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INHUMAN HUNS
In an address delivered before a
feathering of Portland women, re
cently, Luther D. Wishard, personal
representative of President Wilson
in the war zone of Europe, told of
the frightful atrocities of the Ger
man soldier, from whose brutality
defenseless women are not spared.
He also assured his audience that
this world conflict will, in all proba
bility, continue for several years, and
that, eventually, it must be a war
of extermination.
“You in all probability will not
believe the frightful things which I
am going to tell you,” he said, “but
there are three sources of evidences
of facts. In the first place, Lord
Bryce formed a commission, com
posed of men, who worked in Bel
gium, France and Armenia. Every
statement which they issued had to
be substantiated.
“In the second place there are in
Paris today 4,000 diaries filled by
German officers, with the record of
devilish atrocities which they com
mitted and the ones they witnessed.
There they are. If you can read
that barbarian language in which
they are written, you have the evi
dence. Then the last reason why
you should believe them is the daily
statements from people who have
been on the battlefront and who have
seen evidences of these things.
“If the brave women over there
can live through the things which
I tell you about, then you women
can steel yourselves to listen and
swear new allegiance to our flag
and to that of the allied nations.”
Mr. Wishard told of the treatment
of little children by the Germans.
He told how children are bayoneted,
or crucified to a door or a table, and
in one instance how a little boy hap
pened to run out into the street
just as a German officer was passing
by and how he ran his bayonet
through him, hung him over his
shoulder, as the child was screaming
his life away, and walked on singing
down the road.
Another incident he told was this:
One poor mother was forced to
stand by while her husband was tor
tured to death and her little boy
was taken away from her. She faint
ed, and when she recovered asked
where her child was. “He has been
sent down the road,” she was told.
When she went to find him she
found him hanging from a limb of
a tree, tied along with five or six
other children, all dead. His body
was till warm, and by giving of her
breath to him, and by much coaxing
and petting, she got him so that he
could talk and recognize her. She
heard a rustling, and when she look
ed around she saw another German
officer standing beside her. He tore
the youngster away from her, cov
ered his clothes with gasoline, ig
nited them, and burned the boy to
a crisp.
He then told of the indignities to
the women. “There is absolutely
nothing of humanity left in the
hearts of the men when they get
hold of the women and girls," he
said. “There are three reasons for
their brutal treatment. First, pure
and unbridled lust; second, deliber
ately to horrify and terrorize them,
in order to make every one afraid
of Germany.
“The last reason is this: They
are given a deliberate and precon
certed order to inflict unwelcome
motherhood upon every woman, in
order that they may rear an army
to fight against the people of the
mothers. This thing is being car
ried on on such a gigantic scale
that we cannot even begin to gather
together figures.”
Mr. Wishard told of the enormous
amount of good which is being done
by the Red Cross society and by the
' Young Men’s Christian Association
and urged the women to support
them, both by working for them anc
in contributing to all of the drives
LOYALTY OF AMERICAN LABOR
The resolutions passed on Wash
ington’s birthday by the Americar
Alliance for Labor and Democracy
have the patriotic ring.
With a preamble briefly stating
the real issue of this wur and re
citing America’s traditional stanc
for democracy and freedom, whicV
tradition has always beer upheld bj
American labor, the resolution de
clare steadfast loyalty to America’!
enlightened cause and recognize thal
this great struggle is essentiallj
labor’s war.
American workingmen can no1
discuss internatic nal or other qaes
tions with enemy nations so long
as they remain autocratic, say tht
resolutions, and the alliance is one
with the whole people of America
in their purpose to exert every ef
fort to bring about the final over
throw of auocracy and guard jeal
ously our own democrats institu
tions at home.
The fact tha*- t' is is labor’s war
is recognized by no element more
clearly than it is by the American
workingmen. They know that their
opportunities lie in freedom ird not
in autocratic rule The part that
they play at this crisis in the world's
affairs is of tremendous importance
that they recognize and acknow
ledge the situation is something the
nation is grateful for and proud of,
BIG ECREASE IN BIRTH RATE
OF HUNGARIANS
The following statistics were read
by the Karalyist Deputy Lodovicc
Hollo, at the Hungarian Chamber ol
Deputies, at the session of Januarj
1G, 1918:
(1) Births—Before the war, 765,
000 children a year were born in
Hungary. In the first year of the
war, 1914, the number of births
was reduced by 18,000; in 1915
only 481,000 children were born—
that is 284,000 less than in time
of peace. In 1916 the number oi
births was 333,000—that is, a re
duction of 432,000. In 1917 the
births amounted to 328,000—that is
the reduction was 438,000. There
fore our losses (in Hungary alone)
behind the front reach the numbei
of 1,172,866 individuals.
