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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
LOST AND FOUND
INSTRUCTIONS

LOST - A large, white Angora cat
II found. call Bell 615.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
MRS. JOHNTZ TELLS OF THE
y. w. c. A. WAR WORK COUNCIL

Mrs. J. r. Johntz, who attended
the eseven-i n-one" conference In
Junction City has returned with in
teresting facts in regard to the work
which the organizations are to carry
on this year The seven organiZa-
tions are to carry on their financial
campaign together. but each car
ries on its individual work under
its own name
The Y. w. C. A. war work coun-
ell is the branch in whose interest
Mrs. Johntz went to the conference.
This organization was the outgrowth
of two societies and grew to meet
the needs of the present war condi-
tons Through its service on the
Mexican border and other such
places it was better equipped to
meet the present conditions than al
most any other organization. 1t
deals chiefly with women in their
relation to soldiers and the indus
trial needs of the war. All the host
ess houses at the cantonments are
established by the Y. w. The gov
eminent has placed in the hands OF
the major the authority to ask for
or exclude these war service cen
ters within the camps and all the
environments but two have called for
them. At Funston last Sunday
there we're over 1000 guests in the
hostess house.
Bryn Mawr offers an eight months
course of training for young women
we'll suited to take charge of such
work. The aim of the organization
is to establish hostess houses, cafe
terias, anything that will be of ma
terial aid to the soldiers or the wom-
en- who want to visit them while
they are in training.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
CONSERVING HEALTH
Better Care Must Re Taken of the
Enlisted Men

The war department is not only
speeding up all departments to win
the war, but it is also looking after
all the other avenues which lead up
to make our boys the most efficient.
The surgeon general of the war de-
pjartment has detailed Capt. Chas.
D. Shelton to investigate the state
and local boards of health in receiv-
ing prompt reporting. isolation and
quarantine of communicable disease
This action on the part of the war
department needs no explanation, as
the exposure to disease of drafted
men and the Importation of a vari-
ETY. of infections into cantonments
means enormous increase in medical
and hospital expenses and serious
delay in bringing soldiers to a state
of efficiency. What this delay means
is apparent in daily reports from the
battle fronts.
The sickness rate is directly trace
able to the exposure Of drafted men
to disease before leaving home. Con-
sidering this fact the prompt and
complete reporting and quarantine
of communicable disease at home be-
comes an important patriotic duty.
Not only of the physician attending
the case, but of the family in which
such cases occur. Under contagious
diseases we do not only understand
SMALLPOX and scarlet fever, but mea
sizes, mumps or any other communl-
cable disease. a disease that is car
ried from one person to another. On
instruction from the state board of
health any case that has not been
reported will be vigorously prose-
cuted under the quarantine law. Mott
from choice, but from spirit OIL
duty to our children and our beloved
government under whose flag we
ave lived and prospered for many
years. and now let us be loyal and
give the Stars and Stripes its just
due: give the government what be-
longs to it, helping to defend its lib
erty from the encroaching Beast Of
Berlin" also to defend our boys
from communicable disease.
G. F. ATWOOD, M. D
d-w23 County Health OHicer
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
FORGER HAD NO SUCCESS
IN MAKING HIS BLUFF

A man posing as Roy Hale of Sol
mon and protesting to have worked
for Charles Taylor of Solomon, pre-
sented a check for S12O at Harry
Lifts Co. 5 store Saturday. Mr.. Lifts
told him to take it to one of the
banks and have it cashed Instead
Of taking 1t to a bank, he went to
the Davis shoe store and after pick
ing out a pair fshoes. proffered the
check again. Mr.. Davis took 1t and
went to the telephone to call Mr..
Taylor at Solomon and find out about
it. No sooner had he taken up the
receiver than the man walked out
of the store and drove away in an
Oakland car.
Mr. Taylor said there had been a
Roy Hale working for him during
the harvest, but that he did not owe
him anything and that the man Mr..
Davis described could not have been
Roy Hale The man was no doubt
a forger, but evidently not expert
enCed
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
BEST FRIEND TOOK HIS GAR
Now Emery Bear Asks the Officers
90 Locate John Thompson

