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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
.CAMOUFLAGE SUIT
 FOR u s. SHIPPERS ION WEST FRONT

Behind the American Lines tn France, Oct. 25-(Correspondence of the Associated Press)-The American sniper wears a fantastic suit of green ourlap with tufts of rafda. or Mada- gascar grass, sewed thiclkly all over the coats and trousers. The coat has a headpiece with eyeholes so that the sniper's head is completely enveloped.
 American troops in the vosges have used these camoufiage suits with great effect. The grass covered bur- lap is merged into the grass through which the sniper crawls and even when only 25 feet distant his pres- ence cannot be detected.
 These suits are made by French women in the American camoufiage station behind the lines.
 The disappearing building" is one of the curious contrivances of the camouf1age artists here. The building is the size of a two-story frame cot-' tage. Viewed close at hand it stands out plainly enough, and even at 100 feet the cottage is quite clear. But at the distance from the enemy ob. l servations would be made, or from an airplane at 5000 feet, the building does in fact disappear" This is done by the painting in great wavy lines of green and brown which, at a dis tance, obliterates the straight lines oe ] roof, gamble, windows and doors, and transform the whole structure into @ blur of green-brown color which blends into the grass and ground. | That is the director of properties for David Belasco," said the escort, as we passed g. soldier. This disclosed that, besides, the artists of this cam- | outage coloring, there are well known actors, stage managers, scene paints CTS, property directS&s and cinema artists.
 The actors gave a show the otheH. night for the women workers. liners was a camou1age chariot race, cam- oufiage gladiators, and camoufiage lions and tigers. One of the camouS f1age tigers looked 90 real that iS nearly caused a panic when it got | down among the women.
 Colonel Bennion's camouf1age force. besides the 800 people here, has 25O more along the iron n5-15 men and anl officer with each American division erecting camouf1age devices and pue- ting into use dummies and decoYs,
 Two of the camoufage force at the front have been killed, Sergeant Ernest A. Herter, son of a we'll known interior decorator of New York, and Lieut.. Harry Thrasher.s an American sculptor, who fell as the Americans were hammering their way into Fismes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
TRUE CHARACTER OF TIE BLOND BEAST REVEALED BY ONE WHO HAS
 HAD OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW HIM

A letter from William M. Grosve- nor, Consulting Chemist and Factory Engineer, of New York City:
 A year in a German factory follow ed by eight years of almost constant business and social contact with the German in various parts of Germany, Austria and the United States has taught me these truths, as four years II Germany taught Gerard, and three years in Belgium taught Whitlock.
 IT-the Blond Beast that persont- f1es modern Germany, the terrible soulless half blind THING, mad with hallucina lions of world dominion--IT cannot comprehend. Forty years 1t has been systematically trained to be blind to every duty except it's selfish gain (the survival of the most ruth less), to every virtue except it's pride, to every right except it's might. Bred in the bone, suckled at the breast, taught in the schools, preached in the pulpits and venerated at the graves of the German people for two genera | tions, it has entered into the modern German in place of a soul, and you | cannot hope to cast it out in & few years, or by 8 change in form of gov ernment. The meaning of a nation is not its political system, but the ideal of it's people.
 1 No permanent peace can be hoped 1 for, that is not founded squarely or
 the absolute destruction of it's god
 Might. Also the ways of peace mus | Jo Po af | individual German by some form ot i personal restitution until the worship 1 of the Blond Beast is purged iron i his creed. The individual German 1 (not merely the rulers) must learr | that might does not make right, tha | the war lords cannot order God abou | or suspend the Ten Commandments l that being a decent member of thC 1 human race is paramount to bein(
 loyal to any government, that culture | involves a gentleness which is no
 weakness but Is diametrically oppoS 1 ed to Kultur, that a scrap of paper i
 well worth dying for if it represent
 honor, and thousands of other Ik
 things down to the everyday code tha
 a good sport is no squealing welche
 and surrender is not a legitimat'
 means to knife your enemy in tn
 back Today the German lnind-th
 mind of the ordinary German indi
 vidual has no comprehension of thes
 things. His answer is Germany owe
 all," or Military necessity" or 9Th
 Fatherland can do no wrong," or 9Th
 spread of Kultur," or Tt IS best fo l EENTIT ro1ioinT1 ia Q 6i
 in Berlin" Among other things, h.
 must be painstalkingly, slowly, thor
 oughly taught that religion is no nor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25

