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cCOIlOIHy, IHdISIl1Ieu our eCOnOT,ic forces with such energy tn " thin recent weeks an entirely new aspect has been given the situation.
 While hunger is stalking abroad in the countries of our enern.e:. goading the people ever onward to revolt and surrender, the practices of American thrift ill the last year have brought us to d place where it is now officially declared that the period of our anxieties ill the matter of food is ended.
 So sacrifcial have we been in the readjustment of our personal habits that the 220000,OO0 people of the great allied nations can press on- ward in the fight undisturbed by any such conditions as confront the peo- pies of the Central Empire. We have reached place in our eco- monies where we are able to send abroad substantially lOO,O0O,OOO pounds of beef month and we arc told that during the next twelve months we can export 100000 tons of pork, if need be.
 Our economies in wheat have brought us to the place where there will be a gradual improvement in the quality of our bread and the quantity to be used. Our fat sup plies are pronounced ample and we are in position to begin to build up reserves against the possibilities of poor crops next yeat.
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LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
By s. w. STRAUS President dmeriean S2tiety for 7hrin

Not alone in food is American thrift beginning to tell in colossal way. Through the introduction of various economies, stopping of leaks and general tightening-up process Ne will bc able to save 25,000,000 to 5o.OW0C0 tons of coal year in the 23o,COO industrial plants in the United States without in any way reducing thc quantity or quality of the output. II the Pittsburgh district alone a saving of Sl.0OO tons of coal year has been effected through more efficient practices. One might, no te,:lt. with the same splendid re- atit', run the entire gamut of our ei,itics. Wherever the flag floats .',,';,y. there you will find the prac- .'r-s C: wartime thrift.
 ,;vt these great victories, made i'o ,ioic by the practices of patriotic i.'r;,. should have the effect of "pnrring Us on 10 even greater suc- cess just as the success of our soldiers abroad is an incentive to ;i1er, to fight the harder. There must be no let-down in thrift at home any 'iioiC tildll tASlC StOulu UC q ISl- own along the battlefronts of France.
 Let us bear in mind also that while our practices of thrift are bringing assured victory to our cause, we are receiving invaluable personal results through our thrift practices. We have been notoriously lax and slipslod in matters of personal economy. Our general habits of thriftlessness have not been without their deteriorating effects. We have needed something to bring us to OUT senses, to teach us that personal thriftlessness is invariably a step downward toward failure, that no man can genuinely succeed in life who is not first of all thrifty
 Two or three years ago American thrift was jest. Today it is . noble actuality-the most powerful force that has been brought to bear against the sinister aggressiveness of Germany.
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WAR LABOR BOARD GIVES CARMEN
 BIG WAGE Hlkf
Motormen to Get 38 to 50 Cents an Hour-Favor
 Increased Fares.

Washington, Aug. 2.-Wage in creases ranging from 35 to 65 per cent were granted to employees of '22 street and interurDan railway companies, operating in 16 cities in an award announced today by the war labor board.
 Wages of motormen and conduct ors in the larger cities were fixed at from 49 to 50 1-2 cents an hour while those of similar employees i'll smaller cities and in interurban lines at from 3S to 45 cents with a general minimum wage of 42 cents for trackmen, pitmen, controllers. oilers and similar employees.
 Approximately 50,000 were affect ed by the awards recommendation 5 that the president urge enactment of special wages which would enable some federal agency to consider the very perilous financiaP condition" of
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INDICT NEWSPAPER MEN
Former Heads of N. Y. Mail Accused
 of Buying Paper for Germans.

