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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16
THE SOB-SISTER APPEAL.
BY Gertrude AtilcrTOn
OF The Nigilantes.

4.
In speaking of the Hun peace
moves. Gertrude Atherton said re-
Gently:
"A great danger turks in the be-
lief that We are on to Germany and
all her tricks; in the belief that the
government has the situation so well
in hand IL is not necessary for the
individual TO bother: in that pride
(Which oft goeth before fan) that
scare stories. disseminated by Ger
man agents. are easily recognized,
and are but TO laugh.
when II comes TO brains the
Germans are outclassed. even in this
young nation. Moreover. we have
now hsd four years illuminating ex-
perience with the Germans, and we
know that they are liars. The more
they protest, the less we believe
them. the more keenly we search
for the Niger in the woodpile But
while we have brains to match the
best, we also are a very soft and
sentimental people. Ruthless while
we have a great war 10 win. we are
liable TO violent reaction the mo-
ment we are positive that Germany
is broken and can do no more than
put up a long and stubborn de-
Tense
The pacihsts are still with u.s.
And by the pacifsts I do rot mean
societies existing under that name
They shot their bolt and are fright
ened into quiescence besides. mean
thousands of secret pro-Germans
who are waiting their moment TO
work upon our sympathies and in
sure the ultimate triumph OF their
otherwise doomed fatherland.
I'm this city of New York there
is a powerful group OF women Of
German extraction who are now
to use a sadly overworked word
camouhaging themselves magnifi-
Gently. and IL may safely be said
there are corresponding groups In
every city of any size in the union.
These women contribute heavily
land with the utmost publicity to
war relief organizations. Before we
went into the war, they were equally
blatant pro-Germans, or. seeing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16
COUGHS AND COLDS
QUICKLY RELIEVED
DR.. Kine'sNew DiScoveryused
since Grant was President
Get a bottle today

Il did it for your grandma, for your
father. For fifty years this well-known
cough and cold remedy has kept an
evefgrowing army of friends, young
and old.
For half century druggists every
where have sold it. Put bottle in
your medicine cabinet. You may need
It in a hurry. Sold by druggists
everywhere. 6Oc and $l.20.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16
WATSON RECOMMENDS
AFTER-WAR COMMITTEES

WASHINGTON, oct. liberation
of six joint congressional commit
tees instead OF one to recommend
legislation 10 meet after-the-war
problems was recommended today
in a report by Sen. Watson OF In
diana. chairman of the committee
recently appointed by republican
senators TO consider a resolution by
Sen. Weeks proposing such . com
mittee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16
TO \ WAR TIME STRIKER
(From a Crippled Soldier on
FurlOuEh)
By Marion Frances Brown

d" Of the Vigilantcs
q
You can call me rampant moralist
and war-mad preaching freak.
A brainless 6nancier and butter
I'm OF law,
But I'd rather be myself. at that,
than show the yellow streak
OF him who calls a strike on
work that's pushing on the war.
For I'm used to lighting soldiers,
not the kind who fed their
purse,
And crouch at weary Carcasses
and battle 10y the clock.
l come from flaming Flanders where
the unforgiven curse
Is the piker whose desertion
proves his country's stumbling
block
So ship me back to the trenches
Behind the sand bag rim.
Where there's blood and mud in
stenching flood
Under the rockets glare.
And men who are men are fight
ing. loyal and staunch and grim.
Scoring to quit till they've done
their bit
In championing Right "out
there"
There's q plaguy sight Of difference
according to battle code
Between the plain deserter-guy
who "funks" it for the Huns
And him at home who crumples up
beneath wars extra load,
Calling a strike that ties up work
on ships or clothes or guns.
Putting a traitors service-price on
duty 10 his flag.
Commercializing faith to God and
free humanity,
And daring in his idle sloth with
pompousness to brag
A ki1ship with his valiant broth
ers fighting oversee.
So ship me back 70 the trenches
Meath tfe red rains avalanche,
Where the cry More pay and an
eight-hour day"
And men who are men are dying
Glad Of the privileged chance
To prove the worth of their sol
der birth
In a Common Cause for All.
II is pleasanter here in the factor
les and shipyards and the mills
81,
outs where the rats and lice
abound
For there isn't the carnaged chaos
and the horror-shaken thrills
OF the death-fumed gas or the
bloody wire or the mangled
corpse-strewn ground
Yet I'd rather be there in the melee
a cog in the great machine,
I'd rather have strength thou
sand times In the brunt OF the
foes advance,
Than play the role OF the striker
here at a time when my act
might mean
Defeat for the lads who are
holding our line in the fur
naced hell Of France.
So ship me back 20 the trenches
Where the lure OF a higher law
Than greed and pelf and Ego self
Is ruling the dreams OF youth.
Where life is seen at its crudest
Bleeding and bruised and raw,
But strong and wise through the
sacrifice
OF men who have died for Truth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-16