(2) Deaths—Whereas in time o’
peace infant mortality, for a perioe
of seven years, was 34 per cent, ii
1915 the proportion was increases
to 48 per cent, and in 1916 to 5<
per cent.
! “These facts,” said Hollo, “provi
what sacrifices Hungary is making
to the prejudice of her own people
to continue the war."
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SATAN HAD HALO
IN GOOD OLD DAY!
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Certainly most of us would h
surprised to see a picture of the devi
with a halo above his head. W
i have become accustomed to recog
! nize the halo as a prequisite of sac
red persons, most of whom are paint
ed with their arms around thei
heads. But in the olden times th
devil was also painted with a hal
of his own, as medieval picture
will bear witness, and long befor
his satanic majesty came to be
figure in Christian religion other me
were represented by painters an
mosaic workers as having a hal
over their heads.
In fact, this custom antedate
Christianity itself. The halo, sacre
now, was a pagen invention. Roma
emperors and other personages wei
always accorded a halo by painter
It was the symbol of power. An
what more natural than to inves
satan with a halo when Christianit
took hold of men’s minds? For tli
was the supreme embodiment <
wickedness, of power diverted t
bad ends.
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SARAH KRNHART
TELLS OF FRENCH
ARMY MORALS
Writing in an American magazine
on the American soldier in France,
Mme Sarah Bernhardt, speaking of
the morality problem, says:
“ ‘Over there’ it was a question
which became paramount in military
organization. By strict army regu
lation it has been impossible for any
‘femme de guerre’ to even see a
soldier in camp. * For miles behind
the lines such women are looked
out for, turned back, or imprisoned.
There is no delicacy expressed
among army officers about the
treatment of these women, either.
They are recognized as enemies to
the moral purpose of the war.
“The wonderful moral attention
which is silently given by distin
guished women in Europe to the care
of the soldier on furlough is one
of the most remarkable testimonials
to the sort of obligation women have
undertaken to sustain the moral
standards of the allied armies.
“Millions of women in the United
States have instinctively adopted
this duty of moral influence upon the
American soldier. They are organ
ized in all cities, all states, bound to
gether by mutual understanding to
defend their men from other dan
gers of war than those of shot and
shell. Every woman knows that the
heart of her man must be kept sweet
and warm against this savagery and
horror of his new environment, and
j she is planning to keep her presence
| and her influence always near him
i in the trenches.
“I have read so many plans con
ceived by American women to ac
complish this, to remain always at
the side of the men at the front,
that I realize how strong the tie is
betwen the grat moral purpose of
this war and the moral purpose of
these women who are in sympathy
with it. They will find a great army
of sisterhood waiting to help them
in France.
SERUMS TO BE
TESTED BY U.S.
In order that there may be no
doubt of the effectiveness of the
serums and vaccines most in use
both in the military forces and in
(civil life, the United States Public
.(Health Service is now making tests
i of samples from every lot of these
products made by the various manu
facturers. The tests are made at
the hygienic laboratory in Washing
ton before placed on the market for
sale in interstate traffic.
The seriousness and prevalence of
pneumonia and meningitis at the
present time make it of the greatest
importance that the reliability of any
individual does of the serums be
guaranteed. As rapidly as possible
the Public Health Service has been
1 determining upon standards for the
'different serums and vaccines used in
preventing disease, and where suffi
ciently accurate standards could be
found it has held the manufacturers
up to them. Tests for reliability are
now made in the case of- serums and
, (vaccines used in pneumonia, men
i ingitis, smallpox, typhoid fever, diph
(theria, and tetanus,
j Since 1902 the Public Health Ser
jvice has had supervision by law over
the manufacture of viruses, serums,
and toxins to be sold in interstate
traffic. At the present time a large
number of firms are licensed for
the manufacture of these products.
This means that their establishments
are satisfactory from a sanitary
point of view and that their pro
ducts are free from contamination.
In the case of the serums used ir
the six diseases mentioned it means
moreover, that the products, a3 made
have been found capable of prevent
ing the diseases they are to be used
against.
