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the battery was showed to q forward
position on the French Aghting front
Organized In PhIIipplnea.
Battery C was Organised in the
Philippines in September. 1901, as the
Twenty-fifth battery Of field Artil-
lsry. It acquitted itslf with distine-
tion during the Filipino insurreetIon
and remained in the Philippines untn
1908, when 1t was transferred to Fort
Riley, Kan, and merged with the
Sixth.
Battery A, another important unit
OF the Sixth, was originally organ
ised in 1896, at tAs close OF the eivil
war, and was known as the Second
Battery.
This battery was sent to Cuba In
1895 and participated in several I'M
portant engagements. At the close Of
the spAnish-Ameriesn war It was
sent to Fort Riley. where It also be-
came a unit of the Sixth Field Artil-
lery.
Battery B was the old Twenty-sec-
ond Battery, which had been organ
lied in October, 1901, and served in
Utah until 1t became . part IT the
Sixth at Fort Riley.
Battery d IL another veteran crgan-
Ization. 1t was the old Seventh Bat
terry. which was organized In Kansas
at the close OF the civil war. 1t saw
service in cubG and Porto Rico and
was transferred to IT. Riley In 1899.
Organised In 1901.
Battery Z was formed from the
twentieth battery of Field Artillery.
which had been organised In 1901.
The battery served In NebrAIka and
Kansas up to 1907. when It was made
q part Of the Sixth, and remained at
Fort Riley with the other units.
Battery r was the old Twentieth Of
Geld artillery. It was organised in
Illinois In 1901 and remained at Fort
Sheridan until It was sent TO Fort
Riley 70 become the sixth unit of the
Sixth Field Artillery.
Every battery OF the Sixth had aesn
active service before they were
merged at Fort Riley. The formal
organization Of the Sixth Field Ar.
tIllery took place in June, 1907.
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mrs. De SAULLES
IN DANGER; WILL
Be OPERATED ON

AINEoLA, L l., Nov. 25.-Mrs
Blanca De saulles, ''ths white widow.
who is on trial here for shooting to
death her former husband, Jack De
saullsS. wealthy New York society
man and one-time Yale athletic star,
must undergo q severe surgical opera
tion Is was learned today.
Henry A Uterhart, her counsel, Is
authority for the assertion that his
clients life is in danger, and that
only the operation Of trepanning can
save her.
The skin Of the surgeon win be
called on to relieve her from the
fracture Of the skull the presence Of
which was first made known when
Mr.. UterhGrt delivered his opening
address to the jury on Friday after
noon. Until then no knowledge was
had Of the injury which for years has
caused Mrs. De SSullss untold pain.
y y On tAs SGsot et this ta3ary that
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troops were sent over the Sixth Field
Artillery be among the nrst
While stationed on the border. Col.
William S. NcHair was the command
ing officer Of the Sixth. with Lieut..
Col Brooke Payne second in com.
mand. Capt. Charles C. Pulls was in
command OF Battery c.
Before penetrating the deserts of
Mexico the Sixth was on duty at
Douglas and Nogales, two of the
storm esnters along the border.
Just before leaving for France. the
Sixth was recruited to full war
strength from artillery regiments.
This meant q generous sprinklinE Of
recruits. but there remained q strong
nucleus OF veterans in each battery.
and with the training the men have
since received In France the Sixth,
with its history and traditions. is
recognized a. perhaps the greatest
lighting artillery regiment of the
army Of the United stateh
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CORNERSTONE OF
CHURCH R|FLED OF
ONEYANDPAPERS

Valuable records Of the old congrS-
CATION OF Brookland n. z. Church.
Tenth and Rearney streets northeast,
OF whom but one member remains
alive, together with coins, copy OF
The Times, and other papers have
been stolen from the conversions. It
was reported to the police by Samuel
s. Pollock this morning.
Since November 8, when the stone
was. discovered wrenehed loose, pri-
vate detectives have been working on
the case without success. The men
of the Tenth precinct already have
lined up some suspects, small boys Of
the nelEhborhood whose custom u
has been to play In front OF the
The stone, laid in 1898. is small and
loose, and could easily have been
prIed from the surrounding brick
work with a stick. Among the money
stolen was a Columbian half dollar,
celebrating the worlds fair at Chi
caro-; several dollar billa, and silver
and copper coin
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TAKOMA PARK SINGING
TO HAVE MARTIAL TONE

