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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-27

Eighty millions Of men cam
not be taken out Of production
for four years without lasting
losses Of yield. It will be years
before their fields recuperate,
farms are restored and herds re-
stocked. Save food. "
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-27
A Memorable Achievement
Of the Titanic Struggle

America saved and sent TO Europe
In a. year Of crop failure 141 ,0OO, 600
bushels Of wheat, which saved Europe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13
Yanks Astound French
By Their Spending

Somewhere IN France. Nov IL
American soldiers astound the French
with their money spending proclivtty.
Shops stocked sufficiently IN the ordi-
nary course Of events 10 last SIX
months are frequently cleaned out IN
a day when the Yankees arrive The
Americans just simply buy everything
A bunch OF troops Just arrived
from the long journey overseas. or
perhaps having been shunted around
3 month or so after landing Teaen
q permanent camp and are paid OIL
Frequently they haven't had a pay
dav in two OF three months.
Then with their pockets fun OF he
strange francs they go to town and
make ID for lost time They over
look nothing from a Swiss watch 10
an armful Of souvenirs to send back
home.
But with all the spending and buy
ing il Is remarkable that there are
few cases of drunkenness The wine
shops are open TO the Americans,
generally from $50 TO $3.50 p N But
The average American does not like
French wine. at least not at first
French beer has a flat, weak taste
which does not appeal to Americans
There is no whisky, and even were II
available the Americans would not be
allowed 10 purchase il. Cognac IS the
nearest approach TO whisky and this
must be obtained by stealth-sort OF q
bOotlegging process
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13
LIEUT.. EDMOND BEHR OF
Ell PASO, WOUNDED IN LEG

Lieut. Edmond E. Behr. FL Paso
newspaperman. received shrapnel
wound in the leg October z. and. he
wrote in a letter to his mother. Mrs.
7. S. Benr, 1103 East Boulevard i'm
mediately thereafter. was recuperat-
ing in a military hospital IN France
and hoping to get back into the fray
soon
Lieut.. Behr IS a native OF FL Paso
and formerly worked in The Herald's
editorial department. He was one OF
the press newspaper correspondents
with Gen. J. J. Pershing in Mexico.
ne Joined Capt Richard Burgess
COMPANY here and was with that unit
at the time he was wounded.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13
To
ReinSu9e LiUeS
OfUS- Troops
Plan Being Worked Out to
Convert War Policies
To Peace Basis.


Washington. D. C., Nov. 13.-Prep-
arations Of the government for rein
surfing the lives Of soldiers and sail
ors on their return have been
hsstened by the signing Of the armis-
tice. Although regulations have not
yet been fully drafted, it is certain
that each Of the 4,25o.00O men in the
military or naval service now holding
voluntary government insurance Will
be permitted. within five years after
peace is declared, TO convert It, with
out further medical examination, into
ordinary life, 20 pay lie enooW-
ment maturing ct the age OF G. or
other prescribed forms OF insurance.
Cost WI Ee Small.
This insurance viii be arranged by
the government, not by private com
panies, and the cost IS expected TO De
at least one fourth less than similar
forms offered by private agencies
Private companies would not write
insurance on very many men,
The government will arrange 10
collect premiums monthly. II men
wish to pay this way, or for longer
periods in advance. This may be done
through postcfGces. The minimum
amount OF insurance to be issued
probably would be $1,000 and the max
imum 1000. with any amount be-
tween the sums in multiples OF SOU
To Pay For Disability.
There would be provision for pay
ment in case of disability, as well as
death, according to the tentative plan
The insurance may be purchased by
and soldier, sailor or marlne-oA-
1icers and enlisted men-and by
women members Of the army or navy
nurse corps. providing they already
hold government voluntary life IN
surance. About IS percent Of the -
500. 600 men in the service are covered
By this insurance which expires after
they 20 back to civilian life ana
cease paying premiums. This is the
system devised 10 replace the old
pension system Of providing for ex-
soldiers and sailors. Thus VIII oe
created out Of the government S |
emergency war insurance bureau the
greatest life insurance institution IN
the. world for peace times, win L-l MOI
policy holders and greater aggregaIe
risks than a half dozen Of the world
biggest private companies combined J
Plan May Be Expanded.
Out OF the experience gained may |
eventually develop expansion OF gov
trial and other forms OF insurance, IN
the opinion OF officials, VINO nave
studied the subject Regulations Tor
reinsurinz returning soldiers and sail !
ors are being framed by an ADVISORY |
board to the military and naval sec
ton Of the war risk bureau, consist
ing OF Arthur Hunter, actuary OF the l
New York Life Insurance company /
". 4. Fraser. Omaha, OF the Wood !
men OF the World, and F. Roberts
Jones, Of the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Publicity bureau. New York
Plans are also under consideration /
for allowing beneficiaries Of men, who /
have died or been killed in the sery- |
ice. TO choose between taking month"; /
Is payments over q period Of 20 years /
or TO commute these payments IN
lump sum
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13

