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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-12
THIS aHELl0m WAS CHARMED
Terrific eembardment by Germans
Failed to Put Supposed Signaling
AN Party Out Of Commission.

One morning--it was along the Aisne
! early in the war-a sudden burst Of
sun from a bank Of cloud found two
British officers lying on grassy ridge
enjoying q respite from the usual sod
den weather and overcast skies. TO
gether. says Mr.. Frederic Coleman IN
/ "From Mons to Ypres," they gazed on
the enhancing panorama.
As they looked down the wooded hill
sides into the lower land that Dor
dered upon the river, one of them sud.
| denly called out: "Look! A helio!'
From hedge behind Moussy came
the flash, fash, flash Of heliograph
In regular intervals.
"Must be some fool sort of code,
said the junior officer. II never saw
anything like 1t before"
As they watched it the Germans saw
it, too. Bang! went big, black "Jack
Johnson" not far from the spot
Smash came another. Still the flashes
twinkled from the surrounding green
The first two shells were the forerun'
ners Of dozens that crashed through
the hedge and into the turf all about
the tiny center of light. And then the
clouds shut out the sunshine and the
flashes ceased.
The next morning brief ten min
utes of sun caused eyes on the ridge
to wander valleyward again. Sure
enough, two flashes, intermittent and
apparently quite without conference,
came from the spot at the hedgeside.
Soon the enemy howitzers played on
the vicinity more fiercely than before,
and after the sun had gone from sight
they kept up their bombardment OF
the unfortunate spot for half an hour
Dozens of shells fell thereabouts, then
scores on scores.
That afternoon cavalry officer had
a journey TO make, which took him to
General Monro's headquarters, near
Moussy. When his work was done he
continued q few hundred yards and
sought the spot that had suffered the
awful Smelling. 1t was not hard to
find. The hedge was smashed and
great, black holes gaped in the green
fields round it. No sign could be seen
Of the hello party; but that was not
surprising, since for more than half
an hour shells had fallen all about the
pickering light, until it seemed that
no man could live in Its vicinity.
The staff officer strolled over to a
battery position not far distant and
asked for news Of the signalers. The
gunners had wondered at the het7y
shelling, but had seen no human be-
ings near the hedge before or after the
bombardment.
Nonplused, the officer walked back
to the devastated area, and, just as he
was leaving, discovered the cause OF
all the trouble. There, caught on a
twig of the hedge, swinging lazily in
the wind, was bright-bottomed,
empty sardine tin, thrown carelessly
aside by some satiated luncher. The
sun, catching the bright bit of moving
tin, had made of it tiny reflector.
Surely, never had so insignificant an
object caused the Germans so great an
expenditure of costly ammunition.
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Sunday.
James Hardin and Everett Murphy
motored to Keokuk on Sunday. u
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Hubbard, Mrs.
Eliza Smith, Mrs. Anna Wallace and
Mr.. James Johnson were among htose
who attended the dedication services
of the Zion Baptist church in the
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EDITORIALS
ELECTION MONDAY. Ii

Next Monday the citizens of Iowa
will be called upon in a special cleo
ton to state whether we want state
constitutional prohibition as enacted
by our legislature. It is true that we
now have driven the saloon from
iowa, so let US keep it hat way by
constitution and vote Yes next Mon
day. We are in favor of the state
constitution and sincerely hope that
every good and thoughtful citizen will
vote Yes.
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FruIt.EatIno a. a Water Supply.

Most fruits contain from IS to 95
per cent water, and balance Of
woody fiber or cellulose, fruit sugar
and minerals. Thus the free use Of
fruit daily insures greater supply
Of water to the body, says the Popular
Science Monthly.
The cellulose Of the .ruit supplies
bulk and a mechanical stimulation
which promotes waste elimination.
Acid fruits, such as oranges, lemons,
lines and most berries, contain GER
tain chemical compound called vita
mines." in a very stable form. These
r,tan,ines are believed to purify. the
Wood rnd to prevent scurvy and vari.
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10TH CAVALRY GOOD SHOWING.
Out Of fifty men left at the officers
training camp, forty-seven received
commissions, As follows: Twenty re-
ceived captaincies; twenty-three first
lieutenants, four second lieutenants,
three to be sent home. :a,s:sssas..s. ....s.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

