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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-10-24

On account of the scourge of disease which has swept
over our state the Republican party of Vermont was
unable to hold state convention adopt platform
The Republican candidates for state office, however
have made declaration of principles, which in brief
is as follows:
l. A sound business administration for Vermont.
g Every resource of state and nation to be dedicat-
ed to winning the
g. No peace without victory
A. Business principles in National affairs.
s Return to their owners after the of all public
Tho Pom
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To get to the cemetery. we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
to and fro.
As the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte private is entitled to "some-
where In France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted in front of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machlne-gun bullets were
Cracking" in the air above us. but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
itit DtlOft tIt bEuNt WIS iiitu ii'
1 could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blnnket-covered face of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get n
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
! with white stones.
That night, In the light of q lonely
candle In the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-line trench / wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother. the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this l cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart. and 1 think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and Joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
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KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swampkoot.
Swamp-Root is scientifically compound
ed from vegetable herbs.
1t is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
According to verified testimony it is
natures great helper in relieving and over
coming kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should have
the best.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp Root is what you need, you will
find it on sale at all drug stores in bottles
Of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.


was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door Of
same was little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
1 learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the "Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud. washed in mud, ate mud.
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, NJ U D. The floor
of the dugout was an inch deep In
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came a drip.
drip. drip. Suicide Annex was hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to It,
| These steps We're cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
| or else he would "shoot the chutes."
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's fags with u
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung miscellaneous assort-
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb--one candle
in reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chatterlng
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much.
While / was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing letter, looked up and limo.
Gently asked, "Say. Yank, how do you
spell 'confagration?
i looked at him in contempt and an
swered that l did not know
From the darkness In one of the cor.
ners came "A thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles N your Old Kit
Bag. and Smile, Smile. Smile
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough. cough. cough, bu,
1t was good illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
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THE GREAT WAR HAS MADE
CIGARETTES A NECESSITY.

"our boys must have their
smokes. Send them cigarettes!"
This is familiar appeal now to
all Of US.
Among those most in demand is
the now famous toasted" ciga-
rette-LUCKY STRIKE. Thou
sands of this favorlte brand have
been shipped to France. There
is something homelike and friend
ly to the boys in the sight of the
familiar green packages with the
red circle.
This homelike, appetizing quail
ity of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga-
rette is largely due to the fact
that the Burley tobacco used In
making it has been toasted. "It's
toasted" was the slogan" that
made a great success of LUCKY
STRIKE in less than year. Now
the American Tobacco Co. is max
ing 10 million LUCKY STRIKE
Cigarettes day.
A good part of this immense
production is making its way
across the water to cheer our
boys.-Adv.
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LEMONS WHITEN
THE COMPLEXION
ANY WOMAN CAN MAKE UP THIS
CREAMY BEAUTY LOTION
FOR A FEW CENTS.

The juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white makes whole quar-
ter pint of the most remarkable lemon
skin beautifier at about the cost one
must pay for small jar of the ordi-
nary cold creams. Care should be tax
en- to strain the lemon juice through u
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in.
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach a dark
ened skin and remove such blemishes
as freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener. whitener and
beautifier.
Just try 1t! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint of this sweetly fra.
grant lemon lotion and massage 1t daily
into the face, neck, arms and hands,
Adv.
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A machine gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me n hard look.
sneaked past him. sliding and Slipping.
and reached my section of the frort-
line trench, where l was greeted by
the sergeant. who asked me. where
in - ave you been?"
l made no answer but sat on the
muddy fire step. shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later l
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. AT ten o'clock i was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The ruin sud
denly stopped and we all breathed
sigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
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governor" because he was laid up
with cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
wich arsenal. II n man should manage
to doze Off, likely as not he would wake
with start as the clammy, cold feet
of rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with belt full of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
| back, with tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
| "cooties" boring for oil In your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil of
grimy human bodies and smoke from
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn in
| the trench for rest.
| While in a front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment.
The "cooties" take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
| Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until
| hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
| Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until 1t gets light. or the
welcome order ''stand down" is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" is Or
dered, the command five rounds rap
i'd" is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the "duck"). There Is
n great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all on
first. because the early bird, In this In
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the jump on the other fellow. catching
him unawares.
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CHAPTER X.
"The Days Work.n

