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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16

stopping ten minutes for refreshments
at a Red Cross Canteen.
Think Of . big cup Of hot coffee and
4 wealth Of man-sized ham sand.
wiches served by the Red Cross-wo-
men with the joy Of service in their
eyes. Think OF ten minutes for re-
freshments within sound Of the guns
such refreshments served by such wo-
men. Did ever 4 weary lad have such
refreshments? Did ever a cup Of cot
fee and q sandwich taste so good1
Il is service like this, the supplying
Of food that's got q honey taste''' at
= time when q mans spirits are likely
to be ct lowest ebb,i that moved 4 Coul-
manding General Of the American
Forces to write On December so: "The
extent OF the work Of the Red Cross
= only limited by the number Of mem
'bels 4 has ana tie amount g funde
as1t1nlae - ~ 1Dos
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16
FATHER AT WAR, 3 :
TRAGEDY AT HOME
Just What Home ServiceM Means
to Soldier.

The father kisses his wife n KID
dies goodby. shoulders his gun and
marches away to war.
For a time the current of life flows
smoothly for the soldiers little fami-
ly. Then comes the tragedy. Mother
is taken i'll. The little brood of BROTH
ers and sisters is helpless. No father
to turn to. A helpless motherl
To whom can the American soldiers
family look at this critical period1
Must a brave mans loyalty to !
country NEAR desolation and suffering
to those nearest and dearest to him7 ;,
Mol Emphatically no! The Amerf+
can people will not permit the famis
lies Of their soldiers and sailors to
suffer because their breadwinners ara
fighting for their country. And so the
Red Cross Department of Civilian Re-
lief has created q nationwide organ
ization for home service for the faml-
lies Of soldiers and sailors. /
Under the banner Of Home Serv4
ice" patriotic men and women have
enrolled and are devoting themselves
to the noble task Of helping soldiers
families to meet and adjust the prob
lens of everyday life and aiding them
to maintain the standards Of health.
education and industry.
Home ServIce-True Service.
Home service means keeping the sol.
dier's children well and in school. It
e tiding the family over financial
troubles, arranging the household
budget, meeting insurance premiums.
adjusting a mortgage, bringing med-
ical aid and legal advice to bear at the
right moment. In short Home Serv-
ice" is true service, in that it provides
the warm handclasp Of friendship
rather than the humiliation Of charity.
1t calls for sympathetic understanding
and intelligent consideration OF the
most vital needs OF, the soldiers family.
The Red Cross is pledged to "Home
Service" wherever needed In the Unit.
ed States. In each chapter Of the Red
Cross there will be a home service
section, under competent hands, whose
mission will be to protect the welfare
of the soldiers and sailors homes and
to safeguard the normal development
OF their families In employment and in
ideals OF self help and self reliance.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16
HE GAVE HIS SHIRT OFF HIS BACK
How an Italian Officer Travelling on Train
Helped a New Born Baby.

One Of the ways to say that q man
% good hearted is to descend to ex-
pressive Americanese slang and say
she'd give you his shirt"
A young Italian officer did exactly
that-gave the shirt of his back to a
baby just born. It was during a flight
Of the Italian refugees just after the
Italian army had been tricked by the
Austrians.
Here's the story:
. An Italian officer, who had been a
volunteer worker at the station when
the crush came through, walked into
the American Red Cross ONCE at b.
logna, Italy, and told Of a poor young
woman who had given birth to a baby
On the train in which he was riding a
few nights previously. They had been
riding for over 16 hours, and the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16

~wretchedly poor and disheartened
mother had been jammed in with the
hundreds Of other frightened Italians
on the same train Hungry, tired and
miserable and in q frightfully weak
ened condition, she had scarcely sufi-
cient clothes for herself, not to speak
of properly caring for q newborn babe.
The young officer stripped himself Of
his shirt, and there among this fright
ened, half starved, forlorn crowd the
poor Italian infant was wrapped In it,
first body covering.
Mother and babe were afterwards
nursed back to health, clothed and
looked after by the American Red
Cross. And4this is only one small, is
olated incident among thousands that
come under the working Of the Red
Cross.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16
EARNS IA CENTS A DAY; .
HAS WIFE AND BABY
And Yet This True Story Has 4
Happy Ending.

