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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Titled Persons Yield to Yanks

wealthy of Europe, bur now conducted
hy the American Y. NJ. c. A. for our
soldiers, IA tall, distinguished man In
civilian garb wistfully watched the
d"ughboys caroming the ivory balls.
He would have liked to play II little
billiards himself, but the douGhboSs
from overseas had priority and he was
Only Il count He was allowed the uso
Of the casino, but only insofar as II
did not interfere wial the soldiers
entertainment.
over on The dance floor a well-dress-
cd man and woman tried to participate
In the merry maze where two hundred
Yankees were joStling one another
chcerfully in an effort not to miss their
chance to dance with the thirty altrac.
tive girls wearing the Y. NJ. G. y. uni
form. The couple not in uniform were
told tactfulIy but firmly tHat the dane
ing floor was reserved for those in the
uniforms Of the A. i. T., although the
prince and his cOHSOrt.
Passing through the swinging doors
marked Bar one finds more bright
faced American girls serving lemon.
ade, hot chocolate, cakes and cookies
TO the tllrong of enlisted men who line
the rail. Here, too, the titled and dis.
tinguished men in "citS" are denied
service.
Soak the Dukes.
The movies in the big hail are freU
to all and well attended. In the ca.
sino's big theater vaudeville is pur,
vrycd at two scales of prices. In the
front row recently duke sat next to
Sn American sergeant. The duke paid
ten francs for his seat, the sergeant
paid two francs. II was five times as
advantageous to be all American sol.
dier as TO be duke. The Y. NJ. C. A.
arranged that.
At the Hotel de rEurope The boni-
face Daddy" Leder, who has well
cOmcd royalty ia other years. recently
assigned three Yankee dOughboys 20
the room once used by Queen VH-
toria. lie had turned away titlE71
Englishman and his lady who doubt
less would have given much for the
queens room, or any room. But the
first gentlemen of Europe have 10 give
way to the first gentlemen of America.
The "Y'' arranged that And the Yam
kee boys have proven themselves g,n-
tcmen.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
PrthceS Have to Get Off Dancing
Floor Reserved for Our
Soldiers.
FAMOUS CASINO RESERVED
AK Is Rest and Recreation Center for
American Expeditionary Forces
and American Soldiers Come
First There.
BY WALTER KELLOGG TOWERS.

AiX-les- Bains, France. Princes
dukes. counts and other titled person
ages have tn yield place to the Ameri-
can soldier in the famous casino of
AK. Even y king seeking accOlnmoda-
tionS there would be discarded in IA
VOr of an American ACE No preju-
dice asainSt the nobility exists. Any
duke or count can have certain accom-
modations, that is, if any remain after
the American soldiers have been Serv-
cG A. for the dancing floor and soft
drink bar" none but Yankees need
apply. AK was designated as the rest
and recreation center for the American
eXpeditionary force and there is no
qualification on the priority OF that
Organizat ton.
Counts Don't Count.
In the billiard room of the million
dollar casino, formerly famous gam
bling place and haunt of rhe titled
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

When Reuben w. Milton Of Joplin,
Mo-, decided to enlist in the marines he
was driven to Kansas City by his IA
ther. He did not go by auto or car
riaee, but in the cab Of the engine that
his father has driven for years over
the Missouri Pacific. Reuben had re-
ceiVed his transportation from Uncle
Sam over the Frisco line. but at the re-
quest Of the elder Milton it was
changed ~ want 10 carry my boy
on the first lap Of his journey to Ber-
lln," snid the father.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
WiIY Colonel Moas-

Col James A. Moss, the author
of Moss' manual and several other
best sellers, gets credit for one in Sec
ton 4, article 419. He says: when
two soldiers get into row good
plan is to set them at work scrubbing
the barracks windows, enc on the out
side and one on the inside making
them clean the same pane at the same
Hme. They are thus constantly look.
ing into each others face and before
the second window Is cleaned they will
probably be laughing at each other"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Try Lambs Wool.