The war department has determined
the insignia for the newly organized
motor transport corps and models
have been received in this city. The
insignia consists OF a strong bronzed
motor style wheel upon which is
placed a winged hat. the headgear OF
the Greek god Hermes the model.
EIermes was the messenger of the gods
and had charge Of transportation and
the ways and means of moving
things including highways. The
wheel for officers is silver tired while
for enlisted men It is Of solid bronze.
Hat cords Of the corps are purple.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13

Whether you want yourself out
fitted for big game or small. for an
extended hunting trip or a short one
come TO MS for what you need in guns
ammunition and hunters accessories
OF every description. We are ready
with complete stocks.
Feldman-s-5oS san Antonio -.
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13
MAJOR s. v. BINGHAM, OF
GENERAL STAFF, IS HERE

Mai. s. Y. Bingham, general staff
washington. D. C.. arrived here in
the city Tuesday and viii spend
few DAYS leave Of absence at 1907
Nevada street. Mai. Bingham has been
assigned 10 duty with the ninth d.
vision at Camp Cody. Deming. n. n,
where he viii report at the expira-
ton Of his present leave.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13

Lieut.. Col Elliott has received Or
ders to cease receiving applications
for officers training camps and Is
closing his office and will return to
his reEiment. the FIN cavalry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-13

WASHINGTON, D. Q, Nov. IA list
Of prisoners in German prison camps
given today by the war department
include;
stephen =. Trojanovich, OF Ca1han,
Colo.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16

|. s. Food Administration Jist eZ de buckwheat cake got Hop over on his face, Br'er Bacon- rim dance 'roun' en say. sezee:- One good tu'n desarves en nuth- CT" seZee.-Meanin' dat ef de sojer boys go en do de fghtin' fer us. de leas' we alls kin do is ter sen 'em all de wheat--en eat buckwheat instid. Con meal, rye en barley flour fer us will hep lot too.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
THE HOME GUARD

America stands on the threshold of a great adventure and great test.
 Adventure abroad-Where our army is poised for a plunge into territory long held as German soil a plunge through what must be the flower of Germany's troops if the kaiser is not at once to concede de- feat
 A scorching test abroad-since our First American army, released from the tutelage of French and British war experts, must pit its own newly acquired skill against the Boche past-masters.
 Glorying in the valor revealed at Cantigny and Chateau -Thierry, se- ere in the strength of the millions of other Americans hurrying to the battle front, our army as impatiently as confidently awaits the issue.
 America at home faces as great a challenge in the Fourth Liberty Loan, and as great a test.
 The huge size of the loan, whether for six or eight billion dollars, it outstrips all precedent; thrills our imagination and rouses us to our most extreme efforts that it may be put over' in the short time set.
 A searching test-since it will reveal inexorably just how much in earnest America -at-home is in it's desire to crush autocracy into the mud of this winters battlefields
 Germany will laugh if more than the allotted three weeks is required to raise the minimum sum called for
 German will tremble at the news of an oversubscription in less time.
 The loan is not a large one wher. the huge resources of the United States, S25O,OO0,0OO,O0O, are consid- cred. Oversubscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan will require less than a fifth of the annual income of the country, now estimated at $50,OOO,- O00,oo0.
 Subscribe YOUR share of the Fourth Liberty Loan before Satur- day, October 19.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
RAPID FIRE ACTION