Even q Frenchman sometimes loses,
for awhile at least, his "unfailing''
sense of humOr.
Take, for instance, the case Of q
man from Lille, a soldier, Waeltele by
name and only twenty-three. He had
done pretty well, for the youngster had
already his own printing shop in that
northern French town, which is still In,
side the German lines. In the trenches
Waeltele developed tuberculosis, and
he was sent to a hospital at Grenoble.
There he was considered incurables
and after the usual three months OF
treatment he was granted his IA cents
a day pension. Said his fatherly army
doctor, my SON, you can perhaps cure
yourself II you will live in the noun.
tains, If you will eat plenty Of nour~
fishing food and, above all, If you dOn'e
worry"
Waeltele should have smiled, but ho
didn't. He was thinking Of his baby
and hIs wIfe-and his ~ cents. "Don't
worry!" The humor Of Il entirely es@
capped him. vi
Then the Red Cross stepped in. H6
was found by an American woman,
with some American Red Cross money
for Just such cases, and within a few
hours he no longer had need to worry
he was sent to the mountains at La
mure, in the French Alps, happy I'M
the knowledge that his family was be-
ing cared for by these amazingly kind
Americans.
And now the army doctors words
are coming true. Waeltele's lung IT,
healing fast, and be Is dreaming Of
another printing shop and Of living
again some day with that little family4
There have been over 100000 new
cases of tuberculosis In France sinco
the war started, and to care for these
cases and check the White Plaques
spread is merely one Of the big jobs
the American Red Cross has set out to
accomplish. y 49," :
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD
By HAROLD BELL WRIGHT.

THE hope Of the world is not alone
that the armies Of humanity will
be*victorious, but that the spirit and
purpose Of our warfare will prevail. in
our victory. The hope Of the world
is in the Red Cross, because the Red
Cross is voicing this spirit and pur-
pose that must, through the force of
our arms, triumph. Just to the de-
gree that we can evidence this Red
Cross spirit of mercy and brother
hood we will hold true in the dam
gerous hour Of victory to the ideals
that have forced us into the trenches
in the defense of human rights and
human liberty.
The one sane and saving thought
in this delirium of death that now
possesses the world is the Red Cross.
Wherever the storms of battle
hell rage, amid the fires of ruthless
destruction, in trench and camp and
hospital, these soldiers of mercy with
heroism unsurpassed are carrying the
flag Of the highest conceivable ideals
Of humanity. The ideals for which
our armies have taken the field are,
by these unarmed hosts, proclaimed
to friend and foe, in that unmistaka-
bic language Of universal mercy and
brotherhood. In the terms of wasted
towns rebuilt, OF broken humanity
salvaged, Of dying children rescued,
Of desolate families succored, the Red
Cross declares the cause for which we
war and proclaims the principles and
ideals that must and will in the end
prevail. Above the thunder of the
guns, the roar Of exploding mines,
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the crash Of fallen cities and the cries
OF. tortured humanity, the voice of
the Red Cross carries clear and strong
the one message of hope to our war
burdened world.
The black horror of this worlds
crisis would be unbearable were it
not for the spirit and work of this
mighty force. The normal mind re-
fuses to contemplate the situation
without this saving power.
1t is the knowledge that in every
city, town and hamlet, men, women
and children are united in this work
of declaring to the world, through
the Red Cross, our message of mercy
and brotherhood, that keeps our
hearts from sinking under the burden
of woe and sustains our faith in hui
mar kind. 1t is the constant daily,
almost hourly touch with the Red
Cross work that is felt by every citi-
zen in the land, that inspires US with
courage and hope.
Out of this hell Of slaughter the
Red Cross will guide the warning ma
tons to a heaven of worldwide peace
and brotherhood.
Because it is the living expression
of those ideals and principles in de-
Tense of which we are giving our all
in lives and material wealth-because
on every field Of death it is proclaim
ing it's message of life-because it
keeps ever before us and the world
the cause for which we war-because
it will preserve us in the hour of our
victory from defeating ourselves-the
Red Cross is the hope of the world.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16

