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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-02-07
" --that Day Is
Germany's Doom"

There one simple easy way by which every family
In the United States stand up ana be comtcd-by
which every man. woman and child enlist in the hun
Qfed hIl0n al-AmelIcan army which the Germans
dread
, One of the most significant utteranccs made during
the entire war was made by prominent German official
when America cast her lot with the allies:
eve do not fear the American soldiers because they
cannot arrive IN time; what we fear the intelligence and
devotion of one hundred million Americans trained to
faith IN Individual initiative. The day that those hundred
millions act as one, that day is Gcmanys DOOM
Today Germany is fighting with new and more
desperate energy because she fears that American sol
dlers will alTiVCr in time
But Germany still refuses believe that our hundred
million people will "act one"
How can prove it to her? How can we strike to
the heart Of the Hun? How convince the kaiser
that the day of his doom approaches?
That way is to lend our money to our country
BY War Saving Stamp; costing you until February
l. 1918, %i.l2 worth s. on January |, 1923.
If you cannot pay for it in immediate cash buy q T.
s. Thrift Stamp for % cents and keep on buying them
until you have 16 Then add few cents in cash and OK
change them for the War Saving Stamp.
Begin to do this Save every cent you can and
put 1t into these stamps.
The money will be used Immediately to provide Guns
ammunition food clothing and other supplies for orr SOL
dicrS and sailors.
This Will be bad news for the kaisc-hc worst he has
ever heardfor will prove to him that we are ready 70
act as one 1t will prove that ONLY orr mon but
every dollar we have is behind our cOunv II will nrovo
tit we are III the war to win, and that we shall slv in
IL uhlI we Go win II will prove that we alc thorouob1
unanimously determined that our country orr homes and
our loved ones shall no longer lie under the dark menace
OIL German domination and cnsavcmCnt
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-02-07

that tie last contestant hs.
was that you were resIdlns ~
State OF Idaho land that such A. u
was not caused by Your seryIc. !. 40
armed forces of the United s,,, u
You are, therefore. furtbe, -.
that the said allegations will bs -
as confessed. and your said a
Will be Cancelled without mr,h.7
to be heard. either before tb,, 'Si
or on appeal. If you fail to tila :. Nc
Office within twenty days at,s, :
fourth publication OF this nOtIcs y
shown below. your answer, undo,H...
specifically responding to thes.
cations OF contest. together with
proof that you have servsd u"
OF your answer on the said co..' -"
ant el'her IN person or by rexists,.,
mail. 'S's
Aou should state in your ansvs,
name Of the post Office to which -
desire future notices to be sen, ., ;,
you.
JOHN L. ROBBINS, Reeists, -
ASHLEY C. DAwLEF. Recsiv,.
First publication Jan. II. 1918
Second publication Jan. "a, 1918
Third publication Jan. 81, 1913
Fourth publication Feb. 7. 1915
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

gaged. 1t was shortly that an army was needed of even greater propor- tiOnS The effect of the altered view point was particularly felt in the Medical and Nurse corps.
 Tt was evident that the ma jority of those who had at first volunteered their services expected duty overseas and were dissatisfied when they found themselves assigned to home stations. Keyed to a pitch of desiring spectacu- lar duty, stimulated by stories of other times and other conditions, the appar- ent quiet and monotony of a well-or- ganiZed hospital did not appeal, and this measure of preparedness was not met with sympathetic cooperation.
 "Gradually, however, a Saner view of the situation has been taken by graduate regular and reserve nurses, and today it is realized that there is no opprnbrium attached to service at home. On the contrary, the apprecia- ton that is felt for those performing this duty is nationwide and enthusias- tic; while the sense of the great re- sponsibility of this home work is daily becoming more evident among tho nurses.
 This epitome is given as a reason for noting the pressing needs which today moro closely affect the Navy. Before considering this, however, want to give you the figures represent ing the number who cared for the sick in the Navy prior to the war and tho number who are performing this serv- ice today.
 "In April, 1917, the Medical Corps numbered, approximately, 323 mem- bers; the Nurse Corps, 165; the Hos pital Corps, 1850.
 '"The nurses were distributed, in various numbers, at seven hospitals on the East coast, one on the West coast, and at three hospitals in the island possessions in the Pacific. The Medi- cal and Hospital corps had wider fields, including service at II other stations and on different types of ships comprising the United States Navy.
 Now 31 Naval Hospitals.
 'Thc number of hospitals today has increased to 31 and others are in pro- cess of building. Twice the number would better represent the expansion as the old Naval hospitals have dou- bled and, in some cases, trebled thoir bed capacity.
 To-day the Medical Corps has 1000 members; the Nurse Corps, 1,065, and the Hospital Corps, 10000; while the bed capacity of the hospitals is ap- proximately 16,000. The mum Der of nurses required during the coming year. based on the old ratio and the
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14
NURSING IS VITAL FACTOR FOR NAVY
Graduate Nurses Have Opportu- =
 nity for Service