Emery l.. Bear, Niles. and John
e Thompson, Abilene. were good
friends. They drove about in Mr..
Bears Ford car most OF the time to-
gether Now, Bear alleges that
Thompson has gone and has taken
the car along with him. This morn
ing he swore to complaint charg-
ing Thompson with embezzlement of
an automobile.
According to Bears story, he was
injured one day this week and
Thompson kindly consented to come
to Salina with him. Bear stopped
his car in front of Doctors office
HIS injuries rendered considerable
attention and he was gone for some
time When he came out Thompson
and the automobile were missing.
and he has seen neither since Sail
ma Union.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
ABOUT MILL FEEDS AND
LOCAL MILLS DISTRIBUTION

Many complaints come to Kansas
newspapers that farmers cannot al
ways obtain mill feed from local
mills, though they haul wheat In
to be ground into flour and that a
local mill may be shipping out feed.
A local miller thus explains it.
"The answer is that the mills are
required by the government to make
a barrel of -four out of four bushels
and "a pounds of wheat, and there
are just 6S pounds of feed left after
making one barrel of -four. The
majority of the trade calls for mixed
cars of -four, or in other words, all
the feed that is left from the amount
of -four they buy. If the mills re-
fuse this, they cannot sell their
product and the mills at Kansas
City and other big centers, which
have no local demand for by-prod-
ucts, have the advantage. The mills
in Abilene, however, have furnished
the farmers more than their pro-
portion of feed in relation to the
amount of flour sold locally"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. George Bowen re-
ceived a letter from their son, Ever
EFT. stating he had landed safely and
also a card from their SON. Ray. who
is in the navy, saying he is now in
Europe
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
Experience the Best Teacher.

1t is generally admitted that ex-
perience is the best teacher, but
should we not make use of the ex-
perience of others as we'll as our
own? The experience Of thousand
persons is more to be depended upon
than that of one individual. Many
thousands of persons have used
Chamberlain's Cough Cure for
coughs and colds with the best re-
suits. which shows 1t to be q thor
oughly reliable preparation for those
diseases. Try It, 1t is prompt and
eftectual and pleasant to take.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
FORD SMASHED AT CORNER
FOUR WERE INJURED

A Ford car in which were Mildred
Wilson, the dryer, Leila Wright,
vernon Schooler and Alta stevens,
turned turtle this noon at Fifth and
Olive. skidded into the curb and
stopped. two wheels on the street
and two on the grass, the top torn
to pieces, wind shield smashed, ra-
diator crushed, wheels bent, tools
scattered out of the tool box and oc-
cupants thrown out The car was
going up Olive rapidly and evidently
the young people decided to turn at
Fifth after they had reached the
corner and put on the brakes so su6-
denly that they threw the back OF
the car over the front and caused 1t
to hit the curb and break things up
generally.
DR.. Conklin was called immediate
ly and so far as could be determined
by a rapid examination none was Sc
riously injured. The girls were
each taken into houses near by and
given first aid. They were badly
bruised and cut. The boy, DR.. Conk-
lin took with him to his office Alta
Stevens was cut about the temples
and most seriously hurt.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26

can hear the z-in-n-g OF the large
shells passing overhead; we can hear
and see more aircraft battles; In
general. things are becoming more
interesting and exciting as our work
progresses.
keep in usual good health, have
sufficient food. well prepared. and
get enough sleep In the day (some-
times) II the nights rest has been
broken because OF special work or
alarm The other morning the ser
geant and we're asleep at 8 a. m
when a messenger came to tell me
to report for trench digging. That
was too late for breakfast. but hur-
riedly put into my coat few hard
tacks and munched away on these
believe that | picked and shoyeled
more dirt than quite a few who had
had breakfast am occasionally
meeting some one from the home
county met schimming from Hope
and Jake Sauer from Abilene.
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Extracts from a letter to Mrs. A
J Markley from her son, Grover e
Marley, who has been in France
about one year
Aug 4 fg1S-I have not had Il
chance to write as often as | would
have liked and may not get to write
for while after we leave here. We
are in a rest camp now. and we sure
need rest, as all the men are tired
and dirty We are doing our wash
ing now. In some Of this country
they do quite a lot Of farming The
people are cutting their wheat and
oats. They have a good crop. The
old men women and kids do most
of the farm work
Well, l suppose you saw in the
papers what we have been doing and
the Second, little old Fifteenth. has
been right In the warm parts of the
fight I got a letter from Mrs. Null
len the other day and sure was sur
prised and pleased to hear from her
Also in letter to his sister, Mrs
George Hogan, Grover tells of being
in the battle of the Marine and also
of the splendid work of the Saliva
ton Army. He says there is an army
camp near where they are resting
and the soldiers can get coffee and
doughnuts and that the Salvation
Army people sure help keep the boys
from getting so homesick.
Grover is in the Fifteenth field
battery r He enlisted at
Fort Logan, Colo. when this coun-
ry first called for volunteers. and
las been in France nearly year
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26

