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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
WISCONSIN, JANUARY 1918
DEFENSE COUNCIL PRIVATEERING


The National Defense council members are
making fortunes out Of the war
So the Herald was informed few days ago.
The source was one that carries weight with
Therefore it should be answered.
We found that this startling SANDER was
printed in the Chicago Republican.
What is the Chicago Republican?
The Chicago Republican is the official organ
Of Big Bill Thompson
Who is Big Bill Thompson?
The utterly discredited and small-bore mayor
of Chicago
Big Bill is labelled and put away as pro-
German and an obstructionist Also weakling
Dismiss him. He is unworthy of consdera-
ton.
But the charge-what of that?
It is lie.
The Herald took pains few weeks ago to
label as lie SANDER on some of our best people.
We take pains now to label another SANDER
that if true terms the leading men Of our coun-
try as scoundrels. If true they should be wear
ing stripes
But it isn't true.
Neither is our president servant of Eng
land
The last is another lie typical of the many
put out by the grapevine" method, to under
mine the patriotism of the country. Run these
things down and you inevitably find common
source.
Inevitably they come from some such organ
as the Chicago Republican.
Don't believe them, friends. They are lies
and SANDERS put out to make a. fool and traitor
Of you.
The country is right. The Defense Councils,
big and little, are fright Trust them-they
will not betray you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
HOW COFFEE WAS NAMED

Coffee takes it's name from Kaffa, district
in Abyssinia where it came from and where it
still grows in wild state
The story goes that in the Fifteenth century
an Arab herder of goats, having noticed that his
animals, after browsing on the leaves and Der
ries Of certain bushes, became exceedingly live
ly and playful, was prompted by curiosity to
chew quantity of these berries. re found them
of pleasing taste and that they had the same
refreshing and stimulating effect upon him.
Having told other herders of this they tried
them in various ways, until it was finally dis
covered that the best results could be obtained
by making strong infusion of the roasted beans
in boiling water, which yielded an aromatic bev-
erage of pleasing taste, which greatly refreshed
and stimulated
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
BESOTTED WITH EGOTISM

The Chicago Tribune speaks of certain in
tellectuals in the United States who are playing
the pacifst game as "besotted with egotism"
That is, that they are drunk with self conceit
and view Of their own Importance. An old
negro gave good definition of such men when
he said that "dey knows too much for one and
not enough for two" Just at present these bla-
tant self-exploiters would-be exploiters of
others, and taking certain number with them.
But the "demnition grind of events is disclos-
ing the shallow nature Of their claim for public
leadership and they will soon sink out of sight.
1t just so in the Civil war The generals
and the political leaders had to be educated by
the war. It was the war that finally brought
them to light and public trust They were not
"besotted with egotism."-W D. Hoard in Fl.
Atkinson Union
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
GLAD TO BELONG TO HER SEX

We often hear women exclaim that they wish
they were men. But here woman looks at the
question of sex more deeply. She says:
Il am glad to belong to sex that is loved by
men. That is the last and greatest honor a man
can pay to a woman. If | were man I would in
like manner be glad to belong to sex that is
loved by women. The greatest tribute that can
be paid to any man is that he is loved by some
good woman"
No foolish, idle repining against the laws Of
Nature in that declaration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
BACK UP THE EDITOR

newspaper can never very creditably rep
resent town whose business men 40 not adver-
tlse. He may howl himself hoarse Dragging
about the vim, energy and enterprise of his town
but If his declarations are not backed up by
liberal amount of advertising by the business
men OF the town, the world will be slow to take
his statement as true. 1t takes more than the
unsupported testimony Of the local newspaper
man to prove to the world that his town is the
financial center, the business center, the very
best market and the best place on earth to buy
goods; his evidence needs corroboration-Ex
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
LET'S PAY TILL 1T HURTS.

