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The Washington herald., 1918-06-18

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friends of American freedom. though
technically known as our enemies.
Japan is so firmly committed to
the policy of the open door in China
that we look for little disturbance
along this line. Fears of some of
the members of Congress have been
heard in the corridors at the Capitol
during the past week. but the more
substantial members say we need not
be worried in this connection.
The statements made in this column
before, to the effect that We must
win over Germany in order to pre-
vent a coalition between that country
and Japan-just one OF the many rea
sons we must win this confiict-have
found ample Endorsement on the hill.
The dangers OF such a coalition are
seen by all, and the possibility OF it
denied by none. In fact il would he
entirely probable, as Baron Terauchi
himself intImated, IL Germany were
to come out Of the war with anything
resembling a victory.
Members OF the House Ways and
Means Committee admit now that the
bill was as child's play compared to
sha ping the present measure. The
first time the step was entirely ex-
pected and barely the surface OF the
sources was scraped. But this time
the revenue makers must dig down
under the cuticle. The people recoS-
nize the difficulties but their recoRni-
tion will not palliate some of the
economic wrongs done in defining the
new sources. 1t Is a necessary task
but one that has its thorns sticking
out at every juncture. The members
of the committee are to be praised
for their work as much as though
they were facing the enemy on the
firing line. There are no war crosses
to give them but there should be
some provided, we believe
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-18
Maude Dimes on $40
And Meshbag, So Her
Doctors Are Worried

Atlanta, Ga.-Mrs. w. W. sutties, Of
this city. went TO the Zoo and got too
close TO "Maude." the big elephant.
''Maude" reached over and picked
Mrs. suttles up with her trunk. OF
course, she tainted. dropped her siI-
mesh bag. knitting bag and every
thing in II. ''Msude," seeing the nice
looking mesh bag lying so near,
gently laid Mrs. suttIes on the ground
and proceeded TO devour the mesh
bag. plus so. the denomination OF a
bill therein Now Mrs. suttles, after
recovering from her exciting expert
ence. II trying to figure some way to
recover her money. while all the Zoo
specialists are closely watching
'Maude" for symptoms Of acute in
digestion.
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with great pains wen use knife OF steel and ad.
minister no anesthetic.
After sufficient tanning It viii be ready for the
final stretching over the volumes cover boards.
stamped made in u. S. A.
Then, perhaps, we'll add aeheap index appendix.
or supplement in the sheepskn of the wolf Clown
Prince!
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What csn KEEP qaeter than q neouse?
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendriek Bangs.
A LONGER RANGE.

A LONGER RANGE.
The long-range gun is very well
To speed a murderous bit of shell.
And handled with the proper skill
An enemy will doubtless kill
But how much better is the pen
When handled by constructive men
That speeds a living thought beyond
The range OF space and time to give
To mortals gripped by some despond
A fuller need Of life to live!
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald., 1918-06-18

1t not salve that President Wilson handed
the Mexican editors but just plain hunks of truth
and candor.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-18

Everybody agrees that Russia needs a surgical
operation to the German cancer.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-18

Don't let your appetite block the
road to Berlin."-S. o. 8.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-18

by the President. These Slavs are
friends of American freedom. though
technically known as our enemies.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
WOMEN TORTURED
Suffer Terribly With COrns Because
Of High Heels. But Why
Care Now?

Women wear high heels which
buckle up their toes and they suffer
terribly from corns. Women then
proceed 10 trim these pests. seeking
relief. hut they hardly realize the
terrible danger from infection, says
a Cincinnati authority
Corns can easily be lifted out
with the fingers il you will get from
any drug store quarter Of an ounce
OF drug called freezone. This !.
sufficient to remove every hard oI
soft corn or callus from ones feet
You simply apply few drops direct
~ upon the tender, aching corn or
callus. The soreness is relieved at
once. and soon the entire corn OF
callus. root and all, lifts out without
one particle OF pain.
This freezOne is sticky sub
stance which dries in 4 moment. II
just shrivels up the corn without
inflaming or even irritating the sur
rounding tissue OF skin. Tell your
wife about thi.. 1142 sadv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
TWENTY MEN TO ARMY CAMP
LAST FRIDAY

