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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-26

On my second tr4p to the trenches
i!our a1csf WAS making hts rounds o6
tfsspsstioa, and vs received ths cheer.
III news that at four In The morning
We we're b 90 over the Top end take
ftAa.gssman front.hne trench, My heart
turned 10 lead. Then tho odieer car
LLEiad on Win bis Instructions 10 ths
49, Of my memory I recall fAem IS
hollpys:srAt eleven q wiring party win
~ opt tn front and cut lanss through
ISaf harbsd wire for the passage Of
TROOPS In ths morning At two O'clock
!slr artillery Will opm up with an in
lssnss bombsrdmsnt, which viii hast I'M
I'm 1sxr. Upoa the kftins Of the bar
fIasp the first Of The three waves win
seo ovef!" Then he LEFT. Some Of the
Noenmiea, first getting permission from
In sergeant, vent into The machine
tlsnssS ;dusout and vrcts lsttsr,
1ops. saying that IN he incoming thsy
were going over tho toy, and also that
ffstha lattera reached tAsir destination
{ Hoald Mean that the writer had beeo
killed..
These LISTERS were turnsd eyx to
ths captain With instructions to mail
mme "a the event Of the writer's bstng
Atlld 'saoms OF tAs maa made out
thSfs WINS In tASs pAy books. mdsr
NJ eaption WIN aAa Last Tssta-
1nantn
4han the n~sfveFacktnG wan com
ansnesd- Every nov and men I would
J9ianee at the dial Of my wrist watch
IND vas surprised 10 10 how fast de
0tnutes passed BY. About aFe miauees
;se Two I got nervous wsitiag for our
S9tus 20 open lD. i could not take. my
pyas from my watch. 1 crcuched
against the parapet and strsined ny
muscles in a deAthnhe grip upon my
hds. ~ the hands q my watch
showed two O'Clock . Nin6inG red nars
Heated gp the ny 10 our rear, then
ah1ndse, intermtKed With . sharp, whis-
Natne sound in the cir over our hsadA
STE shells taAp or guns were spesA
46g % 6eir RaJ toward he German
An1A Win 90 seeosd TIE neQ
|A4aAS up en- Tho ~ step and looked
kvSs he tap ID ~ 3lrectioa Il The
0seman trenchea 4 kns ok bursting
aAslis lighted - no Mans Land tns
IN Hss twJahc aaA ~ ground trsmr
Md fheA high sboSD sU hUsds us
eea,d hear . ashtAs moan. Or big
1oyS behind thS ltns had opsned ND
eae Sf-s and i0tnch shells eommeaeed
4ropptns into - German rlea Tho
1asA Il tAs sun1 behind the Inca sks
Nssam a tho sAssis saroush the ctr.
INA he 6afs q then, busstina was Z
lpeetaas hat PIT PainS greatest d.
paay into the shsdA he constant
b9A pup. q 0sfnaA nasAabs CONS and
n occasional Fe4t3s a Haes firing gave
b the impfsaloa e . huge audience
kppaaudine The VSRt q he batteries.
Our 16poundeN vese destroying tn
herman baxbsd s4r& v1fis he heavier
tut Va dsma3ishins 0saS trenches
nd ha1h1ns In aasouR - funt hoasA
1hea Pits Ct bssE.
ghs1s hsils wSnt sceeamins oVsr-
bsed, aimed IN de direction Of Tie
ares from our hsttssia. 9Feoch wne-
ars s&arted dseDpiaS .Hinnies" In
nfs frent lima We clicked several en-
aldsa. Then Aeg sae1sal5 ceased
m asttlissV had tspsa - aisassd
1Dn
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
MISS VAN DRESSER
REM|NDSOF FEAMES

