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The Washington herald., 1917-09-30

House OF Representatives.
Washington, D. g, May 81. 1915.
DIR. George Barthelme.
Dear Sir:-The aim of the enclosed
documents as you will notice. is 10
terminate the war as quickly as pos
sible to the advantage Of Germany.
For this purpose the widest publicity
is desirable. / am trying 10 bring
the documents TO the notice Of the
German-Americans, not with a view
to publication in the Gcrmen-Amer-
lean press, for that would look like
suing for peace, but in the hope that
some Gern1an-Americans through
their relations with the non-German
papers, may be able 10 aid in giving
the subject the desired publicity. The
fact that The Washington Herald
has in the main assumed an anti
German attitude, is an advantage IN
! this respect. Hoping that you ma
be interested in this work. remain,
sincerely yours.
FRANK o. SMITH"
Succeeded by Mudd.
The date OF the letter, Nav 81. is
several months after the expiration
of Mr.. Smiths term as a member Of
Congress. He represented the Fifth
Maryland district. being the first
Democrat in a long time TO be elect
ed from that section OF the Stste.
He served one term and was sue
ceded by Representative Sidney
Mudd, Republican. the present in
cumbent. The portion Of the dis
trict lying within Baltimore City is
q strong German-American quarter,
being around the Locust Point docks
of the North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company
Mr.. Smith could not be located in
Washington today, and efforts TO
The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
gen. HAIG Wells
Army IN West
Mystery Surrounds Embar-
go on News Expect
Drive on Lens.
,By the International Jews servIce.D }

tby the International Jews Service }
London, Sept. 2s-'There was the
usual artillery activity on both sides"
read Sir Douglas Haig's bulletin:
there is nothing of interest to re-
port"
The Paris communique reported
vic.ert artillery duels north Of Yer
dun and only local infantry hghting.
With the tensest eagerness the Brit
ish public waited for the frst inkling
ot news that might lift only an edge
or the official veil spread over the
vast fighting front in the West News
paper publishers tonight were chafing
Is never before under the realization
how absolute is the authority of
those directing the destinies of a
twentieth century war machine.
Only once before IN this war he
there been an embargo quite a relent-
less as the present one. That was in
October. 1915. Bulgaria at that time
was on the verge of war for the
hundredth time. Field Marshal French
On commander of the British forces
the West had been marking time
for nearly a week.
No One Can Guess.
For two days thousands of words
OF news from Sofia and the Western.
front remained bottled up at the head.
Qu nrs of the military and political
clnsors. When the ban was lifted
Bulgaria had entered the war on the
side of the Teutons. and the following
cay Field Marshal French launched
forward in a substantial drive al
Loos.
No one here ventures even tc guess
what is in the air. The best be. seems
10 be a new large scale drive OF SiI
Douglas Haig, with view TO TAX
ing Lens or driving the wedge north
east of Ypres decissively forward.
There is also speculation concerning
a possible German counter offensive
Within the reach of possibility is alsu
an important regrouping OF the Brit.
ish and possibly the French forces
where the two powers lines join or
the o,d Hindenburg line.
A combined British aerial and naval
attack on the base of the II boat
pest" at Zeebrugge is another pos
sibility. British fliers, IL was an
nounced today hurled seven tons OF
projectiles on Zeebrugge and military
works nearby Thursday night with
good effect.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-30

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The Washington herald., 1917-09-30

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14
TRAFFIC STATISTICS OF CANAL
Number Of Ships Passing Through the
Canal Seven Per- Cent. Greater.

Panama, Feb. Ia Traffic statistics
for the Panama Canal show that the
number Of ocean-going ships which
made the transit through the canal in
the calendar year 1916 was 1858.
Their aggregate net tonnage was g..
g33SG) tons, and they carried a total
of i93l9ll tons of cargo.
The number Of ships was seven per
cent greater than in 1913, but in net
tonnage, tolls, and cargo, the record
for 1916 was a little less than one per
cent less than 1915. The two years
had about the same bulk>of traffic
and both saw the canal closed for a
period OF three and a half months
The tolls collected in 1916 were So,
t7IG95.60, which was not equal to the
expenses. The Ships in the United
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14
Oriental Servants.