.'The majority of recruits fail to un- derstand the necessity of the training camps, although conscientious recruit Ing officers endeavor to impress on them the fact that the Navy personnel must have training on shore before it can go aboard ship states Miss Lenah Higbee, superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps, in a letter telling of the work. "So too, judging from letters received from representative nurses who offered their services, and from the dissatisfa cton with hospital work openly expressed in these letters, these rSrses too, expected to be assigned to ships and at once set sail to meet the enemy" she says, adding:
 'I need not dwell upon the result Of the sudden expansion of the naval service. It was at first thought that the Navy would be most heavily en-
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

1 authorized increase will be about 1,250. In event of a greater reduction in the number of the Hospital Corps now stationed at the Naval hospitals, the number of nurses required may be increased to 1,500 or more.
 "Where these nurses will be as- signed to duty cannot be foretold but the naval hospitals at home must not be depleted. On the other hand, if more nurses are needed overseas to care for navy sick, those nurses will be sent who have had preliminary experience in naval hospitals at home; and so long as the need can be controlled, the effort will be made to send those nurses who have proved their professional skill.
 Therefore, it is indicated that the additional nurses in the navy will have home service first.
 The hospital corps. of which I have spoken, was formerly the only nursing service in the navy. and to- day, this corps has the entire nursing care of the sick on the ships On many of the small craft necessary to the navy. these men are the only medical attendants.
 "One of the reasons for establish ing the navy nurse corps was to give better nursing instruction to these men. Her attitude toward them should be that of the graduate or charge nurse toward the pupil nurse. It would seem that this nursing need In the navy could be easily met, but experience makes if necessary to state it is the exceptional nurse who brings this ability to the service.
 Entails Much Responsibility.
 Nurses in charge of wards in the navy have the entire responsibility and must demonstrate that they pos sess executive ability. We hold up to medical officers the standards of civilian hospitals, and our attitude Is defenseless when this responsibility is indifferently assumed and care lessness in details and lack of finished work are offered instead of the at tributes which graduate nurses should demonstrate.
 "The nurse whose recent occupa- ton has not required this ability is given an opportunity to develop this desirable qualiG GcatiOn but such dc velODment means that the nurse must have an open mind, must encourage a deep interest in the naval service and must possess the common sense to realize that adaptability necessary for success must be in the individual itself to a person or persons,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

1eaven of seIf-sacrifice is aln1 submerged. By submerging the cessity for self sacrifice, the nJ ing needs are inadequately nj since each nurse must conquer in mental conflict by doing that wfI is required of her. and not which she desires; by giving her f free service, without calculating reward.
 "'In the result of this individ conflict lies success or failure meeting the nursing needs of the V
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

