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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
The War Capital as You
Would See 1t Yourself
BY DAVID NJ. CHURCH,
!. n. S. Stan Correspondent.

Americas administrative officials
have to play. They could not stand
the strain Of the onerous task Of
war-making IL they did not. All Of
them have their hobby.
President Wilson is golfer OF
no mean ability. He has never play
ed TO any great extent in public. but
those who know his game claim
it is "corking good"
Secretary Lane golfs a little. but
he gets most OF his exercise out OF
the morning setting-up exercises
which Walter Camp conducts three
or four days a week for high Off
cials.
Postmaster General BurIeson
likes to do some fishing. Week
ends. when it Is possible, he slips
away to a stream in the Blue Ridge
Mountains or to Chesapeake Bay
and gathers in the "finny tribe"
Newton Baker may be Secretary
OF War. but he is strong for the wa
ter. Coming from the inland he
Is perhaps the greatest mariner In
the Cabinet. Secretary Baker nnds
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
PLANS SPEEDED FOR
SOLDIERS LIBRARIES

Impetus 10 the movement 10 raise
s.. OOo,o0 for the construction. equip
mcnt and maintenance OF soldiers
libraries at the Jhirty-tWo canton
ments and camps in this country was
given yesterday by Secretary OF War
Baker in appointing a war CouGg..'
to cooperate with the America n
Library Association IN the work Ir
has undertaken at the request Of tr-
commission on camp activities os tbs
War Department
At the head Of the commission as
chairman is Frank A EandCTl-7.
president of the National City BsuA
OF New YORK. In q letter OF &C.
ceptance, Hr. Nauder1in eNpresseE
the warnest endorsement Of the
work in hand and promised enthusis s.
tic support The soldiers are no.
going into the camps and IL Is fer
that the libraries should be rrrf~
for them either upon, or soon after.
their arrival
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

skilfully using naval guns placed at
the mouth OF the Isonzo, sweeping
the Austrian positions as far as and
even beyond Duino Miramar, less
than two miles from the coveted
Trieste and Nabresina. Adding to
the panic that the concentrated Itali-
an fire is spreading in the Austrian
ranks, is the part played by the
Italian flyers. No fewer than 233 air
planes participated in the latest
battle. Only one failed to return.
Flying low, this army of the air sent
a myraid of machine gun bullets in
to the massed Austrian lines await
ing the Italian infantry attacks.
The capture of Monte Santo, for
possession of which rivers of blood
have flown. particularly last April
when the Italians failed in their on
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
Another Shopping Contest
Begins Today
An Educational Campaign to Promote Thrift
in Buying, With Cash Awards to
the Most Skillful Shopper
$1,000 IN PRIZES TO WINNERS

Are you participating in this con-
test? Everybody is eligible. with the
single exception of employees of The
Washington HERALD and their i'm
mediate families.
Most contests cost you money. This
one saves you money and you stand
an equal chance with every other
HERALD reader to win "a cash prize.
Easy 10 Win.
All that you have to do is to save
your sales slips on any Of the items
you buy from the hundreds of items
that you find advertised in today's
HERALD, or any other issue OF The
HERALD this week. In any case
where the store does not issue sales
slips just ringfhe item in the sd and
send il along 9th your letter.
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cominoes or the story telling which
amuses him most is hard 10 state.
Every official has some form NJ
diversion which he 6nds time 20 Dgsc-
tice. There need be no fear that The
members OF this administration will
go stale, for they have recognized
the value Of recreation in times when
the burden OF war is heavy upon
them.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

If several sales items appear on the
anne sales slip. ring the one that, in
your mind, represents the best bargain
that you bought and mail it to the
Shopping Editor of The HERALD. ac-
companied by letter mot to exceed
$50 words telling why this bargain
appealed to your needs as the best
buying opportunity for YOU on that
particular day.
Cash Prizes to Winners.
The following cash prizes will be
awarded to the four contestants whose
letters appear best to the Shopping
Editor in this order:
First prize for best letter, $500
Second next s3.OO
Third 81" 2 s1.oO
Fourth v s1.eo
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
ITALIAN VICTORIES
XIIINTIIIlIT
Continued FROM PAGE ONE.

