Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — Page 8

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COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The local county . .board of health has released the county-wide quarantine to take effect Wednesday morning. The schools in "the County will open on that date, Nov. 13, except in those districts where the “flu” is still hanging on. Superintendent Sterrett has written urgent appeals to the teachers to keep a careful watch over their schools throughout the coming winter. Plenty of fresh air, without reducing the temperature below 60 degrees, plenty of open air play, dry feet as well as warm, clean, wholesome eats coupled with plenty of pure milk, are a few of the many suggestions urged by the boards of health. Whenever a child feels a chill, followed with a fever, headache, eyes aching, and general debility, it is pretty clear evidence that a case of “flu’’ is in school. Teachers should send the pupil home at once and parents should be instructed to isolate the child in the house and compel it to remain in bed. This malady has and is being spread by negligent older people. The “flu” is very Infectious and it requires more precautions in this than a disease as dreadful as cholera. The reason that strict quarantine is not reqiift’ed of each home is that there is a case of it—-in nearly every home whence strict quarantine might work greater evil than the way it is. Parents and teachers must co-operate in *Ahis matter so over but this “flu’’ is not continue in school. This disease is worse than the great world war to us. The war on the kaiser is cover but this “flu’ is not conquered. Patrons will now change their fighting lines and come to the health boards’ rescue. We will ®oon win this second great war if patrons will not treat this dreadful disease as a sort of joke. A few resignations have occurred during this forced vacation. Zelda Daugherty, who taught at Burnstown in Barkley township, has resigned to join the nurses’ corps. Jennie Eib will finish the term there. Grace Halleck, who taught the Gleason school in Keener township, has resigned and Frances Davis has been procured to teach there. The place in Carpenter township made vacant by the death of Edna Christenson has not been filled as yet. It is very likely that other resigations will come to the surface when schools convene Wednesday. The new board of trustees elected at the polls will take their offices on Jan. 1, 1919. The following townships will be represented by the following trustees: Barkley, Grant Davisson, re-electedk Carpenter, Burdette Porter, reelected; Gillam, B. F. Lefever; Hanging Grove, W. E. Poole, reelected; Jordan, Julius H'uff; Kankakee, Alfred Duggleby; Keener, Clifford Fairchild, re-elected; Marion, Rev. Chas. W. Postil!; Milroy, Charles Wood; Newton, John Rush, re-elected; Union, Walter Harrington; Walker, John Pettit; Wheatfield, John Bowie. It will be noted that there will be eight new faces to transact the educationa.l work for the county, beginning their work in January. ' The five re-elected trustees will be very helpful advisors to the newly elected men in these board meetings until they get acquainted with the trustees work.

I | ii ■ - Barkley M. E. Church There will be Sunday school at .Barkley M. E. Church at 10 a. m. Sunday, also preaching services at 7:30 p. m. Gillam —Preaching services at 11 a. m., Sunday, November 17. —J. E. DEAN, Pastor.

AMERICANS BUY WAR BONDS

iFlfty-One Million U. S. Citizens Give Their Cash. Washington, Nov. 12. —Figures com(Plied gave emphasis to the part that American dollars have placed in the 'winning of the war. The wealth of the United States is estimated at $250,000,000,006, with an ■annual Income of -$50,000,000,000. Up to June 30, 1918, the end of the .first fiscal year after the United States entered the war, $17,500,000,00c (had been appropriated for war purposes. To meet this $22,000,000,000 in bonds •was authorized. Fifty-one million persons bought Liberty bonds.

GALICIA SEIZED BY POLAND

Vienna Announces Slavs Assumed Sovereignty Over Province. Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Professor Lammasch, the Austrian premier, has received official notification, says a dispatch from Vienna that Poland has as Burned sovereignty over Galicia.

