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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
CHAPTER XVI.
All Quiet ~ on the Western Front.

All Quiet ~ on the Western Front.
At brigade headquarters l happened
to overhear a conversation between our
G. o. c. general officer commanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the first of July the
"big push" was to commence.
In a few days orders were issued to
that effect, and it was common prop.
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon Of the eighth day of
our "strafeing," Atwell and I were sit
ting In the frOnt-line trench smoking
flags and making out our reports of the
previous nights tour Of the trenches,
which we had to turn In to headquar-
tiers the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
60 over on a trench raid that night to
try and get few German prisoners for
information purposes. l Immediately
volunteered for this job, and shook
hands with Atwell, and went to the
rear to give my name to the officers in
charge Of the raiding party.
was accepted, worse luck.
At 9:45 that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in semicircle around him, and he
addressed us as follows:
"All want you boys to do is to go
over to the German lines tonight, sur
prise them, secure couple Of prison
ers, and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section of
the line for two days and personally
believe that that part Of the German
trench is unoccupied, so just get cou-
pie Of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, In an I'M
dertOne, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank, how are we going to get
couple Of prisoners if the old fool
thinks personally that that part Of the
trench is unOccupied, kind of
fishy, doesn't it mater"
had a funny sinking sensation in
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as If
it weighed about ton and my enthusi-
assn was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned in his direction and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17

we IOOleu the Germans several ulneS
This was accomplished by throwing
an intense barrage into his lines
then using smoke shells we would put
a curtain of white smoke across No
Mans Land, completely obstructing
his view Of our trenches, and
would raise our curtain Of fire
as If in an actual attack. All
down our trenches the men would
shout and cheer, and Fritz would turn
loose with machine-gun, rifle, and
shrapnel fire, thinking we were com.
ing over.
After three or four of these dummy
attacks his nerves must have been
near the breaking point.
On June "a, 1915, at $40 in the
morning, our guns opened up, and hell
was let loose. The din was terrific, q
constant bOom-boom-bo in your ear.
At night the sky was a red glare.
Our bombardment had lasted about
two hours when Fritz started reply
ing. Although we were sending over
were heavy. There was constant
stream of stretchers coming out of the
communication trenches and burial
parties were common sight.
In the dugouts the noise of the guns
almost hurt. You had the same sensa-
ton as when riding on the subway you
enter the tube under the river going
to Brooklyn--a sort of pressure on the
ear drums, and the ground constantly
trembling.
The roads behind the trenches were
very dangerous because Boche shrap-
mel was constantly bursting over them.
We avoided these dangerous spots by
crossing through open fields.
The destruction in the German lines
was awful and I really felt sorry for
them because I realized how they must
be clicking it. -.
From our front-line trench, every
now and again, we could hear sharp
whistle blasts in the German trenches.
These blasts were the signals for
stretcher bearers, and meant the
wounding or killing of some German in
the service of his fatherland.
Atwell and 1 had tough time of 1t,
patrolling the different trenches at
night, but after awhile got used to it.
Ny old outfit, the machine gun COM
pany, was stationed in huge elephant
dugouts about four hundred yards be-
hind the front-line trench-they We're
IN reserve. Occasionally would stop
in their dugout and have confab with
my former mates. Although we tried
to be jolly, still, there was a lurking
feeling Of impending disaster. Each
man was wondering, if, after the
slogan, "Over the top with the best Of
luck" had been sounded, would he still
be alive or would he be lying "some-
where in France" In an old dilapidated
house. the walls of which were Scared
with machine-gun bullets, No. 3 sec
ton Of the machine gun company had
its quarters. The company's cooks pre-
pared the meals in this billet. On the
fifth evening Of the bombardment a
German eight-inch shell registered
direct hit on the billet and wiped out
ten men who were asleep in the sup
posedly bomb-proof cellar. They were
buried the next day and I attended the
funeral.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF AID.
s.." MINISTRATOR.

