regular educatio
program proceeded therefrom through
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

Jim Thomson, who has been
working on his fathers dray line,
left Monday for the southern
part Of the state where he will be
employed on a farm for a while.
Olav Jensen who has been buy
ing potatoes in the vicinity OF
Grand Rapids Itasca County, the
past couple Of months, returned
to Askov last Thursday. Ulav
says he did fairly well up in that
country.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL

E. ]. Clickner of Kerrick, was
a business caller in Askov, yes
terday.
T. N. Thomson is the owner of
a new Maxwell car which he pur-
chased last week.
Mrs. Mary Swanson, north of
town, purchased new Maxwell
touring car, Saturday.
| Charley and John Krantz have
purchased new Ford car from
the Askov Hardware Co.
Miss Thyra Jensen who is en-
ployed in. st. Paul. came home
last Thursday and visited with
her folks over Sunday.
/ Martin Sorensen went to Cam
bridge Sunday to bring home his
Maxwell car which had been at
the service station at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Carter of
Rutledge, were Askov visitors
yesterday. Mr.. Carter came here
to secure some good seed pota-
/ toes.
K. Ranum of Minneapolis, who
purchased 12O acres east of town
from ]. |. Stene last week, came
here Tuesday and will commence
clearing on same.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. A. Henriksen re-
turned yesterday from short
trip to Lyon County. where Mr.
Henriksen looked after some OF
his ditching contracts.
T. N. Thomson and his boys
JIM and Albert. motored over to
Sturgeon Lake Sunday on a little
fishing expedition. They report
the fish not biting that day.
Herluf Rasmussen who is sta.
toned at Selfridge Field, Mt
Clemens, Mich, came home yes.
terday on a months furlough
during which time he will heir
his father on the farm.
Royal A. Hunt of Pine City
was a caller in Askov last Friday
getting acquainted with some OF
our people. Mr.. Hunt has since
fled for the office of register Of
deeds as noted elsewhere in this
issue.
+ The bond election held in the
local school house Friday evening
was a very tame affair, only /:
citizens turning out to express
their opinion on the matter ant
all of these 13 voted to bond the
district for the amount of $4,000
for school equipment.
F. M. Hanks of Blue Earth, anc
Frank G.. Maxey from up Bruno
way. were in Askov Monday. The
former returned to Blue Earth
the same day after having vi
sited several days at the Make,
home.
| Nels Samuelson arrived here
Saturday from Salem. S. D., with
two cars of immigrantsi move
ables and moved same onto the
eighty which he and his brother
Carl, have north of the Swedish
| Wilstad church. Carl Samuelson
has been here about a month
putting up buildings and expects
his family here from Salem in
tho noor f,,t,,ro
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
WantColurnn

For Sale-Two bulls, one Hol-
stein one year old and one Red
Poll 6 months old.-E. J. Fogt,
Askov. 35-1t.
Pasture-Will take in cows
and young stock for pasture on
my farm this summer.-N. p. Jo-
hansen, Askov. 35-2t.
For Sale-About 20 chickens
for butchering at SOC APIECE. APP
ply to Mrs. MAIDS Nielsen, II
miles north of Askov. 35-1t.
Found-A ladies' brooch. Own
er can have same by calling at
American office, proving proper
ty and paying for this notice.
Wanted to Buy-War horses at
Willow River. Saturday, May II.
Big auction in connection.-Wil-
low River Horse and Cattle Co.
34-2t.
Closed Saturday-My black
smith shop in Askov will be
closed Saturday. May II, just
that day.--Carl c. Nielsen.
35-1t.
For Sale-A two year old black
colt; also a 15-months old red
poll heifer. 34-2t#
John Krantz.
| Two miles east of Askov.
| For Sale-One light driving
team and one 1900 lb. mare. Also
my livery and dray business in
GLIDING barn. T. N. Thomson,
Askov. 32-1t.
Subscriptions-For Ladies
Home Journal. Saturday Evening
Post and the Country Gentleman
may be paid to Chr. Hansen,
Askov, agent for Curtis Publish
ing Co. 5-l-34-2t%
For Sale-1 grey 8 yr. old
1850 ID. mare $4,000; ! riding
cultivator with 6 spring trip
shovels and disc attachment, al
most new.-N. A. Williams, Bru-
no, MINI. 35-3t.
Equity will ship carload of
mixed live stock as soon as
enough is consigned. Notify the
board of directors-Chr. Larsen,
Andreas Jensen, Jeppe Sorensen,
Fred Hansen, Geo. c. H. Jensen,
or P. P. Kilstofte, shipper. 34-tf
/ For Sale pure bred Duroc
Jersey sows to farrow soon, bred
to a registered sire. From $40
to $50 apiece. Frank c. Maxey,
6 miles north and 2 miles east of
Askov, 3 miles west of Bruno. :.
35-2t.*
/ For Sale--A good Ford light
delivery car. Good tires and in
first class shape all around. A
fine car on farm; has been used
two years. A bargain If taken at
once for cash. Enquire at the
Askov American office. 35-tf.
/ For Sale-About two acres of
land adjoining our lumber yard.
Suitable for a farmer who de-
sires to retire and yet have a
small piece of land to busy him.
self with.-Ca at the First State
Bank or Askov Lumber and Sup
ply Company. 35-1t.
! For Sale-AUTOMOBILE, 1917
model, 5 passenger BRISCOE.
Run less than $500 miles, in fine
running order. Has extra tire,
bumper, new storage battery
and equipped with heavy bolt
less springs. Being drafted this
car is for sale at a bargain. Can
be seen at Bucks Garage.
| 35-1t.
Buying War Horses-If you
have any horses which you wish
to sell bring them to Willow
River, Saturday, May II. when
an inspector will be on hand. In
connection with the buying Of
war horses we will also have a
big auction on cattle and horses
4 4 < -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR THE WEEK

