The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-09-11


liked IT. He replied he had never
received the cake, but that he had
passed an officers tent and had seen
him eating II.
wives, mothers and sweethearts
In st. Louis of the thousands OF
men who have gone to the training
camps and cantonments will nail
this lie hard and fast il you will
take the trouble to ask them about
it,
LIE No. 23. Rector of Holy
Innocents' Church at Racine, Wis,
reports this lie about a family;
That the family was put to death
for giving out information which led
to the destruction of England S
greatest general. That a son was
executed at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, when
caught in work of a treacherous
nature, and that his religious affiIia-
lions had much to do with his dis
loyalty.
Government agents say this is
only one of a million other lies of
like nature which pro-German pro-
pagandists are circulating. OF
course, there is no foundation for
it,
LIE No. ~. Mrs. Henry w. Wag-
on, 4129 Kossuth Avenue, says
husky delivery wagon driver called
at her home with parcel day or
so ago. She asked him why he
wasn't in the army, and he replied
the Government makes no provision
for dependent families.
Government makes this provi-
sion for dependents: Men with fami-
lies or other dependents will not be
called in the draft until an emerg-
ency, which is not even thought of
now arises. Heads of families are
not even urged to enlist voluntarily,
although provision is made in the
way of insurance and the like for
their dependents if they care to-
join the colors.)
LIE No. %. The sweater with
the $40 bill sewed into its fabric
which the pro-Germans say the Red
Cross sold, has appeared this time
in jefferson City. Man told Miss
Duri Council of Defense yesterday
of the lie.
(Robert Glenn, publicity mana
ger for the council, says the tale is
too utterly ridiculous to believe,
md is circulated merely as a scheme
to thwart the efforts of the Red
Crosse
LIE No. 26. From Bonnie Terrs,
NO., That two Chicago nurses were
killed in a mutiny, and that IA men
had committed suicide at Jefferson
Barracks because of the i'll treat
nent accorded them.
(Commandant at Jofrcr1or w..
racks offers post records to disprove
the second lie. While it is impossi-
BILE to learn where the Chicago
nurses" were killed, still, it is safe
10 say this is but another piece of
bunk"
LIE No. %. Here's one from st.
Francois, No. That a St. Louis
father was called to the deathbed of
MS son, an enlisted man in the navy,
md that 10 privacy was accorded
him. During this last interview,
however, the attention of the armed ;
guard was distracted, and the son
exhibited his body, saying his legs
lad been shot away in mutiny.
Secretary of the Navy refutes
his lie by the statement that there
5 not a better behaved body of men
n the world than those in the United
States Navy, and that the excellent
discipline since the outbreak Of. war
)nly proves that conditions for the
enlisted men are ideal in every re-
;pectD
LIE No. 2S. NJ. E. r.. Sherman.
No., says it is reported there that an |
American transport has been sunk by
, German submarine and 500 SOL
Tiers and sailors lost. One man
vas heard to say that lie read Oh the /
disaster in a German newspaper- |
lJust Pro-German lie.l
LIE No. 20. That Mrs. Frank V.
Hammer, chairman of the 81. Louis
Red Cross chapter, receives $15,00J
4 year for her services. and that
George w. Simmons. chairman of
he Southwestern district $4,000.
both Mrs. Hammer and simmons
donate their services and pay their
own travelling expenses. In addition,
Simmons and Mrs. Manner have
each made large personal subscrlp-
lions to the Red Cross fund.-
. LIE No. 80. Edmund Kerrutsh.