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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-29
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STATE OF MAINE
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-08-29

PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Removal OF Sherifix
Chapter 30 Of the resolves OF 1917 submits
the following: That section ten of Article
nine Of the Constitution be amended, 70
that 10 shall read ~ follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
BAKING COMMISSION
CHOSEN BY HOOVER

Food Administrator Herbert Hoover.
In line with President Wilson's proc
lamation Of Nov. Z, placing the bak-
ing industry under the direct juris-
diction Of the food administration, ef-
fectiye Dec. 10, has appointed a COM
mittee Of the cracker industry to draft
the regulations governing the control
of the industry and TO serve in an ad >
visory capacity. II consists of r. Z.
Tomlinson, president of National Bis
cult company, New York; Brooks
Morgan, president Independent Crack
er Bakers association. Atlanta, Ga,
and John Fl. Wiles, treasurer Loose
Wiles Biscuit company, Kansas City,
Mo.
The committee has already held sew
eral meetings in Washington and
formulated baking regulations con-
corning the conservation of wheat
-four, sugar and shortening. When
these vitality necessary first steps OF
conservation shall have been COM
pleted the committee will direct its
attention to furthere constructive
work in the production and shipping
OF the greatest possible quantity OF
cracker products, which by reason OF
their nutrltive value in concentrated
form aud unusual keeping qualities
give them a high place in war time
and the industry conspicuous posi-
tion in war work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.


Notice Is hereby given to all persons
Interested. that the board Of local i'm
proyements OF the city OF Rock Island,
Ill, has filed In the county court of
Rock Island county, a certificate of the
cost of the improvement entitled in
said court, In repetition Of the city of
Rock Island. H., to assess the cost of
paving of Sixth avenue with brick
fQrom Second street west to the rail-
road" and said certificate also shows
the court costs, the amount of accrued
interest. and the total amount of said
assessment, and said certificate also
states that the said improvement con-
forms substantially TO the REQUIRE
ments of the original ordinance for the
construction Of the same, as required
by law, and that final hearing on said
certificate will be had on the 10th day
Of December. A. D. 1917, Mt 3 O'Clock
a. M, or as soon thereafter as the bus
mess Of the court will permit. All
persons desiring may file objections in
said court before said day and may ap-
pear on the hearing aud make their
defense.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,. this cath
day OF November, A. y. 1917.
WILLIAM M'CONoCHIE,
NJ. T. RUDGREN.
y. JUHL.
JOHN MURRIN,
JOHN LIEDTKE,
Board OF local. improvements of the
city Of Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27

far distance from the front at that.
Think of 1t, we were the first Ameri
can troops in actual service in France.
Took over one of the military roads
at one of the biggest battle fronts.
Can you imagine US midst a lot
OF French and not being able to speak.
Before taking over this railroad We
drilled and took a full course in gas
training SO that we could best pro-
tect ourselves against gas bombs anu
attacks from the front We got we'll
acquainted with the French people in
the town where we we're barraeked
and everyone had French girl or
more.
Quite sight to see the gang walk
ing through town with their girls
talking with their hands and laughing.
But the boys made good, each one OF
them. and took the French off their
feet
From here we moved to the front
Left the city at midnight and most
of the men had to ride in freight cars
1t was about twelve hours ride.
1.-THE railroads here are entirely diff
ferent from those in the states. sc
different that the boys had to learn
not for the better, but back TO tbs
stone-age stuff.
NO draw bars. but link and chair
for couplers. No air. but hand brakes
Very light power 1t took the gans
about week and they took over tbs
operation OF the road
well, We no sooner got the opera
ton going when the Germans go
! hep and they came over here in thei
aeroplanes Tried TO get us excited
as they say back home-''Gop oui
goat
"rhey made It hot for US by drop
| ping bombs about our barracks AM
/ followed the trains with their planes
! firing at US with their machine gun
but no luck, we were the 18th.
"Saw the French bring several o
the German planes down and Their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
isn't much left Of the operator. !.
machine after they land.