| basebnlls. He was drafted by Pitts
burg in 1910 The Pirates sent him
back to Dubuque but recalled him in
1911. Minneapolis next had him, but
he didn't stick and was sent to Pueblo
in the Western league. He was traded
by Pueblo to. Des Moines and sold to
Chicago in 1918.
JOSEPH D. BENZ-This big right
handler has been with the White SoS
ever since 1911 when he was sold to the
Comiskey crew by Des Moines of the
Western league. His big league record
is brilliant, but his effectiveness this
year hasn't been so pronounced as in
former seasons. He has a no-hit game
to his credit Benz started with tbs
Clarksburg club in the West Pennsyl-
vania league in 1909 and went to the
Decatur Three-I league in the same
year. Des Moines In the Western
league had him the following year and
sent him to Green Boy in the. Wiscon-
sin Illinois league, returning In 1911
the year he was sold to Chicago.
JAMES SCoTT-oskaloosa In tina
Iowa State league started Death Valley
Jim to fame in 1907. Wichita on tho
Western association had him in 1908
and when Frank Isbell was released by
the White Sox to manage the Wichita
club Scott went to Chicago as part of
the deal. He has been there ever
since. He is now in an officers train
ing camp and probably will not get in
to the worlds SERIES
DAVE DANFORTH-This pitcher IA
another man who once performed in
an Athletic uniform, but filed to stick.
That was in 1911. He went to the Son
from Louisville and has won his spurs
in fast company. The bulk of the re-
lief work falls on his shoulders.
TED OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is a
young first baseman who graduated
last fall from st. Joseph OF the West
ern league. He is called a conner. but
the hard fight the Sox have made has
kept him mainly on the bench. IL
isn't likely he will get into the worlds
series.
MEL wOLFGANG-Me gets credit
for having the shortest arms and the
finest little bunch of nerve of any Sc
cond-class pitcher in the American
league. He can win ball games. but
isn't needed with his CO. workers GO
ing so we'll. He is inclined to be wild
with his spitball efforts. Chicago
bought him from the Eastern league
and gave him vacation in Denver
before attaching him permanently to
the White Sox payroll He has hard
ly appeared in a game this year. but
may get some heavy relief work in the
big series. Mel is useful as an infie!d-
er and hitter as well as a pitcher.
He can fill nearly any position well
enough to clase gaps.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

ne was Sold to Milwaukee in the same
year. Chicago bought him in 1914 and
ne reported in 1915. He has hit better
than 300 for the Sox this year, topping
Joe jackson and Eddie Collins.
JOSEPH JACKSON-Th Through hab-
It's that are declared to be Just q Bit
bad for sn athlete, Jackson hasn't
been hitting near his normal gait for
the Soy. but sim is cracking them nj
an average that would be welcomed
pN the majority of big league outfield
ers' he has been smashing them on
the handle here of late and is steadily
approaching 300 average. Joe was
one OF the first stars to feel the lure
OF tomiskey's pocketbook when the
chicago magnate determined to give
onlcago a pennant winner. He went
10 the Sox from Cleveland where no
mad been since 1911. Greenville of thn
south CAROLINA league gave him his
first job in 1908 and he was sold 10
Philadelphia in the American lea que
the same year. He had two wears
wiped the dust off the PhjlAdelnhia
bench and then was sent to Savannah
who sent him back to the Athletics IN
1919. Cleveland got him when Phila-
delphia decided 1t had no use for him.
Cleveland turned him over to New Or
leans and recalled him in 1911. This
year, unless he improves more than Is
expected, will be his poorest.
j. EDWARD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
member of the old Athletics who is
now with the White Sox He is used
principally as a pinch hitter and oc-
casionally takes an outfield position
he went to Scranton in the New York
state league from Villanova college in
1911 and was sold to Philadelphia in
1914. He was loaned to Baltimore and
returned in 1918. He was transferred
TO the White Sox in 1915.
EDWARD W. CICOTTE-To This
former member of the Red sox the
Boston club owes its defeat In the 1917
pennant hunt He has been the bright
est star in brilliant pitching staff A
veteran IN years and experience, he Is
winding up the best season in A long
career of ms and outs. For a long time
he fooled around trying to make |
star of himself, until he landed with |
the sox In 1912, getting his transfer
from Boston waivers. Detroit had a |
cote In 1905, but sent him to Augusta
IN the South Atlantic league. Detroit |
took him up again in 1906 and sent hin,
to INDIANAPOLIS, which club sent him
TO Des Moines in the Western league.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04
SCALPF|RS BUSY
IN SPITE OF ALL
THE WARNINGS.
No One Able to Stop Specu-
lation on World Series
Tickets and High Prices
Prevail.
Banners in Hotels Announce
That Tickets Are on Sale
Chicago Peeved Over
the Distribution of the
Precious Pasteboards.

