The Yale Democrat (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Little Stoi ies From Real Life
Illustrating How They Back
Up Uncle Sam.
LIBERTY BONDS TEACHTHRIFT
Encourage Saving Habit in Those
Who Never Saved Before—
Great Crisis Demands the
Best From All of Us.
By HERBERT MYRICK.
Tre ildent of the National Farm Power
Orcmp of Agricultural Paper*.
Did you rend that item In the news-
papers the other day, of a one-time
distinguished and prosperous citizen
of OhicuRo who died suddenly in the
hospital, unknown, alone, unloved?
He was an old man, a victim of ad-
versity, forgotten by the acquaintances
of his prosperity. The authorities were
about to consign the body to the pot-
ters’ field when (hey found in his pock-
et a Liberty bond for $50 and a cer-
tificate of a fraternal lodge to which
he had once belonged. That society
was notified and gave him a Christian
burial, the undertaker and cemetery
accepting the bond in payment for
cofiin and lot.
Jamie, We Salute Yout
A good man and true is Jamie Bliss,
age five years, who lives with mamma
and papa on a farm near Eau Claire,
Wis. Jamie lmd heard all the discus-
sion about Liberty bonds and Thrift
stamps, and, not yet being established
in business for himself, was puzzled
a little to know how such a little boy
could have a port In tills great un-
dertaking. At the same time lie learn-
ed how sorely our fighting men need
wool and the groat Idea came to him.
Without consulting anyone, Jamie
started about the farm harvesting
from hedges and wire fences the little
wisps of wool left there as his father’s
sheep pastured. As a result of his
expedition Jamie came Into the house
with his pockets and inside of his
waist bulging with wool. Mamma
Bliss was somewhat astonished when
he explained that he was gathering
wool to sell so ho could buy Thrift
stamps, but being a wise mother, she
saw (he point quickly.
Since then Honorable Jamie, wool
gatherer to Uncle Sam, makes daily ex-
cursions into the sheep pasture. Al-
ready his wool has purchased two
$5 War Savings stamps and a good
start toward another one. This, folks.
Is something which was not taught
out of a book, hut It is a sample of
the patriotic citizenship now growing
up, ready to stand nt the helm a few
decades hence.
Becoming a Bondholder.
Among my friends for years is n
hard-working furiner with wife and
several children. He never seemed
to quite “get there.” Though he work-
ed hard, he Just lacked the knack of
getting a bit ahead. During the past
yenr he seemed to have prospered.
When I saw hlin last week he said:
“It’s tills' way: 1 subscribed
$50 for a Liberty bond last year,
and simply hitd to pay for it. 1
did so by paying in every dollar I
could spare. Instead of spending money
for things we could just ns well do
without. It is curious how one accumu-
lates if they go at it that way.
"I see now that one reason why I
never saved any money was because
I didn’t have anything like this to take
my cash a little at a time. I used to
think thnt I would begin saving when
I hnd my bills paid and $25 to the
good, but I have discovered at this late
date thnt the way to do It Is to save a
little at a time and put it by as you
got It. I have been surprised to find
that the same Is true of so ninny other
farmers, especially renters. What
they have put into the Liberty bond is
money tlmt would have slipped
through their fingers. They would have
nothing to show for It, whereas now
they have got a bond earning good
Interest, while their money is helping
to lick the kaiser. My first bond Is
now paid In full and I am beginning
to save up my subscription to the
fourth Liberty bond.”
This reminds me of still another
ease where the boys and girls hnve
earned and saved along with their
parents until their subscription for
each of the three Liberty loans are
row paid up. They did not see how
$hey could raise the money for their
Brst subscription, hnt their second was
double that, and the third whs still
larger. The oldest boy was tnken by
the draft, which made the family all
tiie more determined. The mother
Is saving her egg money, each of the
children lias n bit of a garden from
which they nre soiling stufl’, one of
the girls is a member of the pig club,
and the oldest boy still nt home lias
quarter of an acre of onlonv that
p".'ni-.es n splendid crop. The fa-
t; it i 1, rv sting n heavy crop of
A Horde of Hum at Your Door.
You know what they would do to
you and your women—a fate far worse
than death. You know how Huns have
laid bare the countryside they have
conquered—no animal or plant al-
lowed to survive, even trees and vines
cut off close to the ground. Rural
homes demolished, barns burned.
You know how the Bodies enslave
the farmers of Belgium, Boland, the
Ukraine. Words cannot depict the
horror of It.
