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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
WAR SUPERSTITIONS
LEGENDS AND STRANGE BELIEFS
OF MEN IN TIE TRENCHES
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES GIVE
RISE TO MANY SUGGESTIONS.

The stationary character of the wal
has allowed a number of legends and
superstitions to be born and spread
some of which can be traced and ex
planned, while Others remain obscure
The story of the Mons angels" last
year was proved to have arisen from a
newspaper story in which the vision
was described but not as an account
of fact.
The superstition that declares that
it is unlucky to light three cigarettes
or cigars with single match has be.
come very widespread Guillaume
Apollinaire, the poet, in writing about
it in the current number of the Mer-
cure de France, says that it has been
introduced into France by the Eng
lish army, although the present writer
first met with it in France long before
the war, but had never heard of it in
England.
Apollinaire tells how he was invited
to mess with a friend, Second Lieu.
tenant Francois W, how this
superstition was discussed and laugh.
ed at by all present except himself
and Francois V and how
Francois v ----- happened to be
the third to light his cigarette with
the same match.
The morning after Francois "
was killed five or six miles from the
front lines by German shell. 1t ap-
pears that the superstition is that the
death is always of this nature, as
Apollinaire quotes captain of a
mixed tirailleur and zouave regiment
as saying:
1T is not SO much the death that
follows, as death no longer is a dread
Ito any one, but it has been noticed
that It is always a useless form Of
death. A shell splinter in the trench
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

coin is the only means to put you in
communication with your star, SO that
it's protecting virtue can be exercised.
have piece of gold and SO am easy
in my mind / shall never be touched
AS matter of fact, he was seriously
wounded later.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
Request from Protestant

Among requests to charity in the
will of Mrs Marie E. Labe, of Brook
Ign, N. Y, is one of $4,000 to the
Brooklyn Home for Blind, Crippled
and Defective Children, Port Jeffer-
son. This was the only bequest to a
Catholic Charity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30
A $1,000, 900 Academy

Work on a new 81 100000 school for
Catholic young women in River For
est, Chicago, will begin soon, it was
announced by Mother Superior Mary
Samuel of the Dominican College as
ISOLATION, Sinsinawa, Wis, on her ar
rival in the village. She will have
charge of the seminary. 3mtu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

Words are little things, but they
strike. hard. We utter them so easily
that we are apt to forget their hidden
power. Fifty spoken, they act like
the sunshine, the dew, and the fertilis-
ing rain; but when unity, like the
frost, the hail, and the devastating
tempests.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-30

it, although he was so innocent of sin.
He is the patron of youth, and espe-
cially of students. His feast is on
June 81.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
WAR AIMS MUST
NOW BE POOLED
Noted Expert Gives Reasons
for Definite Plan of
Action in 1918.

Writing tu RObespierrc In li'4, the
Young Napoleon Bonaparte get forth
his whole conception OF war. lie said:
"Thc management of q war ~ exactly
Ike the siege of a fortress. You must
concentrate your fire on a single point
once a breach is made the equilibrium
is destroyed. resistance becomes frult~
less and the place is captured Attacks
should never be scattered, but concen-
trated. You must divide In order 10
find food and unite for fighting. Unity
OF command IL essential to success
Time Is everything"
The more one studies the Napoleonlc
campaigns the more clearly one per
ceives how completely this Napoleonic
doctrine is therein expressed. and the
more one studies the operations or the
opponents Of Napoleon the more clear
Is one perceives the reasons why Ger
man high command has Won 80 many
successes since the beginning of the
war.
Thru all the period Of his great wars
Napoleon fought coalitions and alli-
ances His victories In the early period
OF the empire were won with inferior
numbers under conditions which
should have produced victory for his
opponents AusterltZ was possible be
cause of division In the counsel OF Rus
sian and Austrian leaders. II was not
until 1913 that his opponents learned
rto act together with any measure Of
conference. and as late as the Marne
campaign of 1914 division Of forces
gave Napoleon his last victories and al
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25

man and every gun available in a
final effort to break the military pow
er of. Germany. as Germany has
sought to break the military power
of each one of her foes separately.
The next conference of the allies,
about which so much Is being written,
must achieve a pooling of all military
resources. an agreement for the subor-
dination of all national schemes to an
allied plan and the formulation of Il
concerted program for the opera
tlons' of 1918. As long as France,
Great Britain and the United States
continue in the war eventual Ger
man defeat is assured. There Is no
present prospect that Italy will not
also stay I'm the war. and by so much
Increase the advantage of the allies.
but an alliance which has been una
bile to save Belgium, Russia. Serbia.
Rumania, and temporarily lost
Greece politically, can need no
further Illustration OF the weakness
OF It's strategy either on the political
or the military side.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
Little Benny's Notebook

The Park Ave. News.

