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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-25

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17

The theatres and picture show houses
are open, following "a long siege of'dark-
ness, due to the influenza epidemic. The
management Of these houses have borne
the burden manfully, and It b 70 be hoped
that the epidemic has 80 completely run
its course, and that what Is left Of it is
under such control, that It viii not be ne
cessary to issue smother closing order.
From the fact that the show houses
have been permitted to open, does not
decree that the danger Is passed and'that
the bars can be thrown completely down.
The Flu" Is still with US, and no doubt
win remain for some time, therefore pre-
cautionary measures should be practised,
from time TO time. In fact there should.
be no letting up on the strict use Of such
measures as the Board Of Health pre-
scribes to battle with the Flu"
The cold facts are that conditions In
Logan are Is favorable right now as they
will be during the winter, and perhaps
for some time to come, and the time to-
permit the show houses to open was well
nigh at hand. To have kept them under
the ban longer would have been equal to
saying "You had better make an assign
msnt and 50 out Of business. II il hoped
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
EFFICACY OF THE MASK

It is said that the mask is Of no value
in the prevention Of disease, and then It
Is said that it Is Of great value tor this
purpose. One doctor says this, another
doctor SAYS that, and q third doctor. says
the other, and all Of these doctors are
highly trained professional men, and OF
course must know what they are talk
ing about. But Notwithstanding their
learning, skin and ability, after they
have threaded and mailed thething over,
poor suffering humanity are confronted
with the question: "Who shall decide
when doctors disagree?" So that after
Ill the only thing to do is to be reasonable
and do little thinking, and experiment
inR on your own account. }c
Logan City has tried out the mask, and
whether Il be the mask or somethmg else
we have reduced the cases OF Flu" TO 9
minimum. Results are what Logan went
after and results are what she got and
these results came while the mask was be-
inn worn. At the u. A G training camp
the ssflu" cases were reduced to practical
" "niln and this happened while the mask
was being worn. Results came the same
way and under the same conditions.
Il may be true that the mask Q! Itself
alone Is not . sure preventative, but It
certainly has good effect IN making
people careful Muzxled with mask
Mrs. Jones and Mrs johnson and Mrs.
Fendenaker and Mrs Frogner are not 30
chatty, and do not spend any time lean
ine over the fence talking 70 eeeh other,
IN fact they cut out the visits sndl stay
at home, or shop with 3 mask on, IN con-
sequence Of which the bargain Is quickly
made, and they hurry home. Again when
! person accosts another wearing > mask
the person accosted wonders whafis the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
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QUIT YOUR KICKINC

Qult your kicking about President Will
son going to Europe. He has been faith
ful servant, has remained on the job IN
season and out Of season, and deserves
change, besides sea voyage, little
mingling with foreign statesmen viii do
him good. And further trip will mean
everything to Mrs. Wilson,
The constitution does not forbid the
President from leaving American soil.
during his term Of office, neither does It
forbid the senate from doing iikaWlse. 50
Mr.. Wilson is well within the range 81
the law. ~
The constitution says the President
shall have power by and with the adj
vice and consent Of the senate ia make
treaties, provided two-thirds Of TIE sem.
'ators present concur" But IL does not
~ thta he shall not seek the advice Of
Col House, General Bliss, Secretary
lansing and Mr.. White first. OF course
the senate that win be asked to ratify
the treaty represents the latest voice Of
people, It will represent the great ma.
iority Of the American people, while Mr..
Wilson's peace delegation, save perhaps
MM. White represents the minority. but
It Is well to have the minority represent
ed 90 that the majority viii know what
they want when the time comes.
And after all Il The; PrdSident, after
having been so signally repudiafed at
the polls, TO use his own words, sees at
20 ignore the minority party, and gives
the senate that under the constitution h
y bound to advise with and which mus
finally pass upon the treaty, The cold
shoulder he perhaps has some good rea-
son TOR doing so. But IL he hasn't anv
good reason quit your kicking. Il NH
not do any good, and II TIE TSxns rancsr
leads the President often ! Wild SIAM \
pede the senate will have it's day.s ani ~.
ierytning VIII come out alright IN TIE end.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17

