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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
Harnesses SUMS Rays.

An experimenter In the Royal Col.
lcge Of Science In Toronto claims that
he has found q way to harness the
SUMS heat to industrial tasks Of al.
most any nature. For instance. BY his
experiments with mirror combinations
he has focused reflected .nys 10 a. to
melt q bar Of lead - q temperature
below freezing to y depth Of one and
Z half inches IN 48 SECONDS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
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came down from the bridge and shook
hands With me!
After this they did not haze ne
much. This was the beginning Of .
certain reputation that I had in the
navy for iist.work. Later on I had .
reputation for swimming. too. That
Arst day they began calling me
-Chink." though I don't know why.
and It has been my nickname In the
navy ever since.
It Is q curious thing. and I never
could understand 1t. but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters. aboard
and ashore. but We garbies never have
q word for them, nor they for Us. On
shore leave abroad We pal up with
foreign garbies. even. but hardly ever
with q marine. OF course they r
with US strong In case we have Q scrap
with q liberty party OF some foreign
ship-they cannot keep out Of q fight
any more than we can-but after It
is over they are on their way at once
and we on 0urs.
There are lots Of things like that
in the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and I think 1t Is be-
cause sailors change their ways so
little. They do q great many things
in the navy because the navy always
has done them.
kept strictly on the job as a fire.
man, but I wanted to get into the gun
turrets. 1t was slow work for a long
time. I had to serve as second-class
fireman for four mouths, frst.class
for eight months and in the engine
room as water.tender for a year.
Then. after serving on the q. 8. 8.
Des Molnes IS a %gunloader, I was
transferred to the Iowa and finally
worked up to a gun.pointer. After a
time I got my C. P. O. rating-chief
petty of1cer. 6rst-class gunner.
The various navies differ In many
ways. but most Of the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
a sailor. Every sailor has a great deal
Of respect for the Swedes and Nor
wegians and Danes; they are born
sailors and are very daring, but, Of
course, their navies are small. The
Germans were always known as clean
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
FoREWoRo.

"6unner Depew' 10 not a
uWk Of fiction, but Il is
1Dse thrilling than any fc.
tn you ever read. tits the
iise story Of the expert.
alces Of an American boy
ulse had a fighting career
Mt is unique in the annals
q the great war. II is a
sacfs crowded with fighting
and adventure - big with
An1nan courage and endur.
Ssee. It is the first war mar.
sa4ive that tells the true
story Of conditions In the
sn1nan prison camps. It
IS a stery that every Amerl.
ON should and will read to
Tie end.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
Moon by "~Earthiioht"

When the crescent Of the new moon
appears In the west the phenomenon
called "the old moon In the young
ones arms" Is often observed. Part.
" embraced by the horns Of the cres.
cent Is seen the whole round orb Of
the moon. The cause Of this appear
ance Is that the "earthlight" upon that
part Of the moon not reached BY the
sunshine is sufficiently brilliant to rem.
der It family visible to our eyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
Each Year Fully 200,000,00O Of
Little Animals Are Killed in
United States.
FUR IS IN STRONG DEMAND
Value Of Peits VIII Be Further In.
creased This Year on Account Of
Embargo Placed on lmporta.
ticn Of All Skins.

