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The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-16
Only One "BROMo QUNINE"

To get the genuine, call for the full name LAXATIVE PROMO oUININE. Look for signature of E. W. GROVE. Cures & Cold iD One Day. BOG Thu
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-16

The governor of Missouri final, ly found 8 man willing to serve as UH:ea States senator. His name ls Xenopbon Whitley. It was 8 hard job to find 9 man. The gov e~.or began with Champ Clark apd went down the alphapeI to < and " before he Sound one Ex. i. .
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-16

Mother never made better ice cream than that which is served b. Keller Bros. at their sanitary soda fountain. Have you tried it?
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
FRENCH LOSSES.

Paris, Dec. 2O-French soldiers to
the number Of 100000 were killed
during the war. according to a state
ment by the Socialist Deputy Lucien
Verifn in the chamber of deputies
this afternoon during the interpella-
ton Of the government on demob-
lization.
Deputy Verlin asked that the SOL
diers be returned to the soil and the
factories without delay and contin-
ued:
Il betray no secret when I say
that the problem of rehabilitation
presents itself thus: We have mobliz-
ed 100000 men. We have had
about 100000 killed, while sOO.-
600 recovered from wounds. We are
going to demoblize 100000 reser-
yes, territorials and heads of fami-
lies"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
War Work Campaign.

Please publish in your next issue
that In making the report a.
Chairman Of the United War Work
Campaign, a mistake was made in
the report as to Manning School Dis.
trfct No. 18. reported this as
$4,000 when 1t should have been re.
ported $4,000.
AS I stated in last weeks issue
OF the paper. some of the districts
were reported wrong as therein stat
ed.
desire to state in regard to Man
ming District that Mr.. ]. H. Berry
was chairman Of that school district
and that he was sick with influenza
and desired to get out of acting az
chairman but on my insisting that
ne do 30 he went out when possibly
he should have been in the house. and
not only raised the quota of his dis
trict but {atsed in addition thereto
20 per cent. over the quota.
Very truly,
JOE p. LANE. Chairman.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
NEGRO BADLY WOUNDED.

Taken from Atlantic Coast Line
Train No. 80 Monday Morning.
A wounded negro attracted quite
lot of attention at the A. C. l.. sta
tion Monday morning. The negro
came in on train No. 80 and was
lifted from the train to a truck
where he remained for more than an
hour breathing heavily from a pistol
wound in his left lung while the
crowd asked questions which he an
swered in an unintelligible manner.
From what could be gathered from
the negroes monosyllabic replies it
seems that he was working with the
Marion County Lumber Co.. and
another negro shot him In the Shout
der Sunday afternoon. The man
was on his way to Hamlet where It
was his intention to enter q hospital.
He appeared to be suffering intense
pain, and a collaction was taken to
help him along. Later DIR. GordtS
cn,nred physician. came alons
nhts office where he
Z; 3 rcainuG
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
Capitulation Of Turkey Reveals AL
most Unbelievable Horrors.

Zone hundred and twenty thous-
and persons died from starvation in
Teheran. The Persian capital has
lost nearly half of its population.
People all over Persia are falling
dead from actual starvation as fast
as Autumn leaves fall from the
trees. Unless help on q large scale
Is given, almost the entire popula-
tion will die Of cold and starvation
this winter" reports one of the
workers for the American Committee
Of Armenian and Syrian Relief.
I'VE are doing all we possibly
can to relieve the situation with the
limited means We have at hand. Hun
dreds Of people are employed by us
In the erection of temporary homes
for these people. When these work
men first came to US they were like
wild beasts. They all knew they were
to have food. yet they were so near
starvation that they would strike,
push and struggle and hold out their
poor honey fingers to grasp and
seize the food like birds Of prey"
Henry Morganthau. formerly Un-
states that None Of the fearful hor-
states that None of the fearful hor
rors perpetrated In the various zones
Of war can compete with the fearful
lot of the Armenians."
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26

Horny Herald:

Horny Herald
w. F. Lewis. a colored farmer liv-
ing on Jas. r. Williams place west
OF Mullins. was exhibiting two corn
cobs on the streets last Friday that
attracted considerable attention.
They were shaped just like the hu-
man hand-one a right and one
left. The right hand had -four full
sized fingers and . thumb. while the
left had two of the fingets grown
together and q perfect thumb. Sing
ularly enough the grower of the
corn has two fingers grownl together
Just like the corn cob. on the same
hand too Quite coincidence.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
AIRPLANE LIGHTS IN BENNRTrs-
WILLIE.
propeller Broken-Two Othe. Planes
Intended to Come Here Bua
Lazsded I'm L.staa.