A military tone will be given the
second OF a series of community sing
ing meetings to be held tomorrow
night in Takoma Park in the Presby-
terian Church, on Maple street when
F. E. Fraser. bugler at Walter Reed
Hospital. will sound the bugle calls OF
the army.
The singing will be under the lesd-
ership OF James Dyre. The program
will consist OF patriotic airs and old
songs, some Of which will b thrown
- the scrNaA
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PERSHING PROUD
OF THE WORK DONE
BY HIS BATTERY

When BLACK Jack" Pershing pens-
tratsd the deserts Of Mexico following
the vIIIa raids on the border. eighteen
months ago. he picked for his sxpsdE
tiona-y force 1900 Of Uncle sGn's
best. and at the head OF the line was
stationed the famous Sixth Field Ar
tinery, veterans Of more than one
strenuous campaign
A few days ago, when General Per-
GhinE. now in command of the Ameri-
can sxpeditionary forces in France.
was called on to throw q detachment
OF American troops into the nghting,
he chose the famous Sixth against the
enemy. His confidence was not mis-
pIaesd-ths boys made good The
nrst shot Of the United States in the
war was nred by battery C.
Psrshing was as eager TO see the
sixth In action as the men themselves
were eager OF an opportunity to strike
At the Germans positions. The gen.
sral had tramped side by side with
officers of the Sixth through 200 miles
Of the hot sands Of Mexico.
swatch tie sixth"
It Is related that on an evening
In Mexico when battery C, Of the
Sixth. which nred the hrst American
shells into the German trenches.
eamped upon the sands for a tempo
rary rest, moved up to rest its sun
baked soldiers and tagged horses.
General Pershing looked them over
ana remarked:
should war come. watch for the
AEhtinE Sixth Geld artillery"
when Gen. Eli D. Hoyie. now com
EAndsr of the Department of the
East, with headquarters on Governors
Island. received official dispatches
stating that the Sixth feId artillery
had engaged the enemy. he declared
that it would be the sincsrest regret
Of his life that he was not able to
Be with the old command which he
beaded for many yeGrE.
''rhs sixth Field Artillery Is the
greatest fighting anti Of the entire
United States rIEy" he said. "In
training. experience, valor and Per-
sonnsl, they have no equal"
Have Set . STANDARD.
Military offIcSrs declare that the
bGttsries Of the sixth have set an
example that hss Jons more for other
units than many H,o1ths Of routine
training would have done. They
have set up a standard that others
are seeking to equal
Battery c, which led the Sixth into
ths recent eiah with the Teuton
forces Seems to btst represent the
regiment For years, II is said that
the officers Of the battery have ex-
Srted . remArksble influence over
their men by denying themselves
luEuriss and living virtually the same
lie - their pFiVs'sA. Ibis praetics,
= = sAi& has bssa eSIIovsA sinss
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CROWDER FIXES FEES
FOR EXEMPTION BOARDS

Members OF exemption boards here
after will be entitled to receive com
not to exceed $3.50 q day, or $3.50 a
month. according to q rev regulation
issued by Provost Marshal General
crowder. effective when the examina-
tion OF new eonscripts q taksn up
again.
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Mr.. Uterhart will base his plea Of
mental irresponsibility.
THE X-ray photographs our spe
cialists have taken show that this
crack in the skull is still un-unIted.T .
declared Mr.. Uterhart today. "The
depression Is an inch and one-half in
diameter and three-eighths OF an inch
deep. Located as It is over the from
tai lobes OF the brain. the relieving
operation will be highly dangerous.
This risk she IL willing to take In
order to escape the terrible headaches
and the mental torture that has come
from the hurt
After the discovery Of the tender
area on Blanca's head by physicians
examining her the day after the
shooting OF Jack De Saulles, I began
an investigation to locate the cause.
1 found that Blanca remembered =
fall against an andiron in VInar del
Mar, Chile, when she was eight years
old.
The spot over the fracture has
been tender ever since but the main
became worse after her sunstroke al
Deal and after she was thrown from
al automobile in Chile in 1918.
Confident She Can he Cured.
But we are all confident that she
can be cured. Already a great i'm
provement has been noted By her
physicians In her hypothyroid condi-
lion. Continued Improvement leads n
the belief that she win eventualiv
be cured OF this"
When the trial is resumed tomor-
row, Mrs. De Saulles will take tha
witness stand. II IL understood today
Her direct examination 10 expected 10
take VI most of the days proosodIaEG
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RAILROADS POOL
+. FACILITIES To-
ENDCONGEST|ON

