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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-05-31

study ana empty
ing the waste-pa-
per basket in a
pile on the floor,
he pushed the
waste-paper bas-
ket towards the
pantry door.
"When he had
Fl n i S h e d push
in 6 t h e b a s.
ket and when it
was right up by
the door he turn
ed it upside down
and climbed upon
it.
g There thought
Biddle, now l
have it,
"And he had
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-05-31

WE Went to Hts Oftlce aud Old Him
Flat That He Had to Marry One Of
Us or Lose Us Both"
seeing Miss Thomas and I asked him
about it" said Mrs. Cicotte.
Attorney Heyman spoke up:
"He denied the fact" he said, land
challenged his wife to prove It,"
HE thought l would lie for him."
said Miss Thomas.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
RABBIS BLESS MEAT
AS STEAMSHIP LOADS
First Kosher Meat in Five Years
Goes to European Jews
as Gift.

New York.-Included in the more
than $8,000,000 worth of supplies sent
abroad by American Jewish relief
agencies thus far this year were sew
eral hundred tons of kosher" meat.
The steamer Ashburn, which left here
some time ago for Dahzig, carried 500
tons of this commodity, while the
Huachuca, which has just sailed, is
carrying a smaller consignment to Con-
stanza, Rumania.
Unusual interest attaches to both
these shipments. Prominent Jews Of
this city inspected the first cargo.
Jewish rabbis blessed the barrels Of
meat as they were lowered into the
ships hold. The meat was gift from
the Jews of America to their CO.
religiOnists in Poland and other parts
Of Europe. These European Jews have
eaten virtually no meat In five years,
for their religion prohibits them using
meat other than that killed by rabbi
and in On orthodox manner, and
kosher" meat has been unobtainable.
Among the other supplies sent in
these regular shipments are soap,
clothing, shoes and shoe-repairing ma
terials, large quantities of notions,
medicines, hospital supplies and a
long list of additional articles, every
one Of which is lacking In the war;
wrecked countries across the Atlantic.
Funds to continue these regular sail
ings of relief ShiDs are now being
sought by the American Jewish Relief
Committee, whose headquarters are at
Is East 40th Street, this city. Louis
Marshall is chairman and Henry H.
Rosenfelt director of this organiza-
ton. Campaigns are scheduled for
this fall in some twenty states, and it
is expected to bring the total contribu-
lions for Jewish relief this year up to
$35,000,000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
WORLD JE:..IRY y
Crisis
.~,-.~~ -~
Leaders in America. Striving to
Save Race in Europe From
Destrl ction.
MUST SEMI AID ] QUICKLY.
Children Are the Most PitlfuI Sufferers
From the Cataclysm THAT Has
Ruined a, Once Prosperous
= People.
MUST SEMI AID ] QUICKLY.

The Jews in almost every country
Of the world except America fare in a
state more dire and terrible, perhaps,
than any in which they have found
themselves since the fall of Jerusalem.
Briefly, the Jewish. race in smuch of
Europe is on the verge Of $annihila-
ton.
The countries in which the4plight Of
the Jews is the worst ar6( Poland,
CZechoslOvakia, Jugoslavia,> Ru-
mania, Serbia, Galicia, Palestine,
Turkey, Greece. and Siberia, In Wilma,
a typical town of Poland, the Jewish
population has been cut down by star
walton, typhus and other! diseases i'll
the last five years from 10000 to
$4,000. Nearly half Of the. survivors
are dependent upon relief supplies
sent by their co-religiOnists III
America. Warsaw, Kovno, tConstanZa,
and many other cities throughout
Central and Eastern Europe tell the
same tale
American Jews, aroused. by the re-
ports that first filtered through after
the signing of the armistice, imme-
diately organized under the American
jewish Relief Committee, Of IS East
10th Street, New York City, to save
their race abroad They sent some 20
commissioners to various foreign cOun-
tries to investigate the truth OF these
reports. Almost all these commission
ers have now returned and the first
hand information that they have
brought back is more alarming than the
early unsubstantiated reports. Such
men as Nathan Straus, Henry Morgen-
than, Julius Rosenwald, Jacob II.
Schitf, Felix NJ Warburg, and many
other prominent members of this COM
mittce are now bending every effort
to arouse America to the great need
abroad and rush the food and supplies
across the ocean which, if}sent quick
ly, will save the Jewish] race from
destruction.
Saddcst of the victims of all this
woe are the children. Tens Of thou
sands Of pitiful youngsters who are
seven or eight years old have gone SO
long undernourished that they are lit
tie further developed than normal in
fants of one or two years. In the
Polish cities orphaned chiIdrentwander
about the streets, Homeless and unable
TO get into the orphanages. These are
already Overcr0Wded and depend
primarily upon American relief funds
to keep them going
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
DULUTH HAS FINE PLAN
Competitive Sales Campaign for
War Savings Stamps.
Prizes Are Offered and Services OF
School ChiIden Enlisted in
Thrift Work.