FORT WORTH. Tex, Oct Is
Lieut.. r. E. Graham, aviator in
structor. is dead here today as the
result of a tail spin at height Of
500 feet, in which he was instantly
killed. The cadet with whom he was
flying. was injured but slightly.
Lieut.. Graham resided at Pittsburgh.
Pa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
AUSTRIAN BUYS
$1,000 WAR STAMPS

Mason City. May 16.-John sommer.
a laborer at the Lehigh Cement plant
and q native Of Austria whose wife and
five children arc in Austria and from
whom he has not heard for two years
went into the City National bank and
purchased $1,000 worth Of War Saw
ings Stamps.
Sommer, whose accents when speak
ing OF the dual monarchy and OF the
kaiser are far from friendly, has a
brother-in-law, father.in-law and moth
er-in.law in Austria. Together with
his wife and children they live at a
small village within hundred miles
OF Vienna.
Stanley Skalosky, employed by the
Milwaukee railway company, formerly
resident Of Kraukau, Galicia, where
Mrs. Skalosky is yet residing and to
whom he sends money weekly, has two
sons In the Austrian army. One OF
them already has been killed. Skol-
asky who is really Pole, also has no
love for the Austrians and says that
his sons were forced to fight IN the
Austrian army.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

ed the hypocrites on their account
so be generous, Connie wrote father,
and don't begrudge Mr.. Nesbitt the
third seat to tho left for he may never
get any nearer Paradise than that
Father is Just splendid, Carol !
keep feeling that the rest Of you don't
realize 1t as hard as do, but you will
laugh at that.
"Mr. Nesbitt likes me, but he has
well, he has what a minister should
call q bad disposition I'll tell you
more about it In German when meet
you. German is the only language I
know that can do him Justice.
II have been in trouble Of one kind
or another ever since I got here. Mr..
Nesbitt owns a lot of houses around
town, and we have charge of their
rental. One day he gave me the adj
dress Of one Of his most tumble down
shacks, and promised me a bonus of
five dollars If I rented It for fifteen dol
lars month on years lease. About
ten days later, sure enough rented It,
family to take possession Immediately.
Mr.. Nesbitt was out Of town, so took
the rent In advance, turned over the
keys, and proceeded to spend the five
dollars. l learned that system Of fren-
zied finance from you twins in the old
days in the parsonage.
Next morning, full Of pride, told
Mr.. Nesbitt about It
Rented 800 Stout he roared.
Why, rented it myself-a three
years lease at eighteen a month
move in next Monday
ITO be continued.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
RURAL PUPILS
FINISHC0URSE
GLASS OF EIGHTY-ThREE FINISH
COURSE At JEFFERSON
EIGHTH GRADE
.irfield, May IS. - Mghty-three

Fairfield, May Is. Mghty-three
Jefferson county young people
will graduate from the rural eighth
grade Saturday afternoon. May
20, according to County Superintend-
ent June Chichester, and she Is well
pleased with the large number who
have finished the course in the rural
schools.
The commencement exercises will
be held in the high school auditorium
and will begin ut 2:3O o'clock, and the
parents and friends are cordially In
vited to attend.
Following are the young people who
will receive their diplomas at this
time:
Mabel ANGEL, Edith Anderson, Will
son Atwood, Charles Bates, Ava Ben
nett, Weldy Black. verle Blair. Myrtle
Bonnet, Rose Boone. Alice Brannon,
Albert Buchanan Agnes Bucher, Lu-
Gle Burke, Bernard Castell, Edna Child
ester. James Clarks. Jr., Irene Chosen,
Opal Clossen, Mervin Coleson, Ethel
Graf. Lucinda Curray, Cyril Dawson,
Wilma Droz, Alice DuVall, Leona Ed
wards. Willis Ferguson. Ethel Fulton,
Gladys Fulton, Mildren Fulton, Eunice
Gilbert, Russell Gillette, Mary Confer
man, walter Cow, Lester Graf, Leslie
Harlan, Ada Hickenbottom, Edna
Hinkle, Glen Hisel, Elsie Holmes.
Gladys Horton, Hugh Hudgell, MAX
Jacobs, Alice Johnson, Dorothy Jones.
Clifford Kiger, Florence Kiger, Rena
Kyle, Howard Larson, Anna Leu, Della
Marie Liblin, Ethel Linden, Alfred
|Longerbone, Ocie Longerbone, Bertha
McCarty, Florence Mccormick, Ora
Mcdonald, William Millane. Leonard
Monson, Thresa Murphy. Florence
Myers, Ices Parks. Edna Pattison,
Theodore Pack, Robert Rider. Gladys
Sage, Mildred Sandell, Kathryn
schrack, Eva Schrack, Leonard Scoyel.
Allie Shaffer, Leo Shelton, Glenn sher-
man, Ella Shook, Helen Stiles, Russell,
Taylor, Gladys Teeter. Alice Trommer.
John Trommer, Orrin Ward. Harold
West, Virginia Witkosh, Barbara
Ziegler, Gouldbourn Head.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
SOLDIER IN FRANCE
JOINS HOME CHURCH

