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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Sea planes are to fly from this
country to Europe, instead of TAX
ing cargo space on the ships. And
after they land in France a few
might take preliminary spin to
Berlin and back.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

The great war has turned many
things end over end and HIND side
before, including Austria Hungary,
which now become Hungry Aus
tria."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

The gathering of all resources in
both men and supplies means the
quicker ending of the war. They
may not all be needed, but it is
just as well to have them on hand.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Economy is not only becoming
respectable again, but it almost en-
titles one to a decoration.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

That new star which has sudden
ly blossomed out in the high heav-
ems is hardly the kaiser's. His is
setting.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Having shown satisfactory speci-
m ems of its war work, America will
proceed now to fill the contract.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26
BOyCOtting Germany.

~SySS"h6 Sss"Ny
The seamen and dock laborers of
Great Britain have organized boy
colt against Germany, to last five
wears after the war as a minimum.
To that period is added a month
for every new German outrage COM
mitted. The period now fixed is
five years and eight months, but the
latest hospital ship tragedy will add
four months. The boycott consists
in refusing to serve as seamen on
any German ship or any ship carry
ing German goods or passengers.
and to refuse TO handle the freight
Of such a ship or coal it, no matter
what may be its nationality. There
are 100000 British seamen and
100000 dock workers who belong to
unions which have adopted this
boycott. and the seamen workers of
Holland and the Scandinavian
countries are with them. The lat
ter resents deeply the slaughter of
their countrymen while sailing the
open sea neutral ships, and are
even more resentful than the sea-
men of England.
The campaign for this boycott is
now being brought to the United
States. The labor unions of this
country are being asked 70 indorse
and adopt it, especially the Sea-
mems Union. The purpose is to
punish Germany for her violation of
the freedom and the rights of the
sea. There is nothing political in it
The men are proceeding irrespective
of the terms of any peace treaty.
They propose to exact in this way
penalty from Germany which she
will feel. Such a boycott carried out
would practically exclude German
ships and German goods. and even
Germans themselves from the ports
of the greater portion Of the world.
Regardless of any treaty obligation
to keep open ports, such a boycott,
so complete aud so widespread
would tax the power of any nation
to prevent Resentment in this
country has not yet reached the
pitch it has attained in England
and the little seafaring nations of
Europe, but it is growing, and will
continue TO grow, as outrage after
outrage is committed against our
ships At least the the propaganda
lists of this great punitive boycott
will not speak to entirel, deaf ears
when they talk to the seamen and
other members of organized labor
in the United States. st. Louis
Star.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Co reservation of doctors is good,
but conservation of health is better
and less expensive.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

The work of the Red Cross and
the branch chapters will be greatly
changed because of recent orders
from headquarters at St. Louis.
The women of the country have
been working so we'll and to such
advantage that the supplies have
piled up so it is now necessary to
systematic and direct the work a.
long certain channels, This does
not mean that the work will stop.
but that it will be specialized more
and more, so that certain much
needed articles may be turned out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-07-26

Ii now transpires that some of
those ''dolar,a year" men were
simply a bunch of grand rascals.
We suspected as much. When a
man has robbed and swindled the
general public out of a hundred
millions or thereabout. he is not 60
ing to quit stealing simply because
the opportunities for stealing are
vastly brOadened and improved.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
{ tiOMEI. DYNAMITES 4 SLUG
GISH LIVER
trashc, Into Sour Bile, Making You
Sick and You Lose II
Days Work.

Calom.l salivates. Its mercury.
ralum.l acts like dynamite on a SLUG
gish liver. When calomel comes in
contact with sour bile it crashes in
I, it, causing cramping and anusca.
II YOU feel bilious. headachy. con
s,ipated and all knocked out. just 60
10 your druggist and get Il bottle Of
podson'S Liver Tone for few cents.
which is a harmless v"getabl" sub
,iitutc for dangerous calomel. TAX"
4 spoonful and ii it doesn't start
your liver and straighten you up
better and quicker than nasty cal"'
mel and without making You sick.
,ou Just go back and get your mon
ev.
II YOU talk" calom"l today You II
~ six aud uaus"Ht"d tomorrow :,
,psit.S. il may SIlivat" YOU; Will
f vnu take Dudsun's Liver Tone YOU
will wake up feeling great, fall of
ambition and ready for work or pl"N
us harmless. pleasant and safe tc
give to children; they lik" it.
Il (advl
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
RAISED 400 POUNDS or COTTON
on ONE ACRk
Accomplished by L.. B J">.rraml "f
Near Durnnt. Who Got x:s2..S 80
For His Bale az That.