GERMANS LEFT POWERLESS BY PEACE TERMS

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png the strategic points of the regions. i “A neutral zone shall be reserved on the right of the Rhine between, the stream and a line drawn parallel to it 40 kilometers to the east from the frontier of Holland to the parallel of iGernsheim and as far as practicable a distance of 30 kilometers from the east Of stream from this parallel upon Swiss frontier. Evacuation by the enemy of th'e Rhine lands shall be so ordered as to be completed within a further period of eleven days, in all J . 19 days after the signature of the arin•stice. 'All movements of evacuation

and occupation will be regulated according to the note annexed. “G. In all territory evacuateed by the enemy there shall be no evacuation of Inhabitants; no damage or harm shall be done to the persons or property of the inhabitants, no destruction of any kind.be committed. Military establishments of ail kinds shall be delivered intact as well as military stores of food, munitions, equipment not removed during the periods fixed for evacuation. Stores of food of all kinds for the civil population, cattle, etc., shall be left in situ. Industrial establishments shall not be impaired in any way and their personnel shall not be moved. Roads and weans of communication of every kind, railroad, waterways, main roads, bridges, telegraphs, telephones, shall be in no manner Impaired. Civil Personnel to Remain. “1. All civil and military personnel at present employed on them shall remain. Five thousand locomotives, 50,000 wagons and 10,000 motor lorries in good working order, with all necessary spare parts and fittings, shall be delivered to the associated powers within the period fixed for the evacuation of Belgium and Luxemburg. The railways of Alsace-Lorraine shall be handed over within the same period, together with all pre-war personnel and material. Funder material necessary for the working of railways in the country on the left bank of the Rhine shall be left in situ. All stores of coal and material for the upkeep of permanent ways, signals and repair shops left entire in situ and kept in an efficient state by Germany during /he whole period of armistice. All barges taken from the allies shall be restored to them. A note appended regulates the details of these measures. “8. The German command shall be responsible for revealing all mines or delay acting fnses disposed on territory evacuatcyl by the German troops i and shall assist in their discovery and I destruction. The German command 1 shall also reveal all destructive measures that may have been taken (such i us poisoning or polluting of springs, wells, etc.), under penalty of reprisals. “9. The right of requisition shall be I exercised by the allies and the United States armies in ail occupied territory. The upkeep of the troops of occupation in the Rhine land (excluding AlsaceLorraine) shall be charged to the German government.

“10. An immediate repatriation without reciprocity, according to detailed conditions, shall lA* fixed, of all allied and United States prisoners of war. The allied powers and the United States shall he aide tv dispose of these prisoners as they wish. “11. Sick and Ivounded who cannot be removed from evacuated territory will be car«*d for by German personnel, who will be left on the spot with the medical material required. Eastern Frontiers of Germany. “11. Disposition relative to the eastern frontiers of Germany. “12. All German troops at present in any territory which before the war belonged to Russia, Roumania or Turkey shall v. ithdnfw within the frontiers of Gennany as they existed on August 1, 1914. “13. Evacuation by German troops to begin at once and all German instructors, prisoneft. and civilians, as well as military agents, now on the |grritoryj>f Riisgia (as defined before 19145 to be recalled. “14. German troops to cease at once all requisitions and seizures and any other undertaking with a view to obtaining supplies intended for Gennany in Roumania and Russia (as defined on Augusf 1, 1914). “15. Abandonment of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk and pf the supplementary treaties. "15. The allies shall have frge access to the territories evacuated by the Germans on their eastern frontier, either through Danzig or by the Vistula, in order to convey supplies to the populations of those territories or for any other purpose. “111. Clause concerning East Africa: “17. Unconditional capitulation of all German forces operating in East Africa within one month. “IV. General clauses: “18. Repatriation, without reciprocity, within a maximum period of one month, in accordance with detailed conditions hereafter to be fixed, of all civilians . or deported whc may be citizens of other allied or associated states than those mentioned in clause three, paragraph nineteen, with the reservation that any future claims and demands of the allies and the United States of America remain unaffected. ■ “19. The following financial condl-

tions are required: “Repqgption for damage done. While such armistice lasts no public securities shall be removed by the enemy which can serve as a pledge to the allies for the recovery or reparation for war losses. Immediate restitution of the cash deposit In the National bank of Belgium, and. in general, immediate return of all documeats, specie, stocks* shares, paper money, together with plant for the issue thereof, touching public or private interests in the invaded countries. Restitution of the Russian and Roumanian gold yielded to Germany or. taken by that power. This gold tc be delivered in trust to the allies until the signature of peace. Naval Conditions of Agreement. “V. Naval conditions: _ “20. Immediate cessation of an hostilities at sea and definite information to be given as to the location and movements of all German ships. Notification to be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all territorial waters Is given to the naval and mercantile marines of _aH the allied and