The game commission Of Pennsy1-
sania estimated that In 1917, during
the open season Of As days. fully $780,
600 rabbits were killed and utilized for
food in that state. Making due allow
ance for overestimates In only n
state, it is safe to say that each year
fully 200.O00,0O0 wild rabbits are killed
in the United States. Many Of them
are jack rabbits, the majority Of which
have been utilized in the past. II
all the rabbits killed were consumed,
they would represent between 100000
aud 100000 tons Of valuable food, ac-
cording to specialists Of the United
States department Of agriculture.
The skins of these wild rabbits are
a valuable asset, as they can be used
for hatters' fur and glue. The war
has caused a great shortage Of hatters'
fur from other countries. Last winter
the price Of native rabbit skins rose
steadily from 20 or Is cents to 70 and
eyen 80 cents a pound ut the close of
the season. 1t takes 6 to s dry skins
Of the cottontall rabbit to make a
pound. This makes the present value
Of the pelt Of the smaller rabbit 10 to
II cents and that Of the jack rabbit
Is to 20 cents. These values will be
further increased because Of the en-
barge that has been placed ON the i'm.
portatlon Of furs.
Save the Skins.
If proper measures are taken to In
sure the collection Of skins the short
age Of hatters' fur can be largely met
by the Wild supply. If all households
that use rabbits for food and every
marketman who dresses rabbits can be
induced to save and dry the skins the
present home production of hatters'
fur can be more than doubled next sen
son. The prices pay well for the slight
labor needed to prepare them for mar
ket. Men can make excellent wages
skinning the jack rabbits that are
destroyed as pests In II Western
states, and that have hitherto been
wasted. At only 10 cents each the
skins Of the 100000 600 rabbits killed
in the United States have a value Of
$o0,0O0y0O0.
The organized drive, in which every
rabbit caught may be utilized rs food,
Is being encouraged wherever prac.
ticable as q means Of conserving meat
and protecting crops from their depre-
dati0ns.
While the fur Of our wild rabbits
does not make the finest hats, and the
manufacturers Of these are dependent
on nutria, muskrat, and beaver clip.
pings, the use Of these finer hats will
probably decline and they will be re-
placed BY those made Of rabbit fur.
There n q strong demand for nil the
rabbit skins that can be collected In
America.
Kansas Firm's Contribution.
last winter Arm In Kansas
dressed and shipped $4,000 jack rab.
bits. Of 27S tons Of meat. The skins
were all saved and marketed, making
an important item In tho profits. A
large extension Of tho business 10
planned for the coming season. and It
II expected that many similar enter.
prises will be developed In various
parts Of the West. These activities
will insure a much larger saving Of
jack rabbit skins thnn In the past.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
lrsanded No Harm.

Lucy was playing up on the lawn
with her little puppy when tho dog
next door came up wagging his tail IN
q most friendly why. The little pup
stuck his tail between his legS and
started for the house. Lucy canght
him, saying: Don't b afraid, pupJ
be won't hurt you: he Just coma ovse
10 Introduce hisself."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
Plenty Of Muskrats.

A sufficient number Of muskran 70
meet demands for their fur are trarpeO
from marshes and swamps TINT arr
for the most part. unprotected m'''
lions Of skins being taken ench yehI'
So long NJ the natural breeding place
reinnin u~ndlsturbed and r~easonap,s
closed seasons are maintained there
little likelihood Of the numbers os tne
animals being depleted, according y
biologists Of the United States depa'y
ment Of agriculture. With adequa."
protection In the breeding season a.u
with the present habitat availaple'
from 10,000.O00 to l2y000,O0O pelts can
be taken In North America annua''y
without depletion Of the supply.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12

Gunner pepew, on board the
French dreadnau9ht cassard,
gives the PolIus 4 sample Of the
Workmanship for which the
American sunners are famoua
Then he leaves his ship and goes
into the trenches. Den'x miss
the next instaiiment
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
CAN THE BUNNY

Bunny clubs have been started
among women In Oklahoma 70
can the rabbits caught in the
organized drives in sections Of
the state where great damage
Is done by the pests. One club
In Buffalo puts up Buffalo bunny
sausage which carries on the
outside of the cans the follow.
ing:
Can tho bunny
Save the money
Help to win the war
With bread and meat
And lots to eat
The end will not be far.
Slice him up
Spice him up
Grind him very f3ne
Fry him brown
Pack him down
Good for any time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12

It n q good plum to wean the lanOs
gradually; this will eliminate havlns
to milk the cwcs and the lambs Will -
much better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12
Nsesssitx.

4 national exhibition was roeoo4ay
bald In Berlin to populastss ~ ~
6 papee clothlae
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-09-12

cufTeit nttfdtdfc Il f6ycJ{fe6.-F
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08

