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Bellefonte, Pa., June 7, 1918.
101 GERMAN LIES.
Following is another installment of
the 101 German lies run to earth by
the St. Louis Republic and reprinted
here for the benefit of “Watchman”
readers:
(Conclusion).
LIE No. 91. A report from Cuba
said the body of a soldier, who died
at Camp Funston, had been shipped
by express to his widow in Cuba, with
collect charges of $12, and that the
widow had to procure the sum from
friends, being herself without funds.
(This report has been denied be-
fore, it being the revival of a tale
which could be circulated without elic-
iting any immediate facts. The body
in question was found to have been
accompanied by an officer from Camp
Funston, with all expenses paid by
the government).
LIE No. 92. Similar to the Cuba
case is this from Steelville: The
body of a soldier, who died at Camp
Funston, was sent to his mother with
charges, collect, the woman having to
pay between $20 and $30.
(A letter was sent to the railroad
agent at Steelville, asking him to ver-
ify the report. He wrote back: “The
report is a lie. The body of Thomas
Gruver was sent here collect, but the
government paid all of the charges
from this end. They handle all of
their shipments that way).”
LIE No. 93. J. B. Hinchey, of St.
Louis, told the Republic he had heard
reports that 15 to 18 aviators are kill-
ed daily at Scott Field, near Belle-
ville, about which the public hears
nothing. He said this report no doubt
caused anxiety among mothers whose
sons are now or will be in the avia-
tion service.
(It is just this purpose for which
pro-German bunk is circulated. The
War Department is giving to the pub-
lic information of every death that
occurs anywhere in the army, no mat-
ter in what branch, and without re-
gard to whether death results from
natural or accidental causes).
LIE No. 94. A St. Louis woman
writes the Republic of hearing the
story that all our wheat is sent abroad
to make whiskey. She said she had
heard of a woman who refused to
sign the Hoover pledge on the ground
that she would not do without wheat
flour because whiskey is made of all
that is sent abroad.
(This is clearly more “bunk” to
hamper the government's conserva-
tion work. The views of this country
on the whiskey question are too clear
now to give any reason for belief in
such a story. Besides, but little
wheat is used in making whiskey).
LIE No. 95. Report of another sto-
ry, alleging poor treatment of soldiers
in the army camps, comes from D. C.
Boydstun, of Atlanta, Mo., who said
he heard two women talking over the
telephone. One of the women Boyd-
stun writes, has a nephew. at Camp
Doniphan, where, according to the re-
ported telephone conversation, he had
to dig trenches at night while suffer-
ing from pneumonia.
(This lie is so plainly nothing but
“punk” of pro-German kind, it hardly
needs refuting again. It is common
knowledge among those why, have
seen the camps or talked with men on
leave that they are thriving on the
treatment received).
LIE No. 96. Frank E. Murray, 5239
Cabanne avenue, told the Republic
that in Alton, Ill., a story was being
circulated to the effect that a big
manufacturing concern there had been
given a government contract to man-
ufacture bottles; the bottles to be fill-
ed with poison for the American sol-
diers to take if captured by Germans.
(There was never a piece of “bunk”
more plainly apparent than this lie. |
Its purpose is clear).
LIE No. 97. Marvin R. Locke, of
Abilene, Tex., writes froin San Anto-
nio that everywhere in that State lies
telling of bad treatment of soldiers in
cantonments may be heard. The gov-
ernment and newspapers try to run
these stories down, but find them al-
ways without foundation.
(This piece of traitorous pro-Ger-
man stuff has been answered many
times).
LIE No. 98. A story criticising
Food Administrator Hoover for “eat-
ing a $7 meal at a banquet” and ris-
ing thereafter to preach conservation
and economy, is being circulated in
St. Louis.
(All such stories as this are based
on exaggeration and are twisted and
garbled for the purpose of creating
dissatisfaction. Hoover is known to
be unouestionably sincere in his work
and to practice the things he urges
others to do).
LIE No. 99. More Red Cross lies
are being circulated in Chillicothe,
Mo., according to T. L. Keslin, of Bed-
ford, who wrote to the Republic that
he heard a member of the Red Cross
would be subjected to repeated calls
for money, because the officers need
more money all the time. He said
other stories are to the effect that
young girls are to be taken from the
families of Red Cross members and
educated as nurses. Also, that the
names of those who have not joined
are being taken, and they are being
iol that they will be forced to join
ater.
(All of these stories are pro-Ger-
man lies, told for no other purpose
than to retard Red Cross work. The
Red Cross organization is altogether
a voluntary work, and its chief work-
ers here and abroad work without one
cent of pay, and even pay their own
expenses. No one is forced to serve
or to donate. Those who do so are
responding to the call of patriotism).
LIE No. 100. Walter Eason, of 3915
Delmar boulevard, who has three hoys
in the army, tells the Republic that a
woman who has one son in the army
is telling her neighbors, and told Ea-
son that soldiers are dying by the hun-
dreds at Jefferson Barracks, and are
being piled into rough graves, with
no burial ceremonies.
(More Teuton “bunk” set floating
for the purpose of creating anxiety in
the hearts of mothers whose sons are
in the service. - There is not a word of
truth in any such story).
LIE No. 101. A story of ridiculous
tests of the endurance of soldiers as
they enter army service is being scat-
tered about the country, to the effect
that ground red pepper is placed in
their eyes by the examining physician
to learn whether their “nerve” is good,
and that other tests are frightful.
(The idea of such a feature of ex-
amination is so clearly out of reason
that such stories hardly need refuting.
Army officials and physicians, and sol-
diers themselves, deny that there are
any cruelties in any of the examina-
tions. It is the effort of medical men
to assist the eyesight of the men rath-
er than to impair it).
Fond of Maude.
Miss A.—That is an awful story
they are telling ‘about Maude. Do you
believe it?
‘What is it?
Miss B.—Yes.
Women Studying to be Electrical
Engineers
Enrollment of women in engineer-
ing departments of American univer-
sities and colleges reflects the chang-
ing demand for women in industry.
At the Kansas State Agricultural Col-
lege there are 150 women studying to
become electrical engineers. Clarence
Reid, professor of electrical engineer-
ing at the Kansas Agricultural Col-
lege says:
“Women are being employed as
power plant operators in the large
central stations of Europe, and have
been found entirely satisfactory.
None of the machinery in these sta- |
tions is operated by hand, but is all
controlled by various forms of elec-
tric motors, set into operation by the
touch of a button or by electric mag-
nets or by air pressure, or controlled
in some manner so that. physical
strength is not at all necessary. Work
of this kind is far less exhausting |
than many forms of work in which
women are now engaged, for central
station operators may use seats and
have more variety of movement in|
their work. *3
“Desirable qualifications for enter- |
ing upon engineering study comprises
ability in mathematics and interest in
scientific study.”
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