The Hitchcock Clarion. (Hitchcock, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE HITCHCOCK CLARION
U S. TRANSPORT
SEVENTY LIVES LOST IN
OUR FIRST NAVAL LOSS
OF THE WAR
DISASTER ENDS ZEPPELIN RAID
Five Airships Destroyed.—Germans
Conduct Successful Raid Against
British Fleet In the North
8ea.
intense artillery preparation are a a-,
vancing against the German positions.
Russian naval forces which retired;
behind Moon sound after an engage
ment last week with the German
squadron in the Gulf of Riga have left
Moon Bound and are sailing in a
northerly direction, it was officially
announced by the German war office.
German forces have occupied the
island of Schildau, between Moon Is-
land and the Esthonla mainland. The
Teutons who landed on the island of
Dago have reached the east coaBt and
have captured several hundred Rub*
sians.
LIBERTY LOAN IS LAGGING
Strenuous Efforts Necessary This
Week to Complete Subscription.
Washington.—The American army
transport Antilles, homeward bound
under convoy, was torpedoed and Bunk
by a German submarine in the war
zone. About seventy men are missing
and probably lost.
All the army and navy officers
aboard and the ship’s master were
among the 167 survivors. The miss-
ing are members of the crew, three
civilian engineers, some enlisted men
of tho navy, and sixteen of thirty-three
soldiers returning home for various
reasons. Neither the submarine nor
the torpedo was seen, and the trans-
port, hit squarely amidships, Bank in
flve minutes.
The lost include:
Third Engineer Officer Walker.
Junior Engineer Officers Boyle and
O'Rourke.
J. C. McKinney, second class sea-
man, Newark, N. J.
J. W. Hunt, second class seaman,
Mountain Grove, Mo.
C. L. Ausburn, radio electrician,
New Orleans.
H. F. Watson, radio electrician, Rut-
land, Mass.
This tragedy of the sea, the first in
which an American ship engaged in
war duty has been lost, is the first of
its magnitude to bring home to the
people of the United States the rigors
of the war in which they have en-
gaged against Germany. It carries
the largest casualty list of the war of
American lives and marks the first
success of German submarine attacks
on American transports.
That the loss of life was not greater
is dje to the safeguards with which
the navy has surrounded the transport
service and the quick rescue work of
the convoying warships.
The loss of the Antilles marks 'he
first reduction of the transport fleet
that has been operating. A very con-
siderable number of American troops,
workmen and others involved in the
prosecution of the war have been
carried safely to France and England
and the successful attack on the first
contingent is the only recorded pre
vlous instance where the U-boats have
succeeded even in catching sight of
the vessels.
British Also Suffer Disaster.
Germany scored on the water in last
week's news developments, which re
corded the breaking up of a merchant
convoy in the North sea by raiding
cruisers that sank two British de-
stroyers and nine of the twelve con-
coy ed ships. She suffered little less
than a disaster in the air however,
when four and probably flve Zeppelin
airships returning from a raid on Eng-
land were brought down in French
territory by airplanes and anti-aircraft
gunfire.
The sea tragedy cost the British the
lies of 135 of the officers and men on
the destroyers who were left to their
fate by the German raiders in their
haste to escape, as were the crews ol
the sinking merchantmen. About 100
of the merchant sailors, however, are
known to have reached the shore in
boats or on British patrol craft. A1
but three of the trading ships were of
Scandinavian nationality, most of
them apparently being small vessels.
The American schooner Jennie E.
Righter, of 647 tons gross, from New
Haven, Conn., was sunk by a Teuton
submarine on Tuesday off Cape Vil-
lano, Spain. Nine men of the
schooner were landed at Hujia.
Zepelins Again A Failure.
The story of Germany’s reverse in
the air began with the account of a
raid on England in which the bombB
the Zieppelins dropped killed 27 per-
sons and injured 53 others. Reports
soon began to be received of Zeppelins
being brought down in France. They
had appeared over French territory
and were sacttered to various parts of
the country as the alarm went out
and the French airmen rose in swarms
to attack them.
The Belgian part of Ostend, which
is a German submarine bast on the
North sea, has been bombarded from
the sea, houses in the town being dam-
aged.