Pee Dee Advocate
A government air-plane landed
here about $40 P. N. Saturday. The
machine came from the south about
O'Clock, and hundreds of people
watched 1t circle around the city.
looking for a place to hand. Il came
down In spiral, and landed In Mn.
Crosland's field near the BleAhein
road, about half mile south Of the
depot. 1t proved not to be q good
landing place. however. The around
which had been In corn, vas not
smooth. The wheels struck q bump
or earth and bounded up. When n
struck the earth again, 1t stood on n.
nead' almost cutting . somersault.
An end Of the propeller stuck In the
SOFT earth and broke off about a foot
OF IT. Lieutenant H. H. Pope, who
was the pilot and his assistant. Ser
geant Van Acker. escaped injury.
The machine was disabled 10 that
II could not be used till repaSred
Lieut.. Pope phoned to Camp Jackson
1or a new propeller blade, and he az
pected to get it on the noon train
Sunday and leave for Fayettevtne
Sunday afternoon, but the weather.
was 80 bad Sunday, Monday ana
tuesday that he could not leave TN
yesterday.
Many people saw the machine
iano Saturday afternoon and there
was a big crowd around 1t till nirht
Lieut.. Pope and Sergt. Aeker
guarded the plane continuously taay
and night. while it was here. yhev
erected a tent near it, and took turns
ABOUT guarding it. only one of them
at time coming up town to eat or
sleep.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
CHEAPER FLOUR
SHOULD RESULT.
Cancellation Of All Milling Opera
tions.

Washington. Dec 2O-Cancellation
OF all flour milling regulations. in
ciudlng fair price schedules and the
price and quantity restrictions on
the sale Of wheat flour by millers.
which officials expect will result IN
cheaper flour, was formally announc-
ed late today by the food admins
tration.
Notification Of the action was
teiegraphed last night to all zone
agents OF the food administration
grain corporation and today there
was sharp rise in the price of wheat
bran and other mill feeds on the
Minneapolis market, which officials
expect to be followed by a drop in
flour prices.
Existing regulations restricting
margins Of profit on flour and mill
leeds remain in effect as do general
REORGANIZATION OF the food admins
ration. prohibiting profiteering,
hoarding, and unfair practices and
officials said these would be strict
ly enforced.
Ihe prediction Of cheaper flour to
the consumer. it was stated, at the
administration is based on the imme,
d1ate rise today in the price Of mill
Ieeds' amounting to several dollars
ton. Close observation of the mar.
ket trend is flour and mill feeds
made by the food administration,
milling divisions and grain experts
1t was said. showed that with ever,
upward movement of feeds came i:
iall in the price Of our flour on :
basis of an average drop three ant
1our hundredths cents a barrel OF
Hour to every dollar a ton increase OF
mill feed.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
DECENTRALIZATION At
RATE OF 10000 DAY
GOAL REACHED BY WAR DE-
PARTMENT, IF NOT ExCEEDED
Total Of 3,21O Americans Taken
Prisoner by Germans Released,
Says Pershing.

washington. Dec. 21-Demobhxa-
tion OF the home military forces At
the rate OF 10000 q day. a soal set
less than a month ago by the War
department. has been reache6 II not
exceeded.
Gen. March. chief of staff. an
nounced today that demobili.ation At
the nome camps during the seven sav
period ending December IA was at AN
average Of $4,000 day, although NO
men were discharged from most of
the camps on Sunday.
iotal rehabilitation On December
IA had reached 29,9O3 officers and
leo'ooI men. The chief Of staff said
more than 100000 men have been
assigned for early demoblization. IN
ciuolng 21,OOO divisional troops. "A
ooO engineers and 10000 men Of the
military aeronautics division
Gen. March made public a repo-t
rom Gen. Pershing under date Of
december Is saying at that time a
total OF 3.210 American officers ana
men taken prisoner by the enemy had
oeh released and that only a few Am
erlcans in isolated camps remained
prisoner. Red Cross workers and Al
ned and neutral agents. the report
SAID arenow searching for the fev
still held prisoner.
| Gen. Pershing has reported that
%lO American prisoners of war we're
lepatriated up to December 1e. OF
.hese 1858 came through Switzer-
land, 324 passed through the Amer.
ocan front lines. 120 went through
Holland and 113 through Dennarh
Ihose passing through Hollaad ana
Denmark are now en- route for ~
land, the dispatch said.
Gen. Pershing expressed the spin-
ION that very few American prison
ers remain in Germany and believed
these would be quickly evscuatsd. Hs
SAID continued search is beins made
for isolated prisoners. British anA
French officials in Switzerland. Hol-
land and Sweden and In Germany.
itself aiding in this search.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
BROTHER KILLS BROTHER
killing Occurred I'm Gallivants Ferry
Township Last Thursday Night.