have organized a Knitting club, and
1t would rejoice the heart of any
American citizen worthy of the name
to see those girls knit, knit, knit
for our boys in the trenches, in the
camps and on the seas. Every man
connected with The MENACE VINO
has one or more sons of military
age rejoices that his brave boys are
enlisted as privates or commissioned
as officers in the army of our great
common country.
| dare Professor Wassaman and
all Others who spend their time in
throwing slop on the characters of
good people to compare his record
for patriotism with that of the peo-
pie he ISLANDERS.
Should any truthful and truth-lov-
ing person ever again hear igno-
rant or corrupt apologist for popery
s., state either publicly or privately that
IHE MENACE or any of its pub
fishers or employees are in the en-
ploy Of the kaiser or the sultan in
their joint war with the pope on
civilization, ! now insist that the
speaker be then and there challenged
to sign statement in writing en-
boding the substance of his alIega-
ton so that he can be held legally
accountable for his brazen false
hood.
If Professor Wassaman cannot
teach economies better than he can
tell the truth about THE MENACE.
it is high time his chair in the uni
yersity of the great state of Iowa
should be occupied by a more worthy
and competent man. 1t would be
conducive to good citizenship and to
the credit of their university if
Iowa patriots would demand that
the chair of economics be filled by
a professor who can tell the truth.
Ex-Congressman Cullop, of In
diana, is another liar of the same
school, tarred with the same stick
and Is chasing around the country
making the same statements as the
Iowa professor. I will give both he
and the professor a chance to come
clean by offering to give, in the
name of The MENACE and the Free
Press Defense League, an addition
al one thousand dollars to the Red
Cross if both or either Of them will
sign a direct statement to the effect
that the League or The MENACE,
or any person connected with either,
has ever received q cent from the |
German government for any pur-
pose, either directly or indirectly. !
Let these papal henchmen take
off their German camouhage and
come clean, or else sign libel and
then keep their mouths shut!
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08
MUNDELEIN'S MUSICAL
DIRECTOR INTERNED?
Following ArChbishop's Insulting
Insinuation That All DisIoyaIty
is Among the Protestants

Archbishop Mundelein has beer
employing arguments such as We
might expect from an ostrich
which so long as his head is
hidden from view, no matter how
much of his body is in sight
imagines he is unobserved,
Recently Chicago's archbishop
made the astounding statement that
of all the persons reported in the
Chicago archdiocese for pro- German
activity not a single one was Roman
Catholic. Of course it was pleasing
TO Roman Catholics for the archbish.
op to say so, but it was foolish fol
any serious-minded newspaper editor
to print such rot. But the Chicago
papers printed it and Roman Cath
olics who knew no better went on
in the belief that Protestants and
Jews must be awful to be providing
100 percent of the disloyaIists.
1t so happens that a man very
close to the archbishop was under
surveillance at the time; which is
only another way of pointing out
that any well-balanced mind would
have suspected such was the case,
else the archbishop might not have
made such a basely false and wholly
uncalled- for boast.
The Boston Herald and Journal
for May 21st, treats the case to
which we have just referred as fol-
lows:
CHICAGO, May 2O.-A warrant
for the interment of Hans Merz,
musical director of the Chicago arch
diocese of the Roman Catholic church,
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08
SACRIFICING SCHOOLS
FOR SECTARIANISM
Rome OppOsesM Michigan's Proposed
School Law Claiming Children
Will Be Lost to POpery

Rome's activity in the present sit
uation in Michigan clearly shows her
as the enemy Of the public school
and this purely for sectarian reasons.
The desperate straights into which
the campaign now being waged in
the interest of the public schools has
thrown her is shown in a series Of
activities that border closely upon
mobocracy.
The Wayne County Civic Associa-
tion is endeavoring to get an amend
ment to Michigan's constitution to
make it obligatory upon every child
to attend the public schools in each
locality in the state, just so long as
any part of the course taught, up to
the eighth grade, has not been COM
pleted by such child.
Of course Rome objects to this be-
cause it will place her children of
school age in the hated public school.
She has long argued these schools are
goddess because religion is not taught
therein, yet it is not the Bible she
wants in the schools or broad re-
ligious instruction; nothing short Of
the papal catechism will suffice. This
is shown by what she uses in her
parochial schools, and as a Grand
Rapids priest recently put it, I'VE
have to have the children while they
are young or we will lose them" He
said this when trying to get Prot
estant church closed to a lecturer
favoring this very amendment.
This shows the channel of papal
thought. Rome isn't thinking of the
public schools or education. She isn't
considering that it is to the best in
terests of the country that all chill
dren attend the schools established
and operated by the country. She is
thinking only of the church. If she
permits her children to attend the
state schools, the Roman church may
>'"~~>>"o~~o~~-~~-~">>-
Continued on Page 2, Column p
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08
OUR "SECRET" PATRIOTISM
BY MARVIN BROWN