One OF the unpleasant aftermaths
OF swimming is the uncomfortable and
oftentimes dangerous presence Of wa
ter In the ears. To prevent this, this
simple precautiOn may be used Rub a
little cocoa butter on a piece Of lambs
wool and put in each ear. The lambs
wool is not absorbent, keeps out all
water and vet at the same time Is so
constructed that one can hear plainly
through it. Never use ct ton. as that
holds ehe water and is worse than
rOthtng.-GOod Housekeeping.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
HooSlER FIRED FIRST SHOT
Alexander Arch Of South Bend Has
Distinction Of Sending initial
Shell into Hun Lines,

New YOrE.--Thc story Of the first
shot fred by the American expedition
Ary fOrcS In the war with Germany--a
ShCll sent screeching into the German
tines about ns dawn was breaking on
October %. l9lT--is contained In let
ter sent to The press by the comman'
o.; u the Indiana battery which per.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Too Much.

The Club Man-What's this hear
about you and your wife having trou-
BILE? Before you were married you told
me you would go to the ends Of the
earth together.
The Married Man-Yes, but l didn't
know she wanted to go there in a
taxicab.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
A Business Mans Assertion.

"You used to say Wagner was q
wonderful musician"
81 say so yet" declared Mr.. Cum
rOx. II figure that admissions to Wag-
ner concerts have cost me several thouG
sand dollars. Anybody who could work
off that kind Of material at Wagner'a
figures 10 what call wonder"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
A Fiuhtino Ton,

"And what is that up there?" asked
the lady visiting the battleship.
That's what is called a fighting top"
replied the sailor showing her around.
what is il fOr?"
"Well, you see, lady, we have a great
many mice and rats on this ship, and
when n lady comes aboard and the rO-
dents make their appearance, the lady
climbs up there and throws things at
'cm."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Rejected 81 Times.

Chicago After being rejected 81
times In the army and navy. the patrl.
otic ardor of Frank A. Mills. 4 feet II
inches TALL Of this city, was finally re-
warded when he was accepted by the
Red Cross for service cover there"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Not So Iona as It Seemed.

Nell-Miss Passay says Mr.. Golden
proposed to her ON Wednesday night,
but she didn't give him her answer un.
til Thursday.
Bell-If that's true, I'll wager he pro-
posed at IL 80 p. M. and was accepted
at 10 :0l a. m-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
A Base Hka

What did you think Of my daugh.
ter's playing" asked Mrs. Vane, after
her offspring had executed a perform
ance that threatened the piano.
"oh, thought 1t was striking" re-
Eponded the lady who always thinks
Of the right thing AT the right time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Gosh.

In days of old, when knights were bold
Book agents were in fettle:
You dassent kick man, I'm told,
His pants Were made of metal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
One Aope.

The BOaste" with pseudo self-dis-
parag"menO--WelI I'll confess that I
might have done better in this instance.
But there is some hope for a self-made
pan, is there not?
The Blunt One--Oh yes, the hope
that he will do a better job Of himself
the next time.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
He Sure Musta.

"Say, Albert" said his wife. who
was it that said he'd rather be right
than president?"
II dunno" explained Albert. but
ne musta been some guy what had Q.
mighty poor opinion Of presidents"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
M0UNTAINEER LEARNS
OF WAR, GLAD TO GO

Uniontown, Pa.--"Hc;l, are
we into the WARP" asked Jacob
Harris after moment o; sur
prise. "You don't have to force
me to 30. Ny place is st the
front using the old shooting
iron. I'm d glad ] came to
town" Harris, mOUntaineer,
was making his first visit to the
city in four years when the po-
lice learned that M had no reg
istration card. nnyris was in
Quoted into scryice at once.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

A city man asked an Octogenarinn
peasant what to do to live to be eighty,
Don't drink, don't smoke, and keep
out in the fresh air" was the reply.
"But my father observed all those
rules and he died at sixty"
Eyes, but he did not observe 'em
long enough"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

What kind OF a golf game does
Piute Pete play?"
"GoOd deal same as his poker game"
replied BrOnchO Bob "A whole lot o.
conversation that you mostly cant be-
IleVe a word of"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Rather Interesting.

