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The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
One thousand Prisoner.

One Ihounand BrtaOmera.
More than loo prisoners were taken.
Gavrelle lies IN the main highway from
Arras to Douai. being only eight miles
from that great strategic objective.
Guemappe is on the Arras-Cambrsi high
way about i've miles from Arrss
In addition to capturing the village Of
Gavrelle. the British took the Teuton de-
fenses for two and a half miles TO the
south of the sfIlage as far aE Roeux
Cemetery. The oficial night report an
nounced that further progress also was
made to the southwest Of Lens near Nhs
Souchez River.
The night reports tell Of the repulse Of
freqCent German counter-attaclIE with
heavy losses by the Teutons.
Spirited aerial combats marked yester-
days fighting. the night bulletin says.
Six German aeroplsnes were brought
down and fifteen Others driven out Of
control. while still another was 'bagEed~
by shot from an snt-aircraft gun. as
were seven German kite balloons
II is admitted that seven British ma
chimes did not return from the engage
ments- In one spectacular combat IN the
clouds two British machines attacked a
German squadron OF eight planes Two
OF the Germsn machines were brought
down and a laird was driven cut OF con-
troll. =
Signs Of a ne~ German drive IN BEL
GUM. with Dunkirk and Calais as OBJ
jectives, were seen tonight by some nfli-
tHry experts in the French ofscial night
communiQue, which reports Teuton at
front IN BelgiprD between Dixmude and
Seuton. attsckers. who had sue
fhRf~ inf =.
home OF the French advanced
, driven out again after hand
Fighting.
British are now face TO face with
me .WOtan lire a powerfully fortified
position stretching from Drecourt. south
east Of Lens, down to Quesnt, switch
point Of the Hinderburg line. This aunll-
isry front has been built by the Teutons
for the defense OF Douai. Here the Brit
ish must be stopped IL Hinderburg means
TO stay in northern France. Here, Sir
Douglas Haig is expected TO strike his
master blow.
Today's British headquarters report an
nounced the capture last night OF the re-
n'sinder Of TrescaUlt village and occupA-
ton OF the greater part OF Havrincourt
wood, IN a new push toward Cambria. OF
the new successes on the ScaEPe, the re-
port made no mention beyond stating that
''hghting is proceeding and our troops are
making satisfactory progress.
Chilly North invest Wind.
Berlin asserts that the British wers
driven back after they had penetrated
the German first line trenches on a
500 yard front to the northwest OF
Lens
A chilly northwest wind came 10 the
aid Of the British attackers. For the
first time this wear the sforrnf ling
columns did not have TO wade
through swamps and bogs TO reach
their obJectives- But their onslsuEhts
led them over a terrain strewn by
dead, German victims OF last weeks
vain counter attacks. In one days s
thrusts alone the Teutons lost $500 in
killed.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
Golf Defy to Wilson
Is Hinted by Balfour

with all the expressions of
friendship Of yesterday, intense
rivalry sprang up last night be-
tween President Wilson and For
sign Minister Baifour.
Some fine morning before the end
Of the week may find the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Balfour on the golf
links here earnestly contending for
possession OF the International
Cup for Government chieftains.
The first move toward n contest
was taken late yesterday. Mr..
Balfour remarked to Secretary Of
State Lansing that he was very
fond of playing golf. Secretary
Lansing reminded the visitor that
President Wilson also had adopted
golf as about his only form Of
sport.
Well. II IL hardly becoming for
me to suggest q game with your
President. but wonder II he can
play better than l." Mr.. Balfour
Is reported to have replied.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
NEW BATTLEsHIP LAUNCHED.

New York. April 2s.-Before one Of the
smallest crowds that ever witnessed the
launching Of battieship in the New
York Navy Yard. the superb -Dreadnought
New Mexico slid from the ways at s:5s
o'clock today as the Marine Band played
Columbia. the Gem OF the Ocean,
Miss Marguerite De Baca, daughter Of
the late governor of New Mexico, broke
a bottle Of wine and one Of water across
the bow OF the giant fighting craft as
she slid from the wsyy
The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
FORMAL WAR PARLEYS
DELAYED TILL ENJOYS
FROM FRANCE ARRIVE
Balfour and Other Members Of British Mission
Entertained at Dinner at the
White House.

