The Mena weekly star., June 20, 1918, Page 4, Image 4

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THE STAR. MENA. ARK.
CLEANING UP A SORE SPOT.
Almost since the beginning of the
war it has been known that an un
healthy condition has been develop
ing in the territory along the Okla
homa line, both in Polk county and in
Oklahoma.
When the call came for young man
to register for service a year ago
there developed there a sentiment
against the registration and the draft,
and this meant against the govern
ment of the United States. People
of radical natures took exceptions to
the idea that in a free country they
should be forced to fight, and that
any restrictions should be placed on
the language they chose to use, fail
ing to understand that only thru
proper regulations and restraint
could freedom be maintained.
It is not probable, however, that
this would have gone far enough to
kflva Kann eofldns Kcwl not owammIbam
of a secret order, known as the Work
ing Class Union, started activities in
the community, probably misleading
some not intentionally disloyal.
From all accounts this order is ab
solutely disloyal and un-American. It
said to have for its aim the overthrow
of the government of our country,
the assassination of officers who op
posed it, particularly in its resistance
to the draft.
These workers seemed to find a
field ripe for sowing their poisonous
doctrines, and with some of the older
heads taking up and preaching its
tenets, it was not strange that a
few young men resisted the draft and
became slackers. It was not strange
that deserters should seek affiliation,
nor that vicious outlaws and moon
shiners and bootleggers should ally
themselves to the cause of those
slackers, and that, inevitably, a con
dition dangerous to good government
and good citizenship should grow.
And it had become common talk
that in some locaities there were men
who boastingly declared they were
armed and ready to kill officers if
they were interfered with, or if an
effort was made to catch the slack
ers.
It was to the credit of our officers
they did try to catch the slackers,
and it was no great surprise when an
officer was shot by supposed slackers.
And, when later, a number of
stores were broken into at points
along the K. C. S. railroad and all
available guns amunition, and some
supplies, were stolen therefrom, it
was but the logic of events, as was
the increase of trouble from illicit
wsisky making and selling.
It was about this time that the]
regular peace officers found them-1
selves practically helpless to cope I
with the situation, and the forma-1
tion of a Home Guard, under the di
rection of the Federal government,
was taken up.
Then came the raid that resulted
in the death of Charles Kirkland, a
martyr to tne cause oi rignieousness
—and the clean-up was on. Home
Guard organizations were formed in
almost every community of size in
the county, and on every tide the
very best citizens came forth and
volunteered assistance.
And then things began to happen.
While this is being written the jail
is full of men whose conduct, or bad
associations, has brought them in
to trouble. It is probable there will
be more in the toils quickly.
The old adage says “the mills of
the gods grind slowly, but they grind
exceeding small.” And that is a pret
ty good adage to keep before all per
sons who. thru disloyal spirit, or
merely a desire to win notoriety by
actions and talk that tread close to
Uisioyaity.
For a time it seemed that the law
was slow in getting a proper grasp
•f the situation that threatened, but
it seems the mills of the courts have
gotten well started, and the result
will be quite satisfactory to the law
abiding people of Polk county.
BACKING UP THE GOVERNMENT
Next to dishonor war is the great
est calamity that can befall a na
tion. We are now beginning to real
ize how far-reaching itz effects are.
It is not too much to affirm that the
war affects to some degree the con
dition of life for every man, woman
and child in the country. From the
toss of life itself the sacrifice runs
all the way down the scale to a slight
deprivation «f comfort or fcfitury.
But for every widespread disaster
there is usually a small modicum of
good to place in the other side of the
balance. It n»»y not apparently make
a hair’s weight of difference against
the ill, but it is there and perceptible
if we look for it. What have we of
good to set against the evils of wa t
Our answer would be, Greater Na
tional Unity. A year ago we were
for the most part a country of indi
vidnals, individual communities, indi
vidual states. Men were pursuing
their own objects, communities were
not looking beyond this own improve
! ments, states were caring for their
own people.
Now, all horizons are broadened.
