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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-21

+, 7 i'nger, fuilback for the penn
sylvnnia state college football eleven.
has been elected captain Of the Blu"
and White for the remainder of the
SeAAon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-21

Announcement has been made thai
swimming will soon be compulsory
sport for the sailors stationed at Pei.
ham Bay naval training station, anS
that three large swimming pools arr
to he erected for this purpose
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
THE NATIONS HOEMANRY

When April is bringing the little
birds singing and wild blossoms
flinging their perfume so sweet,
Your hearts fondly wishin' for time
and permission TO just go a-ilsh-
in in comfort complete;
You long 10 be dreaming where sun
shine is streaming and ripples
are cleaning like jewels aglow-'
Then you say, beg pardon; my
muscles I'll harden. I'm due for
the garden, the man with the
hoew
The robin bird giggles. Your heart
bumps and iiggles. A fishing
worm wiggles before you in
scorn.
Your fishing line trusty is knotted
and dusty. The hooks have
grown rusty and all is forlorn.
You can't pause TO mend them. Such
joys you must end them, and
mournfully send them where
trifles should go.
You must Join the great numbers;
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
THE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
BY Herbert Quick

We should have had to accept muir.
der as thing against which we could
not defend ourselves.
We should have allowed this new
horror to become a part OF all future
wars, and have been responsible for
its Incorporation into international
law.
We should have proved that because
the fire which burns up our farms
usefulness is beyond the horizon, we
would submit to the kindling OF II.
We might have accepted the sew
enty cents for wheat and the six cents
for cotton, but we could not have done
IL merely because we we're command
ed to do IT, BY so doing we should
have accepted degradation. We should
have begun, after winning our free
dom in our own revolution and estab-
fishing a union on the foundation Of
liberty in the blood and tears of our
war between the states. TO knuckle
under 10 autocracyl We should have
basely yielded up our birthright az
Americans.
Such a thought is intolerable Peace
at such a price would not be peace.
but only preparation for a future
revolt against subjugation. Better
any sort of war; better war forever,
than that
Whenever the time comes for new
sacrifices, let us remember that we
fight, not for our liberties tomorrow
or next year or twenty years from
now, but for our freedom today Not
for the. right to live in the future, but
for the right to make a living this
year.
German oppression hsd begun TO
pinch us before we entered the war.
II we had not declared war, but had
accepted the conditions OF life ordered
for us by the kaiser, we should today
be a poverty-stricken people. Our fac
tories would be shut down, our work
men unemployed. our people starving.
our farmers ruined by the poverty of
those for whose consumption they
grow their crops. There is loss and
sacrifice in the war, but there would
have been far more of loss and sacri.
fee in accepting the German terms.
We should have lost more in money
than we have spent in the war. but
we should have lost something far
more precious. We should have Let
our souls.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18

What the Imperial German govern
ment offered the farmers OF America
in its ruthless submarine warfare was
not the loss Of profits. but slavery to
the saberrattler OF Potsdam. He pur-
posed TO make US slaves by numbering
the people who took our products to
market. BY all the laws OF civilized war
fare, commerce under a neutral flag
was free from any hindrance except
the legal interference justified by war.
But the Germans not only stopped
merchant vessels, they sank them.
Sank them without warning. without
trace-the most devilish thing war
has seen since the savages scalped our
ancestors and threw screaming babies
into the flames Of burning cabins.
The German plan OF sinking mer-
chant vessels without trace In based
on the murderer's maxim that
dead men tell no tales" IL was exc
cuted by the massacre OF men, WON
en- and children, who. having com
mitted themselves to small boats in
the open sea after their ships were
torpedoed, were mercilessly raked
with gunfire, and exterminated to the
last unprotected, unpitied SOUL These
are the murders that stain the hands
of the kaiser, his advisers and min
ions. These outrages were per
petrated on neutral vessels; when all
that civilized warfare gave the Ger
mans a right to do even with the mer-
chant vessel under a hostile flag, was
10 stop II at sea and make II a prize
Of war.
To kill the civilians on board. even
under q hostile flag. was nothing but
unmitigated murder And these muir
ders we're committed in order that we
might be enslaved! Having the right
to take the sea with his feet, but be-
ing afraid to do so for fear he might
lose II, and being unable by fair
means TO stop the selling OF our pro-
ducts to his enemies. the kaiser de-
clared that he would do II by the foul
est methods ever resorted to in war.
He declared the sea closed, and that
he would keep It closed. not by war,
but by murder.
To have submitted would have
cost us dear In prosperity; but that
would have been the least OF our
loss.
We should have had TO grovel before
The German government;
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
RAW COTTON FROM UNITED
STATES GOES TO SPAIN