ing INTO switzerland ana then lnt0
Haute-Savoie. From there they went
to Lorraine. Nine. Pellier hoped that,
even though her village had been bonn
barded, her home might have escaped.
She found nothing except her bare
fields. .
You changed that. picture, you Amer
leans, who cam never be bombarded,
who can never. lose through war five
out Of the seven dearest to you. 1t
was not your husband and children
who died; not your wife who was
widowed; not your little ones who
came back, bony and tubercular, to q
home that had vanished. Not yours,
but only the grace Of accident saved
you not yours, but 1t might have been
and SO you changed the picture. You
could not build up with your own
hands that heap Of stones into a home,
nor till the fields, 20 bring Nine. Pei
lier back to hope and the children
back to health. But through the Red
Cross you saved the remnants Of that
family that had suffered as you might
have suffered.
Things the Red Cross Did.
You took the mother Of Nine. Pei
lier to a Red Gross hospital to be treat
ed for anaemia. You took the little
girl, who was In the first stages Of
tuberculosis, to: a Red Cross SAM.
tarium. You found a place which
could be made habitable for Nine. Pei
lier. near her fields which she was
anxious to till. You gave her clothes
and furniture you got her seeds; you
lent her implements. You sent a Wis
iting doctor to watch over her health
and that Of her little boy. You. sent
nurses, who achieved the mighty vic
tory of making her and the child take
baths. Later you persuaded her to let
him 60 to a refuge not far away where
he: might attend school and where she
could often. visit him. Through the
help of your Red Cross hope and cour-
age and ambition have come back to
that woman, and she is rebuilding her
family life. The biggest. thing one hu.
man being a do for another you, If
you are a helper Of the Red Cross,
have done for that mother. =
Red crossl saw tts work every.
where In France-in fields and In
blasted villages; In hospitals and
schools and clinics; In refugees and
vestiaries for widows and orphans and
for the sick children Of soldiers fight.
ing to keep you safe from the enemy.
This symbol Of help has a double
meaning now for Americans, who have
always taken for granted the blessing
Of safety. It stands for your willing.
ness to pay the price Of exemption, Of
pity, of sympathy. A bitter, black
road this road of war, but across 1t,
like a beacon Of hope, you have dung
the Red Cross,
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HUSBAND GONE SONS GONE
HOME AND RELATIVES GONE
A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Mime. Pellier.
BY an Eye Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

This IL the picture I saw last Janu.
ary in France,-and you have merci.
fully changed It'll Color enough there
was-above, the eternal blue; in the
background, fields Of living green,
which the German. shells could moi
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, a long village
street SO battered and burned that
It wal merely 4 canyon of cream-col-
ored ruins. In front of one little
broken house were four figures In
black-an old woman, poking among
the fallen stones In 4 vain search fol
somethinG that could be used; 8
younger woman, seated on what had
once been a doorstep, with her face
hidden in her arms; and a little boy
and girl, who stared, half frightened
half curious, At the desolat1on about
them. The little boy held in his thin
hand . Red Cross nag. All four were
pale and gaunt; the faces and bodies
Of the children showed none Of the
round curves that make the beauty Of
Il child.
This il their history: When the
war broke out, Mime. Pellier, her
mother and her four younger children
were visiting her husbands mother In
the north Of France. Her husband
and two elder sons were at home in
Lorraine taking car Of the summer
crops. Then the war;! The mother
in-law Of Nine. .Pellier was Ill and
could not be left. Her old. mother
was afraid to travel to Lorraine with
the full care of the four children. Be-
fore they could all start together the
Germans invaded. Bad news is allow
ed to come into northern France, and
30 as the months passed Nine. Pellier
learned that her village home had been
bombarded and that her husband and
two sons had been killed. Except for
the Belgian Relief Commission, which
operates in northern France also, she
and her little ones would have starved
outright. At the best they were un-
dernourished. Then the great push
began, and hopes for. France grew
high. But as the French soldiers ad-
vanced they had to lombard the north
ern towns. Mime. Pellier begged the
Germans, to let her 60 away, with her
Ichildren-even into Germany. This
was refused. She tried to seek safety
In some cellar whenever there was a
bombardment. Nevertheless q shell
killed two Of her children.
Found Her Home Gone.
:, Home gone; husband gone; brave
soldier ons gone; little, tender boys
torn into shredsl That woman's face
would have shown you what she had
sufered-her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made. At
last she and her mother and her two
remaining children were repatriated.
They knew the INFINITE relief Of Cross
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16
VANISHED
A SANDWICH
What Ten Minutes for Re.
f~reshments Means in
Modern War.

