THE JfULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
AMERICAN -SOLDIERS
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' Not In tlie least Inconvenienced, these American boys In training for the
'"big game over there" are playing ball In their gas masks.
1 Throughout the training camps In this country gns-mnsk drills and
'tests are held almost dully, and when the American boy gets, overseas he can
Imanlpulate a gns mnsk to perfection and can adjust it. just like the "old
timers." The usual time In adjusting a gns mask Is six seconds, although
'after a little truiulng it can be put into position In the twinkling of an eye.
IS READY TO GO 'OVER THERE
Manager Jack Hendricks la Anxious
to Go to France to Promote
Gams of Baseball.
Jnck Hendricks, mnnnger of the
St Louis Cardinals, announces that
Ibe Is anxious to go to France to pro
mote baseball.
"All I want," said the manager of
the Cards, "Is to do my share for the
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Manager Jack Hendricks.
fcoys. I will go to France for any
organization interested in the welfare
jof the soldiers."
' When aslied whether he would be
filling to take a team of players to
Fiance to play a team of array men
led by Johnny Evers, he declared
"nothing would suit me better."
5 SUNDAY GAME ABROAD t
5 DRAWS 40,000 CROWD 5
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Unsebnll not only has "caught
on" In Englnnd, but also Is be- J
lug plnyed there on Sundays.
J The Anglo-American Hasebnll
club, which Is operating nt the
jj Chelsea football grounds, Stam- J
ford Bridge, a suburb of Lon-
don, has obtained permission to
piny Sunday games, with the
result that huge crowds are
J turning out on the Subbnth. A
recent game on the llrst day of
the week attracted 40,000 spec- J
tntors. The weekday games as
JJ a rule draw all the way from
10,000 to 20,000 persons. The
J teams are made up of American J
JJ and Canadian soldiers, who ore
JJ gradually teaching their Eng-
II sh brothers how to play the
game. The British government
JJ and war charities are receiving
. a large share of the gate re-
j celpts. J
Gerber Reports at Camp.
Walter Gerber, former shortstop of
the Columbus American association
baseball team anil more recently short
stop for the St. Louis Iirowns, reported
fat Camp Sherman with a Columbus
draft contingent. Gerber Is one of
three St. Louis players called Into serv
ice through the work or fight order put
ting professional bull players In the
list of nonessential occupations.
No Baseball In Cleveland.
Unless Jumes C. Dunn, owner of the
Cleveland American lengue club, has
a change of heart there will be no
hiore major lengue baseball In Cleve
land next year.
"I don't know what my colleagues
hlnk about continuing next year, but
If I must build up a team of school
boys and old men I will not open my
gntes. I nm not In favor of minor
league baseball In a big league town.
We had better let the amateurs have
the Held to themselves until the war
Is over, when the game will come back
to Its own," Dunn said.
Whelan an Army Flyer.
Tom Whelan of Lynn, Georgetown
baseball nnd football player, left for
the Cay Shore nnval training station
pn Long Island, where he will complete
a. course of tmlnlng for the army aero
nautic service.
Invite Soldier Golfers.
Alt the lending British golf clubs
bave Invited members of the American
' forces to accept their hospitality and
play over their courses.
PLAY BASEBALL IN
NOT INCONVENIENCED
J PUBLIC GOLF COURSES J
t ARE FAVORED BY TAFT 5
Twenty yenrs ago a rather ro-
J bust person began playing golf.
After having the Idea at that
time that golf was as absurd a
gnme as was ever heard of, this
person ex-President William $
Howard Taft now has the
following to say about the
same:
"I consider golf one of the
J greatest things that has come to J
man. Americans had been so1
J long chasing the almighty dol- J
lur that their digestions were
bad; their hair was getting
so scarce and bald that the
few hairs left should have been
shaved oft altogether. Physl-
clans become alarmed at the
condition of the modern busl-
ness man. Since the Introduc-
J tlon of golf we have given up J
business cares, but not busl-
J ness energy. The game hns fur- J
nlshed a reason and a test for
exercise. It is a Godsend to the 5
man from fifty to eighty years
of age, nnd we should recogulze $
Its health values."
KID HERMAN IS NOW IN NAVY
Once Contender for Featherweight
Honors In Roped Arena Is Sta
tioned at Pelham Bay.
Kid nermnn, once a contender for
featherweight honors In the roped
arena, is now In the navy. He Is
attached to the Second regiment at
Kid Herman.
