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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12
LETTERS FROM SOLDIER BOYS
Airplane Flights and Screaming
Shells are Now Occupying Most
of The Boys Attention

This letter is from Private Annis
who is in the trenches with the
American troops:
The Trenches, March 2, 1918.
My Dear Mother, Bee and Sis:
Will write just line to let you
know am at the front and have
been under fire. It is lot better
than being back away from the
trenches, only we have to work a lit
tie bit harder but we would be will
ling to work harder as we did not do
much work for a while before we
came in.
| have seen several air fights. The
first one was a dandy. A French
balloon was brought down all afire.
The second one, German air plane,
was brought down with two German
officers in it. | went over to see
them. | gness they are done fight
ing alright. | have seen several
since but it would take too long to
write about it. But will say it is a
wonderful sight.
When some of the big shells burst
they make holes in the ground big
enough for four or five men to hide
in. ] heard that there is one hole
little way from here that is twenty
feet across the top.
have not seen Irene's brother or
any Canadians since l was in Eng
land.
had not seen any snow for long
time until last night, there is just
enough to cover the ground.
Private Stearns had to stay behind
to help guard. He felt very sorry
he could not stay with me and al
most bawled when | came away. He
is a good kid. He said he would
write to you in case l could not, that
you would hear from me just the
same.
| saw in a St. Johnsbury paper
that Harley Dana had been drafted.
l guess some of the boys will wish
they had enlisted. am glad l did
as like fine as long as | can keep
clean.
| have not got anything more of
Importance to write about only my
health and yours. Mine is fine and
hope yours is the same.
Will close for this time in hopes of
hearing from you soon. With love
and kisses remain as ever your son
and brother.
Private. E. M. Annis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12

The following letter is from Napo-
leon P. Castonguay with a Canadian
Reserve Battalion in camp in Eng
land when the letter was written:
March 5, 1918.
Dear Mother and Brother:
A few lines to tell you that | am
well and | hope that this letter will
find you the same. | hope mother
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12

c. K. Withrow, train dispatcher
on the Grand Trunk Railway, who
has been ill at his home for the past
week, went Monday to the Protes.
tant hospital at Sherbrooke, Que.,
for treatment.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12

Since the change of American
time the Grand Trunk Railway has
made Norton a subdivision and Peter
Dussault has been assigned to duty
there as register of trains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12
Notice

Parties are forbidden to dump refuse
in Pherring stream, and will be pro-
secuted to the extent of the law if they
continue to do so.
Per order Selectmen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12
U.S., War Stamps in Every Home

won't be lonesome for me as | am
we'll and alright.
Did you get al answer from Oleva?
If you did let me know the next let
ter you write.
Has Jake Barnes come out of the
woods? He must by this time.
| suppose the snow has gone away
there now. There is no snow here,
it rained last night.
l can't think of much just now.
How are you and Joe? Are Jennie
and Louise well? | hope you are all
we'll, as for myself | am we'll and
have gained Is pounds since | left. |
will ring off for this time, so good
bye and kisses for you all. Paul.
The following letter. is from Levi
Castonguay who is somewhere in
France" with Uncle Sans boys:
Somewhere in France, Feb. %, 1918.
Dear Loving Mother:
| received your letter February 27
and was glad to get an answer from
home, and | received the tobacco
and candy you sent me, although l
have not mentioned it before but !
am very thankful for it. Hope you
are we'll and will remain so. Hope
you get this letter and | wish to
goodness | could beat it home.
sure would give you all the surprise
of your life, but then | am over here
to answer my country's call, so here
| am. / am glad to be here. My
brother is making good at Wenlock.
| just received a letter from my
boss wife and hope to hear from
you all any time. | have not much
to say because there is nothing to
write about only to let you know l
am alive and well. Mother | must
close now as there goes the taps so
must go closing with a dear kiss to
you all. From your loving soldier
boy. Levi Castonguay.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-12
The Duty of Those at Home to the Men
on the Firing Line

sheet Of the appeal of Secretary Adoo behalf of
Liberty Loan
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17

