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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Great Wheat Stocks
Isolated.

It's the shortage In ships that
Is putting the Allies and the
United States ON wheat rationS.
Great stocks Of wheat are iso-
lated Ia India, and Australia. At
great sacrifice In ship space and
use the Allies are forced to se.
cure some wheat from Argentina.
On January 1, Australia had
stored 1OO,O0O,OOO bushels Of
wheat that was ready for ex-
port-but there were no ships.
Then came the new crop with
an exportable surplus Of 10000
600 bushels. Now Australia has
approximately 180,OOO,OOO BUSH
els waiting for ships.
India, at the same time, had
7O,OOO,OOO bushels OF wheat
stored for export. During April
$4,000, 900 bushels more out OF
the new crop will be added to
the pile.
Argentina closed the last ship
ping season with 100000
bushels of wheat left In the
stock available for export. The
new crop will add 135,OOO,OOo to
the left over.
1t Is not q problem that the
wheat does not exist In the
world-it Is entirely problem
of shipping, which has thrown on
America the obligation Of divid-.
ing our stock with the Allies.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
HON. WILLIAM 8. ALLEN.
Candidate for Secretary of State.

The name of Hon. William s. Allen.
present Secretary of State, is presented
for denomination for the same Office at
the primaries June 3rd. Mr.. Allen is a
man of broad interests, good, strong,
painstaking and careful of his Office,
and because of these facts he has oper-
ated this great Office on very eeonomi-
cal basis.
He is an active republican worker
and has been member Of the state leg
islature, having been in both the house
and senate, and stands upon his record
in public life to win your support and
assistance in the coming primaries.
w. S. Allen has been and is friend
of the Colored race and has always been
found willing to grant to any class of
people equal justice. He has made a
splendid state officer and there is no
doubt if he is supported and nominated
that he will be the better able to do
even more for the State of Iowa. His
friends solicit your support.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
GALESBURG, I'LL.

Rev. Garrison reports excellent serv-
ices all day at Allen Chapel. Presiding
Elder Rev. II. McCracken preached in
the morning. Quarterly meeting serv.
ices were in the afternoon. Rev Whar.
ton of Monmouth preached sentimental
Eservices. People responded nicely
Total collections for all day were
$63.OO.
The Garrison Club gave an entertain
ment at the home of Mrs. G.. Glenn
Thursday, May 9.
| Mr.. w. A. Frye of Keokuk was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilder Sun.
day.
G. A. r. will give drill at Odd Eel
lows Hall May 10. Mrs. l.. Fisher
chairman.
Mrs. w. Brown and Miss G. Green
are visiting in Minneapolis.
Messrs. p. and o. Fletcher, D. Peters
r. Ashby and w. Webb attended the
dance in Burlington.
| A May program will be given in 0. F.
hall Thursday, May 16. Misses Flor.
| ence Fletcher and Beatrice Anderson,
chairmen.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. jenkins motored to
Peoria Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Jackson received
word from his brother, Richard, that he
arrived overseas safe.
Miss r. Pettiford, Ohio s reader, will
appear at the A. NJ. f. Church Monday,
| May 13. Admission csc.
Mrs. B. Allcon entertained Mr.. w. A.
! Frye of Keokuk at dinner Sunday.
Progressive Club will give a Moth
err s Day program at Allen Chapel Sun
| day, May 12. Mrs. |. Corn, chairman.
Fl. H. of Ruth and Odd Fellows will
hold their annual sermon at Allen
Chapel Sunday, May IL. Rev. J. II.
Garrison will preach the sermon.
Those on sick list are Mr.. McGruder
and Rev. W. B. M. Scott.
Mrs. R. Ashby and Miss V. Allcon at
tended the dance in Burlington.
A large number attended the May
dance at Central hall Wednesday,
May l.
Miss G. Crawford received word from
Mr.. f. Green Of Peoria that he arrived
| in France safe.
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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