We speak of the dead in hushed low tones,
And honor them where they lie,
But what of the men with shattered bones,
Of the brave who cannot die?
Under the smoke black sky at night,
With scarcely breath to pray,
Men of your kind who fought your fight,
Then pay and pay and pay!
And who shall send to the brink of hell,
Where the wounded gasp and die,
The rose red banner waving, tell,
Say who, but you and I?
And who shall hurry the ambulances down
Through the dawn of blood-red day,
But you, my friend, and [? Go on
And pay and pay and pay!
Then give if it needs of your last red cent,
Ay, out of your meanest mite
And rouse you out of your sweet content
And hear We groan tonight
For half dead lie in the black shell scars,
With scarcely breath to pray,
And breathe their prayers to the mute mute
stars
Then pay till it hurts, oh, pay.
Sarasota Fla.) Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
HOW TRUE

How true was that saying Of the Saviour,
1.-The poor We have with you always" Not only
the poor in poverty sense, but the poor in
spirit and purpose, the poor in judgment, the
poor in principle, and in these days those who
are poverty stricken in patriotism All of these
elements add immensely to the burden of those
upon whose courage and high resolve the nation
must depend for it's salvation. Another saying
has abundant truth in it: "None are so poor as
those who use their poverty as an excuse for
lack of energy and courage" 1t was said of
certain man who had done large deeds and died
poor that during his whole life he was rich in
all the most desirable qualities of human ma
ture." Wealth of that sort is grand in it's reflex
effect upon humanity.-W. D. Hoard in Fl At
kinson Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
HOW ABOUT YOUR RENEWAL?

Have you attended to that all important duty
as yet? Many have.
We appreciate the willingness our public has
shown in stepping forward and paying what is
due and then reposing trust in us by advancing
their subscription accounts
We are working for you.
Our every effort is to give you the best
paper we can turn out.
We endeavOr to keep our pages newsy and
wholesome.
We turn away hundreds of dollars in ques-
tlonable advertising every year-patent medi-
cine, quack DOCTORS fake stock schemes and the
ike-because we want to protect the people who
patronize and trust us.
You on your part can do much too. You can
settle your back account and advance your sub
scription into the future. By doing this you will
furnish us with war sinews. You will enable this
paper to maintain it's standard-A Free Press
Now is the time-WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK FOR YOU!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
PETRO-MORTIS-A DANGER

The open season for petro-mortis is with u.s.
Petro-mortis, be it known, is the effect of
burnt gasoline fumes on the human system
Petro is short for the petroleum by-product
known as gasoline. Mortis means DEATH
This knowledge will be Of no advantage to
you should you succumb to the principle
Therefore beware!
Do not work on your running car in closed
garage.
Do not run your engine inside building
where there is no ventilation.
The first symptoms are drowsiness and
smarting of the eyes.
The next result is coma The final-death
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER

A young soldier knelt beside his cot one even
ing not long ago.
The place was an eastern training camp.
Many boys were there most of them coming
from Christian families
Most of them had been raised under good in
fiuences and most of them had attended Sunday
school: -
But of that company only one was big
enough and brave enough to kneel in public be-
cause there was no privacy, and offer his prayers
to the Creator of all things.
AS he prayed some stood silent but some
sneered and few jeered.
That is they did until the captain came.
The captain was not a Christian. He was not
a church member But he had good mans re-
spect for anOther's creed.
What he said to the scOfers was brief and
to the point. 1t ended forever any Jeering at a
Christian young man who loved his heavenly
father and was not ashamed of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
OUR DEBT TO THEM

One thought and one alone should be suffc-
lent to silence premature peace talk Millions of
men have given their lives in defense of their
country against the Hun and to crush the thing
which, while it fourishes, will make democracy
precarious in the world. These men, having Civ
en- their last ounce Of resistance and died. will
have died in vain if the war stops for any reason
short of the fulfillment of the purpose of the
allied governments. We owe it to them to keep
up the fight. We are betraying them if we stop
fighting to save our miserable lives St.
Paul Pioneer Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-02
EDITORIAL
THE WAR SITUATION