When a man sees his son or his neigh
bor's son going to war, his though in
voluntarily goes out to the environ
ment of that boy, the conditions he
will meet and the government which
provides or regulates them. He real
izes that the government will have to
provide these boys with the simple I
necessities, food, clothing and shel
ter. It will also have to provide them
with training, transportation, artil-,
lery and aircraft for their protection,,
medical services and hospitals for
their care, and a hundred other es
sentials. And the man also begins to
realize that it is up to him in his in
dividual capacity to stand back of
the government, to take his part in
providing these absolutely necessary
things in his own rightful proportion,
either from his abundance or from
his bare sufficiency.
And we need only to see the ban
ners of the Third Liberty Loan in the
windows of homes thruout the land
to understand how magnificently the
individuals have risen to their duty
and their opportunity. Everywhere in
the homes of the rich and the homes
of the poor alike the banners signal
proudly “I have given as I can to
the call of the nation. It is my nation
and I am with it heart and soul in the
hour of its need.”
We cannat estimate the aggregate
sarrifii’ps whirh this snlendid show
ing has required. In many cases it
meant the giving up of comforts, per
haps cherished plans. But each man
who has subscribed for* his bond feels i
that he is a component part of the
country, that he stands or falls with
it. and that it is a country worthy of
his sacrifice. He is in harmony of
feeling with his neighbor, his com- j
munity, his state and his nation.
In his talk on the W. C. U.t desig
nated at the Working Class Union by j
its membership, Judge Lake very,
pertinently dubbed the order the
“Worthless Cusses’ Union” and, from ,
all accounts, that’s about what most j
of the Polk county members would
i
like to have the court and other folks
believe they feel about it now. The
facts are that doubtless a good many j
of them did not really know wha*
they were getting into ijntil they
took the oath—and if they had kicked
over the traces then they would be
happier now.
Funny, isn’t it? How bad the weeds j
and trash look on the other fellow’s!
property when a fellow gets his own ■
premises sort o’ cleaned up!
Wonder if it has occurred to the
city dads that right now is about the
right time to have the weeds cut on
streets and alleys.
Some good reading—the article in
this issue on the reverence due our
flag, and the proper way to treat it
on all occasions.
A reminder to the Huns: The man
—or the nation—that is slow starting
to fight is often slower quitting.
AFTERTHOUGHTS.
A War Savins’* Stamn a mnnth
will give the Kaiser a bump.
The woman who can can and will
can is helping to win the war. *
Deep grief and enduring pride en
ter American homes with the casu
alty lists.
The cotton stocking is really more
patriotic than the silk stocking, al
tho some people consider it a little
slacker.
If you cannot get your favorite
brand of tobacco, just think how those
war-worn boys in the trenches are
enjoying its flavor.
A War Savings Stamp is the only
thing you can huy with the utter cer
tainty that it will be better in five
years than it was the day you bought
it.
America is thrilled by the exploits
of her troops on the Marne. She will
keep her enthusiastic feelings, and
after the war is over will tell them
to the marines.
Between the requirements of more
wheat for our allies and more money
to support the army Uncle Sam must
continue to tighten his belt and loosen
the straps of his pocketbook.
The German geflerals have often
set dates when they will dine in
Parsi. But it is not reported that
the Paris restaurants are laying in,
any supplies of sausages or sauer
kraut.
The beautiful cup which the Kaiser
swarded to the American winner of
his yacht race has turned out to be
not gold, but pewter. The golden
prizes with which he dazzles the eyes
of the German people will all prove
to be equally deceptive.
Card of Thanks.
In the loss by death of our beloved
wife, daughter and sister, we desire i
to express our sincere and heartfelt J
thanks to the many friends who so
kindly gave of their aid and comfort.
L. N. Whisenhunt
'** ' Mr. and Mr*. F. F. W*H- #'
Adv. wit and Family.
THE GOOD OLD Y.
| When we’re lonelv. sad and wearv.
When the world to us is drearv
To the Y we go—tis cheerv
God bless and keen the Y.
