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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
HER SCREAMS RouT
FIERCE BLACK BEAR
Alabama Woman Fires Revolver at
Bruin as He Retreats and Big
Animal Keeps Going.

Seminole, Ala.-Mrs. Clement w.
Johansen of this place is the heroine
of a nerye-racking experience, ore
which she will probably remember for
years.
About o'clock in the morning the
Johansen family were aroused by
sounds which at first they thought to
be the screams of some one in danger,
but which they soon recognized as the
distressful squealinss of one of their
brood sows.
Johansen 2eized his shotgun and
started on n run for the scene of the
commotion, but was deceived in the
direction wrom which the sounds
came, and had arrived at the road
leaving to the ferry-over a quarter of
a mile from the house-when his at
tention was attracted by screams of
a different nature.
A few minutes after Johansen lest
the house Mrs. Johansen seized 3S
caliber-revolver and also started out to
locate the trouble. BY the time she
reached the top Of the hill, north Of
the house, it was becoming light
enough to enable her to see a short
distance through tue SCRUB oak and
bushes that cover the brow of tie hill
at that point.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
She could now hear groans which
caused her to fear for her husbands

She could now hear groans which
caused her to fear for her husbands
safety. When she called repeatedly
and received no other reply than con.
tinued groans her fears were inten.
sified. Proceeding cautiously, she was
suddenly startled by the sound of
heavy breathing directly in front of
her. The tensencss OF the situation,
together with the unexpectedness Of
the sound, caused her to look up with
start to find herself staring into the
face Of a huge black bear, scarcely
four feet cway.
Taken by surprise, Mrs. Johansen
was for few moments almost breath
less and at a loss 10 know what to DO
Ter first thought OF climbing a tree she
discarded Immediately, as the only
tree in sight was one lone pine sapling
scarcely two inches in diameter; so
she simly stood her ground, looking
Bruin in the eye, and awaiting his next
move.
| Though usually inclined to give
people wide hearth as well as
right-ofway, Bruin was not in pleas
ant humor this morning, and habit and
inclination, for the moment, seemed to
be having struggle within him.
After standing and glaring at his
visitor for perahps half a minute, and
having evidently made up his mind
that Mrs. Johansen had no intention
of retreating, he drew back and made
a feint as though about to leap upon
repeated three or four times. Each
time he made lulge Mrs. Johansen
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

leaned forward and screamed in his
face. This is probably all that saved
her, as it is well-known fact that
many wild animals more aggressive
than the bear may be frightened away
by scolding or talking in an angry
tone. At all events, the bear, in this
instance, finally gave grunt and
turned away.
Mrs. Johansen had revolver in her
hand all this time, but she was unac-
quaineed with its action, and did not
even know that it contained more than
one charge, which she saved until the
very last
Bruin was fired at, but hit or not, he
kept on going. Mrs. Johansen then
went over to where the sow lay and
assured herself that 1t was dead.
Johansen, attracted by the shot AMI
his wife's screams, arrived by this
time. He had seen nothing of The bear
but the tracks which indicated that he
was large one.
Some of the neighbors come shortly
afterwards with dogs; and trailed the
bear during most of the forenoon, but
were unable o catch sight of him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
NEW PUZZLE FOR SCIENTISTS
Strange Discovery by Farmer Who
Went for Spring Water.

Mayfield, Ky.-While filling a quart
bottle with water from spring near
here, a farmer discovered what he
thought was horse hair wiggling in
the bottle of clear water. He had filed
the bottle to drink, but on seeing the
wiggler decided he would examine it
with a magnifying glass. The hair
proved to be tiny snake.
When placed in o shallow plate of
water for examination it would strike
at a toothpick held near it's head and
acted in other ways like larger snakes.
Its color was that of clear water. 1t
is believed to be a species of the cab
bage snake, and probably as poisonous.
Its length is two and one-half inches.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

The bureau of standards has evolved
machine which is designed to put a
sample of shoe leather to the same
test that it would experience in actual
service.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

A new automobile attachment makes
permanent record of the speed Of
the car during the entire trip for the
purpose of preventing speed disputes
with authorities.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
Mrs. NJ. A. flaming and the Victory
poster.