Rrampfbaft umilammerte meine oano
bic 2ebns bes SeiieIs. Da srotIte bas
furdtbars Brflleu sines Gofpen hinter
Der Scene.
Sd mar Dor Gnsif saum nod Serr
uteiner Sinne, uur nod elm @sbanfe be.
berridte mid - mid bem Gnblid ber
fur9tbaren Raubtbiere Su entsisben. -
Utein SIP mar nun fpeuige S6ritte ppm
@insang entfernt. @ntI6tolIen iprona
i4 auf unb nit sinem fur;sn flidtisen
Sdritt befanb i'd mid = sntIebli9 -
ben 9oiuen seseniber.
SO bate nidt semuBt. bab bic Gin
fabrt oes &ieienidfiss burd ben Saupt.
einsans itattfano.
Gafireilhenb. baIb 1innlos taumclte
i'd Surld, ge9en be 8nrriere.
9a fiblte i9 mid pl5slid pon stuei
Grmen feit umidlunaen = es mar Bet.
ter Carl, feiten Gdrittss fiibrte er mid
binaus. SD iblub5te tiei auf unb
prebte mid an ibu uue rief in meiner
furdtbaren Gnsf:
Carl, garl = i'd ianu ia Die srdB.
liden 9biere nidt iebenl'
,,glio bas par's, gu armes Sds.
den?" iaste sr unb itrtd mir iiber bic
beiBen Bansen. ,.@arum baii Du bas
benn ni4t sleid seiast, banu wdrs i'd
ia ldngft nit Dir sesansenl"
Sm Circus ert6nte elm Shus. Sd
flammerte mid iuieber an ibn.
pgerubise Did, Martbar faate CT,
rSir seibiebt nidts. i'd bin ia bel
9irr
limb - i9 filblts mid berubiat unb
iider in Better Garls Sdub.
,9as mar gum aranfladenl" fiderte
Sobn, ip6brenb binter uns i'm Circus
bic anberen 2oipen brilllte, ,,eins Rom5s
bic in Der sfom6biep g9as nun bios
@slters unb Waeinaus, bic In unierer
Wdhe ia6en, baSu iassn, bas iis Did 70
intim in ben Grmen CARTS seieben ia.
ben?"
.Nunl@ - aittmprtete i1 trpbia, i'd
lid tuerbe ibn bod als feline -
- feline - nun ia, als feline 8raut
umarmen biirfen, nid]t ipabr, Carl? ober
tuillit 9u mid uur uidt mebr baben,
neil id 70 gar feline ="
Better Carl lieB mid uidt ausreoen,
er idlOB mid eritideno feit in ieins
Grme, uno feline ienore Stimme I1ien
81 Sittern. als er mir in's DIR iaste.
vNartbs, mein iiiBes 9sbenl"
= .@ott iei 9anf!" iaate 8ruber Sobn
--bas Sbr 10 ipsit ieibl SD tusrbe ben
Ibtuen einen Salamanber reibenlS /
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17
Die MItt aher fnrie: =,

Die MIte aber i1rte: 80 H.
ni6t mebr. msine euten Serren. l1
Tam niat mebr~. 9a ergriifen bic
Merste fe. boben iie empor uno
fhleppten iie eini9e Sdritte melt /;
aber fis sntidliipfte ibren Sdnben
uno ftiir3te auf ben Yoben, nobel iis
70 furdtbars Sammerlaute ausitieB,
oaB bic Serren iie nit bem @ufpano
aller m6eliden 8oriidt auf ibren
SIP suriid trugen.
sic saben elm iebr pprii1tiees 90.
tum ab, tpeldes ieoOd bic 9rbeits-
unfdbisfeit Der patientin ausipra1.
Ils Seitpr bieie Nadri9t ieiner
Grau bradte, iant fie auf einen Stubl
unb itotterte:
,Oa pdre es ia pobl nod beRsr,
tuirndbmen fe gu uus, es pirbe me
niger bod fDmmen.
st fpran9 empor: .Sierber, gu
uns, oaran tannfr Su benten9"
Sic aber eripi6srte, jebt p6llig res
ii9nirt nit Sbrdnen IN ben 4usen:
.gBas milf Su, mein better
Sreuno, es 1T ni6t meine Sdulo. :"
Settor bon @ribelin fiel ieiner
Srau um ben Gals uno eelobte ibr,
Seit ieines Gebens tein pferb su be-
itsisen; er bat iein 8eliibbe Eeoli4
ae1alten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17
Sreae @eraenseinfalt.

