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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
PIG CLUB MATTERS.

The Treasurer is much pleased to re-
cord new members of the Pig Club as
follows:
BLUFFToN TOWNSHIP.
John Caroian, Solicitor.
John Kelley.
John Casey. 70
Will Casey.
HESPER TOWNSHIP.
Torgi Thorsen.
$1,000, price of calf sold at sale. 3I't
Leonard Whalen, Canton, Mimi, sent
$500
Alfred ]. Haines, Waucema, Iowa
sent $25.25, sale of rooster donated by
himself for Red Cross, which was bought
by number of friends of Red Cross
and, the above amount was realized
Many thanks are given to Mr.. Haines
and his friends.
A Red Cross Life. Membership was
issued to Mr.. r. A. Engbertson for
which he paid $50. This very commend
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11

I'VE understand thai Philip Goethe,
man, of Button township has gone tc
Cresco to take a position in the hos
pital in that city.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Very RESPECTFULLY

Winneshiek County Pig Club.
By Ben Bear.
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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-06-21
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

hectares "a hectare is equivalent to
2.471 acres) are already in Jewish
possession, not including hundreds of
orchards.
"Of the fertile regions of Palestine,
the first and foremost is the great
plain of Jesreel, with an area of 3d.
900 hectares; 10000 on the coast of
,Galilee; $1,000 on the great plain
bordering on Hule Lake. The Valley
of the Jordan will offer 10000 l1cc-
tares after the necessary dams and
canals have been constructed. This
country will be particularly suitable
for rice, sugar, coffee and cocoa cul-
tivation
"Artificia1 irrigation will render
available the coastal plain from GAIA
to Carmel, comprising $4,000 hec-
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-06-21
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tares. The Audja river, pouring in
to the Mediterranean north of Jaffa,
has flow of 10 cubic metres per sec
ond, sufficient for the irrigation of
$4,000 hectare, at an irrigation-ele-
walton of 500 millimetres, sufficient
for the dry culture of cotton and
soya-beans. Moreover, the rainfall
in Palestine averages with that of the
agricultural regions of Europe, in fact
its distribution is even more favor
Continued on page.711) :"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-06-21
June Fl, 1918.

not in need of anything in particular her
curiosity was still greater. Another
string of pearls-some more ribbons"
she repeated to herself. 81 suppose I'll
get several books as usual also," she add
ed to herself. Then after an impatient
glance at the clock she said half aloud.
''Why don't someone bring me something
different? I'd like to get something new,
something that will bring new ideas, new
interest. I'm so tired of always doing
the same thing" She said the last words
with sigh.
Reva was almost right about the pres
ents she received. Among the beautiful
gifts spread out on the table were rib
bons, stockings, beads, gloves, books and
many other things that she had expect
ed. Her uncle Joseph stood looking over
her shoulder as she picked up each ar
ticle. He waited to see what she would
say of his gift. Reva opened his pack
age carefully, hardly knowing what to ex-
pect. A look of disappointment crossed
her face as she felt that it was book,
but suddenly her face became one big
question mark. what is that?" she
said as she looked up in surprise into her
uncle's smiling face. "Quick, tell me
how you read that. What does that
mean?"
"You, Jewish daughter, have never
seen that script before? Have you never
seen Hebrew print? Hebrew, the Ian
guage in which our sages wrote-the Ian
guage in which the Ten Commandments
were written?''
That's enough, uncle" exclaimed Reva.
"No one will be able to say that to me
again. I was wishing that I could learn
something different. Now I know what
I'm going to do. I'm going to learn to
read, write and speak Hebrew. They
speak Hebrew in Palestine now, don't
they? WE'LL I'm going to learn to speak
the same language that the Jewish chill
dren of Palestine speak"
ETHEL KATZ
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-06-21
PALESTINE HAS ROOM FOR