Mrs. M. A. Tanning of Cleveland;
wife of the well-known traction mag
nate, thinks so much of the Victory
poster of the national war garden
commission that she is putting up
the paper" as they say in the circus
business, with her own hands. She
has visited Il dozen cities on this
mission Mrs. Tanning helped Clara
Barton organize the Red Cross in st.
. Louis in 1883 and worked with her in
the river foods.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06
BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES MCKINLEY sALTzMAN

Mckinley salman assistant to Chief Sig
be transferred Signal
In the division Military
hold
important positions
West Point the OF So6
cavalry which he
campaign of S9S Before enter
,egraph the
Lieutenant
1901 and has risen that corps
served the Philip
Philippine nsueon and the Moro campaigns MIN
cable
service 1919 delegate the Uued the
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

1t hes been discovered that when a
submarine is at the bottom of the
ocean, oysters can be sucked up into
it on the vacuumcleaner principle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

Ii You have plenty of dust it is not
d!Mcu!t to blind the public eye.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

study armchair is made af paper
t" "stsd anl- reinforced with steel
rods.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

You miss getting many good things
, by falling to ask for them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

man may be heart and soul in the
war and yet be bodily absent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

If you value your friends make your.
sell worthy of their friendship.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

Some people are SO uninteresting
that tney bore themselves to death.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

1t is easier to love an enemy after
you get the better Of him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

livery shadow points to the sun,
ana so.row helps US TO appreciate hap
p.n,5S.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

Rumor is gossip's strong fort and
lrutn IS the 42.centlmeter gun that re-
CaceS it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-06-06

Oxford Bie Fower"h champion
Thoughsh edoent Bie hp @
pn
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
"Squaring It for the Boss"

No more delightful task falls to the lot of
the editor of the Omaha Hyphenated than the
ever-present duty of "squaring it for the boss"
AS often as its owner, who misrepreSents Ne
braska in the United States senate, takes po-
siton in opposition to the president, then the
eloquent, facile and fluent typewriter of the Hy-
phenated's editor swings into action and emits
such torrent of words as fairly beclouds the
track along which the senator retreats from the
indignation of the citizens. 1t was so when the
senator was honeyfugng with the kaiserites in
1914, introducing bills and resolutions in the
senate, trying to provide means of easy VIC
tory for the Hun; it was so in December JAM
uary and February last when he was doing his
utmost, in cahoots with other reactionary demo-
Gratis, to take control of the war out of the
hands of the president and his cabinet and place
it under board to be named at the pleasure of
the group that has so consistently undertaken
to interfere with Mr.. Wilson's plans. And, of
course, it is so now when the senator assumes
again active opposition to the president on the
suffrage question. "Squaring it for the boss"
has been steady job for the editor of the Hy-
phenated, and will be as long as it tries to play
both ends to the middle on every question of
Importance before the public
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
HERE AND THERE

Nowhere in the world are there
precious stones to compare with the
two great emeralds which adorn the
top of the Turkish sultan's throne
One of them weighs four pounds
and is as big as a mans hand. the
other being a trif1e smaller
''Hells Half Acre" is nickname
applied to a tract of lowland in Vel
lowstone park, ION which there are
about 40 hot sulphur springs which
are seething and bubbling all the
time, while the surrounding air 1:
filled with fumes Of sulphur anc
even the ground is burning hot
Cape May, where many American
soldiers from the front are beine
sent to recuperate. is the oldest re-
sort along the New Jersey coast
Passing from a prosperous whaling
village founded in 1899, 1t became
a fishing village during the 1Stf
century, and then the greatest re-
sort in America during the middle o.
the 10th century.
Originally the Finlanders were fir'
worshippers, and to this fact, doubt
less may be traced the custom
never neglected at midsummer anC
other seasons, of lighting on thu
hills bonfires, around which thu
country folk dance, while they JOIN
their voices in musical chorus. A
the coast this traditional fire is oftei
lit upon a raft some short distanc,
from the shore, and there the festiv
throng row in a circle, singing al
most as long as the flames continu
to illuminate the somewhat wier'
scene,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04

