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Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
WOMAN GIVES AWAY
HER $500, 900 MANSION
Presents II to Salvation Army on Con.
dition Costly Statuary Will
Not Be Draped.

dltion Costly Statuary Will
Not Be Draped.
Covington, Ky.-"A $200, 900 man.
sion, furnished complete, is yours for
the asking, II you do not drape or dis
turb the statuary therein"
This is what the Salvation Army In
this city was told and the mansion
and its contents have been accepted,
as well as the conditions laid down
by the giver. Here is the story:
Several months ago meek, retiring
woman called upon Brigadier Dun
ham, the representative Of the SalXa-
ton Army at Cincinnati. She inform
ed him that she was Mrs. Bradford
Shinkle Of Covington. She said the
family had decided to give the home
stead to the Salvation Army, to be
used as woman's training school,
where domestic science would occupy
first place in the curriculum.
But the quiet woman stipulated that
none of the statuary should be re-
moved, draped or In. any way tamper-
ed with. She declared that no men,
Der of the family would tolerate any
attempt on the part of any person
to improve on the work Of the ia
nous sculptors.
Brigadier Durham communicated
the wonderful offer to headquarters
and also the conditions under which
it was offered, which by this time had
become neighborhood gossip and 1t
was being said that every piece Of
sculpture would suggest evil thoughts
and the gossips pretold terrible things
for the girls who would coma within
the compass of their malign influence.
Commander Eva Booth commission
ed Col. Margaret Bevill, who is secre-
tary for the woman's and children's
departments, to go to Covington, look
over the ground and report IL the OBJ
jections were well founded. Mrs. Be-
will who is the mother of five children
visited the home and after careful ex-
animation, strongly recommended that
it be accepted and that all the condi-
tions be scrupulously observed.
There is nothing that any pure
minded person could possibly regard
a. suggestive in the statuary," Mrs.
Beville said.
The Shinkle mansion is one of the
best appointed private dwellings in
Kentucky. 1t Is situated on a lofty
eminence which commands Covington,
Cincinnati's Gretna Green. It is sur
rounded by gardens and lawns, in
which fountains play continually.
Fairgrounds, walks and other attrac-
lions are found on the two acres Of
land surrounding the mansion.
The interior Of the house is gorge
ously decorated with some of the
finest specimens of the painters art.
Thirty-f1ve rooms are at the disposal
of the young women. Among these is
a classroom, where all arts which con-
Germ the housekeeper will be taught.
1t is planned to receive as guests only
such young women as are willing to
qualify themselves for the proper con-
duct of household.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
-FOUR DAYS IN
AFRICAN JUNGLE
BRITISH Filler Is MENAcED ~
LIONS AND LEoPARps. IA
officer FaIIs In a Bog and Suffers
Agonies Until Rescued by
Band of Natives.

LONDON. England.-Horrible expe-
riences of British aviator who came
down in an East African jungle are
described by him In letter just re-
ceived by relatives here.
The aviator. Lieut.. G.. Garwood,
went up to bomb a German ambush
on the Ruff river, but through en-
CINE trouble had to descend In the
bush, the machine landing with Q
broken propeller in a bog. It took
him four days to make his way to q
place of safety.
confronted with an ugly black animal
about four feet feet high with vicious
tusks. He climbed tree and prepar-
ed to put in the night there. Later he
opened his eyes and saw something
like two green electric bulbs about
thirty feet from the tree. They moved
round In a circle. This continued for
forty-five minutes.
''The tension was unbearable," he
writes. II wanted to scream, shout
and yell all in one. but instead burst
out with "The Admirals Broom" and
with full-throated bass roared out
the three verses. No applause, but
reward-the leopard skunk away. Why
had not thought of it before?
II went through my repertoire. !
laughed as ! finished Two Eyes of
Graw.' 1t seemed so ridiculous. Then
] got on to hymns, remembered four
verses of o God, Our Help Of Ages
Past and sang the Amen too. The
whole thing had its ludicrous side"
Next morning while swimming a
river he passed seven yards from
crocodile's mouth, but just reached
the bank in time. Without food or
arms-his only weapon of defense his
nail scissors-his progress through
the awful bush was about one hundred
yards an hour. His clothing was in
ribbons, and his flesh exposed to the
thorns, sword grass and flies.
He swan seven more rivers that
day and sank down exhausted against
q tree. He could hear a lion roaring
about 500 yards away, and, somewhat
nearer, the grunting of hippopota-
mus.
"Being exhausted, more or less
lost consciousness for perhaps half an
hour or so. Nothing short of hippo
charging could have made me climb
a tree. Am afraid life had little
to offer about that time"
1t was while lying here that the
lieutenant had the annoying expert
ence of surveying two large balloons,
the size of small man, quarreling
over his trousers, now in threads, and
among the tops of forty-foot trees.
It was not until he had passed an
other horrible day and equally terrific
night in the bush that he at last was
picked up by some natives.
"Their eyes seldom left me-" he
adds. Undoubtedly was strange
sight-my legs bare and bleeding, my
short vest sodden, dirty and torn, no
trousers, of course, just dirty sun
helmet, short stick in my right hand
and with four days growth of beard
on my dirty face"
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
RAIN SAVES INDIAN
HANGED BY BANDITS.
Bear Claw Escapes Death When Wat
er Stretches Rawhide Moose
About His Neck.