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

gMPWWMMJWET- ~~~ r* * —Mjjj * ~ >■’ v associated powers, all questions of neutrality being waived. “21. All naval and mercantile marine prisoners of war of the allied and associated powers tn German hands to be returned without reciprocity. “22. Surrender to the allies and the United States of America of 160 German submarines (including all submarine cruisers and mine laying submarines) with their complete armament and equipment in ports which will be specified by the allies and the United States of America. All other submarines to be paid off and completely disarmed and placed under the supervision of the allied powers and the United States of America. “23. The following German surface warships which shall be designated by the allies and the United States of America shall forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports, or, for the want of them, in allied ports, to be designated by the allies and the United States of Amerlea and placed under the surveillance of the allies and the United States of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely; Six battle cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers, including two mine layers, fifty destroyers of the most modern type. “All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be concentrated in German naval bases to be, designated by the allies and the United States of America, and are to be paid off and completely disarmed amd placed under the supervision of the allies and the United States of Aflierica. All vessels of the auxiliary fleet (trawlers, motor vessels, etc.) are to be disarmed. Germany Must Indicate Mines. “24. The allies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and obstruction laid by Germany outside German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated: “25. Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the naval and mercantile marines of the allied associated powers. To secure this, the allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy all German fcfrts, fortifications, batteries and defense works of all kinds in all the entrances from the Categat into the Battle, and to swetp up all mines and obstructions within and witout German territorial waters without any question of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all such mines and obstructions are to be indicated. “26. The existing blockade conditions set up by the allies and associated powers are to remain unchanged and all German merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture. Aircraft to Be Concentrated. “27. All naval aircraft are %o be concentrated and immobilized in German bases to be specified by the allies and the United States of America. “28. In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports Germany shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes and all other harbor materials, all materials for inland navigation, ail aircraft and all materials and stores, all arms and armaments and all stores end apparatus of all kinds. “29. All Black sea ports are to be evacuated by Germany; all Russian war vessels of all descriptions seized by Germany In tht» Black sea are to be handed over to the allies and the United States of America; all neutral merchant vessels seized are to be released; all warlike and other materials of all kinds seized in those ports ard to be returned and German materials as specjfled In clause 28 are to be abandoned.

All Vessels to Be Restored. “30. All merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the allied and associated powers are to be restored in ports to be specified by the aides and the United States of America without reciprocity. “31. No destruction of ships or of materials to be permitted before evacuation, surrender or restoration. “32. The German government will notify the neutral governments of the world, and particularly the governments of Norway, Sweeten, Denmark and Holland, that all restrictions placed on the trading of their vessels with the allied and associated countries, whether by the German interests and whether in return for specific concessions such as the export of shipbuilding materials or not, are immediately canceled. “33. No transfers of German merchant shipping of any description to any neutral flag are to take place after signature of the armistice. Duration Set at Thirty Days. "VI. Duration of armistice: “34. The duration of the armistice is to be 30 days, with option to extend. During this period, on failure of execution of any of the above clauses, the armistice may be denounced by one of the contracting parties on 48 hours previous notice. ___ “VII. Time Hmit for reply’: “35. This armistice to be accepted or refused by Germany within 72 hours of notification. “The war thus comes to an end; for, having accepted these terms of armistice, it will be impossible for the Gernian command to renew it. “It is not now possible to assess the consequences of this great consummation We know only that this tragical war, whose consuming flames swept from one nation to another, until all the world was on fire, Is at an end and that it was the prfvllege of our own people to enter it at Its most critical juncture in such fashion and In such force as to continue In a way of which we are all deeply proud, to the great result. “We know, too, that the object of the *—*-=*-

