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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-15

Miss Clifie Dillingham; went
to Kansas City Wednesday to
spend the day.
Mrs. J. F. VIM went to Kan
sas City Wednesday for a few
days visit.
Miss Roxie Crumm went to
Kansas City Wednesday where
she will meet Miss N. F. Shot
lift and then go to Chicago to
purchase the spring line of mil
linery for Gratz Bros.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-15


enemies; for, while time is
working for their triumph, it is
grinding with the certainty of
the slowly grinding mills of God
against their foes. The stars in
their courses are fighting a
gainst Sisera. And Sisera knows
it. Hence his c~easelesS and noisy
clamorings after peace. What
think you? Are the swashbuck-
ling Germans a people to cry for
peace unless they see calamity
in front of them Has it not
been their declared creed from
the very beginning that war
must be our greatest industry
Now the thief wants to make
friends with the policeman in
order that he may get away with
the swag. But there is only one
way that he can do ito sur
render the swag and suffer the
Just punishment of his crimes.
We are through discussing terms
of peace. We shall dictate them.
Can you recall a single battle
on the French and British front
where the victory in this war
must ultimately be won-in
which the Germans have tri-
umphed 2 | cannot. Have you for
gotten 1915, when, with fresh
forces, outnumbering the En-
glish two to one in men and
five to one in guns, they rush
ed forward, Boosting that they
should take Calais Did they do
it What have they done, ex-
'cept to cruelty small ana help
less peoples? Tell me if yor can.
They were beaten at the Marine,
they were beaten at Verdun,
they were beaten at the Somme,
just as this year or next they
will be beaten at the Rhine; on
ly then it will be a thousand
times worse, as they very well
know.
If | had space it would be easy
to show how Germany is losing
her morale. She has been fed
for so long on falsehood that at
last she is ''fed up" She was
told that they would reach Par
is in fourteen days; but they
didn't. She was told that Verdun
would end the war by putting
France out of commission be-
fore England could get ready /;
but it didn't. When all else fail
ed she was assured by the Kai-
ser, by Hindenburg and by Tri-
pitt. each solemnly laying his
hands upon his wishbone and
splitting three times to make it
certain, that the submarine
would starve England into sub
mission in three months. Did it
do it? What did it do? 1t sealed
Germany's doom beyond any
possibility Of hope, for it
brought America into the war.
Verify, whom the gids would
destroy they first make mad"
This very day we have more
soldiers in France than Napoleon
had at Waterloo, or Meade had
at Gettysburg. Every week 9TH
ers are on their way and we viii
send 10000 900 more if necessa-
ry. you must go back home"
said General Pershing to Charl-
ies w. Whitehair, secretary of
the CORNELL TI-nivers;+v " M r
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-15
OUNCEME
COUNTY

We are authorized to announce
ELMER C. DUEBBERT
as a candidate for Collector of Lafay-
cite County, subject to the action Of
the Republican party at the primary
August 6, 1918.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-15

1t seems that Germany's gold
is more potent in her peace max
ing than her armies.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

lIihgs could not have invaded a thous- and homes abused women, and child ren and shipped 1900 men out into the desert in cattle cars if the war had not been on.
 "The law sleeps during the war. From Oregon, Arizona, Indiana and Montana, from Bisbee and Butte, echo the blows struck by the economic masters. Now or never.' they cry.
 "The war is on, and the nation is in peril. The tocsin sounds; the hearts Ef the people are stirred to their depths. The guns roll. Men by tens of millions are suffering. By millions they are dying! To work, plutocrats! be quick, while the chance offers! Snatch dollar here and hundred there Rob the widow; starve the orphans; reap proAits from the broken bodies of men and boys, and mean while set the screws of industrial op- presston a llt<[e harder. Suppress dis cussion; crush out opportunity; laugh at the law; tear up the constitution. Get a stronger hold on resources, fac- tories, banks and railroads; cement your power. Make assurance doubly sure, and hide the end.
 "Autocrats; Despots! Plutocrats; Oligarchs! Setting the iron heel of your industrial tyranny upon the neck of a people that once boasted of it's freedoml
 Beware! Each tomorrow is a new day and there are many tomorrows."
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
TRY THIS EXPERIMENT AND
 FIND WHAT SORT YOU ARE