with gallant calm for the Italian on
rush are today writhing in fever, bab-
bling idiots. The roar of 5000 guns
on 50-mile front has blown out their
wits. Some OF them. heroes LIr.c en-
Insane before the first enemy had
shown his head over the parapcts. IAN
like dumb animals trapped in a fire
serOss the shell-swept open ground
right into the volcano whence this
stream Of hot metal issued.
skIIlfulIy Using Naval Guns.
The correspondent OF the Koelnische
Zeitung asserts that the Italians are
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

Opinions DR. Schuyler
nc VIM RI Orner ComTnsso
The Washington herald., 1917-08-26
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Beautiful Women and Vigorous Iron Men

Say Fa Quickly Puts Roses Into the Cheeks Women and Most Astonishing Youthful Vitality
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The Washington herald., 1917-08-26

This eminentIy stylish selec-
ton includes these models:
White Canvas Sport English
Oxfords, lace and blucher styles;
White Sea Island Duck Seam
less Pumps, White Canvas
Colonials, White Canvas Blucher
Oxfords, etc. Some have White
Rubber Soles and Heels, Cuban
leather heels, Pinch Louis
White covered heels, low heels,
etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
Poilus Founder
On Briney Surf
Of Flanders Beach

Seaside Resort in Flanders, Oct. g.
Excursions to the seashore have been
abohshed in France since the Begin
ming of the war, but one invaded this
excellent bathing beach today, giving
1t an unaccustomed animation.
An entire division of French poilus
arrived in the morning, climbed out
of motor buses and motors with the
mud of Flanders still on them. In a
few minutes they were making the
surf fly as it has not done since 1918.
They were the men with whom Cen
eral Anthoine had brilliantly taken
the German lines north of Blk
schoote.
When these heroes were relieved,
their general told them what a great
service they had rendered to their
country, and ended by asking, Boys,
what can I do for your" an officer,
covered from head to foot with trench
mud. stepped forward and said:
General, I think what all the men
would prefer to anything else on
earth is a good BATH
General Anthoine immediately or
dered a mobilization of sufficient
motor conveyances to take the en-
tire division to the nearest seaside
resort, whore they could enjoy a
swim in the surf, of which not only
soldiers but the great majority of ci-
villains have been deprived SINCE hos
tilities began.
The effect Of this opportunity fol
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
COLONIAL TROOPS
not SENT IN TO
SPA ARE BRITISH
Authoritative Statement De-
nying Reports Current
Made in London

London, Oct. 9.-Reports said to be
prevalent in America and elsewhere
that troops from the British domin-
ions are used more freely on the Wes-
tern front than are those from the
United Kingdom, are denied in .-au-
thorttative statement" published by
Reuters.
s.The proportion Of casualties on
the Western front is actually higher
among the troops from the United
Kingdom than among those of the
dominions," says the statement. Fig
ures howing the property of DIVISIONS
from the don1inions and from the
United Kingdom employed in the bat
ties on the Somme. around Arras, and
Ypres and at Mesines. are given TO
show that troops from the Mother
land" exceeded those from the colon
les In the ratio OF from two to one
to five to one.
THE casualties also are. compared
showing. according to the statement,
that those OF the United Kingdom
troops have been higher than those Of
the troops from the dominions.
Have Not Been Spared
"Clearly there can be no question
that the 'Inotherland troops have
been spared at the expense of the col
onials.s adds the statement. ION the
contrary, the evidence points to the
lighting having been shared very
equally between the available troops
irrespective Of the part Of the British
Empire from which they came"
Assertions that large numbers Of
trained soldiers fit for service are re-
tanned in tdleness in the United King.
-. n -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
BEHIND ''LINES"
WAR AS BAD AS
ON BATTLE FRONT
No Escape From Science
That Engineers
Death