On a nine-mile front between Vaux-
aille and Braye, in the Aisne reg.on
the French have begun an artillery
bombardment of the greatest violence,
at times attaining drumfire. Infantry
attacks have not been launched.
On the Belgian battlefront Anglo-
French -econnoitering parties, after
MmiMIONAL
SBNMTSOKE
Lesson
(By REV. 1*. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1017, Wraicrn Newspaper Union.)
IMPROVEMENTS
ARE NOT TAXED
Western Canada Does Not Tax
Stock or Improvements but
Collects an Additional Tax
From Land Speculators.
AIUARANTIIO REMEDY POi
ASTHMA
> by yeet
Washington.—The Liberty loan cam-
paign progressed to the threshhold of
official expectation and paused, at the
end of the second week, Oct. 20.
Treasury heads had hoped the two
billion dollar line would be crossed.
Apparently the big total stopped just
short of the mark with an estimated
total of $1,973,000,000.
The result means that the huge sum
of $500,000,00 a day will have to be
subscribed every day of the remain-
ing week of the campaign with a hand-
ful of millions to spare of the flve bil-
lion dollar goal Is reached when sub-
scription books close Oct. 27.
The flve billion dollar total can be
attained next week, officials asserted
if there be no let up In the campaign
and if districts in the middle west, the
southwest and the west are aroused
from an apparent apathy which thuB
far haB caused great concern.
Liberty day, it is thought will be
the banner day of the campaign. A
total subscription of $1,000,000,000 on
Wednesday of this week is the goal
which hundreds of thousands of work-
ers are striving to reach. It Is also
thought likely that the final week of
the campaign will show in its entirely
a response on the part of the nation
greater than during the whole prior
three weeks.
There will have to be such a re-
sponse, it is stated, if the full five bil-
lions is taken.
MARRIED MEN ALL EXEMPT
At Least Till All Single Men In Draft
Age Are Called.
Washington.—A sweeping change in
the machinery of the selective draft
based on division of the nine million
remaining registrants into five classes
in order of their eligibility for mili-
tary service was announced by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder. De-
tails of the plan, which has been ap-
proved by President Wilson are are
not disclosed. It is calculated, how-
ever, to do away with virtually all the
complicated machinery of the first
draft and to make the operations of
the local boards hereafter little more
than rubber stamp proceedings.
Its chief features are that every reg-
istered man vyill know his exact posi-
tion and be able to arrange his affairs
accordingly and that no man deemed
necessary in any important industry
or needed at home to support his fam-
ily will be called to the colors unless
the military situation Is desperate.
Detailed regulations to govern the
new system are now being made ready
for distribution to local and district
board members. Gen. Crowder in a
formal statement assures them that
they will be given ample opportunity
to familiarize themselves with these
regulations before the machinery pro-
vided is called Into use. As the next
call to the colors Is to be made under
the new plan this assurance is taken
to Indicate that the second call is not
to be expected before the first of the
year.
DALLAS SALOONS CLOSED
Prohibition Law Goes Into Effect As
Result of Election.
Dallas.—Dallas Is ''dry’’. The city’s
212 saloons finally barred their doors
at the regular closing time at 9:30
o'clock last Saturday night.
The closing of the saloons was the
result of the county option election,
held September 10, when prohibition
won in Dallas county T>y a majority ot
1,852 votes. In this election the city
of Dallas, the only wet spot in the
county for twenty-five years, turned in
a wet majority of 800 votes, but this
was overcome by the vote in the rural
districts.
Besides the saloons, five wholesale
liquor houses and one brewery are af-
fected. The brewery, however, has
announced it will continue to operate,
making both beer and a soft drink,
since the law does not prohibit the
manufacture of intoxicants.
Eight Million List of German Wounded
Amsterdam.—The German casual-
ties list comprising killed, wounded,
prisoners and missing, from August
1914 to September 1917, fill thirty
folio volumes of 22,000 pages. The
total number of names aproximates
8,250,000.
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 28
EZRA RETURNING FROM BABY.
LON.
LESSON TEXT—Ezra 8:16-36.
OOLDEN TEXT-The hand of our Ood
ti upon nil them for good that seek him.—
Esra 8:22.
