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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-01
4 GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR
WEDN ESDAY.


The new battle is being fought over q
section strongly organized by the Ger
mans with concrete redoubts and ma.
chine gun nests In shell holes.
Sharp lighting continues around the
coal mining center of Lens, in the out.
skirts of which the British are making
progress. Counter attacks failed to
shake the British from their new 20.
sitions. Further gains are reported
officially from London.
The Germans continued their efforts
to recapture ground gained in the new
French offensive on the Verdun front.
Heavy counter attacks were made on
both sides Of the Mouse. The Ger.
mans gained a footing temporarily in
the French positions, but were soon
driven out. The number of prisoners
taken by the French has reached GIG.
THURSDAY.
1taly's offensive on the Isonzo front
Is meeting with continued success
Rome reports officially that further
ground has been gained on the north.
ern and southern wings. Austrian
counter attacks are being repulsed.
The Austrian losses in the first two
days of the battle are computed un.
officially at 10000.
"Delnite success for the British
operations northeast of Ypres is re.
port ted from the battle front. The sit.
uation had been somewhat uncertain
because OF the desperate resistance Of.
fered by the Germans.
The French detectives north of Yer.
dun apparently have been attained,
The number of prisoners has reached
1853. The French have captured
twenty-four cannon and more than 200
machine guns.
The Germans are continuing vigor.
ously their new offensive on the north
end Of the Russian front. Petrograd
officially reports n Russian withdraw.
ri of five miles toward Riga.
FRIDAY.
In brilliant attack on the Verdun
front the French have carried Hill 304,
one OF the most bitterly disputed posi-.
lions Of the war. The French advanc.
ed to an average depth of a mile and
quarter over the sector between Avo.
court wood and Dead Minis Hill. Paris
announces officially, and auso stormed
the fortified works between Haucourt
and Bethincourt.
On the British front, the bitter fight
for possession Of Lens continues. Tho
official statement says the British now
hold German trenches Immediately
northwest OF the Green Grassier, south
of Lens, and that especially heavy
losses have been inflicted on the Ger
mans.
Heavy fighting continues along the
italian front. Rome announces that
more than 10000 prisoners have been
taken and sixty guns. The Italians
have stormed further Austrian posi-
lions and broken up violent counter at.
tacks.
SATURDAY.
The Austrian line on the Isonzo
front has been broken at several
points. The Italians. continuing their
assaults between TolElino and the
Adriatic are pursuing the retreatine
Austrians. One Of the most brilliant
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Useless Advice.

Mrs. BatZ-You ought to brace ur
and show your wife who IS running
things at your house. Cralle Sadly
1t isn't necessary. She Knows
Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-01
GARRETT SUCCEEDS VAN DYKE
Baltimore Man Named New Minister
to Netherlands.

bdI1Inorc Wan Named NcW Minister
to Netherlands.
John Work Garrett. OF Baltimore
was nominated by President Wilson rs
minister to The Netherlands and Lux
emburg.
Mr.. Garrett succeeds DR.. Henry Van
Dyke, who resigned some ime ago. A.
though accredited also to LuXembur'
as Is the custom Of the diplomatic serv.
Ice, Mr.. Garrett hardly will go there
The duchy has been overrun by the
Germans and now Is under their mi'i
tary control.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-01
SATURDAY,

The Austrian line on the Isonzo
front has been broken at several
points. The Italians, continuing their
assaults between TolElino and the
Adriatic are pursuing the retreatine
Austrians. One Of the most brilliant
feats of the Italians was the capture
Of Monte Saro. 2245 feet nigh. This
peak, saven miles north of Gorilla,
dominates the broad plain beyond that
city. It's occupancy has enabled the
Austrians to hold up the Italian adj.
vance to the east since their capture
OF the city.
Proflting by the capture of Fill 3O4,
on the Verdun front, the French adj.
vanced north Of It. Three fortified
works near Rethincourt were stormod
Violent artillery engagements are In
progress in the Champagne. In Bel.
GUM, near BiXschoote, the big guns
are heavily engaged.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-09-01
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA .-FLOUR-Strone
Straight $l0@10.50; city mills, 1892
@13.50.
RYE FLOUR-Quiet; per barrel
$9:50M10.
WHEAT-Nomina}.
CORN-Quiet; No. 2 yellow, $1.91@
1872.
OATS-Quiet; No. 2 white, S0@Slc
POULTRY-Live steady; hens, 24M
25; old roostcrs, 16017c. Dressed
steady; choice fowls. 271Ac; old roost
ers. 19c.
BUTTER - Firm: fancy creamery
151hc per lh.
EGGS = Firm; selected. tO@51c;
nearby, ~; western, ~.
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CHICAGO.-HOGS = Higher; top
$17G5: bulk, $16.2o@I73o; light
heavy. $i!.s5@i;.G5:. rough, $15.75G
16; pigs. $10.75GT14.25.
CATTIE-Strong; native beef cat.
tie, $S.25m15.G0: western steers, $70
1910; Stockers and feeders, $1,000
9.25; COWS and hcifers. $4.G5@13;
calves. $15.106G16.
SIIEEP-IIieher: wethers. $1,000
11.25: lambs s1O75m1G75.
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SUNDAY,

