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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-26

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darkness.
Baby Blake In his crib slept peace
fully beside his bottle of milk. little
dreaming a great State that night
was making Ais father governor. In
an adjoining room nurse was iron
ing clothes. She dropped her work
at the sound Of cheering and an APP
preaching band and descended to the
front door to hear more plainly. As
she stood In the door draught pass
ing up the stairs caught the flame
from an oil stove and whisked 1t
against curtain. A tiny flame
spread and grew and shortly the up
per floor was filled with smoke.
Black Jack reached the house be-
fore the firemen and before the hys-
terical nurse had bethought herself
Of the baby. With his old cunning.
he made his way upstairs, seized the
infant and the bottle of milk, gained
the edge of the town and was away
without being seen. Ten minutes
later. when Blake and Bessie hastily
summoned reached their home, the
fire had been extinguished. but the
baby was gone. Kidnapped. they
knew, but by whom they could not
suggest, for they believed their enc
mics all dead.
{ Blake soothed his wife as best
, he could and called his old friends
l Morgan and Hawkins. and in the
e crowds whose cheers had turned to
anger, they began to search for the
4 baby at the moment word was re-
y ceived that Blake had been elected
k governor.
Black Jack reached the shepherd
cabin and placed the baby. which
u had not awakened in the long ride
s gently on a blanket and gave 1t tn,
bottle Of milk. The infant smiled vi
l. at the outlaw and for an instant tn
d hard face relaxed and he poked
with his finger. Then he was hi
own revengeful self and seated at
table he wrote a letter which h,
addressed:
Henry Blake. Barksdale."
Returning to the baby. Black JAG!
noticed the bottle was empty and h,
paused as IL making q mental not,
OF the fact. then left the cabin. care
fully closed the door and rode away
He halted at the railway near a sid
Ing where he knew passenger trains
stopped and when the first slowe,
down at the switch he stole to tn
mail car and dropped his letter II
the slot in the door. Mounting again
he rode swiftly to an Indian cam
not far from Muttons cabin.
Approaching the fire. he mad
known by signs that he wanted /:
drink. and squaw brought a bottl,
OF whiskey. Black Jack, impatient
"''''o'e' ~ away anu pointing TO
W" e'o"'e' ou' ior the woman u
nc e"sp'S sraspeu the PAL
anu 'o'ie away puc'
'N ''," '"o ''"h'ac''oh calie'
''' quo" "no siippeu o'ahhet owe
-"' anu Hu''ieu away
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-26

q rear door and let him out into the
darkness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING.

An amendment to the daylight saving law
has been passed by the senate and II 1t is
Immediately adopted by the house OF repre-
sentatives, as is expected, there viii be no
change on October twenty seventh IN the pres
emit arrangement. the time as fixed now will
remain permanent and will be one hour IN ad
vance of the mean astronomical time for each
longitudinal zone The amendment was sub
imitted to the senate with the approval of the
committee on interstate commerce and the war
industries board.
Reasoning on the assumption that electric
power saved by an hour in the morning during
the spring and summer months would not be-
saved In winter, there has been some doubt as
to what is to be gained by making the daylight
saving plan permanent. The saving OF cleo
trio power though the main consideration, Is
by no means the only one, it is declared.
From the experience with the scheme 1t is evl-
IDENTIFY the opinion of the war Industries board
as well as of the large cities engaged in war
Industries that there is a marked gain in efh-
cheney resulting from an early start.
In a letter written by the chief OF the power
section of the war industries board, main
reason for the proposed amendment is stated
as follows:
'sThe acute shortage of power In many large
centers especially in the east, has made it
necessary TO devise every means posslpie W r.
lieve this condition and insure the supply OF
power to all war industries. -
The continuance of the present time, it is
also contended, will 'reduce the load required
of the power stations at the time of their
peaks by considerable amount and thus really
place at the disposal Of these power service
companies considerable amount of power.
The reduction of load is estimated at ten to
fifteen per cent and the total saving at two
hundred and fifty thousand kilowatt hours.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
MR.. BUYER, IT'S UP TO YOU

