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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Can Venize]os SAGE Greece?


For centuries the Greek people have suffered at the hands of
liends and of foes. Today they are poisoned with German lies and
suffering from the treatment of their friends. Will Venizelos be able
to fire them once more as he used to of old, OF are the odds too great
even for a man like him? My own opinion is that the odds are too
great, and that the allies will have to help him to free his country
from the German propaganda and to purse the poison from their
system. We are fighting today a war which in intensity and in
sincerity surpasses the wars of the Crusades.
Let us then face facts squarely in the face. Let not the year 1918
bring about still another catastrophe IN our side. Let the year 1918
be a year of redemption rather than the continuation of our blunders
in the near east thus far. Through a laundering and hesitating policy.
1915 was sgnaGzed by the destruction of Serbia and the failure to
take Constaninople 1916 saw the defeat of Rumania, and put into the
hands of Germany the wheat fields and the oil wells of that country:
1917 will remain memorable for the disintegration of the Russian
empire, and for Italy's debace.
America is now in the war, and we are entering a ley year. a
year which must be a winning year for us, and not another laundering,
losing one. Let America at least prevent the destruction of Greece
Let the American people never forget that two weeks after the war
began, Greece Internationally and unreservedly offered her all to the
cause for which America stands. And, above all, let us remember that
mistakes OF the allies and the fiasco of the Dardanenes, the Greek
people, in June, 1915. voted for Venezelos and for war when the issue
was presented to them in the most clearcut manner-votcd for war
on the side OF the allies even after the entente had refused to guarantee
their territorial integrity. We have stood aside and seen Serbia perish.
We have lost the chance of taking Constantinople. We have lost
Rumania. We have lost Russia. We have.seen the semidemoralization
of Italy. Let us not abandon Greece because certain monarchistic
influences have worked harder to save a rotten little dynasty in
Athens than to win the war.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
sMEEzINe AND COUGHING.

The other morning l noticed a gem
t!eman boarding the elevated train at
a station between his home and the
downtown district. / asked him why
he was getting on ut that station and
this is what he old me:
Il started downtown this morning,
on my regular train. Every a was
crowded. Nearly every person in my
car was coughing and nobody was hold
ing his handkerchief before his face.
About a quarter of the way down town
l concluded 1 had had all the germs
that l could handle for one day. so L
got off the train and waited for one
that was less crowded.
There was no chance to get the
people to protect me by sneezing and
coughing into their handkerchief, so 1
concluded TO protect myself by running.
A few years ago l got my antrim in
lected IN some such way. and / am
not aklng any chances now. Why am
not he newspapers through articles,
editorials and captions educate the peo-
pie not to spit in each others faces"
When a person sneezes or coughs
Violently he throws small droplets of
spit and germs 20 feet or more. A mild
cough viii throw them five or six feet.
Rapid, hard breathing will infect the
air for a foot III two around. These
are not loose statements, for each is
based upon repeated, careful tests, in
Guiding bacteriologic tests.
Colds are contagious. The bacteria
spread by sneezing are those which
cause colds. sometimes pneumonia and
bronchitis occasionally, and ppura
ton of the antrim every now and then.
Ihe most an of all diseases is
the common cold. Right there is Where
the trouble come in.
we are careless and indifferent about
them because they arc so ommon lust
as the Mexican is careless about small
pox, for he thinks everybody has it and
must have it, Just as the Chinese
mother is Indifferent over her babN:'s
death, saying most babies die, Just as
the Cubans 30 years ago accented vel
low v as inevitable.
Army officials just this winter have
learned. or are learning, that to prevent
pneumonia, meningitis and measles
tney must prevent colds. They have
Just learned that when a group of SAIL
ors coughed and sneezed continuously
they must be on the lookout, for either
form of Infection or the other was
certainly on the horizon.
My intelligent friend is onto this. He
knows that when he gets into a cough
ing. sneezing crowd he is in danger. A
few years from now the average mar
Will know it. Then the number Of
colds Will commence to decrease.
Not every person with a cold or
cough a stay at home. Such q per-
son can make himself reasonably safe
to those about him IL he will hold a
handkerchief in front Of his mouth
when ne sneezes o. coughs.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
DETROIT Is NO PLACE
FOR POOR WORKING GIRL

