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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
A RAILROAD ARMY
Will Build Up Lines of Traffic In
France.
NINE REGIMENTS CALLED.

They Will BE Part of Regular Force,
and at Head of Each Regiment as
Colonel Will Be Engineer Officer of
Army-Construotion Will Be Main
Work.
New York.-Need for expert railroad
men to repair the lines in France is so
pressing that an urgent call has been
sent out by the railroads war board to
the various roads of the country for
assistance in organizing nine regiments
Of railroad men to go at once to France.
They will be part of the regular
army, and at the head Of each regiment
as colonel will be an engineer officer
Of the army.
The plans Of the board call for five
construction regiments, one shop or re-
pair regiment and three operating regi-
ments. Construction will be the main
work Of the men sent over, but the re-
pair and operating needs are hardly
less immediate. A notice sent out by
the railroads war board says:
"The French railways are badly run
down. They need more or less complete
rehabilitation. France has no men who
can be spared for this work. She wants
al her men at the front Before we can
train men to 60 into the trenches We
can supply Frances railroad wants,
and we can do 1t practically immedi-
ately. Any men we send over must be
soldiers, SO it will be necessary for the
railroad forces to enter the army.
we propose to make up five con-
struction regiments Of six companies
each to do this rehabilitation. Each
regiment will have an engineer officer
Of the United States army as colonel
and another officer from the army as
an adJutant. The other officers will be
made up of railroad men, except that
the commissary will be provided by
the United States army. Each lieuten-
ant Colonel will be chief engineer Of
q railroad or some one else of similar
experience. The captains will be taken
from the engineers Of maintenance Of
way, the lieutenants from supervisors
or road masters and the noncommis-
stoned officers from track and bridge
foremen. The privates will be track
laborers.
"The pressing need just now is for
officers for these regiments. They will
require five chief engineers, thirty en-.
gineers Of maintenance Of way, ninety
supervisors or road masters, sixty track
foremen and thirty bridge foremen.
Each company will have $50 track Ia
borers and fourteen bridge carpenters
as privates.
"The next important requirement of
the French railways Is for shop forces.
They are short Of men to repair their
locomotives. It is proposed to organize
shop regiment, to be made up the
same way as the construction regi-
ments, except that the lieutenant colo
mel will be superintendent Of motive
power, the captains will be master me.
chanics. the lieutenants win be shop
foremen and the noncommissioned off,
GERS gang foremen. Tho rest Of the
company will be made up Of boiler
makers, machinists, blacksmiths and
their helpers"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
TOY GUNS POPULAR.
Modelled After Anti aircraft Weapons
Used by ZeppAlins

Modelled After Anti aircraft Weapons
Used by ZeppeIins.
Washington.-Teddy bears and mini.
ature anti-aircraft guns are by far the
most popular toys in Great Britain,
says Consul Wilson in a report from
London to the United States bureau Of
foreign and domestic commerce. Ted
dy bears have always been more or
less popular, but recent events seem
to have created greatly increased de-
mand for this toy.
The toy guns are modelled after the
anti-aircraft guns which were brought
into prominence by the visits Of the
Zeppelins.
Toys that find the most ready sale
are those Of military character.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
FAv0Rs DAYLIGHT SAVING.

President, However, In Doubt az to
Necessary Legislation.
Washington. - President Wilson ex-
pressed his approval Of the daylight
saving plan to delegation headed by
Representative Borland Of Missouri
and Marcus Marks Of New York, presi-
dent OF the National Daylight Saving
association.
The president told them the only
question in his mind about legislation
to carry 1t into operation was whether
congress leaders would look upon 1t as
war legislation, to which they have
tacitly agreed to limit the sessions &C.
dvitfes. The subject win be taken up
with the leaders.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
HE FEARED C0NsCRiPTI0N.
Worried Bridegroom Tries to Kill Wife
and Himself.

Middletown, N. Y.-Fearing he would
be conscIipted for war and that he
would have to leave his seventeen
year-old bride. whom he married on
Christmas day. Harry York. twenty
four years old. shot his wife, Anna
May. in the head and then fired two
bullets into his own brain.
Ever since 1t had been announced
that men between twenty -one and thir.
ty might have to go to France York
has worried about having his bride.
She was reading tha questions to be
answered by those registering for the
cOnscription aloud to him when he sud-
denly pulled a revolver and without a
word shot his wife and himself.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
BROWNS BATHING TOY.
Child Falls From claremont eosx-
Clubs Float.