the frightful wrongs perpetrated upon
them. In. America hundreds OF thOus-
ands OF Red Cross workers are using
shears and scissors from the central
powers annually. American factories
making scissors and shears are busy
places now and they are making very
good scissors and shears. After the
war, German or American? Mr.. Buyer,
it's up to you.
We could go on endlessly matching
each hideous inhuman atrocity with
an article on which Germany and Aus
tria enjoyed American business, but
it is useless to continue to convince
when we are already over-sold on the
subject We could measure miles OF
dead French English, Italians, Bel
gians, Rumanians, Russian. Greek
and American soldiers with German
made tape, and then forever blacklist
German-made measuring instruments.
The sights seen through periscopes and
field glasses have killed their optical
glass business. The pictures taken
with German-made cameras have Kill
ed their lens business. Oh, it's endless.
The Germans and AustrianS have re-
peatedly said that business is our God.
Let's not argue with them. They aren't
WOIlu u. lSoI allow tAciu W COAlliuO
the SANDER. Yes, the central powers
may have their own way on that little
subject. Our business is just sacred
enough so that it will not go to Ger
many and Austria in the days to come.
Prices may control some things, but
the purchase of goods by Americans
from the central powers involves a
certain thing as well known and rs
highly regarded in America as it is lit
tie known and disregarded in Ger
many and Austria That thing is per-
soHal honor.
No true American would in any
way knowingly impair that sacred
thing, nor would he allow his fellow
American to be deceived or imposed
upon Guarding this country against
the trade impositions and receptions
that are sure to be attempted are
keen, intelligent, resourceful, compel
ent men in whom we have implicit
trust Mr.. Buyer, we are glad to put
it up to you.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

prisoners and from despatch boxes along the
front are orders directing commanders to CON-
pile lists of men who have shown aptitude TOT
certain branches of service and who would
like to continue in that service after the war
From the fact that this order has been found
in many places it is assumed that 1t has been
generally circulated and that Germany was
planning a commercial drive against other ma
tons Of the earth There is no reason,to doubt
that Germanys mirage was as v1vld TO her as
any reality and that it was vision undlsturDeo
by the hard circumstances that threatened her.
This war she may now be willing to count as a
failure but she may not count It. permanent
stop to her great plan With Germany IN
this mind there can be no safe peace, and the
allies have a lot of work to do before they can
count ON having changed Germanys mind Tor
her., To make Germany understand once Tor
all that her plan for the future is a mirage
even more of illusion since in the future there
can be no reality to give it births task co
incident to that of bringing her to complete sur
render of her arms It is for this that we must
keep at our work with unflagging zeal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
WHY WOOL is SCARCE.

Leslie's Weekly: The army and
navy monopolize the wool market.
Orders for our soldiers and sailors
not only require every high grade
pound produced in the United States.
but compel the utilization OF our
precious ships to bring in more
Civilian requirements depend and
must depend for considerable time
to come upon the shoddy and re-
jected stocks that fall below the
army and navy requirements. Until
our ship production has SO expanded
as to supply additional tonnage for
the supply of wants not directly con-
nected with war effectiveness, there
will be no more wool for civilian use.
Our government equips it's fightingg
men better than any. other nation.
Twenty average sheep are required
to equip one fighting man each year.
During recent years we have shorn
about 35,000000 sheep annually, and
the pulled wool taken from sheep
and lambs slaughtered for meat
brings the total clip up to the equiva-
lent of about 40,000,000 fleeces. IL
all OF this were suitable for military
use, which unfortunately is not true,
ii would be enough for only half of
the 100000 men we will have under
arms. This country always has beel
a heavy user of foreign wool Since
the war, we have had to stir our
selves in seeking new sources OF sup
ply. The United Kingdom and Aus
tralia, which formerly supplied two
fifths of our imports, are using prac-
tically all of their stocks for their
own soldiers; instead of the S0,000,-
600 pounds they sent us in 1914, they
could let us have only 100000
pounds last year. Fortunately, we
were able to secure vast quantities
in South America. Argentina sold us
21G,10o,G00 pounds in 1917. as COM
pared with only 37,000000 three
years ago; Uruguay quadrupIed her
shipments. and Chile sent $4,000 900
as against none short time before.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
Things We Should Remember