With the dominating height OF Montt
Santo securely in their po session. the
Italians are conti""''' their drive OF
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Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
ALL IN THE WAY YOU SEE 1T
Attitude Which Makes the Worst Of a
Situation Always Makes Fail
ure of 1t, Says Writer.

Any attitude which makes the worst
of the situation makes a failure of it..
Concentrating your mind on the hurt
Of a headache or the pain of cut, fair
ly makes either one throb to order.
Agitating yourself over how you are
going to meet the payments on your
talking machine takes all the music
out of every record it plays, writes an
Optimist.
If you must have your appendix re-
moved next Saturday, why fill the days
between now and Saturday with dis
NAL forebodings Of how you are going
to feel when you wake up from the
ether sleep? You will have to have
the operation performed, anyway, and
you might as well come to it with as
much reserve strength and buoyancy
as possible.
A glad heart goes the whole day long
and a sad one tires in q mile, as has
been told with poetic fervor. But that
does not make us work hard enough
for a cheerful viewpoint, for the same
determination to see the best Of life
which really makes the best in life q
tangible thing to all of us.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
PROVIDED FOOD FOR LIONS
Farmers Family Nag Was Sold to the
Circus But Was Billed to Make
Only One Appearance.

Edward Jones, now a farmer in
Orange county, but formerly resident
of this city. was visited by his brother,
Benjamin F. Jones of North Pennsyl-
vania street.
Desiring to show the city brother the
beautiful scenery Of Orange county,
the country brother hitched up the
family nag and invited the city brother
to get into the spring wagon.
The city brother firmly declined.
mo. Edward" said Benjamin, mot be-
hind that stack of bones. That's the
worst specimen of horsefesh 1 ever
saw in my lfe."
Some time later the Indianapolis
brother paid another visit to the
Orange county farmer. "Where," he
asked. sis that stack Of bones you
called horse?" he asked. dead, I
suppose"
IL sold him." said the country
brother.
"You sold him! For goodness sake,
how much did you get for him? A dol
lar and a half would have been big
price,"
Il got $50 for him. sold him to
circus"
ITO a circus! Well, he'll make
fine performer"
"He was only on for one evening""
said Edward
For one eveningT'
Eyes, they bought him to feed the
lions" s."-Indianapolis News.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

into slippers, her eyes red from long
staring.
The fire engine was being dragged
away. The crowd had dispersed.
Ward, blackened and depressed, was
surveying the ruins with heavy heart
He turned and saw the girl.
Just at first he was not sure of her.
He was always seeing her, mentally.
Then he went toward her, his hand
out.
"You see," he said, what an hour
may bring FORTH" And then, ''You
reckless child. here in slippers"
II saw you on the roof" said Elinor.
barely able to articulate. "Once ]
thought you had fallen"
"They nearly got me. It's rather sad,
isn't it?' He stood, bareheaded in the
cool dawn, and surveyed the ruin.
People meet great crises simply.
She tried to find some word Of SYM
pathy to say, but what was there, poor
child? She knew the true inwardness
of that disastrous night. So, with pa
thetic eyes, she turned away.
"Tll 60 home now," she said. II saw
the glare-I-" Quite suddenly her
lips trembled. II should like to help
you with the new building"
"Fine!" said Ward heartily. "We'n
get to that before long"
"If you had fallen"
He was not listening. 1t came to her
then how far apart they were. TO her
his falling would have been an end OF
all things; to him, 1t would have meant
the beginning Of a useful eternity.
eff you wait a little, I'll run around
and get my car and take you up"
She sat down again, obediently. She
was glad to be with him little longer.
Until recently, the work of the band
had always seemed vague abstrac-
ton. Now one Of its results lay before
her. And there were other things fresh
in her mind-old Hilary, dead of his
revolt against law, and lying in state
before an altar erected to God he had
not recognized. And Ward, watching
her windows and thinking her the en-
bodiment of what woman should be.
Over her bitterness rose hot wave
of anger against Walter Huff. She had
forbidden this thing and he had done
IT.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Mozart's Music.

