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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-26
GERMAN MOVE AFTER
i LONG PREPARATION
Brakes Put On
U-Boats For Time
GERMANS MUST DO MUCH
DREDGING TO CARRY ON
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS

London, April 24.-Submarlne
operations by the Germans will be
hampered for some time as result
of the successful raids carried out
against Zebrugge and Ostend, ac-
cording to information received to-
day from Amsterdam.
Complete official reports have not
been received, but it is believed the
sinking of ships laden with concrete
off the harbors of both bases will
impede the passage of U-boats and
make it necessary for the Germans
to do much dredging before they
can carry on their underwater op-
erations with their old time freedom
Zeebrugge is the largest and the
more important Of the two bases
and has been attacked many times
bv British and French airplanes.
!. Gate Blown Up.
1t is reported by The Mail that
two destroyers got inside of the
Mole and blew up the gate of the
Bruges Canal dock, which the Ger
mans had been using for submarine
purposes.
This is regarded as one of the
most remarkable feats of the war,
as the ships had to come under the
fire of German shore batteries at
close range in addition to avoiding
extensive mine fields.
When the lock of the canal was
destroyed ships broke away from
their moorings and a considerable
number of craft was carried out to
sea.
This was the biggest offensive
move the British fleet has made since
the battle of Jutland.
British Very Clever.
The British carried out their en-
terprise very cleverly, using fog and
smoke screens to hide their move
ments. The ships were almost inside
of the harbors before they were de-
tected.
Two of the out-of-date cruisers
that were sunk. went down exactly
in the middle of tine. passage through
which the Bruges Canal enters the
sea. This will be severe handicap
for the Germans, for they have been
in the habit of running their subma-
rines up the canal for overhauling
after operations at sea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-26
BOUND OVER.

Wilmer Grier was bound over to
the court Tuesday for shooting Ar
thur Hunter, some time ago. Hunter
has been in the hospital but is get
ting along all right now. Both are
colored men from the Antreville
neighborhood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-26

After $50 years of more or less
intermittent effort the Bible has
been translated into the Eskimo Ian
guage.-Ex.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

/ found splendid artist in New Yota
Miss MacGargee, who copied them, a
they are wonderfully artistic and clev
"Of course, my work started with al.
ateur affairs, studio teas and in the drs
ing rooms of friends Mrs. Dole - Il
but nov that my husband gas gone mia
the army and is doing his bit, l hi y
chosen to take up my work professiu
ally for war measures, usually I'm u
club auspices, or something of that q,
At the camps where 1 have appeared e
soldiers have liked the rhymes and IA
giles immensely, and l was delighted, a24
cause when l was first asked to give 4
programme for the soldiers, / was rathss
afraid they wouldn't like anything "a
childish and simple; but after all, men
are only srown-up boys, and they find
diversion in anything that is wholesome
and sweet
Many people have asked me If nv
work is like Kitty Cheathams S, and i
always answer Yes and No." Mrs. Dols
said, for, although | studied with her.
and admire her work very much. stiil
when | went to the American academy
and Mr. Sargent heard me, he said my
ideas were so original and as IL was so
unusual to find anything original, that it
was better forSme to hold fast to them
rather than take any other as a model.
The work is tremendously fascinating.
and while my programme is supposed Ia
be for children, the grown-ups tell me
they like it quite as well as do the chill
dren,'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
Hooray! Baby 70
Rule the House
No Longer Do Women Fear The Great
est of All Human Blcssings.

Thousands of women no longer resign
themselves to the thought that sickness
and distress are natural They Know
better, for in Mothers Friend they have
found wonderful penetrating remedy
to relieve many dreaded experiences.
Nervousness, bearing down ana
stretching pains are among the dis
heartening and distressing experiences
women everywhere say they entirely
escape during the period of expectancy
by the use of Mothers Friend.
Here is a remedy that softens the
myriad of broad, flat abdominal mus
Giles Just beneath the skin, enables
them to expand without the usual
strain upon the ligaments and nerves
and assists nature to make it possible
for women to go through maternity
without many of the dreaded symptoms
so familiar to a host of women.
BY regular use throughout the period
the muscles expand easily when baby is
born, and pain and danger at the crisis
Is consequently less
Mothers Friend Is for external use
only, is absolutely and entirely safe and
has been used by thousands of women
awaiting the greatest time in a WON
ans life for over half a century.
Write the BradfieldF Regulator Co.
NILS Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, fol-
their motherhood Book" so valuabl
70 expectant mothers, and in the mean
time obtain bottle of Mothers Friend
from the nearest drug store. Begin its
use strictly according to directions witt
every bottle, and thus fortify yourself
against pain and discomfort.--Adv y
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Training Camp Closes