Twenty drafted men left last Fri
day afternoon for Fort Sam Hous-
ton, at San Antonio. near Camp
Travis. to enter the training camp
for the National Army. The men
were placed in charge of Albert G..
Swinney. and their names are as
follows:
Albert c. Swinney, Durant.
Ludwig Schneider. Durant.
Marshall Jackson. Wade.
Johnnie Willie Tyler. Durant.
Thomas jefferson Price. Durant.
Berry Oliver Webster. Durant
William Bennett Dobbs. Caddo.
Andrew Mack Wilkinson, Durant.
Frank Paul Bruce. Mead.
John Dewitt Thornton. Durant.
Robert Edward Davis, Calera.
Lewis Ebert Hughes. Calera.
Texas John Moody. AtOka.
Jesse N"lms. calera.
Alfred ID. Dunn, Durant
Mute McMennamy. Durant.
Charlie Snodgrass. CaddO.
Frank Irceden, Kemp.
Elmer Maddox. Durant.
William II. Party. transferred TO
the board for entraining, from
Cooke county, Illinois.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
MAKING 4 FIRE INSURANCE SUR
VEY OF CITY OF DtK.ANT

The Oklahoma Inspection Bureau
is this week making IA fire insurance
survey and map of the city. which II
is believed will result in substantial
decreases In the base fire insurance
rates Of the city. The gentlemen here
went carefully over every part OF the
city's water supply and fire prOtec-
tive apparatus, and then took up the
matter Of fire-walls. exposures. etc.
The new fire equipment, part of
which is now on hand, will be OF ma
terial aid In procuring lower rates
In addition to that. il is said that the
city will be Obliged to spend six or
eight thousand dollars in moderniz-
Ing mains. fire hydrants, etc.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
Imposing en- the
Government Farm
Furlough Plan

According to the local exemption
board there is q general tendency
among relatives OF men in Camp
Travis to impose upon the spirit If
the Governments plan to furlough
men for thirty days to hel pin neces-
sary farm work. and IL is said that
many cases are reported Of at
tempts to secure furloughs under
this plan whore the claims have alb
solutcly no foundation in fact. The
Governments intention was to give
furloughs for short time to men
who can he Of valuable service in
saving crops and helping production,
and not merely to give them a visit.
An extract from the order receiv-
Ell by the local board here sets forth
the situation clearly:
1T is a serious thing to bring men
home from the training camp. The
furloughs will not be issued for more
than thirty days, and furloughs will
only be issued where 1t is made to
appear that it is matter OF neces-
sity.
Every case should be measured
by the same measuring stick The
local board should not recommend
that soldier be brought back from
camp unless. in the judgment OF the
board, the failure of this soldier to
return at this time will result in a
positive lessening Of production.
Men are not to be furloughed for
the convenience of the farmer or to
save him money. They are only to
be furlOughed when the failure to do
so will result in raising and saving
less food products in this State"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
CAMPAIGN EV)R THE SAVING OF
LIVESTOCK

The state Council Of Defense has
begun an active statewide campaign
To prevent needless killing of live
stock on railroads. The necessity for
such a campaign Is shown by the fact
that during the year past over 1000
head Of livestock were thus killed.
In war time when every bit of meat
is so urgently needed, such a cam
paign should appeal to the patriotism
of everyone.
Over two hundred agents have
been appointed by the State Council
OF Defense to further this campaign
in every county. These agents will
arouse public opinion. they will try
to interest Stock owners. editors
and influential men in the comlnuni-
ty. they will also endeavOr to have
more adequate local ordinances en-
forced Most OF the stock slaughter
ell are killed within city and town
limits
Letters have also been sent tu
$500 stock owners in Oklahoma
calling to their attention the import
ance of this effort. The railroads of
the State are heartily cooperating in
the cam paign.
Give to the Red Cross and succOr
the net1iy
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10

Give to the Red Cross and succOr
the Det1ly
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
"What Will We
Think of Them
When We Return?''

