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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

The content with which man cOntem-
plates his purchase of Liberty Bopds gives
a new meaning to the old song about the
sweet buy and buy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

Acton in Central Europe on Doctor Pep
per's. advice to avoid dust" would neces-
sarily result in the immediate quarantining
of couple of musty thrones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

This is a good time for the Germans to
recall the old saying about the man who
sowcd the wind and reaped the whirlwind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
II VIII, Indeed !

The Bolshcvik gov
II win, Indeed! ernment has ordered
about sixty statues
for the decoration of the streets of Moscow
It will be interesting to observe the sort OF
statue that a committee can make.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

The bottom has dropped out of the mar
ket in the Berlin Stock Exchange following
the slump into the bottomless pit of the
German hopes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

Judging from its latest report the P.
r. T. seems at last in a fare way TO reach
substantial prosperity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

The junk in Junker hourly acquires ad-
ditional prominence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

The President has
All Together! answered Germany.
Have you? Buy bonds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
Prisoners captured by


Prisoners captured ny
We Recall II The Americans in
France say the Crown
Prince Of Germany doesn't count The
Prince must have forgotten a lot. lie did
a great deal Of counting OF unmatched chick
ems at Nerdun
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

Rehabilitatng Russia just now is very
much like making bricks without straw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
Member Of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is crclu-
sircly entitled 10 the use for republication
Of oil neics dispatches credited TO It or not
othertrise credited in this paper, and also
the local ners published therein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis.
patches herein are also rescrred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17
THE GRIP" IN THE CITY HALL

Philsdeiphis. Thursdsy. October Il. 1918
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

w we return victorious TO our vocations as
OF old. there will be no substitution of
oh.an utiiities for the ideal things which
nave long been tried and accepted Mr.
Roosevelt is right when he says. as at the
o -, on classical studies at Princeton
about a year ago: 'It is waste of time TO
go ,ha average boy TO acquire a smatter-
ing OF classicism"; only, however to add;
''No community can develop great and
,,an,,sIded civilization unless there is an
an1nis base Of nonremunerative work
1,i.',raI education must include the classics :"
II is not every soldier who is privileged to
carry the flag. that wholly ,Nx ideal Symbol syn, s Of
,',,,S ha standard-b bearers OF the ideal, OF
what we are striving toward and to be, after
,ha war a. before. The nag of the classics
will not be the only flag In that procession
upward and onward but WIN sun maintain
an honored place
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-17

T1ROM a narrow point of view Latin is the
Il universal tool of science and the arts 10
know something of Latin al first hand is TO
hold an open. significant page for the terms
of science instead of learning lot of hard
words parrotlike, by rote. Again. Latin Is
structuraly a piece of rigorous logic on
which to cut the eyeteeth OF scholarship;
not a loose. grammarless conglomerate of
half a dozen tongues like our English. As
TO ancient Greek. in it are to be found the
sources of the best part OF our modern
thought and art, set like so many gems in
the gold of a perfect expression, imbedded
in a literature as yet, II equaed in some
particulars as whole unsurpassed Both
of these ancient tongues and the study of
antiouity take us out of ourselves into a
new and different, world, first and most
essential step in any process properly to
be called liberalzing. The classics share
with pure science the advantage OF a certain
remoteness from the issues OF the day and
can. therefore be studied disinterestedly.
The classics surpass the sciences In that they
retain, none the less. human Interest, a
touch with those things which belong 10
men in all times, which we lose when
the matter does not directly concern Our
own kind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
CALAIS AND BOULOGNE.
British Papers Figure On Loss Of The
Channel Ports.