Chicago, Oct. '4.-The scalpers are
Charles A. Comiskey the natiouel com
mission, city officials, Ban Johnson
or anyone else. Box seats are being
offered for sale at $50 set of three.
Single seats are for sale in sets of
three at $50 a throw.
Ernie Young, the most prominent of
the loop spectators declared to the
United Press that he had all the box
seats he wanted and he expressed
his thanks to Harry Gardiner, Sox sec
rotary. for inventing method of sale
to keep the ticket brokers from getting
the admission cards. He admitted the
single seats are going to be a little
scafcer than he had hoped for. but he
expressed the opinion that he will find
ways to increase his supply of these.
ON SALE AT HOTELS.
The loop hotels evidently have found
the going too strong, for there are no
loud and raucous banners proclaim;ng
that worlds series seats are on sale.
But-the line in front of Young's was
growing greater hourly.
ioSt WHO nave td1u
their hands on the seats are selling
\them in blocks only. The purchaser
had to take a chance on the third game
being played, and. if he didn't want to
GO TO the second contest, he could take
the coupons back and Young was
promising he would make an effort to
sell. There was to be no refunding of
money, however.
CoMiSkEY CRITICIZED.
Chicago is just Il little peeved over
the distribution of tickets and is pa
tronizing such places as Young's with
congratulations for the spectators.
The report has been spread that
Charles Comiskey and Garviner allow
ed certain persons to obtain huge blocks
of the tickets. Young wanted to know,
If Comiskey is going to print the names
of purchasers who buy for the sp6cu-
lators, why he doesn't also print the
names of the big ticket purchasers, to-
gether with the allotment they receive.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

BRISTOL4-Frances Ward, Salt Lake;
Robert Peone, Lee Psone, Jarbidge; +.
c. ONman, Baker; Fred Gibson, Nam
pa Mrs. +. \. Stevens, Portland; J. II.
Keith and wife, Nora Lathrop, Pay
cite; A. A. Miller, Warren; Frank
Chapman, Parma; Marion Fitzgerald,
San Francisco; w. d. Howell, En-
NETT; Theo Eyre. Salt Lake; w. J.
Tiss, Wendell; j. II. Wilferth, Rupert;
Jacob Meyer, Gooding; p. Edwards,
W. H. Robinson. Caldwell; H. Daggett
and wife, Boise; G. A. Fennister, Bur-
ley; Mrs. Hattie Crowell, Juntura: H.
E. Pratt and wife, Perth, Kan: ]. p.
ems and wife, Sweet.
IDANHA-P. o. Betham Twin Falls;
Q. d. Novelus. Brogan. Ore; X F.
Anderson. Seattle; \. Nelson, Star;
r. e. owens and wife. Portland; Au-
gust G. Allen, Mountain Home: Lottie
Morehead, Biloxi, Miss; Arthur C.
Tracy, Cascade; w. 7. Evans, Castle
Creek; George Blatt st. Louis; Neil
Schettler. Salt Lake; Fred Gibson,
Nampa; Edward Coyne, Chicago; d.
Molly, Jordan Valley: A. Allison. Cam
bridge; Dan Lindsay, Indian Valley.
GRAND-M. NJ Brewer Seattle; Mrs.
Ed Martin, Parma C. G. Whitman, Spo-
kane: Mrs. Charlotte Lewis, Mrs. NJ.
NJ. Krieg, E. Lewis and wife and girl,
Silver City; Mrs. Henry obermeyer,
Emmett: G. M. Gardner and wife,
Mrs. Phiffom Gardner, Gardner Mills;
NJ. c. Kimbail Horseshoe BEND. For
est f. Robb. Cascade; y. Samasky and
wife, Spokane; Mrs. e. w. Cairncress,
Grandview: L. F.. Cox, Montour; Mrs.
Alice Mahar, Jordan valley; John Heg-
sted, Placerville; Ollie Bato. ]. w.
Bato, Fred Luthesser. Dietrich; H. II.
Hamilton, Sweet
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04
,.u'..-. FRI u

