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Evening star., 1917-12-23
Washington Boy, "Gassed" and Suffering From She'll
Shock Writes of Ambulance Work the Battle Front
From She'll

saw. The building of the tower of
Babel had nothing on this bunch when
they all get started talking. When I
arrived here they scrubbed me from
a pair of overalls and French shirt.
and l was then put to bed. A nurse
there are many of them here-gave me
hot milk and 1 went to sleep on the
softest cot with real white sheets. The
doctor who examined me said my gas
was practically gone. but l must stay
here for a week at least. That ap-
palled me. for / had nothing at all to
read or anything to do to help pass the
time away. I am getting accustomed
to it now. The doctor has just told me
/ will be sent to Paris Thursday. This
is Monday, and I can stand it.
There is a Singalese chief, as black
Evening star., 1917-12-23

tention in the hospital and on the hos
pita1 trains, although I haven't trav-
eled very far ON them.
From yerdun I was evacuated to a
great shipping hospital at Souilly. 1t
is from there that the wounded are
sent in hospital trains to the different
bases in France. 1t is a tremendous
hospital which has sprung into being
during the past year. 1t is where the
red harvest from Verdun is taken care
of. and it has been going on for eight
cen months now. When will 1t end?
I was taken there from the hospital
at Verdun by a French ambulance, ar
irving. at o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
was only fifteen kiIometers from Yer
dun and the rumble of the cannon was
very distinct. We were assigned beds
in wooden ward, with a tiny coal
stove in the center. 1t was frightful1y
Evening star., 1917-12-23

FIVE, inches in front Of my face. The
wUdnded man never got a scratch, but
he was scared pretty nearly as bad
as was.
For the next four kilometers the
ping about a hundred yards behind the
car. When / reached the hospital
was shaking as though with chill.
! went on down to our camp. and. all
ming. I did not think of the gas. In
the afternoon / began to feel queee.
and suddenly collapsed. There were
some of our fellows there. and they
landed me into an ambulance and
brought me here to the hospital. They
gave me oxygen and I felt better, but
my throat and chest are still very sore.
I'm in a room with nineteen other SOL
dfers. most all colonials, who have been
Evening star., 1917-12-23
By MONTAGUE GLASS.

NHXH RHEN does the shipping
NAV commission expect to be-
Wv gin shipments on those
ships?" Abe Potash asked as he laid
down the morning paper ! a few days
after Thanksgiving.
Il don't know" Morris Per1mutter
replied. The way the newspapers was
talking last April. Abe. it looked like.
ton would be so far ahead of our or
ders for ships that President Wilson
would have to organize a special de-
partment to handle the cancellations,
y'understand. but from what 1 could
see now. Abe. by next spring the near
est them shipping commission fellers
will have come to deliveries on ships
is that this here Hurley will be get
ting writer's cramp from signing let
ters to the attorneys for the people
which ordered ships that in reply to
say that we expect to ship the ships
rot later than July at the latest and
oblige."
But 1 thought that even before We
went to war with Germany. Mawruss.
a couple of inventors made it an in
vention of a ship which could be built
of yellow pine in ninety days net"
Sure. / know" Morris said. but the
shipping commission couldn't make up
their minds whether them yellow pine
ships would be any good even after
they were built. on account some pro-
fessional experts claimed that yellow
pine shrinks in water to the extent OF
.ooos1416 milliesrams to the kilowatt
hour. or .o00o0Ooo1 per cent. and other
professional experts said. Vow .00031416
milliegrams" and that .o0000031416
would be big already. and that also
what them first experts didn't know
from the shrinkage of yellow pine. un-
derstand me-"
We'll, why didn't the shipping COM
mission build sample ship from yel-
low pine?" Abe suggested. ITS al
ready nine months since the war start
ed and by this time such ship could
have been in the water long enough
for them shipping commission fellers to
Judge which experts was right"
And uppose she did shrink a little"
Morris said. "she could have been any
how disposed of as is to somebody who
didn't take it so particular to the frac-
tion of an inch how much yellow pine
he gets in a yellow pine ship
II give you right. Mawruss." Abe
agreed. "but then you see. an idee like
that would never occur to profession
al expert. Mawruss. because it has the
one big objection that It might prove
the other experts was right when they
didn't agree with him. which that is
the trouble with professional experts.
The important thing to them amt so
much the articles on which they ex-
Evening star., 1917-12-23
The Kaiser's Discovery.

