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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-03

I. II. Stone, ,ne popular Secretary
of the Janette Manufacturing Com.
pany, of CIT w. jackson Boulevard.
reports a great demand for the Auto
matte Electric beer pumps manufac-
tured by that reliable concern.
~GA
Emil Longhi. the popular proprie.
tor of the justly famous Italian &
Greek Products Company at 1880
South Wabash avenue, has built up a
great reputation in the business world
on account of the excellence Of the
olive oil and fine imported wines
handled by his house.
~
Gustave Pollack, the popular gen.
eral manager Of the Stock Yards
Packing Company. is winning wide
fame as a philanthropist. As q helper
Of friendless boys he is doing great
work in Chicago.
~S
s. p. Melander. the we'll known pho.
tographer at 67 West Ohio street, has
been 80 years in business and 33 years
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-03

pany, would make good mayor. He
is man Of great executive ability
and earnestness of purpose and he
numbers his friends by the thousands.
~SA
The Home Brewery Is not only Chi.
Cages youngest brewery. but 1t 10 one
Of her most successful. No brewery
In the United States ever achieved
success in such short time 40 the
Home Brewery. It's besr already has
. reputation among the lovera Of good
beer - being par excellence. The
Home Brewery also bottles ito beer
and case can be had BY calling %
HUMBOLDT S81o.--Advertisemsnt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-03

SOL. Carl E. Schmidt, 500 10th 3d..
Cairo, Ill
500. j. u. Biair, Vida Grove, =,
623. d. Nancy, Box 81. Flora, IN.
548. H. Hill, I.add. III.
$40. J. e. Youngblood. Carbondale.
Ill.
SIT. J. Z. Brown, Effingham. Ill.,
600. D. v. Beck. 1881 Coulter Ave-. De.
huQue. Iowa.
Patrick J. Carr is making Q good
record as trustee Of the Sanitary Dis.
trict Of Chicago.
County Treasurer Henry Stuckart Is
after the tax dodgers In good earn.
est.
Trustee j. mes M. Daley OF the San.
itary District always looks after the
interests Of the people.
Assistant Superintendent Of Streets
Mitchell gives general satisfaction by
the way he, performs his duties.
Francis W. Walker. the eminent
lawyer, is a Chicago product. He has
lived in this city all Of his life.
~~
Walter c. Williams, the genial sec
rotary and manager of the big Ste.
vens building restaurant, on the
eighth floor OF the Stevens building
on State street is popular with every.
body; he and his restaurant are popu.
lar with all who patronize It.
Judge John X. Cayer1y 10 daily
adding to his popularity in Chicago
BY his splendid record on the MI.
nicipal Court bench.
John II. Powers, head of the great
Arm of John II. Powers & Co.. with
offices at 20 East Jackson boulevard
Is a recognized leader in the financial
world.
Judge d. r. Sullivan has made an
honest, dignified and able record on
the bench.
SamI T. Chase, the highly respect
ed General Agent of the big solid and
,ich poo,tiouk Mutual YiSo vr,,,
ance Company. has host OF friends
among people in every line Of business
In Chicago.
Daniel l.. Cruice, the able lawyer.
would make good Judge.
Bernard ]. Mahoney has made q
good record In the legislature and "a
assistant states attorney.
Louis Jolissaint, Of 1855 Wells street
has built up a great business with his
Jersey Brand Cheese. The cheese Ia
80 good that 1t recommends itself
wherever tried.
John z. Vogelsang. the great res.
taurateur, deservedly stands In the
front rank of the restaurant and hotel
'uen OF Chicago.
~dA
Tony Schroeder's beautiful buffet
and restaurant at 3401 North Halsted
street is only five minutes walk from
the Cub ball park.
~6A
Judge John A. Mahoney Of the
Municipal court Is very popular with
the people because of the good. com
mon sense he displays on the bench
Arrah ]. Whistler, president of the
Akron Tire & Vulcanizing Company
Is highly respected In the business
world because Of his clean cut and up
right methods.
Chicago needs a new City Hall. Thu
new one will probably be built In
Union Park on the West Side.
John Powers has Always served tn,
people we'll as alderman from thu
Nineteenth ward.
The Union Credit Clothing House a
166 North State street, opposite the
Masonic Temple, has won great ant
well deserved reputation for square
dealing good goods and honest meth
DDS.
John r. Caverfy's record on tn,
Municipal bench 10 worthy Of al
| praise.
Home Brewery beer is appreciated
and extolled Oy all who have used II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-03