London, April ,29.-Some of the
newspapers appear to be preparing
the public for the loss of the channel
ports. The Times yesterday says:
"There is no denying that the loss
of KENNEL hill is considerable tacti-
cal success for the enemy, and it will
be well, therefore, to prepare for the
receipt of other disagreeable news.
II the enemy is able to extend his
GRIP on KENNEL, we may be conf
PEELED to evacuate Ypres. Such evac-
uation would not inevitably entail the
abandonment Of Dunkirk, Calais and
Boulogne, but it is well to realize that
these consequences might ensue. We
must remember that the Germans can
not win the war by the occupation Of
Ypres and the channel ports"
The Evening News said last night:
t"The capture of KENNEL hill un-
doubtedly is useful step in the di-
Mction OF Calais and Boulogne, and it
iHfrankly admitted that its loss grave
& impsfAs Ypres. We hope and be-
i've tina channel ports will be saved.
Net wejinust face the fact that their
Mss cones within the range of con-
tsngeneies to, be reekoned with, and we
Nave already made up our minds that
eSen hsfhe worst should come to the
worst, it viii make no difference ito
our vigorous prosecution of the war"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
RUSSIAN REVOLT.
State Department Has No Adviccs
From PetrCgrad.

Washington, April 29.-No word
was received in official quarters here
yesterday TO throw light upon the re-
port Of q new revolution proclaimed
at Petrograd with the purpose Of re-
storing the monarchy and placing lit
tie Alexis Nikolaievitch, son of the
former car, upon the throne. Meth
er the State Department nor the Rus
sian embassy is in touch with Petro-
grad, however, and if the report were
true the news probably would come
from many sources before confrma-
ton reached here in official dispatches.
A royalist revolution fostered by
Germany would occasion no surprise
here, for some move to give shadow
Of legality to the overwhelming leu
tonic sway over chaotic Russia has
been expected ever since the bolshe-
v..k government fed to Moscow.
Petrograd, always center of Ger
man influence, now probably is COM
pletely dominated by agents of the
Berlin government. Former German
prisoners of war were reported some
time since as overrunning the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
ROPES AND TAR EFFECTIVE.
Bring Desired Results in Changing At
titudes of Aliens.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, April 29.-Adam
Milbroadt, a German, was led at the
end of a rope from his work in the
Ashley shops Monday and threatened
with hanging. and Mike Brute and
Steve Brosut, Austrians, were taken
from their labor in the Mineral Spring
colliery and tarred and feathcred be-
cause they refused to buy Liberty
bonds. Milbroadt had caused it to be
known that he had bought none Of
the first or second issues and that he
did not plan to buy any of the third.
Workmen called on him to subscribe
yesterday and he bluntly refused.
In few minutes 200 men had him
on the end of rope and were drag
ging him from the shop. They were
looking for tree. to hang him, declar-
ing, he deserved no mercy, when Mil
broadt agreed to buy bond, and to
give him the chance the mob led and
dragged him through the streets of
Ashley to the only bank in the town,
where he subscribed for $500 bond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
NEW DEMANDS ON CHINA.
Paper Prints a Gloomy
Picture

The statement is made in the first
issue of the Shanghai Gazette, which
has made its appearance under the
editorship Of Eugene Chen, that the
Chinese Government has agreed to
new demands made by Japan, which
are of such nature that the country
has virtually been turned over to the
japanese. The Gazette asserts it has
been informed by high official at Pc
king that the Japanese demands are
far more serious than those in group
v, of the famous 81 demands made by
Japan in 1915.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
utmost secrecy is being observed"
says the Gazette, sit may be stated
safely that the following is not far
from the true terms of the agreement:
"Chinese expeditionary forces sent
to Siberia shall be commanded by a
Japanese
"Chinese police shall be organized
by Japanese officers.
Japan shall control all of China's
arsenals and dockyards.
Japan shall have the privilege of
working mines in all parts of China.
especial privileges shall be granted
to Japan in OUTER and inner Mongolia
and the whole of Manchuria.
"Other articles include provisions
For financial control and educational
assistance"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
TACKLED DEADLY BOMB.
Boatswain's Mate Probably Saved
Converted Yacht From Destruction.