81 find the professors statistics stu
pid."
II don't. He told me there were AGO.
O00,000O00 people in the world, and
that was the rrettieNt girl in the
lot."-PeasOn's weekly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

has decided that they are not imnlod
est, as some about town thought And
the committee went further and put
its o. X. on the girls wearing tho
overHlls on the street on their way to
and from work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
His Method.

Wigg-Young GOtrOx is mighty en-
tertaining fellow. He can perform a
lot Of tricks of magic.
Wagg-Yes, have frequently seen
him make twenty-dOllar bill look.
IKE thirty cents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

Miss Luvvlie--I wonder what makes
ChOlly so silent tonight
Miss Kawstick--Just ais way Of tell
Ing all he knoWA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

"Why call on Mrs. FlubdubH YOV
never took an interest IN her bcfOreN
II hear she and her husband AZ
nAOat 70 separate"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

'He told his story with no much
spirit put IN II that his hearers were
fairly drinking II In"
HE had better look out, or the first
Sling he knows they Win be taxing a."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

Mrs. Tonguesmith-It won't do you
any good to say word. Talk is
cheap.
Mr.. Representatives., my dear.
The supply is so far in excess of the
demand
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
A EuturltY.

He-Don't you think my mustaehO
becoming?
She-It may be, but it hasn't come
yet-BrunOian. !:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Female oyeralIs o. X.

Mansfield, O,-Factory girls here are
happy. A committee which investi.
gated the wearing Of Ovcralls at work
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01
Msndaeity.

"Figures won't He"
They're not supposed to-" answered
Ananias, "They are simply raw ma
Eerial In the hands Of the expert"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-01

formed this important action in Amer
lean history.
Alexander Arch of South Bend, Ind,
q sergeant in this unit-Battery G OF
the Sixth Geld artlllery--is the veteran
soldier. who, ACCORDING to this letter,
yanked the lanyard Of the pioneer gun
20 sp ,ak for the United States on the
soil OF France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
The Soldiers Heart

Dr. John B. Huber, in Leslies.
 In many cases of what is called sol
 diers heart that precious organ is not
 primarily at fault A soldier suffering
 that way easily becomes breathless, has,
 indeed, pain in the region of the heart on exertion. is easily exhausted, is in-
 cIined to lassitude, to giddiness, perhaps
 to faintness. His heart palpitates so that
 he realizes that he has heart; it feels
 wobbly; and he has headache; his temper
 becomes uncertain, he cannot rightly fix
 his attention, he sleeps badly, he flushes easily. If he has been used to a wee
 nippy occasionally he is now likely to
 be disinclined to alcohol-the only virtue his ailfnent can boast of. The heart rate is on examination increased and it is irregular, may skip beat-seems to, any, way. And there is exaggerated response to emotion. exercise and posturing, such as is required in military drills His blood pressure is heightened, there is fleeting disturbance of the bodily temper- ature. Even while he is at rest his res pirations are quickened. The palms of his hands and the soles of his feet are moist, cold and perhaps even blue. There is a tremor of the hands.
 Dr. Thomas Lewis, of the Hampstead, England, military hospital, an institu- tion set aside for men invalided home
 on account of heart maladies, prefers to speak of ''effort syndrome" rather than
 of the soldiers heart; meaning by the former term a complex of symptoms in
 which the heart takes, as it we're, the center of the stage. In such cases there E is rarely any real, organic structural
 disease, any valyular heart leakage p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Many such soldier sufferers were formerly