Pelham bay naval training station
and Is acting as boxing Instructor. The
Kid Is making good progress with his
boxers, It is said. Ensign Francis Is
helping all he can und Is refereelng
the bouts.
Bonnie Gets New Mark.
Bonnie, the fast trotting mure by The
Bondsman, now carries a record of
2:08'4. made In a race nt the new
Grand Circuit track nt Toledo. She Is
owned by Jerry O'Connor of Tlflln, O.,
and wns bred nt Washington C. H.
Murray Joins Navy.
Jnck (Ited) Murray, outfielder of the
N'ew York Giants, Joined the nnvy ui
the Great Lakes on Monday. Murray
Is now In the city and said he had made
all enlistment plans before the govern
ment pnssed the rule prohibiting vol
uolary enlistments until further notice.
Iowa Athlete Wounded.
First Lieut. Henry A. Bender of Le
Mars, 'la., Injured severely In action
In France, was one of Iowa's lending
athletes. He was captnln of the Iowa
unfverslty gymnastic team during the
two seasons It won the state champion
ships. Fulton Goea to Work.
Fred Fulton, who recently had an un
pleasant experience In a boxing ring In
the Federal league park at Hnrrlson,
N. J., has obtained a position as "floor
walker" in a Minneapolis flour mill.
Fulton will be a guard and overseer.
Long Time Under Way.
Snm Jones wns with the Boston
club for two seasons before he pitched
an entire game.
IGNORED NAVY TEAM
TO PLAY FOR YANKS
Bob Shawkey Made Mistake by
Pitching for Old Team.
Offer of $100 Per Game From New
York American Leaguers Proves
Too Strong for Hurler and
He Is Transferred.
Veomnn Robert W. Shawkey, U. 8.
N, is now at sea, having been trans
ferred from the League Island navy
yard nt Philadelphia, where he was
an accountant, to a transport.
According to statements made to
the writer by a certuln Philadelphlan,
Hob's sea trip followed his decision to
pitch for the Yankees when his serv
ices were desired by the League Island
team, writes John W. Lawrence In
New York Mall.
Shawkey pitched several games for
the Yunkees In Philadelphia and
Washington after he entered the navy,
lolnlng the team while he was on fur
lough. It happened that on one or two of
these occasions the Leugue Island
Bob Shawkey.
s
team put in a bid for Shawkey's serv
ices. He was a member of this team
nt the time and had pitched several
games for It
Bob didn't know just what to do,
but an offer of $100 a game from the
Yanks assisted him materially In
making up his mind.
The League Island team plnyed
wlthuut Shnwkey and lost. Bob
pitched winning ball for his old team
mates against the Athletics and the
Senntors.
This, according to our Informant,
had nn altogether retrogressive effect
on the great twlrler's popularity In
Philadelphia naval circles. -
Shawkey discovered that he'd made
a diplomatic blunder that even his
winning personality couldn't wipe out.
He found that ho was politically In
wrong.
A few days ago Bob received orders
transferring him to sea duty and he
Is now on an eastward-bound trans
port. GOOD FIELD AT HOG ISLAND
Model Athletic Park for Use of Em
ployeesBaseball In Summer" and
Football In Winter.
The Hog Island shipyard, locnted a
few miles outside of Phllndelphm, Is
to Include n model athletic field for
use of employees. The athletic park
will be Inclosed by nn eight-foot fence.
It consists of twelve ncres. The piny
Ing field proper will be located within
the borders of a n.lO-yard cinder track,
rectangular In shape, with rounded
corners. It will be used for baseball
in summer and football In winter. The
field will nl.so Include grandstand,
track nnd tennis sections nnd a dor
mitory for 2,000 men. A clubhouse
will Include gymnasium and audito
rium, providing facilities for basket
ball, handball, boxing and lectures.
Other features of the clubhouse will
he shower baths, locker rooms and
howling alleys. An athletic associa
tion will be formed. The dues will be
$4 a year.
Hla Worry for Nothing.
Larry Doyle, who like Art Wilson,
had registered for the first draft be
cause lie wasn't sure about his age, got
his record straightened out and found
he was above the thirty-one limit, and
about that time he read la the news
papers that the age would be raised to
include all men under forty-six.
Close Boxing Stadiums.
