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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
True Stuff in Average American
Appears, When He Goes
Into Action.
CLEAN HEART And MOTIVES
Yankee Drops All Foolishness and
HorsepIay Before He Goes Into
BattIe-Couraee and Deter
mination in Every Face.

With the American Army in France
The true stuff that is In the aver
age American soldier comes to the
surface just before he goes into bat
tie.
The hour comes when he suddenly
quits all foolishness and horseplay
with his fellows and settles down to q
lot of sober thinking.
Far from being the rough, careless
fellow that his life back of the lines
night often indicate, he stands out as
q young man with clean heart and mo-
tves, fully alive to the dangers he is
going into, but possessing a high pa
triotism and courage and a determine
ton to see the thing, through regard
less of the cost to himself.
Americas interests will always De
safe in the hands of such young men,
No FaIterIng Displayed.
They have felt, before the command
to go forward was given, that their
names would likely figure in the casu-
atty lists within a very few days.
But there was no faltering. Never
in my life have l seen such nobility OF
countenance. On every face there ap-
peared the light of an iron resolve,
writes G. G. Lyon in the Chicago Post.
A soldier can be judged by the songs
he sings.
The Y. NJ. G. A. has done a most
valuable work. through it's musicians
and entertainers, in breaking the ter
rible tension that must necessarily
hang over the army just before a big
Engagement.
Every evening Y. NJ. G. A. song lead
ers went from battalion to battalion,
assembling the boys and having them
join in songs.
1 went out several evenings with a
young fellow named Nee, who in civil
life is a professional song director.
Nearly every soldier had been pro-
yided with one of the T. NJ. @. AS
Soldiers song Sheets" containing
Some 65 soldier songs. In the list
were "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" =
Wish I Had a Girl" "Oh, You Beaud'
full Doll" ooh, Ny Darling Clemen-
fine," Polly y-Doodle" and 9th
ers of similar mushiness.
But not once did l hear a soldier
cali for n Of these songs. They were
popular. stuff in the c~are-free, rollick'
Ing days back in the rest camps, but
the boys had no heart for them as they
waited, within earshot Of the big guns
to go into action.
When Director Nee would say
"What'll we sing, fellows7 Name it,"
calls would go up on all sides fol-
'Keep the Home Fires Burning" "Sil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
u. S. TROOPS SING
F @

yer Threads Among the Gold,"
There's a Long, Long TRAIL" MY
Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean," Little
Gray Home in the West" and MY Old
Kentucky Home"
Fighting for Home.
Boys whose thoughts go back, thou
sands of miles across the ocean to
their mothers and their sweethearts,
can generally be depended upon in a
PINCH" a colonel said to me n even
ing, as he stood on the outskirts Of the
crowd listening to the singing.
"These boys think they have to
show a rough exterior to one another
in the army, but at rock bottom,
they're pure gold" he added.
Letter-writing increased three-fold
among the boys after they reached the
threshold of the big battle. The boys
have no illusions as to what they're
getting into. They're determined that
it shall be said Of them, If they die,
that they gave a good account Of them
selves.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
Teacher Smiles at Technical Violation
of Law by School Boys
In Kansas.

Leavenworth, Kan.-A Leavenworth
teacher who has a fourth grade class,
is the idol of the boys of the town.
The other day, during her geography
class, a picture Of the kaiser was
found in the book.
The boys openly tore out the Of
Tending page with the picture OF
Kaiser Wilhelm. The girls, more TIM
i'd, pasted paper over his face. The
teacher smiled and let it go.
There is a state law in Kansas
about destroying public school books.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
FOUNDED ORDER IN AMERICA
Enulishman Credited With lnstituting
First Society of Odd Fellows, at
Baltimore in 1879.

