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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
American Troops Go to the
Rest Areas.

With the American Army in
France, Nov. 2l.-The move
mcnt of American troops to the
rest areas behind the former
lighting front is progressing
rapidly. The 18th, SD, Goth
aud goth Divisions have been
withdrawn from the front and
now are i'll rest camps, The
36th, S0th, Slst aud 9th Divis.
ions are marching to the rest
areas. 1t is understood that the
18th Division will be moved TO
n rest camp in Southern France.
The 5th, seth, Goth and 18th
Divisions have boon formed
into the 9TH Army Corps aud
will remain temporarily in their
old positions,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
Hold Your Liberty Bonds.

There is a notion very pre-
vnlent in the United States that
when the American soldiers re-
turn home they are going to
feel very kindly toward the
subscribers to the Liberty
Loans. Liberty Bonds are in
controyertible evidence that the
purchaser has supported his
Government, and has supported
our soldiers aboard in this war.
Keep that evidence in your pos
session until the boys come
home.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27

cuss with the allied Premiers at
Versailles the program to be
laid down for the guidance of
the peace delegates when they
meet. 1t has been suggested
that Mr.. Wilson probably will
be invited to preside ut the
opening session of the peace
conference.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
IMPROVING POWER CONDI.
TONS IN COAL MINES

Plans for the effective utiliz.
alton of purchased power in
coal mines throughout the
country and for the general inn
provement Of the power situa.
ton a. it's affects coal output
have been prepared by tho us.
Fuel Administration. The idea
Is TO link up series of agencies
beginning with the men in the
mine and extending, throug h
the Fuel Administration TO co.
operative work with the War
Industries Board the Emergen
cy Fleet Corporation, the War
and Navy Department. Detail
ed explanations OF the project
have been laid before the TWEEN.
ty eight district production
managers of the Fuel Admins
tration.
Past activities of the Fuel Al
mlnistratioA have covered these
lines in n general way, and, as
in Central Pennsylvania, have
gone farther IN the direction of
advising operators of the ele.
ments making bad power con
ditions, which in turn lower
production. The present plan
contemplates an extension of
the work done in Central Penn
sylyania with good results.
1t is proposed TO appoint in
each production district a com
mittee of three men, named by
the production manager from
the men of electrical or mechan-
zeal training in his district. The
chairman Will be known as the
United States Fuel Administra-
t'on District Power Engineer,
ana ms committee VIII see 20
'he maintenance OF good power
conui''ohS III the mines, the Of
tcient maintenance and utili.
Zat'oh OF al machinery and the
uiSscni NATION Oh Information on
'ne cil'c'oh appllcat'on OF pow
oF ana equipment
10 assistin this work there
are to be five field engineers.
who viii organize district
comn,itteas "a onnroto j., ha.l
MI. III al, )" ''"'p
mig III i'e'a work uhder SUCH
committees and respond i'm
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27

You have had the pleasure of
subscribing for Fourth Liberty
bonds and right long now you
are having the fun of paying
for them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
ID Sons in Army; II Girls in
War Work.

Raleigh, n. C.,INov. 20.-John
Ward, the Race man, of Colds
burg, has thirteen of his eigh-
teen sons IN the Ninth and Ten
th United States Cavalry, while
his seventeen daughters are
busy with war work. The facts
are vouched for by Sheriff Ri.
Edwards, of Wayne county, of
which Goldsburg is county seat.
Ward also probably holds the
record for quadruplets, says
Sheriff Edward, who gives the
record thus:
Ward was born April 81, 1886,
at Goldsburgs. He has married
three times and his last wife is
now living, His first wife bore
HIM fifteen children, four Mt one
time twice, three at one time
twice, one ut Il time once. His
second vile bore him two ut
one time twice, three at one
time once and five one at time
us present wife has bore him
oighl, one at "a time. His first
wife lived six years and three
weeks after marriage, his see
ond wife lived eight Years and
six months.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
Versailles
Prepares to Receive Delegates
to Peace Conference.