This column is for free use by
churches. schools. societies. lodges.
etc. for the purpose Of announcing
meetings where no admission ~ 10
be charged. such meetings NJ are
held for social or educational ,,itr.
! poses and not for the purpose ~
earning money.
Gudstjeneste paa Sondag XII.
104. Kr. Andersen.
Gudstjeneste Degerstroms
Skolehus paa Sendag.
Kr. Andersen.
Askov Red Cross meets for
sewing with Mrs. Carl Miller
Tuesday afternoon.
Sunday School at the H. c. An
dersen school Sunday.
The Wilstad Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Victor Carlson
Thursday afternoon. May Is.
Rev. Peterson Of Hinckley, will
not preach in the Wilstad Swe-
dish church Sunday. owing to
sickness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

Sunday School at the H. G. An
dersen school Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

Buying War Horses-If you
have any horses which you wish
to sell bring them to Willow
River, Saturday, May II. when
an inspector will be on hand. In
connection with the buying Of
war horses we will also have a
big auction on cattle and horses
A chance for both buyer and
seller. Willow River Horse and
Cattle Co. 34-2t.
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THE SISTINE MADONNA,
Why Raphaels Most Famous Paint.
ing Should Be Restored TO Italy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: AS
part of the peace sentiment with
Italy the Germans should be required
to restore tO the Church of San Slsto In
Piacenza The greatest Of all OF Raphael's
paintings II not the greatest picture in
the world. the Madonna di San Sisto."
now in the Dresden gallery. It was
painted in 1915, and after remaining
in the ancient church for over two CEN
turtles was sold by the Benedictine
monks to Augustus III. of Saxony for
$4,000 in 1853.
Monks never had any right thus TO
dispose OF church property. and accord
Ingly the Germans never had any valid
title to II.
Besides there Is a clear precedent for
the restoration OF the picture even after
having been taken as spoil OF war. Ma
poleon sent It to Paris in 1897, and upon
the demand OF its former (merely de
facto) German possessor It was re-
turned to Dresden upon the conclusion
OF the peace OF 1916.
There was no united and victorious
Italy then to make the claim. There
is now, and a long bill of indemnity to
be paid her. Art Is OF no use to Huns
Make them hand over the picture to its
rightful owner. Evviva Italia redenta
ANNA MARIA BoLcHI.
New YORK, November 8.
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The HlndenburE Statue.

High in the Square stands Hindenours'
the Doomed.
Before whose path has doomed
The fate Of Fire when once the Red
Flowers bioomed.
For knew they not-the People-in that
day
when, mad with conquest and the will to
STAY,
They drove the nails-the iron nails and
strong
Deep in the wooden body how the long
Law, in its working, moves one certain
way.
Bringing the dover to bloom and then
decay?
Knew not the People thisT The Leaders
Yea!
They drove the great nails in
The Iron Essence. sin
That makes so st-sag before decays begin!
with purpose dire and grim.
With Iron Crosses they have cover,d him;
And made the mighty fool
Their scapegoat and their tool.
To use and cast away
At end OF day.
After the nower had bloomed what use
OF 1t had they7
Followed swift the bloom
The great strength that they gave
Their victim and their slave
II Mashed and died away;
And wrought betimes the doom
Ere fruit OF It had they.
Now In the Square stands Hindenburg, the
Spurned,
Whose barren flower has turned
To dust and ashes gray.
At end OF day.
NJ. f. BUTLER.
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fore they should be men who are not

fore they should be men who are not
likely to make mistakes.
The people are to be congratulated
when men like ROBERT G. CORNELL
are willing to serve them In such po-
sltions. The late JAMES 7. KILBRETH
did likewise. In England there have
been many instances Of similar SER
vice by those who might well aspire
to higher places. The late Sir THOMAS
MARcHANT WILLIAMS, an accom-
plished scholar, who was president Of
the Welsh Language Society. served
for fourteen years as the Stlpendlary
Magistrate Of Merthyr Tydhl and
Aberdare. The chief Metropolitan
Magistrate In London is Knight,
Sir JOHN DICKINSON, who has been
on the Magisterial bench eighteen
years. In Birmingham the Stlpendi-
airy Magistrate Is n peer of the realm.
Lord ILkEsToN, who succeeded to the
title In 1913 on the death of his father,
the first Baron ILKEsToN, better
known as Sir WALTER FOSTER, one Of
the most distinguished physicians in
England.
ROBERT G. CORNELL deserved well
Of this community, aud we are sorry
he has gone.
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Robert G. Cornell.