Detroit. Mion.-Social investigators
VINO nave occn studying war condi
tlcis aud Industrial changes in Detroit.
since the United States took up arms
asainst Germany. are seemingly agreed
mat the problem Of safeguarding young
women is broader and lnnie serious
than ii eve has been.
stay away from Detroit is the
message which local women are send
Ing to girls in otllcr cities. The belief
tlat Detroit offers great opportunities
for women workers is erroneous. social
workers say.
Within The past SIX months, espe-
'laliy this winter. dozens of pitiable
eases haze been reported 70 city of
:iciais. Considerable money has been
advanced tn pcnniless GIFTS. so they
could return 10 thcir homes. In some
cases the girls came nero from eastern
states and numerous instances have
been cited OF young women being res
clcd from tho brink of ruin.
Some social workors believe that
white slavers have been partly re-
sponsible FOR the report that there We're
positions galore IN Detroit for women.
Other prominent charity workers are
inclined to him The report developed
from the tremendous prosperity which
Detroit enjoyed IN 1916 when the real
estate boom was on and whom factories
W. ~ ot IVY SlSch ~ III ibJt-
mense orders from England and France.
investigation has disclosed that
mann business and professional men
who enlisted or who arc serving the
government In other capacities. closed
their offices. This made it necessary
for many we'll trained young rome
To sock other positions. But this phase
of The help situation has not been seli
GUS. Most OF the trouble has been
reported by industrial concerns. Scores
of girls living III other Michigan cit.
les or outside Of the state believed thai
big wages were awaiting Young WON
eli Who WVuid o overalls and work
In the Factories. IT is announced that
tho demand for such helm has been
greatly exceeded by the supply
Railway Stations are constantly pa
trolled bv women who are OF the alert
tor these girls. Many cases have been
reported of girls who were saved from
hanger, after they had started for dis
reputable roo,ning hoGscs-the result
of Innocent Inquiries for "a cheap
place TO room One girl came to De
troit hoping Ia set a position. In Il fac
tory which ha" not set been built.
Mle, government agents found
themselves toe busy To devote much
women took NJ The work. Probably
no report of Their efforts over will be
made public. bn: police records show
numerous cases Ut quick action by pub
lie spirited worGen. A few days &
u campaign was started against cheap
dance halls, cafes and hotels and many
arrests nave been made. One girl who
was taken in custody had just com
from n Canadian convent. "A friend
and then to a cafe. She claimed sha
haU been Gruwgel.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Heroic Women Of France.
Dr.. Alonz0 TAYLOR

Ny words are not powerful enough to
DO even scanty justice tc the most heroic
figure In the modern world aud Of ages
past-the woman OF France. OF the healthy
men who are engaged In the military serv-
Ice in France. practically all are engaged
either In transportation or in the manu-
tacture Of munitions, leaving the agri-
culture absolutely to the women. Not only
this. but they have stepped into place
OF work animals; you can go into any
section of France today and see women Of
magnificent. noble womanhood hitched
to the plow and ~cultivating the soil. All
OF the agriculture rest upon their shout.
ders. The home. always an extremely eff.
Client home. maintains a few Did men, the
wounded, and the tubercular. Uncomplain-
ng, with high devotion. with an attitude
that amounts to religious exaltation, the
woman Of France bears the burden.
Now. conditions being as they are, does
1t lie within the heart Of the American
people to preserve and hold to every com
venience Of our life at the expens OF
adding an additional burden to the woman
hood Of France? This Is the exact uues-
ton that Is involved in our substitution
OF other cereals in place Of wheat.
The women OF France must be enabled
to hold up the morale OF the French SOL
der until next spring. The morale Of the
house decides he morale OF the soldier
In the fighting line. We can do this by
giving to them the greatest possible free
dom In their food supply, and Of this
wheat Is the chief factor.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Are 43 Races In India.
From London T1t-Bits,

