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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY
Voluntary Basis of Food Saving
Showed Heart Of America
Beat True for Freedom.

To the voluntary service and sacri-
tce of the American people must be
attributed the continued health,
strength ana morale of The Allied ar
MICS and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit Of service and sac
TlGce will depend ENrope's fate in the
months to come. In the past year we
pave carried out an export program,
lhe magnitude of which is almost be-
gond comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
The liberation of nations freed from
German oppression, our exports must
be almost doubled. Instead of ,S20,-
300 tons, we must ship twenty million
IONS Of food to Europe in the coming
year--as much as can be pushed
through our ports
II the Allies had nat been fed by
America, it would have been lmpos-
sibe for them 10 maintain their de
'ense against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a purely
voluntary basis. the American people
nave conclusiyely proved that democ-
racy is a success ano that in time of
need 1t will rise to It's own defense.
If there were no other accomplish
nent to its credit the very fact that it
has shown the strength of democracy
mas in Iiself more than justified the
existence of the Food Administration
in the eyes of the world.
Less than four months nfter the
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet Americas
food problem on a basis Of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
that awakened democracy would prove
irresistible.
"AIany thinking Americans" said
Mr.. Hoover "and the whole world
have been watching anxiously the last
four months in the fear that demo
cratic America could not organize to
meet autocratic Germany Germany
has been confident that it could not be
lone. Contrary proof is Immediately
1t our door, and our people have al
ready demonstrated their ability to
mobilize. organize, endure and prepare
yountarily and efficiently in many di
rections and upon the mere word Of
jnsplration aside from the remarkable
assemblage of our Army and finances
The history Of tie Food Admmistra
don has clearly shown that the trust
IF those who put ther faith in democ.
.acy has not been misplaced.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
PRISONERS TELL.
OF CRUEL TORTURE

terribly lacerated they are cut
down, Even when rope is used to
bind them it woul dseem the ex-
tremity of torture, but according to
the latest accounts wire is often
substituted.
Russian prisoner. who recently
escaped from Germany, after being
worked for nearly three years be-
hin dthe German lines in France.
gave evidence of this development
in his official examination. The
whole of his evidence is interesting
but much of it may not be repro.
duced. ills powers of observation
and clearness of judgment were such
that he had military information to
give of more than ordinary value.
Fro mthis it may deduced that his
perfectly straightforward and unim-
passioned statements concerning his
own treatment and that of other
prisoners may also be accepted with.
out reservation. There is little in the
evidences that has not been reported
again an dagain except the substitu.
tion of wire for rope in "cruei.
fixion
When this prisoners party ar.
rived at the western front in 1915 it
was one of the first patches to be
put to work under fire At first the
men refused. AS a measure of coer
cion they We're beaten with rifle
butts, prieked with bayonets. and de-
prived of fodo A small number Of
them, who still remained obdurate
were at last sent back distance Of
10 kilometers to weave revetments.
gabions, etc. At a later stage they
We're marched forward again. and
when they refused to work We're
once more attacked with rifle butts
an dbayonets. Finally they were sur
rounded by a detachment of cavalry.
who pricked them with lances.
struck them with butt ends. and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
NAVY PROMISED
l6-INCH GUNS

By United Press.
Washington, Dee. 12.-An expen-
sion of 10 times the capacity Of peace
times was necessary in the gun-mak.
ing facilities of the navy, Rear Adj
miral Earle's annual report today
shows.
Earle, the man chiefly responsible
for mounting the 14-inch navy guns
for army use in France, points out
that this vast expansion was accom-
plished with comparatively satisfac
tory" results, though he suggests it
was surrounded by important diff
culues.
Concerning the 1G-inch guns to be
supplied battleships, Earle says:
During the past year, the bureau
has proved (tested) the 16-inch 80
caHber gun. The fest proved success
full beyond expectations and this gun
promises to be an exceptionally
splendid piece Of ordnance, The pro
duction program Of the l04 guns Of
this type required has now been start
ed, and it is anticipated that the guns
will be ready to meet the building
program.
Earle points out the navy was able
to lend the army 12-ineh, 10-inch, s.
inch, Finch and Ginch pieces.
Several new kinds of mines We're
evolved by the ordnance branch dur
ing the year, and the production was
in enormous quantities suu another
important development of the year
was that of making depth charges
for anti-submarine work The Amer
lean variety proved particultrly eff
fective.
Earle scoffs at the use of long
range, small shell freak guns such
as the one Germans used against
Paris.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
TRY GRADY MAN IN
FEDERAL COURT FOR
POSING AS MARSHAL