New York, Aug. 2.-Three federal indictments were returned here today against Dr. Edward A. Rumely, for mer vice president and secretary of the New York Mail and Express com pany, and S. Walter Kaufman, former counsel for the German embassy in the United States, as alleged partici- pants in the purchase of the Evening Mail for the German government.
 The indictments charge that Dr. Rumely purchased the Evening Mail on behalf of former Ambassador von Bernstorff and Dr. Heinrich Albert, former commercial attache of the Ger man embassy, in June 1915.
 Dr. Rumely and Kaufman were ar raigned and pleaded not guilty. They were allowed ten days in which to change their pleas, if desired. Their trial vii lbe held in September.
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the street railways of the country with a view to increasing fares wherever warranted, were made by the board which declared this to be war necessity.
 In awarding increases to employees in Detroit and Chicago the board specifically recommended an advance in fares.
 While not going deeply into the question of labor union the board. in cases where the right of employees to organize has been an issue ordered that workers be protected in the ex- ercises of their right to join trade unions without fear of molestation by the employer.
 Cases still being considered affect companies in Kansas City, Mo. Mem phis, Tenn, and number of other cities.
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Our Speciality Is A U T O M 0 BILE
 INSURANCE Service Unexcelled. R. H. M. MILLS & SONS

classes who should be in the army. Lots of them have been able, thru false affidavits and lies and chican- cry to hide behind woman's skirts or an acre of hilly ground on which you couldn't raise an umbrella, but those cases will come to light and the government will get those men.
 There are some draft boards in the nation that are closing their eyes to some facts, too, with regard to some men. The provost marshal general has removed several boards, and sev- eral more may be removed.
 War and the draft are new things with Uncle Sam and tho the old gen teman has many obstacles to over- come he will finally get the things done that should be done, and among the things well done will be the stacker and the kaiser.
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TODAY IN HISTORY

One Hundred Years Ago Today. 181S-The 225th anniversary of the birth of 1zaak Walton was ob- served in England. Sevcnty-Five years Ago Today. 1S43-Wind and rain storm of unusu- al violence did much damage in Philadelphia.
 Fifty Years Ago Today. l9OS-Missouri Democrats met in convention at St. Louis and named John $. Phelps for gov- ernor
 Twenty-Five Yeans Ago Today. 1S93-M Mills in Fall Rives, employing 1000 hands, closed on account of scarcity of currency.
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NOTABLES BORN THIS DATE

Col. Hugh s. Johnson, U. s. A., who has been designated by the President as deputy provost marshal general born in Kansas, 37 years ago today.
 Brig. Gen. Henry A. Greene, U. s. A., reiently assigned to the command of the Philippines department, born in New York, 62 years ago today.
 James J. Hornbrook, one of the new brigadier-generals of the Nation al Army, born in Indiana, 50 years ago today.
 Malin Craig, one of the new bri- gadler-generals of the National Ar my, born in Missouri, 43 years ago today.
 J. c. w. Beckham, United States senator from Kentucky, born at Bards town, Ky, 49 years ago today.
 Read Admiral Theodore F. Jewell, U. s. N., retired born at Georgetown, D. C., 73 years ago today.
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NAMES OF EIGHT
 MORE CAPTIVES

Washington, Aug. 2.-Names of eight members of the American ex- .peditionary forces held as prisoners of war in Germany were announced tonight by I.he war department.
 The names of the men the camps where they are held and their homes addresses follow:
 At Camp Giessen, Privates George Norman, Newark, N. J.; James Pun tillo, Newark, N. J.; David L. Watkins, Sonora, Ky: Arsene Bergercn, Flor ence, Mass; Edward Bonnet, ArrJay, Ky.; Wilfred Marquies, Fall River,
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reach the jury tomorrow. The case against Charles Grossman treasurer of the same Association who was jointly indicted with Bruhn was dis missed this afternoon on motion of the government. Both Bruhn and Grossman testified today, disclaiming any attempt to defraud the govern ment.
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At no time since the be- ginning of the war has the V q ue of A m eric an t Il ri ft been more apparent [ h q n n 0 W. w h ie our military forces are turning, the tide, we have, through, the practices of thrift a..i
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U. $. CASE AGAINST
 BREWER DISMISSED

Austin, Aug. 2.-The case against Henning Bruhn, president of the Lone Star Brewery Association of San An tonic, tried in federal court on an indictment charging Justification of
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BAN TICKET SCALPING

