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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-08

pefGre adventure OF MS history.
It seemed impossible that he could
have escaped observation. Yet, ap-
parently, he had; and that despite the
fact that, not far distant, a number Of
efficient, deadly little japanese deck
hands were busy slowing cargo at the
behest of a boatswain.
Eavesdropping attentively upon the
conversation of the deckhands, he
learned all he needed to. know-discov-
cred that he had slowed away aboard
the sandal" OF Yokohama, bound for
Vera Cruz; that she had sailed with
considerable suddenness, three days be-
fore her scheduled sailing date; that
she carried passengers of some impOr-
lance (but these we're not named) and
q cargo consisting Of arms and ammu-
milton for the Carranzista forces; final
ly, that a treasure Of vast value had
been brought aboard at the last mo-
ment and stored In q strongly guarded
stateroom in the officers quarters.
As the freighter drew out to mid
stream and began to drop down the
river the deckhands trotted of on other
business and left the stowaway to d.
gest, his information and formulate his
plans.
The last proved no easy matter.
What one man could be expected to &C
complish against a shipload was rid
die that baffled PARIS wits for the best
part of long hour. Satisfied that the
Charming treasure had been brought
aboard the Sandal" and quite ready
to believe that Baron Huroki and his
pet Mexican, Senior Juan de Lima, had
not been actively concerned in its theft
but had sailed in charge of it, he still
failed to puzzle out any feasible way to
inform the authorities and cause the
detention of the freighter and the ar
rest of the thieves without sacrificing
the neck Of Donald Parr.
Huddled in the shelter of the bales,
the young man commanded view
through the cargo port; and his
thoughtful gaze had long been fixed up
on that breadth of harbor water slip
ping past 50 SLOWLY duu SleduIIy NC
fore he distilled an inspiration from its
hue.
And even as he began to take cogni-
zance Of the fog, Parr heard the jingle
Of signals in the engineroom below his
hiding place. And Immediately the
pulsings of the engines ceased. For
little the "Sandai" drifted with stead
lily slackening way. Then the anchor
was dropped, with chain roaring
through hawse-holes, and the freighter
settled down to wait the lifting Of the
fog
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-08
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Mixed vegetable (for soup) 1Oc
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or THE TENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND
FOR POLK COUNTY IN CHANCEkl -.
/ WEEKS AND }. WEEKS, vs. Ltl.A
An PARTIES CLAIMING An INTEREST
~ THE PROPERTY HEREINAFTER De
SCRlBEn ORDER OF PUBLICATION
n appearing by the sworn Bill oil complaint
IN the ahutr rause thar the residences OF Lula
u A linton and Lucie Given are unknown
and that there Is no person IN the stare me
service Of a subpoena upon whom would bind
either ~ the said defendants, and that each
NJ the said defendants are over 'ie axe va
twenty zone years - -
II is therefore ordered that the said Lula y
Upton and Lucic Given are hereby re-
duired TO appear on the 1th day OF May a.
n iel7 10 the Bill of Complaint filed In the
said cause.
II further appearing ny the said Bill OF
Complaint that the companants believe that
there are persons interested In the property
Involved in the said suit whose names are un-
known to them
II Is further ordered that all parties claim
ing an interest In the property involved In the
said suit to which relief is sought; appear to
the said bill Of complaint on Monday the lth
day OF June, 1917 II being shown bv the said
Rill Of Complaint that the property involved
in the said suit is located In Polk county,:
Florida. and Is described as follows Lot N
" RIock eight (s) Of Munn's Survey to the
Town Of Lakeland. FLORIDA. :.
II Ia further ordered that this order shall
he published. in so FAR as Il relates to Lula
~ A Upton and Luce Given. once week Tor
eight ls) consecutive weeks In the Lakeland
Evening Telegram. and In SO far as u relates
20 all parties claiming an interest In the above
described property once week Tor t"e''e VI
( consecutive weeks -
WITNESS INV hand and official seal this
26th dav Of February, A 1917.
/ tSEALl
y A JOHNSON
Clerk Ciruit Court
SPENCER 4 BRYANT
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR POLK
COUNTY, FLORIDA. I'm CHAkCeRf.-
o. X PASS administrator Of the estate Of
NON AND ELDORA BRANNON. his wife .
EUTTlG SASH n DOOR COMPANY. cor
Toration: BARRETT MANUFACTt RING
COMPANY. a corporation. and THE ARto
COMPANY. a orporation.-FoREcloSU
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
II appearing from affidavit OF the solicitor
for complainant in the above entitled cause
that the defendants. HUTTIG SASH 4 DOOR
COMPANY. BARRETT AANCFACTl RING
COMPANY, and THE ARCo COMPANY. all
corporations are non-resdents OF the state Of
lorida and have office or place OF bust
ness in the said State. and that there is no
ron or persons residing In the state 2,
larida service ~ subpoena upon whom would
hinu said defendants. and that their residence
and places Of business unknown but be-
heyed to be residing and doing business in
the United States;
1T Is THEREFORE, ORDERED. ADJUDGED
AND DECREED. That said defendants. Hi
TIC SASH 4 DOOR COMPANY, BARkETI
MANIFACTURING COMPANY, and THE
ARGO COMPANY, be and they are hereby re-
uuired 10 appear 10 the bill OF complaint filed
In the said cause on or before the 2oh OF
June A ID. 1917. otherwise the allegations OF
the said bill shall be taken as confessed by
the said defendants.
III Is FURTHER ORDERED. That this order
he published once week for eight conseeu
TIVE weeks in the Lakeland Evening Telegrah:
a newspaper OF general circulation. published
in Polk county. Florida.
DONE AND ORDERED at Barlow. Florida.
tins 18th DAY u March. 4 ID. 1917
J. A. JOHNSON,
clerk Circuit Court Polk County
IN q ROGERS.
snlicito- for Complainant.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COZ MY OF POLK.
HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and
foregoing is a true copy of the original made
Tia said cause and filed in my ONCE AT hat-
tow Florida March the 18th. 1917
WITNESS my hand and official seal the liih
da, of March. \ u 1917.
4 JOHNSON
lG>4s clerk Circuit Court Polk County
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19
LOCATION OF FIRE BOXES