Tis there we can meet our brothers.
Our friends and all the others
Can write our wives and mothers
God bless the good old Y.
When'ere the soldier is near him.
The Yman tries to cheer him.
He’s kind and we ne’re fear him.
He’s the soul of the Y.
When the clouds lie thick around us.
And the cares almost surround us.
And our critics trv to wound us.
Our refuge is the Y.
-—Anthonv 0. Miller.
Co. F. 304th Cav.. Camn Stanley. Tex.
“GERMAN^ EFFICIENCY.
(By F. W. Barber).
Occasionally we still hear reference
to the much vaunted “German effi
ciency.” These references come most
ly from either positive pro-German j
sympathizers or from timorous souls
who throw a fit whenever “this dread
ful war” is mentioned. People of in
telligence have long ago learned to.
estimate this efficiency at its true val- j
ue, and have ceased to stand in awe
of it.
The efficiency of Germany is pure
ly an efficiency of constant applica
tion. Her present militant condition
is the result of a lifetime of unremit
ting attention to every conceivable
angle of the game of war. While the
other nations of the earth were
quietly pursuing the paths of peace,
Germany was straining every nerve
and devoting all her accumulations
of men and means to the task of cre
ating an army and armament before
which the world would find it impos
sible to stand. During most of this
time she was hypocritically partici
pating in the Hague conferences and
proposing the total disarmament of
all nations, but in the light of recent
developments we know that during
all this discussion her war prepara
tions were never slackened.
Even Germany’s efficiency in the
arts and sciences has been made to
serve the dread Moloch of War. In
extending her influence among the
nations of the earth in these branch
es, she has been for years building
“spheres Of influence”—in other
words, nests of spies and potential
traitors against the day when their
services siioum oe neeuea oy uie
iatherland.
Yes, Germany has efficiency—
Efficiency in cold-blooded assassi
nation, evidenced by the brutal de
struction of vessels by her sea vipers,
when even women and children at
tempting to escape in open boats have
been shelled, mangled and sunk; evi
denced by her wanton destruction of
civilian life by her airplanes and
Zeppelins; evidenced by the deliber
ate murder of prisoners of war who.
by all the laws of nations, should
have received honorable and humane
treatment.
Efficiency in perfidy, as witnessed
by her rape of Belgium, for no other
reason that that she stood between
a brutal tyrant and his intended vic
tim; evidenced by her attempt to ar
ray other nations against our own
country, at the same time her repre
sentative to our capital was shedding
crocodile tears over his forced de
parture and separation from his
“dear friends in America”—doubtless
he took with him for the perusal of
his butcher master full proofs of his
treachery while enjoying our hospi
tality and esteem.
The Germany of other days was
noted for efficiency, but that efficiency
has been prostituted to most ignoble
ends.
God save us from such efficiency.
THE OUNCE’oF PREVENTION.
(By A. M. H.)
This is the season when the person
who takes wood rambles is very likely
to suffer from poison oak or ivy and
one way to prevent the trouble is to
wear gloves, especially when handling
any kind vines or pulling weeds.
When about to undertake work that
will soil the hands, such as gardening
or polishing the stove, rub the hands
and fill under finger nails with lard
or cold cream. There is always a
tendency of the skin growing at the
base of the nails to grow upwards and
this not only spoils the shape of the
nails but makes hang nails, and this
can be prevented by taking the trou
ble each time the hands are washed
and dried to push back the hard skin
that grows at the base of the nails
with a soft dry towel or an orange
wood stick. To prevent the skin, from
becoming tanned or sunburned when
taking long automobile rides, it is a
rub a little cold cream over the face,
wipe off the surplus powder with
maomoaia ansi umor a tKin vail WWan
taking long outomobile rides it is a
very good thing to take along a bot
tle of boric acid solution and an eye
glass to be used for washing out the
eyes to prevent them from becoming
red and sore. In preparing the solu
tion a bottle freshly scalded out
should be nearly filled with water
iust boiled and still hot and a heaping
teaspoonful of granulated boric acid
added to a pint of water. When a
stye is beginning to form, it may be
aborted by heating the solution and
applying as hot as can be borne. To
prevent the spread of ivy poison,
wash frequently with hot water with
a little of the boric solution added and
to prevent infection in small wounds, |
uts and scratches, there is no safer
and more effective remedy than this
simple solution if applied at once,
ro prevent soreness and swelling from
insect stings examine the parts and if
:he sting is left, remove it and apply
:he common wash blueing immediate
y to the fresh injury. The oil of sas
safras is a valuable preventive
against the bites of mosquitoes, fleas
and other small insects, and if ap
plied to the inflamed spot a day or
iwo after the bite it at once stops
he irritation.