EIOAx AOluAOA 4ik-41lNS.
The population OF India is fair more
diverse than is generally thought. They
talk about $50 different languages, and are.
divided up into 43 distinct n%ationahtiee.
There are 2,S78 main castles. besides a
large number of subcastes. There are 2N,-
10000 Hindus, from which, fortunately.
W. can draw fighting men; 60.O0O.0Go
Mohammedans, while among the Hindus
there are 100000 of degraded people of
no caste. whose touch. or even shadow, ts
supposed to cause pollution.
The girls are OF all sorts, bright little
things with pounds worth of gold orna-
ments III their necks and arms and
In their ears and noses. These are Brah-
man children. who must be married be-
fore they are 10, and are then kept Sc
cluded In their mothers homes till the
final marriage ceremonies are complete
when they are passed on { tine houses of
their mothersinlaw.
A Brahman or Hindu girl has refined
features. M in figure is what the French
call petite. Their carriage is erect. their
limbs are beautifully moulded, and their
every action is graceful. With regard 20
families, 20 people will frequently live In
the same house dependent on a solitary
wage Garner.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
ciqueism in Art.

From the Vancouver. B. c., Province.
The French academy is a wealthy body.
1t owns a great deal of property, includ-
ing the magnificent estate and library of
Chantilly. bequeathed to it by the Due
dAumale. Besides this it receives an
annual appropriation of about sl40,O 900 from
the government. In addition to the honor
and glory of belonging to such a tip top
institution, each member receives an am
nual stipend of about $3.50. 1t is to he
noticed, however, that while no man can
be elected a member of the French acad-
envy unless he has already distinguished
himself by special ability in his particular
line, a large number of men who are
really great seem to escape the honor,
Just as there are many great painters In
Great Britain who are not members of
the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In
most of these institutions of selection
there exists q certain cliqueism and fail
ure to recognize genius. and you cannot
say of any OF them. big or little. that they
represent the entire output Of distin-
guished men.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Eye.iaht of tn. Ostrich.

YIN. G. Scul1y. in the Atlantic Monthly.
Sight Is the special sense OF the ostrich:
the sense Of hearing being next in Import
ance. The sense of smell is, / am con-
yinced. Of use only in connection with
feeding and the matter Of recognition OF
the young.
The brain is exceedingly small; it.
weight has been computed to he in the
proportion Of / to 1900 as compared with
the whole body. The brain of the eagle
Is about I to $50; that Of the parroquet as
! to Is. II one deducts from the. ostrich's
brain those portions specialized for sight
and hearing. the remainder is almost in
Intestinal. Il has been related that
Heliogabalus caused the brains of Coz
ostriches to be used for q single dish. Yet
The ostrich IL by no e q stupid Great
ure.
The commanding height and matchless
eyesight Of these birds give them a range
u vision probably unsurpassed by any
other nightless animal-except, possibly,
the giraffe.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
A Pole Psriseeps.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
A pole periscope Of a late design, extern
sively used by the English, and also by
the Italians. enables an officer to peep
over tail obstacles. whether mountain
peaks OF merely tree tops. The height
to which 1t q be run up depends upon
the number Of sections Of which It is
made. The sections telescope into the bot
tom tube when not in use and during
transportation, for which a tiny two.
wheeled truck is used. The truck is often
run up under the protection Of a tree, and
spikes are nailed in the ground to hold
the apparatus close against the tree trunk.
1t Is the work Of but q moment to turn the
crank 2nd send the telescoped sections up
INTO the air until the top peeps out over
the tree top. In village on the Somme,
q periscope Of this kind. set up in a little
protected cove. kept the allied armies in
formed OF every movement OF h Ger
mans. who were behind massive intrench-
ments at that particular spot. The body
of the truck Is built 30 low that 1t can bs
easily concealed by brush.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
GERMAN NATIONAL DEBT
SHOWS GREAT INCREASE