Horny Herald
Charley H. Floyd was shot and
killed by his brother. A. Pitman
Floyd, In Galivants Ferry Township
last Thursday night. After the
shooting the latter came at once to
Conway and placed himself in the
custody Of James A. Lewis, the
sheriff of the county. He was lodg-
ed In Jail by the sheriff to await ef-
forts being made by his attorneys to
make bail for him.
The county coroner could not leave
here the next day to hold the inquest,
but he arranged for the inquest to be
held by Magistrate H. C. Dawsey.
The dead man is survived by a
wife. but leaves no children. The ac-
cused man has wife and three
young children.
The shooting took place at a ten
ant house belonging to Pitman
Floyd. The tenant house had been
occupied by the deceased during the
cropping season Of 1918, he having
farmed on share crops with Pitman
Floyd this year. The deceased mov-
ed away from the house about a
week before the killing and was oc-
cupying the place of Mr. Gore in the
same neighborhood.
After the deceased, Charley H.
Floyd had moved away from the
Pftman Floyd place, and had been
gone about week Pitman Floyd
moved a widow woman and her two
daughters and son into the tenant
house having arranged with this
family to live on the place and farm
for him the coming year.
This new family was moved into
the house on Thursday the same day
as the killing. That night there
was q great disturbance raised at
the tenent house, the woman calling
loudly, and four or five guns fired
off. Hearing this racket, Pitman
Floyd took his gun and hastily went
to the house not knowing who it was
that had caused the breach of the
peace. When he got there he found
his own brother who said that he
was "serenading" the new arrivals.
He was asked to leave and not have
any further trouble but did not 20
and according to news received here,
followed Pitman Floyd with a
hammer In his hand. attacked the
honor of Pitman Floyd's wife and
was shot by Pitman Floyd as he ad-
vanced on him with the hammer.
The deplorable affair caused ex-
citement in Galivants Ferry town
ship for several days.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
POLICE SEIZE TRUNK
OF MINISTER GONZALES.
Contains -Four Quarts and One Pint
Of Liquors and Diplomatic
Papers.
The State.

The State:-
The police Thursday night seized
at the railway station trunk of Will
liam E. Gonzales, minister to Cuba
containing three quarts Of Jamaica
rum, one pint of brandy and one
quart of gin.
The trunk besides the articles
named contained the diplomatic pa
pers Of Mr.. Gonzales and other be-
longings.
The trunk and its contents are
now being held at the police station,
and their disposition is to be de-
termined this morning.
1t seems that the police first be-
came aware OF the contents Of the
trunk due to the breaking of one OF
the bottles and the leaking out OF
Jamaica rum, whereupon the trunk
was seized and taken to tho. police
station. There 1t was opened nk
iic1ors above named with o,
eI bottle were found.
Minister Gonzales arrive
city several days ago on y
Washington. and the truI
tton Vas left at the sts6
oTne000 knl1ave 6z0
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.

Laurens Suffers Painful Wound in
Auto Mishap.
Laurens. Dec. &c. Yates, who
was last week admitted to the bar
after passing the examination be-
fore the Supreme Court. is suffering
from very painful as well as sim
gular accident. His automobile be-
came uncomfortable on the slick
muddy roads and went into q deem
ditch by the roadside. The impact
threw out the wind shield which fell
across the knees Of Mr.. Brown, sew.
cred the knee cap a1dMY large ar
cry. He was brouEh ,0nIitn.,
once for surgical
Gua< Rrarv vnwsnn1
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
LOVE FOR GERMANY
INSCRIBED IN BOOK
Inscriptions by Many American Citi-
xens, German Born