Many such soldier sufferers were formerly
 in sedentary occupations.
 So why beat about the bush--the emo-
 ton we are considering is that of fear, of which no man not trained to the soldiers life need be ashamed. It Is all
 in the training and experience of war fare, just as the miner, the diver, the steeple-jack-and the doctor-are oblivious to dangers peculiar to their several call ings. In the earlier days of the war military euphemsts spoke of men being ''jumpy," or afflicted with ''mauseritis, meaning a state of mind not necessarily
 blameworthy nor even unsoldierly. Why be ashamed to call this fear when mcry famous soldiers have acknowledged the emotion to be precisely that-Augustus at Actium; Turenne, Napoleon, and of all men, Ney. "A coward is he," de- clared the bravest of the brave, "whd boasts that he was never afraid.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
In the Old Days
m the Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 Since the marines went over the top in France their status in the navy has un- dergone a radical change. In the old days the marine and the sailor were mortal enemies. for the marine was re- garded as little more than policeman of the ship.
 To-day said Admiral Sims, the Jackie gives him a cheer. but it isn't so very long ago that in chancing by a group of sailors found them feeding a rat.
 Tt struck me as out of the ordinary and asked the reason. At first the men were nightly embarrassed, but at last one mustered up courage and replied:
 We think more of this rat than any thing in the world sir; 1t bit the master at-armS sir ,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Unifying the Churches

From IeSlie'S
 Is the war to result in fewer churches and more religion? Last winter under the duress of heatless days there were numerous instances of churches uniting their services on account of coal short age The three protestant churches of the village of Scholarie. New York, have gone a step farther than the ex- pedient measures of last winter and have voted to form a federation for the period of the war. The denominational bodies represented in this federation are Methodist, Lutheran and Reformed, and they are to be served by a new min ister chosen from a denomination ether than any of the three.
 The time may be far distant when there will be q single christian church. It may be wise that there should not be- There is, however. an unquestionably strong tendency toward greater church unity. The first and most natural step would be unity in the many branches of different denominations. If. for example these three churches in a small village can worship together, why should not all the scattered members of the Metho-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

New York, August so.-Steady in crease of German airplane losses IS ad- mftted by Capt. Otto Lehman, in an article published in the Berlin Tage- blatt, reviewing the progress of aerial warfare during the year 1917-lS. Cap tain Lehman attributes the growing losses to two causes: Development of the fighting airplane as weapon against enemy infantry, and. the en- haneement of the number of fighting machines due to the transfer of those on the eastern Russian front, to the west front
 "It will be noticed that since January and February, 1918. our figures for losses show a steady in crease" Captain Lehman writes. "The reascn for that, however, is the in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Germans Admit q Steady
 Increase i2 Plane Losses

creased participation of airplanes re- sulting from the fact that the Ger man flyers who had been operating on the eastern front migrated to the western front when fighting ceased in the Russian theatre. The increase1 participation, of course. resulted logi- cally in larger total loss.
 "The eastern flyer, who had been accustomed to quite different fighting conditions in the beginning, undoubt- edly had to pay bloody apprentice ship in fighting with French and Britt ish. The Russian as an aerial oppo- nent is nowise to be compared with the Frenchman and Englishman.
 N"It would be fundamentally wrong to draw the conclusion from the rise in German losses at the beginning of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15
Ready to Pass It By

From AnsWefs.
 That tireless war worker, Lady Victor Paget. tells an amusing story of an en- thusiasttc V. A. D. nurse who, in past days, was an equally enthusiastic suffra- gette.
 At a base hospital somewhere in France she was bandaging d stslwars private whose right arm had been man. gled by a fragment of a German shell.
 Do you know, she said presently your face seems strangely familiar to me. I've been trying to remember where we've met before"
 well, nurse" said the wounded man, perhaps we had better let bygones be bygones. I was a policeman.
 A caterpillar can eat twice it's own weight in leaves in 24 hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

Idist denomination be brought together and another union be consummated of
 all Lutheran bodiess2 When all the branches of each of the great denominations become united great step will have been taken toward lunity of christian forces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

1918. that our superiority had waned. Still another factor explains our high CT losses. As an infantry plane the aerial weapon is taking part in con- siderably increased measure in fight ing the attackers on land. Entire squadrons of battle planes, so-called infantry flyers, accompany the storm ing of the never failing infantry and by taking full advantage of the speed attack the enemy reserves at low attitudes with bombs and ma- chine guns.
 These attacks are made at the ri- dicIlously low attitudes of 100 metres and even 10 metres. It is therefore, at first glance clear, that these new tasks expose the airplanes to every shot fired from the earth, and must increase our loss account"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