The Federal court now in session
At Muskogee. is considering the case
Of the United States VS.. Tim Dodgin,
Grady county man charged with pass
ng as a deputy United States mar
hal Some time ago, Dodgin stepped
'orth as a marshal representing the
'aw of The United States, and Great
ID considerable excitement which re-
suited in his arrest
C. H. Mayfieid, assistant chief Of
police. returned from Muskogee to-
day. The assistant chief was gov
ernment witness in the case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
by CAPTAIN r. P. p. ROWE
of The Rritish ARMY
OWritten for The United Pressl

tWritten for the United Press
LONDON Nov is. (By maiD
The Germans, apart from the crimes
which they have committed in Bel
gium and on the high seas, in the
late war specialized in a particular
ly revolving form of cruelty The
proofs Of their purposeful torture of
prisoners, partly to get the utmost
work possible out of them and part
ly it would seem, simply to destroy
life or physique in an enemy, pro
vide a record that would have been
Incredible before 1914 Thousands
of English. French, Italian and Rus
STA nprisoners of war have been de
liberately done to death by a com
bination of overwork and starvation
Under the fire of their fellow-coun-
trymen's guns. they have been driv-
ca in gangs like slaves to labor on
their enemy's defenses. When hardly
able to move through weakness
they have bene beaten or stabbed
with bayonets to force them to fur
ther effort.
one Of the German methods with
Russian prisoners has been to hang
them by their wrists to stake with
lheir feet off the ground. OF this
very literal form of crucifixion there
is Overwhelming evidence. 1t is. in
fact, ID common practic to s~spend
prisoners for hours at a time. Even
tually. insensible, with their wrists
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12
tNAF
Labor-savlng Penholder.

To conserve his time man whos'
monthly duty it is to sign 100000 sal
ary checks for a railway company EN-
ploys a multiple penholder that per
mlts his signature to be written fiYt
times in one operation. The aDpara
tus, says Popular Mechanics Maga
zine, differs from Some others in tha
The fountain pens are clamped to
plvoted rack that IS mounted in
portable box resembling a suitcase
The cover, when opened fiat on tbs
desk top, holds a frame in which the
vouchers are pIacod for signing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-12

= sS Just So.
To be successful a farmer has to
be sharp rs 4 raiser-Boston Tran
script .sss.gszs s.. lssss.a {. q. zzz.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
Eureka County Goes
Over The Top

Under the above heading the Elko
Free Press of April II notes the re-
cent arrival in that city of our Liber-
ty Loan Committee:
To-day there appeared at the Elko
banks three men loaded down with
gold and bank notes. and when they
showed $35, 900 across the counter
the banks knew something was doing.
They were Edgar Father. VIM. Hoop
err and w. H. Russell, business men
from Eureka, members of the Eureka
County Council of Defense. and came
over yesterday to buy Liberty Bonds.
Eureka County has no bank and con-
sequently in the first and second
Liberty Bond drives that county re-
ceived no credit for the bonds bought
by her citizens. but this time arrange
ments have been made whereby due
credit will be given them. Their
quota is $25. 900, and this figure was
passed the first day, and they have
pledges which will bring the total to
$50. 900.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
THE MOVING PICTURES