The track is in good sl,ans .
comparatively better than III q,
roads in the states. The gauge No.. Y
tenths Of an inch wider than orr, -,
everything is screw spikes. In 80 -
places they use the standard r -
and in most places the bulldog ri 4
"All we handle is soldiers Il 4.
front and wounded back to tho ~ -
pitals., Why. everything Is a hoss;
tai in France and England. We p,ss.
all the ammunition and supplies .,.s
the quickest dispatch.
This war is sure some game y.
never can read about it or sea f.
lures that will in anyway portraysths
actual condition. Why, to sea n.
towns and villages that lie IN hsss.
of ruinsi To see the graves ever
wherein the farms along the rn.s.
and the track, just everywhere.
THAT part Of the railroad 7 b,,.
charge of is entirely concealed firm
sight by camouflage. The Germsss
can see the railroad from their Inn,
and that's why we must hide II. n.
erv now and then they shoot the hs,l
out of things. No trains In DAWN.
all night work. I can stand on Il.
hill at one end Of our roads here an
look into the German trenches
I'VE all are feeling fine and getti.,
along well. Williams is roadmasts
and Bootjer is our foreman. Lookin,
good. too. and enjoys the game"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
ROCK ISLAND MEN
NEAR FRONT LINE
TRENCH OVERSEAS

The Rock Island men who enlisted
in the railway regiment for service
overseas are close to the front line
trenches in France. according to q
letter received by c. A. Bowen. CHIEF
clerk OF the Illinois division of the
Rock Island lines in this city. from
Lieutenant W f. Haberlaw, who for
merly was connected with the rail
road here
The letter contains number of in
teresting happenings and descriptions
of the scenes at the front. Tt Is, il
part, appended;
Hundreds of camera men were OF
the Job and every magazine and pa
per in England, France and Italy hat
our pictures.
Thus we left England only to b,
greeted the same in France.
LAS We landed at one of our destin
ations somewhere in France it wa
midnight in city Of historic renowl
| and near the war front and upol
which was based such a story as tn
Girl Phillipa'
/ Inc people knew OIL our coinlhl
! and in the middle of the night in ah
solute darkness we marched to on
/ barracks.
"The people threw flowers, fruit
etc, from the windows and from tn
quiet of the night the cheers OF til
French rose to the very clouds. Littl
did we know where we were at tha
night and little did we know VIII
the darkness and no lights.
''The roar Of the guns was in evi
denee. and as We got to our barrack
the flashes on the sky line were
evidence and as we later got az
quainted we found ourselves quite
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
PULL WILL avail
NOTIN SELECTION
OF new OFFICERS
Men Named to Attend Trimming School
Mt Camp Dodge Jan. 5, Must
Have the Goods.
EVERY MAN is TO BE JUDGED
Capacity for Leadership and High In
telIigence Are the Quallilca-
tons Required.
fsnecial to The Argus. J

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Nov. 27.--Many
will be called. but few will be chosen.
Those rockies at Camp Dodge who
have thought all along that they
would make fine majors and colonies
soon will have an opportunity to show
how they stack up with their officers.
For company and platoon commanders
are doing a little sleuthing right now
to discover men eligible for the third
officers training camp which will open
at Camp Dodge Jan. ).
II won't make a bit Of difference,
either. if Private Johnny Jones hap
pens to be a fraternity brother OF
Captain Henry Smith. That won't
insure his recommendation at all
Every man is 10 be judged according
TO q definite scale just like blue
ribbon horses at the county fair
And the fact that they are picked
for the first group does not necessar-
lily slguify that these soldiers will gain
admittance to the school. For about
one-hfth of the men in each unit, it is
estimated. will be in the first selection
which will be completed before Mon
day, and many of these will be weedeC
out before tho school opens.
No shrinking recruits need expec
10 be chosen by their commanders
For the general qualifications in thi
preliminary selection will be com
manding presence; strong voice; 10y
atty: capacity for leadership and higl
intelligence.
Officers Get Instructions.
The psychological judgment q
every officer win work overtime dur
ing this selecting process. Professo
j A. James, dean Of the graduate col
lege. Northwestern university. is q
Camp Dodge now giving lectures {
officers relative to methods of Choos
ing candidates He will give hint
on ways Of choosing the first group
10 that when the weeding-out process
is completed. Dec. %, officers wi
have no difficulty retaining the me
who meet qualifications and dismis;
ing those found wanting The fins
number chosen for the camp will b
ten per cent OF the men in each uni
Men authorized to apply for admis
sion must submit their application
before Dec !
Lieutenant Colonel PARROT. 1881
depot brigade. Camp Dodge, is
charge of arrangements for the schoo
The rating system which was use
successfully at the first series Of o
iicers' training camps viii be emplo!
ed for the selection Of men at Cam
Dodge.
What lie Must Be.
These embryo ofncers certainly mu
be all-around fellows. The factor
considered in their selection are ph,
steal qualities. intelligence milita1
leadership, character and gener;
value to the service. IL the prospet
tive officer has been a wrestler or
prize-fghter in private life it does Il,
necessarily follow that his physic,
qualifications meet the requirement
Unless he can impress his men wit
his physique, voice, neatness, enere
and endurance, he will not quail
physically.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27