An American soldier, wounded and
incapacitated for further active SER
vice, recently brought back from
France to assist the Government by
speaking in the interest of the Lib
crty Loan and other war activities
in an address in an eastern city the
other night. among other things had
this to say:
There are thousands OF able-bod-
led Americans today, without de-
pendents. who are just over the draft
age. These men would be accepta-
BILE as cOlunteers. There Is nothing
to bar them from being patriotic.
Why don't they help?
when the boys come back from
the war, as they will some day, they
are going to ask questions of the
Americans who stayed at home. I
know, and every man in the service
knows, what we think OF these stay
at-hOmes. Our opinion of them il
far from complimentary. assure
you. and 1t will not have improved
when the war is over.
There are many thousands OF
| men in the country now who imag-
inc their activities are filling the bill
OF patriotism, but the soldier who
has been through the mill will take
a vastly different view OF the mat
ter when he returns to his country.
He will want to know exactly why
any man did not do his full duty
and l want to tell you that the SOL
diers are going to have much to say
regarding a mans social and po1itE
cal standing when this affair is over
and they return to their loved ones
with the fruits of victory-as they
most surely will. Another thing I
want to call your attention to is how
| the women--our mothers, wives, and
sweethearts are going to view the
man who didn't GO sure would
hate to be subjected to the contempt
OF the good women OF our country.
who are themselves doing so much; ;
| would feel ashamed. II had not
done my full duty, OF the scOrn Of
the mother. wife. or sister, who had
| buried her loved one in far-off Eu-
rope, or who compared me with the
soldier who had returned"
| These words contain much for a
great many men to ponder upon. Al
ter -the-war conditions. we imagine,
are going to be very much like thts
soldier says
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
81 AMT AFEARD NO MORE"

The Kaiser is murdcrous mutt,
And he's crazy ms a loon;
But we're g0in' TO get tn" mucker.
And we're goin to get him soon.
He has slaughtered part Of Europe:
He has made their life a hell:
But his time is nearly up. for
We're going to break the spell"
Veg. the Kaiser is n murderous mutt,
And he's crazy AZ loon; but
fear not the darned old sucker,
For from him am immune:
For you see there's "A beautiful angel
Alvin back in the South;
She's eyes that talk; they talk OF love
And. on. what kissablc mouth.
So now wcll chase the Kaiser
From the west front to the sea:
For the beautiful. lOvablc angel
Is all time prayin' for me
Pvt. J. $. McBEATH.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
YOUNG CADDO Roy ISECOMES
POETIC ~ LETTER n

Way back East at an Atlantic
port, waiting for transport to take
him across 'Over there" is Il 49,
yearold volunteer in the army from
CaddO, Bryan county, named Joaquin
S. McI,cath. who has manw friends
here in Durant. as well as in his
home town. The young soldier has
young lady friend in Durant to
whom he writes quite often. and in
his last letter to her sends the fol-
lowing verses of his own compost
tion. which are deemed worth re-
production: -
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10

will devote a large part OF his time.
Mr. Stones resignation was Occa-
stoned by the unusually heavy press
OF other business matters, particu-
larly his duties as member OF the
State Board OF Pharmacy, which
calls for considerable OF his time
and energy. During his admins
tratiOn this county has been placed
on the map in a food conservation
way. and his successor has a big
mark to measure up to.
MIR. Shannon is well known to ev-
eryonc in the county, and is very
thorough in whatever he undertakes
to accomplish. and will devote a
large part Of his time to the work.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
ODER SHANNON IL NEW FOOD
ADMINISTRATORS
Sam W. Stone Resigned Position
Owing to the Unusual Press
Of Private Matters.