Washington, Aug. 2-Notice was served today on ticket scalpers by the railroad administration to quit business at once under threat of pros. ecution.
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One Year Ago Today in the War. August 5, 1917:-The last increment of National Guard was drafted into the Federal service; Reports from Rome indicated the Intalian fories were preparing to launch another great offensive.
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666 cures Headaches, Bill iousness, Loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that tired aching feeling due to Ma laria or Colds.
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Mass; M At Camp Tuchel o..-
 Harry Leonard, Camden k T5rvae comp Graudenz, Lieut., c. s s. D" ," <
 Royal Air Force, address ', m raraa
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all 1ews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here- in.
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WORTH REMEMBERING.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
 Il. E. Landon.
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When the attention of The Graphic is called to any mis- s-statemcnt of facts, or to any error concerning any man or thing, correction will cheerfully be made.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
NOTICE

NOTICE
Still alive and have a car load of
choice upland prairie hay on hand
L. c. Johnson, phone 409J.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
THE DRAFT LAW

Many complaints come to the De-
partment of Agriculture to the effect
that farmers and farm laborers have
not received proper consideration
under the War Departments rules of
deferred classification. The law and
the rules of the War Department
vest the powers of exemption and
deferred classification solely and ex-
clusively in the district boards and
there is no authority in any other Of
fetal to interfere with this jurisdic-
ton except in particular cases. There
is only the right of appeal to the
President, under terms prescribed by
the War Department. Neither the
Department of Agriculture nor any
other department, nor any official
has any power over the district
boards. They are composed of the
citizens of each state and they are
presumed to have the best informa-
ton and to be the most mindful of
the needs of their states and sec
tons Citizens who feel that boards
have acted unwisely should address
themselves to the boards or should
cause appeals to be made from the
boards to the President. The De-
partment of Agriculture is powerless
to affect decisions by the boards or
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27

to alter the rules of the War De-
partment or to change the law of the
congress.
On March IL last, the Provost
Marshal General of the War Depart
ment issued an order directing the
local boards in furnishing their
quotas for the army, to defer until
the last those actively and assiduous-
ly engaged in Agriculture, even tho
! they had been placed in Glass One.
At the time that order was issued.
the War Department expected to call
only 100000 or 100000 men before
the harvest. but after the order was
issued the German offensive of
March began, with its perils to the
allied cause, and the War Depart
ment found it necessary to call many
more men than it contemplated on
the 18th of March Consequently in
many communities the local boards
have been compelled to call all the
men in Class One, even tho they are
engaged in agriculture. II should be
remembered that men so called were
placed by their district boards in
Class One and therefore were not de-
ferred but were always subject to
call. 1t should be understood, also,
that the emergency of the present
war situation is such that the nation
can take no chance of delay in the
mobilization of the necessary man
power to reinforce the allies on the
western front. The slightest delay
might cause a frightful disaster.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
ASKED TO ABSTAIN WHOLLY
FROM THE USE OF WHEAT

The wheat situation is the most
serious at this period. The food adj
ministration asks that those who are
able to do should abstain entirely
from the use of wheat until the next
harvest. The phrase, chose who are
able" means all housewives who are
not forced to leave their homes to
earn their living In Audubon
county there are very few who would
be excused. This means that We must
eat the wheatless bread made from
the wheat substitutes in the form of
mullins, waffles. brown breads and
biscuits. Pie crusts can be very sat
isfactorily made with the substitute.
Restrict the use of pie Serve the
fresh fruit when possible It is much
more wholesome and saves the GER
calls and fats, both of which need to
be conserved. When pie is made lin
ii it to one crust.
Those who are forced to resort to
wheat should limit themselves to
and 1a pounds per week. Every one
and three-quarters pounds of bread
manufactured by bakers under the
regulation of food administration is
equal to one pound of wheat flour.
Limit yourself accordingly. The food
administration has asked the bakers
10 make the IL ounce loaf. This will
save much wheat flour. Please take
advantage of this patriotic privilege
and ask your baker for the II ounce
loaf. Other means of saving wheat
are to eliminate bread in any form
for one meal day at least. Substi-
tute a vegetable, eat more potatoes,
lettuce and all fresh green vegetables.
This is the season of the year when
bread can be ommited from the menu
with the least effort.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
PRESIDENT SENDS REPLY
TO DANISH PEOpI L