Sie ebemaIise snsliide S6aufpie.
lerin WliB Melon, nadmaligs Ser3o.
gin pon ct. 9llbans, er3dblte germ in
ibren iaibionablen 8eieai9aften fol.
9enoe riibrenoe @sidi9te aus ibrer
Susenb: Oils id nod elm armes
fleines Mdo1en mar unb fir breibig
S9illin9e Die Wo6e iebr bart arbei-
ten muBte, gins i'd mdbreno Der
6eiertu9e na9 2ioerpool. um in
einem ncuen Sdauipiele mit;utpir.
fen. SD ipielte bic RolIe eines
WafiermGb9ens, oas auf ben duBers
ten 8rab Der 9lrmutb geiunten mar.
Sin berSloier @ei4ditsmann perfolgt
oas arme 9inb peesn elmer fir bel.
len @erbdltniiie beoeutenben Sdulo
uno bebarrt oarauf; es in's @efdng.
niB su ieben. menn ni9t giner fiir
baielbs Siirsidaft lsite. Sas
Mdbden erpieoert; ,Sanu bin Id
obne SpHnuns, benn id babe feiuen
Sreuno in Der Wclt." = vWas, a
mil giiemano fir Sid biirsen, uut
Sib bonn Geidn9nib gu erreten2-
frast Der itrenge @ldubiser. = so
babe Sbnen sefast, bab i'd teinen
Sreuno auf grben beiibe", bate i'd
in Der 2Olls gu erniebern. Sod
faum bate i'd in weinenoem Some
oieie Worte berporsebra9t, ais id
einen Matroien bon ben binterfen
pldben ber iibsr Ydnts uno Barrie.
rem flettern, iiber oas Or6eiter uno
bic &e pesieben unO auf Der
8ibne neben mir eri9einen fab.
rSa", rief er, wSie follen penigitens
einen Sreuno baben, armes 0tdb9en,
ber bis gu ieoem Sstrage fir sic
8iiree iperben mill" llnb babel
fpra9 iib in ieinem rauben, ionnen-
perbrannten Weiibte bic tiefite 9eme.
guns aus. .Sie absr", fii9te er, se.
gen ben barten @ldubiaer sewenbet.
0robeno binSu, ~Sis peroen meine
Siir9idaft annebmsn uno oas arme
Ding 9eben laiien. ooer id bre9e
Sbnen, menn Sic biaaustommen,
ole 3nodeu i'm 2eibe entsipei!s
Man tann ii9 bic Iufre9ung oenfen.
iuelde bieie S3ene i'm sansen 9auie
berpOrriei.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17
aSts etRpreas eefer ~ teineHs
8arte faus.

aur8 ua9 ieinsr 8erhtiraibuns fab
Der 6anbnirtb nit suten Srennben si'
iammen, ba Fam Elm 1ettler ba5n NIT
insemeiu fansem Bart. -Wodtelt Ou
Dir nidt aud Seinsn Bart 10 lang
tpsrben laiien, Gnberlp" fraste elm
Sreunb ben Sofer, meIder ben Bart
bes 8sttfers nit @oblseIalen betra4'
tets. rG9~, riefen bic anberen Grennoe,
.bas barf slnberl gar nidt. bas lsiost
isine iunse Grau nidt!" Sofer, Der
feline Srau pobl innis liebte, iuollte fid
nun bod nidt nadiasen lafsn, bab er
unter bem BantofisI itebs unb iasts
eifris: vMsine 5rau bat mir BARN
nidts Su beieblen, pie bod gilt bic
8ette, 10 lafie itb ben Bart iteben bis
fibsr's Sabr I'M oisis 3eitl" = r9msi
Ddienl" rief Der @esner. Sofsr iblus
elm, er bielt iein Bort, se'pann Die
Ohisn uub fam 70 su einem sroBen
Barte BON ieltener Sh6nheit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17
unterf eioung.

