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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13
Wants to Be Shot if Heaven
Is Like This War Hospital

Oil City, Pa. Sept. 13.-In a letter
just received Mounted Scout Enroll
H. Collins, of the 112th infantry,
states that he is in a hospital recov-
ering from the effects of gas while
under fire. In his letter he says:
Gee! Maybe you don't think it's
great to be taken to hospital. put in
a bed between real sheets, and hear
the honest to goodness murmuring
of a real American girls voice. Why,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13
Local Delegates to Plan
Winters War Work at
Philadelphia Conference

Delegates from Harrisburg and vi
cinity will attend three conferences
in Philadelphia next Tuesday and
Wednesday at the Bellevue-S STRAIT
ford Hotel. They are Liberty Loan,
Food Administration and the Wom-
ems Council of National Defense.
Mrs. John w. Reilly is local chair
man of the Women's Council of Ma
tional Defense. The local chairmen
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13
This Tonic
Upbuilder
Helps the Lungs

Weakened and rundown systems.
threatened with serious illness, have
found in ECKMAN'S ALTERNATIVE an
unusual tonic and up-builder, often
helping to restore health and
strength. No alcohol. narcotic or
habit forming drugs. Twenty years
successful use.
soc and $3.50 Bottles at all druggists
or manufacturer. postpaid.
ECKMAN LABORATORY
Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13

cries and pursuade customers to de-
liver their own packages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-13

If heaven is anything like that I
would want to get shot"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
By Ralph Henry Barbour Of The
ViRilanteS.

Z II this war could nave been won by
lying, the allies would now be beaten
to their knees and America in chains.
Ii the German general staff used arms
and men half as successfully as 1t
uses its secret agents. the Avenue de
rOpera. Paris, would today. be Hin
denburgstrasse. The German shells
cannot reach across the Atlantic, but
the German lies can and do, and ever
since the war began German prOpa-
ganda has been making breaches in
our defenses. The enemy suits the lie
to the occasion.
We have endured all sorts. Some
few have been captured and shot at
sunrise. but most are still at large,
working mischief in their w subtle.
secret ways. They vary in Importance.
our old friend The United States-Has-
l-With-Germany down to
the little sneaking Our-Boys-Are-
Starving-in-C antonments. And every
lie has its day. There's a regular mode
as to German propaganda. and, look
ing back when the war is done. we
shall discern that each season of the
struggle was represented by it's own
particular style in lies. But there Is
one lie. the great-grandfather Of them
all. that has never, since its first APP
pearance, been off duty. 1t is, l think
the general staff s favorite.
I refer to hat SCARED but still in
domitable old veteran. A-Wall-Stree
War. 1t is, perhaps. the most puerile
Of Germany's first-line lies, but GER
tainly the hardest worked. 1t has
lever had a day off since it marched
to the front, and just now. it is es-
pecially prominent. Its duty is, of
course, to divide public opinion in this
country and to foster d~issension be-
tween capital and labor, between en-
ployer and employed. And it's every
success. no matter nov slight, delays
the prosecution of the war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

mer campaigns. but the representation was placed on
the flat basis Of nifty fifty"
The committee decided that each Of these groups
Of six. acting separately, should prepare a list contain
ing the names of twelve persons. any one Of whom would
be acceptable to the members of that group. If any of
the same names appeared on both lists. all others were
to be discarded, and the selection should be made from
name were duplicated the person so named should be
declared the choice of the committee. The name of DR..
Wheeler appeared on both lists. and, in accordance with
the arrangement, DIR. Wheeler was requested on behalf
Of the entire committee to permit himself to be an
nounced as a candidate for mayor.
The selection thus made is a fortunate one. DIR.
Wheeler is one Of the Oldest residents Of the city. He
has witnessed the growth of Grand Forks from a ham,
let to its present proportions, and he has contributed
freely OF his time. his energy and his money to the
growth and development of the city. He has for many
years occupied a place of honor in his profession, and he
has also found time to keep thoroughly in touch with
the affairs of his country and of the world at large. He
has served the city as a member Of the city council, and
during his years in that body he devoted himself indus
triously and conscientiously to the minute details Of its
work. and he was recognized as an exceedingly useful
and capable public servant.
The man who occupies the position of mayor at this
time must be one who has strong convictions on the sub.
ject of the war. and whose convictions are emphatically
in accord with the convictions of the nation as expressed
in its participation in the war. On that score the selec-
ton of DR.. Wheeler leaves nothing to be desired. No,
merely during the past year, but ever since the great is
sues of the war began to take shape, DR.. Wheeler has
been an outspoken and vigorous advocate of a war policy
on the part of the United States which was consisten,
with the honor of the nation. and with the true spirit
of democracy. He stands today for a United America
fighting as one man. and fighting to a finish.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
INDIANA PROHIBITION.

