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Grated In by Germany.
rom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Such a town name as Potsdaan, in
Missouri, is an indication OF the once
amiably regarded habit Of Germans.
forming a community in the United
States, to retain some sentimentally
pleasing suggestion of their native
country. The area of the United
States is dotted with towns bearing
names of the same significance.
We had then Indifference or indui-
eence for the naming of a town. The
name pleased the people and that was
sufficient. We have not now much
active feeling in the matter OF names
Some have unpleasant suggees.ihoin nh
NAV flourish back of the name.
Potsdam has appeared in print
because the people of Potsdam ap-
near not to have recognized, in GER
tain ways, that the people OF the
United States are at war. They have
not done so because the -alienism
which found expression in the name
they gave the town continues to find
expression in their lives. emotions ana
sympathies. It has continued TO ma
expression because the nationanai "
GENTLY penetrate, much less saturate,
the community.
There are many such communities
or groups within communities, not
many of them dangerously active. but
feel thoroughly Americanized. They
do not act thoroughly Americanized-
There are many fashions in which the
United States needs stimulation OF
nationalizing influences. There are
various devices which can be used
The most comprehensive. we are GER
tain. is that of universal military
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
Sandbags Protect Warships.
m Popular Science Monthly

From Popular Science Monthly.
The use of sandbags or wicker bas-
kets filed with sand as a protection
against hostile projectiles in war
fare is by no means new, but the
present war has probably seen the
most extensive use ever known of
this means of defense. Against the
enormous force of the modern ex-
plosives neither steel nor concrete
offers adequate protection. 1t was
found that earth or sand, either in a
loose state or in bags, formed a more
efficient protection against shells.
shrapnel or the projectiles of small
arms or machine guns than barbados
of other material.
A covering Of sandbags is placed
on the roof Of the turret to give addi-
tional protection to the big guns and
the gun crew, should they come with
in range Of hostile battleship, or be
attacked by hostile airplane. With
out these sandbags the room of the
turret would offer little protection
against missiles dropping upon them
almost vertically. This applies to
projectiles fired from guns with a
high angle of elevation and to bombs
dropped from aircraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
| AN ADVERTISEMENT OF
The Us. 4.
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright, 1881

This is an advertisement.
1 am advertising the U. S. A.
This, gentlemen. is the biggest cor
poratiop in existence.
1t isjoffering a block Of stock just
now TO the public.
These shares have heretofore been
eagerly sought by banks, miilionaires
and estates. and were gladly taken At
around per cent.
You fS9w have an opportunity to
purchase them bearing AZ per cent.
AS you well know. per cent goes up
as security goes down. and vice versa.
Considering the degree of safety of
this stock, Az per cent is a mighty
good interest on your investment.
You are getting a security bearing
over 4 per cent, which the shrewdest
financial people have always been
glad to get at a much lower per cent.
This stock-or these bonds. for they
are really bonds, I speak loosely-has
behind it the whole land possessions.
merchandise. transportation systems,
factories. bank deposits and all other
goods, real estate ana chattels of a
hundred million of the richest people
on earth.
Before payment is defaulted on the
interest or principal of these securi-
ties the entire business of all the
states Of the Union would have to
collapse.
The bonds are offered in dehomi-
nations as low as $50 and as high as
you please.
It's democratic offer. Millionaires
and day laborers are equally welcome
to buy.
The purpose of selling these shares
in the U. S. A. corporation is to raise
money to pay for the protection OF
your lives and fortunes against the
gang of burglars and pirates who
have attacked civilization.
Your sons, husbands and brothers
are now overseas endeavoring to stop
the invader with their bodies.
Some of them are facing death on
the firing line.
Some are standing in foul trenches.
Some are watching in the cold and
rainy night.
Some are lying in hospitals, blind
ed. manned. or dying Of hideous poison
gas.
The U. s. A. needs money to feed
these. men, to clothe them, to furnish
them with guns, and to take care of
them when they are sick or wounded.
Democracy means that every man
do his share.
you give your dollars, that their lives
be not sacrificed in vain?
Come! Buy!
Instead of building that new house,
put your $4,000 in U. 8. A. bonds.
Get along without that new piano
and take $500 worth of stock in the
U. s. A.
Woman. you had about decided on
that new 500 gown or $50 coat. Let
me recommend liberty bonds instead.
They will keep your soul warmer than
sealskin, ermine or sable.
Cut down your living expenses for
a year and put the savings in stock
in the U. S. A.
Buy, buy, till it hurts.
You may not be privileged to suffer
the pain of a mangled body for hui
manity and your country, but you
ought to be glad to suffer privation
to help along.
These bonds must be sold.
The old u. s. A. must not fall down.
1t is YOUR CORPORATION, YOUR
BUSINESS.
1t means life and death to me and
you.
If it succeeds we shall have Hber-
ated the world from the greatest
curse that ever threatened it
If it fai1s-fails, did I say-wait-
don't shoot-by the living God, II
must not and shall not fail!
4
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No Truck With the Hun.
the New York Globe

