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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
URGE TKEPUbl|C
TOBUY MORE BONDS
Committees Appeal Based on
Presidents Declaration OF
Loans Importance.
COUNTRY NOT UP TO MARK

With the declaration of President
Wilson that recent events have en-
HANGED, not lessened, the Importance
of this loan,' committees conducting
the campaign for the fourth liberty
loan today appealed to the American
public not only to buy bonds. but to
buy more bonds. Double your sub
scription" became a slogan in many
communities.
In subscriptions the loan today had
reached only the one-third mark to-
ward the goal of s6,oOo.OOo.Oo0. To-
tai subscriptions as reported early to-
day were slightly more than $1,000
100000, which means that pledges
must average at least $500, 000, 900 each
day until the close of the campaign.
October IL.
Matter of World Importance.
oversubscriptions of the loan is a
matter of world Importance at this
time. President Wilson declared in a
statement issued last night.
The best thing that could happen
would be-" said the Presidents state
ment, that the lean should not only
be fully subscribed, but very greatly
oversubscribed."
Seven towns in South Carolina re-
ported oversubscriptions yesterday.
The campaign in North Carolina and
Virginia is seriously handicapped by
the influenza epidemic, and house-to-
house canvaSSes are being reSorted to
everyW here. according to reports to
headquarters today.
The total of the Richmond district.
in which Washington is located, now
exceeds SS7o00.oo0. with 1866 banks
reporting 1Ia. 600 individual subscribe
ers. Virginia has raised 21.000,000,
North Carolina. S1S.500.00Q: Maryland.
s3l 600, 900. and West Virginia, IS, 250. 900.
Reports From Other Districts.
The Cleveland district reported ag-
Eregate subscriptions today of $780,
$4,000. with 200 honor flags awarded
TO communities.
Uniontown. Pa, had Dubbed this
quota of SSH 900. Lora /, Ohio, and
Titusville. Pa. reached heir quotas
yesterday and Canton nd Newark,
The city of Cleveland has reported
SiS.O00.000. The San Francisco dis
trIct, with subscriptions of $1S344S,-
zoe. has raised 40 per cent of it's quota.
The Oklahoma City committee today
wired Secretary McAdoo that it's
quota of s4,0S9.0O0 had been exceeded
and that much more would be forth
coming soon.
Metcalf. a small mining town in
Arizona with population largely
Mexican. has overSubscribed more
than so per cent.
Loan Drive Hampered by Epidemic.
Reports to national liberty loan
headquarters say the influenza cpl
demic is spreading rapidly in the
Atlantic district, but loan committees
eyervS here a re- S1hSfifnfiner
house canvassing methods for public
meetings, which are being abandoned
District directors are considering can
collation. Of the war exhibit train
schedules. although the two trains
running through the district already
/ have taken $3,500.000 subscriptions.
Peace talk is reported to have
caused ReriQuS damage to tia loan in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
Senator Lodges Speech.

In the meantime, the speech of Sem
ator Lodge of Massachusetts,. the re-
publican. leader, forcefully delivered
Yesterday. was the subject of much
discussion today. What the Massa-
chusetts senator seeks is not different
from that which Mr.. Wilson is striv-
ing to obtain. Mr.. Lodge. however.
disputes the wisdom of the Presidents
method of approach. The misunder-
standing might easily have been
avoided if there had been personal
conference between the President and
Mr. Lodge before the message was
sent to Germany. The President, how
ever, has taken the view that his last
message was not a step in peace ne
gotiations any more than the sending
Of any diplomatic inquiry can be so
construed. Mr.. Wilson intends to take
the whole Congress into his conf
derce the moment he takes a step
which is part Of the peace negotia-
tions.
Senator Lodges Interpretation Of the
Presidents original fourteen peace
terms, however, excited much interest
For the Massachusetts, senator re-
vealed that it was quite possible for
Germany to construe the Presidents
terms as not meaning the restoration
of Alsace Lorraine. but "the Fighting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
PRINCE MAX PROMISES
POLAND A SQUARE DEAL

AMSTERDAM, Thursday, October
10.-Prince Macmillan, the German
imperial chancellor, has telegraphed
to the Polish regency council, now
meeting at Warsaw. assurance that
he "is firmly resolved to shape the re-
lations between the German empire
and the newly arisen kingdom Of Po-
land in spirit of justice and under
standing of the vital interests on both
Sides"
II will exert myself" he continued,
"for the speediest removal of the bur-
dens of occupation that still exist. and
will give orders for the realization of
this without delay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
MASONIC LEAGUE.

