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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
Capt. Wallace meets Eleanor,
whom he finds to be q center of
attraction. He also reneWts his
acquaintance with KeIIerman, in
whom he Immediately diseerns
an antagonist.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
HOW VICTORY WILL BE WON
National Determination to Put Every
Ounce of Strength Into Righteous
Cause Will Bring Triumph.

Suppose we send 10000 bombing air.
planes over Germany. They alone viii
not win the war. Ten Thousand or
fifty thousand tanks alone will not win
the war. A thousand land battleships
or thousand other fearful land cruisa
ers alone will not win the war. Rain
ing death and destruction upon the
civil population as rule has only one
result: 1t infames the people to
greater deeds, to greater sacrifices, to
greater hate, to greater determination
to win the war. France, England and
Italy are shining examples of this. No,
any one invention Is not likely to win
the war. Some day, perhaps, someone
will invent an atomic ray which Is
capable OF pulverizing whole regiments
at stroke. Nothing Of this sort is
impossible. But it Is not very prob
able. Rather 1t is the whole-hearted
devotion of the noncombatants to a
great and just cause that win win the
war. The nation that can throw into
the scales the greatest amount Of war
Implements, the heaviest weight. Of
metal, the greatest amount of fighters,
coupled with prodigious use of all Of
the best war inventions, will win in
the end-providing that every man and
woman. behind the lines constantly
thinks and dreams Of war and victory
and Is prepared to put every last ounce
of strength as well as all worldly be-
Ion uinp pq into fhp rfrffaoits raI1Sn xu3tI1
out stint or restraint. The greatest
war invention is the fiery, undying win
to win.-Electrical Experimenter.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
WAGE WAR ON GRAsSH0PPERS
California Authorities Devlslna Ways
and Means to Protect Agrleultur-
al Lands From Pest.

County horticultural commissioners
throughout California have been asked
to forward information on the grass
hopper pest reported prevalent in a
number of districts, particularly in
northern California, to George n.
Hecke, state horticultural commits
sioner.
Fragmentary reports received at
Hecke's office have indicated that
large swarms Of grasshoppers have
infested agricultural districts in SUIT
ter. Modoc Lassen, Butte and other
counties and have caused considerable
damage to crops.
One Of the best methods of EXTERN
ination, an official said, is the spread
ing of poisoned bran mash, which the
hoppers devour quickly. Burning of
the grass also Is an effective means,
but the fire menace at this season
necessitates the exercise of greatest
caution.
Narrowing, by which means the
eggs Of the hoppers are brought to the
surface to be eaten by ants or other
insects and flooding the ground also
are advocated to prevent Matching.
The enforcement of laws for the
curbing Of pests is vested In the coun-
ty horticultural commissioners, but in
cases where the menace to crops is
extensive the state commission coop
crates in a concerted campaign Of ex-
termination. as was done this spring
when the statewide rodent drive was
conducted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

he knew that, IL ever war came, he
could obtain an appointment to it.
81 am sure that my father will prove
to have been a brave soldier" said
Eleanor. clasping her hands eagerly.
"And sometimes" she continued, II
think that there must have been a
great mystery about him."
'Why?" demanded Mark, startled.
Because of the man who watches
for me-"
Watches for your It is imagina-
ton, Eleanor"
She shook her head. "Pve seen him
three or four times" answered the
girl. He waits at places that we pass
when we go out together. And he
watches me then, though he never at
tempts to speak to me-"
"And you've told Miss HarperT
mo, Uncle Mark. She would think
was hysterical," answered the girl,
shrewdly.
Mark could see that, but he was
certain that it was hysteria, that the
idea had come to the child as the re-
suit of brooding over the mystery of
her parentage. The entrance of the
lady principal put an end to their con-
versation. Mark rose reluctantly. His
visit had been all too brief, and it
might be years before he saw the girl
again.
well, Eleanor, this Is au revoir,'
he said. Perhaps for years."
She looked at him in sudden alarm.
you are not coming back before you
leave for the West, Uncle Mark?" she
asked.
"They won't allow me the time.
have to go to Washington tomorrow
and then back to Texas"
She returned no answer, but went
with him to the house door, and turned
and faced him there. pulling at the
lapels of his coat.
"Send me a new photograph, Cap
tain Mark" she said. "I'm not going
to call you, Uncle Mark any more"
"An older one?' asked Mark, laugh
ing, though he had strange sinking
at his heart. This child epitomizet
home to him, and he had been home
less since boyhood.
"You must forgive me-" she said, {
little wistfully. Captain Mark
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