TT. Dodge, May 15.-Though serving
his country in far off France, William
l.. Olson, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Olson, ,220 NJ. street, West Fort Dodge,
WAS Sunday, May 10. made a member
of the First Methodist church OF this
city. The services on this unique oc-
casion were held following the regular
Sunday services. Though simple they
were very impressive.
Rev. Arthur Brooks, pastor, read \
letter which he had received from Win
fred e. Robb, chaplain of the 16Sth in
fantry. During the reading Of this let
ter the congregation stood, and follow
ing this l.. w. Collins sang Keep the
Home Fires Burning" with the con-
gregation joining in the chorus.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
IOWA MAN WILL
HANG in TEXAS
is CONVICTED OF MURDER;
WRITE FOR RECORD OF HIS
INSANITY. t

Centerville, May 15.-Emmett Vestal
formerly of Cincinnati vicinity, whose
parents now live in Des MONIES. Is to
hang at Dallas, Texas. on Friday, May
"a, following his conviction of the
crime of murder, according to a letter
received by County Clerk George G.
Elliott. The letter comes from the
deputy sheriff, who is guarding Vestal
in his death cell.
No details are given In the letter
AZ to the crime for which the con.
demned man Is to hang, simply stat.
Ing that 1t is murder The deputy
states, however, that his prisoner
claims to have been the inmate Of an
insane asylum, sent from this county,
and asks as to the truth Of his claim.
He also states that Vestal claims his
mother died In an insane asylum. The
deputy urges the clerk to rush any in
formation he may have as to these
claims being true, as the time Is short.
This would indicate that possibly an
effort Is being made to have rehear-
ing for Vestal, or that an attempt IS
being made to give him lighter sen.
tence. ~
There is no record here as to the
mother having entered an insane asy-
,lum, neither is there any record show
ing that he was ever an inmate OF an
insane institution.
Reports from Cincinnati are to the
effect. however, that the boy was not
bright, and was often thought to be
insane. The younger people of Gin
cinnati who attended school with him
express themselves as being quite
sure that he was not rational.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
CHAPTER II,
Mansers.

The introduction of Mrs. David Ar
mold Duke, nee Methodist, to the mem
bers Of her husbands Presbyterian
flock, was, for the most part. consum-
mated with grace and dignity Only
one untoward incident fingered in her
memory to cloud her lovely face with
annoyance.
In honor of his very first honeymoon,
hence his first opportunity to escort
beautiful and blushing bride to the
coy little manse he had so painstak-
ingly prepared for her reception, the
Reverend David INDUCED in the I'M
wonted luxury of a taxicab. And happy
in the consciousness of being abso-
lutely correct as to detail, they were
driven slowly down the beautifully
shaded avenues Of the Heights, one of
the many charming suburbs of St.
Louis--aware Of the scrutiny Of inter,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
HE'S GAME, THOUGH CRIPPLED

Keokuk, May 15.-"Please take me.
I can drive an ambulance II can't DO
anything else."
This was the plea of Otto c. RAIDER.
2121 Iowa street, made to the recruit
ing officer Of the regular army in Keo-
kuk recently.
RAIDER has a wooden leg and Cor
poral G.. S. Switzerland Of the recruit
ing station, much as he disliked to.
had to turn RAIDER away.
Rade's disappointment was keen as
he has been determined to see war
service of some kind.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