To prevent the same thing happen-
ing right here to you and your fam-
ily, to your own community, state
and nation—that is what our boys are
fighting for “over there.”
It is a question of right over might!
Shall liberty be destroyed by slavery?
This is the question the war Is to an-
swer for you nnd me and for genera-
tions yet unborn.
This flnnl struggle for the survival
of the fittest among humans demands
every ounce of onr energy, every cent
of our money. Noble men nnd wom-
en nre patriotically devoting some or
all of their time, without money nnd
without pr’ee, to help Uncle Sam win
a victory. Others nre giving produce
or money to the good cause. Millions
of our healthiest young men, the very
seed of the race, are sacrificing their
lives that you and I and others may
live in peace.
The very least that each of us can
do now Is to lend our money to Uncle
Sam so that he will have the funds
with which to fight. The war is cost-
ing billions. The only way the gov-
ernment can get the money Is to bor-
row It from the people or tax it out
of them. The more the public lends
to the government, the less taxes it
will have to pay.
You can help in this crisis by sub-
scribing to the fourth Liberty lonn.
These government bonds are the safest
Investment on earth. They are abso-
lutely good. They yield good interest.
You ran get your interest money twice
a year. If you hnve to use your prin-
cipal, you can sell your bond any min-
ute, or you can use it as security at
the bank to borrow for temporary
wants. The latter is the better way,
bernuse It doesn’t help the government
any for you to sell your bond or for
somebody else to buy your bond. Oet
your bond direct from the government;
then your money goes direct to the
government and will be used by It to
pay the wages of soldiers and sailors
anil to furnish the ships and munitions
with which they shall win the vic-
tory.
Must Do Our Best.
It is up to each of us to do not our
bit but our best. It’s a question of
life or death. Simplify, economize, go
without things, so that the effort, time,
thought nnd money thus saved may be
transmuted into the things that shnll
enable the American flag to fly over
Berlin—a symbol of the new civiliza-
tion which is to Insure peace through
victory
In our rural homes, on our farms, In
the trenches, In other branches of serv-
ice, in subscriptions to the Liberty
bonds and Wnr stnmps, our American
farmers have repeatedly gone over the
top. Their efforts, their patriotism,
their loyalty, have been universally
recognized. Now In this fourth Lib-
erty lonn onr rurnl folks will show
the sntne generous confidence In the
eternal principles of human liberty and
of self government that were chnm-
ploned by those Middlesex farmers:
"Their flags to April breeze unfurled.
Who fired the shot heard ’round the
world.”
GOES WOOING IN AN AIRSHIP
Maiden’s Neighbors In London Sub-
urb Have Fears for Their
Roofs.
London.—A pretty bit of chivalry
was seen in n London suburb the other
day. Early In the morning the knight-
errant was out on his airplane nnd was
flying low—so low as to make the ten-
ants of the terrace anxious about their
roofs.
On the miniature lawn in the center
of the 30-foot garden the maiden wait-
ed until there fluttered down through
the morning mist a little streamer of
white material. It missed the garden
and fell Into the roadway.
The maiden rushed out nnd picked
up her love letter.
The neighbors' curtains resumed
their stillness, and the little episode
of these grim days was closed.
Discard Hun Music Books.
Snn Francisco.—Because several
songs In the music hooks used In Cali-
fornia public schools savored of Ger-
man origin, with perhaps a trace of
the well-known German propaganda In
them, the state hoard of education hns
decreed that the books must go Into
the discard. A new scries hns been
prepnred for the pupils, which, It is
announced, is “free from all German
i tuint."
BAKER ASKS THAT MEN BE-
TWEEN 18 AND 45 BE
PLACED IN DRAFT
SAME RULES ARE TO APPLY
Single Mon Without Dependents
Called First; 1,600,000 Drafted
Under the First Conscrip-
tion Law.
Washington.—Draft, ages of .from
18 to 46 years are recommended to
congreas in the bill embodying the
war department's new man power
program which was introduced in
both houses of congress Monday and
expedited by congress with a view to
prompt consideration when (regular
sessions of the senate and house are
resumed late this month.
After formally announcing the new
draft ages, Secretary Baker said all
the possible combinations of age lim-
its were carefully studied and it was
found that In order to get the men
Into class one for the program pro-
posed, 18 to 45 was necessary. The
bill, however, as recommended to con-
gress, contains a provision authoriz-
ing the president to call men out of
class one jby (classes jhccording to
ages, so that if it is found possible
the men between 18 and 19 will be
called out later than the older men
who are found eligible to class one.
