The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-02
anything to make them comfortable, ("

tTtctiOn ne IL nneu up dBdlnst a wall
and shot"
fOHicsrs at Camp Funston. Fort
Riley. Kan, laughed when they
heard this lie. They said an inspec-
tion of the camp would refute 1t bet
ter than any statement from them.
Soldiers of the camp hadn't heard OF
such conditions and knew that none
of their number had been shot.)
Lie No 15 That the Pullman COM
pany will not hire man who does
not wear a button showing he has
contributed to the Y M. c. A. war
fund
fOficials of the Pullman company
deny this)
Lie No. 16. That sweaters knit by
st. Louis women for soldiers in the
trenches wear out in less than two
weeks because of the inferior work
manship in the garment. Many
women have quit their knitting be-
cause of this lie.
(Members of the Red Cross Society
here say this is the most outrageous
lies they have heard. The life of the
sweaters, even under the hardest sort
of conditions, is two months or
more.)
Lie No. II. Women report they
are terrorized over the information
inysteriously disseminated that gov
ernment agents are to raid all houses
exhibiting food conservation cards, to
determine that no meat is eaten on
''meatless" days. Many cards have
been quietly removed from the win
dows because of this fear.
Government agents have no in
tention now. nor will they have in
the future. of ralding private homes
where there Is no reason to believe
agents OF the kaiser are hidden. Men
and women are on their honor to OBJ
serve the ''meatless" days, nothing
more.)
Lie No. Is. Repetitions of the lies
that schools in towns at or near train
ing camps are to be closed because
girls are about to become mothers.
come in droves. Towns in the neigh
borhood of any camp site are picked
| by kaiser aids for this canard.
investigators declare this is utter
! ly without Foundation. The morale
of men at the training camps cannot
| be better. Schools are not being in
terfered with for any purpose, they
declare.)
Lie No. 10. That all of the
| ''plums" at the officers training
camps fall to Roman Catholics. "You
just watch and you'll see that it is
| so," Mrs. C. ID. Gallentine of Nor
rison. H., writes that she was told.
| (The question of religion does not
enter into the giving of commissions.
| Merit and ability to take intensive
training are the things that count at
the officers training camps. Ask any
/ N, a n urhn hac OH
| Lie No. 20. Mrs. Gallentine also
tells of neighbor's maid who would
not register when the women's CEN
sus was taken, because "all they
were doing 1t for was to get the girls
| names so they could entice them into
\ the cities and make white slaves OF
! them"
! tHow positively ridiculous Is
story of this sort! If you believe it,
| ask any of the women here who reg
istered or who took an active part
in furthering the registration.
| Lie No. 81. Harvard, ILL.,. con-
| tributes another religious lie-that
1 when the war Is over the Roman
| Catholics here will be treated Just as
they were in Mexico after the revolu-
| ton started there.
! ut is needless to say the Ameri-
can government will never interfere
in matters of religionl
Lie No. %. This one Is familiar
but has new dress this time: That
I a mother sent her son at a training
camp big birthday cake. and then
wrote him asking how he liked It.
| He replied he had never received the
cake, but that he had passed an of
ficer's tent and had seen him eating
| 1t.
| (Wives, mothers and sweethearts
In st. Louis of the thousands of men
who have gone to the training camps
and cantonments will nail this lie
hard and fast If you will take the
trouble to ask them about it,
Lie No. 23. Rector of Holy limo
cents Church at Racine, Wis, re-
ports this lie about a family: That
the family was put to death for Civ
ing out information which led to the
destruction of England's greatest
general. That son was executed at
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, when caught i'm
work OF a treacherous nature, and
that his religious affiliations had much
to do with his disloyalty.
Government agents say this is
only one of million other lies of
like nature which pro-German propl-
gandists are circulating. or course,
there Is no foundation for it,
Lie No. "a. Mrs. Henry w.
Wagon, 4129 Kossuth avenue. says a
husky delivery wagon driver called at
her home with parcel day or 80
ago. She asked him why he wasn't
in the army, and he replied the gov
ernment makes no provision for de-
pendent families
Government mkaes this provtsi n
for dependents: Men with famiii ss
or other dependents will not be called
in the draft until an emergen Y,
which Is not even thought of now,
arises. Heads of families are rot
even urged to enlist voluntarily, al
though provision is made in the WY