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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
'IF YOU OVERCHARGE
FOR FOOD, LOOKOUT
DETECTIVES OF FOOD BOSS WILL
GET MERCHANTS WHO GO
OVER FIXED PRICES LIST
OFFENDERS PUNISHED :.

Atlanta, Ga, September 25.-The
first trial of merchants who have
violated the recently published price
lists of the food administration re-
suited in the punishment of number
of offenders, who were allowed to
contribute the profits in excess OF
the price fixed by the food admin
stration to Anti-Tuberculosis AS
sociation.
At the sane time announcement
was made by the food administration
that, in it's opinion, the fair price lists
have now been published long enough
for the dealers to become familiar
with the requirements CT the food
administration, and that hereafter
ignorance of the prices fixed will not
be accepted as an excuse for infrin-
ing the regulations.
The field inspectors of the food
administration have begun rigid en-
forcement of the prices fixed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
PRIZE LIST

i FIRST PRIZE.-Twenty five dollar
scholarship given by County Board of
Education
SECOND PRIZE.-Twenty five dol
lar scholarship given by County Board
of Education.
BEST CORN CLUB RECORD
Ten dollar War Savings Stamp, given
by Churchwell ros.
dollar War Savings Stamp, given by
&c. o. Perry
BEST TIN EARS LARGE CORN.
Five dollar War Savings Stamp, Civ
en- by j. A. Littlejohn
SECOND BEST-Hat or Shoes
given by B. r. Sheppard & Bros.
BEST TEN EARS SMALL CORN.
Five dollars in merchandise, given
by F. l.. Bartholomew.
SECOND BEST-Two dollars and
half in merchandise, given by F. l..
Barthol0mw.
FOR BEST RECORD BOOK.-With
ink, two dollars and half in mrchan-
dis, givn by f. l. Bartholomew.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
WORTH FARMER ENDS
LIFE WITH PISTOL

Sylvester, Sept. 24.-Charle w. Pow
ell, white farmer living about seven
miles east of Sylvester, in Worth coun-
ty, was found dead in his bed this
morning with a pistol bullet hole
through his head. At coroners in
quest verdict of suicide was rend-
cred.
Last Thursday Mrs c. w. Powell
came to Sylvester and took out a peace
warrant for her husband and he was
arrested and placed under a $1,000
dollar bond for his appearance alta
commitment trail that was to have
been held at ten o'clock this morning.
Since taking out the peace warrant
Mrs. Powell has filed suit for divorce.
None of the family had been at home
since the peace warrant was issued.
No one was III the house at the time
of the suicide. Mr.. Powell seemed dis
pondent for several days.
White Boy Ends Life
Thomasville, Sept 24.-Because his
mother threatened to whip him for
disobeying some orders given by her,
Lonnie Wood, young white boy liv-
ing between Pavo and Barwick, shot
himself Saturday evening, dying al
most Immediately.
The investigation of the coronr's
jury brough out the fact that when
the mother of the boy gave the order
he replied he would shoot himself
before he would obey her She did
not insist, according to her statement,
and the boy went out of the house
In short time she heard a shot and
going out to investigate found her
son had shot himself through the stofn
ach, death being almost instantaneous.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
CANNING CLUB