The above cut is that of our old
friend and one of the best known attor-
neys Of this county, Frank Shankland
He is self made man and has by his
honest dealings and fair play won for
himself q statewide reputation. He
has served Polk County two terms in
the House Of Representatives and now
wishes to be promoted to the Senate,
hence his name is appearing as candi-
date for State Senator from Polk
County.
Mr.. Shankland is a graduate Of the
Drake University School of Law and
was the only member Of the Iowa legis-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
With The Colors
By Gus Durdan, Des Moines, Iowa
Sons Diary.
SONS DIARY.
Sons Diary,


Can man be a Christian and be a
good soldiers This question has puz-
zled many men and will continue to
puzzle many more, so long as men are
called Christians in SO far as they live
UP to the creeds of the existing
churches. If only those are to be called
Christians, I am convinced that there is
no place in the army for Christianity;
but if a Christian is a man whose ac-
tons are instinct with humility, UNI
selfishness, love and self sacrificing,
only the Christian can develope into a
good soldier.
No longer is the good soldier the one
who drills the best, DULLES the men
around, and whose only claim to leader
ship is his vocabulary of Hcuss' words.
Equally so has the time of the Chris
tan, who knows himself to be Chris
tian because he has lived up to the doc
trine of his church, passed.
just as the war has broken down
many Of the conventions of society, so
will it break down many Of the church
rituals and ceremonies. In the army
there can be no serving of God after
the old theory. The whole system OF
military training tends to break down
the existing theories Of religion. In a
crowded tent, surrounded by so many
disinterested men, how can man as
sert his religion according to the old
theories9 The religion of the soldier
must be practical. Tt must consist of
more than the repetition OF morning
prayers. communion, and sermons. The
soldiers must be assured of something
more than going to heaven when they
die. Do not so misunderstood me as to
think that the soldiers are near the
quick sands of infidelity. They are far
above these. Their feet are firmly
planted upon the solid rocks of love and
service.
There are no persons in the army bet
ter liked than men who love their COM
rades, and go out of their way to bring
a eanteen Of cold water to quench their
pals thirst, or write letter home for
the boys who are so unfortunate as not
to be able to write for themselves. And
the most hated man in the army is the1
Chaplain who tries to make the boys
think that death will be instant unless
they join the Christian band. Very sell
dom is the Chaplain enough an emula-
tor of Christ to get among the boys,
gain their confidence, and give them.
sound advice about how to bridge the
many pitfalls Of life.
bit of reading matter Tom-The
Letter He Got When He Left His
Mother for Somewhere in France -
a good moral lesson, has had more in
fluence upon the boys than the com
bined efforts of two army Chaplains.
Steeled as the soldier is, not to fear
death. makes him live for the present.
He is little concerned with what people
in the time Of the prophets thought, did,
or should have done. What he wants
to know is, how will Christianity help
him to fight his battles, will it enable
him to best protect his home, his coun
try, and humanityf
(To be continued
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
oTTUMWA, IOWA.

Especial to the Bystander.)
On April 26 the G. G. M. Sir Edward
Robertson Of Marshalltown, came to our
city and set up Silver Leaf Temple No.
$50, composed Of twenty-one members.
Sir Lewis Ripper, G. NJ, and Sir Charles
Wilson, c.. s. After the installation a
dainty luncheon was served.
In the afternoon Of the same date he
reorganized Ottumwa Pride Tabernacle
No. 5s5, with Dt. Green, H. P; Dt. NJ.
E. Chesire, v. H. F.; Dt. Mary Mar
shall, I. NJ, and DIT. Ritter, G. R.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
NOTHING New Under Sun.