in the battle to save this country
from an enemy that fights in the
open, builds structures that pierce the
heavens blue with their spires and
tells you to your teeth what they are
doing it for, and challenges you to
help it if you canl
Suppose, for instance, that THE
MENACE printed enormous editions of
the paper every week and then hired
pussyfooters to slip around in the
woods and hide them in caves, hol-
low logs and in the fence cracks. Do
you think it would ever teach the
people anything that way? Nom
sense!
The thing this nation needs worse
than anything it ever needed is a
million men who are brave enough TO
stand out in the middle of the streets,
on the housetops, or anywhere else
that they might make themselves
heard, and denounce the whole hell
ish papal system at the tops of their
voices.
The "Gazette" takes two dirty
filings at the Socialists in this one is
sue-both of them so dirty that we
feel like quoting. Among other
things it says: when you scratch
Socialist you uncover a traitor, no
matter what the garb he wears or
the title he assumes to deceive" And
again: "The School Board of Chicago
actually awakened some days ago.
and by official action barred the use
Of school buildings for socialist meet
tngS. Someone in that body dis
covered that a Socialist is but the
pollywog that develops into an
Anarchist; that meeting Of Social
lists is but the ante-room to the realm
where treason is propagated as
means to an end, and believing that
the educational institutions and
buildings of this country should not
be thus prostituted, the resolution
was introduced and promptly passed.
Take up the matter in your city,
town, village or locality, and stop the
spread of this civic degeneracy."
The English is rotten but you can
tell that ne undertakes to say the
nastiest thing he can think of about
Socialists, ninety-nine and nine
tenths per cent of which is false, and
he knows it. We hold no brief for
the Socialist party, or for any other
party, but we know many Socialists
who are patriots to the core and we
wish to take advantage of this op-
portunity to say that such pickering
and backbiting as this has no place
in the great patriotic movement that
is being espoused by the best in all
parties for the preservation of lib
erty, the promotion of progress and
the advancement Of civilization, in
spite Of the underhand schemes Of
the papacy to capture this nation or
destroy it in the attempt.
THE MENACE and the Free Press
Defense League are in the open and
proud Of it. We are not ashamed Of
the propaganda or we wouldn't be in
it, All the patriots may not agree
with our policy-and it is their privi-
lege not to-but they are charitable
enough, / believe, to grant US our
policies without knocking. Some
body ought to take the "GG-ette's'n
hammer and break it over his head
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08

those summoned today to testify at
a federal grand jury inquiry relative
to the disappearance of jeremiah
oLeary, former editor of Bull, who,
with several others connected with
the publication, was indicted for pub
fishing alleged seditious matter in
violation of the espionage act.
OLeary forfeited his bail by fail
ing to appear when the case was
called for trial yesterday. Federal
authorities who Immediately instituted
nationwide search for the fugitive
have so far been unable to locate him.
Members of his family declare he
went on "a fishing trip" in the
Adirondack mountains.
An alarm calling for "the arrest on
sight" of 0'Leary was sent out to-
day by United States Marshal Nc
Carthy and local agents of the de-
partment of justice, who are COOP
Grating in the hunt.
The notice, which is to be circulated
throughout the country, characterized
O'Leary as zone of the best known
Irish leaders in the United States
known in all Sim Fein and rabid
Irish circles, and known personally
to all prominent leaders of the Sim
Fein movement"
1t will be remembered that Jere-
miah is one Of the three men recon-
mended by the German government
to its ambassador here for sabotage
in this country and Canada. Our
own government gave out the dis
patch which was obtained in a raid.
By the way, Justice Cohalan
ought to know something on Jere-
miah for he is not so far removed
from being in the same boat. He
has the honor Of having written a
message "for transmission to Ber-
lin" giving advice as to how to
harass England and make the Irish
rebellion Of 1916 a success. like
the assassin who shot Lincoln.
OLeary may yet be found in a
priests house.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08