Manchester, England, Oct. 9.-i
There is no romance left in war; it
is dirty business, and every one of
us who is in it is determined that
when we finish this war, it shall be
so thoroughly finished that nobody
will ever start another.
Thus writes a British transport
captain in a letter to his local news
paper, describing how he had just
lost twenty of his men. although they
were nearly q dozen miles behind the
front, through shell from a German
long-range naval gun fifteen miles
away. The shell was chance shot.
Here is the captains story:
I'VE have descended on a war Of
stink pots, of specialized chemists
leering horribly in obscure laborator-
les while they concoct the fortunes of
the damned, of medieval poisons, OF
flying death from the clouds. It is
| less like war than some elemental
devilishness which man Is as power
less to control as he was the volcan-
lioes which overwhelmed Pompeii or
St. Pierre. Tt is not alone in the
forefront of the battle where men
stand face to face, but in quiet places
far back, where death filings himself
with outrageous violence and sud-
4 oOItlOoS. lie oCdQ IIlCIl tldtSr never
seen their foe; there has been no
lcontest, no combat.
ST witnessed an incident today the
like of which I have seen before. the
like OF which is happening every day
along these hundreds of miles of
battle line. 1t is as well you should
hear of 1t who have quiet roof over
lyour heads who wait placidly under
your umbrellas at the street corner
for your tram car.
4 ST WAS at a cross roads, and vast
amount of traffic was moving by it,
guns and wagons, and painting pe.~tar
Ilorries and officers on horseback and
ambulances. y Far in front hung mo-
tionless in the air the long row OF
balloons that marked the circle OF
the front.
"It endured perhaps but two sec
onds before it precipitated that
!, frightful tragedy towards which ii
was moving, but every second was an
age. Every man who heard 1t held
his breath NOW the whistle chang
ed to sudden plunging roar. A
quarter of a ton was falling headlone
through space and yet invisible A
rocking crash, and up from the road
: 1eaped a volcano of black earth and
smoke and stones. The whole all
: filled itself with shrieking bits Of
! metal, whirling swathes of dust, and
$ choking fumes Horses were plung
: ing, men cursing. Above all rams
e the screams of mortal agony.
a IT gazed with horror towards tn,
f spot and saw a wagon lying with it
4 wheels UP in the ditch, its horses ly
ing motionless nearby. In the gras
by the roadside lay some inert figure
! tof men whose absolute motionIes
S told its own tale
zone thought Of the homes sud
: denly emptied far away, of mother
and wives and children that woul,
wait in vain. And it has all beel
done by the unseen hand that ha,
. just pulled a string fifteen mile
4 away"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
BAD COLD? TAKE
''CASCARETS' FOR
BOWELS TONIGHT
They're finel Ltven your liv-
er and bowels and clear
your head.
No headache, sour stomach
bad cold or constipation
by morning.


Colds-whether in the head or any
part of the body-are quickly over
come by urging the liver to action and
keeping the bowels free of poison.
Take Cascarets tonight and you will
wake up with a clear head and your
cold will be gone. Cascarets work
while you sleep; they cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour,
undigested food and foul gases; take
the excess bile from the liver and
carry on the constipated waste mat
ter and poison from the bowels
Remember the quickest way to get
rid Of colds is one or two Cascarets
at night to cleanse thes ystem. Get a
10-cent box at any drug store. Don't
forget the children. They relish this
Candy Cathartic and it is often all
that % peeded 60 drive q cold from
1hsir little systems.--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

ance of it's solidarity and of its
friendship and support. 1t will do all
that depends upon it, in order that
China may have the benefit in her
international relations CT the position
and the regard due to great ma
ton"
This paragraph is generally inter-
preted by the Chinese press to mean
that China's integrity is assured and
that an absolute guarantee is given
that the open door policy Will be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

urging the republic to present an un-
divided front to the European enc
mics.
The letter of congratulations pres
ented to President Fans Ruo-chang
by Mr.. Reinsch, the American min
lister, and all the allied ministers con-
graduating him on China's declara-
ton Of war, contained this common
paragraph: my government is pleas
ed to take this opportunity to give to
the Chinese government the assur-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

good free plunge in salt water upon
the spirit of the men Nas such that
the officers regret that the quarters
of all divisions are not near enough
to the coast so that the experiment
may be developed into a permanent
and regular diversion for the troops
at the front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
CHINA is UNITED
By GERMAN WAR

Peking, Oct. 9.-iSewspapers of
North China, even those which were
strongly opposing the Feng Kuo-
chang government before the declar-
alton of war against Germany and
Austria, have undergone a decided
change since their country is actually
at war. Even the most radical OPP
ponents OF the government now are
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