Bear Claw Escapes Death When Wat
er Stretches Rawhide Moose
About His Neck.
Antlers, Okla.-Bear Claw, an In
dian, escaped death by hanging here
through a providential rain. He had
been suspended from q tree and had
been left for dead by gang of BAN
dts. Rain, however, caused the raw
hide to stretch and the Indian was
able to liberate himself.
Bear Claw is one Of the highest type
of red man. He is educated. owns a
cattle ranch In the hills of the old In
dian territory, and is the terror of all
cattle and horse thieves.
Recently In pursuit Of several OF
these gentry, who had stolen some of
his stock, he chased them until dark,
when he was waylaid and captured.
The robbers strung him up to the
branches of tree with rawhide
RATA.
In the darkness the moose was not
placed correctly. Expectant OF the
pursuit of Bear Claws friends. and a
sudden rain coming UP, the thieves
hurriedly departed, in the firm belief
that the Indian would soon be In the
happy hunting grounds"
But the rain caused the rawhide to
stretch and In q few minutes Bear
Claw was free.
Only a short time before that a bear
cornered the Indian In a cul de sac In
the Jack Ford Mountains. Bear Claw
had no weapon except his beloved
tomahawk.
Nevertheless, in the scrimmage that
followed, the bear was left with split
skull and the Indian without scratch.
He still wears a necklace Of Bruins
slaws, though that is not the cause of
his name.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
NARROWED ON ISLAND
IN RIVER 22 DAYS.
Hear His CalIs-Bark and
water HE Eood

Many Persons Passed, but Couldn't
Hear His caIIs-Bark and
Water His Food.
CODY, Wyo.-That he was maroon
ed on a small island In the Shoshone
river for twenty-five days-constantly
In sight of bridge across which
traffic was streaming, unable to reach
either bank Of the river because of an
inability to swim and unable to make
those on the bridge who saw his sig
nails comprehend that he was doing
more than waving them friendly
greeting to them-was the rather fam
ciful but apparently true story told To-
cal authorities by Dave Gootch, STEM
ographer of Jonesboro, Ark, who is
now under the care of a physician
here.
Gootch asserts that near the end of
last month, after taking dinner at
restaurant here, he went out on the
street. The day being exceedingly
warm he wandered toward the river.
He says that as he neared the river he
became dizzy from the heat and sat
down under tree, from which point
he professed that his memory was
blank until he awoke in the night, to
find himself on the island in the river.
How he happened to get on the island
and couldn't get off by the same
means he gained the spot of land is
q point overlooked in his narrative.
Gootch claims 20 have remained on
the island for twenty-five days, each
day signaling to those passing on the
bridge, and always unable to make
them understand that he wanted aid
because the roar of the river drowned
his voice.
He asserts he had nothing to eat but
the bark of shrubs growing on the Is
land, that he was almost crazed by his
situation and that he frequently
thought he would die. He was event
ually rescued by deputy sheriff after
a small boy had reported seeing his
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
1000 AMERICANS (
DIED IN BATTLE
IURE OF ADVENTURE SENT LADS
MS 70 CANADA AND THEN TO
CATTLE VESSELS
RELEASE MADE EASY BY BRITISH
State Department at Washington Has
A Bureau for the AppeaIs
Of Parents.

