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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10

BERLIN. Diciembre, Como re-
sultado de los m~otirc5 cue tuv1cron
lugar ell viernes Y en- los cuales resui
taron varios miembros del Partido
radical o Spartacus, muertos y heri-
ros. cl doctor Karl Liebnecht, hder
de dicha facci0n convoco Il un mitln
popular en- Ticrgarter el domingo
en- Ia noche.
A. 81 llamado acudieron cerca dc
1000 obrcros de las plantaS dc NUM-
clones. cue son de les que han sccun-
| dado la huclga general. Todos estos
| hombres y mujeres, pues TN gran nu-
nero de los manifestantes eran del
seXo fcmenino- recorrieron la Ave
| nida Inter Den Linden hasta el Tier
garten, donde ell Doctor Lie5Enecht
subido sobre cl pedestal dc granite
dc una de las cstatuas de los Hohen'
z~ollerns. hablo a IA multitud.
FL grupo de manlfeStanteS Tue
fiancueaGo Dor lbs tropas o anne
tralladorls montadas en- m
que fucron estacionados en toGaS Ia:
aveni9as. Fl Doctor Liehknecht aren'
~6 a Ia muchedumbre en- su cstlIo pc
%cul,ar. senalando a Frederick Ebert
81 Primer Ministro, Felipe Schelde-
mann. V otros de los lideres dc. go
hierno. como "s~ocialistaS q 10 ka,-
ser" c i~nculpandolos de compllcldao
en- los motines del vierneS, EXhortc
las masas Il Que formaran Guar
dias Roias v derrotaran los ataques
de los Observation-Disclosures.
A pesar de Ia eXcitacIon cue este
mitin provoco. eSa noche no Sc altero
81 ordcn. AsegIrase que el Primer
| Ministro Ebert Y su gahinete, tuvo
n session secrcta con c! Com!te
Executive de- Conseio de ObreroS Y
| So;dados. en- cl quo sc discutio la
question r~elativa 4 los motines del
vicrneS. ,
FL e~ncuentro entire las tropas del
cobierno V los radlcales fue muy san
cricnto, hahiendo reSujtado un gran
rumero de baias por ambos lados. Sc
rlin diccn los informes que hasta
| ahora Sc han publicado. Varlas mi
chachas que iban N un tranvl" urT'a-
no, u a~travesaha Dor Ina de las ca
lie; donde tcnia lugar L. refrlega ell
v~iernes. Theron victimas de los COM
batientes. habiendo rcsuitado todas
elias nuertas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
PASHA Sc LLEV0
Is MILLONES DE
LIBRAS TURCAS

GINFBRA. Suiza, Die. S.-Segun
81 peri6dico Tribune, de Geneva,
n marcia de Constantinopla de En-
ger Pasha. ex-ministro de Ia Guerra,
V Il colegas. coincide con la desa-
parici6n de veinticinco milones de
libras turcas, pertenecientes al 60
oierno cue habia depcsitadas en- va
rios Bancos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
ENTRO A COBLENzA
I'm DESTACAMENTO
AMERICANA
Fue enviado a peticion
de las autoridades
de esa ciudad

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CURED by the a-t of October 8, 1917. :
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-12-10
SE ENVIAN TROPAS A BERLIN RCENTEMENIE PARA
DOMINAR 4 Los B0LSHEVIKS ALEMANES
SON DUENOS DE
@ SUBURBIOS SEP
T~ENTRIONALES DE
LA CIUDAD
En- los motines registrados
hubo muchas bajas entire
los gobiernistas y
los radicales