IL Main and Kentucky
10 Pine and Kentucky
IA Main and Tennessee
is Main and Missouri
Fl Bay and Iowa
% Oak and Kentucky
"a Magnolia and Iowa
IS Plum and kentucy
81 Say and Florida
80 Peachtree and Florida
"a Magnolia and Dakota
35 Parker and Florida
Al Main and Dakota
AZ Lemon and Ohio
43 Orange and New York
as Lime and Florida
81 Palmetto and Florida
So Mcdonald and Florida
So Lime and Indiana
50 Orange and Massachusetts,
16 Lemon and Florida
&c North ST. and N. Vermont Ave.
SO North ST. and Florida Ave.
81 North ST. and Lincoln Ave.
46 Lemon and Lincoln
AZ w. Prospect St. and A. c. L. Shop
81 Lake Morton and S. Kentucky
81 New school house. LAX, Morton
60 Palmetto and Ingram
63 East Morton and r. r. crossing
Ga New Light and Water Plant
n Mcdonald and Mississippi
~ Patterson and South Florida
FIRE OUT SIGNAL No. %
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19

SPENCER & BRYANT.
con- sees
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-19

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

S~aunderson found it very hard work
selling books. The volumes he had
to offer. n Of which be had to carry
with him as a sample, were very
heavy, and nobody seemed to want
them. But he was a persistent man.
and even the stubborn Mrs. Bowling
could not send him away unheard
We have all the books we can use "
she said, land 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. If you were sell.
ing one Of those adjustable ironing
boards i've got just the thing,"
said S%aunderson 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 whites
when your iron is heating you have
good literature TO refresh your mind"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

