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Newport daily independent., 1918-06-14
PETITION FOR NEW ROAD
 IN RICHWOODS TOWNSHIP

To the Honorable Jackson County
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Feminine EXPERTS
LEAD NAVY FROnCS
Sailor Who Danced With Her
Knew Mrs. Astor Was
t'Somebody Regular"
SODA FOUNTAIN At HUT

PARIS, October (by mair-Two
New York young women and a Phila-
delphia girl have given such aid and
comfort to the United States Navy
at base port in France that Rear
Admiral Wilson says he doesn't know
what he would do without them. They
are Mrs. Vincent Aster, Mrs. Peasants
Pennington, daughter Of Walter
Damrosch, and Miss Letitia McKim,
canteen worker at the Navy Y. M. c. A.
hut.
Their tireless efforts are only a
part of the great service rendered our
fighters by the seven organizations
merged in the United States war work
campaign-the Y. NJ. c. A.. Y. w. c.
A., n ltional Catholic War Council, K.
of c., War Camp Community Service,
Jewish Welfare Board, American Lii
brary Association and Salvation Army.
To assure real Americanism at the
hut the girls installed a soda fountain.
which proved a source of great joy
to the sailors. Then the young women
started picnic. parties. Mrs. Penning
ton had charge of them, and the boys
say she is past master in the art.
Picnics for Sailors.
Three times a week she takes sixty
sailors (she calls them ''her gobs'') out
on a picnic. Sne keeps on taking sixty
men until she has cleaned up warship,
then she goes to another vessel,just to
show there is no favoritism in the
scheme. And the question of food for
sixty men onSand is not an easy one,
but by hook or crook she gets it. She
goes to all the laess sergeants she can
find and demands, begs or pleads for
bread They manage to buy some choc-
olate and cigarettes, and sometimes
they let it 60 at that Occasionally they
can buy fresh fish and cook it on the
beach where they go, but often the food
is just bread and chocolate and cigar
cites.
Next comes the question Of passes,
and If need be Mrs. Pennington goes
right up and bothers the admiral in
spite of his orders not to do so. She
then charters a trolley car, and she and
her sixty "gobs' pile into it with their
food tucked under many arms.
Once she had terrible time, for she
forgot her pass. and when her men be-
gan to pile out Of the trolley a French
officer demanded her papers. She smiled,
Evening star., 1918-10-20
MORE PLANTS BEING BUILT.
Army's Daily Hay Recompressing
CAPACITY Soon to Be 1900 Tons.

Hay-compressing plants. with q
daily capacity Of approximately 1900
tons, are being operated at the pres
ent time by the fuel and forage di-
vision of the Quartermaster Corps.
have been made for the
speedy completion of other plants,
which will bring the total daily
recompressing capacity up to 1000
tons.
Based on a month OF twenty work.
ing days, this will give an output Of
10000 tons per month. which amount
will more than meet the monthly
consumption overseas. Further recon-
pressing plants will have to be con-
structed in order to build up larger
overseas reserve stock. and every ef-
fort now is being made by the fuel
and forage division to put the con-
struction of these additional plants
into motion.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Belgians' High Spirits Stir
= Admiration of Their Allies
NS~s1S1. 0>0o ~ - .0
Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder With British,
= King Alberfs Forces Share Hon0rs of
Euicting Despised Huns.

handbag which was her only baggage.
They told me they were from small
place near Iseghem. They had slipped
out of the village when the Germans
issued an order to civilians to leave.
They had hidden in a cellar under
an abandoned farmhouse until the
Belgian troops appeared and rescued
them.
Never in my life have I seen hap
pier people than those who were later
road they were hailed by soldiers, who
were almost as pleased as the civil
ians. The COW which came through all
so nonchalantly was regarded as real
heroine.
Planned to Winter in Flanders.
The enemy did not expect to leave
Flanders this winter. If he did why
did he make such preparations as
I saw in Dedizeele for instance?
There he had begun to convert all the
houses into barracks. reinforcing the
walls and arranging smaller windows.
When he was forced to discontinue
work he left behind bricks and mixed
cement. The job will never De COM
pleted.
The prisoners in formations rang
ing from 200 to 800 were conspicuous
for their willing decorum. I saw sew
eral hundred totally unguarded led by
German officer, who knew the road
we'll as his command had recently
occupied the region. In other cases
there were only two or three British
or Belgian guards for the captives.
When I asked some of the prisoners
if they were BavarianS they seemed
insulted, drawing themselves up in
dignantly with a remark: NO, we
are PruSSianS."
None of them would admit that the
kaiser or his cabinet had accepted de-
feat or had agreed to the allied peace
terms. Such an idea was preposter-
Gus to them, much as they were
pleased at the prospect of their own
future comfort and safety in the war.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
G. o. P. OBJECTS TO ADS.