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 19-Camp
warden Mclean, officers training
camp, closed its three months term this
morning with formal exercises, Major
Gordon Cats presiding. The principal
event on the programme was an address
by Maj. Gen. William S. Sibert com
mander of the Southeastern department
Dr. Loring Clark, camp chaplain, Of
fered the invocation and the Fifty-fourth
lnfanry band furnished musical pro-
grammc. The 900 cadets marched by
companies into the amphitheatre and
each cadet at the conclusion of the serv-
ices was given a certificates of eligibility
which in effect is recommendation for
a lieutenant's commission.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
The Regning Belle In Birmingham Today Is
Lucille Harrington Dole, Who Is AS Delicately
Lovely AS the Lace Trimming of Chiffon Cloud
And AS Dainty AS Tea Rose Says Dolly
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

0CNHE reigning belle in Birmingham
| today is Lucille Harrington Dole,
who is as delicately lovely as the
lace trimming of a chiffon cloud and as
dainty as tea rose. Her golden blonde
beauty, silhouetted against the dull gray
skies OF this old war-faring world today,
emphasizes itself in the exquisite charm
and radiant personality of the woman
whose stories and songs and verses Oh
the "chiidlore' of our allied nations
brings all the freshness and beauty ana
nSivette of youth back to our misty VISION
once NOSE. and we forget everything
that is hurting and crushing our hearts
except the sweetness and spontaneity OF
childhood and childhood's happy rhymes
as told by this clever artist.
| Lucille Harrington Dole's story sounds
| like another of the make believe ana
what relief it is occasionally to near
! a story that sounds as if it never could
| have happened.
| Dramatic fairy tales are usually writ
!, ten by theatrical Munchausens who nave
weird gift for making people do the
| very things they wouldn't; but in writing
|
work which Mrs. Dole is now doing
theses ring Of truth and genuineness
which cannot be denied and the en-
lvironment back of all that this clever
woman has accomplished. is as sentl-
mental and as charming as the FADED
rose in the old family album, SO ions
treasured and loved for its sweet reminis-
censes.
| When you listen to Mrs. Dole tell you
I of how she came to love "childlore,"
song and verse and how she worked ana
searched through nursery rhymes from
all our allied nations to get the atmos-
phere and just the right swing and hit
you sort of feel like you were kiddis
again. way back yonder when the snowy
| haired, dear, little old ''grandma' lady
| you loved SO much, used to read you
stories about Prince Charming" ana
you listened until your little ears would
almost break, and then you'd interrupt
long enough to say:
| Did it really happen%'
| And SO, as the fairy stories used TO
start, l must start this one in the goou
| old-fashioned way:
| Once upon a time there was dear, lit
| tie, unsophisticated girl whose greatest
pleasure in life was reading "Mother
Goose and reciting and singing and do
| ing lot of other adorable things of that
sort and who grew up-yes, to be Won
derful Interpreter of "childlore," which
you are going to hear this afternoon
from Mrs. DOLE for the little grown-up
girl is none other than Mrs. Dole, whose
mother always declares when asked how
I her clever daughter started:
"She never started; she always was
started"
/ II believe that is just about the best
way to tell you how it happened" Mrs.
Dole said when I asked her about IL
yesterday "a natural love Of chldlore
and a natural desire to study it and learn
more about it. first endeayored to get
| the childlore of different countries in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

tangible form, correctly translated, 4
mean, and arranged SO that l could use
the songs and verses as | would our
own. 1t seemed rather easy at first,
because the firse one | sought this was
several years ago., was the German
childlore verse The childlore of Ger
many was translated and easily avail
able, but, of course, | soon dispensed
with this, and then came the Russian
childlore stories. 1 was just beginning
to be interested in them, when thar
country was turned topsy turvy, upside
down. I don't know whether I have any
thing to do with all this upheaval, but
every country / seemed to become inter-
ested in went to pieces.
THE Dutch stories were the next at
tempted, Mrs. Dole said, 'and these /
found most picturesque and delightful
It's true, there is not the keen sense OF
humor to be found in the Dutch child
lore that we find in the Chinese, for in
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stance, which is delightfully."- subtle and
delicate. In fact, I'd say that Dutch
humor is like the wooden shoes they
wear-heavy. The Chinese childlore OF
nursery rhymes, Mother Goose, or as
the Russians call theirs, Grandma S
Tales'-what you willis we'll translated
by Professor Headland, who is an in
structor ut the Picking university. Thess
are delightfully."- done. In my stories and
songs from the Chinese | use a musical
instrument for the accompaniment which
is called Canm-jin, which is most
unique, consisting of three strings, and
it is very quaint and queer.
THE old English childlore stories / do
are delightful to me- Mrs. Dole said,
land I have enjoyed them so much |
was first attracted to them by the illus
trations of Calldecott's in DR.. Gold
smiths The Mad Dog. These I wanted
copied, so that / could use them in Illus
tration of my Interpretation of the verses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
WnI.F.MIIIs
TJTTWuER TEA PARTIES

