The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09


Lie No. 2e. From Bcnne Terre,
killed in q mutiny. and that IL men
barracks because of the Ill treatment
accorded them.
(Commandant at Jefferson Bar
racks offers post records to disprove
the second lie. While It is impossible
to learn where the "Chicago nurses
we're killed, still, Il Is safe to say this
is but another piece of bunk"
Lie No. 81. Here's one from st.
was called to the deathbed of his
and that no privacy was accorded
him. During this last interview,
however, the attention of the armed
guard was distracted, and the
son exhibited his body, saying his
legs had been shot away in a
mutiny.
(Secretary of the navy refutes this
lie by the statement that there is not
q better behaved body of men in the
world than those in the United
discipline since the outbreak OF war
l
enlisted men are ideal in every re-
spect.)
Lie No. 2s. M. z. r. Of Sherman,
Mo-, says It is reported there that an
American transport has been sunk by
q German submarine and 500 SOL
diers and sailors lost. One man was
heard to say that he read of the dis
aster In q German newspaper.
l a IA
Lie No. 20. That Mrs. Frank v.
Red Cross chapter. receives $4,000
a year for her services. and that
George w. Simmons. chairman of the
Southwestern district $4,000.
(BOth Mrs. Hammer and Simmons
donate their services and pay their
own travelling expenses. In addition.
Simmons and Mrs. Hammer have
each made large personal subscrip-
tiOns to the Red Cross fund.-
Lie No. 80. Edmund Kerruish,
merchant, Festus, NO., says he was
informed that the government will
not accept sweaters and mufYlers for
soldiers.
(Col. C. H. Murray, comma ndant
at Jefferson Barracks, yesterday ac-
knowledged receipt of several hun
dred sweaters from the American Red
Cross. He said:
III you could have seen the line
OF boys when these comfortable gar
ments were distributed II would have
done your heart good.D
Lie No. 81. b. C. j. asks II Il is
true that the Y. M. C. A. Is charging
soldiers for beds In France. He says
q pro-German informed him that our
lighting men were taxed $3.50 for
one nights lodging in France.
philemon Bevis, general secretary
OF the local Y. M. C. A., spiked this
yarn. The Y. M. C. A. does not
furnish lodgings In Its huts. All
service to soldiers Is free. Stamps.
candy, ETC.. are sold at cost to the
boys in khaki.D
Lie No. 80. That the Red Cross is
selling yarn to women who are knit
ting sweaters and mufflers for the
soldiers.
(The basis for this tale Is a rule
enforced by the Red Cross, which re-
Guires q small deposit when yarn ia
turned over to applicants. The de-
posit Is refunded when the knitted
garments and leftover yarn are re-
| turned.)
Lie No. SO. Piedmont, Mo-, comes
across with this lie, which a German
salesman for st. Louis coffee house
Is circulating; That the "tents'' at
Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan. are
without heat In the most severe
weather.
lin the first place there are no
tents at Camp Funston, which makes
this German q liar at the start. In
the second place the entire camp rs
heated by giant heating plants in
stalled before winter set in. The
men are comfortably taken care OF.
They say SO themselves
Lie No. 80. From Frank CottinR-
ham. Greenup. ILL.,, comes this story:
That the government IL going to con-
hscate all property. paying the
owners for It. but then Compelling
them to purchase Liberty Bonds with
the money. People In Cumberland
county, he writes. are actually half
afraid this will come to pass.
Cumberland county, or anv
other county. needn't be one whit
frightened by such q fabrication.
The government has menas of finan-
cling this war without seizing any
mans personal property and will be
able to get along nicely. The gov
ernment wants everyone who can af-
ford II to buy all the Liberty Bonds
possible. but the government ism
compelling you or anyone else to
purchase one cents worth II you
don't want to-
Lie No. 35. That Mr.. Hoover had
charge Of the distribution of food
stuffs In Belgium. and because he did
such poor work he was compelled to
leave that country. He then came
to America and got the job OF Food
Administrator here.
(Mr. Hoover was never Food Ad-
ministrator In Belgium or any other
country. except the United States.
He was chairman Of the Belgian Re-
lief Commission. and only praise has
ever been heard from those who are