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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
WILL BACK BACK UP THE
BOYS At THE FRONT
Written for the Liberty Loan organi-
cation of the Eighth Federal
Reserve District.
By MILDRED S. McFADEN.

BY MILDRED S. McFADEN.
We are backing up the boys at the
front,
Our soldier boys, the flower of our
youth,
Who answered Freedoms call
And are gladly giving all
For liberty, for justice and for truth.
We are working for our heroes at the
front,
Who nobly bear the brunt of shot
and shell.
For, backed by love untold,
And bullets made of gold,
They will rescue all the world from
German Hell.
We are backing up our sailors on
the sea,
So gallantly a-standing by their guns,
Mid perils of the deep
Where deadly U-boats creep
To do the baneful bidding of the Huns!
We are backing up our birdmen at
the front,
Whose dauntless souls no sense of
fear can know. .
Patrolmen of the sky,
Ger hostile lines they fly
To guard the guns on firing line"
below.
We are backing up our service at
the front,
Where toll of pain doth mark each
victory won,
That nurse with Cross of Red
May hover DER each bed
To soothe and comfort every mothers
son.
We are backing up our colors at the
front,
Old Glory shall never brook disgrace.
o lift 1t high and higher,
That its message may inspire
A spirit of world-freedom for the race.
To back our allied forces at the front
Is the urge of our Liberty Loan
campaigns.
Each Liberty Bond we hold
Is handicap of gold
To bind the Beast forSvermore in
chains.
Bring your tithes into my store
house." Freedom calls,
Make every boarded dollar do its
share;
With patriotic thrill
And zeal of Bunker Hill
Roll up millions for the boys "over
there"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02

stopping ten minutes for refreshments
at Red Cross Canteen.
Think of big cup of hot coffee and
a wealth of man-sized ham sand
wiches served by the Red Cross-wo-
men with the joy of service in their
eyes. Think of ten minutes for re-
freshments within sound of the guns
such refreshments served by such wo-
men. Did ever weary lad have such
refreshments? Did ever cup of COT
fee and sandwich taste so good?
1t is service like this, the supplying
of Stood that's got honey taste" at
time when a mans spirits are likely
to be at lowest ebb, that moved Com
handing General of the American
Forces to write on December 80: "The
extent Of the work of the Red Cross
is only limited by the number of men,
beers it has and the amount Of funds
available for Its use"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
HUSBAND GONE SONS GONE :
HOME AND RELATIVES GONE
A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Nine. Pellier.
By an Eye Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN

This Is the picture saw last Janu
airy in France,-and you have merci
fully changed It'll Color enough there
was-above, the eternal blue; in the
background, fields of living green
which the German shells could mo-
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, a long village
street so battered and burned thai
1t was merely a canyon of cream-col-
ored ruins In front Of one little
broken house were four figures In
black-an old woman, poking among
the fallen stones In q vain search fol
something that could be used; a
younger woman, seated on what had
once been a doorstep, with her face
hidden In her arms; and little boy
and girl, who stared, half frightened,
half curious, at the desolation about
them. The little boy held In his thin
hand a Red Cross flag. All four were
pale and gaunt; the faces and bodies
of the children showed none of the
round curves that make the beauty of
q child.
This is their history: When the
war broke out, Nine. Pellier, her
mother and her four younger children
were visiting her husbands mother in
the north of France. Her husband
and two elder sons were at home in
Lorraine taking care of the summer
crops. Then the wari The mother
in-law of Nine. Pellier was Ill and
could not be left. Her old mother
was afraid to travel to Lorraine with
the full care Of the four children. Be-
fore they could all start together the
Germans invaded. Bad news is allow
ed to come into northern France, and
so as the months passed Nine. Pellier
learned that her village home had been
bombarded and that her husband and
two sons had been killed. Except for
the Belgian Relief Commission, which
operates in northern France also, she
and her little ones would have starved
outright. At the best they were I'M
dernourished. Then the great push
began, ana hopes TOT france grew
high. But as the French soldiers ad-
vanced they had to lombard the north
ern towns. Nine. Pellier begged the
Germans to let her go away with her
children-even into Germany. This
was refused. She tried to seek safety
in some cellar whenever there was
.bombardment. Nevertheless a shell
killed two of her children.
Found Her Home Gone.
Home gone; husband gone; brave
soldier sons gone; little, tender boys
torn into shredsl That woman's face
would have shown you what she had
suffered-her face against the batter
ed ruins the Germans had made. At
last she and her mother and her two
remaining children were repatriated.
They knew the infinite relief Of cross
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
HE GAVE HIS SHIRT OFF HIS BACK
How an Italian Officer Travelling on Train
Helped New Born Baby

