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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
CENTERYILLE NEWS.

Sunday was beautiful day and all
services were well attended. Rev. NJ.
Darlington preached two soul stirring
sermons. -. ..
The social given by the janitor COM
mittee Saturday night proved to be a
great success. ~.. ...~
The Sunday School is preparing for
their Christmas program.
Bro. Joseph Saunders is on his road
to recovery.
Mrs. Clara Leek is reported very i'll
at her home on w. Garfield st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ceary Noah and Cliff
ford Thompkins took dinner with Mr..
and Mrs. J. Hicks Sunday, Dec. 8.
Mrs. J. Davis has done some remod-
cling on their home, also installed cleo
trio lights.
Mr.. Guy E. Noah arrived in the city
Sunday morning from Camp Dodge,
where he has been stationed for sew
eral months. &
Mrs. Lizzie Jeter and Miss Helen
Jeter were calling on Mrs. H. Bruce
Marshall Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Clara G. Jones and Mrs. Han
nah Cobbs ate supper with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Triplett Sunday evening.
Mr.. g. johnson, Jr.,- arrived in the
city Tuesday afternoon from Camp
Dodge, where he has been for several
months.
Mrs. Mile Lonely and Miss Ida Con
nelly and Mr.. Roy Massingale of Mys-
tic were all visiting in the city Sunday.
Miss Isabelle Connely and Mr.. Leroy
az o6 a a
night, Dec. 7, by Rev. j. w. Woods.
We all wish Mr.. and Mrs. Foster a
long and happy life.
A large number attended the Blind
Boone concert held at the Drake Ave.
theater Monday night, Dec. 8.
Mr.. VIM. Kearney is reported some
what better, also Bro. Joseph Saunders.
The Sunday school will give an en-
tertainment Saturday night, Dec. Il.
Mrs. s. H. Jones and daughter AL
deem, Mr.. and Mrs. f. F. Brown and
son William were calling on their moth
er, Mrs. A. L. Crittenden.
Miss Christina Crittenden is able to
be out again after suffering with Sc
we're cold. 49,,
Mrs. Ursula Mays is reported some
better, also little Joseph Brown.
Mrs. Title Thompson is reported on
the sick list.
+ The B. Y. P. U. are planning on hav-
ing a debate New Years.
Mr.. r. T. Terrell received word from
his son Clifford, who has been sick with
the Spanish influenza at the home of his
mother in Des Moines, stating he is
somewhat better.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
UNIVERSAL Membership.

e . Us r
The purpose Of the Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call, expressed in the fewest
possible words. Is to see that every
man and woman in every city and COM
munity throughout tho United States.
and wherever Americans may be, has
the opportunity to join the Red Cross
or to renew his or her membership.
Nothing short Of universal membership
10 the goal. A 1919 Red Cross men,
bership button is to he given to each
person enrolling, as well as a Red
Cross Service Flag, with q cross for
each member of the family enrolled.
Every home In America and every busi-
ness Office should have on display q
Service Flag the week before Christ
mas, when the Roll Call will take
place.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
R. c. cOoklNe "aITS'
FRANCE JUST MeAT
Expert pietltians Deviss Paiata.
DE Menus Tor Soldiers n
Hospitals and canteens.