The railroads war board has acted
to solve the worst transportation con-
Eestion IN the eountry's history by
pooling an lines east OF Chicago.
These carriers wiz be Operated as .
single unit, Regardless OF ownership
and individual interests" the board
has announced after conferring with
leading Government officials.
Competing and parallel lines win
freely utilize each others locomotives.
employees. machine tools. cars. tracls
and terminals. as freight demands re-
quire.
Vice presidents OF these roads are
banded into COMMITTEES 70 weld the
lines into one big eRiciency machine
for the war.
The railroads also have made a num-
Der Of Recommendation for eo-operz-
tion from the Government Thsy have
recommended sectional poolags Of coal.
elimination OF cross hauls OF coal ana
diversion Of foodstuns. and other ex-
port materials to Southern ports to re-
Iievs the congested Eastern terminalA
They have also appealed for q redue-
tion in the great volume Of preferen-
tial orders"
To Play Active Role.
The Government henceforth Is to
play a more active role In transpor-
tation Affairs. Further conferences
looking to the relief OF the situation
will be held between the railroad
executives and various Government
heads. At yesterday meeting Of the
railroads war board the Government
was represented by Fuel Administers
tor Garfield, Food Administrators
Hoover, Prority Director Lovett, and
members OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Shipping Board.
II was perhaps the most notable and
significant gathering Of its kind since
the war opened. .
The imperative necessity for Inn
proving the present transportation
conditions was en1phasized,r said Gar
Geld, following the conference. He
had only a few hours previously or
dered coal operators In Oklahoma and
to keep their mines running
on penalty of Government seizure and
operation
GARFIELD has given New England,
the heart Of the munition industry, Q
coal priority order insuring consum-
ers maximum shipments via tidewater
ports ahead OF all interests except
railroads and Government needs
Examples OF Pooling.
Examples OF the way In which ths
tFackage OF the various lines IL to
be pooled have been given BY the
war board to the Government heada
The Western Maryland will allow
Its line to be used as an east bound
track In connection with the Balti-
more and Ohio from Connellsville, Pa,
to Jerome. Nd. I25 miles, thus maxi
ing three tracks between these points.
The Erie Railroad Is to be used
to It's full capacity in transporting
lake ore and coal between Cleveland
and Youngstown, and power and
equipment will be provided from other
lines for Its use as required.
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WILL HONOR CAPTAIN DAVIS.

The Columbia Heights Citizens' As
Soeiation IL planning . reception to
be held in honor OF Capt. Peter r.
Davis, OF No. II engine company,
Due TO Captain Davis efforts. the an
psratus OF Ne. II company, which
serves the Columbia Heights dIstrict
Yas rocontlY uaotoKiaA6
The Washington times., 1917-11-25

The Sixth Field Artillery was one
Of the nrst units sent to the border in
1914 When General PsrsAing went
70 Fsane@ his request VS. thae vAsa
The Washington times., 1917-11-25

A very narrow path leading down
to the ferries will be excluded from
the martial law decree Through this
pathway anyone excepting enemy
aliens will be permitted to pass.
Owners OF the various piers viii
be charged with organizing q polio
ing system to protect the piers. Every
entrance to the piers will be guarded
by regular troops, but there the Fed
eral Government's responsibility VIII
end and the work Of protecting the
piers must be taken over BY their
owners
The Government announced that
extension OF the military guard is
contemu ated to include munitions
factories and other establishments
making war supplies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Foresight in purchasing goods in ad-
vance of rising market is sound bust
ness sense, but business firm which
exercises this foresight and then gives
the public the advantage in price is to
pe classed as patriotic, particularly in
these times of inflated prices. Such is
the. case with c. H. Tumminello, who
has protected his patrons in the pur-
chase of large quantity of school sup
plies, which he viii sell at the prices
prevailing before the advance. For in
stance, tablets now worth l0c will be
sold at sc, pencils now worth &c each
will be sold 2 for &c. and Zoe crayons
will be sold at sc. These prices will
obtain only so long as the present sup
ply lasts, and it will be to the advani-
age of all to buy before the present
stock is exhausted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08
CALOMEL DYMAM|TEs
A SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes into sour bile, making
you sick and you lose
q days work.