New York.-In an effort to give her
Teddy bear its first deep water bath
Virginia Peterson, three and one-halr
years old. toppled from q float an-
chored Off the Claremont Boat club.
One Hundred and Eighth street and
she North river, and was drowned.
The child was a prime favorite with
yachtsmen along the North river and
with her mother lived at the boat club
where the latter is employed as maid
Robert Harris Of POI West Twenty
sixth street recovered the body, buk
resuscitation was impossible even with
pulmotor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
Boy Patriot Sent Home.

Frederick Miller must take or long
pants, leave Fort Slocum, return tr
Baltimore and knickerbockers and be
come Freddy again because it was dis
covered he is only fourteen, though
I'VE feet six inches and weighs Ice
pounds.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07

ess get great comfort from the use
of Aliens Foot-Ease. When shaken
in the shoes it takes the friction from
the shoes, freshens tne feet and makes
walking easy. Gives instant relief to
tired, aching. swollen, tender Feet
blisters and calluses. Also sprinkle
it in the foot-bath. British and
French troops use it. b-7 I'm
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-07
NEW FORM OF "coN" GAME.
Two Inches Of Butter Spread on Sand
Sold to Chicago Consumers.

Sold to Chicago Consumers.
Chicago. Ill.-A new form Of conf
dence game has been practised with
success here during the last few days.
Several storekeepers and hospitals have
reported to the police that they have
purchased from agents tubs purport-
Ing to contain sixty pounds Of butter,
but have found when cutting into the
tubs that the butter extended but one
or two inches from the surface and
that the rest Of their purchase was
sand.
The tubs were sold for as high as
$3.50, making the price Of the butter
in the neighbOrhood Of 81 a pound.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
CENTRAL SARRAIL HAS
BEEN REMOVED FROM
THE SALoNlkI FRONT
General Gullemet viii Succeed To
Command Of The Saloniki
Forces, Is Report

London. Sarrail, comman.
der of the allied armies at Saloniki.
has been recalled, according to news
paper announcement in Athens, says
a dispatch from the Greek capital I'M
der date of December Is. The sue
cessor of General Sarrail in command
OF the Macedonian forces, 1t is stated,
will be General Guillemet. ;.
General NJ P. E. Sarraii has been
identified with the allied operations
based on Saloniki since October, 1915,
when he vas sent to command- the
French expeditionary force engaged
in an attempt to succor the Serbians
during the Teutonie- Bulgarian drive
that resulted in the overrunning of
Serbian territory.
When Saloniki was turned into an
allied base and active operations on
the Macedonian front were begun by
the entente forces the next year Gen
eral Sarrail directed the united opera.
tons of the allies and has since re-
manned in command of this front.
1t is not known Wnelhef the re-
moval of General Sarrail presages any
change in the policy the allies have
pursued at Saloniki which, for months
past. has been just sufficiently ag-
gressive to keep the central powers
uncertain Of the entente intentions.
General Sarrails chief services pre-
vious to going to Saloniki were per-
formed during the battle of the Marine,
when he hold the German crown
princes army in the Argonne and pre-
vented the investment of Verdun, and
the Dardanelles, where he command
ed the French expeditionary force after
General Gouraud was wounded there
and subsequently relieved in August,
1915.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
AVENGED THE MURDER
OF HER GRANDSON BY
KILLING THE FATHER
She Had Been Forced BY Son To
Aid In Boiling Grandson's
Body, She Said

