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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19
4th Liberty Loan
Committees
Chairman
Grin Lord, Ellsworth, Wis.
Executive Committee

vi III GllSWOICI1, WE
Executive Committee
John E. Foley, chairman, E | s.
worth, Wis.
w P. Knowles. Ellsworth, Wis.
F. C. Magee, Ellsworth, Wis.
Publicity Committee
George Thompson, chairman, Ellis
worth, Wis.
H. F. Doolittle, Ellsworth, Wis.
O. A. Halls, East Ellsworth, Wis.
Charles Lowater, Spring Valley,
Wis.
Robert Moser, Elmwood, Wis.
A. E. Reese, River Falls, Wis.
Clarence White, River Falls, Wis.
]. A. Orrack, Prescott, Wis.
Village Chairman
w. D. Doolittle, Ellsworth, Wis.
Frank Springer, Elmwood, Wis.
John H. Graslie. Spring Valley,
Wis.
F. w. Carpenter, Maiden Rock,
Wis.
j. A. Nelson, Bay City, Wis.
DR.. 0. H. Anderson, Plum City,
Wis.
Township Chairman
Chas. M. Hanson, Ellsworth, P. O.
Ellsworth, Wis.
John 7. Beddall, Trimbelle, P. O.
Ellsworth, Wis.
Victor Swanson, Trenton, P. o.
Hager City, Wis.
Frank Burke, Diamond Bluff, Wis.
T. M. Manion, Clifton, P. o. Riv-
er Falls, Wis.
w. H. Richards, Gilman, P. o.
Spring Valley, Wis.
Theodore Swanson, Hartland, P.
0. Ellsworth, Wis.
John P. Olson, Maiden Rock, Wis.
P. o. Stockholm, Wis.
G. A. Thompson, Martell, Wis.
Albert Corcoran, Oaks.Grove, P.
0. Prescott, Wis.
Fred Smith, River Falls, Wis.
w. I. Churchill, Rock Elm, Wis.
George Kane, Salem, P. o. Maid
en- Rock, Wis.
S. Brown, Spring L axe, P. O..
Spring Valley, Wis.
Carl Holt, Union, P. O. Maiden
Rock. Wis.
E. ]. Fitzgerald, Rock Elm, Wis.
Theodore Swanson was duly ap-
pointed chairman for Hartland but
refused to serve and his resignation
was accepted-G. A. Ulvin was ap-
pointed for Hartland, P. O. Bay
City, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19

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lizard and crawl, be snail, q mole.
live like rat in the ground and
possibly die like grasshopper IN
the frost. Then you've got TO be a
first class assassin with a bomb, a
blackhander with a dagger, Buffa-
10 Bill with pistol and a sort of
Robin Hood with a rifle, and be able
to live like a deep sea driver in a
gas mask, or helmet. And we are
practicing these murderous. fantas-
tic things in as beautiful country
as God ever forgot to blotch-I
guess he's making up for it in the
north of France, though.
Our trip across was a quiet one,
with smooth seas, occasional fogs
and no submarine alarms. We had
the usual convoy, on nearing the
zone, of destroyers and aeroplanes;
target practice, however, was the
only demonstration occurring. The
blue land in the distance, then the
views of the Channel cliffs with the
picturesque villages and country
side above, were blessed things;
and reaching the harbor, and seeing
men and women again was mighty
good, too. We stayed at camp
near the debarkation port for few
days, slipping out of town to taste
the French wine and meet the folks
and find tutoresses to learn the
language-oui, ou! We assembled
ourselves and bathed-things ac-
quire strange oiliness at sea-
spent a few days in rest and then
boarded these rafting little four
wheel crates the French use on the
railroads, and for some hours we
tangled along, passing historic
cities, famous chateaux and perfect
countryside, till we reached point
near our billets. AS there were
some 80 men per box car, the size of
a wagon box, we didn't dope in get
ting out. The march we made that
night (from II p. m. till morning)
with packs, up rising road, will
haunt my memory for long time.
Regular misunderstanding men
like shadows, dull suffering and
1eaden pace.
The outfits town commands a
view like the ones from the Balboa
Gardens, minus city and sea, and is
typical French country village,
with it's huddled stone houses,
crooked streets, red-tiled roofs,
heirloom manure piles in the front
court, walled yards and wee stores
and sooty cafe and wine rooms.
Which reminds me of that-prices!
l thought thirty dollars in French
francs would put me In the Keely
cure or get ne a discharge, but the
local barkeeps and restaurant own
ers rose to the situation-I haven't
had even a headache, and all my
money is gone, and all I've left is
sense of injured surprise. And the
girls-we'd intended all of US to
marry two or three war.left-overs
and never leave the country, but
there aren't any left overs. There
are two officers for every charming
damsel; we simply envy.
l got your letter Sunday-and ten
minutes later | was down at the Y
canteen celebrating your generosity
in wonderful Italian oranges, choco-
late, gum, and this very good
French beer. Perry thanks you,
too, and enjoyed your letters and
the clippings with me. Love.
JOHN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19
Card of Thanks