Paris, Nov. 90. The city of
Versailles is preparing to re-
ceive the delegates to the peace
conference. The deliberations
are expected to be held in the
Grand Trianon part Of the
Chateau of Versailles, once oc-
cupied by Marie Antoinette.
The priceless tapestries and
furniture removed to place Of
safety during the course of hos
tilities are now being replaced.
The gardens are being restored
and the camouilage coverings
on the statues and fountains re-
moved.
The waters of the Grand ca
nal, which also had been cam
ouiiaged in order to avert air
plane raids, are being restored
to their natural condition. "The
Hail of Mirrors" where Will
liam l proclaimed the German
empire and where the peace
treaty doubtless will be signed,
is one of the first places to be
made ready to receive the pIen
ipotentiaries. NJ. DeNolhac,
conservator of the palace, is in
charge of the preparations.
The practical details of the
congress, such as the countries
to be represented, the size of
the delegations and the voting
strength Of the countries are
the subject of much discussion
in diplomatic quarters. 1t is
the general belief that the coun-
tries to be represented will in
clude all which declared war
against the Central Powers and
those states which were formed
as Il result of the war, the
,Czecho Slavs and Jugo Slavs.
Besides Japan, the Eastern
countries will include Siam and
China. The presence of China
probably will have a bearing on
the future of kiao Chau, which
has undergone a change since
China declared war on Ger
many, thus cancelling the lease
whereby Germany held Kiao
Chau before Japan occupied the
port at the outset of the war.
The size of the delegations
doubtless will be left to the va.
rious countries, but voting
strength for all countries is con
sidered open to objection as
giving Haiti, Montenegro and
countries of that size the same
strength as Great Britain,
France, the United States and
the other great powers.
These are among the practical
details likely to be adjusted be-
fore the sessions are opened.
After the adjustment among
the Allies, it is possible that the
representatives of the Central
Powers will be called in for the
arrangement of preliminaries.
1t is expected that all the Cen.
trail Powers will be represented,
for while armistices were separ
ately signed with Germany,
Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
it is not anticipated that sepa-
rate congresses will be neces-
sary.
IL is believed that the final
conclusions will bo embodied in
two treaties, the first one to be
concluded early, covering the
larger general questions after a
more thorough discussion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27
Wilson Going
To France
will Take Part in Discussion
and Settlement Of Main
Features Of Peace
Pact.

early in December to take part
in the discussion and settle
mcnt of the main features of
the treaty of peace. His decis
ion to accept the invitation Of
the allied Premiers was made
known last night in a formal
statement from the White
House.
The President plans to S il
Immediately after the opening
of the regular session of Con
gress on December 2. How
long he will remain abroad is
not known. lie has indicated
that 1T is not his present inten-
ton to stay throughout the SEES
sion of the conference, but since
the delegates probably cannot
be assembled until late in De
cember he will be absent from
the United States for several
weeks ut least.
Mr.. Wilson will be the first
President to visit Europe and
also the first to attend peace
conference for the settlement
of issues growing out of a war
in which the United States took
part. He regards his presence
as necessary in order to obviate
the manifest disadvantages of
discussion by cable in determ
ming the greater outlines of
the final treaty.
Accompanying the President
vii! be delegates who will sit
as the representatives OF the
United States throughout the
conference. The names of these
delegates soon will be announc
ed. Secretary of State Lansing
will head the American com
missioners, and other members
probably will include Col. f.. NJ.
House, who now is representing
the government in the delibera.
tions of the supreme war coun.
Gil at Versailles; Ei,ihu Root.
former Secretary of State, and
Louis ID. Brandeis, Associate
Justice Of the Supreme Court.
No announcement of the plans
for the Presidents trip has been
made. He is expected, howev-
or, to make the voyage on
battleship, as did Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft when they
visited Panama Canal zone.
Mrs. Wilson undoubtedly will
accompany him, and his imme.
date party probably will in
clude Joseph z. Tumulty, his
private secretary; Rear Admiral
Cary L. Grayson, his personal
physician. and military and ma
val aides.
The Presidents ship will be
escorted into II French port by
French war craft and possibly
also by vessels of the British
and Italian navies. Troops to
be assigned as the guard of
honor for III e President in
France probably win consist
of units from each of the allies
armies.
The meeting between Presi.
dent Wilson and President
Pcincare will be the first be-
tween the chief executives Of
the two greatest republics and
it will be the frat time that a
President Of this country has
visited II foreign capital. Be-
fore returning home Mr.. Wilson
probably will go to London and
Brussels and possibly Rome.
He also may make a pilgrim
age to some of the battlefields
of France.
praciJo, NN;l,o-,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27