Des Moines couldn't use him. so turned
him over to Lincoln, where he re-
NAMED until Boston purchased him in
lSoS. He was with Boston continuous
ly until sold to the White Sox. He Is
right handed, and does some dealy
execution also as hitter al times.
EWitLL A. RUSSELI-Tex had only
brief career as a minor le.Guer be-
fore he leaned to fame and a crack at
the 1917 worlds series pot. He was
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

are times when he can't move it with
out excruciating pain.
URBAN C. F'ABER-Faber is given
credit for being one of baseball's most
efficient young men, but illness has
kept him in the background the last
two seasons. He Is Just beginning to
come back into proper form. Du-
buque, the home of Clarence Rowland
manager of the Sox, saw Faber's first
efforts as a professional singer of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

with Bonham In the Texas Oklahoma
league In 1912 and that same year went
to Fort Worth in the Texas league,
from where he was purchased by the
Sox In 1914. He led the White Sox
pitchers his first year as a major
Lacquer Tex, who is left handed, pos
sesses one of the mysteries of base
bal In his left arm. At times It is dead
ly accurate and makes basebaHs do
all kinds of funny tricks. Then there
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04
COMiSkEY CRITICIZED.
RED CROSS NURSES TO
PARADE NEW YORK STREETS

New York, Oct. IA remarkable
parade will be held here today when
10000 Red Cross nurses, soon to go to
France, will march down Fifth ave-
nue.. Between 10000 and 5000 Red
Cross workers and others, will march
to the music of "A bands, headed by
John Philip SoUSG.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04
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Consular reports place Porto Rico
sugar production OF 1915 at 4s3,5ss.6S
short TOMS, an increase of 137,0S9.25
tons over 1915.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

One sheet of paper now on file in
the Jefferson county (Ky.) court
caused the exhumation of the body
of Mrs. R. w. Bingham from her
grave in Wilmington, N. c., and
started the proceedings on the part
of her relatives that have become a
national scandal. 1t is the desire Of
the Kenan family to contest this
codicil by which Mrs. Bingham leaves
her husband. Judge r. W. Bingham,
$5,000,000 out Of her estate Of $780,.
100000 that has brought about tho
remarkable conduct of these heirs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-04

Relief hurlers are likely to be i'm
gortant in the big games and Dave
panforth, of the White Sex, who
has bsen used in that capacity all
season by Manager Rowland, will
Always be ready to step in and save
the day II any Of the Sox twirlers
are weakening. jeff Tesreau of the
Giants is something of a worlds
series veteran though his work for
the Giants through TIE past season
mas not been his best, But he may
ne aust the man McGrsw viii need.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
OCTOBER FIRST IS THANKSGIVING DAY
 IN CANADA

OTTAWA, Sept. 15. Thanksgiving Day has been fixed by order-in-council for Monday, Oct. 1. The Sec retary of State week ago tentatively chose Oct 8 as Thansgiving Day but the or der-in-council overrides his decision.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-15
CAUTION TO PACKERS .
 OF SCOTCH HERRING

VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. g.
 To the Editor-Referring to an ad- vertisement you were running in your paper for Scotch Cure Herring and also to the letter of MT. D. A.
 Crawford of the U. s. Bureau of Fisheries recently in The Empire, would be glad to receive letters from persons packing Scotch Cure Herring. shall be glad to answer any questions that may be put up to me and give full information to the best of my ability. should like the herring packers of Alaska to un- derstand that if they take care, as advised by the U. s. Bureau of Fish cries experts, and pack this herring as it should be packed. they are al ways assured of a steady market, war or no war. It is essential that care be taken and especially so in the initial year of packing. Nothing will hurt Alaska more than to have a few individual careless packers