The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-15
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
GERMAN LIES

ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
GERMAN LIES
Lie No. IS. Reports have been
circulated In st. Louis to the effect
that 16 soldiers temporarily quar-
tered in the First Regiment Armory.
Grand avenue and Market street,
have pneumonia. and that two of
them have died. Also that conditions
at the Armory nre unsanitary and
that the men are not being given
medical attention and that they are
left to care for themselves.
(This lie is one that Lieut.. A. l..
Clark. In charge OF the detachment
Of 1,100 men at the Armory, char
acterizes as a damnable one. Only
seven men have been sent to the hos
pital from the Armory. and one Of
these had pneumonia. No deaths
have occurred at all. One man had
scarlet fever. causing the quarantin-
Ing OF tho Armory. Lieutenant Clark
said. and the quarantine will be lifted
today. In fact. some Of the men last
night attended an entertainment at
the Y. M. C. A. Lieut.. DR.. Harwitx
is in attendance at the Armory day
and nighO.
Lie No. SO. Another lie showing
the "delicateness" OF pro-German
bunk is one to the effect that an
American soldier put one over" on
the censor to let his people know that
the soldiers are starving. His let
ters are supposed to have arrived
with entire sections depleted. Finally.
according to the story, he suggested
In the letter that his family should
save the stamp as souvenir. When
the stamp was removed the message
Of a starving condition was found
beneath II.
(This is SO plainly a sample Of the
original pro-German lies that no
refutation Is needed. The American
soldiers are not starving and there Ia
no danger they will ever starve.)
Lie No. 81. Once more the lie oi
poisoned Red Cross yarn Is beins
circulated. This story is to the effect
that sweaters and other knitted
articles are being made from yarn
which is soaked In poison of deadly
| nature.
(There are 5000 women in st
Louis knitting for the Red Cross. All
OF these women know how much OF
pro-German bunk the story Is. It Il
circulated for no other reason thar
to hinder army enlistments. or tC
create feeling of unrest in the minds
Of mothers)
Lie No. 8S. J. VI. Gibbs of vogt
Mo-, writes the Republic that mer,
chant in Bunker, Mo-, is telling the
people there that thousands of tons
Of wheat, being shipped to France BY
the United States. is being made into
whiskey and sold to the soldiers. HI
said he could furnish the name o. the
story-teller and the proof. II neces
sary.
Everybody knows. or shoult
know. that the American soldiers ars
not allowed to drink whiskey, eithel
at home or abroad. and that hundred
OF saloons here have been closed fol
selling liquor to soldiers. Genera
Pershing in France Is not allowing
the soldiers more license there thar
they have in the United States.)
Lie No. SO. A Hamburg. Mo.
woman has written to the Republi,
that she has been told that all knitted
articles sent from America to Franc,
are knitted too loosely and must b,
raveled out and worked over before
the garments can be worn.
(This Is pure bunk = nothinl
more. Meant for nothing but to dis
courage knitting activities here. i
It were true the government woult
not permit the shipment of sweateri
and other garments. and would no
allow the Red Cross, Official relic
branch Of the army, to encourage thu
work.
Lie No. 90. ]. Richard Garstang
an attorney OF Chamois, Mo-, reports
that retail merchant of that place
Is circulating the tale that In Gascon
made county. relatives received thu
bodies of two soldiers. sent bacl
from camp for burial. with the casketl
marked Contagious. Do Not Open.
1t was further averred that when tn,
parents opened the caskets. the sol
diers we're found to have two buile
holes each In their heads.
! (This faint attempt to jam tn,
machinery of the national army fur
nishes denial In itself The war de
partment has announced repeated!
that Official publication OF all deathl
in the national army will be made
regardless of the nature of sucl
deaths. II soldiers are to be shot
notification OF their death penalt!
will be spread broadcast as warn
ing to others. Just another morse
for the unintelligent to chew on 4
this obviously pro-German lie.)
Lie No. 81. A report from Cub,
said the body OF soldier. who diet
at Camp Funston. had been shipped
by express to his widow in Cuba. will
collect charges of $12. and that th'
widow had to procure the sum from
friends. being herself without funds
| (This report has been denied be