PALESTINE HAS ROOM FOR
SIX MILLIONS.
Prof. Carl Ballod, of University of
Berlin, Controverts Viscount
Bryce's Recent Statement That
Only 100000 More Jewish Settlers
Can Be Accommodated.
The recent statement by. Viscount
James Bryce that Palestine cannot ac-
commodate more than 100000 Jewish
co1onists, is strongly controverted by
the figures offered by Carl Ballod, of
the University of Berlin, the leading
German economist In lecture de-
livered in Vienna recently under the
auspices of "Pro-Palestine" (The
German Committee for the Promotion
of the Jewish Palestine Settlement)
Prof. Ballod said:
1T is quite possible for Palestine
to find room for five to six millions
who may seek to return to agricul-
ture in that country Taking into
consideration only the fertile valleys
ard low1ands, we find an area of
100000 to 100000 hectares (1729,-
700 to 10000 acres) will suffice to
produce the food of six millions of
people, reckoned in meat and corn.
This would still leave the highlands
available for orchards and similar
agricultural development. $4,000
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
Expurgated Casualty
List Is Issued by the
u. S. War Department

Washington, March 8. The first
of the eXpurgated casualty lists was
issued by the War Department to-
day. 1t shows First Lieutenant Louis
j. Jordan killed in action, and First
Lieutenant John II. Green slightly
wounded.
The names of thirty-six privates
are on the list. but, according to the
new custom, without home addresses
or next of kin. ] shows two killed
in action; eight died of disease: five
severely wounded; nineteen wounded
slightly and two killed in accidents,
one of them an airplane casualty.
Names of the next of kin and
emergency addresses of soldiers
whose names appear on the casualty
lists of the American forces in
France, will be withheld in the flu
ture as the result of a War Depart
ment order published to-day.
The announcement explained that
such steps have been urged by Gen
eral Pershing, and the purpose of
the order was to keep valuable in
formation from the enemy. Depart
ment officials disclaimed any inten-
tion of suppressing reports of heavy
casualties abroad The Committee
on Public Information announced
that it would discontinue issuing the
lists of dead and wounded, taking
the position that these, without ad-
dresses, would be worthless to news
papers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
Amendment of Weight
and Measure Act to Be
Urged by State Sealers

Inspectors of weights and meas
ures from various parts of the state
will probably hold a conference
within the next few weeks and will
arrange to have the weight and
measure law of 1911 amended again
or a new act passed which will per-
NIT prosecutions of dealers who give
short weight, although their scales
have been found to be correct.
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell's decis-
ion yesterday that the 1911 law,
amended in 1913, would not permit
a prosecution unless it was shown
a dealer used weighing or measur-
ing device that was not standard or
had been condemned, has created
much discussion in business and pri-
vate circles in the city, Not only
does the ruling affect the entire
state, but in Harrisburg a number
of residents, thinking they might be
unscrupulously cheated by dealers
raised the question of whether they
had no redress in a criminal case.
1t. was explained that while the
weight and measure law can not be
used in prosecution, a dealer who
wilfully cheated consumers purchas-
ing from him can be held under 9TH
er criminal laws.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
COunterattack
Drives Out Germans Who
Assaulted on Wide Front

London March 9.-After a bonn
London, March 9.-After a bonn
mans made an attack on front of
nearly a mile i'm Belgium from a
point south of the Menin road to n
point north of Poelderhoek, the war
office announces.
The Germans were repulsed ex-
cept near Poelderhoek, and positions
on a front OF 200 yards which were
lost there were restored during the
night.
"a party of the enemy which an
preached our line yesterday even
ing east of Neuve ChapeIle was
driven off by our fire." the war office
announces. AT dawn this morn
ing Portuguese troops successfully
raided German trenches in this
neighborhood and captured several
prisoners. Another successful raid
i'm which a large number of pris-
oners were captured by us was
mado this morning by West Kent
troops south by Tlourbaix."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
Quartermaster's Depot to
Be Built on Gross River
Site, Is Announced

