Cimarron Valley Clipper (Coyle, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1919 Page: 4 of 4
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FORTY-THREE MEN, TEN
WOMEN, DIE IN "Y"
SERVICE OVERSEAS
Sacrifice Proportionately One Quarter
aa Great as That of Army—
Sixty-Three Decorated.
The Y. M. C. A. carried the Red Tri-
angle Into the camps ami trenches
abroad at u cost of fifty-three lives, a
BRcrlfice proportionately one quarter
as grout hs that of the American
r.rmy, according to a statement Issued
today by the National War Work
Council of the Y. II. O. A. Of those
futulltles thirty-five were due to dis-
ease, and the remainder to shell-fire,
bombs, gas-fever, drowning and
wounds. T n of these were women,
one of whom was killed by shell fire
and the oth-'r In a German air raid.
There we a also fifty-five non fatal
casualties. These were due princi-
pally fo rm line gun fire, gas, shell
fire, nod i tor transport accidents.
Numerous i,, es of slight wounds and
gassings wh *i were attended at dress-
ing stations, hut were not reported to
headquarter' are not Included.
These r o iltles occurred In n force
which nt i.o into exceeded 0,000 work-
ers, of whom it Is reckoned that more
than one-i ' were never sent to the
front, belt, employed In the hundreds
Df huts r intulned throughout the
training ar, 'S and the “leave areas.”
Slrty-throe “Y” workers were deco-
rated, while In all more than 152 re-
ceived official recognition or distin-
guished service. Thirteen of these
were decorated with the Croix da
Guerre, while forty-eight received
Other decorations. Of these three re-
ceived the Distinguished Service Cross,
three the Order of St. Stanislaus; five
the Italian Cavallere del Corona;
thirty-eight the Italian War Cross, and
one the French decoration of the
Corps d'Armee. Seven were cited for
the Croix de Guerre, and seven for
other decorations, six commended for
meritorious eoriduct, and twenty-nine
received honorable mention in dis-
patches. Several units were cited In
their entirety, those serving with the
Third division being cited twice. More
than a score more reported decorations
have not yet been confirmed.
Not one of these men under thirty
was fit for militnry duty, but the cita-
tions show that they carried on with
the snrae courage and spirit that iden-
tified Americans throughout the war.
These records show ttiat they went
over the top with the assaulting
Waves, that thoy exposed themselves
tinder machine gun and shell fire to
minister to the wounded, that they
worked lndefntigably as stretcher
hearers, and flint they drove ambu-
lances Into the midst of battle to res-
cue the wounded.
Others were sacrificed In the less
heroic but no less necessary work be-
hind tin' lines. Among these stands
out Miss Winona Martin of Itockvllle
Center, L. I., n Y. M. 0. A. secretary,
who was the first American woman
killed In the war. Rlie was killed by
ft bomb during n German air raid,
und her death made a deep Impression
on American minds.
Miss Martin had been In Paris only
a month, but bad already done valu-
able work In stimulating an interest
among the soldiers In the Y. M. C. A.
In Paris.
Miss Marlon G. Orandell of Ala-
meda, Cal., killed by shell fire near
Chalons March 2(1, 1913, was another
of the women sacrificed In helping the
soldiers.
Officials were qalck to see and ap-
preciate meritorious work, on the p- iff
of the secretaries and prompt to recog-
nise It officially. Major General Turk-
man of the Third division gave n par-
ticularly strong citation of the mdts
attached to that division, consisting of
thirty-four men and six women.
A Inter commendation of the same
units was ordered by Major General
Howse.
Major General Henry T. Allen of the
Ninetieth i Ivlslon In a letter to the
Divisional \ M. C. A. seeretarj said:
“Two seen arles, F. A. Dawes and 11.
F. Ford, a tunlly went over (he top
With the : uniting battalions and car-
ried on their work In the midst of
the sefer * losses."
The Y. , C. A. honor roll of those
who gnvc ip their lives while help-
ing the soldiers win (lie war, and of
those wlte dstlngulshed themselves In
this tVork, contains the names of the
following men from the Southern
Military department; Dr. John II.
Clifford, T eson, Aijz., nwnrdi d Croix
de Guerr. ; Thomas Nell Jefferson,
Eden, Tex., awarded Italian Croix
•e Guerre, William ANn Miller ,\iis-(
tin, Tex., awarded Italian Croix de'
Guerre. *
OTHERWISE UNHURT.