Weather. Lam post lit before
suppir.
Spoarts. Skinny Martin CHALLENGED
erybody to n hite contest last Sat
idday. and Ed Wernick acksepted the
CHALLENGE and they got measured up
agenst the wall of the corner house.
Skinny Martin being n haff OF a inch
taller. but Ed Wernick saying II was
no fair OF contest on account of
Skinnys legs,
Sssety Notes. Miss Mary Watkins
started to nitt n swetter last week.
ony wen she saw how long It was
going 10 take sho stopped wen 1t got
to a necktie.
Pome by skinny Martin.
No Ticket.
| went TO the theater
Rut | coodent tell you If | tried,
Wat the story of the play was,
Because | dident go inside.
lntristing Facks About lntristing
People. sam Cross wunts started to
save match sticks. wich when he had
saved ASP sumbody asked him what he
was going to do with them wen he
got enuff, and sam Cross coodent
think OF enything, SO he stopped saw
ing them.
WV not lern to make your stum-
mick SO hard you can amuse your
self lecving people hit you all their
mite without feeling II? See Reddy
Merry. Terms reegonable.-Avv
mint.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
Napoleonic Strategy in This War
By FRANK II. SIMONDS

most enabled him 10 triumph over vast
numbers when his armies had been
reduced to a handful.
Worked Together.
We have always known that the Ger
mans were close students Of the Napo-
lcOnic warfare. and from the very out
set of this war their operations have
been conducted on the NapOlconic
scale and with the Napoleonic princi-
pies In mind. Whether German ar
mics have been acting alone or nave
been Joined with Austrian, Bulgarian
or Turkish armies the German gen
eral starr mas been the master, as was
Napoleon In the days when he drew
armies not alone from smaller sub
tect states, but even from Prussia. to
serve with his own grand army The
result has been I'm the case OF Ger
many. az In the case of Napoleon,
that the whole striking forces have
been concentrated on single point,
,pme simes with fatal consequences
to the enemy, never without carrying
immediate and deadly peril not alone
TO the armies, bu, to the whole exist
ence Of hostile nation.
Going backward 10 the beginning OF
the war. one sees that the Germans
struck superior preparation, possess
ing troops better equipped. provided
with better artillery and. like theiE
commanders. animated with the de-
termination TO destroy az a single
thrust
French strategy avai.ed 20 parry
the blow az the Marne and pinnei
down the German attack az ;he Nse-.
but German high command Nas ihere-
after able 10 forge q new thunderbplt
against Russia. which eventually tes-
troyed Russian military power and
for an practical purposes put Russia
out OF the war The blow at Serbia
accomplished the same thing on a
smaller scale. The blow directed at
France at Nerdun was for exactly the
same purpose. altho 1t failed. The
blow that has now fallen upon Italy
has the same character, the same pur-
pose and has had great initial success.
Too Much Waste.
Now. when one sets against this
policy the allied policy Of three years
OF conflict one sees clearly why SUI
perior ultimate resources and devo-
tion not less great have failed so far
To win a decisive victory. While the
conflict was between France and Ger
many In the Marne campaign there
was unity of command on the allied
side, and this unity Of command ena-
blcd France to save Europe. But af-
ter the Marrc and the User there be-
gins a long period I'm which we have
sidcshows the wasting of scanty
British numbers at Gallipoli and in
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
BUY A BOTTLE
OF IMMINENT
FOR "SAMMIE"
Dr. IatChcll's G Il g. Nerve AMI Bone
Linimcnt Equally Eifcrti'c for
The soldier and Ills Mount.

The close association OF the rider
and his horse create feeling of un-
derstanding between them. ON the
long march, when both rider and
mount are exposed 20 tho elements,
their muscles and tendons become
sore and imflamed. Ready relief may
hc had from the warm, soothing and
penetrating effects experienced from
the use of G. & @ Nerve and Zone
liniment. The linimcnt has been
employed FOR many years I'm the finest
stables In America and has today
paincd prominence for human use I'm
most of the homes of the country. II
Is look cd upon as first aid In all in
iurics Of an inflammatory nature. q
4 q Liniment is sold by all druggists.
which is put up in neat fifty and
one dollar size bottles ADV.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
DePauw Turns To Court.