terrible mess and he knew of no way
out except to run.
1t is presumed that despite
O'Leary's "fghting Irish" blood he
has considerable of the rabbit in
him for he is gone, and the day of
his trial has also come and gone
without jeremiah putting in an ap-
pearance. In fact several days have
come and gone and Jeremiah's bond
is now forfeited. Says The Boston
Herald and Journal for May 22nd
NEW YORK, May 21.-Grover
Whalen, secretary of Mayor Hylan,
and Daniel F. Cohalan, justice of the
state supreme court, were among
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08
AMERICAS GREATEST EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL IN FURTHFRANCF OF

has been asked by Charles F. Clyne,
United States district attorney, that
official announcement today. Mr..
Clyne said the request was based on
pro-Germanism and that Merz had
been Investigated by the department
of justice in Brooklyn prior to his
coming to Chicago.
Now we wonder how the archbish-
op will explain his density. To
maintain a man like Merz as the
musical director in charge of the
entire diocese certainly must have
been attributable to only one of two
things; either he knew it and will
fully retained him, or he is 50 thick
headed that he is unsafe as an en-
ployer of so many persons even if
he does so as prince of the Roman
Catholic church.
1t is up to Mundelein to explain.
His word isn't what we want either.
What We want is to see the arch
bishop acquit himself by obtaining
a letter from the department Of JUS
tice showing that he aided in the
arrest or accumulating of evidence
against Merz. If he can produce
such document he deserves praise,
if he can't he belongs to the same
class as Benedict XIV whose private
chamberlain carried on the most
dangerous spy work the allies have
been able to uncover, and this with
in the very walls Of the vatican,
Come on Mr.. Mundelein-scnd
us the proof that you aided the Sc
cret service and We will be glad to
give YOU as conspicuous all an
nouncement as this one. If YOU
can't do it, keep out of the papers
with your insults and calm down
on this camOuAage stuff.
P. S.-Mr. Mundelein if you care
to send proof as per the above please
send the original letter by registered
mail and tell us to what church the
man who signs such letter belongs.
If you can come through we want
it so there can be no ground for
Susplcion-you see your other state
ment makes people wary.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-08
ROME'S CARRION CROWS AT WORK
BY BILLY PARKER

ct I is hard to understand how
u low some men will stoop in
ER their utter disregard of truth
@ 1t recently became my duty
to visit the state of Iowa to investi,
gate rmors and newspaper report;
that we're reaching this office con.
cerning statements alleged to have
been made by a Professor Wassa,
man of the State University of that
state. The What Cheer Patriot Of
May 8 gave the following report
of the professors statement, which
is criminally false and could be ut,
tered only through dense Ignorance
or wanton mendacity:
Prof. Wassaman of the State Uni.
Versity in lecture at Grinnell said:
81 am a Methodist by choice
or by birth-but by marriage.
"The German government has paid
money to publish THE MENACE and
has it sent out to make the Protes-
tants and Catholics fight each other.
The kaiser knew that was a Metho-
dist weak spot. 1t is German propa-
ganda."
Persons who had heard the lecture
informed me that Professor Wassa-
man, like some other character as
sassins, had sought to protect his
guilty hide by qualifying his wicked
SANDER with such expressions as, "a
have heard" "It has been said," "I
have been informed" and the like.
But that cowardly evasion does not
mitigate the baseness of his false.
hood, nor does it shield him from
legal liability for the damage he
sought to inhict.
Since he says he IS a Methodist
by marriage, not by choice, it seems
that, had he married a Hottentot,
lie would have embraced the religion
of the Hottentots and would now
probably be qualified for @ chair in
a Hottentot university instead of
the one he has shown himself 80 un-
worthy to occupy in a great state
university of this great free repub-
lie peopled by those who have been
driven from the Old World by the
cruel despotism of papal and i'm
perial autocrats.
THE MENACE and its entire body
of employees are willing to COM
pare their record touching the war
with that of Professor Wassaman
or any other of its criminal malign-
crs. We have Loyalty supported the
government by the purchase of lib
erty bonds, by assisting the Y. NJ.
c. A. and by 1OO% record on the
Red Cross drive just closed. Every
man and woman connected with the
firm publishing THE MENACE mas
also given to the Red Cross fund.
Our girls in the printing plant