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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-09

mnthors. An our nervousness lori us,
1nd then We Ulnycd 900 tho fuuuN rcc-
ords wc had. and vn 90 i,it "s tt az
q iddlo when The ufd.I came to Join
the firing line"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-09

ono U tat. one G.. milk. ono T.. corn
starch, salt ana pepper. Melt fat In
sauce pan. Combine cornsturch with
"a little cold water and add to lat Let
bubble three minutes Add milk.
stirring constantly until smooth.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-09
Bean Niuffins.

two cggs wcll beaten. one q. bean
pulp. one-half c. milk, ono /. salt. ono
g corn flour, two I. baking powder.
two 7 vegetable fat. Combine ingre-
dients In order given Bake in ven
creased muffin tin 20 Or 20 minutes.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-09

half I salt. %ouc-cighth = puprika
combine Tho inrrgdI tnts boz orisF
given. Bnku tho mixture iu clsturd
cups set IN a pan ot hot water Bake
until custarfi is set
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-09

one O.. bean pulp, e. milk. two ogss
wei beaten, n T. vegetable fat, ono-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
ANT NURSES OF BUTTERFLIES
Peculiar Relationship Which Natural
lists Have Observed Between Crea.
lures Which are Enemies.

Ants and butterflies are not ordinar.
lily on friendly terms, for ants have
ruthless custom Of seizing and devour-
ing their winged acquaintances. There
Is, however. one species Of butterfly
the larvae Of which are protected by
the large black ants found in Indian
gardens.
The secret Of this care lies in the
fact that the larvae give out sweet
liquid Of which the ants are very fond,
and which they obtain by gently strok-
ing the little creatures with their an
tennae. At the foot Of a bush on
which the larvae feed, the ants con-
struct temporary nest and are. then
ready to act as attentive nurses.
About the middle Of June the ants
are busy running about on this bush
in search Of the larvae, and driving
them downward toward their own
nest. When the prisoners reach their
places, they at once fall into pupae.
During this period, if the loose earth
ut the foot of the bush be scraped
away, hundreds Of larvae and pupae
may be seen arranged in broad even
band about its trunk.
In about week the butterfly Is
ready to come forth and is tenderly
assisted to leave its shell. IF it Is
strong and healthy, 1t is allowed to
spread It's wings and fly away, but
should 1t prove delicate the ants exer-
else the utmost care in assisting it tn
the tree, and holding 1t there in safe
ty. It is curious sight to watch these
fragile creatures going about in per-
feet confidence among the fierce ants,
which have, however. by no means
adopted the profession Of nursing for
the love Of 1t, for when the larvae OF
another species are thrown among
them they Immediately set upon them
and tear them in pieces.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

friendly with the men, and while I
think they liked him they were SO
tough they would never admit 1t, and
some of them claimed he was Jonah,
or jinx, or bad luck of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup
posed to be a sort of referee as to
whether they kept them or not.
During my second stunt in the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts Of the line
and cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad as 1t could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now, before they took their
vows, every last man IN the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but, as 1t was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger.
mans pushed us back.
Things kept getting worse and you
could see that the men talked to the
chaplain more and quite few Of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started In bright
and early to begin his strafe. The
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
CHAPTER VI.
Fritz Does a Little "strafeIns."

GTi4 1--we 6ssssS SnasSub8s
My outfit was one Of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren In front Of them as shields
against our fire. More than third Of
our men, I should say, had been pretty
tough criminals In their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
handful Of cards or a roll of the
bones whenever they got a chance.
They had been In most of the dirty
parts Of the world. This war was not
such q much to them; just one more
job In the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious In q way.
Some Of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers In
different. ways and between them they
believed In every religion and super
stition under the sun, ] guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch ] ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way they did.
almost every man In my company took
some kind Of q VOW or other, and
most Of them kept their vows too. !
lhelleve. And those that were religious
| got more 20 after that
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
Paradise Worth Attaining.