Totals. $50 52s $50 Totals. $40 5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
Trying to Keep Poles in Line.

So far as can be judged from WASH
ington, the political leaders of Ger
many are panicky, and the military
men are worried more than they have
ever been since the war began. AL
ready Prince Max, the imperial chan
cellor. is doing his utmost to keep
the Poles in line by promising them
reforms and relief from the occupy
ing armies of Germany. But the
Poles have been waiting for just
such situation to arise. and reading
between the lines, it would not sur
prise any one here if Germany found
herself face to face with a Polish
crisis on her eastern borders.
Just as Austria is desperately,
litical effects of the Czecho- Slovak
movement, Germany is trying by
means of her liberal chancellor to
save herself more trouble in Poland.
Every dispatch out of Germany in
dicates that the single hope of the
liberals there is President Wilson
Courtesy and careful speech charac-
terize the references to Mr.. Wilson's
note of inquiry. But there is a sur
do not know that even if the imperial
chancellor submits his answer to the
reichstag and gets the approval of
that body, that Mr.. Wilson will enter
into no peace negotiations with the
government of Germany as at present
constituted.
In his next message he will have the
opportunity to make this clear, and
at last the German people will have to
choose between the Hohenzollerns and
peace, a choice that American propa-
ganda and diplomatic policy have
been trying to make clear to the Ger
man people for many months.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
PICTURE ILLUSTRATES
MANUFACTURE OF SILKS
Magnificent Production of Educational
Value
Taken in Japan and United States

M IN its d sate is n aes Rr9sge e tender q the touch and It's
Hence understand why the from the earliest
mercial and industrial of
annually expnd much for
Egypt King PhaaoS butler baker
later
according Chinese 1850
among e and cotton hayng preceded while flax
of
China and his Empress Sizing slkworm
M related Of her that she walking
of pale mulberry 49,
@ n IN @ nse @ and the EN-
% the rst to successfully reel the amen
beneficial nation
subjects her the divine title
takes place during the which
Third Floor omorrow tuesday aDd
Ts @ w fI 9s 9 the silk indu as it
@ phsto saawss q THE the S %a
Of T nS ma h shis the ,
the grades silk crude
Mden machn give you splendid insight
The second part Of the
unscrupulous man
per six with the result that the silk
lures were secured with considerable trouble - ~ -
pa hynx tie ogng out moving pictures and tho
of the finest produced M ~ ea ono
Co.. who undoubtedly
As already
annex ana they are certain to prove interesting HI -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-07
- amz4E9 80 R 80 fX QMz1B e9s -
Caheen's April Sale OF Belongs Famous Silks
Also Great Attraction In Motion
Picture of Making Silk FREE

The quality Of Belongs Silks is
well known. These fashionable
fabrics are economical because of
their weaving quality. Clever de-
signs and distinctive Weaves for
Gowns, Innings, Petticoats and
Underwear
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
RUSSIAN NAMES WERE EASY
Pronunciation Not to Be Compared
With Talk Between Baby and
Parrot, Proud Parent Boasts.

Reference at q social session was
made to lingual dexterity when Con-
gresham John NJ Evans of Montana,
said he was reminded of a little Incl
dent along that line.
Down at the cigar store one night
the regulars were talking about the
war and remarking how it gave one
something worse than face ache to pro-
nounce the Russian names that appear
in the news.
''ThOse Russian names are nothing
remarked Il man named Johnson, with
an expansive smile. "YOu lust ought
to hear what | stack up against in my
own home every day of my life
''What'S that?" demanded one Of the
regulars. amaZedly. "DO you mean
that you have somebody in your family
who can put kink in those Russian
syllable tWiSts?"
"Wcll, | should say that | have" re,
Joined Johnson. "YOu should come
around some time and hear the baby
and the parrot when they get to talk.
ing together"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
WEEKLY DATA ON MORTALITY
Statistics of Principal Cities Now Is
sued Regularly by the United
States Census Bureau.