there will have to be new woman,
who will fight shoulder to shoulder
with men,
In answer to a query made by one
Of the girls, as to whether young
women should visit the cantonment,
the chaplain said it was perfectly
proper for them to come in the after
noon. especially if they have someone
out there to see. He asserted that a
few young girls go out there just from
curiosity, and for the express pur-
pose Of picking up acquaintance
Trust the soldier, but use your in
fiuence to keep the foolish little girl
away from the camp" he said.
About fifty girls heard the chap
| lain's talk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
SOFT DRINK BILL
| IS NOW IN EFFECT
Measure Duly Becomes Law Without
Anything Being Done Toward
Adding Amendment to Ii.
ATTORNEYS FAIL TO CONFER
c. ]. Searle, Greeers' Counsel, Unable
to Act In Matter Must Apply
for Licenses New.

According to announcement made at
yesterdays meeting OF the Rock Island
city commission the new soft drink
ordinance is now in effect although
nothing whatever has been done rela-
tive to the amendment which upon
protest of the grocers, City Attorney
]. K. Scott and C. ]. searle were au-
thorized to frame
The amendment which the city at
torney and Mr.. Searle were given
power to draw up was to be of such
nature that it would meet with both
both the approval of the grocers and
the city commissioners. 1t was ex-
planned by City Attorney Scott yester-
day that no action in the matter had
been taken by him and Mr.. Searle, at
torney for the grocers, inasmuch as
the physical condition of the latter
had not been such since the last meet
ing of the city commission to permit
his giving the subject the time and
study it necessitates.
] Must Get Licenses Now.
| In the meantime the ordinance as
adopted and advertised is now Law
and the persons, firms or corporations
+ in the city of Rock Island conducting
any business that comes within the
provisions of the soft drink measure
are now supposed to forward Their
written application for licenses to this
city commission, accompanied by tht
| 50 license fee. In carrying out thu
license system OF the new law. it vii
be the duty of Commissioner Johl
Liedtke to investigate the places o
business of all applicants and repor
his findings to the city commission
with recommendation for granting O.
denying licenses. The commission a.
a whole then acts on the applications
by either granting or refusing to gran
the licenses sought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27
ENGLISH OFFICERS AT CAMP DODGE HAVE
LEARNED TO PASS THE BUCK, Y KNOW