Minnie Adams, Easie Mae Atkinson,
Lena Adkins Ferol Adams, Lillian
Adams, Mildred Breageal, Victory
tBaskin, PIMA Blanchard, Ethel BolfR,
Alice BARLEY, Juliette Brown, Susie
Burge, Cleo Bennett, Bessie BZenton,
hddie Burlington, Addie Lee Bailey,
Heser Scott.
Bessie Musselwhite, Mary McGhee,
IA3ula Mathews, Elizabeth McEachern,
Alma MCGEE, Ada MCGEE, Nettie Os-
BORN, Nora Ogiloie, Artie Pickett, Lu-
icy Posey, Ida Posey, Corina Pirkle,
Bytha Pitts, Debbie Ray, Susie Rain
es, Gertrude Smith, Lucy Smith, lone
Sneak, Helen Smith, Nettie Stokes
berry, Odessa Smith, Lucille Sloan,
Ruth Smith, Cassie Stephens, Mamie
Stripping, Beatrice Stripping, Matte
Stewart, Viola Sims, %Lilie Mae Sims,
Nary Lizzie Sheffield, Myrtle Story,
Netie Smith, Jennie Smith, Cordelai
Thompson, Estele Timmons, Mary
VIII Varne, Fay Varne, Alma Wood
Opal Wood, Donnie Williams, Lola
Williams, Wilma Ray, Irene West, Eth
ell Whitfield, Earnestine Williams,
Irene Williams, Irene Walls, Eloise
Wright, Jewell James, Nettie Chand
Ter, Bessie Coner, Annie Mae Camera
On, Clara Mae Childers, Jennie Belle
Clack, Willie borough, Ruby borough,
clara Ellis, Vera Ellis, Elizabeth
Cakes, Ora Ellis, Francis Foster, Ida
Fullerton, Lillian Folds, Beatrice Folds,
Annie Pearl Funderburk, Mary Fair
cloth, Nellie Grantham, Jessie Gam
BILE, Mabel Gambel, Mary Hurt, Fora
Bell Hemphill, Magic Lou Horn, Lu-
ellie Hall, Evelyn Harris, Ruchia Har-
ris, Hora Elcomb, Zula Hamilton, Ru-
by Hamilton, Edna Hardin Pauline
Howell, Hester Jones, Nora Jump,
Izora Little, Estellee Lewis, Jewell
James.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
NERVES TORN
ALL To PIECES
zlRON Iron ionic Proved The Right Remedy
For This And Other Troubles.

Sometime bacR", writes W. r. Pal
mer, of Soperton, Ga, Il was in run
down state. My nerves were all torn
to pieces. 1t was an effort for me to
do my work. | did not rest well at
nights. l felt tired when morning
came, and didn't feel like starting the
day. My skin was muddy. My appe-
tite was poor l felt very much in
need of tonic | thought it was the
lack of iron and decided to try Ziron,
as I heard there was no better tonic
made. l began taking it and can safe
ly and gladly say it did me world Of
good. Ziron is good all-around tonic
Tor young and old, and makes one feel
that life is worth living"
Ziron is an iron tonic which gives
quick dependable strength. You need
it to put rich, red, iron-medicated
blood into your blood vessels, to steady
your nerves, put fresh color into your
cheeks and brightness into your eyes.
Your druggist sells Ziron on a guar
antee. See him today. Ems
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
ALI, EGGS ARE
NOT IN SHELLS
For use in baking and cooking the
least expensive come in box
labeled MAZO.

Just as the auto freed the horse, so
has MAYO freed the hen. The house
wife no longer need depend on the
egg-man or corner grocer for eggs in
baking and cooking she can use the
eggs she can afford to buy, instead of
meat, which is recommended by the
government.
Use MAYO, as directed, just as you
ordinarily use hen eggs. The results
will please your palate, and the saw
ing your pocketbook.
Ask for MAYO and a MAYO cook
book at your grocer's. If he can't
supply you send his name and your
address to MAZZO, Atlanta, Ga.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
ELECTION STATEMENT
1RcIA Crisn County.

GEORGIA., Crisp County.
Personally appeared before the IN
dersigned, an officer duly authorized
by law to administer oaths, o. T. Cow
er, who being duly sworn, and on oath
says, that the following itemized state
ment is a true and correct statement
Of all campaign expenses incurred by
him in the race for the Judgeship Oh
the Cordele Judicial Circuit, and the
aaid statement represents the pur-
poses for which the said funds were
expended and used, and that all OF
the said funds and money were de-
rived and came from deponents own
funds and money, and no one else
contributed any amount whatsoever
iereto.
That the itemized statement OF
such expenses and expenditures are
IS follows: for the campaign ending
n the primary election held Sept. H.
1918:
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25

Stork and Cupid
Cunning PlOtlers
Many a New Homo will Fave Little
Sunbeam 60 Brighten il