Richard H. Edmonds, Editor Manu-
facturers Record: We should remem-
Der that we are not engaged in war
as wars have been known in the
past
This war bears no resemblance to
the revolutionary war, to the war Of
1912, to the civil war or the Spanish
war. 1t is not war in the sense
that they were wars. They were
wars for great principles, waged by
civilized human beings.
In Europe we are fighting not a
war as wars have been known. We
are as a community trying to stop q
gang OF assassins, of cutthroats, of
into effect the destruction which for
half a century-th had been plan
ming.
We are not fighting soldiers as
soldiers; we are trying to overcome
a lot of assassins and rapists who
started out to destroy civilization and
conquer our community and all the
world in order to murder, to enslave
and to loot all other people.
Never let us for one moment think
of Germany and OF its armies from
any other point of view, because
unless we see the situation in the
true light we shall mot fully under
stand that peace with an uncrushed
Germany would be peace with a gang
of murderers and outragers and rob
bers, and would be disgrace to all
civilization.
Does community which has been
attacked by gang of murderers and
hooters and rapists accept their offer
of peace terms in order not to punish
the criminals and not to make the
families of these criminals suffer?
Does a community when it has
caught the red-handed murderer or
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

the rapist say, I'VE must not punish
him because his wife and children
would suffer-"
Does community when its police
men and it's citizens summoned to
their help have been done to death
by a gang of cutthroats and robbers
accept from these criminals an offer
of peace provided they return part
of the loot, leaving them free to
wreak their vengeance upon the
same community in the future, and
count the mercy shown merely as
pusillanimous, neurotic sentimental
ism OF as plain cowardice, lacking
moral courage to punish the evil
doer?
Criminals know that they will be
punished II caught; they know that
any pity which would forbid their
punishment is contrary to the laws
of God and the experience OF hui
scheme OF murder and robbery with
their eyes open, taking the chance
of death for the hope of loot.
Germany is in exactly this situa-
ton. It's people know that they are
murderers highwaymen robbers and
outragers who took the chance,
hoping and fully expecting to bring
home the spoils. They entered joy
ously, hilariously upon the campaign.
They cared not how much suffering
other people had to endure; they
cared not how many millions they
murdered These things moved them
not. All they were after was rob-
berry, individual and national, and
no crime was great enough to shock
them If it brought them nearer to
their goal of robbery and world do
minion. Shall they not be punished
in order that civilization may be pre-
erved through the centuries to come?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

Hardware Age The other night one
OF General Pershing's boys went out
! into No Mans Land. He didn't come
back. Three hours later a searching
| party went out to find him. Trat boy
had been killed and his body hacked
| to bits. His comrades gathered up the
remains and brought them back in a
sack. The brave American was chop
,ped to pieces with German cutlery
Before the war we bought two million
dollars worth OF German pocket
cutlery each year.
In the past three years American
factories have vastly increased their
output of pocket knives Patterns
have been simplified: quality has been
improved; an American industry has
been encouraged and developed;
Made in Germany" on a knife blade
carried in an American pocket has be-
come distasteful memory.
Shall we be customers OF these
blood-stained butchers after the war?
hardly think SO, but 1t is up to you,
Mr. Buyer.
A captured British officer was re-
GENTLY found with his throat cut from
ear to ear. This brutal job had been
done with a very keen edged instru-
ment. II was not the work OF a trench
knife. The CHASTITY wound looked as
though it had been made with razor
1t probably was. Before the war we
imported annually half million dol
lars worth of razors from Germany.
Since the war began razor factor
les in the United States have enjoyed
greatly increased business. Their
employees are welI-paid, contented
Americans. This industry. must be per-
petuated. German competition in the
days to come should suffer a handi-
cap in proportion to German crimes
OF today.
When the dove of peace lights in
the pool of blood, shall we go on buy
ing German razors? 1t doesn't seem
possible. but, Mr.. Buyer. it's up to
you.
Two Canadian Red Cross nurses
outraged. Their hands chopped off,
and their lounges cut out that they
might never tell the hideous Story of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
CONTROL OF VICE.