New York. ,by mail).--The steady
increase in Gcrmany's national debt
owing 10 the war and the delay in
aaopsai. 20 s e sMTeepp D1 =! nlan tnc af tadaf 1iao
bliIties of The empire, already more
thar, 20 times higher than the national
debt at the outbreak of the war, is Il
source of constart concern to German
financial experts.
In the iseriin Tagchlatt of January
b, Arthur Ncrden, the papers financial
EXPERT. sharply crlticizes the failure of
the government to provide for any re-
uemption of tln war debt aside from n
proviso estai,.ia hing Il redemption fun
Tor the Az pea cent treasury certif!-
Gates which formed a email part Of the
last w war iaaas. He calls for radi-
cal measures - check the piling ND g!
the burden of 4 Indebtedness.
Norden ccntrasts with the policy of
Germany, which. as 1t known, has not
provided even enough Increased taxa
ton 10 meet tho interest on it's war
debt u Ia paying a part Of the in
terest coupons OF earlier war loans
from new borrowings, with that of
Great Britain. which. he points out, had
raised by taxation almost Is per cent
OF tts war expenditures down to the end
Of 1877.
The argument that a heavier taxation
OF war profits. which makes up the
butk OF the nOminal increase in Ger.
lnnny's capital. would interfere with
the productiveness OF German industry
q tho fear That increased taxation
OF incomes would kill the war willing
ness Of the population are dismissed
~ unfounded. In fact. Mr.. Noi-den
argues. to attack the abnormaliy high
war incomes attained II. certain an
dustriea ard by certain elements Of the
population would he Of decided value
In cutting down the high cost Of living
resulting from tho cxtravaeant stand
ards OF life among the war prOfiteers.
Norden cites the action OF the Ameri-
a government In establishing MAXI
mum prices for Htccl and other raw ma.
terials OF war industry and In imme-
dintely Introducing high war taxes as
an admirable example for Germany to
follow n speaks with admiration OF
the Wilson plan Of taking control Of
the railroads.
Nordcn's scheme for taking cs.se Of
the state debt comprises a radical In
creaac In the tax on incomes. nOt upon
capital N generally contemplated by
German f!nanciers. He holds that the
proposad taxes upon capital merely
lend 10 extravnEant spending. while
tho Income tax "a be 50 adjusted to
bear heaviest Npon tho recipients %
high war Incomes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

"a n0AoSbs IA 9 dIl W Nv nltIs
of Saxony celebrating the Russian
peace. says:
1 feel the greatest gratitude toward
Q and thea army which has extorted
this peace. The east front now having
m nsSo"e s,e eTee ;oy We have m %1dS =. sru snSr,
In the sword, I face the future which
will. after all heavy sacrifices. bring
u victory and . strong peace.
This bit OF imperial bombast Is note
worthy for several reasons. II IL note
worthy. for example. that while divid-
ing his gratitude between God and the
army, he confers on the army alone the
credit for having cxt0rted the victory
which he celebrates. This leaves one
to guess whether the kaiser was moved
by q desire to flatter the army. OF by
to the proceedings at Brest- Litovsk.
He seems to credit God with having
contributed to the causes OF that peace,
while exculpating Him from having
had any part In prescribing the terms
conditions OF It, q circumstance
not quite destitute OF reverence.
1t Is his reference to the future that
has h nor weighty Significance. His
trust Is in the sword. It IL with the
sword that he intends to make peace,
ana not merely peace, but "a strong
peace" How It is possible. after such
OF the world, % attribute sincerity or
value to the words OF Count Hertling,
II IL not easy to see. The world has
learned. Of course, the necessity Of dis
counting much that the kaiser says.
But after making all reasonable dis
count, II te impossible to reconcile such
Count Hertling spoke both with SINGER
1ty NC authority. Either he smoke
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
THE GERMAN VAMPIRE.
From the Brooklyn Eagie

FROM IN0 JsuSIS-
The German empire, better known
as the German vampire, embraces
a0S,s $50 square miles, but moi a
four kingdoms, six grand duchies
and 3,sT6,531 grand %goosesteps.
In outline and inclination II is
highly irregular. On the east it
hounds Lenine. On the north it is
bounded by the allied fleets and on
the west by General Haig.
The principal waterway 81 Ger
many are the seize and ;le kiel
canal. The high C's now unaer its
control arc confined to the opels
house. The KEEL canal is used for
exercise by the bottled ships OH
pleasant Sundays.
The sea board, greatly restricted
like all other kinds of board. is
known az the high coast of living.
The country is not entirely oil the
level. 1t has, in the interior. d
large table land, entirely empty.
There are also deep depressions In
all parts OF the nation.
Berlin, the capital. was ostab-
lished in the 18th century on the
Spree river. 1T has not Net re-
covered. The Inhabitants are di-
vided into two main classes-iunk-
ers and junked.
The present fooler is Kaiser
Bilious ii. Ellis principal occupa-
ton is looking for a place in the
sun. There is something warmer
than that In store for him. 1t
sounds like Helgoland. The crown
prince is the barely apparent.
The national motto Is 'Spudos
Versenkt.'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