At the Eureka Theater on Sunday
evening. April 81. the commedienne.
Marie Dressler. supported by Johnny
Hines. will appear in the comedy
Utilize Wakes Up" A very loveable
couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tinkel-
paw, live on the third floor front,
left. Why wouldn't they be loveable
when the Mrs" end of the combina-
ton is the Incompatible Tillie ?
Happy? They should have been, but
he was rather Indifferent to his
young and charming wife" How
did affairs come out? The answer.
accompanied by a few million hearty
laughs, can be obtained by seeing
'Tillie Wakes Up"
On Friday evening. April 70,
MANS Woman" will be presented
with Ethel Clayton and Rockliffe
Fellows in the leading roles. In this
picture Miss Clayton portrays the
role of a young married woman who
is made but little better than a house
cat by her husband and by his two
maiden aunts with whom the couple
live. Though she loves her husband
the young wife cannot stand the drab
monotony of the situation. She is
about at her wits end when Fate
takes a hand in her life and solves
her problem in a startling manner.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
Native Daughter
Married at Oakland

Announcement of the marriage of
Miss Hattie Morris to Mr.. S. Rogers
at their future home in Oakland,
California, on April 6. has been re-
ceived in Eureka.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Flora Morris and a native Eurekan.
She removed to San Francisco about
Is years ago, where she continued
the study of music. becoming an ac-
complished pianist. She later took
up commercial work and has recent
ly been engaged in the offices of K.
G. Dun & Co. in San Francisco. The
groom is an architect in the Govern
ment service, with headquarters at
San Francisco.
The couple is spending the honey
moon in southern California.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
Omissions in Liberty Parade

In the account of the Liberty Loan
parade published in last weeks SEN
TINEL. the display made by the Ruby
Hill School and its teacher, Miss
Mabel Kiehm, was unintentionally
omitted. A considerable amount of
time and work was required to make
the very creditable showing that
these young people made in the par
ade. and which publicly received
f~iattering mention and compliment
Ruby Hills spirit of patriotism again
being manifested.
The account also omitted mention
of the service flag with three stars
carried by the Mob Hill Fire Company.
showing the number of its members
now in the war service.
Granville Fletcher. Jr.. was armor
bearer in typical army equipment to
the little queen of the Rescue Hose
Company's float and supported the
flag that it carried.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
FLOUR AND SUGAR REPORTS
Voluntary Reports Of Flour and Sugar
Supplies Being Sent In to Food
Administration

At the recent conference of the
Food Administrators which met in
Reno. plans were made and instruc-
tons given by the Federal Food Ad-
ministrator to the County Food Ad-
ministrators for taking stock of the
amounts of -four and other wheat
products and sugar there are in the
State. 30 as to effect a better saving
and distribution of these supplies.
The people are now strictly limited
in their use of these supplies, the al
lowance being six pounds of wheat
products and three pounds of sugar
per person per month. No one is
allowed to purchase more than a 80
day supply at a time or to have more
than that amount on hand without
reporting it. Merchants cannot sell
to any n more than the six pound
and three pound allowances, and
those who have more than these
amounts have an excess.
County Food Administrator Charles
Priest reports that the people of the
county r rapidly reporting their
-four and sugar holdings, and the re-
turns for Eureka and nearby COM
munities have about all been re-
turned to him.
He expects to have the complete
reports for the county in a few days
and these will be sent in to the Fed
eral Food Administration at Reno.
The Food Administrator desires to
thank the people for their prompt
response to the Government in this
important work and urgently re-
quests all those who have not report
ed to do so without delay.
Those who have not secured a
blank for their report can do so by
notifying the County Food Admin
strator at Eureka.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
ADDITIONAL LOCAL MENTION