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PARIS. Diciembre ?.-Nuevas tro-
pas alemanas fueron enviadas q Ber-
lin eli domingo por ell gobierno de
Ebert. para don.inar el mcvimiento
bolsheviki cue encabeza el grupo
SpartacUs V que Sc halla en- contro!
de los suburbios septentrlonaies de
la capital alemana, segun dice un des-
pacno recibido hoy en- esta capItal,
.procedente de Zurich. SuiZa. Los
radicales o b~olshevikis alemanes, sc
dice que Sc han apoderado del edlfi-
clio en- ell que celebraba u seslones
Ia Camara de Diputados Prusiana.
FL movimiento 5olsheviEi Sc ha
propagado tambien q Munich, la ca
pital de Baviera. err donde han ocu-
rrido varios ~desordenes on las GALES,
como resultado de Ia actitud de los
radicales, quienes disolvieron un mi
tin del Par:ido d~emocratico.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

A few of the men did not have any body they could write to, and some did not know their friends addresses, so they would write letters to friends of the other men, and sign it with the friends nickname.
 AS soon as a man had finished his letter, he had to go out to the center of the camp, where they had built a raised platform. There the sentries took the letters, and the men formed around the square. There were off, cers on the platform reading the let ters. We thought they read them there in the open, before us, so that we would know they were not tamper- ing with the letters, and we thought the heaven would fall if they were getting so unkultured as that.
 Finally, all the men had finished their letters and turned them over to the officers, who read them. And then we saw why the sentry laughed.
 The officers tore up every one of the letters. They were anxious that we would see them do 1t, so none of us would have any hope that our friends would get word.
 But we said to ourselves that, if 1t was information they wanted, they had as much as was good for them, which was none at all, because I do not think one letter in the bunch had a single word of truth in 1t. But we were all very angry and pretty low after that, because it showed the Huns still had plenty of kultur left, after all, and we knew there was rough sledding ahead of us. Also, some of the men were sore because they had wasted their time thinking up different ways of tip ping their friends off to the real state of affairs, and all for nothing. Why they should worry about time, I could not see. Time was the only thing we had plenty of, and I for one, thought we were going to have still more of 1t.
 Going back to the barracks we tried to sing "Pack Up Your Troubles" but there was not much pep In 1t. We were not downhearted, though; at least, we said we were not.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
The Most Amazing Story of the War

So the water runs into 1t, does it2'' Re said. "Well, my advice to you is to set knife, cut a hole in the heel and net the water out" All the other swine in the room laughed very loud at this, and I guess this Fritz thought Ae was a great comedian. But some Bow or other, it did not strike me so 1unny that I just had to laugh, and vas able, after quite a struggle, to keep from even snickering. It was a Aarder struggle than that to keep from doing something else, though!
 Our meals were just about the same &S at Swinemunde-the bread was just as muddy, the barley coffee just as rank, and the soup just as cab bageless. The second morning after we had had our barley coffee, one of the sentries came to our barracks, which was number 7-B, and gave each of us an envelope and sheet of writ Ing paper. Then he told us to write
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

slip. do not remember just what 1t was, but 1t was not very compliment ary, I guess. Anyhow, did not think anyone near there understood Eng fish, but evidently some one heard me who did, for I got an awful boot that I fell on my hands and knees,' and about yard away I saw a cigarette stub. dived for 1t like a man falling on a football, and when I came up that stub was safely in my pocket. And it stayed there until I reached Dulmen and had a chance to light 1t behind the barracks. If any of the other men had smelled real tobacco, they would probably have murdered me, and could not have blamed them for 1t.
 That was the first and last cigarette I got in Germany, and you can be- ieve me when I say that I enjoyed it. There was not much to 1t, but smoked it until there was not enough left to hold in my mouth, and then l used what was left and mixed 1t with the bark that we made cigarettes out of. Incidentally, this bark was great stuff. I do not know what kind of tree 1t was from, but it served the purpose. Whenever a fellow wanted to smoke and lit one of these bark cigarettes, few puffs were enough.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