From the New York Globe.
Beware of the pretended upholder
Of America who uses Ifs" and butts"
When there is a smell of German gas
one may be sure German gas cylfn-
ders are being used. Don't be fooled by
sugar-coated phrases. The German
taste will strike through if you give
your tongue a chance. Look out for
those who are backing up the German
peace offensive, who try to excite
prejudice against japan. or Great
Britain, who find excuses for the pro-
German abandonment of the allies
engineered by the bolsheviki. Look
out also for tho fellow who says
Germany never can be whipped and
that 1t is prudent to make the best Of
a bad situation. and for his COM
panion who has information that Ger
many is about to become democratic
and thus is. to be trusted rus, a Prefer,
work-covertly and sneakingly at
work. See to it that you do not as
sist it by saying It. doesn't matter.
and by supporting its identified or
cHd -crrs:cc--.-
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gram each Sunday morning. at -10:4b
o'clock.

In difference to tho movement BY the
thei puS SHS the pubic Tshssrsal Of
the Rebew Orchestra. which was to
have taken place tomorrow evening,
will be postponed until the nrst Mon
day in November by which tins, IL
is expected. the prevailing innvena =,
public meetings.
"a meeting Of members. Of the Mon
day Morning Music Club has been
called for Wednesday afternoon. at
o'clock, at the residence OF the
president, Mrs. Charles W.. Fairfax, to
discuss plans for the coming season.
( Ninety-five members of the evening
choir tof the Church of the Covenant
were present Wednesday, evening at
the first. rehearsal More voices are
needed in the male section and vol
unteerS may join at any OF the re-
hearsaN. beginning at o'clock.
The rehearsale of ..Le Cercle d'Opera
comique'' have been resumed at the
Arts Club on Wednesday evenings. It Is
expected that the first performance win
be LES Cloches de Bonneville" and Will
take place at the New. Central High
School early in December. =
Miss Charline Waters, soprano, of
Denver, is in the city for an extended
visit the guest of Miss Katharine
Brooks.
A meeting of members of K. of c.,
and a number OF friends active in
camp work was held Wednesday
evening at immaculate Conception
parish: hall. when committee gas
formed to arrange musical and dra-
matte entertainments to be given IN
the recreation halls of the order OF
the. various nearby camps. Michael
Schaeffer. state deputy, was made
chairman of the committee.
Next Sunday evening the Petworth
Orchestra. conducted by Dwight S.
Church and accompanied by Mrs. Syl-
vester, will give its first semi-monthly
regular service Of the Petworth NJ. E.
Church. Miss Campbell will be the
vocal soloist and Miss 10 Miller and
NJ. E. Lindsey, violinists. instrumental
soloists.
been ill at the home of her sister In
Canton, Ohio, has recovered and will
leave for home during the week.
A quartet composed of Ethel G..
Miner, Marian Larner. Charles R.
B. Athey as accompanist, furnished
the music Wednesday evening at the
memorial service of Washington Cen
tennial Lodge. No. IA. F. A. A. NJ, held
at Masonic Temple. Miss Miner sang
why Art Thou Cast Down." by
Spicker. and the quartet gave the
anthems, 1.-THE Lord Is My Shepherd"
by Bischoff: SAVIOUR. When Night
Involves the Skies" by Shelley, and
THE Radiant Morn" by Woodward.
cambridge Crist. the song writer,
has joined the musical forces of the
war workers stationed now in Wash
ington for the winter.
Mrs. Laura McChord Monroe. sister
of McHenry McChord, has come to
Washington to make her home. Mrs.
Monroe was formerly soprano soloist
and choir director of st. Pauls
Church, Parkersburg, W.. Va.
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His War Garden.