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Nov. "a
With the football season almost over.
basketball practice has started at De-
pauw university with six Of las.
years lettermen ready to participate
They are Royce, Smith. Bastian, Bill
ingsley. Cook and Kriner. A number
of freshmen are also trying for tho
team.
with the exception of the Cniver-
sity OF Detroit, which Is a new foe
on the DePauw schedules. all games
will be played against Indiana schools
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25

American soldiers started by Clark
club of the American league Charlie
Carr. former manager of the Indian
apolls club. was chairman of the COM
mittee which undertook the campaign
The money Is being used to purchase
baseball equipment for army camps
and the forces in France.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
sCnooIMNAM oUTwITs HOOVER
specIal to Tho world.

Special TO Tho World
NORMAN, Okla. Nov 2i.--An
Oklah homa city schoolma'am. journey
ed all the way To Norman and back
last Tuesday H. order to secure loaf
Of wheat bread. The capital city was
then ohscrvinre wheatless day on Tues
and the determined spinster got
around the dark bread problcm by
paying 20 cents car fare and the
usual dime for precious loaf ct
wheat bread. She outwitted Hoover
by paying for It, but she did not tell
the baker what she Ia going to do
for white bread when tho regulated
Hoover" loaf comes TO stay.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25

UOONFRI/E-Inst of eggs use
Togo. Costs hut - cents a package
and t. equal To 70 eggs. Comes IN
powdered iorm-madc from nonriSh-
Ing foods and guaranteed under the
pure food law. Results with II fully
a. good IL with cggS--ihc cost Is les
than nnc-fiflh. Try package tomur-
row. AT All GiOCEiiS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25
IndiananOlis I'nns DOnaic.

ball fans OF Indianapolis contributed
1892 to ,he BAT and Pail" fund for
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
FOUR BOYS ON HUNT
KILL YOUNG FRIEND

EAST MILESTONE. N J.. Nov. 2e.
Timothy Hickey. twelve years old.
nephew of the late big Tim Sui
livan, went with his father to the Sui
livan racing farm near here.
During the morning four OF TIM
othy's friends-Harold Wilson, four
teen years old: Edwin Voorhees,, four
teen: Moreland Garrison. thirteen. and
John Dooley, twelve-went out to the
farm, taking with them two Peal
iber rifles, and the I'VE boys went
hunting.
ding a rife the weapon exploded and
the bullet struck Timothy Hickey
in the right side Of the chest, passed
though HIS body and lodged in the
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

During thIs Two-Day Sale
we will give ARSOLUTELH
FREE Gas long "a the supply
lnltn) to every purchaser Of q
dollars worth or more Of Drugs
or Sundries an Aquarium stock
ed with beautiful SILVER AND
GOLD FISH - come today
any one OF our ave stores-and
don't be dlsappoInted.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
BOIO Pasha Calls His
Argentine Wedding 20
Years Ago UnimpOrtant

PARIS. Nov. 2S-captain B0u-
chardon. the examining masIstrats
for the eeourt-martiai Of Bolo Pasha
on The charge Of espionage. examined
singer whom Bolo Pasha Is said to
have married twenty years ago at
Buenos Ayres- The Paris newspapers
say Bolo Pasha admitted this mar
riage. but added:
Argentina Is 50 far on. It was 90
long ago. and Is OF 20 little Import
ance anyway"
The singer refused to be intsr-
viewed, beyond saying that she wa
institnting divorce proceedlnEa.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

came virtually an overseer Of her
properties and was said TO have die.
tated her every move.
CASTOR Means went TO New York
ten years ago, with other Concord
men, TO work in the Offices Of the
Cannon Mills Company, at 50 Worth
street.
He was sent to Chicago, where he
met a. Miss Patterson and married
her. There. also, he became nc.
quainte6 with Mrs. King for the frst
time. an acquaintance he later re.
newed when he became an employe OF
the Burns Detective gency.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26

coat Of his left sleeve. The boy,
killed instantly, dropped to the track
The other boys were badly frightened,
and, instead OF running for aid. they
took the empty cartridge out Of the
rifle, tucked II and the weapon under
young Hickey's body and went
home.
None OF them said anything about
the shooting, and when young Hickey
failed TO return his father started a
search for him. His body was found
boys, when questioned at frst denied
all knowledge OF the missing boy.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
BUSY ON TRENcn CANDLES.

