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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1918
MEN ARE RUBBING ELBOWS
' One clay it is read in the press that
an industrial magnate has said in an
interview that the common people of
the land must be helped and that
after the war the workers will be in
a better position than heretofore.
The next day a prominent radical
declares that he has resigned from
the party to which he gave adherence
and that he will get behind the gov
ernment in the war.
Two more men have become ac
quainted with conditions, and a radi
cal fanatic and a conservative fanatic
have been turned into normal beings
w ith the idea of doing what they can
to better conditions in the land in a
helpful, constructive way.
Most fanatics at both ends of the
scale are fanatics simply because they
dwell in their own little world and
refuse to get the point of view of the
average man.
A man who feeds his brain on his
own thoughts and carries his own
premises to a logical conclusion will
become a fanatic as sure as fate. To
become reasonable he must brush up
against other opinions and other
mmds, see the point of view of other
peop.e, and revise his conclusions.
In America it seems there is a great
movement toward reasonableness. The
people are coming closer together.
The magnate is beginning to appre
ciate the commoner, and the laboring
man is becoming acquainted with the
man of large afTairs.
f "^ben the two meet and become ac
quainted they find much good in one
another. Their selfishness becomes
somewhat dissipated and they find
they are not so far apart as they had
presumed.
They begin to wmrk together and to
join hands for the betterment of their
country, love for which equally per
meates both of them.
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND
SUCCESS
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Army officers tell of the improve
ment in the shape of the soldiers who
are in training for France. On the
average the weight of the men has in
creased, their waists are smaller,
their chests and limbs larger. They
are better physical specimens, and
hence will be more capable men when
they return from the army and enter
the various works of peace.
Their physical betterment will have
an influence on their mental vigor.
In some way one has more respect
for a young man who stands straight.
He tegets confidence, and that is one
of the cornerstones of business suc
cess
A soldier is taught to put out his
chest and to look men in the eye
when he talks to them.
It is not a difficult matter for army
training to change a boy from a care
less, sloppy pocture to one that is
erect and orderly. No employer would
hesitate, in choosing from among men
he does not know, to pick out the fel
low with his chin up.
Any young man can “spruce up."
If he will stand straight he is likely to
be more energetic and if he will look
into the eyes of other men he is al
mostcertain to become more honest.
LIFEJJ POST
FORT LISCUM, June 18.—Well, the
boys all acclaim that it was some
send-off our Cordova friends gave us,
and we were all hoarse from singing
and cheering on the ride over on the
Donaldson.
After saying good-by to the mos
quitd fleet the bunch all started to
look for places to snooze, and there
were men scattered all over the boat,
from the hold to the hurricane deck.
We arrived at Fort Liscum at 7:30
o'clock Saturday morning, and
marched up to the barracks, where
Lieutenant Leubben gave us the first
roll call. When he called Hans Han
son no one responded, and a search
was started to locate him. After
about fifteen minutes he was found
aboard the Donaldson, asleep with the
anchor chains in the lower hold. That
afternoon ten men were given phys
ical examination, which ends up with
“a shot in each arm.” The one in the
right arm was a hypodermic injection
which causes a pain in the arm for
about two days. So far only forty
have been examined, and out of these
I believ-e five will be turned down.
We have discovered a relic of the
farm in a man named Hume Dula,
otherwise known as Hici Dula, or
Humdinger. Poor Hum went in for
examination and the doctor took one
look at him, and he is waiting now
for d ^charge. They say he buried
$1,000 in gold under some railroad
ties near McCarthy, so some of the
fellows are looking * for a chance to
guard the bridges near there.
George Kennedy is worrying more
about his fish trap than anythng else,
and I forget how many fish he said
he would have gotten if he had
escaped the draft. Anyway, I guess
he had signed a contract with the
king of the king salmon.
Jack Johnson took physical exami
nation today, and got excused from
drill—says he has a sore arm. Jack
declares that Hans Hanson would
make an elegant-looking general.
Dick Lewis has been tryng to make
a hit with the girls at Valdez, as he
goes across at every opportunity.
Dick has been trying to show the
boys how the Home Guard drills, but
he says they were teaching him some
of the movements wrong at Cordova.