Think Of what refreshments mean
sAover there" Think Of the Sammie or
the Poilu coming out Of the trenches
With 4 thirty-six hour leave 81 alb
oencs, getting aboard the train Or mo-
tar}Sn u I. q. Q-the Line q Com
i0niahon bstwen IL front ana to
- ~ s00e 1D0G 1allGUo
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-16

1.-THE work that the Red
Cross 10 doing In France
this winter 10 wNrth more
than q million and 4 hall
American soldiers In the
lines In France today"
General Petain.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05

to drive the Hun from power the
Government is actually being f1lcheG
at home by packers. steel and grain
mills and coal operators.
Listenl
Following is the report of the Fed
eral Commission:
Morris & Co., packers, rcaped prof
it's during 1917 equal to the entire
net capital and surplus combined
and maded 1887 per cent on the
100000 outstanding capital stock
Steel mill profits in some instances
ranged from 100 to S19 per cent.
Coal miners in Central Pennsyl
vania averaged a margin of 80 cents
ton in 1917, against 20 cents il
1916.
Leather profits increased as high
as five times over the pre-war years
Flour millers made unusual prof.
it, with average earnings said to be
3S per cent of their investments.
Can you imagine economic condi-
tions any more serious than this?
The boy who deserts the colors is
given twenty years or ordered to be
shot. The capitalist who deserts his
Government while the most crushing
power on earth is menacing uses a
free hand.
Men, money mad, lacking every
impulse of patriotism, employing the
crafts and arts of greed and graft to
grasp the fruits of patriotism, while
the Government is straining every
nerve and summoning all it's re-
sources to resist the tentacles of the
greatest monster that ever threaten
ed the face of the earth.
Is there no standard of American
honor worthy of the respect of it's
citizens. What is it that men won't
do for money?
In peace times the Spectator is
recognized in the game of chance.
That is when the burden Of govern
ment bears. lightly and the future
gives promise. The burden of gov
eminent is heavy now and it is grow
ing with future of ominous dark
ness.
Will men still persist in their
selfish aims when they are so much
needed?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05
Statement from ]. A. Howard.

Following is statement from Mr..
Jim Albert Howard, setting forth
his views as to local and State issues
and his platform of principles. Mr..
Howard is a candidate for Repre-
sentative from Obion County subject
to the action of the Democratic
party, and it is meet and proper
that we should tender him the use
of our columns that the voters may
\ understand how to weigh his claims
in the election. We take the kindest
pleasure in making these statements
for Mr.. Howard, which appear as
| follows:
First. l am in favor of the en-
forcement of all temperance laws
now on the statute books of Ten
nessee and will vote for all further
legislation that may be necessary to
strengthen those laws. l favor and
will vote for the ratification of the
proposed amendment to the Federal
constitution, making prohibition ma
ton wide.
Second. For several years past the
State has been going in debt at the
rate of about one-half million dollars
per year, and if this continues bank
ruptcy stares us in the face. A step
toward the correction of this situa-
ton would be to abolish all offices
not essential to the transaction of
the States business and to reduce
all excessive salaries, and l pledge
my support to legislation which will
effect this result
Third. In matters of local legis- |
lation, l will not introduce or favor |
the passage of any bill which will |
effect my county or any section |
thereof unless such bill has the ap-
proval of the people affected thereby.
Fourth. I favor and will support
all legislation which, in my opinion,
will promote the school interests of
OulOh OOunIy duu Luc OLdJ6.
Fifth. l am opposed to the Obion
County dog law and will repeal same.
Sixth. l am in favor of good roads
and better roads for Obion County.
believe that all automobile tax
should be returned to the civil dis
trict from which it is paid and spent
upon the public roads of that district.
Seventh. l am not in favor of a
capitalist or dealers monopoly of
Reelfoot Lake. / believe that said
AXE belongs to and should be OPP
Grated for the benefit of all the peo-
pie of the State and that the fisher
nan, the dealer and the public
should all HI Ee square deal
]. A. HOWARD. u
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05