London, Feb A. England is ex-
pcriencing in limited sense and in
yasion of Oriental servants Chinese
and Japanese are leading here in
greater numbers than usual ana are
taking the places Of the native ser
wants who have joined the colors, gone
in for munition making or back to the
farms whore such good wages are now
being paid The Orientals are said to
be proving popular because they make
themselves more generally useful and
seem never to tire Of work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14

suuction in the picture may prove for
midable antagonists for submarines Of
size superior 10 their own, as a surface
power boat may mount gun or guns
of sufficient caliber to sink submar-
ines and their speed exceeds that OF
the submersbles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14

Change Of Life and
the bad feelings
common at that
time / was in a
very nervous condi-
tion, with headaches
and pain a good
deal of the time so |
was unfit 10 do my
work A friend
asked ne TO try
Lydia f. Pinkham 3
s. cget3hIr Com
pound. which | did,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14
Something Goou.

Those who hate nasty medicine
should try Chamberlain's Tablets for
constipation. They are pleasant TO
take and their effect is so agreeable
and 30 natural that you VIII not real.
ize that it has been produ~ed by a
medicine Obtainable everywhere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14

Building small boats of high power
and speed for use in patrolling har.
bors and as possible submarine chas-
ers' is proceeding with haste at al
plants equipped for such work. Such
boats as the one shown under con
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14

1914 they were twofifths. Most of
the former coastwise ships have been
diverted to the more profitable foreign
trade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-02-14
WOMEN or
MIDDLE AGE
Mrs. Quinns Experience
Ought to Help You Over
the Critical Period.

Lowell. Mass. For the last three
years / have been troubled with the
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
SHOULD HAVE LESPEDEZA ON
EVERY FARM.

Lespedeza, or Japanese clover, is a
plant which grows wild over most OF
pasture. and, in some places, for its
pacture, and, in some places, for its
hay. It makes its growth during the
summer time and dies with the first
frost, coming again the next year, not
from the root but from seed which
drop in the fall Although it is ordi-
narily found growing wild along the
roadsides and in waste places, yet
seed can be obtained and it can be
planted as any other farm crop and
thus get crop when it is desired.
Lespedeza should be found on every Ar
kansas farm for hay or pasture, or
both, says A. D. McNair with the
Bureau of Farm Management co-ope-
rating with the Extension Division OF
the University of Arkansas.
Time to Plant Lespedeza should
be sowed in late winter or early
spring. say the latter part OF February
or early in March and If intended for
hay crop may be sowed on top Of
oats or wheat land where 1t will ger
inmate and grow without further at
tontion. 1t is low growing plant and
yet it grows so thick that 1t often
makes large yields of hay. Who're
the stand is thick the yield Is usually
estimated 70 be one ton per acre for
each six inches in height; hence Los
pedeza which ia but little taller than
a shot top will frequently make fair
yield OF hay. 1t may be sowed for
pasture on any kind OF land. but for
hay it is most successful on creek
bottom lands, post oak fats or on the
silt loan soils adjacent to CrowIey's
Ridge and Bayou Mason Ridge. 1t
does better on tho stiff sllty soils than
ON any sandy soils, though a good.
strong, sandy loan will produce good
crop of hay. Moisture is more i'm
portant than the character OF the
soil for 1t is a humid weather plant
and will make an excellent growth
on nearly every soil IL rains are abund-
ant, but is cut short In dry weather
For this reason it does best on soils
which are naturally moist. but not wet
Quantity Of Seed Per Acre. II In
tended for pasture, one may start with
a very small quantity of seed, say
one peck per acre, and even IL 1t is
not thick the first year II will become
thick of itself the second year. II
planted for hay, one should use at
least three pecks per acre and even
a bushel is better. II, however, it Is
sowed on oats in the spring and is
planted the first summer, one may
SOW one-half bushel per acre and be as
sured that the voluntary crop OF the
following year will stand very thick
on the ground and will make good
crop. Where It is sowed with the OBJ
ject of harvesting it for seed, one-half
bushel per acre is ordinarily enough
because it seeds better when the
plants are not too thick.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
ARKANSAS BEHIND
IN DAIRY PRODUCTS
In Some States Each Cow Produces
$1oo-in Arkansas II Amounts
To Only SIS.

