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The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
U. S. CHEMISTS
MAY WIN WAR
WITH new GAS
Working on Poison Vapor
to Beat Huns at Their
Own Game.
BY J. H. Duckworth.

American chemists working on the
I poison gas problem may bring the
war to a victorious close for the allies
in their laboratories.
They are working hard, together
with British chemists. to find a color
less, odorless and invisible gas. which,
sweeping over a sleeping army, would
destroy it.
The Germans are also working to
find such a gas. Whichever side finds
| it first will win the war.
The "gas SHELF Is not necessarily
shell. 1t may contain a liquid or
even a solid, and 1t opens up the whole
sphere Of organic chemistry to be
drawn upon for materials.
In every German drive this year
there has been a gas strategy. Full
dress rehearsals in gas maneuvers to
meet every possible situation were
held by the Germans before an attack.
Captured Maps.
In the March drive captured maps
show the Germans had worked out
a Zoning system over allied territory.
Some zones were drenched with gas
and others lefted untouched. The
German attacking troops were sup
PAANu hidpS " lHc edlely
zones through which they might pass
withous harm.
Some zones were subjected to ephe-
neral gases which evaporated before
The arrival of the oncoming Germans.
Other areas were bombarded with
several hundred thousand shells, the
gas from which fingered for hours.
On one seven-mile sector the Ger
mans discharged 125,O00 twelve-pound
shells in one day.
The front" is not the solid line 1t
looks to be on the maps. 1t is a series
Of strongly-held posts. often hills. The
Germans use gas shells against these
strongholds, attempt to drive the de-
tenders from them and to pass
through the safety zones between.
The element of surprise is impor-
tant in gas warfare. The meteoro-
logical conditions are much better at
night than during the day.
Sometimes when 1t Is believed that
a gas attack is over the men take of
their masks. only to be trapped with
another dose.
The Germans tried the effect of
surprise by silencing the noise made
by the emission of gas from the
cylinders, but this was found to
lessen the concentration. 1t was more
effective to drown the kissing of the
escaping gas with the rat-ta-t-tat Of
machine guns
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25

Sergt. H. E. Davis. called the Billy
Sunday of the Marine Corps" pre-
sented something distinctly novel in
the patriotic line at the Cosmos yes
terday afternoon and evening Sergt.
Davis has been appearing in the Mid
die West in connection with the pre-
sentation OF the films THE Unbe-
lieyer" and "Pershing's Crusaders"
and his strenuous and eccentric man.
ner of delivery has earned him the
title which the newspapers have given
to him.
He talks straight from the shoulder
and gets all warmed up. The audi
enccs get all warmed up, too, for the
sergeant has what is popularity known
as the punch" He has built up in
the West a reputation as a sensa-
tional speaker. and when Manager
Brylawski, Of the Cosmos, learned
that he. was in town on business he
to give Washington an op-
portunity to see and hear the military
revivalist in action.
No Shirkers in Marines.
Sergt. Davis said in part:
The Marines are always ready to
take Old Glory any place. None was
ever known to shirk. to refuse to
make any sacrifice for his country
and his flag. You read in the papers
what they did at Chateau-Thierry.
didn't you? Yes. and they aren't
through yet.
But the young men OF America
don't seem to have awakened to the
fact that we are really at war. Why,
this morning I walked into a pool
room in this city and found thirty or
forty ablebodied young men. all be-
tween 81 and 81. playing pool and bill
lizards there.
Fifty per cent OF these men weren't
employed at all.
"Seventy-five per cent didn't seem
to know we were at war at all. And
some OF them couldn't tell, on a bet.
whether I was a soldier, taxi-start-
er. or a conductor.
"YoCng men of America, the war
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
DAVIS, EXPORTING MARINE,
SLAMS HARD AT SLACKERS
Billy Sunday of Marine Corps" Finds Some
Youths Here More Eager For Pool
Than the War Came

isn't at Ninth and F. You can't win
1t by looking 'em over from the curb
stone, and you won't get any Huns
with a billiard cue.
Young women who have aided the
Red Cross, the liberty loan and
war savings stamp drives and many
other war activities. are uncon-
sciously responsible for a good many
slackers. They urge young men not
to go until they are called. Just be-
cause a man carries a card in his
pocket that says he is not in Class
!. is no sign that he is doing his
bit
Uncle Sam wants them all. He
needs them. Girls don't tamper with
this big war machine. Don't hold Il
back. Help push. Let him go, don't
urge him TO stay behind and let
George do it."
Sergt. Davis paid his respects 70
I the Kaiser in vivid style. and wound
up with a typical revivalistic exhorta-
tion to red-blooded men to hit the
sawdust trail. that begins at the
nearest recruiting station and will
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
Regulation MILDLY BIeuses, S1.ss