One of the ways to say that man
is good hearted is to descend to ex-
pressive Americanese slang and say
"he'd give you his shirt"
A young Italian officer did exactly
that-gave the shift off his back to a
baby just born. 1t was during fight
of the Italian refugees just after the
Italian army had been tricked by the
Austrians.
Here's the story:
An Italian officer, who had been a
volunteer worker at the station when
the crush came through, walked into
the American Red Cross Office at Bo-
logna, Italy, and told Of poor young
woman who had given birth to baby
on the train in which he was riding a
few nights previously. They had been
riding for over 16 hours, and the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
QUOTAS FIXED FOR
FALL Y. M. CA. drive
National Goal of SIP, 100000 includes
$15,ooo,o0o For War Work OF Y,
w. c. A.-Southeast Asked
For 100000

The quotas for the seven states of
the Southeastern Department for the
next financial drive of the National
War Work Council of the Y. M. G. A.
for Sill. 100000, which will take place
late in the fall were decided upon last
week by delegates from each of the
states. Seven hundred delegates from
the seven states of the Southeastern
Department recently met with the ma
tons leading Y. M. c. A. workers at
the Capital City Club of Atlanta, Ga.
The quotas for the Southeastern
states, totaling approximately $4,000
900, were decided upon as follows:
Florida. $577,5S4; Georgia, $1,043,-
7S4; Mississippi. $2SO,OOO; North Caro-
lima, $6S0,2SS; South Carolina, 1884,
500; Tennessee, $1.O95.92O; Alabama,
I $500, 600. -.....
$15,ooo,o0o to the ". w. C. A.
OF the total amount $4,000, 900 will
be turned over to the Young Women's
Christian Association in order that
they may carry on the many war ac.,
tivities that they have undertaken.
Every town and community Of
the Southeast was represented by
its leading citizens at the conference.
Chief among the international figures
were DR.. John R. Mott, General Secre-
tary of the National War Work Coun-
Gil, Geo. W. Perkins, former leader =
Of the Bull Moose party, member
Of the executive board of the United
States Steel Corporation and now
chairman of the Army and Navy Y.
M. C. A. bureau of finance. Others
in the party were A. H. Whitford and
Chas. S. Ward, directors of the ma.
tional campaign, and A. M. Cotton Of
the Boys Earn and Give Campaign.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02

