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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
GERMANS To SEIZE
FINLAND: SWEDEN
SENDS PROTEST
Kaiser'S Occupation of AIand
Islands Also Objected To.
TEUTONS TO RESTORE ORDER
Berlin Assures Scandinavian Country
Move Is Necessary to QueII Re-
beIion-Russ Destroy Bridges
to Halt Japs.

Washington, March 5.-Germany's
occupation Of the Aland islands is
only preliminary to the total occu-
patton Of Finland.
Official dispatches to the Swedish le
cation on Monday say Germany has
announced to the Stockholm foreign
office her intention to occupy Finland,
and that Sweden has protested.
Germany advised Sweden, the dis
patches relate, that it was necessary
to occupy Finland temporarily to re-
store order, but gave assurances that
she had no intention to take perma
nent possession Of the territory.
Sweden protested also against the
Aland islands being placed in the war
zone.
Base for Germany.
The occupation of the Aland islands,
the messages say, is to make them
base for supplying the German occu-
patton of Finland.
There are 500 Swedish troops on the
islands for police purposes. Their COM
mander was notified by the German
commander Of his intentions, and,
while SO far there has been no clash
reported, the Swedish troops have not
been withdrawn, and the feeling is de-
scribed here as being very tense.
Russ Destroying Railroad.
The Russians have begun destroying
bridges on the Trans-Siberian railroad
between Lake Baikal and the Chinese
frontier, John +. Stevens, chairman of
the American railway mission, report
ed to the state department.
The destruction may prevent Am
bassador Francis from reaching Vladi-
vOstok.
While without details, officials here
believe the Russians are destroying the
bridges to prevent an expected adj
vance Of Japanese troops.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
1T. r." DEAF IN ONE EAR
Roosevelt Will Leave Hospital on
Tuesday With His Hearing Per-
manentIy Impaired.

New York, March 4.-COlonel Roose-
Welt, it was announced on Sunday, will
leave Roosevelt hospital Tuesday, but
with his hearing permanently i'm
paired. He is deaf in the left ear. His
physicians said he will probably be
dizzy for some months and that his
sense of equilibrium will be impaired
THAT, however, will later be restored
they declared. The colonel, in spite
of the handicap which his partial deaf
ness and the impairment of his sense
of equilibrium, was said to be deter
mined to keep speaking engagement
in Maine on March 2S.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07

from visit at the A. l.. Trachte home
in Madison.
Matt. Lynch of Ridgeway was here
Saturday calling On friends.
Mrs William Slattery underwent an
operation at st. Joseph's hospital last
week.
Several from here attended the funeral
of Mrs Patrick Burns at Hollandale
Saturday.
Earl Elliott is visiting relatives in
Freeport, Ill.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
"WOMAN SPY BILL" PASSED
Measure Approved by House Gives
President Power to Deal With Un-
naturalized Females.

Washington, March 5.-The woman
spy, bill, giving the president power
to deal with unnaturalized women Of
hostile countries as it does with men,
was passed by the house. 1t would
affect all women of fourteen years or
more, aud now goes to the senate.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-03-07
U. S. TROOPS TO BE SHOT
Four American Soldiers Found Asleep
While on Duty in Front
Trenches.

:. Washington, March -Four Ameri-
can soldiers of the expeditionary forces
have been sentenced to be shot for
being found asleep while on duty in
the front line trenches. The men were
tried by a general court-martial. the
findings of which, and the sentence
have been approved by General Per-
Shing.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
t'See 'eets.lf Peel
off This Corn"
Leaves The Toe as Smooth as the
Palm of Your Hand,

It" will not get. 1t never irritates
the flesh. never makes your toe sore
Just two drops of "Gets-It" and
presto! the corn-pain vanishes.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
SOME ARE BLIND
some ARE DEAF
Light Of Reason Cannot Penetrate
Minds of This Glass.
Persons Afflicted With Mental
Blindness Have Habit of Clos
ing Their E yes and Ears
To Fact.