To all the friends and neighbors
whose sympathy and services were
80 kindly rendered in our time CT be-
reavement and to those sending
flowers we desire to extend our sin
cere thanks.
John Dunn and family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19
BORN

Thursday, September 18th, to Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Healy of this city, a
son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19

phone your news items to the
Journal. Phone No. 20.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
Call For 1000
White Selectives

The Provost Marshal General issued
a call Tuesday for 1000 white selectives
from Louisiana. to go into service dur
ing August. This includes practically
every drafted white man in the state.
The order reads:
The August calls upon your state
will be as large as the July calls. Ap-
proXimately 1000 white men and pro-
portionate number of colored men will
lie called. Some of the August calls
have already been announced.
Immediately instruct local boards
to refuse to release to the Navy. Ma
rinne Corps or the emergency fleet all
registrants of the 1917 and 1918 classes
who have or will be claSsiSed in Class
/. until a sufficient number of Class
registrants. physically qualified for
general military service. are i'll sight to
fill promptly and properly all calls up
to August 31st. with generous allow
ances for physical reflections at camp.
This applies whether or not regiStrants
have been finally classified or eXamin-
ed physically.
Reports reaching this office indicate
that the 1918 class has not been finally
classified and examined physically. and
this office is unable to place additional
August calls until report is received
Urge district and local boards to exert
every effort to make sufficient mum
Ter OF fneTf availatfe tori t!aes ..tujfusl
calls. and instruct medical advisory
boards to speed up examination of reg
iStr;nts as yet unexamined."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25

determine finally what policy should be
pursued with reference to prisoners
captured in the war. In any event,
the matter is one which must be passed
upon by the War and Navy Depart
ments. As to the utilization of con-
victs and prisoners, it should be re-
nlembered that they are presumed to
lie employed in other industries more
or less necessary.
Many suggestions are made con-
cerning idlers and vagrants, but as to
these, as we'll as to convicts, the states,
counties and municipalities have juris-
diction, and it is not practicable for
the National Government to exercise
powers of coercion in communities
even If there We're any authority under
the law to do so. These responsible
ties Eelong to the states and conlDuni-
ties. which should exercise them to the
fullest possible extent. for. under the
conditions prevailing in the nation and
throughout the world, no able-bodieG
man is to lie excused for idling, what
ever may be his fortune or his social
rank. We will not worthily win the
war. if we win it at all. unless states,
communities and individuals are will
ing to take responsibility. exercise the
courage of convictions and make sac
rificpS'.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
The Allies Advance;
the Germans Retreat

a dispatch, dated the 9th. says:
The steady advance OF the French
and American troops between the Aisne
and Marne Rivers has put them within
five miles of the great German center
of supplies near Oulchy-Le- Chateau.
The first week Of the great allied
counter-offensiye came to an end to-
day. with the French. American. Brit
ish and Italian troops maintaining the
initiative all along the line between
the Ai>ne. the Marne and Rheims.
The bottle neck" through which
tie Germans must pass at the base of
their salient, iif the retreat goes OH,
has been narrowed to less than twenty
five miles and is steadily decreasing
under the constant pressure Of the
Allies. French and American forces
are now pushing on east Of the Sois-
sons-Oulchy- lei Chateau Thierry road
in a converging movement, with the
double purpose of '.pocketing" Sotssons
and Of cutting off the retirement of the
Germans Oh the line of Fere- En- Tar
dennois and Vifle-En-T -Tardennois.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
New Labor Regulations.