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Hugh Harrison Won Cigars.
Hugh Harrison of the Antlers Ho
lel returned home this morning from
rexarkana, where he attended the
annual meeting of the Arkansas Ho
le! Association. He not only had a
nreat time, but report says he came
lear bringing away all the cigars
neld by other hotel men—captured
ieverat* boxes of fine cigars in con
lests in walking, wrestling, etc.
Cougfjran &ops
S'rr €rrov of
Mlaps Coo JLatr
Replies to Letter From Sister Recent
ly Printed in Star—Warning to
Others.
•
Some days ago The Star printed the
letter of a broken-hearted sister to
one of her erring brothers, Edmund
Caughron. This sister, Mrs. Mamie
Edwards, has been in Mena and has
suffered further heartaches in seeing
one brother sentenced to death, anoth
er to a life term in prison and a third
to a shorter term.
Two of these unfortunate brothers
have replied to their sister’s letter,
and these replies are given here be
cause they certainly carry with them
an appeal to other young men to keep
in paths of rectitude:
“Mena, Ark., June 1, 1918.
“Mrs. Mamie Edwards, Clagett, Ark.
“Dear Sister: Received your letter
yesterday. Was sorry to hear of your
sickness and sorry, indeed, that I have
caused you so much trouble, but it is
too late now. The most 1 can do now
is to offer advice. 1 don't mean to
insinuate that you need advice, but
you can tell my old friends and school
mates to be careful about bad com
pany. It may ruin them when they
least expect danger.
“I was shot in my right shoulder, the
bullet cutting a gash across my spine
and left shoulder. Have been well
cared for and am improving fast.
"Yes, I believe in heaven and expect
to meet Mamma there. God in His
goodness (so I believe) spared me for
some purpose. All I care to live for
is the benefit I might be to someone
else. I would be proud to fight and 1
die if necessary for the freedom of
those poor women and children which
Germany has in slavery.
“My call had been issued, but not
received. If this other trouble had not
happened I would have been in Camp
Pike now and you would have had
your desire of having a brother in the
army.
“I have not been on any side except j
the side of the grand old Stars and
Stripes, and I think you will agree
with me that I am on the right side.
Emma is at Durant, Ok., R. 3, Box 84.
Shp Hnincr wpII na rmilH hp py
pected.
“I overlooked your first question,
t»ut will answer it now. No, I have not
the stain of human blood on my
hands, or my conscience.
“This leaves me improving. Hope it
will find you the same.
“Let me hear from you soon. I am,
as ever,
“Your loving brother,
“Edmond Caughron.
“P. S.—Lon said tell you he is
feeling bad but would write soon.”
“Mena. Ark., June 1, 1918.
“Mrs. Mamie Edwards, Clagett, Ark.
“Dear Sister;, How are you? In
your letter to Edmund you said you
would write me shortly. I haven’t re
ceived your letter, but as Edmund is
writing to you. I will write some, too.
Am facing a charge of murder in first
degree. Don’t know what will be the
outcome; but hope that, at least, my
case will be a warning to others. I
may die in the electric chair. A long
term in prison is the least I can ex
pect, though I am sure I did no one
any personal injury in the battle, and
am as sorry as anyone can be that a
patriotic citizen lost his life in the
discharge of his duty.