In Australia all the big boxing sta
diums are closed, but ten-round con
tests nre staged under government ju
risdiction. Football Coach Resigns.
R. M. Murphy, graduate manager of
Washington nnd Jefferson, announces
that the head football conch, David C.
Morrow, appointed to succeed Sol Metz
ger, now In nrmy Y. M. C. A. work, has
resigned to accept a captaincy of engU
neers.
Gallia Tries for Commission.
Bert Gallia, pitcher with the St.
Louis Americans, resigned with per
mission of Bob Qulnn, business mana
ger, and departed for Texns, where ho
will attempt to get a commission In the
army.
Ted Meredith In Italy.
Ted Meredith, the former university
of Pennsylvania quarter and hnlf-mlle
runner, Is sonrlng over the Italian bnt
tle front with the French flying meu
for some months past
Play Same Soccer Team,
The Bethlehem Steel Compnny soc
cer team, which won the National and
American challenge cups, Is. expected
to present prnctlcnlly the same eleven
for the 1013-19 competitions.
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PENNSYLVANIA-
STATE ITEMS '
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Bethlehem. Returning from the
lialiy milk station with a bottle of
milk, Hilda, the seven-yeur-olil daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mlelchor,
was struck by un automobile driven
by P. II. Phelps and almost Instantly
killed. Phelps was released on ball.
Bethlehem. Krwln H. Fogel, sixty
seven yenrs' old, nnd In 111 health for
the lust year, committed suicide by
firing n bullet from a rltle Into his
head nt the home of his son, death
being Instntlitaneous. He was worrle
and homesick for a son who Is with
the American expeditionary force In
France.
Mnuch Chunk. The Lehigh A'nlley
Railroad company, with the assistance
of the Carbon county court, hns virtu
ally succeeded In preventing young
girls from rushing to troop trains
when they arrive here nnd blocking
the tracks. Several arrests were
made nt first, which served their pur
pose well.
Warren. Charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses, Walter
Reagan, Hilda Kngstrom und Iterthn
Waldlnger, all of Erie, were arrested
here on a complaint lodged by volun
teer police. The girls sold flags for
Reagan and told buyers the money
was for the benefit of drafted men.
New Castle. Two new cases of In
fantile paralysis have been reported
here. One Is on the south side and
the other on the east side. No spread
of the disease Is anticipated.
Lock Haven. James F. Till.' of
this city, a veteran of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad company, having reached
Ihe age of seventy years, has been
retired. He wns In continuous serv
ice for over thirty-three years.
New Castle. Dr. S. R. W. McCune,
of this city, has been commissioned n
first lieutenant In the nrmy and or
dered to reiKirt at Fort Oglethorpe,
Gn., nt once.
Bethlehem. The local public
schools opened with nn enrollment of
IS per cent Increase over that of the
last year, due to the phenomenal
growth of the city. More than lfiOO
new pupils applied for admission.
Wllkes-P.arre. By an agreement be
tween Fuel Administrator A. V. Camp
bell, Waller Condon, of the retail
liquor dealers, and representatives of
miners' unions, the saloons of Wyom
ing valley will not be permitted to do
business between the hours of mid
night and seven In tlie morning. The
agreement was brought about by the
fact Hint many saloons were opening
In time to serve miners on their way
to the collieries.
Hamburg. Harry O. Seltzer, who
prior to the war was I'nlted States
consul nt Breslail, Germnnv. returned
home after a two months' lecture
tour with the community Chautaiuiua
through North and South Carolina nnd
the New England states. His subject
was "My Experiences with Kaiser
Ism." Lehigh ton. Negotiations nre under
wny between the Carbon county fair
tnanngeineiit nnd the nil I mud admin
istration for the sale of reduced-rate
tickets on both railroads for the I.e
hlgliton fair, which commences on
September 17.
Mnuch Chunk. An effort Is being
made to get all the whole ash timber
possible In this section for the use of
the government. This timber, which
Is very scarce In this region Is be'ne
used In making pick nnd nx handles.
Summit Hill. Lehlgliton I'lerson
Scott, a son of K. E. Scott, of this
plnce. has completed n soeHnl course
In military tmlnlng nt the University
of Pittsburgh and will leave shortly
for France.
Munch Chunk. Delhert Slrnder
Bncbinan, of Easton, an Independent
candidate for congress, has already
covered th's county with posters by
using bis auto. He Is making n similar
tour of the entire twenty-six con
gressional district, which enmpr'ses
the counties of Curium, Northampton,
Monroe and P'ke.