l.. u. Josscrand. who farms 'h"
Winter place. cas-, of town. sold a
600-lb bale Of cotton her" last Fri
day for $2l3.Sh. and got Sllf for
the seed all of which was grown
on one acre OF land r." cotton
brought 81 cents per pound. and the
seed, which was of very fine quail
ty. brought him $l14.00.
Mr.. Josscrand says that h" pro
cured bushcl of this seed. the Ar
cola variety, at the 4. a. NJ. Coll"g"
last fall. after il had won all the
prizes in n pure seed contest. He
cared for IL after planting in much
the same manner as he tended his
other cotton. and the yield speak
for itself.
Mr.. JOsscrand intends plantins
this variety on Il larger scale. and
firmly believes that he can make an
average yield Of II bale to tn" acr,
another year.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08

struction are fully dealt with. and
The nation reborn is apOthcosized.
Mr.. Griiifih. pioneer among dir"r
tors. managed the StupcndiuS
rhi"v"mrnt without the lid OF dia
ioru" or speech. for motion pictures
accompanying music and effects tell
III" rnn"rrnt, iogical and moving
story.
The management of the Liberty
has bought this production for these
two days at the biggest pric" ever
paid for any picture ever brouEh to
this city. and can offer il to the ci'
i2"ns of Bryan county a. prices cv-
cryOnc can afford.
Matinee prices. 30 and - cents
night prices 80 and -, cents. which
includes tn" war tax. Seats Will b'
On sale one week in advance at tho
box office. BE sure and get them
early. tadVD
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
NEGRO TO DIE FOR MURDER OF
('ELINtTE
John Henry Prathcr. Negro MURDER
or. Whose Sentence Governor
Crucc Commutcd, Killed
His CclImatc.

The Court of Criminal Appeals
has affirmed the death sentence OF
John Henry Prathcr, negro. convict
ed uf killing his crllmate at tn" pen
i,"ntiary l'rath"r WA in tn" pri%-
on on Il life Srnt"uc" for the murder
of W. II Arrhor in oklahoma city in
lHll II. was convicted of that Kill
ing and given "A death sentence, but
the penalty cOmluutrd to life i'm
Drisonm.ut by Governor Cruc". Pra-
ther killed his c"llmate about two
years ago and was tried in the Pitts
/ burg County District Court. The cas-.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
"THE BIRTH OF \ \ATIO\"
COMING
Liberty Theatre, Tuesday and We'd
ncSday, March 10 and 20.

u. w. Griffith's magnificent his
torical spectacle. "Thc Birth of Il
Nation. will come to the Liberty
Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday.
March 10 and 90. THE Birth Of n
Nation is one of the most widely
discussed topics Of this country. "
established an absolutely new art in
the realm of the theatre the art OF
pantamimic screen spectacle with
music. II also created trcmcnd
Gus sensation because of its vaster
and more fOrceful treatment of the
same theme as Thomas Dixon 4;
"The Clansman The consequence" :
Of the Civil War in Southern recon
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
LOWER PRICES FOR RICE
April. I

Announcement has been made by
tn" National Food Administration
that the price of rice will no doubt;
b" reduced by the first Of April. Tn"
slight advance in rice has been due
to the fact that the mills have been
running to their utmost capacity to
fill orders for the Allies and our sol
iirrS. This demand has been met
and on February | th"r" was sur
plus of ,500.O00 hags. or l5o,o00.-
OOO pounds of rice.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
NNEENN\ N\D GERMAN
EFFICIENCY