| ing into Switzerland and then into
Haute-Savoie. From there they went
to Lorraine. Nine. Pellier hoped that
even though her village had been bonn
barded, her home might have escaped
She found nothing except her bare
fields.
You changed that picture, you Amer.
leans, who can never be bombarded
who can never lose through war five
out of the seven dearest to you. II
was not your husband and children
who died; not your wife who was
widowed; not your little ones who
came back, bony and tubercular, to a
home that had vanished. Not yours,
but only the grace of accident saved
you; not yours, but 1t might have been
and so you changed the picture. You
could not build up with your own
hands that heap of stones into home,
nor till the fields, nor bring Nine. Pei
ner back to hope and the children
back to health. But through the Red
Cross you saved the remnants of that
family that had suffered as you might
have suffered.
Things the Red Gross Did.
You took the mother of Nine. Pei.
lier to Red Cross hospital to be treat
ed for anaemia. You took the little
girl, who was in the first stages of
tuberculosis, to a Red Cross sani-
tarium. You found a place which
could be made habitable for Nine. Pei
lier near her fields which she was
anxious to till. You gave her clothes
and furniture you got her seeds; you
lent her implements. You sent a Wis
iting doctor to watch over her health
and that of her little boy. You sent
nurses, who achieved the mighty vic
tory of making her and the child take
baths. Later you persuaded her to let
him go to a refuge not far away where
he might attend school and where she
could often visit him. Through the
help of your Red Cross hope and cour-
age and ambition have come back to
that woman, and she is rebuilding her
family life. The biggest thing one hui
man being can do for another you, If
you are helper of the Red Cross,
have done for that mother.
Red Cross! ! saw its work every
where In France-in fields and In
blasted villages; In hospitals and
schools and clinics; In refugees and
vestiaries for widows and orphans and
for the sick children Of soldiers fight
Ing to keep you safe from the enemy.
This symbol of help has double
now for Americans, who have
always taken for granted the blessing
Of safety. 1t stands for your willing
ness to pay the price of exemption, of
pity, of sympathy. A bitter, black
road this road of war, but across 1t,
ike beacon Of hope, you have flung
The Red Cross.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
WHAT A BOND WILL BUY
Even $50 Investment Will Do Much
for Some Boy "over
"There."

When you subscribe to the next LIB
investment, but contribute in direct
and practical way to feeding and
eQuipping the army or navy.
Here are few of the things even a
small investment in the bonds will &C.
complish. They are taken from a list
prepared by the Treasury Depart
ment, and there are many others:
One $50 bond will buy trench knives
for rifle company, or % hand gren-
AIDES, or IA rifle grenades, or 81 cases
of surgical instruments for enlisted
mems belts. or 10 cases Of surgical
Instruments for officers belts.
A 500 bond will clothe soldier, or
feed a soldier for eight months, or
purchase five rifles or 80 rifle gren-
AIDES, or AZ hand grenades. or 25
pounds of ether, or 145 hotwater bags,
or 1000 surgical needles.
A 500 and $50 bond will clothe
and equip an infantry soldier for serv.
ice overseas, or feed a soldier for o
year.
Two 500 bonds will purchase a
horse or mule for cavalry, artillery or
other service.
Three 800 bonds will clothe a SOL
der and feed him for one year in
France, or buy motorcycle for a ma
chine gun company.
Four $500 bonds will buy an X-ray
outfit.
One $500 bond will supply bicycles
for the headquarters company Of an
infantry regiment
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02

wretchedly poor and disheartened
mother had been jammed in with the
hundreds Of other frightened Italians
on the same train. Hungry, tired and
miserable and in frightfully weak
ened condition, she had scarcely suffi-
cient clothes for herself, not to speak
of properly caring for a newborn babe.
The young officer stripped himself Of
his shirt, and there among this fright
ened, half starved, forlorn crowd the
poor Italian infant was wrapped in its
first body covering.
Mother and babe were afterwards
nursed back to health, clothed and
looked after by the American Red
Cross. And this is only one small, is
olated incident among thousands that
come under the working of the Red
Cross.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
CROIx DE GUERRE GIVEN
TO Y. M. C. A. WORKER

Taking his Croix de Guerre from
his own breast, French army cap
tain, by orders of his general, pinned
it on the coat of Edwin Ely, of No. rs
West Eighty-eighth street, New York.
according to cablegram just received,
from overseas. Mr.. Ely is Y. NJ. c.
A. secretary of Foyer du Soldat.
Ely was later invited to dinner by
the Commanding General. When he
entered all the officers stood at salute
until he was seated at the side Of ths
EeneraI
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
KEEP THE WINDMILL GOING
Investing In Liberty Bonds Keeps the
Governments Machinery
in Motion.