Thanks and praise to Almighty God,
Who Of His great mercy has shown sal
walton 70 this Republic and to all nations.
Thanks and praise to Belgium, the hero
nation, who at cost Of her own martyr
dom stood steadfast at Legel y q
Thanks and praise to France, who for
tS de e n dsm% Mh Dae1 ra sns
part Of the bodies Of her glorious sonsl
Thanks and praise /, to Britain, who
made st Ypres new Thermopylae, and
who for four long, weary years made all
earth's seas greater Marathonl
Thanks and praise to Italy the nenas-
cent, to Japan the newly risen, to Serbia,
to Portugal and Greece, to Brazil and
Cuba, blazing the way Of Latino America
into the council chamber Of the world,
and to every nation, great or small, that
stood for freedom.
Thanks and praise to the peoples who
were not yet free nations, Poles, Czechs,
Slavs. Jews, and who not else, who from
their bondage struck with fettered hands
brave blows for freedom and humanity!
Thanks and praise to the sons and
daughters Of this Republic, who gave
their al to guard its rights and freedom,
and to aid al neighbor nations to win
like estate.
Thanks and praise and everlasting
glory to Almighty God, Who Of His infin-
ite mercy, hath brought salvation to this
Republic and to al nations Of mankind!
W. al Reyiews War Weekly
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
TO THE SOLDIERS AT HOME

During the past week the public has
had the privilege of reviewing the troops
at the U. A. c as they marched in parade
on the streets Of the city, and on every
hand feelings Of pride and satisfaction
have found expression, both as to the
training and physical condition Of the
men These boys are all being discharged
as are thousands in the many training
camps Of the country. They all express
feelings Of disappointment at the abrupt
termination Of the war, and no doubt
many are wondering as to whether or not
their sacrifice in submitting to camp life
has been in vain. General Leonard Wood
has written the following letter to every
man in his command who is retiring from
the army in the process Of rehabilitation
which we think expresses the feelings Of
the entire county towards its soldiers and
sailors who have not been called overseas.
We comend it to the boys who trained at
the u. C.
/ In the performance Of military duty
to ones country IN time OF war It y not
Tor the citizen called to the colors to sell
ect the kind Of service to be done by him.
One who has willingly and Loyalty re-
sponded to the call to arms and who has
put his best efforts, mental and physical
into the training, and performed All mil
itary duties required Of him to the best
Of his ability, standing ready always to
make the supreme sacrifice OF life itself,
successful prosecution Of the war.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
PAGE

matter with the man, and that is exactly
what the fellow is thinking about him.
The conversation is short, precauti0n Is
always used, and no germs are delivered
from one to the other. The mask in this
way certainly has good effect. But
then why argue about the efficacy OF the
mask; why bother about the squabbles Of
the doctors, results are what we are ar
ter; results are what we have gotten,
and that Is enough to satisfy anybody.
~r- OUR ADVERTISERS
We commend careful study Of the
many advertisements in this issue tU the
'ders Of our paper, and after studying
same, we hope you will wend your way
: to the stores Of these good business men
and women and purchase your holiday
goods. Our advertisers are the real, wide
awake merchants Of Cache Valley, each
having a substantial stock Of goods on
hand at prices within reach Of all, and
are deserving Of the undivided patronage
Of the buying public These merchants
have studied the markets, have afticipat-
ed your wants, and have bought consist
emily IS well - conservatively, and have
better bargains for you here at home
than It Is possible for you to get at the
far away markets.
These merchants have supported the
President; stood by the boys at the front;
purchased Liberty Bonds; bought War
Savings Stamps; lived up to the letter Of
the edicts Of the Board Of Health, and in
fact have done all within their power to
win the war, conserve the health of the
people, and at the same time keep first
class stock Of goods on hand to sell to
their fellow men. In these stores any,
thing and everything that the people
want can be found at the right price, and
surely there is no good reason why one Of
our citizens should pass the threshold of
our fair city to spend their money. Study
these ads, and then check them up with
the merchants, spend your money at
home, and keep Logan the most healthy
place in the state, and at the same time
make i the most prosperous
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17