Montrose, Col.-With the ak which
her son, j. o. Bush, used to kill his
11-year-old son, Mrs. j. H. Bushs, "
years old, slew the father while he
slept, according to confession Mrs.
Bush made.
The murder of the child was dis.
covered when Mrs. Bush told officers
Bush had killed his son because the
boy had stolen sum Of money. A
daughter of Mrs. Bush visited the
home after the. murder, and, after
seeing suspicious bloodstains on the
walls, reported the fact to the author
tiles, who began an investigation.
Mrs. Bush, in her confession to the
coroner, says she was compelled to
witness the murder of the body and
forced to assist her son in disposing
of the dismembered body by boiling
it in I've.
AS Bush slept the mother entered
the room and killed him with the ak,
disposing of his body as he had dis
posed of his sons.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
GRAVE DISORDERS FOLLOW
THE LOoTING OF WINE
CELLARS IN PORTUGAL
Reign OF Robbery Is Latest Sensa-
ton In Petrograd-LawIess Ele-
ment Run Rampant

Petrograd.-The executive council
of workmens and soldiers deputies
has proclaimed a state of siege in Pc
trograd in an effort to repress dis
orders due to the looing of wine cell
lars and shops.
The commissioner Of justice is pre-
pairing decree reinstating the death
penalty for enemies of the nation"
Foreign Minister Trotzky has issued
a decree stating that all consuls
abroad are to be selected by the Rus
sian colonies in the cities in which
they reside, but that the ambassadors
shall be named by the government at
the Smolny institute.
The decree says that M. Nabokoff
ambassador in London, and M. Krupen-
sky, ambassador at Toxic, must ap-
pear before the criminal court to an
swer to the charge of spreading false
information regarding the armistice or
that otherwise their lands will be con-
fiscated.
M. Trotzky, in speech, lays down
the responsibility for the suicide of
General Skallon, former governor Of
Warsaw, and for the death of General
Dukhonin on the shoulders of the al
lies and advisers of the imperial gov
ernments, who forced these men ito
take the mad step of trying to prevent
negotiations with the Germans regard
ing the armistice."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
SOUTH AMERICAN
PLOTS REVEALED
ARGENTINA's CHIEF TRIED TO
FORM COMPACT WITH 3D.
LIvlA AND CHILL
KILOGRAMS MADE PUBLIC
Secret Agreement May Explain Re-
ports OF Proposal For League OF
South American Nations

shington.-Through long series
OF kilograms exchanged between the
notorious Count Luxburg, former Ger
man charge in Argentina, and the Ber-
lin foreign Office. the state department
disclosed further facts about German
diplomatic trickery and at the same
time shed light upon some hitherto
unexplained activities of certain Lat
in-American statesmen.
Luxburg, in one of his messages,
dated August /. reported that Presi-
dent Irigoyen, Of Argentina, at last
had made up his mind to conclude a
secret agreement with Chile and
Bolivia for protection against North
America before the conference idea
is taken up again" The conference
idea" is assumed to have been the
plan for a Latin-American neutrality
conference, strongly supported by
President Carranza, of Mexico, and
much discussed in some of the South
American countries, while the pro-
posed secret agreement may explain
reports that have come from Beunos
Aires recently of President Irigoyen's
proposals for league of South Amer
lean nations.
The messages given out were made
public by state department in agree
ment with the Argentine government,
which in an accompanying statement
by Its foreign minister says the 'inac-
curacies" of the German diplomats
report are so surprising that no cpl
tibet will fit them. The messages were
sent to Argentina soon after the state
department gave out the first series OF
intercepted kilograms, but heretofore
demands for their publication have
been in vain.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
RANK ONLY FOR DISCIPLINE
Advantage OF Culture And Education
Frequently With Private. Says
Secretary OF War Baker