Great men never hold their opin-
ions so rigidly fixed that they cannot
be changed; their minds are always
open and subject to influence by truth
and reason. People who will not let
the light of reason enter their minds
are biased in their views and guided
by prejudice.
1t is habit among men, in their
self exalted wisdom, to charge the
gentler sex with being one sided in
their views, but here is one woman
Mrs. L. A. Doggett, 515 w. Morgan
St., Raleigh, who laid aside a precon-
ceived opinion and tells here what she
gained by doing SO:
81 was a sufferer from stomach
trouble for nearly year. My appe-
tite was good, but if gratified would
be miserable with all the ills arising
from Indigestion, swelling from excess
gas and, sometimes, intense pain.
slept very poorly; was extremely ner-
vous and could hardly bear for anyone
to walk across the floor. The day
seemed endless; began it more tired
than when T went to bed and worried
all day over my house work until it
was done.
81 continued to grow worse and my
husband, who had heard OF Cne goOd
results from Peplac here in Raleigh,
persuaded me to try bottle. l new
er had any faith in advertised medi-
cines, but I set aside my prejudice
and I am glad that did, for the third
or fourth day the disagreeab}e symp-
toms began to disappear and now, at
the beginning Of my second bottle, I
eat any and every thing with no fear
Of the after effects. 1 sleep sound ;
wake up completely refreshed and my
work is done before I realize it.
gladly speak up for Peplac and feel
that it is my duty to do So"
Mrs. Doggett entertained a preju-
dice against advertised medicines as
perhaps, others have done, but she
was broadminded enough to listen te
reason and truth and profited by do.
.ng so.
Peplac is sold at all leading drug
stores and may be obtained in Lum
berton at Grantham Bros, J. D. Nc
MILAN, and Pope Drug Co.; Rowland
Rowland Drug Co.; Maxton, Barne:
Bros; Bladenboro, Bladenboro Drug
60; Clarkton, G. L. & E. S. Clark
Fairmont, Fairmont Drug Co. A bot
tie bought today may save you years
of suffering.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
TWO MILLION A DAY
SALE OF STAMPS
Fanderlip Says Total Sale Passed
Fifty Million Doilars-A Nation of
Savers Needed to Win War.

Winston-Salem, Feb. 17.-More
than two million a day is the rate
at which War-Savings stamps are
selling in the United States TODAY.
according to a telegram from the Ma
tional chairman, F. A. Vanderlip, to
State headquarters here last night.
The total sale of stamps yesterday
passed the fifty million dollar mark
while the daily average sale shows
steady increase.
"The growing value Of savings that
are being placed at the service os the
nation by the millions of citizens of
this country is the best assuring cvi-
dence," SAYS Mr.. Vanderiip, that the
heart of the people is prepared for
any sacrifice necessary to win this
war. Business as usual is a wholly
wrong theory in war times, says he,
"for it is only by teaching the people
| to save and not to compete for labor
and materials with the Government
| that we can pnt the whole strength of
| the nation into this war, and win.
"a militant army of war-savers is
not only the hope of this war; says
Mr.. Vanderlip further, "but il is the
nosJ impcrta g., onSr:baticn that the
people can make and the only sure
way to raise the required money. To
spread the gospel of saving so that
! the whole nation will become a ma
tion of savers is the only way to put
! War-Savings stamps and the great
! purpose for which they are sold over
the top.'"
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
PEOPLE OF STATE
NOT SAVERS
North Carolina Ranked Second Low
est in Per Capita Wealth-Missipp
Lowest State Great Producer.

That something is wrong with
North Carolina in that she has the
lowest per capita wealth of any State
IN the Union, except Missippi, is the
conclusion reached by Gilbert T.
ntephenson, director of service for the
war Savings committee Of North Car
ollna, after close study of the fig
ures which represent North Carolina's
total accumulated wealth compared
with the value of her annual produc
ton. According to Mr.. Stephenson.
North Cardinals wealth is S2,0OO.O0G.
ooO while she produces every year the
sum of S500,00O,0O0. This means he
says, that the State produces every
tour years as much wealth as she has
been able to accumulate in 25O years.
That we are people who waste
and spend unnecessarily Mr.. Stephen
son doesn't hesitate to say. He has
1acts to prove it. The average wealth
per family in North Carolina, he says.
IS So45, Or $169 per capita Recent
surveys show that fair standard of
living calls for S709 per family or
sl42 per capita. This leaves a sur
plus of $136 per family or $27 per
capita, which is far above that requir-
ed by an efficient standard of living.
IF every individual" says Mr..
Stephenson, "will save his $27. this
year and lend to the government uiny
$l6.72 of that amount, which he has
been asked to do by the Government
by purchasing War Savings Stamps,
| United States Government Bonds,
! North Carolina then will have no
trouble in raising her $5O,OOO,OOO, the
amount apportioned her for financing
the War" This, Mr.. Stephenson
thinks the people will do, and believes
that from this year on North Caroline
will become State Of savers and vii
leave her unenviable position at bot
tom of the list Of savers.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
Streets of Kiev Filled With Dead
and Wounded.

