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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04

cause he isn't in active service every
minute.
There are a lot of poilus like Guyon.
Get them ten kilometers back of the
front and they growl and roar all day.
Put them in the trenches and you sim
ply can't hold them In.
Probably a story lies back of most
of them just as one explains Guyon.
When the war broke out Guyon had
just married. He and his wife were
living in little town up near the Bel
gian border. OF course he was called
and left for the front. For more than
year he did not hear from his wife
not word. At last he received let
ter from her. mailed In Paris.
She had been taken prisoner at the
time of the invasion and deported in
to Germany. After year of horrible
suffering and abuse, she escaped into
Holland and got back to France by
way of London. At last she reached
Paris and went to work in n munitions
factory, where she is still working.
Guyon told his story to the Ameri'
can Y. NJ. G. A. secretary with typical
French calmness. His fury against the
Boches he puts into action In the
front line,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04
Fine Cotton Crop.

New Orleans, La.-Reports from
practically every section of the South
indicate the yield of cotton will be
heavy this season. The staple selling
at around 80 cents pound In the
seeding season stimulated planting.
Notwithstanding the fact that In many
localities q plea was made for the
planting OF more food and feed crops,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04

Physicians are not the only men who
follow the medical profession. The
undertakers are not far behind.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04

Many a woman's tongue is kept busy
trying to get her out of the trouble 1t
got her into.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04
The New Craze.

II understand you have valuable
stamp collection"
"Quite. They are all thrift stamps"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04
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TAXICAb DRIVERS KNIT
BUT THEY ARE WOMEN

Cleveland, O.-one of the
, least surprising thing to be {
, seen on the streets of Cleveland ,
now Is taxicab driver calmly
sitting in a taxi at Its stand,
purling and dropping, while sox {
, and sweaters develop before .
your eyes. But the drivers are
girls, for Cleveland Is rapidly
getting large proportion of its ,
, day drivers from the other sex.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1918-07-04

Money ceases to talk after miser
gets strange hold on 1t.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
HERE'S PRIZE ESCAPE STORY
United States Flyer In Germany Sent
Out With an Incubus,
but Loses II. a

New York.-This story Is told of an
American aviator, whose machine had
been forced to land within the Ger
man lines and who was taken prisoner,
but returned few days afterward to
American headquarters, safe and
sound, in his own machine:
After his capture he was taken be-
fore the commanding officer, who In
formed him that they were .desirous
of obtaining certain information re-
garding the allies forces and had de-
clded to send him up in his own ma.
chine accompanied by German Off.
Ger, who would shoot him instantly II
he deviated from orders. Accordingly,
he took his machine up, his German
companion sitting beside him with a
drawn revolver at his ribs.
While in the air he began to rumi-
nate on the much-overrated German
efficiency;" for, as he sald' vi had, of
course, determined that the German
observer should never return to rhis
lines, even If it cost me my own life
1 was thinking just how could do 1t,
when all at once l realized that the
man beside me was not strapped In.
couldn't help chuekling as loOped the
loop"
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
WAR CRIPPLES
WILL FIND JOBS