Court decisions have been so uniformly favorably to
the prohiibtionists of late that the announcement OF a
decision holding a prohibition law to be unconstitutional
comes as a distinct novelty. Such a decision has been
rendered in an Indiana county superior court, and is the
effect that the Indiana prohibition law is demonstrations
in that it does not attempt to regulate and limit the use
of alcoholic beverages. but absolutely to make temperate
and moderate use Of liquor impossible. This the court
holds is Inconsistent with the constitution of the state of
Indiana. The case will go to the supreme court of the
state for final adjudication.
The case in this phase appears to pc one which will
have no standing in the federal courts. That is, the
question at issue is not whether or not the state of
Indiana has the right under the federal constitution to
prohibit the sale Of liquor, but whether the legislature OF
the state has authority under the state constitution to
impose such a prohibition.
AS to the powers Of the state, they are broad, almost
unlimited. under the DEGREES Of the federal supreme
court. If it should be determined that the ruling of the
superior court is correct. the procedure necessary tc
bring about prohibition in that state will be through ar
7 amendment to the state constitutions. There appears tc
be no features Of the. case OF special concern in othe,
states, as each state establishes it's own constitution, bu,
the character Of the issue is so unusual that the proceed
inss will be watched with great interest everywhere.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
INTERESTING DRAFT FIGURES.

An inspection of the statistics relating to the mil
itary draft reveals some interesting facts concerning the
grand totals and the manner in which the CONSUMPTION
law worked out in the several states.
On June 5, e,5se,50s men between the ages of 21
and 81 registered for military service. The first call for
men was for 6s7, 900 men, and in order to obtain these
1882, $40 were called for examination, and 1857. $50 were
certified for military service. Out Of the 2,51O.7o ex-
rejected as unfit.
In comparison of the results by states we find that
aside from the territories, oregon was required to furnish
the smallest lumber of men for the draft, as she had
already furnished such a large number of volunteers.
The quota of Oregon was 1887. She had furnished 6,657
volunteers. hence had to provide but TT men for the
draft. North Dakota was asked for 1881 men. She ha.
sent 2,452 volunteers, hence was required to. provide
5,272 for the draft. Hawaii was asked for 2,4o3 men,
and she had already furnished 1897 volunteers. nearly
double her entire quota.
In the cost Of the draft per man accented North
Dakota stands in second place among all the states, with
a per capita cost of $1s4. Oklahoma takes first place
with a cost of $1.s7. There are some remarkable differ
entire country was .4ss. The highest cost per man was
in Delaware, with $1,000. Then comes Maine, with
$11.1s; Rhode Island, $13.os; Vermont 1913. It is a
New England states should have been so large, while
Connecticut got away with the very moderate cost OF
$3.50. Out of the entire number called 252, zs4 failed
to appear, and of these 1887 were in North Dakota Il
is not correct to call all these persons slackers, as in
many cases 1t was found that men who failed to repor,
had already enlisted in the military or naval service.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
COMMITTEES CHI DICE FOR MAYOR