OF course you want to see Paramount and Aircraft
pictures the best xthe motion picture art affords:
Paramount pictures give you the motion picture in all
its varied forsgreat feature plays and stars master
comedies weekly magazines and travel pictures Art
craft pictures give you the feature play developed to
its apexfamous of and stage in pictures
worthy of their talents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09
Carranza Announces
Plans For New Bank

Mexico City. Oct. sPresidenti Car
fanza has issued a decree providing
that If the funds for the federal bank
of emission the capitalization of
which was to have been 100000
pesos. are not raised by an exterior
loan prior to April 1913. the bank will
be opened then with a capital of 81
100000 pesos raised by interior SUBJ
scription- Many private individuals
and government officers and en-
ployes have already agreed to donate
from one to two days pay each month
for the raising of this fund. Each of
those who contributed will become a
shareholder in the bank
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

A large order for rubber boots was
received fro--, the French governments
by the United States Rubber Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

maintained by the joint action Of
Great Britain. France. Russia, Jap
an and the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

CoRTEz G. ROCKWELL. plumb~
ting and Heating. Jobhing specially.
1861 Main and Hillside evenuo.
'rhAnA a2s-2- q 70 -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

President Wilson plans no vacation
or speaking trip before the Christmas
holidays
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-09

If it happens that the theatre around the corner
has not yet gotten around to showing Paramount and
Aircraft pictures WILL if you ask for them. Because
the motion pictures bearing those famous trademarks
Paramount and Artcraftare available for every
good motion pctrre theatre in the land. They ags
produced for you.- see them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-06-13
Absolute Fearless Price Slashing

Every pair of shoes in this i'm
mense stock has been CUT.
There have been no chicken
hearted reductions. Nothing has been
overlooked. And that the people appre-
ciate he Bargains is evident from the ENOR-
NOUS BUSINESS that is being done.
Some merchants are holding on to shoes for every
cent Of cur shoes at 1876 prices and are going
to sell them to you this basis
Remember. the entire stock is sacrificed. saw
INGS ON EVERYTHING OF 40, SO, and even 20
PER CENT!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-06-13
SLIPPERS

ONE lot OF children's slippers,
one strap lin Patti. and dull kid,
on sale now at
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-01
TAX SALE NOTICES.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF
la SALLE-ss.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
TAKE NOTICE That at a sale OF
lots and lands for taxes and assess
ments duly made in the County and
State aforesaid William Colwell pur-
chased Oh the 18th day of June, A. d.
1915: Lot Fourteen (lD in Wolfes
Subdn. of Lots Is and 16 Ottawa City
in the City OF Ottawa in said County,
for the delinquent taxes levied and
assessed for the year A. d. 1914, also
for the Eighth Installment on Special
Assessment Warrant No. 1876 of the
City Of Ottawa levied and assessed
thereon for the year A. ID. 1914, also
Nor the Fifth Installment on Supple
mental Special Assessment Warrant
No. 1875 of the City of Ottawa levied
and assessed thereon foH the year A.
L. 19l4-and said premises were as.
sessed for said taxes and special as
sessments in the name of Ernest Sill
berger, and the time of redemption
thereof from said sale will expire on
the 14th day of June,~A. d. 1917.
WIN. COLWELL.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-01

.toyerlhcicss his conduct Is regret
table" Longorio went on. 'Probably
evil men have lied to him."
For the first timc Dolores stirred
She had watched her comtryman with
i peculiar fascination. Now she said,
as If freed from Il spell:
"Pah. Nobody pays heed to Sonoi
Ed. We do not consider him."
Aairc turned upon her with Il sharp
exclamation. conscious meanwhile that
the womun's tone. even more than her
words, had enlightened Longorio tn
some extent. His lifted brows were
eloquent of surprise and curiosity, but
he held his tongue.
Am 10 understand, then, that you
rob me because Of my husbands ne.
tom" Alarc asked.
NO | shall help" Iongorio bcanet
enthusiastically. at Shall be the oh
jcct Of my life to sc,te you- and yol
and shall arrange this matter salts
factorily. | have influence, believe nc
! DUTY calls me to Nucvo Pueblo, ant
/ you shall return with me as Tie CUES
4 Of my government He rose to hi
( feet, hut his caserness soon gave place
to disappointment.
"rhank YOU" said Alaire, "but
must first go to La Feria and get III
/ the facts"
"Senora! It ~ wretched Journey
See!" He waved II con,emptuous ges
| turc at the car, crowded io congestion
"Therc is no food: you have no me t'
wait upon you. IN my company 20
will be safe Upon my honor. Won w.
enjoy the highest COURTESY
"Of course, But l mist "a %.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-01

