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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18
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meuns that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire rs rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck (wth
the emphasis on the "duckD. There is
a great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all of
first, because the early bird in this in
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the jump on the other fellow, catching
him unaWarCS.
We had sergeant in our battalion
named Warren. He was ON duty with
his platoon In The fac trench one after
noon when orders came up from the
rear that he had been granted seven
days leave for Blighty, and would he
relieved at five o'clock TO proceed to
England.
He was tickled to death at these
welcome tidinGs and RECALLED his more
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18

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 cx-
panSp 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 II 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
governor" because he was laid UP
with q cold contracted by getting his
feet wet On his way to work In Wool
wich arsenal. If man should manage
TO dOze off, likely as not he would wake
with start as the clamny, cold feet
Of q rat passed over his face or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentrles In the trench.
Just try to sleep with belt full of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenChlDg tool
handle sticking Into the small Of your
back, with tin hat for n pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
'cooties" boring for oil in your arm.
pits, the air foul from the stencil of
grlmy human bodies and smoke from
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos.
trils, tSen you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes q 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 bllets 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 It gets light or the
welcome order "stand down is given.
Sometimes before "staud down" Is or
dered, the command five rounds rap
Id" is passed along the trench, This
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18
CHAPTER X.
"The Days Work"

I was fast learning that there IS a
regular routine about the work of the
trenches although it is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences ut 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 q 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 OIL.
Ger Of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18

tumbled off the step, fell into the mud
at the bottom nf the trench, and lay
still in huddled heap with a bullet
hole in his forehead.
At about the time he expected to ar
rive at Waterloo station be was laid
to rest in little cemetery behind the
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18

or less cnvious mates beside him on
the fire step with the good times in
store for him. He figured 1t out that
in two days time he would arrive at
Waterloo station, London, and then
seven days blissl
At about five minutes to five he
started to fidget with his rifle, and
then suddenly springing up on the fire
step with a muttered, "I'll send over
a couple Of souvenirs to Fritz so that
he'll miss me when leave he stuck
his rife over the top and fired two shots
when "crNck" went Il bullet and he
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18
Ito Be Contlnued)
SpeakInu and THINKING,

Mrs. Peck-T always think twice
before I speak once" Peck-"Exactly
my dear--but then you are such Q
quick thinker"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18
Avoid Neulect OF Duty.

A great many things contribute to
make life success, but you can spoil
It simply by neglect
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1918-04-18
Great 6rItaln's Inland Waterways.

Taking the canals Of England and
Wales altogether, there are 2,877 locks
for $500 miles of waterways.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
PETRoGRAD IS DESCRIBED
 AS A "CITY OF HORRORSD

Washington, Dec. 12.-VioIent meas nres are still being adopted by the commission charged with combating the revolt against the Bolsheviki, ac- cording to advices reaching Washing ton today through official channels. Executions were said to be numerous, the victims including many priests and monks.
 Reports from Petrograd dated as late as Dec. and said to emanate from official sources state that the antirevolutionary commission con tinues to sentence people to death on the mere suspicion of having express ed counter er-reNolutionary views. In one small city, Katernitj in Viatka, ten people recently were executed, and at Spask the commission was said to have caused twenty two people to be shot. Foreigners reaching nutral coun : tries from Petrograd say that condi- tions in that city are beyond human power to grasp" one describing it as "a city of horrors"
 The Bolshevilzi also have planned to use even the legations of neutral countries at Petrograd in the event it became necessary to save their own lives in case of allied occupation of the city, it is stated in these advices. The Swedish legation was threatened by the Bolsheviki for a time, but now is said to be safe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
ARE YOU LIVING DEcENTLYH
 OR MERELY EXISTING?