All new models OF white Gala
tea with navy or white braid
trimmed collars and emblem on
sleeve; some with separate
shield. Sizes 6 to u, l3 10 ii
and "a to e..
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25
New Smoek, at sl.4s

I'm the new round neck STYLES
also in coat effects. Made or
corded wolfe. also flesh cola,
yoiie. IN sizes from 36 TO a.. spe
eial at s2.fs. a
Palsis Reysi-rhird Floor.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-25

when their car movement was free
er than now.
Government officials not connect
ed with ths. cancellation bureaus. but
vitality concerned in keeping lake
traffic open. say that some way
must be found. before Monday to
prevent the strike. and expect the
matter to go to the White House.
II Mr.. Bass Is unable to secure re-
suits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18

enemy airdromes were so thoroughly
bombed that the Germans were not able
70 do much of anything in the air fight.
ing.
Pursuit groups played a large part in
maintaining bombing barrages over the
sector in advance of the attack and they
engaged enemy airpanes and balloons
wherever they were found
The work of the American observation
corps was greatly facilitated by this
activity. More than 10000 rounds of
machine gun bullets were fired at con
voys, artillery and troop concentrations.
The pursuit groups followed the British
method of attack in launching small
bombs at the concentrations they dis
covered
A number of valuable "Reminiscences
were made by aviators, who kept those
in the rear in constant touch with the
shifting of the front line. No less than
$50 attacks were carried out against en-.
envy ammunition dumps, batteries and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
BEARS MARKS OF INJURY.
Henry D. wellman Was on a Torpedoed
Steamship.

Brattleboro, Sept, 49,. Henry d. Well
man, whose father was the late Henry
Wellman and whose mother was the late
Mrs. A, ]. Bowen Of Brattleboro, arrived
here from New York yesterday for a
rest of several weeks, following injuries
in the Atlantic transport service, and
stopped at the Brooks house before 90.
ing to the home of his sister, Mrs. A. w.
Bushnell
Mr.. Wellman is a native of Brattle.
boro and formerly lived in Esteyville. He
left here in 1913 and later went from
Newark, N, j., to England as a pas
senger, For year in l9l5.l6 he was
in the British transport service CARRYING
supplies to various bases and then went
to India in the Royal Indian marine.
When the United States entered the
war he was in Rangoon, Burma, and for
the next few months he was in Mesopo-
tamia in Asiatic Turkey, returning
thence to Philadelphia
A month later he went to Canada and
sailed on the Lake Portage of the At
lantic Transport Co., convoy steamer,
for France. On trip down the coast
OF France as quartermaster's agent.
about noon on Aug Of this year, the
ship was torpedoed about 20 miles south
of Brest. The boilers blew up, three per
sons were killed and about Is injured.
several seriously.
In this experience, Mr. Wellman was
burned the entire length of his back and
for a month he was in hospital in
Brest. About two weeks ago he re-
turned to this country, the ship bring.
ing 1877 wounded, He visited in Boston.
Philadelphia and New York and then
came home. He plans to go to India to
engage in plantation business for him.
self
Many instances Of Hun savagery and
he says, were apparent among
the injured persons which his ship
brought to this country.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
LORDS PRAYER ON ROCK.
Unique Idea of DR.. Joseph Greene Carried
Out at Bristol

