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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
6y-4o00ucZJ QFHMYTHeoH EeoNT W
American Red Cross
Helps Care For
5000 Refugees
Who Pour Into Paris
to Escape hvaders

sage, % cases of corned beef and 10
hams, 60 boxes of bread and crackers
II cases of cheese, 3 cases of macaroni
and % cases of fruit were among the
items. More than 1000 pounds of eat
ing chocolate were issued but much
of this was for luncheons on the train
from Paris to new abiding places.
Merely to pin the refugees together
called for 400 cards of safety pins, and
nearly 2,2O0 garments not counting
handkerchiefs and such things were
needed to reclothe the people.
In few days this crowd had been
distributed. Nc refugee however, left
Paris hungry, unclad or unwashed-
no sick person or child lacked for med
ical or nursing everyone was
clean = everyone clothed AS one
Of the forty-Odd extra Red Cross
workers engaged day and night put it,
"even the goats and the dogs got a
square meal from the scraps, and the
humans were filled 'jusQu'a la gorge
which we would interpret as Thanks
giving full"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
War Develops There Are
Many !IIiterates in U. S,


The war has, as Secretary Lane puts
it in his letter TO President Wilson ana
the chairman of the congress commit
tees on education, brought facts to
our attention that are almost unbe-
lievable" with respect to the preva-
lence of illiteracy in this country, OBJ
serves the New York World.
Nearly 100000 men of draft age
cannot read or write in any language.
There are over 100000 illiterates
above twenty years old or more. IL
literates above ten years of age-the
common basis of reckoning
5,516,163.
Of an army so vast that, marching
in pairs % miles day, it would be
two months passing the White House,
as Mr.. Lane figures, over 50 per cent
are white and 100000 are native
born whites. immigration is by no
means the sole factor in a condition
that saps the economic as well as the
mental resources of the country.
IAN uniformed democracy is not
a democracy" Secretary Lane asks
the attention of congress for a bin
for ning a bureau of education foe,
the eradication of adult illiteracy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
WATCHFUL SERVANT In JAPAN
Maid Ministers to Wants of Guests,
Lights Their Cigarettes and
Tucks Them in Bed.

We had our bath, and we had dinner
from lacquer bowls and porcelain dish
es. Our satisfaction proved again that
the joy of finding is not always less
than the joy of pursuit. The maid who
had been assigned to minister to our
comfort accepted her duty as trust.
She was unbelievably short and very
sturdy. Her broad face and the
strength of her round, shapeless limbs
proclaimed the hardy bloom Of the
peasant. The physical, mental and
emotional unity which comes as the
heritage of such unmiXed rustic blood
Is in itself a prepOssessing charm. Our
daughter of Mother Earth was as
material as she was diminutive.
She might think of a thousand serv-
ices, her bare feet might start of an
instant across the mats to respond to
any request, but never did she sur
render one iOta of her instructive be-
lief that we, merely being men, were
only luxurious accessories for the
world to possess. She was so prim-
ordially feminine that she inspired
terrifying thought of the possibility of
rsociety being sometimes modelled after
the queendom of the bees.
She had never seen a foreigner, but
she had heard much gossip of our GUS
TOMS Her inquiring mind was intent
upon verifying this group as far as
possible, and she was also very curious
about our possessions. She taught us
how to hold our chopsticks and how to
drink our soup. A little more noise
from our lips would show that we were
approaching the flavor, she admon-
| ished.
When the beds were finally laid she
brought fresh brewing of tea and re-
plenished the charcoal in the hibachi.
She lighted our after-dinner cigarettes
for us by pressing them against the
embers. She sat waiting until we drop
ped the last stub into the ashes. Then
the guardian midget rolled back the
quilts, ordered us to bed, tucked US in
carefully, giving to each impartially a
goodnight pat.
Her days work finished, assuredly
her efforts entitled her to a quiet en-
joyment of one of the cigarettes. She
sat down on the foot of my bed and,
deeply drawing in the smoke, blew it
! into the air with a sigh of content
ment.-Harper's Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