passionate words of love for the
fatberland and fervent expressions of
confidence that Germany's soldiers
soon would vanquish the Jealous
boastings of the enemy" we're
written on the pages of the Golden
Book OF German War Orphans" pre-
sented evidence to the Senate's COM
mittee investigating German propo-
ganda by Capt. George B. Lester, of
the Intelligence service.
The ornate volume contained the
autographs of hundreds Of American
citfzens-most of them born in Ger
many and some. Of them prominent
who donated funds for German
orphans in the winter of 1916 and
the spring of 1917, even after diplo-
matte relations between the United
States and Germany had been broken
ITO MY beloved old German faith
erland, mighty Germany" read one
inscription signed by Leopard Zim-
norman. Of New York, October 16,
1916. in connection with a donation
of $1,000. You may we'll vaunt that
your sons are victors and that the
jealous boastings of the enemy will
soon be met by their m.rited end.
Another inscription said:
AS token of the beloved Ger
man fatherland and her great Kais-
er, William II, the best and noblest
prince of all history, from a number
OF truly German-thinking evangelical
churches of their charge of Brook
lyin-$1OO." this was signed by j.
Dietz, Brooklyn.
George Sylvester Viereck, editor of
Veireck's Weekly. and a leader in
the German propaganda movement,
wrote:
Good fortune and blessings for the
noble work. May there be no blank
page"
One page bore this:
"Out of gratitude and love for the
good old fatherland the German
Evangelical Reformed Church, the
Kaiser Bell Church $780," It was
signed by Rev. Julius Jaeger, New
York.
Another page carried this an
nouncemss o.
"As a token to our German hero
brothers and as mark of our high
est admiration OF them and their in
comparable hero Kaiser, the German
American committe in cooperation
with the German church of Elmhurst.
N. j.. donates $3.50.
DIR. kampmann, in a prison camp
ut Fort Douglas, Utah, November II
1917. accompanied his donation with
this explanation:
THE last piece Of money! had It
In a stocking-shall be dedicated to
the war orphans"
The German round table at Keuch-
lers Roost. Reading, Penn, gave
$1,000 on Christmas, 1916.
$50 long as German bells ring
from the Memel to the Rhine" ran
an inscription by H. Urkschwerdt,
80 long as the German sea breaks
upon the strand. 80 long, oh, Ger
man people. remember what your
fathers created in a memorable mon
ument to German glory"
The book bore an inscription on
the title page to the German EN-
press. to whom it was to have been
sent. Instead 1t was seized by sec-
ret agents and now rests in the Sem
ate committees files. The commit
tee decided not to make public most
OF the hundreds Of names 1t con-
tains, but a score or more were read
into the public record.
The committees hearing will be
resumed Tuesday.
POLICE SEIZE TRUNK
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
ERIClk DElEGATES
sly SINK THE SHIPS
IN-T WANT CAPTURED SHIPS
FRO RATED AMONG ALLIES.
1soA Malrss 4 Plain that We Were
~ Fighting . War 0f Az.
greoUton.

k10, DEC. 1&-The American del
p to the peace congress have
we'd to advocate the sinking Of
surrendered enemy warships and
agt any proposition to distribute
N on the basis Of naval losses.
n announcement is made by those
close touch with the American
reoentatfves, who It 10 added,
that such u position would result
yoiding contention and material
1pport President wilson's de-
Iti0n that the war was not based
aggression or the acquisition of
erty.
ngiand. through Sir Eric Geddes,
bt lord Of the admiralty, had pre-
busly acQuiesced in the American
"a to destroy the captured or sur
idered warships. and, 1t is de-
bred will continue to support the
nited States. although it is expect
athat some Of the lesser naval
wers will demand that the prizes
distributed.
American naval stations will be
maintained for at least a year at
Brest. Gibraltar and in the Azores
to render aid to American merchant
|ships.. The consent Of France. Eng
Hand and Portugal has already been
secured. The aero and radio stations
gat these points will be in readiness to
[respond to calls for aid by Americans
Whipping in distress. Facilities will
afforded for needed repairs and
kpplies.
Although the plans have not been
developed 1t is believed In naval
circles that the shipping board de-
sires the continuance of the mann
tng Of its ships with naval officers
and crews until private capital is or
|6Mted to undertake the great task
|of operating Thousands Of merchant
kySooels. - -
The other naval establishments in
Europe have BEEN ordered abandoned
rapidly - possible, and progress
this direction has already been
scosiderableEhe United States navy
- twenty-seven acre stations along
the European coast. the material of
Which, except ut Brest, Gibraltar
and the Azores, Ia being shipped
home. Naval Transports. relieved OF
carrying munitions. will hereafter
convey food supplies.
II Ia expected that the army also
VIII soon be able to use q number OF
IT, transports similarly on eastern
voyages.
Demoblization Of the naval per
poanel has been ordered to proceed
yrapidly on the basis of the transfer
to the reserve lists Of the men and
offlcers Of good character and ply
uiQne. The needs Of the new mer-
chant marine. 1t Is calculated will alb
(eorb n large proportion Of such
rcservists ~ is desired.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
Deas-Hodge.