WashingtOn.-In response TO SEN
ate resolution asking whether there
are war department rules and regu-
lations TO prevent social intercourse
between officers and men of the army.
Secretary Baker wrote Vice President
Marshal that distinctions of rank in
the army imply no social distinction
and are solely in the interest of mill
tary discipline.
Frequently, in a country like this.
the secretary said. the advantage of
education and culture is in favor Of
the soldier. Nevertheless. he added.
safety demands that the soldier and
officer acquire by continuous and I'M
varying practice the habit OF instant
obedience TO his superior. Mr.. Ba-
ker's letter, in part, follows:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of a resolution in the senate
of the United States under date of De-
cember IL, 1917, directing me to in
form the United States senate, what,
il any, rules or regulations there are
Of the war department which prevent
officers from having intercourse with
privates and mingling with them in
social intercourse, or which tend to
caste distinction between enlisted
men and commissioned officers when
they are off duty.
I'm response thereto | submit for
the information of the senate of the
United States the following paragraph
of army regulations in regard to the
men as the only rule or regulation
now existing relative to this matter:
Supporters are forbidden to injuRe
those under their authority by tyran-
meal or capricious conduct or by abus-
i've language. While maintaining dis
cipline and thorough and prompt per-
Torrance of military duty, all officers
dealing with enlisted men will bear In
mind the absolute necessity OF so
treating them as to preserve their self
respect. Officers will keep in close
touch as possible with their men un-
der their command, will strive to build
up such relations of confidence and
sympathy as will insure the free ap-
proach of their men to them for coun-
sci and assistance. This relationship
may be gained and maintained with
out relaxation of the bonds of disci-
pine and with great benefit to the
Service as a whole
I'm this paragraph will be seen an
endeavor to arrive at true balance
in the proper relationship between Of
ficers and enlisted men on the. one
hand to encourage an exchange of con-
fidence and cooperation between the
officer and soldier and any particular
soldier or soldiers which might have
a tendency to lead to favoritism Of
the suspicion of favoritism in assign
ments for duties, or cause discomfort
On. &he, part of those not selected for
siedEial intimacy by the officer in ques-
tion. All officers are expected to so
exercise their judgment under this reg
ulation as at all times to enjoy the
sympathy, confidence and respect Of
the soldiers and it has always been a
part of the instructions given young
officers by their superior to exert
themselves to promote this relation
ship"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
behaved Like Vandals."

august II. In the afternoon l had
q look at the little chateau belonging
to one of the kings secretaries (not at
home). Our men had behaved like
regular vandals. They had looted the
cellar first, and then they had turned
their attention to the bedrooms and
thrown things about all over the place.
They had even made fruitless efforts
to smash the safe open. Everything
was topsy-turvy-magnificent furni'
ture, silk, and even china. That's what
happens when the men are allowed to
reduisition for themselves. | am sure
they must have taken away q heap or
useless stuff simply for the pleasure OF
looting."
august 9th crossed frontier. Inhab-
itants on border very good to us and
give us many things. There is no diff
ference noticeable.
august 23rd, Sunday (between Biz
nal and Dinant, village of Disonge).
At IL o'clock the order comes to adj
vance after the artillery has thorough
up prepared the ground ahead. The
Pioneers anu lhluntlJ regiment 80
were marching in front of US. Near
a small village the latter were fired on
by the inhabitants. About 22O inhab-
itants were shot and the village was
burnt-artillery is continuously shoot
ing-the village lies in a large ravine.
Just now, six o'clock in the afternoon,
the crossing of the Mas begins near
Dinant F.. All villages, chateaux,
and houses are burnt down during this
night. 1t was beautiful sight to see
the fires all round us in the distance.
august 24.-In every village one
finds only heaps of ruins and many
dead" From the diary of Matbern,
Fourth company, Eleventh jaeger bat
TALON, Marburg.)
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
All Male Inhabitants Shot.

"a shell burst near the Eleventh
company, and wounded seven men,
three very severely. At five o'clock we
were ordered by the officer In COM
mand of the regiment to shoot all the
male inhabitants of Nomeny, because
the population was foolishly attempt
ing to stay the advance of the German
troops by force of arms. We broke into
the houses, and seized all who resisted,
in order to execute them according to
martial law. The houses which had
not been already destroyed by the
French artillery and our own were set
on fire by us, 80 that nearly the whole
town was reduced to ashes. 1t is ter
rible sight when helpless women and
children, utterly destitute, are herded
together and driven into France
(From the diary Of Private Fischer,
Eighth Bavarian regiment of infantry,
Thirty-third reserve division.)
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
BOLSHEVIKI ARE
LOSING IN RUSSIA
THE UKRAINANS AND FOLLOW
ERs or GENERAL KALE-
DIMES GAINING
MUCH OPPOSITION IN ODESSA
It Is Reported That Germany Has
Rejected Russian Terms Al
The Peace Conference