Announcement was made on Sunday morning of the
fact that the joint committee appointed for the purpose
of considering the nomination OF a candidate for mayor
and making a recommendation thereon had decided
unanimously in favor of the selection of DR.. H. M,
Wheeler for that important position. The Herald be-
lieyes that the announcement was read with general
satisfaction. first. because it reduces to the vanishing
point the possibility Of a contest at the polls-and few
people desire such a contest this year-and second be-
cause OF the eminent fitness of the man selected.
The purpose foremost in the minds Of those who
agreed upon the creation Of this committee was, IL pos
aible. to avoid a sharp conflict over the selection Of the
chief executive of the city this year, when the full en-
~ergies1of the people are needed for the prosecution OF
the work which it will be necessary for all to perform
in connection with the war. and when anything that
tends TO create divisions il to be avoided. The desira.
biiity OF such a course II generally recognized, and the
results Of tho committees efforts were awaited eagerly
and hopefully.
Ths committee was composed Of twelve men In two
sroups ofsstx, each Of those representing. - nearly - II.
asposeprs considered possible. one Of the two large,
srsgrs into which the voters divided themselves in the
~ tive mayusaiy campaigna. No attention vas paid
a. nsmsricaI strength = Indicated Il either of the f4-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
A BEAUTIFUL COMPARISON

DR.. John Finley picked up in France a French
school girls essay on Americas Entry Into the War
The writer is odette Gastinel who is in a class corre-
spending to our third grade. The essay contains
but q few sentences. but for beauty of thought and sim
plcity Of expression it will be difficult to find anything
in war literature that surpasses them. The essay reads:
1T was only a little river, almost a brook: it was
called the User. One could talk from one side to the
other without raising ones voice, and the birds could
fly over 1t with one sweep Of their wings. And on the
two banks there were millions Of men, the one turned
toward the other, eye to eye. But the distance which
separated them was greater than the stars in the sky;
1t was the distance which separates right from injustice.
THE ocean is so vast that the sea sulls do not dare
to cross it. During seven days and seven nights the
sreat Steamships Of America. going At full speed, drive
through the deep waters. before the lighthouses of
France come into view: but from one dds to smother,
the hearts are touching"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
CERMANY'S FAVORlTE LIE

1t never had q leg to stand on. but
in some miraculous way 1t still en-
dures. A schoolboy could effectuaAy
dispose Of it without any trouble, but,
perhaps merely because 1t is beneath
contempt, it has been allowed to go
on its silly, sneaking way. A Wall
street war! Yes, If Wall street arrang.-
ed the sinking of the Lusitanfa, caused
the rape Of Belgium and wrote the
Zimmerman letter. A war begun by
. capital? Certainly, If you will credit
| capital with being so unself1sh as to
| renounce the rich profits 1t was gar
nering.
German propagandists weep croco-
ollie tears for the laboring man. But
the laboring man himself Is a L
busy to do any shifting. Since the wal
began he has been enthroned a pract-
ical dictator. Ee receives wages that
in spite of increased cost of living, al
fecting rich and poor alike, place him
in q position of prosperity he scarcely
! dreamed Of before. He sees many OF
his most utopian visions, government
ownership of railroads., government
F, control Of public utilities and the like.
! made concrete as by the wave of a
magic wand. He knows that the 1nf1u-
ence of the war. on the future Of this
and all other countries will be all in
his favor.
This war is neither a rich mans
war nor a poor mans war, neither a
war Of capital nor a war of labor. 1T
is a war of the American people for
liberty and all the things they hold
| dear. And it is a war that is being
fought by rich and poor, capitalist
and laborer side by side, and that will
continue to be SO fought until it is
, ended in the only way it can be al
lowed to end: and this in spite of
German arms and German propagan-
da. And in spite too, of the old and
battered, but still active. Avail
Street-War lie. A jokes a joke. but
really someone ought to put that out
of its misery!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
WHEN THE WAR
WILL END