Nineteen bullet boles In bis hide
didn't prevent one "Y” secretary over
sens from going back to Ids task Just
as soon as the authorities would let
Mm out oL the hospital, 'Flint l? the
word received at Gamp Travis" TTy
M. D. Klnkend of “YT" 73, from Ser-
geant A. G. Hoekersmlth of the U. S.
Marine corps, who at the time of writ-
ing was at Melbnch, Germany, near
Coblenz. Sergeant llockersmlth says
about this secretary; ,
“We have n dandy ‘Y’’ secretary
with us, who has Just returned from
tho hospital. When they were In ac-
tion lie was n stretcher bearer. Con-
sequently lie went to the hospital with
some nineteen bullet holes In him, but
since returning he Is ns active as
ever.”
MAKE USE OF PRINTER'S INK
Federal Official Urges Necessity of
Campaign of Advertising to Attract
Attention of Consumers.
“Advertise your business. I owe all
mv success to printer's Ink."
This was the language of P. T. I’.ar-
I mini, and 1liat he was a conspicuous
success Is generally admitted.
Something of the same sort*seems
i to have struck Washington. linger
! W. Bnbson, director of education serv-
j Ice, labor department, has Issued a
i statement urging a campaign of adver-
tising, saying In part: “Prosperity ul-
timately depends upon fife consumer.
If there Is not n market for goods
| they will not bo produced. . . .
Only by advertising can buying pow-
| er be stimulated, Imt advertising does
! stimulate buying power and brings a
1 very direct return to the man who nd-
I vertises."
It Is sound advice. It Is also time-
I 'y-
I Advertising is (lie chief auxiliary In
! trade. It is not the road to success,
| but success ilself. Advertising is to
i the business man wliat machinery is
to the mechanic.
How can a man know wliat you
want unless you ask for if, or wliat
j you have to sell unless you advertise
' II?
“My advice to (lie merchant," says
Mr. Bnbson, "is Ibis; For your own
interest and for the good of tlie coun-
try, Increase the advertising appropri-
ation you have made for this year. If
It Is $20,000, make II $25,000; make It
more If you can.”
And all must bear in mind that the
prosperity of the country means the
prosperity of the individual.—New
York Telegram.
maid"" who packed up a valise of dress
clothes and shirts for the man who
was to go down tlie mine.—London
Chronicle.
ARE FLEMING AND WALLOON
Got It Bad.
The young man about town hnd Just
been accepted by “the one girl In the
world," who, nevertheless, was a mem-
ber of a forty strong beauty chorus,
“So you think you love her?” smiled
Ills father.
“I know I love her!” swore ttie In-
fatuated youth.
“Are you sure you love her ns much
ns you think you do?”
“I'm sure of more than that. 1 love
her as nunli ns she thinks I do!"
FORCED TO FINE DOG HERO
I Sut New York Justice Took Into Con-
sideration Animal’s Brave Deed
( in the Past.
i Two medalk bestowed for bravery
| hung from the collar of Jim, a Great
Dane, when lie appeared in tlie West
[ sal,- court the other day, charged with
having been unmuzzled in public, snys
I he New York World,
i Patrolman Joseph It. Ward, attached
to tlie health department, said lie bad
! seen Jim In a car without n muzzle.
I Jim would not let the policeman come
near when nil attempt to serve tho
summons was made, Ward testified.
Harry Gilpin, a druggist, told the
magistrate about Jim's heroism. Mr.
Gilpin and bis daughter were asleep
in their house one night In 1010, when
a fire started. Jim was running up
and down outside when tlie firemen ar-
rived. lie failed to make the firemen
or Hie crowd understand wliat the trou-
ble was. So he darted into the smoke
and tire and dragged out first Mr. Gil-
pin and then Miss Gilpin, both over-
come.
i For this Jim received the Spiers
medal that year and Miss Gilpin gave
him another. Ttoeently tlie Alps club
of Hlverdale honored him.
“A dog that Is ns brave ns you are
| deserves consideration," Magistrate
! Nolan said, “but you weren’t muzzled
and you resisted tlie officer. Fine $1."
Jim enrrled«tlio bill In bis mouth to
the clerk of the court and took the re-
! cclpt back to Mr. Gilpin.
Submarine Signals.
| During tlie war, ns is well known,
submarine sound signal1/ •; made great.