To hang onto the heels of re- treating enemy and keep pege.n:s away at hln day after lay is moi an easy undertaking, even for vet eran warriors, writes correspondent of the Associated Press, attached to the American Forces in France.
 When the Germans recrossed tie Marne northbound, with the An,eri- cans not far behind, various units of the American army were called upon for operation in th;s kind of warfare for the first time. But even German prisoners taken lv the Amer jeans gave credit to the Yankees for their spirit of persistence a..d marveled at their ingenuity anI re- cuperative abilities.
 Field operations for the Franco American offensive virtually ere
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
YANKEE ACTION SHOULD ATTRACT
 IRISH ID ARMY

DUBLlN.-America's entrance in- to the war should seettle the question for lrishmen whether they should voluntarily enlist in the British army in the opinion of Colonel Arthur Lynch, Nationalist and member of parliament, who is engaged in an Irish recruiting campaign.
 Friendship with America shou be the deciding factor of all Irish policy he said to the Associated Press correspondent. Il mention these matters because young Irish men whom we wish especially to se- cure have had their minds captivated and in some cases perverted by a propaganda which has it's main origin in America. The deepest motive of this propaganda is hatred of England but some of the leaders have been so blinded by their passion of resentment that they have glided along the path of pro-Germanism and therefore treachery to the Stars and Stripes.
 Il appeal to all Irishmen to give up our accursed habit of clinging to a dead mast and duarfipo Our liy ing souls by the spectres of half forgotten defeats. Let us look for ward; let us help Uncle Sam to the last ounce, and Ireland, to quote words of a song which arose among the Irish in Australia, twill have Big Brother at the Peace Confer ence."
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
PIONEERS DANCE
 SATURDAY NIGHT

Neanna Igloo Moo. IT, Pioneers of Alaska are making elaborate pre- parations for celebrating Alaska Day and the various committees ap- pointed to attend to the details are now busy perfecting them so that the entertainment and dance which Is to be given by the Igloo on Sat urday, October 19, will be one of the most brilliant affairs ever pulled off in Nenana.
 A varied program, consisting of vocal and instrumental solos, char acter sketches, recitations and speeches will be put on and the pupils of the Franklin K. Lane school will contribute two items that are sure to please The musical talent of Nenana has been canvassed and promises obtained of items for the evenings entertainment.
 Arrangements are being made to secure the services of a four-piece orchestra for the dance which is to follow at the conclusion of the entertainment.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16

completed in a night. One Amer: can division marched all night, ps ri
 of the next day and that night. ana went into action at daylight, July lS Other divisions accomplished similar tasks equally as strenuous, several of them coming some distance and the boys encountering strange ter rain which appeared to stimulate their thirst for adventure as they went on and on, not knowing what to expect next.
 The men didn't know exactly just what the schedule called for-that Is, they hadn's been told officially. Even captains and lieutenants say they were not notified formally of the attack contemplated-su is the way an army works-but like their men they had a pretty good idea of what was in store for them, or rather of the surprise that was in the making for the Germans.
 When the Americans, in conjunc- tion with the French, started the offensive that morning, and kept going until the Germans reached the Nesle, automatically began the task of the various departments in keep ing in touch with an advancing army and furnishing it with ammunition, food and great stores of supplies which only armies need.
 Several times while the advance was at its height it became necessary for a certain American division head quarters to move every day or two. On number of occasions the divi- sional officers moved their head qarters once every twenty-four hours for three consecutive days. .
 To establish an office with tele- phone connection and provide work ing room for various assistants, with their clerks and typewriters and quarters for different individuals of the department one morning, and then move on the next morning and in the meanwhile, to keep up with important and rapidly developing work at battle front, is but one of a thousand or more routine details with which the commanding officers had to contend.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
MANY WORSHIP AT WAR SHRINE
 IN OLD LONDON