NEN. l. W. L1TTELL of the Quarter
VI masters Corps had been explain
ing to a reporter the excellence of the
heating arrangements of the various
camps
Everything" Gen. Littell concluded,
everything is going well. as the kaiser
will find out before long.
1T cost Columbus only $1,000 to dis
cover America. Well, 1t will cost the
kaiser a good deal more than that"
Evening star., 1917-12-23

cause of the keen memories of happier
holidays.
Contrary to custom. the usual Christ
mas luxuries, such as wines and fine con-
fections. were given up by. all homes, even
of the richest, it even then had become
an unwritten law of the war days to con-
Tribute the money which would otherwise
go to these things of mere pleasure to
special funds with which to provide the
homeless with fuel, apparel and food"
Evening star., 1917-12-23

" " letters. Don't be alarmed by
the fact, that / am in, hospital: it is
not serious now, and tomorrow they are
sending me to farm near Paris to
convalesce. The doctor has prescribed
a months rest for me.
Four days ago, at our poste de Sc
cours, got a dose of boche' mustard
gas, which, coupled with a case of shell
shock, landed me here n'this "trioge''
hospital My nerves are rather shot to
pieces, and so I must have complete
rest for a while. We are back in the
same sector where / was last year, and
it is warmer now than then. I believe,
even though the boche has been driven
much farther back. -sss
Our poste de secours is fifteen kilo-
meters from this hospital: the latter is
situated in place where there was
heavy sheHing last year. Even now the
boches shelf a city about a mile from
here every day. At the present moment
word has come that 1.-The Germans are
attacking and the French .'tir de bar
rage rocks the building. We drive to
our poste de secours only in thesday time,
because it would be impossible to do
it at night There is only one road for
the supplies for the front lines to go
over. So the six cars that happen to
be at the poste when darkness comes
stay there until dawn, when they come
home. The poste is but a mile from the
front lines and it and the road are
shelled all the time. Practically all the
cars have been hit more or less. One
has been entirely demolished: mine has
been pierced in eight different places
was one of those who had to - Hly
all night. During the night the boche
had bombarded the place with poison
gas shells. The next morning before
starting l had to pump up tire :
suppose my mask either leaked or be-
came open in some way, for soon my
hnd
some gas, but didn't think much Of 1t
and started home. Along the worst
stretch Of road shell exploded a hun
dred yards away. A minute later my
car stopped with a sputter. 1t was the
worst place in which an accident could
have happened. for ! was in plain sight
of the German observation balloons,
with "blesses" in my car and no place
where they could get shelter while
made the necessary repairs. Fortunate
ly. my wounded Were 'assis," or those
who walk. got them out Of the car
and made them lie along the road
found that a piece Of shell had cut nv
gasoline feed pipe clean as a whistle.
BY now my eyes were running a
steady stream from the gas and / could
splint of tire patch and bind the
break UP with tire tape. Had tust
Strengthened up after finishing when
there came whistle. knew the
shell was coming close. so / 'hit the
dirt" 1t landed about five yards away
and, thank goodness, it was a ,'dud.''
or one of those which fail to explode
II it had exploded I never would ~be
writing this. The escape shook my
nerves SO that I could hardly start the
another shell exploded fifty yards away.
piece of eclat passed thfouRh the
sleeve of the "assis" sitting. beside me-.
struck the dashboard and dew about
Evening star., 1917-12-23

to the English experts first. under
stand me, and after he had got out of
the observation ward. which the Eng
lish experts would just naturally send
him to as a dangerous American crank
with a foolish idea for a machine gun.
y'understand, the American experts
would have taken his entire output at
his own terms"
after all you can't kick about such
mistakes being made. because that's
the trouble about being a new beginner
in many business" Morris said. 1T
don't make no difference whether it
would be war or pants, Abe. you start
Evening star., 1917-12-23

the year-that is. on January 21. This
festival was feast of welcome to the
sun. which in it's eternal struggle with
the dark powers would on that day
once more overpower them and the
days would hence grow longer. 1t was
one of the four festivals of the year.
the vestfges of which still remain in
Poland and. SO far as know. among
all other nations OF Aryan origin.
~
The clergy of the early days of Chris
tianity in Poland wished to stamp out
these customs which. they held. had
their origin In the powers of evil. and
yet could not abolish them in a land
where the people. though outwardly
Christian. clung to their old rites and
customs with a tenacity characteristic
of the race. The priests compromised
with their new converts, shifting the
ancient feasts close to the Christmas
Evening star., 1917-12-23