With less than three milk cows to
every farm and the average product
per COW worth only s1547 for a year
Arkansas is far behind other states in
the production Of dairy products. The
natural advantages for making pas
lures, hay and grain are tremendous,
and the Arkansas farmer can well
afford to pay more attention to the
milk COW, is the opinion Of II. E.
Dvorachek, Professor Of Animal Hus
bandry with the University of Arkan-
sas, who says that a good dairy COW
IN many states is expected to bring in
a gross income of at least $500 to
$4,000 a year.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16

Ell EN- son saw u n the Arvu,
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
Must Eradicate the Tick.

Arkansas can never become great
dairy state until the tick is eradicated.
Ticks not only suck the blood from
our animals and stunt them as we'll
as make it impossible to produce milk
most economically, but they make 1t
expensive and impractical to import
better sires in great numbers in an
effort to grade up the cattle we have
and eliminate the scrub
Better Care Necesssry-Brlngs
Returns.
It is true that the cattle tick is large
~ responsible for the number and
quality Of our native COWS; however,
the Indifferent care which the cows
have received is, perhaps, responsible
even to a larger extent Dairying has
been too much on the summer pasture
basis too long in Arkansas. Most Of
our COWS are freshened in the spring
and turned on to the pasture during
the summer to make living and give
what little milk they can produce un.
der these conditions. Many of these
cows go dry by fall and are then
roughed through the winter on little
or no feed. The BEST COW in the world
cannot produce milk with such care.
There is no other animal on the
farm that is 20 hard and 80 willing a
worker as the dairy COW, provided she
is supplied the raw maaerial to work
with. Considsring what the Arkan-
sas farmer puts into his COWS in the
way OF feed and care, they are return
ing to him = greater return than any
other farm animal in spite Of the low
production. Give the Arkansas farm
milk COW q chance and she WILL work
day and night, winter and summer
and produce generously the best food
for your family.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16

clusiyely by M. B. Converse
Clarendon by W. E. Everett; in
Holly Grove by the Holly Grove
Drug Co.; in H inter by Hunter
Drug & Mercantile Co. and in
Gent by P. r. Anderson. and in
Duncan BY c. R.<Gordop.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
Among the Churches

The ARGUS invites any and all
pastors and churches to use this
department regularly each week
for making their announcements.
publishing congregational news.
etc Please send in the copy by
Tuesday of each week Ed.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
! NEW MAN OF
! SAYS ENGINEER
..,man Was in Bad
\ Ten Years. Says
IT, Did Him More
Than Every
hing Else

r,nIac is certainly a
.,.n,s medicine and that
Y. a'' !, toit, said W. G. 7.
!. :, q : rsIl-hnown W. & =
d, he continued, it
/, made a new man out
"a | can now mount my
n "A feel as young as | did
first got my run, ana |
j take it along with me
Engine for some time to
suffering from a
|ssgging stomach trouble %
,'sf twelve years, and Tan
|the only thing | ever got
h give me any relief
/ doctor said I had acid
| and l guess he was
[,ause ! had q sour taste
[@utb. and was constant
|iBg up sour gases
|digestion was awful and
kes my food just seemed
h my stomach like lead
h gas would form and |
lave a full bloated feel
4 would last for hours.
hes my stomach would
b 50 I could hardly get
ssth. At other times |
have pains in my back
! kidneys that would al
md medouble.
1ss tired and worn out
/ thejtinie and was so ner-
Iould almost scream, and
ily fretted. Then again
Have headaches and felt
over.
light Tanlac because of the
.timonials of my railroad
and | can understand
y they all allowed their
b be published. | think
medicine that everybody
know about. because it
be me more good than
Their medicine | have TAX
ogether.
appetite is good now and
Ing | eat agrees with me.
lot nervous any more
md can take more inter
7erything. That's what
llclne has done for me. "
Iewman, who made the
'tatement, has been an
+ on the W. & A. railroad
Atlanta and Dalton for
t twelve years. and his
Is Of friends all along
lslon, and at his home in
will be glad to hear of
nplete restoration to
rs sold in Brinkley ex-
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
AT The EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Bishop J. R. Winchester will
make his annual visitation to the
Brinkley congregation and will
preach at 1880 Sunday night,
Mar. 18th.
Every Sunday morning at 10
o'clock there will be Sunday
school at the Episcopal Church.
Everybody is invited to attend.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16

