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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

the day in Congress yesterday came
to the House, just before adjourn
ment. It was the Presidents veto
Of the agricultural appropriation
bill, because OF the rider fixing the
minimum price of wheat at S2.40
q bushel. After the reading OF the
veto message, Mr.. Lever. OF South
Carolina. who had represented the
President in the issue against the
Senate, called for the regular order.
This would have been a roll call,
deciding whether the bill on recon-
sideration would be passed in spite
OF the veto. But as no quorum
could be assembled. action on the
veto was deferred until today. There
Is no probability that Il can pass
over the veto. On its failure. the
House may be expected to send the
Senate the agricultural appropriation
bill, repassed without the rider"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

Senator Lewis directed attention
to what is perhaps the most import
ant point OF the resolution in The
amended shape in which the House
passed it-that It does not give
the President power to exclude the
owners in controlling and using their
property, and that this use is for war
purposes only.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

The proceedings of the Senate con-
sisted OF great historical addresses,
not expected or intended to effect
the result OF the "wire bill" They
were delivered by Senators Pom
creme, Sherman. Lewis, and Reed.
Unquestionably, Senator Sherman's
was the "star performances" Of the
day. In connection with the posi-
bilities OF regulating the public
mind through control OF telegraphs
and telephones, he directed attention
to what Mr.. Creel is already achiev-
ing in that direction. II anyone else
were to say outside the Senate what
Senator Sherman said, the total PEN
alties under the bills the Senate has
already passed against "sedition"
and espionage" might foot up as
much as three centuries in jail. But
such is the nature of things, includ-
ing human nature, that every one of
Senator Sherman's seditious SEN
fences seemed to give intense salts
faction to even the most fanatically
loyal" His summary OF results
from official Journalism was that It
had set an example to be followed
by any "gangreened egotlst afflicted
with ingrowing conceit"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

As Senator Lewis had spoken Of
obstruction" in the Senate, Senator
Reed refuted this completely by show
ing how the Senate had voted billion
after billion, often without a roll call,
running the total this session up to
twenty-four Thousand million dollars
for the fiscal year 1919. Incidentally.
Senator Reed showed that while the
President advocated "peaCe without
victory" and while he was being eulo-
gized for keeping US out Cf war, Con-
gress had been equally rrm in his
support After a glowing eulogy Of
the President as a man OF genius
too high for criticism. Senator Reed
descended to the level of the Cabi-
net, where he found men SO nearly
human that he discovered no rule
of reason under which they could
claim the prerogative of having their
own way with everything and every
body, icluding Congress. But this
may sound too much like sarcasm to
represent Senator Reed correctly. See
the Congressional Record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13
Salvation Army

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

Steam Roller could not have a more
capable conductor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-07-13

From the House Judiciary Commit
tee, Mr.. Webb reported the bill for
forfeitinE the charter Of the German
American National Alliance, with q
recommendation that the bill pass.
He showed that the alliance had
been trying to introduce German
"Kultur" in America As this in
cludes scientific, Industrial, political,
and military kultur. in odious forms
of compulsion, leading American uni
versities were engaged in the same
un-American attempt for at least ten
years before the war, and they had
help in 1t from men, now in high
place, who made Frederick, 1.-THE
Great a model for university classes
The good work of repeating char
tiers for attacks on Americanism
ought to go on.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Hof6rau, and he replied. ~ was con-
nected with the place a good many
years, and / ought to know all about
IT,"
After that this German officer and
] became rather chummy; that Is, as
far as ! could be chummy with an
enemy. and we whlled away a good
many long hours talking about the
days we had spent In San Francisco.
and frequently In the conversation one
Of US would mention some prominent
Californian, or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which We were
both familiar.
He told me when war was declared
he was, Of course, intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do was to 90 back and aid In the de-
fense of his country. He found that
he could not 90 directly from San
Francisco. because the water was too
well guarded by the English, so he
boarded q boat for South America.
There he obtained a forged passport
and In the gulse Of q Montevidean took
passage for New York and from there
to England.
he passed through England without
any difficulty on his forged passport.
but concluded not to risk going to Hol-
land for fear of exciting too much sus-
picIon, SO went down through the
Strait Of Gibraltar to Italy. which was
neutral at that time, up to Austria,
and thence to Germany. He said when
they put In at Gibraltar, after leaving
England, there were two suspects
taken of the ship, men that he was
sure were neutral subjects, but much
to his relief his own passport and cre-
dentials were examined and passed
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

