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The Carlisle independent., 1918-01-03
FIVE FRIDAYS 14deed 14Sa,!4,t7 z
 Tale
 By FRANK R. ADAMS -

that peculiar shade of cream velvet for complexions.
 At this particular time for nearly twenty-five years she and nature had been uninterrupted by matrimony in their job of decorating, so that 1t is not to be wondered at that they had turned out well nigh perfect product. There is nothing unfinished about her.
 One of her early spasms was Fetch erism; then she struck the nuts and berries iGea. I was guest at her home the summer she tried both of these things out. If you are goirg to Fetch eriZe, a piece of old boot tastes just as good as a steak, and it is more econom- ical The adherents of the nuts and berries diet claim that it is good food schedule because grizzly bears live on it. AS far as l am concerned, being like a grizzly bear is a doubtful advan- tage and, besides, I don't believe It is possible for bear to shell enough pea nuts to live on.
 Lucille called a meeting to discuss ways and means.
 First oI all, she said, when the supply boat comes today we'll make them take back every edible thing they have brought, together with what we have on hand, so that we won't be tempted. Isn't it lucky our cottage is on an island all by itself so that it won't be possible for one of us to cheat by going to a hotel somewhere"
 Don't you think it would be a great CT victory for us if we conquered the demon food with some supplies within easy reach?" l suggested, with pain full recollection of the supply boat
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which came oily twice week, but car ried delieacies of which Lucullus never dreamed.
 NO, it's best to take no chances"
 There's the motor boat anyway. We could run over to the mainland"
 "No, we couldn't" Lucille smiled Father is the only one who can run it, and he won't be here until Sunday" Thus another ray of sunlight flicker ed out. A man of my build does not crank up marine engine located near the floor of a boat. 1 might say he could not, but it is truer to say that he does not. If he is the least bit wise he does not even try it.
 'Ill give tE1 .naid a week off," Lu- cile continued gayly. 'As we're not go- ing to eat anything we shall not really need her, and she has been wanting to go home for some time. I'll let her go back with the supply boat. We'll begin our fasting tomorrow by going without breakfast"
 She consulted the magazine again. We have to drink plenty of good, pure
 
 time, and we'll hardly notice the ab- sence of food at all. Then next Mon day we'll break our fast by drinking the juice of an orange and eating a handful of popcorn, just one handful so as not to shock our digestive ap7 paratus by introducing anything solid into it.
 But why harrow the reader with the rules and regulations which Lucille framed for us. Suffice it to say that they went into effect the next morning according to schedule.
 We met at breakfast. I am never at my best before I drink my first cup of coffee in the morning and the thought of the inhuman way 1 was about to treat my "tunmie" depressed me more than usual. The table was ghastly white, unbroken by the usual cheerful array of steaming hot dishes. At each place was a large glass of water and a napkin. What the napkin was for I failed to discover. I imagine it was what the anthropologists would call "a survival of culture"
 We have fifty-eight five gallon bot ties of distilled water" Lucille in- formed us. q wonder if that will be enough. It amounts to nearly hun dred gallons apiece."
 I made a nasty ca1 de cided that hundred \k.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-01-03
"Johnny on the Spot" Farmer.

A western farmer dropped in upon the liberty loan committee in his town, toward the close of the subscription pe- riod, placed a milk can on the table, removed the cover and emptied the contents. That milk can contained the savings of wars, in copper, silver and gold coins and bank notes. When counted, the cash was found to amount to a goodly sum. q never put my money in bank" said the farmer, "but I've been thinkin' it over, an I guess l can trust Uncle Sam." No doubt he was typical of much larger element of the population than is actually known Christian Science Monitor.
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PitiabIe and Distressing Scene.