Among those entertaining at tea this
afternoon at the Tutwiler will be Mrs.
Arthur Lovelace, who will have about a
dozen friends to meet Mrs. A. F. Besson
of New York and Mrs. M. Y. Lewis OF
New Orleans, who are the guests of their
sister. Mrs. Ernest Redd, and Mrs. Wal
ter Welsh.
Others having guests will be Mrs. Eu-
gene Jacobs, Mrs. Vincent Ferguson,
Mrs s., NJ. Adler, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. J.
e. Cain, Mrs. Vincent Shell, Mrs. Frank
Headley. Mrs. James Bonnyman. Mrs.
LeGrand Wilson, Mr,. Kenneth McDon-
aid, Mrs c. ]. MuTphree, Mrs. Jonas
Schwab, Mrs. Mortimer Jordan, Mrs n.
o. Harris, Mrs. j. r. Rice, Mrs. SUI
mate, Mrs. c. Goggan, Miss Spence and
Miss Stevens, Mrs. Weinstein and Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
TIME following programme will be

TIME following programme will be
given by Mrs. Lucille Harrington
Dole when "Child Lore From
Many Lands will be given this after
noon at 2:sO o'clock at the Jefferson
theatre, under the auspices Of the Vol
unteer Relief association for the oenetit
of the national council of defense:
When 1 Grow Up music; cycle; Nose
Out O. Joint; Giving Brother Away;
Things That Talk; Little Brother; Owl
and the star (music); Spooks.
American Mother Goose; music; Wis
ions of Childhood; Mother Goose intro
duction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

French Mother Goose, rhymed into
English by Lucille Dole and Georgia Ken
dali Ham; French airs (music); Little
White Nice; The King of Sardinia (mu-
sic); BY Pale Moonlight (music); The
Shepherdess; Song of the Good Warm
Milk.
Dutch-Mother Goose, rhyrned into
English by Lucille Dole; Dutch airs tmu-
sic); wooden Shoes (music) Baby; An
gels (music) Buying Shoes; Lazy Bones
IL. Edna Walter; Knitting Song tAnice
Terhunc).
English-Mother Goose; English airs,
Chevy Chase, about 1850; King James
March, 1885, Pretty Polly Oliver about
745; Drink TO Me Only (author unknown.
words by Ben Johnson; Robin Hood and
the Bishop of Hereford, very ancient
melody; march, At the Execution OF
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1887.
English dance music Minuet dance;
viii You Marry Me; Toms Wife;
Mary; Good King Arthur; moving pic
ture, The Mad Dog Thy DR.. Goldsmith,
pictured after Caidecott by NJ Megar-
gee; Solomon Grundy, musical setting
Uouise Bernardo.
Chinese-Mother Goose, rhymed into
English by Prof. Isaac Headland; Chi
nese airs music, Faul bHss)' uahee'
Badly Lee The Mouse; tragedy in
three acts; What's the News (song, AM
ice Terhune): The Baldheaded Crone;
Playing the Samm-Jin (song, Anice Ter
hune).
WOLF-MILLS
Mr. and Mrs II. E. Mills announce the
marriage Of their sister, Miss Evelyn
Nils, to Mr. r. r. Wolfe, on April 10.
Miss Mills was formerly of Birmingham,
but has recently made her home in
Chattanooga During the absence OF her
husband, who is in the service of his
country, she will make her home with
his sister.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
MRS. JOHNSON TO ENTERTAIN

Mrs Gregory Johnson will entertain a
few friends at tea this afternoon at the
Tutwiler, honoring Mrs. Sig Morgan OF
Louisville, KY, the guest of Mrs. J. S.
Kennedy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20
Get the Full-Page Colored War Map

which brings points sought for Immediately under
your eye. This map is well worth keeping near
at hand for with it you can check up day by
day the newspaper reports Of the titanic battle
now being waged in France.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-20

