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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-04-26
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,,Lista honorowa" marynarzy.
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Powodzenie podatku dochodowego.
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,,Lista honorowa" marynarzy.
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REGESTRACYA 81 LETNICH.

REGESTRACYA 81 LETNICH.
Washington, 26. kwietnia. -
w izbie posl6w przyjeto wczoraj
wspolna rezolucye senatu tyczaca
sic regestracyi celem powoiania
do sluzby wojskowej wszystkich
nlodych mezczyzn, ktorzy ukon-
czyli 81 rok zycia po dniu 8 czer-
wca 1917. w brzmieniu rezolucyi
scnatu drobne tylko zrobiono
zmiany zarzadzenie odda sic do
aprobaty Prezydentowi. Oblicza-
ia, re tym sposobem 10000 do
100000 mlodych ludzi zostanle
powoianych do siuzby wojskoweJ
Izba poslow przyjeia 119 glo-'
sami przeciw 81 poprawke repre-
zentanta Hull z Iowa, wedle kto'
rel nowi rekruci zamieszczeni 20
stana II dolu swych odnosnych
klas, zamiast, jak to projektowal
department wojny, otrzymywae
liczby z litera a obok regestrowa-
nych zeszfego roisu. Rownlez
przyjeto polecenie komitetu woj'
skowego, by wykreslic zastrzeze'
ME w novel; przyjete W senacle
by cd regestracyi uwolnic tych
kt6rzy cd d. 5 czerwca 1917 VISTA
pill do szkol medycznych lub teo'
logicznych.
w senacie rezolucye te przyje'
to % marca. Prezydent sam o.
naczy nowy dziei regestracyl.
z SENATU.
Washington, 26. kwietnia. -
Debaty mad bilem Overmana zbli-
zaja sic ku kohcowi i teraz zacle-
kawienie najwieksze panuje, jakl
bedzie los poprawki domagajacy
sic, by Z pod rozporzadzeh VIA
dzy wykonawczej wyjete byiy
komisya handlowa i federal re-
serve board. Niema watpliwosci,
ze sama nowela W jakiejs forniie,
ii. albo z ia lub lima jeszcze po-
prawka albo bez zmiany, zosta--
ME przyjeta.
Jeszcze jedna poprawka MA do
skonale szanse przyjecia W sena-
Gle. Jest to poprawka wniesiona
przez senatora Wadswortha re
Stanu New York, ktora upowaz-
MIA Prezydenta do ustanowienia
biura wykonawczego dla rozwoju
awiatyki wojennej. Wedle nowe-
ii oryginalnej Prezydent ME miai-
by prawa ustanawiania nowych
blur wykonawczych.
ZATON1FCIE PAROWCA.
Pewien port atlantycki, 2e-go
kwietrlia. - Znany parowiec pa
sazerski St. Paul nalezacy do A
nerican Line przewrocii sic i "a
tonai, kiedy go wieziono do przy-
stani, gdzic miai zabrac fracht do
turopy. Zlohodzi Ottawa, re try
osoby strictly przy tenn zycie.
Parowiec St. Paul wyholowano
z wa-sztatu, gdzie Cd kilku tygo-
dni znajdowal sic W reparacyi. Ma
pokiadzie byio hlkuset robotni---
k6w. Kiedy go holowano do przy-
stani, spostrzezono, re znajduje
sic W niebezpieczehstwie dano
alarm, a robotnicy ratowali sic
jak mogli: jedni przeiazac przez
porecze ma box okretu, ktory mad
powierzchnia wody sic wznosii, a
inni skakaniem W wode, skad mo-
a, ma holowce sic, dostac. Wick
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-04-26
Niemcy a Holandya.
SpraWy Morskie.
Syiuacya ma WsChodzie,
Z Niemiec i Austryi.
TELEGRAMY

