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The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
RAIL CONTRACT
NOW APPROVED
Three-Year Return Basis
Settled by McAdoo Be-
fore Leaving.

Before Director General McAdoo, Of
the Railroad Commission. left last
night for New York he finally ap-
proved the contract with the rail-
roads covering the terms OF the fed
eral operation
The contract stands about as pre-
viously announced, the return to the
companies being on the basis of the
three-year period just previous to the
war.
Court Appeal Dfsallowed.
The final controversy between the
railroads and the director general has
been regarding the railroads right
to appeal from his Interpretation Of
the contracts provisions in their
specific applications. He has stood
firm for no appeal to the courts, and
that the only appeal to be allowed
from him is to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. and 1t is under
stood that this is made a part of the
contract.
This does not apply to the single
question of financial return. for in
the Presidents proclamation taking
the roads over provision is made for
appeal to the courts IL the roads ara
not satisfied with the financial re-
turn as fixed by the railroad admin
istration.
But should the director general order
improvements charged to operation
rather than capital account. or order
connecting spurs to other lines and
decide that these costs were properly
against the roads rather than a war
time charge to be borne by the gov
ernment, or should any one OF a tSou-
sand matters come up under the con-
tract as a matter OF its interpreta-
uon, the roads in accepting it must
waive their claim to right to appeal
to the courts and accept the Inter
state Commerce Commission as a final
court Of appeal.
The roads have also contended for
flat return agreement from the gov
ernment, but it Is understood that the
Director General has stood firm for
the right to withhold compensation in
case OF some great disaster, such as a
food or damage from winter weather,
and for the right to use the compen-
sation figures in rehabilitating the
lines under such conditions.
17O Roads to Sign.
The contract will now be submitted
10 the 10 roads for signing, though
their acceptance is regarded as a fore
gone conclusion, as the committee of
railroad presidents, who have been
negotiating the matter with the Di-
rector General. has recommended its
acceptance.
The Director General left last night
for New York where today he meets
the reginal director and the district
managers Of the Eastern Region. At
terwards he will go to New England
to inspect the terminal facilities of
Boston, and the Cape Cod Canal re-
Gently taken over by the Railroad
Administration. Later he will go 70
Pittsburgh for a conference with the
railroad authorities of that region,
and will probably inspect the POGO
hontas territory before his return 10
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05

partment 'in order that the besfs Of
my action may be q matter Of record, :"
Speaking Of all Of the court-martial
cases. the President says: mo legal
errors. prejudicing the rights Of the
accused have been found; indeed, the
seriousness of the cases appear to
have challenged the attention of
the military authorities from
the outset. and extraordinary
precautions were taken to insure
the fairness of the trial" The
statement of the President is a
virtual review of all the cases which
grew out Of the riots, and by con-
firming part Of the record and modi-
flying other parts, he has disposed
finally Of the whole series Of death
sentences and degrees Of imprison-
ment.
Tribute to Colored Soldier.
Tribute is paid to the colored SOL
der in the following extract from
his statement: Il therefore find
that the action taken by the COM
manding general of the Southern
Department was legal and justified
by the record and direct the exc
cution Of the sentences In the six
cases above referred to. / commute
the remaining sentences because /
believe the lesson of this lawless
riot will have been adequately
pointed by the action already TAX
on and that now directed. and also
because / desire the clemency here
ordered to be a recognition of the
splendid loyalty Of the race to which
these soldiers belong, and an inspi-
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
BERLN-BOUND BOCHE BEASTS
DESERT DEVASTATED BAILLEUL
Pussy Cat Only Thing Overlooked by Retreat
ing Huns as They Leave
Belgian City.