Every farmer has seen windmill.
Millions of farmers own one or maybe
two. And every farmer knows that a
windmill can't go without wind. There
is an old-fashioned expression about
raising the wind" meaning that one
Is raising the money for some venture.
Uncle Sam Is raising the wind at
this time for one of the biggest jobs
he ever has had an his hands. 1t is
up to all of US to help out. The pur-
chase of Liberty Bonds will make GER
tain the turning of the machinery that
will defeat the common enemy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
THE MOVIE SHOWS HELP

The motion picture exhibitors Of
Los Angeles have inaugurated move
ment for Liberty Loan Night" at
every theater in the city, in accord
ance with plans now being formulated
by a committee of the National Asso-
citation of Motion Picture Industry.
Exhibitors throughout the United
States will be supplied with posters.
slides and other material to be used
by the theaters in this campaign.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-08-02
FULL VANISHED
HAM SANDWICH
What Ten Minutes for Re-
freshments Means in
Modern War.

Think of what refreshments mean
"over there" Think Of the Sammie or
the Poilu coming out of the trenches
with a thirty-six hour leave of alb
sence, getting aboard the train or mo-
tor on the L. o. C.-the Line of Com
munication between the front and the
rear. Think Of these tired fellows
Evening star., 1918-05-22
ITALIANS BREAK UP
MOUNTAIN ATTACKS
Austrian Positions Destroyed and
Prisoners Taken-Lines
Extended.

ROME, Tuesday, May 21.-Italian
troops in the mountains west of the
Brenta have broken up enemy attacks.
especially on the southern slopes of
Sasso Rosso. On Monte Spinoncia,
west of the Piave, says the official
statement from the war office today.
an Austrian position was destroyed
and fifty-three prisoners captured. The
statement reads:
"On Sunday night an enemy storm
ing party attempted a surprise at
tack in the region of Sotto CASTILLO
and was repulsed. Another twice re-
peated attack on the southern slopes
of Sasso Rosso led to lively local
fighting. in which the enemy was de-
feated and forced to return to his own
lines.
"On Monte Spinoncia one of our par
ties. supported by artillery, success
fully carried out u surprise attack on
enemy positions. The enemy party
and its supports were almost de-
stroyed and ffty-three prisoners
were taken. Our positions at Capo
Sile have been extended. Nine enemy
airplanea were brought down."
Evening star., 1918-05-22
S. A. R. PROPOSES LOANS
TO FRANCE BE GIFTS
A. Howard Clark of Washington Is
Reelected Secretary and
Registrar.

ROCHESTER, N. Y. May 22.-At the
twenty-ninth annual congress of the
National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution, held here yes
terday, a resolution was adopted call
ing on the United States government
to remit. payment of the French loans
made in connection with the prosecu-
tion of the war. Another resolution
recommending that the government
suppress publication of German news
papers was adopted with a few dis
senting votes.
The following officers were elected
PRESIDENT general, Louis Amin Ames,
New York city; vice presidents gen
eral, Thomas Wright Williams, New
Jersey, second district: Albert NJ.
Henry, Detroit, east Mississippi val
ley district; c. Robert Churchill, ST.
Louis, west Mississippi valley dis
trict; Thomas A. Perkins, San Fran
cisco, Pacific coast district; secretary
general and registrar general, A.
Howard Clark. Washington. d. c. IRE
elected); historian general, George
Carpenter Arnold, Rhode Island. and
chaplain general. DR.. B. S. McCol-
lister, Massa chusetts.
Detroit and Baltimore extended in
yitations for the 1919 congress De-
cision will be made later by the ex-
ecutive committee.
Evening star., 1918-05-22