The I. :. Department of Labor an
noGnces that. beginning with August
LIST. 1.-The supplying of war industries
with common labor will be centralized
in the L. S. Employment Service of the
Department Of Labor, and all indie
pendent recruiting of common labor by
manufacturers having a payroll Of
more than 100 men will lie diverted to
the [. $. Employment Service.
THE above action was found nec-
essary to overcome a perilous shortage
of unskilled labor i'll war industries.
This shortage was aggravated by an
almost universal practice Of labor steal
ing and poaching.
While the restrictions against the
private employment OF. labor apply
only to common labor at the present
time. these restrictions will. as soon as
possible. he extended to include skilled
lalOr In the meantime. recruiting Of
skilled labor for war production will
lie subject to federal regulations now
icing prepared.
while non-essential industries will
he drawn upon to supply the necessary
laLor for war work, the withdrawal
will he conducted on an equitable basis
in order to protect the individual EN-
ployer as much as possible
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
hands, ARMS,
Limbs ASLEEP.
n Va. Rundown, Weak and
Nervous, Says Florida Lady.
Five Bottles Of Cardui
Made Her Well.

4 Kathleen, Fla.-Mrs. Dallas Prime,
n this place, says: "After the birth
4 my last child. II got very much
|Nn-down and weakened, so much
II | could hardly do anything at
q I was so awfully nervous that
L could scarcely endure the least
|nlse, My condition was getting
sorse all the time...
knew I must have some relief or
I would soon be In the bed and in q
sEious condition for I felt so badly
I'D was 80 nervous and weak I could
Ardly live. My husband asked DR..
about my taking Cardui. He
eid. It's good medicine. and good
9 that trouble, SO he got me S bot
~. After about the second bottle I
- greatly improved. before taking
3 my limbs and hands and arms
nould 90 to sleep. After taking. it,
soNever, this poor circulation disap-
Jared. My strength came back to
and ! was soon on the road to
saelth. After the use Of about 5 bot
- could do all my house-work
Ga attend to my six children be-
NQes
lou can feel safe in giving Cardui
: thorough trial for your troubles. It
lains no harmful or habit-forming
~, sas!e, 'but is composed of mild, vege-
1ose. medicinal ingredients with no
49, arter-effects. Thousands of women
e voluntarily written, telling of
eood Cardui has done them. It
ao1ld help you, too. Try 1t. e 74
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING
municipal. state and other bonds, ex-
ceEting. Of course, Liberty Eonds.

municipal. state and other bonds, ex-
certing. Of course, Liberty Eonds.
The President has suspended the
Civil Service examination rules for the
period of the war.
The Provost Marshal General issued
Il call Tuesday for $4,000 colored reg
istrants. to entrain between August
LIST and 9TH.
The Treasury Department has an
nounced that the fourth Liberty loan
campaign will begin Septeaaber 2Sth,
lasting until October 18th.
The National Labor Board has prac-
| tically agreed upon a standard work
| ing day of eight hours and a living
wage of not less than 10 cents an hour.
The New York State Democratic
Convention is seeking Il candidate for
Governor Charges are made that the
administration of Whitman, the re-
former, is corrupt and thats protiteer-
ing has hourished to the limit"
The Senate investigating committee
recommends that the Government take
over all airplane plants This would
add to the efficiency, and eliminate the
dangers owing to ownership by aliens,
and from spies in some of the Ameri-
can owned plants.
| The government has called for ten
thousand white selectives. to receive a
military training. but will not be used
in Il fighting unit. They are to be Sc
lected from Class l among those who
have some physical defect. They will
be sent to the camp of instruction at
Syracuse \. Y. July 10Th.
The Government is calling for $4,000
women to enroll in the Student Nurse
Reserve. to hold themselves i'll readi-
| ness to train for service sas nurses.
These will take the places of the train
ed nurses who are being called for SER
vice overseas. The call is for women
between the ages Of eighteen and
thirty-fve years. They may enroll at
the nearest recruiting station estab-
lished hy the Wonan's Committee OF
the Council of National Defense.
The United States Government will
soon enroll the entire medical prOfes.
sion SO as to get Il sufficient number OF
doctors for the Army, and to distribute
the others where they will be most
needed for civilian practice. They will
he enrolled in volunteer service corps
pledged to accept what service may be
assigned them. If the volunteer plan
does not get sufficient number, they
FsssiH Ike drafted. There<SGres@ akeHt
100000 doctors in the United States
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
New Hunting Laws,