So, no doubt, is to every other man.
There is a good reason for this.
This war is the biggest thing coming toI
mankind since that night on Calvary.
Other wars, other conflicts, sink into insig-
nifcance beside the awful, terrible majesty of
this great struggle.
Force and brutality stalk across flaming
world.
Justice and democracy oppose evil unto the
bitter death.
Mercy and charity, white-winged, soothe the
pillow of pain
This is an epic approaching the creation.
It will ring through the ages as the death
grapple of titanic forces.
On one side are ranged the powers Of dark
ness. Feudalism, caste, class, divine right of
kings, all the evils we fatuously thought had
been shorn away from the body of civilization,
range themselves" against
the progress Of the world from the misery
of the dark ages unto the present.
Humanity, the common man, never had
chance until the last century Princes and kings,
the nobility had their good times and their full
stomachs-the common man had nothing. He
was kept in poverty, dirt and ignorance. Cheated
of everything sweet in life he crawled willingly
to death as a surcease from his troubles.
Then came the New World. The cursed Of
the ages-the common man-found place
where he could own his home. Here he framed
laws establishing equality and here he offered an
asylum to the oppressed of other lands.
Here they came-old and young, strong and
weak, despairing and with high hope-in myriad
numbers-tO the land of democracy.
Here they found a haven. Here they found
rest.
No wonder we had forgotten how to fight
No wonder we were laughed at in our laundering
attempts at preparation Our ways were ways
of peace Busy in making life easy to live we
had forgotten how to make men die.
Other countries, other democracies saw the
progress of the New World and saying it was
good, patterned after it.
All but few.
One country believed that it's king ruled by
divine right 1t taught it's children SO in it's
schools. 1t implicitly obeyed the kings orders
The king believed he was an Alexander or
a Napoleon. He had unlimited power and he
thought he could bring the world under his sway.
So he struck hard at peaceful nations around
him.
His blow came in the night and he found them
unprepared
Almost was he successful
Almost did he batter down the doors and rob
the treasure of freedom.
Where his hand has touched now lies ruin.
Homes burned fields laid waste, trees cut down,
wealth looted and citizens sent into slavery.
The last is the worse call it by any polite name
you may please. Such is the way of conquerors.
But the free peoples had tasted the sweets
of freedom This cup, unknown to the inhabi-
tants Of land ruled by bosses, was blessed to
them.
At the Marine they drove the invader back
At Verdun they said, "He shall not pass" and he
did not pass.
Now comes the test.
Into the lists America has thrown it's bright
lance.
1t shines and glitters in the sun.
1t means not conquest or loot
1t means not slaves.
1T means not revenge.
1t means-FREEDOM!
The war will continue until this is settled
-OOO--
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15

