davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
Army BANDS have
MORE attention
Musicians Will Be Required to
Possess Ability-other
Work Also.

In France (by mail).-A recent gem
eral order OF the American army in
creaslng regimental bands to so pieces
and giving all bandmasters the COM
mission OF lieutenant is understood to
a general reorganization of
army bands and music. Like a good
many things that. military theory had
eltner abolished or regarded as of sec
ohuaFN Importance when this war be-
gan. music is to come into it's own
again as "a primary essential of soldier
ing.
The commander in chief recently
sought the advice of DIR. Walter
Damrosch, American orchestra leader
and composer. who is now in France.
ana as a result the army bands are to
pe brought up TO date and perfected.
AT present army musicians also act as
stretcher bearers when action is on.
" is proposed to relieve them of this
duty, if the military authorities think
II feasible. and compel them to prac-
tice constantly. The band leaders are
to be examined as to their musical
ability and an effort will be made to
find the best instrumentalists in the
service, so that every regiment will
have a highly trained band.
The army authorities have learned
that music is 4 big part of war. The
men want it and they appreciate good
music, as is shown by the big turnout
for the concerts. Good music is n
tonic to the units relieved from the
front lines and wearied troops straight
en- up inwardly and outwardly when
they are played into rest camps after
action. 1t also has been found that to
play the men out when they start for
h front improves their morale.
Experiments are being made with Il
view to the introduction of the French
gle is keyed in c and does not lend it,
self we'll to a band. while the French
army bugle. keyed in b flat and with
Il clear ringing tone, is excellent
terpoint in band music.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
OF ALL RANKS
JOIN THE BOY SCOUTS
From the Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
What kind Of boys join Boy Scout
troops? From what kind Of homes?
What do their fathers do?
And their mothers, when the latter
work outside the homes?
Ludwig s. Dale. scout executive for
Hennepin county, has been looking into
these questions His findings cover
1906 cases. OF these only 3S7 are
roughly classified as coming from
homes where they may be said to en-
JOY superior advantages while the
large majority. IS per cent, come from
average homes"
Mr.. Dale states that his purpose in
making the survey was to learn in what
proportion the Boy Scout movement is
reaching different classes of boys. Find
ings are summarized by grouping faith
ers into 20 classes. dividing these into
four groups on a basis of living cir
cumstances." and then combining the
four into two classes.
The study is believed to strengthen
q communication made to the board Of
education last week by DR.. Nils Juell.
q member. in which he suggested that
the Boy Scout movement contained SO
much ule(1ttt might-well Be utilized a.
q agency in the public schools on .
large scale.
Dr.. Jusll 10 q member NJ The executive
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
Social Invention.



tackled by the practical men of high
ability. like those who nave worked on
Industrial inventions and enterprises.
Yet. il in the past practical men of
high ability as a rule have failed to
tackle social problems, they are not alto
gether to be blamed.
The spirit of the past has been excess
sively fndividualistic and to an inordinate
extent materialistic. Accomplishment for
self. gain for self. pleasure for self has
been the teaching of our yesterdays.
Under such teaching the social sense was
of necessity well night stifled.
But circumstances are now compelling
new views of the meaning and RESPONSE
bilities of life. The old selfish Individual
ism invites social disaster. practical
men Of high ability must turn their
thoughts to social rebuilding or perish in
the ruins of society.
That is the situation which confronts
them.
1t will not avail to dismiss with bitter.
contemptuous words the murmnrings and
protests Of those oppressed in the present
social order. The justice of the protests
must be appreciated. and earnest thought
devising of effective social reforms.
Again I quote Justice Brandeis:
There Is no such thing as freedom
for a mar who under normal condi-
lions is not financially free.
We must therefore find means to
create iE the individual financial nde
pendence against sickness. accidents.
of leaving his family destitute If he
suffers premature death
For we have become practically q
world Of employees.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