Democratic campaign advertising in
street cars and on billboards was de-
nounced by Representative Madden of
Illinois, republican. in a speech in the
House yesterday. as insinuating that
the republicans are not patriotic. He
cited a placard reading, Germany will
say you repudiated Wilson If you elect
to Congress any one not in sympathy
with his policy
Mr.. Madden declared republicans in
Congress have supported the President
more Loyalty than the democratic men,
bers. Representative Heflin of Alabama,
democrat, interrupted to deny this.
Evening star., 1918-10-20

these boys and girls are under mill
tary orders and have to report in by
$3.50, and a o'clock dance is better
than no dance at all
Does the admiral approve of such
frivolity in times Of war? You better
believe he does. He believes in any
thing that is going to give his boys
normal entertainment-any that
is going to keep his men with clean
American women and out of the
streets of a seaport town filled with
dives of the lowest order.
Admiral Wilson is for the Y. NJ.
c. A. naval hut and the Y. W. c. A.
Navy girls first. last and always.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
PROBE MAY GO OVER.
Alexander Konta Has 1nAuenza.
More Evidence From Texas.

Investigation Of brewers propaganda
may be postponed by the Senate judi
ciary committee until the Senate recon-
venes after its recess over the election.
Alexander Konta Of New York, who
is to be the first witness, has Influenza
Chairman overman Of the investigating
subcommittee said yesterday II Konta
was unable to appear next week the
postponement would follow.
Word was received yesterday from
Attorney General Looney Of Texas that
documents showing the activity OF
brewers in that state had been for
warded.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
BY e. PERCY NOEL.

CAblexrnm to The Sunday Stnr and
CAicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE BRITISH AND BEL
CLAN FORCES IN FLANDERS, Octo-
bSe 1s.-The British. Belgian and
Etsnch forces have left behind them,
surely. forever. the worst part of the
FLINDERS bogs over which they have
fought SO desperately and long, but
only in spots is the ground over which
they are now progressing firm. though
it Is quickly drying.
The British I'd Army devoted a fort
night to repairing and making roads,
digging drains and connecting up the
light standard railways with those the
enemy had left. The sappers and in
fantry improved the roads. but even
after all this it was necessary to WORK
constantly to keep the highways prac-
ticable for moving the transport.
There seems no longer to be any
distinct boundary between the brlt-
ish and Belgian areas at the 'front.', Ior
the troops whether at work or IN tne
dressing stations are interm1nsled.
Intent upon success and with COM
mon purpose they exhibit that hne
cameraderie which fighting shoulder to
shoulder produces.
. Belgians' Spirits High.
The Belgians arouse the admira-
ton of all by their high spirits. 1
passed some time with their field ar
tillerv in empiacements out of range
where the batteries were awaiting the
order to advance. An hour or so later
when 1 returned from the forward po-
sitions l found q number of pools OIL
blood in the road near the guns some
of the Belgian artillerymen were
loudly cursing the Germans VINO nao
just hit some of their men by long
range cannon, but the others were
going about their work whiStEnS as
cheerfully as before.
Though the Belgians despise the
Germans but are fair to them in uni
form, still they do not refrain from
discussing the war in their presence.
] heard one of the guards of some
German volunteer stretcher bearers
Germany now, and when we get there,
ing to a German: I'VE are going to
Germany now. and when we get there,
boom, boom!" The words were am
plified with appropriate gestures. The
German smiled either because he did
not mind or because he was incredu-
1ous.
Prisoners Garry Wounded.
Despite the casualties among the
Belgians the number of German
wounded compared favorably with
the Belgian losses. There were SO
many that the strechers were INSULT
cient, and 1 saw many of the wounded
carried down the road by German
prisoners on old doors and planks. The
men on them were mostly Germans,
for the Befgians, whose hatred of the
enemy is undiminiShed after more
than four years of time in which to
forget, believe in giving the best to
their own wounded, this applying
also to the first attention at the dress
ing stations.
More civilians were rescued from
German domination today. I was
amazed to see one Belgian woman
about thirty years of age come through
the lines leading a cow. There were
also two young men with horses and
also another carrying a Gladstone bag.
One ruddy-cheeked woman, about
twenty-three years old, held a small
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Walter Hines Page Out of Danger