one week ago today young M.
Hardy and Miss Bernice Deas, two
y2Rpg people enjoying prosperity 20
e degree. appeared Dsacvs
bell Davis ana said thsy
doubled and thsis
pd In the psessnce
audience, Juaoe
1al happy msnnsr.
Iat bound them 20
May their Chxink
III. H y. s..a
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-12-26
NITRATE SITUATION.


Washington, Dec. 18 - Senator
snaith, Of South Carolina, has been
Investigating the nitrate situation in
tder that the farmers might be in
Rformed 40 to the prospect Of being
1pplied by the government for this
re- |:s.. Ae'n'ns season at what
He understands that there is q
Arse quantity OF soda in the hands
0f tbe government that will not be
Aeedo for munition purposes, the
amount he believes is more than
7SnouGh foy agricultural purposes for
neyears He mas discussed this mat
b Mr. Baruch, chairman Of the
dustries board. who negotiated
rchase from Chile of this soda
government.
his conversation with Mr.. Ba-
he Senator called. up the Sec
OF Agriculture and asked him
was the situation. His reply
hat It was not q question Of
soda but of arranging the
nth the War Department.
zAtor Smith called Secretary
tons attention to the fact that
xaemees were now making ar
qnenta for their fertiliser sup
- TITS coming year and there
- important for them
.. pight depend
int soda. Mr..
aoing every
we this s..at1
ssrlje|
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-01

Kuester, Peter Klaus, Adolph Hen
shen. willie Creese, Clifford Creese,
Mahela Kuester. Marie Perry, Teach
er.
District No. 5, Nishnabotny township
for month ending April I'd: Number
rolled, II; neither absent nor tardy,
Willie Hollander, Albert Hollander,
Rudolph Hollander, Viola Steckelberg.
Katie Hayes, Teacher.
District No.. 2, Paradise township,
for month ending March goth: Mum.
Der enrolled, Is; neither absent nor
tardy, Emma Petersen, Ella Petersen,
Sophie Langholz, Otto Petersen, Hans
Petersen, Lizzie Hildebrandt. Anna
Mae Bell, Teacher
District No. 4, Hayes township, for
month ending April 10Th: Number en-.
rolled, II; neither absent nor tardy,
Hilda Weinbrandt, Vincent Rowan, lie.
Roy Gallagher, Catherine Walsh. Olive
Sophy, Teacher.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-01
horicr. IN PRoBArE.H
State OF Iowa, Crawford County, s
In Probate.

State OF Iowa, Crawford County, s'
In Probate. s
In the matter of the estate of Abb
A. Smith, late of Crawford county, dd
ceased. Y
Notice of Appointment of Adminis.s
tratriX. ~
TO Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that on the
I'd day Of March, 1918. the undersigned
was duly appointed Administrative Of
the above entitled estate and all credit
ors of said estate are notified to file
their claims in the Office Of the clerk
OF the district court, in and for Craw-
ford county, Iowa, within one year
from the date of this notice, according
to law, and have the same allowed and
ordered paid by the said court, or
stand forever barred therefrom.
Dated April rs, 1918.
LYDIA w. RIDDLE,
Conner & Powers, Administrative.
Attorneys. 1885,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-01
A PROCLAMATION

The week between Saturday. May
4th, and Saturday. May 18th, has been
set aside for an intensive drive for til e
sale of II. S. government War Savings
and Thrift stamps.
Iowa's quota OF stamps to be sold
during the year 1918 is s4S,OOO,O0O.
The state today is S1O,O00,O00 behind
her schedule of $1.000,O0O in sales per
week. Unless the citizens OF Iowa
awake there is grave danger that the
state will go on record as having fail.
ed to meet request OF their govern.
ment for funds with which to carry on
the war.
During the week of the intensive
drive teams will solicit the purchase of
War Savings and Thrift stamps just
as the sale of Liberty bonds was so.
licited. Every person able to do so
will be expected to buy. The allot.
ment of every man, woman and child
is 800. Many cannot subscribe that
amount. Others must subscribe more