TIL" Srarchlight of war has drvel-
op"i many facts. and one OF these
mat The vaunt"d German cfficiency
VIII not stand the test of comparison
with American efficiency.
The Germans boasted of being
the greatest farmers on earth In,
v"Stigation shows that in efficiency
in agriculture. measured hy the pro
duce per acre. America being grad.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08

was appealed on the ground that Il,
fact that the negro was on pri,r
for murder and on a life term vm
used by tn, prosecution in the mi,
The high court held that this W.
permissible under the Circumstap.
ces The date for the execution \
Prather was set for May 3.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
cur THIS OUTFITS WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out ,hsl
lip. inclose with five cents to Fos,
II co.. 2N"5 sheffield Ave. Chicago
III, writing your name and address
clearly You will receive in retun
a trial package containing Foleys
Honey and Tar Compound. for
coughs. colds. and Group. Foley KM
ncv Pills and Foley Catharaic Tai
lets For sale by Stone Drug Co. iii
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
Whenever You Need o Oeueral Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because il contains the
we'll known touic properties of QUININR
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives
,ut Malaria. Euriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 90 cents
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
spE\ii;S COUNTY GARDEN
DIlttI TOR

Ed t.. SptairS has heen named by
I chairman Johnson Of tn" county
r,un,iI Of defense as Garden Diroc.
,,r for Bryan county. and Eds slo-
IN is guing to be "a garden Tor "N-
.Iy vacant lot. Mr.. Spears plans
4 .u, of careful work calculated to
stimulate peoples interest IA Srow-
IL Il garden.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-08
LEON SMITH NOW ~ FRANCE

Dr. J B. Smith has rcc"ivcd pos
al card from his brol h"i. leon &.
Smith, who is somewhere il; France
with the Engineers of the famous
Rainbow Division All the card
said waas; "Arrivrd we'll and safe.
Leon" Leon left an eastern port
last month, but was unabl'. owing
to censorship. tO advise his p"ople
just whecr or when he embarked
IIav" YOU started Thrift Card
w s :. for sale AT the News ofiic'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
Presidents Action Will Largely be Governed by
Supreme War Councils Findings Wilson May
Suggest That Gen. Foch be Applied to for Terms
POSSIBLY No Reply at Present. Awaiting White
Flag From German Lines
TEXT REACHES SWISS LEGATION
ENTIRE DAY SPENT in DECIDING
TO BE DELIVERED THIS MORNING

Washington, Oct 22-The prevailing belief here tonight
that any consideration President Wilson may take
suit of the German note will await and largely be guild
ed by decision of the supreme council in France.
Shrewd diplomatic observers and officials take this
vew though intimaton of his attitude has
from the President because admittedly the question
Immediately issue is military probem-that of
ton of invaded territory by the German armies the only
condition upon which the plea for aristice will be
given consideration The Germans evacuating Bel
GUM and Northern France rapidly they be-
fore the sweep Of the allied and American soldiers and still
maintain their organization Since the government at Ber
In says they want to get out without further fighting appa
emily the issue for the allied council to determine
whether it shall be suggested through President Wilson
that General Foch be applied to for terms whether with
out further diplomatic parey the approach of white flag
from the German lines shall be awaited
The official text of the German note reached the Swiss
legation here by cable early today but it not delivered
the State Department because the entire day spent at the
legation the tremendous task Of DECIDING the document
and preparing English translation of the German The
Continued o Page a. Col. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
Being Made by, Ger
man Papers
Ask Abdieation Of Kaiser and Declare
Accession Of Crown Prince Out Of
Question-"The German People
Arc Searching for the Guilty"