Reading. Mnver E. IT. Filbert hns
n I'st of nearly "ito mitomohlllsts who
hnd touring cars out on Suclav. the
list Is to be turned o-er to Fuel Ad
ministrator Br'-rlit. The police took
the numbers. There-are ninny dupli
cations nnd the nomber Is expected
to be cut down to nbont ''iK).
Blrdslioro. Florence Hnrner, thir
teen, and Mary Belnnulto, ten. wrc
badly Injured . the former suffering
a concussion of the brain, when a mo
torcycle plunging Into a sidewalk
struck them. The driver of the ma
chine lost control of It.
I.ock Haven. W. H. Smith, of Sun
bury, conductor on nn eastbound
freight train on thP Pennsylvania rnll
rond, stepped from his train nt the
entrance of flip Bald Enele creek
bridge, enst of this city, nnd fell down
the embnnkment. He wns rescued by
members of the trn'n crew nnd taken
to the local hospital, where he died n
few hours nfterwnrd.
Allentown. Women nre now onernt
Ing elevators In locnl office buildings
nnd department stores for the first
time.
ITnzleton. William Miller, proprie
tor of the McAdoo knitting mill, holds
the record of having killed the largest
rattlesnake dlspntcbed hereabouts this
year. While nt his summer home nt
Qunkake he encountered one that had
twenty rnttles nnd wns 'almost six
feet long.
Shennndoah. Miss Annn B. Kim
mel, nn elocutionist of note nnd one
of the best known educators of this
section, died here.
Sayre. John Cnrroll, thirty yenrs
old, of Scrnnton, n Lackawanna train
man, wns killed near here when his
head struck the girders of.n small
bridge.
Mount Carmel. Rev. A. Norn's
Greenfield lias resigned ns pastor of
the Congregational Church, to take
up secret service work for the gov
ernment. Centralis. A severe shock from the
sudden news that her son, Albert,
Perth Amhoy, N. Y., wns In n dying
condition In n hospital where he had
undergone, nn operation, caused the
Heath of Mrs. Joseph Hoflier, here.
Jtesd'ng. Stephen As'e'os, of tVs
place, aged nineteen, was killed by a
Pennsylvania railroad freight train.
West Chester. Tlie nuichina gun
battalion of the reserve mllltiu, of
West Cluster, hns resumed drills after
a vacation of two months.
Lancaster. Food Administrator
Bushong fixed the retull milk prices
for Lancaster nt twelve cents a quart
nnd seven cents a pint.
Harrlsburg. That her brother, Wll
I lu in, inny go Into the army, Miss Mar
garet Wilson, of Harrls'iurg, assumed
his place ns secretary nnd treasurer of
the Hoffman Brother & Wilson Q inr
ry company.
Harrlsburg -A plnn to save fuel
during the winter by closing nil Hnr
rlsburg grocery stores Thursday nfter
noons, put forward by a committee
of grocers, wns Indorsed by Fuel Ad
mlnlstrntor Hlckok.
Pottstown. After an absence In
O recce of four years, as the represen
tative of n large American oil corjtor
ntlon, Charles R. Wylle, Jr., has re
turned to his home here.
Rending. Paul Knuffman, of Rend
Ing, hns been awarded the contract tr
erect a bridge in Merlon townsh'p
Montgomery county, by the state high
wny department for $11,20'I.10.
Collegevllle. Falling to appear foi
trial when arrested for automobile
speeding In Collegevllle, Frank I'm
der, of Lower Providence, wns cangh
by 'Squire Saylor and fined $25 nnd
given ten days In Jail.
Palmerton. A 10 per cent Increase
In wages has been granted the em
ployes of the New Jersey Zinc com
pnny here.
Allentown. When Allentown Col
lege for Women begins Its fall term
the Intter pnrt of this month It will
hnve nine new faculty members.
New Cnstle. Sheep rnlslng Is on
the Increase In Lawrence county
Furm Agent H. R. Pickett says 300
farmers have flocks.
Chnmhersburg. Newton McClure.
nn aged Inmate of the county home,
wns killed by a fall from a thlrdiflovt
balcony.
Rending. After selecting York nc
the plnce for their 1010 convention,
the Pennsylvania Society for the Ad
vancement of (hp Deaf closed Its
business session here by selecting
James Weidner, of Philadelphia, for
another term ns president.