Under recent law the hunting sea-
son for migratory birds has been cur
tailed fifteen days. The open season
for hunting geese and ducks Ii now
from November 1st to January 31st,
10th dates inclusive. The season for
wild turkeys is extended, beginning
November 18th and ending March 31st.
The turkey hen has been placed on the
game list. There will be no woodcock
season for five years. Squirrels may
be hunted from September 18th to Feb
ruary 18th. There is no change in the
deer season 1t is now unlawful to
kill alligators under four feet in
length.
The hunting licenses remain the
same: Statewide amateur license,
81 nonresident license, SD; fur-bear-
ing animal trapping license, 81; mar,
ket hunters license, $40.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
Must Walk, See and Hear Well.

1t is announced that new army reg
ulations will soon he issued. These
regulations will set forth the needs of
the Regular Army. the National Army
and the National Guard. and define ex-
plicitly the qualifications for general
military service and limited service.
The general outlines for acceptance
qualifications hereafter are to be able
to walk well. see and hear well, with a
comparatively good heart.
New and uniform standards 0f phys
ical examination are to 80 into effect.
clearing away many doubts IN the
minds of draft boards and prohibiting
the acceptance of men who have been
rejected by the Regular Army, unless
the physical defect responsible there
for shall have been removed.
Many complaints have been pouring
in citing cases of such instances, where
young men. anxious to serve, have been
rejected and subsequently taken by
draft boards. The injustice Of reject
ing an applicant for admission into the
Regular Army and then inlucting him
into the National Army through the
draft boards soon will be abolished.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25

fsiaee, stated tlfe-4e fsoEter Tuesday.
He threshed out about $50 bushels
here and about $50 bushels after re-
moving his thresher to Curtis. The
yield was from five to fifteen bushels
per acre. the largest reported being
14h bushels per acre On Mr.. w. l.
Iyey's Linwood plantation. near Ben
ton. He planted only about four acre,
to the crop.
Growing wheat is Il new venture In
this parish. practically. and no doubt
the average yield per acre will increas
as the farmers become more expert
enced in growing the cereal. As it
a number of residents Of the parish al !.
eating hot cakes and biscuit ever
morning from homemade flour.
The -four produced here In Bentol
is from Mr.. Burt's grist mill, but h
has stated that before the next seaso
comes he will put in Touring mil
probably in Benton, with capacity
twenty-five barrels Of -four each da,..
and that it will he as pretty and whit .
as that to be had anywhere.
AS to the growing of wheat, it prom
ises to be undertaken OH a much NOR
extensive scale with the coming Of al.
other season. 4 car load of Souther
grown wheat for seeding purposes is t,
be shipped In. SO said, but the pre-
nlOters Of the plan are as yet unde-
cidded as to whether it should be the
bearded or the other variety.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
Germany Squeals;
Wants Own Terms

According to the dispatches. the Ger
yesterday, suggesting terms of peace.
and asking that government to inter-
cede. As usual, it is a German peace.
which is really an insult to this gov
ernment. the Washington officials say.
The Huns ask the following:
l. Germany does not want annexa-
tions nor indemmities in the west;
,. The peace treaties effected be-
tween the Central Powers and Russia
and Rounallia shall not he uues-
toned:
3. The principle Of "self-determi-
nation" shall be settled at the round
table:
4. Belgium's future and the Ral-
kan questions shall be settled in the
peace conference:
;. Freedom of the seas by disnlalt-
ling Gibraltar and the Suez Canal !:
the right Of coaling stations for Ger
many shall be distributed on the basis
Of the status quo ante bellum.
\ high Washington official gave this
Interpretation Of the deceptive offer of
Germany, for the press and the public !:
Number one" Germany IL willing
to fOrego annexations and ildemnities
in the west If permitted to retain her
stolen territory In the east and domi-
nate Russia.
Number two" Germany insists that
Russia and Roumania remain vassal
states, so wants tile Allies to o. k. the
crimes already committed against these
two weaker peoples"
Number three Principles of self
determination to he settled at the peace
table. Stripped of verGiage. Germany
would want to trade Belgium and the
Balkans for her lost colonies
Number four-..The same as number
three
Number tive-.'sGernlny to disman-
tie her enemy's stronghnlds in the way
lest suited to give her all advantage
These are the terms Of a thief he
gotiating to save his loot continued
the official. :. No new German peace
offensive will distract cur attention
from the real task of winning the war
Such suggestions as now are being put
forth from inspired German sources
are insults to American intelligence
When Germany really desires peace
she knows ON what terms she Cal
get it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25
JUDGE j. N. SANDLIN FOR CONGRESS
Correspondent for the Shreveport journal His Home
Town Sketches His Life and History-A Most
Excellent Official Record Is Shown.