time for them to awake and seize the opportunity given to them. This IS the critical hour of German liberty. The Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs must pass into history; they and thelr Junkers must have no part in the free Germany of the future. The days following 1915 and 1848, days or promises unfulfilled and hopes or popular free government killed ana crushed under the heel of militarlsm and Kaiserism must not be repeated
 In appealing to the German people, we German-Americans act rom 1T'''- tives of seIf-interest as well as out of sympathy for our racial brothers for if the German government re- mains autocratic, militarism and com pulsion will endanger free institu- tions throughout the world. The mo- ment the common people rise and seize the reins of government, they will have laid a secure foundation for peace and rehabilitation of their own honor and good name.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25

of Germany. To the assurance of such a program with its lesson to the world we would gladly, give our money, our service and our lives. With any make-shift, peace at present, our Liberty Bonds are likely to be repudiated by our Hun conquerors before they mature and fortunate shall we be if we die first and die childless. We must finish the fight and keep the faith now, or God help the coming generations
 Think of the colossal theft of all private property even the carting away of the fertile top soil to leave the very land worthless. Think of the reliberate, the wanton destruction of 5all private and public property which the Beast could not steal. Think of the painstakingly planned and off, cially authorized wholesale brutality Kidnapping into slavery, torture, star vation, maiming of children, idle murder and rape of women, in Bel gium, France, Italy, Serbia, Run1ania Poland and Russia. And then, as you love your country, your children, youl mother, your wife and your God con sfder no make-shift peace.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
A PUNCH FESTIVAL

The largest punch bowl ever used was that utilized, at a party given at Alicant by Admiral Edward Rus sell PA years ago today, Oct. 25, 1894, when a marble fountain was converted for the occasion into a punch bowl The ingredients used in brewing the punch included four hozsheads of brandy, one pipe of Malaga wine, twenty gallons of lime juice, $500 lemons, 1900 pounds of white sugar, five pounds of grated nutmeg, 300 toasted biscuits and eight hogsheads of water. A boy in a boat filled the cups of the 500 per sons who partook of the contents of the mighty punch bowl.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
MUST GUARD SHOES

Amsterdam, Oct 25-The European habit of placing ones shoes outside the bedroom door at night to find them ready cleaned in the morning, no longer obtains in Germany. Leath- CT is so scarce nowadays that boots and shoes have become "objects of value" to be left in custody of the hotel manager. A hotel guest at Cologne, who brought suit against a hotel proprietor to recover damages for his shoes which had disappeared overnight, lost his case and the judge rated the traveller soundly for mot protecting his property better in these dreadful days when thieving ts' ram- pant and hotel staffs reduced owing to the war"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25

Chairman Baruch of the War Tn- dustries Board announced that pro gress was being made in securing wooden ships to bring wool from South America.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25

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Evening star., 1918-06-20
PURCHASE PLAN
FOR FEDERAL COAL YARD

Representatives Of the Chamber of
Commerce today appeared before the
Senate appropriation District COM
mittee in charge of the sundry civil
bill. They protested against the
House item in that bill providing
about $1,500.000 for the establishment
of government coal yards in the Dis
trict of Columbia and the purchase of
coal for the use of the government, to
be paid for one-half out of the federal
Treasury and one-half out of the
revenues of the District.
1t was pointed out that of the 315,-
900 tons which it is proposed to pur-
chase and store. the District will use
sixth. The representatives of the
Chamber of Commerce insisted that
it was unfair to the District of CO.
lumbia to make 1t pay one-half the
expenditure for the coal yards and
the coal.
Henry B. F. Macfarland, chairman of
the committee on District finance, and
John G. Capers. chairman of the COM
mitte9 on law and legislation of the
Chamber of Commerce, were the wit
nesses.
A protest is made also against the
proposal of the government to take
over four existing railroad coal
dumps in the District. on the grounds
that these dumps are needed to handle
coal for private consumers. The fact
has increased enormously even since
last winter was pointed out as rea-
son why all the facilities existing are
needed.
Evening star., 1918-06-20

