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editorial
Th- announcement of the un
confirmed ruinor that the aruistice
h:ij n«en signed created a great
deal of excitement and some of the
tit'Z'n.s raised their flags to the
breeze an 1 also urged1 the ringing" ef
the ve'Is and blowing of the whis
tles * if after a time they thought
i; m sat be better to wait for a
confirmation of the report.
It seemed to many that there
haj not been time enough for the
signing of the p^ers a> the German
delegation only arriv-d at the l»af
tie front last night. The develop
ments are awaited with intense in
terest
I IIKIR OWN MKDK INK
London Times: During July no
!':H\rr than one hundred raids were
carried out by 'the British, of the
Independent and Royal Air Forces,
of wHch ninety-six were into Ger
many. In all SI tons of bombs w-ere^
"ro -'eJ on important military obje*
tives. In spite of periods of bad
we"tier the month's v.Ork consti
tutiJ a record in the number of
rail's and the weight of the bombs
dropped-. The previous best month
w?s June last ,when 74 raids were
mad-- intr. German territory and 61
toi s of bombs dropped.
I»KUT KOR ALLY \UKNS
'iorvnto News: For months past
'bj Ottawa government has sought
•o"S^ription treatifs with France.
!• Italy and' Greece similar to
that negotiated some time ago with
the Cu'ted Staes and now in opera
tion on both sides °f the interna
tional boundary. We have irood rei«*
son to think that such treaties are
a'out to be signed. Once they are
adoyted it will be possible f°r the
Ottawa authorities to draft abie
t'OiHcd Frenchmen, Belgians. Italians
and Grecians, resident in this coun
try. The alternative will be open to
these friendly aliens to returu to
their cwa countries and enlist for
serT.'ce with their own armies. This
solut'-oa of the problem will give
intoge satisfaction to the relatives
of Canadian soldiers overseas, who
lidVfi Ion*- had re^l cause for irrita
"cu ia the presence in many com
munities of prosperous merchants
and 'workers unwilling to make any
reasonable contribution to the Ai
re.'. cause. v
Tiff! KAISER'S TOfBLK
What a come down for the kais
er and his "Gott" from ruling the
world to feeding out of the hands
of thb youngest nation of the
world! •
For forty years Bill and Gott;
ftia partner planned and schemed to
couquer the world. When they had
all their plans ready, they turned
loose al? their slaves and servants
an* started on a campaign ot mur
der and devastation. Encouraged
i>v tlieir first success, due to those
WELL-CAMOUFLAGED GERMAN ARTILLERY TRAIN
This photograph shows a German artillery train camouflaged for protection against bombs from French, Eng
lish and American airplanes. In the foreground are rncu with an antiaircraft gun. .
years of preparedness, they ravag
ed indiscriminately until this young
nation stepped in and Put a stop to
! their carnage. After having ®c- j
complished nothing but the com
mission of the most unspeakable
crimes, to be forced to retrace their
steps must be hard on Bill and Gott
Not ouly that, but to be driven back
hom* J»y that very nation that Bill
said coul'' not fight, must be nerve
wrcckiug. To be told that he can
not have a voice in any peace set
tlement. To be tola that he is en
tirely discredited by the civil-1
ize^ world. To be told that he mus !
relinquish whatever power he ever
had OTer his slaves and servants. In ^
other words to be told that he !
must taks the medicine prescribed
by Dr. Uncle Sam, a humble low
bred "bluffer" compared with au
tocracy, must be a bitter Pill to
swallow. Fortunately, the doctor
knows what is good for Blil, and
h» trill see that his Prescription is
carried out to the letter.
A new club is being formed i<»
Skagway and while it will be diffi
cult to xet a very large membership
on account of the peculiar re
quirements of the members it has
been reported that there *111 be
enough to make their presence
felt.
The name of this society is 'The
Newspaper Borrowers Club" and it
sta'ts with three or four charter
numbers.