New York.-The situation in Russia
continues obscure. although such rei
ports as are coming through Indicate
that the Bolshevih movement is los
ing ground in the face OF the opposi-
ton that is being imposed by the
Ukrainians and the followers of Gen
eral Kaledines. The Bolsheyiki com,
missioners are declared TO have de-
clined to accept the negative reply OF
the Ukranian Rada TO the Bolshevikl
demanding that Ukraine cease aiding
the Kaledines forces and give the rada
an opportunity to reconsider its ac'
ton. As indicating that the rada has
finally declined to give heed to the
dicates of the Bolshevih is a report
that a definite alliance has been form
ed between Kaledines' followers and
the Ukrainians.
A dispatch from Petrograd says an
unofficial report in circulation in the
Russian capital is to the effect that
the Germans have rejected the peace
terms put forward by the Bolsheviki'
delegates Recent dispatches have in
dicated that the peace pour parlers in
progress at Brest-Litovsk were merely
preliminary to the peace conference
which is to assemble here next Tues
day, and which is to be attended by
the German and Austro-Hungarian
foreign ministers.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
Too Many Servants in Britain.

Duncan Miner asked the minister OF
national service, says the London
Times, whether his attention has been
called to the number of advertisements
for servants in households of one, two
or three persons, where seven to ten
indoor servants are already kept, and
whether he proposes to limit the mum,
Der of indoor servants employed In
each household. The minister of ma
tional service replied that he had al
ready pointed out how essential 1t Is,
In the national interest, that no per-
son should employ more servants than
are absolutely necessary. The min
lister trusts tina. the awakened con-
sciences of those who have In this
respect failed to appreciate their duty
will provide an immediate and sutii-
cient remedy. II not, he will tell his
plan in the general statement on man
power.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
me diseased portion of the ear. There ts
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedy.
HAIIS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an infiamed condition Of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian TUBE.
When this tube is infamed you have q
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when ii is entirely closed Deafness is the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
iuced and this tube restored to. Its nor
nal condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever, Many cases of Deafness are
,aused by Catarrh. which is an inf1anfed
Condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
.ase. az Catarrhal Deafness that cannOt
Sc cured by HALLS CATAFHH
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-One
years In all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis. colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient q good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning.
gives nature a chance TO sOothe the
lnfiamed parts, throw off the disease.
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold In all civilized countries
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
SO PEOPLE KILLED;
80 OTHERS INJURED

Shepnerdsville, Ky. - Thirty-eight
persons were killed and about thirty
nine others injured when Louisville
and Nashville passenger train No. T.,
from Cincinnati to New Orleans,
crashed into the rear Of Bardstown,
Louisville and Springfield accommo-
dation train just south of the station
of Sherpherdsville. No cause for the
wreck was assigned, but an investiga-
ton will be made
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
DIRECTORS TO DRAFT
GET TEN YEARS IN PRISON

San Francisco-Ten years in mil
itary prison will be the sentence i'm
posed hereafter upon conscientious
directors to the draft" according to
an announcement by Maj. Gen. Ar
thur Murray, commanding the west
ern department of the army Alfred
Bloss, Jr., and Wallferd E. Maher,
both of Seattle expressed sentiments
against draft service and were sen
fenced by courtmartial to ten years
in prison at Fort Worden, Wash
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
Allies War Aims Will Be Given

Allies War Aims Will Be Given
New York-In the midst of the
peace pour parlers that are in prog
ress between the representatives Of
the Teutonic allies and the Bolsheviki
government in Russia the war aims
of Great Britain-and doubtless of all
her allies-have been correctly set
forth in the house of commons by Da-
vid Lloyd-George, the British prime
minister. The complete restoration
Of territory now in the hands Of the
enemy and compensation for the havoc
they have wrought is the price that
will be demanded for the laying down
of arms and the bringing about Of
peace.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-12-27
Australians Vote Against CONSUMPTION

Sydney, Observation-Disclosures the SOL
der vote on the various fronts, which
has not yet been counted. offsets the
vote in Australia, the governments
CONSUMPTION scheme has been defeat
ed in a referendum by majority OF
about 10000. This is believed to be
hardly likely, however, on account OF
the heavy vote against CONSUMPTION
in New South Wales, which gave a
majority of $4,000 against the propos-
al