The strings OF blue beads that the
modern girl dons to ward Off bronchitis
are merely new versions Of the strings
of blue beads worn in Egypt 1000 years
before Christ to keep diseases of the
chest at bay, says writer in the Phil
adelphia North American. The tiny
sealed bottle of mercury which she
carried to ward off rheumatics had its
prototype In bottles of a strange elixir
used In India 80 centuries and more
ago.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

lature to become prominent by always
working for the best interest Of the
common masses.
1t was largely through Mr.. Shank
land s influence we were able to defeat
the famous Jim Grow bill that was in,
troduccd in the Iowa Legislature a few
years ago and the Colored people of the
state feel greatly indebted to Mr..
Shankland in taking the initiative and
his many friends who supported his po-
sition.
As a member of Polk County, 4 feel
that the Colored People of this county
could select no better Representative
than Mr.. ShanklanI SO far as their in
terest is concerned.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Mason City, Ia, May 8, 1918.
fSnecia1 to Bystander.)

The daughters Of the Golden Shield
Tabernacle gave very unique recep-
ton on Friday evening, May Bird, at the
Tabernacle hall, in honor Of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. C. Harris. The hall was beau
tifully decorated with pink and white.
Large palms and vases Of flowers were
placed around the hall, which added to
it's beauty. The bride wore pink silk
dress trimmed in null and carried a
large bouquet Of flowers. The groom,
wy-r " Pin the usual costume. The
.1bro be remembered by the name
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

& Catch and has practiced in this city
ever since
He is active in the public movements
and is true friend of the Colored race,
having Inherited this from his famous
father, General Weaver There was no
question in the legislature two years
ago that concerned the rights of any
people but what Mr.. Weaver would be
found making fight for their fair
play, and his many friends solicit your
support, as no doubt he is entitled to
the unanimous vote of the Colored
people.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Hon. Senator Parker Is a Candidate for
His Second Term as Senator From
the 3Oth District, Which Is Polk Coun-
ty, Subject to Coming Primaries.

Senator Parker is Des Moines boy,
having spent most of his time here, hay.
ing graduated from the East Des MONIES
High School and of the Law department
lawyer and capable young man and is
good friend of the Coloxed race and
stands on his past record in the legisla-
ture. His many friends are working
for his nomination and ask your sup
port in his behalf.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
What They May Claim.

Pennsylvania claims to contain the
Hercules of the nation as we'll ms the
Vulcan. New York will no doubt put
In claim as the Midas Of the land.
Washington as the Jupiter, Boston as
the Minerva, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, as
the Venus. And Chicago, with ten
changes Of weather at each perform
ance, will put In its claim as the Mer.
curry.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10

Had Something on George.
aI've got 1t all over George Wash
ington in one thing" Harold told MS
playmate. "How's that? ne was
asked. well, he couldn't tell lie and
I can
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Do You Enjoy Life?

A man in good physical condition is
almost certain to enjoy life, while the
bilious and dyspeptic are respondent,
do not enjoy their meals and feel mis-
erab,- a good share Of the time. This
i'll feeling is nearly always unnecessary.
A few doses Of Chamberlain s Tablets
to tone up the stomach, improve the al,
gestion and regulate the bowels is all
that is needed. Try it.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
IF Miss Nellie E. Parks.

Of Miss Nellie E. Parks.
Mr.. David C. Harris and Miss Nellie
E. Parks were united in marriage on
April 4th at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Brewton. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. l.. Woolrich, in the presence of
few friends
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
ONLY AMERICA CAN HELP.

= ron your side are boundIeso i
4 supplies Of men, food, and mate i
4 rial; on this side boundiess de- y
4 mand for their help. =
4 "0ur men are war-weary and -
4 their nerves have been strained =
4 by more than three years o. y
4 hard, relentless toll. 4
4 "Our position 10 critical, par l.
4 tlcuIarIy until the next harvest, y
4 but The United States can save y
4 us. =
4 you Americans have the man, y
4 the skul. and the material 70 =
4 save the allied cause" u
4 SIR JOSEPH MAcLAY. =
4 BrItisi, Shipping Controller. u
4 -
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
Some Strategy.

Marie Willis Cat the beach --"Iit 10
quite q clever social general" Jane
Gillis-"Ye s. She went through last
seasons campaign without the loss Of
q man. Life.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
JAMES B. WEAVER FOR REPRE-
SENTATIVE.