LONDON.-In a picturesque cor ner of Hyde Park. not far from the noisy thoroughfares over which much of London's traffic passes, is war shrine, in the shape of a cross, where visitors may get some idea of the sorrow of country which for four years has been weighted down by the ravages of war.
 "All last week." says the Des- patch, |" the slow-moving streams of gray-haired mothers, grief-worn wives, sisters, daughters, sweet hearts, passed round the shrine, the masses of flowers were piled higher and higher, the fresh fragrance of those of today mingling with the faint scent of yesterdays paler blossoms.
 There were working women who took part of their luncheon hour to join that little procession round the shrine, there were children who came in the late afternoon. and old men who passed as twilight drew near.
 Recently there was little woman in black who came and laid a small bunch of roses as near the English flag as she could. On a card she had written, In memory of Will, my youngest boy and near those fresh roses were roses of the day before to John and the day before that to George
 Three sons the little woman in black had given, three cards, three loosely tied punches of flowers she had laid upon the war shrine. One moment she paused to speak to one of the Green Cross girls, I shall come again in few weeks she said with eyes that were moist and lips that smiled bravely, and then she walked slowly away out of the park to lonely home"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
RELIANCE NEARS
 END QF SEASON

The steamer Reliance, of the A.. |. N. fleet, now under the command of Captain Miles Lemley, arrived in port this morning from the Tolovana rIver, where she had been engaged Tn putting away few of the com panys barges in winter quarters
 She sailed shortly after arrival with two more barges for the Tolo- vana river and may be expected to return to Nenana on Friday morn ing.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16
WANT ADS

~>--~-N--0-->->--~->-~-~-~-> >->-->- CABIN FOR SALE-Cost $500: will sell for $50 Inquire News office.
 WANTED-Two or Three con genial fellows to occupy 4-room residence with me. Kitchen fla cilities if desired. See Slippern. -~-~-~-~-~->~>--~-~--~->- -- FOR SALE-Panoramic views of the town of Nenana in 1916 and 1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair banks, from hill overlooking the town. Apply at News office. ->->---~>~@~----~-~~-~~ ->--~-- FOR SALE, CHEAP-Large tank heater and pipe drum; flush toilet, good as new; also sink. Inquire Simsons.
 -Woodchoppers to cut four-foot wood at Vachon's. Tolo- vana. O-1Q ->-o-----~------~- --.-,- FOR RENT-Upstairs residence, four rooms furnished. See Slippern P1ANOS-For Rent and Sale. Sim sons.
 WANTED Reliable party to rent or manage Central Lodging House. Inquire on premises. O-2l FOR SALE-Small heater. Cheap. Inquire News office.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16

Dr. H. L .Hedger, who had been spending few days in Nenana went up to Fairbanks this morning on the steamer Tanana.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-10-16

Miss Jane Anderson, of the dis bursting office, returned to Nenana after short vacation spent in the upper town.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13

again, a Christmas story. This Red Cross Institute will, in so far as is hu- manly possible, have the relative who will be responsible for the care of the blind man when he returns home, take the government training, side by side with him, as is now done by the British and French. With this full under standing at home of his difficulties and possibilities, many an ambition at first undreamed of may be fulfilled
 Through the gift of Jeremiah Mil bank of New York the Red Cross was enabled to establish in New York its experimental Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men. One of its principal objects is to assist in the general campaign of public education regarding the results which can be ac- complished by systematically re-train- ing disabled men for occupations in which they can successfully compete with able-bOdied men.
 Thus equpped,' writes W. Frank Persons, Director General of Civilian Relief of the American Red Cross they may confidently look forward to future of normal human work and play"
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13
WHAT COUNTRY MUST DO
 FOR ITS DISABLED SOLDIERS
Problems of Reconstruction Confront American Red
 Cross With New Tasks and New Responsibilities.

When American soldiers, blinded In battle, recover from their immediate wounds at the base hospitals in France special work for them Is commenced. Later they are brought to the United States Military General Hospital No. ', at Baltimore, for further medical and surgical treatment and special teaching. The ideal of the government will be to place every blinded man in a condition to take care of himself and those dependent on him. In many cases it is hoped, the men will be able to command a larger salary after talk ing their training than before they lost their sight.
 American Red Cross has supple mented the Army's plan by creating the Red Cross Institute for the Blind. One of its functions will be to provide certain financial aid to equip the blind man after his re-education is complet- ed, as, for instance, furnishing type writers to those who enter commer- cial life It will be unearthing new oc- equations, helping to establish homes and arrange home work for those who cannot go into offices or factories
 But 1t will do something else that is,
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13