81 Know That She Was MY Mother"
there's something / want awfully to
say to you, but 1t takes a lot of cour-
age" she added.
"Tell me just the same" answered
Mark. You know, my dear, want
you to have everything you wish for.
And If Major Howard won't give 1t to
you, you just let me know. He has as
sumed the responsibility for your up
bringing, and I'm going to have the
fun of giving you pleasure"
Its something that Major Howard
can't give me, Captain Mark"
"Can IT.
"Yes," she said in a low voice, pull
ing at his coat, and suddenly raising
her eyes to his. Mark Wallace saw the
soul of mature woman look out of
the eyes of the child. "When I'm old
er and have put my hair up, and wear
long dresses-when I'm eighteen, say.
II want you to marry me. Captain
Mark"
She was gone in a flash, running
along the corridor, while Mark Wal.
lace stood dumfounded at the door,
hearing her footsteps grow fainter as
she hurried into the recesses Of the
Misses Harpers' School for Select
Young Ladies.
Mark went down the walk like q
man dreaming. 1t was absurd it was,
perhaps, characteristic of the girls age
and temperament; and yet, in spite OF
the absurdity. Captain Mark Wallace
felt as II he had suddenly regained
the grimy little child whom he ha6
found upon the hillside in front oi
Santiago. and lost again.
As he reached the gate he saw 9
man watching him from the bend Of
the road. Something OF furtiveness IL
the mans posture made him whee
sharply round; then he remembered
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
Old Enuiish Furniture.

That fine old furniture Is yet found
in Britain in many unexpected places
is said to be largely due to the stir
ring up of the country that was given
by the great exhibition at London Of
1851. This was soon after the devei-
opment of the railway system in Eng
land, and there accked to London, a
large number OF squires and their
wives. A new world had opened to
the country DANES. The new things
had wonderful fascination for them.
On returning home they got rid Of
much of their old furniture and
bought new. Much Of the old furni-
ture found its way to secondhand
shops, and was sold to poor folk, who
could not afford to buy new. This ac-
counts for the finding today of much
good old furniture In small houses in
provincial towns and among country
people.-Indianapolis News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
Boring Pole Holes.

The tiresome and time consunaing
work Of digging holes for telegraph
and electric service poles is now at an
end. says Scientific American. At least,
there has been evolved a gasoline
driven earth-boring machine which
makes an average boring time per hole
Of one and one-half to two minutes.
The equipment Is mounted on horse
drawn truck and Is operated by two
men. In ordinary soil 1t maintains an
average Of 100 holes per day. each
measuring five feet deep by "a inches
In diameter. The equipment consists
of truck, which carries gasoline en-
gine, driving mechanism and a huge
auger which Is slowly rotated and fed
downward. The augers are furnished
in sizes from 2 to "a inches.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
CHAPTER w,

And the years passed, and Mark
Wallace grew grayer and older, and
more set and dispirited, with long al
ternating intervals of resignation,
when he took life as he found it and
was satisfied. But he always came
out of these into brief periods Of un-
rest, with the sense that he had awak-
ened from some lethargy that was
damning his soul as the alkali and the
winds of the plains had scanned his
face and taken the last particle es his
youth away.
Now in Texas, now in Arizona, LOW
In some lonely border post in the
freezing Northwest, he remained cap
tain. He had no friends in Washing
ton. In time-in long time he would
reach his majority, no doubt, to be re-
lieved soon after, and waddle, with
stout old majors of his own age, into
ornate clubs In army centers not quite
so far removed from civilization. He
looked upon this prospect with ironical
patience, and now and then asked
himself the unanswerable question
why he had remained in the army.
Eleanor was grown up and domiciled
permanently in Colonel Howard's town
house, and her letters had grown more
infrequent and perfunctory, until their
arrival became a quarterly affair in.
stead of a monthly event, and not al.
ways that, either.
And by and by the feeling came
over Mark that If ever he were to see
her again there would remain no com.
mon link between them. From doubt.
ing his future he had come to doubt
himself. He doubted whether the des-
ert life had not blunted him, blunted
his finer instincts, and made him unfit
for social life-certainly rendered him
unfit for the guardianship Of young
| girl.
But that he had relinquished to Col
onel Howard-grudgingly but uncom-
promisingly. Never in any of his let
ters did he put forward the shadow
of his former claim.
Then, swiftly, and unexpectedly,
chance turned and beckoned him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