is in the fact that the judgments Of it's
civil officers are OF such negligible i'm
portance when they run counter to the
VIII Of its high military authorities.
This IL not a matter Of recent develop
ment. Even Bismarck, the most power
ful civil officer Germany has known,
could not always impose his will on the
military authorities. It was the first
Won Moltke who made the decision to
take Alsace-Lorratne from France, and
est protests of Bismarck. Bismarck had
vision enough to foresee the conse.
quences OF that political crime, but he
ala not nave the power to restrain
those who had resolved to commit It.
& h promises which Hertling gave to
cynically. repudiated in the deed, the
explanation Is not necessarily that
Hertling did not intend to fulfill them,
but rather that Hindenburg vetoed
them. 1t was not likely to have been
bethmann- Hollweg who conceived the
insulting proposal that France should
surrender Toul and Verdun as a COLI
lateral for any promise Of neutrality it
might make. The chancellor's function
was probably no moro than that Of sub
scriotng and dispatching q document
when was composed in the Utmost
offtce OF h general staff. And the
world by his own testimony that
Bethnaann- Hollweg did not assent to
the invasion Of Belgium. He protested
against 1t. II he afterward called the
treaty whose violation he sought to
prevent g mere scrap OF paper" the
explanation Is, not that he had UNDER
gone q change OF mind as to the morat-
tty OF thai act, but that qualification is
one OF the duties to be performed by
the German imperial chancellor when
ever the imperial general staff de-
mands 1t.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Kaiser Contrad;cts Hertl;nq.
From tn. Dallas, Tex. News.

The kaiser, in a telegram to the king is in tt
of Saxony celebrating the Russian civil Of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
WHAT THEY SAID

% HERE IS NOT and cannot be the slightest sincerity in the complaints made by Roosevelt, Lodge and others respect to their assertions that President Wilson should not ask the country to give him Democratic Congress, These for the most part record to their opn of what the country should do when there Is war; Congress Is to be chosen,
 It would make little difference if they not The opin lon of mankind In such does not depend upon the views less well known politicians but upon beliefs to wherever they assembled under popu lar form of government, What Is Congressional election? It appeal to the country to if the country is satisfied with the admnstra ton of the national affairs either to to pares Dissatisfaction with will result in his defeat Dissas faction with party will result in it's defeat, To send to Washington Republican Congress would be construed be- could only be- expression of popular dissatisfaction with the party in power. and hence with the policies and the head of that party,
 During the Spansh=Ameriean war, Mr. Roosevelt, then Republican candidate for Governor of New York said
 
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-29
FIVE SAD PARTNERS
 SEEK SEP TAXATION

Five new divorce cases were filed in the Superior court.
 Frederick Oefnneer of Stamford asks for divorce from Jennie Clark Oeffinger of Stamford, alleging intol- eralole cruelty upon the part of his wife They were married November H. 1903, and have two children.
 Lester Merle Elliott of Stamford asks for divorce from Alice Jeanette Elliott, now of Bessemer. Mich, al- leging infidelity in Stamford with Ar thur c. Nelson, and others. They were married Aug 16, 1914.
 Joseph H. Mercier of this city asks divorce from Pilyline Mochon Mer- cier to wklom he was married Sep tem.ber 29 1917, alleging desertion since June 5, 1911. There are three children of whom he seeks the cus- tody.
 Josie Hoffman Reynolds of Stam- ford petitions for divorce from Arthur Ashton Reynolds, also of Stamford, tV whom she was married June "A, 1908S The petitioner alleges Reynolds has been guilty of infidelity in Portches- ter and Stamford with one Catherine Sake, or Mullen, and has also been guilty of intolerable cruelty,
 Napoleon H. Gill of this city alleges that Minnie B. Gill, whom he married September g, 1893, deserted him Sep tember 1, 1915, and he asks for a df- veree,