Formal presentation of Foreign Minister BafOur and the British
here with him completed last night with dinner recep
ton at the White House.
The dinner ranscendd simplicity function given the
White House in many years.
In this followed exactly the lines laid down by Mr. Balfour in his
opening the press of the United States the effect that the
visit of the British mission of service.
The began O'Clock served in the great dining
end Of the White House. which had been exqs
rated spring blossoms for the There Neither
The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
NEWSPAPER EDITORS MEET.

New York. April 23--Newspaper editors
and publishers from every part of the
United States gathered today at the
Hotel Waldorf Astoria for the annual
convention Of the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-24
Births, Marriages and peaths.

Ths sshinxton Herald q printinr dzily no.
ties q births. marriages. and deaths among the
people cf Wz-hineton.
Thsss notices sppsar today On psss q
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
Crusaders Doctrine

There Is an old story of the Method
ist chaplain Of an Ohio regiment in
the Civil war who was accounted q
deadly rifle shot, and who gloried in
his prowess. The men who fought be-
hind him told that, after he had pulled
the trigger, he always muttered while
reloading, "May the Lord have mercy
on your SOUL" A chaplain such as he
must necessarily have deserved the re-
spect Of those to whose spiritual needs
he ministered. One cannot question
that he was popular with his fellows.
Now comes an Indiana chaplain
with his bid for fame. II won't force
religion on my boys when we get to
France" he said when he was sworn
in. 'It's all up to them. If they can
fight Germans and get away with it,
that will cover a multitude Of SINS"
Here is the church militant with q
vengeance.
There is no doctrine older than that
preached by this Indiana clergyman.
Save for his modern turn Of speech,
the words might have come from the
lips of Peter the Hermit or Bernard of
Clairvaux. 1t is good crusading doc
trine, no matter which side you take,
And the war is truly a crusade
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)
Beans may be kept for winter use
by picking the pods as soon as they
are mature and spreading them in a
warm, dry place, such as an attic
floor, until the beans are thoroughly
dry. Then shell and store in bags
hung in dry, well-ventilated place
until needed. Allow navy and other
bush beans to mature on the vines I'M
til a maximum number of pods are
ripe, then pull the whole plant and
cure 1t like hay. After thorough dry
ing, thresh the beans and store as sug-
gested above.
Peas may be treated like bush beans
and stored In the same manner.
Beets.
Storage for beets may be Of any of
the types described. The beets
should be pulled and the tops cut off
when the soil is dry. If they are to
be held in the storage room in the
basement or in an outdoor storage
cellar, they should be placed in venti-
lated barrels, loose boxes, or, better
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
KING OF YEGGMEN
Title Won by Old Bob as Result
of Clever Tricks.
Kxpert Criminal Fooled JalIers by
Carrying Saws in What Appeared
to Be Pocket Pieces.

In the underworld the yegg was an
expert. Old Bob, king of yeggs. invent
ed, it is said, the pocket piece method
of carrying saws. 1t was a clever
trick when he first brought 1t into ex-
istence, writes Melville d. Post in the
Saturday Evening Post. When the au-
thOrities at a local prison, a county
Jail or station house searched the pris-
oner they would find an old trade dol
lar or a worn five-franc piece in his
possession. The criminal would ask
the authorities to permit him to keep
it because it belonged to some men,
ber of his family-his mother, his IA
ther or some imaginary child that had
cut his teeth on the metal edge in some
imaginary former happy home. 1t was
a line of what the underworld calls
soft stuff, and the prisoner was usually
He was allowed to take the coin into
the cell with him; what danger could
there be in worn pocket piece treas
ured for it's memories?
There were all kinds of dangers in
It. The faces of the coin screwed to-
gether on delicate threads, and the in
terror was filed with tiny saws Of the
best material. For q long time through
this device the clever criminal was
able to get about with fair equip
ment of saws always in his possession.
1t was for no slight accomplishments
that this man was known to the subter-
ranean world as the king of the yeggs.
1t was Old Bob, we are told, who in
vented the system Of planting saws
about in the various prisons that he
might again be unfortunate enough to
enter. His method was clever and in
geniOus.. Kindly religious people en-
deavor to reform criminals by sending
tracts and literature to the local
prison. The yegg inaugurated the habit
Of pasting these moral dissertations on
the wall of the cell. The custom
pleased the well-meaning people and it
could not be very well objected to by
the prison authorities. 1t was also
useful to the yeggmen!
The little sermons were glued to the
wall with sirup, usually a staple of
the prisoners diet. A thin saw Of the
best quality was thereby held in place
for the benefit of the yeggman if he
should ever by chance return that way,
or for the benefit of any member of the
gang who might happen to be picked
up by the police. It was a long time
before the authorities discovered this
trick, and then they found the local
prisons Of the country to be cached
with the handy burglar tool.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
New Window Glass.