NEW YORK, October 19.-The condi-
ton of.walter Hines Page, former am
bassador to Great Britain, who arrived
here recently seriously i'll with heart
trouble, is SO improved that his physi-
clans today said daily bulletins would
be discontinued. 'He is greatly i'm
proved and seems to be out Of DANGER"
the bulletin today read.
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Report in by $50.

These popular dances begin at 6
nm. and end at $3.50. Back home we
would hardly be in dancing trim at
that hour Of twilight, but most of
Evening star., 1918-10-20
Unusual Goats at
S65.OO and $1,000

At $65.00, one of duvet de laine
velour, full gathered, with large
Australian opossum collar, novel
belt and mannish pockets, in
taupe, brown and green. At 5000,
a handsome Baffin seal coat,
gathered in the back, belted,
with pockets; topped by beau
tiful black opossum collar. Sizes
for women and misses in both
styles.
Evening star., 1918-10-20

the girls have dances for the Navy
boys once a week. These dances are
run by Miss McKim, who is Of Phila-
delphia- And such dances! For part
ners she invites all the nurses in the
hospitals who are not on duty, some
of the Signal Corps girls and all other
available American girls, including
the Y. w. C. A. girls in their part1cu-
lar Navy uniforms.
After one very successful dance one
of the boys said to Bill Williams
from Walla Walla, Wash:
"Say, Eil1. do you know who that
was you were Singing around In that
last dancer"
mo, I DON'T" answered Bill.
"Well, I'll tell you then, you poor
old tub-that was Mrs. Vincent
Astor-that's who it was
"Well," declared Bill, II knew she
must be somebody regular, cause she
dances most as good as my little
Washington 'pippin back home"
Evening star., 1918-10-20
and These
Better Coats
for Women
Three Distinctive Velour
Goats at 5000

In preferred shades of navy.
green, brown, burgundy, plum,
taupe and black. One is full
gathered in back. has a large con-
vertible fabric collar, fabric cuffs
and a novelty double belt. An
other shows rich silk plush trim
mings. The third, comes with
box-paneled back, large self and
fabric collar and a l4-inch bor-
der of silk plush. Sizes for wom-
en- and misses, 16 to a.
Evening star., 1918-10-20

put down her stack Of bread, dfved
down into the pocket Of her ulster, pro-
duced a personal letter from friend in
Paris, shook it in the face of the
Frenchman and passed on with her
boys.
II wasn't going to have my boys sent
back" she said. mot if little of my
American bluff was going to get them
by. That poor stupid gendarme = he
thought it was something official. and
he couldn't read English, and he didn't
dare hold us up"
Once they get to the beach the boys
take a swim, play baseball, have beach
races. go grabbing. fishing, eat, smoke
and go back happy and tired.
Escorts Them to Dock.
DO trust those boys to get back
to the ship on timer" Mrs. Pennington
asked. mot much! escort them
right down to the dock and see every
one of them get in the tender. They
are just like lot of children, and
I'm not going to have any of them
playing hockey while they are under
my charge"
Not very far from the Y. NJ. c. A.
navy hut is gymnasium and there
Evening star., 1918-10-20

It matters little what It 10 that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need
Evening star., 1918-10-20
More Goats at
$500 and $3.50

For $500, a heavyweight, all
wool velour, made with two
panel pleats from waist line
down, mannish pockets, belt and
genuine black opossum collar.
For $3.50, an unusual model of
chamois velour, with chain
stitched patch pockets, double
belt, roll collar and pleated back.
Pekin, reindeer, green, brown,
burgundy, taupe, navy and black.
Sizes for women and misses.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Lieut.. Barker
Killed While
Burying Men

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S,-Lieut.
Fred D. Barker, of Braden, Fla, at
atched to one Of the American out
post stations near the front, has been
killed by the bursting of a shell,
while assisting in the burial of
American soldiers, a dispatch from
Paris announces. Two weeks ago
Lieut.. Barker narrowly escaped in
jury when a shell struck an automo-
bile in which he was riding with Capt
E. D. Harris, killing the driver and
severely wounding Capt. Harris.
Lieut.. Barker gave up his law prac-
tice to enter the Red Cross service,
arriving in France about four months
ago.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Warns Enemy Is
Not Yet Broken