The world has always been in need of
great social inventors. More thar ever
1T will need them to solve the st%upendous
social problems certain to develop after
the great war.
There can be nc return to pre-war
social conditions. with the injustices which
the war has brought SO sharply into
relief. But other injustices-even confu-
sion amounting to chaos-rnay develop in
the absence of truly efficient plans for
social reconstruction.
Russia's present plight is ample indica-
ton of this.
Russia was q LAND of privileged tyranny
Socially it was an architectural abomina-
ton. Master minds were indispensable to
make it a pleasing place wherein to dwell.
Master minds doubtless were available.
Alas! They had not been giving sufficient
thought to Russia's social problem. And
the task of reconstruction fell to vision
aries unequal to it.
We must take warning from Russia s
su%fferings. In our own and sundry So
cial Establishments are inevitable. If their
working out is left to men who feel keenly
but think thinly can we hope for a real
betterment?
Some years ago Louis d. Brandeis, now
Justice Brandeis. of the United States
supreme court. made a statement much
to the point at the time he made 1t
and still more to the point today. Said
Mr.. Brardeis:
There are vital economic. social and
industrial problems to be solved. And
for these we need our ablest men.
The reason why we have not made
more progress in social matters is
that these problems have not been
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
The Jews In Literature.
Norman Uapgood. in Ieslie.x

a few years ago the dramatists with the
most intellectual prestige in England were
Pinero and Stephen Phillips. both Jews.
One died young and the other is less con-
tributive to modern thought than are the
three leaders, all gentiies, Barrie, Shaw
and Galsworthy. In. Germany the most
gifted publicist. Maximiliah Harden, the
leading dramatic producer, Reinhardt,
and Schnitzler. the only German writer to
acquire international reputation since
Hauptmann n Sudermann, are all Jews.
Perhaps the removal Of the checks on
Jewish education will be one of the fertile
acts of the Russian revolution. The fore
most man OF letters in France. if>not in
the world. is Anatole France. and the
oremos philosophic writer in the world
Is Bergson. both Jews. Always contrtbut-
ing to the worlds thought far beyond its
numbers. 1t will be strange IL this excep-
tional race does not receive new impulses
IN intellectual and imaginative energy
through the opportunity and task to b.
offered to it In Palestine. ~
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
NEW cREENsAcKs OUT.

the nations wartime currency-are in
circulation. They are the 81 and 81
federal reserve bank notes planned es-
pecially to replace the silver certifi-
Gates withdrawn from circulation as
the treasury's silver reserve is melted
into bullion for export to the allies.
The 81 note bears a portrait Of George
ner OF the face side. and otherwise
resembles generally q federal reserve
note. On the reverse side Is shown IN
a center oval an eagle in full flight,
typifying the nation modified for war.
The 50 note is similar. except that II
hears q portrait Of Thomas jefferson
on the front and q picture Of a battle-
ship on the back.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
Have White Men DO Whnf
Is Done For Red Men
From the New York journal.

Cato Sells. OF Texas, is the biggest
farmer. stockman. and country banker in
the world. He also teaches $1,000 children
what he thinks they ought to know
which includes how to earn a living. He
runs high schools and colleges, but he
takes particular pleasure in a multitude
of little primary schools, each presided
over by a dominic and his wife, who
mothers the children and cooks their mid
day meal.
Besides all this, Judge Sells is attorney
at law for more than 300,0 600 people in their
disputes with the outer world. When they
quarrel with one another. he is usually
judge and jury too. There are many
other things that this modern Noah.
Abraham, Joseph and Moses does for his
chosen people. 1t would take Il column
merely to catalog them all.
The fact IS, Mr.. Sells is Indian commits
sioner in the department of the interior
at Washington. Th Indians are wards
of the nation" and the commissioner
stands for the nation. The nation is sup
posed to be civilized and the Indians UNI
civilized. And the commissioner is OK
pected to show the Indians how we do the
thins-the thing that is called being
civilized.
We, Also, Should Learn.
Here is the interesting point: In trying
to show the Indians how to do II we can
learn to do it a great deal better our
selves. A study of the operations of the
Indian bureau yields a great many sus-
g%estions as TO the fine things we could do
for ourselves, if we could only find a
way TO set up in New York city. Oska-
loosa and Cripple Creek a government as
Intelligent and as enthusiastic for prog
ress as the Indian bureau is.
OF course, we in New York, or In any
other American town, would not care to
have Judge Sells and his deputies boss us
around. Still We are bound In honesty to
face the following proposition: II we are
dealing squarely in selecting men out of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