An English inventor has perfected a
new window glass to keep out cold in
winter and heat In summer. The new
glass is based on the well-known prin-
ciple that any gas is poor conductor
of heat or cold. The ideal window glass
to resist heat or cold would be a dOu-
BILE pane, with vacuum between, as
in a thermos bottle. But the vacuum
makes the glass so easily breakable
that this is not practical. So the in
ventor has designed a double pane,
with a space between the halves,
smoothly welded at all the edges. The
space within is pumped full of carbon
dioxide or some similar inert gas. If
the pressure Of the gas within is equal
to the air pressure without the pane
is no more breakable than an ordinary
one, and it resists the passage of heat
or cold much longer.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
Bone surnerY MarveIs.

A reserve officer in the United
States medical corps who recently re-
turned from Great Britain is loud in
his praises Of the work in bone sur
gerry being done in British hospitals.
He says: "They can take rib from
man and use it to replace crushed
bone in his arm. Patients who in
earlier times would have been cOnsid-
cred permanently disabled are now
fixeC up in few weeks so that they
can go back to the front. In single
month, in one hospital, we had 1850
bone cases, and 1000 of them were
ready at the end of the month to go
back and fight again"
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
FEWER STUDENTS ENROLLED
University Begins Fifty-Seeond Year
With 2,o67 students-FacuIty
Loses 40 Teachers, Too.

The University of Kansas has be-
gun its fifty-second year with 2,067
students, decrease of SIG below the
enrolment the beginning of the
school year in 1916, when 1883 stu
dents were enrolled. There are 1857
men students and 800 women students
in the University this autumn. Last
year men outnumbered women two to
one.
The larger proportion of women stu
dents and the smaller enrolment Of
men is because of the war, as is de-
crease of more than forty teachers in
the faculty. Chancellor Strong and
the board of administration have made
the war an opportunity to grant leaves
of absence without pay to number
of older professors to enable them to
study and do research work in other
schools. More than twenty faculty
men now are in the army or in mill
tary work. Many teachers also
have been released because the war
has greatly affected the enrolment
of certain departments
In the German department the en-
rollment is more than half smaller
than last year, there being falling
off of seven-twelfths in the number
of students studying German. Five
teachers of German have been re-
leased because of this. In 1915 there
were 609 students in the University
studying German. Last year the to-
tai enrolment Of the German depart
ment was 5S5. This year it is scarce
ly $50, so far.
French has its biggest enrolment
at the University this year and 459
students are studying that language.
There are 274 students taking Span
ish; nineteen, Italian, and four, Portu-
gese.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
SeIective Draft.

Much amusement was caused in the
house of commons by the official ad-
mission that "5y regretable clerical
error" the national service depart
ment had notified the speaker that
they proposed to transfer him to
new employment at WOlverhampton at
about one dollar per day, with week
ly war bonus of little more than a
dollar ION the ground that such en-
ployment was deemed of greater ma
tional Importance than that on which
he was now engaged"
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
Up-to- Walls.

A row of villas in suburbla were go
ing up apace, and when they we're al
most finished the builder and his fore
man made a tour Of inspection. The
former left his assistant in one house
and went into the house adjoining.
"Can you hear me-" called the build
err tapping on the dividing wall.
EYES,"
"Can you see me?"
mo"
The builder rejoined the foreman,
beaming with satisfaction.
"Now, them's what you can call
walls !" he said.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
SKIN-ToRTURED BABIES
Sleep, Mothers Rest After Treatment
With Cuticura-TriaI Free.

Send today for free samples of Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and learn how
quickly they relieve itching, burning
skin troubles, and point to speedy heal'
ment os baby rashes, eczema and itcht
ings. Having cleared baby's skin keep
1t clear by using Cuticura exclusively.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Il
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
A Gloomy Future.