sands Of men who had lost limbs In
the war, 1t would be impossible to get
enough artificial substitutes unless
aliens were employed To meet the
difficulty skilled limbs committee of
physicists, engineers and surgeons was
formed, which had directed the prOduc-
tlon Of limbs by wood carvers, pattern
makers and mechanics in shipbullding
yards and engineering shops, and thus
they had been able, by employing
home Industry alone, to supply arti-
ficiaf limbs in sufficient quantities and
quality to satisfy requirements.
Methods Of Treatment.
Prof v. Putti of Bologna dealt with
the surgical treatment pertaining to
amputations. He described the meth
DDS Of DIR. Gii[llano Vanghetti, who
first conceived the idea and the means
Of drawing Lying energies from the
stump Of an amputatetf fllmb and trans
mitting voluntary movements to an
artificial member. 1t is now possible
for a man. who. has lost both; hands to
use a knife and fork at table. dress
himself and even shave with q safety
razOI This miracle is due to the treat
ment known as cinematizatiOn, and the
perfection to which artificial limbs
have been brought.
In order to obtain this voluntary
movement the muscles are allowed to
overlap the bone Of the stump and are
so arranged as to give two protuber-
ances similar In shape and size to two
small fingers. The muscles are so ar
ranged as to give alternately the aex-
ion and extension movements and
where that cannot be obtained rotary
movement can be given. In this way
artificial limbs, instead of being mere
ly supports for the stumps, can them
selves be manipulated.
In another department meat safe
of which one workshop has sent $50
to FRANCISCAN be seen, and a touch
Ing side of this exhibit was tray Of
things for one-armed men-jigs of this
and that sort to enable One-armed men
to cut wood and wire, and to polish
frames, rulers for one-armed clerks,
billiard rests for the one-armed player.
etc.
The wage question has been a seri-
GUS problem, but the difficulties have
been largely solved. Up to the present
very few of the trained men trans
ferred to employment have failed to
obtain, wages Of $40 and over per week.
1t Is hoped that with the extension Of
the work Of the department exchanges
working under the ministry of labor
the employer who considers that
mans pension is an opportunity to cut
wages will find himself badly left.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
PRETTY SENORITA is A "HE"
Discipline Causes Soldier From Jeffer-
son Barracks No End of
j. Trouble.

Portland, Ore.-Dlsclpllne caused a
soldier from Vancouver barracks no
end Of trouble here. The enlisted man,
while on furlough, went to n mas
querade ball clothed as a Spanish dam
cling girl. After the ball, while walk
ing to restaurant for supper, he
passed an officer, and promptly salut-
ed.
The spectacle of a rather pretty
"girl" saluting aroused the officers
curiosity and an investigation re-
vealed the true state of affairs.
ut is against the regulations for an
enlisted man to discard his uniform
during war times," said the officer.
"Return at once to the barracks and
report to your commanding officer"
The soldier followed discipline again
and obeyed. The appearance of a
dancing girl" within the army pre-
cincts caused more trouble, and as the
soldiers uniform was in Portland 1t
took some time to stralghten matters
out.
After being threatened with court
martial and other terrible things, the
officers took pity on the soldier and
let the incident pass with a repri-
mand.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
RoUSED BY DYING CHILDREN
Death Of Six From Starvation In Ger.
many Brings Attacks on
Government.

Amsterdam.-Th death Of six chill.
dren at the German reform school In
Tiefenort, SaxeWelmer, from what
practically amounts to starvation, al.
though 1t is politely called "undernour.
ishment" in the official reports, has
caused widespread comment in Ger.
many.
Assailed In the grand ducal parlia.
ment for tolerating such conditions,
the government put forth the dlverting
excuse that the children died from
tuberculosis brought on by deficient
mental conditions" This, says Vor-
waerts In scathing editorial, is "a
disease that is likely to prove, more
serious and more mysterious than the
Influenza epidemic in SPAIN"
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
Britain Plans Suitable lnStruc-
tion to Suit Men for
Work.
TRAINING IS UNDER Way
London Exhibition Shows the Skill Of
Observation-Disclosures of Blind
ed soIdlers-Wage Question
is Solved.

London.-The soldier broken In the
war will have his chance of future EN-
ployment at work suitable to his
malmed condition and at wage that
will enable him to live without seeking
charity. The only reason foraany. pos
sible failure Of the plan will be due to
refusal on, his part to take part In the
training which has been provided for
him.
The ministry of pensions and the
ministry OF labor are making every ef-
fort to provide suitable instruction and
to obtain posts for the men as they
are trained.
Already courses Of training are es-
tablished In the engineering and build
ing trades, the manufacture Of air
craft, wholesale and retail tailoring,
the making of leather goods, furniture
making, diamond cutting, wood carv-
ing, toy making and many other trades
An exhibition Is now open In Lon
don In which are displayed the meth
DDS Of training and the resulting va
riety of work turned out by the dis
abled soldiers or sailors.
During the early days Of the exhi-
bitiOn a conference of delegates from
allied countries was held In which de-
tails Of the after care, work and the
treatments for the restoration Of the
wounded were given.
Plan for Aiding Blind.
Sir Arthur Pearson described the
methods In use at st, Dunstan's for
the treatment, training and re-educa-
tion Of blinded soldiers. He said that
the actual re-education and training
was divided into two sections, the
classroom and the workshop, the mems
working day being divided between the
two.
Typewriting was taught in the class
room, while In the workshops the
largest number of men were learning
cobbllng. Some men learned mat max
ing only, Basket making, the oldest Of
the staple industriesf for the, blind, was
taught in many varieties. The other
industry taught in the workshops was
joinery. The men Of st. Dunstan's ac-
quired these Industries In quarter of
the time usually supposed to be neces-
sary to teach blinded mani'A trade.
Shorthand writing, by the aid of ma
chine which enabled the Braille char
acters to be taken down, was also
taught as was telephone operating.
Dealing with the provision of sur
gical supplies, Sir William MacEwen
said that when hospital for the limb
less was established in Scotland they
were told that, In view Of the thou
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
Confidence.