County Food Administrator Sam
w. Stone rendered his resignation
to State Administrator c. B. Ames.
last week, and ii has been accepted.
and the appointment rendered to
Ober l.. shannon Of this city, who
has accepted, and to which work
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
y ~ a
FATHERS OF OUR SOLDIERS

Responding to the toast. THE Fathers of Our
Soldiers" John f. Hanngan uttered the follow
ing sentiment at a recent meeting Of the Glover
Club. of MuskOgee:
What can we say when ones only - in
whom ones dreams and hopes of life are bound
up - has gone to France. to stay perhaps year,
perhaps three years, perhaps forever, but who is
over there to see that. at any cost, that Flag is
kept flying what can say?
"One say this - what a million other faith
ors tonight are saying consciously or uncon-
scouslv - that il is the pride and glory of
my life that at least. if my strength and life
are of no value to my country in her fighting line,
| can give son and son, too, who needed no
word from me to give himself
Hopes and ambitions! Why never dreamed
anything sublime: never imagined destiny
for my son great as that which he has achiev-
ed. He is wearing the uniform of an American
soldier, he is interposing his arm and his breast
between his country and his cOuntry's enemies.
Nay he is wearing the livery of Heaven. He is
fighting for God.
What can one say?'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-05-10
NOTICE

have all records Of glasses fitted
BY DR.. J. l.. Slaugter. deceased. and
can replace your lenses according 70
the original prescription.
DR.. J. l.. REYNOLDS
nye. Ear. Nose and ThPoxt Special
ut. Over Corner Drug Store
Durant. OklahoDs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

these valleys for half dozen miles,
sweeping the hills between them as he
comes on, he will then have reached the
plain on wide front and will dominate
the Italian positions. He will be too
near the main line of Italian communi-
cations to permit the Italians to remain
along the Piave, and they will have to
retire behind the Brenta, the Bacchigli-
one or even the Adige. If the Austrian
in his first attack smashes the Italian
line as he did at the upper Isonzo, or as
Hindenburg smashed the British line in
the recent disaster to Coughs 9Th
Army in Picardy, then the Italian troops
along the Pave will have great difficulty
in extricating themselves and escaping
development and capture, just as they
did along the Lower Isonzo after the
Capretto disaster, and for the same rea-
sons.
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or the destruction of Venice, because it
would bring the Austrian artillery near
enough to batter the town to dust. Even
if it did not surrender it would mean
the destruction Of Padua, just behind the
Brenta, but it would temporarily save
Vicenza. A further Austro- German ad-
vance, if we are to assume German
troops will be again used, would leave
the Italians still able to stand behind the
Bacchiglione, but it would mean the sur
render of Padua.
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mistakably saved Italy from supreme
disaster
Foch's Right Wing