State of Iowa, Delaware County, SIS
Notice is hereby given, that the IN
dersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified as Administrator Of the es-
tate Of Nellie Masters, late Of Los An
geles County, California. deceased. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment
and those having claims against the
same will present them duly authenti-
Gated, to the undersigned for allow
ance.
A. S. BLAIR
Dated June 18th, 1918.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages. and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces OF the System thereby de-
,stroying the foundation Of the disease.
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in the curative
powers OF Halls Catarrh Cure that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Ohib. Sold by all Druggists 76c.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17

DR. G. NJ. MORGAN.
ASSISTANT STATE VETERINARIAN.
Hospital on Delaware Street. Calls an
swered day or night. Phone 41A. Man.
chester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17

C. X. READING, ARCHITECT.
Plans and specifications on all kinds
of work. Office sos East Union street,
Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
His Last Resort, Maybe.

There's one New York man who evil
IDENTITY believes the courts to be omnip-
otent. He has trustingly asked that
an order be issued, compelling his wife
to keep quiet.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
Taking a Nap.

Nan was sitting on one of the small.
est first-grade chairs with her legs
crossed. After a while she extended
them gingerly and exclaimed to the
teacher: 'Oh, my feet have gone to
bed"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
Old Chinese Writings.

The British museum contains the
Oldest known examples Of Chinese
writing in the form of animals bones
inscribed with characters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF COR.
P0RATI0N.

Notice is hereby given that the Man.
chester Cement Products Company OF
Manchester, Iowa, a corporation, has
been dissolved by unanimous consent
of its stockholders, and by resolution
of its board of directors at a special
meeting called for the purpose, held
June 10Th, 1918.
Dated June 25th. 1918.
C. K. READING,
80. President.
J. C. NIEMAN,
Acting Secretary. 26-4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Duty Of City to Aid
Family of Harrisburg's
First Martyr of War

WANTED - Job as watchman OF
other light work. for Edward L.. A,
Aurand, 1896 Logan street. whose
only support, son, gave up ms llte
Harrisburg martyr to the great war.
Who has a place for him? Address
the Harrisburg Telegraph, Federal
Square, Harrisburg.
1t was this advertisement which
stirred T.. II. Hantzman, $50 Briggs
street. to instantly respond with a
five dollar bill, and a brief, pointed
article in the Telegraph which has
and generosity of Mr. Hantzman re-
suited in four more subscriptions be-
ing received to-day by Clarence
Raise.TShi Reister. The total fund for the re.
lief of the stricken parents is now
sf7. OF this sum cash" contributed
SIS and Robert Wilson another 50
Cash" also sent ar9h IN one rtS. dollar Tan. and
Secretary McCandless. of the Civ
ilian Relief Committee, said to-day
that the Red Cross has been aiding
the Aurand family, and that the Au-
rands' interests will be looked after
in Washington. However. Mr.. Nc
Candless states that his committe,
will not wait for action at Washing
ton but will gladly take charge o!
the local fund now growing, 1T
should be considered not as a charity
but as due from the. city" he de-
clared.
Aurnnds soon as he read of thei!
predicament tells how ne found nr
Aurand almost blind. the mother. heI
hair snow Write. compelled to take
II Harrisburg should d ono less than
raise couple thousand dollars foI
the bereaved parents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Major L. V. Rausch and
Captain w. L. Hicks Are
Ordered to Washington

Major L. V. Rausch, formerly SUI
perintendent of the state arsenal, and
captain W.-L. Hicks, both of whom
have been attached to the quarter
masters department since the Ma
uonal Guard entered the federal
service, have been ordered to report
at Washington to the officer in
charge of national cantonment con-
struction. They will leave the city
saturday and have no knowledge as
10 where they may be ordered from
there, but probably to some canton
ment where enlargements or i'm
provements are contemplated.
Major Rausch and Captain Hicks
were detained here in charge of the
ttansfer of state property to the fed
eral government and have nearly
completed that work, which was of a
complicated nature as a result of the
fact that twice within a year the
state troops were called into the ma
tlonal service. Major Rausch is a
member of the Harrisburg Rotary
club and has many friends here.
Captain Hicks is an expert in army
paper work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Kiwanis Club Names
Committee on Bylaws