School children Of Washington are
busy making trench candles with
which Uncle Sans soldiers in the
front line may warm coffee and soup.
Newspapers rolled tight, dipped in
parafhne, and. dryed in racks COM
pose the candles.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
ARMED POSSE SEEKS
WREcKERS OF TRAIN

HENRYETTA. okia NOV. e5.-.tn
armed posse Of members o the Home
Guard and sherifrs deputies today re-
newed their search for the inen who
wrecked a st. Louis and san Fran
cisco passenger train near here yes
tsrday. killing three members Of the
crew. and slightly injrring a number
Of passengers.
Bioodhounds have been put on lhs
.frail.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
KEEPs oFFIcE IN FAMILY.

CUMBERLAND Nd. Nov. 26.-
When Sherin-elect Robert n Hutehe-
son assumes office on January 1. he
Will have a. deputies, his brother,
Montgomery Hutcheson. Thomas Kirk
patrick, and George Richardson. all
OF Lonaeoning. according to his an
nouncement today.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
CUBA DO sIr Ar COUNCIL.

HABANA. Cuba, Nov. 26-Ths
Cuban government Il IN hearty ac-
cord with the proposal 70 hold in
Paris, beginning N0yember -. an IN
ter-allied council, It Is stated Of.
flcially here today.
The Washington times., 1917-11-26
Hands of Velvet In
Single Night

Just Battle the hands "a warm
water to ramove the dirt from
the pores, apply g little oI
oUEEN ANNE LOTION before
roinC 20 bed and your hands
viii be az smooth as velvet N
The morning. Can be appned
md rubbed dry in a few sec
onds. Not greasy CT sucky'
Put up in two sizes
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
REBUKES PRES. WILSON


 Imperial League of German Towns Endorses U-Boat Warfare and De cldnes Friendship of United States. Amsterdam, via London, May e. The following resolution In regard to the distinction made by President Wilson between the German nation and its rulers was passed at meeting in Posen of the Imperial League of German towns which claims to repre- sent five and half million Germans: ''In 8 fearful struggle for it's lawful rights against q world of enemies, the German people stand with closed ranks behind Kaiser and government. It has greeted with joyful satisfaction the proclamation of unrestricted U-boat warfare which aims at protecting Germany against the unlawful starva- ton policy of Britain's sea power. The league declares further that the German people do not desire to have the friendship pressed upon them of a government like that of North Ameri- ca. which has done nothing to combat and overthrow Britain's inhuman and illegiumate starvation plan."
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
DEATHS AND FuNERALs
sau,lshoyle..

James Doyle, aged GA years. innna11| of the Town Home for nearly qilarsS ter of a century, at which institutio4a his sister, Mrs. James Riley, dieds Sept. 2s. 1915 and where his brothers in-law. James Riley. is an inmate dieSl8 shortly before noon today In the hosrS pital ward of that institutions Of as general breakdown following as lengthy illness with stomach trouh9eya| For over a year he had been In h5kS1 ing health, the death of his sist1
 being considered as leading cau@
 of his relapse. ssas sssss
 He was born in Ireland and HvS
 in sthis city for a number Of yeAtb prior to his being admitted as an ihz mate of the home. As far as thla town records show, he was admitted 2 to the institution two or three yearxs prior to Dec. 4, 1895. He was at thu institution when the record of tla$5s present board of public charitieS were started. A brother Joseph. Duyls.sSS died several years ago. He IS ssu1s vived by nephew, Joseph Doyle. 0k@ this city. The body was removed to X the undertaking rooms of John Mss Curtin < Co. at 404 Main street to- be prepared for burial. The funeraT are incomplete.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
AUTOS IN COLLISION.

In . collision. the accounts of which differ. as given to the police. this af- ternoon at South High street and Par sons place an automobile operated by Joseph Wininger of SOP West Main street had it's radiator and fender con siderably damaged when it was hit, or hit car operated by Robert B. Finches. wininger, besides reporting that his machine was run into, com plains that Pinches continued on his way without ascertaining the damage caused. Information on the case will he given to Prosecuting Attorney George w. Klett.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
SAW U.B0lT IN ATLANTIC
)n,ct ofs naakh Raasenlltttsr vessea Re-
 pests sisht.nxi ' ls'1anaain ine rar west q ,Ka.eers da..bea zoae. \ \.

