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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-25
HEARD BY COL. HOUSE

Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24.-Italian
deputies of redeemed provinces who
represented their districts at the
Vienna and Budapest parliaments,
and came to Paris expressly to SUBJ
NIT their case to the American mis-
sion, have been received by Colonel
House. Through Colonel House they
presented a memorial to President
Wilson.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
Where to Get FACTS on the
Telephone Company
The Bureau Of Standards Has Then; and the Federation O Citizen
Associations Would Do Wen Examine the Entire Collection
By EARL GOODWIN.

This addressed to the Federation of Citizens Assoca
ons because that i've and representative body will have be-
fore it Saturday night the question of Government
ship Of the telephone company.
The delegates that body should realize before
that they represent LARGE portion of the taxpayers Of
this city They should NOT allow themselves to be swayed
by any contention sentiment which they cannot absolutely
defend to the last word and they must remember that in this
telephone debate the telephone company pulling the wool
right squarey the eyes of the public UNTIL THE BU
REAU OF STANDARDS RTERPoSED.
Iwant to ask the Federation of Citizens Associations b
send committee to the Bureau Of Standards to study what
the experts of that bureau have done with the telephone hear
ings.
If the federation will take this advice it win learn d
scientific ways of dealing with large public service
corporations that the ordinary the street never
dreamed of.
The federation viii see that where Government agency
stepped in for the interests of truth alone it shed ray @
light through murky situation ike a searchhght
The federation would do well to remember that the tels
phone company asking that the PUBLIC should fOr
the burden imposed by the Governments extra wartime bu
ness.
The federation should remember that the increases
asked by the telephone company had been allowed by the
Public Utilities Commission of money would have been
received by the company which would completely pay for its
plant here within few months.
The federation should remember too that the Govern
ment offers to EXTEND the local telephone company at
LOWER rates while the telephone company begged to RE
DJJCE the service and charge higher rate
But no matter what the federation may think about the
telephone company NOW, BEG it to send committee to
arranged which admits of NO refu
Then the federation viii be in better position than
to Judge of the merits of the telephone contention
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

Editor OF The Times:
Just what kind OF spectacles 40
the majority OF Congressman use
when contemplating the salaries OF
Federal employees? Lenses Of mar
veIous magnifying power, surely.
Why, some years before the existing
war prices" were even dreamed or
our solons on Capitol Hill raised
their own salaries so per cent-from
IS. 900 TO ST,5OO-upOn the plea that
on $4,000 a year a Congressman could
not decently maintain his family in
washington. even deducting the long
period between sessions. Since then
the cost Of living has gone a-soar-
ing, but Congressional vision sees In
any salary above $1,000, when drawn
by a Government employe whose pO-
sition is not party "spoils,"
veritable princes ransom. What
could he do with so much money!
Why It's NEARLY HALF what mem
bers Of Congress decided years ago
was NOT ENOUGH to support a Con-
gresham and his family in decent
comfort in this city.
Why blink at the obvious fact that
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
CONGRESS AND SALARIES

Government employees who, after
years OF service, have been given
positions OF responsibility. the sal
aries OF which are. say, S2,25O or
s., 500 are hart hit by the mounting
cost Of living? why not. in justice,
include them in the SO a month in
crease as proposed by the Senate.
desi gned TO meet, in some small de-
gree, this additional BURDEN Let
each Congressman lay aside. tenn
pOrarily, those powerful magnifying
glasses, resi- his eyes, and give his
normal vision and common sense .
brief inning" Let him reflect On
what Is the rent for a small houSS
or the humblest OF fiats in Washing
ton, the price OF coal, what shoes Of
even the Commonest grade cost fer
a family. and how far a dollar goe8
these days in the purchase OF the
absolute necessities OF life in the way
OF food. P'rhaps by the time his
eyes are re Ted he may be prepared
TO ask himself this question: How
could 1 get along in Washington, the
year around, on a third, or less, OF
my present salary
GEORGE 4 WARREN.
1443 Massachusetts, Avenue n ".
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
A Bigger Sunday Evening Times

The still better value at three cents will
take it into thousands of new homes.
Washington's business men have already
put their mark of approval on the bigger paper.
They see an opportunity to present their an
nouncementS to still larger audience, and
many advertisers who have not hitherto
utilized its columns have ordered space for
next Sunday. Those whose orders are already
in include
Lansburgh & Bro. Bieber-Kaufman
Continental Trust Co. Monroe Clothes Shop
w. B. Moses Sons NJ Brooks
Cohen & Hughes Young Ladies Shop
Sanitary Grocery Co. NouVeau
These are in addition to such important
merchants as the following, whose announce
mentS regularly appear in The Sunday Eve
ming Times:
Godenberg's Kafka
Palais Royal E r. Droop Sons Co.
p.-ba-i.b,s D. J. Kaufman
C u Guide Brothers
ECONOMY ohoe m@lAe' VIM. Rosendorf, Furrier
Peter Grogan q Sons Schwartz, the Jeweler
20. Selinger'S, Jewelry
R. P. Andrews Paper Adoph Kahn, Optcian
Co. Ladies Capital Hat
Leyerton Shop
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
The Old and the New Fighters
Deooration Day and Patriotism Bring Them TogetheE.