= With this issue The Republican wishes
lts many readers . Merry Christmas.
The war Is over for which we are all
thankful, and. we can therefore make
merry. Even those who have vacant
chairs, chairs that win not be filled when
the boys come marching home, can make
merry and thank God that they had "such
q costly sacrifice to lay on the altar Of
Freedom" Theirs is a far happier lot,
than those who had no boy, or those hav-
ing the boy who used the daylight and
then burned the midnight oil to get him
in deferred classification" or in some
swivel chair" job where he would be
safe from the sound Of the guns. Really
those who can best Make Merry are those
loyal citizens Of the republic Yho faced
the dreaded situation with all It's realities
and chain of horrors, who believed in the
first principles Of the republic, that "all
men are created equal" and that ore
mans son is just as good as the son of
another, and when the time came, went
to the front, to- the trenches, in the air,
or on the water. Such are representa-
tives Of true Americanism, and will live
in the hearts Of the people, when all 9TH
ers are long since forgotten.
We can make merry because this
Christmas brings liberated world. The
mad dog Of Europe has been. forced into
retirement and is now waiting the YER
dict of bis peers. Shell torn France and
Belgium are returning TO their homes
and farms, under peaceful slxies, and the
representatives Of the peaceful nations
q tho world are gathering to impose the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
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hat such caution will be used that Will
permit the show houses as well as legiti-
nate business to pursue the "even tenor
f its way and that d satisfactory hoh-
Law business will be realized. ~ 80
- = = = .TfT & II
alAsaf THAT FLU STUFF lAsAM
: If you have a tumyache, siil 1 N
y It's the Flue! ~
If you're weary when you wake, .
It's the Flu!
Is your memory of the track? .&A
Is your liver out Of whack7 =
Are there pimples on your back?
It's the Flu! ~
-. WI
.Are there spots before your eyes? I
It's the Flu!
Are you fatter than some guys? 4
It's the Flu! j
Do your teeth hurts when you bite? 4
Do you ever have fright?
Do you want to sleep ct night?
It's the Flu!
Are you thirsty when you eatf
It's the Flal
Are you shalEy On your feet1
It's the Flul
# you feel q little i'll
Send right off for Dr. Pill,
He will say, despite his skill
TITS the Fur O.
He won't want to diagnose,
It's the F1ul
Hasn't time to change his clothes,
It's the Flu!
For two weeks he's had no rest,
Has no time to make test,
So he'll class you with the rest
It's the Flu!
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
WAR CASUALTIES OF THE MA
" TTONS

In this table, showing the men in arms,
the leading nations involved in the war,
figures gathered by the New York Even
ing Post. All the totals, except those Of
the United States, Great Britain, Italy
and Germany. are unofficial:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-17
IN MEMORIUM

In honor Of our gallant lads who made
the supreme sacrifice on the field of bat
tie, who died on the high seas or in the
training camps, all equally worthy, the
people on this Christmas day, tender
their full measure Of devotion, and decree
that their names shall forever be held in
sacred remembrence. Standing betwesn
darkness and light between autocracy
and democracy, between wrong and
right, between civilization and destruQ1
ton, they did not falter, but gave their
all even to the last drop Of blood; in or
der that the world might be free. All
honor to them, nothing can detract from
their glory; they have earned . martyrs
crown. i
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
CHARGES DEATH TO SAVE MEN
American Staff Officer Falls MortaIIy
Wounded in Gallant Action in
Lorraine.