A recent biographer says of Mozart
that the most wonderful fact about
him was that he directed his art to-
ward success without any sacrifice of
himself, and his music was always
written with regard to it's effect upon
the public. Somehow it does not lose
by this, and it says exactly what he
wishes it to say. In this he was
helped by his delicate perceptions, his
shrewdness and his sense of irony. He
despised his audience, but he held him
self in great esteem. He made no con-
ceSsion that he need blush for; he de-
ceived the public, but he guided it as
well. He gave the people the illusion
that they understood his idea, while,
as matter of fact, the applause that
greeted his work was excited only by
passages which were solely composed
for applause.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

forms the principal item in the birth
feast. Other duties that the priest
has to carry out are the cutting of
three horizontal cuts with a dagger
just above the level of the eyebrows on
the forehead Of the dead, and the set
tling of all disputes.
When a couple becomes engaged the
woman spends most of her time cook
ing dainty and tasty dishes and trot-
ting around with them to her lovers
home, followed by her father with
wine and spirits. Breach-of f-promise is
almost unknown, for the youth who
jilts has his throat cut. The para
mour Of a married woman is hanged on
some remote tree by the red cord he
wears round his neck and the body is
left as warning to others. The
erring wife mysteriously disappears,
and no questions are asked. A man
who deserts his wife also is hanged,
while the woman who deserts her huS-
band is compelled to return to him.
There is a secret ceremony of initia-
ton which every Red Head is COM
PEELED to undergo on attaining his sew
enteenth birthday. 1t involves seclu-
sion for seven days and going without
food and drink for three days. At
the termination Of this preliminary
test the youth is taught certain pass
words and grips by which he may rec
ognize his brethren and a red circle is
tattooed on his breast. The strange
people live on terms of friendship with
the whole of their neighbors with the
exception of the Turks, whom they
hate and treat accordingly.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Making the Potato Popular.

There Is q touch of humor in the
method employed by the famous
French chemist Parmentier to over
come the prejudices against the po-
tato Of the peasantry on the CONT
nent. He cultivated potatoes in the
open fields, in places very much fire.
quented. He guarded them carefully
during the day only, and was happy
when he had excited so much curios-
ity as to induce people to steal some
Of them during the night. Then he
persuaded Louis XIV to wear bunch
Of potato flowers at his buttonhole
in the midst Of the court on a festal
day. Nothing more was wanting to
induce great lords to plant them.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
CHAPTER vi.

b great had the urgency Of Boro-
days position become that the band
met at the hall on Thursday of the
week after the country-club affair.
Lethbridge was to get his instructions /;
Talbot wished to discuss his prospect.
After dinner, the night being warm,
they had their coffee on the terrace.
A summer storm had come up. All
as once a flash threatened Saint
Jude's.
Huff leaped to MS feet.
'Pye got it ]" he said. "What Is it
hey call the big building back Of the
rn,jrcn'"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
The ResourcefuI Dentist,

"It was dreadful moment" said
the dentist. Il was bathing quietly,
when the great cavernous jaws of the
shark opened before me"
"What did you do?" asked one of the
ladies.
II took my forceps out of the pocket
Of my bathing suit and pulled his teeth
before he had chance to seize me.
1t was the quickest and neatest bit of
work I ever did"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Elevators Of Ancient DAYS,

The earliest mention of device in
any way resembling the modern ele-
vator or "lift" may be read in Vitru-
vius, who describes hoisting machine
which was invented by Archimedes.
This elevator of the second century B.
O. was worked by ropes which were
coiled upon winding drum by a cap
stan and levers. The same writer re-
fers to another similar machine which
was made to rotate by a man who
walked inside the capstan. Such a
primitive elevator Is still in use to lift
passengers and freight from the first
to the second story Of a convent on
Mount Sinai.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Sap Is Life Of Tree.