Look across the ocean You see young American SOL
der going out to decorate.
BE decorating the German line with hand grenades
with gas Shells with bayonet charges
Here at home, you another American soldier, the
of the last century old enough fight for his
W sixty years ago. He goes out to decorate this day
BE walks slowly and is bent he puts flower on the
grave Of his old commander then sits in the and thinks
of the other days when he the with the bayOne he
thinks the young the ocean, handling the bayO
net for their country today.
By courage patriotism and gratitude generations and
ages are united, tied together.
The young fighting man today is inspired by the old
who to keep this country united and fought for what
be believed to be the truth, sixty years ago.
The that young under Lincoln fought inspired
BY those that had the of 1872 knew the danger of
the red aag and heard their fathers talk Of the glorious
struggle of 1776.
Women go out today to decorate; it is their day.
The woman's hand places wreath on the tomb Of
father killed in the civil And her heart is with the
risking death in the new war.
As she puts flowers the grave of the dead
than half century she knows that another younger man.
carried next to her heart before he vas born may be
lying dead three thousand miles away.
This day is solemn day fo- her, more than for any of
al that celebrate and revere this Memorial Day
The young of this war; wearing their nations uniform
the look death in the face defiant and decorate
their nations flag with glory
The old survivors of the other war look death in the
face and greet him approaching friend 1.-THE death
Of the just is like the end of beautiful day."
The nation united in affection at home in patriotic
purpose abroad celebrates this day Of memories and ded
Gates the day to patriotic devotion and high ideals
There Is for the missing hundreds of thou
sands Of homes in America.
When is there viii be added the flag of this
country new star of new glory representing the work Of
the young fighting today the inspiration of those whose
fighting is over the love of country that makes impossible
any except VICTORIOUS END TO THIS WAR.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

Beginning next Sunday, The Sunday
Evening Times will sell for three cents.
The paper will be worth three cents-even
better worth three cents than it has been worth
the two-cent price.
A big magazine supplement, printed in
four colors, lawShly illustrated, has been added
to the paper. The country's best artists will
illustrate it. The first page, next Sunday, is
by Howard Chandler ChriSty, the distinguished
artist and illustrator.
This supplement actually costs The Times,
in items of white paper, ink, printing and
handling, more than the added price which
The Times will get.
The history of The Sunday Evening Times,
under the present ownership has been a pro-
greSsion in value and in public appreciation
of this greater value year ago the price
was one cent and an average of 10000 people
bought it each Sunday. BY August of 1917
it had been made SO much better Sunday
paper that the price was increased to two cents
and at that price it has now reached a net cir
Culation of more than 10000.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
-Four Recent Candidates for
PreSident-LOOk at Them NOU

In the last two Presidential elections there were four
outstanding candidates.
One was Woodrow Wilson.
One was William q. Taft
One was Theodore Roosevelt
One was Charles E. Hughes.
What are these now doing?
Woodrow Wilson is administering the affairs of state
efficiently courageousy, and with the universal confidence
and applause of his cOuntrymen.
William A. Taft is deVOting all his time and strength
and abilities upholdng the President and to helping the
nation to win its war.
Charles z. Hughes is giving all his time and abilities
70 supporting the President and helping the nation win
It's war.
And what is Theodore Roosevelt doing?
Why, he is busy by day and by night snarng at the
President finding fault with all the Government does be-
lifting preparations raging at everybody and at
everything.
The nation has been at with Germany for more
than year. and in all that time not one single thing that
Theodore Roosevelt has said done has been help to the
Government or TO the nations prestige its warmakng
While the other who recently contested for the
Presidency Loyalty give the full of devoted service
to the country and its cause all that Theodore Roosevelt
does is to scod and snarl.
Itis pitiable spectacle 1.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

II you want TO help beat the
Kaiser, eat all the potatoes you
can stuff into your larder. Po-
tstoes are cheap and eating them
saves wheat, which must be sent
abroad.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
Four Candidates For President
---LOOk At Them Now

There tDO kinds of One thinks himself,
the ether thinks about the county, and the responsible for
eous welfare We recommend thoughtful readers following
short editorial from the editorial N What
thai this wa Theodore Roosevelt plays patriotic part
EDITOR WASHINGTON TLMESl
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