An interval of some fifty years In-
tervenes between the dedication of the
temple and the Journey of Ezra to Pal-
estine. Some stirring events in the
world occurred lu this time which
greatly helped the Jews. It wus dur-
ing this time that the episode of
Esther's being mude queen and the ele-
vation of Mordecal occurred, which fa-
vorably disposed the Persiuu govern-
ment toward the Jews. The time was
auspicious for Ezra to make his re-
quest unto Artaxerxes. The supreme
aim of Ezra was the restoration of the
true worship of Jehovah, for it is evi-
dent that the work done by Zerubbabel
had largely failed of its aim. In order
that Ezra might be an efficient instru-
ment in the hands of God for the ac-
complishment of this purpose, he “pre-
pared his heart to seek the law of the
Lord and to do it, and to teach in Is-
rael the statutes and judgments"
(7:10). There ore three stages in the
experience of every true teacher. First:
to seek the law of the Lord. Second:
to do it Third: to teach It to others.
The last is Impossible without the first
two.
The royal commission granted to
Ezra embraced—
(1) The return of all whose free will
prompted them to do so (7:13).
(2) Ezra’s being given magisterial
authority over the district "beyond the
river" (7:25, 26).
(3) Exemption from taxation to the
Levltes (7:24).
(4) Conveyance of offerings from the
king and his officers (7:15, 19).
I. Register of Ezra's Companions
(1-14) Doubtless this is a representa-
tive list of those who joined Ezra.
There is clear implication that the
twelve tribes are represented among
thoseowho returned. (See 2:70; 6:16,
17.)
II. Ezra Sends to Iddo for Ministers
for the Temple Service (vv. 15-20). Be-
fore the Journey to Palestine was ac-
tually begun, Ezra ghthejed about him
his companions who were to accom-
pany him, to see whether they were
representative. In this review he dis-
covered that none of the sons of Levi
were in the company. So he sent chief
men to Iddo, who was doubtless the
president of the school of the Levites,
for ministers for God’s house. In re-
sponse to this appeal, 38 Levltes and
220 Nethinims joined him.
ill. Ezra Seeking the Guidance of
the Lord (vv. 21-23). The journey was
full of deadly perils. It lay through
a region Invested with Bedouin ma-
rauders. Ezra, fully conscious of these,
and ashamed to ask help of the king,
proclaimed a fast, in which in deep
humiliation they sought the guidance
and protection of God. This is a fine
Illustration of the independence, and
yet dependence, of the men who fully
trust God. His chief concern was for
the honor of God’s name. He had so
confidently and repeatedly spoken to
the king of the divine sufficiency that
now to have asked for a guard of sol-
diers would cause him to blush with
shame. In this critical hour they com-
mitted themselves to the care of Him
who keepeth Israel. We should begin !
every Journey, every undertaking, !
every new piece of work, every new
day by seeking the direction of God.
No friendship or business interest ever
reaches its best unless God’s hand be
In it and upon it. We should not go
anywhere, engage in any business or
have any friendship upon which we may
not ask God’s blessing and aid. They
sought this for themselves, for their
children, and all their substance. They
knew that as soon as they made God
first his blessing would be upon them,
and as soon as they forsook him his
power would be withdrawn and his
wrath would be upon them.
IV. The Treasure Committed to
Twelve Priests (vv. 24-30). Combined
with their faith in God, we find prac-
tical business sense. Honest, trust-
worthy. good men were selected (v.
28). To such only should be intrusted
the Lord’s money—gifts offered freely
to the Lord by his people. Again, the
money was carefully counted and
weighed, and the amount set down.
The men were held accountable at the
end of the journey for everything in-
trusted to them. Men ought to be held
to strict account for everything intrust-
ed to them, to the very last cent. The
men to whom this was Intrusted were
holy; the gifts were God’s; they did
not belong to any man; they were
charged with the obligation to deliver
hose gifts before the chief priests.
Owners of uncultivated lands in
Western Canada are loud in their pro-
tests ngalnst an extra tax on their
lands because they are not under cul-
tivation. Western Canada, through Its
provincial governments, Is endeavor-
ing to force the speculative land owner
to either sell his land to a settler or to
cultivate it himself. At present n sur-
tax of a few cents an acre is levied
against all wild land, so that the own-
er of land held in Its natural state,
without improvements, Is contributing
more taxes to the government than the
owner of a farm that is cultivated and
even improved with buildings and
stock to the value of thousands of dol-
lars. In order to oncournge the farm-
er to Improve and to go into stock rais-
ing, he is not charged one cent of taxes
on any of his Improvements, imple-
ments or stock of any kind.