The first society Of Odd Fellows In
the United States was instituted April
26, 1919. The founder of. the order
was Thomas Widely, who was an Eng
lishman, and settled in Baltimore, hid.
He had been connected with the or
der in England. and in 1919 published
a notice calling for q meeting Of such
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

80 / can do my house work without any
difficulty. ] advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial and it will do as much for
them."-Mrs MARIE BOYD, 1421 9th
ST., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
lions where q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
30 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary every woman who wants
t TO avoid void an operation at,Sno; should g give .S,n i 2 2
trying ordeal
IF complications exist, write to Lydia.
e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result Of many years
experience is at your service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

Odd Fellows as might be in Baltimore.
On April Is, five persons, one of whom
was Wildey, held a preliminary meet
ing. Two weeks later, the Washing
ton lodge, No. 1, of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. in the United
States was organized: 1t gradually
grew in favor, and when he retired
from office as grand sire, in 1888, he
had instituted four lodges in Mary
land, organized the grand lodge and
originated the patfiarchial order.
Statistics indicate that the Ameri-
can order now far outstrips in num-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
Rahv.ExcIudlna Landlords.

James f. Cannon, Jr., Jersey City's
commissioner of revenue, is out after
landlords refusing to rent homes to
families having babies. To such gen.
tlemen he says: IF you insist on dis
eliminating against families with chill
dren the city will raise your tax as
sessment to the limit. If you try to
come back we will fight the case out
before the bar of public opinion. And
you will lose. For jersey City is on
the side of the babies. and don't you
forget it,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
HORSE SAVED AMIENS
Heroic Canadian Cavalry Per-
forms Great Deeds.
Covers itself With Such Glory as Will
Live Forever in His
tory.

Ottawa, Ont.-"Fighting for every
inch Of ground, taking tremendous toll
from the attacking Huns, sometimes
with French allies; acting often as in
fantry. as we'll as horsemen," writes
Roland Hill, the official war correspon-
dent for the Canadian government,
ethe Canadian cavalry has since the
beginning of the great German often
siye on the western front covered it.
self with such glory as will live for
ever in British military history.
Their capture of the big wood
north of Moreuil and the charge of o
squadron into a battery of German ma
chine guns is, according to their com
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
ovino. Gives All to U. S.

Philadelphia, PAT am going to
die In a few weeks" said a man plain
Iy broken in health as he dropped $3.50
in bills on the counter of a Liberty
loan booth here. 81 drew that money
out Of the bank to give to Uncle Sam.
I don't want bonds-the money is a
gift" The donor then hurried away
without leaving his name.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
Though Blind, He Wants
to Get Hands on "BiI"

Albany, N. Y.-Joseph Carroll
of this city is blind, but he knows
he could "get" the kaiser.
Carroll was called before a To-
cal draft board. He appeared,
led by his mother, and was i'm
mediately rejected. In sorrow
he told the physicians, Il may
be blind, but / know / could get
my hands on that kaiser" He
was insistent that he be given
opportunity to do something for
UncIe Sam.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

Der of members all other similar So
cieties of a like title, being the larg-
est secret society in the world, when
it's 10000 women members, known as
Daughters of Rebekah, are taken into
account. Relying solely on a com
parison as to male membership, the
American Independent Order is easily
the second largest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

The inventor Of a three-legged lad
der contends that 1t is safer to use on
uneven surfaces than If 1t had fom
Legs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

SUFFERING, ana CWo
doctors decided
that / would have
to go through an
operation before l
could get well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
mittingto an opera
ton. Itrelieved me
FN1~a xoaxx hIAA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

Cannot Speak English,
but Buys Liberty Bond

Altoona, Pa.-Mrs. Mary Ha-
zenstaub, one hundred years old
next January, a native of Ba-
varia, Germany, also wants to
see the kaiser stopped. She cam
not speak English, but she bought
a 500 Liberty bond.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

After a long series of tests Euro.
pean oculists have decided that Ger
man Gothic type Ia less firing to the
eyes than Roman letters.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
The Reason.