shington.-Lured by the spirit of
adventure, more than 1000 Americans
have died in battle, fighting in armies
Of the British Empire.
Somewhere in the United States
thousands OF anxious mothers and IA
theirs are awaiting the return of those
who will never return. and somewhere
In France there are Americans fight
Ing in the khaki of Britain who will
never return to their native land.
So serious has become the problem
of American youths slipping away into
Canada to join overseas regiments
that the American State Department
has been forced recently to create a
new division to care Tor tn. hundreds
of communications which pour in. ask
ing officials of this Government to
obtain the release of American youths
from foreign regiments.
In many cases these boys have
joined in Canada by the simple ex-
pedient Of falsifying their ages. Today.
these same boys can be found In the
trenches along the Somme, in the
training camps of England and aboard
British vessels patrolling the high
seas.
Because of the willingness of the
British Government to release and
send home boys who joined by fraudu-
lent means, the State Department has
found little difficulty restoring Tost"
boys to their parents when the boy
himself can be located alive, but there
are many cases, department officials
say, where the names Of American
boys, sought by terrified parents in
America, have been found in the lists
of those killed In action. In many in
stances not even the body can be
recovered.
The figures of the newly created d.
vision show that the cattle boat
traffic across the Atlantic from Ameri-
can ports to London, is a great recruit
ing source for the British army.
If an American boy has enlisted in
Canada and his parents believe he has
not left the Dominion. the State De-
partment forwards the request for a
discharge to United States Consul
General Foster at Ottawa. If the boy
is still there. he's sent to the Ameri-
can Consulate under guard and turned
over to Mr.. Foster.
II the Canadian contingent which
such lad has Joined has sailed for
England, the job becomes more diff
cult. Robert p. Skinner, American
Consul General at London, then takes
UP the case and appeals to the British
Foreign Office. This request must
pass through the proper official chan
nels. and If the boy is alive. he will
be located eventually.
The thing that makes difficult the
task Of locating these boys, however,
Is the almost universal tendencies of
the youngster to give, fictitious names
and addresses.
The appeals received at the State
Department from parents seeking
their sons are pathetic in many cases.
One mother wrote in saying her son
was "only IA and merely over-large
for his age" Other parents charge
that their sons were forced into the
service of Great Britain, through such
an idea is manifestly inaccurate, as
the Government of Great Britain re-
leases boys who are under the proper
age limit
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
PIGS DRUGeED WITH OPIUM.
They Eat Some Poppy Stalks and
Sleep Three Days.

JERSEY SHORE, Pa.-Ashur Tomb
of Oriole, a nearby village, thought
his pigs had some kind of a sleeping
sickness when, not without prodding,
they came up to the trough with eyes
half shut.
They were too drowsy to eat, leav.
ing their corn half finished, quite con
trary to hog usages. They remained
in this condition three days, and then
got well.
The explanation came when 1t was
remembered the pigs had been fed the
stalks from a bed of peoples which
had been moved down. The poppy
is the origin OF opium.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
body lying on The islano.

While the features Of Gootch's
story tally. as to his having been In
Cody recently disappearing after
registering at q hotel, and having
been found on the island. there are a
great many who wonder why he did
mt make some attempt to reach the
mainland. Many q man has learned
to swim in less than twenty-five days.
particularly when he had all day In
which to practice.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
THAT TERRIBLE BACKACHE.

Mrs. G. Hyde, Homestead, Mich,
writes: 81 had that terrible. backache
and tired out feeling, scarcely able to
do my work, but find by using Foley
Kidney Pills that soon feel like a new
person." Foley Kidney Pills help the
kidneys throw out poisons that cause
backache, rheumatic pains and aching
joints. -Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
DON'T INVITE A COLD OR THE GRIP

If you feel STUFFED up" bloated,
bilious, languid or have sick headache,
sour stomach, coated tongue, bad
breath or other condition caused by
slowed up digestion, Foley Cathartic
Tablet will give prompt relief. 1t is
gentle, wholesome thoroughly cleans
ing physic that leaves no bad after
effects. -Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
CAT FOIlS KIDNAPPING PLOT
Meowlng Betrays Attempt by Whisky
Men to Seize Preacher.