During these Chrlstmases, when men in the trenches and on mined seas sing carols when our country glows to It's uttermOst boundaries with the sym. bol of the Red Cross; when the most earthbound look for awhile at the crosses and the stars-new under standings, new slmplicities, new will dngness for service come to very many men and women.
 And as our soldiers and sailors who went out young and strong and singing the Long, Long Trail" and lover There" now come back crippled and disabled, Americans are seeing more and more their own part and responsi- bility in reconstruction. This work means teaching the blind to see, giv- ing movement to the paralyzed, power 10 the remnants of arms and legs to do full duty, the chance of health to the tubercuar, light 10 minds be- logged by shell shock
 Our government, the Medical De partmcnt of the Army and the Amer- can Red Cross, from the time of our entrance in the war; have been work ing out the tasks preparatory to this reconstruction, which is the key word to their usefulness and happiness. The work itself is already begun in the hospitals where our returned men have been brought.
 This has meant the equipment of hospitals, the recruiting of the doe ( y,n f1 lot of plans for training for yocatiorrs, which means independence, vplacing activl- for Ha tt,tty.
 For this physical reconstruction in our military hospitals at home, our government, through the office of the Surgeon-General, is asking for recon struction aids This hospital service is open to hundreds, indeed thousands, of women who as wives of men in the service have been technically barred from other military hospital service. They are needed at once and may learn full particulars regarding train ing qualifications, pay and so forth by writing for information to the office of the Sur;Wun-Gcneral, Division of Reconstruction, Washington, D. C. They are civilian employees of lht Medical Drpurment of the Army "ud their work cu ses under one of ,wo cIasses-either the distinctly physical reconstruction which has 10 do with massage, electrotherapy, dydotherapy and mechanot erapy, or the occupa tional work N hich will prepare the men to take up the regular vocationa training for which we often hear the word "re-educa ion"
 The Federal government has charge of this work Other agencies working under goverur ent control will help The American Red Cross. especially will supplement. 1t, and through it' Home Service as assumed the obliga ton to assist very soldier or sailol and his family whenever they neet aid or counsel f.om 1t
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13
CARING FOR THOSE
 WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND

Because of her continued absence from school and the fact that she lived in rather an undesirable neighborhood and was on the streets all day a school teacher recently brought to the atten- tion of the Home Service department of the Red Cross the story of a girl of ten years whose mother was i'll and whose only other relatives were two brothers, one in camp and the other a youth of seventeen whose earnings seemed 10 be the only means of sup port for the family.
 The Home Service worker called, found the mother very Ill and needing hospital care at once. Arrangements were made for the mothers care and also for a home for the girl in the country where she would receive real homie training and love. The mother grew worse and died soon afterwards. The seyenlecn-year-old boy enlisted. The boy in camp had not known that his mother needed his help, but was glad to contribute from his pay when the true circumstances were made known. The girl is now in the coun- try, going to school and is receiving allotments from both of her brothers and is well cared for. She is under the watchful care of the Home Service workers and comes to them often for counsel
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13
THE RED CROSS MAN.
By Jeanne Judson

By Jeanne JudSon. < The Red Cross man was here , | today, # He seems to know some magic ; < way t Of being everywhere; < In Paris when q chap is broke, ; < He passes out a Yankee smoke, j < And at the front, he's there. j k He gives us something hot to ; < drink, ] # He seems to want to make us ; 4 think ! < We're happy and at ease;
 x He keeps as busy as can be- , X Just working for my mates and ;
 + me, t His method sure does please. , ]
 # And though he doesn't tote q ;
 < gun, J
 < We know he's with us everyone, }
 < Till duty sets us free; ,
 < His wheeled canteen is far more j
 < fair ;
 < Than any lobster palace rare, ;
 < We drink his health in tea j
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-13

Hospital searchers are being sent by the American Red Cross into all the hospitals along the front. Their task Is to supplement the necessarily mea- ger reports sent by the Army to the families of the killed and wounded with more detailed letters It is the human touch that makes the whole world kin.