The War Trade Board has grant
ed license for raw cotton 10 Spain
in quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. This action pro-
vides cotton necessary 10 I'LL the
normal requirements OF the Spanish
mills.
Under the agreement with Spain
that nation permits free export 10
the allies OF certain commodities in
return for which the United States
permits, so far as consistent with
its conservation policies. the export
To Spain OF necessary supplies OF
cotton and other commodities to
cover genuine Spanish require
ments.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
Why the Blue Heron 10 Funny.

Did you ever watch a great blue
heron fshingf Knee deep he stands
in some pool, stream or bay, and no
marble statue has anything on him for
being immovable. says the Philadel-
phia Ledger. Presently some member
Of the finny tribe. perhaps a chap out
Of class or the whole school even.
wanders by beneath the crystal depth
and-whack The combination Of long
bent neck and dagger bill does a stunt
that is both funny and effective and
generally gets the fish. The entire as
pect Is peculiar and hard to describe |;
II is much like miniature and plumed
clothesrack with q crazy tongs at
tachment. the latter being heightened
by q released watchspring. You can
see II. but merely SO; no more than
that.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
Cross Purposes.

Brother Hardesty, you believe In
the efficacy OF prayer. don't your
"Surs l do"
swell. some OF Us have been pray
ing that we may be able to raise money
enough to build new meeting house
this year, you know"
"Yes. and some Of us has been pray
In that we may be able 20 make the
old one last one more year; an that's
the prayer. Brother Ksepalong. that's
goin' to be answered"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18

ward MS amongst the neutrals. Many
times and more and more we have
had occasion TO observe that the neu-
trails show more sympathy for Bel
GUM than for any other belllgerent."
Old Men and Boys Taken.
The news dispatches indicate that
the deportation and forced labor OF
Belgians still continue. In dispatch
from Hnvre New York Evening Post,
September I3, 1910 II Is stated: "The
removal OF the civilian population Of
Belgium continues, according TO adj
vices received here. The town Of Rou-
lers, Immediately behind the battle
line in Flanders, has been evacuated
completely. Ostend Is being emptied
gradually, and two thousand persons
already have been sent from Courtrai."
In another dispatch from TIavre
washington Post September "a. 1910
IL Is stated that "the German military
authorities at Bruges, Belgium, are
conscriptIng forcibly all the boys and
men Of that city between the ages Of
fourteen and sixty TO work In munition
factories and shipyards. The rich and
poor. shOpkeepers md wOrkmen. all
are being taken. only the school teach
ers, doctors. and priests escaping"
German officer Rebuked Men.
The following "Order Of the Day"
shows how the town of Huy escaped
the fate Of so many Belgium and
French towns. Drunken German sol
diers were frightened and began TO
shoot men and burn houses. The
commanding officer condemned this be-
cause II was not done by his order and
because two German soldiers were
wounded. II Is evident that massacres
and arson were permitted only when
commanded by the officers.
last night a shooting ARRAY took
place. There Is no evidence that the
Inhabitants Of the towns had any arms
In their houses. nor Is there evidence
that the people took part in the shoot
ing; on the contrary. II seems that the
soldiers were under the influence Of
alcohol, and began TO shoot in n sense
less fear Of hostile attack.
"The behavior of the soldiers during
the night. with very few exceptions.
makes a scandalous impression.
at Is highly depforabe when officers
or noncommissioned officers set houses
on fire without permission or order Of
the commanding. or. as the case may
Ne. the senior officer, or when by their
attitude they encourage the rank and
file 10 burn and plumber.
'The miserable behavior OF the men
caused n noncommissiOned officer and
n private to be seriously wounded by
German bullets.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18

Maybe you can satisfy your con-
science by buying a 5000 Liberty
Bond, but we sort Of doubt il.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-18
MAJOR Won BAsSEwITZ.'
Report Of Minister Whitloek.