man." he declared. "but you are O
Id murderer Just the same for be
Ing here. You Americans who got into
this thing before America came Into
the war are no better than common
murderers and you ought to be treated
the same wayw
The wound In my mouth made IL I'm
possible for me to answer him, and
was suffering too much pain to be
hurt very much by anything he could
say.
He asked me II I would like an
applet could just as easily have
eaten brick.
When he got no answers out or me
he walked away disgustedly.
"You don't have to worry any more
he declared. as a parting shot. For
you the war Is over"
was given q little broth later In
the day, and as began to collect my
thoughts I wondered what had hap
pened to my comrades In the battle
which had resulted SO disastrously to
me. As began to realize my plight
worried less about my physical con-
dltion than the fact that, as the doc
tod had pointed out, for me the war
was practically over. had been In II
but a short time, and now would be
q prisoner for the duration Of the war
The next day some German flying
officers visited me. and ! must say they
treated me with great consideration
They told me Of the man ] had brought
down. They said he was a Bavarian
and fairly good pilot. They gave me
his hat as a souvenir and compliment
ed me on the fight l had put up.
My helmet. which was Of soft
leather, was split from front to back
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

by q bullet from a machine gun. ana
they examined 1t with great interest.
When they brought me my uniform 1
found that the star Of my rank which
had been on my right shoulder strap
had been shot of clean. The one on
my left shoulder strap they asked me
for as q souvenir, as also my X. F. g.
badges, which I gave them. They al
lowed me to keep my "wings," which
/ wore on my left breast, because they
were aware that that Is the proudest
possession Of British flying officer.
I think am right In saying that the
only chivalry In this war on the Ger
man side Of the trenches has been dis
played by the officers Of the German
flying corps, which comprises the pick
Of Germany. They pointed out to me
that / and my comrades were fighting
purely for the love Of 1t, whereas they
were fighting in defense Of their coun-
try, but still, they said, they admired
US for our sportsmanship. ! had q no
tion to ask them II dropping bombs on
London and killing 20 many innocent
people was In defense Of their country,
but / was In no position or condition
to pick a quarrel at that time.
That same day a German officer was
brought into the hospital and put In
the bunk next to mine. or course l
casually looked at him, but did not
pay particular attention to him at that
time. he lay there for three or four
hours before / did take a real good
look at him. / was positive that he
could not speak English, and naturally
I did not say anything to him. Once
when looked over In his direction his
eyes were on me, and to my surprise
he said, very sarcastically, "What the
HI are you looking at" and then
smiled. At this time / was just be-
ginning to say q few words, as my
wound had prevented me from talking
but / said enough to let him know
what / was doing there and how 1
happened to be there. he evidently
had heard my story from some OF the
others, though. because he said It was
too bad had not broken my neck;
that he did not have much sympathy
with the flying corps anyway. He
asked me what part Of America 1 came
from and / told him "California."
After a few more questions he
learned that / hailed from San Fran
cisco, and then added to my distress
BY saying, "HoW would you like to
have a good. juicy steak right out Of
the H0fbfaur Naturally I.told him
Il would hit the SpOt,T but hardly
thought nv mouth was IN shape Just
then % eat 4. ] immediately asked,
of courua. What b fneW. ahQlt tha
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