; strides. In Sehlffbau an account Is
j given of a device employed In Ger-
many. In this device (ho receiver Is
I secured to Hie outer layer of the shlp’-s
! hull from Inside and !s filled with wn-
* ter, the liquid being in contact
! with the outer plating of tlie
vessel. The essential point In this de-
vice appears to bo that 11^' means for
producing the sound are placed ex-
tcrnnlly on the wall of (lie liquid tank,
whereas In most enses the sounding de-
vice ha* hitherto been arranged In-
side Hit' tank or receiver. AnoHier
special feature is an automatic nr*
rangi'iifciit for n■:■ intn 1 ning constant,
or adjusting, the level of tlie water,
which can be manipulated externally.
—Scientific American.
Wrong Kiltd of Clothes.
T.title tragedies occur to the men
who have to eh roof eh1 the In rger ones.
On Thursday evening our "special cor-
respondent" (arrayed In a silk hat and
the best morning costume) arrived to
find tils ml- ioti i ant the I .?< train
to Whitehaven and a plunge Into a
burning mine. *
lie telephoned at once for the prop-
er (lollies, lull the message must hy\e
nit scurried In the cue of 11“' -gainful
Making Success.
Mako today sue........... Pond your
energies toward accomplishing some-
thing wllbin the next 21 hours which
you can think of with satisfaction
when you put your head on your pil-
low at night. Enough successful days
make a life success, and tbjre Is no
other way of doing It.—Girl's Compan-
ion.
Weather Forecasts.
United Stales weather forecasts urn
based on the general study of types
of weather combined with Ihe study
of (be sorb's of the daily weather
maps for a few days Immediately pre-
ceding the period for which predic-
tions are to be made. No forecast
i of weather is made for a period In
advance longer Ilian is warranted by
the rapidity of atmospheric changes nt
that time. Many almanacs contain
astrological predictions, but they are
not taken seriously.
Tasks for Disabled Fighters.
An outline of the efforts of the bu-
reau of employment of the Pennsyl-
vania department of labor and Indus-
try to find suitable Industrial tasks
. In Pennsylvania for disabled soldiers
j and sailors Is given In a bulletin just
, Issued by Ihe department. This bul-
; letin, which may bo obtained upon np-
j plication to ; lie department of labor
and industry, at Harrisburg, analyzes
by task and locality, the 50,000 em-
. ployment opportunities offered by 000
■ employers in 00 counties, number of
■ plants, kinds of firms and numbers of
openings In each class of employment.
‘i One series of tables shows nt wliat
I tasks several hundreds of disabled
j men are now employed by the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway com-
pany. Another chapter on “Placement
of Disabled Soldiers and Sailors In
Employment” gives a general review
of tho placement subject, outlining
conditions that may be expected and
! methods to be employed In loenting
t each disabled soldier and sailor at a
specified task In Pennsylvania plants.
—Scientific American.
People of Belgium of Both Races, the
Flemings Being Slightly in
. the Majority.
The klic d(*m of Belgium dates from
1830, wlii'ii the seven Catholic prov-
inces revolted from the distasteful
union with the kingdom of The Neth-
erlands, Dr. Edwin A. Grosvenor
writes in a communication to the Na-
tional Geographical society. A con-
ference of the great powers In 1831
, determined the boundaries between
j the two countries. Though obliged by
' circumstances to recognize Belgian In-
j dependence, the conference did not
I sympathize with the authors of the
| revolution. In consequence the liound-
Lary line was traced to the disadvan-
tage of the new nation, it Is alleged.
\ The Dutch were assigned peoples
east of the Meuse, who were strongly
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Patriotic Address.
The Wild Onion school teacher lec-
tured on the United States a few
nights ago to a large audience. In the
j course of his remarks he paid a glow-
ing tribute to our country, and It Is
regretted that everybody in the United
States were not present. One reason
we keep so far ahead of the other na-
tions, said he, Is because we are get-
ting up and going to work every morn-
ing while the folks around the other
side of tlie world are just going to
bed.—llogwallow Kentuckian.
Turned From Friend.
Tlie revolving floor In one of the
dancing cabarets mystified two young
■ lieutenants just back from France and
j evidently strangers In New York. They
I were ushered to n tnble on the revolv-
ing floor. Shortly afterward one of tlie
[ soldiers went to tlie telephone booth;
emerging about ten minutes later, he
I looked around In dazed fashion, and
| made several starts for the spot where
I he had apparently left Ids companion,
I bat couldn't, seem to find him. "Say,
| there,” lie huskily remarked to the
1 head vai -r. “Pend me.one of your
j boy scouts to help me find mv eliow
! table, will you?” "Wlint’s (he trou- J
lile?” inquired the hendwnlter solicit- :
• ously. "I left m' friend at a table over
: yonder h.\ tIn' post,” answered the be-
1 wlldori d ddler, "and now lie’s dlsnp- ;
pea red? - there were a number of
men In uniform present the bead wait- j
er suggested that the friend be paged.