hepOft on Munster WUttIOCk.
zone interesting result OF the depor-
tations remains 10 be noted, result
that once more places I'm relief the
German capacity for laundering, al
most as great as the German capacity
for cruelty. Until the deportations
were begun there was no intense ha-
tired on the part OF the lower classes,
I. e.. the worklngmen and the peasants.
The old Germans OF the Landsturm
had been quartered I'm Flemish homes:
they and the inmates spoke nearly the
same language: they got along fairly
well they helped the women with the
work, the poor and the humble having
none Of those hatreds Of patriotism
that are among the privileges OF the
upper classes. II Is conceivable that
the Flemish population might have
existed under German rule; II was
| Teutonic I'm its origin and anti-French
always. But now the Germans have
changed all that.
"They have dealt mortal blow TO
any prospect they may ever have had
| Of being tolerated by the population
| Of Flanders: In tearing away from
nearly every humble home In the land
/ a husband and n father or son and
/ brother they have lighted a fire OF
hatred that will never go ont; they
have brought home TO every heart In
I the land. In way that will impress
| its horror indellbly on the memory Of
| three generations. realization or
what German methods mean, not, as
with the early atrocities. in the heat
| OF passlon and the first lust Of war,
but by one Of those deeds that make
one despair OF the future Of the hui
man race. deed coldly planned, studi-
ously matured, and deliberately and
Systematically executed. deed so
cruel that German soldiers are said
20 have wept in its execution. and so
monstrous that even German officers
are now said 10 be ashamed.
"wHITLOCK."
Mr.. Hoover's Conclusions.
Mr.. Hoover's mature conclusions on
the German practices In Belgium,
which he wrote for the pamphlet Is
sued by the committee on public In
formation, reinforce the detailed evil
dence already presented:
September. 1917.
have been often called upon for a
statement OF my observation OF Ger
man rule In Belgium and northern
France.
have neither the desire nor the
adequate pen 10 picture the scenes
which have heated my blood through
the two and half years that l have
spent In work for the relief Of these
100000 people.
The sight of the destroyed homes
and cities, the widowed and father
less, the destitute, the physical misery
OF q people but partially nourished at
best, the deportation OF men by tens
of thousands 20 slavery In German
mines and factories. the execution Of
men and women for paltry effusions
OF their loyalty TO their country. the
sacklng OF every resource through
financial robbery. the battening OF
armies on the slender produce OF the
country, the denudation of the country
Of cattle, horses, and textiles; all these
things we had TO witness, dumb to
help other than by protest and sympa-
thy, during this long and terrible time,
and still these are not the events OF
battle heat. but the effects Of a grind.
ing heel OF race demanding the mas
tership Of the world.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Denver parties are on the ground
today looking over the electric light
plant and trying to arrive at the
worth Of the business and the likeli-
hood Of making the plant pay a
dividend. There is an earnest de-
sire to see the plant put in shape
to furnish not only light for the dark
ness. but power for several motors In
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whiting and daugh-
ter who have been visiting their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Ingraham,
left Tuesday for California. Rev. In
graham motored with them to Nor
gan where they boarded the train
to resume their journey. All thret
will go as far as California but Miss
Whiting will leave there for. India
where she goes as missionary.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

|ou LlpSftt poHun.
trench.
They astonish the Allies, but they
astonish the Germans still more. They
still follow the old set rules Of trench
warfare where necessary. as at Can
tigny, but once In the open the Yank
Is individuality itself.
II costs forty-one $50 bonds to put
one of these long, lean fighting boys
on the front. His living expenses will
have cost nine bonds and his personal
equipment, six. It takes thirteen $50
bonds to buy his service equipment.
His pay up to the time he is trained
and in the fighting takes the proceeds
Of another hine His housing and
final transportation to France takes
four bonds more
We must have millions more of him
Every advantage in numbers means a
quicker, less costly finish to the war,
and 1t is proud American who can
say that he has a representative,
equipped and trained with his money,
breaking precedents" somewhere In
France.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
Passed BY the Censor copgfIghtlas