Cupid aad Ire storl arc held up to ven
Grafton; they ere rated as cunning ploters
10 herald tic c.:.-r y itc Hide sunbeam
- gladden. ilo I'car,5 al brighten the
l2mes of = host If li9rpy famlics.
There Is mcet remarkable preparation,
llown % I.1iher's Priced, which has been
rsed by W0&Cn i.r over nalt century
before The arrival Of The stnrk. This is a
ronc.rat n eternal application for the alb
lomcn a:,d breast ~ daily use through
cut thc waiting mon,l-i strain and tension
Is relieved. The L.uS,.S ere made elastic
and piabc 50 tst wncn baby co.ncs thcy
tApaId with ease and the pain ;."d danger
~ tho crisis il naturally less.
Then, too, tie nerves are not torn and
tyNn with that ,isu4l NrcGChing strain, and
llany diatrccaes, aJch az nervousness nausea,
Tearing down al stretching pains, are
tmoag I.lc disc0msortJ and facilitating ex-
rarieaccs Wa@,ta N,.1 have used Mcthcr's
lrield say they have entirely escaped by tho
}c.icat.a 81 L. ti;lc-iarGled remedy.
Ihouse- 3 e women Lave used Mothers
/ 5ica1 Il L.JW tom experience That il is
cIc CO TIE Fr-.tct contributions 10 healthy,
llnpy l. tICshoeL
Write = Tho l3ra4,,ell Ncgulator Co,
amar 49,, -->ar.A I l., fo~ their "AIoth-
Vtood BocE." j!lero Is wealth OF in
;tructiaa all comfort - he derived from
reading al litt,e book. IT is plainly written
j..at what ey e., Wo;..aa wants 10 know. Get
Il bottle Of Mothers Friend from the drug
$ist today, aad thus fort!fy yourself against
in ana diacomfosss.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
MEMBERS OF THE CRISP COUNTY
PIG CLUB

Theodore Allen, Curtis Allen, Robt
Lee Atkins, c. l.. Adams, E. 7. Breo-
yale, John Gown, Bill Cole, Dewey Col
man. Hugh Conner, Chas. CoInIan,
Willis Collins, Elvin Conner, Ida Full
lerton, Beatrice Folds, Arthur Grimes
ley, Katie Goodrum, Herbert Goodrum
Dewey Hitchcock, Ezra Knott, Cor
don Lasseter, Durham Moon, Charlie
Musslewhite, Sammy Mathews, Danny
Mathews, Egbert North, Whit Puck
ct, Oscar Ray, Earnest Rollin, Ger
trude Smith, Culmer STRIPPING, Mon
roe STRIPPING, Austell Sanders, Wiley
Sheppard, Johnnie Stewart, Galloway
Sutton, Virgil Stewart, Lee Shehee
David Sheffield, Thomas Elred, Ever
EFT Wood, Frank Wright, ]. B. Wade
Willie Lee Wright, Troy Wade, Ell
lott Whitaker, Paul Whitfield.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
SIS Years Success
The Wonderful Record of DR..
TEACHERS Liver and
Blood Syrup.

Those medicines which live for even
a quarter of a century are exceptional,
and continuous use for over two-thirds
CT century is indisputable evidence Of
wonderful merit.
DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup
came into existence in 1852, and from
that time to the present it has grown
in the confidence and estimation of its
yearly increasing number of users.
Through all these years it has steadily
grown in popular favor.
Its wonderful building up power is
shown in the experience of Mrs. g. e,
Chadwick, Scale, Ala. ~ was all run
down in health" she says. "Weighed
only 1919 pounds and getting worse
every day. began the use of DR..
Thacher's Liver and Blood Syrup and
today, | am thankful to say, I am in
perfect health and weigh i55 pounds.
attribute my good health to the use
OF that most wonderful medicine. I
firmly believe there are numerous suf-
fering people that could be sound and
well by the use of DIR. Thacher's Liver
and Blood Syrup"
If you need tonic, or a blood puri-
fer; if your liver is out of order. vour
stomach troubles you, or you are. CON
stipated, have indigestion or dyspepsia.
Try DR.. Thacher's Liver and Blood
Syrup. It is purely vegetable and
'onnot possibly injure any one. It has
9een OF wonderful benefit to Others,
therefore should command your atten.
ion. All dealers in medicines sell it
I'D will recommend it.
RED CROSS DRUG sT&E
CORDELE, GA.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
RECORD PRICE FOR COAL
DIGGERS EIGHT HOURS