How John Mckenzie, chief boat
swain's mate in the Naval Reserve, by
extraordinary heroism saved the con-
verted yacht Remlik, on patrol ser
vice in European waters, was told
yesterday in a announcement by Sec
rotary Daniels that the Navy Depart
ment had awarded Mackenzie the med
al of honor and gratuity of $500.
During a heavy gale December II,
a depth charge weighing several hun
dred pounds broke from its fastenings
at the stern and went sweeping about
the deck. As officers and crew
watched the bomb, some one saw the
safety pin fall out of the charge, max
ing it a source of serious danger to the
vessel and crew. Mackenzie, realizing
the danger, shouted: watch me; I'll
get it." and dashed down the deck,
finging himself upon the charging
cylinder.
Three times he almost had his arms
about the bomb, but each time the
seas tore it from him and once al
most crushed him. He stuck to the
task, however, and on the fourth at
tempt, got firm grip on the cylinder,
heaved it upright On one of the fiat
ends and held it down until lines could
be run to him and he and the bomb
safely dashed.
The Remlik's commanding officer in
reporting Mackenzie's act, said:
mackenzie in acting as he did ex-
posed his life and prevented serious
accident to the ship and probable loss
of the ship and entire crew."
Befor the war Mackenzie had served
four years in the regular navy. He is
native of Massachusetts,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
COAL SHORTAGE.
H. P. Byrd Protests Against Ship
ments to New England.

Winchester, Va, April 29.-State
Food Administrator Byrd has lodged
vigorous protest with the Federal
Fuel Administrative against Virginia
coal being diverted for domestic use
in New England States and thereby
Gripping many industries in Virginia.
Mr.. Byrd, who is here for several
days, stated yesterday that the coal
shortage in Virginia has reached a
critical stage and that unless coal
shipments could be made more rapidly
many large industries would have to
suspend operations. Virginia consunl-
ers placed their orders for coal at an
early date, but comparatively few or
ders have been filled. The order from
Federal Administrator Garfield to di-
vert the Virginia coal to Virginia
ports to supply ocean-go!ng vessels
found State consumers glad and will
ing to suffer hardships of doing with
out the coal in order that ships might
not be delayed, but when it became
known that great quantities of this
coal was being shipped from tide
water to New England States wave of
protest began to come in from all over
the State. Mr.. Byrd has sent DR..
Garfield telegram protesting against
this diverting of coal needed badly
in Virginia to supply New England.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
664,1O4 GERMANS MISSING.
512,67S of Them Prisoners, Rest Prob
ably Dead, Says General.

Amsterdam, April 29.-speaking
before the main committee Of the Ger
man reichstag on. Friday, according
to Vorwaerts, Gen. won Risberg stated
that on March 81 last the number of
German missing had reached a total
Of 664,104. Of this number, he said
236.676 were prisoners in France, 49,
GO IN England, $4,000 in Russia and
Rour.ania, and the remainder could be
regarded as dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
Marines Love General Pershing.

Atlanta, Ca, April 20. = "Believe
me, there isn't a Marine in France
who wouldn't go through hell for Cen
eral Pershing." il
This is the grim and laconic man.
ner IN which the Soldiers Of the Sea"
pay tribute to the American leader,
according to letter Mrs w. NJ. WAL
ton, of this city, received from her
son, James, who is q member of the
corps now fighting in France. ss
sGeperal .Pershing Shas frequently
psaised the Marines on various irfspec-
tionstours and shasr thereby sendeared
himself to the men, Of that service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-29
SENTRY BEATEN TO DEATH.
Arrest of Four Military Prisoners at
Camp Admission. Ala, Follows.