RICHMOND, Va, June 2o.-Among
the few living veterans of the civil
war. who marched away from this
city to join the ranks of the Union
forces. there is not one who does not
remember the Lady of the Camellias.
In an old-fashioned garden here.
tended by charming southern
belle in crinolines, there grew the
camellias that were to become IA
nous among the fighting men of the
Union Army.
When many Of the young men of
this state decided to join the Blues
against the Butternuts: the charming
belle in crinolines bestowed on each
of the departing boys a bouquet of
camellias. The camellias were a
sort of good luck token. and
each soldier was cautioned not to
part with the bouquet. but to keep
Strange to relate that very few of
the recipients who followed the in
structions of the belle in crinolines
came to harm.
Years later. when the north and
south no longer existed in our fight
first Lady of the Camellias gave to
each of the departing soldiers from
here a bouquet of camellias for
good luck.
Today, from that same old-fashion-
ed camellia garden, the third Lady
of the neutrality-suspicious. E.
Kendrick, is giving the bouquets of
good luck to the soldiers from her
native city. The present Lady of the
Camellias is presenting to each SOL
dier who recei-es the bouquet of
camellias a copy of her Americas
Battle Cry" set to the tune of
Dixie" She is now in New York en-
listing other women to present
camellias to the soldiers.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
800, 900 GERMAN TROOPS
OPERATING IN RUSSIA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Wednesday, June 5.-Ger-
man and Austrian troops now occupy
ing territory Of the former Russian
empire number about 100000. This
excludes Finland. The advanced
enemy line begins at Narva. on the
Bay of Narva, in Esthonia (about
ninety miles west Of Petrograd). and
runs through Pskov, Orsha, Kursk.
Valuiki, Novo Tcherkash and Rostov
and Don.
German and Austrian troops are
about equally divided between the
Ukraine and the district in the north
and are kept constantly moving. ap-
parently with the purpose of prevent
ing the boIsheviki from gaining the
sympathy of the people.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
PARIS WELL GUARDED ABOVE.
In Four Months 800 Machines
Started, 22 Made Trip, 8 Downed.

PARIS. June 19.-The Germans have
attempted fourteen air raids upon
Paris since January 81, but only
twenty-five Of the more than three
hundred machines which took Part in
them have succeeded in flying over
the city, according to q record OF the
enemy efforts published in the Ex-
celsior today.
The newspaper comments upon the
effectiveness Of the aerial defenses
of Paris thus indicated. Nine of the
twenty-five machines which pene-
trated the barrier, 1t adds, were
brought down by the French defenses
of the capital.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
FINE FOR YOUR STOMACH
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There is nothing better for nausea, sick head
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isement.
ANTHRACITE DECREASES.
May Shipments Fall 10000 Tons
Over That of Year Ago.

PHILADELPHIA, June 90 = Ship
ments of anthracite coal for May
amounted to 6,ss7.256 tons, showing
a falling off of 3o,26s tons as COM
pared with May. 1917. They were,
however, 518,sS3 tons in excess of the
April output.
The shipments of domestic sizes de-
creased l74,627 tons, while those OF
steam sizes increased 144.627.
All of the railroads carrying coal
showed a decrease in shipments with
the exception of Reading and the Le-
high Valley.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
Miss Lusk Sentenced.