I “That’s tin' Idea,” eagerly responded
tlie soldier. “Ills name’s Kennedy."
And in a short time (lie messmates
] were re united. Then the existence of
the revolving door was briefly explain-
ed to them.—New York San.
pro-Belgian, and were granted Tiotli
sides of tfie Scheldt, thus cutting off
’ approach to the sea by the great port
! yf Antwerp.
Belgium is made up of Flemings
(and Walloons, with the former in the
j 'majority. In 1910, of tlie 7,751,000
Belgians, there were 3,221,000 who
! spoke only Flemish, 2,833,000 who
/spoke French (spoken by Walloons)
! and 871,000 who spoke both Ian
j gungos. Tin1 Flemish provinces are
i bilingual. Germany Jrioil to divide
the Flemings and the Walloons dur-
ing Ihe great war, hut the descendants
of the warriors who fought against
Caesar refused to be divided. The
ancient Pelgae occupied all Gaul
north of the Seine and west of (lie
| Rhine, but today It covers only 11,-
I 373 square miles.
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: ARE NOT REALLY LOCUSTS
Unwelcome Visitors Expected This
Year Periodical Cicadas, According
to Wisconsin Entomologist.
Be scientific—call the “17-year lo-
cust” by its right name, the periodical
cicada, and no one will worry about
it, says IT. F. Wilson, entomologist at
the Wisconsin experiment station. Ci-
cadas are common insects, but locusts
are reminders of the scourge of lo-
custs in biblical days and the grass-
hoppers, or true locusts, of the early
days in the southwest.
Even the orchard-man’s fear of tfie
| effect of this particular cicada Is not
very well founded, judging from tfie
lnformatlon*ontomologists have about
! the Insect, for other members of the
; tribe appear each year and Injure the
shade and orchard trees in exactly tin
same way.
Tho Injury is the result of the ci-
cada's laying eggs in the twigs of trees.
From the eggs tho larvae of the in-
sect hatch. The twig enlarges nt that
point, growth Is Interrupted anil s. on-
er or later the twig rots anil hr iks
off. Tlie oitly treatment Is to prune
off the parts affected. No prevent-
ive methods are considered nece. ,ry
bv either horticulturists or entomolo-
gists nt Ihe station.
Charts of the different broods of tfie
so-called locusts have been prepared
by entomologists of the United States
department of agriculture, snys Mr.
Wilson, and they show tlmt the brood
expected this year is No, 10. Seven-
teen years ago It was reported in Wis-
consin only in Dane county. The last
brood appeared in 1915 and was quite
generally scattered over tlie state.
New School’s Snap Judgment.
A number of years ago when a Bos-
ton paper asked leading nuthors of
this country and England to name the
best poem In the English language,
James Whitcomb ltlley chose Longfel-
low’s "The Bridge.” He found In It
[ every element necessary to a perfect
poem. Most of the other writers said
there could not be any “best” and de-
clined to make n selection. The new
.school of rhymeless and rhythmless
verse writers have ruled Longfellow
and Tennyson out as “artificial” and
second rate.—Exchange.
Flag of Denmark.
The national emblem of Denmark,
which is the oldest in existence, dat-
ing back fo tlie thirteenth century,
was born of war, and the legend Is
traceable to the fact. In a battle be-
; tween the Danes anil tlie heathen
1 Livonians, King Waldemar declared
* that he saw a cross In the sky. Tho
’ news was communicated to his troops,
with the assurance that the portent
1 was the sign of celestial aid. The
cross forthwith became the national
, emblem, “The Danneborg,” strength of
i Denmark, as it was called.
I
Useless Equipment.
A soldier just released from tho
service was the guest of friends at
a dinner in celebration of Ills return
I 'me. The waiter placed an elaborate
sliver service around the tnble. The
soldier looked at the showy array,
carefully selecting one knife, one fork
and one spoon. Shoving the rest of
tho silver from him, to tlie surprise
of his hosts, he remarked: "Too
much equipment to keep clean.”—
Judge.
Turning the Joke.