France u much interested In Ameri-
can cooking. which - truly eratfy-
Ing compliment 70 Q Aatioa which
prints it, fashionable menus mostly In
French. The two hundred and more
American Red Cross canteens dstting
both the French and American lines Of
Communication have been q success
with the Pollu ~ well ~ The Yank,
and that well knows Preach erganisa-
tion for the wounded, known a. the
Bien-Etre du Ble1se, has opened .
number Of model kitchens In French
hospitals. usually in charge Of ana
teur dietitiaAs, who consult q profes-
sional dietitian provided by the Amer
lean Red Cross. who gees about
ameng these hospitals and offers sug-
gestions and advice
Three hundred trained dieuuAns are
now in service In hospitals, canteens
or Kitchens on Red Cross hospital
trains in France. The American Ex-
peditionary Force took with 1t 4 train
ed dietiian for each base hospital.
Of the Army, recruited through the
Bureau Of Dietittan Service Of the
American Red Cross.
Red cross Msdsi Parma
For the double purpose Of providing
enough fresh milk and vegetables for
sick soldiers In hospitals and well SOL
diers in canteens and providing health
full outdoor exercise for the patients
well along In their convalescence the
Red Cross has established 4 number Of
farms and dairiex in connection with
hospitals. Besides their great practi-
cal value they have given an enormous
amount Of entertainment to the men.
The French government, more than in
terested, has loaned some Thousands
of cows, and altogether lis 4 scheme
which appeals to everybody.
But 1t IL not alone for the soldiers
that the Red Cross does some Of its
thinking in terms of cooking and food
stuffs. The Bureau Of Dietitian Serv-
ice has helped to solve the food prob
lem Of civilian refugees.
The American Red Cross in France
thinks in terms Of huge figures, mar
velous systems Of transportation, tons
Of shipping space, and 1t also thinks In
terms of the white Of egg or orange
Juice for one single boy. That IL why
100000 people have amliated them.
selves with the Americas Red Cross
and why Christmas this year in the
United States Ii marked by the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
chIldrenss nedelne.

Interesting statistics showing ths
dme at which the children Of Beverly,
Mass, between the ages Of eight and
twelve, 80 to bed. disclose that - 60
TO bed between five and SIX o'clock,
$40 between eight and nine: 1853 be-
tween II and - -, and As between IL
and !. It Is to be hoped that there
are no Beverly children who nre not
IA their nighties, safely tucked up, b.
me O.cl0ck B0sten Globe.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13

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battery, and al are conducting them
selves with = fortitude and valor that
have won FOR then high praise from
their commanding officers every time
they have been put 10 any test
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Educational.

"Young lady" severely began the
horsefnced gent, addressing Daphne
of the dimples in the box office of the
moving picture palace. II am sorry to
say that you deceived m., rs regards
the program here tonight i asked you
If it was of nm educationa. nature, and
you replied that 1t was. E.stead of its
being SO have just found it is a lurid
border train robbery sto-y of the kind
so popular ten years ago
"Well. gee." returned the maiden.
'Ain't it ejercational TO see what them
old-timers thought was refined and
genteel drammer ?"-Kan,u City Star.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Marines Want Luck.

Instead of tossing their hats in the
ring the United States marines now
toss 'em in the water.
Tossing their hats in the ocean for
luck was adopted as one of the mn-
rine customs when n gust of wind
snatched the chnpcau of II recruit
while he was crossing the bay Off
Paris Island. =. C.. the marines train
ing camp II e lid sniled gracefully
out into space and was soon bobbing
merrily on the dancing waves.
Taking the accident as Il cue, Just
for luck" the reminder of the recruits
Immediately sailed their hats our into
the deep and the bay was soon dotted
with hundreds of straw hats.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
PROCLAMATION BY
THE PRESIDENT OF
/ THE UNITED STATES