"This raising of the price of bread
" the bakers strikes me something
ierce!"
"Oh, 1 guess you can stand It."
eyes, 1 know. But was talking to
my wife about II this morning, and she
said to never mind; she would bake
our own bread hereafter I"-Brown-
ing's Magazine.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
HOT LUNCHES FOR PUPILS
Women of LeaVenworth County Will
Serve Warm Food to Children
at Rural Schools.

Three years ago there was orga-
nized in the southern part of Leaven-
worth county the Glenwood Mother
Daughter Canning Club, said to be the
first organization OF its kind in the
world. A few days ago that same
club, which now has prototypes in
nearly every county in the state, ar
ranged to put into effect another new
community service idea. Complete
plans have been formulated for sup
plying free hot lunches to the pupils
Of five rural schools this winter.
Cooking stoves are installed in the
GlenwoOd, Elmgrove, Dafer, Jewett
and Loring schools, all in the south
ern part of the county, and the Moth
er-Daughter Canning Club in each dis
trict has plans completed for prepar-
ing and serving warm lunches to the
pupils two or three times a week. The
plan of serving school children with
warm meals has been carried out on
a large scale in many Of the leading
cities of the East, but is new for
rural schools.
The method which will be pursued
by the canning clubs makes it the
duty of two members to go to the
schools certain day in the week and
prepare soup or some other warm,
nourishing dish. They will furnish
the materials themselves. Different
women will do the work each time
until all the club members have taken
their turn, when the round will start
again.
X X x
Boy Hunter KiIIed.-The 11-year-old
son of James Sinclair of near Junction
City accidentally shot and killed him
self while hunting the other after
noon.
X X 4
Killed by Motor Car.-Frank Han
son, returning on bicycle from school
to his home in Rock Hill, was run
over by motor car and received a
fracture of the skull.
X X X
Argentine Republic Sold.-Grant s.
Landrey has sold his paper, the Re-
public, published weekly in Argentine,
to e. w. Wells of Council Grove, Kas.
Mr.. Landrey has edited the Republic
for the past nine years.
\ Shot by Own Gun.-John Wilburn
an 1S-year-old boy, was perhaps fa-
tally wounded when the shotgun with
which he had been hunting squirrels
was accidentally discharged. The shot
entered his breast The accident oc
Cured at the home of his uncle south
of Atchison.
Found Dead In Bed.-John Pingle
80 years old, was found dead recently
on a bed in his home in Sedgwick
Pingle lived by himself and it is
thought he had been dead about thirty
six hours when found. Death is sup
posed to have been caused by suffo
cation.
Football Victim May Dle.-Cyri
Moore, Humboldt boy, injured in re
cent football game at Fredonia, is II
a Chanute hospital with little hope TO
recovery
x x X
YOUNG Man Electroclsed. - Claude
Allen, 19 years old, was electrociset
while at work at a brick yard in Cher
ryvale when he took hold of the stee
cable part of brick setting machine
The cable came in contact with eleC
trio feed wires.
X X X
Body of Raymond House Found
The body of Raymond House, who wa
drowned in the Missouri river at ST
Joseph, was found in the river abov
Atchison recently. House fell int
the river on September Is while work
ing on bridge at st. Joseph.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
Set in His WAYS.

"Why doesn't Mr.. Cobbles use a
tractor on his farmp
"He says he has spent forty years
studying the temperament Of mules
and he isn't going to throw away the
knowledge gained in that time for ev-
cry new-fangled cOntrivance that
comes along"
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
IIouor Control in Bermuda.

Consul Carl r. Loop of Hamilton, re-
ports that the Bermuda legislature nag
passed law whereby during the con-
tinuance Of the present war the sale
or supply Of Intoxicating liquor In all
clubs and licensed premises is prohib1
tied between the hours of nine o'clock
at night and nine o'clock on the fol-
lowing morning"
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