ROBERT c. CORNELL, long a city
Magistrate, who died on Thursday
at the age Of &C years, was one
of the best public officers in the SER
vice Of the city Of New York. His
capacity and attachments would have
been creditable to a Justice Of the
Supreme Court; yet he served the
people, contentedly and efficiently, for
nearly twenty-five years, as a subor-
dinate Judge, whose name could never
appear In the law reports and whose
work could not avail to bring him
conspicuous fame.
His education was equal to that of
our most distinguished Judges; so
was his social position. He was gradu-
ated from Columbia College in 1874
and at the Columbia University Law
School two years later, when he was
admitted to the bar. In college lie
was a famous oarsman. He became
City Magistrate in 1895 and served
as such until he was appointed Judge
of the Court of Domestic Relations
upon .he establishment of that tribu-
nal in 1910.
His friends and admirers-and
they were many-often expressed sur
prise that he had not aimed at higher
things. Why was such a man, a gen.
tleman and a scholar, content to sir
in an inferior court year after year,
when he saw his contemporaries, GER
talnly not superior in ability, rising
to the highest places on the bench
and in>the legal Profession?
The answer Is not difficult to sur
mise. There is n peculiar attraction
in judicial work which brings one
into close and daily touch with the
lives and the wants and woes of the
common people. A Magistrate like
ROBERT G. CORNELL sees human life
in all Its varied aspects. He Is the
embodiment Of justice-all that they
ever know of ito the great ma
jority of those who come before him
His opportunities for doing good are
endless. Stern severity toward in
veterate wrongdoers and merclfu
consideration for those who have beer
mlsled into misconduct through weak
ness characterize the type Of magis
trate we have in mind. The quallfi
cations Of the inferior magistracy ar,
rs important to the community al
those of the higher ranks of the ju
dietary. Their errors are seldom sub
ject to review by appeal, and there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-10
A MATTER OF COURSE.
Naturally American Soldiers Look on
School as an Essential.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
an extended conversation with n young
Welsh sailor from a British cruiser ]
learned to look with new eyes at an
American institution with which have
been associated all my life, the Ameri-
can public school.
His citation In his own discovery and
his conviction that he was right i'm
pressed me more than he can ever know.
He said that every American he had
met took schooling, education, TO be as
much a matter of course as air or sun
light.
Our army carried with II to France
its spirit OF initiative, unquenchable
faith in the rightness OF its cause, it's
pies and doughnuts, its monograph rec
ords, and its simple faith that it could
have school II II wanted to.
The moment seems to have come when
II must, after being stimulated TO n high
degree of spiritual eXaltation. vctori-
Gus army In great and generous cause,
sit impatiently waiting while demobili-
cation takes place. In the interim they
ask not for recreation, sightseeing, en-
tertainment, but for school.
With foresight and energy the Army
Educational Commission has already or
ganized the greatest school the world
has ever seen, Next week the machin-
cry for the collection of S170,OoO,OoO will
begin to operate, and very shortly the
most American OF institutions will give
the American soldier abroad the op-
portunity to make his Homecoming a
day Of rejoicing not only at the escape
OF his body from calamity but at his
increased power 10 cope with the after
the war problems that will beset him.
New YORK, November 9. G. n. d.
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The Talk OF q Recount In New York.

Ii Governor WHITMAN demands
recount Of the vote cast ON Tuesday
In New York city, Governor-elect
SMITH will of course demand re-
count Of the votes cast I'm several up
State districts. But THE Sun does
not think Governor WHITMAN will
call for a recount.
There Is no reason why he should.
Nobody believes he was cheated out
Of any votes. The unavoidable error
in counting the cross marks on our
ballots would work to the advantage
Of nobody; that was proved in the
recount of the Hearst-McClellan vote.
In that contest there were changes
in detail, but the result was not Of
fected Such changes are inevitable;
Mr.. Justice LAMBERT, who presided
over the recount, took occasion to re-
mark that If another Justice should
pass on the ballots, still further
changes would undoubtedly result.
Governor WHITMAN's disappoint-
ment Is not difficult to understand.
For years the possibility Of obtaining
the Republican nomination for Presi-
dent has been in his mind. The con-
vention of 1920 could not ignore a
man who three times ip succession
had carried the Empire State; that
record of itself would put him in the
front rank Of candidates, But the
man who lost the Empire State in
1918 will not be a figure Of conse-
quence in the convention Of 1920.
Governor WHITMAN knows that well ;
he knows 1t, let us say, as well as
WILLIAM BARNES Of Albany knows it.