Every day the great principles for
which we are fighting take fresh hold
upon our thought and purpose and
make 1t clearer what the end must be
and what we must do to achieve 1t.
We now know more certainly than
we ever knew before why free men
brought the great nation and govern
ment we love into existence, because
1t grows clearer and clearer what SUI
preme service it is to be Americas
privilege to render to the world. The
anniversary of the discovery of Amer
lea must therefore have for us in this
fateful year a peculiar and thrilling
significance. We should make it II day
of ardent rededication to the ideals
upon which our government is founded
and by which our present heroic tasks
are inspired.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson.
President of the United States of
America. do appoint Saturday, the 18th
day of October. 1918, as Liberty day.
On that day l request the citizens of
every community of the United States,
city, town and countryside, to cele
brnte the discovery of our country in
order to. stimulate Il generous response
to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Commem-
orative addresses, pageants. harvest
home festivals, or other demOnstra-
tiOns should be arranged for in every
neighborhOOd under the general direc-
tiOn of the secretary of the treasury
and the immediate direction of the
i,,
tion with the United States bureau of
education and the public school au-
thOrities. Let the peoples response to
the Fourth Liberty Loan express the
measure of their devotion to the ideals
which have guided the country from
its discovery until now, and of their
determined purpose to defend them
and guarantee their triumph.
For the purpose of participating in
Liberty day celebrations all employees
of the federal government throughout
the country whose services can be
spared may be excused on Saturday,
the 18th day of October. for the entire
day.
In witness whereof. l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia
this 10Th day of September in the year
of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen, and of the hide
pendence of the United States of
America the One Hundred and Forty
third.
WOODROW WILSON,.
By the President:
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary of State.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Dread Malady Sweeps Camps.

Washington. Sept. 2s.-Spanish In
fluenza continued to spread in army
camps, 6,S24 new cases having been
reported to the office of the surgeon
general of the army during the TWEEN
ty-four-hour period. This was an In
crease of 6S5 over the new cases re,
ported and brought the total for all
camps to 42,367. Pneumonia cases
showed a slight decrease, III new
cases being reported Friday. compared
With 723 Thursday. Deaths Friday
we're 10, mostly from pneumonia.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
HOW GERMANS ARE DELUDED
Ridiculous Statements Made by kai-
ser's Government Prove How Real
10 Fear Of America.

A poster recently issued by the i'm
perial German government in an effort
to belittle the participation of America
in the war and thus strengthen the
morale of her people form the text of
one Of the most striking pieces of litera-
ture that the bureau of publicity of
the war loan organization has prepared
for use In the forthcoming Fourth Lib
erty loan.
The title of the poster is Can
Americas Entry Make decision of the
War; Integral sections of 1t attempt
to convince the reader that Americas
army cannot take the place of Rus
sia's withdrawn forces; that the Unit
ed States cannot build enough ships
to have any effect on the result of the
war, and that the U-bOats will destroy
virtually all the ships that America
can build when those ships at
tempt to cross the ocean. A French
poster also Is reproduced in the Ger
man poster and the meaning so twisted
as to make it appear that France is
very badly in need Of food.
Two millions of the booklets have
been printed and will be distributed
in various parts of the country, par
ticularly in theaters where Liberty
Loan speakers take the book AS their
text.
The enormous figure of Russian
soldier is the first object on the poster
to strike the eye. He stands with
hands In his overcOat pockets, indica-
tive Of the fact that he is through
. fighting. Beside him STANDS Uncle Sam
holding small figure. designed to
represent the United States army. In
his right hand In his left hand Uncle
Sam carries banner which bears the
inscription. "America threatens to
send transport of One-half million men.
But 1t cannot ship them!" Below
Uncle Sam are these words: 1T Is
impossible for America to train and
fit out in time for the European war
suitable and sufficiently large army
and provide it with the necessary re-
endorsements" The catchline of ta!s
section of the poster is ''Russia's arIny
Of millions could not down Germany,
and on the skirt Of the Russian SOL
dier's oyercOat are printed these
words: Russia used up altogether
fifteen million men in vain!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Saw Trouble Ahead.

1t was Roberts first lay Mt school.
and because he was ver, mischievous
the teacher had to cali him to task
Immediately. When he arrived home
his mother said: "Robels, how do you
like schOOl?'
He said: II think l am going to
have trouble with that teacher"
.'Why. what is the tsouble?" she
asked.
"She has sassed me three times al
ready" he replicd.-Chicogo Exam
iner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
NO COMPROMISE
ON PEACE TERMS
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE Is PRICE OF
PEACE, DECLARES PREsI-
DENT IN NEW YORK.
GUNS TO SILENCE DRIVE
VITAL ISSUES OF WAR STATED
BY EXECUTIVE IN FOURTH
LIBERTY LOAN SPEECH.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
pEACE TERMs IN BRIEF.