Amsterdam, Oct. 22.-German pro-
vincial and Socialist newspapers con-
tinue their campaign against 1.-The
chief culprits" responsible for the
war. The Frankische Tagespost of
Nuremburg, the first paper in Ger
many openly to demand the abdica-
ton Of the Emperor. declares that
the accession OF the Crown Prince is
entirely out Of the question.
The German people are searching
for the guilty" says the Volks lei
tung. the organ CT the Nuremburg
Socialists.
The pan-Germans and junkers are
silent today, but we do not forget
that they are the great war meters
in Germany, and they remain the
support OF social and political reac-
ton and that they are a menace to
the future healthy development of the
German empire. The pan-German
policy has gone bankrupt, but, I'M
fortunately. it has led the German
people to disaster.
ITO the gallows with the guilty.
whoever they may be-"
The Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung of
Vienna urges the German Socialists
to punish the chief culprits" with
out mercy, adding:
when the German soldiers return
home from the trenches after four
years of unparalleled suffering there
will be a reckoning for the people
who have led them to this catastro-
phe. The German people will sweep
away the junkers and take it's own
destiny into its own hands"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
1o1 men LOST
In Sinking U. S. Steam
er Ticonderoga
In War Zone on Sept. 3o-erinas
Total Loss to 213, Navy Previously
Reporting 112 Dead and Two Made
Prisoner by Submarine

Washington. Oct. 22-Two officers
and 80 enlisted men of the Army
lost their lives in the sinking of the
American steamer Ticonderoga in the
war zone Sept. 20. This announce
ment today by the War Department
brought the total loss of life to 213,
the Navy having previously report
ed ten officers and 103 men of the
crew dead and two officers carried
off a prisoners by the enemy sub
marine that sent the vessel down.
More than half of the soldiers lost
on the Ticonderoga were from Ohio
The list also gave the names Of IA
privates saved. The officers lost
we're Lieutenants Joseph w. Free
man of Alabama and Cleveland c.
Frost. Kentucky.
The Ticonderoga, formerly the
German steamer Camilla Rickmers,
was torpedoed 100 miles from shore
and the only known survivors were
three officers and five men of the
crew, in addition to the IA soldiers
saved. The submarine is reported
u have shelled the lifeboats. killing
many of those who had succeeded in
leaving the ship safely.
The following New England names
are in the Armys list Of dead:
Nicholas Iacano 81 Yorkshire
street. Providence, r. /.
Charles E. Glazebrook, Everett,
Mass.
William Stulys. Riverton, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
INEFF|C|ENCY
Disclosed in Is to 20
Shipyards
Building Wooden Ships-WiII Not
Be Given Additional Contracts
Does Not Mean Curtailment of
Program But Stop to Material,
Labor and Money

Washington, Oct. 22.-Because Of
their inefficiency from Is to 20 ship
yards now building wooden ships for
the emergency fleet corporation will
not receive any wooden ships for the
emergency feet corporation will not
receive any additional contracts. In
making this announcement tonight
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board said there would be no cur
tailment of the shipbuilding program,
the step being taken to save material,
labor and money.
AS fast as the yards complete the
ships now under construction the
workmen will be sent to other plants.
Mr.. Hurley would not make public
the names Of the yards nor did he in
dictate when the closing Of them
would begin.
The yards held to be inefficient
have failed to deliver contract ships
within the time or at the price speci-
fed in the contracts. Mr.. Hurley said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
FOREIGN COMMENT
ON GERMAN REPLY

London. Oct. 22.-(British Wireless
Service).-The Manchester Guardian
says it does not see that this particular
controversy can with advantage be car
ried much further. president Wilson,
the paper goes on. insisted from the
first that as preliminary condition to
an arnistics the German armies must
be withdrawn on all fronts within their
own frontiers and this condition has al
ready been accomplished by DR.. Solf.
The conditions of an armistice. there
fore, can only bes considered with this
as starting point, and the actual po-
sition of the forces in the field cannot
be taken as a standard"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
(By the Associated Press)