Henry's mother was explaining
some of the reasons why he should be
good boy at all times. Among other
things she told him that he had only
one life to live and one chance here
on earth to be good.
swell, mother" said Henry, IT think
we should have two chances"
mo, Henry; God gives US just one
chance and we must try very hard to
be just as good as we can be-"
SWELL" replied the boy, II think we
should have two chances. Now. who
do you think is right. mother, God or
mel"
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
HUSBAND, BROTHERS IN WAR
Pennsylvania Woman Has In All Thir.
teen Relatives In Service Of
the United States.

Scranton, Pa.-Although her hus-
band is in the army, her nine brothers
are in the service and the husbands of
three sisters are also wearing khaki,
Mrs. Mary e. Cottrell Of the North
Scranton section doesn't want serv-
Ice flag displayed from her home.
Ample satisfaction will come her
way, she says, when she knows her
husband and relatives have given ef-
fective aid to Uncle Sam In the
trenches.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22

Here Is man wnOwould rather be
a brakeman in the United States than
a ruler in Europe. Peter Sobiesld, a
descendant Of King John III Of Po'
land, says the wild beast Of Berlin of.
fered him a kingdom. Sobieski re-
Gently arrived in Oakland, Cal, from
Arizona, where he has been working
as brakeman on a railroad. He has
made application for enlistment with
the United. States army as an interpre-
ter. Sobieskis uncle, who lives in
Los Angeles, two years ago was, Of.
fered the throne Of Poland under Ger,
many's dominion. He declined, pre-
ferring to remain a citizen Of the
United States. The job was then Of
fered to Peter, who also declined.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
BIG SPHAGNUM MOSS ORDER
Seattle Red Cross to Make About
Twelve Carloads Of Surgical
Dressings.

Seattle, Wash.-Two hundred and
fifty thousand sphagnum-mOss surgical
dressings, or about twelve carloads,
will be turned out by the Seattle Red
Cross before September /. Seattle has
been asked to make half of the half
million allotment for the Northwest.
Sphagnum moss is gathered In the
swamps on the north bank of the Co
lumbla river near Its mouth. The moss
is assorted, thoroughly dried, and then
prepared for dressings.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22

Lieut.. Robert E. Lee, U. $. A., grand
son of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the COM
mander In chief of the armies Of the
Confederate states during the Civil
war, is fighting for the United States.
Lieutenant Lee has the mark as
military leader set by his famous
grandfather as the goal of his efforts,
though he will be doing his utmost for
that Union which his grandfather
strove to destroy. General Lees fame
as soldier is secure, for he is rated
by military experts as one Of the
greatest commanders the world has
known. II Lieutenant Lee inherits
his military skill there will be no ques-
ton about his chances Of being rated
military genius.
Maj. William Fitzhugh Lee Simpson,
a granddaughter Of Gen. Robert e.
Lee, recently died while on duty in
France, according to confirmed re-
port received here. Major Simpson
was In charge Of the American school
Of machine gunfire in France. No par
ticulars Of his death, except that 1t
was due to appendicitis, have been re-
solved. The Lees are In the fight.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
LISTED AS STACKER,
BOY DIES AS HERO

: Dayton, o.-Although govern
ment officials searched through
out the United States for John
Rong Of Montgomery county,
whom they believed to be a
Stacker, Rong died hero on
the battlefelds of France.
While reading the list OF cas-
ualtles Of the American over
seas forces a few days ago, rel.
atives and friends found Rong's
name with his Montgomery
county address and his home
address, Rome, Italy.
Rong had enlisted without no.
tifying his board.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22


to
possible defeat glorious victory
Of British
by BOche and released of his
telling bge the
Meade County news., 1918-08-22

While their brothers are fighting the
battle Of liberty on the front in France
the women of England are seeking to
speed the cause TO a victorious finish
by working night and day in munition
factories to turn out hundreds of thou
sands Of war weapons. This picture
shows a woman worker in one of Eng
lands largest factories, acetylene weld.
ing the bodies of aerial bombs.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
Indiana provo PatrIotIan.