Sap is pumped up through the wood
in a tree and will go through dead
wood. but will not return by the same
medium. Therefore a tree may live
until the roots starve. Sap ascends
on the inside and descends on the out
side. Therefore the descending sap
alone builds new tissue of wood and
bark
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Moths Wing Movement.

The moth has curious habit, de-
velOped during many centuries, when
at rest, or crawling slowly about the
leaves and stems of plants, of keeping
up a constant, gentle, tanning motion.
of the wings, which when seen from a
short distance appears like snakes
head in the act of striking.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
Baby Seals Protected by Nature.

When seals are born they are snow
white, which makes them invisible on
the ice on which they are born. Their
eyes and noses are, however, black,
and when the little ones are suddenly
alarmed they close their eyes, bury
their noses and lie quite still. 1t is
only when they grow and begin to
seek their own food that they become
dark and sleek.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
The SidereaI Year.

1t has long been known that the
year defined as the time between two
successive returns of the sun in its
apparent round of the heavens, to the
same star differs by about 20 minutes
from the year defined as the time be-
tween two successive returns of the
sun to the same solstice. The former
is called the sidereal year and the lat
ter the tropical year.
For the calendar the latter is chOS-
en-. If we used the sidereal year, the
exact time of the summer solstice
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

A fresh breeze
futtered out the
null curt q | n 8,
and the strong
S u n | | g h t lay
across the bed. A
clamOrous chat
ter of birds filled
the Sunday hush.
"Oh, dear, it's
a glorious morn
i n g." H e l e n
S t re t ch e d her
pink, lace-frilled
arms over the pill
low. do let's
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

would come 20 minutes later each
year, and finally, after the lapse of
number of years, the date of mid-sum-
mer would be in December and the
meanings of the months would be en-
tirely changed.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
An Observant Child.

Mamma, I must have a new dress
for my dolly"
"Why, dear?"
"'Cause 1 quarreled with her, and
now that we've made up must give
her a new dress"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01
rakinu Lessons From SAVAGE,

1--WE need not be savages to be
healthy; but We should make sure the
air we breathe. the food we eat, and
the water we drink are as pure as
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

Of course there is a sharp dis
agreement among the gang over
HufPs arson and things come to.
a crisis quickly with the possi-
biIity that all will 90 to Jail. The
next instaIIment brings revela-
ton.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-01

1Convrebt 1e17 hx A. Mc1irS
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
MAGRUDERS BUY BIG
WYOMING STOCK RANCH

A quarter of million dollars worth
of property changed hands last week
says the Billings Gazette, when the
Magruder brothers of Glasgow &C.
quired the ranch, livestock and equip
ment of Frank L. Clark of Clark, Wv
oming. The price named is said to
have approximated $1OO per acre for
portion of the ranch, which COM
prises 1000 acres of decided land.
About $12 head was realized from
some $4,000 sheep, reports state.
The land is said to carry with it
virtual control of wide area of ex-
cellent grazing territory, including a
number of private leases and a choice
bit of national forest reserve.
Mr.. Clark is widely known in south
ern Montana and owns interests in
the Red Lodge State bank and Rob-
erts State bank. 1t is understood Mr..
Clark will devote much time to re-
gaining his health, which has been
somewhat repaired of recent years.
The Magruder brothers are we'll
known in this part of the state, and
ranked among the counties leading
sheep raisers. Last spring they sold
out their band here. They also own
the Magruder garage in this city.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
HUNDRED DOLLAR ante
SET BY DISTRICT COURT
Sports from Opheim and Hins-
dale Decorate Mahogany for
Poker Playing.

Hundred dollar donations are nigh
ty scarce in these times of high prices
and short crops, but the demonstration
at the court room of the district
court yesterday would have convinced
anyone that there was still plenty of
the long green in circulation.
Twelve hundred dollars had been
paid to Cler kof Court Oscar Cutting
up to yesterday afternoon, and there
are indications that the sum will
reach the two thousand dollar mark
before the donations" will be closed.
Thirteen men appeared before Judge
Hurry, each with the same tale, that
they had wooed the Goddess of
Chance at the round table, in the
great American game of poker.
Justice was speedy, and all plead
guilty, so be court fixed the penalty
of 500 fine or a Jail sentence in
default of the fine.
Among those who have been up "on
the carpet" and paid their fines or
received Jail sentences are:
Doc Russell, J. o. Dugan, Joe
Schossow, Frank Stevens, John ST.
mon, Jack Packer, G. w. Arnold, Joe
Weiss, Frank Shoemaker, A. S. Op-
helm, G. w. Brown and Charles Perry.
M. A. Grossman was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff in default of
the payment of his fine.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
RECITAL AT TAMPICO