"This letter from your son is very
short"
NATURALLY. So was he when he
wrote it."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

Some people make a virtue of neces-
ty as a last resort.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

New York has abolished 33 Gary
schools as a measure Of economy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

In the United States the U-boat raid
served to impress the people with the
pressing need of the conservation OF
wheat and sugar, especially. The
former must be sent across the ocean
in increasing quantities as our forces
there grow rapidly greater; and sugar
cannot be bought from Cuba because
we must use all available shipping for
the transportation Of troops and mu-
nitions to Europe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27
HOW MRS. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION

Canton, Ohio.--'I suffered from Q
female trouble which caused me much
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

Over in France the kaiser's third
%pretentious drive of the year came to
a halt, at least for the time being, at
the Marine, the Ourcq valley and the
Disc. Early in the week several at
tempts to cross the Marine were re-
pulsed with severe losses. In these ac-
tons American machine gunners sup
ported by French infantry took a prom
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

The Italians kept on hitting hard at
the Austro-Hungarian forces along the
Piave line, and they heard undisturbed
of the massing of thirty enemy oil
visions at three points. on that front
for a resumption of the drive toward
the plains. The italian army is now
in better condition than ever before
and, with the help Of the Americans
British and French, can be relied on
to stop the expected offensive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-06-27

The week saw TIE TeBIsIeTIIlg OF
about a million young Americans who
have become twenty-one years of age
since last spring; and this registra-
ton probably will be repeated about
once in three months. Provost Mar
shall General Crowder sent to the gov
errors of all the states except Arizona
orders for the mobilization of 100000
more registrants between June "a and
%, and 10000 negroes were called
from twenty states.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
What Is Going On 1o-d'y

WAR SAVINGS STAMP DRIVE =, y,:st
Free admission 10 The American Museum S.sss !. -
History the American Museum o = = us.,.s
Geological Park, the Van Cortlandt Pax "s''
and the Aquarium. s-.-, rm
Meeting OF the New York 0steopath'c SoS''S'
Astor, a. to ,. m. r.,.xx Lsss
Annual meeting OF the New YoTs ,sss1s wa.ss~- Cas
cauon. Brooklyn Chsmber OF eommes'S'
Street 10 a II. 10 p. m. .-.,,zl b.
Lecture at the American Museum oi ~ An
tory and the metropolitan Museum @i''
Thomas $50 p N ,..cc irsl
Meeting Of the Teachers Union, Was"ns'-
Reception by the Association Q, Foreign Pf's y
respondents. Hotel Plaza si5 p n .c,ros
PUBLIC LECTURES OF BOARD OF Ep0S-
MANHATTAN ,,r.
Shakespeare King john" Froder~ sir.si .
Pubic School 81. Broadway. Arsaem'
VerInlyea Avenue, lnwood. s.mus Z
THE Meaning Of Flower. Proaesssn essS.r,s sehaS
Schmucker. Ph. d. Of stals N%A ~ 81 EisaT
West Chester. Penn, Puohe ocho"' e,ecrtss
eighth Street east OF First Avenue ''''''
"Women's Par In Winning the War, NE ai'' ' ls
Fraser, author If 'Womss and va, N"',,,th w ~
lie School 5S2. 1921 street Sna "A"'"
Theoretical shipouilding." John hanm I.
instructor In sh ppuildns and n1.t-,sss Az. sss / y
College Of the City OF New York hAs'
{. a. l53 East taGa 49,
THE BRO-.>
..French onora ." Philip Gordon. Public sew
l47th Street, west of Seventh Ayenae pi.acscs
Underground New York" Franz In, !. nsr q
Public School II, Fordhsm eLsss
island Avenue tStoreopticon Ne"s.. :, T. rss
The Universe Forces and Man. lsooo ooa Tssrr
Ph. d. Public School aS. Anthony sA'
avenues. cxrare Z
"Throush Micronesia" (sscoud OF : gfSilisu
"iTrssein IN ina Ps..in- ISLANDS,. Nm Ns.fs1 -
Fisher. Public School 80. 1886 1sls,rss
Beaumont and Cambgelleng avenues
views s,.~s F1ts
Romance and Realty or Pacific s,,. &c. ssxe
A1cl Hull Fish. Public School So 'o 2.
north Of IS4th Street. vt-,ssorer T. ~
English Democracy IN Ballad ana rp,hir Iefe
Grace r. Caldwell, New Ycgk Ycgk.s sus strsS
tWoodstocx Byanchl. y5e East isesa ~
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08