i was fast learning that there Is
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although 1t is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences at sundown. Tommy is
like a burglar. he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word "stand to" is passed from trav-
erse to traverse. and the men get busy.
The first relief. consisting of two men
to a traverse mount the fire step. one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet. ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Nuns
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
relax his watch for second. If he Is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayonets fixed. ready for any emer-
gency, or If lucky, and dugout hap
pens to be in the near vicinity of the
traverse, and If the night is quiet. they
are permitted to go to- same and try
and snatch few wlnks of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around smoking fags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-05
MOVABLE HOUSES
SUITED TO HOGS
A-Shaped Type Especially Adapt
ed to Beginner in Swine
Business.
GOOD IN SUMMER AND WINTER
Front Can Be Closed In Colder cIi-
mates-Afford Needed Shelter for
Sow and Litter-Lanterns VIII
Supply Heat.

Movable or colony hog houses are
especially suited to the needs of the
farmer just starting in the hog bust
ness and also for pig club members
who are doing their part to help the
10 per cent increase needed in hog
population. These houses. especially
where the winters are mild, will meet
all the needs of hogs for shelter both
from the hot sun of summer and the
dampness and storm of winter. They
can be moved from field to field as
the pigs are changed from one grazing
crop to another. Their use makes it
easy to keep the hogs healthy, as the
house can be moved as soon as one
place becomes unclean.
A-Shaped House.
Two types-the box-shaped house
and the A-shaped house-are described
by specialists of the United States de-
partment of agriculture in recent
publication. This article deals with
the construction Of the smaller or
A-shaped shelter The A-shaped house
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton and plans, is 8 feet wide and 6
feet from back to front. The founda-
tion is made of three runners of by
finch material or straight poles. A
floor of 1-inch material is nailed to the
three runners. Pieces 2 by A inches
are nailed along the outside of the
floor to keep the sides from spreading
at the bottom.
The sides are built on the ground
and then set up. Each side is made of six
by 12-inch boards 8 feet long. These
are held together by two 2 by finch
crosspieces, one about 8 inches from
the top and the other about 3a feet.
About 10 inches from the bottom of
the sides 2 by 6-inch piece is nailed
edgewise and braced at the ends by
blocks as shown in the illustration.
This piece will act as a guard rail and
prevent the SOW from laying on her
pigs. The two sides are set up and
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fastened together by a saddle of two
1 by 6-inch boards.
There should also be a board nailed
across the front to help hold the sides.
AS framework for the back, 2 by 4
inch pieces are placed upright 2 feet
from each side and nailed to the floor
and sides. A crosspiece is put in 2 feet
from the floor. The back boards are
nailed to this framework and to the
sides. A guard rail should be placed
across the back the same as on the
sides. The sides should be fastened
firmly together so that no storm will
blow them down. The cracks should
be covered with batten. Guy wires
should be put in place to keep the
house from blowing over IL in an ex-
posed position.
For Fattenlne Pigs.
The A-type house is very good for
few fattening pigs and may be used
to house sow and litter In warmer
climates. In sections where cold win
tiers are experienced the front should
be closed in. This will make a good
shelter for a sow and her spring litter.
IL tne front Ii 10 De ClOSeu tIiS ShOulu
be decided before the house is built.
This is necessary for two reasons.
First. provision for ventilation should
be made, which can be done by insert
ing three or four 6-inch pieces of 2 by
finch material at the apex and spiking
the sides firmly to them, thus provid-
ing series of 2-inch spaces for venti-
lation. The saddleboards are raised.
Second, the insertion of the blocks to
provide for ventilation will change the
angle at which the boards for the
back are cut.
In building the front proceed the
same as with the back. The door
should be % inches by 8 feet. If the
front is closed the window In the front
should be on hinges so that 1t may be
opened to give ventilation.
If the weather is severe at farrowing
time. one or two lighted lanterns hung
in the top of the house will make 1t
quite comfortable for the young pigs.
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GET THIS CIRCULAR ON
MOVABLE SWINE HOUSES

Proper housing is important In
increasing hog production. Good
houses reduce the amount of
feed consumed and prevent
losses from exposure. especially
with the early spring litters.
Movable Hog Houses" circular
102, office of the secretary Of ag-
riculture, just published, tells
how to make two types of inex-
pensive hog houses-the box
shaped and the "A"-shaped kind.
Write for this publication.
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An Impossjbjjity.