A weekly circular giving the mOrtali
ty statistics of the principal cities of
the United States is now issued regu-
larry by the United States census bu-
reau, says the Scientific American. 1t
gives the total number of deaths re-
ported (stillbirths eXcluded), the death
rate per thousand, number of deaths
of infants under one year of age, and
the proportion of infant deaths to total
deaths.
The cities for which data are given
include one-fifth the population of the
country. Thus the circular is Il fairly
accurate index to the state of the ma
tion's health. Its uses are manifold.
It will show local health authorities
how their home towns stand in COM
pariSon with other towns in respect to
mortality and when q town has bad
record the publicity given to the fact
should spur the authorities to seek the
cause and remove it. Insurance COM
panies will find the reports of interest.
The circular is issued in Washington
every Tuesday, and is distributed free
Of charge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Make Your Own Fat Compound.

Many folks object to paying the pres
ent high price for lard, but realize that
at the price of hogs and with the prob
able future demand it is unlikely that
the price will be reduced soon. It be-
comes important, then, to find 4 cheap
er satisfactory substitute. DR.. Louise
Stanley of the Missouri college of az
riculture, suggests that housewives
consider suet as source of cheap fat.
Suet has not been as extensively used
as lard on account of it's harder con-
sistency. 1t can be obtained at about
10 cents pound. From this can be
obtained IA ounces of pure fat at a
cost of II cents pound. In order to
bring this to the consistency Of lard
1t is only necessary to add oil in the
proportion of one of oil to two parts
Of Suet. This gives compound fat
which is very satisfactory for general
household use. Cottonseed oil or corn
Oil can now be obtained at about q
cents q pound. On the basis Of the
above proportions a satisfactory lard
substitute can be had at cost Of 10
cents pound.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
a Bad Lot

Senator Weeks, apropos Of the Lux
burg. Bernstorff, Won Igel and other
German exposures, said in Washington
u short time ago:
Germany seems to approve the I'M
eXampled WickedneSs of her sons. She
reminds me of the old man at the club.
'An old man sat reading newSpa-
per in q club while Il group of young
fellows talked eXcitedly about the mar
.VeouS power for lying possessed by
a certain Jack COurtenay. When their
talk ceased the old man cleared his
throat and said:
Gentlemen, I have just heard you
decide that Jack COurtenay is the big
gest liar in the United States. l am
his father
"a young man, very red in the face,
started TO apologize, but the old boy
said:
"'No, no; don't apologize. 1t isn't
necessary. l merely wanted to say,
gentlemen, that if you consider my
son Jack the biggest liar in the United
States, it's very evident that you have
never met my other son, .Jim.'"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Africa Second LARGEST.

Africa is the second largest Of the
continental divisions of the earth, con,
tanning 11.G32,0OO square miles. Eu-
rope contains 1871, OO4; Asia, 17,47O.-
ESQ; North America, 7,116OOO; South
America. 7,344,OOO At the outbreak
of the present war; August, 1914, Eu,
ropean states had established prOtec-
tOrates over it. BY agreement. Great
Britain controlled about 100000
square miles; France, 4.422 900; Ger
many, 931 900; Belgium, 100000; Por-
tugal, 100000; Spain, $4,000, with ma
tive ownership ignored everywhere.
These areas of control have undergone
material changes since the war began
and no doubt will be further changed
at its conclusion. The different areas
have been held and governed as col
onies, the only politics being a contest
among the nations to obtain and hold
as much as possible. 1t has been what
might be called in common phrase "a
grab game on large scale, with q
continent as the spoils.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
TURNS THOUGHT TO RELIGION
Stood Somewhere in GaIicia Re-
suited in Many reproductions.