'"To this need for nurses and the special need for nurses who can 1n- struct and for those who possess cx- ccutiNe ability Is added the greatest need. This need is the true spirit of service; that ideal of service for which our lady of tho lamp pleaded in a time when training schools did not exist.
 The dignity of labor and the mo- bilty of the nursing profession are the pet themes for addresses on
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

graduation days. Unconscious platl- tudes have alm oSt submerged the VI tau spark which alone can make these statements true.
 There is no Dignity Of Labor; there is no Noble Profession. The rharac ctcr and the ideals which the individual brings 10 labor and to the profession alone make possible the correct use of these words by digni- fying the laborer and ennobling the professor,
 ''Service offered with one hand
New Britain herald., 1918-06-14

while the other is stretched out for reward is not true service. Service offered if assigned to this or that duty Is not true service. Service of fered, along with frequent reminders of positions rClnQuished and salaries forfeited, is not true service
 ''1n an effort to cOrrclatc these at titudes with the vital need for nurses, there has been a tendency to offer inducements of travel, to grant re- quests for special duty and to be- stow equipment until the divine
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
RELIEF FOR sHIPBUILDERs.
Senator Fletcher Proposes Three
Bills to Aid Industry.

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of
Florida, chairman of the shipping
committee OF the SEN
ate, has introduced three measures
in congress which will directly affect
the shipping Industries Of the North
west, If they are passed.
One, which would have no applf-
cation here, would compel street
railways to provide special through
service to the shipyards where men
are employed; the second would de-
clare war zone around every ship
building plant that has contracts for
vessels. making II
possible to rid the surrounding ter
ritory of undesirable influences: and
the third would reuuisition private
to house shipyard work
ers and, where that is impracticable.
would authorize an expenditure up
to $50,000,000 to lease land and
build houses for these men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
1872 IN CLASS 1 ALREADY.
All QuestiOnnaires Mailed to Regis.
trants, Local Board Announces.

With approximately one-third of
the registrants of Thurston county
classified to date, there are some 1872
in Class I, the division from which
the first men will be summoned for
military service in the event there is
a second call, members Of the local
draft board said Thursday.
All of the questionnaires were
mailed out Wednesday night and ac-
cording to the regulations the last
ones mailed must be returned to the
local board not later than next
Thursday. The local board then has
approximately anotrer month in
which to fix the classifications II the
work is completed according to
schedule, February Is.
Anyone of draft age in this county
who has failed to receive a question
naire should consult the local board
Immediately, for he will have last
the opportunity to claim deferred
classification if he does not answer
QUESTIONABLE and the responsible
ity for getting one is placed upon
him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
GERMAN SPY AT CAMP.
Sergeant-NIajOr. at Headquarters Is
Held by Military Authorities.

Helmuth Ritter. former regiment
al sergeant major at division head
quarters at Camp Lewis. and son
of the quartermaster general of the
Eighth German army corps. is under
arrest in the Pierce county Jail,
charged by federal authorities with
being a spy. He is declared by mil
itary police officers at camp to be
involved in gigantic spy ring oper-
ating in the Northwest.
Ritter, who is 27 years old. is said
among other things, to have been
instrumental in furnishing the infor-
nation which resulted in the wreck
ing Of troop train near Minneapolis
six weeks ago by pro-Germas. Also,
during the time Ritter was serving
as sergeant major at the 91st divi-
sion headquarters. where he had ac-
cess to important military papers.
certain Of them disappeared. Ritter
has been under arrest since Novem-
ber -. Announcement of his arrest
was made at camp Saturday after
noon. If convicted of espionage, he
faces execution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
ALL MEMBERS TO ATTEND.
Camp Lewis Association to Hold An
nual Meeting Monday.

Every one of the 100 members Of
the Thurston County Dairy & Farm
Products Association, which has the
big concessions at Camp Lewis, have
been asked by the directors to attend
the annual meeting of the Associa-
tion, to be held at the Chamber Of
Commerce next Monday afternoon,
starting at 1 o'clock.
Various important business ques-
tions are to be discussed and the pol
icy and plans for the next year de-
termined. Detailed reports will be
submitted by the directors and other
officers as to the progress to date
the business transacted and arrange
ments made for it's future handling
and various recommendations will be
submitted for the decision of the gen.
eral membership.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
URGE COUNTY TO ACCEPT
FEDERAL AID ON PAVING
Chamber of Commerce Trustees
Favor Extension of Olympia-Taco-
ma Highway improvement.