ally mascot, but we couldn't corral IL,
owing to its suspicion and agility. So
we left 1t licking its paws, seated
on broken platter.
Carcasses Corrupt Atmosphere.
Along the same street dead horses
and p7ules-victims Of shellhre-were
corrupting the air, curious sights were
seen among the wreckage. A battered
doll carriage lay amid huge casks In
front of what was once a wine SHOP
the casks were emptied by the Ger
mans. The torso of a doll had been
thrown into a half sitting position
upon a chair that by curious whim
of fortune had remained almost intact
and the chair had been showed In the
havoc up against a three-legged
table from the wine shop.
The headless doll seemed to be
drinking toast in the name Of Bel
gium to the arriving Yankee boys.
A block away We found half bed
room intact. There stood little bed,
md a dresser. and a chair-the latter
dangling precariously on the edge Of
the shell-sliced floor.
Wax Flowers Preserved.
The mirror had been shattered to
bits, but the murderous shrapnel had
missed a full vase of flowers by
few inches. That vase was probably
the only thing left undisturbed in the
entire town.
British planes now were dipping
overhead, zig-zagging to avoid the
German shrapnel and machine gun
bullets We looked back toward the
pro-German kitty. 1t had shifted to
the top OF a wine barrel.
The main road leading through the
town was a mass Of shell craters.
Engineers were busy filling them up
to permit the passage of British and
American troops and artillery lined up
for several miles back of the town.
waiting to enter BailleuL
From Bailleul We went to Meteren,
where l saw the Scotchmen take the
town at dawn a month ago. Tho next
village below Meteren was Fletere,
the scene of an episode in Dumas
Three Musketeers.
The whole region is riddled by shells.
1 visited the castle where the woman
character in Dumas immortal novel
was executed. Every step in this re-
gion breathes tragedy and romance.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
Lesson in Scientific
Complexion Renewing

Everyone has a beautiful skin
underneath the one exposed to
view. Bear that in mind and it
Will be easier to understand the
correct principle in acquiring
lovely complexion. Nature Ia con-
stantly shedding the top skin in
flaky particles like dandrufr. only
much smaller in size. In abnormal
conditions, or in advancing age,
these particles are not shed as rap
idly as in robust youth. The longer
they remain the more soiled or
faded they become-that's the Inn
mediate cause of bad complex
ion."
1t has been discovered that or
dinary mercolized wax, to be had
at any drug store, will absorb these
worn-out particles. The absorp-
ton. while fastening Natures
work, goes on gradually enough to
cause no Inconvenience. In a week
or two the transformation is COM
plete. The fresh, healthy-hued
youthful underskin is then wholly
in evidence. You who are not sat-
isied with your compilations should
get an ounce Of mercolixed wax and
try this treatment. Use the wax
nightly. like cold cream. washing
It of mornings =
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
INGRAM MISSES FUN
KEEPING HUN ON RUN
Wounded Wsshinstonian Writes
War Letter. :

How the 'devil dogs" captured twy
German colonies In the first day OF tn
present drive is described in a lette3
from lieut. Charles Ashby Ingram ID
Washington from a base hospital ir(
France
Lieutenant Ashty tells Of how the
colonels were awakened 70 find them
serves surrounded by '1eathernecls"
and made prisoner,.
On the same day Of the drive Lea-
tenant Ashby received a machine guu
bullet In the side which sent him TO
the hospital In his letter he states
that his only regret is that he Ia miss
ing the fun" Of driving the Huns
back
Lieutenant Ashby also tells Of how
great quantities OF guns and smmuni-
tion were captured together with a
number Of prisoners. He says that
on the second day the battle took on
the appearance Of a race in which the
Germans were running first but with
the Yanks q close second.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
(By stan Correspondent of Uni-
yersal Serviee.)

CBy a STAFF Correspondent of Uni
versal serviee.)
With the Americans in Belgium,
Sept. Al will never think of Bail
leul again without associating it
with neutrality-suspicious. war. I
came there a few hours after the
Germans cleared out. I saw there
live proof OF the old proverb that
felines possess nine lives. War had
reduced the historic little town to
one of the most graphic ruins along
the whole Western front. It is diff
ferent from Ypres. Arras and Albert.
because ii is newer to the war ana
yet 1t has probably suffered even
more than those wrecked cities.
A pussy popped out OF the heart
of the wreckage wrought by the
fury of modern warfare; IL was the
only living thing amid this scene of
death and destruction that day eI-
cepting ourselves and a few scatter
ed sentries pacing up and down thH
almost obliterated streets.
1t was pity the cat couldn't talk.
It was a beautiful cat. too, snow
white with a black patch across its
back and a touch of black on the tip
Of its nose. 1t probably had been
the pet Of some family that was
forced to fee when the enemy over
flowed this region last spring.
The animal had lived through the
days and nights Of artillery "straf-
ing" which was so violent that but
a few gaunt fragments of walls
were left standing.
Cat Was Fat.
We were passing the mouth of
deep German dugout when the ca.
crept out into the sun. sitting down
on the top step and starting to lick
its paws. 1t was plump cat. and its
generally contented condition showed
1t had had plenty to eat.
When I tried to pick it up and carry
1t back with me to civilization It
jumped into a portion of a china shop
Uttered with broken dishes and crock
cry. There Is sat, viewing US crit
ically. Obviously II had become a
Boche kitty while filling the role of
mascot for the enemy.
Perhaps some soldier, as the British
poured through Bailleul on a latter
day, had mercifully adopted It as an
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
MERCY SHOWN
1OOF RIOTERS
Death Sentence COMMITTED
by President in Some of
Houston Cases.