Sergt Charles Kirk, who Is home
from France, says the German sol
.diers morale is actually very low
'Tn some sectors they fight fiercely,
said he this morning. but In others
they are evidently glad to surren-
der. Letters on their person from
home folks tell of suffering and are
always complaining. The French
family never complains. The letters
are always cheerful, while the Ger
man family tells OF great suffering
and hopes for the wars end One
American brought in 10 Germans,
simply because they wanted to sur
render. This spirit is all through
the army and will have great eff
feet in further drives .
H "a ~
Amos II. Engle writes: August o,
Somewhere in France Il appreciate
The Reflector clippings very much.
I'm certainly missing out on the
Kansas fresh fruit We have only
evaporated fruit. but that Is good.
We have had some canned fruit
which we enjoy. The boys all enjoy
the fresh tomatoes which we have
had for the last week. ] have done
some musical work in quartette. and
expect to do some more, though VIC
are not certain of anything now.
There is much sameness about the
country, but always see new and in
teresting things. | cant promise a
letter week from now on. but will
do the best can Give my best re-
CARDS to any who may inquire about
me.
August 10, Somewhere Else mi
France am stationed in neat
dugout l2x8x10, with a sergeant who
is chief Of a platoon ] am the run
ner or messenger for the sergeant
The dugout contains a table and a
stool and stove, which has not yet
been put to use, though the air Is
quite cool and damp here in the
early morning There are many
dugouts around here
In the town where we were last
located we had some novel work to
cleaning up a town Wherever
we make our headquarters for only
4 few days, we want sanitary condi-
lions. In this town 1t seemed that
he people were especially proficient
In wrongly locating the manure
piles. We got horses and wagons
rom the supply company and set to
york hauling the trash and manure.
weeping the streets, digging drain
lge bitches and holes for kitchen
waste We had all experienced plea
anter work, but 1t was to our ad-
'antage to set things Alright. Surely
he French people ought to learn the
esson of cleanliness by the time the [
american troops leave her soil. Our
certainly has never left
,arracks and billet houses or barns
where from five to 100 men are shell
cred. in disorder
Where we are now we can hear
he large guns more distinctly; we
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
and DiarrhOea Remedy.

Great Faith IN UhamberIaIn7s COLO
Chamberlain Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remedy was used by my faith
arrhoea. 1t relieved him immedi-
err about a year ago when he had d.
ately and by taking three doses he
was absolutely cured. He has great
faith in this remedy" writes Mrs.
w. H. Williams, Stanley, N. Y.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26