The object of the club is to
minimize the discomfort of regular
subscribers to newspapers, who
have been showing slight objections
ti having their papers taken and
rea: by the non-subscribers be
fore they have ha* a chance to read
thrm themselves.
Another object is that the j
members will be better able to criti
cize. the "papers if they aare sure
no: to miss one issue and under
their rules they are sure to see
every issue.
The by-1 was of the club will re
quire that the members do not
borrow from the same subscribers
two days in succession but spread
♦heir patronage out so as to give
the bona fide subscribers some
chance to read his paper
first. This is a sood* idea and
will meet with the approval of
j many subscribers and at the same
tion of the organization ia which!
he tx serving. His serial number I
should also be gvien ,if it is known. ,
Tup uerson who is prim^r-ly inter'
ested jn this matter is, of course,!
thg one who has been 4esigi:ated
by the soldier for the purpose of
receiving notice of any casualty
flhicU may occur in his case, and
that person justly can not complain
ou account of not having re eived
self oeen at fault by neglecting to
the desired notice if he lias him- I
kee" ia touch with the military au-1
ihorities at Washington.
Al! correspondence on the subject j
should be addressed to The Adjutant
OeuerRi Washington, L>. C.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ARMY RANK
Explanation Concerning the Insignia
of Various Officers That Is More
or Less Romantic.
Because gold Is a more precious
metal than silver, not a few civilians
confess Ignorance of the reason for
geld bars ou a second lieutenant's
shoulder straps and silver bars on
those of a first lieutenant. Through
out the rank of army iusignias gold
appears to be subordinated. Moss'
Officers' Manual explains the sig
nificance:
"The second lieutenant stands on
the level ground, looking up to his
superiors r.t varying altitudes above
Mm. He !»e;riiis to climb toward the
top, his tir<t step Wing the lower bar
of the fence, which position is typified
by the one bar of the llr-^t lieutenant.
Upon reaching the top of the fence the
officer wears two bars, which repre
sent the bottom and top bars of the
fence, from which point he can now
as captain survey the field. From the
fence, the officer must climb to the
branches of the oak, the tree of might
and strength. It is u long climb and
symbolizes the marked difference that
exists between the company and the
field officer. The gold leaf on the
major's shoulder strap symbolizes this
position. The next step Is to the tall
est tree of the forest, the straight, tow
ering, silver poplar, with no branches
fur many feet from the ground. Al
though this point of vantage is some
what higher than that of the oak. it
Is not materially so, and the duties
and responsibilities of the position art
ebout the same. Tiie officer is now
among the silver leaves of the poplar,
which fact is typified by the silver
leaf of the lieutenant colonel. Thf
silver eagle of the colonel symbolizes
the bird that soars over the top of
the towering poplar. The next step is
the greatest of all: To the stars ui
in the firmament, far, far above thf
eagle's flight, which position Is typi
fied by the star on the general offi
cer's shoulder strap."
This description of the slgnificanct
of our insignia of rank, is, of course
merely a romantic explanation.
oua estates a nr. nara-drlven peasantry,
was never quite forgotten by him, and
toward the muzhiks especially—the pa
rents, probably, of those who have
just wrecked his property—he had
alwnys an active sympathy. The
neighboring capital town of Toula,
set in th:> midst of agricultural lands,
was constituted a gun factory by the
C'zar Boris Godunov, and still devotes
itself to the making of army rifles.
Resurrection of Old Roman Port.
Ostia, the harbor of ancient Rome,
is once more, by decision of the Italian
government, to become a port, and
Rome therefore once more a maritime
city. To the harbor at Ostia. when
Rome was mistress of the world, came
the corn from Sicily and Sardinia,
which, after Tibet silt and national in
dolence had let Ostia perish, was stored
at Portus, the rival harbor, which also
afterward fell into desuetude. It was
the seizure of Rome's granary which
enabled Alaric to Impose his will on
the Eternal city. Ostia began Its exis
tence in (MO B. C., and she seems about
to add another chapter to her history.
American Flyers.