must be close to thirty-three years OF
age, yet to look at him in action one
would never suspect that the Califor-
MAN has seen nearly ten years of serv-
ice in the major leagues.
He has not been troublesome at the
bat thus far in the series, but he is all
over his side of the field, and the base
runners never take more than pass
ing chance with his arm.
Apparently Chase has forsaken his
desire to create trouble for the man
agement or ownership, too. Hal seems
to be one of the most satisfied msm-
bers of the Reds, and he works ike
Trojan for Matty. Like good many
other star FASTENERS, Hal possessed
the disposition of prima donna when
in the American league, but his serv-
Ice in the Federal and since with GIN
cinnati has wrought big change IN
the clever first baseman.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Whales and PROPOSES Are
often Taken for Submarine
By the WatChfuI Gun Crews

There is peril in being whale or
porpoise in the north Atlantic these
days, according to Nelson Collins In
the Century. If you are a whale, par
ticularly a spouting whale, you are
apt to be mistaken for a submarine;
and if you are porpoise, you are apt
to be taken for a torpedo. There is
many a shattered carcass and abashed
gun crew. In the phosphorescence OF
even winter nights a porpoise just I'M
der the surface can make an expert
enced lookout have a moments sus-
penSe. The line of white is little
narrow aud little high for torpedo,
but in the first moment lookout isn't
given to exact measurements. The
white at bow and stern on phoS-
phorescent night is conspicuous evil
dence of ship, though it is ques-
ton how plain it would be through
periscope at about it's own level. From
the decks of the ship itself or from the
deck of an emerged submarine it flash
es plain. If it could only be camou-
tagged along with the smoke. And on
such a night in the zone there is the
eerie sense of more than one subma-
rine that has worked her way along
in the white wake of slow ship, keep
ing tab so through the night and wait
ing for dawn to sheer off and strike.
That is why, as dark comes on, de-
stroyer is apt to drop back from the
side of the ship and Turk along the
wake, seeking it's prey also. remem-
Der one velvety black night. Sudden
ly a great white trail shot across our
bow from port to starboard and just a
few yards ahead. If porpoise is too
narrow to make a torpedo trail, this
seemed too broad, but deep enough. 1t
was the wake of a destroyer that ha0
cut across in hurry.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Last Son of Revolution.

Nelson Moore, eighty-one years old,
believed to be the last real son of the
American Revolution, died recently ar
his home in Omaha. Moore was born
near Vernon, Oneida county, New
York. His father, at the age of nj
teen was fighting with the Continental
army and was with Washington at
Valley Forge. Moore came west and
was a government freighter on the
plains in 1869. In the years following
he had many experiences with Indians.
He perfectly remembered his father
and remembered many of the incl
dents of the Revolutionary days told
by the older Moore.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

which we know to be very far dista41t.
When the atmosphere is dusty and
hot. however, it acts as a magnifying
glass.
The oval appearance can best be
understood by drawing small circle
on sheet of white paper and placing
reading glass over it. When the
circle is under the center of the lens
it appears a circle; but as the glass
is moved till the circle is near its edge
the circle gradually becomes an oval.
The sun, as it nears the horizon.
and appears enlarged, usually becomes
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Whirlpool Bath.

A whirlpool bath is the novel treat
nent applied at hospital in Manches-
ter England, for cases of rheumatism,
heart disease, shell shock and debility
following typhoid and dysentery. The
tank, large enough for II men. con-
tairs four feet of water and is pro-
vided with seats on which the bathers
are immersed to their necks. me
temperature is kept at 90 degrees FAN
renheit, just below that OF the Dody.
The room is quiet and dimly lighted
and after an hour in the bath the
men 10 70 rest rooms.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Facts Worth Knowing.