Yes, war does turn mems thoughts
to religion. Go to gay, immoral Buda-
pest. You find it today a city of sober
people. You find in many of the shop
windows the reproduction of famous
statue that stood somewhere in Cali
cia," relates the Christian Herald.
1t was large crucitiX. A battle
pivOted around it. A shell struck the
statue, tore away the entire cross and
left The figure of the Christ standing
and unscathed. This event made a
tremendous impression upon the Hun
garians.
The story of it went through the
army like wildtire. At Budapest mini
allure statues, showing the destroyed
cross and the intact figure of the
Christ, We're at once manufactured,
and put on sale. You can find them
now, expensive or cheap, in nearly
every Hungarian home.
The pity of it is that it seems to
take war to make some people think
of these things.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Death to the Punnies

The details of the snatching from
this life of four brindle Boston bulls
In the prime Of their pTppyhood were
recited when a woman reviewed her
married life in the court of domestic
relations in New York. "Only last
week." she said, "Our bulldog, Ida, had
family that would have been worth
$500 if it had grown. My husband
went to a veterinarian and the doctor
told him if they wouldn't take milk out
Of saucer TO put some milk in his
own mouth, but a nipple in his mouth
and feed them that way, just like dog
fanciers do. At first he didn't even
want to do it,
SWELL" said the court, "and what
has that to do with the caSp?"
because when he did dc it, I tell
you, the dogs died"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
SORCERERS BURNED AT STAKE
sands OF Unfortunate Students
Were Put to Death.

AlchemSts often believed that by
deep thought they could find way to
turn base metals into gold. but al
ch"my itself was much deeper and
broader than this, according to a writ
er. It was supposed at this time that
there were seven heavenly bodies
the sun, moon, Mars Mercury, Venus,
Jupiter and Satnrn--and seven metals
gold, silver, iron, mercury, copper,
tin and lead. There were also seven
days in Il week and seven cOlOrS in Il
rainbow. There were twelve signs in
the zodiac, twelve months in the year,
twelve precious stones, and twelve
parts to the body. 1t seemed to the
nlchcmiStS that there must be some
hidden connection between these
things of nature and in trying to find
1t they spent much time in watching
the sky and in bending over their
cruciblcS and retorts.
During an age when superstition
was rife such nocturnal activities
could not fail to arouse suspicion, and
to be accused of being a sOrcerer was
generally followed by burning at the
stake. Many thousands of such I'M
fortunate students were put to death
during these dark centuries, but in
spite of the dangers men secretly
studied alchemy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
REINDEER OF THE FAR NORTH
Years Ago From Labrador Have
Greatly Increase in Numbers.

Though perhaps most of us, young
aud Old associate reindeer chiefly with
Santa's juggling bells, still there are,
besides the dear, familiar phantom
reindeer, the very real reindeer who
are serving Il very real and much
needed mission among the people of
the far North. among whom DR.. Will
fred Z. Grrntcll works and lives his
life Of brotherIy aid and uplift, Mary
M. Davis writes in our Dumb Animals.
About six years ago Doctor Grenfell
Imported from Labrador Il herd of rein
deer number about 400, which during
their six years in Newfoundland have
increased to somewhere between 700
aud 1000. The idea of bringing them
from their native Lapland was sug-
geStrd to Doctor Grcnfcll by the great
abundance of reindeer moss in New
fOundalnd. The reasons for the cX-
pertinent are many and far reaching.
The reindeer are valuable, not only
for their rich and delicious milk
which would be a boon indeed to the
jewellers of that northern part of New
fOundland in which Doctor Grenfell
wOrkS--but also are invaluable as
beasts of burden. In every way they
are as well adapted to the require
ments of the North as are the komatik
dogs, which in many ways are an abb
s0ute menace to the development Of
the country.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Wonder World.

Surgeon Gen. Sir A. Sloggett, who
has recently been made X. G.. NJ G.
by King George, is responsible for the
following:
Mamma, t.aDpears, was one day Bit
ing her tingcrnniis ut dessert, and lit
tic Johnny was moved to ask the rea-
son why.
nervousness, dear" answered his
mother. 1T made me 50 uneasy TO see
you swallow your grapes whole that
| didn't know what / was doing You'll
get appendicitis, if you're not careful"
A few days later, however, Johnny's
mother was herself taken i'll. ard the
case WIS diagnosed as appendicitis.
An operation was performed and
the patient was relieved. The surgeon
discovered that what had caused the
trouble was the presence of small
piece Of fingernaa in the appendix.
at was all your fault. Johnny" she
said. "This would never have happen
ed if you hadn't swallowed those
grapes whole"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Agriculture in France.