Interest is being aroused throughout
the Ninth Federal Reserve district by
the plan of War Savings Stamp sales
campaign that is being followed in
Duluth. Originated in that city by
James H. Harper, chairman for south
crn St. Louis county, it has been
named tho Duluth plan" and is eY-
pected. as it develops, to bring new
fame 10 that city and its thrift
workers.
The Duluth plan is a competitive
sales campaign. Live business mon
of Duluth have contributed money for
a newspaper advertising campaign and
an additional $1,025 to be distributed
in prizes to those who do. the best
work as stamp and savings certificate
statesmen.
Duluth has been divided along the
lines Of its so voting precincts and a
woman chairman, in most cases one
who headed precinct work for the wo
mans committee, Council OF National
Defense, has been chosen for each Oh
these districts. Each chairman has
one salesman for each so registered
voters in her precinct.
The general campaign will run from
August Is until December IS. When
school reopens an auxiliary campaign
will be conducted in public and paro
chial schools of eighth grade standard
and under Prizes for the schools will
be victIOlas and musical intruments
to be the property of the school.
While native born Americans are
so careless with their money that the
government has found it necessary to
institute thrift campaign to induce
them to save foreigners in this cOun
try realize the value of the good old
u. S. A dollar to such an extent that
they are going back to the old coun
try" and taking with them as many
dollar as the customs regulations per
nit
everywhere in the world people
are bidding high for American money
and credit, while we, right at home
are throwing our money around and
thinking as little of it as if it were
not the sOundest money in the world
with greater buying power than the
money of any other country" NJ. E
Harrison, ninth district War Savings
director, said: 1T is high time
we realized what good money ou1
American money is. Then more OF
us would attend at once TO saving it
More of us would save this excellent
money tor the future by investing il
in War SAVINGS Stamps ana Treasury
Savings Certificates"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
Why Not Raise More Sheep?

The fur that warns monarch
warmed the bear. But the wool that
warns q sheep makes two good spits
for man.
Only one sheep in twelve living to-
day is an American sheep, although
Americans require a quarter of all the
f1eeces every year.
Farmers and ranchss could double
their flockS and still they would not
supply enough wool for our home use,
declares "Griad" in tho Philadelphia
Press. We need in the United States
more than sheep for every person,
and that accounts partly for your dear
lamb chops and leg of mutton.
But it isn't expensive wool alone
that boosts the price Of your new
spring suit
The wool in a $50 suit stands the
maker less than tenth of what you
pay for it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
JEWISH RELIEF WORK
is NOW WORLDWIDE
Christian as Well as Jewish SUI
ferers Are Aided by 0Tganiza-
ton That Covers Many Coun-
tries In Europe and the Orient.

