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Evening star., 1918-06-10
Huns Described Fifty Years Ago.

"'For six months one-third Of
France has been given up to hre
and sword. For 800 or 400 miles
vast armies have poured on: Every
village they have passed through
has been the victim of what Is
city has been practically sacked.
ransacked on system; its citizens
plundered. its civil officials ter
rorized: imprisoned. outraged or
killed. The civil population has
been, contrary to the usages OF
modern warfare. forced to serve
the invading armies. brutally put
to death. reduced to wholesale
starvation and desolation. Vast
tracts of the richest and most in
dustrious districts of Europe have
been deliberately stripped and
plunged into famine. solely in or
der that the invaders might make
war cheaply. Irregular troops.
contrary to all the practices Of
murdered. and civil populations
Unfortunately massacred. solely
to spread terror. A regulR sys-
tenn Of ingenious terrorism has
been directed against civilians, as
horrible as anything in the history
of civil or religious wars. Large
and populous cities have been. not
once. but twenty. thirty. forty
times bombarded and burnt. and
the women and children in them
wantonly slaughtered. with the
sole object of infiicting SUFFERING.
All this has been done. not in
license or passion, but by the cal.
culating ferocity Of scientific SOL
diers.'
"And yet the world. in spite of this
1ideous picture of Prussia nism. failed
1,a l. hHy
Today the beast is again at large
1evouring the helpless victims who
TALL into his power. Has not the
line come to end this fiendishness?
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Only Way>to Stop Prussianism.


Much as enlightened mankind may
stay this onrush Of blood and DESC
lation. which. is the direct conse-
quence of the mad impulses which
now hold sway over the German mind,
Is to prove conclusively that the
Prussian masters of Germany, though
OF, the empire and of its subservient
allies. do not possess the physical
might to impose their will on the
human race. that the ancient gods OF
the Teutons are false gods. and that
the philosophy which has cast over
attributes is the product of a con-
suming vanity and pride.
This idea Is distasteful. as 1t
should be, to world which loves
peace and Graves repose, because the
only instrument which can be en-
war, unceasing war. until the ar
rogant and brutal Prussians are hum
bled. until the kaiser and his mill
tary chieftains despair of their am
bitions, until the German people
realize that their insolent lords are
not have at their command the pow
ers of heaven. The great free nations
of the globe have the task laid upon
them to destroy the spirit of Prus-
sianism. This they must accomplish
II they would preserve for the future
those rights of man which 1t has
taken centuries of struggle to wrest
from the grasp of despotism.
"If the German government as 1t
is now constituted should succeed
to any exetent in its purposes. or even
IL it should not be defeated in the
present war; the doctrines and hopes
which are now dominant over the
German people will not die. Peace
under such conditions could hardly
mean more than a brief respite from
bloodshed, an unstable truce, during
which the Prussian rulers of the
central powers would devote their
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
CHARGED s1.ss to Profit and Loss.

If Hackensack, n. j., were city in
which one expected speed or service,
DR.. c. Il. Kuebler, who lives there,
would be indignant about a trunk he
has just received. But he is merely
mystitied because the trunk which has
been on its way TO him for % years
belongs to no one he knows. contains
nothing he wants and came from a
place ne never heard of.
An express company told him that
If he called and paid S1.SS in cash he
could have package which it was
high time he had got. He reported
with the funds and found one of the
oldest trunks now extant. A stamp
on it's side indicated that it had left
Nahi, India, in 1888 and it's contents
showed it had been handled by some
of the most violent baggage handlers
in America. 1t contained a circular Of
a holy land lecturer.
With the title free and clear. Doctor
Kuebler, with no show Of enthusiasm
had the trunk removed to the nearest
open Washington Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
GIVE PRESIDENT
WHAT He WANTS
n, SPoSlTloN IN CONGRESS TO
PASS MEASURES WILSON
DEEMS NECESSARY.
WEATHER PROPHETS IN WAR
General Pershine Has Some Of Best
Experts on Duty-Montana Man ex-
plains the Cause of the Meat Short.
age.
BY ARTHUA W. DUNN.