- anybody we wanted to, after whict ke chalked on the door In big letters:
 KRIEGsGEFANGENENL and told us it was the return address. We were all surprised, and asked each ether where we were, because we had thought we were in Neustrelitz. After q while, we learned that it means "Prisoner-of- War-Camp." At first though, many of us thought it was the name of the town, and we got to chilling 1t the Brewery, because the Mame ended in lager. Whatever beer was brewed there was not for us though.
 noticed that all the time he was writing the word and giving us the stationery, the sentry was laughing and having a great time with his own little self, but I figured he was just acting German, and that nothing was Important about it.
 We were all tickled to death to get a.chance to let our people know where we were, and each man thought a long time about what he would say &kxS1 Who hS WOu1O WIlLc tO, U6lOIc hC ever started to write. Each man want ed to say all he could in the small space he had, and we wanted to let our friends know how badly they were treating us without saying it in so many words, because we knew the Huns would censor the letters, and 1t would go hard with anyone who com ~~Va l r1h Ar+ nE 4hn nnYN ssid they were having great time and were treated very well, and spread Sk on so thick that their friends would 6gnre they were lying because they nssd to.
 One fellow had an idea that was Better than that, though. He had been in 5ail sn Portsmouth, England, for S1sree months, for beating up a con- mssthie, and he had had a pretty rough Tiiues. So he wrote a pal of his that he had been captured by the Ger
 ransss but that everything was going along pretty well. In fact, he said, tfle only other trip he had ever been ]Sn. where he had a better time, was the three months vacation he had spent in Portsmouth two years before, which he thought the friend would re- member. He said that trip was bet Ser than this one, so the friend could figure out for himself how pleasant t1aiss one was. Everybody thought this was a great idea, but unfortunately not ala of us had been in jail, so we neuld not all use it. Which was just A well, we thought, because the Ger p-ans would be suspicious if all of us ssazapax0A this vacation with others.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

He did not want to smoke again for some time afterward, and like as not, he did not want to eat either. They were therefore very valuable.
 It is very hard to get matches In the camps, and when any prisoner does get hold of one, 1t is made to last a long time. Here is how we make a match last. Some one gives up the sleeve of his coat, and the match is carefully lit, and the coat sleeve burned to a crisp. Then we take button from our coats-the buttons are brass with two holes in them pass a shoestring through the holes. knot the ends, and with the button in the center of the string, buzz 1t around as you have seen boys do, with the string over both hands. moving the hands together and apart until the button revolves very fast.
 We then put piece of flint against the crisped cloth, and buzz the button against 1t until a spark. makes the
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

throwing 7r--.,,1z.gS (: US, an" sp.tting, and having a great time generally. It was harder than ever when a family party would arrive, with water and mutter, and maybe grosvater and grosmutter, and all the little Roche kinder, because, as you probably know, the Germans take food with them whenever they go on party, no matter what kind, and they would stand there end stare at us like the boobs they were, eating all the time and we so hungry that we could have eaten ourselves, almost. After they had stared a while, they would begin to feel more at home, and then would start the throwing and splitting and the "schweinhund" sangerfest, and they would have a great time general ly. Probably, when they got home, they would strike off a medal for themselves in honor of the visit.
 Then, too, there were always Hun soldiers on leave or off duty, who made 1t a point to pay us visit, and though do not think they were as bad as the civvies, especially the women, they were bad enough.
 We had one bucket in each barracks, and as these buckets were used for both washing and drinking, they were always dirty. We boiled the water when we washed the clothes, to get rid of the cooties, and that left a settling in it that looked just like red lead. We had to get the water from hydrant outside of the barracks, and for a while we drank 1t. But after several of the boys had gone west and we could not figure out why, a man told us he thought the water was poisoned, and Russian doctor, who was a prisoner, slipped us word about 1t also. So, after that, very few of us drank water from the hydrant. I was scared stiff at first, because had had some of the water, but after that did not touch hydrant water.
 It was a good thing for us that there was always plenty of snow in Germany, and even Iuckier that the Huns did not shoot us for eating 1t. It was about the only thing they did
 