Dolores collapsed into her seat with
an exclamation. "Caramba The man
Is demon! And such eyes. Uf"
Dolores was interrupted by Longo-
rios voice beneath the open window.
The general stood, cap In hand, hold
ing up to Alaire Il solitary widtlOwer
which he had ola. excl beside the track.
!. "Sec." he cried. at is the color of
your adorable eyes-blue like the
sapphire ger" He placed thc deli
cate bloom in Alaire's fingers and was
gone.
"Cuidado !" brcaihed Dolores. "There
| is blood on it; the blood Of innocents
He will burn for million years in he'll
that man."
Jose Sanchez came blowing into
Alares car, tremendously excited.
Look, sonora p he cried Look what
the general gave me" and he proudly
! displayed Longoro's service revolver.
! Around Joses waist was the cartrage
| belt and holster that went with the
! weapon. "With his own hands he
buckled it about me, and he said,
| jesse, something tells me YOU are Il
devil for bravery. Guard your mistress
with your life, for if any mishap be
falls her | shall cut out your heart
( with my own hands Those were his
very words, sonora. Caralnba, There
! is Il man to die f0r.'
Nor was this the last of Longorio's
dramatic surprises Shortly after the
train had got under way the lieutenant
in command of Alaire'S guard brought
her small package, saying:
"Thc general commanded me to hanC
you this, With his deepest regard
Alaire accepted the object curiously
II VAS small and heavy and wrapped
in several leaves .orn from Il notebook
and it proved to be nothing less tina.
the splendid diamona-and-ruhy rim
she had admired.
GOD protect us, pow!" murmure'
Dolores, crossing herself deyc !ly.
tTO BE CONTINTED.)
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-01
MASTERS SALE.
M. N. ARMSTRONG, Solicitor.
WIN. COLWELL

STATE OF ILLINOIS, LA SALE CO.
SIS La Sale County Circuit Court
In the matter of Joseph Denny VS.
Willis V. Bingham and Amanda Bling
ham, his wife.-In Chancery, No.
21447 On Bill to Foreclose Mortgage.
Public notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of decretal order en-
tered in the above entitled cause, in
said Court, on the 25th day of Janu-
airy, A. d. 1917, |, Harry G. Cook,
Master in Chancery Of said Court,
shall on Monday, the 18th day Of
March. A. d. 1917, at the hour Of
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon of said
day, sell at pubic auction, to the high
est and best bidder at the North door
of the County Court House in the City
of ottawa. in said County the follow
ing described real estate. situate in
the County of La Sale and State Of
Illinois, to-wit Commencing at tie
northeast corner of Lot One % Block
One ca in Gum G. Parsons Addition
I to Marseilles, H.; thence running
north on line which would be a con-
tinuaton Of the east line Of said Lot
One north eight go degrees thirty
minutes, east two hundred four and
twotenths t204.2) feet to the place OF
beginning, thence running north eight
4 (S) degrees thirty minutes. east fifty
six and eight-tenths (56S) feet to the
south line OF the ottawa and Morris
road, thence running south eightytwc
1922 degrees and twenty-seven (27)
minutes east along the south line OF
said road three hundred and sixty.ont
(36D feet to the east line of said Lo,
nine t9) in Assessors Subdivision o.
Section Seventee' 90 in Township
Thirty-three $3.50 North, Range Five
60 East of the Third Principal Meri
dian. thence south along the east lin,
OF said Lot Nine. seventy.three ant
Nseven-tenths t737) feet, thence ives
hfty-six and fve.tenths $3.50 feet
thence north eighty.four tSD degrees
and fifty.nve (55) minutes, west one
hundred thirty-hve and five.tenth'
(135.5) feet, thence north seventy
lTO) degrees, west one hundred TWEEN
tv.two (l22) feet, thence north eight,
$500 degrees six (6) minutes, ives
sixty.fve and six.tenths $3.50 feet L
the place of beginning, said premises