kiwanis Club members gave q
rousing welcome to "Bilr' Arm
strong, who has returned to Har-
risburg, after a visit to his home in
Rochester, New York. Mr.. Arm
strong who organized the local
kiwanis Club here, was present at
the luncheon of the club to-day in
the Elks clubhouse. About 60 men
were present at the luncheon. Ad-
drsses by Charles X Boas and Will
liam Strouse, were given. Mr..
Strouse gave an interesting story of
how the knocker and booster were
created, and Mr.. Boas told of the
House of Boas, the jewelry store.
Souvenirs were given by w. II.
Brown, of Brown and Co., and p. b.
Rice, of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company. Short talks were
given by visiting members and
guests. Ten new members were an
nounced at to-day's luncheon. The
total is now 80 members. The club
expects to reachN its aim of 100
charter members during the coming
week. These are the new members:
j. A. s. Poorman, Charles w.
Lady, Frank F. Davenport, Roy W
Heagy, Frank Blumenstein, Red
seeker Brinsecker, William G Alex
ander, Samuel w. Blair, Frank ].
Wallis and e. c. Chenoworth.
Committees on bylaws andw nomi-
nation, were appointed:
Bylaws copmittee, Ross Walter,
Charles r. Beckley, and Homer
Meyer.
Nomination committee: II. II.
Hamilton, w. II. Brown and Charles
L. Schmidt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
"SPEED UP WAR"
COLONEL URGES
SHIPWORKERS
Nations Business Is to Win
World Conflict, Roose-
Welt Tells Graduates

Philadelphia, Jan. 10.-ColoneI
Roosevelt on visit to Philadelphia
yesterday to attend the fifty-second
graduation exercises of the Peirce
school, asserted that being the Pres
ident of the United States is zone
thing worth WHILE" but being the
father of four sons in the United
States Army is lone thing to be
proud Of" The Colonel arrived here
in the morning. and after meeting a
number of Philadelphians at a
luncheon at the home of Thomas
Robins, 1719 Locust street, he Wis
tied the Sun shipbuilding plant at
Chester.
In the shadow of the giant ship
hulls on the launching cradles Col
onel Roosevelt was cheered by hun
dreds of workers. He shook the
hands of scores and then praised
them for their part in the war. Be
hind the Crime and grease on the
faces of the toilers the Colonel as
serted he saw characters that meant
victory.
You are doing as much here as
the men in the Army are doing the
Colonel said, as he greeted the men.
In the party which accompanied
the Colonel were Senator William C.
and E. A. Van Valkenburg. After
the reception at the shipyard they
went tc the home of Senator Sproul.
where the Colonel stopped a short
time on his way to the Union
League. He asserted that the work
in the shipyard is a sure sign that
the United States after the war will
gain control of the merchant ma
rine. adding.
THAT shipyard shows what will
happen when all of our plants are in
operation. These men who are Civ
ing their skill to the country should
be recognized in the same way as
soldiers. They should get some sort
OF badge which would identify them
as being connected directly with the
work of winning the war. When the
Panama canal was built while 1 was
President the men there had arm
stripes which signified their term
OF service. 1t is phenomenal the
way this work is being conducted"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Motorists May Use 1917
License Tags Till Jan. rs

The time for using 1917 automo-
bile licenses was to-day extended
until January 25 by Highway Com
missioner O'Neil. This is the second
extension of time to be granted and
statement issued by the Commits
sioner says that it is due to the in
crease in registrations and shipping
difficulties.
The statement issued says. "Owing
to the fact that applications for the
registration of automobiles for 1918
have exceeded by 20 per cent the
number received to this date last
year and on account of the conges-
tton on the railroads and in the mail
service the State Highway Depart
ment has granted an extension until
January 25 in which 1917 licenses
may be used. This is final and no
further extension will be granted.
This action has been taken by the
Commissioner to avoid annoyance to
the motorists of the state who have
sent in their APPLICATIONS to the State
Highway Department and for the
above reasons have not yet received
their 1918 tags"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
MANY FARMERS ATTEND
STATE COLLEGE SESSION