LONDON, Oct. 29.-The military
correspondent of the British wireless
writes:
ut is dangerous as yet to consider
the German armies as definitely and
finally beaten.
"Our soldiers who are fighting their
way forward in the face of great re-
sistance know they are not dealing
with broken army. At the same
time, reliable reports are continually
arriving of increasing disaffection
among German troops. This disaf-
fection and lack Of discipline has in
many cases led to actual mutiny.
"Even so far back as June, when
the German armies were at the zenith
of their successes, a draft for an AL
pine corps from Munich mutinied
and severely wounded major. They
had to be taken back to their depot
and drafted to the front in small
patches.
"The seriousness of the situation
may be gathered from the following
extract from a German war ministry
order Of July %:
"'The excesses coming during the
transportation of reinforcements to
the line are increasing. The most
vigorous measures must be imposed.
From all quarters cases of insubor-
dination have occurred. The troops
obey neither orders nor instructions,
and they have often offered resist
ance and assaulted their superiors.'
"The order, which is signed by Won
Stein Former Prussian war minister)
concludes:
"'The essential point is that no
men shall at any time feel free from
all supervision. If necessary, resist
ance may be broken by force of arms,
requests for assistance to be sent by
wire.'"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Italian and British Troops Have
Broken Through Lines on Wide Front
(By The United Press. )

ROME, Oct 29-Itaan and British troops are continuing
their offensive in the Pave region where they broke through
the Austrian lines wide 'front.' the Italian office
nounced today the battle is proceeding front of about
fifty niles The Italians and British the Piave
the whole 30mile front between Vadobbadene Ronca
dele.
The Allies have driven great wedge into the enemy lines
northeast of revso advancing than five miles east Of the
Pave 15mie front Ten villages captured and San
Lucia, Di Piave and Vazola have been entered.
Numerous prisoners have been taken in addition to 5000
announced in yesterdays communique Italian troops have
entered the important town of Allesio Albania At t1l
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Berlin Newspapers Expose Military Coup
dEtat Planned by Ludendorf and Hin
denburg Socialists Demanding Abdi-
cation of the Kaiser.
(By The United Press. }

don from The Hague quoting the Berlin newspapers expose
Of military coup deeta planned by General Ludendorq and
Field Marshal Hndenburg to block the concessions to
President Wilson The Vorwaerz declares that constitutional
changes rushed to stae the coup de ea The
Of the alleged plot believed forced the resignation of
Ludendorq and started movement also to GUST Hnden-
burg Members Of the rechstag and the socialist press daily
demand the abdcaon of the kaiser Vocaer Dussendo
cares that it pessteny rumored that the German armie
will retire behind the Rhine.
German headquarters will be transferred to Dusseldorf
One newspaper says that civilians stampedng from the
lower Rhine region and Westphalia.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Floods Pass
Damage Light

AsHEVILLE, N. c., Oct. 81
heaviest rainfall in the history of the
Asheville weather bureau caused COM
little damage in this sec
ton of the state. The total rainfall
for the 24-hour period ending Satur-
day night amounted to 8.24 inches.
While the streams were swollen to an
extensive degree, they have now re-
ceded with very little damage to the
property along the streams.
With the exception of the Toxaway
division of the Southern railroad,
where three trestles were destroyed,
there has been but slight damage to
the railroads, and traffic has been
continued with only slight delays.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Death Comes
AS Climax To
Troubles of Family