An asbestos suit has been
made for workers around furn-
aces.
Stainless steel cutlery con-
tains about 13 per cent chro-
MUM. The use of this ingredient
in the manufacture of steel for
this purpose has been temporari-
ly stopped.
"Colbaltcrom" is a steel made
by a newly-discOvered process
which permits of castings being
made which will act like parts
heretofore turned into shape.
Iron alleged with gold has been
introduced as a substitute for
tin in the making of cans.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Hal Chase Has Lost None
of His Skill Around Bag;
BaSerunnerS Know Danger

Although much farther advanced in
years than when he first broke in with
the Yankees, Hal Chase is the same
graceful performer for the Reds that
used to hold American league fans
spellbound by his work at first base
for the Gotham entry in Ban Johnson's
circuit.
Nothing seems to be too hard for
Hal to tackle, and the same ease char
acteriZeS every movement. Chase
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

furnished pathetic evidence TO Farls
that the Germans were advancing
somewhat in their recent drive. VII
lage after village had come under the
German guns and homeless old men,
women, children-well sick, helpless
were hurried into Paris for redistribu-
ton to friends and relatives or to be
assigned to the care of some unborn
barded French city or town.
AS trainlOad after trainload of these
unfortunates of war were delivered In
the Care du Nord and other depots OF
Paris, the refugees and their belong
ings made, for time, one of the worst
human tangles imaginable. To get an
idea of the conditions at the Paris sta
tiOns during these few days, think OF
the railway station in your nearest
large American city. Imagine 1t on
the busiest days of the week with its
ordinary human and freight traffic
greatly swelled by the passing through
of thousands of soldiers who have to
be fed and provided with bathing and
sleeping accommodations. Then i'm
agine that same station called upon
suddenly to feed and lodge for two
days and nights, 5000 homeless,
moneyless people. Where would an
American community find quickly-in
an hour twO-the 960 mattresses and
the $40 piles of straw covered with
blankets which supplemented the
benches, canteen tables and piles of
luggage as sleeping places for this
tired multitude of French refugees?
OF the crowd of unexpected guests,
many were very old, others sick, quite
Il few entirely helpless. There were
hundreds of little children; some had
lost their parents In the shuttle. A few
'mutilated children, victims of eXplO-
sions near their homes, required i'm
mediate surgical and nursing care. 9th
err children had scarlet fever or con-
tagious diseases and had to be quar-
antined at once in detention hospitals.
There were enough thy babies to keep
sixty Red Cross nursing bottles busy
all the time.
Add to this human flotsam and jet
sam, piles of furniture, baby carriages,
bicycles, kitchen utensils, bedding,
clothes and last but not least a number
of live goats. live chickens and pet
dogs that had to be fed and watered,
and you have some idea of the civilian
relief problems that the American Red
Cross and other agencies must solve
after q thrust and withdrawal on the
front.
Tipless Porters.
But the American Red Cross was
ready and right on the job when the
first trains began TO come in. Men In
Red Cross uniforms were on the plat
forms ready to act as tipless porters.
They made trip after trip loaded down
with the personal belongings of the
refugees-perhaps leading a goat or
carrying live chickens-again assisting
the weak or lame to reach the canteens
upstairs where quantities of hot food
and drink were being made ready for
distribution through the Red Cross and
other canteens, and where cots were
provided for the lame and very feeble.
Food was the first thought of nearly
all-particularly famished children
who had had little to eat for many
hours All of the canteens, reinforced
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
When Patience Ceases to Be a Virtue.

There is time in every mans
life when he absolutely gives up hope"
said the MISUNDERSTANDING man In
the corner.
when he fails in business, or some
thing?" asked the ympathetic-looking
man across.
"No-the last ten minutes when his
wife is getting nner."-Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
A Rational Conclusion.

"The Binkses
must buy every
thing on the in
stallment plan."
"What m a k e S
you think so?"
81 heard Jimmy
Binks ask his fa-
Their whether the
new baby would
be taken away if
they couldn't keep
up the payments.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Preferred Richard.