President Wilson. in formal state
ment issued yesterday through the
War Department, has affirmed the
death penalty In six of the sixteen
sentences of colored soldiers who took
part In the Houston, Tex, riots Of
August %. 1917, and has commuted to
life Imprisonment the death penalty
in the ten other cases.
The action Of the President refers
TO what are known as the Washing
ton Tillman group of cases. A pre-
Vlous group, known as the Nesbit
group, was disposed of some months
ago when thirteen of those convicted
py court-martial in the Southern De-
partment were executed and forty-one
were given various terms of impris-
onment.
President Wilson in his statement
says that he files 1t with the War De-
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
BILL
| NOT FAVORED
McAdoo Dislikes Present
Form; Senate Committee
/ Hostile; May Amend.

swith members of the Senate Finance
Committee openly hostile to the new
r<venus bill drafted by the House Ways
snd Means COMMITTEES. it became ap-
B.arent yesterday that some very rad
ieal changes in the measure will have
70 be made before 1t is acceptable to
beth houses Of Congress.
rIn its present form ii does not meet
the wishes of Secretary McAdoo and
u not liked by Senators on the Finance
cpmmittee The House Is likely TO
PASS ii, however. without amendment.
yThe Senate committee. under the
leadership of Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, will in all probability
repeat the precedent established last
year of entirely rewriting the bill.
FINAL passage probably will be delayed
Until some time after the November
elections.
Desire War PROFITS.
Senators who found time to study
tie bill overnight strongly disapprove
% many Of its essential features.
They are In accord with Secretary
McAdoo in opposing the increase in
the excess profits rates and believe
tsat the heavier burden should be i'm
posed upon strictly war profits. They
also regard the corporation income tax
OF Is and Z per cent as entirely too
high
Secretary McAdoo. Just before leav-
ing last night on his railway inspec-
ton tour. talked with Senator Sim
mons by telephone and stated that he
would like an opportunity to appear
before the finance committee when It
begins consideration OF the bill. SEN
ator Simmons assured him that the
committee would be glad to hear him
and to have the cooperation Of any of
the assistants Of the Treasury Depart
nent who have made a study OF the
tar situation.
smost RidIcuIes Bill.
seator Reed Smoot, of Utah. the
leading Republican member Of the
committee, was exceedingly severe
in his criticism OF the bill. He
characterized 1t as a "bungIing alb.
surcity," and said that II would
not come from the Finance Com
mittee until a great many changes
have been made in 1t.
TT is a fitting companion piece
to the bill Of last year." Senator
Smoot said, except that II con-
tains a few more absurdities. 1t
appears to have been designed TO
reach as few voters as possible. 1t
puts a prOhibitive tax on the pro-
ductivity OF business and penalties
American industry"
A large number Of protests
against specific provisions of the
bill have been received by Senator
Simmons accompanied with re-
quests for an opportunity to ad-
dress the committee. Most OF these
protests, Senator Simmons explain
ed, are against alleged inequalities
in the bill rather than against any
OF the rates.
The Senate committee will begin
its hearings Friday morning, and
the consideration of the bill in the
House will open the same day.
Representative Moore, Of Penn
sylvania, announced today that he
will offer an amendment in the
House to create a committee on
war expenditures to guard against
any extravaganza in the expendi-
ture Of the money. The committee
according to his amendment will
consist Df three Senators and four
Representatives, with the Demo-
Gratis in the majority.
Mr. Moore will also offer an
amendment to raise the tax on
cotton
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
Drying Don'ts.

Don't Keep a fire going to dry
fruits and vegetables when bright
sunshine is outside. The National
War Garden Commission of Wash
ington says to use sunshine as much
as possible-it does good work and
costs you nothing. Write to the Ma
tional War Garden Commission and
SEND 2-cent stamp for a free
drying manual.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05
"ESSENTIAL'
SCOPE WIDER
Application Limits for De-
ferred Classification Is
Now Stretched.