With the American Army in Lor.
raine.-The fighting on the new Amer
lean front in Lorraine was featured by
the gallant action of an American
staff officer.
When the officer saw there was
danger of part of his advancing forces
being outflanked by German machine
gunners he personally led his men in a
charge against the guns.
He captured one gun himself and
his men took the others. The officer
was wounded, probably MORALLY.
The officers troops belonged to the
division operating on the eastern wing
of the American offensive sector. They
had taken the village of NorrOy and
were pressing onward In the face of
opposition from machine gun nests.
The irregular advance suddenly ex-
posed one unit to a thanking fire and
the officer forgot that he as a staff
officer was supposed to stay away from
the fighting and rushed In.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
POISON GAS SHIP IN
RACE WITH U-BOAT

crawled out and uncovered the subma-
rine's two guns. In another minute the
first shell came whining toward the
Torrance. 1t. too, fell away short.
Call for Help.
In the radio room the operator was
pounding out the call for help, and
now came the answer that the destroy
ers were coming to aid. Down below
the whole engine force was working
madly. Suddenly a miracle happened
and the starboard engines began sup
plying power to the propeller From
a bare seven knots the ship jumped
to ten-then eleven, twelve.
Meantime on the bridge the officers
with gas masks strapped at alert pO-
sitiOn were getting the thrill of their
whole life as the old boat picked up
speed. Sub shells now were falling
within 300 yards of the ship.
With the Terrance's new speed the
sub gained slowly, but the skipper
and officers knew its guns would out
range their own and soon find a mark.
1t was a great race with life or death
for the goal
Then from the edge of the world
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
ALABAMA BUCK KEEPS WORD
Former Negro Preacher Evolves Per.
feet Answer to Theology
of Huns.

Paris.-"Rev" Arthur Jefferson Is
his name. Before the war he used TO
preach 'roun" in northern Alabama
Now he's the Quickest buck private in
a negro regiment that has already
earned fame in the line. He evolved
the perfect answer to Prussian theol-
ogy 10 minutes after he got into that
line. The Germans opposite-lt was
a quiet sector-had hung out big
sign bearing the Potsdam proclamation,
Colt nit uns."
Arthur Jefferson took one long look
at it. Then he disappeared into a
dugout. He appeared later with the
legend, laboriously inscribed on a box:
Germans: Consign your souls to
the Lord. In bout four minutes your
bodies going to belong to Alabama"
And thew did.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
Government Report Shows Re-
markabIe Progress Made.
One Hundred and Ninety American
Firms Now Make Dyes
and Drugs.

Washington.-The remarkable sue
cess Of the American chemists and
chemical manufacturers in developing
the dyestuffs industry, when the sup
plies of dyes from Germany were cut
off, Is strikingly shown in a report
just issued by the United States tariff
commission entitled, Census of Dyes
and Coal-Tar Chemicals, 1917"
At the outbreak of the European
war, Germany dominated the worlds
trade in dyes and drugs derived from
coal-tar. Before the war, seven Amer
lean firms manufactured dyes from
imported German materials. In 1917,
100 American concerns were engaged
in the manufacture of dyes, drugs and
other chemicals derived from coal-tar,
and of this number, 81 firms produced
coal-tar dyes from American materials
which were approximately equivalent
in total weight to the annual imports
before the war. The total output of
the 100 firms, exclusive of those en-
gagged in the manufacture of eXplO-
sives and synthetic resins, was over
100000 pounds with value of
about $69,0O0000.
Large amounts of the staple dyes
for which there is a great demand are
now being manufactured in the United
States. A few Of the important dyes,
such as the vat dyes derived from aliz-
arin, anthracene, and carbazol, are
still not made. The needs of the wool
industry are being more satisfactorily
met than the needs of the cotton in
dustry.
The report gives in detail the names
of the manufacturers of each dye or
other product and the quantity and
value of each produced, except in
cases where the number of producers
is so small that the operations Of In
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
TEUTON SHELLS ARE BAD

teriorating. There had been day after
day Of rain during the retreat, and it
was believed possible that in the with
drawal the Germans had not been able
to take the usual precautions against
dampness, the result being that many
projectiles from some of the big guns
failed to do anything more than strike
the earth with thud.
One officer suggested that possibly
the Germans had been firing old shells
rather than no shells at all, the Off
GERS realizing that only a few of them
were exploding, but preferring to keep
the big guns pounding away merely in
an effort to keep up the morale of the
men putting up the rearguard fight
The average number of faulty shells
is generally from to 6 per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
Destroyers Appear as Shell Falls
but Ten Feet Off
Stern.
HAS HUGE CARGO OF DEATH
Freighter Develops Engine Trouble
and Falls Behind Convoy-Sub-
marine Bobs Up and Begins
Hurting Shells.
BY FRAZIER HUNT