On reliable authority to-day 1t
was announced that the Quartermas-
ter's Department depot, would be
located on the New Cumberland
side of the river. Representatives of
the United States government late
this afternoon said they had closed
negotiations for S62 acres of land,
extending from New Market to
Marsh Run. That they were much
pleased with the patriotic spirit
shown by landowners, meeting with
but one objection.
Work will start on the construc-
ton of the buildings as soon as plans
are completed and sent here from
Washington. There will be ware
houses, office buildings, etc. This de-
pot is to be permanent. Tracks will
connect with the Pennsylvania rail
road. One siding will be built to hold
$50 cars. Yard facilities for. hand
ling all traffic will also be establish
ed. The buildings which will be
constructed at once will be substan-
tial with concrete floors and bases.
and will cover 100000 square feet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
SIBERIA PLANS
POPULAR RULE
FOR HTSP PEOPLE
New Organization TO Have the
Support of Anti-Bolshe-
vik Forces
By Associated Press

Peking, March 9.-Plans for the
restoration of popular government
in Siberia under Admiral Kolchak,
former commander of the Russian
Black Sea fleet, through the organi-
ZItfon of an army to cooperate with
General Semenoff, the leader of the
anti-Bolshevik movement in Siberia,
are now in preparation, it is learned
here. Already a newly formed or
ganization of Russians has begun
enlisting men for the support of
General Semenoff and yesterday four
field guns and fifteen machine guns
were forwarded to him on the Man
churian railway.
The new organization is under the
leadership of Prince Nicholas Kou-
dacheff, Russian minister to China;
Lieut-General Horvath, Russian mill
itary commander at Harbin and
former chief of the Russian railway
administration there; NJ. Russanoff,
provisional commissioner for the
province of Amur, and M. Lavoroff,
provisional commissioner for the
province of Irkutsk.
Admiral Kolchak, who is a veteran
Oh the RuSSo-JapaneSe war ana was
the head of the Russian naval COM
mission that visited the United
States last year, now is at Shanghai.
1t is proposed that General Semen
off, with the support of the forces
to be organized to reinforce him,
shall advance from the town of
Manchuria, on the Manchurian-
Trans Baikal border, where he now
is fighting, as far east as Irkutsk,
some 500 miles distant on the Trans
Siberian railroad. There he is to
await Japanese support in money
and men which it is declared al
ready have been promised him.
(From Irkutsk to the Ural noun
tains, on the border of European
Russia, is distance of about 1900
miles,.
The latest. kilograms from General
Semenoff show he is fighting along
the railway west of the town of
Manchuria. All westbound trains, he
reports, are being held at that point.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09

AS the BolSheVk foreign minister Leon Totzky whose
dle Leoer Braunsten was the most important member of
the revolutionary government formed of
herensky last November Although Nkoai Lenne as premier
e nonna mead OF the government Trotzy virtually
oled Rusa destiny up second peace conference at
Brest-Litovsk. "
1t was lrozy who made public the secret documents
exchanged between former Russian governments and foreign
governments and was he who proposed the amstce to the
central Powers early in December which eventually led to the
aDortve conference at BrestLov The negotiations were dis
uPed IN midFebruary and hostes The Ger
mans then submitted partial Totzy took no
part in the conferences. ~
Irotzys resignation among the Russian leaders
forecast by Berlin
Iotky president of the Petrograd Council of Workmen
and Soldiers Delegates He appointed food dictator with
unlimited authority on February 20
Having escaped from Siberia where he for political
offences, Iroy exile the outbreak of the war He
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
u. S. Artillery Displays
Exceptional Accuracy
at the French Front