*'' -Mi-sat •war is attained; the objects upon which all freemen had set th'eir hearts; and attained with a sweeping completeness which even now we do not realize. Armed Imperialism such as the men conceived who were but yesterday the masters of Germany, is at an end, Its illicit ambitions engulfed in black disaster. “Who will now seek to revive it? “The arbitrary power of the military caste of Germany, which once could secretly and of its own single choice disturb the peace of the world, Is discredited and destroyed. And more tiian that —much more than that —has been accomplished. League of Nations. “The great nations which associated themselves to destroy it had now definitely united in the common purpose to set up such a peace as will satisfy t,fle longing of the whole world for disinterested justice, embodies in settlements which are based upon something much better and much more lastlng'than the Selfish coqppetitltve interests of powerful states. There is no longer conjecture as to the objects the victors have in mind. They have a mind in the matter, not />nly, but a heart also. Their avowed and concerted purpose Is to satisfy and protect the weak as well as to accord their just rights to the strong. To Feed Starving Huns. “The humane temper and Intention of the victorious governments has already been manifested in a very practical way. Their representatives in the supreme war council at Versailles have by unanimous resolution assured thepeoples of the central empires that everything that Is possible in the circumstances will be done to supply them with and rellfeve the distressing want that is in so many places threatening their very lives; and steps are to be taken immediately to organize these efforts at redlef in the same systematic manner that they were organized in the case of Belgium. “By the use of idle tonnage of the central empires it ought presently to be possible to lift the fear of utter nalsfrom their oppressed populations and set their minds and energies free for the great and hazardous tasks of political reconstruction which now face them on every hand. New Peril of Revolt “For with the fall of the ancient governments which rested like an incubus upon the peoples of the central empires has come political change not merely, but ‘revolution; and revolution which seems as .yet to assume no final and ordered form, but to run from one fluid change to another, until thoughtful men are forced to ask (hemsflves, with what governments and of what sort are we about to deal in the making of the covenants of peace? . “With what authority will they meet us, and with what assurance that their authority will abide and sustain securely the international arrangements into which we are about to enter? “There is here.matter for no small anxiety and misgiving. When peace is made, upon whose promises and engagement's beside our own is it to rest ? -.--t Says We Must Aid. “Let us be perfectly frank with ourselves and admit that these questions cannot be satisfactorily answered now or at once. But the moral Is not that there is little hope of an early answer that will suffice. “It is only that we must be patient and helpful and mindful above all of the great hope and confidence that lie at the heart of what is taking place. “Excesses accomplish nothing. Unhappy Russia has furnished abundant recent proof of that. Disorder immediately defeats itself. If excesses should occur, if disorder should for a time raise its head, a sober second thought will follow' and a day of constructive action, if w T e help and de not hinder. Conquer by Example. “The present and all that it held, belongs to the nations and the peoples who preserve their self-control and the orderly processes of their governments ; the future to those w T ho prove themselves the true friends of mankind. To conquer with arms Is tc make only a temporary conquest; tc conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make permanent conquest I am confident that the nations that have learned the discipline of freedom and that have settled with self-posses sion to its ordered pracjice are now about to make conquest of the world by the sheer power of example and ol friendly helpfulness.

Patience Our Task. “The peoples who have but just come out from under the yoke of arbitrary government and who are now coming at into their freedom will never And the treasures of liberty they are in search of if they look for then: by the light of the torch. “They will And that every pathway that is stained),with the blood of theli own brothers leads to the wilderness not to the .seat of their hope. They are new face-to face with their initial tests. We must hold the light steady until they And themselves. “And in the meantime, if it be pos sible, we must establish a peace that' will justly deAne their place among i the nations, removi all fear of theli' neighbors and ’of their former masten and enable them to live in security and contentment when they have se> their own affairs in order. “I for one do not doubt their pur pose or their capacity. There an some happy signs that they know and will choose the way of self-control and peaceful accommodation. If they d< we shall put our aid at their disposal In every way that we can. “If they do not we must await wit) patience and sympathy the awakenlnj and recovery that will assuredly com< at .last.” * -t.