FiAldbiC anu AtSNt SSSt'AS ONSi'S'
 During the last fortnight men have been impressed here in Brussels. but their seizures here are made evidently with much greater care than in the provinces. with more regard for the appearances. There was no public an- nouncement of the intention to deport, but suddenly about ten days ago cer- tain men in towns whose names are on the list of chOmeurs received sum mons notifying them to report at one of the railway stations on a given day i; penalties were fixed for failure to re- spond to the summons and there was printed on the card an offer of employ ment by the German government, ei- ther in Germany or Belgium. On the first day out of about l BOO men or dered to present themselves at the Care du Midi about 750 responded. These were examined by German phy- sicians and 800 were taken. There was no disorder. a large force of mounted Uhlans keeping back the crowds and barring access to the sta ton to all but those who had been summoned to appear. The commits sion for relief in Belgium had secured permission to give to each deported man a loaf of bread, and some of the communes provided warm clothing for those who had none and in addition a small financial allowance. AS by one of the ironieS of life the winter has 1 been more excessively cold than Bel gium has ever known it, and while many of those who presented them selves were adequately protected against the cold, many of them were without overcoats. The men shiv- ering from cold and fear, the parting 1 from weeping wives and children, the | barriers of brutal Uhlans, all this made the scene a pitiable and dis dressing one.
 "It was understood that the seizures would continue here in Brussels, but on Thursday last, a bitter cold day, those that had been convoked were sent home without examination. It is supposed that the severe weather has moved the Germans to postpone the deportation"
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FRIDAYS
CHAPTER l.

Fast Ashore. .xN sE eat too much" stated Lu- ee hE cile definitely while we were w having tea on the front
 nnrnh
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
NEW SHIPS SPIKE U-B0ATS.
Allies Building More Boats Than are
Destroyed: Failure Of Pirate War.
fare

London. Nay - The enemy - de-
stroving British. allied. and neutral ton
mage n the rate Of about , 500 600 tons
yearly, while Great Britain and her al
lies and the neutral countries will very
soon be producing tonnage at rate Of
about 4.ooO.HF tons yearly, writes Ar
chihald ilurd the naval expert IN The
Daily Telegraph
That favorable situation, he declares
should b. reached IN q few weeks and
thenceforward the upward curve N favor
Of the Allies should proceed IN a manner
TO convince che Germans of their failure
There are indications. the writer
points out, that the Germans themselves
realize that the submarine campaign VAS
a political blunder The allied nayles
have not been weakened he notes, and
the submarine, which brought America
into the war. has not been able TO inter
fere seriously with the transport alton Of
American troops and material
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
Odd Fellows TO Give Ambulance.

Reading. Pa. May p The GRAND
Lodge of odd Fellows adjourned today
after installation Of officers l. was de-
rjdcd % hold the session next year a
Johuetown
Resolutions were passed 70 refrain
from the use Of wheat and TO do away
with the German language IN lodge work
resolution providing that $1,000, on
IS much as needed, be spent 10 buy 8
war ambulance to be sent to France was
approv we'd ON il ls 10 be inscribed
.trand Lodge O. O. F. Of Pennsvl.
VauIa
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
WONT GIVE Up LIQUOR.
.ua,s. p,reIv Able In Keep Louisian a
from Ratifying Prohibition Amend


Baton Rouge, La. MAY "a LOUIS
iana i the first State 10 refuse on an
actual vote 10 ratifv the Federal pro-
h,bition constitutional amendment, The
SAFE senate. hv vote of 20 to 20 last
night defeated resolution oi ratification
adopted few hours previously by the
IInuse 20 10 ~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
! sovara, sections Of the parade and made

a good appearance ,.I.a.,.,
There were a number "i desFeal i''
az male Red Cross workers IN 'n'
''eIT', ~ We Wastarn Union Telegraph boys
,,,aemnta1 nleasing appearance with
their new uniforms
The battle tank "Brandywine. aoou,
one-ffth the size of the 'blg fellows,
attracted lot of attention
The Benevolent Pioneers. turned our
a good delegation, g. Of whom carried
service flags showing that number oi
members n the service
The knl ghts Templar. knights q
Columbus and Polish and Italian organi-
cations got lot Of applause
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24

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awyer.
Want her +. u-3nlI-e mar rea1
-ae gets ,he 2lu1NI) sta v1G- t-a
gnr around aad marry some tel.9N
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
onditiCnal Surrender