New York, May s.--An officer on . British passenger steamer arriving here today from Europe said U-boat vas sighted liar west of the subma- rina .zone." He refused to state which way the underwater boat was moving, and his fellow officers and the pas eSpgers declined to discuss the subject except to assert that the passenger V6asel was not molested.
 Ut was learned however. that the Hgitish passenger ship was i've days out from England when the subma- rine was encountered. The latter was observed to emerge from the ocean about three miles distant The Brit ish commander immediately ordered agxis gag course and trained his guns ta shoot but the submarine at once submerged.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
CH1nD DIES OF BURNS.
Katherine Remizzi Succunnbs to In-
 juries at Hospital.

Burns received when her clothing ignited from a bon fire of waste paper in front of her home at the rear of 355 Arch street, proved fatal to Katherine Remizzi, three years old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Raphael Remizzi, at New Britain General hos pital last night and ended hours of agonizing suffering.
 Although her condition was not re- garded as serious, when she was ad- rnitted by police ambulance transfer Monday morning, hospital physicians later found her to be suffering from inhaling smoke and flames. She was burned seriously about the hands. arms and chest, but these would not, it Is considered, have proved fatal but for the inhaling of the flames and smoke. The funeral was this after noon from her home with burial in St. Mary's new cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
UNCLE SAM, REPORTER.
to Issue Daily Journal
 Including War News.

kBeginning tomorrow the govern nlent will issue a daily newspaper gEing the news and announcements o4 all departments relating to war Preparations. The publication. known n the Official Bulletin will be issued under the direction of tho committee on public information and will be htniled all newspapers, commercial bodies or others requesting it. Post masters have directed to post 1t daily In their offices.
 A weekly bulletin also is planned especially for issuance to weekly newspapers which will be asked to copy as many items as possible. Ed ward S. Rochester, former editor of a Washington newspaper, is editor of the official bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
UNCONSCIOUS 48 HOURS. 4~-e-.,- Oak Street Man Principal in Motor-
 cycle Accident

Unconscious for more than 4s hours from injuries received when his motorcycle skidded at Broad and High street in his attempt to avoid a col lision with a heavy bakery, wagon, the condition of Ernesto Bardas of 126 Oak street is, today regarded as ex- tremely grave by New Britain Gen eral hospital surgeons and the prog ress of treatment Is proving of more than usual interest to members of the local surgical profession
 Besides suffering from severe con cussion of the brain, 1t is believed that he has a fracture at the base of the skull. His recovery is not looked for by hospital surgeons. According to witnesses eEs1hsa accident, he, turned sharply to avoid the wagon. the wheels of Ahd motorcycle slidded and he was thrown violently to the ground. At the time. it was believed he had only suffered a deep scalp wound.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
ITALY TO PURCHASE
 R. R. SUPPLIES HERE
War Commission Expected to Spend More Than 41OO, ,OOO, 900 As We'll
 As Part of Loan.

Washington, May 9.-Negotiations looking to the purchase of more than $100,O00,00O worth of railway loco motives cars, rails and other equip rcent in the United States will be one of the main purposes of the Italian war commission which is expected in about three weeks. it was learned to- day.
 A large part of the $1oo, ,ooo. .ooo al- ready loaned by the United States to the Italian government also Is likely to be spent for. railroad materials. and orders probably will be placed during the comnission's stay here.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-09
RINTELEN EXPOSED
 ON WITNESS STAND
ndrew D. 1feloy Says He Was Told \ Buchanan, Fowler and Lamar Were in Plot.

z New York, May 9.-Andrew D. Me- Toy testified today that Captain Franz Rintelen of the German navy told him in July, 1915. that David Lamar and Former Representative Buchanan and Fowler had entered into . plan financed by Rintelen to compel or 'procure stfikeS'' in munition plants and that is was represented to him that within thirty days there would be hardly . ton of munitions made in the United States.''
 Meloy, who is a financial expert. testifed at the trial of the four men here with four others on charges of conspiring to wreck the Entente al- lies intuition trade in thi4' country. Meloy said Rintelen also toia him LAmar had organized Labor's National Peace Council to carry out tho plans. The witness said he told Rintelen that II he was paying out any money for snehA REQteet Aeswsa bstnGs scheeteAe .S,