Heres n woman wants to be di-
vorced because her husband is too per-
feet"
well, do you suppose any woman
could be happy with husband who
never gave her chance to find
fault?'
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Chicago.-Butter-C 35941c
Eggs-Firsts, 34A @34Mc; ordinary
firsts, 33H 34c: at mark, cases included
SO a 34c.
Potatoes-wisconsin. Michigan and
Minnesota, bulk, S5c@$1.00; same.
sacks. soc q Sl.05.
Roosters-steady: young. csc.
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Kansas city Produce

Kansas City.-Creamery, 40c; firsta
y1c; seconds, acc; packing, ale.
Eggs-Firsts, sac.
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Gree. saIteI PeIt..
Dry Flint PeIts.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Metal Market Prices.
New York.-Bar silver, 92hc.
Copper. $24.50.
Lead. $7.25.
st. Louis,-Spelter. S7.45.
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FRECKLES
New b he ri.s T. Get Rid Of Thsse Ugly Sss.,

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed of your freckies. as the pre-
scription othine-doubie strength-is guar.
anteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get ounce of othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply .
little of II night and morning and you should
soon that even the worst freckles have
begun to disappear. while the lighter ones
have vanished entirely. 1t 10 seldom that
more than one ounce IL needed to completely
clear the skin and gain beautiful clear
complexion. "
Be sure to ask for the double strength 9TH
Inc. as this 10 sold under guarantee OF money
back II It fails to remove freckies-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1918-04-05
Better ALI.

June-So that is his better halff
Jane-Yes. and 40 per cent of the
rest.
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More Children In Court.

The annual report of the children's
court of New York city shows that
1859 children came before the court
last year, an increase of 1904 over the
previous year.
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All the Amount.

All the Amount.
"Well, Hardupp, did you raise my
thing on your promise to pay?"
"Sure; I raised SMILE"
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Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
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L.inseed.

Duluth. Minn.-Linseed-S4. @4.2a;
May, $t.1S asked; July, $4.16 asked; Oc-
tober, $3.50 asked.
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Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates. 60
per cent, s2O.O0G 22.50 per unit; crude
cent. si2.o0ais.50; 10 per cent, $500
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No wonder some women look faded
they spend too much time casting
whitening glances at the men.
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Empey goes "over the top" for
the first time and has . hand
to-hand fight with a giant Prus-
sian. In the next lnstaIIment he
tells the story Of this thrilling
charge.
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Strange how a fellow with plenty
of spare time never seems to do any.
thing.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices

Chicago.-Corn-No. 2 yellow, $3.50;
No; 3 yellow. $1.s5 1.7o: No. yellow,
oats-No white. ssx 0s5c: stand.
Rye.So. 2. ,2.ea@2.s2h.
Barley-Sl.6061
Timothy--S6 90 q s.25.
Cloyer-S2S.O04 31.00.
Lard-y25.97.
Ribs-$23s7924.37
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HIDES AND rELrs.
Dry Hides.

Flint butcher. lib. lb................ 20
Flint, fallen. lb. b.................. 81
Flint, bull and stag, lb......... IL
Flint. culls and glue. lb... Y
Horse hides i/2 to z/s price Of green
salted.
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To the traveller the best guide Is g
checkbook.
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DRESSED POULTRY.
Live Poultry.
(Prices net FOB. DenveI
EGGS.

Eggs. graded No. l net, +
Eggs. graded No. 2 net, +.
y. b. Denver. ............. Z
Esgs. count. misc.
cases, less commission. 9.25 q s.5'
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Grain in Minneapolis.

efuin - Mtma<1Pohss
iinneapolis Minn.-Rye, $3.01 @ 500
Barley-s1.409
Bran-1ss14.
Corn-No, 3 yellow. 31.70Q1.75.
Oets-No. 3 white. 91k 0s2Ac.
Plax-34l104.16.
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HAY AND CHAIN MAuKEr.
IF. o. B. Denver. Carload Price.)
HAY.
BuyInv rriecs-per To-
q v orATIo N q

-Four.
Hungarian patent. 9s lbs. sacked.
subject to discount. .......... $50
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'egetables,

Apples. Colo. new fancy. box. 1.oo02.5
FEARS. Colo. s.0V
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Butter.