Driven by storm from a height OF
5000 feet into the Everglades of Flor
ida, Lieutenant Smith, an aviator sta
toned at Carlstrom field, Miami, was
forced to add to his startling expert
ences the prospect of starvation in a
trackless swamp, infested with snakes
and alligatOrs. He and his passenger,
Sergeant O'Connor, were rescued by
Seminole Indians, after having wan
dered through the Everglades for two
days without food or water.
The airplane in which Lieutenant
Smith and Sergeant O'Connor were at
tempting to fly over the Everglades
was submerged in the mud and water
and somewhat damaged, but later was
put in order and sailed forth once
more, to the great wonder of the Semi
noleS.
Lieutenant Smith had undertaken
the work of photographing a shorter
line of flight over the Everglades to
Fort Meyers, and was on his mission
at the time of his adventure. He had
reached an altitude of 1000 feet above
the great swamp when he observed a
storm approaching from the south and
changed his course to the southwest in
an effort to avoid it. Finding this i'm
possible, he veered to the west and at
tempted to climb above it. At 5000
feet, however, he encountered terrific
wind from the north which tossed the
plane and twice turned it almost com.
pletely on it's back
The motor cut out twice and Lieu.
tenant Smith had to put the plane in
nose dive to clear itself. Suddenly
the machine broke through the clouds
and the swamps appeared just below.
The motor was still giving trouble and
the pilot was compelled to land. He
continued his flight along Il We shallow
and open places fringing t se swamp
but the gas gave out and he came down
4S miles west of Miami. In the land
ing Sergeant O'Connor's lips were cut
and he was bruised about the body and
legs. Lieutenant Smith was only
slightly bruised.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
Had Elenb.nt. Break stem.

1t is q tradition among newspaper
men-and one that may be founded on
fact-that in the old days when Bar
NUNS elephants were marched across
the Brooklyn bridge, In the quiet
hours before daybreak, the keepers
were Instructed to prevent the huge
animals from keeping step lest the su-
proposition Of strong vibrations might
injure the structure.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

Subscriptions to the fourth Liberty
loan from men in the United States
army at home and abroad total $75,.
54O,55O, including 2,4O0, 800 from those
in the American expeditionary forces
nFrance and $263, 100 from those in
Siberia. This is three times the amount
subscribed by the army to the third
Liberty loan.
ment have to date bought a total of
$197, 100000 for the four Liberty loans,
or an average of $49, $50, 900 for each
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
A MornIno Breeze.

The Jokesmith's Wife e a. ny
cav, en- on to bed, you'll Want to
sit up all night knocking the wealth
er and US poor girls" Well, what
though the temperature was 100 de.
grees In the dark. the little remark
caused a temporary GOODNESS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
A EIohtjnn kanasn

An Atchison man has figured in SO
many church rows his wife has put
a service flag In thN windows-ltAacx
Globe.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

EieanOr's words and started In haste
toward him. But the man shambled
off at quick gait and when Mark
reached the bend he could see no
body.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15


Vaccination against pneumonia is
available for every officer, enlisted
man and employee of the army in the
United States, and it is believed by
medical officers that if they avail them
selves, of this protective remedy the
prevalence and deadliness of this dis
ease will be far less this winter than
last year.
One of the most severe tests of the
vaccine was its administration to 12,-
600 volunteers at one of the army
camps. During the following ten weeks
until these troops went overseas not a
single case of pneumonia developed
among them. In the last two years
pneumonia has caused more deaths
than any other disease.
The vaccine is for administration to
healthy persons to prevent the de-
velopment of certain types of pneu-
monia. 1t is not intended for treat
ment after the disease has been con-
tracted. 1t Is in no sense a cure for
pneumonia.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15
Daily Thouoht,