“Since my arrest, I have offered to
go to the army or serve Tny country
in any way possible, but I don’t think
my offer will be accepted.
“If this letter is published, as yours
will be, I hope that all who read it
will warn the boys of their acquaint
ance to perform their duties to their
government honestly, fearlessly and
patriotically.
“Hoping this letter will accomplish
something for good to the community
and, possibly, allay to some extent the
storm of public opinion against me, I
am as ever,
“Your brother,
“Ben C. Caughron.”
Home Preserving of Eggs.
Home preserving of eggs may be
practiced at the season of greatest
production with considerable profit,
m Mtv new iiua oiair v ui*
lege of Agriculture, which has issued
a circular recommending the water
glass ((sodium silicate) method. It
recommends this method for only ab
solutely fresh eggs, and preferably
infertile eggs. Directions follows
Mi* nine parts of boiled water 'with
one part waterglass, which can be
obtained at any drug store. Place
the clean, fresh eggs in a jar, pre
ferably an earthen jay, and after the
solution has cooled, poor It over them
so that the top eggs are an inch or
two beneath the surface. Then the
jar should be put in a cool place and
should not be disturbed in anyway.
“Knows What He’s “Skeered” Of.
“Ah ain’t zactly skeered to go to i
war,” declared a coal-black negro at
the Rock Island depot Sunday, “but
oh, man! ah shore do hate to go.
When uh feller starts cross dat ‘no
man’s Ian’ ’ he an’t go no moah per
tection dan uh rabbit, #n' the fust
German bullet that starts in mah
general direction is gwin<> to hit mah
’natamy jes’ about wheah mah belt
buckles, an’ frum what dey toils me
uh good sized dawg can be throwed
thru de hole dat bullet will*leave; yes,
Buh; Naw, ah ain’t skeered to go to
war, it ain’t the goin’ ah’m skeered
shout—its w'nat’s waiting* fer me aft
sh ah gits dere; yes suh!”—Danville
Democrat.
If you cannot eat heartily without
in attack of indigestion, your stomach
is weak. You need Prickly Ash Bit
ters. It is a fine digestive tonic. Be
sides, it rids the stomach and bowels
of the impurities which make you feel
bad. Jackson Drag A Furniture Co.,
usd Gunnels Drag. Store special
agents.—Adv
A Store Full of Bergeins
For the next ten days this store is going to make a spec
ialty of SMASHING WAR PRICES. Fact is we don’t
like war prices, not much better than we like war, and
we re going to prove it. We’re going to knife ’em and
knife ’em both hard and deep!
FOR TEN DAYS
ending Saturday night, June 29- cur entire stock is going to be underpriced
the prices slashed- the profits cut-war prices put on the run. Remember
this applies to the ENTIRE STOCK, but below are a few samples:
Ladies White Canvas Shoes, Neolin Misses’ Tennis Oxfords, 90c value
sole and heel, $4.00 value.$3.50 for.... 70c
Ladies’ White Canvas Shoes, kid trim, Men’s White Canvas Shoes ii on
leather sole and heel, $4.50 value, value for * e*1
for.....$3.85 ' .*1’40
Ladies’White Canvas Shoes, Military 9veJa!!s' *?.00val.
heel, high boot, $4.50 value, at $3.75 ^nigh or low back, full weight and
Ladies’White Canvas Pumps .. ..90c .*
Misses’ White Canvas Pumps'.. 75e ^en 8 Work Shirts, $1.00 value, 75c-85c
Ladies’ Tennis Oxfords with rubber Boy’s Blue Demin Overalls,.. f
heel, $1.50 value.— $1.15 „..,;.86c, 95c, $i.& I
GROCERIES |
10 pound pail Lard.$2.35 Quart Mason Jars, dozen.70c
8 pounds good Coffee.$1.00 Caps, dozen.30c
10 pounds Biue Karo Syrup.(>5c geg|. grade jar Rubbers, white or red
10 pounds White Karo Syrup.70c 12 dozen for. <J0’
Country Molasses, good, gallon-80c Q r , T , u . . ' ‘
3 Cans Lye .......... 25c 3 cans Good Luck Baking Powder 25c
1 pound can Salmon.20c Matches, per box.5c
3 cans No. 2 Hominy for.25c 6 twists Silver Tip Tobacco, old
One-half gallon Mason Jars, dozen 90c style.25c i
1
J. G. Lawrence & o,
SOOTH MENA STREET
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EXPOSE OIL AD FAKES.