Washington.-Eyc since the over
man bill was Introduced that bill
which gives the president greater pow
or and authorizes him 10 reorganize
the various executive departments 50
as 10 facilitate war measures there
has been much talk Of opposition. CON
ferences have been held at the White
House and senator's and representa-
tives have wranGlcd over the measure
In committee. On account Of this Kind
Of talk it was assumed that u great
deal of opposition had arisen and that
this bin might fail.
Senator Ovcruun. however. scouts
the idea OF there being any difficulty
whatever In putting the bin through.
lie says that it Is war measure:
'hat there is one strong prevailing ldea
10 this country, that u.s. 10 beat the Ger
mans; that the president MS command
or In chief must have all the power
he needs to carry on the war and "
the legislation provided for In the over
man bin Is deemed necessary by the
president, why that legislation is going
20 be passed.
The North Carolina senator Is right.
Legislation which the president says
IS necessary to carry on the war. and
which he insists must be- enacted, will
be passed even II certain senator's and
representatives have scruples as TO It's
conStitutionallty
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
SAW NEED or GREAT HIGHWAY
Washington Long Urged Road Acros,
Country to Aid in Development
Of the West.

If George Washington had continued
gineer the development of the United
States might have been even more rap
Id than it turned out to be. The pic
ture of the pioneer hewing his way
through forest growth and underbrush,
fording streams. and working his way
across mountains is one of our ira
ditions of early American history, but
the husky pioneer breaking his way
alone was not Washington's idea of
what travel should be in these United
States.
Ruins of Washingtons work as an
engineer may still be seen along the
banks of the middle Potomac, but his
greatest engineering plan never mate
rallied during his lifetime, though sew
eral of his illustrious compatriots gave
their enthusiastic approval of the
scheme.
This plan Of Wash'1gton's was a
quicker, surer route toward the West
to supersede the blazed trail and foot
path. The government did not take
any steps toward the construction of
50 expensive a bit of road building I'M
I'll three years after Washington
death. For fifteen years work on the
road was under way, first on paper,
then with pick and shovel, and finally
the national road between Cumberland,
Maryland and Wheeling w. Va, was
ready for service.
In the mind of the far-seeing Wash
tngton, the highway had reached to the
shores of the Mississippi-perhaps
even farther into the West. But the
government turned to what it consid-
cred affairs of more pressing impor-
lance. The national road passed into
the hands of the states directly con
cerned. and in time became the Old
National road. The development OF
railroad and steamboat made a cross
country highway route no longer a
pressing necessity and the old road was
in danger of sinking to the level of n
dusty country roadway.
Just in time to save the Old Nation
al road from this semi-tragic fate came
the automobiles demanding good roads
with attractive scenery ranged along
side and few spots of special inter
est thrown in. To all these demands
the old road responded. and today it is
in high favor with the goggled ones
who coast recklessly down its gentle
slopes and speed through its villages
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
Return of the Caravan.

The caravan is the oldest institution
known in transportation. BY caravans
the merchandise of the most ancient
Asian and African countries was eX-
changed in prehistoric times. BY cara
vans Egyptians Of tie twentieth cen
fury still travel between the Nile val
lev and the Barbary states, crossing
the desert Of Sahara upon swaying
camels. resting at GASES and Drawing
sandstorms, wearing the costumes and
practiclng the customs of 1000 years
ago. During the war that now is being
waged. the war that has brought back
into use the steel helmet and intro
duced the steel hammer as war club,
camels and caravans have been EN-
ployed in Asia Minor and North Africa.
Now the motor caravan promises to
become institutional and important as
a factor in the freight problem of the
United States.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

The phrase, 1.-THE length of the law"
owes its origin TO the enormous length
of some Of the parchment rolls upon
which the ancient statutes OF Great
Britain were inscribed. The present
day official title of the master of the
rolls" IS reminder Of this an
Client custom. Some faint idea
Of the bulk Of the English records may
~ obtained from the fact that u single
statute, the land tax commissioners
act, passed In the first year Of the
reign OF George " measures when IN.
rolled upward Of 900 feet = Rehoboth
Sunday Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
Aviation Needs Chemists.