"Ths company will soon make
holler that It cannot get enough men
N they will PAY enough money they
will get more men,.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

Mr.. Moneyway asked me If 1 had
named the tub" and l asked him II
he believed food prices would ever
decline. He told me Of Government
employees in his sphere Of acquatnt-
ance who had come here to WORK dur
ing the war-Who were beating II
back to the country whence they
came, and all on account Of the
enormously high prices hers-
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

After they had eombed that ofiieo
high and low until they had collected
all the loose change IN sight; and
after they had pried loose nickelg
and quarters from stony-hearted old
tight wads who NEVER before had
given up anything for charity with
out first submitting to ether, Ma
Smick put q Red Cross costume On
BUZZ, gave him . basket and sent
him on his way.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

The company II making money
and ought to get automobile trucks
to carry some Of its ice Govern
ment trucks get ice from the com
pany and haul 1t away, but all our
business is done By the old horse
wagon.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

Got q good early start and got
down town before sun-up (hgura-
| lively speakingJ hoping to clear
away q large batch Of mail: Hustled
over to the stand-up lunch counter
for breakfast and there found delight
full company in J. L MoNEYWAY
and Sergeant JOHN WITTSTATT OF
the First precinct
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

Sergeant WIttststt bad batch Of
new traffic regulations for the down
town district l advise every man in
Washington to get . copy and tamil-
iarize himself. And this advice u
for women, too. It's q brand new
deal all around. Also l advise not
to kick about any Inconvenience. but
To co-operate.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

work from 8 o'clock every morn
inE until 4 and 4:3O every day, with
out getting q bite to eat
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

That means that when anyone
starts disagreeable stories about the
Administration, the army, the navy,
the aviation program or anything
else the Kiwanis Man is going 10 put
the RIBOSH on him RIGHT THERE
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

In other words, there is = scar
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

MRS. L L sM1CK. who has gUnO
into war work at the Office Of the
Custodian Of Alien Property has .
little dog named BUZZ"
Il Is rather an intelligent dog Gn4
It did considerable for the Red Cros8
on the last day Of the drive.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
NAIL GERMAN LRSi

Under present conditions any
man who knocks any branch q
our Government has q yellow
streak.
KiWanis Club Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

And then uptown. where l fen to
talking with an Ice wagon driver
who works for the American Ice Co.
Briefed, this is what he told me:
The company does not pay enough
money. Drivers get $17 week, and
helpers get S14.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

The KTWANIS CLUB has put over
a good one.
It has printed $1,000 cards to pasts
In 5000 hats and on the card are
these words:
The Washington times., 1918-05-30

A. MITCHELL PALAER'S little
daughter went with BUZZ, who
would sit on his hind legs, put his
paws up and beg, and the net result
was that the dog collected forty
three dollars and a few cents thai
the Office never knew Il could get
even from itself.
The Washington times., 1918-05-30
HEARD AND SEEN

city Of good pay rather than . seaE-
city Of men.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10

liked him, even If he was hard to man
age, so when he was detailed as q
sniper a sigh Of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom Of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days. rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more Of him
until suddenly he would reappear
with couple Of notches added to
those already on the butt Of his rifle.
Every time he got German it meant
another notch. He was proud Of these
notches.
But after a few months Father
Rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Blighty; the air in the wake Of his
stretcher was blue with curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear; some of his
Outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing, he is
somewhere in Blighty" pussy footing
it on a bridge or along the wall of
some munition plant with the &c. r.
or Home Defense corps.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
NEW COOPERATIVE CREAMERY.
Troy Organization Has $4,000 Capt.
tai and Begins Business Monday.

The Missisquoi Valley Cooperative
Creamery, Inc, Of South Troy has
filed articles in the secretary of
states office for the purpose of con-
Quoting a creamery business in South
Troy. The capital stock is $4,000
and the subscribers are M. L. Porter
Fred Valley, George Wiley and some
As other farmers.
The new creamery company is the
outgrowth of agitation in Troy and
Westfield for some months for a CO.
operative creamery which has worked
so successfully in Irasburg and other
nearby places.
The plant to be used is the Turn
bull creamery in Troy village which
the new company has bought from
the j. G. Turnbull Co., of Orleans,
and the new company started opera
tions Monday.
S. Phoenix is president; J. B. Pow
ers, vice president; Fred Valley,
clerk; Ed. Field, treasurer. These
men with Paul Longevin, F. E. Clark,
and F. M. Hardy are the board of di-
rectors and assure the success of the
creamery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
THE MONITOR, APRIL 10, 1918

the barbed wire stakes. It was iron.
The British are Of wood, while the
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake I had crawled
back to the German lines.
I turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out. I
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
ran smash into our wire, and a sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes there?"
rang out. I gasped out the password,
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform, I tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but I was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until a drink Of rum
brought me round.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10

cut lanes through it; If so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one of the four
selected for the job. It was just like
sending fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs, q bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead, I
reached their wire. I secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
could hear them talking in their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector quietly
crawled back. had gotten about half
way when noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark.
turned about to see If I could find it;
it couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously had
felt the butt in the holster. I crawled
around in circles and at last found it,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as thought.
Pretty soon I reached barbed wire,
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
Z pat ont my hand and touched one of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