1 n wiling 10 pay thia Young worn ali
the money she demands. SAID me NIL
ilonaire defendant IN = breach 81 prom,s.
sgt hit only on one condition
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
Your Check for S.

sent to Every Evening, with instructions
as to mailing, will send five Smileage
Books to your friends in camp Do some
thing for the soldier bows ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
And House Dresses, too

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
/. s TROOPS HAVE AT LAST TAKEN OVER A
STRETCH OF ACTUAL BATTLEFRONT IN FRANCE
First Artillery Duel
With Fritz Leaves u. S.
Officers Highly Eldted

two big shells gave warning of the
coming bombardment and officers
and men sought shelter in the dug
outs. The bombardment of the head
quarters village came at the end Of
a period Of shelling which had ex-
tended gradually along several Kill
Ometres of the front.
The German artillery opened the
engagement with a desultory BON
bardment of the American trenches,
firing many shrapnel shells. In the
midst Of this a red rocket calling for
a barrage ascended from the German
first lines.
Before the German artillery could
responded the American 75s sum
moned into action by a signal from
the first line. laid a curtain of fire
along the enemy first lines. Then
began the battle Of the gunners. The
increased intensity Of the German
fire was met Immediately by the Am
orleans who not only showered shells
on the original sector but quickly
extended their activity to q wide
front.
Within twenty minutes the 75s and
larger pieces were booming all along
the valley, the shelling finally
spreading to a town in which regi-
mental headquarters was located.
As darkness settled down the guns
grew quiet. Heavy mists again over
hung the American sector today
Consequently there was no artillery
work ana no aerial activity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
CBy Associated Press.)

With the American Army in
France, Sunday, Feb. 3.-American
officers are elated over the results
Of the first artillery duel between
American and German gunners,
which followed a preliminary
shelling by the Germans Satur-
day evening. In official reports to
the headquarters of their organiza -
ttions the infantry commanders today
paid tribute to the promptness with
which the artillery responded to the
call for a barrage and to the effec-
tiveness Of the artillery fire.
Aerial reconnaissances today
showed that the American gunfire
had had a very destructive effect 1t
viii require several nights of hard
work under artillery fire for the
Germans to repair the first line
trenches caved in by the American
75s and to patch the gaps in the
barbed wire.
1t is known that at least three en-
emy dugouts were demolished prob
ably with some casualties. The dam
age done to the American trenches
will be repaired before tomorrow
morning.
In a regimental headquarters VIII
lage shelled by the enemy, many
buildings were wrecked completely
or in part, the debris being piled in
the streets. There were no casualties
among the officers. The whistling Of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
WAR INDUSTRIES
TO BEFINANCED
BY GOVERNMENT
Administrations War FL
nance Bill introduced
In Both Houses
PROVIDES FOR A
NEW CORPORATION
az Associated Press.)

Washington, Feb. 4.-Virtually
providing for control Of private
financing during the war, the ad-
ministratiOn war finance corpora
tion bin was introduced simultan-
eously today in the senate and
house. Financing of war industries
hampered by present conditions is
the principal object.
The bill would create the federal
war finance corporation, with $780,
100000 capital and power to issue
81, 900, 100000 in short term notes to
afford financial assistance, either
directly or indirectly, to persons,
firms, corporations and associations
whose operations are necessary or
contributory to the prosecution OF
the war"
Besides using its capital stock Of
$500, 100000, which would be ap-
propriated by the bill, for advances
upon or purchases OF private or
government securities, the corpora
tion would have power to issue the
additional $4,000, 100000 in notes
running from one to FIVE years in
assisting TO finance war and related
industries.
Operations of the corporation
would be limited to six months after
peace is declared and most Of its
operations would be in conjunction
with federal reserve boards, al
though the bill provides financial
advances directly 'in exceptional
cases" to persons or corporations.
In requesting prompt passage for
the bill Secretary McAdoo has ad-
vised congress leaders that 1t is
necessary because many war and
related industries are seriously i'm
peded by inability to secure new
capital, due largely to the large
drains made upon national re-
by the governments war
loans.
Considerable opposition is deemed
certain by members Of congress who
object to comforting such sweeping
MOWERS over private Industries,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
Says Claim of Half Million
Men in France Is Gross
ly Exaggerated
THINKS BAKER DOES
NOT KNOW THE FACTS
Claims "Blunders That AL
most Pass Belief" Have
Occurred
(Bv Associated Press.l