LOCKWOOD, Tenn, Oct. 28.--
Mrs. Alice Thomas, wife of William
"a. Thomas, 105th trench mortar bat
terry, A. E. F., died here yesterday Of
pneumonia which succeeded an at
tack of influenza. Mrs. Thomas was
in her twenty-ffth year and leaves
three little sons, the oldest s.; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j.
Green, three sisters and two brothers,
the younger, Thomas, being in the U.
S. army. The story Of this family is
one of unusual sadness. The father
was drafted and sent with the first
contingent from Rhea county, leaving
the wife and mother with three small
children and an aged mother, blind
and bedfast father. One younger
brother, an employe Of the Roane
Iron company, has been the entire
support of the family and has been
i'll. Hearing of his wife's distress
the boy father, who was stationed at
Camp Sewer, having asked for fur
Tough and being denied, deserted and
walked the entire distance to see his
family. He was arrested and return
ed to Camp a prisoner and his wife's
allotment cut off. However notifca-
tion came before the death of Mrs.
Thomas that this would be shortly re-
sumed.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Unconditional Surrender of Austro-Hun-
garian Army Afeld May Result Should
Pleas Of Hapsburgs Be Not Granted by
The AIlies-Army Of Hapsburgs is Be-
ginning to Crumble
(By The United Press. )

NEW YORK, Oct 29-The Austro- Hungarian army be-
ginning to cumbe before the British and Italian attacks along
the Pave suggesting that the Hapsburg pleas for armce
not granted unconditional surrender in the field may
suit The allied advance the Pave carried the Anglo
Italians halfway to the Lvenza river This stream forms mid
the AusroHungran defense towards famous Taiamento
positions Beyond these there clean sweep Italian from
tier # Ausro-Hungary remains in the but little while
longer it will require nsuperabe effort the part of the
Allies to push their battle line well into the enemys country
once more.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Italians Advancing On 37-MiIe Front
Austro-Hungarian Lines Shattered
(By The United Press.)

ITALIAN ARMIES AFTELD, Oct 29.The Italians now
advancing continuous front of thryseven miles, extend
ing from east of Mont Spnonca to Pocandee The Austrian
lines have been completely pierced east of the Pave Italian
patrols have already crossed the Montcano river nearly
miles beyond the Piave number of additional bridges have
been thrown the Pave and these constantly being
added to engineers work like mamen Across these bridges
light infantry and other units poured all night in increasing
numbers to take the pressure against the enemy where
lines have been shattered.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
700 Penalized AS
Sugar VioIators

ATLANTA, Oct. 29.-7seven hun
dred retail grocers in Atlanta and
Fulton county have been forbidden to
sell sugar throughout the remainder
of October and the month Of Novem-
Der.
County Food Administrator Ewing
today stated the groeers had been
penalized for failing to make proper
reports to the administration cover-
ing sugar sales.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Jobbers Reject
Foe-Made Goods

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Walter
Scott, vice-president of Butler Bros,
merchandise jobbers. has announced
the concern would refuse to accept
the shipment of German-made goods
that arrived at New York port last
week on a Dutch steamer from a Hol-
land port.
Though these goods were bought
and paid for prior to the declaration
Of war and are our property, we will
have no German-made goods in our
stock" Scott said.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
German Submarines
Returning To Ports

LONDON, Oct. 28.-The white
flag reported by crews Of vessels ar
irving yesterday at Stavonger as
having been at the mastheads of sew
eral German submarines passing Kar-
mo island last Saturday, doubtless
were mistaken for the German bat
tie flag, which is white with a black
eagle in the corner. At the British
admiralty today it was thought the
boats sighted probably were return
ing to their harbors in view of the ap-
parent German policy Of submarine
activity.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29

mentions Gen. Won Lossberg, chief
of staff of the sixth army, as the
successor Of Ludendorf. Gen. Won
Lossberg is credited with being the
inventor of the movable defense
system"
George Bernhard, writing in the
Berlin Vossische Zeitung, which ac-
claiming Ludendorff as one of the
saviors of the fatherland from Cen
emy devastation" says the fact that
he conceived himself omniscient and
omnipotent brought his doom.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29

GREENVILLE, S. c., Oct. 81
With streams in this section at almost
normal levels today, sufferers from
the food that followed an unprece-
dented rainfall Wednesday and
Thursday, were endeavoring late to-
day to form an estimate of their
losses, which it is believed will ex-
coed 100000. There were no lives
lost, according to best available in
formation, although unconfrmed re-
ports are that several negroes were
drowned when their houses were
swept away.
Traffic over the Piedmont & North
ern railway, which was suspended Fri
day, was resumed today.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-29
Hindenburg
Next to Go?

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28.-The
question heard upon all sides is
whether Kield Marshal Won linden
burg will follow in the steps Of Lu-
dendorff. The Rheiniseh Westpha-
han Zeitung, of Essen, claims to
know that he win be the next sacri-
fee to the new refine.
The Essen Allgemeine zeitung