Los Angeles Times: Some rsI
arrests in this city by the setal
purity squad of or police deparu|
may, without necessarily leading
criticism of it's activities or OF b
of the morals efficiency commits
be cited as drawing attention to
fact that efforts to regulate the !
ais of community, however
meant, seldom achieve a permad
, result, for the simple reason |
they ignore the vital dictinctioa
tween vice and crime. They aiaI
eradicating by law human inst
and impulses which, in general
be governed only by moral sussl
The essential difference betSl
the savage and the civilized MAJ
the subordination of the indiI1
desire to the common welfare
sions must be checked and conrl
in the interest of society. It ii
province of law. to see that they
so checked and controlled. But
cannot check the sources OF rev
That is the province of morals,
To make a vice a crime. 10 ?,
statutes against it and enforce U
sporadically-as such statutes
ways are enforced-accompls]
little or nothing for the regenersl|
of humanity. The will to be N
GUS must be cultivated from VIVA
1T cannot be imposed from wllh1
II is not likely that arrests and u
for violations of the moral code Y
turned a single sinner in Los
geles from the error of his w
That can be done only by real
viction of sin. The law can PREV
or punish disorder; it can drive
out of the open. But when II
done that, the real problem renA1
unsolved. 81
People too often have pau]
confidence in the power OF law VI
all the teachings of experience \
not shake. They assume 'naf
there is legal penalty for an
the community will accept
wrong. But in questions OF n',]
the only bar whose judgment
will accept is their own conscsI
They will admit that society ass
duty of protecting itself as1
breaches of the moral code
threaten its safety, but tpes =.
from asserting to the propv
that the moral code itself can "
fined exclusively by leglslauun
processes of law are too mus
mating to deal with this tWiisn,
of conduct. Absolute moraliN
ideal to be reached by compiV-
which the law cannot make. = -,
may be a virtue gone wrong. ~
is some soul of goodness ID -
evil. And that soul cannot pe
by unskillful and unsymp'
hands. IA q
The old idea of punishmen. =
it is a form of social in ra
Offenders are to be put Wne'' nj
can do no harm to others o,vs
harm they may do to Licensees,
business. The new Van.
that punishment is but .as n
an end; that, unless it GREATS Il
mind in the evildoer, IL lail ssn j
purpose. When men and Wo ",nlss
really governed by the prinr rn 4
when their OWL
sciences restrain them; VIZ W.T. I'D
strong respect the weah' 20 terfi
who have not succumbea ~
ton hold out aid and c o
those who, have, the reio The u
the world will have begun ,ocial y
NAV offer palliative for s0''
eases; it cannot cure them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
Men are born to be serviceable to one
another; therefore either reform the world.
or bear with it!-Marcus Aurelius
GERMANY'S MIRAGE.

Capture of prisoners and documents thus OBJ
tanned give considerable information that. even
after allowance is made for possible unreliable
ity, is valuable as evidence of what was Ger
1nany's real intentions and motives when she
entered upon her campaign against civilization
Among the documents recently taken from
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

The department of agriculture is
working hard to increase American
production. Every extra fleece Of
American grown WOOL" says Secre-
tary Houston, is a direct contribu-
ton TO increasing the shipping ton
mage for carrying supplies TO En-
rope"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

tors in the forms it assumes in
OF the centrally located restau,J
Or shall we have to supplicats
McAdoo to invade this field hi
effort to give us in this country
boon of "a pleasant and substs,
luncheon for thirty-five cents~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

heard speak continually Of going to better
world" rather than OF its coming to them but in that
prayer which they straight from the lips of the
Light the World there anything about going to
another world; of another government coming Into
this, which will constitute world indeed new
heaven and new earth: "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will
be done earth is in heaveni"-Ruskin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15
ToDAY's BIT OF VERSE
THE BISHOPS ANSWER.