u. n.
The Hun spoke of his voyage from
America to England as being excep-
tIonally pleasant, and said he had a
fine time, because ne associated with
the English passengers on board, his
fluent English readily admitting him
to several spirited arguments on the
subject Of the war, which he keenly
enjoyed. One little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed In his assOcia-
tIons at sea, which no doubt resulted
advantageously for him. AS he ex-
pressed It, he "made hit" one evening
when the crowd has assembled for q
little music by suggesting that they
sing "God Save the King" Thereafter
his popularity was assured and the de-
sired effect accomplished, for very
soon a French officer came up to him
and said, "It's too bad that England
and ourselves haven't men In our army
like you" II was too bad, he agreed,
in telling me about 1t. because he was
confident he could have done a whole
lot more for Germany II he had been
In the English army. In spite Of his
apparent loyalty, however, the man
didn't seem very enthusiastic over the
war and frankly admitted one day that
the old political battles waged In Cali
fornia were much more to his liking
than the battles he had gone through
over here. On second thought he
laughed as though 1t were a good joke,
but he evidently intended me to infer
that he had taken a keen interest In
politics in San Francisco.
When my "chummy enemy" first
started his conversation with me, the
German doctor In charge reprlmanded
him for talking to me, but he paid no
attention to the doctor, showing that
some real Americanlsm had soaked
into his system while he had been In
the U. s. A. I asked him one day what
he thought the German people would
do~after the war; II he thought they
would make Germany a republic, and
much to my surprise he said very bit
terly, 'If / had my way about II,
would make her a republic today and
hang the ID kaiser In the bar
gain" And yet he was considered an
excellent soldier. I concluded, how
ever. that he must have been q Ger
man socialist, though he never told me
20. On one occasion l asked him for
his name, but he said that 1 would
probably never see him again and II
didn't matter what his name was.
did not know whether he meant that
the Germans would stnrve me out. OF
Just what was on his mind, for at that
tina I Am .Rura ~. did. not ogurR. q
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

the largest of all. Although l never
looked into this ewing" Of the hospital,
[ was told that 1t, too. was filled with
patients lying on beds of straw around
on the ground. do not know whether
they, too, were officers or privates.
The room In which found myself
contained eight beds, three Of which
were occupied by wounded German Of
Elcers. The other rooms, / imagined,
had about the same number Of beds as
mine. There were no Red Cross nurses
In attendance, just Orderlles, for this
was only an emergency hospital and
too near the firing line for nurses. The
orderlies were not old men nor very
young boys, as l had expected to find,
but young men in the prime Of life,
who evidently had been medical stu
dents. One or two Of them, discOv-
cred, were able to talk English, but
for some reason they would not talk.
Perhaps they were forbidden by the
officer In charge to do so.
In addition to the bullet wound In
my mouth / had q swelling from my
forehead to the back Of my head al
most as big as my shoe-and that Is
saying considerable. ! couldn't move
an inch without suffering intense pain,
and when the doctor told me that ]
had no bones broken wondered how
q fellow would feel who had.
German officers visited me that
morning and told me that my machine
went down In q spinning nose dive
from q height of between 5000 and
1000 feet, and they had the surprise
Of their lives when they discovered
that I had not been dashed to pieces.
They had to cut me out Of my machine,
which was rIddled with shots and shat
tered to bits.
A German doctor removed the bullet
from my throat, and the first thing he
said to me when came to was, "YOu
are an Americana"
There was no denying II, because
the metal Identification disk on my
wrist bore the inscription:
"P. OBJ.
u. s. A.
REC"
Although was suffering intense
agony, the doctor. who spoke perfect
English, insisted upon eOnversing with
me.
@YQR mar ha en- ElEht % 2 GPoEtl,
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