The French government has under
taken to supply the depleted ranks Of
the amateur farmer by means of a
correspondence course, which has been
eagerly received. The pupil receives
instructions as to a course of reading,
the management Of q small experiment
tai plot, the carrying out Of simple
experiments, visits to neighboring
farms, etc. The Union Of Agricultural
Syndicates, which has assumed charge
Of this work for the government, has
appointed q number of monitors" to
supervise the work of pupils. The pu-
pills prepare monthly examination pa
pers and render monthly reports.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Light Best Suited to Eyes.

Recent Investigations into the kind
of light best suited to the eyes have
important practical significance. The
studies were made from the point of
view of contrast" to determine the
ideal contrast between the object
looked at and the surrounding back
ground. 1t was found that the usual
contrast in brightness between objects
out Of doors rarely exceeds the ratio
of to 20. The eye can detect con-
trAStS as delicate as 9S to 100. In
doors, contrast in light and shadow
often runs as high as / to 200, and a
dark window frame against a bright
sky presents contrast Of | to 10000.
The scale Of contrasts best suited to
the eye lies btWeen ] to 20 and / to
100.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
RELIGION OF THE CHILDREN
Spirit Of Faith, Hope and Love Toward
the Father and Mother Is Off,
springs World.

We need not follow the antlquarians
back into the era of the cave dwelers
In our search for the origin of religion.
Religion is reborn in the birth of every
babe, says Lyman Abbott in the Out
look. He needs no teacher to tell him
that he is dependent on his mother
for his food. and widening sense Of
his helpless dependence on her grows
with his widening experience. Her
service to him awakens his gratitude,
her broOding love for him inspires in
him an answering love.
If she is wise us well as an affec-
Tomato mother, he early recognizes
her authority and learns that prompt
obedience is one secret Of happiness.
If she loves and honors her husband
her child's love and honor follows
hers to the strong stranger. If she
has piety as we'll as human affection,
he dimly perceves in her prayers
at his bedside an experience which
he presently wishes he might share
Thus there grows up in him spirit
Of dependence, gratitude, love, rever-
ence, obedience, faith-and this spirit
IS religion. 1t antedates all theology,
precedes thought, transcends defini-
ton. The spirit of faith, hope and
love toward father and mother is the
child's religion. The conception Of
God aud his duties toward God comes
later.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Profits in Shipbuildinu.

The sale of the schooner GIynn, the
first ocean commerce carrier built
south Of Newport News Since the war
began, has brought out facts, says the
Manufacturers Record, showing the
remarkable profits to he made from
shiphuiding and the operation of
freight ships under war conditions.
The company made profit Of % per
cent on the building of the vessel; her
purchaser, James S. Bradley, Jr., re-
ceived $4,000 freight for the voyage
to Italy with naval stores and then
sold her to French interests for 100000.
After deducting $21, 800 for insurance,
outfitting and provisioning and the sal
aries and wages, the Glynn netted him
S45,5 800 in six months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
To Reduce Airpiane Explosions.

Airplanes equipped with machine
guns run certain degree of risk from
the muZZle of the gun. Hence consid-
cradle study has been devoted to OBJ
Waiting this danger, and young Flor
entine chemist is said to have recent
ly given demonstration before an
Italian military commission of new
powder invented by him which burns
without either flame or smoke and
does not flare on defamation.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
How Bombs Are Cropoed,

The housekeeping mechanism Of a
Zeppelin captured by the British was
described in q recent number of the
London Sphere. There are co bomb
troopers for conical bombs. The base
Is slung in straps, and there is a strap
around the neck. The latter has re-
leasing hook, and when the hook is
operated the small end first drops
down and the base slides out of its
straps. The bomb then rights itself
and drops base downward. The bombs
are Slung in one or two lines along the
under side of the mail hull. The re-
leasing nook is operated by an electro
magnet, and there is small switch
board in the cabin for controlling the
release. Each bomb has a separate
switch. The bombs can be released by
band levers also in case the electric
means fail Each bomb has q safety
device and is not ''alive" until it las
dropped several hundred feet
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-03
Makin1 Mineral Wool.

tralia has started works near Mel
bourne for turning the local basaIt into
mineral wool" for use as an insuator
in packing machinery and ice chests
and as substitute for asbestos, ac-
cording to the Scientific American.
The basalt is melted down with a pro-
portion of freestone and limestone and
then steam, at an immense pressure, is
forced through the fluid. The liquid
rock, thus aerated, flies into the air
end falls in flakes on the floor.