WAUkESHA, Wis, June 2o.-The
final episode in the trial of Grace
Lusk, convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Mary Newman Roberts, wife of the
former Wisconsin state veterinarian.
was enacted here Tuesday afternoon
when Judge Martin Lueck sentenced
the former school mistress to nine
teen years. Imprisonment at hard la
Dor in the Wisconsin state peniten-
tiary at Waupun.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
REDUCED BREAD.RAT|ON
Anglers AUSTR|AN[Ab0R
Excitement Throughout Dual Mon
archy Threatens Excesses by
Civil Population.

AMSTERDAM, June 20
Vienna dispatches to German
newspapers say that the reduc-
ton OF the bread ration in Aus
tria-Hungary caused immense
excitement throughout the dual
monarchy. All Austrian news
papers, without distinction Of
party, protest against the meas
ure, demand its removal and ask
immediate help from Germany
and Hungary.
Tartar Rabble May Be to Blame.
NEW YORK. June 2o.-James A.
Barton. chairman of the American
committee for Armenian and Syrian
relief of this city. personally
familiar with conditions in Persia
and Turkey, said today that he be-
lieveI the Turkish government would
disavcw any acts by Turkish SOL
diers against Americans or American
property.
THE dispatches tell of the looting
of the American consulate and Amer
lean hospital in Tabriz. Persia, as
done by Turks. assuming that the
Turks who committed these excesses
were members of the Turkish army
and that Turkey was responsible for
it," said Mr.. Barton. THE fact is
that in Turkey and Russia Tartars
are called Turks Those who did the
looting might have been citizens of
Persia. a Tartar rabble or Tartars
from the Transcaucasus in Russia.
II have seen no evidence that the
pillagers were citizens of Turkey or
belonged to the Turkish army. The
State Department. before assuming
it is a hostile act on the part Of
will satisfy itself that the
offenders were actually Turks and
not Tartars."
Turkey were war weary; that their
losses have been severe, and that the
at present was friendly
to the United States and did not de-
sire to see a break. He said he
thought Turkey was awaiting
chance to make a separate peace the
moment Germany and Austria show
signs of collapse in the west.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
Ex.Representative Kennedy Dead.

NAUGATUCK, Conn.,, June 2o.-wil-
liam Kennedy, who represented the
fifth Connecticut district in Congress
in 1875, has died after a long illness
He was formerly chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee
Evening star., 1918-06-20
SURE RUSSIA WILL PAY
HER DEBT TO FRANCE

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. June 1s.-The French gov
ernment has confidence that Russia
will eventually pay her debts. de-
clared Finance Minister Kiotz in the
chamber of deputies yesterday.
Evening star., 1918-06-20
WAY OUT OF WAR
IS THR0UGH|T

DUBUQUE, Iowa. June 2o.-Ameri-
of the effort of farmers, were classed
as an additional guaranty Of the sue
cessful outcome of the war by Sec
retary of Agriculture Houston n an
address today before the Iowa Bank
ers' Association.
Along with his presentation of
figures summarizing agricultural ac-
complishment, he called upon the
residents of cities and towns to see
that bountiful harvests promised do
not waste because of labor shortage
OF the war itself he said. There is
no way out of this grim. business ex-
cept through it."
AS to agricultural EFFORT during
1916. Secretary Houston said the
American farmers had responded
heartily to the call of the allies popu-
lations for food.
What Farmers Have Done.
Farmers planted 23.ooo.0oo acres
more in leading food crops in 1917
than in 1916" he said. "They increas-
900; of other cattle. by nearly 2,000,-
900; the number of sheep, for the first
time in a generation and a half, by
100000. and of swine, by nearly A.
900, 900.
I'm spite of expectations of horses
and mules. they increased the num-
Der by $4,000. The indications are
that they will do better even this
year.
I'VE shall not fail to win the war
because Of food shortage" he said.
Il need not point out to bankers the
| large bearing Of this enormous pro-
duction on the foundations and ma
chinery of finance and credit.
These statements mean another
thing. They mean the DIFFICULTIES of
harvesting.
TT is matter Of patriotism and
business for you to omit no effort to
help in the matter of labor supply.
This duty Is Of the most urgent and
impelling character in this crisis
People Willing to Pay.
II am convinced that the people Of
the nation are willing to pay the nee
| essary taxes and that the fnanciers
OF the nation recognize the necessity
of sound finance.
I'VE fight nation that knows no
law except its own law of necessity,
! made in Prussia, exclusively inter-
preted by her and to be changed by
her at will" he said. in summing up
u enc "oi.o SoHiiiCt. r rom
| this power the orders came to us in
February, 1917.
what answer was there except
one? Life is precious; but not at
| the sacrifice Of everything that makes
| it worth while. National peace is
desirable, but not at the cost of
everything that makes a nation worth
| saving.
I'VE have discovered the truth in
Jefferson's assertion that the tree of
| liberty is a tender plant, and that
| as 1t grows more to more it has to be
I'VE shall not fail. We are aligned
| with the FREQ forces of the world. and
have back Of US the conscience Of
| civilization"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-05
FUNERAL 0FCAPT.
JOHN W. MURPHY