The following little conundrum is going the rounds of the press:
 What kind of a man are you? ? Are you careless, shiftless, a worth less sort of a chap ,or are you really good fellow, Snicent and pains taking in all your efforts?' Here is a simple method, advanced by the editor of the Pioneer, by which you can find out just what you are:
 Put down the figures representing the year in which you were born.
 From this subtract g.
 Then &dd sour age Jo this year.
 Multiply the total sum by 900.
 From the total you now have, deduct 699,423.
 Then substitute for the figures obtained the corresponding letters of the alphabet, as A for 1, B for 2, c for 3, D for 4. F for 5. F for 6, c for z, and so on The letters thus obtained will divide themselves into three words, which will express to you whae you are.
 Try this experiment and see.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
EIGHT HOUR FIRMS.

The following business houses have signified to this paper their cheerful adoption of the Eight Hour Day.
 A. Polet.
 ThoruIf Lehman. Pacific Cold Storage Go. North Pole Bakery. Arctic Candy Store and Bakery Nome Bottling Go. Chas L. Ross, Transfer. E. W. Carleton Hardware Go. The Surprise Store. Cheap Johns Store. Lomen Bros. Kristan's Emporium. The Nonpareil. Ed L. Holt. P. A. Peterson Shoe Co. A. wittonberg. Crowley Grocery Company: Anvil Bakery. Nome Bakery. Nome Bakery Annex. Miles Cafe. Rowo Transfer Go. c. c. Crooks, End and Store. B. O. T. Cafe. Nome Tailoring Co. Alaska Dream Theater. Wm. Supek, Independent Meat Market. U. S. Mercantile Go. Hills Pharmacy.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

feet.
 The highest railroad bridge in the United States is the Kinzua Via duct on the Erie road-305 feet high.
 The Manhattan Elavated Railroad of New yora, carried the largest number of passengers of any Amer ican road last year-525,000 per day, or 91,625,128 during the past year.
 A steel rail lasts, with average wear, about eighteen vars.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
He, who Wastes a Crust of Bread, PrOlongs the War.
CAPITALISTS UNDER GUlSE OF PATRIOTISM" ARE ESTABLISH
 ING INDUSTRIAL TYRANNY

From New York, (by rlaiD-The American business interests are taking advantage of the war crisis to wipe out the effective part of the American labor movement" is the charge made yesterday by Scott Nearing, chairman of the national executive committee of the Peoples council, in the fourth of @ series of open letters to the New York Times. The letter reads.
 ITO the New YorN Times":-In my previous letters to you I tried to point out that American business interests had reaped huee profits from the three years and three months of barbarism that have desolated Europe, making their loathsome profits, under the gu SC of Patriotism" upon everything that the American troops are using on the battlefiel6s of France.
 Now am going one step further accuse the American business inter- ests of using the war crisis as an ex-
  the American labor movement and to set up an industrial tyranny in the United States.
 American industry is organized as a wealth and not people control it. The stockholders rule-be- cause they are stockholders, The wage earners and clerks, who make mp siX-sevenths of the people, engaged in industrial enterprise, have no say in the selection of their superiors and no say in deciding business policy.
 The workers work The stockhold- CTS and their representatives decide The owners of American wealth-the plutocrats, rule American economic life just as the owners of the land, the aristocrats, ruled feudal Europe There is not a single important industry in the United States which approaches Government of the people, by the people and for the people.
 since the beginning of the war, the American Plutocrats have outdone them salves-committed their savage industrial crimes behind the folds of the American flag, and draping their attacks upon civil and economic liberty in the language of patriotism.
 "The National Security League, the state council Of defense, the vigilants and the other patriotic" organizations of business and professional men have reviled, attacked, denounced. They have proclaimed that their opponents should be stood up against the wall at sunrise; that certain editors ought to be shot and that labor agitators deserve hanging
 ~'How easy it would have been for a district attorney to send some of these men to prison for life after Frank Little's body was cut down from the railroad tressle at Butte, These busi- ness men, lawyers. editors, statesmen melted to mn,uer.
 "A group of lawless plutocrat-hire-
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21