during their two hour spell" OF duty.
Hanging on a string. az the elbow OF
each sentry on the fire step was a
siren whistle or an empty shell case
and a bit Of iron with which 10 ham
mer on Il. This. whichever II might
be. was for the purpose OF spreading
the alarm IA case OF a gas attack.
Also we had sentries In listening
posts" az various points from twenty
70 nifty 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. a bay
onet man and n bomber. From the
listening post a wire ran back TO the
Ore trench 70 be used Ia signaling. In
the trench O man sat with this wire
wrapped around his hand. one pull
meant IAN o X" two pulls. I'm
coming IN" three pulls. Enemy in
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

relieved from the big tent show up at
the 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 a prisoner can be
compelled to tell only his name, rank
aud religion. But this Is not IA civilized
war, and there are ways of making
prisoners talk. One Of the most eff
~tective w~ays-quite humane-is to tie
a prisoner fast. head and foot, and
then tickle his bare feet with a feather.
More severe measures have frequently
been used-the water cure, for in
~stance-but I'm bound TO say 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
which turns them into mere children
in the presence Of their officers seemed
90 make them s%ubservieut and Obedient
to the officers who commanded US. l
mean, OF course. the privates. In this
way the system worked against the
fatherland. Captured German officers
especially Prussians. were a nasty lot.
We never tried to get Information from
them. for we knew they would lie. hap
PLY and very Intelligent well in
structed in the art.
AT last came the night when we were
TO so "Over the top" across No Mans
Land. and have a frolic with Fritz In
his W happy home. ! am ~endeavor-
ing to be as accurate and truthful as
possible In these stories OF my soldier
ing. and | am therefore compelled to
say that there wasn't a man in the
sixty who didn't show the strain In his
pallOr aud nervousness. Under orders
We discarded our trench helmets and
substituted knitted skullcaps or empty
mess tins. Then We b~lackened our
hands and faces with ashes from a
camp fire SO as 70 avoid being seen as
long as possible. After this they load.
cd rs into motor trucks and took us nm
10 'Shrapnel Corner" from which
point we went in on foot. Just before
we left "A sta1 captain came along ana
gave us a little talk.
"This is the drst time you men AVE
been tested" he said. You're Cana
dians. needn't say anything more 70
you. They're going TO be popping them
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

There are many things dropped in
the subway ticket chopper by absent
minded riders besides the little piece
or pastebOard which entities them 70 a
ride. An eccentric looking young man
and his particularly eccentric looking
wife hurried up TO the door OF A Broad.
way theater last night The man
reached into his pocket, handed the
norman some tickets and. assisting
us wife before him, turned to receive
me STUDS These are subway tickets"
said the doorman. At the rate OF two
pockets per second the Il man
searched himself. Then he clanned ia
hand on his forehead. Good heavens
Annie. he gasped. Il put the seats IN
the subway And what Annie safa
about boneheads was only heard n,
herself.-New York Cor. Pittshurch
Dispatch
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03
WASHINGTON Is IMPRESSED
BY ALLIES ATTACK
Believed Assault on German Right
Flanks Is Directed at Vulnerable
POint-Offensiye in France Endang-
ers Entire TeutOnic Line on West
Front.

The British-French assault on the
German right flank has made a pro-
found impression in official circles at
Washington, because, in the judg-
ment of many American army officers,
it is directed at the most vulnerable
point on the entire German front.
Complete success for the allies.
sweeping the German line back from
the sea along the entire Belgian coast
would be an immediate answer to the
U-boat warfare. The main North sea
bases for U-boat operations would be
stamped u Behind that achieve
ment then would stand the possibility
that the entire German line in France
could be endangered by a flank at
tack.
Reports from London or the front
were still too meager tonight to dis
close the full scope of the new opera
tons. Some observers here were IN
clined to believe, however, that unless
the drive is supplemented by naval CO.
operation, with a landing behind the
present German front, complete sue
cess is not to be expected.
The discussion here brought out
N-N-5A AN A1C that many
who have studied the situation believe
the German right flank offers the on
ly real opportunity TO bring the strug-
gle to a decisive issue in a single am
paign.
Short of that they can foresee only
a continuation of the deadly frontal
attacks, which in time will wear down.
the German resistance. since the al
lied powers have the greater resources
In men and supplies. 1t is pointed
out. however. that if U-boat activity is
not sharply checked time will work
strongly against the allies.
In renewed German assaults upon
the Verdun front observers lave read
an attempt to prevent an allied con-
centration upon the right flank. In
diplomatic quarters, however. the Yer
dun attacks are coupled also with the
German advance in Galicia to furnish
the stage setting for the renewal OF
peace suggestions through the Ger
man and Austrian chancellors.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03
The Daylight Hour.