York. Bobby Edwnrd Davis, of this
city, has been appointed by the Jew
ish Welfare board to look nfter the
religious Interests of the Jewish men
nt Camp Colt, Gettysburg.
Lancaster. Vocational educational
experts, nfter n visit to the school
nt West I.nmepler, declared It the
best-equipped school of its kind In
Pennsylvania.
Lancaster. The war sufferers' re
lief, of the Eastern Board of Missions
of the Meiinnnlte church, has con
tributed $ lt),Vll.2t for reconstruction
purposes In France nnd Belgium.
Carlisle. The Valley Hallways com
pany, operating nil trolley lines In
Cumberland county east of Carlisle,
hns decided upon a fnre Increase, nnd
the new rntes will he placed before
the public service comm'sslon to be
effective on October 1, Is ratified.
Chnmhersburg. Lloyd Evans, eigh
teen yenrs old, Inninte of the Qulncy
I'nlted Brethren Orphanage nt Qulncy,
wns Instantly killed when a brick wali
of an old building, which wns being
torn down, fell upon him.
Norrlstown. After thirty-one yenrs'
service ns pastor of the first Presby
terian church, Iter. Dr. Thomas R.
Reeber has resigned nnd the scss'nn
has made him pastor emeritus. He
hns been In declining henlth for some
time. He wns seventy-eight yenrs old
In June. Judge Dlmner P.eeber, of
Philadelphia, Is a brother.
'(reetisburg. He';' a Is n poor plnce
for slackers to hold out In. Seventy
three alleged Oerman sympathizers
were arres'ed for attempting to crip
ple the coke lnaklng hns'ness In that
village. Four Austrian declared they
would work only when they felt so dis
posed. They let It be known that they
expected to aid Austria and Oermanv
wherever and whenever they could.
This quartet was sent to Fort Leaven
worth for reflection.
Bethlehem. Council has Introduced
an ordinance nutliorlxlng the mayor
and council to require nil public serv
ice companies to place wires In un
derground conduits. The measure will
affect nil overhead wires already In
plnce.
I'alinerton. The local curb market
Is n decided success In every respect.
The farmers ns well ns the people of
the town nre patronizing It liberally,
and the tillers of the soil nre receiving
good prices for their produce.
Wenther'y. The Daughters of Sn
lem nre writing once a month to the
forty-six fmys and one Red Cross
nurse of the Sunday school of Sa
lem's Reformed church here, now In
the services of the United Stntes forc
es In France.
Lansford. The wnr nnd the high
wages and salaries being pnld every
where makes It almost Impossible to
secure enough teachers to conduct the
locnl public schools. Although the
schools nre open, there Is still a short
age of several teachers.
Harleysvllle. While ruling n bicy
cle, Wellington Oberholtser ran Into
a stone here nnd sustained concussion
of the brnln.
Blrdslioro. About $70,000 has been
contributed by Blrdshoro residents to
various war chnrletles.
Mont Clare. Poor director of the
Mont Clnre almshouse paid $100 fine
to the Royersford Red Cross for
hoarding sugar.
Allentown. Wendell Ross, nn Allen
town farmer, experimenting with pea
nuts more ns n fad thnn with nny
Idea of profit, will derive a handsome
revenue.
New Tripoli. The potnto crop with
in a radius of nine miles of this place,
the center of the Lehigh belt, will ex
ceed l,r00,000 bushels, the grentest In
history. '
Allentown. D. fieorge Dorry. of
this plnce, hns purchased the Wilcox
Silk company, of Scrnnton.
Altoona. A service flag containing
thirty-five stars wns unfurled by Al
toonn union musicians.
Reading. Five thousand nttended a
(lag-raising nt the Rending railway
shops here when a service flag was
floated with 305 stars, Including four
gold stars. .
Note
1
(Conducted by the National Woman
Christian Temperance Union.)
8AL00NS A LOSING PROPOSITION,
According to Robert W. Kelso, secre
tary of the Massachusetts state board
of charities, the liquor truffle in that
state costs more ,thnn $2,700,000
a year In clear money, over and above
all the revenue received from the trnf
fie. Mr. Kelso presents the following
statement :
Policing 3B4 cities and towns 3,l78.40C
Judges and courts I8l,04(
Jalle-and houurg of correction 403.735
State institutions 388,297
Hospitals for Insane 666.59?