That the final responsibility
for meeting the food needs of
the nation and the world rests
upon the individual farmers in
every community is the basis of
a farm bureau membership
campaign planned for the week
of November % by farm.burtau
committeeman in New York
state. Quotas of membership
will be assigned to every coun-
ty, and the county quota will
be- apportioned to the communi-
ties. The campaign is not for
the adding of mere names to
the membership roll, but for the
enlisting of farmers who be-
lieve in q sound agricultural
war program and will support
it. Virginia should also have
such a campaign.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-11-27

7 The war has trained the
Germans to be splendid ath-
letes. They will always be
particularly good in running.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-11
REJOICES OVER
END OF TROUBLE
Mrs. Mckenzie Tells How She
Had Suffered Ever Since
Childhood.

"l avn '1'r,y-i5ur pound, heavier
than WIS when ! began taking Tan
lac and ] jus, can't express the joy 4
isel over my wonderful recovery" nil
Mrs Emily Mckenzie. S04 Fast Second
street. Fort Worth. TcNa,
Ever since / was a child I had bee.
afflicted with caaub.' she continued
about two years ago my stomach be-
gan 20 ge' uu, a order and everything
| ate would sour and form gas that
burned and distressed me until | hard
Is got any sleep or rest day or night
Wv kidneys worried me constantly and
my back hurt until couldn't draighten
up without It hurting me until would
cry ou, loud with pain. Ny feet and
ankles were swollen and gave mr. a 10,
NJ trouble and WAS IV ID mighty bad
shape every way
'Ny friends recommended Tanlac 10
me and began to AXE u and have
improved since the very start. Nv
stomach is entirely relieved oi all that
gaN,y upset condition and ! can eat
anything ! want without trouble The
kidney disorders have disappeared. the
radrrh does not bother me like IL did
and ! am feeling 50 strong tha, lust
van, 20 tell everybody about my fecov-
ey and how much Tanag has don, Tor
me
Iauiac i' sold IN Oklahoma City by
the Wes,iall Drug Co and leading
druggists and dealers everywhere
(Advl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-11
ALFALFA COUNTY
FIRST OVER TOP



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The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14

at Dixmude. I said: Feet, do your duty" They did it and ] flew ID the fiddley. I never wanted 10 see that stoke hole again.
 I sneaked up to where the rest of the fellows were and the guards drilled us into No. hold There was nothing but ammunition ip 1t. They battened the matches down on US, which made the hold waterproof. And as that made it practically airt1ght the only air the 5S0 of us got was through the ventilators. That hold was eee- tainly foul.
 They next day some of the men had got cigarettes somewhere. In 9 few minutes they as well as the rest had lit up and were puffing away in great style. I divided a cigarette with an other fellow. Remember. we were Sit ting and standing on ammunition all this time. It shows how nuch we cared whether school kept or not. {.
 The Germans saw the smoke con- ing out of the ventilators and they were crazy with fright. A gang of
  them laid below and roasted us out with whips.
 They lined us up on deck and read us the riot act.
 They drilled us down into the coal bunkers. It was simply terrible there. Coal dust to breathe and eat and sleep on.
 Also, by this time some of the oeu had lost their heads completely; in fact, had gone violently crazy, and the rest of us were afraid of them We were all thinking of the fight that might occur any moment between the .Yarrowdale and some other vessel and we knew we were in the likeliest place for the vessel to be struck. 1igen though we were not hit anidsbips if the ship were sinking we did not think the Germans would give us chance to escape. We figured from what they had said that we would go down with the ship. And going down on ship in which you are prisoner ls quite diff. ferent from going down with one for which you have been fighting You arrive at the same place, bat the feel ing is different
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14
 CHAPTER N4l.
Landed in GerzrlarlaL-