Tell 'em you saw II In the Argus
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Sunday School and Communion
Services each Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Bible Study Wednesday night
at 7:45.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31
Officers Give Up Sword.

The traditional sword will not
clans at the heels of American
army officers In Fisun. This is
the first time in American history
the officers sword has been aban
doDed in battle.
The French and British banned
swords for their officers during the
first year of the war. America now
in. follows suit by official order of
the war department
The reason is simple and suf
ficient During the first year of the
war French and British officers
were easily distineuishable from
their men by their swords and uni.
forms and insignia and the Boche
sharpshotters concentrated their
fire on them with deadly effect.
The idea ever since has been to
make commanding officers look as
much like enlisted men as possible
If you happened along the front in
France and met General Haig, COM
mander. in-chief of the British field
forces, you couldn't tell him from a
private. until you get close enough
to shake hands with him
The insignia of French. British
and American officers on the west
ern front now cannot be seen farth-
er away than the whites of their
eyes They wear the same service
uniforms and carry the same arms
as the enlisted men of their COM
mands.
The war department has en-
plOyed experts to devise cloth co..
ors and button and insignia msterl-
al to make the troops as invisible
as possible. The buttons on the
army field service uniform are dark
brown. The insignias on an officer S
coat are small bronze, dull silver or
gold devices, which cannot be seen
across the street.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31

finely formed pOllcd race of cattle
MS depicted on the walls of the cav
crnS-the homes of the oldest of men.
In the period when Britain was con
tnuouS with the continent and was the
lands end of Europe the pOllcd cattle
straycd throughout its hooks and cor
nrrs. Fossil and semi-foSsil remains,
found in Scotland. establish the fnct of
the prehistoric existence of wild nolled
cattle in those very districts occupied
by the ancestors of the present Aber-
drrn-Angus breed. King Kenneth Mae
Alpine of Scotland, when prOmulgating
the laws at PerthShire, specifically
mentions "blnck homyl" cattle, which
is the first historical reference to the
breed we have.
Memorial stones erected by the ma
tive Scots in commemoration of their
rrpuSe of invading Nursemen. and now
found ut Aldbur and Mcigle in For
farshire. and Burghrnd in MOrayshire,
certainly depict the "hurnloSs cattle of
the country" Kcnncth's laws applied
tn the region that became the early
seat of the Aherdern-.\ngus breed, and
there is documentary evidence to show
that in 1923 the black h"myl cattle
occurred in Ahcrdccnshirc but the first
specific mention of poilcd animals Of
the breed Is that of the prize-winning
"bluck humble" exhibited in 1911 from
well known Aberdconshire source,
the influence of which on the breed
is still felt These concentrated facts
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31
Not a Parallel Case.

A few of the pioneer citizens OF
Rails county who had "a bad taste
left in their mouths" by the old
railroad debt may be inclined to
look with disfavor on the proposed
Good Roads bond issue.
Those men and all others are re-
minded that there is no parallel
between that and this.
The railroad bonds we're an out,
and out donation to strangers to in
duce them to construct a railroad
in which our citizens would not
possess one penny of title and to
which they would have to pay toll
every time they rode on its cars or
transported a pound of freight over
its lines.
Every taxpaying citizen of Rails
county will be stakeholder in and
part owner of the good roads which
the Road Bond issue will build and
can use those roads any hour of any
day in the year with safety and
comfort and without one penny
of toll to pay.
Another important factor: Vot-
ing those bonds will not only Sc
cure for Rails county the free Gift
of 100000 of Federal and State
road money and will thus bring in
to this county $3500O0 of outside
money over 80 per cent of which
will be spent in Rails county for
abor and material we will have
the good roads and almost all OF
their money cost. Many a profit
able days work will be afforded for
the teams of the farmers during
the time they can spare from their
crops.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31
Cooperville.