our own number to impose the natural
laws OF industry. commerce, ~communica-
ton, transportation, and SO on, upon the
Indians, why don't we do the same for
ourselves?
An Indian child is taught how to raise
corn and cotton, how to ride and swim
and build a shack. Why should not white
children be taught these things7
An honest and Industrious Indian can
borrow $500 from the great white chief to
STOCK his farm and set himself up at
housekeeping. Why is the white chief
less considernte of his own sons?
Are We really civilized? The indian il
protected from land sharks n stock
iobbers. Why should not the rest of us
be protected?
The Indian understands that in the ma
ture OF things a highway or a watercourse
Is a public affair. Why can not everybody
IN the United states be made to under
stand that?
What is civilization. anyhow? We are
trying TO give it to the Indians, but have
we got it ourselves? Certainly we can
have no very strong hold on It until we
have giasped the idea that there are
natural laws of social well being, laws
mat we neither mad nor can unmake.
and that liberty and democracy consist
PEELED to obey them.
we do no violence to our democratic
faith in imposing these laws upon the In
dams, anybody that is able to do 1t has a
Ilsht TO impose them upon anybody else.
The trouble with us is that we do NOT
sufficiently understand them or respect
them.
mat is the reason our railroads run to
recelvershfps our mines and forests are
raped by private greed and our common
stock OF steam power and water power
is mostly turned to other than public
ends.
The white should do fol. himself &hat
Cato Sells is doing for the Red man.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
a Cali Of the Wild.

From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
II wish to buy a motor car horn to re-
place the one we now have-oomething
distinctive" said the naughty matron.
Eyes, mA'anl.' replied the salesman.
Would . siren do?'
..Dear me, no. 1t must be something
entirely different from the ordinary motor.
..Hut we havs Q siren that exactly imi.
49, the howl Of atilnbsr. Volt"
..Xh! That ought to suit ny husband.
Ue's q great hover Of NATURE"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

using -.DIIl i've TO ten
pounds of seed per
acre, cultivated and cut
for silnge with a corn
binder.
!, When used as silage
it should be cut when
tho seed begins to har-
den. For silage it is
yearly equal to corn
and under good grow
ing conditions will pro-
huce more tons to the
acre.
When sowed for hay
1t should be cut with a
grain binder and shock
ed. Later it can be
hauled to the barn or
feed lot and put in the
NOV or stacked, to be
fed whole or run
through u cutting box.
AS it is hard to cure. ii
may be best TO leave it
outside In shocks or a
small stack, as the
weather does not dam
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

70 IT,
There arr two types of milet-the broom corn tyne, which has spreading
heads n the foxtait type, which has one spike head.
Mnlet Gu be IS late rs July a. Il catch rop II an he after
wheat and oatsa ire harvested. Use about three pecks # see to te acres and
cut for hay when the heads begin to show.
Sudan grass is Is yet new to the Corn Belt 1t belongs to The sorghum
family. 1t may be sown broadcast, or drilled, and it makes 10 difference in the
yield Of hay whether 10 pounds Or 20 pounds of iced are sown to the acre, as It
is q great stooler
Sndan grass an be SON a late as July Is or 70, and the early seeding
sometimes makes two cuttings. II should be cut as Don as the bloom begins
to drop and handled the ann as sorghum. If the weatheri is hot and dy II cal
be cured into hay and stored.
In securing Sudan grass seed scare must be taken to make surrey u 10 not
get johnson grass seed instead. Johnson grass is a great pest and its seed SO
closely resembles the seed Of Sudan grass that the average person cannot tell
the difference.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
RUSSIANS FLOCK TO yApAM.

