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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-04-18

country; that same gray horde oE Huns that will
repeat every one of these outiages over here if we
don't win this war;
/ F ANY one of the boys over there came to you
and said: Il need food to eat, and need clothes
to protect me- from the cold and the rain am chit
ing your fight for you, but | can't fight it empty
handed. I must have gun, and [ must have am
nunition for that gun. And if should be wounded,
[ must have medical attention. [ am fighting your
battle for you. Will you help me?"
And your warm-hearted, red-blooded answer
would be "Iou just bet will help you! How can
[ do it'll!
The answer is Liberty Bonds. This call for the
Third Liberty Loan is the personal appeal Of not only
one American boy but the appeal of over a million
of them. There is only one answer to this appeal
Liberty Bonds!
IF YOU do not want our boys TO give their lives in
L vain, you will buy Liberty Bonds. You will buy
all of them that you cam Your dollars can help the
boys over there more than anything else. Let them
have these dollars NOW!
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(Sortiekuns nuf Der 4. seite.)

Nnerifancr bcnnpd, ibre 5tcIlungen
,lno bradtcn oen Seinoc ishtuerc Scr
lnitc bel.
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Sic &onuopcrlhen Stobtrnppen nieti
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cieencn @rdbcn, io,,bcrn boB audp iez
Ser einsclne 3iped ;brcs 1tcberfals
febl eins. llno oas beibt iebr p'el'
,nei,,tcn belude,,oc fransoiiibc ul.s
britii1e Gfi5ierea iuerm Bic 0uolitdi
Scr, a,,greifrnbcn Ealppcn IN grtudz
enus sesoscn du;ro. Sic &aunobcrancs
aeborcn gu sen beiten &dntpfern Sci
ocutlden slrnce untb ibrc Stobtrups
|pc,t, ppn rcnrn ein Sbcil III bieicn
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liz sen Ieeten lleberfduen.
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Scr Qritg.

Srantreit. 2. U1drs. Sic ameritauiz
iden Solbaten. tpelde oie 9eutlher
am Gbe,1in bes Games Nbibnitt 81
@efansenen 9en,adt baben tuollen. ses
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Trantrei9, 3. gSdr5. Sm Gbenin bes
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Lamb mitten inn Hegen Ser 1nidinen~
setpebrfuseln bon Sreitpili9en na6
Den oermiBten 13 N3ann elmer Faz
trouille abgeludbt. aber auBer einem
Gtetobteten ipurbe feline Spur BON ib%
nen 9eiunoen. gs lit lider, baB Die
9eutlhcn 8e inngene aus oteicr Faz
trouiue r1afjten.
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Nu8 ben eSnlaubt.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
BAN IS A FAILURE.
Business Closing Doesn't Stop
Flu, Says u. s. Official.
Disease Fight Is Up to Strict
Home Quarantine.

Kansas City. Mo-. Dec. 12.-B. A.
Wilkes, acting assistant surgeon of
the United States public health service.
it'll rank of lie utenant, who came to
Kansas City today to take charge of
the campaign against the influenza
epidemic, says the ban on business is
a failure against the flu epidemic.
THE general ban is not necessary by
any means" he continued, nor is it
necessary to hamper the business life
of the city while conducting health
campaign.
Most effective health campaigns
have been conducted in other cities
without a-y sort<of ban. That is the
first thing called for by excitable per-
sons, but experience has proved it a
failure"
study of health reports and declared
there was prima facie evidence of the
ii re of physicians to report cases.
THE death rate is too high in COM
parison with the number of cases." he
pointed out, land that is proof positive
that physicians are lax in making re-
ports. Such a situation must be over
come by rigid upbraiding of physi-
C. MS and urging them to make re-
ports imme@ lately.
THE home quarantine is the sue
cessful means of combating the dis
ease. Additional inspectors must be
added to the force and great attention
given to enforcing strictly the quar-
anti--e of the Individual"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
WOULD own RAILS
Government Control for Five
Years Would Mean That.
McAdOO's Plan Will Be Taken
Up at Once in Congress.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Eventual
government ownership would result
from Director General McAdoo's plan
for a five-year extension of federal
railroad operation. according to belief
in the capital today.
McAdoo's plan. revealed in a letter
to Senator Smith. South Carolina, and
Representative Sims, is endorsed by
President Wilson. 1t contemplates
testing government control for five
years after peace is declared. Either
this should be done, he says, or the
roads should be given back to private
control as quickly as possible.
McAdoQ pointed out financial read
justment and conflicts between state
and federal Jurisdiction make it diff
ficult to continue the government con-
troll for only a. brief time, and still do
justice to the companies themselves.
The five-year period, he holds, would
permit of proper financing without the
present limitation and would give the
nation what he says it is entitled to
4 fair test of such control under
normal conditions.
Experts on railroads declare his
system, operating in q world now pos
sessed by broader socialized views than
ownership. These authorities say
government operation was not prop
erly demonstrated in war times, for
then costs went by the board-sacri-
feed for speed and other considera-
tiops.
Congress will take up the matter at
once, probably first III committees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
WORKED AMONG SOLDIERS
Germany Made Systematic Canvass OF
French Prisoners.