 Jonathan a few facts about rail- roads, etc. The cost of the railroads in the |: United States has been nine billion dollars.
 One million persons are employed by the railroads of the United States.
 The cost of a high-class eight wheel paanger locomotive is about $S,5OO.
 f The cost of a palace sleeping-car $15.000 or if "vcstibuled," $17,OO0. : The average cost of constructing a mile of railroad in the United States at the present time is about $SS.O0O.
 The average daily earning of an American locomotive is about $40O
 The consolidation" locomotive weighs 50 tons, and is able to draw on level over 2,400 tons.
 Tho longest mileage operated by a single system is that of the Atch- ison, Topeka, and the Sante Fe--- about 5000. The line Sf the railroad which extends farthest east and west is the Canadian Pacific, running from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
 There are sixty miles Of snowsheds on the Central Pacific Railroad. The highestrailroad inthe United States is the Denver and Rio Grande at Marshall Pass-10,S52 feet.
 The longest American railroad tunnel is the Hoosac Tunnel on the Fitchburg ssAilroad-4% miles. (The St. Gothard Tunnel in Europe is over rin~ miles in length.)
 There arc 208,749 railroad bridges in the United States, spanning 9,213 miles.
 The longest railroad bridge span in the United States is the Cantilever span in the Poughkeepsie bridge over the Hudson River-54S s
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
NOTICE.

The Niodini's B. of T. Restau- rant is closed for few days in order to make some remodelling so that the place can be run more eco- nOmical and will also arrange to run furnished rooms in connection.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
DANCING SCHOOL.

At the Miners Home Club Hall, Dancing class every Monday, Tues day, Wednesday, and Friday even- ing from P. M. to II P. M. Ad- mission to class $1.OO. Private lessons $1.OO per hour.
 MRS. GEO WALDHELNI, Teacher,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

Please leave your order at the Nome Tailoring Go. (next door Seg- erstrom and Hagen), for coal etc., to be delivered by the Pioneer Ex- press. Orders promptly attended to.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

Bring your forfeiture notices to the Ind ustrial Worker
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

E'irst-class Unalalleet dog sal mon for sale at 12 cents a pound. See Duffy O'Conner. .-.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

Fur garments made and repaired at the Nome Tailoring Company.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21

GIFT THE NEWS RIGHT. REA, THE WORKER.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-02-21
BROTHER JONATHAN

Uncle Samuel is telling Brother Jonathan a few facts about rail roads, etc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

When Should You EnrolIf
TODAY
Nurses are needed now. Five thou
sand are wanted between now and
June 1. and approximately 25.00O will
be needed before the end OF the year.
What Are the Requirements for the
Red Cross Nursing Service7
To be eligible for enrolment nurse
must be n graduate of recognized
school for nurses. giving Mt least two
years course OF training In general
hospital. In states where registration
Is provided for by law an applicant,
to be eligible for enrolment. must be
registered. She must be at least twen-
ty-one years of age.
What are the Physical stnndnrds7
During the period Of the war phys
ical examination certificate should be
filed with other application papers at
the time Of enrollmeat; eat;-..ss--ss1-&I
Where do Red Cross Nurses servei
Their service may be in this coun-
try or abroad. Service abroad Is not
guaranteed. SaSlczz-zg grEFS
What Is the Length OF Servicef
Red Cross nurses appointed for
service In the military establishment
during war are expected to remain m
long as the emergency lasts. unless the
need of their services ceases to exist.
They may. however, be relieved from
duty at any time in case Of miscon-
duct. or should their services prove un-
satisfactory. The same ruling con-
corning length of service and resigna-
tlon applies also to nurses serving else
where with the Red Cross.
Must Nurses Pay Travelling Ex-
penses7
Travelling expenses are paid TOR
nurses travelling under orders from the
war and navy departments or the
American Red Cross.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19
DAYS OF BLACK
MAGIC ARE PAST
Old coniurer's Shop in New York
City Is Closed for Lack
of Trade.
FEW MAGICIANS LEFT
Faklrs In Far Off India Still Stick to
illusions That Amused and Mys-
titled Public Throughout
AorId

New York.-Slack magic, known
also as the art of legerdemain. is pass
Ing. Its somber hue has faded into
pale gray. Soon, It is predicted, it will
have disappeared in the white page of
oblivion. Francis Martinka says so
and Francis Martinka knows. For 3S
years Martinka manufactured the in
struments which the artists in leger-
demain used for the bewllderment and
amusement Of audiences. manufac-
tured and sold them In his old curios-
fty shop on Sixth avenue. Now he
has sold his old conjurer's shop and re-
tired with his memories, simply be-
cause the orade Is dwindling. Virtual
Y The only ssIl Worth msptl9pIpg
comes from faklrs In India, and they,
too. appear to be going out of busi-
ness. I23u q Ia
During the early years of his bust
ness career Martinka Travelled about
the world from England to Cape Col
ony, from San Francisco to Ceylon, to
study the methods and instruments of
those who practiced sleight of hnnd.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19
WHAT la CAN
6aI((| aI|((|,, %E4 %EG+