Resolutions urging the county
commissioners to accept the federal
aid offered for the further pavement
of the Olympia-Tacoma highway
from the end of the present paving
at Union Mills to st. Clair, were
adopted by the trustees of the Cham
Der of Commerce at their meeting
Tuesday afternoon.
State Highway Commissioner
James Allen, who presented the
proposition to the commissioners at
their regular meeting Monday, tell
ing them the government would ad-
vance $4,000 If the county would
put up like amount, also explained
it to the Chamber trustees. He
pointed out that with this sum the
three and a half mile stretch, all that
remains of the post road" on that
section of the Pacific highway in this
county and therefore all upon which
federal money could be expended,
could be finished this coming year.
That paving, if completed. would
leave unpaved but two and a half
miles of the Pacific highway between
Olympia and Tacoma, that being the
section between st. Clair and the
county line at the Nisqually river,
Pierce county having paved the
highway to the river this past sum-
mer. 1t is pointed out that the work
could be done with but little iricon-
venience to travellers. the. old Mis-
qually hill road being available for
use
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
LISTER D|SM|SSES
FRY AS 4 NOTARY
CANCELS COMMISSION OF At
TORNEY WHO CHARGED REG.
ISTRANTS FOR ASSISTANCE

Proof that Attorney r. H. Fry of
this city had charged a registrant IS
for making out his Questionnaire
and had signed the document as a
notary, led to Governor Lister can
ceiling Fry's commission as a notary
public in this state Thursday, on
the ground that he had charged
more than the fee prescribed by law
for notarial services s,,
This is the third step that has
been taken in this case since the
legal advisory board of this county.
consisting of Superior Judge Mitch
ell, Prosecuting Attorney O'Leary
and City Attorney Bigelow, discov-
cred that in several instances Fry,
who was an associate member of the
board and under oath to give legal
assistance to registrants free, had
taken drafted men to his office and
charged them for helping them an
swer their questionnaires.
The first step taken by the board
was to cancel all of Fry's appoint
ments as an associate member. in the
schedule adopted by local attorneys
for serving in one of the courtrooms
at the courthouse. Within day or
two after that. the board then for
mally dismissed Fry as an associate
member and notified the local draft
board not to accept any question
naires signed by Frv, signed either
as an associate member or a notary
public. 4
The notarial fee for such services,
under the laws of this state. would
not be more than so cents. 1t is said.
and upon ,affidavits submitted by the
local advisory board that Fry had
charged a registrant IS in at least
one instance Governor Lister cam
celled his notaria commission.
Rumor has 1t that. following this
action, the local bar association may
steps to have Fry disbarred entirely
from the practice OF law.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
To Promote Eighth Grade Pupils.

Some Is or 20 pupils in the Wash
ington and Lincoln schools will be
graduated from the eighth grade to
the freshman class in the high school
January 2S. Superintendent c. E.
Beach announces, though the custo-
mary formal commencement exer-
cises will not be held until the usual
time next May. This will be de-
parture from the ordinary schedule
and is made possible by the fact that
several high school teachers now
have vacancies that will permit their
teaching more pupils.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT IS
PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE
Endorsed by President Wilson, Meas
ure Wins by Required
Majority.

Influenced by the support given
the amendment by President Wilson
Wednesday, the members of the
lower house of congress, after an all
day debate Thursday. passed the
Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend
ment to the United States constitu-
ton, by exactly the two thirds af-
tirmative votes required. The action
was taken 40 years to the day from
the date of its first introduction.
The presidents statement on the
suffrage amendment came after a
long conference sought with him by
II Democratic members of the house,
following which the delegation made
public a statement dictated by the
president as follows:
"The committee found that the
president had not felt at liberty to
volunteer his advice to members of
congress in this important matter
but when we sought his advice he
very frankly and earnestly advised
us to vote for the amendment as an
act of right and justice to the women
of the country and of the world"
The presidents endorsement
brought victory to the suffragists
where previously they faced defeat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
]. S. COURT HOLDS
DRAFT LAW VALID
BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, HIGH
EST TRIBUNAL CALLS AR.
GUMENTS FRIVOLOUS.