L. F. Clar autoed over from Tono-
pah Wednesday to attend to some
business here connected with land
matters.
Jorgen Jacobsen, of the pros
porous ranchers and stockmen of
East Diamond valley, was in Eureka
Wednesday. Before leaving for
home he purchased a new Ford a
from the Eureka Garage-his second
fliver-remarking that Henry G.'s
make of car was satisfactory to him
and he had decided to try another
one.
The work of building the new
graded road from the mouth of Rail-
road canyon to the Slough, about
nine miles north of Eureka, was COM
menced this week. Angelo Depaoli,
the contractor, has arranged with
Joe Minoletti to a. sist in the work.
and the latter moved his big team
and the County grader on to the
roadway the first of the week and
has commenced work.
R. A. Laird and his nephew. Abe
Laird. have gone down to Morey.
about 70 miles south of Eureka,
where they will be engaged for e v
eral weeks in prospecting for water
for Martin Etchemendy. The recent
dry Winters have induced several of
our local sheep owners to prospect
for water supplies in the south. and
a number of good water channels are
already reported to have been dis
covered.
Two carloads of lumber for the
new power sheep shearing plant to
be erected at Cottonwood by the
Handley Bros. arrived by Wednes-
days train and the work of its rec
ton is now going forward. This
mode of clipping the sleeps back is
an innovation in this section, and the
results obtained by the new process
will be watched with interest by
many of the sheep owners in this
part of Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
EUREKA COUNTY LIBERTY LOAN
COMMITTEE CONGRATULATED
San Francisco. April 10. 1918.

San Francisco, April 10, 1918.
County Chairman. Liberty Loan Com
mittee. Eureka, Nevada.
Dear Sir:
The General Executive Board has
to-day approved the awarding to
your county of the Official Honor
Flag of the Third Liberty Loan.
The Committee wishes to congratu-
late you. and all who assisted you.
on the magnificent spirit of patriot
ism and unselfishness which has
characterized your efforts in the
Third Liberty Loan Campaign. The
Committee hopes that the splendid
spirit which has enabled your COM
munity to win this Honor Flag will
be continued throughout the re-
manning days of the campaign and
that, before its close, you may Sc
cure one or more blue stars to be
sewed upon the white field of the
flag. each star signifying that your
quota has been increased by one
hundred per cent.
Your patriotic response to the Ma
tons call is a stimulus to all of us
and we will watch with interest and
best wishes for your further success,
the daily reports from your district.
Yours very truly,
JAMES X. LYNCH,
Chairman. Gen'l Executive Board,
Twelfth District.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
HONOR FLAG REACHES EUREKA
People Express Pride and Pleas
ure in Meeting and Escorting
Priced Emblem From Depot
To the Courthouse

The committee of the County Coun-
ell of Defense. w. H. Russell, w. J..
Hooper and Edgar Father, in charge
of the Third Liberty Loan ~subscrip-
ton of Eureka County. returned
from Elko by auto last Friday after
noon. where they went to deposit in
the Elko banks the funds and appli-
cations for the Liberty Loan bonds.
General Manager j. f. Sexton of the
local railway accompanied them from
Palisade. the party stopping at sew
eral of the ranches en- route to So
licit further subscriptions.
When it was learned that the party
was bringing home the Honor Flag
awarded Eureka County for filling
its bond quota, a large number of
citizens in autos and on foot, teachers
and school children met them at the
depot and escorted the party and
Honor Flag up town, counter march
ing on Main street to the Court House.
where the flag was raised amid hearty
and patriotic cheers by the large as
semblage.
AS the banner was being displayed
at the Courthouse, 81 sticks of giant
powder we're fired at intervals of
about five seconds by Cardew, Moyle,
Eathorne and Rogers as Ruby Hills
twenty-one gun salute to the beauti-
full and much priced emblem.
Before the crowd dispersed, w. H.
Russell of the County Council of De-
tense. announced that a free dance
would be given that evening at the
Eureka Theatre following the picture
show, to further celebrate and as a
mark of expressing its satisfaction
and approval of the liberal response
made by the people of Eureka Coun-
ty to the call of the Government in
helping to raise funds for carrying
on the war. That evening a large
crowd joined in the social dance and
made merry in celebrating the sue
cessful Liberty Loan drive in Eureka
County.
AFTER SECOND BLUE HONOR STAR
The amount of subscriptions for
the Third Liberty Loan in Eureka
County is still climbing up. The
County's quota has already been
doubled, emitting US to the Blue
Honor Star on u original Honor
Flag. and we are nov well on the
way to secure a second Blue Honor
Star. Eureka's quota is $25. 900. 90.
and the committee of the County
Council of Defense. in charge of the
subscriptions, now reports that $685.
100. 90 has been subscribed in Eureka
County for the Third Liberty Loan.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
Sale Of War Stamps
In the Eureka Schools