Quietly, and practically without
publicity Of any sort, the Jews OF Amer
Sea have built up, through the Amer
team Jewish Relief Committee and
ether official agencies, q machine for
the organization and distribution of
relief to war sufferers of their own
and other races that is now practi-
cally worldwide. The headquarters of
the Committee are at IS East 10th
Street, New York. Expenditures for
this work now aggregate more than
100000 a month, and by means Of
state-by-state campaigns to be held
this fall a total of $35,000,O00 is to
be sought to finance the work through
the coming months.
An enumeration of the countries in
which relief efforts are being made
is indicative of the scope of the work.
Representatives Of these Jewish agen-
cies are to be found in Poland, CZecho-
slovalia, Jugoslavia, Galicia, Serbia,
Rumania, and other Balkan states,
Greece, Turkey, Palestine and Siberia.
Small groups of refugees cast up by
the backwash of war, are being as
sisted in Holland, Japan, China and
other isolated parts Of the globe.
All told, many million Christians
and more than 100000. Jews In coun-
tries other than the United States are
being directly aided by American Jew
sh relief funds The major portion
of this huWanitarian work is of course
carried on in Eastern Europe. 1t is
there that the bulk of the worlds Jew
ish population lives The fact that
these same nations have been perhaps
hardest hit by the late war, explains
why World Jewry is at the greatest
crisis in its history.
But though the Jews of America
have set out to save their race from
destruction, they are not forgetting
that their own people are not the only
sufferers in these lands. The signif-
canoe of the whole undertaking becomes
apparent when it is known that the
relief supplies which have been pur-
chased and shipped largely with jew
ish funds are distributed without dis
elimination to Christians as well as
Jews. Barriers of race and creed
have been submerged in the flood tide
Of suffering throughout much Of the
earth, and the efforts of American
Jewry to aid in the great crisis of
today have become as broad as human
ity itself.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
HUNS MADE A CLEAN SWEEP
What They Couldn't Steal in the
French City of Douai They
RuthIessIy Destroyed.

My home was in DOuai, writes Jean
Pr0iX in Everyb0dy's. When visited
the town, soon after the Germans left
it, found it untouched by shell fire.
Strange as it may seem, the houses
are standing and the roofs are on the
houses. But every place has been
ranSacked; so much SO that In my
house the only article of furniture left
are two stools, one of which is of no
value. The other, a light gilt foot
stool in the draWing-room, Is smashed.
Every other article of furniture has
been stolen.
The valueless contents of every
drawer were thrown or the floor and
sOiled. Some valuable paintings by
COrOt were hanging in one Of the
rooms. They were carefully selected,
the canvas was cut out of the frames
in the cleanest possible way and re-
moved by the Germans, whereas a
hole was kindly kicked through thu
others.
This is a precise instance of theft!
methodical thefts. When the people
who lived in the house were turned
out by the Germans they took away
the few papers that were in the safe
which was fast to the wall; they left
the key on the safe door and the door
aiar, as much as to say that there was
no need to break it open. On the
safe found short Ratchet, by means
of which the door had been smashed.
Is this destruction for it's own sake
No, this is methodical destruction.
The safe would eventually have to be
replaced, and very likely by one of
German make
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05
the adoption of effective measures for
stopping erosion.
Methods Of Preventing Erosion.

the adoption of effective measures foY
stopping erosion.
Methods Of Preventing Erosion.
Since erosion is due largely to the
rapid movement of the rain water over
the surface of the ground, methods OF
preventing erosion must cause the wa
ter either to sink into the soil Or flow
away slowly over the surface to q
drainage channel. If the rain water
were absorbed by the soil as fast as
it falls, there would be very little
erosion.
In order to drink up surface water
rapidly a soil must be very permeable,
which means that it must contain fair
ly large open spaces through which the
rain water can pass easily, or where
it can be stored temporarily. Some
soils are naturally very permeable. A
number Of ways of increasing the
permeability of a soil are deep plOw-
ing, blowing under organic matter
such as manure, stubble, stalks and
cover crops; the practice of tile drain
age, and, in certain soils, the use Of
explosives.
Protection of Vegetation.
Vegetation covering the surface OF
the ground protects the soil from the
direct action of the rain and checks
the flow of the water over the surface,
giving the soil a better opportunity to
absorb the water. 1t is therefore i'm
portant that some kind of cover crop,
such as vetch, clover, oats, wheat or
rye, be grown on the land during the
winter or at any time that the land
is not used for other crops.
Contour blowing, which consists of
breaking the ground along level lines
across the Slopes reduces the flow of
water directly down the slope. Also
in planting and cultivating the crops
the same level lines are followed so
that a shallow trough is made above
each row. Most Of the rain water is
caught and held in this trough until
it either evapOrates or is absorbed by
the soil. Contour blowing should in
variably be practiced on all hill lands.
The beginning Of a great many gullies
is due to the practice of blowing and
cultivating directly up and down the
slopes.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Soil erosion, or the washing away
of earth by water, costs the farmers
of the United States $1,O00,000 every
year. Soil losses from this cause oc-
cur in every state Of the Union and
in almost every county of every state.
Nine years ago the National Conserva-
ton congress reported that 100000
acres of farm land had been practi-
cally ruined by soil erosion. SO seri-
Gus is the condition that Dr.. N. S..
Shaler, formerly dean of the Law
renee Scientific school, was once
moved to remark that eff mankind
cannot devise and enforce ways of
dealing with the earth which will pre-
serve this source of life, we must look
forward to the time-remOte it may
be, yet clearly DISQUALIFICATION our
kind having wasted its greatest in
heritance, will fade from the earth
because of the ruin it has accom-
pliShed."
Ruins Fertile Land.
Erosion Injuries or practically ruins
fertile lands in d number of ways
The upper and most fertile parts of
the soil are washed away until the
land becomes barren and unprOduc-
tive. Deep gullies are formed which
result in an actual loss of land for
cultivation, a lowering of the water
table and a deficient supply of mois-
ture. Drainage bitches are often filled
up with sand, which frequently re-
suits in the flooding of the adjoining
bottom land and the destruction Of
crops. Rich bottom lands are often
covered with deposits of sand washed
from the hill lands. Hence the direct
losses of the upland farmer are the
land occupied by gullies, smaller crop
yields each year, and a continued de-
crease in the value of the land. Some
of the losses of the bottom farmer are
the land covered to a great depth with
sand crops damaged by Overf1Ows or
deposits Of sand, continued decrease
in the value of the land, and the
money invested in the construction of
drainage bitches that have been filled
or partly filed with sand. Thus it is
apparent that both the bottom and the
upland farmer should be concerned in
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
HUN CRIMES EXPOSED
Won Heinrich, Former Military Gov
crnor cf Lille, May Face
Murder Charge