Publlo charity 314.1C?
Poor relief 1,200,600
Total $6,235,89
Liquor license fees received 3,453,331
Estimated net publlo cost $2,72,C76
In arriving at his figures, Mr. Kelso
takes the totnl cost of policing and
shows by figures that 59 per cent of
tho arrests made were for drunken
ness. Therefore he chnrges up hulf
the cost of the police to liquor.
For the courts he deducts the fines
they hove collected from their cost
and then takes 70 per cent of the to
tnl spent on criminal cases ns the
cost of liquor. He asserts that 05
per cent of those lodged In Jail, ex
cepting tramps and vagrants, as in
the case of the courts, got there
through drink. So he takes one-half
of the cost of the Jails and tho houses
of correction. In like manner he goes
through the entire list. Chicago Her
ald. IS NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL
PROHIBITION AN INVASION OF
THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS?
Arguing that a vast majority of the
people esteem alcoholic beverages es
sential to their health and happiness,
the liquor interests are snylng thnl
the government hns no right to stop
supplying the demnnd for them. The
wenk point In this chnrge is that it la
based upon false premises. Those whe
advance such argument will, of course,
have to admit that the citizens of the
fourteen stntes which hnve constitu
tional prohibition fnvor thnt policy of
dealing with the drink trafllc, nnd thnt
ns to the thirteen states dry by statute
It Is reasonable to suppose thnt the
law would not hnve been enacted If
public sentiment hnd been against It.
In nil of the remaining wet stntes
there is so large nn element for pro
hibition that the question Is constantly
before the people In etnte, county or
locnl elections.
Be thnt ns It mny, the people of the
states whose legislatures meet in 1919
will hnve an opportunity to give ex
pression to their desire for rntlflentlon
of the federal amendment through
their votes for members of those leg
islatures. Thus a vnst nrmy of people
whose rights the llquorltes Insist are
being Invnded will be amply, protected.
Union Signal.
PROHIBITION IN LOS ANGELES NO
DETRIMENT TO PROPERTY IN
TERESTS. Real estate in Los Angeles experi
enced an unexpected boom, when on
April 1 the city pnssed under the dry
regime. Before the real estate offices
closed for the day, more than a score
of the liquor shops were rented for,
other purposes, nnd there was a heavy
demand for choice locations in the
downtown section, especlnlly for the
corners formerly used for saloons. The
manager of the rental department of
one large real estnte firm said:
"Of the fifteen saloon properties list
ed with us we hnd five rented before
noon nnd negotiations were on for the
renting of Ave others before the close
of the business dny.
"We could hnve rented a grcnt mnny
of the saloons a month ngo had not
the owners desired to hold onto them
In the hope they would win their fight
In the courts.
"There has been very little reduc
tion in the rents. The pnsslng of the
snloons will bring a henlthy business
condition to Los Angeles." The Ex
aminer (Los Angeles).
A BLESSING TO WORKINGMAN.
As nn employer of a thousand or more
laboring people In the city of Nash
ville, A. B. Rnnsnn, the president of
John B. Rnnson & Compnny, hardwood
lumber, Nashville, states: "I consider
prohibition has been one of the great
est blessings for the laboring man, and
I believe that It has m-xlo good men
out of men who were too weak to with
stand the temptation that the saloon
offered. I hnve seen men In my em
ploy commit suicide becnuse they
could not get drink. Their fnmlllcs,
of course, suffered. I hnve also known
men who would hnve been good pro
viders hnd It not been for strong drink.
I consider prohibition one of the grent
est blessings for the worklngmnn, In
stead of being a menace."
DRY TOWN HAS MONEY.
"City In excellent shnpe financially.
All bills pnld and surplus on hand, au
ditor's report shows." No, these are
hot headlines from some wet town
oewspnper telling of booze-bought mu
nicipal prosperity. Oh, no. They re
fer to Freeport's financial condition
without any liquor license money.
Illinois Issue.
Doesn't Uncle Sam want his work
ers at home to be Just as efficient as
his fighters abroad? Then, close the
breweries.
WHY THE 8ALOON?
"The suloon exists not becnuse man,
by nature, must drink, but because by
proper lncentlvps he enn be mnde to
drink, nnd there Is money In selling It
to him."
Alcohol is useless as a medicine,
dangerous as a food, and never a stim
ulant. Useful in the arts, perhaps,
but not Inside the human being.