Now and then we meet men who
are happiest when hitting some one
a hard rap over the knuckles. These
are the men that wither right up
when you get a good joke on them.
And have you not noticed that such
men are most always In trouble be-
cause somebody has said mean things
about them? How slow we are to
learn Ihnt maple syrup bents vinegar
all to pieces as an attraction for honey
bees 1
Yep, It Takes Practice.
For the forty-fifth time In* 12 months
stio stood at the bridal altar and re-
peated the solemn words that linked
! her soul forever with that of the hand-
some man by her side. As Ihe minister
held lip I hand signaling for the slow
traffic in come forward and kiss the
brlilo, the handsome man leaned over
to press tho first kiss on ln*r ruhy
Votl:;n«J II *
As lie did so, his foot caught in her
train and llirew him ofT the track,
j “Wlintteli; ya big boob," came an
encouraging voice from a megaphone
on the side lln^s ns the purring of the
camera ceased. “Now we’ll have to
i make Ihnt again. You’ve spoiled 500
t’eet of perfectly good film."
Individual Cups for Cows.
The Jit ey herd of Ralph Rallnii Is
now provided with Individual drinking
bowls, Each stall Is connected with
the water system and has an automat-
ic bowl , ’unit ten Indies tn diameter ■
and six Inches deep. When the cow
sticks her nose In the howl to drink
she turns the water on, nnd ns (lie
howl lilt she raises her head and cats
the water off. This method avoids hav-
ing to till tlie trough or breaking lee
for the reus when It Is cold.—Monroe
County Appeal.
Made in Germany.
Dr. Arthur Davis, who used to
be the kalser’S dentist, Is authority
for the statement that the crown
prince Is the most egotistical person
he ever met. As an Instance < f his
conceit the dentist recounts an occur-
rence 111 one of (lie palatial dngonts
nt the front where captured cham-
pagne had been flowing freely for some
tinie.-
"Your highness,” finally asked a
young officer, “who Is* the greatest of
all German generals?” ,
“I am," promptly retorted the
crown prince.
“True, of course,” said flip brother
officer, “but how could you really prove
It?"
“I don’t, have to,” retorted the crown
prince. "I merely say it, nnd It is
so I"—Minneapolis Tribune.
Good and Bad Effects of Tea.
The notion of tea as a stimulant on
the brain Is well known. Tea causes
a slight rise in the blood pressure,
gives a fillup to Hie heart, causes
j somewhat deeper breathing nnd ro-
j stores for a spell waning muscular
power. Its chief demerit is the retard-
ing Influence that it exerts upon diges-
tion.
Up-to Date Objection,
Billy was the owner of a toy auto-
mobile, with which he played a great
deal. One morning his mother was
busy and couldn’t dress him when log
awakened, so she put film in his high
chair and was about to place him up
to the tnble when he said, “oh,
mamma, I don’t want to be parked
here."
Convincing. *
,T. A. Rtrnhnn, the eminent professor
of Jurisprudence, lolls In his Berninis
cences several good law stories.
One of the best concerns a certain
chancery judge who (writes Mr. Rtrn-
hnn) was so notorious for the brevity
of his notes of evidence that, In a case
which appeared to make an appeal
probable, Ihe parties agreed to have a
shorthand noti»of It.
Later, the court of appeal, puzzled
by Ills decision against Ihe plaintiff,
whose uncontradieteil evidence seemed
convincing, sent for Ihe Judge’s note
hoping It would enlighten them.
It did. It consisted of a*vigorous
drawing of an nlly-f.iei >1 evll-loj';in :
person. Above was written Tlie Plain-
tiff, and below It And a - liar,—
Pearson's Weekly.
Hymn From Unexpected Source.
Hymns have come from very unex-
pected sources. One of the finest In
the language, “The Spacious Firma-
ment on High,” found In all collections,
wes written by a chief secretary
for Ireland, Joseph Addison, whose
other works would hardly lead one to
suppose him fitted for the task.
His Consideration.
“Now, gents," with elaborate sar-
casm said tlie proprietor of the Right
L'iucu store in Petunia..addressing ihfr
I'
Chinese Tea Houses,
Just ns England has highway tav-
erns and as we have roadhouses nlong
our highways, so has China her tea
houses. The Chinese do not Indulge
much in Intoxicants, and tea I* about
the strongest drink they consume. Tea
houses there are about ss numerous
as lee cream and .utiln resorts are here.
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"THIS OFFICE
J is the place to have
your printing done, no
matter what kind it may be.
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