Az a little before daybrcak came
stand TO-" when everybody got but
tonei up and ready for business be-
cause az that hour most attacks begin,
and also that was the regular time for
a dose OF morning and evening hate"
otherwise a good. lively hfteen minutes
~ she'll fire. We had some casualties
every morning aud evening. and the
strctcher bearers used TO get ready Tor
them as a regular matter OF curse.
For hfteen minutes az dawn and dusk
the Germans used 90 send over "whiz-
hangs" coal boxes" and "mlnenwer-
FER" (shells FROM trench mortarsl In
such a generous way that it looked as
n they liked 10 shoot em on. whether
they hit anything or not. You could
always hear the heavy stufr' coming.
aud We paid little attention to Il, as It
was used ia efforts TO reach the bat
teries back OF our lines. The poor old
town OF Dinklebusch got the fun ben.
eft OF t. when a shell would shrek
ia way over, some q would say.
There goes the express for Dinkie
busch" and { couple OF seconds later,
when some prominent landmark OF
Dlnklebusch would disintegrate with a
loud defamation. some one elke would
remark:
Trains arrlveii"
About the only amusement we had
turing our long stay IN the front
trenches was 20 sit with "A backs
against the rear wall and shoot AZ the
rats running along the parapet. Poor
Macfarlane. with a fash Of the old hu-
NOR which he had before the war. told
a rookie" that the trench rats were
20 big that he saw one OF them trying
on bis greatcoat. They used 90 run
over our faces when we were SLEEPING
In our dugouts, and I've seen them IN
rayenOus swarms burrOwing into the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

sight" and -four pulls. Sound gas
alarm" The Ore step In a trench Is a
shelf on which soldiers stand to look
out aud shoot between the sand bags
pa top.
Ia addition TO these men. we had pa
trolls and scouts out In NO Mans
Land the greater part OF the night.
with orders 10 galn n 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
be Of interest 10 some commanding
officer twenty miles back. Also they
were ordered 70 make every effort to
capture any OF the enemy's scouts or
patrols, 80 that we could get lnforma
ton from them. One OF the interesting
moments Ia this work came when a
star shell caught you out In an open
spot II you moved you were gone
I've seer men stand ON one foot for
the thirty seconds during which "a star
shell will burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met In NO Mans Land they
always had to light Il out with bayo.
nets One single shot would be the
signal for artillery Dire aud would
mean the almost instant annihilation
% the men on both sides OF the nght
Under tho necessities OF this war many
~ our men have been killed by our
own shell nre.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

battalion offered I was lucky-or un
lucky enough 20 be among the sixty
who were chosen | want 70 tell you
In detail about this bombing raid. SO
that you can understand what a thing
may really amount TO that gets only
three lines or perhaps nothing at all
In the Official dispatches. and beside,
that, Il may help some OF the younr
men who read this 20 know somethinl
a little later about bombing.
The sixty OF US chosen TO execute the
raid were taken twenty miles TO the
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