Toxic. The exodus Of Ruseiane
from their country into japan has. 6
steadily increased that the forlaam
community "a, this country has h4cGG1o
chiefly Russian. All the <otAaSm ho19
are crowded with Russian refGeecG y
is difficult for world travellers TO en-
accommodation In any Of the foroin
style hotels IN Japan.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

The emerald improves In color BY
exposure, to light. Pearls kept IL
darkness loee their luster. but regain
It on exposure 70 the sua.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19
Substitutes fy Corn
Sorghum, MiAet or Sudan Gyus,
Make Good Feed
By P. G. HOLDEN

~ hN poor condition If seed corn n the northern Corn Belt will no douht
result n a very poor stand of corn in many fields. In ON cases
entire fields will have to be replantsd.
Many farmers cannot repant because of the scarcity of seed ant
SUBSTITUTE crop must be planted or tn land will remini idle.
IN tnse emergency he growing of milet. sorghum. " even Sudan prassi 10
worthy of consideration.
Perhaps the best Of these substitutes for the northern Corn Belt &.
sorghum. The Early Amber variety is good for either syrup O forage purnoses
June 90" varieties are the Orange, Red Top and Gooseneck. Dor growing q
forage sorghum cal D sown IS hte a August !, and will make more r less
o. q enormous growth depending upon the soil and season.
When grown for hay it may be sown broadcast or with a grain drill nsno
from 81 to 70 pounds Of seed to the acre. Or it a be sow in row ue orn
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-19

committee Of the Boy Scouts OF Ameri.
ca for Minneapolis.
Mr.. Dale says more fathers come in
the manual labor than in any other Of
the 20 main groups. The next largest
father group is that Of statesmen" with
200 members. The largest single group
is that of carpenters. with l01 members.
OF the 45 cases where shothers are re-
ported as working outside the home, 81
are housekeepers or cooks. or work IN
laundries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07
Nine. Storch-Nampire and

EADERs of this page already familiar with the history
of the career of Nine. Nezie Sorch Of the most
valued and highly paid spies in the German Secret Service
has been told from week to week After six years Of sue
cessfu activity all the great capitals Of Europe Mma srh
trapped recently in the Bmore Hotel in New York City
by agents of the United States Department of Justice
childhood experiences in the harem her years Of gay
life among the prOgates Of the most icentous society in Europe
and her establishment in Paris BY the German Foreign Office IN
expensive setting Of servants equpages and admirers
narrated in previous chapters Her enlistment Of the pretty
dancer Nile Mata Har spy and the latters execution BY
firing squad the debauchery Of Nile Susy Depsy and this
young woman tragic fate spy her intgues with Raisu
the Moroccan bandit and the tragic deaths of two Of sp
proudes noblemen who had become her lovers and d her
sinister activities in Peograd and then England also
related, and further chapter is added to-day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07

He occupies palatial banking office at Zurich,
the German-speaking centre of Switzerland, and
to considerable extent centre of pro- German
sentiment and activity. His office boldly bears
the name Rosenberg, Bethlehem Co."
He visits the "Deutsche Bank" in Berlin once
a week, and is on terms of intimacy with the
German Kaiser.
The latest revelations concerning Won ROsen.
bergs activities come from the Matin Of Paris,
although the United States secret service agents
and other Investigators have found clues Of Ger
man intrigue in many parts of the world that led
back to this areh-eonSpirator
twill be recalled that King Constantine of
Greece was deposed last Summer, because he had
obstinately favored the aims of Germany in
Greece and the Balkans, in opposition to the
treaty obligations of Greece and the wishes of
the great majority Of the Greek people. Con-
corning the acts Of the King and Queen that led
up to this expulsion some startling revelations
will be made later. First, the Queens recent
activities in Switzerland win be made clear.
When King Constantine and Queen Sophie
were driven from Greece what more natural than
that they should take up their residence in de-
lightful Switzerland II they had gone to Ger
many they would have been subject to some Of
the privations that are falling On that country,
and would have suffered many of the incon-
venienees that come to belEigerents. In Swift
erland they are treated as distinguished neutrals
but are able to work very effectively fer
Germany.
Queen Sophie has been detected IN secret con-
ference with ex-Khedive Abbas Hilmi, of Egypt,
who was deposed by England for pro-German
plotting. Abbas Hilmi in Switzerland sent Nine
Storch to various Orientals living IN France to
help her collect confidential information. The ex-
Khedive is now, it is understood, putting the
same channels of communication at the service
of the Queen, with the object Of injuring the
allied campaign in Palestine and MesopOtamia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07
Switzerland a Central Spy
Station for the TeutOn Tribes