The above cut is true likeness of
Hon. Jas. B. Weaver, present member
Of the assembly from Polk County, who
is the candidate for his second term,
subject to the Republican primaries.
Mr.. Weaver is the son Of General James
B. Weaver, who was well known in
Iowa. He was born in Bloomfield,
Iowa, Aug. 10Th, 1861, and attended the
public schools and graduated from the
State University at Iowa City in 1882
and entered the law Office of Bancroft
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
What to Give.

"Give to your enemies forgiveness,
to your opponent tolerance to your
friend your heart, to your child good
example, to your parents Difference.
,nnd to everybody sunshine. y" Selected.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
For a sprained Ankle.

AS soon as possible after the injury
is received get bottle of Chamber.
lain 9 Liniment and follow the plain
printed directions which accompany the
bottle.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
A Question.

Said the near cynic: Judging from
the time some Of the young blood Of
this town arrive home in the morning.
it's hard to tell whether to call them
night owls or larks."
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-10
The True and the False.

The president of bank, when asked
by a young clerk how he could distin-
guish the counterfeit bills from the
good, said "Get familiar with the good
bills, and you will recognize the bad
bills at sight" Here is q vast volume
Of general wisdom summed up In =
single Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-15
PRICE SCHEDULE
 FOR FLOUR FIXED
 BY FOOD OFFICER

The United States Food Admins flour and feed selling schedules foi number of the Pacific Coast mills which is in line with the plan of tho Food Administration for the contro of flour milling profit during tho present crop year. Under this plai each mill will be given a definite schedule at or under which the FOot Administration will consider 1t fai that flour mills make sales of thei, flour and various grades of feed These schedules are given mills or basis of sales in carload quanti ties, on cash or draft payment basis and without the cost of packages be ing included. To ascertain the fail cost to the ultimate consumer it i: necessary to add to these prices the cost of freight, the cost of packages and the cost of handling less thar carload quantities.
 The schedules for some represen tative Pacific Coast points, telegraph ed to several mills on the Pacifie Coast are as follows:
 Portland, Tacoma, Astoria, anf Seattle, flour $9.95 per barrel; brar $23.15 and mixed feed $2440 an( shorts s25.15 per ton.
 San Francisco, flour. $10.15 pc, barrel; bran $23.75 and mixed feed $2500 and shorts s2575 per ton.
 Los Angeles, flour, $10.25 per bar rel; bran $2430. mixed feed. $25.25 and middlings $26.30 per ton
 San Diego. flour, $1O27 per bar rel; bran, $26.S1. mixed feed $28 O6 middlings or shorts, $2S.S1 per ton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-15
JUNEAU BOYS WILL
 LEAVE NEXT WEEK
 FOR NAVAL ACADEMY

Jack Oswell and Frederick Clem- ent Hodges, two of Alaska's three recently named Annapolis midship- men, will leave for the East next week to begin preparations for en- trance to the United States Military Academy next week. The former, who spent his vacation working at the Todd Packing Compuany's can nery, has returned to Juneau Mr. Hodges is at Thane with his par ents.
 Both young men will take with them the well wishes of scores of friends made during their school days at Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-15
in the canals are relegated to second rank and are either abandoned os permitted to fall into disuse.