In the same place. A pretty good rec.
ord
M. Henry uuerfn, the popular law.
yer, Is much talked OF for judicial
honors.
Charles c. Breyer rs one of the best
liked men on the Northwest Side. He
is noted for his public spirit and de-
votion to the interests Of his fellow
citizens.
Frank Hogan, the highly respected
president Of the Heco Envelope Com.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-02-03
RAILROAD MEN

the Railroad Trainmen of Illinois
~ strongly organized for legislative
md other work
They number over 10000 members
Illinois and are an intsllig snt, rslia-
ne and earnest body Of men. whose
'ower for good In the state ca~aot u
'verestimated.
Following are the divisions, num-
'ers and names Of their legislative
'ommittee and oficers
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE FOR
ILLINOIS.
Division number; committesmsn
,rst and alternates:
I. Thos. 8. Hayes; F. B. Carr.
". W. @. Swing: A. p. Danforth.
u. a H. Jones; e. r White.
70. n La Piper; J. J. Klicksnger.
70. W. W. Carroll; w. w. Donlsy.
81. G. c. Parker; A. ). FRASER.
50. @. =. Conley; J. r. Zoll.
81. Jas. w. Finley; J. c. Paul.
e. J. n. Kelley; G. A. Waters.
~. c. p. Bemis; B. g. Nichols.
tN. ,. .. Thomas; Jerry McCarby.
l0s. ,. A. Blsdsoe; A. J. Douglas.
l12 J. l. Davis; G. T. Harris.
!1a. =. d. Sughrua; W. Erickson.
III. ,. L. Howard; A. M. Barnes.
VT. T. r. Phlegsr; J. H. voss.
Ns. W. p. Sheehan; w. H. Devils.
~. G. H. Dalton; H. B. Holt
.ss. O. @. McCarty; P. o. Rourks.
,ss. Jno. Fowler; M. rnsham.
'os. G. G. Craig; r. Trogden.
VT. l. n. HouEh; B. F. Bradley.
VI. 4 B. French; @. w. Melbourne.
1e. w. A. Sharpe; c. H. Stanley.
'SS. J. l. Lamport; J. c. McGuan.
O6. W. J. Smith; P. H. O'Connor.
10. D. W. Marshall: T. Nitsou.
80. n. F. Cooper: A. 9. Kuykendali.
W1. D. 8. Craig; J. A. Bonham.
Ws. =. Fread: W. M. Stevenson.
~. d. Nancy; G. Il. Blackburn.
SO. H. Hill; r. G. Ziel.
~. A. W. stewman. W. q. whalsy.
Ut. =. p. Mile; q. Il. Flanagan.
400. ,. +. Consdon; J. ID. shortsD.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

Saunderson found it very hard work
selling books. The volumes he had
to offer, one Of which he had to carry
with him as sample, were very
heavy, and nobody seemed to want
them. But he was q persistent man.
and even the stubborn Mrs. Bowling
could not send him away unheard.
I'VE have all the books We can use,"
she said. "and We really can't afford
any more reading matter. Why,
haven't even opened the second vol
ume Of that Roman history you sold
us last spring. Now, IL you were sell.
ing one Of those adjustable ironing
boards 1--WE got just the thingp'
said Saunderson cheerfully. "There
are twelve books In this set, and you
can use either one or two or three, and
SO on up to six, to tilt your board any
way you want to. And between whiles
when your iron is heating you have
good literature to refresh your mind"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
a Boneheod.