Misses Letha and Juanita McRae
returned home Saturday after all
extended visit with relatives in
Lewis County.
Tom Burditt and wife and Roy
Stewart we're Sunday guests of Roy
Burditt and family.
John White and family, Mrs Alice
Cobb and daughter. Miss Pearl. of
Heather. were Sunday guests Of
John Hanie and family of DeMoss
vicinity.
Geo Howe and wife, of Monroe
spent Thursday with Broadus Chris
tan and wife.
c. E Gottman and family, Mms.
Louise Colvert and P. L. Drescher
attended the Bethel Baptist AS
ISOLATION in Monroe Wednesday
and Thursday.
S. NJ Sandifer and wife spent
Friday with John Hanie and fam.
lily of DeMoss vicinity. Mrs Mary
Gander accompanied them home.
Mrs Louise Colvert left Friday
to attend the Primitive Baptist AS
ISOLATION near Paris.
Miss Willie Mary Sherman has
returned home after a several weeks
visit with relatives near Paris,
J. W. and j. P. White and S. NJ
Sandifer were transactine business
in Hannibal, Saturday.
Mrs E. O. Porch has returned to
her home in Kansas City after a
weeks visit with her father, Rev
John Anderson. Her son, Eben
who spent the summer here &C
companied her home.
Price Griffith. Chas. aud Ray.
mond Anderson of Monroe were
transacting business in this vicinity
the first of the week.
P. L. Drescher and wife, Conan
Kinsey, Mrs. Pearl Colvert aud son
Marion motored to Vandalia Sun.
day and were the guests ofGeo. and
Jas. Colvert.
Jas White and family were call
ing on Roy Burditt and family Sun
day evening.
C, E. Webb and family. of Pee
Dee spent Sunday with B. F. Hand
ley and family.
Mrs. Frank Ryan spent Thursday
with Chas Ryan and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31
THE STOCK MARKETS
Furnished Weekly by Wood.
Son-Fennewald, St. Louis

Cattle receipts have been light
this week. market is closing today
rs to 40c higher than last week on
grades of beef ste RS and best butch
er stuff Stockers and eeders is
to 25c higher.
Bulk of the prime steers selling
$l450 to 1880. Choice $l3 so to
1425. Good $11 so to IL 50 Medi.
um IS so to 900. Fair killers 81 so
TO S25.
Choice stockers and feeders $875
to 9.25. Good SITS to S25. Fair
$6.75 to 725. Common S575 to
625.
Choice heifers $500 to 14OO.
Good $1075 to Ills. Medium
$3.50 to $50 Stock heifers $6.75
to 725.
Choice cows $3.50 to 1850. Good
30 70 TO S15. Medium SIUO to
$50 Cutters Sc 90 to 6 rs, Gamers
$525 to SIS. Stock cows S6.25 to
$50.
Hog market closing SOC higher
Bulk of the good heavies selling
$500 to 1925. Butchers and shib.
pers SIT so to 1890. Light weight
shippers Sl700 to 1850 Light pigs
$500 to 1900.
Sheep receipts light, market 25c
higher. Bulk of the good fat lambs
$l650 to 1850. Fair to good lambs
$1575 to 1900 Culls SLIGO to
11.50 Fat sheep $975 to 1000
Choppers Sc So Gamers $3.50.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-08-31
Good Roads Meetings.

The Rails County Good Roads
Committee announce the following
public meetings:
Nadine, Monday, September Sd.
1880 p m.
West Hartford, Tuesday, Septem-
Der 4th, 7:30 p. m,
Brice School House, Wednesday,
September, 5lh, 1880 p IN
Rensselaer,, Thursday, September
9th, 1880 p. m.
Hereford School House, Friday
September 9TH, 1880 p, IN.
Green Lawn School House, Satur.
day, September 9Th, 7,30 p. m.
Col, NJ V. Carroll of Sedalia and
others will address the meetings.
MIR j. F. George made business
trip to St. Louis, first the week.