of 'Gets-It" on any corn or callus dries
ct once. The corn finally 1oosens off
from the toe. so that you can peel Il
on with your fingers in one piece, pain
lessly, like peeling q banana. Great
STUFF wish I'd done that before" There's
only one corn-peeler -" Gets It." Toes
wrapped up big with tape and band
ages, toes squirming from Irritating
salves, it's ell o barbarity. Toes wounded
by razors and knives. that's butchery,
ridiculous, unnecessary. dangerous. Use
"Gets-It.n the liberty way simple,
painless, always sure. Take no chances.
Get Gets It." Don't be insulted By
limitations. See that You get "Gets-Tt,a
''Gets-It." the guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but a tribe at any drug store.
MID By e. Lawrence & c., Chicago, III.
Sold in Abilene and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy b,
c. E. NOrthcrart & Co., Druggists
ABILENE, KANSAS
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
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sergt Chas Kirk and Lieut. Fran
els Little have reported at Camp
Funston for duty.
"a ~ m
Carl Horshman OF Elmo was called
TO Washburn for military training
today.
"a ~ "a
Roger Kyle, who Is in training ut
the Great Lakes, Is victim OF infu-
enza and very i'll.
p - -
George Schad, who has been sta
toned in an aviation camp at Amer
icus, Ca, Is home on a furlough.
rg "a PA
A card to Mrs Rufus Hawk from
her brother, Robert Oldhen, states
that he arrived safely overseas. Mr..
Oldhen left in the May call and Is
in the signal corps
- "a -
John G.. Gleissner, Jr., has enlist
cd in the army for limited service
and has been assigned to the quar-
termaster's department He left
washington for Camp Johnson at
jacksonville, Fla, today to report
for duty.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Bowen re-
ceived a letter from their son, Ever
EFT, stating he had landed safely and
also a card from their son. Ray. who
is in the navy saying he is now in
Europe.
IN IN Fa
Major ]. d. Riddell, formerly OF
Abilene, who was the first Salina
doctor to enlist for war service. has
been in Porto Rico since August !.
He is chief of the surgical section OF
the United States army base hospi-
tai, located at San Juan. Mrs. Rid
dell had an interesting letter from
the doctor Tuesday, in which he
states he expects to be in France by
the holidays. His letters tell OF the
beautiful scenery in Porto Rico and
OF the people and customs.
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A letter to w. NJ Neal from hisl
son in France. will try and write
you a few lines to let you know am
we'll. We are having some nice
weather now, but old Winter is
about here and the war has not
started yet. ! have not been up to
the front lines for some time now
They transferred me to the veterin-
airy corps and that is some job. OFT
Smith and Kirk have gone back TO
the states and It will be some trip
for them. saw Lieutenant Luceir
the other day and he is getting fat
ter every day. We have to pay $3.50
for eggs and we don't have them
very often.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26
why Putter With
Corns 7 Use Gets.N"

Common-Sense, Simple, Never Faila
You can tear out your corns and suf.
fer. or you can peel off your corns and
smile. The Joy peeling way Is the
"Gets-It" way. 1t Is the only happy.
painless way in the world. Two drops
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-09-26

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WHAT is HAPPENING IN "a
CAMP AND FIELD "a
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
GROUND FLYING IS
THRILLING PRACTICE

Behind British lines In France.
Sept. 9.--"Ground flying" is perhaps
the most exciting of all the aerial
tactics which the British airmen are
instructing their American pupils In
northern France. 1t demands high
combination Of skill and daring. but
Il is a game which the British have
during the past year won marked
superiority over the Germans.
The training Of ground flying
pilots is particularly thorough. and
includes much necessary practice in
leaping hills, trees and telegraph
poles, etc.,--in manner which
promptly leads the uninformed spec
tator to condemn the airman as a
reckless fool.
but railing this practice the pilot
would never acquire the skill and
confidence necessary for this highly
specialized type Of work. The ma
chimes used are fast and difficult to
fly, and operating so close to the
ground. the pilot knows that he has
literally no more margin for indeci,
sion or hesitating than he has In
actual aerial combat.
| In ground flying" tactics tn,
pilot acts mainly, on his own persona
initiative, and he must be prepared
to attack the enemy whenever h,
may be found, either with bombs
grenades, darts, or machine gun fire
THUS German officers In charge 0
ammunition dumps have every fea
son to fear the approach of a British
'low flier.'' The fear OF machln
gun fire is even greater and Will
German regiments have been deci
mated and demoralized by British
airplanes.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
WOUNDED AMERICANS
return TO THE Fight

Washington. Sept. 9.-General
PershIng has sent to the war de.
partment a report Of minor casual
ties totaling 10000 cases up to Au.
gust 90. most OF them being men
who were so slightly wounded that
they were returned to the ranks
within a few days, General March
announced today.
General March disclosed that Gen
eral Pershing will forward by cour'
Ter twice week lists OF all wound
cd. The complete list will be made
public from Washington and casualt,
reports cabled from American head
uarters will include only dead and
missing. Complete data In each
case will be included In the list Of
wounded so that relatives may be ad
vIsed fully.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
SOME DRAFT POINTERS
FOR next THURSDAY