, Dauphin county distinguished her
self at the recent Farmers Week at
State College where every county in
the state was wen represented. In
the siXty-seven counties Dauphin
ranked eighth in number of farmers
present but in the percentage OF
farms represented she ranked first.
Credit for this fine showing is dUN
largely to the Farm Bureau for its
cooperation in helping to stir up the
husbandmen to attend.
The roster from this neighborhood
included, from Harrisburg: c. r.
Neff, William d. Nye. T. B. Mitchell,
Cora L. Rabuck, IL. J. Webner. j. +.
agent; II. G.. Niesley, 5. T. Whitmer,
Union Deposit; c. T.. Cassel, w. a.
Hershey, Hershey; p. Byron Enders,
John Kohler. George w. Lenker. Mil
lersburg; Howard Specie, Speeceville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10

front two million men and have a
million in reserve" Senator Kenyon
declared. I'VE must do it as quick
ly as possible. We must cut red
tape; stop quarreling about the guns
and like things, and carry this thing
through on business like principles.
1t is not possible for each individual
in this country to quit thinking
about what someone else should do
and resolve to do everything he
can DO? 1t is not enough to do our
bit We must do our best. There is
too much grandstanding and lime
lighting; too much patriotic posing
and not enough sacrifice.
"Out of this war will come great
things to our people. We will have
no hyphenated Americanism in this
country. 1t is not a time for part
nership nor politics and / may say
it is no time for inefficiency in war
departments of our government"
Senator Kenyon said that in this
spirit of nonpartisanship," he would
like to see a coalition cabinet in
Guiding Elihu Root and Theodore
Roosevelt and that the service of
William III. Taft might be used in
some of the commissions sent
abroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
3 Killed, II Injured
When "Katy" Flyer
Is Wrecked in Texas
By ASsociatcd Prcss

Austin, Tex, 1O.-Three per-
sons We're killed and eleven injured
severely to-day in a rear-end> colli-
sion between two sections of the
Katy" flyer on the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas Railway at Granger, about
forty miles northeast of here. First
reports placed the number of dead
at sixteen, but this later was denied
by officials after investigation.
According to information obtaina-
Die at the dispatcher's office here. the
first section of the train stopned at n
water tank at Granger. While the
engine was taking on water, the sec
ond sectiop ran into it head-on. The
two rear sleeping cars of the first
section were telescoped. The dis
patcher's office here said the rear
Pullman was jammed half way
through the second car. Those killed
are said TO have been asleep in the
two sleepers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Coal Supplies Prevent
Closing Of Du Pont
Plants For Present

Paterson, n. j., Jan .10.-Closure
o. the Du Pont Powder Plant at
Pompton Lakes and Haskell, engag-
ed exclusively on war work, was de-
clared to be only a matter of hours
py the management to-day unless
fuel were received promptly.
Notification of this situation was
sent to the county fuel administrator
who gave no hope for relief. The
plants employ between 5000 and
5000 persons. They are situated on
branches of the Erie railroad. =
The county administrator COM
municated with the state fuel au-
thorities and obtained four carloads
of coal, which is being rushed to the
Du Pont plant. 1t was announced
sufficient fuel would be furnished
hereafter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10

Pennsylvania Railroad detectives
under the direction of Captain p. l.
Barclay We're to-day digging for fur
ther evidence in connection with the
thefts of baggage from the Pennsyl-
Nania Railroad station by Raymond
Randell. The latter was arrested on
Tuesday night and booty valued at
$4,000 found in his room.
A hearing has been scheduled for
tomorrow before Alderman George
A. Hoverter, but it is hardly probable
that it will take place. Captain Bar
clay to-day received evidence that
warrants him to wait a few days be-
fore giving Randell a hearing. In
quiries are being made at various
points where Randell worked to as
certain how many trunks and other
pieces of baggage disappeared when
he worked at Philadelphia and Ian
caster.
That Randell had one or more con-
federates is now the belief. 1t is
said that he is a professional and
got away with some valuable booty
in this city. From evidence received
today it is said he destroyed six
trunks. The contests of the latter
were sold. Randelrs aliases were Al
bert Sparey, Ed G. Groovcr, j. w.
Miller and j. \. Mengel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Repairs on Water Pump
Being Pushed Rapidly