Series of Special Reports Issued to |
Warn the Public.
Indianapolis, June 11.—The first of j
a series of special reports, describing
the advertising methods of oil spec
ulators, has just been issued by the
National Vigilance Committee of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World, and is addressed to the pub
lishers of the country, asking their j
co-operation and suggesting that i
their part in preventing such frauds
is the refusal of advertisements of;
this character.
This report, which sums up what
is to follow in a number of additional!
statements, is based upon a careful
field investigation. The report ex-1
plains that the committee appreciates I
the fact the oil industry is essential to
winning the war, but cites the fact j
that practically no oil has been pro
duced by the concerns which have ex
ploited their stocks—drawing a dis- j
tinction between oil producing com
panies and oil-stock producing com
panies. The special investigations of
the commitee showed that practically
all the new oil development had been
thru the plan followed by existing,
producing companies, of regularly in
vesting a part of their earnings in the
trial of new fields.
One of the common tricks of the oil
stock promoter, says the report, is to
tell of profits made by others in the
oil fields, but the committee has not
found a single case where such prof
its have been made by investors in
speculative companies promoted by
flamboyant advertising.
For example, one favorite state
ment of the promoter is that Eastman
Richards, an Indian, has an income
of $9,000 a month from oil, while a
little negro girl receives twice that
sum. But the advertisements of the'
promoters, the report suggests, fail |
to explain that these and other large
profits have not been acquired thru in* |
vestment In speculative oil stocks ex-1
ploited thru newspaper advertising
Another favorite plan has been the
sale of "lots," twenty by twenty feet,
or of similarly small size, the land
in many cases thus bringing $5,000 an
acre. It is land that will not so much |
as raise onions when the promotion
season ends, and the “investor” bal
ances his accounts.
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The I’rice the Germans Are Paying.!
From The Arkansas Gazette.
The Germans have gained ground
in their present offensive, but the
Reuter correspondent says the enemy,
instead of sweeping on victoriously,
as in the first days of the Aisne bat- j
tie, is advancing painfully, yard by
yard, paying the full price for every j
step. This Reuter dispatch adds that
the enemy’s losses are extraordinarily
heavy, there having been this time no
surprise in the attack.
The Associated Press Correspon
dent with the French army says the
Germans, attacking on ground where;
the allies were ready to receive the
shock, have found themselves thrown
into a slaughter-house, whence most
of them never will make an exit.
The French were ready to exact
terrible toll for all the ground they i
roight give up. They are inflicting j
irreparable injury on Germany's man
pqjzer, and victory in this *ar h#g
come down to a matter of rtufn-power. *
GIVE HUNS COLD STEEL.
Americans Shatter Two New Enemy
Divisions at Bouresches.
London, June 12.—Thus far the
Germans have used f' divisions in
the effort to counter the American
thrust at the apex of their line north
west of Chateau Thierry without suc
cess.
Reuter’s correspondent at French
headquarters telegraphs under Tues
day’s date. “Two fresh divisions were
thrown at the American center at
Bouresches this morning in a fruit
less atempt to recapture the village.
“Trusting to the deep woods north
east of the village and the twisted
spur of a hill to conceal them, the
leading divisions advanced in mass
formation. They, however were ob
served from the Bois de Belleau and
were brought under a destructive hail
of shrapnel before they could deploy.
The fire was so severe that the at
tack was disorganized and no passage
could be made for some time.
“When the Germans did succeed in
penetrating the defenses they were
met with such enthusiasm in cold
steel that their only choice was death
or surrender.