cabbages Stored in Long Banks. Good
Drainage Is Essential, but the Dirt
Covering Need Not Be as Thick as
for Vegetables That Are Easily In
Jured by Frost.
still, in crates. If sufficient space is
available in the cellar, it is good
plan simply to place them in small
piles along the wall. Storage in large
piles should be avoided, as it is. liable
to cause heating and decay. ..
For storage: in banks or pits, pre-
pare the beets as for storage in the
room in the basement or in the out
door cellar. Select well-drained To-
cation, make shallow excavation,
about six inches deep, line it with
straw, hay, leaves, or similar material,
and place the beets in a conical pile
on the lining. Make the bottom of the
pile about the same size as but not
larger than the bottom of the excava-
ton. Cover the beets with the same
material as that used for lining the
bottom of the pit, and carry it up sew
eral inches above the apex of the pile
Of vegetables, having it extend through
the dirt covering. This serves as q
ventilating flue, and it should be COW
board as protection from rain. The
dirt covering should be two or three
| inches thick when the vegetables are
stored, and it should be increased as
severely cold weather approaches un-
| I'll 1t is foot or more in thickness.
In finishing the pit, the dirt should be
firmed with the back of the shovel in
order to make it as nearly waterproof
as possible.
cabbages.
Heads of cabbage may be cut off and
and stored in conical pits in the same
manner as beets. Another common
and very satisfactory method is to pull
the plants, roots and all, and place
them in a long pit with the heads
down. A few heads may be removed
from time to time without disturbing
the remainder of the pit. AS slight
freezing does not injure the cabbage
the covering Of the pit need not be as
thick as for other vegetables.
Another good method of storing cab
bage is Illustrated in Fig. 16. The
plants are pulled, roots and all, an(
set side by side with the roots dowr
n a shallow trench, the length Of
which corresponds to the width of the
bed. The bed may be any width up t.
8 to 10 feet and as long as necessary
to hold the number of cabbages to bC
stored. Cover the roots with earth
Around the bed erect frame of rails
boards, or poles, or by driving a row
of stakes into the ground so that al
lnclosure about two feet in height i'
formed. Bank the outside of this
Irao,s With dirt AMI place poles across
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
The Euu In Transit.

In all this economic discussion Of
the egg in transit no humanitarian
has arisen to suggest that this dlstin.
gulshed citizen should be permitted to
travel hereafter in lower BERTH
Boston Transcript.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
A Bin Man

"Her husband is big man In the
show business"
"That SO? A producerT
mo. Bouncer in a downtown bur
lesQue theater."
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

1t is better for a mans conscience
that he be sorry for what he DIDN'T
get than what he did.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Subject for debate: Can man have
cold feet and a warm heart at the
same time?
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Has Another Think Coming.
The man who thinks he knows 1t all
generally marries woman who
teaches him lot more.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
When Your Eyes Need Care
TRY Murine Eve Remedy

DrusfistS or nail Wfits for Free Hys Book.
1IURINE EYE REMEDY CO.. CHICAGO
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Every woman's pride, beautiful, cleaI
white clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue
All grocers. Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11
IMITATION Is slNcEREsr FLArrERY

but like counterfeit money the imita-.
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on LA Creole" Hair Dressing
It's the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price $100.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

- Ft
Motor Car Killed Girl, Fern Wells,
years old, while on the way home
from school at Kiowa, was struck by
motor car driven by Mrs. Ross Per-
ry and her skull fractured. She died
almost instantly.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Body of Raymond House Found
The body of Raymond House, who was
drowned in the Missouri river at st,
Joseph, was found in the river above
Atchison recently. House fell into
the river on September IS while work
ing on bridge at st. Joseph.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Football Victim May Die.-Cyril
Moore, Humboldt boy. injured in re-
cent football game at Fredonia, is in
Chanute hospital with little hope for
recovery.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Young Man Electroclsed. - Claude
Allen, 10 years old, was electrocised
while at work at a brick yard in Cher
ryvale when he took hold of the steel
cable part of brick setting machine
The cable came in contact with elec-
trio feed wires.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Her Dollar to Red Cross.-Elinor
Gard, of Anthony, 10 years old washed
dishes for ten weeks for her mother
and was rewarded with a dollar. She
gave the dollar to. the Red Cross Fund.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Meningitis at Camp Funston.-Two
cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis have
been discovered among the workmen
employed on the construction work at
Camp Funston. Both men have been
sent to the base hospital for treat
mcnt. 1t is doubtful if one of them
will recover.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Found Dead In Bed.-John Pingle,
so years old, was found dead recently
on a bed in his home in Sedgwick,
Pingle lived by himself and it is
thought he had been dead about thirty
six hours when found. Death is sup
posed to have been caused by suffo-
cation.
Meade County news., 1917-10-11

Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Ada B.
Oldroyd, 66 years old, wife of r. B.
Oldroyd, pioneer undertaken and fur
niture dealer Of Arkansas City, is
dead at Geuda Springs. She came to
Kansas thirty-three years ago.