The swift development Of the science
of aviation has produced number OF
highly important questions which. In
the opinion of experts, must be solved
by the chemist. says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. Ways must be found, for
example TO overcome the susceptibility
of machines to sudden changes of tenn
perature. and some sort OF chemical
compound is needed TO make cloth,
used In airplanes and elsewhere, water
proof, airproof, and slow burning. 9th
er fields for the chemist are suggested
by the demand for rustproof metal
parts and light alloys.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
Equip Balloons With Carrier Pigeons.

The students of the Collegiate Bal
loon school, at Macon, Ga, do not rel
ish the idea of spending two or three
DAYS In the swamps, cut off from all
communication with the outside world
such as was experienced by party of
four of the students few days ago
when the big gas bag In which they
made an ascension came down in the
Ocmulgee swamp few miles below
Macon. To guard against this the bal
loon school has purchased number
of carrier pigeons. and in the future
each balloon that goes up will be
equipped with pigeons which will be
used I'm an emergency to communicate
with the headquarters of the balloon
school.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

Secretary Lane of the interior de
partmcnt never neglects an opportu-
nifty to boost Alaska. one might think
that Alaska was his pet province, judg
ing from an that he says about It from
time to time. In q recent statement
he pointed ont that Alaska's Response to
the call to the colors twas character
iStically snappy big and effective. The
wireless message which told the plo-
nccrs Of the far North that their coun-
try had Joined in the world war against
kaiseriSm at once started men and
money To the 'front.'
With that statement rs starter the
sccrctnry goes on 10 tell Of the won
derful productiveness OF Alaska and
what II Is doing now TO help carry on
the war.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

There is the possibility OF another
newspaper man becoming IA member
Of the senate IN the next congress.
IN n letter which Senator Gore OF Okla
BONA had read In the senate, n state
mcnt was made by a Kansas man that
Arthur Cappor, now governor Of Kan
sas. would be elected 10 the senate this
fall. Cupper is the editor and pro
prietor Of the Topeka Capital, and
was better known for many years as
newspaper nan than as politician,
but lntely he has developed into a
very strong man I'm his state.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

ants engaged in aiding the wounded
and as result the men Of the hospital
units have ceased TO wear distinguish
Ing insignia
The confession of German otheer
taken prisoner led TO the information
that the medical men Of the American
forces have been marked for death by
The prussians.
The German officer several days att-
er an operation on shattered lFs
usked the privilege Of talking alone
Nifh the American surgeon. lis r.
quest was granted. and he warned ais
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
MURDER RED CROSS WEARERS
German Soldiers Decorated and
Praised for Shooting Doctors and
Stretcher Bearers.

American doctors and stretcher
bearers working under fire On he
American sector no longer wear white
arm bands and rod cross. for years the
international insignia for army med
teal corps
German sharpshooters have been
decorated for hitting the non combat
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

Secretary Houston of the agricul-
tural department is very anxious that
the farmers of the country should take
an active part In the next Liberty
loan ana buy extensively the bonds
which the government Is going to is
sue. 1t is the opinion Of men who hive
been in communication with farmers
throughout the country that they are
likely to follow the advice Of Secre-
tary Houston and subscribe for the
bonds. II is said that they have not
fully understood the matter Of Liberty
bonds heretofore, but gradually the
facts have been circulated throughout
the country districts and 1t is thought
that the farmers viii come forward pa
trioHcally Low that they are better
posted and support the government
when the next Liberty loan Is
launched.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
opportunity to go to their home dts
tricts aud look after their elections,

