The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-09-11

comes across WITH tnlS lie, WHICH
German salesman for st. Louis cof-
fee house is circulating: That the
tents" at Camp Funston, Fort Riley,
Kan, are without heat in the most
severe weather.
I'm the first place there are no
tents at Camp Funston, which
makes this German liar at the
start. In the second place the en-
tire camp is heated by giant heating
plants installed before winter set in.
The men are comfortably taken
care of. They say so themselves)
LIE No. 81. From Frank Cot
tingham, Greenup, ILL.,, comes this
story: That the Government is go
ing to confscate all property, paying
the owners for it, but then Compel
ing them to purchase Liberty Bonds
with the money. People in Cumber-
land County, he writes, are actually
half afraid this will come to pass.
Cumberland County, or any
other county, needn't be one whit
frightened by such fabrication.
The Government has means of financ-
ing this war without Selling any
mans personal property and will be
able to get along nicely. The Gov
eminent wants everyone who can
afford it to buy all the Liberty Bonds
possible, but the Government isn't
compelling you or anyone else to pur-
chase one cents worth if you don't
want to-
LIE No.. 35. That Mr.. Hoover
had charge of the distribution of
foodstuffs in Belgium, and because
he did such poor work he was COM
PEELED to leave that country. He
then came to America and got the
job of Food Administrator here.
(Mr. Hoover was never Food Ad-
in Belgium or any other
country, except the United States.
He was chairman OF the Belgium
Relief Commission, and only praise
has ever been heard from hose who
are in position to know.)
LIE No. SO. Here's another food
pledge lie: That the United States
is soon to begin starving everyone
who signed one of them.
do not worry. Just so long as
there is food in the world the United
States will get its share of it, and
the Government isn't going to starve
& zone. Propaganda by pro-Ger-
mans, that's ALL
lie No. 81. c. E. Johnson of
C.6 st. Vincent Avenue advises The
Republic of this lie which has been |
brought to his attention: That |
h1'erican soldiers in France are
either burned or buried on the spot |
where they fall and that it will be |
to ever return their bo-
dies to the United States.
(The exact situation is this: !
soldiers who are killed in
bodies cannot be returned to Ameri-
ca until peace is declared. All .
graves will be marked and identi- |
led. 1t will be possible to have the
bodies eyhumed and brought home
after the war, but not before.
American soldiers bodies are not in
cinerated, unless by accident)
LIE No. 3S. w. c. Staunton, H.,
says pro-Germans are circulating a
report in his section that the, sol
diers were forced to purchased Lii
5erty Bonds and are being paid but
;i3 a month wages, the balance of
is due them being applied
to the bonds.
american soldiers were encourag-
ed in the purchase of Liberty Bonds,
but were not compelled to buy them.
At the request of the purchaser him
self, and entirely for his convent
ence, whatever sum he pledges is
deducted from his salary and applied
directly to his bond purchase obvi-
ously the way of handling it that is
most satisfactory to he soldier.)
LIE No. 80. G. w. r. of Red |
Bad, H., reports thsse lies in circula-
ton near his home; That soldiers
at Camp Taylor, KY, are
not fed sufficiently; that woman !
who wanted to enlist in the Red
Cross was told she would be made |
to leave her family to go TO France;
that a petition was circulated at !
Waterloo declaring it a mistake to
send American soldiers to France.
because they would starve;. that
women who registered would be
drafted by the Government, and that
persons who signed the food con-
servation pledges would not be per-
mitted to eat home-cured meats.