The supreme court of the United
States this week by unanimous de-
cision declared the draft law cOnsti-
tutional.
Chief Justice White, in handing
down the decision on the nine cases
in the draft law that reached the
supreme court, said the arguments
Of all the objectors were absolutely
devoid of merit"
"Our mind is unable to conceive
that raising armies by draft is
slavery and violates the 18th amend
ment." Chief Justice White said.
Refuting the argument of the
draft objectors that congress did not
have the power to draft citizens. the
chief justice said:
eve are unable to conceive upon
what theory the exaction by govern
ment from the citizen of the per-
formance of his supreme and noble
duty of contributing to the defense
of the rights and honor Of the ma
ton as the result of a war declared
by the great representative body Of
the people, can be said to be the i'm
position of involuntary servitude in
violation of the prohibitions Of the
18th amendment. We are con-
strained to the conclusion that the
contention to that effect Is refuted
by it's mere statement"
The chief justice quoted historical
incidents from the Norman CONQUEST
down to the present day to show
that in all just governments. the
idea Of citizenship carried with 1t the
obligation to render military service
and the right of the government to
enforce that obligation, If need be.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
Gas Pipeline Repaired.

The local gas plant, which had
been used last week to supply the
city after the pipeline from Tacoma
broke when the Nisqually bridge
went out, became clogged up last
Friday night and the city had to go
without gas nearly all day Saturday.
BY unusual efforts, the company.
which had been working on repair
ing the pipeline all week, succeeded
in throwing a temporary trestle for
it across the Nisqually river and es-
the service in this city
again Saturday evening
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
YARD TO BRING MORE MEN.
Officials at Sloan Plant Seek Accom-
mOtatiOns for 800 New Employees.

Government officials directing the
operation of the Sloan shipyards in
this city have approached city off,
cials and the Chamber Of Commerce
regarding accommodations that
would be available for some 800 ad-
ditional men the government plans
to put to work in the local yard. Five
hundred are now working there.
A special committee was instruct
ed to investigate the situation by the
trustees of the Chamber at their reg
ular meeting Tuesday afternoon. 1t
Is expected that large number Of
the men will bring their families
with them and in that event addi-
tional houses will have to be erected
to accommodate them, say those ac-
quainted with the situation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
GERMAN COIN BACKS PLOTS.
Underwriters Say Wholesale Arson
Planned on Pacific Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, Janu. 11.-Evi-
dence of well-organised plot to
destroy industrial plants, lumber
mills and crops of the Pacific coast
is in possession of the arson bureau
of the board of fire underwriters of
the Pacific, according to A. w.
Thornton, chairman of the bureau
here.
BY March l of this year, accord
ing to Thornton, the Pacific coast
will be without one lumber mill II
the plan is executed, and this, he
said, has prompted the arson bureau
and the fire prevention league to ap-
peal to the public to cooperate in
the work of preventing fires and con-
serving the nations resources.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-11
MAY COMMANDEER LUMBER.
Oregon Senator Introduces Bill De.
sired by Aircraft Board.

At the instance of the aircraft
board, Senator Chamberlain of Ore
gon introduced a bill in congress this
week authorizing the president to
commander standing and fallen tim
her and timber lands and to COM
mandeer the facilities for milling
them.
1t is apparent that the purpose is
to give further authority to the
spruce production division of the
aviation section of the signal corps.
which division is now commanded by
Col. Brice P. .Disque of the signal
corps at Vancouver barracks. Also
it is clear that the same authority
will extend to getting timber for the
shipping board in the event that it
cannot be obtained fast enough for
its needs.