= unterfdeiouns. 9ait:
,9ringen sic mir alto 8albsbrdtert.
&eIIner; absr cine erobe portion!-
ReIIner: .Sie meinsn eine sun5e pors
tion sroBe portionen gibt's bier
iiberhoupt niht!~
: unfere RIeinen. Die flsi-
ne Mimi eau ibrem SpieItameraben):
rWie, Srib. ou gfaubif niat on hen
Stor4s Ous fos' i9 beinsr Mama.-
6riBden: n4d 9ott. Die slaubt iels
Der niht mebr ooran!A
- grfIdrt. Rebafteur (eines
Sumoriitif6en Sournafs): .Gie milf
ZEN iia ftGrtere Ruperts onfbaffen =
ale Sbre Senbungen tommen serrifs
fen an." = S9-iftislIer: % bite,
5as lieet nur an ben guten Wiben,
bic SuDerts Fnb fdon Dor 2aden ses
plabt!"
-9ebenfIi9er Srumpf.
.WiFen Sic, ba mar id einmaI in
elmer Reitbahn, bic mar 10 grob, bab
man in elmer baIbei Stunbe nibt
beraustam." = pOas iit nod gar
ni6t3! Sd mar tinmal In einem @es
ri9tsg.bdube. ba fam iG erit In a9t
Eaasn tpisber heraus." :.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-01-17
Mnguiten's 9iebbabef.

Otl 2uHf uIl lutllvtlN Oluu S}plpei>
born auf bier We1en in's 8ab perreis
fen follte. mar bsransenabt. Ois
&offsr iteben bsreits i'm Sausflur; Der
autiaer fdbrt eben por. Inn Die 46rei'
fenbe an ben 8abnboi gu brinsen; oisis
felbF nimmt 9lbi9isb bon ibrsm Sat
ten, Der elm bstriibtss geii6t bsu4elt.
bsnn in feinem Snnern berridt beIIsr
sSubsl, bic 2llts NAL auf sinsn Wonat
lossuperben unb ben fibelen Strobs
ipittipsr fpielsn gu biirfen. Sisie aber,
bic ibm nur balb traut, bat ibr Sienits
mdbden beauftrast, pdbreno ibrer
etbpsienbeit Sag fir Gag auf5unoti'
rem. um tpsl6e 4benbitunoe Serr .Sols
berborn bonn Wirtbsbdus ouriidtebrt,
ipoOOn bieIer iebo9 Dinb bstommen
bat. Wenn augufte, 10 bieb bas Utdos
den, nod einsn 2ieb6aber 9ebabt bate,
bann pdre ia ni1t Su befiir9ten geipes
fen, bab iis tpirtli9 Die betrsffenben
Hpti5en mahte, bann bate lie gang
ii9er bic 4bipeienbsit Der Srdu benuBt
Inn bic 4benoipa5iergGnge NIT ibrsm
Disqualification S9ab Bis sur Wfitters
nadtsfunbe aussubsbnen. tpo bann oos
Gontroliren Der 9eimtebr ibres Serrn
sur llnnDsli9teit seporben pdre.
2tbsr bas bumme Ding bat ia feinen
2lnbang, bd9te !6err 9oloerborn uno
serbra9 ii9 ben Sopf bariiber, fpie es
tpobl ansuitelIen iei, bamit lie einen bes
fame. limb es selans inn pirtli4. ibr
einen iol4en gu peridaffen.
Oenn am gleihen Gage, an bem ibre
6errin in's 8ab gereiit mar, pabte elm
Mann bes Mbenbs ibr auf unb als lie
duf bic Strabe trat, nm i'm &auflabsn
einise gisarren fir GERM Soloerborn
su bo.en, rebets er lie an. bsgleitete lie
bis 3u bem 2aben, BON ba ipieoet Bis
ans Saus suriid. fOrttpdbrenb babel
.Siibbola raipelnb". @inise Sage
Ipdter sins iie bes gbenbs nit ibrem
neuen 2iebbdber fort unb tebrte erit
langs na9 Mitternadt pieber in bic
8ebauiung Solberborn's 5uriid. Sies
fer freute iib ob Der INN gelungenen
Gift, bem Wldbden einen S9aB pers
Idafft gu baben. gang rieiig unb pdbs
renb Der bier Wp9sn, ipo ietne @attin
abipeienb mar, tsbrte er mebr als eins
NAL Ia9ts lin 3ipOlfe NIT einem eoloi.
fallen Raufh bebaftet ndd ieiner Wob'
nung auriid, bsnn 9luguite tonnte ia
nibt mebr epntrpliren uno mubte froh
Iein, bab er iiber ibr nGdtlidssSapdrs
men Elm Nuge 5ubriidte.
glls bic bolbe 9attin enblidb 5uriids
gsfsbrt, mar es ibr eritss. ii4 bon @u'
quite bic gontrolliite pprlesen gu lahen
unb iie nidte sufrieoen nit benz &opfe.
als iis baruus eriab, bab ibr Satts im'
msr 70 idb0n I'M bic neunte9lbenbffunbe
pieber aus Der aneipe in fein Seim als
riidgefommen mar.
Sobalb aber 5rau Solberborn tpies
Der babeim bauIte, peridpano au4 Der
aiebbaber gusuiten's gu beren srObtem
2eibtpeien auf INNER; nur 9err Sol'
berborn fab ibn nod einmal an bem
Sage, no er ibm ben 2obn fir fein
pierlpodentIi6ss pouiiiren ausaablte:
.DienItmann," faste er gu ibm. rSis
haben msinsn @uftras gu meiner srOb'
ten 3ufriebenbeit ausgsfiibrt. Sic
ma6ten Der @usuite itramm ben Sof;
3 nGdTte Sabr, mo mir iider pisber Elm
anberes Wdbden baben iperben, folen
Sic pGbrenb Der Ibpeienbeit meinsr
@attin piebtr auf bic sleihe Weife be-
f9Gftist perben. boraussefeBt, baB
bieIes au9 ttinen 2iebbabsr bat
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-03