lelujah! Hurrah! Down with the trait
tor, up with the stars! Now it's all
over am q Presbyterian"
David's burst of laughter was
echoed on every side of the room and
the lights were switched on, and with
sickening weakness Carol faced the
young people of her husbands church
More Presbyterians, dear, a whole
houseful of them. They wanted to sur
prise you, but you have turned the
tables on them. This is my wife, Mrs.
Duke"
Slowly Carol rallied. She smiled the
irresistible smile.
II am so glad to meet you" she said
softly. IT know we are going to like
each other. Aren't you glad you got
here in time to see me become Pres
byterian? David, why didn't you warn
me that surprise parties were still
stylish? l thought they had gone out. =
Carol watched very, very closely all
that evening, and she could not see one
particular Of difference between these
mansers and the young folks In tho
Methodist church in Mount Mark,
Iowa. They told funny stories and
laughed immoderately at them. The
young men gave the latest demonstra-
ton Of vaudeville trickery and the girls
applauded as warmly as II they had not
seen the same bits performed In the
original They asked David II they
might dance in the kitchen and David
smilingly begged them to spare his
manse the disgrace and to dance them
selves home II they couldn't be more
restrained. The young men put in an
application for Mrs. Duke as teacher
of the Young Mems bible class and
David sternly vetoed the measure. The
young ladies asked Carol what kind OF
powder she used and however she got
her hair up in that most marvellous
manner.
And Carol decided it was not going
to be such burden after all, ana
thought perhaps she might make reg
ular pillar in time.
When, as she later met the eld-
er ones of the church and was invari-
ably greeted with smiling, How is
our little Methodist today" she bitter.
ly swallowed her grief and answered
with brightness all assumed:
Turned Presbyterian, thank you"
But to David she said:
Il did seriously and religiously ask
the Lord to let me get introduced to
the mansers without disgracing my
self and am just teeny bit disap-
pointed because he went back on me
in such a crisis,
But David, wise minister and able
exponent of his faith, said quickly:
HE didn't go back on you, Carol. 1t
was the best kind Of an Introduction
and he stood by you right through.
They were more afraid of you than YOU
were of them. You might have been
stiff and reserved and they would have
been cold and self-conscious, and 1t
would have been ghastly for every one.
But your break broke the Ice right on.
You were perfectly natural"
"Hum-yes- natural enough, sup
pose. But 1t wasn't digniAed and why
do you suppose l have been practicing
dignity these last ten years."
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CHAPTER III.
A Baby In Business.

Dear Carol and David:
Please do not call me. tho baby OF
the family any more am in business
and babies have no business in bust
ness. Very good, wasn't 1t? am prac'
Using verbosity for the book am go
ing to write some day. Verbosity ~
what want 10 say, isn't it? am never
sure whether it Is that or obesity. But
you know what mean.
ITO begin at the beginning. then,
you would be surprised how sensible
father is turning out. can hardly I'M
derstand 1t. You remember, when in.
sisted on studying stenography, Aunt
Grace and Prue, yes, and all the rest
of you, were properly shocked and hor.
rified, and thought ought to teach
school because 1t is more ministerial.
But knew / should need the stenog-
raphy In my writing, and father looked
!. at me, and thought a while, and came
,, right out on my side. And that settled
it.
"Oi course, when I wanted to cut
college after my second year so l
could get to work, father talked me out
Of it. But l am really convinced he
/ was right that time, even though he
wasn't on my side. But after nm
ished college, when they offered me
the English department in the high
school in Mount Mark at seventy-fve
per, and when l insisted on coming
down here to Centerville to take this
stenographic job with Messrs. Nesbitt
and Orchard, at eight week, well, the
serene atmosphere OF our quiet home
was decidedly murky for a while. l
said | needed the experience, both
stenographic and literary, and this was
my opportunity.
Aunt Grace was speeches.. Pru-
dence wept over me. Fairy laughed at
me. Lark said she Just wished you
were home to take charge of me and
teach me few things. But father
looked at me again, and thought very
seriously for while, and said he be-
lieved was right.
Consequently, am at Centerville.
isn't it dear Of father? And so sur
prjsing. The girls think he needs med
ica1 attention, and honestly I am a
little worried over him myself. 1t was
so unexpected. Really, half thought
he would put his foot down as the
Ladies Aiders used to want Prudence
to do with us. He was always re-
signed. father was, about giving the
girls up in marriage, but every one has
always said he would draw the line
there. He is developing, guess.
do you remember Nesbitt and Or.
chard? Mr.. Nesbitt was a member OF
the church when we lived here, but 1t
was before / was born, so don't feel
especially well acquainted on that &C.
count. But he calls me Connie and
acts very fatherly.
HE is still member of the church
and they say around town that he is
not a bit slicker outside the church
than he was when father was his pas
tor He hurt me spiritually at first.
So wrote to father about it. Father
wrote back that must be charitable
must remember that belonging to
church couldn't possibly do MT. Mes
bitt any harm, and for all we knew to
the contrary, might be keeping him out
of the electric chair every day OF his
life. And Mr.. Nesbitt couldn't do the
Christians any harm-the Lord Is
looking after them. And those outside
who point to the hypocrites inside for
excuses would have to think up some
thing new and original If we eliminat.
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BABY MEETS TRAGIC DEATH