Bristol, Sept. lS.--A huge fiat -surfaced
rock in this town still bears the message
to the world which Dr. Joseph C. Greene
had carved upon it in 1891, the Lords
prayer.
Situated as it is, on the main highway
between Lincoln and Starksboro, at the
foot Of Drake hill, a steep and rugged
elevation, it serves the purpose of its
sponsor admirably, for it was not an un-
common event for travellers to use pro-
family to hasten their steeds up the
grade.
The idea originated in the brain of DR..
Joseph c. Greene, who was born in Lin
| coin on July 81, 1929 the eldest child in
a family of II children. He had during
his childhood seen many drivers curse
their horses or oxen. as the case NAV
have been, up the slope, and as his par
ents were of the Quaker faith it dis.
pleased him to have such condition
exist and the older he grew the more his
dislike for it developed.
Joseph Green received his early edu
cation in the local schools, then went to
boarding school and then, DESTROYS of
taking up medicine, went to Castleton
school of medicine and later to the AL
bany n. Y, medical college, from which
institution he received his degree of M.
d. in 1865, He completed his course in
New York City and began his medical
career at Charlotte in 1855. Desiring a
broader field he went to Buffalo, N. Y,
in 1863, where he made his permanent
home until his death more than 25 years
ago.
While he was summering at his old
home in 1891 he conceived the idea of
having the Lords prayer carved in the
rock at the foot of the hill. which would
give people driving up the hill something
higher and better to think about and
thereby making them forget their pro
family. He had his idea carried out and
to this day stands the carved inscription
of the complete Lords prayer, with his
name at the left hand corner
Because the letters when carved did
not show up well, he had them painted |
white and every year somebody in Bris-
toll takes the pains to paint them over
again, for the Prayer rock, as it is ia
known by them, is one of the
sights of the town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
MADE PEACE
WITH ITS PUPPET
Sham Agreement Between
Germany and Bolshe-
wiki Revealed
LATTER OBEYED
FROM GERMANY
u. S. Committee on Public
Information Makes a
Disclosure

Washington, D. c., Sept ls.-Ger
many made its Russian peace with its
own puppet government, the misnamed
council of peoples commissars, the presi.
dent of which is Vladimir Ulainov lie.
ninel, the foreign minister of which was
Leon Trotzky, and the ambassador OF
which to Germany is A. Joffe, according
to information furnished to-day by the
United States committee on public in.
formation.
Germany made this peace harder upon
the Russian people as punishment to the
ambition of its tools in seeking to be-
come too powerful and in hoping for a
little while not only that Russia would
be delivered over to them, but that they
could double-cross their masters by turn
ing simulated German revolution into
a real one.
But their craftiness was toy in the
hands of rough German force. Germany
was actually double crossing them by
negotiating with the Ukrainian Rada at
the moment they dreamed they were
tricking Germany
Germany, however, did not discard the
bolshevik leaders, recognizing their fur
Their use in the German world campaign
for internal disorganization in the ma
tons with which it wars. but confined
them to the limited inland province
which great Russia proper has now be-
come.
Lenine, according to statements made
public as soon as Trotzky's spectacular
device of ''No peace-No war" failed,
always was for peace on any German
terms. He dominated the situation
thereafter and conceded everything that
Germany asked. Nor did Trotzky cease
to continue to obey the German orders
delivered to him both by General Hoff-
man, at Brest -Litovsk and at Petrograd,
directly by the Russian division of the
German general staff, which was seated
In Petrograd itself from November, and
which was still there in full operation
on Monday, March 4, the day that
Petrograd received notification that
peace had been signed at Brest -Litovsk
by the Russian and German delegations. |
Trotzky, therefore, rests rightly under |
the accusation of having staged his |
theatrical scene as a climax to the Rus |
sian disorganization desired by Germany. |
The actual order he gave was for the i'm. |
mediate rehabilitation of the Russian
army, leaving the German army unop- |
posed
The actual effect of the work of the |
bolshevik leaders, moreover, was to en-.
able Germany to combine its former
army of the Russian front with its west
ern army for the launching of its March
offensive in France Such has been the
fruition of Russia's German directed Dol.
shevikism.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
Two BrattlebOro Boys Receive Commits
sions.

Brattleboro, Sept. ls.--Irah D. Spauld.
ing, youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs Fred
H. Spaulding of this town, has been com
missioned ensign in the naval flying
corps. He is stationed at Pensacola,
Fla, where he has charge of construction
and inspection of machines. He is the
first in his company, which returned to
Pensacola from the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, to receive commits
sion.
Robert L. Fits of this town, who is in
the list of those just announced by the
war department as having been com
missloned, is made second lieutenant in
the ordnance department He is step
son OF Mrs. Clarke c. Fits and is "a
years old.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
MODERN VAR SOUNDS
TAPS FOR THE BUCLE
Commands to Be Given in the American
Army By Motions of the
Hands.