KACZOR. Tony. Stanley, Wis. pri-
vate.
KEYEs. Benjamin G.. Alameda, Cal.
LoNNING. Bert b. Thor. Iowa. pri-
vate.
McARN. John J.. Short Leaf. Ala.
MARBERRY. Hart R.. San Angelo.
Tex. private.
MARIN. Morris. Brooklyn. private.
MULHALL. Howard w. Boston.
NELSON. Bert Montevel. Picketts.
PARACKA. John. Ellsworth. Pa.
private.
PERRY. Joseph. Larchmont. N Y.
private.
PLYLER. Charlie c.. spartanburg,
S. c., private.
PULLYARD. Christopher E., Sanger
Vile. Maine. private.
REFS. Charles. Astoria. N. Y. pri-
vate.
! SALYERs. Fred r.. Wise. Va. pri-
vate.
soTHARD, Hubert B.. covington.
SUMMERS. william r. Syracuse.
n. Y. private.
WEISLER. Henry. Brooklyn. N Y.
private.
YoDER. oliver D.. Gum City, Mo-.
private.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
BURKE, Frederick, East Haven,
Conn, private
FLAHERTY. Edward p. Roslindale.
Boston. private
HEWITT. William A., Newton, Mass,
private.
Private Richard w. Johnson of DAN
vile. Pa. previously reported missing
on May 5, now reported to have re-
joined his company.
Evening star., 1918-05-22
q. S. Systems Origin.

The United States patent Office had it's
beginning in 1890, when a commission of
three passed on the devices and the
President signed the patent papers.
which were good for a period of four
teen years. After that period the pat
ent rights became public property. This
commission had broad powers. includ-
ing the right to reject a patent. These
powers were curtailed in 1898. when a
new act placed the patent business in
the hands of the Secretary Of State.
For twelve years after that date one
clerk in the State Department handled
all the patent business Of the United
States in a dozen pigeonholes. while to-
day 1000 employees, in a building occu-
pying whole city square, are kept
busy recording the countless creations
of American minds. said Mr. Evans.
Mr.. Evans dwelt at length on the
career of DR.. William Thornton, who
was named by President Jefferson in
1902 to assume charge of the patent
office. He held the position until his
death. in 1928. The speaker quoted
figures to show that today the office
is self-sustaining institution. In
1917 its receipts were s2.258,377.1O,
while it's expenses for the year were
only s2.048.173.16, leaving a balance
of more than 100000
Evening star., 1918-05-22
The Army casualty list today con-
di..idad fQllQMS:

The Army casualty list today con-
tanned 4S names, divided as follows:
Killed In action.
Died OF wounds ....'...''.
Died of disease.
Wounded severely .aS
Wounded slightly ...........
Lieut.. Robert H. Long, Houston,
Tex. who was severely wounded, was
the only officer named.
The list follows:
KILLED IN ACTION.
O'NEIL, Mark L.. corporal, Hallstead,
DAHLIN, Henry, private, Superior,
Wis.
MILLER, Harry N, private. Kansas
City, Mo.
DIED OF DISEASE.
CROWDER. Frank'T, sergeant, Law
renee, Kan.
GREEN, Francis. civilian. San Fran
cisco.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
SPECK. Thomas. corporal. Livings-
ton. Tenn
YOUNGELL, Joe c.. private, Com
monwealth, Wis.
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
LONG, Robert H., lieutenant. Houston,
Tex
LONG. Tim. sergeant. Chicago.
AhSSoAs-'iiS1As ANSAoheoAis SSi oSAAAs' " -
mington, Del.
MASHEWSKy. Alex. sergeant, Ra-
cine. Wis
RHODE. Albert, sergeant, Pittsburgh.
TIpPETT, John r., sergeant. Thomp-
sonville. Ill.
BAILEY. Elben D., corporal. Poca,
W. Va.
CRINKLAw, Earl E., corporal, Great
Falls, Mont
KASMALSKI, Charles. corporal. Chi
MIHALIcH, John, corporal, streator.
i'll.
NEWMAN, John F.. corporal. Hart
ford. Conn.
WILTRoUT, Claude, corporal. juno
ZION City. Kan.
COBLE, Harry c., wagner. Solomon.
Kan.
ATTURA, Joseph, Remove. Pa, pri-
vate.
CHREsT. James. Los Angeles, pri-
vate.
GARBACIK, John. Detroit. private.
GILLETTE. Floyd c.. Caldwell.
Kans., private.
GRAHAM, Charles NJ. Hope. Ind,
private.
GRIFFITH, Cassius j.. Pontiac.
Mich. private.
HARRIS. John E., Pittsburgh. Pa,
private.
Evening star., 1918-05-22
First Wireless Patent.