Switzerland is marvellously situated to serve
as central station for spy service. Upon its from
tiers lie the four belligerents-Germsny, Ans
tria, France and Italy OF its population nearly
one-half are German-speaking Swiss, while the
rest are French. and Italian Swiss. From it,
mountains many military operations in all these
countries can be observed. Germany has for
many years labored to make this land q central
spy station for herself, and has achieved amazing
results. The Swiss Government has undoubtedly
done its utmost to preserve neutrality, but Swiss
Germans and plain Germans are hard to dlstin-
guish, and the difficulties of the situation are
nearly insurmountable
King Constantine and Queen Sophie stayed at
San Moritz in the Engadine, the favorite resort
for invalids, when they went to Switzerland last
Summer. In September, however, they moved
with their imposing suite to Zurich the centre of
German activity. In their suite were sixty per-
sons, including courtiers, secretaries and ladies
and gentlemen in waiting, and not counting
servants.
The party occupies a series of hotels on the
Dolder, q beautiful wooded hill outside the city
and overlooking the lake of Zurich. The King
and Queen lived in the largest Of the notes.-the
Hotel Dolder.
Here they are at the head Of q royal court,
which is also spy organization. George STREET.,
who was formerly Minister Of Foreign Affairs at
Athens, and NJ. Theotokis, formerly Greek Min
lister at Berlin, are the Kings chief assistants
They were formerly the Kign's most unscrupu-
lous agents leading advisers in directing his pro-
German policy in Greece, and now they are doing
the same task in another form.
Rosenberg, the Kaiser's banker in Zurich, sup
plies this court Of spies with all the money 1t
needs.
George STREET. in one palatial hotel processes to
direct the Kings foreign affairs. N. Theotokis,
in anOthHF h|AA acts as the Kings Minister OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07
The Intriguing Queen
and Her German FiHGncieT

We have already heard something OF ROsen-
berg in previous articles of this series. We
learned in Chapter Ill how he employed Nine
Storch to secure for him the services OF Suzy
Depsy, the Partisan actress, who in turn secured
various other persons willing to do traitor 8
work for Germany. Most Of them have since
faced the firing squad at Vincennes or are lodged
in prison.
But Rosenberg is an even more important per-
son than he then appeared to be- In spite of the
tragic ending of many of his creatures he goes
ON with his work more actively than ever.
Princes, pachas, barons and even a queen are
among his agents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07

pned with $4,000 IN gold
would enable them to OF
Greece or Turkey.
Within five days Of the |
two Greeks landed INA l
Northern Greece, not fifty !
The. present Greek GOTi
adherents Of the allied can
them. The two eonspi 3
hour Of their landing. y
attitude was well known
their person were found !
man origin and checks DIR
institutions In Greece and
Upon this evidences II
promptly court martialed
two more Wrong-headed
intrigue. -
When Queen Sophie hea1
men she waved her jewell0
of disgust and exclaimed
"They were fools to get
are plenty more Of theml'1
II has been discovered tn
berg have a special source I
Greeks whom they need
This source il the imprisOn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-07

the Interior. Each has under his orders an army
Of typists, and boasts Of tAe.numbsr Of reports
he sends from time to time to TIE allied Minister'S
in Switzerland. These are, Of course, intended
to deceive the enemies Of Germany.
TheOtOkis issues false passpoEts for ne By
spies in various countries. He obtains the forms
from Germany which systematically mannfae-
lures forged passports for every country IN the
world. TheOtokis is able to Ct them to vkrious
sgents-Greeks of the pro-German party and
Greeks who are really Turkish @hjeetA A.
Greece is now an allied country, Il becomes very
difficult for other allied governments 70 deaf
with such eases.
TheOtokiss lack Of principle may Be judged
by the statement he made publicly Whsa the war
broke out:
ave Greeks must work with Germany" he
said, elm order to get hold Of part Of Serbia,
no matter IL she u our ally. Dont let n have
any stupid prejudieea We must ST all We
can"