Moundsville, w. Va, Sept.24-Dig
|k;ing and loading coal is profitable
in addition to being an essential in
dustry during times of war, as deomn
strated by the record pay check OF
$169.S9 for II days work, handed re-
Gently to Charles Fogle, local miner
In one day of the period Fogle loaded
80 tons and II hundred weight, earn.
$500 for eight hours work
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
NOTICE

The City of Cordeie will allow an
so per annum discount, from date of
payment to December 10, 1918, on all
taxes paid before October 1, 1918.
No dicount allowed after Sept. 80
1918.
G. S. HARRIS, Clerk and Treas.
9-23 to 10-1.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
MEMBERS OF THE CRISP COUNTY
CORN CLUB

Curtis Allen, Rufus Avery, Alton
Blow. Henry Dockwilder, Amos Ell
rod Oscar Goodrum, John Goodrum,
w NJ. Harris, ]. P Mckinney, Puck
EFT Hugh, Dallas Pitts, ]. T. Rollin,
Doe Rycroft, Alvin Wade, Willie Lee
Stewart. Johnnie Stewart, Collins
Smith, Douglas Vaughn. Coney Smith.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
CRISP BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUB LISTS AND Prizes
WOMAN'S CLUB WORK

Best display scanned products (put
up bp government Instruction. by wo-
man or girl over IS years old, 1st
prize, $500. Best display cannedpro-
ducts (put up by government instruc-
tom by woman or girl over 10 years
old, End prize,$750 Best display Of
fall vegetables, LIST prize, $780, End
prize, $3.50.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25

Savings Stamp, by Palmer-Jones Co.
SECOND PRIZE Five Dollar War
Savings Stamp, by o. T. Cover.
PRIZE LIST FOR POULTRY CLUB
FIRST PRIZE 81 given by D. A.
R. Crum.
SECOND PRIZE SO given by Hon.
d. A. r. Crum
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Will be at the following places on
dates as follows for the purpose OF
collecting state and county taxes for
the year 1919
18th District, September 9Ot-Oct.
14th.
Hatley District, Oct. 1st-Oct 18th.
18th District, Oct. 2nd-Oct 10Th.
18th District, Oct. 3rd-Oct. 18th.
10th District, Oct. 4th-Oct. 18th.
Will be in office at court house on
all other dates up to Dec. 10Th, when
the books will close.
w. ]. MUSSELWHITE,
Tax Collector Crisp County, Ga.
SD 1t wk to 12-2O
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25

A farmer of Jersey county. Illinois,
is the inventor of a device with which
he claims to have caught thirty-five
bushels of grassshOppers in a single
day.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
TOTAL

o. T. COVER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me-
this the q day of Sept. 1918.
j. A. LITTLEJOHN, Clerk Crisp
Sup. Court.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
PRIZE LIST FOR PIG CLUB

FIRST PRlZE.-Twenty five dollar
scholarship, given by Citizens Bank.
SECOND PRIZE Twenty-Five
dollar scholarship, given by A B. &
A. Ry. Co.
Contestant must grow an acre of
corn or other feed crop.
Hampshires
First best registered boar A re
gistered pig given by ]. Slade.
Fist best registered sow-A regis
tered pig given by Heard and Arnold.
Best Hampshire Pig-Fivh dollar
War Saving Stamp. Given by R. d.
Minis
Duroc Jerseys
Best Registered Sow Pig-Ten dol
lar War Saving Stamp given by
Churchwell Bros.
Best Registered Bear Pig-Ten dol
lars in merchandise given by Watt
Holmes Co.
Best Kept Record Book-Five dol
lar War Saving Stamp. Given by w
p Fleming
Best Registered Pig of any other
Breed-Ten dollars War Saving Stamp
j. A. Littlejonh IS and Hutchinson
Lbr. and Supply Co, s..
Second Best Registered Pig of any
other Breed-Five dollar War Saving
Stamp. Given by 0. T. Cover
PRIZE LIST FOR CALF CLUB
FIRST PRIZE Ten Dollar War
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25