According to the Koran the soil OF
paradise is composed of musk and saf-
from, sprinkled with pearls and hya-
cinths. The walls Of the mansions are
Of gold and silver; the fruits are Of
flavor and delicacy unknown to NOR
tails. Numerous rivers flow through
the paradise. Some are of wine, 9TH
ers Of milk, honey and water. The
pebbles are rubies and emeralds; tho
banks of musk. camphor and saffron.
The meanest inhabitant of the Moham-
medan paradise will have $4,000 serv-
ants and Y wires. Wine, though for
hidden on earth, will there be freely
allowed and viii not inebriate.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

FGHANISTAN is q buffer
state and a prize Germany
\ would like to control. For ii
- &c N hrnod dnor IN InIto THE
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

the custom Of the kings of the West,
this absolute monarch of Afghanistan
is accessible even to the humblest
peasant of the kingdom for redress of
wrongs. The Kazis act as judges.
1t may be noted here that drinking liq.
uor Is absolutely forbidden in Afghan
istan, and violation may be punished
by death.
Afghanistan has no outlet 10 the sea
and hence no navy. But the para.
mount factor in its life is its state of
military preparedness. Out Of politi-
cal and military chaos new Afghan
istan has been created by the supreme
genius of Abdur Rahman, the late IA.
ther of the present Amir. He fought
his way to the throne of Afghanistan,
and Immediately after his recognition
set himself to reorganizing the scat.
tered forces Of the army. He hired
Turkish officers to train his officers and
to drill his men. He built forts all
over his kingdom, especially along it's
frontiers. He established arsenals.
| two of which, those at Kabul and He.
| rat, were under German military ex-
perts for some time. Abdur Rahman
used his subsidy money in buying guns,
rifles and munitions Of war from the
British. He built storehouses through.
out his kingdom for storing foodstuffs
to be used only In cases Of emergency.
He built strategic roads-though there
is not a single mile Of railroad in
Afghanistan-over some Of the almost
impossible parts Of his mountain king
dom.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

were properly posted and were on the
job. A shell whizzed over his head
and landed just behind the parados
and the dirt spouted up like imagine
q Yellowstone geyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu
tenant-a new one who had only
Joined the company about week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed over
them. They laid to and third one
came. There were three In less than
five minutes. directly over their heads.
Then shell landed on the left side
Of the trench and poilu yelled that
four men had got 1t. They were all
wounded and three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and Just
after he passed me q lad got 1t square
not far from me and was knocked
ever to where was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the first-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap-
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger.
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right shell had Just
struck near the parados and made q
big crater and across from 1t, against
the parapet, was young chap with
deep cash in his head, sitting on
the Ore step and next to him a fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown of. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some Of the
poilus were fishing 1t out of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits Of
on their sleeves or eating as fast rs
they could. Only some of the biscuits
had fallen In bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than .
boy. stumbled over the parados and
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. / think he was
some relation Of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for water
and smiled. But you could see he was
in great pain. Then the boy said :
"Oh, the pain is awful. am going
to die"
"You are all right, old man." the
lieutenant said. "You will be home
soon. The stretcher bearers are COM
ing" So we passed the word for the
stretcher bearers.
Then he took the water bottle from
the boys side and sat him up and gave
him some water. He left the water
bottle with the chap and went to
hurry the stretcher bearers along.
When he got around the corner Of the
trench the boy was slipping back and
the water bottle had fallen down. So
went over to him and propped him
up again and gave him some more
Wafer
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
CHAPTER v-contlnued.

7 never saw a battery better con-
eealed than this one. Up on the ground
you cGshdn't see the muZZle twenty
yards away-and that was all there
ives to see at any distance. There
was ruined garden Just outside the
gun quarters, and while the gunners
were there picking apples there would
be a hiss and an explosion, and over
would go some OF the trees, or maybe
n man or two. but never a shell struck
nearer the guns than that. The poilus
used to thank Fritz for helping them
pick the apples, because the explosions
would bring them down In great style.
Shells from our heavy artillery passed
just over the garden, too, making an
awful racket. But they were not in 1t
with the "75's."
They gave me little practice with
"75" under the direction of expert
French gunners before I went to my
a4inch naval gun, and, believe me, 1t
was q fine little piece. Just picture
to yourself little beauty that can
send a 38-pound shell every two Sec
cnds for five miles and more, II you
want 1t to, and land on Fritz vest
button every time. There Is nothing
! like better than a gun, anyway. and
have never since been entirely satis-
ned with anything less than '75."
As you probably know. the opposing
artillery In this war Is so widely sepa-
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless these happen to be
buildings, and even then 1t Is rare. So,
since an artillery officer never sees the
enemy artillery or infantry, he must
depend on others to give him the range
and direction.
For this purpose there are balloons
and airplanes attached to each artil-
lery unit. The airplanes are equipped
with wireless, but also signal by
smoke and direction OF flight, while
the balloons use telephones. The OBJ
servers have maps and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps are
marked or In zones to correspond with
the maps used by the artillery officers.
The observations are signaled to q
receiving station on the ground and
are then telephoned to the batteries.
All our troops were equipped with
telephone signal corps detachments
and this was very important arm
es the service. The enemy position In
6helled before an attack, either en-
-. <kH
don between the waves of attack and
the artillery Is absolutely necessary.
Bombardments are directed toward
certain parts of the enemy position
almost as accurately as you would use
\ searchlight. The field telephones are
vdry light and are portable to the last
degree. They can be rigged up or
knocked down in very short time.
The wire is wound on drums or reels
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