Washington. Feb. 4. - Secretary
Bakers recent statement to the SEN
ate military committee that the Unit
ed States would have half a million
soldiers in France early this year and
that prospects were not unpromising
for ships to carry a million more who
would be ready during the year, were
characterized by Senator Hitchcock,
in an address to the senate today, as
absolutely preposterous and /"
so exaggerated as to convey an en-
tirely false impression as to what we
can do and what we are doing"
Supporting the committees bills
for a war cabinet and munitions
director. Senator Hitchcock declared
that Secretary Baker was no doubt
sincere but was misled by lack OF
information regarding scarcity OF
ships into making sanguine predic-
tions. He said President. Wilson
himself "does not know the real
situation" and cited this situation as
an Illustration of the absence of gov
ernment coordination. Administra-
tion leaders prepared to reply TO
Senator Hitchcock whose speech
launched the debate which has been
since Secretary Baker
made his statement and the Presi-
dent made known his opposition to
the military committees plans for
the governments war
Conceding that much of a big task
has been creditably done, the
Nebraska senator insisted that
and co-ordinated war
operations through war cabinet and
centralized purchasing through a
munitions director are imperative. |
He asserted that the President and
Secretary Baker had tried but fail |
ed to attain the object and that the |
governments system was obsolete. |
The committees legislation, he argu- |
fTnv+guua1 IN nara -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

Death by execution 10 the threat
held over Berlin workmsn who do
not return TO their tasks today
RePressiVs measures instituted BY
the German government have taken
the form Of orders to the strikers ia
resume work on pain Of trial by
! eourt-martiaI which will have power
to impose the death sentence.
Berlin has been one of the main
eenters Of the strike movement and
It has been admitted officially that
10000 workers were idle there,
while unofficial estimates have run
as high as 100000. The German
capital was quiet Saturday, accord
ing to semi official statements re-
ceIVed in Holland, virtually the only
iorm IN which news Of the strike has
been permitted to leave Germany.
Another strike 10 reported to
have broken out at Jena, in the
grand duehy of SAKE -Weirnsr.
Authentic reports from other parts
Of Germany are lacking and the
German newspapers give little in
formation concerning actual hap
peninss. vorWaerts, the Socialist
organ, says IL 10 impossible TO Give
news because Of the force Of cir
cumstanees.
A significant announcement il
made semi officially in Berlin. IL 10
that the foreign ministers of Aus
tria and Germany and General Won
Ludsndorns chief quartsrmaster
general, will meet today in Berlin.
They will discuss economic and po-
litieal questions affecting the in
terests and territories Of the two
countries, both Of which have been
breaks due to food difficulties and!
the peace negotiations with Russia.
Among troops on the front inI
Lorraine have engaged the Ger
mans in a heavy artillery duel. The
enemy subjected the American
trenches TO a heavy fire. In reply
ina, the American aunnsrs did con-
siderable damage 20 barbed wire
entangIements and first line
trenches. Little damage was done
by the German fire. Two Americans
were killed. nine were wounded and
one suffered from shell shock during
the bombardmsnt.
Raids at isolated points and artil-
teFy p6WpaF0EneHN& IN NaFloN8 sec
tors mark the operations on the
other fronts in France and Italy.
Fourteen enemy airpIanes and one
captive balloon were brought down
by entente aViators on the italian
front, while in northern France
British airnen accounted for ten
German machines.
Vigorous prosecution of the war
until peace can be obtained biased
on the principles Of freedom, JUS
tiee end respect for international
law" has been decided uBon by the
supreme war council which has lust
completed its neetinT at Versailles.
The council found the speeches Of
Chancellor Won Hsrtlinu and Count
CzArnin unfavorable.
The supreme war council took
stems towsrd a general military
-aliey in al the n1ain war theatsrs.
THE functions Of the council were
ENLARGED and IL was announced that
~ arrived at q compIeks uHanimitv
Of policv ard measures for the
prosecution Of the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
BIG DRIVE FOR
AUXILIARIES is
LAUNCHED BY THE
N. D. RED CROSS
"Enlist Every Child" Slog-
an in New Campaign in
North Dakota
PLANS ARE LAID
FOR FUND RAISING
Judge Young Attends Con-
ference - Financial
Plans Studied