cute to the full extent of the law every
violation we find. This district in
cludes Tompkins. Steuben and Tioga
counties"
While not giving figures, Mr.. Smith
has not the slightest doubt of his cleo
ton. and is already making plans Tor
his inaugural.
Il have been elected Governor he
said, "and if any attempt is made to
juggle the returns. the persons who
try to have the will of the people over
turned will be started on quick jour
ney to the state prison. Already we
have discovered frauds in several coun-
ties, and court proceedings against the
There is no question about my cleo
ton, and | shall be inaugurated Jan
uary /. | shall start preparations for
my inaugural after | get two weeks
rest"
Later he urged the Democratic Of
ficials to bring the election fraud cases
into court at once. LET no guilty man
escape" he said. "Interference with
the vote in any election should meet
with speedy punishment"
The Democratic State Committee has
conceded the entire Republican stat
ticket except Whitman, and Schoenec}
has been elected with varying plurali-
ties.
A meeting Of the state committee will
be called by Judge Kellogg in Syracuse
within two weeks, when this city will
be made the permanent Democratic
headquarters.
Mr. Smith left this afternoon for
New York, for what he called "tall''
celebration with his family. Mr.. Kel-
iogg left later for Glens Falls.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Hylan Appoints
Berolzlleirner to
Take Grell's Post
Mayor Adds Finishing
Touch to Dispute With
Park Commissioner

William +. Grell, whose resignation
was demanded by Mayor Hylan three
weeks ago. is out and Philip Berolz-
heimer yesterday was named Commits
sioner of Parks for Manhattan and
Richmond in his stead
Grcll does not yet admit he is out.
He has not denied it, but he has all
along refused to resign. The first news
Grell had of the actual failing of the
AKA" was from his secretary, who was
apprised of the news by newspaper
men. Said his secretary:
"Mr. Grell has not esigned lie has
no intention Of resgning. He is going
to stay. He is now out to lunch'
Mr.. Grell did not return to his Office.
Nor did any city officials go back to
their Offices after lunch. for half
holiday was declared, beginning at 9
o'clock, in commcmoration Of the dis
patch announcing hostilities had ceased.
Grel's resignation was demanded fol-
lowing the publication of the fact he
had leased, without public letting, for
term OF ten years, the restaurant
ilSnlS at tHe OcHlTdl fdrX casino.
Under the law Commissioner holds
tenure of Office at the pleasure of the
Mayor.
Mayor Hylan's announcement was in
the form of typewriter statement,
reading:
"The Mayor appointed to-day Philip
Berolzheimer as Commissioner of
Parks for the boroughs of Manhattan
and Richmond, to succeed former Com
missioner William +. GrelI.
prior to his appointment as Com
missioner of Parks he was special
deputy commissioner in charge of
| music in the parks in all the boroughs
of the City of New York
MIR. Bcrolzheimer is treasurer of
the Eagle Pencils Company, chairman
OF the board OF directors Of the Public
National Sank, honorary member of
the Alumni Association of the Gull
mant Organ School and honorary mem
Der of the New York City Police Band"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Many Would Adopt
400 Made Orphans
In Influenza Wave
Copeland Gets Twenty APP
plications in Day, Two
Before Breakfast

Health Commissioner Copeland re-
ceived twenty applications yesterday
from persons desiring to adopt one or
more of the babies left destitute and
parentless by the influenza epidemic.
Two women called at the Commits
sioner's home before he had break
tasted IN their haste to make a selec~
ton from the 400 children awaiting
foster parents.
At q conference with ghborhooc
workers yesterday DR.. Copeland out
lined his plans for preventing the de-
Veiopment of tuberculosis and nervous
ailments which may follow the cpl
demlc. The emergency organization
comprising scventy-fvc health centres
IN all parts of the city, will be main
tanned for sixty days 10 afford medical
treatment for convalescents.
nurse will be in charge Of each
centre and the Health Department will
detail physician to take charge of
all who apply for treatment. Commits
sioner Copeland will ask Police Com
missioner Enright to-day to have the
police make a house-to- o-house canvass
Of the tenement districts to get names
Of all afflicted in the epidemic. These
lists viii be turned over to the nearest
health centre, and the nurses will call
TO instruct convalescents in what thew
should do to preserve health.
While these arrangements are pri-
marily fer the poor. Dr. Copeland saws
it is no less important that those with
means VINO have been i'll consult their
family physicians.
New influenza cases numbering 1861
and 2S2 cases of pneumonia were re.
ported TO the Health Department yes
| terday. Deaths from both diseases to.
tailed 1862 for the day. Health officials
say it will be two or three weeks be.
fore the death rate again reaches 8
normal figure and influenza cases will
continue TO appear in diminishing mum.
Der daily for Che next month.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
100 Hotels Ready
AS Walters Hint
Spread of Strike
Prepare to Close Restau-
rants Until Sufficient Wom-
en- Can Be Employed