Omaha, Oct. $40 the Editor of
The Bee: Here is a matter which
has impressed me as worthy Of COM
ment in connection with war con-
servation. Frequently / have occa
sion to wait for Crosstown car,
about half way between South Oma-
ha and the Omaha business district.
1t is not uncommon to observe from
10 to 20 automobiles rush by with
only one passenger, the driver
These cars are from three to seven
passenger capacity, and it is obvious
that this empty space is an economic
waste. My point Is: Why could
not some Of these motorists pick up
mother or her child or children
along the way, or an elderly man,
and take them downtown? Yester-
day, while waiting five minutes for
car, actually counted IL of these
Omaha bound cars with only the
drivers as passengers. Does my sug-
gestion sound foolish? l don't
think so. 1t Is not feasible, perhaps,
that every car should stop to pick
up strange passengers, but little
discrimination would serve good
purpose. 1t is true that some motor
lists do stop to pick up stranger
along the way. My argument refers
particularly to women, children and
elderly men. What do you think of
this? DOX BOX NO. 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
Liberal Chancellor for Germany.

II Prince Macmillan of Baden has been
selected as imperial chancellor for Germany. as
reported, it indicates probable change in pol
icy on part of the kaiser Fourth to hold the
important position since the beginning of the
war, Macmillan is the first who is ascribed to
the liberal" element of his country. Won
Bethmann-Holweg was reactionary to the
limit, pronounced pan-German and staunch
advocate of the war He assented to everything
in the way of frightfuness, assisted in the plots
to Germanize America and showed himself in
all things willing tool of the kaiser Forced
from power by the singular combination of So
cialists and Catholics in the Reichstag, he was
succeeded by Michaelis, who had all the at
tributes of his predecessor, but none of his abi-
ity. Won Hertling soon came in, and brought
new strength to all the policies established by
Won Bethmann-Holweg. Impending defeat may
account for his overthrow, the logic of events
demanding more liberal government at home
as we'll as a better front for the world. So
Prince Macmillan is called to stand as an
earnest of what Germany may be when its i'm
perialistic notion of conquering the world has
been laid aside in interest of saving something
from the wreck of militarsm.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
STATE PRESS COMMENT

Wayne Herald: To people who
want US to supply them with Wayne
county apples in carlots or less:
Please forget it.
Norfolk Press: People are pay
ing GO cents a pound for butter these
days, and the remarks they make
while paying it wouldn't look well
in print.
Aurora Republicans: And to think
that only three short years ago Will
liam Jennings Bryan, late secretary
Of state, delivered a chautauqua lee
ture in Aurora on THE Causeless
War"
Beatrice Express: Many a fellow
who heretofore has been looked
upon as a model of physical fitness,
since being called upon to register
in the 1915 draft, DISCOVERIES that
he has numerous physical defects
never before dreamed of.
Harvard Courier: A lady in Har-
ward last week asked the price of
some chickens she saw in the win
dow of the meat market, and was
/ told they were 60 cents per pound.
They are fine ones" remarked she.
Did you raise them yourself?"
Yep replied Bob, "They were
only 40 cents a pound yesterday"
York News-Times: The railroad
administration is pointing with pride
to the receipts of the roads under
government control. Yes, but think
of the high passenger and freight
| rates If the roads under private
| control could have secured such
rates the story would have been diff
ferent, And the people pay the
! freight
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
Hearts of Girl Athletes