We clip the following from the
Dannevirke a Danish newspaper
published in Cedar Rapids by NJ
/ Hoist. The following letter by Pres
ident Wilson is in answer to petit
tons concerning the use of foreign
language. ON July 4th.
"Our Citizens of Foreign Extraction:
II have read with great sympathy
the petition addressed to me by your
representative bodies regarding your
proposed celebration of Independence
/ day; and | wish to convey to syou.
in reply. my heartfelt appreciation
for its expressions of loyalty and
good will
Nothing in this war has been
more gratifying than the manner in
which our foreign born citizens. and
the sons and daughters of the foreign
born have risen to this greatest of
all national emergencies
You have shown where you stand
not only by your frequent profess
sions of loyalty to the cause which
we fight, but by your eager response
to calls for patriotic service, includ
ing the supreme service of offering
life itself in battle for justice, free
dom and democracy.
Before such devotion as you have
shown, all distinctions of race van
ish; and we feel ourselves citizens
in a republic of free spirits.
II therefore take pleasure in call
ing your petition, with my hearty
commentator. to the attention of
all my fellow countrymen, and ask
that they unite with you in making
the Independence day of this, the
year when all the principles to which
we stand pledged are on trial, the
most significant in our national his
tory.
GAS July 4. 1875, was the dawn
of democracy for this nation, let us,
on July 4, 1918. celebrate the birth
of a new and greater spirit of de-
mocracy, by whose influence we hope
and believe, what the signers of the
Declaration of Independence dream
ed of for themselves and their fellow
shall be fulfilled for all
mankind.
II have asked the committee on 4,
Public Information to cooperate !
with you in making any arrange
ments you may wish to make for |
this celebration.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
ONLY ICE CREAM MAY BE
SERVED AT FOURTH NEAL

This is the official request from
the food administration regarding the
fourth meal. and every club and or
ganization in Audubon county should
comply with the program.
While the food administration does
not modify its opposition to the
fourth meal it feels that during the
next three months it may be unwise
not to permit the liberal use of ice
cream.
1t is desirable. however. that ice
cream alone be served. The addition
of wheat products. for instance,
would be indefensible. If those who
plan ice cream refreshments can be
made TO understand that the inclns-
ion of additional food will be a viola
tion of the fourth meal rule, | think
we may permit the ice cream to be
served during June. July and August
without interfering with the food
conservation program.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
COMING ATTRACTIONS AT
THE CRESCENT THEATRE

There are to be some special at
fractions at the Crescent theatre dur
ing the month of July. The first
will be William Fox, who presents
"a Daughter of the Gods" with An
nette Kellerman which will be shown
in this city July 18th and 18th.
Here are some of the facts regarding
the picture:
The actual cost of the picture is
just in excess of S1,10O,O00.
Total number of persons appear
ing in the picture, 21,21S.
Largest number used in a single
scene, 1874.
Number of children in the gnome
city scenes, 1900.
More than 200 mermaids. Three
hundred dancing girls and women OF
the Sultan's harem.
Number of feet of film taken,
$4,000.
Number of feet shown to you.
10000 feet in ten reels.
Seven camera men photographed
the picture, as many as four photo
graphing the same scene simultan-
eously from different angles.
A Moorish city built at a cost of
$350,000 and destroyed to make one
OF the big scenes of the picture.
An entire Caribbean island and all
of its population utilized by William
Fox to assist his principle actors in
the making of the picture.
Time required to build the tropical
city and equip it, three months. Then
eight months more of work in MAX
ing the picture.
special municipality created and
governed by William Fox for his
thousands of employees. Special re-
frigerating and laboratory plants
built and maintained for the develop
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
NOT ALL HEROES ARE MEN