This from Gen. William L. Kenly,
United States director ofndlitary aero
nautics:-"There Is no higher type of
the aviator in the world than the
American. The courage and the ability
of the American flyer have won full
recognition, and we may expect him
to play a more and more prominent
part in the war as it continues, be
cause, after four years of fighting, the
man power resources <>! our allies have
been largely drawn on."
How He Found War.
Willis—This morning you told mo
you liufl just returned from the war,
and this afternoon I heard you admit
that you had never smelled powder.
Glilts—That's right. I fought the
Germans. All we ever smelted was
chlorine gas, fluorine fumes and poison
spray.—'1 own Topics.
Not for Publication.
Here is one story that H. E. Bar
nard. the state food administrator
should not overlook. Ed Lane, one oi
the prominent citizens of Colfax, Clin
ton county, became worried severe
nights ago because he couldn'!
sleep, and thinking that perhaps «
salt water bath might restore lilt
restful slumbers, he got up and pro
ceeded to experiment with hit
theory. The next day his clothing |
stuck so tight to his body that h( [
had to have assistance from his wift i
to get it off. and when she Inquired (
as to the reason, he informed hej1
that he had taken a salt-water bath,
the night before. But Mrs. Lane then!
time more pcuve " "e -"<e
read the papers.
We hope to be able to print a list
oc the members before long al
though some of them are well
known to most subscribers of the
paper.
SOLDI KltS* NEXT OF
KIX SHOULD SEND IN
CHANGE IN ADDUESS
The War Department authorizes
the following statement from the
Ac'in>? Adjutant General:
OwiDg to the fact that persons
designated by soldiers to receive ad"
vice in the event of their death in
jury, capture, etc., fail, in very
many cases to notify The Adjutant
'General's office prompt!) of changes
! in their addresses, that office is ex
I periencing considerable difficulty in
| obtaining delivery of some of its
casualty telegrams.
The telegram is, of course, sent
in every case to the address ap
pearing on the soldier's record, and
if itr. party named has in the mean
time moved elsewhere it is return
ed as undeliverable. The Adjutant
General's office finds it impractic
able in most cases to locate the ad
dressee who thus fails to receive
the desired notification.
It, therefore devolves upon every
person who knows that he has been
I designated by some soldier to re*
celvo messages of this uature to
[notify The Adjutant General imme
diately whenever .he changes his
address. Care should b e taken,
whenever a communication on this
suoject is addressed to Th^ Adju
tant General, to state the soldier's
fuli name, his ruuk, and the de'igna
Four Women and a Bear.
Discovering a bis black bear at the
I inouth of a cave while on a fishing trip
j with their husbands, Mrs. O. Hartman
' .Mrs. Guy Henderson. Mrs. A. Bassetl
j und Mr?. Ooorg" Chadwick threw rock.'
| at ths animal until it retired into the
I cave, and the remaining three then
I kept gttr.rd while tiie fourth summoned
I liie men.
The party was without a pun. but
I after several hours an ancient musket
| was borrowed at a ranch several mile.'
j away. Meanwhile the women continue*]
on guard, and whenever the bear at
tempted to emerge from the cave they
drove him back with showers of stones,
Armed with the musket. Bassett
crawled to the mouth of the cave and
i aiming at the bear's right eye, fired.
I The musket burst without damage to
j Bassett and the bullet struck the beat
| in the left llank, inflicting a wound
which caused death.
The bear is one of the largest of the
black variety ever killed in this region,
—Jackson (Wyo.) Dispatch In Chey
enne Leader.
Whire Turgenev Did Early Work, j
The estate of the Russian novelist,
Ivan Turgenev, which Is reported tc
| have been sacked by peasants, lies
in the low, marshy country of the gov
ernment state of Toula. Some of the
writer's early work was produced there
though to\fr.rd the end of his life Tur
genev spent the greater part of his
time in Baden-Baden or Paris and
scarcely visited Russia. The Influence
of hlsjionie, with its beautiful, prosper
DON'T DRINK SHIPS!