 They had coolie crew ou fine Ynr- rowdale and when they routed them on deck the coOlies began to pray nud though it is nothing to laugh af I could not help but chuckle at the way some of them went about talking 10 fhelr various gods. They were beginning to smell danger and were pretty nervous. Every one of the coolles had ! cane and a pair of Palm Beach trousprs. The Huns were loading them n the ifeboats to be taken back to the Moewe with their sea bags and oue of them got too nervous and was slow about getting into the lifeboat, 50 the Germans shot him without saying a word.
 Then the Germans called out inc names of those who had volunteered to go stoking and this included ne. We were drilled down the fiddley into tue fire room. The fiddley is shaft that runs from the main deck of q ship 10 the engine room. 1 looked arouud bit and saw German standing aof very far from the fiddley, so ] asked him if we would be given shoes Els said no. Then I asked him if we had to fire in our fare feet and .he said yes-that we did not need shoes Then he went into the engine room
 I looked at the narrow passage be went through and at the marrow pas sage of the fiddley 10 the main teek and I talked to my feet like ] nsed to
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14

Jumps of coal in their hands. We got so we would not go near each other for fear we were running into a crazy man. Those of us who were sane collected as near the fiddley as we could, and we would not let the others get near us, but showed them back or shied Jumps of coal at them. And every once in while some one of us would begin to act queer May be he would let out a howl suddenly, without any warning Or he would just quit talking and begin to sneak around. Or he would squat down and begin to humble. We could not tell
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14

have done to win the commenda- tion of officials of the United States Food Administration. Sev. eral months ago. during the four shortage. State Food Admlnis- trator Williams asked the people of the state to return all flour over a thirty days supply. Ev cry one had, as in previous years bought enough four to last them for months, and especially was that true in the rural districts. When the call to return flour came, though, the people re- sponded nobly In all, 10, ,567 bar rels of four was turned over to the government, which was pur- chased at cost by the Inter. Al lied Purchasing Commission, shipped to New Orleans, where 1t was resackcd and sent abroad That four filled a train of 129 cars and was more flour than was returned by all the other states in the Union combined.
 Arkansas is mighty glad of the opportunity at the dawn of peace". said State Food Admins trator Williams, to make this Christmas gift to American sol diers in France We give them one million pounds of sugar. while they have been giving their blood and lives for us I1 is not the amount that counts as it is the fact that no soldier will be overlooked, for that million pounds of sugar, we are inform ed, will give each one in the American Expeditionary Force one pound box of candy on Christmas day.
 Those boys all look the same to the people of Arkansas. The big thought IS that the candy will go to the son of a millionaire as we'll as the son of a poor wid ow, or that boy, possibly, who has no one to remember him on Christmas day. There are many, many soldiers in France whose
 relatives at home are either too poor to send them a Christmas
 rememb rance or who do not, in spite of all that has been publish ed on the subject, realize exactly what is necessary in order to have 8 Christmas box reach their boys. That pound of candy from the people of Arkansas will prove they are not forgotten or overlooked Furthermore, what Arkansas is doing is little enough in comparison to the su- preme sacrifice those boys have been making for us There are over S0,000 Arkan- sas boys now in France. The fact that the people of the state are to provide this sort of a Christmas gift is more than pleasing to those who receive each month from the State Food | Administration certificates to purchase sugar Itis from those lclasses, the essential and less es
 sential, that reduction will be made, but the best evidence that
 they are wiling to participate in
 this gift is seen in letters reach
 ins headquarters in this city
 heartily commenting the idea.
 To all who contribute their quota of the one million pounds of su- gar, an official souvenir will be sent, which is suitable for tram ing and which the donors will be proud to exhibit to the soldier
 boys when they return to their old home town.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14
Pershing's Gratitude
B. F. France

