The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-05-02
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
GERMAN LIES NAILED

and death to our boys In the trenches,
for it is for Just this purpose that
these abominable lies are started by
the pro-Huus. If you are patriotic,
YOU will not repeat these scandalous
tales, except TO refUte them aad brand
them as lies. The St. Louis Republic
has run down one hundred and one
OF these German lies and nailed
them They TIRE published in book
let form, showing their falsity, and
the booklets are being distributed by
the Commercial Travellers of Amer
lea. who, this way, are fighting the
enemy at home while our troops meet
the demon abroad. The following
are some Of the lies:
Lie No. T. That Mr. Joseph p.
Tumulty. secretary TO President VIII
son, was found guilty of treason. sent
to Fort Leavenworth, stood up
against wall and shot.
(Secretary Tumulty, in an official
communication, has nailed this as a
lie, without any foundation.)
Lie No. 2. That a sweater knit in
81. Louis for the soldiers in France
was sold by Red Cross workers and
identified by the woman who knit It
the fabric.
tHeads Of tho Red Cross Society
in ST. Louis have branded this as o
bald fabrication. Nothing handled by
the Red Cross Society Is sold.
Lie No. 3. That all the boys and
men between the ages of 16 and 35
years of age are to be drafted into
he army by January 1.
g,f on,
subject to the draft at 81 to 81 years,
inclusive, and has never changed
this rule)
Lie No. 4. That tobacco collected
thru the various agencies for the men
| overseas is not given to them until
they have paid from so cents to $2.50
a package for II.
(The Republic brands this lie.
The Republic has sent several thou
sano dollars ~worth of tobacco to
France, and not one cent has been
charged the soldiers for it,
| Lie No. .. That no soldier or
sailor, after he leaves American soil,
| Is permitted to write home.
(This lie is patent to hundreds of
| men and women who have been re
ceiving mail from friends and rela-
lives in the expeditionary force in
France.)
Lie No. G. Mrs. Charles C. Roe,
IF Chicago. says n caller told her that
everybody know OF is getting the
cost of the wool they knit from the
| government. and you ought TO quit
Knitting until your expenses are al
lowed"
Congress has never authorized
anyone to pay one cent for wool or
| for labor in the knitting of articles
for the soldiers and sailors.)
| Lie No. z. That the recent regis
| ration of women was to find out
how much money each had in the
bank, how much of this was owed
and everything about each regis
rants personal affairs.
(While this lie was given credence
| by many women who should have
known better, still II is without foun-
dation from the very fact that the
registration was voluntary. and that
| questions of q personal nature were
| not asked. Any woman who regis
| erred knows this.)
Lie No. 8. That the millions col
| lected from the public for Red Cross
| work goes into the pockets of thieves
| and that the soldiers and sailors get
none of Il, nor any of its benefits.
This lie was reported by j. II. Davis,
| secretary of the Elks at Mitchell, S. d
(Men and women at the head OF
the Red Cross Society are the most
upright imaginable. They were Sc.
lected for the work because of this
| fact Work done abroad and in the
army camps and cantonments in the
United States by the Red Cross nails
| this as pro-German propaganda
Lie No. 8. That Base Hospital
Unit Washington University No
81 had been annihilated while. en-
route overseas, or that leading mem
| cers of the organization had been
executed as spies by the American
| government.
Washington administration en-
| phatically discredited this assertion
| in official communiCations.)
| Lie No. 10. That canned goods put
up by the housewives in St. Louis
| were to be seized by the government
and appropriated to the use of the
army and navy.
| (This was run down by the Won
| ems Central Committee on Food Con.
| servation aad found to be pro
German bunk" Government does
not want canned goods from citizens.
Lie No. II. Mary Reid Cory, whc
recently visited Chicago in the in.
| terest of Belgian prisoners In Ger
many. says that at a dinner recently
a woman went to her and said, eve
are every bit as bad as the German;
| because the soldiers in training are
| being instructed to put out the eyes
of every German captured" She said
she had son IN, one Of the camps and
he had written this to her.
! absolutely without foundation
ANY man who is taking a course OF
| instruction at any United States army
| camp viii brand this as a falsehood.) }
| Lie No. 70. That all the money
invested in Liberty Bonds by mer
and women and children thruout the
| United States will be lost.
| II ihdffy ROn1s are backQd nv n I