| go ZdJSH NlelllCy, "IeSZSle, wy
parci zen z wielkieni stratami,
cofneli sic okolicy, a Hangard
zostaio w reku Francuzow, wraz
ze znaczna czescia okolicznyca
pozycyi. Niemcy ponieSli w tel
! walce straty bardzo ciezkie. One
gdaj i.wczoraj W walkach awiaty-
cznych zniszczono siedm aeropla-
now niemieckich balon, die
siec maszyn uszko odzono. 8 {
Londyn, 26. kwietnia. = Ra--
port angielski opiewa: Ma polud-
ME cd Somme rzeki w kontrata--
kach, poprowadzonych przez woj-
ska australskie angielskie ode
brano po zacietej walce miejsco--
woSc wanna strategicznie, Villers
Bretonneux, biorac w niej przesz-
10 600 jencow niemieckich, oraz
sporo zdobyczy. Miasto okolicz-
ne pozycye So SLIME W reku an
gielskich. Nieprzyjaciel atakowai
wczoraj ma odcinku owym wiel-
ka siia, lecz mic sprawic ME zdo-
ial. Ma flandryjskim froncie wal
czono bardzo zaciekle ma odcinku
Wytschaete Bailleul - Niemcy
tam skupili silly znaczne, wyno-
szace cd czterech do szeSciu dy-
wizyi, atakowali Dranoutre, KEN
mel i Vierstraat, lecz zostali
wszedzie odparci, ponioslszy stra-
ty wprost olbrzymie, tax re stosy
trupow zalegiy pobojawiska.
Walk awiatyczne bardzo ozy--
wione - ME ustaja nj dniem nj
noca.
AMERYKANIE w BITWIE.
Paryz, 26. kwietnia. - Wojska
amerykahskie, posilkujace Allan
tow mad Somme walcza ma odcin-
ku Hangard-en-Santerre Villers-
Bretonneux: o tenn So wiesci Pc
wne, lecz niema w komunikatach
oficyalnych zadnych szczego}ow
narazie o wazniejszych przeja-
wach tego udzialu Amerykanow.
Natomiast So wciaz nowe szczego
iy utarczki~ pod Seicheprey,
gdzie Amerykanie odniesli zwy-
ciestwo mad Niemcami: w starciu
tenn miedzy innymi odznaczyt
sic bohaterskiem iScie poswiece--
MEM x. w. ]. Farrell West
Newton, Mass, ktory wsrod og-
MIA uwijai sic dajac pocieche u
n1ierajacym, pomoc rannym i
choc sam raniony, pomagai oso-
biscie nosic rannych do opatrun-
ku. Podobno rannych zolnierzy "a
merykanskich jest bitwy O.
wei 12S - W szpitalu polowym
Mr.. 25, czy So jeszcze inni W in
nych szpitalach, ME wiadomo.
AS-AMERYKANIN! A
Paryz, 26. kwietnia. - Porucz-
mix amerykanskiej awiatyki +. r.
Baer Mobile, Ala, zrzucil swoj
5ty niemiecki aeroplan, zostajac
tym sposobem nowym ,,Asem 80.
ITytui ASA" otrzymuje wsrod
lctnikow ten, kto najfnniej pise
aeroplAn6w nieprzyj jacielskich mi
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-04-26
KALENDARZYK.

Jutro 81 kwietnia: sw. Perezyna.
- Sw. Anastazyusza p. 1 W. - sw.
zyty p.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-04-26

ckich wogole ma Ukraine i ma
Krymie. Z Krymu przyby}a depu-
tacya do Kijowa, ably starac sic,
by Rada Ukrainna w}aczyla Krym
do Ukrainy co PREDICT, celem O.
brony pred zaborem niemiecko-
austryackim. Z Mihska i Homla
przybyly deputacye podobne, "a
dajace tego sanego.
INNE TELEGRAMY.
Niemcy a Holandya.
Haga, 26. k. - zadania niemie,
ckie wciaz wisza grczba wojny
mad Holandya. sytuacya dotad
bynajmniej sic ME wyjasnifa
Niemcy domagaja sic prawa trans
portow przewozenia przez terry
torya Holandyi - g}owne prze-
wozu piasku i zWiru, potrzebnego
i'm do utwierdzeh transz ma IL
mach bojowych.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-04-26