Miss Marie Mccormick, soprano
Will give song recital at the Tampico
hall at Tampico on Saturday evening
September Is. Mrs. Maurice Reuler
OF Glasgow will accompany Miss Nc.
Cormick on the piano.
Both Miss Mccormick and Mrs,
Reuler have been heard before in
Glasgow, and need no introduction
to local audiences. Since appearing
here about a year ago, Miss McCor-
mick has sung in Great Falls, Butte,
Fargo and St. Paul, and has been
given the warmest reception for her
artistic singing.
Mrs. Reuler is an accomplished pi-
anist, but is SO seldom heard in public
that this opportunity will not be over
looked by music lovers.
The recital will be followed by
dancing.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
0LYMPIAN MAKES GOOD
ON ECONOMY RUN
Averages Twenty-0ne Miles ia
Gallon of Gasoline on Havre
Trip. Moore Satisfied.

With an average speed of 20 miles
an hour and only using one gallon of
gasoline to every Il miles, Claude
Moore, state agent for the Olympian
automobiles, made an economy . run
to Havre yesterday.
The run was a success from everv
standpoint and the car demonstrated
that it could be put through the Sc
verest tests without slip. The high
mileage on a gallon of gasoline
grealy pleased Mr. Moore, and it Ger
tainly backs up his assertions for the
Olympian's low gas consumption.
w. A. Skinner preceded Mr.. Moore,
leaving here Wednesday,. He also
drove an Olympian, which also made
a good record. The exact figures did
not reach here in time for this issue,
but more detailed report of the trip
will be given in HeXt weeks paper.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
HAIL LOSSES $4,000

Hail losses to farmers insured un-
der the provisions of the state hail
law will approximate $4,000 this
year, is the estimate made by E. X.
Bowman, chairman of the state hail
insurance board.
The board has fixed the levy for
this year at 60 cents an acre. There
are 256,O91 acres insured under the
act, and the levy will yield approxi-
mately $150,O00. 1t is possible the
levy would have been made lower but
the board believed it was better to
take no chances on late August hail
storms, and furthermore, that it was
the part of wisdom to secure a surplus
which can be drawn upon in years
when hail is unusually severe.
Three years ago the agent of one
OF the largest companies writing hail
insurance in the northwest, having
had practically no losses, wrote the
home office early in August the hail
season was over and he was going on
a vacation. When he returned the
"hail season" had not been over and
nearly $3,O0O,0O0 in losses had been
incurred. The company was nearly
put out of business.
Chairman Bowman is particularly
pleased at the economical showing the
board has made. Expenses of adjust
ers have so far been under $1,000 and
it is thought that at the outside these
expenses will not exceed $1,000 in all.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
sam GR0SSMAN MAKES
FORD SALES RECORD
Disposes of 225 Cars During
Season. Will Sell ESQ the
Coming Year.

Sam Grossman is "doing his bit" to
build a new factory for Henry Ford
so that Americas most popular car
can be turned out in larger quantities
to meet the demand.
During the past year Sam, who is
Henry's right hand man in Valley
county, disposed of 225 Fords, and
considering that his contract only
called for the sale of 200 cars, it is
the more remarkable. Two hundred
and twenty-five cars is certainly a
record, especially in this sparsely set
tied district.
Next year Sam is going to sell 25O
"Peace Boats" And the chances are
very good that he will sell more if
the factory can furnish the cars.
Besides selling the 225 Fords, Sam
disposed of 70 Maxwells during the
season, making his yearly record for
both makes, approximately 300 cars.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-09-07
MUST GET PERMITS TO
CROSS CANADIAN LINE

All persons who contemplate going
into Canada should first apply to the
local exemption board for permit to
cross the line.
Instructions to the effect that the
local board could issue passes for
crossing the line were received this
week, and as there are many in the
county who have been waiting for such
news as this, they may now apply and
get permit. The new order is to
prevent any drafted men from going
across the line to evade the conscrip-
ton law, and all permits issued will
have a return date on them.