As a result of this surtax on un-
cultivated or speculatively held lands,
the owners are now trying to sell them
to actual settlers, and, in nearly every
Instance, have been offering on very
easy terms of payment, usually a quar-
ter down, and the balance extending
over a term of years at prices much
lower than their productive value
would warrant.
A world-wide shortage In farm stuffs
has given a new value to all agricul-
tural products and the margin of profit
today Is greater than ever In the past.
It Is true labor and implements have
increased In price, but It is now pos-
sible to secure 50% profit In farming,
and higher. Possibly not on the $100
to $200 an acre farm lands but on land
that can now, under existing condi-
tions, be purchased at from $15 to $30
per acre. Western Canadian farm
lands are as productive as any in the
world and can be as economically
farmed. Wheat yields of from 30 to
50 bushels per acre have been common
In Western Canada during the past
few years, and the farmers have been
too busy farming all they can so as to
sell as much wheat as possible at $2.00
a bushel, that they have not had time
to do any talking or writing. It is
doubtful If there ever was such an
opportunity to make big profits in
fanning. The value of each year’s
crop has been in hundreds of cases
more than the market value of the
land It was grown on. It Is un-
reasonable to suppose such a con-
dition will last long, as the land now
being forced onto the market by sur-
tax on speculative owners will soon
become absorbed by those who have
learned of these highly profitable
wheat lands. The news Is spreading
gradually throughout the high priced
land districts In the United States,
where there Is a renewed awakening
to the realization that the maximum
profit In farming Is not being obtained
when It is possible to secure from
forty to seventy per cent return on the
investment in Western Canada. Many
who have been planning to visit West-
ern Canada for the purpose of person-
ally investigating conditions are leav-
ing this month, when the good weather
can be enjoyed. As threshing opera-
tions and marketing of grain is under
way, no better time could be selected
to secure first hand and reliable Infor-
mation from the farmers themselves.
The winter months afford ample time
for completing moving arrangements,
to allow the settler to take up resi-
dence in early spring, so as to get
something done next year and to make
a start on the big and profitable farm-
ing operations in Western Canada.
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“Why wouldn't the recruiting offi-
cer take you?"
“Said they had all the wrist-watch
winders they needed."—Puck.
New York judge rules home poker
games by women violate gambling
laws.
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
should be given to sprains, swelling^
bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia.
Keep Mansfield’s Magic Arnica Lini-
ment handy on the shelf. Three sizes
—25c, 50c and $1.00.—Adv.
It la a Question.
"War brides” are risky, says an ex-
change. Do they differ In this respect
from ordinary brides?
WOMEN SUFFERERS
NEED SW1MP-R00T
Thousands upon thousands of women
lave kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy con-
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to become diseased.
You may suffer a great deal with pain
in the back, headache, loss of ambition,
nervousness and may be despondent and
irritable.
Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr.
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the remedy needed to overcome such con-
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Get a medium or large bottle immedi-
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However, if you wish first to test this
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No Great Loss.
"Why, ma’am,” said Private Sog-
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and most baby skin troubles. They
also tend to prevent little skin trou-
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St. Louis paper has been compelled
to apologize for publishing a parody
on "America."
War Declared on
Rats by U. S. Gov’t
The government at Washington is pre-
paring & campaign that should be effec-
tive In killing the rats that are bo destruc-
tive both to lives and property. A con-
servative estimate places the loss of food-
stuffs from rats at over two hundred mil-
lion dollars annually, and In the present
scarcity of food, this loss must be prjNh
vented. The most efficient way to Kill
the Rat" is by the use of Stearns’ Paste,
and thousands of dollars worth have been
bought by the government. Every house-
keeper troubled with rats, mice, roaches
or waterbugs should buy a small box ox
this reliable exterminator for thlrty-flve
cents, and stop further loss of food in
her home. Adv.
Defect of Japanese Women.
One of the greatest defects In the
physique of Japanese women is the
shortness of their legs.
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