lost son. killed in action somewhere in France y
This gives greater significance to Poem he has
just written in answer TO one written by Edwin
Markham and entitled sMarkhams Question,
which follows:
"Oh mother will you longer give your sons
TO feed the awful hunger of the guns?
What is the worth of all these battle drums
If from the field the loved one never comes!
What are the loud hosannas to the brave
If all your share is some forgotten grave?
The bishops poem is as follows:
God save my in trust to me;
Christ died for him, and he should be
A man for Christ. He is his own
And Gods and mans; not mine alone
He was not mine TO give. He gave
Himself that he might help save
All that Christians should revere,
All that enlightened men hold dear.
TO feed the guns?" All, torpid soul!
Awake and see life whole.
When freedom, honor justice, right,
Were threatened by the depots might.
With heart ahame and soul afight
He braveIy went for God to fight
Against the base savages whose pride
The laws of God and man defed:
Who maidens pure and sweet defled;
He did not 90 TO feed the guns
He went to from ruthless Huns
His home and country, and to be
A guardian of democracy.
What is he does not Gomez you say.
Alb. we'll my sky would be gray,
But through the clouds the sun would shine,
And vital memories be mine.
Gods test of manhood is ! know,
Not, Will he Gomez but Did he COZ
And yet he went with purpose high
TO fight for peace. and overthrow
The plan of Christs relentless foe,
He dreaded not the battlefield;
He went to make fierce vandals yield
If he comes not again to me
shall be sad, but not that he
Went like man. a hero true,
His part unselfshly to do.
My heart will feel unexultant pride
That for humanity he died.
Forgotten grave? This selfish plea
Awakes deep response in me,
For though his grave ] may not see,
My boy will ne'er forgotten be,
My real can never die
Ills but his body that may lie
In foreign land and l shall keep
Remembrance fond forever. deep
Within my heart of my true son
Because of triumphs that he won
1T matters not where some men live
If my dear son his life must give,
Hosannas l will sing for him.
Fen though my eyes with tears are dim:
And when the war is over. when
His gallant comrades some again,
I'll cheer them they're marching by
And when his vacant place see
NV heart will bound with JOY that he
Was mine so long-my fine young SON
And cheer for him whose work is done"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t still
remains true that the best peace offer
which the kaiser could tender would
be accompanied by his abdicatiop.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

The average British resume nine 20:
in year by post 81 letters, h rireui.r
cards. II book packets anu anu Two y
four newspapers and apou'
GELS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

Mason City GlObe-GaZette: A QueS-
ton which time only will decide is
whether France Will become Ameri-
carnized or whether our American
boys will become Frenchied.
Storm Lake Register: The kaiser
will have to be driven to the edge of
the world and pushed off before he
acknowledges defeat, though he is not
so wholly without powers of percep-
ton but what he is able to see the
trend of events.
Pomeroy Herald: When Bill Is
ready to throw up his hands and get
clear down and out, along with his
whole tribe of militarists, then the
allies will be ready to talk business.
Waterloo Tirnes-Tribune: What
worrying Iowa is doing over the
fourth Liberty loan is on account of
other states being slow.
Hampton Chronicle: Force to the
utmost, without stint or limit, is still
necessary. Production in shipyards,
mines, munition factories and else
where not only must be sustained,
but further stimulated.
Atlantic News-Telegraph. The Ger
mans would like it very much If we
would allow ourselves to fail in this
Liberty bond campaign. Don't be
bamboozled. Don't be misled. Don't
let down. Garry on and peace will
come, in the right shape, for the
cause of decency and right.
Webster City Freeman-Journal: 1t
appears that the Hume are not as
anxious as they were while ago to
die for the kaiser.
Charles City Press: The funda-
mental mistake made in the whole
war by the United States, England,
Belgium and even France was over
estimating the decency and honor of
the Hun.
Dubuque Telegra ph-Herald: The
downfall OF the militarists of Ger
many is inevitable. II is not a ques-
ton of whether they will admit de-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-15

feat or wait until the hosts of de-
mocracy force them into oblivion.