Nurses Are Needed for Immediate
Service
The American Red Cross hns issued
several flyers and booklets In cam
palgn to enlist trained nurses for an
Increasing army and under the head
Ing quoted above has this to say:
The enemy thinks he can win before
the United States mobilizcs nll Its re-
sources for making wnr-and among
these resources nurses are vital Ask
yourself this heart-senrching question: /:
"Is our Incomplete mobilization due in
part to my holding back7"
Trained nurses are needed today
needed In the training camps at home
and desperately needed in the hos
pitals In France, where there are hun
dreds Of wounded daily.
The American Red Cross does not
pretend that you can serve your coun-
Try without sacrifice. You viii! receive
less compensation In war work, meas
pred in dollars; but you viii receive
Infinitely larger compepsation, meas
ured In self.respect, patriotism and un-
selfish devotion to your country in the
hour OF Its greatest need.
Longfellow said:
"Trust no future, howeer pleasant
Let the dead past bury Its dead |;
Act Act In the living present.
Heart within and God o'erhead."
Nurses, II YOU fall. HE dies
In n small booklet Issued by the
Red Cross various questions are an-
swered. For the benefit of trained
nurses who may wish to enlist some
of these questions are repeated here
with their answers. Nurses desiring
general information. or young women
who wish to be trained for nurses
should write to the Red Cross address,
Ing: Department of Nursing, Ameri-
can Red Cross. Washington. d. c."
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

He regards Hermann and Kellar as
the greatest magicians the world has
known. With their passing the art de-
clined, and while there are some clever
magicians still living the public Is In
different to their SKILL as is evidenced
by the small audiences they draw to
see their Illusions.
No Call for the Best Tricks.
The proof of the passing Of legerde-
main, in the opinion OF Marinka, is
found in the decline of sales Of the
best tricks.
In Kellar's time Martinka sold a
cannon from which men seemed to be
shot for $500. 1t was his best toy.
The cheapest was ten-cent pack of
cards. In these days of the decline
Of magic some of the best tricks bring
only $1S and $50.
A fundamental proposition Of leger-
demain Is that the hand must be quick
er than the eye.
Occasionally courts have been mys-
tilted by the apostles Of magic. There
Is a legend OF the English court at
Lucknow, India, bewildered by an Eng
lish woman who had been arrested
for swindling. She had been placed
in Jail. While the attorney for the
crown was pleading another case n
quail flew In at the window and hoped
about the floor unaffrighted by the
presence of humans, busily picking up
imaginary grains.
Remove the bird" ordered the
court.
"Shoo," said the court crier.
Whereupon the quail vanished and
in its place stood a man, one of pres
ence so imposing that the court dared
not say "shoo." In the confusion which
followed the man disappeared. Neither
man, woman nor quail has since been
seen in the court room at Lucknow.
No MaoIcians at Convention.
Back of Martinka's conjurer shop in
New York is small theater with seats
for 100 persons. In 1t in former years
gathered the annual conventions of the
American Society of Magiclans. From
the stage of the theater a beautiful
young woman once rose In the air, ap-
parently defying the laws of gravita-
tion. Gardens of beautiful flowers
that seemed to bloom out Of the air
were first disclosed to view. On this
stage rapping hands knuckled mes.
sages to the amazed and spirit cabi-
nets yielded their mystifying contents.
These are only few of the mysteries
presented In this theater. But the
group of magIciaps finally dwindled
to a corporal's guard. Finally the last
convention, scheduled for Carnegie
hall, had to be called off because no
magician could be found TO conduct
the performance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