He Was Overcome and Captured BY
the Huns.
second looked as II II hit his shoulder,
the third struck him In the neck. and
then I let him have the whole works
and he went down In u spinning nose
dive.
All this time the three other Hun
machines were shooting away ut me.
l could hear the bullets striking my
machine one after another. hadn't
the slightest idea that ! could ever
bent off those three Huns, hut there
was nothing for me TO do but hght' ana
my hands were full.
In fighting, your machine Is drop
ping, dropping all the time. l glanced
nj nv instruments. and my altitude
was between 5000 and 1900 feet.
While | was still looking at the In
struments, the whole blamed works
disappeared. A burst Of bullets went
into the instrument board and blew
II to smlthereens, another bullet went
through my upper lip, came out OF the
roof of my mouth and lodged In my
throat, and the next thing knew was
when came to In German hospital
the following morning at five O'Clock,
German time.
was prisoner of war.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30
CHAPTER ".
Clipped Wings.

The hospital In which found my
self on the morning after my capture
was q private house made Of brick,
very low and dirty, and not at all
adapted for use as II hospital. 1t had
evidently been used but few days on
account Of the big push that was tax.
ing place ut that time of the year. and
in all probability would be abandoned
us soon as they had found better
place.
In all, the house contained four
rooms and q stable, which was by far
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

The Stratford- Duncan Mining Co.,
q corporation, .................. Defendant
Publication Notice
STATE OF KANSAS, TO THE
STRATFORD-DUNCAN MINING
CO. Greeting:
You are hereby notified that you
were sued in the above named court
by the above named plaintiff on the
3rd day of August, 1918, on an ac-
count for goods, wares and merchan-
disc sold and delivered by plaintiff 10
defendant and that plaintiff asks for
Judgment for $124.5S and interest at
Ses from June Sth, 1918. And that
certain property belonging to you was
taken by order of attachment issued
in said cause on 3rd Of August, 1913,
and that said case will be heard be-
fore above Justice Of the Peace on the
oath day Of September, 1913, at 3
o'clock a. m. Dated at Baxter Springs
Kansas, this 18th day Of August, 1913.
CUNNINGHAM WELLS OIL co.
By Station 4 Williams,
Their AttesnsyS-
Attest. John Jones,
Justice Of the Peace.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Hon that hls last moment had come.
because his position prevented his tax
ing aim at me. while my gun pointed
straight at him. My first tracer bullet
passed within a yard Of his head. the
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

First published in Baxter Springs
News, August %, 1918.)
IN THE JUSTICE COURT BEFORE
JOHN JONES A JUSTICE OF
THE PEACE AT BAXTER
SPRINGS, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE AND
THE STATE OF KANSAS.
The Cunningham Wells Oil Co., q
Corporation, ........................ Plaintiff.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30
PIONEER PASSES ON

Abe Boyd, eOlorsd, Ous Of the eldest
and earliests fssidsuts Of Baxter
Springs, died Monday sftsEnoon e Z
o'cloek altar = long Illness. dns q 81
,h1fa-
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Although I was suffering intense
agony, the doctor, who spoke perfect
English, insisted upon eOnversing with
me.
=T@ nsL b en- IlEet e 2 sPe-.E
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30
Notice

The Stratford- Duncan Mining Co.,
a covnorofion Defendant.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

CONTINUED in next weeks News)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10
CUTTING DOWN
THE WHITE WAY
Burlington Reduces Number of Lights
and Hears Rumors About the
keokuk Power
Plant

The Burlington Gazette: Following
out the request of the fuel admins
tration the city council has put into
effect the plan of only burning the
top light on the white way electro
liers in the downtown district.
A letter was received by the council
today from Charles Webster, state
fuel administrator stating that the
fuel administrators new ruling IS to
the effect that all cities and towns,
whether served by water power or
not, must observe the new conserva-
ton move which provides for a reduc-
ton of lighting on Thursday and Sun
day nights.
However. the council has decided
that 1t is better to use part of the
lights all week long rather than have
TWO dark nights. The top light of
the electroliers, which will be on
every night is 70 watt in efficiency
and gives one-half of the total light.
Saturday nights all lights will be on.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10