WANT LAND on RANCH

Wll n5N eash and splendid home
N ssh Antonio fof good tanning
Hnd MAl exchange mercantile
nuiidine iu centre ~ San Nutoniu
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sGN.uNN0N for lHad siUD $50
buiiiins renting 900 tn CENTRE
Kansas GINS jon Bind lto6us a3G
iledri HHidiuH san Nutpniu
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

Ginghams Voiles, Percales and choice lot Of
white Goods In lengths for waists and even for
dresses Pre-inventory prices and you'll
want to anticipate future well as present needs
Palais Royal-BarEan Basement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29

Marquisette and Semi-Voie Cur
tains, some wide lace Insertions and edge;
others with cluny insertion and arawn-
work borders. Regular at $2.95! Pre-
inventory price, $2.25 pair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-11

Joseph A. Swalwell, State Chairman
X. X. Fox, Chairman Seattle Auxiliary
A. L. Hawley, King County Chairman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-26
NO MORE OFFENSIVES
1t, According to German Prisoner.
3. (By the Associated Press1

With the American Army on the
Vesle. Sunday, Aug 25.-German sol=
diers believe that Germany is not
planning any more offensives because
Of the manpo>~er shortage, according
to one of a party of seven of q Ger
man patrol captured by the Americans
early Sunday east Of Fismes. The sol
der, who was a former bank employee,
and the owner of a Berlin restaurant,
said the soldiers no longer had any
enthusiasm for war. Most of those
with whom he came in contact be-
lieved the war would end soon. 80
Manpower the German Problem.
The prisoner had been fighting three
years and declared he was thoroly
tired of it He said the soldiers I'M
derstood that the German losses dur
ing the recent allied offensives had
credited by the soldiers and were hav-
ing a demoralizinng effect. He said
he knew of one division of $4,000
which had been reduced to less than
1000. He did not know what be-
came OF the men. Plenty of Germans,
he added, would desert and surrender
II given the opportunity. Many of
them are constantly watching for {
chance to give themselves up to the
Americans. Trouble has been threat
ened in the German munition plants
and the army leaders were Tightening
conditions there. He said the rules
governing munition workers were
more strict now than ever.
Germany, he said, has plenty of am
munition, but the manpower question
and the actual entry of American
troops into the fighting are worrying
the military leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-26
New African NJ. e. Church at Seventh
and Topeka Avenue.