The war department program, the
secretary said, is purely a military
one and cannot be called a conscrip-
tion of labor, although it naturally
will have the effect of putting at use-
ful labor or in the army all able bod-
ied men within the age limits as they
finally will be fixed by congress.
Wants Larger Army.
In recommending this extension of
the age limits, Mr. Baker continued,
the department had it in mind simply
to get for the army the number of
men which it believes necessary to de-
feeat Germany.
The secretary was not prepared to
say how many that would be, nor to
give any estimate as to the proportion
of males between the ages of 18 to 45,
inclusive, which would be found eligi-
ble. In making up the list and classes
the same rules would be followed that
had governed in the first draft, with
the same exceptions from the first call
of married with dependents, and those
engaged in essential industries.
1,600,000 Already Drafted
Mr. Baker gave it as his opinion
that so far about 1,600,000 had been
drafted out of class one from the ex-
isting list.
There has been considerable opposi-
tion in congress to lowering the mini-
mum age, many members being re-
luctant to uraft youths before they at-
tain their majority and come into full
citizenship.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
the senate military committee, said
that he expected opposition on that
score but expressed the opinion that
there would not be unusual delay in
passing the bill.
U-BOATS OFF NOVA SCOTIA
U-Boat Commander Claims To Have
Destroyed American Schooners.
Halifax.—Three American fishing
vessels were sunk by the German sub-
marine U-56 off Sea Island, Yarmouth
county, on the Nova Scotian coast.
The commander of the submarine
told an American skipper that he had
already sunk more American schoon-
ers hailing from Boston and Gloucest-
er. He did not give the names of the
vessels or mention what became of
the crews.
The names of the known schooners
sunk are the Rob Roy, Capt. Freeman
Vrowell, Annie M. Perry, Capt. James
Goodman, and the Muriel, Capt E.
Nickerson. The crews came ashore
in dories.
The United States cruiser San Diego
was sunk off Fire Island last month by
a mine laid by the U-66, according to
statements made by members of the
crew of the submarine to sailors who
were taken on board the submarine.
More Tax Proposals.
Washington.—A 10 per cent tax on
gross sales of manufacturers, pro-
ducers and importers of automobiles,
piona players, graphophones, sporting
goods, cosmetics, patent medicines,
cameras and similar articles, was teua-
tively agreed upon by the house ways
and means committee, which is draft-
ing the now $8,000,000,000 revenue
bill. The present tax on most of these
articles ranges around 3 per cent and
the Increased taxation will produce
an immensely greater revenue from
j these sources.
Was German Dictator of the Rueslan
Republic in the Ukraine
District.
Amsterdam.—Fie»d Marshal Her-
man von Eichhorn, German com-
mander In the Ukraine, and his adju-
tant, Captain von Dressier, died from
the effects of woundB sustained when
a bomb was hurled at them In Kiev.
The bomb which wounded the Held
marshal and adjutant was thrown from
a cab which dfove close to their car-
riage as they were approaching the
field marshal’s residence.
The assassin of Field Marshal Von
Eichhorn was a lad of 23 years old.
He declared at the inquiry held after
the crime, that he came from the prov-
Gen. von Eichhorn
ince of Ryazan, adjacent to Moscow,
on orders from a communist commit-
tee, tc kill the field marshal..
General von Eichhorn had a bril-
liant career.
When the great war broke out, he
was assigned to the Russian front. He
commanded the German army which
captured the Russian stronghold of
Kovno in August, 1915. He continued
to direct operations in southern Pol-
and untif Russia’s collapse.
In April, 1918, he was sent to Uk-
raine by Germany. Upon his arrival
he placed the whole republic under
German martial law, and arrested
members of the ministry who, he said,
were conspiring against the central
powers. This was followed by a re-
quest to Berlin from the Ukranian
rada that he be recalled, but he was
retained in Ukraine as virtual dictator.
DROUTH HITE COTTON CROP
Government Report Indicates Low
Condition in the Southwest.
Washington.—Loss of 1,706,000
bales of th eprospective cotton crop,
due principally to drouthy conditions
in the western part of the cotton belt,
especially in Texas, was shown in
the department of agriculture’s Aug-
ust production forecast placing the
estimated crop at 13,619,000 equivalent
500-pound bales, compared with 15,-
235,000 bales forecast in July. The
condition was 73.6 per cent
The condition by states follows:
Virginia 75, North Carolina 87, South
Carolina 80, Georgia 77, Florida 70,
Alabama 78, Mississippi 81, Louisiana
65, Texas 61, Arkansas 77, Tennessee
86, Missouri 93, Oklahoma 75, Cali-
fornia 95, Arizona 95.