Italy, as her Prime Minister recently
said, has become the right wing Of the
Allied front. With the coming of the
unified command on the Allied side Foch
has taken over the responsibility of the
defence of Italy as we'll as that Of
France. What Italy needs in artillery
and in munitions Foch will supply, just
as he will ask Italy to furnish men, of
which she has superabundance, to aid
the Allies in France. Henceforth the
Italian front will be just as completely
under the care and the direction of Foch
as any other sector in that great and
single front, which, save for the Swiss
interruption, runs now from the User to
the Pave, from Newport to the lagoons
east Of Venice.
The political questions raised by the
prospective Austrian offensive are far
less simple to answer than the military.
What has Austria to gain by the of
fensive, even if it prove successful and
permit her to advance to the Adige? On
the military side she will gain shorter
front and abolish the present separation
of her armies in the plain from those in
the mountains, and she will temporarily
occupy more of Italian territory. The
moral effect of the reoccupation of
Venice after more than half a century
of absence will count for something. But
these things are not Of overwhelming i'm
portance.
Austrian Morale Has Declined
We may say that no Austrian expects
to see Hapsburg rule restored in all of
Venetia. There has been some talk of
annexations in the Friulian districts
near the Julian frontier, but this is an
improbable outcome and at all events
represents the extreme of Austrian pur-
pose. To conquer more ground now, only
to evacuate it later, is not to help much
if there be no prospect of an indemnity;
and there is no prospect of an indemnity
from Italy now or in the future.
The Austrian army did exceedingly
well in the offensive last year, although
the spearhead of the successful attack
was supplied by six or seven German di.
visions. Since that time there has been
a very marked decline in the morale Of
the Austrian people, and the reports 81
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~AAO VA&0A 0CCAOE
This is the weakness of the present
Italian situation. It is excessively un-
likely that the Austrians could force the
Italians out of their present line along
the Pave, which has been fortified dur
ing the winter and is as good a line as
is necessary to have in our contem-
porary form of warfare. The strong
positions are, on the whole, on the Ital-
Ian side of the river; the stream is some-
thing of an obstacle, and Italian commu-
nications behind it are far better than
those of the Austrians for rushing re-
serves to an imperilled sector.
Therefore, it would seem that if the
Italians are to be evicted from the Pave
position they must be turned out rather
than forced out; evicted by threat to
their rear rather, than by drive at their
front. In word, the vital sector is not
that behind the Pave, but that between
the Piave and the Astico, where the Aus
TRANS are hardly more than dozen
miles from the vital railroad. This is
the front now mentioned in the dis
patches; this is the front on which the
Austrians made their great offensive of
1914, which failed because Austrian
troops had to be shipped eastward to
meet the victorious Russians in Galicia.
Here, too, the Austro- Germans were
making their supreme effort last autumn
and early winter, when the snow came
and stopped all operations
In this sector the Italian situation
markedly reproduces that of the French
before Verdun in March and after
March, 1916, although the scale is much
greater. In March, 1916, the French
east of the Meuse had temporarily
checked the Germans after having to
retire over considerable ground. They
had good positions in their hands. but
they had lost all but the very last series
of gun positions on which they could
hope to base successful defence of
the forts and hills of the sector east of
the Meuse.
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Retreat to the Adige

The long delay due to winter has given
the Italians chance to prepare inter-
mediate lines, recalling the famous
"switchlines" Of the Hindenburg system
In France. Thus, even should the Aus
TRANS reach the plain behind the Piave
line and between the Piave and tho
Brenta the Italians might be expected
to draw back behind the Brenta and hold
the front from Bassano to the sea behind
tho Brenta. This would mean The loss
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Prospects Are Hopeful

Now l do not mean to Misunderstood
as forecasting any Italian reverse or re-
treat, any loss of important positions.
The news that comes to me of the Italian
temper and prospects is distinctly hope
full. There is no gainsaying the rally
of Italy after her great disaster of last
year. The country has responded to the
lash of adversely as it did not answer
the invitations of the earlier victories.
Moreover, there has been very real
demonstration to Italy of the sympathy
and readiness of her allies. British and
French troops are still in some numbers
Id Italy, and their presepce last year un-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
Italian Game Is to Wait

1t seems to me inevitable, then, that
the Italians should play waiting game.
1t may involve the loss of Venice, but
Venice was as good as lost last year.
1t may involve q retreat to the Adige,
but this was only missed by hairs
breadth last year. The waiting game
will abolish the risks of any military
disaster by running those incident to a
depressed morale and a possible political
disturbance following the loss of more
Italian territory.
In any event, the Italian field is not
the important field; no result in this
sector will much affect the decision which
must be had in France, and if the Italians
stand successfully on the defensive in
their own country they will be able to
contribute materially to making the re-
suit in France decisive. The conquest
and elimination of Italy would not much
help Germany, because by the time it
were brought about, if it could be
brought about, America would have ar
rived in sufficient strength to restore the
balance in France, which is, has been and
will remain the decisive field.