''S'S 70 ehS 'Siof wan fNfffAJ I0fh
ef one Of the American fighting men Il
France, costs the proceeds of forty-on
"It's against all precedent. It's sim
ply not done, you know"
An American and an Allied officer
crouched behind precafious shelter
near Bois de Belleau during a short
bombardment preparatory 10 an at
tack. It was the man experienced in
years OF trench warfare who made
the remark.
The American laughed. "Thcae fell
lows will break something else be-
side precedent before they are
through. 1t may not be done, but
look, they are doing itls
Several platoon waves OF long, lean,
lanky Yanks had emerged from shell.
ter and were advancing IN typically
American style There was no bar.
rage, no slow, methodical walk be-
hind artillery protection. which has
long been the proper thing on the
Front. They dashed forward, took
cover. dashed forward again In short
rushing charges, cheerfully wiped out
. few impeding machine gun nests
and mopped up sector Of Hun
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Mr.. Harry G. McElwain drove to
Bushnell, Nebraska on business Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. e. Beans and Is
abel drove to Morgan today on bus
mess.
Harold Scott is reported to be
much better after the attack of the
influenza
Mrs. Rob Coffin who has had an
attack Of the "fiu" seems to have
gotten over ii successfully.
Miss Lillian Fowler accompanied
her sister. Mrs. Vance and husband
back to Nebraska for short visit
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Graves drove
to Collins Monday and enjoyed
trip through the mountainous coun-
try.
Eunice Smathers is quite sick with
the "fiu''. The doctor from Greeley
who was over last evening called on
them.
Miss Villa Ewing who is a resi-
dent In Hightower, has been quite
sick with influenza. but is at present
getting better.
| have very few choice White
Langshan Cockerels that will 60 very
reasonable II taken at once. E. G.
Ingraham. at the Parsonage "a %
Orvile Northup returned from
school Tuesday evening to remain
here while the Agricultural College
is closed on account of the infuen-
"a
Mrs. Dolly Rylatt who has been
home for week from Denver. where
she is taking a business course re-
turned there Monday. She went
with Jay Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. DeHoney are
quite sick with the influenza. Mrs
DeHoney who lives in Greeley came
over Sunday night to help take care
of her son and daughter-in-law.
Mrs. J. r. Wilson and three daugh-
tiers came last Saturday from Denver
and will now be residents Of this
place. They have moved In thebuild-
ing formerly occupied by the Raymer
Rubber Works.
MIR. and Mrs. F. l.. Wanser and
daughter Elsie drove to Greeley Sun
day to see Mrs. Villa Irvine who
was very sick with influenza and
pneumonia and who died that day
They returned home Tuesday even.
ing. u
Mrs. Louetta Wanser drove 10
Greeley Sunday on account of tho
sickness and death of Mrs. Villa Ir.
vine. In coming home Tuesday, her
car ran into the ditch, breaking an
axle. A mechanic from the Raymer
Motor Co., drove over after her.
Mr. and Mrs. George Payne re-
turned from Denver Monday. George
looks much better than We expected
to find him but he is very thin for
a man Of Georges build. He says
he has to get up two or three times
In the night to eat for he is so very
hungry.
Mrs. X. J. Smirl and father-in.
law, Mr.. Smirl motored thru from
Rocky Ford, Colo, Tuesday. The
are packing up some goods and sell
ing others preparatory to going bach
to Rocky Ford. Mrs. Smirl will re-
main there for week or SO and will
then go back to the hospital In Kan
sas City to resume the work which
she formerly did.
Mrs. Hobbs received the tragic
news Of the death Of her daughter,
Mrs. John Markle who lives at Mer-
ino. Mrs. Markle had been quite
Ill with the influenza, but was sup
posed to be getting better. but IL
developed into pneumonia, causing
her to die with a hemmorhage Mon
day morning. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
and Mr. ma Mre Tan Hohhs drove
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24
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> Uaeeual osGeh.
- IN - asatA b . sesthins whiri
DoGl was ~. .la1e a two Swiss lovers
) ~ 1ays go Ths ooupls we're vis
iting ~ famous HAndsgg TAlis near
NelTnesa wAea small bridge over
~ nivss Aafe collapsed and thsy
~ ~ tese into Tie whirlpool below.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Mr.. Smirl and Mrs. r. j. Smirl
itarted driving through to Rocky
Ford this morning, driving the car
hey came In and also taking the
Ford with them.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