In this weeks DIGEST there is splendid
Map showing Villages. Towns. Railways Roads,
Woods. Canals, Department Boundaries. and the
Battle Line OF the German and Allied forces
1t is accompanied by comprehensive Index
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
PORTUGUESE BARK SUNK $50
MILES FROM SHORE BY HUN
SUBMARINE
BOMBS PUT N COTTON CARGO


Washington. Aug. 2.--The Portu-
guese bark Porto was sunk BY q
German submarine $50 miles off the
Atlantic coast July 81. The navy de-
partment announced today that the
crew Of is men had been landed at
an American port by British steam
er. ,i1
After overhauling the bark, the
submarines crew destroyed 1t with
bombs placed in the cargo Of cotton.
No further details were given, but It
Is assumed that the crew was per-
mitted to take to the small boats.
The Porto was bound from Savannah
for Oporto. ~
This is the first official word Of .
submarine operating Off the coast
received here since seawolf ap-
peared suddenly off the Massachu-
setts seaboard II days ago and she'll
ed a tug and barges It was towing.
This occurred several days after the
United States cruiser San Diego had
been destroyed off Fire Island. N.
", presumably by a mine planted by
the submersible. eso
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
SECRECY AS TO WAR AFFAIRS
CAUSES DISSATISFACTION IN
FLANDERS
WAR NEWS FLTER|NG THROUGH
Germans Attempt 10 Excuse Defeat
by Accounts OF Great Tanks
Used by Allies

With the British Army in Flan-
ders. Aug. Except for the laying
down OF barrages here and there
along the line on the British front
and the usual harassing fire from
both sides, the front this morning
was quiet.
British officers have learned that
news from the Aisne-Marne front is
now filterlng into the German
trenches opposite the British lines.
Prisoners say dissatisfaction has
been shown because so little news
has been made public. <,
One prisoner said he had heard 81
the German failure at Rheims but
he added he had been told t&t 500
entente allied tanks had been In op-
Grafton. so he seemed inclined to ex-
cuse the Teuton defeat.
1t is evident that the German de-
feat on the Marne Is having full ef-
feet among the German emperor's
troops on this front despite the
meagerness OF their knowledge. The
prisoners knew nothing OF the en-
tente allied advance to Fere-En-Tar-
denois. i. AZ u HW ea
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
VESSEL IS
WRECKED By CURRENTS

" T.
a Puget Sound Port, Aug. 2.--The
japanese liner Canada Maru went
on the rocks off Cape .Flatiefs at
the entrance to Puget Sound Tues
day morning and its s4.000.000 silk
cargo probably will be total loss.
according to word reaching here to-
day from the wreck. where salvage
crews are ready to take charge OF
the vessel.
The vessel has been pierced with
pinnacle rock which penetrated
hold No. q five feet. The crew is
casting overheard some OF the less
expensive articles In the cargo. Part
OF the silk and crude rubber cargo
may be saved unless the wind be-
comes stronger. A heavy swell was
running last night and two anchors
we're unable to hold the vessel
steady. IL the sea becomes roughei
It Is feared the craft will go 70
pieces before Its cargo can be taken
Oft.
The i76 passengers, $50 pieces OF
baggage and $50 sacks of mail have
been landed at a Canadian port.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
SHOULD NOT EXCHANGE
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS

The local council of defense has
received orders from the state roun-
Gil to report all offers to accept IL
berty loan bonds in exchange, and
especially for securities of doubtful
character. Secretary McAdoo has
said. When the bonds are exchang-
ed for merchandise, it defeats the
primary purpose of their sale, it dis
courages thrift and increases expen-
diture. thus depriving the govern
ment of labor and material needed
for war purposes
Bonds taken in exchange for mer-
chandise are thus thrown upon the
open market and results in the de-
probation OF the market price. LII
berty loan bonds should not be ex-
changed for either securities OF
merchandise.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
TAXES INCREASED ]. &.
ON ALL ADJUSTMENTS

IF Washington. Aug. 2-Doubling
Of the present special taxes on man.
Fufacturers Of tobacco. cigars and
cigarettes and increased taxation Of
brokers. theaters and other amuse'
ments, billiard and pool parlors
bowling alleys and capitalization ol
corporations, were agreed on by the
house ways and means committee to-
day In framing the $4,000, ,000. 900
revenue bill.
A new tax Of l per cent on retail
sales OF mail order houses doine
more than 100000 annual business
was adopted.
Pullman seats and berths and pas
senger rates will be subject to uni
form tax Of s per cent. StamI
taxes were undisturbed.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
BERLIN BULLETINS FOR
HOME CONSUMPTION