Paris. Dec. 12.-When it was evil
dent that the end of the war was near.
Germany made a systematic Canvass
of French prisoners of war in an eff
cause of New Germany in France, ac-
cording to statements made by SOL
diers who have returned from enemy
prison camps. This work began late
in October. but the efforts of the Ger
mans were redoubled early in Noyem-
Der. it is said. -
the German Socialists wished nothing
more than to live on, friendly terms
with their French comrades. German
agents said they wanted to get in
touch with French deputies to an
nounce the complete triumph OF So
cialistic ideas in Germany and to con-
vince them of the necessity of clearing
up difficulties between the two coun-
tries, the prisoners say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
END, CONSCRlPT ARMY
Lloyd George Talks of Future War
and Way To Keep Out.

London. Dec. Eff you want
peace, you want a permanent peace
said Premier Lloyd George today. "If
you want to prevent the horrors of
war being repeated you must put an
end to conscript armies on the con-
tinent of Europe"
Mr.. Lloyd George. who was speak
ing at Bristol today, said that con-
scription was introduced in Great Brit
ain to meet a great emergency and
that when the emergency was passed
the need which caused the passage
of the act would lapse and there We s
no immediate intention to renew it.
Whether some kind of CONSUMPTION
would be required in the future, he
added. would depend entirely upon the
peace terms.
THE navy is a defensive weapon
and not an offensive one," the premier
declared, land that is why we cannot
mean to give it up
Referring to the question Of an in
demnity. Mr.. Lloyd George said:
1T is indispensable that a person
who is in the wrong and has lost
should pay more than a person who
has been declared in the right and
has won"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
PRAISE FOR SAILORS
Naval Authority Speaks in High
Terms of Their Work,

London, Dec. 12.-Archibald S.
Hurd. the naval authority, pays a
glowing tribute to the admirable
seamanship of the American steamers
in the course of an article written for
the Daily Telegraph in which he dis
closes details of the emarkable part
the American navy took in operations
in European waters. He says the
service of the American points to a
survival of the sea instinct in America.
Continuing. he says:
ASK any British naval officer what
he thinks Of the aid given by Ameri-
can seamen and you will learn that it
came just at moment when the
British. crews, after a winter of
strenuous and exhausting work. were
feeling the strain. Incidentally the
arrival of the Americans permitted the
organization of the, convoy system as
it could not otherwise have feen Or
ganized."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
LOSE war JOBS
Thousands of Women in Ger
many Are Out of Work.
No Food ObtainabIe and They
Join BOIsheyiki.

Berlin, Dec. IL (delayed).-Thou-
sands of women, facing starvation
thru the loss of their war jobs, are
adding to the perils of Bolshevism in
Germany.
The women munitions workers, who
are rapidly being demobilized, are
unable to find employment, as practi-
cally all factories are idle thru lack
Of raw materials. Added to their
ranks are other thousands who have
been engaged in similar occupations.
Some have obtained employment on
farms, but the great majority face q
serious situation.
The SPARTA Gus group has seized the
opportunity to augment their ranks
with these women. hoping not only to
obtain their political support, but to
influence other men thru them.
Twenty-one million women are said
to be eligible to vote for representa-
tives in the national assembly.
l. was estimated today that there
are more than 100000 illegitimate
children in Germany as result of
war conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
BURNED HIS HOME
Council Grove Man Found Gagged and
Slugged in an Clubhouse.


Slugged in an Clubhouse.
Council Grove, Kan, Dec. 12.-After
firemen had succeeded in extinguish-
ing the burning embers of his de-
stroyed home here early this morn
ing, E. H. Woods, a timer, was found
in an clubhouse, slugged. gagged and
bound anC in an unconscious condi-
ton. After physicians revived him he
told the following story:
MY family is visiting In Manhattan.
I came home last night about 10
o'clock and three men jumped out and
threw acid in my face. Then they
tied my hands behind me, gagged me
and struck me over the head. I have
no idea of the identity of the party.
know of no enemies but have feared
trouble fo- some time and have been
given permission to carry a gun"
The fire was discovered about 1870
o'clock this morning. The house was
a total loss. When Woods was found
he was unconscious and beside him
lay his revolver. the cartridges ex-
tracted and scattered over the floor.
Woods's condition is not serious.
Woods is a former preacher. He
has lived here several years. He is
about 40 years of age and has wife
and two children. About two months
ago his home nearly burned down and
he was rescued in a choking condition
from an upstairs room.
Police officers are mystified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
TODAY'S Market REPORTS