Mrs. Villa ErYine who left here
lbout two weeks ago to go to Gree
'ey died last Sunday from influenza
ind pneumonia. She had cold but
thought nothing Of II until day or
10 before she decided to go to the hos
pital. being there only day before
Il proved fatal. She has ben staying
aere with her sister. Mrs. A. e. Wan
YER, who with the r. L. Wanser fam
ily and Mrs. Louetta Wanser were
in Greeley at the time Of her death.
They are awaiting the arrival Of an
other sister from New York before
removing her body to Nebraska for
burial. More particulars will be
given next week.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

A letter from Stoneham appears
in the columns Of this paper this
week. 1t is brimming full OF news
and the kind which will please our
readers. We have hoped to secure
similar letters from all nearby terri
tory and increase our circulation
thereby. We very much wish that
We had a, similar letter from Buck
ingham and the several localities
near here. We appreciate the fact
that In time each Of these places will
probably have paper Of their own,
but such an outcome will doubtless
be delayed until after the war. In
the mean time. we believe that the
Enterprise is pursuing policy that
will be helpful not only to Raymer,
but to every community In this sec
tion. and It is our purpose to make
this the best paper for you and for
your town until such time as you
can secure a paper for yourselves.
At the present time we very much
desire to secure weekly letters from
all localities not represented in these
columns and especially those with.
out paper Of their own. ,
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24

The Rocky Mountain News OF yes
terday tells that Senator John Shat
roth. Honest John, the farmers
Friend" was talking about 80 cent
wheat at the time the price was fixed
1t $500. What would the farmer
10 to pay expesens at 80 cents for
wheat now.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-29
SECOND STORAGE WAREHOUSE
STARTED AT DOUTHIT

Last Monday saw the start towart
the second Storage Warehouse. This
structure will be ut Douthat, Okla
homa and will be of $4,000 tons ca
pacity, 400 feet long by 80 feet wide
The Picher, Oklahoma warehouse
which will receive ore next Monday
was the first Of string Of warehouses
to be completed.
The Picher warehouse has storage
capacity for 10000 tons of ore and is
equipped with automatic dumps and
conveyors. The Douthat Warehouse,
now under construction, will be fitted
up with all proper labor-saving de-
vices for the handling or ores. Con-
tracts have been awarded for the
building of the third warehouse will
be Of the same capacity as the Dou-
that building.
With the completion of these build
ings, mine operators Of the Missouri
Kansas-0 Oklahoma mining field will be
in position to borrow on their ores
and not wait for the ore buyer or be
forced to take any price offered.
Many Of the big operators look fav-
orably upon the warehouse plan and
indications point to success of the
venture, because of the fact that the
product, while in the warehouse can
not waste or rot away and further, be-
cause assurances have been given that
every bank in the district has agreed
to recognize and accept warehouse
certificates and loan money on them
up to 90% of the amount in storage.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-29
MELROSE

G. H. Filby bought lumber at Bax'
ter Springs last Saturday to finish his
barn and some houses at Stebbins.
Mrs. Riley Glazier formerly of Steb-
bins but located near Columbus al
present, received a telegram message
of the death of her sister, Mrs. Joe
Davis, of Kingfsher, Okla. Mrs.
Glazier left on the first train for
Kingfsher Thursday.
The death of Mrs. Joe Davis will be
a shock to her husband, as he was in
camp in Arkansas where he had been
for the past three months and his re-
turn was expected daily.
]. B. Filby was buying groceries at
Keelville last Saturday.
G. H. Flby has baled hay to sell at
reasonable prices.
Mrs. Francis Pierson was called
suddenly to see her sick mother near
Hallowell last Thursday.
D. S. Stebbins was selling cabbage,
tomatoes and turnips at the mines
Wednesday.
A. H. Russell and family, formerly
of Stebbins who have resided in
Tennessee the past three months,
passed through here Saturday night
enroute to Kansas City where he ex-
poets to live.
Mrs. Mary Hampton wrote her sis |
ter, Mrs. Jennie ThOrnburg, she ex-
poets to be in the mining district soon |
after spending a few months in the
Southern states.
Mr.. Sam Lovelady, of near COlum-
bus, has hay to sell on the Stebbins'
and south of G. H. Filby's black
'mith shop.