Parents as we'll as physicians will be inter
ested in the case OF young woman Of 20 years,
who had been a star player in hockey and basket
ball at Brooklyn high school, who would not
give up her athletics on graduation, and who
dies from athletes heart" or cardiac dilation.
The case is rare one, if not unprecedented. 1t
stimulates reflection.
Physical directors in boys colleges have
come to be very careful in guarding against am
bitous overexerton, where it is special peril.
We assume that the matter has not been neg
lected in girls colleges. That it can get proper
attention in high schools, public high schools,
one may fairly doubt.
Endocardits, valvular disease, may come
from overexertion, with its shortness of breath,
blue lips and blue finger nails as symptoms.
But the more common development is hyper
trophy, datation, in which the heart sometimes
NAL This is often caused by mountain climb
ing. 1t is quickly detected by auscultaton, but
seldom cured.
A point worth noting is that this same dila-
tation is produced by repeated mental emotions,
or what are called heart emotions" colloqui-
ally To these women are more subject than
men, girls more subject than boys Often in
cases of hypertrophy the expert advice to a
young woman is not to marry; incidentally, we
suppose, not to fall in love if she can help it,
One consoling thought is that the lazness
which has saved most boys from heart disease
springing out OF unrestrained athletic ambition
will save more of the girls Not many young
women will die of athletes heart" But it is
we'll for parents to remember we'll for teachers
to remember, we'll for family physicians to re-
member, that the peril of heart hypertrophy
recognizes no sex OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Eagle
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
PEACE, WITH ALL ITS TRIMMINGS.

Germany and Austria are looking ahead to
peace on a basis of the status quo ante. Just
what conditions exist to support such expecta-
tons are scarcely visible to the naked eye, but
expressions from the colonial minister of Ger
many and from the new premier of Austria are
to the effect that neither country figures on CIV
ing up anything it held before the war.
DR.. Solf dwells on the economic disadvantage
at which Germany will be when shorn of colon
les on which it has depended to provide raw
material for home factories. He was aware of
this condition before the war, but, with others
OF junkerdom, preferred to risk the substance
by grasping at the shadow Baron Won Hus-
sarek tells the lower house of the Austrian Par
lament that the determination of Bosnia, Her
zogovinia and other prncipalities submerged by
Austria will be subject to negotiations, and sig
nihcantly adds that Austria knows how to ne
gotiate.
These eminent opponents of kultur have en-
tirely missed the plainest lesson of the war
Peace will not be brought about by negotiation,
nor is it contemplated that in the adjustment of
political boundaries either Austria or Germany
will be consulted. They will be dealt BY, not
as they have dealt by others, through force,
but in the application of the principle of impair
tial justice to all This means that the yoke of
bondage they have thrown onto weaker peoples
will be removed.
Following the presidents rule little further,
without regard to the selfish interest of any,"
means that Germany's economic situation will
not be considered as reason for restoring the
South African colonies. or any part of them to
be exploited for the benefit of the Germans at
home. Peace, with all its trimmings, will be
established in Germany, but It will not bear the
label, Made in Germany"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
Value of Strategical Unity

1--WE must do Foch the justice to say he is
apparently beginning to obtain on big SCALE that
strategical unity he has already obtained on
French soil" So speaks the Cologne Gazette,
one of the most influential newspapers in Ger
many and perhaps the greatest paper in the
Rhine region. We are bound to admit that for
once a truth has been uttered in Germany. 1t
must have had a bitter taste to the Gazette, and
must have been read with wry faces by its nu
merous readers; for doing justice" to the en-
envy is something new in German journalism,
and such concession indicates chastened
spirit as we'll as remarkable relaxation of the
censorship. But it is an essential truth that we
ourselves should begin to realize. General
Foch's authority is not confined to France and
while he is sacrificing nothing on the western
field of warfare, where the war must be decided,
he is stretching his long and puissant arm over
the east in order to hasten that decision by APP
plying to the battle fronts of Macedonia and
Syria the same tactics of otfense that have been
SO successful in France.
II is an old principle of General Foch that
no war can be won save by attacking, and while
there were bloody and weary weeks in which
he seemed to have abandoned that principle, we
sskgow now that he was only biding his time.
\.ler the moment and the opportunity came he
HSots application, and since that momentous
nlefly he has not ceased to attack. Plainly
he part of wisdom to establish the in
and to make it his permanent possession
h the field where the stake was greatest
he issue most essential That he has done,
dance Germany is reduced to defensive
sApn this front and Foch, with his growing
e will see to it that it never again has the
c TO regain the initiatiye.-St. Louis Globe
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
Use the Market Basket-Save Paper.