EFT Crissop, 2 year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Crissop. Jr.. who reside
ten miles north Of Geneseo, met his
death from strangulation as a result
OF having caught his bonnet strings on
a nail at the top Of an overturned bar
rel. Everett had gone into the barn
yard to gather egges for his mother
and spying several in the barrel at
tempted to get them. In doing SO his
bonnet strings were caught on a nall
and in attempting to unfasten them,
the little boy was strangled. Mrs.
Crissop found her son after short
search.
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FATALLY BURNED BY PAINT

Merrill, May 15.-3Mrs. Herman Ep-
ling is dead as result Of burns re-
ceived when a quantity OF linseed oil
and paint she was warming up on
gasoline stove exploded, throwing ths
burning liquid over her. Mrs. Eplings
screams brought the neighbors to her
aid, but too late to save her from re-
ceiving the burns that caused her
death. The unfortunate woman was 70
years Of age.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
WORSHIP BOOKS
TO SOLDIERS.
LADIES WILL SEND
GIFTS TO ALL HEDRIck BOYS
IN SERVICE

Hedrick, May 15-The ladies of the
M. e. church are preparing to send to
each soldier on the service flag lit.
tie book called "A Soldiers Book of
Worship" The M. p. church has elev-
en- stars in their service flag repre-
senting the following:
Lieutenant Dick Cecil, TT. Sheridan,
ILL.,; Lieutenant DR.. Rex Henry, Fl.
Bliss, Texas; Cadet Earl w. Curtis,
France; Luther I. Curtis. Fl. Morgan,
Ala; Bert Spiers, Camp Dodge, Ia
Chester Smith, Ft. Sill, Okla; Harley
Helm, enroute to France; Earl Matth-
ews. enroute to France; Norvin Bow
lin, Camp Logan, Texas; Raymond
Scott, Camp Dodge, Ia, Miss Lucy
Mount, nurse, Camp Travis, Texas.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17

Dr.. shaisnbsrxsr is On smInsntly succession
Specialist IN the treatment OF Chronic Diseases.
from his large practice and extensive hospital
experience. which havs made him SO proficient
that he can name and locate Your disease In .
u thesrnost difficult cases of Chronic Diseases
If men and women: That IL why hi. reputation
aas spread.-why he has continued his visits
year after year: while other doctors have made
few visits and stopped.
DR.. Shallenberger treats Diseases OF the Eye,
Ear. Nose. Throat. Lungs. Heart. Blood. Skin:
Nerves, Liver, Stomach, lueestines. Kidneys and
Bladder. Consumption Ia an early stage, Ca
tsrrh, Ringing in Ears and Deafness: Paralysis,
Epilepsy sea Gene, J RSss
matsn Of joints and muscles. Also treats
diseases OF women scientifically.
PILES CURED WITHOUT KNIFE.
Pissure. Fistula and other. rectal diseases
treated without surgical operation.
S.rtisal Casss and Rupture Given
Special Alteration.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Arc you nervous and Respondent; easily excl.
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or blurred eyes: pimples on your face; weak
back. or deposit Ia urineI
PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Cases OF long standing especially desired.
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Discharges. Weakness, Emissions. Debility.
Nervousness. Dizziness. and Defective Memory.
which ruin body and mind. II II highly impor-
tant you obtain the services of physician who
has established . good reputation for treating
these diseases.
Dr. Shallenberger has made years Of study
Vt Private Diseases OF men and women. He
knows and uses the most scientific methods OF
treating them. Hundreds OF women suffer I'M
told agony with diseases which have been neg
Iected or unskilfully treated.
WONDERFUL CUnKS
have been made by him. You should consult
him il you have any Chronic Disease. A Spec
ial!st who has made a lifetime study OF such
diseases Is certainly prepared to give you the
hest results, and II you are sick. you need scien-
tifc treatment.
Dr. ShallenberHer spares no effort to cure his
patients. He knows that good results mean as
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patients come through tho Recommendation OF
theirs whom he has treated.
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lrAMA BOY ls WoilNpEp

Traer, May 15.-James Hora, Jr., is
the first Tama county boy to be
wounded In France. A message from
Washington, to his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hora. Of Clutter, said that
their SON had been seriously wounded
in action April 20.