Bankers and persons engaged in
other occupations and employments
not heretofore regarded by district
boards as warranting deferred classi-
fication on the ground Of necessary
industries. may now claim deferred
classification on the ground that their
work is necessary to the nation In
the present emergency.
An amendment In the new man
power legislation recently passed
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05

ration to the people or that race
to further zeal and service to the
country of which they are citizens.
and for the liberties of which so
many of them are now bravely bear
ing arms at the very front of the
great fields Of battle"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05

those parts Of the oueetionnsire re-
latinr TO claims for deferred clxssih-
cation on the ground Of being en-
gagged In Industries including Asri-
culture.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-05

Lieutenant Governor Schoenick ap-
parently ran first in the fight for the
nomination for Lieutenant Governor
on the RepubliCan ticket
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20

rather mother sister three Of
a" the air. eighteen hostile
MS mp where shattered by German
hs " yng 10000 feet Beaumont
ne m hshting career tells briefly the
george Campbell the
captain campbell Is to speak the sixth
'nhfels the first Of tho
memorable battle of Mons At the
jamie Campbell both ieutenans foe in
french m not long after his remaining brother
killed " ''
ancestral home In the Null OF Kintye
counted among the lost when the opedo Th
hnH crushing blow killed the mother
Highlanders
Campbell ready soldier Of
lieutenant
iron" 10 Few weeks he fighting
Al the battle OF Neuve Cfappele 1916
wounded MS hip bone being shattered
s"aom Several months hospital followed recovery
declared uhht Tor further duty with his
further service In the Royal Flying years. again
severely wounded he d
Probably no alive has fighting
air than Captain
his ~ ~.
hyng fights the
W the title hed
Never refuse fight said recently the motto
OF the Royal Flying Corps We
Hun IN far inferior n
When left
He worked
which the pilot operates both the
Chnpd longest
being attack the
Belgian The
supply movements held up several days
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Having a school house to build
at CookseyvIIle The Crittenden
County Board Of Education
will recslvA sealed bids from any
one VINO desires to erect this
house, at , O'Clock on Monday
June 10. 1918. The house to he
completed within the time. and
according to plans and specifica.
tons which may be seen in the
Superlntendents Office. and will
be given TO the lowest and best
bidder unless the County Board
should think it beat to reject any
and all bids, the right to do 80
being reserved
Respectfully,
j. l.. +. PARIS. Supt.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20

Oney Fred Sweet Chicago n-ws-
paper man, who In three years held
10 Jobs and wrote about then, n series
OF supremely interesting newspaper
articles, has been secured 10 tell ths
story Of his varied Industrial career
IN the Redpnth Chuutauqus platform
her" this season.
Her" IN a man who can tell how Il
feels 10 be- in the Other Fellows
Shoes which In III. title Of hi, lee
turr.
Mr.. Sweets story, besides bclrg Ia.
tcr"Sting and full " humor. hu. a dis
tinct economic value. II throws a
vast amount of light upon industrial
conditions ~ they actually exist. II IL
human and Informative.
In his job.nlling career Mr.. Sweet
among other occupations. was a beg.
gar On the streets. stecple lack. "A
Fireman on the rnilroad. n Pullman por-
ter, clown with a circus. a cowboy. n
lumberJuck. lie tells the story OF these
nnd many other Jobs 10 his Interesting
'ihsutauuua lecture.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20

very strength away Nv back ached
snd pained constantly and | was lame.
especially mornings, The least exer-
ton tired me and when overdid | had
B 'adaches and dn,y spells. was
very nervou, and the kidney secretons
paas,d too frequently. making me get
up at night. | got box Of Doan 9
kinney Pills at Hayne1 6 Taylor's
drug store. They helped me from the
hrst and continued taking them unit
enrre'y cured"
Price - cents at all dealers. Don't
simply AJAX for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
M Johnson had. Foster -Milburn CO.,
Mfgrs Buffalo. N. Y. II
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20
MARGERY MAXWELL
GRAND OPERA STAR
Was Principal With Gall. .CurA b
"0inorah."
SINGS At CHAUTAUQUA HERE
40 Member Of Chicago Grand opess
Company Scored Successes In Chi.
eago, New York and
Boston.