WITH the american Army in
France, Thursday. March There
was comparatively lively artillery
firing last night and to-day on the
section of the Lorraine front where
American troops are now in training.
Late this evening the enemy bonn
barded American positions heavilyp
but without result.
On the Lorraine sector, as on the
front northwest of Toul. the Amer
lean artillery is showing effective
ness and accuracy. Its shells are
registering well on points back of
the enemy lines. especially on cross
reads, batteries and working par
ties.
Because of a new, but probably
temporary rule, it is not permitted to
discuss American casualties. no mat
ter where they occur
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
WIDE ACTIVITY
MARKS MOVE ON
WESTERN FRONT
Germans Driven Back by the
British; Claim Capture
of Prisoners
BY AsSccintcd PrcSS

Berlin, March o, via London
Troops of Crown Prince Rup-
pFecht on the Flanders front YES
tePday brought In numerous
prisoners after lively reconnoit-
cring. says the official statement
issued to-day by the German
general Stal.
Washington, March 9.-Western
Flanders for the first time this year
has been the scene of serious fight
ing between the British and the
enemy, who were forced to retire
behind the positions from which they
attacked. After a heavy artillery
bombardment. the Germans storm
ed the British lines on a front of
more than a mile south of the
Houtholst forest, north-northeast of
Ypres.
At one point the enemy broke
through, but on most of the front
he was thrown back with loss. The
British counter-attacked and drove
the Germans back to their own line
and then occupied three hundred
yards of it. The Cambria and Ypres
areas continue the scenes of spirit
ed artillery actions. Clear weather
also has brought increased aerial ac-
tivity on the British front and twen-
ty enemy airplanes are reported to
have been put out of action, includ-
ing ten destroyed. On the Amer
lean and French fronts, the German
raiding parties and batteries are
busy but there have been no de-
termined attacks. The artillery fir
ing is especially heavy along the
front from Rheims to the German
border. Indications along the Amer
lean sector northwest of Toul are
that the enemy is preparing for
moro serious work there.
Campaign Enters New Phase
The long period during which the
fighting on the western front has
been confined almost entirely to
trench raids now is over and the
campaign has entered a new phase,
at least on the British front.
Twice within twenty-four hours
the Germans have attacked the
British line in Belgium on com
paratively wide fronts. Each time
however, they were thrown back
with heavy casualties. Once in the
first attack launched during the day
yesterday over width of more than
a mile south of Houtholst wood, the
Germans lost some of their original
ground through n British counter
attack.
The second attack came last night
on front of nearly a mile, after a
bombardment lasting several hours.
The Germans drove in on both sides
of the Hpres- Menin road. and were
repulsed speedily except north of
the road near Poelderhoe< Chateau.
Some 200 yards of the line which
the British lost there was regained
in counter activities during the
night, the position being entirely
restored.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
HOUSING SURVEY
Is PLANNED BY
COMMERCE BODY
Building of Great Munitions
DepotS Here to Further
Tax Situation

AS soon as developments relative
to the big ordnance depots to be
erected near Middletown and the
large quartermaster's plants to be
built near New Cumberland have
reached a stage far enough ad-
vanced to estimate the additional
tax which they will place upon Har-
risburg ana Vicinity in the way of
increased population, the Chamber
of Commerce is prepared to employ
an expert Of international reputa-
ton to making a housing survey of
Harrisburg and it's suburbs The
next step will be to ask the Gov
ernment for aid in solving the citys
housing problem.
This is the conclusion reached by
President Andrew S. Patterson, of
the Chamber, after giving the rapid
ly growing problem careful consid-
Grafton.
Discussing the situation, as out
[Continued on Page 12.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
CITY TO HAVE
LITTLE COAL ON
HAND |
Fuel Situation Will Not Better
Until Well Into the
Summer