Besides their regular work, they
made thirty-one hospital garments
and gave S42 to the Red Cross and
$40 to the Y W. c. A. This Is
very credttable years work.
Frank Warner and Bruce r. vale
are in Keosauqua this week as mem
bers Of the grand jury.
Miss Villa Meyers, who was
very efficient operator at the Union
central Office here for a couple of
wears, now has good position with
the Bell telephone exchange. at Kan
sas City.
Otto Ogren, who was formerly a
real estate man here, but who is
located at Des Monies in real
estate office. came Tuesday evening
for visit with Bonaparte friends.
Stanley and Hugh Keasling, for
mer Bonaparte boys, made short
visit with relatives and their many
friends here last Friday. Stanley is
with the hospital corps at the Great
Lakes naval training station, near
Chicago. Hugh is a telegraph oper-
ator at Galesburg. Ill.
The business men of Bonaparte
had meeting today at Community
hall to organize the township as
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10
QUINCY HERALD
EDITOR DIES
Edmund M. Botsford Passed Away
at His Home After an
Operation at
Hospital.

Edmund Miller Botsford, editor Ii
chief of the Quincy Daily Herald 70.
approximately twenty-five years
widely known Quincyan, journalist ..
statewide reputation, died at GAS
o'clock Tuesday evening at the fami V
nome, 1856 Maine street The Herald.
says; Although but few of his friends
Gnew of the extremely serious nature
OF mis- illness, the members of his
immediate family and his very closest
friends had realized for several days
that he could not recover and to
them the death was not unexpected
on December an operation was per
formed at Blessing hospital and 70:
several days 1t seemed that the cause
OF his physical ailment had been re
moved and Mr.. Botsford seemed Il
oe recovering. Then came a relapse.
however. failure of the wound to
neal, an inability properly to takc
punishment. and then, inevitably,
the realization that human skill anu
care no longer could be of assistance
ne was removed to his home and
mere, amid those surroundings
which he dearly loved. he was care;
ior with tenderness which surely
would have sustained life had it been
possible to do so. However, the grad.
uaily weakened body proved too frail
even for such an indomitable will a.
mat in the soul Of it's master. and al
s;4o o'clock last evening the spirit
He'd
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10
Dandruffy Heads
Become Hairless

If you want plenty of thick, beautiful.
glossy, silky hair, do by ali means get
rid of dandruff. for it will starve your
hair and ruin it if you don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
brush OF. wash it out. The only sure way
to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it,
then you destroy it entirely. To do this.
get about four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon; apply it at night when retiring
use enough to moisten the scalp and rub
it in gently with the finger tips.
By morning most, if not all, of your
dandruf will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis.
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace Of it.
You will find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp will stop, and your
hair will look and feel hundred times
better. You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive and four
ounces is all you will need, no matter
how much dandruff you have. This
simple remedy never fails.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10
HAMILL'S
STEEL CUT
COFFEE
When Itching Stops

There is one safe, dependable treatmen,
that relieves itching torture and skin irri-
tation almost instantly and that cleanses
and soothes the skin.
Ask any druggist for Csc or 81 bottle
of zemo and apply it as directed. Soon
you will find that irritations, pimples,
blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
A little zemo, the penetrating, satisfy
ing liquid, is all that is needed, for it
banishes most skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
The e. W. Rose Co., Cleveland, O.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-10
Barterinq of Babies.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Bartering Of
babies in Chicago will be made a
criminal offense with a heavy pen
atty attached, if the next legislature
adopts a bill to be drafted by Judge
Uhlier Of the morals court, acting in
conjunction with other municipal
judges and social welfare workers.
1--WE have talked about the sale of
babies so long we are getting cal
loused to the fact that they have been
actually sold in Chicago for $25 OF
$50" Judge Uhleir told a conference
of social welfare workers.