The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-03

ment. Inc sirpple mountaineerS trust tho
soldiers Of no nation, The only uniform
which Is welcomed Is the American. Al
bCnians associate. the American uniform,
whether 1t be that of an army officer OF
The Hoover food mission oF the American
Red Cross with charity and the helping
hand. Although they have no trust in
their own physicians, the natives will
swallow without hesitation any kind of a
pill or draught from an American Red
Cross doctor ,or nurse. American doctors
and nurses are welcomed into Mohamme-
dan homes wtaue other Christians would
not be admitted. Albanian p~oountaineers
carry their chiHiren on donkey back for
hundreds Of miles over the mountains to
the nearest American Red Cross station.
In short, Albanians have implicit conf
dence in AmeriSans, writes a correspond
ent.
A special cable to the London Times.
Daily Chronicle and Public Ledger from
Ekaterinodar, says: Imagine half the
war office and Fleet street huddled to-
gether, say in Taunton, sleeping three IN
q room and wearing all sorts OF costumes
and uniforms, working for the liberation
OF England. That is the general effect Of
this rough and ready provincial town, In
sight Of the blue ~outspurs of the eau
casus. IL orfy British enterprise coul
devise The means OF supplying manufac-
tured GOODS to this depleted region, where
u needs stubborn maneuvering to produce
a shett. a razor, or packet OF paper, not
to speak OF boots or clothes. further i'm
pulse would be given to the recovery from
b~olshevist ruin"
The Edinburgh mental hospital report
states that mental breakdowns due to
war have been more than cou~nterbalanced
by a elimination In other directions. The
war was SO absorbing that II distracted
many from their interpretive habits and
personal worries, and was an actual pro-
lection to them. The report concludes,
however: 81 must admit looking forward
with great apprehension to the effects on
the mind ana nerves Of those who have
already suffered much, I'D the serious
recurring outbreaks OF Influenza. For,
Judging by the experiences which fol-
lowed the original INVASION in 1889, Ne
may expect many more"
"You must be willing to find me In the
dance hall, the club room, the pool hall.
or even the back alley. wherever / can
serve, IL ! am to remain your pastor"
the Rev. Earl A. Blackman, Of the Chris
tian church, told his Chanute, Kan, con-
gregation Sunday. II rave returned from
service in the A. e. r. Arm in the conyic-
ton that / know what the church must
offer to serve its returned soldier. You
are going to find me in the dance hail..
not because I enjoy dancing, but because
people go to dances. l tRtend to see to
u that the dance is made a proper insti-
tuition. Why not take it away from the
devil and make 1t the instrument OF the
church,"
The report of the Y. NJ. C. 4. shows that
u established 1,7W shops in France and
operated SO factories where biscuits and
such supplies were produced. 1t conduct.
cd 70 hotels and restaurants, and 1000
puts. Nintey thousand motion picture
shows were given. 1t also enabled the
~doughboys, through it's banking service,
to send home ,s9o,O 600. 900 to their families
without charge.
A Rome correspondent says that the
picturesque galaxy of beggars who, By
O sort OF hereditary succession, have oc-
cupied the steps before the church OF
Trinita for generations, but were driven
away during the war by lack Of patron
age, are returning. 1t Is said they regard
their careers op the steps as a profession
that OF giving comfort to troubled souls
on the theory that "it is more blessed to
give than to receive"
From the London Times: "A notable
feature OF the dispatches dealing with the
situation In Washington is the emphasis
with which the personal ~unpopularity of
President Wilson with legislators of both
paries Is described. That there is a fierce
desire, which is not wholly confined 10
republicans, to humiliate the president, "a
undeniable, but hat this desire will lead
70 the rejection Of the treaty the Nav
York Times declares to be incredible"
~-many's plan to place a spy with
every unit OF the American army failed
chiefly because of the prompt action of
the department. OF Justice I'm arrestins and
Anterning German aliens, the Senate mill
tary committee is told by Big. Gen.
marlborough Churchill, chief of I've de-
partment of military intelligence.
James Cuski admitted to a Philadelphia
judge last week that he had beaten his
wife, but justified himself with the expla-
nation that she ~squandered money-the
from s. to 81 a week he gave her to Keen
the table. The judge suggested he do Q
little buying himself, and there was a rec
Oncilation.
ratification was the basis Of the procla-
nation, they believe its failure to ratify
would inval1date II. On the date of the
Olio judges decision, an Arkansas Judge
held that Arkansas voters nave not the
rtght To pass on the action of that state
legislature in ratifying. "a
A slogan which Secretary Baker says N
very effective in army recruiting is: Join
the Army and Meet Some Nice. Girls"
MI. Baker says the army is giving.a lot
or young men a chance to meet some hon
est-to-goodness American girls. He says
this makes the army q delight. r.
William shont. Of Seattle, has been over
whelmingiy reelected president OF the
Washington State Federation of Labor.
His victory Is reagred as a triumph Of
the conservative labor element over the
30 called radicals and anti ompers fac
ton.
A riot was started in Frankfort last
week when a French officer ordered the
arrest OF a German civilian. Order was
only restored when the project Of police
threatened hat French artillery would
open fire II Frenc hofrieers were endan-
gered.
The price Of silver viii not faIl below
81 per ounce in less than seven years. and
probably not for several years later. saws
Raymond T. Baker, director Of the United
States mint. The silver production Of the
United States last years q T,o0O,0 900
noes 90"
Acting Secretary of State Polk charac-
terizes reports of q possible British man.
cate over Mexico as absurd and mischlsy-
Gus.
Preparation Is being wade by the Aus
traiian federal war sertsce homes DEPART
ment TO build 100000 houses IA the next 10 |
years.
Two thousand ONE hundred and evenly
Six airplanes and 4.60S motors nave been
purchased from the war department by
the Jurtiss Corporation, with q view to
selling them as commercial ana nleasnra