Ceased" and suffering from severe
case Of shell shock. Aubrey Leo Thoras.
a Washington boy now serving with the
American Ambulance in France, in the
following letters tells Of ambulance work
in the region Of yerdun and Of his own
misfortune while on duty. The two let
ters were written during the latter part
of October and early in November to his
mother. Mrs. Henry E. Jackson Of Chat
ham Courts. while he was in a hospital
at the front near verdun and the Hos
pital Central, near Bar-le-Duc. Young
Thomas first saw service with the Prince /.
ton contingent Of ambulance workers and
later Joined the American Ambulance for
the duration Of the war.
Evening star., 1917-12-23

Lewis sold his machine gun to the Eng
lish army.
And he didn't have to be such a
crackeriack high-grade, A-number one
salesman to do that neither" Morris
commented. because If his only talking
point to the English experts was that
the American experts had turned down
his gun. understand. the English. ex-
perts would give him big order with
out even asking him to unpack his
samples"
Sure. know" Abe said. "but II Col.
Lewis would of had the interests of
America at heart, Mawruss, he should
ought to have offered his machine gun
Evening star., 1917-12-23

out with one big liability. and that is
the advice proposition. Twice as many
new beginners goes under from ac-
cepting what they thought was good
advice as from accepting what they
thought was good accounts. Abe, and
them fellers on the shipping commits
sion deserves a great deal OF credit
that they already made such fine prog
ress. You can just imagine what this
here Hurley which he used to was in
the railroad business must be up
against from his friends which has
been in the shipbuilding business for
years already. The chances Is that
every time Mr.. Hurley goes out on the
Evening star., 1917-12-23

years 1900 to 1916. inclusive. or if
President Wilson had the idee that for
a man to be the right man in the right
place. y'understand. he should ought
to have the gumption and business
ability. which feiler naturally picks
UP in the course of being an earl or
g. duke, understand me. the best we
could hope for would be fleet of six
rebuilt tugboats by the fall of 1850"
"It wasn't England's fault that she
made such a amistake. Abe" Morris said.
Evening star., 1917-12-23

up to the time Germany started this
war. it used to was considered that If
nations did got to go to war. y'under-
stand, the best way to go about 1t was
to put it in charge of a good sport
like tennis champion would naturally
have to be, and as for the earls and
the dukes. the theory on which them
fe1lers fooled away their time was
that they was just resting up between
wars. Abe. because they was anyhow
gentlemen, and it was England's idea
Evening star., 1917-12-23

~ 7E have been frightfuliy busy
Nh\U and this is the first chance
WV have had to answer your
" W lnttar, Ilnn,f ha a a rrn ad kx,
Evening star., 1917-12-23

- G. PATROSKY of the French
In Polish commission, which re-
IT. Gently came to the United
Evening star., 1917-12-23

WELL, IF WE ARE SUCH BIG Ex
MORE
Abe commented. "Mr. Hurley was any
how in the railroad business when he
took over the shipbuilding Job. and
we've got other men which were high
grade dry goods and hardware men
before they threw up their business to
help the government branch out into
the war business. y'understand. but If
we would got to depend on somebody
who was trying to run a shipyard with
the experience he had got from being
national lawn tennis champion for the
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-23
HIGH SCHOOLS DEBATE

The five high schools of district
% are now preparing for a series of
debates on the question whether or
not Montana should, as soon as pos
sible, revise her constitution. The
schedule is as follows:
1st debate. March 5, at Round
Butte, Round Butte affirmative, Ro-
nan negative.
End debate. March 3, at Post creek
Post Creek affirmative, St. lgnatiu;
negative.
3rd debate, March 10, at Arlee
Arlee affirmative, winner of the frs
debate negative.
4th debate, March "a at the home
of the winner of the second debate
affirmative, winner Of the first de
BATE negative.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-23