How many Of US appreciate as much as we
should the shortage of all kinds of paper which
exists today? This shortage has been brought
about through various causes, but the principal
one is that the government wants and must
have the commodities which are used in making
paper, as we'll as the man power which it EN-
ploys.
In our small way and with very little effort
we can help in providing the government with
these materials. You ask how? By saving pa
per. Use market basket and when you are
marketing do not ask to have your cabbages,
carrots and celery wrapped, but save that much
paper. 1t is not necessary to have a piece of
wrapping paper or bag placed around your
apples, oranges, bananas and lemons, which al
ready have a covering and could be carried
home in your market basket
If thousands of market baskets were used
throughout the country, think what an enormous
quantity of paper would be saved, and paper
saved or paper not used means coal saved; it
means chemicals saved which are needed so
badly for munitions; it means sulphur saved for
our chemists to use in the manufacture of pois-
onous gases; it means wood saved for shipbud-
ing, and coal and chemicals and sulphur and
wood when manufactured by the government
into munitions and gases and ships are the prn-
cipal units which will safeguard the lives of our
soldiers.
So use the market basket and save paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
TIPS TO RHYMSTERS

II you would scale Parnassus' slope
With rhymes and rhythmic harmony,
II you would pull the Muses. dope
And gargle lyric euphony,
Don't waste your time on botany,
Or moon around by wharf and ferry,
Or trouble OF cosmogony-
Just get rhyming dictionary.
Pull Pegasus into q lope
And settle down to symphony
Then light a pipe, or pill, or rope
And rid your soul Of irony:
Don't ask Is this a felony?
Let others spring this brutal query
And then produce your testimony
Just get a rhyming dictionary.
Throughout maze OF words you'll grope;
At times you'll find your path Is stony;
But plug along with zest and hope.
Nor heed at times cacophony;
Your verbal hash, Of course, is phony.
Your thought is prose and sublunary,
But try 1t on some bosom crony-
Just get . rhyming dictionary.
Be deaf to critics acrimony.
Twill give you fits or beriberii
And MARBLE forth hey nonny nonny--
Just get q rhyming dictionary.
Louisville Courer-Journai.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
Sideliqhts ON the War

England now has special type
Of railway car built to carry aero
planes.
Because OF the coal shortage
many of the smaller industries in
Ireland have arranged TO convert
their plants. where practicable, to
suit the burning Of peat.
Previous TO the present war, the
only town in the old world ever
captured by the United States was
the town of Dcrne, in Tripoli, which
was taken 10y an American force
under General Eaton in 1904.
Not until the Siege Of Paris, in
the Franco Prussian war. when bal
looms were used for purposes OF
observation and communication, did
military ballooning become sub
ject of study and experiment in
army circles.
About three-quarters of the
worlds population-which is esti-
mated at LOCO, 600. 0000-is now in
a state Of war, as altogether the
belligcrent peoples aggregate APP
proXimately 1.200,O00,000 or rs per
cent Of the total.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-04
%!Aee}HM&
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Apnreciates The Bees Stand.

Denton, Tex. Sept. 2S.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: An encouraging
item is copied from your paper into
the last Crisis. These words OF
yours are noteworthy: "A man who
undertakes at this time TO discrlm-
mate against another because of
color Is unfit to wear the uniform"
Bless your plain talk! But why dis
criminate at any time? Will Jim
crow" laws. segregation ordinances
and a thousand other absurdities
imposed upon negroes be permitted
after the war? Shame on our coun-
try if it so occurs! That would be
black ingratitude towards a long
suffering race, which now spills its
blood for this country. When will
white men be noble? Yours for
kindness to the negroes.
RAYMOND VERNIMONT,
Catholic Priest,