For advertising purposes an auto
mobile has been built that resembles
a huge wooden shoe.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
POULTRY CLUB

Mamie Banks. Lola Coner, Ora Chill
dress, Essie Mae Dennison, lila Ellis,
Kathleen Pickett, Artie Pickett, Lii
Pan Roberts, Ethel Smith, Lizzie
Smith, Vanie Thorpe. Este McKinsey.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25
MEMBERS OF THE CRISP COUNTY
GALE CLUB

Taylor Galloway, Dewey Mussle-
white, Frank Wright, James Whitaker.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-25

PRIZE LIST FOR CALF CLUB
FIRST PRIZE Ten Dollar War
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
First American LeqisIature.

The first colonial assembly to en-
JOY the right Of initiating legislation
was the Maryland assembly, which
convened in 1885 aud was composed Of
representatives of the whole people
a purely democratic legislature In the
beginning every adult male citizen was
permitted to sit in the assembly, but
with the increase In population it was
/ found necessary to limit the number,
although there was still no legal re-
striction on the number Of delegates
+ the people might send.
Under the charter Lord Baltimore
had the power Of enacting all neces-
sary laws for the colony, with the
advice, consent and appreciation Of the
freemen of the province" The assem-
bly, demanded the right Of initiating
legislation, however, and this was
granted by Lord Baltimore in 1888,
and the following year the assembly
met and enacted the first statutes OF
Maryland. In their law-making the
pioneer Marylanders were entirely in
dependent of the British parliament
and enjoyed a greater degree Of au-
tonomy than any other English 0oIony.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
Tran for Liars

In front of the old hasilica or Santa
Maria in COsmedin, at Rome, there is
an enormous block Of marble, resem-
bling huge face with a widely gaping
mouth. 1t is called the "VOcca della
Verita" or Mouth Of Truth" In the
days of ancient Rome the legend ran
that if anyone who had told lie
placed his or her hand within that
yawnng cavity, the jaw would de-
scend and cut it off The stone has
given its name to street close by,
but it is no longer made use of by the
Italians as a proof of their integrity,
which. in the event of its retaining it's
former power, shows prudence on their
part.
The Vocca della Verita is q large
round stone of white marble, about
five yards in circumference. 1t is
pierced with two holes representing
eyes, an opening for mouth, slight
ly raised nose, and two locks of hair
are carved on each side of the fore
head The stone is of great antiquity,
and. according to some, 1t was laid on
the altar of Jove, and those suspected
of perjury were led to ii and obliged
to confess by much the same threats
as are used to children now
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
RUSSIANS WANT TROOPS
TO REPEL THE TEUT0NS
TRANSPORT IS sunk
British Steamer Auscnia Torpe.
doed Far at Sea.
Ninety Members of the Crew Are
Landed on Coast of Ireland
Forty Men Missing.

New York, June 12.-The British
transport Ausonia, owned by lhe
Cunard line, has been torpedoed in
the Atlantic by German submarine
and 80 of the crew have been landed
on the Irish coast, according to csAole
dispatches received in New York
The Ausonia left British port on
May 20 and was some hundreds of
miles out in the Atlantic when it was
attacked. The survivors were picked
up by an eastbOund steamship and a
search is being made for the missing
members of the crew, which numbered
40 officers and men.
On June 10, 1917, the Ausonia was
attacked by a submarine off the Eng
llsh coast while under convoy and had
It's stern blown off by torpedo, but
it managed to reach port in a sinking
condition. The Ausonia was steel
ifour-masted steamship of S.153 gross
tonnage.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
ARTiCHOKE is EASY TO GROW
Favorte Vegetable, Declared to Be
Valuable Article of Food for Both
Man and Beast.