Amsterdam. Aug. 2.-The semi
official Wolff Bureau of Berlin is
sending out reports of heavy losses
inflicted on american troops fight
ing on the Marne front A telegram
dated Wednesday and received here
says:
IAN American prisoner captured
on July 20 said that of the first bat
talon Of the ifOth regiment after
German attack east of Chateau
Thierry on July II. only 80 were
left and no relnforcements had ar
rived since that. time. The second
battalion Of the same regiment in
going forward to the attack Tues
day, July so) west Of Meuniere wood
had 100 casualties"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
TELEPHONE COMPANY
RECEIVES Orders

The local telephone company re-
ceived notice from the government
this morning to the effect that the
company is now under government
control. The officials expressed q
desire to conserve the service and
properties of the company With a
view to returning them after the wal
in as good conditions as when tar
en-.
The postmaster general, who has
been given entire charge of the sys-
tenn by the president, wishes thsi
operations shall continue as before
no changes of any kind being made
at. present.
Mr.. Carson, local manager, states
that 1t is most probable that thu
change to government control will
not affect Grants Pass in any way.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
|CALL FOR WORKERS
| FOR WAR INDUSTRIES

A call has been made by the de-
partment Of labor on the United
States public service reserve for ma
chinists, pipe filters. steam filters
common laborers. helpers. molders
coppersmiths, lead burners, and
many other classes of worker fol
work war necessity industries. Fol
Information along this line those
who are interested should write tt
Wilfred F. Smith, director. U, s
Employment Service, 247 Davis
street, Portland, Ore.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
1000 DE HAvILANDs TURNED
OUT AT ONE PLANE FACTORY

: Dayton, o., Aug. 2.--Employes oil
the Dayton Wright Airplane COM
pany, the largest manufacturer oil
De Haviland battle planes for the
United States army. today held a
huge celebration on the completing
and dedicating to the service of the
/ ,00Oth plane built by the company.
The 5000 employees were given a
holiday and the 1,000th plane flew
over the open-air gathering.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
ENTENTE MAKES GAINS BELIEVED
TO MARK TURNING POINT OF WAR
700 Prisoners Iaken Making Number $4,000 During
: Offensive Allied Positions Command Whole Western
Gate Through Which Huns Are Retreatng

on the French Front In France.
Aug. 2.--Tho battle on the front
north OF the Marne. resolved itself
at noon today into an almost general
retirement OF the enemy north OF tho
ourcq. with the allies pursuing With
greatest zeal Wd success, The al
lies took the town OF Hartennes Et
Taux and the wood to the south OF
that town.
The French and the British took
Contremain. then crossed the cha
teau Thierry -Soissons road. The
Germans are burning the villages
and destroying everything they come
across. The entire battlefield IL dot
ted with conflagrations The Ger
man resistance seems greatly d.
minished, The allies reached the
southern part ct the vc.eel'lf wood
toward Couit Fagheg - ..-s
are within 500 yards OF villers-As-
ron. They captured the wood $500
yards east Of 2Romisny and the
heights At the !. zane dls'apss north,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
RETURNING no USE OF
PEAT IN IRISH CITIES

Dublin, Aug. 2.--There is a short
age Of coal In Ireland, and Mr.. Bur-
CESS. the Irish representative Of the
coal controller, has been recommend
ing for domestic use the employment
Of peat with which Ireland abounds.
Peat is universally used in rural
Ireland but 1t is hardly used at all
in the towns.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
AMERICANS CAPTURE KEYSTONE Of WHOLE GERMAN LINE
yANKS TO TEACH
WAR METHODS
Proficient Americans WIN Act A,
Instructors In Z. s. Training
Camps

Washington, Aug. 2.-The Ameri.
can forces in France are so profit
Client in the new methods OF warfare
that they will furnish instructors for
new units being organized in the
United States. gadier-G General
Cornelius Vanderbilt has been as.
signed to Camp Lewis.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-02
OREGON AVIATOR
KILLED IN FLIGHT

Hood River, Aug. 2.--A telegram
to w. X. Carson today announced
the death Of his son, Lieutenant W.
l.. Carson. aviator, In an accident on
a flight from Wichita Falls to Fort
Sill, Okla. No details were given.
Carson enlisted at Eugene.