The government of Afghanistan is
an absolute, but paternal, monarchy.
The Amir Is the executive and the ju-
dicial head Of the state. He has q
council which Is composed of Moham-
medan priests, noblemen aud the rep
resentntives Of the people. This coun-
ell is divided into an upper and lower
house. He has cabinet ministers, hut
none Is permitted tn give any advice
unless asked for 1t. But. quite unlike
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

and you would be surprised to see how
quickly our corps established com
manicntion from newly won trench
tc headquarters, for instance. They
were asking for our casualties before
- had finished having them. slmost.
ARTILLERY fire was directed by men
whose duty It was to dope out the
-ange from the Information sent them
IL the observers IN the air. Two men
were stationed 1t the switchboard,
on9 man to receavs the message and
lbe other to operate the board. Az
oc9n as the range was plotted out It
VA teIephoned to the Sunners and
~ djd The rest.
3fbA Dkvsl gums et Dixmuds were
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
"Reminiscences.

'sDo you remember" said Farmer
Corntossel. show you used to scold
Josh for not comm home to his meals
regnlar"
"Yes," replied his wife, sJosh "a
havin' his own way. Since he went
across, all we kin do Is to keep the
old farm busy and send his meals over
70 him."
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23
DICTIONARIES VOW VENGEANCE WHEN GERMANS HIDE
BEHIND BELGIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

synopAert Depew author Of the tells of his service
during which attained Of chief
he
for
with determination enlist He joins the Foreign Legion and
Cassard his craftsmanship wins
he transferred the land forces to
He his ct experience line trench
Dixmude
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-08-23

Depew goes "over the top"
and "oets" his first German In .
bayonet fight. Read HE story
Of this exploit In the nsxt In
stallrnent
Evening star., 1918-06-15
Boot Away Another Game

For the second day in succession the
Nationals yesterday booted away a
game. the White Sox taking the open
ing contest of the series, to 4, as
direct result of tumble by Judge and
| a brace of miscues by Shotton- Joe's
error was on a dinky little roller from
Weaver's bat that hoped over his
| hands as he was about to field 1t. lie
recovered the pill and tagged Weaver
on the fly as Buck was passing him,
but Umpire Moriarty refused to give
him the verdict. This blazed trail
| for the SoX that led to four runs and
the loss of the game, for, had Weaver
been declared out, Shotton never
would have had the opportunity later
in that round of mussing up bound
er and making a costly tumble of
high fly.
1t happened in the seventh. The
Griffs were breezing along in front by
four-to-two margin when Judge
gave Weaver life by booting his
slow roller. Weaver moved up on
Risberg's out and scored when Schalk
Singled to left, the latter taking sec
ond as Shotton let the ball roll
through his legs. Ayers tossed out
Jourdan. who batted for Schellenback.
but walked Murphy. and Schalk
scored when Leibold uncorked his
fourth straight hit, a single to right.
a walk to Collins loaded the hassocks,
and it was at this juncture that Shot
ton spilled the beans by letting
Felsch's fly filter through his paws
after camping Squarely under 1t. Nc
Bride ended the agony by taking Can
dis pop fly. In the eighth WeayerS
single and infield hits by Schaik and
Murphy brought the Soxs total of
runs up to seven
Cicotte replaced Schellenback on the
mound for Chicago in the eighth and
retired the Grifs in order
Walter Johnson started a rally in
the ninth. when. batting for Ayers. he
singled TO center. but il was short
lived. as Shotton hit into double
play and Poster grounded TO Collins.
Foster scored the first run for the
G-ifmsn after Shotton had been re-
tired in the opening inning when he
worked Scheilenback for d pass and
completed the circuit on successive
singles by Judge and Milan. Sha nks
lifted 10 Felsch, and Milan was uipped
on double steal.
Washington tied II up in the third
when the corners were packed, with
one out, without the aid of a hit.
Shotton walked. was safe at second
when WeaTer dropped Z. Collins'
throw Of Fosters rap. and Judge also
strolled. Shotton crossed the plate
Foster and Judge moved to third and
second. respectively. but FeIsch got
Shsnks' short fly.
Two runs was the margin of the
lead assumed by the GrIfrs in the
fifth. which Shotton blasted open
with a double to right. Foster moved
him up by bunting safely toward
third. and Shotton was safe at the
plate when Schalk mufred Weaver's
perfect peg Of Judges hopper The
sacks were loaded again when Milan
duplicated Fosters new bunt hit
Shanks was called out on strikes, but
Morgan lifted a long fly to Felsch
that registered Foster Judge and
Milan successfully engineered a
double steal, but Mcbride grounded
to Weaver.
The Sox were retired in order in the
fourth. fifth and sixth. Leibold's
bingle in the hfth being nullffied
when he tried to pilfer on Picinich.
Evening star., 1918-06-15
STAR RACKETERS BATTLE
Chuck Garland and Connie Doyle
Play Exhibition Tennis at
Columbia Country Club.

