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Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-05
AUSTRALIANS WITH
AID OF AMERICANS
SMASH ENEMY LINE
German Positions Penetrated Mile and Half on Four
Mile Front and Village Of Hamel Captured in
Surprise Attack Planned in Cele-
bration of The Fourth of July.
By Associated Press.

London, July 4.-Detachmens of American infantry
sisted the Australians in capturing Hamel today This
nouncement was made officially tonight.
Field Marshal Hags report Of this battle and other events
along the British front says:
he operation this morning south of the Some
petely successful 1t carried out by Australian troops
assisted by detachmen of American infantry and sup
ported by tanks Our obecves taken and held and
gained of the woods of Vare and Hae well
the village of Hame.
"In conjunction with this operation attack by Austria
liam troops east of VeSurAncre completely successful
and our line was advanced 500 front of 1900 yards
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-05

"The prisoners captured by us. in
these operations exceed 1000. Many
machine guns, as we'll as other ma
terial, also have been taken"
Success Crowns Attack.
With the British Army in France,
July 4-Complete success crowned
the splendid surprise attack made by
the Australians at dawn>today against
the Germans between Villers-Breton-
leux and the Somme--an attack which
had been specially set to coincide
with Independence Day.
The enemy was taken entirely url-
i2xares and the big-framed fighters
from Australia storned their way
through the bcwildcred gray coats
with little -oppasition--a veritablc hu-
man tornado which left wake Of
death behind it.
Hamel village was rushed and TAX
en- in short order. Vairc and Hamel
woods, with their nests of cracking
machine guns, were passed through
as il the Australians were doing a
practice charge for their commander,
and line of enemy trenches east OF
Ghese strongholds was cleaned out
Ind annexed.
1900 Prisoners Captured.
About l,sOO prisoners were in the
British cages by afternoon, while out
on the battle field great numbers OF
the German emperor's men lay silent
inder the brilliant sunshine which
.ould bring them no cheer.
IT took the assaulting forces about
IN hour and half to wrest from
he enemy territory four miles wide
and averaging mile and half deep.
By this operation they eliminated
salient in the British line and
gained valuable high ground. The
casualties were exceedingly light.
Two minutes before that hour the
British artillery all along the sector
iropped tremendous barrage from
guns of all calibers. .
This was the first warning. Even
the great, uncouth tanks had been
gotten into position without the enc
ny being aware Of their presence.
The first streaks of dawn were be-
ginning to light the rolling valley of
he Sonme as the adventurous Aus
tralians went forward to lay the cor
ner stone for this Fourth Of July me-
mortal. A dense smoke barrage was
CONTINUED on Ipxe Two, Column one.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-05
Sweden Protests to Germany
Against Mines in the Cattegat

Stockholm, July 4.-The Swedish
government has protested to Berlin
concerning the discovery in the Cat
tegat of two anchored German mines
dangerous to navigation. Sweden was
not notified of the presence of the
mines.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-05
Fourth Celebrated as Pershing
Day at Generals Birthplace

Laclede, Mo-, July 4.-This small
town was bedecked with flags today
for 'Pershing day recalling the
birth Of the leader OF the American
expeditionary force here September
Is. 1860.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
JACK FAuKNER WRITES
FROM FRONT LINES
Oxford Boy Is Improving of Scalp
Wound Received While in Action.
Relates Some Experience.