In recounting various inventions Of
note first recorded in the United
States patent office, Mr.. Evans said
that while Marconi has been heralded
throughout the world as the inventor
of the wireless. Prof. Silas L. Loomis
of this city was given the first patent
on a wireless invention, about 1878,
but was unable because of circum-
stances to perfect his device, and also
because at that time the public was
skeptical of its possibilities
Following the reading of Mr.. Evans
paper the society adjourned for the
summer.
Evening star., 1918-05-22
Emperor Charles Guest of Turks.

AMSTERDAM, May 22.-Emperor
Charles and Empress Zita of Austria
Hungary arrived in Constantinople
Sunday. They were met at the sta
tion by the sultan, the Turkish min
listers and diplomatic representatives
OF the central powers The guests
were formally received at a ceremony
in the Yildiz Palace
Evening star., 1918-05-22
League Officers Indicted.

JACKSON. MINI. May PA. c.
rownley. president, and Joseph Gill
bert, manager Of the Non-Partisan
League, have been indicted here on
q charge Of having conspired to vio-
late the Minnesota law prohibiting
Utterances tending TO discourage en-
1istments in the army. The indict-
1nents are based on speech made
by Gilbert at Lakefield, Jackson
county. January IS. 1918.
Evening star., 1918-05-22
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

British girls in tho national land
army are being taught the technique
of rabbit catching. for bunny is ex-
pected to increase the national meat
supply.
A carrier pigeon showed great pluck
recently when 1t was freed by the
crew Of boat hit by German
torpedo. The Germans fired at the bird
when it was released to prevent it
bringing assistance. and although the
feathered creature was badly wound
ed, 1T flew twenty miles taking it's
message to another English patrol
vessel The crew Of the sunken craft
was saved from death, though having
been in the water many hours.
Evening star., 1918-05-22

Epidemics of typhus and typhoid
and famine still follow in the wake
of war in northwestern Persia, but
the British advance is having a good
aff
Evening star., 1918-05-22

Bulgarians refuse TO permit the use
Of the Serbian language in King
Peters overrun realm, even in letters.
Severe punishment is meted to those
who disobey regulations. As hun
dreds of thousands of Serbians can
use no other language, these regula-
tions are used as excuses for barbaric
slaughter.
Evening star., 1918-05-22

It matters little what 1t is that you
Kant-whether situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who VIII fill your need
Evening star., 1918-05-22

Seventy thousand Dutch workers are
employed in German industries this
year.
Evening star., 1918-05-22
Growth of Patent Office.

George W. Evans, a veteran employe
of the Interior Department. read
paper on THE Birth and Growth OF the
Patent Office" from the issuance of the
first patent right to Samuel Hopkins on
a baking pot in 1890 down to the pres
ent day, when there are 1.oT.76O in
dividual records in that office.
The Interior Department. although 1t
bears no direct relation to war. is doing
much war work today. Mr.. Evans de-
clared The patent office. he said. is
searching back through the inventions
of the last twenty years to see if in
some obscure pigeonhole there is any
device which might hasten the kaiser's
end and which has not been fully ap-
preciated
The patent system. said the speaker.
had its origin in England, where the
king granted monopoly rights to indi-
viduals purely on the basis Of favor
itism or for some service rendered the
government. In 1923 James I put a
stop to the arbitrary system by issu-
ing letters of testimony to the first in
ventor to present himself.