Evidence adduced before the
French military court inqu;ring in
t, crimes committed by the Ger
mars during the occupation indi-
cates that a charge of murder may
be- Drought a~airst Won Heinrich, a,
former nliE..ary governor of Lille.
Madame Jacques and Madame.
Martens, widows of men shot by the,
Germans. testified yesterday that
after sentence of death had been
passed On their husbands, Won Helm
rich authorized their lawyers to APP
peal to the German Emperor. While
TIE appeal was being made, Won.
Heinrich, it was declared, ordered
that the men be executed and they
were shot "a hours later.
The court also has heard evidence
against Ven Zoelne. former quarter-
master general ut Charlcvl!le.. 1t.
has been testified that he was re-
srcnsib!e fer the deportation of
girls from Lille in 1916. General ven
Henve'rhny. resident Of Fivcs. near
Lille, told the court that his 4"
iycarbld sen killed with a bayonet by
a German soldier on order of Capt.
Himmen lie Blafrc.. The doctor te;-
titled further that the Captain. the
German governor Of Lille and the
German governor of Rouba:x gee
responsible for the torturlng OF
French youths in German work
camps.
( The court also is inquiring into
the case cf 1t. Boysel Won Gym
nitz of the Eiphth Chasseurs, Of
Trevcs. who IS charged with thc at
tempted murder of Abbc Hallnck,
of Mnrq-Er -BaroeuI. 1t is declared
that the officer while drunk twice
stabbed the priest in whose house
he was living. Afterward he smash
cd the furniture and stole some
money
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
[MAY ISSUE BONDS
FOR SEWERAGE
Bill introduced by Delegate
Srnoot in State Legis-
lature
PROVIDES FOR s6O,oOo
Residents of Town of Potomac Anx;-
Gus for Sewer-Prcdicted it Will be
Voted on Fay0rahly.

The town of Potomac, comprising
Del Ray and st. Elmo, Alexandria
county, may soon have a sewerage
system, a bill providing for bond is
sue not to exceed S60,0O0 for the con-
struction of such system has been
introduced the house OF delegates by
Delegate William a. Smoot, this city.
1t is provided in the bill that the
counc; of the town of Potomac shall
issue the bonds if they are authorized
by majority of the qualified voters
Of the town. 1t also is provided. in TIE
bill that the town council shall levy
and collect a special tax to pay the in
rest thereon and 60 create a sink
ing fund for the redemption of the
bonds at their maturity.
Citizens of this town are anxious
for sewerage system and there IS
every indication that when the mat
ter is presented to the free holders Of
the town at special election it will
be passed by big majority. In recent
years thiStown has made rapid strides
as is evidenced by the large numbers
of buildings erected in both Del Ray
and st. Elmo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
J...b. WALLER DIES
AT HOME TO-DAY
For Fifteen Years w
Clerk of Gas In This
City
DUE TO PARALYSIS
Mr.. Waller Resigned His Position Re
Gently Owing to I'll Health Funeral
at 3 p. M, Saturday.