Ally Dear P2ganer:
1 am getting along fine Hog and
VIII probably be oul VI lle Isos-
plIal In another week or so. To some
extent the ban has been lifted on the
censoring of our letters, so / can give
you a much more detailed account of
my adventures in this country.
/ came across ON what was once the
German raider, the Won Steuben, was
nine days at sea and landed at Brest,
France, on the 9th of August. We
stayed there a week, and while there
| wrote you my first letter from over
here.
/ suppose you have seen pictures of
the dinky little engines and four
wheel cars they have here. We left
Brest in one of these, "Hommes 40,
Chevaux 8" and rode for three days
and nights to little town where we
got our fighting equipment, gas mask,
helmets and the like. We stayed
here two days, loaded on trains again
and went up to within about fifty
kilometers of the front. We hiked
thirty kilometers after leaving the
train and were put in our present
company. You know / came over in
a casual battalion to replace the 5th
and 9th Regiments of Marines. We
We're formally enrolled in the COM
panies on the morning of Sept. 11th,
and we went over the top on the
18th of September. This was the St.
Mihiel drive-Gosh- wish you could
have seen those Dutchmen run. We
brought prisoners to the rear for
three or four days, sometimes as
many as FIVE and six hundred in a
bunch.
Next we came back to the rear for
awhile and then about the 9th of
September, we started for the front
again, this time it was the Cham
pagne sector. We We're with a
French army corps during this drive.
l wasn't in this drive though, be-
cause happened to be in with a
bunch of Marines who had to work
with the End Engineers repairing
roads so that the Artillery could get
up to the front. / was detailed with
them two days and then did NJ. P.
duty until our division came out of
the lines. The 10th of October we
went back to the rear and got re-
placements and on the 1st of Novem-
Der we started drive in the Argonne
forest, Verdun sector. We had lust
started over the top when Heinie laid
me low with one of his internal whizz
bang IT'S. Since then I have been
here in the hospital. getting better
every day and enjoying life. Who
wouldn't when the war is over now.
This is not near all my experiences.
but ! would rather wait until I pei
home and tell them to you all-and
believe me dad, I can talk for two
years. I figure that I will be home
again some time this winter or early
spring.
With love.
JACK
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
FOUR FLYERS KILLED
IN M|DA|R CLASH
Wrecks Found Near Scene And
the Bodies Horribly Burned
Military Escorts Will Accom-
pany Remains to Several
Homes.

West Point, Miss, Dec. 16.-
Four aviators were killed in a
collision in midair shortly after
noon today. The victims were:
LIEUT.. ALVIN w. SPLANE,
Oil City, Pa.
LIEUT.. FRED SYNNEST-
VERT, Pittsburg, Pa.
PRIVATE FRED P. JAMES,
Litchfeld, iii.
PRIVATE GUY C. WELLS,
Reynoldsville, Ill.
The two lieutenants, who were
instructors, were flying from
Bowen Field, just one mile
south of Payne Field. The trip
was being made during the
lunch hour. In some way not
as yet ascertained one of the
planes, which was less than 100
feet above the other, was thrown
out of control and plunged into
the plane below.
An investigation was started,
but as yet has failed to assign
responsibility for the tragedy,
as all four men were dead when
rescuers reached the scene.
Both machines were wrecked
and consumed by flames.
James and Wells were pri-
Yates at Bowen Field and were
not cadet flyers. The four
bodies were taken to Aberdeen,
and from there will be shipped
under military escort to their
several homes.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
FIRE DID NOT FOLLOW.

West Point, Miss, Dec. 17.-The
accident at Payne Field on Monday,
Dec. 10, which caused the death OF
Lieut. Fred Synnestovet Of Pittsburg,
Pa; Lieut. Alvin w. Splane Of Oil City
Pa; Private Frederick p. James,
Litchfield, H., and Private Guy C..
Wells, Reynoldsville, Pa. was caused
by a collision between the two planes
at a height Of approximately $500
feet. The accident was not followed
by eonflagration, as published yes
terday. The bodies were shipped to
their several homes today from Aber-
deem, where a squadron of planes
dropped flowers on the casketS.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
LEO GALLOWAY WRITES.

Letter from Private Leo #. Gallo
way, second SON of Mr.. and Mrs. A
r. Galloway. He volunteered fo~ ser
France. Oct. 10th, 1918.
Dearest Homefolks:
Your letter of Sept. 9th received
! believe you have gotten more letters
from me than l have from YOU I
have gotten only three so far 7
write as often as possible. Writing
material seems mighy scarce especiaI.
ly on the front. Can't get more than
enough too write two or three letters
at q time and il is seldom that can
get any at all. If You win send
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

SURGEONS agree that in cases of
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the
FIRST TREATMENT is most i'm
portant. When an EFFICIENT anti
septic is applied promptly, there is no
danger of infection and the wound be-
gins to heal at once. For use on man
O. beast, B0ROZONE is the IDEAL
ANTISEPTIC and HEALING
AGENT. Buy it now and be ready
$l.0O and $50 Sold by A. Fl. Ken
del ADV,
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
HALF MILLION TO
LAFAYETTE FARMERS