Denver, Colo.-Denied a right to
serve in the United States army, 100
Colorado Indians are doing their bit
by working on the highways Of this
state. They are building modern roads
over the trails blazed by their fore
fathers through forests Of the Rocky
mountain region
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
Mistaken Identity.

cleopatra CleopatraI" called
Mary, who liked big names for her
pets.
"Why, I thought your cats name
was Napoleon" protested the visitor.
HE was Napoleon till he had his
Kittens" affirmed Mary stoutly.
Meade County news., 1918-08-22
An ApoIoqy For Sarcasm.

"Are sarcastic people ill-natured3"
"Not always" replied Miss Cayenne.
Sometimes what seems sarcasm is a
generous effort to be euphemistic in
stating a necessary fact"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11
SHlPYARDS OF ATLANTIC ARE
 ENTHUSIASTIC

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Miles of ship ways, their timhers towering above marsh-girted bays and rivers; hun dreds of huls. their naked or half-clad ribs yawning skyward; acres of giant cranes and derricks. machine shops, and sawmils this, in composite, is a picture of war-driven shipbuilding on the North Atlantic coast, where more than 150,000 men are striving to help make good the nations promise of bridge of ships" from the home. land to it's soldiers overseas.
 These men, equivalent almost to four divisions of the troops whose needs they are serving. have complet- ed 65 vessels, capable of carrying 325 .O0O tons of cargo on a single trip. They have launched 70 others. And all this in a year when preparation rather than production necessarily has been the task of the newly created eastern yards
 Make Schwab forget the Pacific" was the placarded message which greeted the Emergency Fleet corpor- ation's directorgeneral when he visit
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

ed a Connecticut shipyard. The en- thusiasm which dictated the slogan is exhibited by a great majority of the managers and workers in the plants which dot the coast from Maine to Virginia and inland waters tanced in production early in the war by the already organized shipbulding industry of the Pacific. the Atlantic yards now are getting their stride. and standardization of their output type to plant-will speed the work. They have performed miracle in as sembling materials. erecting plants and housings. training shipbuilders. and building ships.
 In this accomplishment. which in peace times would have occupied five years rather than twelve months, there has been a praphic illustration of the first half of the war depart ment's work or fight" policy. Not by compulsion-fo the shipbuilders are volunteers men nave llOckeu bS .th' thousands to the Atlantic shipyards and have labored through days of ten hours. There is nothing figurative in the sweat of the riveter's brow. And the riveter, backbone of the industry, is typical of his fellows Wages are high. from the laborer's $40 to the rivct drivers $2O or $30 day, but emergency has compelled their pay ment.
 Production, encouraging as it is. has not kept pace with the Emergency Fleet corporations program. There are many contributing causes-scar- city of materials, transportation de
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

the hand process, has made its ap- pearance in some of the yards and is employed to erect entire sections of hulls, which are swung into place by derriCks. While wooden ship con struction must remain in great de gree task for the human hand, it's production has been hastened by re sort to many new mechanical aux iliaries
 And what of the product of this | war impcllcd haste? The ships speak for themselves Some of them lack the finish which was the oldtime ship. | tings are held down to a minimum in keeping with serviCeability But the demand is for cargo space, and de signs are drawn to meet it Wooden vessels, mostly of $500 deadwcight tons and averaging $500 .OOO in cost, are equipped with coal burning en- zines. Steel ships. which range from 3.50O to l2.0OO tons and cost $750,O to So.JoU,oOV, are DelnB adapted Tn many cases to fuel oil On every craft is gun platform, on the larger ships two. grim reminders of that in ternational lawlessness which chal- lenged American courage and resource
 fitness to a performance which has amazed the world
 The months of getting ready are past in the North Atlantic shipyards
 The ordeal of selecting from thou
 sands of applicants men who could
 build ships, or learn to build them
 Is over. The destructive labor turn over of the industry's first phase has been almost wholly eliminated. Free tion of barracks and homes at some of the isolated ccnters has helped to stabilize the labor problem. Though supply has not yet fully met demand for men and materials, the day of an even balance is drawing nearer. From now on completed ships will be rcCk- oned not in thousands but in millions Of tons year. A cargo bridge to France promises to b" reality
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11
Red Cross Takes
 Over Paris Park