Chicago. Dec. 12.--A distinction be- tween living decently and merely ex- isting was drawn today by Professor Roya! Meeker. former professor of economies at Princeton university, who testified before Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler in the. wage controversy be- tween the packers and the stockyards employees. Tie witness at present is employed as commissioner of statistics for the United States department of labor. He told of various investiga : tions made into the cost ot maintain ing workingmen's' families and declar- ed that in his judgment si,l50 a year was the minimum required to enable a workingman and family of five to live decently. These figures. he said
 were based on a survey made in 1916
 and the cost of flying had materially increased since then Any wages un der that, he said. compelled the work mans family merely to eNst, often with the aid of charitable organiga tions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
DANIELS FOR CONTROL OF 3
 ALL RADIO COMMUNICATION

Washington, Dec. 12.-Secretary Daniels, appearing before the house merchant marine committee today in behalf of the administration bill for permanent government control of all radio communication, through aequi- sition by the navy department of all shore wireless stations. said:
 T hope the bill will not be con founded ith-a proposition for gem eral government ownership of public utilities. Radio communication stands apart because the air cannot be con trolled and the safe thing is that only one concern should control and own it."
 Opposition to the measure was voiced by Representatives Greene of Massachusetts and Edmonds of Penn sylvania, republicans, on the ground that it was part of government ownership policy.
 Expenditure Of $5,000,000 will be necessary, MT. Daniels said, to buy all stations and equipments in the United States or insular possessions not now owned by the government.
 Secretary Daniels told of some of the benefits of radio control in the war. He said that the alien property custodian, through one intercepted message, obtained the information that led to the seizure of $1G.000, 900 worth of German owned ships and that another message proved the ene- my ownership of the Sayviile station.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13

On Board the U. s. 5. George Wash hgton, Tuesday, Dec. 1o.--(By Wire less to The Associated. Press). Presi- derla Wilson learned today by wireless from Colonel Edward Ai House that the plans of the French government contemplate the peace conference ges- ting down to its sessions priUr to Jan. .. and he at once began arranging his rlans SO as to utilize the intervening time ta clear up his visits 70 the bat tie front, the American troops and Italy, the other functions. in order to leave his time entirely free when the conference begins.
 In the meantime he will nave infor- nal conferences with Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain. Premier C.emenceau of France. Premier Or lando of Italy and others, to smooth out any points of difference which may arise between the United States and the allies with regard to the ground work of the conference.
 The president is planning to avoid vigorously all functions not necessar- fly of an official nature and will veto an pleasure trips.
 Virtually all of next week has been reserved by President Wilson for con- ferences, at which he will emphasize the idea that league of nations nec- eSsarily must be part of the peace treaties and is not a subject for sep arate action. Immediately after the Christmas holiday, the president prob ably will go to Italy. returning 10 Paris on January 2. ready to attend the peace conference.
 Tn the meantime he will visit the the devastated portion of France and General Pershing at the front for a review. and he probably will march at the head of the American column in a combined demonstration in Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
BRITISH PATRcLLING THE
 RHINE BRIDGE AT COLOGNE

Cologne, Sunday, Dec s.-(By The A P.l British troops today WereNia possession of all the great bridges across the. Rhine at Cologne as & rel suit of inc sudden and expected withl drawal of German sentries from the eastern end of the crossings during the night.
 British soldiers yesterday were pa- trolling two-thirds of each bridge while the Germans were keeping their beats over the remaining third. About ten o'clock last night it was nIced that the Germans had disappeared and investigation showed they had de- Earted, presumably to reJoin the re- tiring Teuton army.
 In going. the Germans cut the elec- trfc wires in. the towers on their end of the bridge leaving the eastern side ill darkness. There was no other req son for this, according to army off, cers. than to cause annoyance to the British if possible.
 The arrival of Scotch infantry in the city late today caused the great1 est excitement among the sightseers as the llilties swung through the . streets. behind their wailing bagpipes. Thousands of folk hastily collected to see the strange soldiers iii skirts, of whom Cologne had heard with unbe- levins ears.
 So eagerly did the people press for F;ard that at times traffic virtually was halted Certainly for a moment the crowds came as near forgetting their hatred of the allies as tl7cs had at any time in four years for the . .Highlanders made great hit and drew smile to many hard faces.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
Warsflips are to
 Transport Troops
IA BattIeships and 10 Cruisers to Be Re6tted A Tran sports Assigned.