Creameries. ex. lst grade. lb. Al 942
Creameries. I'd grade, lb. .....39 GAO
TroGess '.So X3S
Packing stock ...............30 V3l
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GRO BE CONTINUED,
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Green s.Ited Cured Hides. etc.
CaIf .nd KIP, Green snIted.

i. &c less than cured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27
Griffith s Famous
Intolerance---Isis

At the Isis ali this week will be
shown p, w. Grif71th's famous $1,000
900 spectacle. Intolerance" with its
vast army of men. women and horses,
totaiipg nearly I2e. 0eo In ali.
In this amazing production, which
eminent critics. writer's and educators
have praised an the biggest and most
novel stage art-work of any descrip-
ton ever created. you will see four
parallel stories presented as one-a
form Of dramatic construction invent
ed by Mr. Ciriffith. which has been
acknowledged the only new idea In
STAGE storytelling conceived by man
In the past two thousand years.
Throughout "Intoierance" with its
pomp and wickedness OF ancient days,
it's laughter and thrills and adventures,
its clash OF mighty men when war
was fought with siege towers and
catapuits, battering rams and liquid
FIRE. you will see love-Rlorious love-
from the devoted attachment of the
dear one and the boy in the modern
story, and the Romeo and Juliet like
one of brown eyes and prosper in the
French episode, TO the barbaric pas-
sion Of Beishaxzar and Princess Be
loved who die. clingfng 20 each other
lips as mighty Babylon falls,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27
Increases In Wages
Considered Damaging
by Press Of London

London. Jan. es.--''Fresh cycles of
wage advances succeed one another.
Each one results In further increases
of prfce@ or In preventing q reduction
of prices. The producers are raising
prices against themselves as consum-
ers. Meantime the cost Of the war
IL vastly increased. We are deeply
Impressed by the seriousness OF the
position. and are convinced that. II
the process continues. the result can
hardly fail to be disastrous to all
classes Of the nation"
This ~ the warning uttered by the
select committee ON national expen-
diture. II exposes the faIiacy of the
notion that real benefit is being de-
rived from successive rises Ia wages
In the present condition OF affairs.
The Statistics which are accepted
as the starting point for all discus
sions OF wages may perhaps repre-
sent the actual facts" states the COM
mtttee, ''but n Is far from certain
that they DO"
Both the public and the govern
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27
THE RIcHMoND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., yANUARY q. I2s

|,s,cr. are blamed by me conmftxse
for existing conditions People are
lsnissnw prices by spending freely. and
roverurnent control OF prices mas
he~n inadequate. Other reasons ss-
~i~r~d are the expansion Of credits,
linrreases IN rates Of prodt. ana m
tayorab,e rates of exchange Tns
remedies suggested are;
Whatever measures are pcsssoie
should be taken by tho government
Ia avoid the creation Of new credits
In financing the war.
Measures for the limitation OF
n-of.s should be Continued and
strengthened, and should be made
mcre widely known 20 the people.
The strongest case should DO re-
rutred 70 be established before any
ADVANCE of wages In conceded on any
ground other than the rise In the cost
OF living. Nor should 70 be regarded
az a ruIe--and We have no reason to
think that labor In general desires
that II should--tha& wages eaxners. In
receipt of not inadequate pay before
the war. should be exempted from MI
share I'm the economic sacrifices By a
state of war.
A single policy under the general
direction of one authority should be
adopted In ali industries In the de-
Termination OF wage questions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27
ARMY OFFICER CIAASHFS
WITH GERMANY WIFE

Philadelphia, Jan. 2s.-T7ie clash
ing OF their nationalities has resulted
in the fling of divorce action
aga inst Captain John w. Converse
by his wife Mrs. Converse was born
and bred In Germany. They met In
Paris I'm 1909 and were married in
Wiesbaden. Germany few months
later.
Last summer Converse entered the
officers school at Fort Niagara, ~. Y.
After his training he was made q
captain in the 3i1th feld artillery.
separation has appeared inevitable
ever since il was certain he would
soon command guns IN action against
his wife's countrymen.