Washington tennis fans will be af-
forded an opportunity to witness Amer
ica's greatest young tennis player in ac-
tion this afternoon. when Chuck Gar
land, eighteen-year- Pittsburgh star
will cross rackets with Conrad B. Doyle
premier tennis player of the District, on
the courts of the Columbia Country
Club. Doyle and Garland played an ex-
hibition match at Columbia at 1890 to-
day and will perform further for late
comers at $50 in company with Lieut..
Horrell, Pacific coast star, and player
from the Chevy Chase Club. The quar-
tet will probably play two or three sets
OF doubles.
Garland. the marvel of tennis in this
country for the past three years, has
surprised experts with the freedom of
his style and his court covering ability.
esSary to the truly great player, and,
young as he is. he already has notable
list Of victories over prominent players
behind him. Last year he won the ma
tional junior championship without trou-
BILE, was runner-up to Sam Hardy in the
national clay court championship held
at Cincinnati. and was a semi -fianalist
in the national championship. In the
round before the semi-f1nal he put out
Karl Behr. star of the Davis cup
matches. in five sets of fast tennis and
only lost to Ensign Johnny Strachan of
San Francisco after five sets of the
hardest sort Of tennis. The youngster
will probably make Doyle play at top
speed to win.
Evening star., 1918-06-15
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CHICAGO, June 15.-NewS that base
ball is not useless" occupation, de-
cided officially by Provost Marshal
General Crowder, will be welcome to
the magnates of the majors and the
half dozen or so minor leagues still In
operation. as it means they may COM
plete their 1913 schedules as far as the
government is concerned. Positive in
structions that as soon as the season
closes every player must find useful
employment were given by Gen.
Crowder. however, and he is said to
have stipulated that the magnates
employ no ball players within the
present draft age limit next season.
This latter report has not been veri-
fed. However, it is all important.
"I don't know what will be done in
base ball next season, if anything,
President Ban Johnson of the Ameri-
can League said today. Il was OPP
posed to u 154game schedule thls
season and urged strongly 1hat We
PLAY only 140 games. but some OF the
National League club owners thought
hest TO do otherwise ! think by now
they are seeing their mistake. IL
would be possible. of course, to en-
uloy bali players above and below tne
present draft age. but that would
turn the American League into joke
organization and l never would con-
sent to it. 1t is impossible at this time
to predict what will occur in base bail
next season While we are losing men
daily by draft and enlistment l. see
no reason why the current schedules
viii not be completed, providing the
public wants the game kept alive. The
future will have to take care Tor IT.
self"
Evening star., 1918-06-15

and base ball player. holding down a
Quarterback's position in the former
and third base in the latter. He won
an M" in both sports at State, play
ing on some of the strongest teams
State has ever developed. Royer has
the distinction of being the youngest
member of the aviation service II
graduate from the Princeton Ground
School. He is now at Ellington Field.
near Houston. Tex.
Everything is ready for the annual
Masonic base ball game this after
noon. The contest is to be preceded
by a parade. which is due to star
from the Masonic Temple at o'clock
Play begins at 3 O'Clock. The Shrint
and Grotto, contending orgauiZa tons
have made their usual arrangement
for big time in the way Of pulling
or stunts on each other. Billy Belts
for years the dean of umptres around
Washington, is to handle the game.
Commerce and Finance scored runs,
about as they pleased in the Depart
mental League yesterday. the former
winning by IL to IL. Both mines hit
the ball hard, total of twenty one
safeties being registered. Lemeric
Dotsen and Cruikshank led the play
ers in batting, each connecting for
three safetieS. The two clubs went
into the last inning with the score
tied. but Commerce got four runs and
Finance three in that final period.
Torpedo broke a 6-to-6 tie with
Gunners in the eighth inning yester-
day in the Navy Yard League. scor-
ing five runs and winning the game
by II to Z. Gunners got one count in
the ninth, but could not put over any
thing like the necessary runs to win.
Hard hitting by both clubs featured
the contest.