The Jerusalem artichoke deserves to
be much better known in this country,
which Is its native land, for it is one
of the favOrite vegetables in all parts
Of Europe, it is easy to grow, and a
most valuable article Of food for man
and beast. Prof T. D. A. Cockerell Of
the University Of Colorado extols it's
merits in the Scientific Monthly and
tells some most interesting facts about
it.
It's name is curiosity to etymOlogy
The word "artichOke" is derived from
the Moorish "alkharshOf," which was
applied to the true, or globe artichoke
Of Shich we eat the tlowerhead with
it's thickened bracts and the delicate
"bOttOm." This plant, which is Of the
thistle family, is native of the old
world The Jerusalem artichoke. He'll
anthus tuberOSus, is tllber which
grows on the roots of q SunfiOWer 1t
was well-knOwn and much used by the
natives of America before the coming
of Columbus. 1t was introduced into
France ea~ty in the seventeenth cen
tury and was grown in the Farnese
gardens in Rome, whence it was dis
tributed thiOr rhout Europe under the
name of Cn'aeole ArticiOccO. or sun
flower artichOke. 1.-The name arti-
choke" writes Professor Coclkerell,
appears to have been given to the
Heliar ,il1 solely on account of the
mo- or less similar flavor, while 'Jeru-
salem is an English corruption of the
italian 'GiraSOle, or sunfiower"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
WANTS LABOR'S SUPPORT
IN THE WAR PROGRAM
MARINES Win WOOD
Capture $50 Germans and Guns
Near Chateau Thierry.
Advance Made After Two-Hour Bonn.
Observation-Disclosures RepuIse A.
tack on Bouresches.

With the American Army on the
Marne, June IA battalion of Ameri-
can marines took the northern half Of
Belleau wood, northwest of Chateau
Ihlerry, capturing $50 Prussians and
Saxons, including ten officers two
Krupp field guns of three-inch caliber,
several huge minenwerfers and num-
Der Of machine guns.
The attack was delivered after two
hours of preliminary bombardment in
which the allied artillery made the
shell-shattered wood an inferno for the
Germans.
The furious American assaults found
the Germans stunned and reeling,
ready to surrender. The American
machine gunners inflicted the heaviest
casualties upon the enemy. Owing to
the excellent artillery preparation and
the sWiftness of the operation the
American casualties were light.
The Germans launched an attack on
BOuresches at five o'clock.
The assault was smashed, thanks
to the coOlness of the American ma
chine gunners and the accuracy Of the
artillery
Washington, June 12.-General
Pershings statement says:
Northwest of Chateau Thierry we
were again successful in advancing
our positions in the Belleau wood.
We captured $50 prisoners, of whom
three were officers, and considerable
material, including a number of ma
chine guns and trench mortars.
In the Woevre our batteries exc
cuted effective naturalization and
harassing fire.
With the Americans West of Mont
didier. June 12.-The Americans with
IN the shadow of the new German drive
are ready for any blow that may fall.
There is an ominous quiet around
the American front at Cantigny. Our
artillery heavily gassed the German
positions Sunday night. but the lull
fell again On Monday.
With the roar of the heavy firing
in the Montdidier region always reach
ing them, the Americans here are con-
stantly on the alert for some evidence
of the German attack spreading west
ward to include this sector.
American patrols are continually ac-
tive and prisoners are brought in al
most daily. ..... ~ ..
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
MORE WAR WORK TO WEST
Government Limits New Contracts to
Be Placed in East.

Washington, June 12.-ChicagO and
the middle West will gain enormously
In war orders through a policy an
nounced by the government of restrict
ing war contracts in the congested
Eastern manufacturing district.
A statement issued by the war in
dustrieS board, the fuel administration
and the railroad administration says
"a policy has been adopted and
made effective for preventing further
increase in the volume OF, war orders
and the number of establishments
handling them in the. area known as
the cOngeSted manufacturing and
transportation district. This district
comprises the New England states;
eastern and southern New York, Penn
sylvania as far west as WilliamSpOrt
and Altoona, all of New Jersey and
Delaware, eastern Maryland, not in
Guiding Baltimore.
Exceptions TO this policy will be
made only if unavoidable through in
ability otherwise to provide for war
needs"