Cotton Jumps $15.00.
New York.—A wave of buying
took place in the cotton market within
a few minutes after publication of the
government report. Near positions
rose eighty points, or $15 a bale.
Submarine Attack Arouses Spaniards.
Paris.—A dispatch to the Havas
agency from Madrid says the Spanish
newspapers assert that the torpedo-
ing of the Spanish steamer Ramon de
Larrinaga is the gravest incident that
has occurred between Germany and
Spain since the beginning of the war.
Eight Spaniards perished in the dis-
aster and the petroleum which the
ship carried, together with that burned
aboard the Spanish freighter Serantes
Jn New York harbor constituted al-
most the entire stock assured to
Spain under the Spanlsh-American
agreement.
WITH SOME PORTIONS OF
THE LINE EVEN NORTH
OF THE AISNE
FISMES FALLS TO AMERICANS
Allied Advance Continues and Ger.
ana Now Appear To Be Planning
To Make Final Stand at
Chemln des Dames.
With the American Army.—Last
week opened with an aparent lull in
the American-French toffensive (that
seemed to presage its end. The week
closed with the Hun driven north of
the Vesle and in some places the
Aisne and retiring as rapidly as pos-
sible to the old line of the Chemin des
Dames. The allied forces were in full
pursuit with no apparent limit to their
initiative.
Soissons, which has held out since
the first days of the offensive fell on
Thursday. Then Fismes, the great
supply center of the whole pocket,
was taken on Saturday.
The French are across the Vesle at.
several points to the eastward and
the line has been extended northwest
of Rheims to La Neuvillette. The
Germans are resisting sharply from
Muizon to Champigny.
German reinforcements are reported
arriving in the Soissons sector from
the north. The allies continue their
advance.
Allied troops have crossed the Aisne
it several points between Soissons and
Venizel The German resistance is
faltering on the left wing of the allied
advance while it is growing stubborn
and desperate on the right wing where
the Germans still retain a foothold on
the southern bank of the Vesle be-
tween Champigny and Conchery north-
west of Rheims.
The Vesle river which was flooded
owing to the recent heavy rains has
hampered the German rear guards
which were unable to ford the stream
and had to fight for their lives. The
most of these Germans were killed
and the rest were made prisoners.
Germans .Retire In the North.
London,—On the British front the
Germans have withdrawn between
Montdidier and Moreuil, a distance of
ten miles. The French hold the slopes
down to the western side of the Avre
river.
The situation around Albert is some-
what obscure, but the British have
been closely following the enemy and
It is probable that the Germans have
by now evacuated the eastern bank of
the Avre. The villages of Hamel and
Dernan court are in the possession of
the allies.
The situatio nis generally consid-
ered highly satisfactory and the indi-
cations seem plainer that the Germans
do not intend further south to make
a permanent stand on the banks of the
Aisne, but that they will retreat to
the Chemin des Dames ridge, which is
one of the strongest positions in
France, and for the moment will try
to hold the French while getting away
with their great accumulation of
stores and munitions.
Allies and Huns Race for Aisne.
Apparently the situation now has
resolved itself into a raoe for the
northern bank of the Aisne river by
the Germans, who have been evicted
from stragetic positions along the
Vesle river, in the center of the line
and directly east of Rheims, which
seemingly renders necessary that they
put the Aisne between themselves and
their pursuers as quickly as possible
In order to escape further large losses
of men made prisoners.
Just how large this bag of captives
is at present cannot be reckoned, but
official advices from Pari3 assert that
when the figures are made public they
will thrill the allied world. General
Pershing in his communique says the
Americans alone have taken 8,400
prisoners and in addition 133 guns.
LOSSES ON MARNE LISTED
Increase In Casualities Reflect Early
Battles.
Washington. — Army and marine
corps casualties reported from over-
seas during the week ending Aug. 4.
increased 1,430, compared with 1,050
the week before. Total casualties re-
ported are 15,196, including an army
list of 283, the largest number yet re-
ported in a single day, and marina
corps of two.
While as yet no figures on casual-
ties in the great allied offensive in
which American troops are playing so
conspicious a part have bee* received
the increase in the daily army lists
undoubtedly is due In part to this
fighting.
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