From the Richmond Times Dispat ch.
Monday-Worked in the garden all
day. raking, hoeing. spading. Tues
day-worked in the garden two
hours after luncheon. Wednesday,
Worked in the garden fifteen min
utes. then went to ball game. Thurs.
day-Went out after dinner and
walked around the garden. Friday
Looked out Of the kitchen window to
see II garden was still there. Satur-
day-Forgot all about it.
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MUSICAL MENTION

Choirs in practically all churches had
planned to resume musical activities for
the winter today. Owing to the order to
close places of worship on account of
the influenza. programs have been. post
poned in favor Of hasty arrangements to
fit the exigencies of the situation
Samuel D. Chaplin, new choirmaster
of st. Johns Church, Lafayette square,
was to have presided for the first time
today. Harry Wheaton Howard would
have inaugurated his nineteenth season
at the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception. At st. Patrick's Miss Jennie
Glennan, director and organist of the
choir Of mixed voices, in conjunction
with C. D. Benson and Frank O'Brien.
director and organist, respectively, of
to have celebrated the opening Of the
winters schedule with an elaborate and
inspiring program.
If the weather is suitable, st. Paul
Catholic Church will hold its regular
mass services in the church grounds.
Other churches are making like arrange
ments wherever space will permit.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax. chairman
of the music committee of the Arts
Club, announces two programs ar
ranged for Sunday evenings during
october, the first to be given next
| Sunday by Mrs. Corinne Inez Lock
man. dramatic soprano. from Indian
apolis, and a trio, consisting of Miss
Ruth Bronson, violinist; Dore Wal
ten, cellist, and Mrs. Frank Byram.
pianist, and a piano recital to be
given October 81 by Frank Norris
Jones.
John G. Klein. tenor soloist and
choir director of Temple Baptist
Church, announces the triple quartet
] choir engaged there as follows: Re
| becca Gay. Mary Langley and Mrs.
Edward williams. sopranos: May Nor
| wood, Lille Bailey and Mrs. Harry
Shacklett, contraltos: Mr.. Klein. VIII
liam Ivie and n. L. SalA tenors. and
! Fred East. Edward Williams and
James F. Taylor, basses. This en-
semble will give preliminary pro-
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The Late Cars Impotence.
From the Boston Herald

From the bO3poh nef1tos
No one forgets how in 1905 the car
issued a manifesto establishing the
duma as, representative body to
take & constant and active part in
the elaboration Of laws" and signed q
constitution purporting to grant the
people the fmmutable foundation Of
civic liberty and decreeing that no
law should como into force without
the approval Of that popularity elect
ed body. That was the beginning of
a freedom which from time to time he
foolishly checked. HIS best deeds
may have been inspired by Witte and
Sazono1, his worst by Goremykin and
Sukhomlin0ff. Tho truth is that long
before tho revolution Nicholas had
become a nonentity. There need have
bken no execution for fear Of con-
spirators seating him again on the
throne.
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His Good Fortune.

From the Boston Transcript.
Debtor-well. old an. I'm going ~
marry an heiress next week.
Creditor - Indeed! Well-er-con
80 lite me, old chap.
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Get Busy.

Ffsa the Boston Transcript
use wood" says Garfield. Do your
Christmas choooinE early.
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Hit at Right Time.