Kiev, one Of the principal cities
Of the Ukraine, was captured by the
Bolsheviki on Friday, February s,
according to dispatch from Petro-
grad published in daily papers or the
10th, after sanguinary fighting. The
streets were filled with dead CT
wounded. While the fighting was
at it's height on Thursday the city
was bombarded by Bolsheviki avia-
tors.
The correspondents of the Petro-
grad papers describing the situation
at Kiev say it can be compared only
to the havoc, death and destruction
program in 1905. On Thursday when
the fighting was at its height, avia-
tors we're bombing the houses and
there was promiscuous shooting from
windows and roofs. Killed and wound
ed filled the streets. Mobs OF hooli-
gans ran unchecked. The city duma
attempted to negotiate an rmistice
but failed.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE
They Are in Battle on 3 Sectors and
Everywhere Are Proving Them
selves Fighters of Highest Calibre.

The following is taken from Mon.
days's press summary:
American troops in France now are
in battle on three sectors-on tEelr
own line east of St. Mihiel and with
the French in the Champagne, and on
one of the most famous battle fronts
in the world, where ruined villages and q
the devastated country generally tell
the tale of hardfought battles when
the Germans pushed forward their
line and ultimately we're driven back
by the French.
And everywhere the Americans are
proving themselves fighters CT the
highest calibre, winning encomlums
from high French officers for tnel1
business-like methods Of warfare and
especially their skill in the use OF ar
tillery. Already the men are veterans
for nothing the Germans have IN stocf
remains to be shown them except E
great mass attack. Thus far every
thing that has been tried by the enem!
against them has been discounted ane
in some instances doubly discounted
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
RED CROSS SCHOOL
AUXILIARIES WANTED

Teachers Urged to Organize School
Auxiliaries-Get Ready to Attend
Red Cross Rally in Lumberton-AI
Great Opportunity for Service.
TIC the teachers in the district or
territory of Lumberton Chapter of
the Red Cross, viz: all the teachers of
Lumberton, Howellsville, Wisharts,
Britts, Orrum, Back Swamp, Raft
Swamp and Saddletree townships not
included in any other chapter, greet
ing:
The junior membership committee
of Lumberton chapter of the Red
Cross most earnestly calls uron you,
every teacher in the bounds men
toned, to organize your schools into
Red Cross school auxiliaries, and be
sure and not delay this matter. 1t
should be done at once, so that as
much work can be done as possible be-
fore your schools close Also we
want you to be getting ready to at
tend a Red Cross rally which is be-
ing planned at Lumberton some time
in the early spring.
Just get your whole school to re-
solve itself into Red Cross auxil-
| larry and then proceed to elect chair
man, secretary and treasurer, who will
take an interest and who will remain
and keep up the organization after
school is out. You might find some
active lady in your community who
will act as chairman of your auxil-
iary. These auxiliaries will be ex-
pected to report to the junior member
ship committee at Lumberton, which
will hold it's regular monthly meet
ings every last Friday evening in the
month. Report about your organiza-
ton, the number and names of your
received. Our treasurer is Miss
Annie Neal Fuller, who will receive
your money and keep it to your cred
intended to be used by the auxiliaries
ing garments and other articles fo,
the Red Cross, for the most part tc
be used in the war. You see a great
opportunity here to inspire and cult
vate in the young minds a spirit Of
patriotism and helpfulness.
Each auxiliary is expected to raise
twenty-five cents for every member
which may be raised in any way 70,
may see proper. We would sugges
that as the children cannot alway:
have the entrance fee, that you re
sort to some kind Of entertainment, as
! ! for instance, the box supper, to rais
these dues. Take a school of sixt.
; pupils; it would be very easy mat
ter for you to devise some scheme b.
which you could raise the fifteen dol
lars and then your whole school be
comes members Of the Red Cross. Be
sides, you have cultivated and fos
! tered both a patriotic and socia
l spirit in your community.
Red Cross buttons are already il
hand for all members whose dues ar
paid. We want to see every boy an
4 girl, as well as the grown-ups, wea
!, these buttons. Let US hear from you
! We feel sure every one of you vii
take right hold and help US push thi
: Red Cross movement.
l Literature and other instruction
will be furnished as needed.
2 w. H. HUMPHREY, Chm.
MISS CORNELIA STEELE
! Secretary
! Lumberton, N. c., Feb. 18, 1918.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