Men to Seize Preacher.
Lewistown, Pa.-How the meowing
OF cat saved him from being kidnap-
ed was~related by Charles f. Weigle,
an evangelist, when he visited friends
here few days ago. In Lansdale
the evangelist incurred the enmity Of
the whisky interests, he said, and
they planned to kidnap and lock him
in an old schoolhouse. A cats cries
one evening drew the attention Of a
woman to a corner. Here she saw
several men lurking in the shadows
near a waiting automobile. Suspect
ing plot she notified the evangelist
and the scheme was frustrated.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
SWEET WEDDING GIFT
FOR ST. LOUIS PAIR.
Given 10000 Pennies In Bucket Of
Moiasses.


ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The wedding pres
ent which Guy Wright, manager Of
the Wright building, gave to F. e.
Wainwright, superintendent of the
building, was just too sweet for any
thing. 1t was 500 in pennies, 10000
Of them, all in five-gallon bucket of
molasses.
Wright had to have help in carry.
ing his gift into the Office of the build
ing, where the formal presentation
took place.
Wainwright declared that he and
his bride, who was Miss Ethel Kayser
of Semple avenue, would surely find
some way to sift the coppers out of
the sorghum.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
cHARLEvoIx COUNTY HERALD
q. A. lIsk. Publisher
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR

Entered at the postofice at East JORDAN
Michigan. as second class mail matter
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
HIs Reason for Leaving.

He had come in answer to the ad.
vertisement of position open for a
book-keeper, when the following con-
versation took place:
Manager - THE last man we had
here had the place for forty-three
years."
Applicant-"Why did he leavef"
Manager-"Oh, he was one OF those
fellows that's never happy unless he's
on the CO."
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08

docs your wife neglect her home
In making speeches?"
"Not a bit of It," replied Mr.. Meek
ton. "She always hts me hear the
speeches first"
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
DANISH MAN FROM HOME TOWN

Courts Punishment Tor EIopfno With
Niece.
Aurora, Ill.-Albert Powers has
been banished from his home town
of st. Charles as an outgrowth of the
elopement with his 17-year-old niece,
Bessie Haynes, last August. Powers
has been in the Kane County Jail at
Geneva, waiting trial. The father Of
the girl insisted on prosecuting Pow
ers, but the girls mother wished to
avoid the publicity incident to trial
and the unique sentence resulted.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
OvERWORK[D,
TIRED WOMAN
TOOK V|NOL
Now She is Strong and
Hearty

Philadelphia, Pal was over
worked, run down, nervous. could not
eat or sleep. felt like crying all the
time. I tried different remedies wittA
out benefit. The doctor said it was
wonder was alive, and when VII
was given me I began to impro {.
I have taken eight bottles and am
now strong and perfectly healthy in
every respect, and have gained in
weight. can not praise Vinol
enough Sarah A. Jones, 1925
Nevada ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
We guarantee Vinol to make over
worked, weak women strong or re-
turn your money. Formula on every
bottle. This is your protection.
HITE DRUG CO., East Jordan '
and Druggists Everywhere.
Charlevoix county herald., 1918-11-08
WANTED!

Female Help for Government
contract work. Good wages.
Steady work. Write for full
particulars.
WESTERN KNITTING MILLS
Rochester, Michigan.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-06-13
100000 BUsHEL CROP
Government Estimate on This Years
Wheat Production

Government Estima ate on This Years
Wheat Production
Washington, june S.-Wheat pro-
duetion for 1919 is estimated at
93t, 600, 900 bushels.
Chief interest in the June crop re-
port of the department of agricu1-
lure centered in the production fore
cast of this years wheat. crop. That is
an essential factor in the feeding of
the armies of the Unitel States and
the Allies; and the: civilian popula-
tons.
With the American people using
the least amount of wheat possible
and sending to Europe every bit they
can spare, the size of this years
crop will determine the extent to
which wheat will be available for
home use until the 1919 harvest.
The government had hoped for a
1000, 200, 900 bushel crop, and while
conditions for winter wheat have
not been the best, a crop Of that size
may yet be realized.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-06-13
10000 ARE MASSACRED CALLS GERMAN BLUFF
United States Declines to Release
informed Teuton.
State Department Warns Berlin That
Threatened ReprisaIs Will Be
Promptly Met.