Chicago Dec. 12.@CORN-Excitemen In
the corn trade for short time today re-
sembled some of the acute climaxes reach
ed during the war business took on I'M
usually large proportions and prices rIn
swiftly upward about cents as compared
with the latest quotations of the preceding
day. An unlocked for scaling down of the
government estimate Of yield reducing the
total to below the average domestic con-
sumption of the last five years was solely
responsible. Opening prices. which ranged
from 3 cents to 69s cents higher with Jan
uary $1.35 to s1.s7 and May ST. 51s to 81 -.
were followed by numerous and wide
changes. but the apex was touched with
little delay. and thereaftersthe general ten
dency was backward to a moderate extent
from the extreme high level.
The market closed firm. 3%c to 4%c net
higher with January $1.35ss to $1.35N and
May 81 .35M1 .351k.
.OAT+oats took decided jump with
corn. Activity. however, and the range Of
prices did not become sensational. After
opening 1hc to 1Mc higher with January
14c, the market rose a LITTLE further and
then receded to a slight degree.
PROVISIONS-Provisi were neglect
ed. Prices hardened somewhat, tho, as a
result of the strength of corn ANA owing
to a rise also in the cost of hogs
Assertions that domestic demand hal
fallen off led afterward to setback an
values despite record breaking shipments
to the seaboard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
Congress VIII Be Asked To
Hurry Up the Plans
Secretary of Interior Wants so
y Million for Work Now.
WORK FOR THE SOLDIERS
Can Make 10000 Acres of Arid
Land Grow Crops
And Give Job to Every Ameri.
can Back From Trenches.

Washington. Dec. IA request for
immediate action by congress on Sec
rotary Lanes plan for reclamation of
arid. swamp and eut-over land, in
GLIDING an appropriation of not less
than $50.000,000. will be presented
soon, 1t was intimated today at the
department of the interior.
If jobs are to be provided in recla-
nation work for returning soldiers. a
definite program must be mapped out
at once. 1t was said.
While 1t is considered improbable
that the present session will result in
the necessary appropriations for the
reclamation work, interior department
officials say that they have been as
sured that a sufficient number of Re-
publicans and Democrats are friendly
to the proposed measure to see it thru
at the special session expected to fol-
low.
Irrigation Projects.
Secretary Lanes plan calls for vast
government irrigation projects in the
west. for the clearing of extensive
tracts OF cut-over timber lands in vari-
Gus sections of the country and for
'tse drainage and clearing of large
swamp areas.
He proposes to put as many soldiers
as may desire to go into the work on
the job at 81 per day each. for COM
mon labor.
When the land is cleared and made
ready for habitation and cultivation,
1t Is made to be available for settle
ment by the soldiers and to be paid
for from the farm profits--payment
to cover a period OF forty years or
Whereabouts. Lane also plans govern
ment aid in permitting the soldier
farmer to obtain modern farm ma
'chinery, housing and the necessary
farm livestock and poultry.
The reclamation service already has
made preliminary survey of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-12
ESTIMATES OF CROPS
Washington Department Today Gives
the Final OH Production.

Washington Department Today Gives
the Final on Production.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Forecasts Of
production of the principal crops have
been made from month to month thru
out the season and preliminary esti-
mates already have been announced
for most crops.
Today's report. however. makes
final estimates of production. They
follow:
Winter wheat 55s.449.0 900 bushels.
Spring wheat 35S, 651 900 bushels.
Oats LES 359. 900 bushels.
Barley o5G,3T5 600 bushels.
Rye 81. 102,0OO bushels.
Buckwhent 17.1S2.O 900 bushels.
Flax seed 14.65I 900 bushels.
Rice 40,424, 900 bushels.
White potatoes 307, 676.O 600 bushels.
Sweet potatoes 1894 900 bushels.
= Hay, tame, 1J.459.OO0 tons.
Hay, wild. 1874 600 tons.
Tobacco 1.3iO:0I9O0o pounds.
Sugar beets, 5.S22. GOO tons.
Rect sugar. I, $50 100000 pounds.
Maple sugar and syrup (as sugar.. 3d.
Sugar beet seed, 6.3s4.0OO pounds.
Sorghum syrup, 1924 600 gallons.
Reans (siX states), 17.i3;.O 900 bushels.
Peanuts. 53497. 900 bushels.
Kafirs (six states). 66.396. 900 bushels.
Broom corn five states). 5000 tons.
Onions fourteen states}. 4So,2OO
bushels.
Cabbage (nine statesl. $685. 200 tons.
Hops "A states). 0,193. 900 pounds
Cranberries q states) 35O. 900 barrels.
Apples totnD. 173, 632 900 bushels:
Apples (commerciaD. 25.404 600 barrels
Peaches 40.1S5.0O0 bushels.
Pears 1882 900 Bushels.
Oranges e states), 1851, 600 boxes.