Sir Cecil Spring Rice, former Brit
ish ambassador to the United States.
died Thursday Of heart failure at the
Government house at Ottawa, Onta-
rio, Canada.
The Robesonian., 1918-02-21

Capt. Jof W. Pritchard,, Phil.
Scouts R. E. T. d., has been put ir
command of the U. S. army recruit
ing service, in North Carolina, sue
ceeding Capt. Edward B. Dennis, CA
C. Capt. Pritchard took charge on
the 18th inst.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-03
American Parents
Owe Gratitude to
Our Government
That Is Verdict of Right Rev. P. J.
Hayes, D. D., Military Bishop, A.
ter Visiting More Than Fifty
Army and Navy Train
ing Stations.

Chicago, July 20.-The Rt. Rev. Pat
rick ]. Hayes, D. D., Bishop Ordinary
of the United States Army and Navy
chaplains at home and abroad, stopped
at Chicago last week while visiting the
army and navy posts in the vicinity.
The Bishop arrived in Chicago on
Monday and first called upon His
Grace, the Most Rev. George w. Mum
delein, D. D. Subsequently Bishop
Hayes visited the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station and Fort Sheridan,
accompanied by his vicar general, the
Very Rev. William Foley, pastor of st.
Ambrose Church. On Thursday Bishop
Hayes left, accompanied by FIR. Foley,
for visit to Camp Custer. Bishop
Hayes is completing his visit of Amer
ican cantonments and naval training
stations preparatory to visiting the
battle lines in France.
Words of comfort for parents of
American soldiers and sailors and the
highest praise for the conditions found
in all training camps of both the mill
tary and naval forces in the United
States were voiced in an interview
here by Bishop Hayes.
"There are at present more than 500
Catholic priests serving as chaplains
in the United States Army and Navy,
and about One-third of the bows en-
rolled to fight for the Stars and Stripes
are of the Catholic faith," said Bishop
Hayes. with the inspection in this
country completed expect to go over
seas in the near future.
'The first thought that comes to me
after visiting more than fifty centers is
that of admiration for what the Fed
eral Government has accomplished
both in the army and navy in regard
to the selection of sites, and the up
building of the training camps and
stations for soldiers and sailors.
There has been some criticism of
the Government for lack of prepared
ness when war was declared, but after
you visit the various places throughout
this land the thought strikes you that
| Washington did not show it's hand, but
| was better prepared and preparing
than we knew.
CONTINUED on page y
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-03
Work of Three Catholic Sisters
Among the Lepers at Coulon
Help in The Care of 3,4OO Unfortunates Who
are in Far Away Colony