strip of Madrid Bend. His father was
DR.. ]. N. Hawkins, a man of fine
character. The candidate is a neph-
ew of the late Judge 10 Hawkins,
well known Democrat formerly on
the bench of this circuit He is also
nephew of the late Gov. Alvin
Hawkins, Republican Governor OF
Tennessee.
Mr.. Hawkins is a grain and cattle
dealer in his home community and
comes to us with many splendid in
dorsements of citizenship and per-
sonal character. He has been, we
learn, lifelong Democrat, and con-
tributed to the support of his party
in it's struggles and triumphs. He is
man of genial personality and is
counted a worthy citizen.
Mr. Hawkins pledges his best eff
forts to the people of the counties
which he desires to represent should
he receive the nomination and Sc
cure election. In law enforcement
and all other matters of public ma
ture he stands squarely on the Demo-
cratic platform and is committed to
the defense of these principles.
We are pleased to present to our
readers the name of Mr.. Hawkins
for their consideration.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05
Non Resident Publication.

To Roberta Brown-Ligon, Robert
Lyon, S. B. Brown and L. D. Brown:
In the County Court of Obion Coun-
ty, Tennessee, in the cause of Jack
Brown ct al. VS.. Roberta Brown
Ligon ct ais.
In this cause, it appearing from
the bill, which is sworn to, that
Roberta Brown-Ligon, Robert Lyon,
S. B. Brown and l.. D. Brown, de-
PENDANTS in the above styled cause,
are nonresidents of the State of
Tennessee; they are therefore here
by required to appear on or before
the first Monday in August, 1918,
before the Clerk of said court at his
office in Union City, Tennessee, and
make defense to the bill filed against
them in this cause, or otherwise said
bill will be taken as confessed. 1t is
further ordered that this notice be
published for four consecutive weeks
in The Commercial, a weekly news
paper published at Union City, Ten
nessee. 13-4t
This June ID, 1918.
c. s. TALLEY, Clerk.
W. M. Miles, SOL for Petitioners.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05
For Floater.

Mr.. John M. Hawkins, citizen of
Lake County, announces herewith as
candidate for Floater to represent
the counties of Dyer, Lake and Obion
in the General Assembly of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Hawkins was here last
week mingling with our citizens and
voters and getting acquainted. 1t
seems to be one of his strong points
to make friends. He has been a citi-
zen of Lake for many years. He
was born and reared in the Kentucky
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05
Burning Shame.

The mad rush of American prof
itcers for the billions that the Gov
eminent is spending for war is a
burning shame. Men are puzzling
their minds and redoubling their
energies in the pursuit of fortune.
1t is a religion, but an idolatrous
'one What contrast between the
recent peace offer made by Germany
and the profits of the American
trusts. America is asked to share
with France and England in the
payment to Germany Of an indemnity
of $4,000, zoo, 900 and while Ameri-
ca is faced with this accursed de-
lmand and summoning all her forces
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-05

Senators from wheat growing
States threatened to hold up the
agricultural appropriation until
the snow flies" unless the Govern
ment guaranteed minimum wheat
price of $3.50. An unsuccessful eff
fort was made by Senator Martin. of
Virginia, to have the Senate abandon
the proposal which has caused a
deadlock. During the debate on the
question Senator Reed renewed his
attack on Food Administrator Hoov-
er, declaring that the millers were
guaranteed against loss by the food
officer.