For several years United States
army officers have been clamoring for
horses, and efforts have been made
from time TO time TO secure or provide
for a supply. Congress did not heed
this demand. however, and the people
themselves did not undertake TO ere
ate Il supply Of horses because the de-
mand was not kept up.
Men from the horse breeding regions
have told committees Of congress that
the use of tractors has had great ef-
feet in decreasing horse raising. For
time II was supposed that automo-
bies had n great deal TO do with les
SEEMING the demand for horses, but II
was not until the tractor engines be-
came useful on the farms that the
horse supply fell Off to such a great
extent.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
-zW6EsMJERAL
gERM)lNOFEiS

Relse more food and feed than you
viii need+and keep what you Will need
III what you raise
Soil washing BIZ heavy ralns prob
ahlg u the most important cause 81 the
loss 81 soil fertility On rolling upland
farus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

benefactor never to wear any insignia
of his corps when on duty within
range of the German lines.
He said the German general staff
had announced that the death of an
enemy doctor was equal to 500 other
enemy casualties and that O stretcher
bearer was accounted equal in value
to 16 men of the line.
The surgeon reported the facts TO
his commander and instructions were
ut once issued to the men who are
serving behind the American aud
French battle lines.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

Occasionally there IS n line or two
In the war news about weather condl-
lions, but 1t IS not generally known
that weather cuts a very important
figure in the fighting that is going on
along the western front So impor-
tant did It seem to General Pershing
that he secured the services Of quite
number Of the best weather ex-
perts in the weather bureau, and they
are now doing duty on the western
front Efforts were made by a num-
bcr Of army officers to have Prof. VIII
It's Moore formerly chief Of the wealth
or bureau. given charge Of the wealth
er business In France. Although this
was denied. the very best weather
prophets the department had on It's
rolls have been sent over. They were
given the rank of major a the time
and It Is expected that some of them
have been promoted since then.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04
Persistent Politics.

eyes I've tried every other kind of
politics without success and I'm not
going "a omit anything In Ito list"
49,
10 leave farm implements to the
tender mcrcics Of the elements IL
nothing short Of criminal negligence.
Fresh green produce Is very desir.
ablc early In the summer and plen-
tiful supply Of Il helps to keep down
lle high cost Of living.
Corn TINT was selected wisely In the
field where 1t grew, that matured nor
tnully and has been preserved properly
IN mouse aud insect proof storages
will grow and produce satisfactorily
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

When the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bin was being
considered IN the house Congressman
Caldwell Of New York and Mccker
or Missouri came out strongly In ia
vOr of increasing the allowance now
pnd 10 members Of $1,000 a year for
clerk hire. Caldwell wanted il raised
10 s. 400. while Mceker vallnHtly held
forth for $1,000. one Of Mcckcr's ar
gumcnts was that congressman
should not have to look after depart
mental matters that constantly require
attention, and That he cannot employ
sufficient clerical help 10 look after
such matters without going deep into
his own pockets TO pny for Il,
"The danger TO the American con
greSy today," shouted Meeker, "is that
she membership shall become mere de-
partment Gunkeys for their districts
and forget the legislative end Of It.
the thing for which they were sent"
Although this Is true 10 u grcnt ok.
tent there seemed 70 be q "hunch" that
any Increase In the allowance Just be
fore election dime would have an un.
happv effect upon constituencies, and
both propositions were rejected.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