The Hotel Mems Association an
nounced an agreement yesterday on the
part CT 100 hotels to close their public
restaurants in the event Of a general
walters strike until an efficient force
of Mattresses had been obtained
There would be no compromise. the
hotel men said, with the striking
walters.
Paul Bourget, of the Walters Strike
Committee, said he hoped to deplete the
waiting force now serv. .ng IN the four
hotels against which the strike is op-
eratlve, so that they at least would
have to close their restaurants.
by the end of the week we hope to
have the force of strike breakers at the
four hotels so depleted that they will
be compelled to close the few dining
rooms that are in operation" said
bourget. The girls who were lured to
the hotels by promises of wages of
Tor striking. They get 81 a day and
less and are compelled to work much
longer than mattresses in medium
priced restaurants"
Extension OF the strike Of 500 wait
ers, cooks and storeroom employees at
the Waldorf, McAlpin, Claridge and
Astor hotels to other hostleries CON
trolled by the Hotel Association of
New York was discussed in the
afternoon at q meeting Of the strikers
at the Amsterdam Opera House. The
strike committee announced that re-
tailatory action would be taken against
any hotel that joined the four others
against the union.
Commlttees Of the strikers yesterday
SSislted Mayor Hylan, District ATTORNEY
Swami and Police Commissioner ~
right to protest against alleged attacks
on pickets by private detectives EN-.
pioyed by the hotels. They also com.
planned that the hotels were VIOLATING
the state law limiting the hours al
work for women. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
turkey Weight Limit Set
Food Body Issues Rule for
Thanksgiving Dinners
.Special Dispuich to The Tribune

Especial Dispatch to The Trtbune)
WASHINGTON, Nov mo turkeys
for Thanksgiving less than eight
pounds in weight, was the rule pro-
mulgated to dealers to-day by the food
administration, in an effort to discour-
age the wasteful practice of selling
them before they are mature The
food administration requests that all
dealers under license refrain from buy
ing hen turkeys weighing less than
eight pounds and young toms weigh ing
less than twelve pounds, live weight,
until December T.
Licensees are requested not to dress
turkeys in an atmospheric temperature
above 40 degrees, unless equipped with
ice or artificial refrigeration to chill
the fowls Immediately.
Licensees should purchase no tur-
keys intended for Thanksgiving mar
kets for points east of Pittsburgh and
Buffalo after November 16, il is recon :
NEEDED, and turkeys for points east OF
Pittsburgh and Buffalo be loaded and
ready for shipment not later than No
vember 10.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Republicans
Claim Senate
BY T1vo Seats
Continued from page

had overcome the "silent vote" handi-
cap which the politicians had figured
on to blanket tbs movement, and the
women seem to Lave winning lead
Returns from 400 out of $500 precincts
gave suffrage 25,5l5 for and 1889
against. The amendment must receive
maj of all the votes cast.
Woman suffrage carried in South Da-
kota on Tuesday, according to the in
complete returns received yesterday
The amendment changes the state con-
stltutlon SO as to contine the vote to
native born citizens, or those of for
eign birth who have competed their
naturalization papers.
In Michigan Woman Suffrage won a
fairly easy victory. with majority
IN favor Of suffrage Of at least $4,000.
On the face of available returns the
statewide prohibition amendment has
been beaten in Minnesota. The amend
ment must receive a majority of the
total vote cast in the State, and the
returns on the amendme<s thus far
are considerably lighter than the vote
polled for governor. The prohibition
vote thus far shows only 5 100 ma
jority for the drys. In order to win
the drys will have to overcome handi
cap of about $4,000
Virtually complete returns filed in
Jacksonville yesterday showed that
Florida on Tuesday voted two to one
for Statewide prohibition. effective
January !, next.