There are many things dropped In
the subway ticket chopper by absent
minded riders besides the little piece
Of pasteboard which entities them to q
ride. An eccentric looking young man
and his particularly eccentric looking
wife hurried up TO the door OF Broad
way theater last night. The man
reached into his pocket, handed the
doorman some tickets and, assisting
his wife before him. turned to receive
the stubs. "rhese are subway tickets
said the doorman. At the rate OF two
pockets per second the young MAJ
searched himself. Then he clapped hi:
hand on his forehead. Good heavens
Annie" he gaSpcd IL put the seats H.
the subway" And what Annie sa!c
about boncheadS was only heard b,
herself.-New lor& Cor Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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The Daylight Hour.

at a little before daybreak came
"stand-to," when everybody got Dut.
toned up and ready for business be.
cause at that hour most attacks begin,
and also that was the regular time for
dose of morning and evening hate"
otherwise coed. lively fifteen minutes
OF shell fire. We had some casualties
every morning and evening, and the
stretcher bearers used to get ready for
them as regular matter Of course.
For fifteen minutes at dawn and dusk
the Germans used TO send over "whiz-
bangs" "coal boxes" and "minenwer.
fer (shells from trench mortars) in
such generous way that it looked as
IL they liked TO shoot 'em off, whether
they hit anything or not. You could
always hear the "heavy stuff" coming
and we paid little attention to 1t, as 1t
was used In efforts to reach the bat
teries back OF our lines. The poor old
town OF Dinkle5usch got the full ben.
eft OF IL. When q shell would shrek
Its way over, some one would say,
There goes the express for Dinkie.
busch," and couple of seconds later,
when some prominent landmark of
D.nkiebusch would disintegrate with q
loud detonation. some one else would
remark:
Trains arrived
About the only amusement we had
curing our long stay in the front
fNAn pInc 70 sff xx.ft
against the rear wall and shoot at the
rats running along the parapet. Poor
Macfarlane. with flash OF the old hui
NOR which he had before the war, told
rookie that the trench rats were
so big that he saw one of them trying
on his greatcoat They used to run
over our faces when we were sleeping
In our dugouts. and I've seen them In
rayen0us swarms burrOwing into the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

during their two hour "spell" Of duty.
Hanging on a string. at the elbow of
each sentry on the fire step was a
siren whistle or an empty shell case
aud bit Of iron with which to ham.
mer on 1t. This, whichever It might
be, was for the purpose of spreading
the alarm in case Of a gas attack
Also we had sentries in listening
posts" at various points from twenty
to fifty yards out in mo Mans Land"
These men blackened their faces be-
fore they went "over the top" and then
lay In shell holes or natural hollows
There was always two of them, O bay
onet man and bomber. From the
listening post a wire ran back to the
IRE trench to be used I'm signaling. In
the trench man sat with this wire
wrapped around his hand. One puDl
meant "All 0. K.," two pulls, I'm
coming in." three pulls. Enemy In
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

battalion offered. l was lucky-or un
lucky-enough to be among the sixty
VINO were chosen. want TO tell you
In detail about this bombing raid. SO
that you can understand what n thing
may really amount to that gets only
three lines or perhaps nothing at ali
In the official dispatches, and, besides
tlat, 1t may help some OF the young
men who read this 10 know sometime
little later about bombing.
The sixty OF us chosen TO execute tbs
raid were taken twenty miles to the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