B. E. France Williams, Ark Food Adm'r
 Little Rock Ark, U. S. A.
 Please convey to the people of Arkansas our grateful thanks for their generosity to the Amer ican Expeditionary Force. Their act of self-denial in offering one quarter of their November allot- ment of sugar to provide candy for the troops is a Christmas gift that warms the hearts of all and makes us still more thankful for American ideals and. more proud of our people whose bat ties we are fighting.
 PRESSING
 Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 12- The foregoing cablegram receiv ed by State Food Administrator Hamp Williams is acknowledge ment from General John Persn- ing of message sent him by MT. Williams, stating that the people of Arkansas were willing to play Santa Claus to the Aperican sol diers in France and would. out of their November allotment of sugar, take one million pounds, have that sugar transferred to candy manufacturers, made into candy and sent to the boys over there".
 Some time ago General Persh- ing wired a request that more sugar be released to candy man ufacturers in the United States for sweets for overseas shipment, and the people of Arkansas, thru the State Food Administration, is going to make it possible for every American soldier, whether officer or "doughboy", on Christ mas morning, to receive a one pound box of candy as Arkansas Yuletide rememberance. The one million pounds of sugar that Arkansas will take out of it's all lotment will make over two mil lion pounds of candy.
 Officials of the United States Food Administration in Wash ington, in appreciation of this sacrifice on the part of the peO- pie of this state, are determined that the recipients of this candy will know from whence it came. They have instructed the candy manufacturers to place inside each of the two million and more one pound boxes printed slip stating that this extra allotment of candy. enough to give each American soldier in France one pound box on Christmas day, comes from the people of Arkan sas, who cheerfully gave one mil lion pounds of sugar in order to make this gift possible.
 1 So far as is known this is be- lieved to be the first time the people of any one state endeav- ored to remember those in the country's army at Christmas. Officials declare this act will go down in history as a glorious ex republication of service and sac rifice. However, itis not the first l big thing the people of Arkansas
The Carlisle independent., 1918-11-14
Special attention giveh
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FOR SALE

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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-09

PARIS. Agosto Sci ataque en-
(Crendido por los ingleses Y ~franceses
en- el sector c~omprendido entire Al
berto Y Moutdidier, parece que coglo
enteramante por sorpresa a los ale
names, pues las tropas aliadas le H.
cioron al enemigo IN regular numero
de rrisioneros. Una division alemana
fue sorprendida por Ia maniobra,
cuando venia q r~sievar a otra division
en- la Inca del frente.
Las noticias r~ec;bides hasta el me-
do dia, ind!caban que Ia ofensiva es-
taba desarrollandosa favorabiemete
para los aliados, el promcdio del avan-
&c hecho hasta esa bora, era de dos y
media miLlas. en- IN frente de POGO
| mas de % millas de extension.
En- algunos puntos los aliados ha-
bian avarzado hasta tres millas Y lie
habian capturado al enenigo n cor
siderable ca1tidad de material de que
ira.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-08-09
Kerensky no Uendrd
los Estados Unidos

Del !servicio Especial de IA PRENSA'
LONDRES, Agosto Sill diarlo
"Manchester Guardian" publica en- 81
edici6n de hoy, una noticia diciendo
que Alexandra F. Kerensky. e. ex-
Primer Ministro ruso que desde hace
algunos dias Sc e~ncuentra pasando
ternporada en- una grania de este
nais, ha declarado que no {, % por
ahora IA intenci6n de visiCar rs rs"
tados Unidos.