OUT IN Front.
After tea Lieutenant Stores Of our
section came into the dugout and In.
formed me that was "for" a reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At II 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself won't out in
front on a patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards in front of the German barbed
wire, when we walked into Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took it on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol-
low them. He gave the order 'down
on the ground, hug it close"
Just in time, too, because volley
SKINNED over our heads. Then in low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes of their
rifles in the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If it hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
After about twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
to our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-04-10
Preparing the "chow."

When the ticketholders for the boxes
got glimpse of the rafters and were
Informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was howl Of indigna-
ton, but we had their money and told
them that If they did not like it they
could write to the management later
and their money would be refunded /;
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
ance that night.
After little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that If
the show was rotten they certainly
would let US know about it during the
performance.
bowling success, until Alkali Ike ap-
peared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. BehiAd
the bar on q shelf was a long line Of
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left Of this line and break
six of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles q
piece Of painted canvas was supposed
to represent the back Of the bar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol a man
behind the scenes would hit one Of the
bottles with his entrenching tool
handle and smash it, to give the i'm
preston that Alkali was good shot.
Alkali Ike started in and aimed at
the right of the line of bottles instead
Of the left, and the poor boob behind
the scenes started breaking the bottle
on the left, and then the boxholders
turned loose; but outside of this little
fiasco the performance was a huge sue.
cess, and we decided to run it for a
week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the rs. r. O." sign suspended out
side.
ITO be Continued.)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-05

Chambers, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell @.
Lowe, Mr.. aud Mrs. Charles Tilahmaa,
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Cooke. Mr.
and Mrs. Russell G.. Halliburton, Mr..
and Mrs Clarence l.. Henley, Mr.. and
Mrs, ] Franklin Harbour, Mr. and
Mrs, Frank {. O'Neil Mrs Roy Hoff-
man, DR. Edmund S. Ferguson and
George NJ Trcadway
n n
Mr. and Mrs J. NJ Aydelotte Of lllS
Fast Twelfth street invited in a group
OF their nclghbors and friends last eve
ming for an indoor picnic TO close a
1uic, Observance OF the Fourth. Those
who attended were Mrs d. II. Painter
Of ST. Louis. Mo, their houscguest: I:
Mr. and Mrs Walter Lybrand, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Culbcrtson jr., and their
houscpuc,ts, Mrs J. J. Culbertson sr.
and Mis-, Florence CulbertSon OF Paris.
lr,as Mr.. and Mrs. A. S Roberts
of ll2l East Thirteenth street and
Continued on Page 8. Column 81
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-05

Rutherford and her house guest, Miss
Louise Farabee Of Collicryile. Tenn,
and Mrs L. NJ Farman Of q Highland
Circle were making in the surgical
dressing department Of the Red Cross
Department work in the Red Cross
Chapter opened up this morning at y
o'clock with the usual worker, ON
hand fresh and eager 20 continue what
had been lett over the holiday Forty
eight workers were on hand ~ the surg
zeal dressings department at 10 O'Clock
and the usual quotas were busy IN every
other department The canleencrs had
been on hand from early morning and
were eager 10 meet the days troop
trains, though yesterday proved almost
overwhelming in its calls. Mailed
pledges for Red Cros, arrived over the
holidays and we're being booked and
personal pledge, being rccclpIcd for a,
the desk
The Lois apartment a, C2O Wet
Gcary street has organized q, q refugee
garment unit work 20 he done two c,r-
nngs a wcel, Mrs W II Thorn has
been elected chairman and Mis-, Georgia
Jay secretary-trcaSurer, while Mr., W
II Sunderland has been chosen as in
struCtOr
The Parish house unit met ouiy one
day this week, their regular days being
Fuesday and Thursday Tuesday tli-
teen members gathered in the Parish
house and completed twelve help,cs,
case shirts They meet IN regular SEES.
SION again next Tucsday
AZ a call meeting OF chairmu in-
structors aud other, interested IN knit.
ting. held Wednesday afternoon at 80
o'clock in Central sewing and knitting
rooms. all chairmcn and other head, OF
departments were requested to obtain
personal pledges from each individual
worker as 10 what their output would
be each month In rlls way Mrs Wi