salt water for three years is in prac-
tically perfect condition; nor has there
been any cracking of cement.
100000 Tons by August, 1919.
This department has completed the
detailed plans for 3,500-t concrete
cargo ship and 1t is at work on plans
for 750O-ton type. We estimate that
between 100 and 200 3,500-ton con-
crete hulls can be completed by the
end Of this year If we start Immediate
ly, and that If the construction of hulls
of 1900 tons each commences by June
25o can be completed by August. 1919 |;
that is approximately 100000 tons"
What about a concrete ship If at
tackled by submarineT
"a torpedo would blow hole in Il
concrete ship just as In any other kind
of a ship, but 1t would not crack the
hull, as some seem to have thought
The concrete Is not fragile IKE a
bowl; 1t Is tough, due to the re-en-
forcing steel"
"How does the cost of the concrete
ship compare with that of steel?"
1.-THE concrete costs about two
thirds as much. Concrete ships can
be built in much larger numbers than
ships Of steel or wood, mainly because
the concrete vessels do not require
large plant installation and because
the material is readily available. Even
a small steel plant costs $500,0O0. On
the other hand, a cement ship plant
can be built for $4,000. 1t may be
made so as to be portable. The prin-
cipal machinery required is mixer, a
hoist. and derrick. The time re-
quired to complete concrete ship is
practically the same as that in a we'll
organized steel yard, from two to
three months.
1.-The ways used for a concrete ship
are the same as those for other kinds
of ships. The first step is to build the
outside form, or mold which is of
wood. The reinforcing steel is then
placed In position. Next the interior
form Is built. Then comes the pour
Ing of the concrete into the form. No
interval is permitted In this; 1t is con-
tlnued night and day In order to elimi-
nate joints as far as possible. This
operation requires several days. Three
or four weeks are given for the con-
crete to age Then the forms are
removed, and the ship is ready to pc
launched, Thereafter comes the In
stallation of the machinery.
Material Is Plentiful.
"In concrete vessels large part OF
the materials used can be obtained in
almost any part Of the United States.
1.-THE steel used for the reinforcing
Is of a different character In so far as
its shape Is concerned from that used
In steel ships. At present, with the
decreased amount Of building OF all
kinds throughout the country, re-en-
forcing steel for concrete can be Sc
cured In abundance and will not inter-
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15
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fere with the production of steel
plates or shapes for steel vessels.
1.-THE vessel contemplated in our de-
sign is Of the same size, dimensions,
and form as the 3,5Q0-ton standard
wood ship, except that the sheer line
amidships has been slightly altered
and no outer keel is fitted. The gen.
eral arrangement follows closely that
OF the wood ship, including the num-
Der and location Of the bulkheads. The
propelllng machinery designed for the
wood ship has been provided prac-
tically without change In the concrete
vessel. The length viii be 26S feet,
and the beam 46; draft % feet 9
inches, and full-load displacement
6,l75 tons. The comparative weight
Of hull is as follows: Concrete, $500
tons; wood, 1900; steel, 1,160; weight
OF the ship, light, concrete, 2,972 tons;
wood, PVT tons; steel, 1000 TONS"
Faith Built In Crude Plant.
A representative of the Emergency
Fleet corporation who witnessed the
launching Of the Faith at San Fran
cisco reports as follows:
The ship was constructed by 40 or
80 house carpenters, and the lack of
machinery of the plant was especially
noticeable. A small power saw, the
concrete mixer, pile of lumber and
another of gravel seemed to be the
only implements and materials in the
yard.
The installation of the machiner,
will in all probability be completed In
a MONTH when the ship will be ut
once sent on long trial voyage.
THE appearance of the Faith at
distance is very little different from
that Of any steel vessel of the same
dimensions. She has been designed
TO carry 5000 lightweight tons, and
a steel ship of the same dimensions
probably would not carry more than
5000 lightweight tons. The ship is
painted black, and the imprint of the
mold of the vessel is plainly visible
on close examination of the hull, max.
Ing the ship appear very much as II
she were built of lumber.
THE engines will be of the triple
expansion type. AS this style pro-
duces the maximum vibration, the test
of the action of the vibration ON con.
crete construction will be thorough
This seems to be the only uncertainty
yet remaining to prove that the con-
crete construction Of large ships is
wholly feasible. The Faith is the
first vessel that was ever launched
sideways In San Francisco. She
was not launched upside down, as is
popularity considered the manner In
which concrete ships are launched.
Small boats are usually constructed
upside down because Of the ease In
and In concrete ships be-
cause Of the pouring Of the cement.
The Faith was built and launched
light side up"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15
PASSING the Sentry.