A Matter of Money

By LINCOLN ROTHBLUM

(Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Gloria was as delectable a bit of femininity as one could find at the fashionable resort of Norhabor. Barely five feet five in her French-heeled boots, she had a most alluring manner of -looking into your eyes as if your every gesture were precious to her. Despite the adoration paid her, she remained lovable. But beyond these apparent facts, little was known of Gloria Stanley, who came every year to this resort and, to all appearances, plentifully supplied with money. Alw’ays dressed In good taste, with no little vatiety in her costumes, it is not to be wondered that she excited the admiration of the women as well as the men. And now the summer colony was agog with excl tern or Gloria had met her “hero.** And this is the way it happened: Arising one merulng earlier than the other guests, she slipped into her bathing suit and ran lightly across the stretch of sand, Mlrly quivering with’ suppressed excitement and pleasure of her anticipated plunge. Pausing a moment on tiptoe at tiie edge of the pier to drop her bathrobe, and judge her dive, she stretched her arms obliquely downward and sailed through the air, cleaving the water like an'arrow. In a moment her straight body could be seen skimming close to the surface,

“I’m so Sorry.”

then suddenly it stopped as If It had struck a barrier. And there arose above the water two heads, more shocked than hurt by the contact. “I’m so sorry,” Gloria sputtered, as she tyead water. “I didn’t see you before I dove off.” “Mighty careless of me to be in the way,” laughed the young man, with a most engaging smile, as he swam-close by in a very professional manner. “I hope you’re not hurt.” “Not a bit,” she responded, smiling back at him, and‘as a moment’s afterthought, “let’s race to shore.” Taking his compliance as granted, she commenced to augment the distance between thfein with broad, embracing strokes. He let her keep In the lead until but a few feet from shore, then swiftly caught up to h’er, so that they emerged in ryiison, “You swim well,” he said, breathing hard. “I didn’t think I’d have to work bo hard to catch up.” And, although Gloria couldn’t account foT it,- she felt flattered by this stranger’s praise. Out of the corner of her eye* she saw a stalwart manjust a little different from any other she had ever met .before. “Let’s rest,” she suggested, stretching at full length on-the sand, which had just begun to reflect the warmth of the sun now well up in the heavens. He sat down beside her, hands clasped about his knees. It was as if they were children and she had said, “Let’s play.” He entered into the spirit. “My name’s John Turner, he ventured by way of' conversation, “but most folks call me Jack. What’s yours.” “My name is Gloria Stanley, but most folks call me Glory,” she mimicked, her blue eyes twinkling merrily. “I’m staying at the hotel. When did you come?” The young man hesitated. “Oh, I’m not at the hotel,” he. answered hurriedly. “I’m camping on the other side of the lake. That hotel and I my pocketbook don’t hitch.” i As if to avoid the personal trend his ’ remark had given to their conversation, he continued: “But you must be hungry. Hadn’t you better go for breakfast?” Gloria arose and shook the wet sand frdm her suit. “Won’t you come, too?” she asked abruptly, as if against her better judgment. .1 ' “No, no,” he hastily responded, “my breakfast is waiting for me across tha lake.” With serious formality they shook hands, and 1 Gloria turned toward tha hotel veranda, where already could be ■een the ever-wai chful ladies missing