relieved from the big tent show I'M at
tue Somme and sent to our side show
IN Belgium for rest. Also it was sus.
pected that artillery was being with
drawn for the SOmme. Especially we
were anxious to bring back prisoners.
In civilized war prisoner can he
compelled to tell only his name, rank
ana religion. But this is not civilized
war, and there are ways of making
prisoners talk. One of the most ef.
tective ways--quite humane-is to tie
prisoner fast, head and foot, and
then tickle his bare feet with q feather.
more severe measures have frequently
oeen used-the water cure, for in.
stance-but I'm bound' to saw that
nearly all the German prisoners saw
were quite loquaciOus and willing to
talk, and the accuracy of their infor-
nation, when later confirmed by raids,
was surprising. The iron discipline
Whlcn turns them into mere children
III the presence of their officers seemed
TO make them subservient and obedient
10 the officers who commanded us. /
mean, or course. the privates. In this
way the system worked against the
fatherland. Captured German officers,
especially PrussianS, were q nasty lot.
we never tried to get information from
them, for we knew they would lie, hap
ply and very intelligently-wel in
structed in the art.
AT last came the night when we were
TO go "over the top" across No Mans
Land, and have frOlic with Fritz i'm
his own happy home. | am endeavOr-
ing TO he as accurate and truthful as
possible in these stories Of my soldier
ing., and | am therefore compelled to
say that there wasn't man in the
sixty who didn't show the strain in his
pallor and nervousness Under orders.
we discarded our trench helmets and
substituted knitted skulcaps or empty
mess tins. Then we baCkened our
hands and faces with ashes from n
camp fire SO rs to avoid being seen as
long AZ possible After this they load
ed us into motor trucks and took us up
TO "Shrapncl Corner" from which
point we went in on foot. Just before
we left II staff captain came along and
gave It's little talk
''ThiS is he first time you men have
been tested" he said you're Cana
dians needn't say anything more ("
you. They're going to DC popping them
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
A Unique Record.

Home testimony for Doan's Kidney
Pills, published in every locality, is of
itself convincing evidence Of merit.
Confirmed testimony forms still
stronger evidence Years ago. a citi-
zen Of Sumter gratefully acknowl-l
edged the benefit derived from Doan's
Kidney Pills. The statement is now
confirned-the proof more conyinc.
ing. Cases of this kind are plentiful
m the work of Doan's Kidney Pills
the record is unique.
W. Yeadon, % Haynsworth ST.
sumter, says: IL suffered from du,l
tagging backaches, and my kidneys
,cted too freely. 1 used Doan,s XIII
icy Pills for these ailments, and thew
'elieved me and toned up my whole
'ystem.' Statement given January
}, 1919
over four years later Mr.. Yeadon
'ald; The benefit Doan's Kidney
Fiiis gave me has been permanent"
frice 6oc., at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedv-ee,
poans kidney Pills-the same that
"r' ieadon has twice publicly ROC
oh'mended' Foster Milburn ca
PROPS, Buffalo, n. Y.-Adyt,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
WHITMAN PRAISES WILSON,
Governor of New York Pays Tribute
. to Solitary Figurep Ruling Qyor
COuntry's Destiny. E-. E'.'

New York, Oct. 14.--Governor Whit
man paid stirring tribute to Presi-
dent Wilson tonight in patriotic ad-
dress to the congregation of st. Paurs
Methodist Episcopal Church.
AS we contemplate the solitary
hgure who is ruling over the destinies,
OF our hundred million people," the
governor said, land consider the tre-
mendous task he has before him, we,
are no longer Democrats, or Republi-
cans or Progressives, but Americans
ALL"
What certain persons termed
apathy" in the attitude of the Ameri-
can people toward the war, he assert
ed, in reality was "our national poise.''
To-day the United States leads the
whole world in mastering materials
and in the sweep of. the human mind"
he added. The European nations had
the false impression that America is
the land Of the dollar and thought the
Yankees would not fight. All history
gives the lie to these slanders. Our
dollars have carried food to the hun
gry help to the wounded and health
to the sick. Peace is our devotion.
but not our obsession." ..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17