10Y IL0 ASSOCldteQ 1GSSSJ
The fall Of valenciennes to Field
Marshal Haig's forces is imminent.
Despite the desperate resistance Of
the Germans. the British have en-
tered the city on tn west, while to
the north they have made a deep
thrust into the greet aaismes forest
and are moving in the direction of
Condo. near the angle of the Scheldt.
Valenciennes had been in inter-
rupted French possession from 1877
until the onrush of the Germans
early in the present war led them
many miles into France. 1t is now
about to be added to the rapidly
growing list Of towns the redemption
Of which has brought rejoicing to
the French people.
Although the progress Of the Allied
forces in Belgian and French Elan
ders has slowed up somewhat in the
face Of the stiffening Of the lines
Of rear guards aiding the retreat of
the German armies, appreciate
gains have been made, some Of them
Of much Importance.
Hollain and Bruyelles on the
Scheldt south of Tournani are now in
the hands of the British and north
of Journal the village of Froyenne
has been cleared of the enemy, who
is withdrawing toward the Scheldt.
There has been sharp fighting for the
crossings Of this waterway at Pont-
A-Chiny. the Germans are battling
hard to keep the Allies from out
thanking Journal on the north.
Behind the Scheldt the Germans
are massed in strength; their ma
chine guns on the east hank are ac-
tive and are receiving the support
Of artillery and trench mortars.
In the northern battle area the
Belgians have reached the Lys canal
along their entire front and have
captured a bridgehead with numbers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23

Washington, Oct. 22.-Now that
the Germans have been cleared out
Of Belgium, Flanders and much of
Northern France army officers are
watching the battle front intently,
many Of them with a distinct feeling
that a new storm Of attack may be
about to begin by the enemy. Beyond
doubt the German retirement in Bel
GUM has slowed down. However, it
is not yet clear whether this is due
to the fact that the retreating forces
are nearing, on the whole northern
front, the line which frequently has
been selected by military critics as
the first pausing place on the way to
the Mouse or the border or to the
necessity Of extending allied commu-
nication lines as the troops advance.
1t is probable, o-Icials said, that there
is necessity for a breathing spell on
both sides.
There is little doubt here that the
German army is headed for nothing
short of the Meuse line and that if
any pause will be but temporary to
permit readjustment of the columns
and supply lines in order that the
same orderly sequence of movements
shall characterize subsequent retire
mnts. Several halts of this character
may he expected. it was said, as the
withdrawal project is carried out. The
fact that the allied armies are ham
pered by extending communication
lines gives opportunity for such halts
before Marshal Foch's forces can
come up in sufficient force to compel
a resumption Of the rearward move
ment.
The first stage of the great retreat
is almost complete. The German right
flank has been swung lack like
gate all the way from Solesmes,
southwest Of Valenciennes to the
Dutch border. South of the river,
however, there is little change on the
front from the Disc to the Meuse.
1t is noted that heavy concentration
of forces was made by the Germans
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
GOAL BARGE CAPTAIN,
ALLEGED FUGITIVE.
ARRESTED IN BOSTON

boston. Oct. EMANUEL n. Feria,
captain Of the coal barge Fall River,
Vas arrested here today as fugi-
"'e from justice from Newport
"'Ns Va, where he is wanted on a
|afse Of illegally transporting
"Ql): into the state. Feria pleaded
WY guilty and was released in
WOO bonds for hearing Oct. 80.
'"e Government probably will bring
''neSseS from Virginia to testify.
,e''I' who has been in the employ of
.' staples Coal Company. owners Of
wy ran River. for II years. declared
'''' ne was not on the barge on the
P "hen the liquor is alleged to
nav been taken into Virginia.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-23
BRITISH ENTER WESTERN
PART OF VALENCIENNES
ENEMY MASSINC BEHIND
EAST BANKS OF SCHELDT

Of the enemy west Of Meerendre. An
item of great interest appears in the
latest announcement by the French
war Office concerning operations
along the Aisne. 1t says THE
Czecho -Slovaks with US re-took the
village Of Terror"
The French are still moving act
lively to the north of Laon and have
now completed the occupation of
Chalandry and Grand Lup. TO the
southwest of Client they are firmly
established on the west bank Of the
Lys river. having made crossings at
several points. against which the en-
envy resisted with determination.
Around lie Cateau where Americans
are fighting with the British fourth
army, activity has diminished great
ly. The same is true Of the Amer
lean sector northwest Of Verdun.
where the chief activity Of the en-
envy has been the Smelling Of the
American lines with mustard and
and other shells. and an air raid.
which came near to achieving the
destruction of an American base hos
pital,