Calomel salivates! It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on a
sluggish liver. When calomel comes
into contact with sour bile it crashes
into it, causing cramping and nausea.
If you feel bilious, headachy, con.
stipated and all knocked out; just &c
to your druggist and get a so cent
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which
is harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and if it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without max
ing you sick, you just 60 back and
get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; be-
sides, it may salivate you, while if
you take Dodson's Liver Tone you
will wake up feeling great, full Of
ambition and ready for work or play.
1t is harmless, pleasant and safe to
give to children; they like it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

The Baptist w. M. S. held theii
weekly meeting at the church at 1896
O'Clock Wednesday, Sept. 5. The bad
weather did not prevent good meet.
ing and the following were present
Mesdames j. A. Williams, J. W.. Dun.
can, w. B. Stallings, w. C. Carnahan,
c. |. Crow, C. E. Strother, J. M. John
son, j. H. Afford. Misses Armenia Pro-
thro, Vesta and Mollie Teagle, May
Gray, Lucy Carnahan. Bette Murrell.
and Leta Afford. The next weekly
meeting will be held at $3.50 Saturday,
Sept. Is, in order that the school girls
may have an opportunity to keep up
their enthusiastic work in their church
as well as school.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08
Preliminary Trial of Rubin FRITZ.

Judge w. F. Blackman and
District Attorney T. A. Carter
arrived in Colfax on Thursday to
hold the preliminary examination
of Reubin FRITZ, charged with
the murder of John w. Anders,
in Pollock on Saturday, August
+18. 1917.
Attorneys John Overton, of
Alexandria, and j. B. Roberts,
of Colfax, were counsel for the
defendant.
About twenty witnesses were
summoned in the case, in which
a good deal of interest was mani
tested. some 40 or so persons be-
ing present during the examina-
ton.
After hearing the evidence in
the case the Jugde ordered the
defendant to give bond in the
sum of $3.50. 90 to appear before
the district court and stand trial.
The accused has been placed in
Jail pending giving this bond.
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Recommended by
Doctor cothraTn

DR.. T. Z. Cothram is a well-known
pharmacist of Alexis, Ala. And when
he gets bilious or needs purgative
medicine, what do you suppose he
does? Out of his whole big stock OF
liver medicine he selects and uses
Granger Liver Regulator. He says
aThere is none better" That's q
pretty strong endorsement, don't you
think. from a man who knows all
about the merits Of the different medi-
cines on the market? Granger Liver
Regulator is purely vegetable. does
not grippe nor irritate the delicate lin:
ing Of the stomach and bowels and
always gives quick and pleasant re-
suits. It is the best system purifier
known. Your druggist can supply
you-25c for large box. Accept no
substitute.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS A SKIN WHITENER
How to make a creamy beauty lotion
for few cents.

The juice of two fresh lemons strained
into a bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white makes q whole quarter
pint of the most remarkable lemon skin
beautifier at about the cost one must
pay for small jar of the ordinary cold
creams. Care should be taken to strain
the lemon juice through fine cloth 90
no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach and remove such blemishcs as
freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make up
a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage it daily into
the face, neck, arms and hands.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08
Experience the Best Teacher.

1t is generally admitted that ex-
perince is the dest teacher, but should
we not make use of the experience of
others as well as our own? The ex-
perience of thousand persons is more
to be depended upon than that of one
individual. Many thousands of persons
have used Chamberlains Cough Rem
edy for coughs and colds with the best
results, which shows it to be a thor
oughly reliable preparation for those
diseases. Try it. 1t is prompt and eff
fectual and pleasant to ke.-adv.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08
Chldren'S Kidneys.
No Colfax Mother Should Neglect the
Little Ones Health.