Cooperative Marketing. A great
deal has been written and said about
cooperative market work In he South
in recent years. and Is value to the
Southern farmer cannot be overesti-
mated. As soon as the one-horse
farmer found that his one hog or
solitary yearling would Ectpa,.y bring
him real money he immediately saw
the untold value of herds Of hogs and
cattle. He became enthused; he
caught q vision His land was q
waste Of barren cotton stalks and bill
limos Of boll-weevils; than he would
abandon cotton and in its stead plant
grain, not TO market for its own value,
but to feed the stock which was TO re
clothe his fam in its former richness.
Nov not only does the Lfayette eoun-
ty farmer raise and market more
pork than any County in the State but
he has surplus corn In quantities as Is
proved by the fact that In one weeks
time lafayette County shipped twen-
ty-one carloads Of corn and In the
fall of 1917 and spring Of 1918 four
hundred carioads were shipped which
~asr former years, had
IRE County. Pre-
into the
IL is
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

paper and envelope IL your letter.
perhaps / can get little ahead. We
are having some pretty cool weather
especially at night. but | have nv
tent fixed comfortably and we sle-o
warm. There are three OF US bum
ing together. Maurice Lomax. Ha.-
vey Garrison and myself. They Sc
T ON New Orleans We were in e e
same battery at Beauregari
can't tell YOU what front / an! en-.
| am with the American Fist a-ssl-
and you can tell about where ! am
and what we are doing from their
communiques in the newSpaneIs. i
have been on the front most II tie
t-nle since the first of Aug and
was lucky enough to be in L -ec- md
battle of the MaTne, and have taken
part in all the American advances.
! am driving wheel team to an es-
eoTt wagon and stay back at the
picket line Tor exchelou as we call it,
except when out on detail. ! have
good team of horses, and they are not
bit afraid of shell fire
There is quite a difference in the
air battle and bombing you saw at the
Tn State Fair and what we have oAer
here. I've been in several raids and
when the bombs Cor eggs we call
them) begin to drop, We try to occupy
as little space as possible. / saw &wo
Dutch planes brought down day o.
so ago, and there was considerable
battling this morning. I'm sending
you a piece of linen torn from the
wing of a German plane brought
down near our position. The two
aviators were not hurt and our Cap
tain made them prisoners.
We have certainly got the Huns
going our way and / have not heard
a single fellow who doesn't want to
keep on at them till they beg fo-
mercy. The American soldiers are
some fighters.
Some of our captured Germans said
we had picked the bloodiest sector Of
the entire front, but we have been
steadily advancing in spite Of their
stubborn resistance. would not be
anywhere else than where ! am now.
The soldiers don't take the war
quite so seriously as the people at
home. We go to ou- work with all
Of our might and to win At the
same time We have lots of fun, and are
not in the least hurry to get back
home until every German has sur
rendered. am glad papa is n bet
ter health and hope he continues 81
through the winter. Tell him TO take
good care of himself and quit work
ing. | want him to be there when /
return. I'll be glad to get the PIC
ures OF the babies, ETC., you promised
me. | want TO have some made and
send TO you, If can find a photogra-
pher. Have not seen one since I've
been in France.
Tell me more about the Training
Camp at the University. | have at
last gotten my wages and sent forty
dollars home. Don't see what a fel-
low wants with money over here,
there is nothing worth while TO spend
i for. / have nearly all the change
| kept yet. and will soon have two
months wages coming. I'll be send
ing more home soon. Did you get
the certificate for my Liberty bond?
Ii has been paid out since July.
can't tell you so much about the
war on account of the censor, but /
hope to be able to tell you all before
so very much longer.
Write me often. Trusting you are
well, and with love to all.
PRIVATE LEO F. GALLOWAY,
Battery f. 150th Field Artillery.
A. p. o. 715. A. Z. F., France.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

Stop coughingl you rack the lungs
and worry the body. BALLARD'S
HORE-HOUND SYRUP checks irri-
tation. heals the lungs and restores
comfortable breathing. Price 25c,
SOC and s1.00 per bottle. Sold by
A. H. Kendel.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19
COMBINED TESTIMONY
The Kind Oxford Readers Cannot
Doubt.

Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
The test of time-the hardest test
of all.
Thousands gratefully testify.
To quick relief-to lasting results.
Oxford readers can no longer
doubt the evidence.
It's convincing testimony-twice-
told and well confirmed.
Oxford readers should profit by
these experiences.
Mrs. A. NJ. Hall. East St. Oxford.
says: II was down with kidney
trouble and took different medicines
for a whole year, but didn't get any
better. | had to give up and 90 TO
bed. | suffered terribly with my
back and had all the other symptoms
Of kidney complaint. MY health was
in every way. / had head
aches, dizzy spells. was weak and run
down and my kidneys didn't act
Finally l began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. / gave them
a good trial and il was no time before
/ was cured. This was about eight
years ago and ! havn't been troubled
in this way since" (Statement given
May p, 1910.
On June 10, 1918. Mrs. Hall said:
"The cure Doan's Kidney Pills
made for me some years ago has
lasted. / confirm all have formerly
said for this medicine"
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

cent Of which has been paid, and there
are now in the hands of the Club boys
more than $4,000 worth Of pure bred
hogs. One member purchased a pig
for $500 in March 1917. In Febru-
airy, 1918 she farrowed and her youth
ful owner was offered at that time
$500 for the sow and $500 each
for 9 pigs, return of $4,000 for a
$500 investment.
Now a word as to the methods used
in making cooperative shipments of
livestock and produce Previous TO
the shipment an announcement Is
made through the County paper and
the Secretaries of the various Com
munity Clubs are notified of same.
These secretaries notify the farmers
in their severi communities and thus
word Of the shipment is spread to
every part of the county to both
white and black farmers. Recently
We have been encouraging shipping
by communities, as more interest 10
aroused this way than when the
shipments are made from the county
at large. If the shipment is TO be
made Of livestock the County Agent
has had a number of animals on feed,
preparatory TO shipment, and these
are brought TO town in droves, wagons
rcrates, driven to the pens where
they are graded and weighed. This
grading Is found TO be the only fair
and practical method of handling
hogs comparatively. The hogs are
loaded out and consigned to some
Northern market, each farmer hold
ing receipt for the number Of
pounds Of each grade that he .hA
shipped.
When the returns come in. the ex-
pense of the shipment including any
loss that may occur en- route, is pro-
-sted over the entire shipment and
'armer received exactly what his
1sor, less the actual expense
IN the months that this
Neen employed there has
Mt Of any consequence
aately 1000 farmers
'tsS IN the ship
syrup, sor-
:, potatoes,
have been
plan
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

And every name sign that the
owner wants to help the world back
to its feet.
Oxford eagle., 1918-12-19

Join once-one dollar-no further
request.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-10-19
A Good Building for Farm
Machinery Returns 2O%


The annual loss on rusting farm
machinery. caused by leaving
these expensive tools outdoors
in all kinds Of weather is a ter
rifle waste of materials that
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-10-19
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Except.

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sometimes the girl the lover i6ses.-
Idaho Daily Statesman.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-10-19
PROCLAMATION.

Proposing al Amendment 10 the
Constitution Of the State. Pro
yiding for Absent Voting.
Whereas. At The January Session OF
Yhe General Assembly Of Mary
Land. Held In The Year 1918. ! Bill
Vas Passed To Wit: Chapter 20 OF
Said Acts. Proposing I'm additional
SECTION To Article | Of The Con
stituiiOn Of Mary land. To BE known
A. Section IL And Relating 10 Ab-
sent Voting. And Which said Bill l.
In The Words And Figures Follow
rag:
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-10-19

are urgently needed this time for the winning Of the
war The greatest part Of this loss can be avoided by pro-
yidng sheds shelters in which these valuable machines
can be housed when not in use
1t is estimated that money used in building necessary
shelters for farm machinery 20 per every year
in the increased life of machines protected
We have all the various materials needed in building
such houses Cement Blocks Siding. Shingles Compo-
sition Lumber of all kinds. Let show you how little
Machinery Shed will cost
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-25
HARLEM OIL CAPSULES
IF YOUR BACK ACHES

Do You feel tired and "worn-out:"
Are you nervous and irritable? Don't
sleep well at night: Have dragged
out" unrested feeling when you get
up In the morning? Dizzy spells? Bill
tous? Bad taste in the mouth. back
ache. pain or soreness in the Joins,
and abdomen? Severe distress when
urinatfng. bloody. cloudy urine or eed-
iment? All these indicate gravel or
stone in the bladder. or that the poi
sonous microbes. which are always in
your system. have attacked your kid
neys.
Yoa should use GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules Immediately.
The Oil soaks gently into the walls
and lining of the kidneys. and the lit
tie poisonous animal germs. which are
causing the Inflammation. are imme-
dfately attacked and chased out Of
your system without Inconvenience or
pain.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-25