First the impartial justice meted
out must involve no discrimination
between those to whom we wish TO
be just and those to whom we do
not wish to be Just. 1t must be
justice that plays NO. favorites and
knows no standard but the equal
rights of the several peoples con-
cerned.
Second. no special or separate in
terest of any single nation or any
group of nations can be made the
basis of any part of the settlement
which is not consistent with the
common interests of all.
Third, there can be no leagues or
alliances or special covenants and
understandings with the general
and common family of the league
of nations.
Fourth. and more specifically.
there can be no special, selfish eco
nomic combinations within the
league and no employment of any,
fosin of economic boycott or exclu-
sion except as the power of eco
nomic penalty by exclusion from
the markets sof the world may be
vested in the leagLe of nations it
self as "a means of discipline and
control.
Fifth, all international agreements
and treaties of every kind must be
made known in their entirety to
the rest of the world.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

Red Cross Bag Blue. much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

Ii is better to be a believer than a
king.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

New York.-The price of peace will
be impartial justice to all nations, the
instrumentality Indispensable to Sc
cure it is league of nations formed
not before or after, but at the peace
conference; and Germany as a men,
Der will have to redeem her charac-
ter not by what happens at the peace
table, but by what follows" This was
President Wilson's answer, given
Friday night before an audience of
Fourth Liberty Loan workers here to
the recent peace talk from the central
powers, although he did not refer spe-
officially to the utterances of enemy
leaders
Shortly before the President started
speaking, news of the further sue
cesses of American, British and
French offensives on the western
front reached the meeting at the Met
ropolitan opera house, and this gave
dramatic point to Mr.. Wilson's perora-
tion-that peace drives can be effect
lively neutralized and silenced only by
showing that every victory of the ma
tions associated against Germany
brings the nations nearer the sort OF
peace which will bring security and
reinsurance to all peoples and make
the recurrence of another such stru8
gle of pitiless forces and bloodshed
forever impossible, and that nothing
else can"
1--WE are all agreed he said. that
there can be no peace obtained by
any kind of bargain or compromise
nf
empires. because we have dealt with
them already and have seen them
deal with other governments that
were parties to this struggle. at Brest-
Litovsk and Bucharest. They have
convinced us that they are without
honor and do not intend justice. They
observe no covenants, accept no prin-
ciple but force and their own In
terest."
Five thousand persons who filled
the Metropolitan opera house to CA
pacity heard the President. Five min.
utes before his arrival guard of sol
diers, sailors and marines seated at
the rear of the platform were sud
denly ordered to attention. They
arose with a smart click of rifles, the
national COiOrS were ADVANCED, anu
the great audience became silent un.
til the President, without other warn.
ing of his coming, walked on the
stage. escorted by Benjamin Strong,
governor OF the federal reserve bank
of New York. Then a tremendous
burst of cheering broke loose. which
caused the President. after taking his
seat, to rise three times in acknowt
edgement.
Mr.. Strong read to the audience
summary OF late reports showing
American troops advances during the
day in France.
Our boys in France do not learn
readily when to stop fighting" he
added. THAT is the spirit In which
we must raise the Liberty Loan"
Cheers greeted the news OF the
American successes, particularly
when Mr.. Strong said the Yankee
troops in their drive had reclaimed
100 square miles OF territory for
France.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
HOW LOAN is APPoRTIoNEo
Minimum Amount Of Money Which
Each Federal Reserve District
10 Asked to Raise.

Six billion dollars is the minimum
amount which the people of the United
States are asked to subscribe FOR the
Fourth Liberty loan. according to an an
nouncement by William G. McAdcO,
secretary of the treasury.
Rosa0wtRg are the quotas ana per
esx.sges Of the total by federal re-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
ercakinu 1t Gently.