A beautiful voice and a most finish
cd art were heard from a singer new
to Washington audiences. yesterday
afternoon, when Marcia Van Dresser,
soprano OF the Chicago Opera, appear
ed-in joint recital with Hans Kinder.
the gifted 'celiist OF the Philadelphia
Orchestra in the third concert Of the
ten-star series presented by T. Ar
thur Smith at the National Theater.
Possessed OF a delightful stage pres
ence, Miss Ven Dresser disclosed a
voice OF rich warmth and sweetness.
pure and admirably smooth, with a
pathos In II that gave particular
charm to a program or real art songs.
she presented group of Italian songs
by modern composer, Enrico Bossi.
giving this music for the first time.
They required tone painting, and, in
her singing OF them, Miss Van Dress
er, In style and in quality, recalled the
voice of Emma Eames, with a timbre
Of mezzo-soprano depth
Her singing has control, and she
uses a variety of tone color that gives
luster to such sustained songs as the
Debussy, la mer est plus belle"
while her dramatic power was shown
in the same composers broad song.
''De Fleurs," or again in the broad
space she suggested in "The Bird" by
Dwight Fiske. a song with something
of Grieg in 1t. Two artistic eneores
she gave, a WoIf-Ferrari "Respetto"
and the "Mandoline," of Debussy that
was exquisitely deliniated.
1t is with the musical quality OF the
true musician that Hans Kinder
plays He has the interpretative spirit
Of every composition. whether It b.
the mos: delicate shading of "Le
Cygne," of Saint-Saens. or the atnios-
phere of the plaintive 'Orientale" OF
Cesar Cul, both given as eneores. or
again the rich dramatic depths he dis
played in the -"Locatelli'' cadenza. and
in much OF the symphonic variations
OF Boellmann.
The "Menaef. OF Handel and the
"Gavotte" OF Mehu1 were sunny In
their gracious phrasing, and into the
"Papillons" of Pepper. with On ex-
quisite virtuosity, there was the same
rare spirit of elegance and ease.
George F. Boyle at the piano. made
the song accomplishments hard and
destroying some of the
qualities they should possess.
J. Mach.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
WAR LABOR BOARD
TO Be CONTINUED

The War Labor Policies Board. with
Felix Frankfurter as its head as an
Assistant Secretary OF Labor, will re-
main In existence despite the coming
OF peace. il was learned here today,
and steps have already been taken
toward this end.
Wires have been sent to- mayors OF
all cities and governors of all States.
asking that they resume work on n,u-
nicipal projects abandoned because Of
the war and cooperate with tA
municipal labor committees and State
committees for labor requirements.
This step alone it is estimated by
officials Of the board, will mean some
S00y000O00 in labor costs alone.
Reports of labor conditions from all
over the country. beginning 20 pour
into the Labor Department offices.
show healthy industril condition. with
an ever growing increase OF labor In
the ranks of peace-time industries
In the work OF handling the laoor
flow from the army and war indus
tries to those OF peace. the War Labor
Policies Board will be the executive
instrument OF the Government. with
the Employment Service Division and
other Governmental agencies in subord-
mate positions. The continuation 0f
this board and the National War
Labor Board after the war. has long
been advocated by labor men.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
WAR SHIPPING LOSS
.1,811,584 TONS

LONDON. Dec. T-Inroads OF the
war or the merchant shipping OF the
Unite Kingdom and of the world are
shown in a parliamentary note just
issued. The net loss to the world up
to oetober II sYas t!SIl,S04 gross
tons H. yJslA s51E-
The following tabIs summarizes the
position OF the worlds tonnage on
October 81:
Gross tons.
l~oSSeS .4OsoOOs too
Gains b. new construction. 10 ,949 ,52T
Gains by enemy tonnage
capture ...-.....--.-. .-.-. 2,3SZ,6Io
Total gains ....--.-......13 1922 .202
Net losses ....-.-........ 1,S11.5S4
The British tonnage position on Oc-
tober 81 is summarized as follows:
Losses, exclusive OF trans
feTs to and from British
flag ................... 9.O3I.saS
Tota! gains ............... 5,5Ss.sIG
Net loss ................... 3,443,o12
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
Objects to Having
Complexion Listed
As "Hindu" in Papers

Jatindra Nath Cuba, a native Of
East India, serving with the
chemical section of the army, to-
day appeared before Clerk Young
OF the District Supreme Court and
protested against having his COM
plexion on his citizepship papers
classified as "Hindu.s
Cuba, who is a graduate of the
Bengal University OF India, is
studying chemistry in this coun-
try and said that "IIindu" was no
complexion, but was the race to
which he belonged. He preferred
ito have his complexion listed as
dark like an Italian. French
man, Spaniard or any of those
dark-skinned races"
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
PENSION BILL ON
ROCKS IN SENATE

