The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-09

IT,
! report In his section that the soldiers
were forced to purchase Liberty
Bonds and are being paid but 4l3
month wages, the balance of what.
ever is due them being applied to the
bonds.
(American soldiers were encour-
aged In the purchased OF Liberty
Bonds. but were not compelled to buy
them. They receive their full COM
pensation every month, and Whatever
Is applied to their bond purchase 10
deducted by the men themselves and
not by their superiors.)
Lie No. 80. @. w. r. OF Red Bud,
ILL.,, reports these lies in circulation
near his home: That soldiers train
ing at Camp Taylor, KY. are not fed
sufficiently; that woman who
wanted to enlist in the RED CROSS
was told she would be made to leave
her family to- go to France; that q
petition was circulated at Waterloo
declaring II q mistake to send Amer
lean soldiers to France, because they
would starve: that women who RET.
istered would be drafted by the gov.
ernment, and that persons who signed
the food conservation pledges would
rot be permitted to eat home-cured
meats.
(Soldiers at Camp Taylor are fed
the same as soldiers at any other
army cantOnment wholesomely.
substantially and abundantly; women
who enlist In Red Cross work, un-
less they specify they want to be
nurses and see active service abroad,
Will not be sent overseas or taken
from their families; the man who cir
culated the petition in Waterloo
should be turned over to the govern
ment and locked up as an enemy Of
the country; women who registered
VIII not be drafted by the govern
ment. and persons who signed Hoover
cards may eat hOme-cured meats
whenever they see fit-only they are
urged to observe the meatless day
each week.
Lie No. 40. An anonymous writer
from st. Louis signing himself John
Doe," wants to know II this is q lie
or just pure ignorance: A German
woman living near him says that
when soldiers reach New York ON
their way to France, and get cold
feet" they are put in chains and
thrown aboard ship by order of
President Wilson. II they show fur
ther resistance. she says, their legs
are blown off with bombs.
tin the first place, American SOL
diers don't get "cold feet" In the
second place It isn't necessary to
chain an American soldier to get him
aboard ship on his way to Europe to
help knock the Kaiser gallywest.
And again, President Wilson leaves
the care Of transportation overseas 10
the Secretary Of War or the Secretary
OF the Navy.)
Lie No. Al. Grapnis. Ark, says
pro-Germans are circulating this
story. there: That the Americans
captured in the first collision In
France returned to their own lines a
Few nights ago, telling Of the won.
derful food they found In the Gers
man trenches. and declaring they
had their first square meal since ar
rtvtng overseas while they were Ger
man captives.
None of the Americans captured
BY the Germans have been returned
to the American lines. They are In,
termed. 1t is believed, in the German
interior. The War Department,
thru the Red Cross in Switzerland.
Is sending food to these and other
capttves at regular intervals, thru an
arrangement with Germany, whereby
the delivery of this food Is guarsn.
teed.)
I, Lie No. ~. Liars in Bunker Hin.
ILL.,. are responsible for this yarn.
That Colorado now is housing 10 900
Englishmen. who are biding their
time until Uncle Sam gets all his SOL
diers and their paraphernalia 10
France. when the English will rise
and seize the United States for Eng.
land.
(Of course there is not one scin-
tilla Of truth In this story.)
Lie No. 4S. Here Is one from st.
Louis: That the commandant at JEFF
ferson Barracks compelled soldiers to
take out Government insurance, and
where the man has no near relatives,
the commandant's sister Is made
beneficiary; that this sister already
is beneficiary for dozens of soldiers.
Colonel Murray. commanding the
barracks. says this Is the most In,
famous story he has ever heard. He
urges the men who pass thru the
barracks to take out the SoverAment
insurance. but he has never named
or even suggested beneficiary for
the p0licy.)
Lie No. ~. "A Reader" in st.
Louis sent this one: That soldiers
at Camp Funston are SO poorly fed
they are compelled to spend virtually
all OF their monthly pay for food
enough to keep alive.
(Camp Funston soldiers are better
fed than many civilians In st. Louis.
Their food Is wholesome. abundant
and OF the sort which sticks to tho
ribs" Ask the first soldier you meet
on the street what sort of fare he
had while at camp.)
Lie No. IS. German propaganfa
already Is at work seeking to destroy
the success Of the wheatless and
meatless days. II you hear stories
OF this sort, or that soldiers ara
wasting bread. or that agents OF our
allies are selling American wheat to
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