There is no virtue 80 truly great and
Godiike as justice.-Addison.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

States, municipalities and private
concerns have given to the government
free use of hospitals and other insti-
tutiOns that will accommodate more
than 10000 sick and wounded soldiers,
and the war department has leased
other public and private buildings that
will add facilities for the care of 1900
more.
To fit some of these buildings for
use as hospitals alterations costing
about $995,000 will have to be made.
These alterations will be undertaken
at once, so that most of the buildings
will be ready for occupancy by Janu-
ary 1, 1919.
The st. Louis sanitarium, one of the
finest buildings of it's kind in the coun-
try, is among the institutions which
have been made available to the gov
ernment without charge. Only minor
alterations will be necessary to pro-
vide accommodations for 1900 soldier
patients.
Other institutions which have been
offered free of rental to the govern
ment for the purpose are the Ohio
Hospital for the Criminal Insane at
Lima; the State School for the Deaf,
Columbus; the State hospital at Nor
folk, Mass. model factory at Cleve-
land and completely appointed hos
pital built by Henry Ford in Detroit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15


Five millions of rations for Ameri-
can fighters in France are now being
packed and ready for .hipment. They
are to be placed in air-tight contain
ers and then Grated in heavy wood
boxes. In each. container there is suf>
ficient food for "a men for one day.
The packing of this ration is de-
signed to protect the soldier from hard
ships in the trenches or at sea. The
selection of canned meats illustrates
the care with which the food products
of this ration are packed. The timed
meat packing methods of the United
States have been studied by experts
so that only the best products of the
packers will be chosen. o3z. 49,
In addition to meats, the ration will
include cigarettes sufficient for days
smoke for "a men; salmon, soluble cof-
fee, salt, pepper and hard bread. Prac-
tically all of these are packed sepa-
rately in air-tight containers to resist
gas attack.
To provide speedy and eH1clent rel1ef
for American soldiers and sailors who
may be in distress through the tor
pedoing or wrecking of ships, the
American Red Cross has organized a
bureau of emergency service in Eng
land to cooperate with the army and
the navy and with American consuls.
1t was disclosed by the recent cam
pa1gn in behalf of the fourth Liberty
loan that &C, ,496 persons are employed
in the various branches of the war
department in Washington. OF this
number 6,705 are in the Office of the
chief of staff.
Twenty-six mobile laundry units
have already been sent to France and
other shipments are going forward
at the rate of about four week for
use in the II divisional camps over
seas Each mobile laundry unit con-
sists of a steam tractor, four trailers
which carry the laundry machinery
and equipment, and one supply truck.
The steam tractor hauls the laundry
unit to the point where it is to oper-
ate and then furnishes steam and
power for the four trailerS, which
constitute the laundry.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-15

In one week three big American
plants turned out IA complete locomo-
lives of standard guage for operation
in this country and in France. This
number is twice the average weekly
output of these plants for the eight
years preceding last August. A still
higher rate of production is expected
in the next three months. The weight
of these engines ranged from SO to 15C
tons each.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
ONE DEAD, ONE HURT
WHEN CAR SKIDS

Chillcothe, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Luey Ba.
ker. who lived with his mother on a
farm two miles west of Hickory, is
dead, and Clay Whorton, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Whorton, is injured
as a result OF motor car accident
Thursday night four and one-half
miles southwest of Trenton. The &C
cident occurred at 1870 on the Tren.
ton-Hickory (north) road.
Baker and Whorton with two other
men were returning to their homes
in Hickory from Trenton. when the
wheels Of the car entered number
of deep ruts in the road and a skid
followed. it is presumed The weight
was thrown against the front wheel
of the left side, causing the wheel to
collapse. 1t is said the car overturned
three times. eventually resting with
the rear wheels over the edge of the
culvert. six feet above the ground.
Lucy Baker was born in Grundy
county July 8. 1896 He, with a
younger brother and mother, lived on
the home farm west of Hickory. His
father is dead. series of accidents
have attended the family: One son
fell dead from railroad hand car,
another was knocked down and killed
by a motor truck in California last
summer; the young man at home had
a depression in the chest which is said
to have been caused by an accident in
early life. His mother. Mrs. Nancy
Baker is supposed to be crippled.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
STATE COLLEGE
HAS BIRTHDAY