While was on the Mexican border
the camp had heavy guard at night.
The captain came back to camp late
one night and IT happened that the
road over which he came into camp
had three or four sentries which he
would have to pass.
Each sentry halted him. He had
evidently had some trouble before he
came back, he was not in his best
mood and he got madden every time
they halted him.
When the guard at the last post
heard the captain coming he called
"Halt, who goes there?"
The captain yelled out, "Who in
thunder do you supposed"
The guard returned, advance, Who
IN Thunder Do You Suppose, and give
fhe countersigr. Chicago Tribune.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15

into seven sections; for the largest,
mat OF concrete design, IL engineers
were engaged. Two men were called
10 the organization from the bureau
OF construction and repair of the navy
department, and there were represent
auves from Lloyds' registry and the
American bureau of shipping. The
nun section was made up of naval
architects whose duty II was to ana
lyze the stability, bending moments,
and shear OF the ships hulls. both
those designed In the Office and those
submitted for approval. -Four sec
tons were concerned with the struc-
tural qualities Of the ship.
Not Regarded as Experiment
Rudolph ]. Wig of the government
bureau OF standards, who has had
charge Of the governments investiga-
ton of concrete ships since the be-
ginning of the war. is In direct super
vision of this department as chief
engineer.
I'VE here in this department" said
Mr.. Wig In Washington the other day,
do not think the concrete ship may
be classed as an experimental ship
any longer. We think that the re-en-
forced concrete ship Is structurally
just as sound as the steel ship, and
that the conclusions based on our in
vestigations will be borne out when
observations may be taken from con-
crete ships actually under service.
THE one thing we know the least
about is as to durability. The life of
the concrete ship may not be more
than three years, but even If 1t be
that short we Of this department be
lieve, on account Of our great need of
ships, that the construction Of con-
crete ships should be begun on
large scale as soon as possible. We,
here, are ready to go ahead at any
time.
Damage by the salt water of the
sea? We know that this need not be
feared for three years, II at all. This
conclusion is based on examination |
OF all the concrete structures in sea
water Of the navy department for
period Of three years. | helped to |
make this inspection. We know, too,
that one concrete ship has been in
operation in sea water for one year. |
That is the Namsenfjord of Norway.
Tests show that the sea water has had |
no damaging effect on the hull. 1t is
true 1t is small ship, 600 TONS while
the Faith, the concrete ship recently !
launched by the San Francisco Ship
building company and now being out
fitted for trial trip has a 5,000-ton
cargo capacity.
Another concrete vessel much
smaller than the Namsenfjord has been
tested In salt water considerably lon
ger, This is little steamer built in
Boston three or four years ago. 1t
IL only 43 feet long. The hull is OF
sement mortar, and after contact with
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15

Miss Margery Kay, Detroit society
girl who served in an American hos
pital In France, has returned to the
United States. She says that she Is
one of the first American nurses who
served "over there to come back. Here
Miss Kay is shown wearing one of the
uniforms popular with the women am
bulance drivers In France. There is
no official garb, so each one provides
her own. The Blue Devil tam she is
wearing was given to her by the for
mer owner to replace her own cap,
which was lost during a strenuous run.
The bronze ring is the official badge of
the American ambulance corps.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15


coming the submarine menace. shin
ana stone have been absolute oppo-
sites In the lay mind since the first
ship was set afioat.
Ia the department of concrete con-
struetion of the Emergency Fleet cor
poration, however. no doubts are held
as to the practicability of the concrete
snip. The men there believe thor.
oughly In the proposition; they are
niieu with enthusiasm at the thought
that, at dramatic and crucial time
"a the history of the world, they are
70 make a revolutionary contribution
20 the cause of democracy-one that
may be an important factor IN tho
turning of the scales against autocracv
III n
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15

ship division is
on ly a few
months old, says
a writer In the
New York Times,
A large body of
engineers quail
fed to make a
study Of the many
different prob
lens involved In
this new design
was assembled
at Washington at
the beginning of
the year. The
work was divided
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-06-15
Government Off,
Gals Confident Meqv
Style of Oessels
VIII Prove Success.
Reporters and Photographers in All Parts Of the World


ANY devices and inven.
tons have been offered
to the government at
Washington to aid In win
mag the war. These range
all the way from the feast
BILE to the fantastic. In
the latter class, at first
glance, would be placed
the proposal to build car
80 ships of artificial
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