szczy, hub zrzuci. Amerykanie ma
jq juz swoich ,,Asow" ma teatrze
europejskim, a wsrod mich jest
jeden nawet ,,As" znakomity -
major Raul Lufberry z Walling-
ford, Conn, ktory juz sam znisz-
cyl i zrzucii Is aeroplanow ME-
mieckich. Ostatnio So doniesienia,
IL wzmiankowany poprzednio po-
rucznik Baer zrzucii zaraz ma dru-
gi dzieh po swoim piatym aeropla
ME - takze szosty i siodmy ae-
roplan nieprzyjacielski. Ogo-
lem lotnicy amerykahscy W O.
statnich dwu miesiacach zrzucili
jrz 40 aeroplanow niemieckich.
- Aeroplany alianckie bez-
ustannie puszczaja sic rejdami
rekonesansowymi ponad linie
punkty strategiczne nieprzyjacie-
la bombardujac je i czyniac szko-
dy dotkliwe: onegdaj znow bom-
bardowano Armentieres, Roulers,
Estaires, Courtrai i inne miejsco-
wosci, w starciach awiatycz-
nych lotnicy angielscy zrzucili
diva niemieckie aeroplany, Z rel
dow owych diva angielskie ME
wrocily
ZINNYcH FRONToW.
Rzym, 26. kwietnia. - w do
LIME Pedescala, ma odcinku Asti-
co zniesiono silny posterunek au-
stryacki; innym stoczono zwy-
cieska potyczke W dolinie ASA
mad gorna Brenta wstrzymano
postepy wojsk austryackich og--
MEM bateryi wloskich.
Paryz, 26. kwietnia. - Wojska
alianckie przeprowadzily z zuPel-
nym sukcesem wyprawe rekone--
sansowa mad rzeka Devol, kto-
rel sprowadzono jehcow austrya-
ckioh; przekonano sic, IL nieprzy-
jaciel poniosi straty bardzo ciez-
kie w ostatnich walkach, w kto--
rych mu wzieto kilkanascie miej-
scowoSci, a wszystkie jego kontr-
ataki odparto zwyciesko. Pred
wczoraj Anglicy pod Barakli \
Vetrenik urzadzili pomyslne rel
dy W okopy bu}garskie.
ZE SPRAW MORSKICH.
Londyn, 26. kwietnia. =
Stwierdza sic ponad wszelka mo-
zliwosc, IL wyprawa angielskieJ
marynarki ma bazy nurow niemie-
ckich we Fiandryi powiodla sic
zupcinie, W kazdyrn razie zupel--
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

Modern science on tie battle field is
learning to eliminate the exploratory
operation" That term. by the way, is
the worlds champion euphcmism.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

ed square on the earth above.
tThey are deep. very deep, and the
dugout became d. tomb,) When | got
there the French had been digging
them out. after almost three years.
Merely clothes and bones, but almost
always with the little metal identiil-
cation plague or medallion round
the wrist But the attack came on
and though half are buried in neat
little cemetery. listed and marked
many more remain. Also there are
two separate holes, one of the uni
IDENTIFIED bones. the other for clothes.
The little cemetery is very neat. ana
families may come and lay wreaths-
But | couldn't stiffle q thought how
much simpler and more heroic we're
the little crosses planted, ifaphazard
in the field where they fell, with the
rusty weather eaten muskets on the
soft mounds or perhaps a shell, an
old cartridge case bit of broken
beyonet. an odd scrap of-ciotlles. rifle
cartridges laid out in, tiny crosses, on
the earth; dentGd canteens. single
crumplcd rainsoaked, rotten siccve
ar a knife, gathered up and pi6gsly
put above the dead -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

CAMBRIDGE, Jan, 29.--ln let
ter received by Prof. Charles T..
Copeland of Harvard waldo Pierce,
former Harvard football star. artist
and clubman. paints picture in
words of a bloody corpse strewn bat
tlefield of France. where he is at
present All official painter to the RED
Cross. Portions of the letter, which
Is published In the Harvard Illus
trated, follow:
Are you a = collector of souvenirs =?
II you have an auto left back a way.
hidden behind pile OF sjtndbags,
you might carry back odd objects.
There's a German helmet soft.
There's a head still inside. Walk care
fully There are piles Of half embed
ped, unexploded hand grenadcs. tor
pedoes. shells. about, You have
come to sec. not to hc seen There
are few Poiius hopping in this tor
rlcnted sea Of soil kicking oyer the
flUtsam and jctsam Of all the horrible
storm WHICH has passed. There ar9
some shoes for the Devils cobblcr,
Il he wants human feet for jacks.
Shades of Dante and Milton, You
wrote, hut never saw. There were
quarries in which the Buchcs huddlcd
reserves! vast caverns and 6r"ttocs,
Ten miles back were the marine can
non and artillery, with former fucmcG
Of said quarrics at their elbow Th2
reserves were held in reserve They
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
VISITS CORPSE-STREWN
FRENCH BATTLEFIELD
Painter Tells in Letter What He Saw There-French
Searching for German Dead and Burying Them
Forced to Leave but Found Peace Only in
Quiet Cemetery.

