The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-10-18

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The government has already issued
II $50, 900, 100000 Of insurance TO its
soldiers and sailors and the work goes
steadily on. More than 90 per cent
of all the men in actual service are
insured and in addition there are fam
lily allotments and government al
lowances to dependents already ag-
gregating more than $4,000, 900.
These have greatly strengthened the
morale of the fighting men and
brought comfort and courage to their
dependents. No government has
done the part by its defenders chat
this country is doing and that's why
she is getting such splendid scrv-
ice from them.
The effort Of the republican seaa-
torial nominee and his newspaper
supporters to discredit Gov. Stanley
for vetoing the bill prohibiting the
teaching of German in the tax sun
ported schools. seems 20 have died
a'borning, since il was shown that
the government schools all teach IL
and the War Department has an
nounced its necessity. Other Of the
things relied on TO beat Stanley are
showing their futility and before the
election the doctor won't have leg
to stand on.
Not much over half Of the Liberty
Loan has been subscribed and the
drive is nearly over. The govern
ment needs the money most impera-
lively and offers the best of security
and a good interest. No one should
hesitate to invest to the extent Of
his ability to help with his dollars
the boys who are Offering their lives
to nut down the harbarity and cruelty
of autocracy. especially when IN do
ing so ne helps himself with first
class investment.
A French doctor has isolated the
microbe causing Spanish influence,
but says il is too small to be seen
with a microscope. IL may be little
but il is very loud and more to be
dreaded than army with banners.
Resides CARRYING sickness and death
in its wake it has closed up all pub
lie gathering places and even denied
the people the consolation o. meet
ing in their houses of worship and
praying for relief and succor.
The Woman's Club of Stanford Us
| due a vote of thanks for its work in
the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds. Its
members worked like Trojans and ac-
complished a great deal. Always on
the right side and ready TO help in
any good cause, the Woman's Club
is one of Stanford's biggest and best
assets. May it live long and grow
stronger as the days go by.
II was reserved for the Louisville
Herald to sing the only discordant
note. II says that the PRESIDENTS
last communication TO Germany is
too verbose and not explicit enough.
Nav be, but how did the writer of
the long and tiresome editorials in
that paper ever discover it? If he
knows better he certainly owes it
to his readers to do better.
The final retuTns show that 49,
778,75S men registered IN the eN-
tended draft, Nst 1871 $50 more than
the estimate made by Provost Marshal
Crowder's Office, which is pretty close
considering everything. This shows
total Of 23,S56,O2l registered men,
sufficient number 10 thresh the rest
Of the world.
The Latonia races have been post
poned for the third time and now un-
til the oath on account of the influ-
enza. As this is not an essential in
dustTy and tends to gambling and
keeps the followers from useful
work, why not adjourn all racing till
the end of the war?
We thought it would come. The
committee considering the war revc-
nue. bill will recommend a two cent
tax on every bank check, a nuisance
that the Spanish war provoked. The
treasury officials oppose it on the
grounds that it will encourage hoard
ing.
The Presidents last letter TO the
German chancellor is sufficiently
strong and pointedly explicit to suit
even the fire eating Col. Roosevelt,
who rushes to the footlights, shoots
off his boss pistol and demands the
kaiser make unconditional surrender.
The President appeals to Kentucky
to elect Gov. Stanley, real friend,
to give his administration direct and
unflagging assistance and their re-
ply will be, 1--WE are coming, Father
Woodrow, thirty thousand or more
majority strong"
NON-ESSENTIALS
"What do you think of the army
as far as you have gomez" inquired
sergeant of a newly-arrived recruit.
81 may like it after a while, but
Just now ] think there is too much
drilling and fussing around between
meals. Answers. London.