sight" and four pulls. Sound gas
alarm" The fire step in trench is a
shelf on which soldiers stand TO look
out and shoot between the sand bags
on top.
In addition to these men, we had pa.
trolls and scouts out In mo Mans
Land the greater part Of the night.
with orders to gain any information
possible which might be of value to
battalion. brigade. division or general
headquarters. They reported on the
condition of the Germans barbed wire,
the location OF machine guns and 9TH
er little things like that which might
5e of interest to some commanding
otfcer twenty miles back. Also they
were ordered to make every effort to
capture any CT the enemy's scouts or
patrols, so that we could get informa-
ton from them. One Of the interesting
moments In this work came when a
star shell caught you out in an open
spot If you moved you were gone.
I've seen men stand on one foot for
the thirty seconds during which a star
shell will burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met IT, mo, Mans Land" they
always had to fight it out with bayo-
nets. One single shot would be the
signal for artillery fire and would
mean the almost instant annihilation
OF the men on both sides of the fight
Under the necessities Of this war many
OF our men have been killed by our
own shell fire.
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"0vEP THERE
Ihe Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex.
ington, Ky, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the Facts-Unadorn.
ed. Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In.
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere of the
Trenches.
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or at great rate while you're on vour
way across. Remember that you'd bet
ter not stand up straight. because our
shells will be going over just six and
haif feet from the ground where it's
ieVel. If you stand up straight you're
likely to be hit in the head, but don't
let that worry you, because if YOU do
get hit in the head you won't know it.
80 why in h worry about itY' That
was his farewell. He jumped on his
horse and rode off.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-17
Council of Defense Fund.

The following public spirited citi-
zens Of Sumter county have contrib,
uted the amounts opposite their names
to help defray the expenses of the
Sumter County Council of Defense.
and to help pay for carrying on the
Food Enrolment Week, October 2Srh
to November 4th. A great deal of
money is needed for postage, stenog-
raphers' salaries, printing, etc., Ev-.
erybody should contribute something
and contribute in a hurry. We are
helping our own soldier boys to win
the war. IT,.
The names Of individuals, firms.
and corporations will be published
from time to time in this paper as the
contributions are turned in to either
Treasurer G. A. Lennon or Secretary
tE. /. Reardon. .
n. b. Murray. Dalzell, R. F. D. $500
Middleton Township, Collected by L.
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Having only slight idea of what we
jolly about the whole enterprise start.
ing Off We We're camped in All old
barn, with several special instruction
officers in charge. We had oral in
structiOn the first day, while sappers
dug and built an exact duplicate OF the
we were to raid-that Is, it was exact
except for few details. Certain
skeleton trenches" in the practice Sec
ton were dug simply to fool the Ger
man aviatOrs. If photograph taken
back to German headquarters had
shown an exact duplicate Of German
trench section suspicion might have
been aroused and our plans revealed.
We were constantly warned about the
skeleton trenches and told to remem-
Der that they did not exist in the Ger
man section where we were to operate.
Meanwhile our practice section was
changed little several times, because
aerial photographs showed that the
Germans had been renovating and
making some additions to the trenches
in which we were to have our frolic
with them.
We had oral instruction, mostly dur.
ing the day, because we didn't dare let
the German aviatOrs see us practicing
bomb raid. All night long, sometimes
until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, we
rehearsed that raid, just as carefully
as a company of star actors would re-
hearse play. At first there was dis
position to have sport out Of it.
"Well," some chap would say, roll
ing into the hay all tired out, II got
killed six times tonight Spose it'll
be eight times tomorrow night"
One man insisted that he had discov-
cred in one Of our aerial photographs
German burying money, and he care
fully examined eachsnew picture, so
that he could be sure Of finding the
dough and digging it up. The grave
and serious manner Of our officers,
however, the exhaustive care with
which we were drilled and, more than
all, the approach Of the time when we
were to "gO over the top drove all
sport out Of our minds, and I can say
for myself that the very thought Of
the undertaking as the fatal night
drew near sent shivers up and down
my spine.
A bombing raid, something originat-
ed in warfare by the Canadians, is not
intended for the purpose Of holding
ground, but to gain information, to do
as much damage as possible and to
keep the enemy in state Of nervous
ness In this particular raid the chief
object was to gain information. Our
high command wanted to know what
troops were opposite us and what
troops had been there. We were ex.
pected to get this information from
prisoners and from buttons and papers
off of the Germans we might kill. 1t
was believed that troops were being