An evening with q grand opera or.
list has twice before proven Il gress
attraction on the Redpath ChautauQus
circuit. and now after one season with.
out prima donna, this years program
IL to have grand opera star In
Miss Margery Maxwell. the gifted
young soprano who appeared this year
az Il principal with GALL -Curci In the
Chicago Grand Opera company In Chi
cago, and who accompanied that organ
lzation on its tour to New York and
Boston.
Miss Maxwell will appear on the
third night Of the ChsutauQua here.
accompanied by two assisting artists,
yiolinist and a pianist.
Miss Maxwell made her debut with
the Chicago Opera company this fall
AZ Una Capraia. In "Dinorah." This
first appearance was a decided success
and especially noteworthy o. she was
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20

one Of the six principals with Ame,its
Galli-Curci and GiacOmo Riminl in
the cast The following day in all Uhi-
cagO papers the critics commended her
work most highly. :
During the Chicago opera season
Miss Maxwell sang In "Dinorsh" sew.
eral times aud also In "Manon," The
Jewels Of the Madonna" "Iakne..
Francesca di Rimini" and "Louise,1
each time delighting the audience with
the unusual beauty and range of her
lyric soprano voice.
Nine. Galli-Curci Is most enthusiasts
tic In her praise OF "the (Americaina
Mees) Maxwell's superb voice."
At the close Of the Chicago season.
no one was surprised to find Miss Max,
well among those chosen for the East.
ern tour of the Chicago Grand OperS
company The recognition given hen
In the East was no less than she re.
ceived In her home city. The New York
Morning Telegraph used large pic
ture of her with an interesting feature
story the morning after her first ap-
pearance and the Evening Mail, In a
Saturday edition, published her photo
graph in a group with Geraldine Far
rar; Ricardo Stracciari and Gordon
Key.
Miss Maxwell is a pleasing. whole-
hearted American girl. All her spare
minutes she spends in knitting and at
present she says one of her great am
billions IL to 90 to France and sing for
the wounded soldiers.
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20
$4,000 VOICES
A,d Many Are ihe Voices Of nar'oa
People

FIFTY thousand voices What q grand
cn"rusl And that's tle number Of
American men and women. who ars
publicly pralsIng Doan's Kidney Pi,As
for relief from bsckache, kidney and
bladder ills, They say 1t to frieods
They tell 1t IN the home pap, rs. No
rion people are IN the chorus.
Here's Marion case.
6. B Johnson. SOP +. Depot street
ssys II suffered for hve years W, b
sidney trouble ami Il va, sapning my
Crittenden record-press., 1918-06-20

sr John Foster Fraser r. II ~
fourth is
special of
country the
by King George In buckingham n
Sir John
and has described u f,nnop
-is as brilliant the platform ~ hc \ his ucn"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-06-12
BELVIEW NEWS

Andrew Davidson returned from
the Marshall hospital Sunday
The C. A. johnson and DIR. Aldrich
families picniced at the gold-mine
Sunday.
R. E. Crying visited Sunday with
his wife at. the hospital.
Martin Eide, Robt. Peterson and
Henry Flaata are overseas with a
good chance of facing the fierce Hun
soon.
A large number from here attend
ed the war saving stamp meeting at
Redwood Falls last Tuesday.
A well-attended war saving stamp
meeting was held at the Odeon here
Sunday night The disloyal non-par-
tisans come in for a good brown
roast such as only D. L. Crimmins
can hand out, and everybody knows
he puts on trimmings and all.
Oscar Crying took Emil Gunder>
son, a drafted man, over to Olivia
last Tuesday.
Mr.. Woods of Illinois arrived at
his brothers HON enear Delhi Sat
urday.
june 5 is registration day for
those who have attained their twen-
ty-frst birthday by that day.
| Malvina Wink will graduate from
Winona State Normal school in June
She has accepted a position on the
corps of the Arlington schools.
The Belview Silver Cornet bano
played at Echo Decoration Day and
their musical numbers were well re-
ceived.
A number from here attended the
baseball game Sunday at Hanley
Falls. Marshall won.
Word was received here last week
that all the privates of the End Reg,
iment were to go overseas without
their officers, but the report was not
given credence here.
Marion Hegdal was i'll last week
The Crosley and Duncan families
adopted the late lamented Grover
Cleveland's advice and went fishing
on Decoration Day.
| Miss Myrtle Enestvedt is ably as
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-06-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hendricks Of
Danube visited at the George Yantz
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. HENDERSON were
Sunday guests at the Buery home.
Misses Mimitz and Vesta Wilkin-
son of Beaver Falls were callers in
our town Sunday.
Miss Rose Lipp returned to her
home in New Ulm Friday after a
short visit with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fl. Kuenzli autoed
to Belview Thursday evening.
Albert Kuger of Mankato visited
at the Frank Schumacher home a
few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fleischer re-
turned fro mMorgan Saturday where