1t was the hrSt
time that Rich
ards father had
seen "her," and
they were talk
ing things over.
$50 my son has
proposed to you,"
he said, "and you
h We accepted
him? / think you
might have seen
me first"
S h e blushed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
AFEW SMILES
Wise Mabel.

Wise Mabel.
Louise, nine years old, asked her
mother: "Where is pap going?"
"To a stag party" she replied.
"What is a stag party, mammal"
Sister Mabel, seven years old, who
had been listening with dignified at
titude of superior wisdom, answered
instantly: Its where they stagger
Didn't you know?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
WHY SUN APPEARS AS OVAL
Due to Optical Illusion Which Can
Be Made Plain by a Very Simple
Little Experiment.

WHY is the setting sun oval instead
of round as it drops close to the
horizon?
why, too, does it then appear TO be
larger?
The enlargement is generally an
optical illusion. due to the disc of
the sun appearing close to the horizon,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Easy.

Wife-Your Aunt Maria is coming
to visit us, but, really, I don't see how
can find time to entertain her.
Hub-Invite your Aunt Eliza and
they will entertain each other telling
about their diseases.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

an oval longer in breadth than In
height. because K is seen through the
edge of an aerial lens.
The air, to small height, is in a
condition to magnify objects, and has
been all day. but looking upward its
thin layer would have little effect,
whereas looking through it toward the
horizon the effect would be increased
about Is times by the increased depth
of air looked through.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
No DANGER.

'T understand Mrs. Grumpy, there
was a great deal of vacillation in your
family"
'Yes'm, but none Of it ever took"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12
Fine.

as this machine automaticT"
absolutely. Needs no attention
whatever. The agent says it will even
pay for itself"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

FTEEN THOUSAND
homeless refugees from
French villages just be-
hind the trenches crowd
ed into her railway de-
pots during four days,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

sweetly as she replied:
81 did, but 1 think I prefer Rich
ard"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-07-12

Sioux City, Ia, has labor union
mayor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-14
TALK OF WOOD FOR RUSSIA
War Department Is Urged to Send
Troops to East

Washington, June 14.-Military Of
ficials today were discussing the pos
Sibility OF Maj Gen. Leonard Wood
leading an inter-a1lied expedition in
Russia.
The discussion arose in connection
with disclosures that some troop ships
may be used after July / to send such
an expedition aboard. The war de-
partment. however. shed no light on
the subject.
1t developed today that the idea OF
having the expedition enter thru ST.
peria mas been discouraged by the en-
tente. This plan was regarded as Of
1erlng difficulties that might be avoid
eu. The talk now is of having the
Iorces penetrate by way of the MUIR
man coast
General March, chief of staff, Is I'M
oerstood to have opposed the sending
OF an American force to Russia. con.
stitutlng as 1T would a diversion of eff
tort and an addition to Transportation
and supply problems.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-14
HE HAS NEW FEELING
Prussian Living Near Nortonville Ex.
plains His War Attitude.

{. c. Jackson, deputy United States
marshal for Kansas, returned today
from Nortonville, where he investi-
gated the attitude of Henry Wilhelm
Poos, a Prussian, toward the United
States.
Poos, according to Jackson, was re-
ported for investigation on account of
alleged disloyal remarks. ~ found,
said the deputy marshal, that he had
been talking great deal about Prus-
sian efficiency. Before the participa-
ton of this country into the war ne
was active in western Kansas in rails
ing funds for children and orphans in
Germany. This money was turned
over to officers aboard interned ships
in American ports"
Poos, according to Jackson, stated
that he had once been in favor of
Germany winning the war but has had
thoro change of heart. He promised
Journal telling his present interna-
tional feelings with a request that the
State Jour l publish it for the bene-
fit of other Kansas Germans.
Poos, who only recently came to
this country from Prussia, is a wealthy
farmer at Nortonville. and is some
thing of a leader among the German
colony there. He has growing crops
on his farm and promised jackson to
see to it that his land did it's Bit pro-
viding the government agent wouldn't
arrest him. He was not arrested fol-
lowing his promise to write for publi-
cation telling his change OF heart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-14
Questionnaires for 1918 Glass
Have Been Revised.
Registrars Will Give More
Complete Information.
COUNTY SUPPLY IS RECEIVED
Dates for Sending Them Out
Have Not Been Set.
Provision Made for Exemption
of Medical Students.