Once more the movement for PEN
sIoning superannuated Government
employees has been blocked.
The present Congress will end
March 1, and IL there is no action
by that time the friends Of. civil PEN
sions will have to begin their night
over again. .-s--.
1t was expected a vote would be
reached in the Senate yesterday after
noon, but IL adjourned until Tuesday
without a vote. 1t will take up tie
revenue bill Tuesday. This meat.-
passage of the pension and retire
ment bill IL indefinitely delayed.
The situation is further complicated
by the unwillingness of the friends
OF the McKeIlar bill to accept the
Pomerene substitute. They will try
when they can get a vote in the Sen
ate proper, instead OF the committee
of the whole, to defeat the Pomerene
plan, which puts the burden of raising
the fund on the clerks.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
BALF0UR LAUDS PRESIDENT
FOR WORLD LEAGUE STAND

LONDON, Dec. T.--Ar,hur J. Bali
four, secretary OF state for foreign af-'
fairs, said last night that he did not
think the meeting ia Paris tEss Elonth
would BE- anything but an informal
gathering and preliminary to the con-
ference OF the associated governments.
at the first ol the year. The confer .
ence of the associated governments At
the first Of the year. he said. would 7
be the most important and the long,
est Of the series, and that when thss !,
long conference was concluded tns
enemy countries would be called IN 70
ratisy the conclusions reaches. >
The foreign secretary said that II
was k!E opinion that TIE question OF
a league Of nations vas the most
important work imposed on the con-
ference and that the prominence NJ.
Wilson las given the subject IS a
valuable contribution to civllizatIon,~
he declared
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
Find Suicide Holding
Bible IN One Hand
With Verses Marked


MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. TN
the world you shall have dis
dress: but have confidence: I
have overcome the world" Sam
uel W. Baar. formerly manager
Of the Western Newspaper Union.
about to die, marked this pas
sage Of the thirty-third verse Of
the sixteenth chapter OF the Cos
pei Of st. John-this and the
twenty-fifth chapter. which reads:
The hour cometh. when 1 will no
more speak to you in proverbs,
but will show you plainly to the
Father"
They found him stretched across
the bed in a hotel IN Memphis,
Tenn, a revolver in one hand, the
open book in the other.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
NH8;HlKI
lNH363iMiIA7
&aaais3sca
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young IS to feS
young-to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels-there'sn e'snonecdof hsy-
ing a sallow complexion dark rings
under your eyes pimpieS-a bilior;
look in your face-dull EYES with no
sparkle. Your doctorviH tell you aipety
per cent of all sickness comes from IN
active bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, a well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave 20
his patients for years
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomeL are gentle in their
action yet always effective. They bring
about that exuberance of spirit that
natural buoyancy which should be en-
joyed byeveryone, bytoning up the liver
and clearing the system OF impurities
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets By their olive color. 1oc and
DC yer box. Al cru2ZissS-
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
SAILOR SHOT AS
POLICE RUN CROWD

Calvin Workman. twenty-five year
old. a sailor living at 622 Twent,
second street northwest is. in n
U. S. Naval Hospital suffering fror
a bullet wound in the knee receive
last night when military police an
police from the Fourth precinct al
tempted to disperse a crowd OF sail.
ors and marines engaged In a fight
Four-and-a-Half and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest .-..-
The sailors and marines were mrs
seen marching down Four-and-a-Hal
street Fearing trouble. the. police
attempted to stop them. and severa
shots were fired by the marines. One
OF the bullets took effect In Work ,
mans knee. His condition Is NO
serious.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
3LIVESIS TOLL Of
COASTLINE wreck

WILMINGTON. n. c.. Dec. Three
persons are dead and a number In 8
jured as a result OF the wreck OF Al.
lantic Coast Line train No. s.. souths 4
bound. at Elrod, n. c., early last night 4
At the time Of the accident the train
was running at a moderate speed into +.
the station. but despite this fact CON
siderable damage was done to the
equipment. The engine left the traek.s
and turned completely over while thres
day coaches were derafled- - -s-ss :
The Pullmans and mail. baggage ard
express ears remained on the track
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
DEMAND ARREST OF PRINCE
HENRY AS JUNKER PL0TTER