Here the Americans established a
line and subsequently fought on with
the Australians on their right and the
British on their left until Brey fell.
In an extended battle it sometimes
happens that a small force at just the
right point and just the right moment
may render an invaluable service. ANY
Australian who was on the Somme on
that day will tell you that the Ameri-
can brigade was such a force and rem
dered such a service.
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OUT OF WASHINGTON.
WILLOW BROOK ACADEMY

A home school for children from 6-1S. Ideal
location: excellent school advantages; 4 good
and military training; reasonable rates. Ad-
dress J. C. BEATTY, Head Master, Bluemont, Va.
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AUSTRAu|ANSARE
KEENFOR ACTION
No Other Troops on West
Front Have Fought So
Frequently.
THEY ADMIRE AMERICANS

CableEram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMPE-
RIAL FORCE IN FRANCE. September
25.-Insatiability is an outstanding
trait of the Australians appetite for
fighting. No other troops in the west
have fought so frequently as have
these during the past six months. 9th
err troops. of course. notably the mag
nificent Canadian corps. have fought as
skillfully and as CALAMITY. but no 9TH
ers have fought SO increasingly.
Out beyond where 1 stand the SOL
diers of the commonwealth who cap
tured LIE Verguier and mopped it up
are pressing forward toward the st.
Quentin canal, just beyond which, en-
joying the protection of its water. lie
the main defenses of the Hindenburg
system. There are relatively light enc
my defenSeS on this side of the canal.
but these hardly can hold out long
against the veterans attacking them.
Aims at Hindenburg Line.
This movement, one need not say. like
those correlated with it on the north
and south. aims at the destruction of
the Hindenburg line and the starting
of the Germans in the direction of the
frontiers they never should have
crossed.
Two key positions dominate these
famous Notifications. One is Cambria,
on the north, and the other is Laon.
on the south. If either goes the Hin
denburg line will be in dire jeopardy.
This system may crumple more easily
than some imagine. but it is hard to
see how the allies can expect an easy
victory here. Certainly if they win
easily here there no longer will be the
slightest doubt of the decay of the
morale of the German armies.
For the troops that will defend the
Hindenburg line are comparatively
fresh and some of them absolutely
fresh, while many divisions of the as
sault have been marching and fighting
continually for weeks. Germany has
thrown only rested troops into her
offensives and she has supported these
offenSiveS with the lavish use of fresh
reserves.
Keep Busy Fighting.
For the moment write only of the
sector in which l find myself-that of
the Australian corps. This deeply
SCARED but still iron-willed body of
men is the same that met the German
advance against Amiens and, supported
by Canadians on the right and British
on the left, stopped it dead. 1t is the
same that attacked the Germans inces-
sanity during the following four
months, the same that fought at Viii
lers-Bretonneux, Dernancourt, Hamel
and Morris; the same that, with the
Canadians and British, launched the
great assault of August 8, and the
same that has fought ever since at
Brey. Peronne, Mont st. Quentin and
in twenty other severe battles. the
whole over ground ideally suited in
many places to resist the advance.
In some of these engagements. as
the reader will recall, Americans lent
telling aid. receiving their baptism
of fire in unison of action. They came
in the nick of time, fought with In
telligence equal to their valor and
won the hearts of the Australian
corps, from Gen. Monash down to the
humblest private.
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5000 Real Troops.

Their first fighting was in the midst
of the Australians at Hamel on July
T. They next appeared as a separate
unit, the 131st, at Chipilly. on the
north bank of the Somme fifteen
miles east of Amiens. There were
some 5000 of them-3,000 sinewy.
well trained, razor-keen infantrymen
spelling to meet the enemy. In small
arms they lacked nothing, but were
without artillery support for their
special task.
hear of them first on the north
bank of the Somme, in the village or
Chipilly. South of the river, short
distance east of Chipilly. the Austria
lians were advancing across open
ground against wood where the Ger
mans were making a stubborn stand.
Suddenly German artillery on steep
spur above Chipilly opened fire across
the river on the rear of the advanc-
ing Australians. This development
had become possible because the Brit
ish supporting the Australians north
of the Somme had been counter At
tackled and driven back and could not
clear the Chipilly spur.
How the Americans happened to be
in Chipilly 1 do not know, but they
were there and observed what was be-
falling their Australian comrades south
of the Somme. Their job as they saw
it was to take that spur and they took
it. One viewing its almost precipitous
sides in the neighborhood of the river
is unable to see how the feat was
achieved. The 131st not only gained
the summit, stormed and silenced the
enemy guns, but pursued him into the
adjacent wood, poked him out OF 1t ana
pressed forward north of the Somme
until abreast of the advancing Austria
lians south of the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

cambridge Crist. the song writer.
has Joined the musical forces of the
war workers stationed now in Wash
ington for the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