During the first year of prohibition
In Nebraska, bank deposits Increased
$59,000,000.
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AG
Need Help to Pais tie Crisis U
Iy-ProoftktLydiaE.Pi4
ham's Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.
Urbana,Ill. "During Change of I iti
In addition to Ita annoying sympu,
grippe which lut2
, all winter and $
...w ... a neaKuj
condition. luQ
Umea thatlwojj
never beweiu
I read of Lydtal
Pinkham's Cl
table Compo
and what it did fc.
through tleChiti
OfLifB,80ltold,
doctor I would tn
it Isoonbeguk
gain In Btrengtb
and the annoyiw
svmotomi Hi?
sfflfllfinwUi
auueared and your Vegetable Comnmd
has made me a well, strong womuu
I do all my own housework. I cmur
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vtn
table Compound too highly to wonm
passing through the Change of Lift"
Mrs. Frank Henson, 1316 S. Orchid
St, Urbana, I1L
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and "the blues" should try this Umm
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flf Ct, . oripot ch for old pmtu
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Don't Throw Away Your
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WIIUI BBIVB DUIB.U..I.1 JLU.ua.B., si wmif 11,0.1,
Speaking of Strange Words.
And, speaking of rtrnnge words one
hns been appearing lately which it
ways gives us pause because It loob
bo queer. We hnve to stop und pn
notince It nloud ere we can proceed
with the news of the duy.
The word Is "prewar."
Does one sny "proo-er?" Or how?
Of course It means "pre-war,"
"befo' de wnh," but It's a menu loot
Ing, foreign word, when printed wlti-
out the hyphen. Cleveland I1
Denier.
Keep Yourself Fit
You can't afford to be laid up with
ore, aching kidneys in thege uayi ol
lixh prices. Home occupations brim
kidney troubles; almost any work
makes weak kidneys worse. If you fetl
tired all the time, and suffer with lam
back, sharp pains, dizzy spells, held-
aches and disordered kidney action, uk
Doan's Kidney Pills. It may save u
attack of rheumatism, dropsy, ct
Kright'i disease. Doan's have helped
thousands back to health.
A Virginia Case
Alex. t'mherKer, Ppll
ler St., Wytheville, Va..
sars: "I hud ateady,
dull ache across the
small of my back. Hard
work and heavy lifting
brought on the trouble.
The kidney secretions
were Irregular and
painful In passage and
at times, the backache
wns so severe, I could
hardly straighten. It
was hard for me to Ret
out of bed mornings.
Doan's Kidney Pills'
m r-a n rrt Ki a n a st m ISntlr
and regulated my kidneys and the
benefit has been permanent
Cat Don's al Any Stor, 60e a Boi
FOSTER-MILBURN CO BUFFALO, N.Y.
LOSSES DOWN TO MINIMUM
Warfare Mortality Statistics Should
Give Comfort to Those With
Loved Ones at the Front.
Grent ns the danger nnd large U
the losses In the aggregate, the 1
vldual soldier has plenty of cliimces
of coming out of the wnr unscathed.
or nt least not badly injured.
liased on the mortality statistics ot
tho allied nrmles, a soldier's chances
are as follows:
Twenty-nine chances of cnmlni
home to one chance of being killeu.
Forty-nine chances of recoverlnl
from wounds to one chance of d)'W
from them.
One chance In 500 of losing a 1
Will live live yenrs longer becan
of physical trnlnlng, Is freer from dl
ense In the nrmy thnn In civil l11'1
and hns better medical enre at U"
front thnn nt home.
In other wars from 10 to 15 m"
died from disease to one from bullet)
In this war one man dies from dl'
ease to every ten from bullets.
For those of our fighting men
do not escnpe scnthless, the govern
ment under the soldier nnd snllor I
surnnce law gives protection to tit
wounded and their dependents nnd "
the families and dependents of tho
who make the supreme sacrifice I
their country.
Not a New Exoerlence.
Two recruits were waiting for
ther Instructions nt Camn Dodge,
One of the men, striving to he
.!!, In cm M "U',,11 1 minnose toll
wnr business will be new work to
n 1 ilnn'r linnw " renlled the 0th
"Tou see, I hnve been married to tW
wrong girl for five yenrs."
Post
Toastses
FtrvtWmA &
corn food qugMj
to be '
and saves
the wheat
iv 5k ki m
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