LONDON, Dec. German Bolche-
viks are demanding the arrest OF
Prince Henry. brother of the ex-
Kaiser, on the ground that he Is
plotting q counter revolution to re-
store the throne, said a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Daily Express to-
day.
The monarchiaI plot is said to be
developing"
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
SAY SPAIN MOVES
TOWARD REPUBLIC

LONDON. Dec. Followers
Count Romanones. the new Spani.
premier. state that the present rroG
ably will be ''the last cabinet uno
the monarchy." said a News 1Agen"
dispatch from Madrid this afterno<
These followers. who unconditior
ally supported the final attempt +,
form q coalition ministry TO deal wit
democratic reforms and the .eco1om.
situation. believe that the next SpeT
ish parliament will be oVerwhein-
ingly republican and socialist.
The foregoing cablegram ind.c~'as
that a strong movement for a repU -
lie is setting In in Spain,
PARIS. Dec. There are seT-..s
liberals IN the new Spanish cabin :,
headed by Premier. Count RomanoncI !.
said. dispatch from Madrid todac
The remaining two members are
filiated with other political parties
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
EISNER SAYS HE'LL PROVE
EX-KAISER STARTED WAR

AMSTERDAM. Dec. Kurt Eisncr
head Of the national committee In Ba-
varia. has announced that he would
publish documents found In the Ger
man foreign office To prove that the
Kaiser was responsible for the war.
according to information from Ger
man source today.
The Washington times., 1918-12-07
ADVERTISEMENT :
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Soon the breathing becomes less
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relief comes
DIR. Bells P!neTar-5oney Il pure,
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and quiet rest follow its faithful use
priced All druggists,
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The Washington times., 1918-12-07
CHARGE PASTOR LOST
CHURCH FUNDS AT CRAPS

BLOOMTNGTON. Ill. Dec. -
Charged with d.ss:paticg funds col
lected in Danvillc Tor the erection OF
new church by shooting craps, the
Rev. Ivory Illison. pastor OF negro
Methodist church in Danville. was ar
rested here and taken back 70 I'-It
city.
He served as bus boy three Gays n
a luncn room in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
'WAR GARDEN WEEK"
TO BEGIN APRIL |
speed UP and Spade Up" Is Slogan
Adopted in Campaign for Greater
Food Production

The week beginning Monday, April /,
has been designated as war garden
week by the national war gardens
commission. The commissions slogan
as announced in its call for war gar
den work is
Speed up and spade up for war gar
den week"
The commission has asked every min
lister to devote at least a part of a ser
mon on Sunday, March 81 to the topic
OF nome food production. In every
church in the United States the minis
tiers are expected to urge the people
OF their congregations, at morning or
evening services, to do all they can to
help increase the nations food supply.
The question that worries the kaiser
right now, says Charles Lathrop
Pack, president of the national war
gardens commission, lis not how many
men we are Sending to the western
front, but can We feed them after we
get them there.
I'VE must fool him by feeding our
selves, Or we will find a Berlin date
line on our tax receipts. and the boy
you have sent to the trenches will be
trimming asparagus tips somewhere be-
hind the German lines for the dinner
the kaiser wants to give in Paris in
honor of Won Hindenburg."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Weekly Metal Review.

Steel interests expect the government
to place extensive orders soon for rail-
road equipment. which include a heavy
tonnage of rails and from 100000 to
10000 freight cars. The steel re-
CURED for the latter purpose alone
will total about 100000 to LOO 900
tons. Canada is also expected to be d
heavy buyer of rails. The gross tom
mage of these orders will likely tax
the capacity of American rolling mills
for some time.
Production of pig iron during March
viii show considerable increase but
every pound will be needed, as the
requirements. Furna ces are practical
ly sold up for the second quarter and
only urgent government orders receive
attention for second half
Increased cost of iron production has
encouraged the hope among ..rtain
producers that they may obtain high
err price after March 81, although the
popular belief is that the existin.
schedule will be continued for proba bl Y
six or nine months. Data on the sub
ject will be presented to the war in
dnstries board in Washington next
Wednesday.
Spot lead is scarce III the local mar
ket- which has caused a spread III value
between prompt delivery and more dis
tant positions. There is only d light de-
n.and for the latter.
The copper committee has been slow
in releasing metal for private con-
sumption. because of heavy govern
ment requirements. but no fear is ex-
pressed of an ultimate shortage.
Export restrictions at Urinary
sources have interferred with our do
nestle tin market and Chinese tin. tho
only grade availa BILE, is held al a stiff
premium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Market Gardens Waning.