In the great war in which we are
engaged we are giving unstinted
praise TO our soldiers who have gone
to far off France to fight for the pre-
servation of world liberty They
are entitled to all the praise We can
accord them. They are giving SER
vice and life to one of the greatest
causes that has ever brought men in
to mortal conflict. We cannot hon
or them too greatly. But while TAX
ing nothing from the honor of them
we ought to recognize the fact that,
noble as American men are in their
field, they are no nobler than the wo-
men of America who are lending
their aid in the conflict. Not many
women will shoulder a gun and en-
dure what trench life or field service
means, but thousands of them are
giving of their strength and means
TO make effective the sterner duties
of men.
They have taken their places in
many fields of endeavor that are alb
solutely necessary TO success. They
have given their fathers, husbands,
sons and brothers to the struggle
They are working at home and they
cheer to the boys in the field They
are working at home and they are
serving abroad. They have their
places in camps where they carry
sunlight by their presence and cour-
age by their words.
They have gone as nurses and are
tenderly caring for the sick and
the wounded. Amidst the awful
wreck of torn bodies they are angels
of mercy enduring the CHASTITY sights
and nerve wracking duties. Where
ever they are they receive the sol
diers' blessing and add strength to
his heart and arm.
Without the aid that women are
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
SOME EXPERIENCES OUR
SOLDIERS HAVE IN FRANCE

Most men return from the war
bringing ghosts back with them
vivid, haunting pictures of the fight
ing, which sticks in the mind and
crops up in dreams
These pictures are not usually of
the big gruesome thing" but rath-
er of the incronguous. We see a man
blown TO pieces and are spattered
with blood and brains but we brush
ourselves off and forget it. Then we
experience some freak, peculiar
thing, and that sticks in our minds
as a burr
saw a man sitting on the firing
step in the trenches one day when a
dud shell came down through the top
of the parapet and knock his head
off as clean as if il had been done
with an axe. The picture which al
ways sticks with ME is not his head
going off but the skin of his neck
slowly creeping down. As the head
less body Strengthened back against
the front of the trench, the skin on
his neck started slowly to creep down
disclosing the corrugations of the
cartilage and muscles and as / watch
led the contracting skin | thought Of
a chickens neck when the head is
cut off.
Another picture which haunts me
is Of man who ! shot at close
range in an attack Here il was the
mans expression which made the pic
ture indelible The heavy bullet of
my forty-five struck him on the fore
head. killing him instantly and as his
knees gave way an expression Of
awful fear spread over his features.
The bought came to my mind, Lost.
a whole he'll full of devils must be
after that guy
Because of that mans expression,
and partly. I suppose. because of the
thought which comes to me, / have
that Huns every feature in my mind
right now and see him sometimes in
my dreams-short. not at all SOL
dierly looking. his face is dirty and
covered with a weeks beard, his
mouth is wide open, thick lips agap,
and the top of his head gone.
Another picture which nearly ev-
cry soldier carries with him is of a
man with a German stuck on his bay
onet, unable to get him off, and of
course. the German wanting to get
off as badly as the other wants him
off
Yes, war ghosts are rather un-
pleasant companions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
NEW BILL BY JUDGE GREEN

Judge Green has introduced a bill
levying tax upon the gross receipts
of mail order houses. He believes
that thes institutions do not pay
their fair share of taxes and at q
time like this might well pay fur
Their tax to the government out of
their large proceeds. He does not
think this would add anything to the
price of their articles. as they would
still be compelled to compete with
the country merchant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27

ment of the film
There was no loss of human life
in the making of even the most haz-
ardous scenes.
Another feature will be "The Ger
man Curse in Russia" This is the
greatest war picture of the times and
should be seen by every patriotic
man, woman and child in this COM
munity. 1t will be here for one day
only. Monday, July %. Watch for
further announcements that are to
appear in the Republican.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-06-27
LICENSES REQUIRED FOR
STOCkYARDS AND STOCKMEN

A federal license by every CONNER
cial stockyard in the country which
is 10 continue in business after July
25, 1918. and by all commission mer-
chants and dealers in live stock in
connection with stockyards, is re-
quired by a proclamation issued by
the president. The licensing proc
lamation is one of series issued by
the president, under authority of the
Food Control Act of last August,
bringing the dealing in necessities
under the control of the federal gov
eminent.