Absolute knowledge I have none,
But My aunt's washerwoman's sisters
son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a laborer on the street
That he had a letter just last week.
Written in the finest Greek,
From a Chinese coolie in Timbuctoo
Who said the negroes in Cuba knew
OF a colored man in a Texas town
Who got it straight from a circus
I clown
That a man in Klondike heard the
news
From a gang of South American Jews
About somebody in Borneo
Who heard a man who claimed to
know
OF a swell society female fake
Whose mother-in-law will undertake
To prove that her seventh husbands
sisters niece
Had stated in a printed piece
That she had a son who had a friend
That knows when the war is going to
end.
--Arbuckle. (Cal.) American.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

food shortage in Europe gathered Y
the United States food
ition.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
A QUESTION

BY Clinton Scollard of The Vigi1antcs.
There have been powers malignant
and malign
About us during these discordant
days,
Satanic workings. features saturnine,
Yelled in a friendly haze.
Soft-topgued hypocricies, these have
whispered low;
And traitor hersies, these have
clamored loud;
There have been hands to dea! the
treacherous blow
Like lightning from a CioLd.
We have been patient, and are Ya+ient
still,
And yet, my brothers comes t:ae.'e
rot a time
When patience and forbclrance and
goodwill
Are little short of crime?
We do not spare the serpent, nor ex-
Use
The deadly tiger leaping from its
lair:
I wonder would it not be we'll to use
A halter here and there!
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

Every asEnan or Au.trian in the DATED states, rnle.:
should b tFsstsd e a potential Spy: xssp your sy:. ana
comes to your notice communicate ct once With tho Dursau
" " ~ ~ = .x ~ ~ ..-..
nation in the world. Hundreds Of thousands Of its people
in this country want to see America humiliatod and beaten
to her knees, and they are doing, ana Win do everything
in their power to bring this about.
Take nothing for gr.ntsd; Enersy ana alsstness in
this direction may save the life Of your son, or husband,
or your brother. -Providence journal,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

engaged largely in the production Of
food. with bountiful supplies in plain
sight everywhere. Timothy A. Rior-
dan, federal food administrator of
Arizona, emphasizes the European
situation in his press releases, remind
ing the people Of Arizona that food
administration is not merely national
but international, the largest work the
world has ever known. Excellent use
has been made of facts concerning
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18
.S.LAB0RERS
lND0RSE WAR
AIM OF WILSON
Laborers Eager to do Share
Towards Winning Big
Conflict.

Washington, Feb. 1s.-American
labor today endorses President Will
sons war aims and is eager to do it's
share towards winning the a
In a declaration issued by the exc
cutive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at the close of a
seven-day session here last night the
American worker is declared to be
loyal and will do his share If he is
given a decent place to live. Industrial
Justice Inc protection against condi-
tons that take all his wages for a
bare living.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

Gorham-Fire which broke out late
Of night completely destroyed the
Gorham Cooperative store. The build
Ing and stock only recently had been
taken over from Hanvik g. horsons
The loss is partially covered by insure-
ance, and the structure will be re-
built at once. ~. Is,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

Every one admires a beautiful skin.
just as every one desires to be
healthy. Unsightly faces filled with
pimples. discolorations, blackheads.
etc.. r nothing but unhealthy faces
due to blood impurities. Cleanse the
blood and the facial blemishes disap-
pear. Just use Stuart's Calcium Waf-
ers for a short time and see how
quickly you will clear up your skin.
And then life will take on q happiness
never before realized. Get a 50-cent
box of Stuart's Calcium Waters at any
drug store or send coupon below for
q sample package free by mail.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

A hotel in New Mexico saves every
scrap Of meat and fat coming from
the tables for rendering in a vat, and
the fat is used for making soap Used
in the hotel, while meat scraps are
fed to pigs. The federal food ad-
ministrator for New Mexico is c,l.-
Quoting a systematic campaign 70 ir :
ducing vegetables, such as peanuts
and SOY beans.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-18

Federal food administrators in agri-
cultural states frequently have diff
Guilty in making the worlds food
shortage real and vivid to a public
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10
BOARD OF EDUCATION
IN ADJOURNED MEETING