In recent issue of "The Open
Court" we read of leper colony at
Culion on the island of Palawan in the
Philippines. The author, Mr.. A. NJ.
Reese, who visited the colony (Which
lies near Tay Tayl describes his visit
among the lepers in fascinating man
ner, and concludes a section of his
story with the following phrase: LAS
we. came out, three Catholic sisters
entered the women's ward to do what
they could for the patients there
Much has been written of the labors
of religious at Molokai and of the
care and comfort given the lepers at
this point by servants Of God who
have devoted their lives to this work.
Very little is known, however, of the
work being done at Tay Tay in the
Philippines.
Mr. Reese describes the traces of
the Spanish occupation. the fort, the
churches, the belfry, the huts of the
inhabitants and the new hospital and
the buildings reserved for the medical
staff which is in charge of a DR.. Glenn
ents, appointed by the American
government. There are 3,400 lepers
here. The lepers are brought in to
this colony from the various islands
of the Philippines, $50 fast that it is
with great difficulty that they can be
accommodated; but all are made COM
Portable, in fact, much more comfor-
table, in most cases, than they ever
would have been at home. Except
for inconsistencies, which cannot, Of
course, be avoided, they are quite hap
py, or as happy as any hopelessly sick
people can be away from home and
friends.
"Most of the Christian lepers are
Roman Catholics, though there is a
small Protestant church in the col
ony, in charge of leprous native
minister"
The sacrifice which is being made
daily by those, including the three
Catholic sisters, who give their lives
for the comfort of the unfortunate
victims of this loathsome disease, can
we'll be realized from the Impressions
gained by chance visitor. Mr.; Reese
| writes:
"a large number of the patients
who are in the incipient stages show
ed, to the ordinary observer, no ef-
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-08-03
Irish Plea to Wilson
Loses in Commons
Dillon's Condemnation Of Government
Beaten by PAS to
106.

London, July 29.-The debate in the
House of Commons today on the Irish
question ended in the defeat of the
Irish adherents. The motion of John
Dillon, the Nationalist leader, con-
demning the governments Irish policy
was rejected by vote of 245 to 106.
Mr.. Dillon proposed that the ques-
tion of Ireland be referred to Presi-
dent Wilson. This suggestion was
we'll received by the House, but as
former Premier Asquith pointed out, it
of the United States could undertake
such on arduous task now and the mat
ter was obviously one the British peo-
pie would have to settle.
Asquith Appeals for Decision.
The Irish question was one of over
whelming Importance, Mr. Asguith de-
clared, and he made strong appeal
to the government to make another ef-
fort, even at the eleventh hour to set
tie it.
Regarding the suggestion made by
Mr.. Dillon that the Irish question be
referred to President Wilson, Mr.. AS
quith said:
"He would be very bold man who
would expect Mr. Wilson to undertake
a task which has baffaled so many pi-
oneers in the past. If it could not be
referred to members of our own fam
lily it does not seem that a question
Of that kind could be we'll submitted
to the arbitrament of a foreign coun-
try, however friendly"
Wilson's Principles Basis.
Introducing his resolution, which ex.
presses the view that the true solu.
ton of the Irish question is to put into
operation without delay in regard tc
Iceland the principles laid down by
President Wilson,"
Mr.. Dillon admitted that the Nation
alist party was in difficulty, but, he
added Eve \are because we have
struggled to save the constitutional
honor and bring Ireland into the war
while the government has done every.
thing in it's power to drive her out of
the war"
The Nationalist leader declared the
question of Ireland was a war. question
and that was why he brought it up al
the present time How could Grea,
Britain he asked, put before the world
as one Of her objects of the war the
freeing of small nationalities whel
Continued on page 81
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Executive, whose commands must be
Internationally obeyed, as all authority
proceeds from the Eternal God, the
Supreme Lawgiver, you young men
bravely go forth, leaving home, posi-
ton and comfort for country's sake
You, the flower of our beloved land,
inspired by the sublime sentiments Of
patriotism, will wage our war, not to
enslave but to free, not to oppress
but truly to protect the precious lib
critics of mankind
Acts and not words, allegiance to
the legitimate dictates of the nation
and loyal cooperation with the Gov
ernment in its wise and praiseworthy
measures for victory are the positive
and urgent needs of the hour. No
demand on our American citizenship
must remain unheeded. Strongly
bound are we before God to render our
country, native or adopted, our full
est service, which no worthy patriot
will ever presume to deny.
Your battle, soldier boys, is for right
and justice, with no thought of ma
tional aggrandizement. Our aim is no
selfish interest. Our own American
tenets stand for pure liberty for man.
kind in all it's pristine glory and gen.
uine Specification. Liberty! that God
given right of every man horn into
this world. Our defense is for the
rights of civilization, the downfall of
tyranny and the dawn of enduring and
blessed peace.
What American citizen, worthy of
the noble name, would not joyfully
immediate himself on the altar of sac
rifice for the welfare of our great
and glorious Republic, so grand in her
origin, SO superb in her constitution