Pajamas, worn instead of night
dresses, have proved so sensible and
80 fetching that they have become an
established institution In the realm Of
lingerie. How we accept them as a
matter Of course. 1t was because
they proved pretty and fascinating
that they were followed by negligees
that scorned skirts and reveled in
trousers. inviting nll sorts Of gorgeous
oriental silks and furbelows. to come
and be at home with them. Japan,
China, Persia, Turkey and heaven only
knows what other lands. have been
ransacked for inspirations.
The designers, once having landed
an idea, exploit 1t to suit themselves.
In the picture lovely negligee is
shown with fiowered satin trousers.
or pantalettes. that are gathered in
about the ankle. Over an ivory sur
face, or on any good color background.
bouquets of flowers in several COL
ors are printed on silks that make
these neither garments things of
beauty. Worn over these there are
mantels or jackets or draperies Of
keorgette or silk. usually In plain
color. In the pictur the over-garment
is rose-colored crepe georgette and 1t
fastens with silk cord and tassels In
the same color.
Bright green. or black and gold
made up With straight trousers and
short jackets In the fashion of Chinese
costumes. we may pass by. but not
without casting one lingering. longing
look behind. Black satin trousers and
jacket. bordered with gold satin and
embroidered In gold colored silk make
neg,igees that one will never tire Of.
'ivid and audacious shades of green
with touches oI brilliant colors In
embroidered decorations are wonder
ful In georgette or in satin. Turquoise
and bluebird are good choices In color,
and then there ls gold color and paler
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19
Ono Of the smart hew vcII..

1t was rather wide veil of pref
ty. silky hexagonal mesh. black. and
1t was being draped around a small
fiower-wreathed turban. The interest
Ing thing about 1t was the border; that
was composed of silvery gray coin
spots-the size of a Scent piece
single row on the long edge OF the veil.
and double row across each end. II
was a simple decoration. but. as the
skillful milliner caught up the folds Of
the veil and fastened them at the back,
1t hung in graceful drapery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19
Wear White Shoes.

Release shoe leather for service by
wearing white shoesl That's the lat
est patriotic slogan OF fashion and bids
fair to rival the demand that we sub
stitute silk and calico for wool. White
buckskin, canvas and duck and white
washable kid for evening are the slip
pers and shoes recommended for fash
Ion patriots. White shoes are essential
to smartness for completing the sum-
mer costume Of organdie and light
silks. For cool evening smart white
CATERS are made to accompany white
slippers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

Manufacturers and dealers are en-
couraged under the policy Of the navy
department to deal direct with the de-
partment. The purpose Is to eliminate
the middieman In purchases of sup
plies and materials.
I'm my annual report" says Rear
Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN, "manufac-
turers were warned against profiteer-
ing agents. professional contractors,
and naval brokers. In our regular mall
Ing circulars OF January 8. 1918. we ex.
pressed the hope that manufacturers
who have not availed themselves OF
the opportunity to bid direct will do
so, as 1t will prove of advantage to
them in bringing them In more inti-
mate touch with the navy and thereby
make a reputation for the materials
which they MANUFACTURED
"The fact is the responsibility of
contractors was never so thoroughly
Investigated and they were never held
to stricter accountability than they
have been since this country entered
the war. The number of responsible
direct bidders has increased greatly
and the number of agents and interme-
diaries has been reduced to a min
imum. The safeguards against profit
eering have been strengthened, not re-
laxed."
There are over 1900 names on the
bidders list of the navy bureau Of
supplies and accounts, representing
every section. of the country. These
manufacturers and dealers furnish
over 10000 classes of articles used by
the navy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

Illinois is the center Of agricultural
production of the United States says
the department of agriculture. States
of greatest production during 1917 are:
Iowa, ,330,000O00: Illinois, 81 .255.-
100000; Texas, 81 100000 Mis-
souri,. S947. 100000; Ohio, 1851 900 900;
Nebraska, $4,000, 900; Indiana. S7GG,-
100000 Kansas, SI35,000,000; New
York. S70O.000,000; Minnesota. SG46,-
100000; Pennsylvania. s636.0o0.000;
Georgia, se05,o0O.000; Wisconsin,
sos, 100000; California, s575, 100000;
Michigan, s534.000.oOO, Kentucky.
<52o.OoO,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19
Collar and cuffs Of Scarlet.

A blouse Of white silk poplin has
tiny collar and cuffs of scarlet, from
which flare plated ruffies Of white
A satin blouse has extra place a
front In simulated button effect. and Z
touch of blue embroidery.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-07-19

The medical department. United
States army. needs women as recon-
struction aids. The Office of the sur
geon general announces: 1.-THE work
of reconstruction aids Is divided into
two sections. "a those women who
are well trained in massage and the
other forms of physiotherapy. and (2)
those who are trained in simple handl-
crafts" Foreign service pay is $50.
home service pay $50 per month and
quarters allowance.