PARIS. Oct. 11-Buffalo Park, lC- cated just outside the gates of the city, in the direction of Neuilly, and deriving it's name from the character of the outdoor entertainments given there for years. has been taken over by the American Red Cross as park for its lorries and ambulances.
 It was in Buffalo Park that Buffalo Bills Wild West show" performed, to the huge delight of juvenile Paris.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

lays, inadequate labor supply and ab- senteeism of workmen Some of the shipworkers cannot stand the prosper ity which suddenly has become their | lot The result is five days work where there might be six. and con l sequent slowing up of production. | Near the larger cities absenteeism averages l5 to 20 per cent. tapering down to , and 10 per cent in the more | isolated communities. Managers, at | first attributing the trouble to Sun day work, when employees drew double pay and, in many cases laid off a week day for recreation, generally l have discontinued seven-day operation 1 except in emergencies. But every | days muster still has it's list of ab- 1 sentees, obviously q serious blow to efficiency.
 1 But "slaCkerism" is an offense of the minority. The real spirit of the shlpyards is typical of America at war. Propaganda plays it's part, a tell ing one, and by means of competi- tion in construction, honor rolls of high production and monday meetings designed to emphasize the import ance of the shipworkers' share in the national effort, enthusiasm is main. tained at high pitch and is reflect. ed in output.
 Every plant has it's school, where the bridgebuilders and structural iron workers learn to erect steel ships and where house carpenters are taught the principles of wooden hull construc. tion. In both branches of the indus try, as well. many laborers have passed tests which have rated them as skilled workmen. In the yards of the Submarine Boat corporation at Reward the school gangs" have con structed and launched three 5.500.ton steel freighters. an inspiring example of the American way of doing things when they have to be done.
 The shipyard8 army. like the khaki clad force whose going to foreign soil called it into being. is an organiza- tion of youth. At Newark an Swear. old Civil war veteran directed work on an outfitting pier, but this case is an exception. Less of an oddity is a negro boy of l6 who is operating a gun" as yard phraeology terms the compressed air riyeting machine. Men in the twenties and thirties. with few CT in the forties and ffties. are build ing the American merchant marine.
 Shipyard mechanical appliances, like the men who operate them, largely are a product Of war time demands. Railroads. cranes and derricks which travel in yards and on piers have sup planted the cruder and slower means of carriage of former years, and a wide use of fabricated steel parts wholly prepared for erection at the mills where they are rolled has put speed into shipbuilding.
 The bull riveter. an appliance which drives 1000 rivets a day to 1000 by
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

Order your raincoat made to order in any style you wish. S12.50 to $40. at Tom Hubberts. 20-3
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

The job printing department Of the Times is equipped with the latest and best type faces for artistic work.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-11

Fresh Ever Ready iiashlight batter ies. Blum -O'Neill Co If
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-25
Cnc.un Candy.

Louisiana sugar cane planters have
evolved a plan for manufacturing
candy from the spineiess cactus. In
the process the peel Of the plant is
removed, dipped into hot molasses
and coated with grsaulated or pow
dored sugar. The result Is a confee-
ten of rich and delicious favor.
So successful have boon the expert
ments with the new sweet that cane
planters are now growing cactus,
which formerly was utilized. when
used at all, for cattle fodder. Planters
can In this way furnish plenty Of raw
material for the lew product.
Another important result In the
making of what some enterpHang ad-
yertser may call "knktus-kandy,"
says an exchange. is that sugar mills
which have heretofore been idle for
nine months In the year can now use
part of their equipment In the candy
manufacturing industry.