Washington, Sept. Methods Of
modern warfare have eliminated one
more romantic feature of battle. An
army order just issued by the war de-
partment announces changes in drill
regulations which prohibit the use of
bugle signals during an engagement. The
danger of the bugle message not reaching
all the troops as well as the grave pos
slbility that the enemy would know
what to expect are the reasons for the
change. All orders to squads, patoons
and companies are to be given by mo-
lions of the hands in the future.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS
WERE DISCOURAGED
When They Were Told That Austria's
Peace Proposal Had Been Rejected
By the United States.

With the American Army on the Lor,
ralne Front, Tuesday, Sept. l7.-tBy the
Associated Press. Herman and Austri,
an prisoners taken in the recent advance
by the Americans in this section dis
played great interest when they learned
Of the Austrian peace suggestion. They
did not conceal their announcement.
however, on being told of its rejection.
Stories told by the prisoners indicate
lack of harmony between the Austri
ans and Germans and reflect the lowered
morale OF the central powers. They real
ize the hopelessness of success.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
JAPANESE BORN IN
CALIFORNIA NAY
HOLD REAL ESTATE
Test Case in Alien Land Law-opinion
Handed Down By Judge
Erntrr

Riverside, Cal, Sept ls.-Japanese
born in California may acquire and re-
tain title to real estate, and no viola
tion Of the alien land law results, FAC
cording to an opinion handed down YES
terday by Judge Hugh II Craig of the
superior court here in the case of the
people of the state of California VS.. M.
Harade. This was considered test case
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
GERMAN AIRMEN
FAR OUTM4TCHED
American and Allied Aviators Predomi.
mated in the Battle in the St.
Mihiel Sector.

With the American Army on the Lor-
raine Front, Tuesday, Sept IT, tBy the
Associated Pressi.-Aviation played
large part in the American offensive
in Lorraine, as is indicated by sum
mary of the first four days of the bat
tie. In spite of the rain, which, before
the battle had transformed airdromes
into seas Of mud and which, during the
combat, hampered the aviators during
two of the days, were highly successful.
During the fighting they made more
than $500 sorties, the summary showing
that the machines were aloft for an ap
gregate Of 1000 hours. During this time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18

other important targets. Observers pen.
etrated the enemy line to depths up to
thirty miles day and night and bomb
ing units made the surprising total Of
more than 1000 raids on railroad CEN
tiers and functions. The cloudy weather
interfered with the work of the balloon
observers, but there were scores Of az.
tensions, during which fifty-fve hostile
batteries were spotted and American ar
tillery fire was regulated The French
also played conspicuous part in the
fighting. During the four DAYS there
were seventy five aerial combats, during
which nine enemy machines were shot
down and tifty-four more were driven
down out of control. Thirty enemy bal
looms were destroyed during this period.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
PROPOSE TO BACK UP WILSON.
American Delegates to Inter-Allied Labor
and Socialist Conference.

London, Sept. ls.-The American dele.
gates to the inter-allied labor and So
cialist conference to-day presented pro.
posals that the conference endorse the
fourteen points laid down by President
Wilson as the conditions on which peace
may be established and maintained.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18

Skirts for children can be made from
the bottom of old underwear by crochet
ing an edge with mercerized cotton. and
you have very pretty skirt with small
expense.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18

st. Adams, Sept. l6.-Mrs. Francis
Williams has received telegram from
the Canadian war department stating
that her son, Pvt. Raymond Stanton, re-
ceiyed a gunshot wound in the right
thigh Sept. 3. The young man is with
the infantry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
TNvALIDED HOME.
Francis Maley of Fair Haven Wounded
in Both Legs.