are still held. many Of them. Today
under that avalanche of rock ana
shell hands and legs protrude. The
reserves are there in case the Kaiser
wants them after the war
Some had been buried and torn up
again by shells. Most Of the com
plexions were composed of the SIMS
ter octave Of the spectum- dark
greens. purples olive browns and
other coIors Wipe every fresh tone
off my palette and could have
painted them. but l wouldn't. A.
far as the eye could sweep only more
waves Of earth, certain Slopes. with
"A few tree bunes left, everywhere
ground into the soil crumbs Of hu-
manty
was driven from the field the last
day by such a vast nausea aud moian-
chuly that / sought refuge five miles
back ON, the hard hit plateau of a
quiet field Of littlc crosses OF an in
offensive thrcc-ycar vintage But
even here on this plateau was there
no rrpusc for the living or the dead .
Is Il man an ore ito be dug for once
aguin the story Of quarrics. Here
was u vast dugout. where French
staff of officers and manN men had
taken cover during an assault an at
tempt Of Fritz to retaie his freshly
lost cemetery. 1t was German mole
work and | suppose they knew its
place to II square. Result, shell lanu-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

Cosy Today
Heiress to hidden mine of vast valu"
rescued 10y sweetheart who leaps from
high cliff into stream.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
sEENA OWEN STARS IN
MADAME BO-PEEP"

Madame Boz Peep" the new Trl-
angle play. featuring Scena owen and
adapted from o. Henry's well known
story, MADAME Bo-Peep of the
Ranches" Will be exhibited at the
pastime Theatre. today
1t Is n thrilling play in which the
east and the west meet, the greater
part of the action taking place in tho
west. Miss owen appears first as a
society dCbutante and finally as the
proprietor OF sheep ranch in the wild
and woolly west. Being splendid
horsewoman Miss owen felt very
much at home in the role.
AS the ranch boss she Is annoyed
by the attentions of II designing fore
man, who thinks he can take advan-
tage OF her girlish unsophistication.
Finally she is forced to flee from him
and seek protection. Her escape on
horseback is one OF the exciting fca-
lures of the play,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
Clear, Peachy Skin
Awaits Anyone Who
Drinks Hot Water
says an inside bath, before break
fast helps US look and feel
&, clean, sweet, fresh.

Sparkling and vivacious-merry.
bright. alert--a good. clear SKIN ana
q natural. rosy. healthy compieNlo' j.
arc assured only by pure blood II
only every man and woman could DC
induced TO adopt the morning hslu
bath. what a gratifying change wuulu
take place. Instead of the thousands
OF sickfy, anaemic- looking men, wo'
ncn and girls with pasty or MUDDY
! complexions; instead of the mult,,
,tudes of nerve wrecks, "rundu"hs,
brain faEs'' and pessimists we shouiu
tsbo a. virlle. optimistic throng OF rosy
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning. before breakfast
glass of real hot water with teu
'apuonful Of limestone phosphate J." -
ca wash from the stomach. nNcr' kiu
ncyg and ten yards of bowels the pre-
vIous days indigestiblc waste sour
fcrn,cntatious aud 'pOisons, thus
cleansing. sweetoning and purliyIhH
tho cntire alimentary canal peIoI'
putting more food into the stomach
Those. subject to sick headache, oli'
'iousncss nasty breath, rheumatism
colds. aud particularly those who nave
"A paIlidt sallow complexion and wht
arc constipated very often, are urseu
To obtain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at any drug store WhicI
will cost but a trifle but Is sutiiclei'
to demonstrate the quick and remark
able change In both health ana ,p ap'
poaranco, awaiting those who practie'
internal sanitation. We must rehehh
her that inside cleanliness Is more I'M
portnnt than outside. because tue ski
does not absorbe impurities to con
tnminate the blood while the pores II
the thirty feet of bowels do,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP N0STRlLS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from ad.COlds. It's Splendid!