The following are the sales of War
Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps in
the Eureka Schools for the week ending
April II;
High School: Purple. sl.25; Green,
90 90. Total 1925. District school,
Grammar Department, $S. 80; Intermedf-
ate Department, 1865; Primary De-
partment, $l6.9 70. Total $37. So.
Totals to date are: High School
Purple, gal. "a; Green, $3l9.88. Total
$780, on. District school-Grammar De-
partment, $l17. 81; intermediate Depart
ment, $780, 10; Primary Department,
$780, ii. Total $500. rs. Grand total
both schools, ell62.SS !.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
FORMER EUREKA RESIDENT
E. A. Mcconnell, Engineer Who
Brought First Passenger Train
Into Eureka, Writes From
Kansas City
Kansas City. Mo-. April 10.

Kansas City, Mo-. April 10.
EDITOR SENTINEL:
Having received a copy of the
SENTINEL of March 16. 1918, and no.
ted the accident and death of my old
conductor, j. N. Rousey, at Needles,
Arizona, the incident recalls to mind
my young manhood days of Eureka.
Nevada.
On April 2, 1875, resigned my posi-
ton as an engineer at Truckee, Cali
fornia. and arrived at Palisade on
April 5 to accept a position as loco
motive engineer on the Eureka &
Palisade railroad under George Royal.
master mechanic with P. Everts as
general superintendent. The E. &
P. was then being extended from
Palisade to Eureka. | ran the ma
terial train all Summer. carrying
rails. ties, etc., and as the road neared
Eureka. alternated as engineer that
pulled the passenger train from AL
pha to Garden Pass. Diamond, Six
Mile House, Lays ranch, and eventu-
ally pulled the first passenger train
into Eureka on October %, 1875. l
then was consigned to freight train
service and had Johnny Crowley. and
afterward j. N. Rousey, as my con-
ductors in the years that followed.
On September %. 1882, | took charge
of the Ruby Hill ore and material
train as engineer and conductor and
remained in that position until the
furnaces closed and the railroad quit
running.
| then opened a grocery store in
the w. H. Stowell building on Main
street. just south of Clark. Later
was superintendent of the Eureka
Water Works up to June Is, 1897.
My wife, with the assistance of j..
w. Lambert, closed out my store in
Eureka and moved the family to
Kansas City, Mo. | was married to
Mary Kizziah Emmons in Eureka on
December 16, 1878. and four boys
were born in Eureka, one girl being
born in Iowa while we were away
from Eureka in 1880. | have lived
through the palmy days of Eureka
with its ups and downs; law suits of
the Richmond and Eureka Consolidat-
ed (the Potts chamber of ore suit;
knew all miners and have been
through both mines On all levels;
hauled all the heavy machinery for
the new shaft of the Eureka Con-
solidated from the Eureka depot to
the mine; hauled the $1,000 tons of
market bar lead from the Richmond
furnaces to the freight yard in Eu-
reka, and was helper at the same
time in taking from "a to 80 cars of
market lead in one train up owe the
summit from Garden Pass. The
early strenuous and best days of my
life were passed and spent on the
Base Range, on the E. & P. R. R.,
and at Eureka. | am comparatively
an old man now. but ! do not feel
old. | am active and attend to my
real estate business here in Kansas
City. and hold my own with some of
the progressive younger ones. My
children are all grown and married
but two.
Sincerely yours.
ELMER A. MCCONNELL.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20
General Draying

Having purchased the draying bust
ness in Eureka Of r. A. Laird, | am
now prepared to do all kinds of hauling
at reasonable rates. Wood, Coal and
Hay for sale In large or small quanti-
ties, delivered in any part Of Eureka.
Leave orders at Eureka Garage.
JULIUS MINOLETTI.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-04-20

Production of 10000 new automo-
bile trucks is in progress for the
army.