AeAa
No Colfax Mother Should Neglect the
Little Ones Health.
Oftentimes weak kidneys cause great
annoyance and embarrassment to chill
dren. Inability to control the kidney
secretions, at night or while at play,
is attributed to carelessness and too
frequently the child is punished. Pa
rents having children troubled with
kidney weakness would do well TO treat
the kidneys with tested and proven
kidney remedy. If there is pain in
the back, discolored urine, irregular
urination, headache. dizzy spells or q
tired, worn-out feeling, try Doan's
Kidney Pills at once. A remedy that
has been used in kidney troubles for
over 80 years and has been recommend
ed by thousands. Proof of merit in the
Colfax woman's statement.
Mrs. E. C. Hicks, Box 275, says:
Doan's Kidney Pills are good medi-
cine for kidney trouble. l gave them
to my little boy, who had no control
over the kidney secretions. One box
cured him and his health is now good.
1t is pleasure to recommend Doan's. "
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't simp.
ly ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan'i
Kidney Pills = the same Mrs. Hicks
| recommends Foster Milburn Compa.
ny, Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mrs. Emily Lemee, who has spent
the summer at Peabody college at Nash
vile, Tenn, came through Colfax Sum-
day morning on her way to Montgom-
cry, where she will spend few days
before coming TO Colfax to teach.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Miss Corinne Wells and Miss Kinda
Williamson, of Colfax, have volunteer
ed to go to France as Red Cross nurses,
and on next Tuesday will leave New
Orleans with hospital corps for Geor-
gia, from whence they will leave for
the war zone in Europe in few weeks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mrs. Taylor Jobe and little son, OF
Cornith, Miss, have arrived and are
the guests of Miss Clara Wells. Mrs.
lobe was accompanied by her sister,
Pauline Thomas.
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The Honor Roll of Drafted Men.

The Honor Roll of Drafted Men. 4
The five men selected as 5 per
cent of Grant parish men who
are first called to the colors were
duly modified at Colfax on Sept.
5, and on Sept. 6 left on the 4 a.
m. train for Shreveport, whence
they entrained for camp Pike.
Ark.
These men are selected because
of their qualifications, some of
them being expert electricians.
and mechanics, all more or less IA
miliar with military training and
camp life. and ready and willing
to enter service. They are as
follows:
Irwin Jordan, Colfax.
r. E. Lee Carnahan, Colfax.
Albert l.. Sasser, Colfax.
Corbin Smith, Pollock.
Goode Lemons, Simms.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Fevre and child
of Eudora, Ark, have arrived and will
make their home here, Mr.. Fevre
being employed as salesman for Jac
Bloch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

DR.. J. F. Whitley inventor and manu-
facturer of j. l. 7. the great mosquito
killer. was business visitor to Colfax
last Friday. He expressed himself as
being very much pleased with the de-
mand in our town for j. l. T.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mrs. w. S. LaCroix has as her guests
her brother Mr.. Geo. Leblanc and Sis
ter, Miss Irene Leblanc. Her brother
will attend the Colfax high school.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. McNeely, Mr..
Virgil McNeely, Misses Mary and Ber-
nice McN,ely motored to Natchitoches
last Sunday and were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Green.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Schools of Grant Parish to Open Wed
nesday, Sept. IL.
By an official notice from Par
ish Supt. j. N. Warner, publish.
ed in this paper, it will be seer
that all of the teachers are to be.
gin their fall terms on .Wednes-
day. Sept. IL. The reason TO,
the postponement of the schoo
openings until Wednesday is tn,
holding of two days institute a
Colfax, which the teachers arc
required to attend.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mrs. G. H. Mcknight and daughter
Floriene, have returned from Mansfield
where they were with Mr.. Mcknight
three weeks while he was doing sur
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

A card from Jas. A. Hyde, Jr.,
somewhere in America" gives the
information that he is in the Radio SER
vice as wireless operator.
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veying.

Little Mary Lee Duncan celebrated
her fourth birthday yesterday. Sept.
4, and had a number of her little friends
present from 8 to p. m. to celebrate
the occasion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-08

Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Carroll and their
daughters, Misses Mary Edna, Doro-
thy, and Annette, of Natchitoches, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Nc
Neely.