“In the capture of the wood to the
northwest of Bouresches the Ameri
cans had to deal with machine gun
nests, a game at which they are be
coming expert. Gun after gun was
captured and turned upon its late
possessors and the advance never was
materially delayed.
“Fierce fighting continued when the
fringe of the wood was reached, the
Germans being afraid of the open
slopes behind them and over which
their retreat must be conducted. When
at last they broke from the cover of
the wood they came under a tempest
of bullets. Surrender being impos
sible they turned and ran, but very
few reached ground where they could
find refuge.”
Washington, June 12.—General
T’ershlng’s communique tonight said
there was nofhfrtg to report aside
from continual activity ih the Woevre
and the taking of prisoners by
American patrols in Picardy.
Canada Compels Hoarders to Disgorge
The Canadian Food Board has made
a quiet investigation of many cases
of flour hoarding, and has issued a
warning that all above the amount
needed for 1G days’ supply must be
returned to the source from which
it was received. A typical case of
this sort was given wide notice in
Ontario last week. This householder
had purchased 200 bags of flour at
16.50 per bag, and upon discovery of
this large supply was compelled to
return the flour to his dealer at the
present market price, which was con
siderably under what he had paid,
and pocket the loss himself. As one
Canadians papers, said, “Needless to
say, no sympathy is felt anywhere
for this food hog. If anything, his
punishment is too light.”
This same paper, commenting edi
torially upon this case, said, “Canada
is determined that no one within her
borders will be allowed to place him
self in a position of advantage with
respect to flour supplies. Canadians
must take their chances with the rest
of the allied peoples in this matter.
If there is to be a shortage it will be
stored here eqvwDj; jdtLtboee who
sre net so fortunately placed.”
DON’T SNEEZE, COUGH OR SPIT,
SURGEON GENERAL’S APPEAL
A nationwide “anti-cough, -eneew
-spit” campaign has been inaugurated
by Surgeon General Gorgae, of the
U. S. army, and the state and loci/
boards of health have been called upcs
! to intensify this campaign in Arkan
sas. The slogan of this campaign is
i “Don’t spit, don’t cough, don’t sneen.’
I In case it becomes necessary to dc
| either bow the head and place a
handkerchief or the bare hand over
the mouth and nose.
The germs of the disease which
have caused most of the sickness and
deaths in the army camps are carried
in secretions of the nose and month
and are transmitted largely in thk
way. Among the diseases thus com
municated are pneumonia, measlos,
mumps, diphtheria, meningitis, infan
tile paralysis, influenza and tuber®
losis. These are especially communi
cable in street cars, railway coaches,
theaters, rhuches and all other public
or private gatherings.
Surgeon General Gorgas makes the
following statement:
“Thousands of our soldiers "be
have been treated in armv hosoitsB
for respiratory diseases since we went
to war. would not have had these da
eases communicated to them had the'
and their fellow-soldiers taken nroo
er precautions against nromiscuotU
coughing, sn.ezing and -witting. 1
think it is safe to sav that a lsre*
proportion of the cases of rest®*
torv diseases in the carr-s would ns"
been prevented had the men be«
more careful and broken themseW
of this disease-carrying habit of UN
GUARDED coughing and sneerme
HUNS COUNTING CHICKS.
A Grant Land Grab Is Beta* O’*' 1
lined Already.
London, June 17.*—On the streak I
of their military situation in FrsW* I
the German militarist journals »F I
parently have been inspired to P* I
forward new German terms of I
of the most aggressive chariot* ■
There is not much talk now of P*** I
without indemnities and annexstw* ■
On the contrary, there is to be ■
severest punishment for ill ■
many’s opponents, acording to t# ■
newspapers. , ■
The Kreus Zeitung says that, as |
gards Great Britain, victorious ^ ■
many will require the reduction of ■
British navy to a maritime P° j 0
force; the cession to an internal!0"" |
council of Gibralter, Malta, Aden ^ K
Singapore; guarantees |
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