Iowa City, Feb. 27.-The state uni
versity celebrated it's seventy first
birthday here today from 10 to -
ticipated in by students, faculty and
townspeople. Iowa and War was
the theme of the impressive program
held in natural science auditorium.
The states new war flag contrib
uted by the D. A. RS and approved
by the Iowa council of defense last
May. was given its first public airing
within the state. Two Of the flags,
along with the University's giant SER
vice flag and the American flag, oc-
cupied conspicuous positions in the
elaborate scheme of decorations. Mrs.
Dixie Gebhardt Of Knoxville, regent Of
the Iowa D. A. RS, designed the flag
and Mrs. H. J. Prentiss, wife of the
university doctor, has been in charge
Of the raising of the funds necessary
for its distribution among Iowa war
bodies
BENZ. F. Shambaugh, head Of the de-
partment of political science, also
state historian, opened the program
of speeches with an account of the
part played by the state of Iowa and
the state university in the previous
wars of the United States. The main
address was given by President
Laenas G. Weld, Of Pullman institute
Chicago, connected with the univer-
sity from 1886 to 1911 as professor of
mathematics, instructor in engineer
ing, dean Of the graduate college and
dean Of the college Of liberal arts.
His subject was Patriotism
Captain Percy Bordwell and Arthur
C. Trowbridge. two of the universitys
faculty who are now in war work,
presented the viewpoints of the SOL
der and Of the Y. NJ. c. A. The
former is an infantry captain at Camp
Dodge and the latter is Y. NJ. c. A.
educational director at the same
place. President w. A. Jessup, the
last speaker on the program, des-
cribed the patriotic aspect of the pro-
sale duties connected with ordinary
industry and the obtaining Of an
education and pleaded for further
support Of government campaigns for
money.
The university band under the d.
rection of DR.. O. e. Van Doren and
the university glee club directed by
Prof. W. E. Hays furnished the music
for the occasion. Seventy-one candles,
each representing a year in the his
tory Of the university, formed line
which extended across the front Of
the rostrum.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01

unless the situation changes material
ly. will be message of war, not O
peace.
Count Won Hertling's protested &C
ceptance of the four principles of E
democratic peace enunciated by the
president has not convinced Mr.. Will
son and his advisers that Germany is
ready to forego ambitions of conquest
Other parts of the chancallors speech
are regarded as conclusive proof that
Germany contemplates retaining CO..
troll in one form or another, of nearly
all the foreign territory she now oc'
cupies.
MUST FIGHT ON
The choice left the allies is between
making peace with an aggrandized
Germany, in possession of vast addi.
tional resources for renewing the as.
sault on democracy, and fighting on,
no matter how long, until Germany
bows to the will of the world.
There is no doubt here that the
choice Of the nations allied against
Germany will he to fight on.
II is not unlikely that the United
States and the allies will unite in call
in" the chancel'or's bluff regarding
acceptance Of the presidents four
PRINCIPLES. Before making reply
Mr. Wilson will consult England.
France and Italy upon the policy to be
pursued.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
UNIQUE MEETING
AT NORTH ENGLISH

North English. Feb. 27.-An uniue
community meeting was held at the
Christian church last Sunday after
noon and drew a record audience near
~ 500 people attending. The program
consisted entirely OF old time melodies
and was presented in four groups. First
n crop of love songs. then a series Of
negro melodies. These were followed in
turn by group OF old Irish melodies.
and a number of the songs of England
Special selections were furnished by
the North English orchestra, by the
mems chorus and by double mixed
quartet.
The superintendent of the North
En~lish schools. Prof. L. II. Davis was
called to the platform and read two
selections from Riley. Prof. Davis was
compelled to return to the platform by
the insistent encores Of the audience.
Frank Lown gave recitation that he
had learned and spoken fifty-five years
ago. This selection was a democratic
arraignment of the Lincoln admins
tration and was delivered at Nillers-
burg school "speakin' in the spring of
1863.
Mrs Warren Thomas presided over
the meeting which was held under the
auspices of the Ladies' FOrtnightly
club