They're Interested III American t
sports. too. You should have seen
them race for the automobile which |
was 70 take them to the football game
Friday afternoon. With Captain Har
old Schaub. they attended the game
between the Camp Dodge football |
team and the Dies Moines allstars at
Drake stadium. They claim it wasn't
the first football game they've ever
seen. Maybe it wasn't
OF course they're nice men-and
very handsome.
But when viii they lift these bans
Of silence?
Ho-hum.
Lieutenant Robert Murray. assigned
to the Three Hundred Thirty-eighth
Machine Gun battalion has been found
guilty of being absent without leave
BY a general eourt-martial OF the
Eighty eighth division of the national
army at Camp Dodge and sentenced to
confinement within camp limits %for
three months and a forfeiture of $50
month for an equal length Of time.
Elmer Kepler, tried on charges of
local board at Macomb, Ill, was found
not guilty following the statement that
he was willing to enter military ser
vice.
Kepler with three other men said
to be !. ". VS. were arrested at Dew
lis Lake, North Dakota, some weeks
ago and brought to Camp Dodge.
"Be natural.
Don't always be acquiescent.
Talk about something worth while.
Don't chase man because he
wears a uniform
Help the soldiers to meet girls Of
their own ages
These are some Of the suggestions
made by Chaplain H. B. Boyd Camp
Dodge, to a group of girls at the
Young Womens Christian association
in Des Moines
The chaplain asserted that Des
Moines girls may have great inhu-
ence on the maintenance OF the high
standard Of morality at Camp Dodge
That the conversation between sol
diers and girls should be c0nstruc-
tive was emphasized by the speaker
Man is an egotist, and likes to
talk about himself he said. Don't
let him. A woman is able to lead
I the conversation in any channel she
desires. Don't be so agreeable. Don't
always acquiesce to everything a mar
says Some girls never Disagree
, They just chew their gum and say
'uh-huh.'
Soldiers aren't abnormal Dom
run after them because they happier
to wear uniforms. They resent that
, and they resent the company manner
assumed by some girls when in theil
q presence. Be natural with them any
! you'll keep them normal. Treat then
like tin gods, and there may be somt
who will take advantage of that treat
ment.
when you entertain soldiers at so
, cial gatherings, make it possible TO
> them to meet mature girls. Thes
men are between the ages Of II AM
oI31 It's a crime to bring them into
: crowd Of high school girls, VIII
j haven't any aims as yet. Soldiers a
Camp Dodge are grown Aen; man,
a Of them were successful business me-
in private life. They don't care 70
immature, giggling school girls. Blu
:. they do like to meet girls Of thei
own ages.
J. The average young woman doesn'
n know how 10 talk. Conversation ca
e make men do great things There
10 going to be a. new America after tn
war, and to make it a better America
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
PERU MUST ANSWER.
Lima Alarmed by Reported Plan OF
l.. s. and Entente.

Lima Alarmed by Reported Plan oil
L. S. and Entente.
Lima, Peru, April 10. = Reports
that the United States and the en-
terte allies are to adopt a policy 20
force Peru to, define its position WIN
regard to the European war nave
created an enormous sensation here.
The report says that the Unlten
States and France and their allies
will close their markets to peruvian
cotton, sugar and other products un-
less the government here defined us
policy regarding Germany anG the
central powers. The report says that
along with this embargo on Peruvian
exports, these powers viii refuse to
permit shipments Of coal from those
countries to Peru.
The report declares that the same
policy will be adopted with regard
to Chile.
Should the United States and the
entente powers adopt such policy IT
would Immediately be. followed by an
economical and industrial panic here
Peru would be forced to take act!9-'
against Germany.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
STRIKE IN GERMANY.

Munitions Strikers at Barmcn in Sat
tic With Police
London, April ia dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from The
Hague says:
"According to frontier reports Ger
man factories at Iserlohn, Krefc!d
and Barmcn are idle owing to strfk-
es. About $4,000 workers of both scX-
cs ceased work as q protest against
the lack Of food There have been
no serious disorders except ut Bay
men, where the strikers attempted to
burn factory The police intcrfered,
and three men were wounded. Many
persons were arrested. "
Bcrnc. Switzerland (via Paris),
IApril 19.-4Swiss socialists with close
| German relations learn on what they
regard as indisputablc authority that
the representatives Of about onc-half
of the strikers in Berlin yesterday
formulated demands under which the
German government was called upon
10 ccnfiscate all foodstulfs, redlstrl-
butte them equally and revoke the Dr.
der reducing the bread supply.
Copenhagen, April 10. (via Lon
don April 19) The Wescr Zeitung
says Gen. Grccncr, head of the Ger
man department of munitions, has Is
sued an order that two Of the mem
! 5crs of all municipal food supply
committees in German towns shall be
representatives Of trades unions.
This is regarded here as an I'M
portant concession to the strikers.
! Amsterdam, April 19.-Attenpts
Ibv the German government to stop
labor agitations so far have failed,
A message from Berlin, yesterday
! said that munitions factories were
crippled by strikes. 1t was estimated
that from $4,000 to 100000 German
wor!:men were on strike in Berlin ana
its cnvirons. Socialists went among
the idle workmcn distributing peace
pamphlets and demands for a better
ment Of the STARVATION conditions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
NEWS OF TIE DAY.