Washington, June S.-Germany's de-
nands for the release: Of Captain Fran
Rintelen in exchange. for Siegfriedl
Paul London, a. citizen of the United
States under arrest in Germany as a
spy, has been refused by the state d.
partment.
Germany proposed the exchange of
London and Rintelen through t1he
Swiss government and threatened re-
prisals If the United States refused
to make tha' exchange.
The State department has tersely re-
minded Germany if it contemplates
reprisals on Americans in Germany
for Riatelen's confinement, 1T would
be wise for. the, German government
to consider. that ii it acts on that prin-
ciple, it will inevitably be- understood
to invite, similar reciprocal action on
the part of the United States with re-
spect to the great number Of German
subjects in this country"
Correspondence with the German
government made public by the State
department. shows London was con.
demned to death at Warsaw in 1917,
buzz committed to 10 years imprison-
ment. His wife, an American citizen,
was Mary Leonard. 1t appears that
London's service was with the Russian
army.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-06-13
VinIand Is Destroyed Sixty-fIve
Miles Off the Virginia
Capes.
CREW RESCUED
Nava! Authorities Believe 1t Will Not
Be Safe Again to Assume Ameri-
can Waters Are Free From
German Submarines.

Washington, June S.-The navy de-
partment u that the Nor.
wegian steamship Vinland has been
sunk by a German submarine Is miles
eff the Virginia capes. The crew was
rescued and landed at Cape May,
n. j..
No details were given in the brief
dispatch to the department. This
statement was issued:
THE Navy department is informed
that the Norwegian steamer Vinland,
1888 tons, was bombed and sunk by
a submarine about 65 miles off the
coast of Virginia. The crew were
landed at Cape May, N. j."
First Since Harpathian.
The Vinland was sent down nine
hours after the British steamer Har-
pathian was t]orpedoed 25 miles far.
Their from the Virginia coast. Until
word of her sinking came from Cape
May nothing had been heard OF the
operations of the enemy raiders since
the landing of the Harpathian's crew.
The Vinland was a schooner-rigged
steamer, owned by o. and A. 1rgens
& Co., of Bergen, and commanded by
Captain Bratland. She was built in
Bergen in 1906, with a gross tonnage
Of 1,193 and a length of 22S feet. She
was last listed as having arrived at
an American port on May II.
The possibility that German subma
rines are lurking off the Atlantic coast
hereafter must be regarded as a con
tinuing factor in American war mea
sures, in the opinion of many nava.
officials. They believe it will never
be safe again to assume American
waters are free Of this menace az
long as the U-boats are at large.
A carefully planned campaign, hav
ing both offensive and defensiv,
phases, was approved long ago and pro
badly now is we'll under way.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-06-13
Turks Kill That Number of Ar
menians In Two Weeks.
Commander Of Russian Black Sea.
Fleet Imprisoned For lncitinq
Sailors Against RoIsheviki

London, June S.-An Exchange Te1e-
graph dispatch from Moscow says that.
a bitter struggle is being waged in.
the Caucasus between the new Cau..
casus government and the Turks.
The Turks are reported to have mas,
sacred more than 10000 Armenians,
within a fortnight.
The Caucasus government has or
dered the mobilization of all men be-
tween the ages of 10 and AZ and newly
formed Caucasian detachments are
concentrating in the Tiflis district.
Captain %Stchasing, commander, of
The Russian Baltic fleet has been i'm
prisoned on a charge Of melting the
sailors against the authority Of the
Soviet government, says a Reuter- dis.
patch.
The Russian Soviet government is
meeting with difficulties in it's; efforts
% conclude peace with the Ukranian
government and prevnet further en-
croachment upon Russian territory by
German and Ukranian troops. The
peace conference at Kiev is being de-
!ayed and in the meantime German
and Ukranian troops have occupied
rev districts of Russia. The German
Command has declared it is inoppor.
5nne to conclude peace before the oc-
cupation Of all important Ukranian
districts is effected.
Oppose German Union.
Amsterdam, June S.-A great ma
Sority of Lettish and Esthonian pope-
lations do not desire a union with
Germany says the German author,
Hans Worst, writing in the Berliner
Tageblatt. Antagonism to the Baltic
Eermans is %ingrained deeply in the
ottoman is ingrained deeply In the
says, and this a%ntagonism is deepeneG
greatly by the social gulf.