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SIMILAR NAMES
CAUSE CONFUS
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IN THE ARMY
There are more than 100,000
“Smiths” listed in the allotment and
allowance of the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance of the treasury de
partment—1,040 John Smiths, 200
John A. Smiths, 1,560 William Smiths
and 200 William H. Smiths. It takes
110 card index trays and a good
sized squad of filing experts to
keep track of all the enlisted men
in the fighting forces of the coun
try who answer to the name of
“Smith.”
There are more than 2,000,000
cards in the allotment and allowance
files of the Bureaif of War-Risk in
surance, and because of the great
repetition of certain names Secre
tary McAdoo has asked all soldiers
and sailors to give their full names
not initials, in applications and in
correspondence, and to write all
names in a clear, legible hand,
printing them out rather than using
script.
There are 262 John J. O’Briens
in the files and in 50 cases the wife’s
name is “Mary.” There are 15,000
Millers and 15,000 Wilsone on file in
the bureau. There are 1,000 John
Browns, and 1,200 John Johnsons.
It is not enough to say “George
Miller,” for there are 1,040 of these,
nor is it enough to say “George J.
Miller,” for this is not unique. The
full name and the complete post
office address are both necessary to
identify a man.
Soldiers and sailors are therefore
urged to give explicit, complete and
careful information concerning their
names, postoffice addresses and rank
and organization at time of applica
tion, in their applications and in let
ters addressed to the bureau.
The honor of holding the first
place in the alphabetical card cata
logue system goes to Clayton Aloy
sius Aab, second-class seaman, now
somewhere on the high seas on an
American battleship. He is closely
pressed, however by Earl Olaf Aabel.
the names then run the hundreds of
thousands through all the letters of
the alphabet and end with Joseph
Zyny.
The importance of clear, legible
handwriting is strongly emphasized
by the Bureau of War-Risk Insur
ance. Allotments and allowance
awards have sometimes been delayed
by baffling signatures, by incom
plete addresses, and by failure to
notify postal authorities of removal.
In correspondence with the bureau
and on all applications, names and
addresses should be printed, rather
than written in script. ,
THE OPIUM HABIT
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There are three different forms of
taking opium. Some people, for
example the Turks, eat it; others,
like the Chinese, smoke it, while
the inhabitants of more civilized
! countries usaully drinking it as laud
anum. The drug is obtained from
; the unripe fruit of the common
white poppy. Incisions are made in
the heads of this plant, from which
; a creamy juice exudes, hardening on
! its exposure to the air. This is
; scraped off and made up into small
j cakes, in which form it is sold- The
| confirmed opium eater or smoker
: reduces himself to an indescribably
i wretched state of mind and body,
‘ and very seldom lives to be forty if
I the practice has been acquired at aq
! early period in life.
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WAR HAS PURGED
DANCING OF HUGS j
“Heart to heart” dancing—redol- |
ent of the Barbary coast—has been j
purged by the god of war—Old Man !
Mars—according to Louis H. Chalif, I
who formerly danced for the recent j
Czar Nicholas. Chalif is an inter-:
pretative dancer who has found the j
profession lucrative enough to build j
a ten-story studio building opposite j
Carnegie hall devoted to highbrow!
Terpsichorean endeavor.
“The bunng hug, the greasy wig- ]
gle and other barnyard dances will
never be revived,” said Chalif. “The ''
true spirit of the dance has recieved -
an inpetus by the sobeting thought '
of war on the people. The trend |
will be upward. American dances i
were becoming vulgar. The catch as i
catch can steps of the cabarets would
eventually have killed dancing.
WHAT IS MONTENEGRO?
Montenegro is a small independent
country in Southern Europe, area |
about 3,000 square miles and border
ing partly on the Adriatic sea. It is
an hereditary monarchy, the nresent
king being Nicholas I. It is a very
mountainous country, the Italian
name of Monenegro signifying black
mountains, as does also the Turkish
name Karadog, but the mountains
are not black and the Montenegrins
are brave mountaineers, poor, in
dustrious and patriotic. At the be-,
ginning of the present war Mont‘>-!
negro took part with the Allies and j
later it was overrun by the Germans
and Austrians and is still held by
them.
IN FAIRYLAND
“I think that little Ethiopian sprite
is afraid of the dark.”
“Sure he is; if he went out he
might lose his identity.”
r. s. McDonald
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