Twenty drafted men, while awaiting a train at Hays Center, Neb, to take them to their training camp, resented the reclassification of a fellow towns man. They painted the store front of the business owned by his mother a bright yellow as a protest to her secur- ing deferred classification of her son. The sheriff put stop before the work was completed but the friends of the boys completed the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

Norway expects to produce, 1000 000 tons of peat for fuel this year and Denmark 500,0o0 tons. the former country having 55 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-15

There are TSP varieties of Arctic flow. CTS which have but two colors, white and yellow.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-05
OKLA. STUDENTS
TO SET PACE IN
WAR WORK DRIVE

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-05
FEEDS
10000 IN DAY
BY United Press.

BY United Press
With the American Army in France,
Oct is. (By mail) More than 7S,-
coo American soldiers were fed at
one American Red Cross canteen
along the lines of communication in
France last month On one day OF
that month 10000 passing troops were
given hot coffee and food to cheer
them on their way. This is a rec
ord in service for American troops
1t was performed by a squad of s
American women and girls And, to
make their task more difficult they
served this food at 3 different points
each almost 3 miles away from the
other
When the American people showed
their loyalty and appreciation of the
Red Cross last May by subscribing
nearly double the amount Of money
asked for, it had wonderful effect
upon the members Of the organization
Ia France. They interpreted it as
meaning that nothing was too good
er no, efforts too great for the fight
ing men Of America in Europe
So, from the seaports to the battle
front, the American soldiers are met
at intervening stations by Red Cross
workers distributing hot drinks, food
and tobacco. The troop trains are
stopped outside OF these Red Cross
canteens, and most of them remain
until every soldier has been served.
If train does not pull into the
terminus where the canteen is located
the Red Cross workers pile their
food and hot drinks upon a truck or
camionettc and hustle ii TO the place
the wait of the troop train is an
where the train does stop Where
hour the soldiers are served a full
meal Last month, 5000 full meals
were served at this particular can
teen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-05
sue SSFUL MEN
TOM L. JOHNSON.

BY birth and breeding Mr.. Johnson was
a Southern acistocrat lie was thiOuN
upon his own resources at an early aelk
The civil war swept away the family fSS~
tune and at the age of fourteen he sought
and obtained employment as conductor
with the street railway company at
Louisville. Ky. He was an apt scholar
Ia street railway traffic. lie was prudent
and when misfortune. due to mismanage-
mout. overlook the street car line in In
dianapolis. he had saved sufficient money
TO get control of it.
He reorganized the company and prom
erty and under his management it became
very profitable. In twelve years he sold
out for more than a million dollars Alto
gether be proved SO good an architect oil
his own fortunes that before he was thirt Vi
he was several times millionaire
Bccoming converted to the doctrine OF
single tax he entered public life as a
radical reformer his great aim was 10
bring about an entire change in the atti-
tude OF the people toward public utilities
corporations and i'm this he won a success
which nothing can dim.
He was pioneer in the fight for the
peoples rights and the three-cent street
car fare is his monument
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-05
sunsrstltlons OF seamen.

If man is i'll at sea, his most crit
Ical time is when land is first sighted.
If he survive an hour after the sight
ing of land he viii recover. On some
trawlers whlstling is forbidden-it
scares away the fish. Other shippers
believe that to wash your face in the
middle Of trip viii break a spell of
calm weather.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-05
cHAMBERLAlrs COUGH REMEDY
THE MOST RELIABLE

After many years experience in
the use of it and other cough rene
dies there are many who pref II
Chants rlain's to any ther Mrs.
A. G. KRISTEN, Greenville, Ills,
NYtes. "Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy has been used in my mothers
home and mine for years, ann we
always found it a quick cure for
colds and bronchial troubles. We
find it to be the most reliable
cough medicine we have used"
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