Count Won Reventlow, writing in
the Tages Zeitung, asserts that vic
tory is necessary if the German mon
archy is to endure He says: 1--WE have
long expressed the view that German
victory and the German monarchy
arc mutually dependent. Without u
German victory the German monar-
chy will soon cease to exist"
1t was officially announced at the
Boston navy yard late yesterday that
no credence was placed in reports
from three Coast Guard stations on
Cape Cod that heavy gunfire had been
heard off the coast. The positive
statement was made that there had
been no naval engagements, and that
warships had not exchanged salutcs
with foreign vessels.
The British steamship karnlala. IN
session passenger vessel owned by
the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company, was driven on a
reef and sunk on March II, near
Spezia, Italy, after being shelled and
torpcdoed by German submarine.
All on board the Karmala were
saved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
.NoGALLlANCEs.
Government VIII Insist Upon Retain
ing Entire Freedom to Fight as She

Government VIII Insist Upon Retain
| ing Entire Freedom to Fight as She
| Pleases.
The United States will enter no en-
tangling alliances. Agreements there
will be, but they must be flexible.
In the midst of the maze of diplo-
matte negotiations with the entente
:, allies for Americas most efficient
prosecution of the war against Ger
many, high officials of the govern
ment last night declared that what
ever arrangements may be made for
the cooperation of Germany's enc
mics; this government shall retain en-
tire frdom to fight as long and as en-
ergetically as she pleases.
Efforts on the part of some mem
bers of Congress and government Of
ficials, both in Washington and else
where, to bring about d formal ALI
ancc between the United States and
the entente for the duration Of the
war have met with slight encourage
mcnt among the members of Presi-
dent Wilson's official family.
Following the Cabinet meeting
Yesterday, it was stated that the at
titudc of this government could prop
.erly be summed up very briefly as
follows:
The United States was not drawn
into the war because of any alliance.
She entered it to fight for "thc prin-
cirlcs of humanity" and until those
principles have been firmly re-estab
lished nothing can stop or alter this
government. There has been no wav-
cring at any point and there will be
none.
Whether the entente allies have
made any movement toward bringing
about an alliance with the United
States for the period OF the war IS
unknown. Widespread discussion of
the coming of the commissions from
the entente nations has touched
largely upon the probability of some
form of alliance with the United
States, but officials Of the govern
mcnt say no definite proposals have
been considered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19

In the Corporation Court of the
CITY of Alexandria, Virginia.
Minerva r. Grows, vs.. Joseph IL.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19

two deaths took place yesterday on
Hawfeld farm, near Orange: A ne
gro woman, Annie Pinkard, went to
the home of one of the negro hands
ON the farm to shoot him with pis-
toll. The mans son attempted to pre-
vent her. She shot the son through
the head, then shot his father through
the lungs and made her escape to
Clarke's Mountain. The sheriff and
posse are hunting her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19

In the Corporation Court of the
City of Alexandria, Virginia.
Laura l.. Childs, VS., Leroy D. Child.;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
LEGAL NOTICES

In the Corporation Court of the
City of Alexandria, Virginia.
Laura l.. Childs, VS., Leroy D. Childs;
In Chancery.
Upon the application OF the plain
tiff stating specifically the last known
place of abode of the defendant, and
that the defendant is not resident
of the State of Virginia, the Court, on
this 18th day of April, 1917, doth
grant the following order OF rublica
ton.
The object of this suit is to obtain
decree granting to the plaintiff an
absolute divorce from the defendant
on tic grounds of willful desert!on
and abandonment for period Of
more than three years prior to the in
stitution of this suit.
An affidavit having been filed that
the defendant, Leroy D.. Childs. is
not resident of this State, and that
the said defendant not having enter
ed his appearance. it is ordered that
he do appear in the Clerks Office Of
our said Court within fifteen days
after due publication of this order,
and do what is necessary to protect
his interests in this suit: that copy
of this order be forthwith inserted in
the Alexandria Gazette, newspaper
published in the City of Alexandria,
Virginia, once week for four sue
cessive weeks, and a copy posted at
the front door of the Court House OF
this City on or before the next sue
cecding rule day after this ORDER IS
entered; that'a copy of this order OF
publication shall he sent by register
ed mail by the Clerk of this Court,
addressed to the said nonresident de-
PENDANT at 1919 Eye street, southeast,
Washington, D. c., the last known
pcst-office address and place OF abode
of the said defendant.
A copy Teste:
Newell S. Grccraway, Clerk.
Samuel 6. Brent, P. Q. 94-4w