 thought knew what tough cooties were, in the trenches, but they were regular mollycoddles compared to the pets we had in the prison camps. After we boiled our clothes we would be free from them for not more than two hours, and then they would come back, with re-enforcements, thirsting for vengeance.
 The camp at Neustrelitz was sur rounded by big dogs, which were kept just outside the barbed wire. We had them going all the time. Every once in while, some fellow would make an awful racket, and the next thing we knew, there was Fritz coming like a shot, with musket at his hip, just as they carry them in a charge, and blowing whistles at each other until they were blue in the face. When ever they thought some one was es- caping, they ran twice as fast as
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
Worlds Greatest Cataract.

What is set down us the greatest cat aract in the world is on the Iguazu river, which partly separates Brazil and Argentina. The precipice over which the river plunges is 210 feet high, that of Niagara being 167 feet. The cataract is 13,123 feet wide, or about two and half times as wide az Niagara. It is estimated that 100000 900 tons of water pass over Niagara Tn m hour. A like estimate gives the falls of Iguazu 140,000,000 tons.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
2yl~ He chalked on the Door.

- anybody we wanted to, after whict ke chalked on the door In big letters NGENENT, CHR
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

the men to tell the Germans to shoot them too, and it seems as though 1t was always man who wanted to live who did get it and went west. However all of us nearly got killed when we reached Wittenberg. When the train stopped there, we saw big wagonload of sliced bread on the sta- tion platform and we all stared at it. We stood 1t as long as we could, and then we made a rush for it. But when we got nearer, we saw that there were four sentries guarding 1t and four women issuing it out to the German soldiers. They would not give us any, of course.
 So we stood around and watched the Huns eat it, while they and the women laughed at us, and pretended that they were starving and would groan and rub their Stomachs and say, "Nichts gu essen," to each other, and then grab a big hunk of bread and eat it. What we did not say to them was very little indeed. We were cer- tainly wild if any men ever were.
 Then some of us said we were go- ing to get some of that bread if we went west for it. So we started fight, and while they were attending to some of us, the others grabbed and hid all the bread they could. They rousted us back into the cars and we were just starting to divide up the bread when they caught us with 1t and took ri16or fhQn then, but we could not do anything.
 It got colder after we left Witten- berg, and the snow blew into the cars through the windows and doors until we were afraid to sleep for fear or freezing. It was the worst night I have ever seen, and the coal bunkers on the Yarrowdale seemed like a pal ace compared to the compartments, because we could at least move around in the ship, while in the train we could not move at all, and were packed so close that we could not even stretch our legs and arms. Some of the men did die, but not in my compartment, though most of us were frost-bitten about the face.
 
 end, but day came finally, and though it seemed to get colder and colder, we did not mind it so much. At about eleven that morning, we arrived at place called Minden and saw prison camp there-just a stockade near the tracks with the boys out in the open. We waved to them, and they waved back and gave a cheer-oh or two. We felt sorry for them, because we knew we were not going to that camp, and from what little we saw, we knew we could not be going to q worse place than they were in. I shall never for get Minden, because it was here that received the only cigarette had while I was in Germany.
 Minden is quite a railway center, l guess, and when we pulled into the depot, we saw many troops going to l the front or coming back. As at all | important German railway stations, | there was a Red Cross booth on the platform, with German girls handing out barley coffee and other things to the German soldiers. I saw large I shanty on the platform, with Red Cross painted over the door. I saw the girls giving barley coffee to the soldiers, and I thought would have try at it and at least be polite enough to give the girls a chance Of refusing me. I was refused all right, but they were so nasty about it that I i put down my head and let something
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