Admission, Ala, April 29.-Private
Orlin H. Carey, Company |, One Hun
dred and Fifteenth Infantry, at. Camp
Mcclellan, while guarding four militia
ry prisoners, was beaten to death Sat-
urday with his own gun by the pris-
oners, who made their escape Carey's
home was in Salisbury, Md -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
PROVOST GENERAL
EXPLAINS REASONS
FOR CALLING BOYS

A letter from Gen. Crowder to Gov.
Philip explains the governments
reasons for calling men of Glass /
even though midsummer farm work
was in progress. 1t says:
My Dear Governor Philippe have
your letter of the 3rd inst. request
ing the deferment of the July 22nd
call until such time as the crops are
harvested. This call must be filled
from Glass l, as this is the only class
which is available at this time for
general calls. The military program
will not permit of delay in entrain-
ment. / have received similar COM
plants from other states, and have
been obliged to make the same reply
to each one.
/ regret the necessity of this re-
ply but believe the above explanation
will result in the continuation of the
hearty response to the Nations call
which has always been forthcoming
from your state.
E. H. CROWDER, Provost Gen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
JESSE REESE L L

Under date of June 18th, Jesse REESE
wrote home from somewhere in
England" Later a card from the sec
rotary of the Y. M. c. A. stated that
he was at Southampton. In his let
ter Jesse said that they were passing
through England and had seen a good
deal of it. He said: 1T was a won
derful view where we landed and I'll
never forget it. The houses in cities
and villages are all built alike and
packed close together. They are all
built of red brick, have red tiled roofs
and there are about a dozen or so
funny looking chimneys on each
house. | haven't seen a frame build
ing yet. The railroads are uueer
looking affairs. The engines are
small donkeys, and the freight cars
are only about ten feet long and mar
row. The passenger coaches are di-
vided into compartments of two seats
each. The whole outfit looks like a
toy compared with ours. l saw some
German prisoners at the place where
we stopped today. What / learned
about foreign money in the bank has
helped me a great deal. l can easily
make change while most of the boys
hold out a handful of coins and let
the tradespeople take what they
ant."-Bloomington Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most Important Hap
penlnss Of the World Compiled
In 6riefest and Most SuccInce
Form for Quick Consumption.
Washington

A loan of $1OO, 200, 700 to Italy, bring
ing her total credits to $76O,OO 900,
and one of S 9,OOO,OOO to Belgium, bring
ing her total to $145, 100000 were an
nounced by the treasury department.
=
Announcement in Washington from
London of the arrival in England of
Herbert Hoover, United States food
administrator, brings nearer the inau-
guratton of a new food conservation
program for all allied countries.
The fuel administration ordered
lightless nights in effect again, begin
ming July "a. The order prohibits he
use of any light for Illuminating or dis
playing advertisements,
ments or signs on Monday and Tues
day. No Illumination in shop win
dows or signs in store windows will
be permitted from sunrise to sunset,
nor on lightless nights.
Food valued at approximately ST.
4OO,OOO,OO0 was sent to the allied coun-
tries from the United States during
the fiscal year which ended June 80,
Food Administrator Hoover wrote
President Wilson in a letter reviewing
he work of the food administration.
= y =
Warning that all business firms in
the United States should strike from
their mailing lists names that have
been placed upon the enemy trading
list was given by the post office depart
ment.
Persons signing petitions of the
Friends Of Irish Freedom asking the
United States to secure independence
for Ireland, were denounced as trait
ors In the senate by Senator King of
Utah.
The house ways and means commit
tee began work on the complicated
task of drafting the new $4,000, OOO, 1000
war revenue bill. The measure may
be ready for presentation to the house
before September.
= 4 Il
President Wilson shook hands with
% boy scouts from Pittsburgh, Pa
who rode to Washington on bicycles
bearing a message of greeting from
Mayor Babcock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
ETHICS OF THE u. S.
WAR SERVICE FLAG.