Fair Haven, Sept. ls-Francis Malev
of this town, mentioned in a recent
casualty list as having been wounded in
France, arrived at Newport News, Va,
Sept. 9, having been invalided to this
country. He probably will be sent to a
hospital in New York for treatment.
Mr.. Maley Is son of Mrs. Margaret
Maley Of this town. He enlisted in the
Connecticut National Guards at Hart
ford in 1916 and went to the Mexican
border with his company. He entered
the federal service when the National
Guard was called In the present war and
was transferred to Co. H, l02d infan-
try. going overseas in October, 1917.
Mr.. Maley received severe shrapnel
wounds in both legs and feet in the bat.
tie of Boursches July %.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
Great Allied Drive in Mace
donia Is Gaining
Impetus
FRANCO-SERBS TAKE
1000 PRISONERS
Territory Included in the
Offensive Has Been
Extended
tBy Associated Press. !

| y
AS the allied offensive in Macedonia
continues to develop, the impression is
growing that an operation Of major pro-
portions has begun there The front is
almost shut off from the world and ex-
cept for official reports there are few
details known. 1t appears, however, that
the attack which was launched on Sun.
day is gaining important ground east of
Monastir
Sofia admits the allies have been sue
cessful at some points and says the Bull.
garian troops have been Withdrawn to
positions farther north. Reports from
allied sources tell Of the success of the
drive over the high ridges which the
central powers have held for the last
eighteen months or more.
Paris, Tuesday, Sept l7--Allied forces
on the Macedonia front have penetrated
to a depth of nearly four and a half
miles on front Of fifteen and one.half
miles and have captured 1000 prisoners.
according to an official report tonight
by the war office.
The statement reads
Operations on the Macedonia front
continue very successful. The front
through Sokola, Drobropolje and Vetre-
mix has widened to twenty five kilome-
tiers and the allied forces have pene-
trated to a depth Of seven kilometers.
Prisoners to the number of 1000, in
cluding staff colonel, have been cap
tured. Thirty guns, numerous mine
throwers and machine guns and cpnsid-
cradle booty have been taken
The Serbian forces are vieing with
the French in courage and spirit"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
DORA SURVIVORS
LANDED IN IRELAND
American Steamship Was Torpedoed Off
the Coast of France Sept. Grew
Saved, Only One Member
Being Hurt.
Being Hurt.

London, Sept. ls,-Members of the
American steamship Dora, which was
torpedoed and sunk on Sept. 4, were
landed at an Irish port on Tuesday by
an American store ship.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18

The Dora, one of the Austrian Llovd
eompany's freight steamships seized by
the United States government after war
had been declared on Austria, was sunk
on the morning of Sept. T. about 400
miles off the French coast Her crew
was saved, only one member having been
hurt.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-11-19
RAINBOW DIVISION
COLONEL C0MMENDS
Y. N. c. 4. WORK
Colonel Screws Says Alabama Resi-
idents Are Appreoiatlve OF Red
Triangle Service To
Soldiers There

Birmingham. Ala. Oct. -.-"In my
opinion there 10 nothing that the Y
M. C. A. can ask Of the people of Ala
bama which they would not give II
they only knew half of the excellent
tion." writes Col. William p. ScrswA
Commander 167th Infantry (Old 4th
Alabama), In a letter to Borden Burr
who recently returned from Franco
where he was engaged in War Worh
for the Young Mems Christian Assoct
alton. Leaving odt expressions Of
personal praise. at the request OF Mr.
Burr, Colonel Screws letter Is as fol
lows:
"On behalf of the officers and enlist
ed men OF the 18th Infantry (former
ly the Fourth Alabama Infantry.
wish to thank you for the excellen,
and valuable work that you have dont
with US. and with other Americas
troops. since your arrival in France.
"In my opinion too much praise can
not be given the Y. M. G. A. for tn,
excellent work they have done ant
are now doing for our men over here
As you know, from personal observa
ton since you have been with us. II,
"Y" workers are present in time o.
need and get some OF the luxuries o.
life to the men that they would no
otherwise get.
"As the commanding officer OF tn,
regiment. l wish to thank you per
sonally for your excellent efforts an,
your many deeds of valor and kind
ness shown all through our hard cam
paigns. in which you were presen
with US from irst to last"
Alabama residents are to be givei
an opportunity to give during the weel
OF November IL. when 170.500 .0O
will be .aised to continue another yea
tho work of the Y. M. C. A. and othA
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