Local coal dealers have not re-
ceived any direct intimation that
coal will be sold here after April
at reduction of thirty cents q ton.
The dealers likewise said that the
supply of coal for use after April /,
according to present conditions, will
be far below normal. a dealer said
this morning that the supply of coal
which is coming into the city now
is hardly more than that which came
in during the coal shortage in the
middle of the winter.
The word from Washington that
the reduction of thirty cents per
ton on the price of coal during the
winter stocking-up season was the
first intimation that dealers here re-
ceived as to the action to be taken
regarding the usual spring coal re-
duction.
According to Washington dis
patches, the reduction of coal prices
will be in effect from April 1 to Sep
tember /. 1t has been the custom
mere TO reduce the coal price fifty
cents on April /, increasing it ten
cents each month thereafter until
the price is back to the March fig
ure. Owing to the unusual rush for
coal that is expected to follow the
opening season here after April /
such a measure was felt by local
dealers, even before the word from
Washington arrived here, to be inn
possible.
Expect Big Rush
Owing to the expected rush for
coal by householders, dealers real
ize the impossibility of filling all coal
orders which will be received dur
ing April. The fifty-cent reduction
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
Police Chief Kills Doctor;
Said to Be Raving Maniac

EliZabethtown, Pa, March 9.-The
founder of the first hospital here is
dead, and the chief of police is Il
raving madman, as the result of
a shooting here this morning, in
which DR.. Isaac Simons was shot
and killed by Chief of Police f. G..
Brosey, who mistook the doctor for
a burglar. DIR. Simons was leaving
the .Brosey residence as Chief Bro
sey approached it, Pulling his re-
volver the police chief fired on the
doctor, who fell. fatally wounded.
G. ID. Boggs, chief burgess, arrest
ed Chief Brosey shortly after the
fatal shooting. The police chief is
reported to have lost his reason as
result of the shooting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-09
LONE SENTRY
DRIVES AWAY
HUN PATROL
American Guarding Front
Line Trench Kills Leader
and Wounds Germans
WINS OFFICERS PRAISE
Soldier Saw Patrol Enter the
Trench and Immediately
Opened Fire
BY associated Press

With the American Army in
France, Thursday, March "A lone
American sentry this morning at
tackled an enemy patrol of aeout
forty men. some of whom had steal
thily entered an advanced American
trench. He drove them off, killing
the leader and wounding others.
The first reports of the encoun-
ter were that another raid had
taken place, and all along the line
details were being awaited eagerly!
But investigation showed that one
American started when there was
an offensive. The name of this man
is mentioned in all reports of the
affair, and he has been congratu-
lated heartily by his officers and
comrades for his courage and level
headedneSS.
Saw Patrol Advancing
The sentry saw the patrol advanc-
ing, and looked on as the Germans
began to drop cautiously into the
trench. He knew that an American
patrol was out along the wire not
far away, and counted upon it's help
after he opened fire. There were
four men in the American patrol.
BY the time the five Germans had en-
tered the trench the sentry thought
he should delay no longer, especial
~ as the under-oflicer who was lead
ing the Germans had approached
within a few yards of him.
Sentry Opens Fire
The sentry opened fire rapidly
without challenging. The German
leader fell at the first crack of the
rifle. The others in the trench hur-
riedly sought protection, but they
were not quick enough, for the sem
try's bullets caught some of them.
AS the Americans began firing a
German some distance outside the
wire shouted: "Come out, come out"
The Americans needed no second in
vitation. In fact those who were
still in the wire already had start
ed out. The small American patrol
saw the enemy trailing back ocross
No Mans Land, under fire from the
sentry and from Americans at a
point further along the line. The
patrol Joined in the fray and helped
to speed the Germans on their way
by. hurting a large number of hand
grenades. some of which probably
took effect. Four rifles were found
in the American lines.
Patrols, both American and Ger
man, are constantly seeking oppor
tunty to inspect the opposing lines
and the Germans on this occasion
certainly did not wish to be discov-
cred. They cut the American wire
with the greatest caution, making
no Mise. but the sentry who later
drove them off was watching their
performance all the time.
Germans Use Liquid Fire
American troops in the sector
northwest of Toul have been SUBJ
jected for the first time to an attack
with liquid fire. Enemy troops carry
ing flame projectors were just open
ing the attack when an American
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