The cornerstone of the new Afri-
can NJ. E. church was laid Sunday
afternoon. St. Johns A. NJ. E. church
is located at Seventh street and To-
peka avenue, and will be, when fin
ished, the only institutional church
in Topeka, according to the pastor,
Rev. Jesse Peck. The building will
contain reading rooms. shower baths
for men and women, a lecture room
50 by 81 feet, a dining room, 36 by
SO feet, and a kitchen and pantry.
The building will also be furnished
with a nursery, where mothers may
leave their children during the day
while they are out at work. A rest
room for women and children will
form part of the building A spe-
cial effort will be made to make the
church a center for the visiting col
ored soldiers, and all kinds of relig-
ious and social features will be fur
nished for them.
DR.. J. B. Adams of Lawrence made
the opening address at the morning
service Sunday. and DR.. ]. R. Ransom
Of Wichita delivered an address on
the work of the church and the need
of a recreational center for the col
ored people. Music for the afternoon
was furnished by Jackson's Military
band, and the cornerstone was placed
by the colored Masonic lodges of the
city.
Rev. Jesse Pack is pastor of the
church, succeeding his father, who
was the pastor for forty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-26
HUN PRESS SHAKY
Shows Signs of Panic Over the
Recent Defeats.
Seek Reinsurance and Pin
Faith on Hindenburg Line.

London, Aug. 26.-Dull apathy in
Germany is giving way to intense
anxiety, according to reports from
Berlin received at the Hague, says the
Daily Mail correspondent in the Dutch
capital. Newspaper criticisms show
an urgent demand for reinsurance and
several papers pin their faith on the
Hindenburg line.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung. a lead
ing Catholic exponent Of annexations,
denounced the "wiseacres" and who
ever had been foolish enough to be-
lieve that there were war aims out
side Germany.
+ Germany is no longer fighting for
Belgium or Alsace-Lorraine, the pa
per says. but for its sheer existence
a great battle is going on. 1t is a
battle upon the glacis of the fortress
called Germany. We stand alone and
have no help to expect from anyone"
b TIL military critic of the Nieue Cour-
ant of the Hague, whose enthusiasm
over previous German victories had
been noticeable. thinks it possible that
the Germans may be forced to the
Rhine, if Marshal Foch does not give
them time to gain a secure position
on the Hnddenburg line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-26
Socialist Nominee for Congress
in -PrOfiteer Stand.
Party Council Will Give Right
Hand Punch to Rich.
''HARDS Off IN MEx|COp'
Socialists Also Would Keep o.
S. Out of Russ Affairs.
"Otherwise Wen Support War
Programm'-Dr. Harding.

The Socialist party in Kansas, at it's
party council to be held in Topeka
Tuesday. will line up for a virorous
prosecution of the war, looking to-
ward a complete victory, according to
DR.. Eva Harding, the party's nominee
for United States senator from
Kansas.
I'VE consider only national issues at
the council, and 1 think the party in
Kansas will undoubtedly declare itself
as endorsing President Wilson's
spoken declaration of this country
position on the war. We must stand
back of the boys who have gone to
fight. to the last cent we have.
The party. however, will probably
declare itself as favoring a policy of
hands off in Mexico, and in Russia.
II Mexico wants to tax its foreign
capitalists out of the country, she has
to get off its back such interests as
those controlled by Hearst. who is said
to own so many acres of Mexican land
that one can ride three days on a
railroad train and still be on Hearst
territory, Mexico ought to be allowed
to do so.
Hands Off Russia.
1--WE ought to keep our hands off
from Russia, and let her develop her
resources as she Sees fit. If she OBJ
jects to the development of her terri
tory by English capital. she should not
have to take it.
Il hope. too. that the party council
Will ask for the same treatment of
profiteers that is measured out to the
man who declares his disloyalty in
words. I heard a man say he would
ike to. have his fist in the face of any
man who spoke in terms of criticism
OF this country, referring to the Phil
lips case.
Il don't caro- much what any
preacher says" DR.. Harding went on,
but L would like to have my fist in
the face of the man who sends rotten
raincoats to cur boys who have to
1ight in a rainy country; and I'd like
to have my fist in the face of the
packers who starve the wives ana chill
dren Of soldiers, while they send in
ferior meat to the soldiers themselves.
If we are putting Emma Goldman and
Mrs Stokes in prison for 20 years, why
are not those plundering traitors stood
up against a wall and shot?"