The funeral of the late Capt. "Jack"
Murphy was held at Sanborn on We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Catholic church in that city. A large
delegation of Valley City friends went
up to Sanborn to attend the funeral.
The following is short history Of the
deceased taken from the Bismarck
Tribune:
Death early Monday morning took
Capt. John w. Murphy, one Of the
capital city's best known citizens. Tor
more than a quarter of century he
had been actively identified with the
North Dakota national guard, having
served in the Philippines with the
North Dakota volunteers.
He was elected cautain of Co. A,
First North Dakota National guard, in
the spring of 1917, and he commend
ed that company during the several
months which the North Dakota
troops spent on the border in 1917.
He went to France year ago at the
head of his company, remaining in
command until i'll health necessitated
his retirement several months ago.
For several years the deceased had
Deen sufferer lfOIu CIlIOIlIC OI1SIlI
disease. This condition was aggravat-
ed by a recent attack Of Spanish in
fluenza, which was the direct cause
of his death.
Capt. Murphy was born at Perham,
MIMI, SO years ago. In his early
youth he came with his parents to
North Dakota, and the family located
at Sanborn, where the father, Thomas
Murphy, still resides. About seven
years ago the deceased came to Bis
marck to become secretary at the
state penitentiary, post which he
continued to hold until he entered &C
tive military service. July 6, 1917, ne
was united in marriage at Valley City
with Miss Bess Owen. He is survived
by his young widow, his father, Thorn
as Murphy, who was in the city when
the fatal seizure came; two brothers
Capt. Henry T. Murphy and Lieut.
Ben Murphy, in military service II
France, and a brother, William, al
home.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-05

Mrs. w. F. DuVall arrived home
from Mandan early Sunday morning
where she had been with her son
George, who has been very sick for
several weeks. She reports the boy
sitting up and doing we'll. Several of
the other children are down with light
attacks of the influenza and she was
called home to attend to them. w. F.
still keeps his health and if he does
not get it we shall feel that part of our
newspapers can be delivered, because
he has been helping US out wonder
fully while two of the carrier boys are
out of commission. There is one thing
to be said about "Billy." If you get
in a pinch he is mighty good man
to make a pinch hit for you. 1t will
be grand and glorious feeling when
"Au" takes a final hike from the
country
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of the Estate of Ralp
M Mo4aolE loaoocod

In the Matter Of the Estate of Ralph
M. Metcalf, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Dora Metcalf, executriX of the
Last Will of Ralph M. Metcalf, late Of
the township Of Oriska, in the County
of Barnes and State of North Dakota,
deceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against, said
deceased, to exhibit them with the nee
essary vouchers, within four months,
after the first publication Of this no.
tice, to said executrix at the law Offices
of Winterer, Combs & Richie, in the
city of Valley City in said Barnes
county.
Dated November 20, A. D. 1918.
DORA METCALF,
Executrix.
First publication on the 21st day OF
November, A. D. 1918.
Winterer, Combs & Richie,
Attorneys for Executrix,
Valley City, N. D.
list pub. Nov. 81: last pub. Dec. 12)