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nothing of the scene enacted before them. The next morning, as if by telepathic understanding. Gloria was at the water’s edge at the same hour and in the same costume as the day before. Nor was she disappointed to find the young man already on hand. In the bottom of a canoe lay a neat bundle of wearing apparel. “Thought I’d row across this morning so I could bring my clothes, and after we have our dip, I’d like to accept yesterday’s invitation,” and as the questioning loqjt left her face, he added : “I’m camping by myself— and it’s lonesome.” “Bully,” she cried, striking her palms together man-fashion, “and then it’ll be tennis after breakfast?” Quite naturally he took her hand as they w'aded into the water until the depth permitted swimming. That morning they raced beneath the water, springing above the waves like flying fish, diving in every conceivable position —and in all the young man executed, the girl gamely followed suit. Tired and breathless, they floated on their backs toward shore. And the porch dowagers shook their heads ominously as the laughter of the two figures chasing each other up and down the sand, came faintly to their fears. But neither were prepared for the change clothes made. He had not quite expected to see this boyish girl transformed into the vision standing before him, just a trifle taller in the lowheeled tennis shoes; nor, It must be admitted, had Gloria anticipated the very good impression this white flanneled man seemed to be making upon the Yiotel guests who chanced to see him. And although such admiring glances, ill-concealed, did not displease her, she was wondering ff the others noticed how carefully his finger ran down the price column of the bill of fare. But his seeming parsimony did not mar the ten wonderful days they swam, romped and played together —a very brief span of time Indeed as the hourglass goes, but a sweet eternity of delight to the two who had found companionship in one another. It was a sun, barest two hours awake,, which looked down upon the sorrow of their parting. “Glory,” the young man finally spoke, “these days have been like a wonderful dream to me. I must wake up no.w.” “Do you want my address?” she tearfully and practically asked. “No,” he murmured, and turned away. Gloria gasped. His answer was entirely unprecedented in the annals of Lovemaking. “Did you say ‘no,’ Jack?” she repeated, incredulously. He turned around and held out his hand. “Trust me, little girl,” he softly asked, “wait for me one year "Hll you?” Quite uncomprehendingly, Gloria shook his hand. Head bent, she turned toward the hotel. And though her heart told her that Jack belonged to no other, her reason hade her forget how very much he had come to mean to her. Fall, winter and spring came and went, and with summer arrived Norharbor’s perennial colonists. Gloria, with a charming array of new frocks, appeared as cheerful, winsome and pretty as ever, but exhibited a listless attitude toward her favorite recreation of swimming. , On the third day of her stay, Gloria arose earlier than the other guests and made her way to the lake. As if to leave all her cares behind, she dove from the pier with a high spring and came up—in the arms of Jack Turner. “Jack!” she exclaimed, trying to free herself from his tight embrace. Deftly he tucked her in the crook of his left arm, and striking out powerfully with his right, in a few moments stood her on the sand. Pleasure at his presence and indignation at his conduct fought for control. “Glory I” he commanded," and a wonderful happiness danced in his eyes. “Will you marry me?” Gloria gasped. “Then you’re not already married?” “Of course not. What put that idea into your head?” “Well, why did you leave me that way last sufiimer?” “A man without money canlt ask a girl who can afford the luxuries of this hotel, to marry him, can he?” “No.” “So all jvinter I’ve had my shoulder to the wheel, and,” he added, nervously, “if you’re willing, I can give you the luxuries you are accustomed to.” “But, dear boy,” she laughed delightedly, “I’m just a poor, foolish stenographer who spends her winter savings in two extravagant weeks!”

Big Collie Is Chauffeur.

Gear-shifting, of course, is outside the limits of possibility for him, but except for this operation a big collie, owned by a Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) automobile dealer, is able to. drive a motorcar. Everybody along “auto row” in New York city was completely dumfounded not long ago when the dog acted as chauffeur for his master. While weaving in and out through Broadway’s traffic, however, the owner had an auxiliary control at hand ter help the animal out of tight places and avoid the danger of a mishap. But on ordinary occasions when congested streets do not have to be negotiated the collie drives along like a man, turning corners and avoiding other vehicles with surprising facility. Ou such rides his master sits beside him, or in the tonneau behind. On a track, where the chance of accident is eliminated the dog drives along with nobody in the car to help him. No special device is fixed to the steering wheel to assist him--Popular Mechanics Magazine.