Mrs. Laura McChord Monroe. sister
of McHenry McChord, has come to
Washington to make her home. Mrs.
Monroe was formerly soprano soloist
and choir director of St. Paul's
Church, Parkersburg, W.. Va.
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ST. MARGARETS

ART GLASSES
FoftAft life, antique. still life and out-of-
door eketehins, beginning October 1. Pupils
coached for admission to Corcoran School Of
Art Private criticism. Studio No. 8. St Mat
thews Court (directly back Of St Matthews
Church,. Apply until October 1, by writing to
Corcof1n Gallery Of Art CATHARINE
CARTER CRITCHER. Instructor Of Painting.
CoHcoran School of Art Sc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-18

The Mayor appointed the following
on the Tax Committee:
F. B. James-Chairman
Peter Schaefer,
II. J. Merdink,
John Erickson,
]. H. White,
John A Harri,
A. J. Thomas.
Moved by Alderman Somero, sup
ported by Alderman Harri that the
City Clerk be instructed to advertise
for bids for City Printing, Hauling
Coal, Furnishing meals to prisoners
and for applications for City Scaven-
ger; bids and applications to be re-
ceived until o'clock P. M. Tuesday,
February, 5th, 1918. Carried.
The Mayor made the following ap-
pointments and asked the Council to
confirm the same, to-wit;
L Committee on Accounts & FL
nances-Mike Somero, Louis Eisen-
ach and ]. H. White.
2. Committee on Fire, Light and
Water A. Harri, ]. H. White
and John Erickson.
8. Parks, Grounds & Buildings
Committee-John Erickson, Louis Eli
senach and w. A. McCurdy
4. Street, Sewer & Sidewalk Com
mittee-Louis Eisenach, John A
Harri and Mike Somero.
5. Sanitation & Police Committee
w. A. McCurdy, John Erickson and
John A. Harri
6. Sales & Purchasing Committee
]. H. White, Mike Somcro and W. A
McCurdy.
Acting Mayor-W A. McCurdy.
Chief of Police-Bart Coffey.
Health Oficer-Dr. o. w. Parker,
Fire Warden-JOseph Gerzin.
Moved sby Alderman Harri, sup
ported by Alderman Erickson that thu
appointments as made by the Mayor
be confirmed. Carried.
Moved by Alderman White, sup
ported by Alderman Somero that thu
regular meetings of the City Counci
| be held on the first and third Tues
days Of each month at o'clock p
! M. sharp. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Harri, SUP
ported by Alderman Eisenach tina
the City Attorney be instructed t.
ascertain the proper procedure tt
take relative to having the d. & l. r
R. R. Co.'S Round House removed
Carried.
Moved by Alderman Eisenach, SUI
ported by Alderman White that tn
meeting adjourn. Carried.
ARTHUR KNUTSON,
City Clerl
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely, Mimi, january 9Th, 1918

Ely, Mimi, January Sth, 1918.
Regular meeting of the Board of
Education was called to order at S:45
o'clock P. M. by President George r..
Ayres. On roll call the following
members were found to be present:
Anderson, Ayres Chinn, Fenske and
White Absent: McCurdy
On motion duly carried, the min
utes of the regular meeting held De-
cember 18th were read and approved
as read. All members voting ave.
Communications from the First Ma
tional and First State Banks of Ely
advising credits of $55.46 and $25.11,
respectively, interest for the month Of
December were ordered filed.
On motion duly carried, the Jew
ell Nursery Company's proposition to
replace all trees, etc., which have
failed to grow on the Washington and
Winton grounds FREQ of charge, and
to furnish 423 perennials as per their
plans and specifications for the sum
of $95.1S was accepted. ALI members
voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the score
tary was instructed to renew the en-
ployes' Compensation and Liability
insurance with the First State Bank
OF Ely All members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, the COM
munication from the Superior Ma
tional Forest Service relative to the
installation of telephone in the
White Iron school and connecting
same on to the service line on the
Stony Road was accepted and the
proper officers authorized to execute
the agreement permitting the use Of
same. All members voting aye.
On motion duly carried, it YVES de-
cided that the District cooperate with