John B. Waller. seventy years old
a well known resident and formerly
clerk cf the city gas works, died al
s 80 o'clock at his residence 21S
South Lee street. His death followed
long illness and was due to paraly-
sis.
Mr.. Waller was a native of Glou-
cestcr county, Va, and for fifteen
years was clerk of the city gas office.
Owing to the failing condition Of his
health Mr.. Waller rendered his rasig-
nation as such and it was accepted
July 5, last. He became clerk CT the
gas in June 1903.
The deceased was unmarried and s
survived by a brother Charles P.
Waller of this city, with whom he re
sided.
Mr. Waller was member of Alex
andria Council. Royal Arcanum. Tho
deceased enjoyed a wide circle of
friends in this city who will regret
to hear of his death. Funeral services
will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday af-
tcrnoon from the late residence and
the interment will be private.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
LET SOLDIER DEAD REST
rershing Cables Recommendation to
To Department

Washington, Aug. 21.-General
Pershing in a cablegram to the War
Department, has expressed the opln-
ion that the bodies of American SOL
diers who died abroad should be left
near where they fell.
81 believe that, could these soldiers
speak for themselves, they would wish:
to be left undisturbed where, with
their comrades, they fought the las:
fight" General Pershing said.
"Those who rest in England gave
their lives in the same cause and theic
remains represent the same salvation
as those who lie on the battlefields.
"The graves of our soldiers con-
stitute, if they are allowed to remain,
perpetual reminder to our Allies Of
The liberty and ideals upon which tn.
greatness of America rests. Think the
sentiments above outlined are held by
manY who have given this subject
thought. These sentiments should ap-
peal to the relatives and friends.
Recommend that none of our dead be
removed from Europe unless their
nearest relatives so demand after a
full understanding Of the sentimental
reasons against such removal and fur
Their recommend that immediate steps
be taken for permanently improving
and identifying our cemeteries"
General Pershing caIbled Secretary
Baker that he planned to sail from
France on the transport Mount Yer
non September l.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
Miss Anne Lewis Jones
Gives Talk Before Ameri-
can Woman's Legion
BANQUET IS PLANNEn
For All Men in City Who Saw Service
Miss Helen \. Cummings To
Compile History.

Miss Anne Lee Jones, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. 7. Marshall Jones, thi
city. who has been with the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force in Franc,I
last night gave an inttrsting taiE'
on her experiences in France whll:!
serving as a member Of the evacua I
,tion hospital at the front at {!
meeting Of the American: Woman's
Legion held in the War :, Camri
Community Hall.
The details incident to compilin,,'
the history of tho war work was
given by Miss Helen Norris :: Cum
mings.
1t was decided to give a banque
to all of the men of this city VIII }
have been in the service. A CON-
mittee to arrange for the affa:~
was appointed and they will at one :
begin The details for the arrange
ments for the banquet.
a large number of new member
were enrolled and the organization
now has on its roster a large mem
bership.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-08-21
CHAUFFEUR ROBBED
Highwaymen Make Attack in Broad
DAYLIGHT on Busy Road


Richmond, Aug. 21.-Three unidcn-
titled highwaymen held up Percy De-
well, colored, chauffeur for Thomas
L. Moore, of Warner, Moore and Co.,
proprietors of Dunlop Mills, yesterday
afternoon on the Cary street road.
robbed him of his pocketbook, bound
him hand and foot, gagged him, threw
him in a clump of bushes, took pos
session of the automobile and made
a clean getaway.
The seven-passenger car, valued al
81 900 was later found abandoned on
Grace Street between Fifth and Sixth
but no trace of the highwaymen has
been discovered.
The chauffeur's pockctbook contain
ed $50 in currency and his chaufT
feur's License, and in addition TO these
losses Dowell was badly scared.