North Dakota VIII take part in the
nationwide campaign for the estab-
lishment OF school auxiliaries, an
nounced for the period beginning
Feb IL and ending Feb. 22-from
Lincoln's to Washington's birthday
anniversaries.
Judge N. c. Young, state director
of the Red Cross, announced today
the appointment of four district
superintendent to direct the cam
paign in the state, and a plan OF
organization that creates a commit
tee OF three in each county, with the
county superintendent OF schools al
ways a member OF such committee,
is being worked out.
The purpose of the campaign in
North Dakota is to enlist every
school child as a member OF the Red
Cross. The same object is sought in
the nation at large, with reference
to the children Of the whole coun-
try.
The four districts that have been
established for the handling Of the
AUXILIARY campaign have the same
territory as the districts created
some time ago for the womens
work.
In the northeast district, Rev.
Jonathan Watkins of Grand Forks
is the superintendent; in the north
west district, the superintendent
is Prof. H. c. Fish, OF the Minot nor
NAL school: the southwest district
superintendent is Rev. George
Buzelle of Bismarck. and the south
east district head is Miss Minnie Ash
ton, teacher OF penmanship Of the
Fargo public schools.
The work of the school auxiliaries,
as explained today by Judge Young,
will be carried out in conjunction
with the local Red Cross branch
es.
In the women's work, the four
state divisions are conducted under
the direction of Miss Helen Hamil-
ton, superintendent OF the northeast
district; Mrs. e. B. Goss, superin-
tendent Of the Minot district; Mrs.
p. C. Remington, superintendent OF
the Bismarck district, and Mrs. N. G.
Young, superintendent OF the Fargo
district. !.
The nurses service has BEEN
organized on the same basis, with
the same district boundaries.
Plan Next Campaign.
Judge Young was in Minneapolis
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-04
FTNNS DEFEAT
THE RED GUARD
Government Troops APP
pear To Be Getting
Upper Hand

Stockholm, Feb. 4.-Troops OF
the Finnish government under Gem
eral Mannerheim appear to be clos
ing in on the revolutionary Red
Guard at Uleaborg on the Gulf <of
Bosnia, according to news reach
ing Haparanda. A dispatch from
that point to the Aftonbladet, says
the Red Guards in Uleaborg sent a
delegation to General Mannerheim
for the purpose of reaching an
agreement with them, but that the
general declined to deal with the
rebels and arrested the members OF
the delegation as bandits.
Two hundred OF the Red Guard
who left Thornea on Friday to re-
inforce the revoIutionists at Ulea-
borg found that the railway had
been torn up a few miles south Of
Tornea and that government troops
had taken up positions between
TOrnea. and Kemi. Government
forces also are reported to be ap-
preaching Uleaborg from the south.
A number Of Russian officers have
made their escape from Kemi over
the ice to Haparanda. They say
the soldiers attempted to lynch
them and their commander whose
house was fred. The commander
escaped, The situation at Helsing-
fors is increasingly serious, The
Red Guard appeared to be entirely
in control. It is reported that the
Bolsheviki are sending a large body
of troops from Petrograd to Hell
sinrfors. The telegraph wires be-
tween those cities have been cut.
A telegram from Helsingfors re-
ports the assassination in prison Of
Deputy Emikkola, a leading member
of the Diet, and hints at further
cases Of the same kind The Swed-
ish population of the city is eagerly
awaiting the arrival Of the swedish|
qunboat and three other vessels
sent To remove Scandinavian SUBJ
Sanfn