Inc American Red Cross at VeronA.
ilalE, Is helping an existing orphan.
age 10 meet the urgent problem of car
ing TOT motherless young children. It
mas agreed to support ten babies un-
der year old, and 20 between the
ages Of one and three.
Americans in the American Red
Cross ambulance service received az
decorations for work performed in ore
month. This number includes seven
silver medals, four bronze, and "a war
crosses.
Fifteen thousand men a day were
served on an average by each Of the 18
American Red Cross canteens on the
Italian front. Sixteen of these cam
teens are portable.
lie Havre.-TO provide Belgian
children with shOes-and they wear
them out quite as fast as American
youngsters-the American Red Cross
has started shOemaking activities at
Limoges. Thousands of Belgian chill
dren in Red Cross colonies in France
VIII be equipped. The factories will
give employment to a number of Bel
2ian adults.
lie Harve.-A Belgian colonel, just
from the front. speaking of canteen
for which the American Red Cross pro-
vided quarters on very short notice.
said: zone live demonstration like this
is better than a year of talk" He
also stated in report: 1T is wonder
full TO see how responsive the Belgians
are to everything American"
The department of civil affairs of
the American Red Cross undertook to
establish or maintain ii institutions In
the war zone of Italy, which provided
food. clothing and care for BAIT chill.
dren.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-25
MERCER NEVER LOST FAITH
Prosecuted Belgian Cardinal Always
Confident That God Would Save
the Unhappy Country.

Cardinal MERCER, archbishop Of Ma.
lines, Belgium. was not. actually i'm.
prisOned by the Germans, but his free.
com was restrained. His Offense was
the issuing of pastoral letter to his
people in January, 1915, in which he
said: II have gone through most of
the places in my diocese which have
been wasted. What l have
seen of the ruins and the ashes passes
anything that, in spite of my most
acute fears, l could ever have imag.
ined. Churches. schools, char
liable institutions, hospitals. converts,
to considerable number, are unfit for
use or are In ruins. Whole villages
have almost disappeared. God
will save Belgium, my brothers, we
cannot doubt it. Let us say, rather.
He is saving her. Is there a single
patriot who does not feel that glory
has come to Belgium? Which of us
would have the courage to tear, out
the last page of our history? Which
of us can look without pride on the
splendor of the glory that our muir
dered country has wony'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-25

ne'o" VIII be found the ansysr .o
the question which has boor
1ie'eh,iy asked in the caution .hoyo
:. Is great pleasure to know from
'iiiie 10 time just what is being accom-.
pniied ny the American Red Cros.
Inc largest American Red Cross
hospital farm in England is at Sails.
Jury southampton, where consider
apie part OF the 18eacre estate i. mn
der cultivation. ''
one thousand wounded and Gonzales.
cent American soldiers PLAYED hosts
" hihe George, Queen Mary and prin.
reeS wary at a big military hospitol in
hartford, just outside London rece,,.
~. The royal visitors inspected Amer.
icah hed Cross activities at the hos.
pi.ai. A good time was had by ALL
santa Claus, Christmas and the Pod
cross roll call come but once ve.r
Inc roll call takes place during the
week OF December 16. Speak IN
and dig down-when your name ,s
called. 80
one Of Christopher J. Kringle's frs,
stops Oh Christmas eve will no rho
American hospitals in France. Tn
every ward of every hospital he will
nhd Christmas tree and Red Cross
workers waiting to help him fill sol.
der socks.
Inc Belgium commission of the
A
American Red Cross has established n
1und known as the Queens Purse"
Tor war victims. Queen Elizabeth If
Belgium goes about to hospitals con.
stantly supplying little extra com
1orts TO patients. She has spent large
sums OF her own for this purpose and
In addition the American Red Cross
provides purse of 5000 for this
purpose.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-25

Don't ignore the little pains and
aches" especially backaches. They
may be little now but there is no tell.
ing how soon a dangerous or fatal dis
ease of which they are the forerun-
ners may show itself. Go after the
cause of that backache at once. or you
may find yourself in the grip Of an in
durable disease.
Do not delay a minute. Go to your
druggist and insist on his supplying
yOu with box Of GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil Capsules. In p hours
you will feel renewed health and vigor.
After you have cured yourself. con-
tinue to take one or two Capsules
each day 50 as to keep In frst-class
condition. and ward on the danger Of
future attacks. Money refunded II
they do not help you Ask for the
original imported GOLD MEDAL
brand. and thus be sure Of getting II
genuine.-Adv.