bench during 1911. he offered for the
place. and received the nomination
without the formality Of Il contest.
During 1912 and again during 1916 he
was elected to the same position with
out an opponent. there being at no time
any effort put forth to bring out an
opposing candidate.
When q proposition was made dir
ing 1919 to hold Constitutional Con
vention. he offered as il candidate for
delegate to that convention. should one
he held. and received the nomination
without contest, again demonstrating
the strong hold he has on the affections
of the people Of Webster Parish. At
the election held to vote OH the gues-
ton Of holding the convention he nc
lively opposed the movement to hold it.
Notwithstanding that at the same time
he was formally chosen as tile repre-
sentative of his parish in the proposed
convention. The voters Of the state re-
jected the proposition, and Webster
Parish. under his leadership, gave prac-
tically a solid vote against adoption
WAS FOR WILSON.
- In the memorable State Convention
Of the Democratic party held in Baton
Rouge during the summer Of 1872 to
elect delegates to the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Convention ut Baltimore. to
choose Il standard bearer for the party.
he headed the delegation from Webster
Parish. and was Il leader in the fight
OH the floor of that convention for del
egates favorable to the candidacy of
Woodrow Wilson, then Governor of
New Jersey. He was chosen as an
alternate delegate to the National Con
ventiOn Of his party that year. and
during 1916 was one of the delegates
from this congressional district to the
Democratic Convention at st. Louis.
which again nominated Woodrow Will
son as the national standard bearer
The friends and admirers Of Judge
Sandlin are well aware of his activi-
ties in behalf of Woodrow Wilson for
the Democratic nomination long before
he was nominated the first time. and
lie Is classed as AN original Wilson
man. having shown his faith by his
works. His faith in Wilson has never
faltered, hut has been strengthened
with the passing Of the years. rec
oynizing in him the man Of the hour
in world affairs IadU.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-07-25

Under date Of the Goth, the Minden
correspondent Of the Shrevepot Jour
nal says Of Judge Sandlin's candidacy
for Congress from this district:
Judge John \. Sandlin, Of this
place, has officially announced his cam
ditlacy for the Democratic nomination
for Congress from this. the Fourth
Congressional District.
Judge Sandlin has sent forward to
the Secretary Of State and the Chair
man of the Congressional Executive
Committee his formal application for
his name to lie placed on the official
ballot in the primary of September
10th. accompanied by the deposit re-
uuired by law. and his announcement
in the press will follow shortly. His
announcement for election to the sixty
Sixth Congress has heen expected for
some time. as it has been understood
ly his friends and the public generally
that he was ambitious to sit as a MEM
Ter of the lower house of Congress,
NouN ciltcl Iuc SUlllcSJ tHe
Democratic nomination This fall.
Judge Sandlin is a native of Web
ster Parish. his birth occurring on his
fathers farm. near Minden. forty six
years ago. His father was the late
y. j. Sandlin. gallant Confederate
soldier. who served in the Army OF
Northern Virginia under Lee and
Jackson. and returning to Louisiana
after the close of hOstilities did his
duty AS a citizen as he had on the
stricken field, and serving as District
Attorney Of Il district which embraced
the present territory presided over to
day by his distinguished son as Dis
trict Judge, as well as Il vast territOr,
east Of here, extending to the Ouachits
River. The mother of Judge Sandlin
before her marriage, was Miss Irene
Mcintyre. member of an old and es
tcemed family of this section. She i,
still living.
ELECTION TO BENCH.
Judge Sandlin was admitted to til,
bar during 1896. During 1908 he wa.
nominated for District Attorney fol
this district, after spirited contest
and formally elected during 1904. FOul
years later he became his own success
sor. securing the nomina ton and sub
sequent election without opposition
\ vacancy occurring Oh the distric