Market gardeners supplying the Wash
ington markets have already informed
the District Commissioners and the
war garden committee that they will
be unable to cultivate even as much
ground as they did last season, be-
cause of inability to obtain help and
for various other reasons. This, in
view of the fact that Washington has
now a resident population of at least
$4,000 more people than it had 4 year
ago, to say nothing of the swarms of
transients, here for a day to a week.
all OF whom must be fed, indicates that
the man who has producing vege
table garden in his back yard or on
nearby lot is to be considered a lucky
individual
1t is absolutely necessary, according
to men familiar with the food and
transportation conditions of the coun-
try, to do everything that is humanity
possible to relieve the strain on trans
portation facilities. as we'll as to pro-
duce food in quantities Increasingly
large. Taken in conjunction. these two
problems work out to mean that the
food must be grown as near to the
place where it is to be consumed as is
possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Beans Buy a Flivver.

Amateur gardeners who banker for
the delights accompanying possession
OF AN automobile or even one of those
vehicles termed in the language of the
streets "hivvers'' have in their own
hands the means of gratifying the de-
sire That is provided they follow the
example of Hugh Byrnes. Il resident of
Ion2nonth. Col.
Last summer EyInes planted Mexica n
beans on five-acre tract in his home
town. The crop was good enough that
the check Byrnes received for il was
for the neat sum of $40. Having long
wished for an automobile. the fortunate
grower of $40 worth of beans prompt
ly turned the check into machine.
Byrnes leased the land on which the
crop was grown, and he received 81.
cents pound for his beans.
Good navy beans. lhe kind used for
baking. are worth more than the Next
can beans. retailing in the east during
the last fall and winter at 30 cents a
pound and even more. Navies are as
productive as the Mexican beans, if not
more so.
Moral: If you want an auto bad
enough to work Il bean field all summer
.".' II. TIA; = the way to set it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
| NEW BULLETIN READY
FOR CITY GARDENERS
Department of Agriculture Pre-
pares Free Guide for Use of ANA
teurs in Vegetab BILE Growing.

For the instruction and guidance of
who plan this season to make their
back yards produce at least large
part of the vegetables used by their
families, the Department of Aericul-
a new farmers bulletin entitled The
City and Suburban Vegetable Garden -
The home garden movement last wear
resulted according to estimates cited
by the Secretary of Agriculture, in the
planting of from eco to 300 per cent
more gardens than ever before had
produced food. Z Need for more food
this year is expected to result in an
even greater number of gardens The
new bulletin is deS igued t. sid the
amateur as well as the experienced
gardener. Among the topics treated
are:
Importance Of city gardens. types OF
gardening, cost and value of crops
from home gardens, labor and expense
required TO make home gardens loca-
ton and soil. size of the garden ar
rangement Of the garden, fences and
windbreaks. succession Of crops rota-
tons, seed, plants hotbeds and cold
frames. fertilizing the garden lining,
preparing the soil. planting. setting
plants. cultivation, irrigation. control
of insects and disease, saving surplus
vegeta bleS and directions for growing
vegetable crops.
Another bulletin available for dis
tribution is entitled Control of Dis
eases and Insect Enemies of the Home
Vegetable Garden"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. March 16.-Graiu prices
collapsed suddenly today under a bur
den of annual sprir. lquidatio which
CHANGED to catch the market bare of
support. After extreme breaks of : to
6h4. however. IA lilies ersued. Corn
closed unsettled. Is to y. net lower.
with March l.26fs. and Nav. 1.o39S
Pork off - to SO
Suggestions THAT German peace feel
ers might have had bearish influence
on corn met with emphatic general dis
sent once the downward plunge of
values had started, however everybody
IN the trading pit seemed to be irnb ID
with a single idea. and that was to sell
oats were swayed largely by the
same influence which affected corn.
PROVISIONS dropped owing to heavy
warehouse stocks here and the acute
weakness of grain