representative from the Dravo
Doyle Company, Pittsburgh, the firm
offering to sell an electric pump. five
million gallon capacity, to the city,
will make an inspection at the pump
ing station tomorrow to determine
whether the city mains will stand the
additional pressure if such a pump
is installed and used in addition to
the steam pumps no win service.
Repairs to the new pump are be-
ing finished rapidly and the new parts
from Birdsboro will probably reach
here next week. IT will take about
two weeks before these are connected
and the pump can be used again. At
present the water supply in the res
ervoir is remaining almost stationary
near the 145-feet mark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
THROWS A WRENCH
INTO CITY CONTEST



sltlon and that until the atmosphere
snail have been cleared they will
not be justified in voting for any
one of the trio. Those concerned are
said to be City Treasurer Owes, e.
Z. First and w. S. Tunis.
Situation MuddIcd
The much -muddled situation has
been aggravated rather than i'm
proved by recent conferences, and it
is now probable that nothing will be
done until the open session of Coun-
ell next Tuesday. Meanwhile his
colleagues are disturbed over the
statement of Commissioner Gross
and some of them insist that he
must make a definite public explana-
ton of his attitude toward the three
candidates for whom he says he can
not vote. The intimations are that
he has been rendered support in his
future campaigns under certain con-
ditions.
When seen this afternoon Mr..
Gross qualified his sweeping state
ment by adding that what he really
meant was that he feared to give
any of the candidates his vote be-
cause of what might happen. He
added. Il do not believe any of
these men had any criminal inten-
ton at the time they spoke to me,
but feel that if 1 voted for any
one of them, the one who would re-
celVe my vote might think L IA
vored him because of what he said
to me-"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
ROBERT MARSHALL

Funeral services for Robert Mar
shall, 20, were held this afternoon
at / o'clock, from the home of his
Fulton street. Marshall was burned
in a blaze which originated in the
room of his wife. then a mother for
eleven hours, from q leaking oil
heater. He was taken to the Har-
risburg Hospital, where he died from
his severe injuries. He is survived
by his brother, Mrs. Slara Marshall,
and two sisters, Minnie, Mrs. Sadie
Sutch, Mrs. Merle Dainer and five
brothers, William F., Charles F.,
John, Glenn L., and b. +. Marshall.
Mrs. Marshall and her baby are rest
ing fairly easy to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Bulgaria Makes
Separate Peace
With Russia

Washington, Jan. 10. - Bull
garia and Russia have concluded
a separate peace, according to
circumstantial advices by way of
Switzerland.
If a separate adjustment be-
tween these nations has been
reached it seems probably it will
be because Bulgaria found no
difficulty, in subscribing to the
Bolshevik formula of no annexa-
tions and no indemnities so far as
Russia was concerned. Bulgaria
has desired no Russian territory,
seeking her acquisitions from
Rumania ,and Serbia. 1t was for
Serbia's assistance. however, that
Russia prepared for war under
the old regime, her mobilization
after Austria had threatened
Serbia being made the occasion
for Germany's declaration of
war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-10
Scatter Ashes on Pavements
Made Slippery by the Ice

Chief of Police Wetzel to-day call
ed the attention of property owners
to city ordinance which makes it
mandatory that they clean their
pavements of snow and ice. This ac-
tion was taken following the many
serious falls of pedestrians in all
parts of the city.
Scores of householders to-day
scattered a generous coating of ashes
over the ice. Others used salt to
melt through 20 the pavement In
Steelton the police authorities have
declared that ashes must be spread
on the pavements at once.