AsLem- Where's the rich heiress
you're eAgaged tor
Tellum-You see that lovely girl In
pink ut the other side of the room?
Askem-Yes; / say, old man, what
II superb
Tellum-Well. 1t isn't she. It's that
grand old ruin In yellow sitting next
to her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Improved Tastes.

"Then We're engngedE"
"Of course
And am | the first girl YOU have
ever loved?"
NO. dear. but I'm harder to suit
now than l used TO be.'-Louisville
Courer-J Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
Something to Star. On.

Betty had two sisters, Int was just
Informed that she had Il new baby
brother. "Oh. gOody," SHE exclaimed
excitedly. NOW our family has the
starting of real soldier!''
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

1: always gets there ahead Of the rest
of the OUTFIT.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

D'Annunzio Flies Across the Alps.
Paris d'Annunzio, the
italian author-aviator, arrived in Paris
in an airplane, flying from Italy across
the Alps.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03

Don't worry; it won't last-nothing
does.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Measuring Up

and long; they put punch into their ad-
vance that has never been excelled by any
soldiers in France, and they put the fear
of God into the breasts of the Germans, SO
that, along with the Ladies from Hell,' the
marines will not soon be forgotten"
No wonder the official German report
makes no mention of the American oper-
ations, says "The Ithaca Journal" And
mo wonder the Kaiser sends his U-boats
to America to attempt to stop our trans
ports. For the ever growing American army
means the doom of Prussianism and even
the German leaders are beginning to appre-
ciate the fact" -
ss And as The Chicaep Trihnnen notes,
"talis Is only the beginning What will it
mean when the full tide of this American
host pours into the battlefield?" Well,
observes "The Philadelphia Press''-
1--WE ask no more Of any American army,
+ present or future, than that it conduct it.
self with the same splendid courage and
elan that the marines Displayed at Thierry."
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Gage. In The Noshwus Tennesseean

That the participation Of the marines
around Chateau Thierry was amply ap-
preciated by the French is evident The
official report, already quoted here, as
serted that "the courage Of the Ameri-
cans was beyond praise" 1t spoke Of
the wonderful morale in the face of
fire, the GOODNESS and extraordinary
steadiness." And "the watchfulness of the
Americans never failed them" The epi-
sode of Chateau Thierry would remain,
declared this report, one Of the most
memorable deeds of the war. "It is
! pleasure fer sN Of us to know that our
I valiant alIies shsrsa ssia1a ~
"The London Daily 1fatT' qsstsd a,
unnamed French ofscef - esRrhssi 1
the fact that the American spirit &1k
enterprise served to maintain the morale
of the French troops at critical mo-
ment. And this same note was struck
by Irwin S. Cobb, just back from the
front, who declared:
"The most moving spectacle that have
witnessed on the European battlefelds is
the unbounded enthusiasm of our men
going to the fighting lines. Their virile,
freshening breath has penetrated to
Tommy and poilu, so that the Allied
forces of to-day are steeled with q
courage and will that is deathless. Always
our fellows are smiling. They smile when
they enter the trenches, they smile when
they charge, and when they return for rest
from the heat of battle still they smile.
Never do they complain, but always are they
eager to be unleashed for the fray. Their
officers complain only of their overanxiety
to get into the fight. Their fash and en-
thusiasm have startled the wearied French
and British into renewed liveliness, and
they know they will wins
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

news from the Marne. There will be time
for patience and sitting tight later on. Let
us be proud and happy to-day that our
men have signalled their arr.v1l upcn the
most famous of battledelds with new and
glorious victory.
"Thc European battlefield has seen no
omen carrying such portent to the German
nation as this small but sweeping victory
by American troops"
The high appraisal of Americans in the
test of battle, which was instantly called
forth all over the country, is not, as "The
New York Evening World" answers,
founded only upon the natural, enthu-
siasm of correspondents. 'It is con-
firmed by seasoned Allied generals and
by military experts who have studied the
fighting qualities of every nations
troops" An official French statement
issued at the close of the engagement,
declared that with Strong will and ire
sistible activity the American troops con-