An American Naval Base in France
"A lad from the U. S. S. Destroyer
b52 had just finished narrating how
close they had come to getting a sub
marine on the last trip when they had
brought in big convoy of troopers.
Some boat she is" he remarked
offhand. 1--WE did seven thousand
knots last month and in three sub
fights. Say, what was those funny
steel drums you had piled on the deck
of your old cargo ship when you come
In yesterday"
A lad from the Atlantic freight ferry
boat turned to the destroyer COB.
Those steel drums you asked about
didn't have nothing at all in them ex-
cept about a million gallons of the
most dangerous poison gas ever made.
Can you imagine what would happen
If torpedo or even a shell had hit
one of those tanks?"
This ship, which we shall call the
Torrance, left New York as part of a
convoy of 10 stores ships.
Cargo of Death.
On this trip it was carrying several
thousand steel drums of poison gas
fhat the army needed badly. 1t was
q dangerous cargo. Any explosion on
board would tear open these drums of
concentrated gas and in ten seconds
choke the crew to death. The only
hope would be to use respirators, so
a hundred gas masks were borrowed
from the army and the executive Off
Ger of the ship called all hands for In
structions three times a day.
The first ten days of the trip were
uneventful. Then the Terrance's en-
glnes began acting badly. 1t could not
make the required ten knots and slow
1y it fell behind. There were not suffi-
Client conveying destroyers to have one
remain behind, so all that stood be-
tween the Terrance's drums of death
and a German submarine was the fore
and aft guns.
Finally, at six o'clock one evening,
the gas mask drill just had ended
when the lookout In the crows nest
shouted down that submarine was
coming to the surface on the port side,
come 1900 yards astern. And here was
the Torrance with crippled engines
hobbling along six or seven knots an
hour, with the convoy 20 miles ahead.
"Open fire with the stern gun. Call
general quarters. Send S. o. S. to the
convoy. Send word to the chief en-
gineer," were four orders the skipper
on the bridge gave first.
Through his binoculars he could see
the submarine coming to the surface.
Even now the Terrance's stern gun
was peppering away shots, but falling
short Of the mark by 1900 yards.
In half a minute more the subma-
rine's coming tower opened and men
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-10-24
WORDSWORTH'S EARLY HOME
House in English Village Of Cocker
mouth, Where Poet Was Born,
Is Still Standing.

Cockermouth Is one of those Eng
lish villages of the lake region where
you feel that you would like to spend
your declining years in a cottage with
the inevitable English ivy and a gar
den decorated with borders of peri
Wrinkle and other old-fashioped flowers.
A river following a twisted course
through Cockermouth completes the
peaceful, back-to-nature atmosphere Of
the village.
You might easily spend some time
in COckermOuth before you discovered
that it was Wordsworth's birthplace.
The historic home is still standing the
same stolid, substantial British resi-.
dence where the poet spent the greater
part of his boyhood.
The house is decidedly a home for a
student of books and not at all the sort
which Wordsworth, the nature devotee,
would have chosen in which to grow
up. The yard and garden, however,
make up for the unpoetic gray stone
walls. 1t is a shady yard, surrounded
by low stone fence.
The Wordsworth house is not
shrine for the literati to inspect and
write verses of appreciation on the
walls, or sign their names in a ledger
along with the autographs of famous
visitors and tourists. 1t Is a quiet
home, as in the poets day, a home
which you would pass a dozen times
without suspecting it had been the
birthplace of such a famous person.
Chicago Daily News.