Thursday. September IL. is regis
tration day.
On that day every man In the
United States and Its possessions be-
tween the ages Of IS and As years.
inclusive, who has not already regis
tered. or who is not already In the
military or naval service. must regis
ter. This includes those who have
not yet reached their 46th year.
Registration will be held between
the hours OF Z O'Clock q. m. and 3
o'clock p. m.
However. failure on the part Of
any man subject to registration to
learn his proper registration place
will be no excuse for his failure to
register. ..s...r, ...,..
Failure to register on registration
day Il punishable BY Imprisonment
|up to one year. without option Of .
fine. -. s1
Men who will be absent from
home on Thursday, September ~
lsh0uld consult the nearest local
|5oard At once for Instructions.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09

Batteries Chicago, Tyler, Doug
las and Killefer. Boston, Ruth. Bush
and Agnew, Schang.
In the fourth Shean walked, and
Strunk flied out. Shean stole Sec
ond and Whiteman walked. Mcln-
mis- forced Shean at third. With
three balls and two strikes Ruth
trIpled to right center. scoring Whit.
man and McInnis. Scott flied out
In the eighth Killefer walked
Hendrix batting for Tyler, singled
and on wild pitch both advanced
Flack grounded out. Killefer scored
while Hollocher was being thrown
out. McCabe running for Hendrix
scored on Mannis' single. Pasker
grounded out. Score two ALL
In the ninth Douglas pitched fol
Chicago. schang batting for Agnev
singled and scored when Douglal
threw away Hoopers grounder. II
the ninth Chicago got two men OF
bases, but failed to score.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
RAID FOLLOWS HEAVY ARrur
LERY COMMANDMENT OF -
MINUTES
REPlSt GERMANS N VOtVf
One American, Dragged of Prison
er By Boches, Frccs Himself and
Returns to the Allied Lines

With the American Army in
France, Sept. 9-The America troops
in Alsace today penetrated deeply
into the German trenches and In
flicted severe casualties. The raid
was made after heavy artillery pre-
paration OF 20 minutes.
The Germans attempted . raid in
force in the woevre region. sending
over contingent Of 100 men at FIJI
rey and Llmey. but they we're driven
|oH after one had been killed and
several wounded.
One American. who had bssn
dragged off . prisoner. later freed
himself from the enemy and return
cd to the American line. At another
point patrol had lively skirmish
with the enemy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
FINE WEATHER FOR
GAR. ENCAMPMENT

The fine weather OF today follow
Ing the slight rain and threatening
weather Of yesterday gave the old
soldiers and sailors Of the reunion
association an index Of what may be
expected for the remainder Of the
week and made . propItious opening
Tor the encAmpment. IA
Al the camp grounds in the River
side school grove OF oaks there arr
nov q dozen tents pitched and to,
morrow there viii be many more,
This morning and this afternoon sew
eral veterans arrived from Roseburg
and others are expected tomorrow,
while the Jackson county delegation
will also be here tomorrow.
There is no program today. the
veterans preferrlns to attend the
lecture Of DR.. Lovejoy at the opera
house tonight.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-09
AMERICAN TRANSPORT ON WAY
HOME IN hit ny CHANCE
SHOT
FOUR WESTERN MEN VICTIMS
Explosion Fatal 10 Members Of Crew
--rorpc,io Struck Vessel last
Tuesday Near French Coast

Washington. Sept. s.-Thlrty-fiys
members OF the crew OF the Amcri'
can army transport Mount Vernon
formerly the North German Lloyd
liner Kronprinxessin cecilc. were
killed by the explosion OF a torpedo
which struck the vessel last Tuesda,
when she was 200 miles from III,
French coast. homeward bound. The
passengers included Senator Lewis
OF Illinois. who was among those
safely landed after the transport 70
turned to n French port under hel
own stcam.
Vice Admiral Sims reported the
torpedo struck on the starboard side
flooding q fire room. but he did mo-
state the extend OF the damage. Nav,
officials assume. since the vessel wal
able TO reach port under her owl
power. she was not badly damaged.
The men killed were flremen. on
ginemen and water tenders. Th'
names OF the western men include
y. Hancock. Renton. Wash.
II. c. Piew. Malage. Chelan coun
~. Wash.
M. staliy. address not In navy dc
partment records
7. E. Tracy. Canyon city. Oregon
Senator Lewis was returning hom'
on the transport after . visit u
Great Britain and France and tn
western front.