Dick now admits that he would rather
be a regular than a home guard.
Roy Fraisure sits and dreams about
bis wife.
George Steel lost all of his money
playing blackjack.
Ed Richmond—poor Ed!—is all at
sea. He looks as though he had lost
bis last friend. But Ed sure works
lard on the drill. But when he talked
n his sleep the other night he imag
ned he was back at Strawberry
Point, and the things he» said were
sure mushy.
The general program ''over here is,
is follows:
Reveille, 5:45 a. m.; breakfast, 6:30;
)olice up, 7:30; drill, 8 to 11:30;
unch, 12; inspection, 1 p. m.; drill,
L: 30 to 4*.
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to be leaving here soon for Camp Frjv
mont.
All send regards. The boat is j In
sight.
TO HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM, June 19.—Aa aerial
post between England and Holland is
the subject qf an interview given by
the Dutch director of posts and tele
graphs to the Dutch newspapers.
While doubting whether an aerial post
is possible during war time, he be
lieves that an international agreement
regarding It will be reached shortly,
and a plan adopted as soon after the
war as possible. Meanwhile experi
ments with airplane postal service are
to be made by Holland between Am
sterdam and Groningen.
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BHIClDiER Ml IK
CONTROLLER TRENCH ■
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LONDON, June 19.—Brigadier Gen
eral Arthur M. Asquith has been ap
pointed to be the controller Of the
trench warfare department of the min
istry of munitions.
Brigadier General Asquith has been
wounded three times, the last wound
being followed by the loss of a foot.
GERMAN SUBSTITUTES
TO PRESERVE THEIR LINEN;
AMSTERDAM, June 19.—“How to
preserve your linen*’ is the title of a
lecture now' befng delivered through
out Germany by speakers from the
imperial clothing office. The object
is to teach people how' to use the
various substitutes for soap and the
chemical washing powders, without un
necessary wear and tear of their gar- ;
ments.
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SCARCITY OF DOMESTIC
HELP IN GERMAN TOWNS
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AMSTERDAM, June 19.—So many
German women and girls are now
working in munitions factories, ac
cording to German newspapers, that
there are now practically no domestic .
servants to be had in Greater Berlin.
The labor exchange of the metropoli
tan area reports that on the average
there ie only one servant to every
five places vacant.
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Madame Gydla, the paimist, will be
found in the Currier & Mickalson
building on C. street. 16-tf
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Waste and extravagance are Ger
many’s silent allies.
Suppose America Had Been Insulter;
Would Teutons Have Declared War?
By H. A. WAGNER
Chairman of Executive Committee, Wucouiin Loyalty League
We have citizens of alien birth or alien parentage—mostly men of
sterling character, of honorable motives, of patriotic tendencies, and of lov
able human qualities, whose sympathy with their fatherland or that of
their parents has so beclouded their vision that they have been unable as
yet to see that this country has been forced into this war and that it needs
and deserves the same enthusiastic support of all its citizens that they so
admire in the people of the countries with whom we are at war.
To get a clear vision of the situation let us assume that conditions
had been reversed—let us say that during our war with Spain our official
representatives in Germany had forged German passports, had fomented
strikes and dissatisfaction in its industries, and planned and carried out the
destruction of property and lives of its citizens, had boldly violated the
laws which were to protect its citizens while they themselves were enjoy
ing the protection of those very laws; that they had brazenly criticized its
form of government and had vilified and sneered at its highest officials.
Suppose that our government had deliberately destroyed German ships and
German lives while our ships were being protected against the enemy by
Germany in its own harbors. Suppose that after being warned by Ger
many that a repetition of these outrages would result in a declaration of
war, we had instructed our ambassador at Berlin to arrange with France
and Russia to attack Germany, if the latter declared war on us—that we
would finance the enterprise, and reward them with a liberal slice of Ger
man territory. If our government had been guilty of such perfidy, such
brutality, such arrogance and such stupidity in its dealings with Germany,
would the latter have docilely submitted or would it have sprung to its arms
when the first outrage occurred to uphold its rights and to protect its citi
zens? I
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a mercantile business, and were the outgrowth of a condition. The ’
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The trend of American banking legislation Is toward branch bank
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Complying with the laws and regulations governing the Institu
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