rear for a weeks instruction practice.
Having only a slight Idea Of what we
were going 10 try 10 do. we felt very
folly about the whole enterprise start
Ing on We were camped IN an old
barn. with several special instruction
officers IN charge. We had oral In
struction the first day. while sappers
dug aud built an exact duplicate Of the
section Of the German trenches which
we were to raid-that Is. II was exact
except for a few details. Certain
skeleton trenches In the practice sec
ton were dug simply TO fool the Ger
man aviators. II a photograph taken
back 10 German headquarters had
shown an exact duplicate Of a 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 a 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 u frolic
with them.
We had oral instruction. mostly dur
ing the day, because we didn't dare let
the German aviatOrs see us practiclng
a 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 a play. At first there was a dis
position TO have sport out of 1t.
Well" some chap would say, roll
ing into the hay all tired out. II got
killed six times tonight. S'pose It'll
be eight times tomorrow night"
One man insisted that he had discov-
cred In one Of our aerial photographs
a German burying money. and be care
fully examined each new picture, SO
that he could be sure of finding the
dough and digging 1t 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 Ego over the top" drove all
sport out Of our minds, and / can say
for myself hat the very thought OF
the undertaking as the fatal night
drew near sent shlvers up and down
my spine.
A bombing raid. something original
ed In warfare by the Canadians, is moi
intended for the purpose Of holding
ground. but to gain information, to dc
az much damage as possible and &c
keep the enemy In a state of nervous
ness. In this particular raid the CHIEF
object was to gain information. Our
high command wanted to know whai
troops were opposite US and whai
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 Il
was believed that troops were beinl
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03
TEUTON ARMS TO CONQUER.
SAYS KAISER VILLA
Proclamation to Army and Navy Pro.
diets Final ROut of Empires Manv
Enemies.

BERLIN, Aug. EMPEROR William
has issued a proclamation TO the c.
man army and navy and German col
onial forces. 1t reads:
ITO the German People: Tbrao
years Of hard fighting are behind ~
With grief We remember our 49,
with pride our soldiers. now 6obtine
with confidence all our workers aa5
with a heavy heart those who arc Ian
gushing in captivity, but above ali a..
thoughts stand ~resolute in the data.
minatlon to prosecute this righteous
war OF defense to a successful to-
mination.
The enemy is stretching ont bis
hands toward German territory bnt
he shall never have it. New nations
continue to enter into the war againat
us, but that does not brighten us We
know our strength and we are deter
mined to make use of it. They wisb
10 see us weak and powerless at their
feet, but they shall not prevail.
They received disdainfully our
words of peace; they did not know
how Germany could fight. THROUGH.
out the world they have ~slandered the
German name, but they can not ex-
tinguish the glory of German deeds.
Thus we stand erect at the close
of this year, unmovable, victorious
and intrepid. Other trials NAV stiIl
await us, but we shall meet them with
a grave mien and full of faith
Throughout the three years achieva-
men of the mighty German people has
become firm in its resistance against
all that the power of the enemy can
conceive. If the enemy wishes to
prolong the sufferings of war viii
weight more heavily upon him than
upon us.
"The third year of the war has come
to an end. The number of our ad-
v~ersaries has increased, but their
prospects of victory have not i'm
proved. You crushed Rumania last
year. The Russian empire once more
trembles under your strokes. Both
countries sacrificed themselves for the
interests of others and are now bleed
ing to death. In Macedonia you for
chilly withstood the enemy's assaults.
In mighty battles on the western front
you remain the masters of the situa-
ton. Your lines are firm, protecting
your beloved homes against the ter
rors and d~evastations of war.
I'VE shall be victorious. The Lord
God will be with us.
For that which has been accom-
plished on the front let us at home
show our gratitude by ~tireless toll.
We must still continue to fight and
to furnish arms for it. But our peo-
pie may rest assured that German
blood and German zeal are not betsz
gambled with for an empty shadow
of ambition or schemes of conquest
and subjugation, but in defense of a
strong free empire in which our chill
dren may live in security.
Let all our actions and all our
thoughts be devoted to this fight
Let this be our solemn promise of this
day, August l, 1917.
WILLIAM, I. R."
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-03

of at a great rate while you're on your
way across. Remember that youo Deo-
ter not stand up straight, because our
shells will be going over Just six ana a
half feet from the ground where It's
level. II you stand up straight you're
likely TO be hit in the head. but don't
let that worry you. because II you DO
get hit In the head you won't know 1t.
SO why IN b. worry about itF Inat
was his farewell. He jumped on his
horse and rode Off.