Adjusting ourselves to European
war conditions u.s. one OF the diff
cultles which the government finds
necessary to solve as actual hostllities
In which United States troops partici-
pate take place. Our ideas of public
ity OF military matters differ material
ly from those of Europe. our people
feel that the soldiers who are in the
war are part Of themselves and they
want to know all about them, especially
II they are killed or wounded. The Eu-
ropean idea is to keep such facts from
the public to great extent and the
assumption - that in time Of war the
military arm should be absolutely I'M
hampercd and that anything in the
way Of information TO the general pub
lie is unnecessary.
No doubt our military authorities are
anxious 70 comply with the desires OF
the allies as far as possible, but it Will
not be easy to convince our people that
information regarding the death or
wounding OF soldiers is going to give
any information of military value to
the enemy. OF course, quite num-
Der Of our military leaders are inclined
to support the ideas of the foreign mil
itary men, for it Is one Of the tradi-
tons pf he service that information
to the public Is unnecessary and mere
ly caters to curiosity OF the people
and might lead to some disaster be-
cause the information might be valu-
able to the enemy.
All these things must be adjusted
and 1t Is probable that the American
people. anxious for the success Of our
troops in the field, will accommodate
themselves to the regulations which
military authorities believe necessary
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

AS an evidence that man In a high
position Is playing no favorites, n story
was told Ia the house recently by Con
gressman Garrett OF Tennessee, about
an interview he had with Maj. Gen.
Henry +. Mccain, adjutant general of
the army. Garrett went to see Mccain
about getting Information concerning
the son of lady he knew and who
was a second lieutenant in the reserve
army in France. After listening to
the story, General Mccain said:
Il um in a position to sympathize
deeply with this Indy. | myself have
son, a captain in the artillery, in
France, from whom ] have not heard
since last December, and nm effort to
locnte him 10y cable hns failed
This was brought out In o discussion
concerning the failure Of mail to reach
the soldiers In France. 1t developed
that there is very serious condition
md nlso that mail like everything else
that Is sent TO France, Is subject to
delny owing to the inadequate facill-
ties
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

When all Is lost save honor somel
men ret on their dignity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

progress is found IN the Government
estimate of the value of farm lands,
and increase in value since 1908
1908 1916
Manitoba .27,30 32.03
Saskatchewan ......... 20,40 23.J7
Alberta ...............1S 1870 %. IL
II will be observed that the average
price of lands has not kept pace with
their producing value. 1t is therefore
pointed out that the opportunities for
the purchase of high-class land is still
within the reach of those with linn
tied means.
A good idea of advancement in a
countrys progress may be obtained by
a knowledge of what has been done in
the production of cattle, and when
these figures are studied in connection
with Western Canada, country whose
fame having been heralded as grain
growing country, giving the idea that
that was what it was mostly adapted
to- it will be realized that there is
there vast storehouse of wealth
awaiting those who choose to take ad-
vantage OF IL. In lne three provinces
IN 1912 there warehouses, mich cows,
other cattle sheep and swine, four mil
lion head, while In 1917 the number
was seven million.
In 1901 the entire population was
1882; In 1916 1,69s,220.
One marves at the rapid progress
of the United States during the nine
teenth century. But Americas oppor-
tunties for growth at the beginning
of that century were nothing compared
to the opportunities which are Can
ada's at the present time.
The fact that Canada has as its next
door neighbor a nation of over 100 OOO,-
000-the richest nation IN The world
is bound to have stimulating effect,
on It's progress. Already one sees,
signs of It on every hand.
Canada not only has the largest area
Of unoccupied, but fertile, land Of anyl
country but this land is already inadeF
available by network of railways
Cost Of production Of grain Is lo"er'
than elsewhere, while the prices ard,
on basis Of those Of sthe United
states Advertisement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

Just what part the American troop.
have been playing IN the Somme battl,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-04-04

n took n man from Montana to OK
pInin 10 committees Of congress why
there was a meut shortage Not only
the nan from Montana, but men from
all over the West have given lnforma-
flnu 10 the same effect The meat
shortage Of the West they say, hnS
hcrn due in large part 10 turning
over the grass binds aud using them
FOR farms instead Of grazing purposes.
Grass is ns necessary for meat ps the
feeding Of grain to stock before send
ing To- market There has been a
falling or IN stock raising on this nc
count Just now the shortage of food
FOR stock that needs fattcning is also
contributing to the short meat SUPPLY.