According to the further unofficial
regulations of the Judge Advocate
Generals department, the honor ser
vice flag should be limited to those
going forth to the service from the
home, family, club, church or other
organization.
AS to the service flags flown from
homes, the custom is that fathers,
sons, husbands and brothers may be
represented on the service flag wheth-
er going directly to the service from
the particular household or not, but
that others not so related, as for in
stance, cousins, nephews, etc., must
have actually been a part of the
household and gone into the service
from such household.
shouldbq-
No club or other organization
should display service flags unless
the individuals represented by the
stars are actually members of the
club or organization flying the flag.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
ARTHUR BRISBANE SAYS:

If the Kaiser had bought a hun
dred newspapers in the United States
instead of two, or a dozen, they would
have done him no good. He might
as we'll have gone around buying
looking glasses under the impression
that he could change the faces of the
people by owning their mirrors.
The newspaper is a mirror reflect
ing its crowd. If it is a newspaper
great and successful in circulation,
that is because it reflects many of the
people. If it is small, unsuccessful
and bitter, that is because it reflects
only a few.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
BILL RINDLAUB'S BRAIN STORM.

We went up to Lancaster Friday
afternoon and found its principal
streets oiled with a ~by-product from
a gas plant, the same kind of by
product that is made here, sold to
outside concerns, rectified and shipp-
ed back into Grant made here, but,
as in many other businesses, as soon
as the thing could be gotten we'll go
ing, the big fish would proceed to
swallow the little one up by the fine
Italian method of unfair competition.
-PlatteviIIe Witness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
PEDESTRIANS HAVE PRIOR
G AT ALL CROSSINGS.

Nine out of ten auto drivers do not
know the law governing city cross
ings, or if they do choose to ignore it.
The supreme court has ruled that the
pedestrian has an absolute right to a
safe crossing from curb to curb on a
crossing and a driver must look out
for them, and stop is necessary, to
protect them. A child or blind person
can use a crossing and depend on the
right the law gives. 1t cost a Racine
man S $1,000 for not knowing the law,
or not respecting it. Now remember,
you practically own the streets and
highways, but not the city crossings.
-Richland Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24

w. T. Chantland of Iowa resigned
as chief examiner for the federal trade
commission to accept a commission as
major of infantry. He formerly was
colonel In the National Guard.
A commodity rate of 20 cents per 100
pounds applied by railroads to pota-
toes from Minnesota and Wisconsin to
Texas was declared excessive and the
rate fixed at 60 cents.
Twelve suspected draft evaders in
company with two women who claim
to be wives Of two of the men were
rounded up by detectives in a raid In
Milwaukee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
James w. JamisOn.

James w. Jamison, one of Beetown's
oldest residents, died June Both, 1918.
He was born in Pike county, Mo-, on
Sept. 21st, 1885.
He came to Wisconsin in 1S41 when
a lad Of six. At that time the mining
industry in Beetown and vicinity was
attracting attention. He was one of
the pioneers who was present all
through the lively times attendant up
on the development of the industry.
He had a good memory, and in his old
age could talk interestingly of those
lively early days when fortunes were
taken from the ground in a few days
or weeks.
He was united in marriage to Ma
thilda Spencer on May 1st, 1861. To
this union eve children were born.
six o n and one daughter. Two died
in infancy. Four sons and one daugh-
ter survive, namely, John Adam.
George, James, Charles and Ella. He
is also survived by two sisters, who
live in the far west. His wife died
February 18th, 1900.
Mr.. JamisOn was a man of pleas
ant, kindly nature, and had many
friends. He was socially inclined.
and was an agreeable companion to
all his friends. His passing removes
one of the very few remaining pi-
oneers who came here when the coun-
try was natures wilderness and wit
messed the complete transformation
to the present splendidly developed
condition.
Funeral services for deceased were
held at Beetown on Tuesday, July 2,
Rev. B. Falk conducting them. In
terment occurred in the p~opulous city
of the dead On the hill, where so many
of his old friends repose in the eter-
nal sleep. May he rest in peace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24
COLORED R~EGISTRANTS'
PRAYERS ARE

Negro registrants Of Wisconsin IN
Class la of 1917, who for several
months have been making efforts to
get into the service, have been called
to report August /.
The draft administration received a
call Thursday for 166 negroes of class
l, physically qualified for general mil
itary service, to be sent to Camp Gus
ter during the five day period begin
ming Aug. /, and Adjutant General
Holway announced the call would
take every negro registrant in the
state in that class.