Read John Nadrau's sale adv. il
this issue of the Pioneer.
Frank Cook was in town Monday
from his ranch near D'Aste.
George Dimon was in from north OF
Horte Monday on business of i'm
portance.
Round Butte Ladies' Aid will meet
with Mrs. Robert Langboff on We'd
nesday, Feb. 2S.
Harry Carper has approved plans
for the erection of commodious
residence on his lots just east of c.
F. Rathbones. He will build as soon
as weather conditions will permit
Mrs. A. ]. Brewer entertained the
Bridge club at her home Wednesday
afternoon, with Mrs. A. X. Resner
and Mrs. John N. Bailey as invited
guests.
O. E. Chef of Post creek, was in
town Wednesday walking with the
assistance of cane, having stepped
on a nail which penetrated his foot.
He says it is very painful and he will
be very lucky if it gets no worse.
G. w. Hollingsworth received a
telephone message from Missoula last
night that his daughter, Mrs. r. A.
Jenson who was taken to Missoula
for an X-ray examination, was oper-
ated on at st. Patrick's hospital on
Thursday morning.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-23

Mrs. w. r. Sheen and Mrs. ]. r
Bear entertained .on Tuesday after
noon with needle work and drawing
contest as the afternoon pleasure.
Each guest drew a picture of an ami
NAL on the board. Mrs. Farnham re-
ceived first prize, a cut glass dish.
for giving the most correct names of
the animals drawn. At the close of
the afternoon Mrs. Sheen and Mrs.
Bear served two course lunch. The
invited guests were: Mesdames Covell
Farnham, Cooper Potvin, Larson, C.
F. Rathbone, Brandjord. Brower Hol-
loway, Grant, Fuhrer, Sutherland.
A. Lemire and Jos. Lemire.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-23
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MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

The Legislature has discontinued
useless officers in 80 counties, cost
ing taxpayers 100000 annually. This
helps some.
scobey-$22.o00 opera house plan.
ned here.
Mountain States Telephone com.
pany employs 100 people in Mon
tana.
Aside from the many direct bene-
fits to the farmers, many benefits are
derived from sugar factory. 1t en-
ploys from 400 to 500 men from Oc-
tober until February turning the un-
productive time of 500 men into pro-
ductive time and at low estimate of
$4,000 per month would mean an in
crease of wealth TO the extent of
S25,OO0 month.
Missoula-Local firm gets contract
mont, Neb.
Announcement made that saltpcter
deposits have been located in Mon
tana
Kalspell-SS,s23.72 bridge to be
built across slough east of here.
TIavre-Oil and gas leases covering
about II sections of land in Sweet
Grass Hills district have been placed
on file by Montana-C Canadian Oil Co.,
which, it has announced, proposes to
pipe gas to Great Falls, Helena, Ana
conda and Butte.
Livingston-N. P railroad orders %
engines for Montana division.
Billings-Colorado men to build
warehouse here to cost from $4,000
to 100000.
Dillon-29OO acre ranch sells here
for $40 600. :
Billings-N. P. to build $4,000
freight depot here.
kalispell--Northern Idaho & Mon
tana Power company to erect power
transmission line from Big Fork to
Poison on east shore of Flathead lake
and from Poison to Ravalli via Roman
and Mission andalso on west shore of
Flathead lake on main highway from
Dayton to Poison.
Three Forks--Building boom here;
water works, sewer system, Y. M. c.
A. and poultry farm go in.
vensville-Colorado sugar beet
growers leasing and buying land in
Bitter Root preliminary to planting
large beet acreage in the spring
evensville-Creamery here will
double capacity.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-02-23

They may have to call in real
plumber yet before they locate that
leak.-Atlanta Constitution.
Evening journal., 1917-06-02
TO WELCOME NEGRO
WOMEN FROM SOUTH
State Federation of ColOred
Women Will Hold Meet
ing Tomorrow
c. H. COLBURN TO
MAKE ADDRESS

Under the auspices OF the Delaward
State Federation OF Colored Women.
a general meeting will be held in
Bethel A. NJ. e. Church. Sixth and
Walnut streets, at 3 o'clock tomor
row afternoon. The meeting is 10
welcome to this city the large number
OF Negro women who recently arrived
here from the south. and to arrange to
get them in close touch with the var
ious organizations and institutions m
this city for the benefit and develop
ment OF the Negro race.
Mrs. Blanche Stubbs. president and
Mrs. NJ. f. Jackson. the State or
eanizer OF the federation. will pre-
side. DR. Conwell Banton will de-
liver an address on Health" in the
course OF which he will deal with the
effect Of climatic changes from those
obtaining IN the south and in this sec
tion, and how 10 overcome them.
Charles II. Colburn will make the ad-
dress of welcome on behalf Of the
city, and the Rev. II. ]. H. Bell for
the clergy and religious institutions
OF the city. Miss Stevenson, the
factory inspector, will tell Of the
work OF her department IN the State.
Evening journal., 1917-06-02
TIMELY TALKS
(Wrltten Especially For t HE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOTING PARENTS AND THE HARM THEY CAN DO.