U. S. Food Administration.
Are you shocked to see the lady drinking ships?
You drink Bhips every time you use sugar unnecessarily. In a
beverage.
Seventy-five per cent, of the sugar used In this country has to be
brought hero in ships. Every possible ship is needed for the trans
portation vof troops and supplies to the other side.
Eliminate sugar as a luxury, and you release many ships for war
purposes.
> Teach your appetite to remember this-—
DON'T DKINK SHIPS.
realized wnertr uer sugar Tiaff gone
and she proved to lier husband thai
he had got the granulated sugai
Instead of# the salt. The result was
patnless, but Lane doesn't think tha!
It will do to have Mr. Hoover or Mr
Barnard And out he took his bath ir
sugar water.—Indianapolis News.
Safety Belts.
On the question of safety belts Dr
Graeme Anderson gives it as his opin
ion that before leaving the ground al
aviators should see that their safetj
belts are fastened and should be fa
miliar with the method of their quick
release; the belt should never be un
done in the air.
In -17 crashes on tractor machine*
with 17 Injured the belt fceid sever
occasions and gave u\sy on ten, of the
42 crashes in which the pilot escaped
the belt held in 28 Instances nr.i gave
way In 14.
Dr. Graeme Anderson advocates the
wearing of safety helmets by all pupils,
but emphasizes that they should be
well fitting and not be easily dislodged
from the head while flying.
ATTENTION!
A movement is now on foot
tnroughout the United States which
is intended to result in a greater
reverence for our national anthems,
"America"a nd "The Star Spangled
Banner." We have been taught to
rise when these song3 are played or
sung and to remove our hats when
standard bearing the Flag passes by,
but we have not at all times main
tained the physical attitude of "at
tention" when so doing. \Ve are
now asked to remember that we
snould stand at attention when the
F'asr ia passing by and also to adopt
this physical attitude when singing
the two national songs mentioned
above. There is a vital connection
between the physical anil> mental at
titude of an individual. A loose
disorganized bodily attitude reilects
itself upon the mental state and
cannot but interfere with any con
centrated mental effort.
As we sine" "America'' or "The
Sta»- Spangled Banner." let us then
staM-' beside our desks if in the
school room, or before our chairs
•f in a public assemblage, in the
physical attitude of attention, thus
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showing by our bearing the rever
ence ia which we hold our Flag and
Nation. Th© position for attention
as corftained in the "Infantty Drill
Regulations," United States army,
is as Tollows:
"Heels on the same line and as
near each other as the conforma*
tiou of the man nermits.
Feet, turned out equally and
forming an angel of about forty
five degrees.
Kneta straight without stiffness,
fiipi level and' drawn back slight
ly; body erect and resting equally on
hips; chest lifted and arched; shoul
ders square and falling equally.
Arms and hands hanging natur"
allv, thumb along the seam of th«
trousers. Head erect and squarely
to the front, chin drawn in so that
the axis of the head and neck 18
vertical; eyes straight to the front.
Weight of the body resting
equally npon the heels and balls of
the feet.''
A rigid interpretation of this reg
ulation ig, perhaps, not desirla'e or
nracticable for the purpose^ etsttd,
b-'t the text is quoted for the bene
fit of this who need instrucion as
to just what atenion is. For prac
tical use in a schoolroom or in pub
lic gatherings where singing is to
b© done, attention may consist • of
standing without other support
squarely upon both feet with heels
together, body ere. t. s'ouldeja
square, arms and hands hanging
naturally and with heaj ere^t and
to ttc front.
Bar Candy Goods. Just tha
right kind to nibble on at the
movies or on the way to school.
Two eenerOUs hunks of treah candy
for 15c. Keller Bros. Adv. tf.
Keller Brothers received a con
signment of the Army and Navy-El
Tcmpio cigars today. Try them they
are the finest smoke ever.
Keller Brohters have received"*
shipment of Flash Light Batterle*. %
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