In one minute your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages Of your
head will cltnr and you can breathe
freely. No. more hawking. snuffing
blowing. headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh will be gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little of this fragrant. antiSeptic,
healing cream in your nostrlls 1t
penctrates through every air passage
OF the head. soOthes the inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's Just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh-Rclief
comes so quickly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
LIKE ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
TELLS WHY CORN Is 50 PAINFUL
4 AND SAYS CUTTING MAKES s.-
THEM GROW.

Press an electric button and you
fnrm a contact with n live wire which
gings the bell. When your shoes press
against your corn 1t pushes it's sharp
roots down upon sensitive nerve ahd
sou get a shock of pain.
Instead OF trimming your corhs
which merely makes them grow. Just
stop into any drug store and ask for a
ruarter OF an ounce OF freczone. This
will cost very little but is sufficient to
remove every hard or soft corn OF cal
hs from ones feet. \ few drops APP
Piled directly upon a tender. aching
corn stops the soreness Instantly, and
soon the corn shrivels up SO II ltts
right out. root and all, without pain
This drug is harmless and mover in
flames or even irritates the surround
ing tissue or skin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

turns aside many temptations. Year
later come n youth aud u minister
Both are attracted by The girl who ha'
grown beautiful. One day the youth
gets u letter. He must return home.
His mother is III and needs him and
money for an operation to save her
life. The lad shows the letter to Tho
girl who discovers that the youth t.
her brother. Waving aside every
thought OF self and without telling tho
lad who she Is. she goes to the tOWI,
dance hall and to get the money f0I
her mother offers herself in marriage
to the highest bidder. 4 vile old
M iner tries to bid her in but tho
minister offers more aud gets her.
He borrows the money from the
dance hall prpprietor on condition that
IL he does not pay it back within .
certain time he Is to be the willing
slave of the proprietor. Tho minister
goes to dig gold. The dance hall pro-
prietor whose business he has hurt
conspired to fput him out Of the way
but the girl herolcally saves the minis
ter. The dance hall man IL killed IN
the fight to get the minister and the
minister is free of his debt Oi
course he marries the girl.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

Fashion makers are revealing
Z IN their newest designs the peren-
Mai fsxor I'm which woman-kind
/ still holds the separate blouse and
/ skirt. o. 80 I
ThO new model shows the com
| Portable low collar and long
aIssTss 4
The skirt IL an unusually clever
design Of soft serge In seal brown,
its checker-board border worked
out In huge squares OF sand color.
The pocket flaps and belt show
unique self-buckle idea that adds .
distinctly smart touch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

stntc OF Ohio, City OF Toledo.
Lucas County, 81.
Frank j. CnenCy makes oath that he Ia
,cnIor partner OF the firm of p. !. Cheney
( Co, doing business In the city OF Toledo,
County and Stanc aforesaid, aud that said
firm Will pay the sum uf ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case o.
Catnrrh that cannot be cured by the use o.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
ny presence, this 9th day Of December
I. u. 1856. A. w. GlEASpN,
CScaO Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken intern
ally aud acts through the Blood on the
testimonials, free.
r. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 15c.
Halls Family I'ills Tor euuStipa ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

Into the north. among the gold
seekers comes father and q daughter
(Jewel Carmen. The father had left
his wife and son destitute In this
rough company the girl meets an
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29

where the southern sunny breeze
fans the old palmcta trees" they
should worry about an Industrial shut
down from a coal famine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-01-29
.IMPERIALIST PEACE
IMPOSSIBLE TROTSK1
INFORMS PAN-S0VIET

PETItoGRAD.. Jan. 2s,--"We will
lever concludc an annexationist. jim .
perialist peace, Leon IrDtsky tolu
the panSovict The. congress was
Iaisu advised by official statcipeni
from The bolshevili headqlidrtcrs, Id
the Smulry institute that rfsl-
ulents of Cossacks j9iited In, tue fcV-
oiulion against General kaiedthcs'
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
MRS JOHN JACOB ROGERS.
Whom war transformed into . nurse
in one day.