Sam" said Mrs. S. E. elusive to
Mr.. elusive, tapping nervously on the
table with pencil. Il have just
figured it all out and / find It will
take $3.50 for Dorothy next month.
Mr.. elusive looked up quickly from
the papers over which he was work
ing. What's that you say, Martha?"
he asked in a dazed tone of voice.
"One hundred and fifty dollars for
Dorothy? Why, we just gave her sew
enty-tve for a couple of dancing
frocks and a few other friI1s. 1t
seems to me that Miss Dorothy re-
quires a lot of money just for dan
cling and frivoling" and Mr.. elusive,
frowning, pushed his papers away
from him and nervously walked over
to the fireplace.
We'll, you see, Sam" began Mrs
elusive, "the crowd Dorothy goes
around with always does things in the
very incest way and she has been so
extensively entertained this winter
that the child simply feels like she
must do something in return And so
she wants to give a small dinner
dance on her birthday next month;
$3.50 will cover everything, caterer,
flowers, music and all d"
zone hundred and fifty dollars,
hey?' said Mr.. elusive, pacing the
floor. We'll do you and Dorothy think
that one hundred and fifty dollars
grow on trees? / tell you, Martha, this
nonsensical spending where Dorothy
IS concerned has got to be cut down.
II is draining me and ] can not stand
II especially the way things are now"
But, Sam" said Mrs. elusive. "how
can we deny Dorothy her childhood
pleasures? We must remember, we
were young once -"
Yes" snapped Mr. Clusiye, I'VE
were young once, but you didn't catch
any Of us spending one hundred and
fifty dollars on one evenings entertain
ment. And what is Dorothy getting
out of it all, Martha? Nothing. but
empty, noisy, shallow pleasure which
lasts but for the moment. And I tell
you frankly, Martha, money is scarce
and I've simply got to call a halt"
Enter Dorothy. dressed in a dainty
evening frock with a crimson velvet
evening wrap thrown carelessly over
her arm For the goodness sake,
Evening journal., 1917-06-02
Grace MISSIONARY
SOCIETIES ELECT

At the annual open air meeting of
the Womans Home and Foreign Mis-.
sionary Societies. OF Grace NJ. E.
Church. held yesterday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. W. ID Mullen. at
Claymont. the following officers were
elected for the foreign society: Mrs.
William A Heindle. president: Mrs.
Herbert +. Randolph and Mrs. A. A..
Wilmot, vice-presidents; Mrs T. C..
Alexander. recording secretary; Misc
Ella Riley, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Eli Mendinhall, treasurer.
For the home society the following
officers were elected Mrs Irvine NJ
Finn, president; Mrs. Herbert f.
Randolph, Mrs. Robert b. Wheeler
and Mrs. S. G. Cleaver. vice-presi-
dents: Mrs Charles N. Bradway. re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Smith Cooper.
treasurer; Mrs IL w. Kennedy, cor
responding secretary
The meeting OF the foreign society
was held first During It's session
Mrs A. J Alexander was elected a
delegate and Mrs. Louisa Winner an
alternate, TO the Philadelphia Branch
meeting. TO be held at Warren, Pa,
In October Mrs. Carl Snellenburg
was appointed chairman Of publicity
and Mrs. J. Talley Smith was appoint
I'D secretary OF tithing.
Evening journal., 1917-06-02
"SWAT TIE FLY" CAMPAIGN
CONTINUED ONE week

Owing to the wet weather OF the
past two weeks not being conducive
to the swat the fly" movement. It
was announced today that the contest
for the greatest number OF flies
caught by a student OF the public
schools ,had been extended until next
Saturday. The contest was "a have
closed at II o'clock this morning.
Dr. Myers, secretary of the Board Of
Health, stated today that letters calling
attention of the children to the fight on
the flies had been sent 10 the various
schools and the principals and teachers
were to be enlisted in the fight during
the coming week 10 urge all children 20
kill evey one of the pests that can be
found.
The child who delivers the greatest
amount of dead flies at tha Bowel Of
Health offices will receive s. in gold.
The flies will he weighed at the health
offices each day at 4 o'clock and at II
O'Clock on saturday