I w. w. was strongly opposed to thu draft act they did not enter into ; conspiracy to oppose it, and tha strikes about the country were in tended only to improve working con ditions and had no bearing on tn war
 Judge Landis pehmitted defend ants to deliver from the witness stand speeches they had made iron soap boxes and other improviset platforms during the early weeks o the war J. T. C"Third-Rail Red'', Doran, one of the leaders on thu Western Coast made an impas stoned address which continued foul hours.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-15
SERIAL 02757. United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 5, 1918.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, hat John Rustgard, of Juneau, Alas la, assignee of Martha Goad, widow )f Charles Pinkney Goad, has filed in the U. s. Land Office for Juneau Land District, at Juneau, Alaska his application to enter, under and pursuant to Section 2306 of the Re- vised Statues of the United States, a Soldiers Additional Homestead, the following tract of land, situated on the northeasterly side of Gastin- eau Channel, adjoining the shore thereof, and approximately One-half mile Southeast of the City of Ju- neau, in Latitude 5S' IF 30" North, Longitude 134' 23' West, in the Territory of Alaska, designated as U. s. Survey No. 705, and more par ticularly described as follows, to- wit:
 Beginning at Corner No. 1 Meander Corner; at line of or dinary high water of Cas- tineau Channel; not set; thence North 0.19 chs. to Witness cor- ner to Cor. No. 1 MC.; whence U. s. M. M. No. 1 bears South IF 40' West 58.O2 chs. distant, and Cor. No. Sur. No. HI s. A. H. of c. w. Fries bears South 52o 03' East 4153 chs. distant; 1915 chs. to Cor. No. 2; thence West 90 chs. to Cor. No. 3; thence South 7.64 chs. to Witness corner to Cor. No. 4 Meander Corner; 8.70 chs. to Cor. No. 4 MIG; not set. whence Cor No. 1 Utah Lode Sur. No. GAP bears North 43' OF West 7G8 chs. distant; thence meandering along the line of ordinary high water of Gastineau Channel South 45' 15' East 1.20 chs; South 60' 30' East 1.21 chs. to place of beginning.
 Containing an area of 1.81 acres.
 Magnetic declination 31' 5O' East
 U. s. M. M No. 1 is brass plate set in concrete on extreme North end of Juneau Island.
 A duly authenticated copy of the plat of said Survey No. 705, to- gether with a notice of the said ap- plication to enter, was duly posted at a conspicuous place upon said premises on the 3rd day of August, 1918.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-15
canals are built and ultimately the railroad makes Its appearance. This brings about the second stage, wher.

ganization's policy is to continue waging war on industries until the employers throw up their arms in despair. Then win the l. w. w. rise up, according to their plans as outlined by witnesses, take posses sion of the earth and it's machinery and thereafter rule the world
 With witnesses and correspondents MT. Nebeker sought to show that during the early months of the war Haywood and other leaders directed a campaign against the selective service act and other war measures from the Chicago general head quarters.
 Special attention was given the subject of sabotage, or direct action, and for nearly month Claude R. Porter, special prosecutor, and MT. Nebeker read into the records I. w. w. printed matter and correspond ence for the guidance of all work CTS, from the humblest servant to the plant superintendent. 1nclud- ed in this great mass of evidence were instructions for bringing about railroad congestion by the missend- ing of freight, the wrecking of saw mills by driaing spikes in timbers, the destruction of fruit orchards by placing copper tacks in the trees and the spoilage of grain by stack ing shocks upside down. Gardens in some districts were planted so that the foliage formed the design "I. w. w."
 Many of the 146 witnesses called by the Government, some of them former I. w. w. members, told of "Hi-Jack," or strong-arm methods of the organization, which included the intimidation of authorities in small communities. Sheriffs and po- lice chiefs were locked in their own jails in some instances for opposing "wobbly armies or failure to make proper provision for their care, it was testified.
 "Hi-Jack" tactics also were used to increase membership. according to testimony. Scissors Bills" or members, were thrown from trains, locked in sheds and in one California fruit district were stripped of their clothing, tied over barrels, placed in small stream of cold water and beaten with barrel slaves until they consented to become mem bers, it was testified.
 To this and other testimony the defense replied that the organization was not responsible for the acts of individual members, that violence was never advocated by Haywood, Vincent St. John, his predecessor in office. and the members of the ex- ecutive board
 'If you were buying some milk from a drygoods clerk who happen ed to be an l. w. w." said Mir Vanderveer in speaking to the jury on sabotage, would that clerk be doing you and the public in general wrong to inform you that his em- ployer had mixed ground metal into the silk to give it more weight? To so inform you is practicing sabotage against the employer. Yet is it aiding humanity.
 Some of the score or, more defense witnesses testified that while the