Questionnaires which will be filled
out by the newly registered class of
1918 will give to draft boards more
complete information bearing on
selective service men than the papers
filled out by men who registered in
1917. Provision is also made in the
1918 questionnaires for the tenn
porary exemption of medical students.
Unnecessary as well as unskilled farm
or Industrial labor will, however, be
placed in class 1
The new questionnaires to be used
in Shawnee county were received this
morning by l. D. Graham, secretary of
the county draft board. No orders
setting the date as to when the papers
are to be mailed to the new regis
trants have been received. however
Questions Changed.
Several questions. it is shown by the
new papers, have been rewritten and
changed SO as to provide boards with
more detailed information. The gen.
eral information required. with the
exception of the aforesaid alterations.
is practically the same as in the old
Questionaires.
The new questionnaires lack the in
dustrial directory to be checked so as
to show the vocational experience of
the registrant under the heading OF
general questions" Provision is
made to classify men preparing for
medical practice in recognized schools
in class five until they have finished
their education. The QUESTIONABLE
asks II the students were in school
May 20, 1918, and there is also an in
terrogation demanding to know If
such men have quit school since that
date.
Citizenship Questions.
The citizenship section has been re-
written in order to find out If aliens
who do not expect to become citizens
of this country are willing to return
to their native country and enter MILL
tary service. The list of questions
bearing on dependency is also more
detailed. Registrars who are mar
ried must state whether they live with
their parents or their wife's parents
A provision has been added in class
one whereby registrants who are en-
ployed in farm or industrial work, but
who are unnecessary for such work,
may be made liable to immediate serv-
ice.
Persons discharged from the army
on grounds of alienage or upon diplo-
matte request will be placed in class
five.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-14
don" IS IN CITY
Captain Thompson Will Soon
Leave for Russia.
Author and War Photographer
Here To Visit Mother.

Donald Thompson, son of Topeka,
and famous war photographer and au-
thor, is in Topeka today for short
visit with his mother. Mrs. S. A.
Thompson, All West Seventh street.
Thompson is now on his way to Rus
STA in the interests of the big maya
zines and newspapers. This indicates
that something is probably about to
break loose in the land of the Bolshe-
wiki but Thompson said: Il can't say
anything about it,
He said that he is going to Russia
via China and. Japan. His wife will
accompany him as far as Japan and
China. where she will spend the win
ter. Thompson said that he expected
to take Mrs. Thompson to Petrograd
with him on one trip. anyway.
His Book Is Popular.
Thompson is the author of the most
exhaustive book yet published on the
Russians and the Russian revolution
Donald Thompson in Russia" has the
reputation of enc of the six best SELL
ers and critics everywhere are unan-
imous in naming it one of the best of
its kind and certainly the most author
itative volume published on actual
conditions in the White Empire
Thompson ard his wife will leave
Topeka Monday for the west coast and
will sail for the Far East within the
next two weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-14

learned no one was seriously injured.
Kistler, it is asserted, ran to the
office and company officials locked
him in Several hundred men gath
cred around the place, many of them,
the police say, making threats against
Kistler's life. A piece of steel hurled
thru a window. Harbaugh says, hit
Kistler on the head.
Officials to the Rescue.
Company officials began working
with the men to get them to dispense,
and riot calls were turned into the
police station and sheriff's office, first
by eyewitness and later by officials
of the road. Officials said this morn
ing that the usual quiet and routine
prevailed in Morris and Kistler's de-
partment. M. ]. Drury, superintend-
emit, said this morning that Morris
quit this morning to join the navy.
Kistler, Drury said, was not at work