We Had Our Choice of Standing Up
 and Dying, or Falling Down and Be-
 ing Killed.
 ever saw them run, except when the Foreign Legion was on their heels at Dixmude.
 When they got up to the dogs, they would first talk to them and then kick them, and after that, they would rest their rifles on the wire and yell "Zuruck! !" at us. We all enjoyed this innocent pastime very much, and we were glad they had tine dogs.
 There were some things the Huns did that you just could not explain. For instance, one of the Russians walked out of the kuche, as we were passing, and we heard a bang! and the Russian keeled over and went west. Now, we had not done anything and the other Russians said he had behaved himself, worked hard and had never had any trouble. They just killed him, and that is all there was to it. But not one of us could figure out why.
 After we had been at Neustrelitz for three weeks, they drilled us out of the camp to a railway station, and stood us in the snow for four hours waiting for the train. We were ex= | hausted and began falling, one by one, and each time one of us fell, the sentries would yell, "Nicht krank !" ] and give us the rifle butt. We hat our choice of standing up and dying or falling down and being killed, and 1t was a fine choice to have to make.
 The cars finally pulled in, and as usual, the windows were smashed, the doors open, and the compartments just packed with snow. When we saw this, we knew we were going to get worse treatment, even, than we had been getting, and many of us wanted to die It had not been unusual for some Of
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
Peculiar Cause of ceilbacy.

Celibacy is almost unknown among the Mordvlns, and when it does occur 1t is nearly always the result of VOW, especially In places where Russian in- fuence is strong. Sometimes girl is not married in consequence of a VOW to q deity-if hail, for instance, has ruinedethe crops or sonla misfortune has befallen the family. Such young women are termed the wife of the hail king"
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
Possible Source of Presses.

The other day I, with a neighbours child, went to a hairdresser's estab- lishment. The child has red hair. While was buying various things the child was busy looking about. She finally discovered some false hair the color of her own and came to me with thls question: "I wonder if my red hair was boughten here when I was rned."-Chicago Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
Where Platinum Is Found.

Platinum is recovered principally from the beds of streams, the particles having been deposited there through erosion of large rocks, classified geo. logically as tertiary conglomerates." The platinum grains are found with gold, the proportion varying from 6 to 30 per cent of platinum. The two metals are recovered by washing the sand and gravel of streams.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
DisIIIuaIonrenf.

"When yo' sees a cullud puhfessah rise up and pick at dem crinlSly side whiskers O his'n and smoove down dat fancy vest you am amazed at de ponderosity O de spettacle," said old Brother Buckaloo. "But when yo' listens to his transplavication yo' finds dat when yo' behelt dem whiskers and dat vest yo' seed 1t all. Amt dat bout so, Brudder JurdanT-Kansas City Star.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24
washinoton a Er.e Mason.

That General Washington was m ac- tive Free Mason, in good standing is shown by the historic statement that "the southeast corner stone of the cap itol was laid September IS, 1793, by Brother George Washington, assisted by the worshipful masters and Free Masons of the surrounding cities, the military and a large number of people,"
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

crisp glow, and from this we would light our bark cigarettes. I do not think any man in the world could in- hale one of these bark cigarettes: some of us tried and went right to sleep.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-24

Daily Thought. These are the times that try mons souls.-Thomas Paine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-24
NOTICE RETAIL DRUGGISTS
 NO MORE VAPORUb DIRECT
 BUY 1T FROM YOUR JOBbER

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 We believe that we can serve you better now by reverting to our form CT policy of shipping exclusively thru the iobber, and, effective immediate ly, no more drop shipments will be made
 While we have put on night shift and have, thereby, about doubled our production we are still unable to fill our back orders and won't' be able to give each jobber all the VapoRub he wants. Hence, it will be neces- sary for the jobbers to continue dis tributing VapoRub in small lots only. But we will be able to furnish each jobber at least twice the quantity of VapoRub that he purchased for the corresponding month last year, 50 there should not be any difficulty in your getting your pro rata share.
 We feel that the public appre- ciates the service that the retail and wholesale drug trade have rendered the country in this time of stress. We wish to cypress to both branches of the trade our thanks for the kind cooperation extended us in our ef- fort to meet this emergency