Another overnight war transforma-
tion-a Congressman and his wife
become q soldier and q nurse!
Congressman John Jacob Rogers Of
Massachusetts, yesterday left Wash
ington for Camp Zachary Taylor. and
-pEestoi the lawmaker becomes an
artineryman- Mrs. Rogers needed the
call for nurses, and Is toiling. whole
heartedly among the wounded Ameri-
can heroes at Walter Reed Hospital
After hearing the questions Of the
war fought over on the hoor OF the
House, Mr.. Rogers decided that he
would like to get into the fray. Ac-
cordingly. he sent in q request to his
draft board at Lowell, Mass, his home
city, that he be called for duty. The
result was his order to report at the
Louisville, KY, army camp. Mr..
Rogers packed away all his Congress
slonal business and left at o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Rogers said today: eT win
continue my work at Walter Reed
Hospital while my husband Is at
camp, and later, while he is overseas,
for, OF course. am not permitted to
go to France as a nurse when my
husband is there"
Mr.. Rogers has had military expert
ence to some extent, as he for two OF
three years was in the Massachusetts,
militia He Is thirty-seven years old.
Mrs. Rogers announced today that
her husband would not, for the pres
ent, at least, resign his office.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
Marine LOSSES
PASS 29 MILLION

German submarines have cost this
Government $29.775,o0o in marine in
surance losses. Figures made public
by the Treasury Department today
reveal that the losses at sea on which
the Government carried insurance.
were less than two-thirds OF the pre-
MUM payment
Since the marine insurance section
of the Treasury was organized IN
September, 1914, the Government has
written S1,S46. 4o7 900 In insurance.
The premium payment totaled $46.-
1000. The net proft to the Gov
ernment exceeds $4,000, 900. Losses
aggregated SIS. o.775.0O
The Government now carries e1S7.-
os,O00 on the lives OF merchant SAIL
ors. Premium payments from that
source were S7S3, 900. while the losses
were S2S1, 900, the profit to the Gov
ernment being $500. 900.
1t has cost the Government S14o.-
900 to administer the marine Insur-
ance section for the four years sinci
Its organization.
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
D. c. AMBULANCE
DRIVER DECORATED

Driving his ambulance forward in
the face of a withering machine gun
and shrapnel fire. Private William E.
Linden, twenty-six years old. OF wash
ington, rescued desperately wounded
Americans from an advanced battalion
post last July, and, laughing at the
advancing Germans, carried his
charges to safety, although his ma
chine was SCARED and riddled by shell
and shrapnel.
Thanks for the magazine-severa!
good stories in it." he writes to his
sister, a war worker here.
Incidentally they gave me a CroiX
de Guerre for that trip to the battalion
post last July" he added ingenuously.
"rm not at the front now, but va
cationing in Dinard and st. Malo, on
the coast of Brittany. That's not all.
but we are actually having dances in
a peach of a ballroom and we have
bathing beach, too. It's not against
the censorship regulations to tell where
our outfit happens to be now. l guess
the Germans are retreating so fast
they haven't got time to worry about
bombing points in the south OF France
even IL they could get there"
Private Linden formerly lived at sos
Seward Square southeast He left for
France over a year ago.
Linden is a Georgetown Law School
man, a member OF Delta Chi Fratern-
ity, and left a post at the American
embassy at Madrid to enlist
The Washington times., 1918-10-26
W.SS AS XMAS GIFTS

With Christmas just two months
away. the District War Savings Com
mittee, in line with the suggestion
that only useful gifts be given. IL
urging that War Savings and Thrift
Stamps be the medium for Yuletide
remembra9ces this year. Such a
course will not only mean ready COM
pliance with the general trrift cam
paign, but will also help provide the
Government with funds for the
prosecution Of the war.
While the War Savings plan was
not introduced until December Of last
year. Christmas tokens In many in
stances took this form, particularly
as q substitute for the usual money
gifts from employer to employe. The
custom thus introduced Is expected to
prove increasingly popular this year.