The board of education held an ad-
journed meeting in the city hal
Thursday evening.
The qualifications of members ap.
pointed by the common council were
received. Those appointed were: John
NJ. ZoeIle, Walter Stiemke, Joseph
CLAUS and Arthur ]. Heide
The following committees were ap-
pointed by the president:
Finance-E. C. Wolfram, Edwin
Reichardt, Walter H. Stiemke.
Text books-Fred Bittner, George
Scheele, Joseph Claus.
Buildings-A. A. Frattinger, Robert
Radtke, John NJ Zoelle.
Supplies-Frank Jennings, Edward
Sipp, Arthur J. Heide
Teachers and instructions-O. c.
Wertheimer, Edward Sipp, Edwin Rel
chardt, A. A. Frattinger. President
member by virtue of office.
Truancy-E. c. Wolfram, Frank
Jennings, George Scheele.
Chair bids were brought up and the
contract was awarded to Kohls &
Knaak for $205.0O, Keck q Company
bid $208, Carl F. Nowack bid $216.85
A resolution was adopted whereby
the council should buy fort1 extra
chairs, to be paid in proportion to the
200 purchased
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10

smiled provokingly. 1t was a good
walk down to the ravine, but she felt
that only there might she be sure Of
no interruption He was very CRATE
full, the soldier boy, and if her letter
had been good, his was wonderful.
Not only of camp life did the letter
tell, but of an adventurous discourag-
ing life before.
ANSWER soon, please" he begged.
you've given me something to look
forward to-"
Bob Blake, recently returned to
town, awaited his packet of mail one
morning, and turned to the postmis-
tress as Martha Jane, absorbed, passed
out with her bulky letter. Bob wrin-
killed. his brow thOughtfully.
isn't that Miss WintersY he asked.
Martha Jane Winters? Used to
know her at school. But she looks
different someway."
explained, ''since she's got that steady
lover Used to go along before quiet
and resigned like. Now she's all roses
and dimples. Reckon they'll be mar
ried when wars over"
Bob Blake wheeled about on an i'm
pulse and followed the girl down the
street.
you've forgotten me, I'm afraid
he said, as Martha Jane turned
| around.
Every morning after that, she met
him at the post office. there were eve
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10
DR.. KOsanke Goes to WATERFOWL,

DR.. F. e. Kosanke gives up his prac-
tice here Saturday and goes to Water
town, where there is a greater short
age OF physicians than in this city. He
takes the suite of roms vacated two
weeks ago by DR.. Lindow and will al
so look after patients Of DR.. Abelman
who expects his war order any mo-
ment. DR.. KOsanke expressed much
regret at leaving this city, where he
has built up an excellent practice In
a very short time, and he has many
patients who also will regret his
leaving. In the few weeks they have
lived here Dr. and Mrs. Kosanke have
made many friends who will miss
them in social way.-Fort Atkinson
Union.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10
LIGHTNING DOES DAMAGE.
Enters Home of w. C. Stone Over
Wires Thursday.

Lightning entered the home of w
c. Stone, 800 Washington street, dur
ing the electrical storm Thursday az
ternoon and started the insulation on
the wires afire near the ceiling in one
OF the rooms. The fire department
answered a still alarm. The damage
was slight.
During the electrical storm of Thurs
day morning an electric bolt entered
the shop of the clutch company in Fifth
street and after burning out all the
fuses, left the building without doing
any further damage.
The barn on the farm of John Wet
Eel near Lowell was struck by light
ming Thursday afternoon, and dam
aged to the extent of several hun
dred dollars.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-10

nings too, when her letter had delayed
to the later mail and Bob would walk
home with her through the starlight.
And when one evening she accepted
the usual missive in Bob's presence,
her eyes fell before his questioning
ones. When she raised them from it's
perusal, relief and joy flashed up at
him. This is what Martha Jane read !:
land there's girl out here visit
ing her brother, whom I've got to
know pretty well. So, when she goes
home she'll write me letters, and you
won't have to bother any more"
Prom your-lOver?" questioned
Bob fiercely.
II never had lover" truthfully
answered Martha Jane. Bob Blake
drew her gently out into the night
'Well-youre going to have one
nOw," he said.