New Yorlr, Dec. 12.-Wita fourteen battleships and ten arTnored cruisers, refitted as troop ships and A trans ports assigned to this service the navy department expects to play q prop1in- ent part in bringing home from Frame the American expe. .iitiouafy forces. The battleshifs will carry on the aver age of 1000 soldiers and the cruisers 1900, in addition to their crews. it was learned tonight at the office of. the cruiser and transport service here, while the troop ships vii ba utilized largely to convey the sick and wound ed.
 Nearly all the navy transp Dgts, it was stated, rave been eTntnpei with large sick bays, and from now On they will accommodate virtua.,Iy the entire westward flow of soldiers in- capacitated ty wounds. irJur!es or iil- ness. leaving to the trans,3rne war ships and to the army transport de- pertinent the returning Cf well troops
 The cruiser North Car r1ilnt, first of the warships to be equipna;l'as tenn porary transport, already is oil the way to Brest to pick up DO officers and 1900 men assigned 10 demobili- Zatlon camps. Work ol3 .re erection Of standee hunks is nearly completed in the other warships designated for this duty, and most of them. t was stat ed, will sail within few days.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
SCHEME OUTLINED TO
 GERMAN AGENTS HERE

Washington. Dec 12@Chairman Overman, of the senate committee in- vestigating beer and German propa- ganda today made public letter from Edward Lyle Fox, asserting that au- thors of a scheme outlined to German agents in this country to stir up anti Japanese feeling on the Pacific coast had no intention of the plan being carried out. The purpose, Fox said, twas rather to enable a third person to sWindle Captain Von Papen, flor mer German military attache here) cut of a sum of money and then laugh at him..
 Fox is one of the newspaper cor respondents alleged to have been sent to Germany by Teutonic agents in America to send back pro-German news to this country. Last week, A. Bruce Bfelaski, of the departme of justice, produced before the investi- gating committee a communication, written by Fox and suggesting thai ti-Japanese feeling be stirred up. Hiram Moe Greene, editor of the H. lustrated Sunday Magazine, was named in the communication and in his letter to Chairman Overman, Fox said 8 great injustice had Teen done Greene by involving him in the mat ter.
 He is. so far as 1 know, complete ly innocent" said Fox's letter, land the unknowing victim of an absurd scheme which was not original with me, but in the preparation of which I assisted to the extent of copying and revising what another gave me, well knowing it's absurdity and its pur- pose"
 A letter from E. C. Richardson of Princeton University. whose name ETas contained in tho important list' of | f.ames taken from papers Of pr. r R. Fuehr, German propagandist. also was inserted in the recovery today l Mr. Richardson said he had not been | rro-German but that he believed he
 could prov himself to have been ''pro- | patria''
 1 Messages vouching for the loyalty Of Professor Albert Bushnell Hart oi 1 Harvard. whose name also was also WAS in the Important list" also were
 placed in the record, while Senator 1 Weeks of Massachusetts spoke in the
 senate today to record that no oMe ir i Massachusetts believes Professor Hart | ever was pro- German s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
AiRPLANEs FOR NEW YoR.t-
 - CHICAGO AIR MAIL ROUTE

Elizabeth. N j.. Dec. Within the next few days airplanes will be de- livered to tlie stations along the New York Chicago air mail route to pre- pare for inauguration of the service next Wednesday,. it was announced here tonight The stations between here and the western termlnus will be at I.el1ighton. Pa, Bellefonte, Pa, Clarion, Pa, Cleveland o. and Bryan, O. Sixteen aNiators will he used.
 The air mail service actually will start from Elizabeth instead of from New York, the first class and regis tered mail which wilt he carried be- ing brought here by rail from New York, Philadelphla, Trenton, Balti- more and Washington.
 The schedule for tho westward flights is as follows: Leave Elizabeth $ a. m. Cleveland 11.30 a., m. arrive at Chicago at 3 D. m. The eastward flight from Chicago will start and end at the same time as the westward. the stop at Cleveland being at s30 a. 1H.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
FAVoRs ALI AMERICAN
 NATIONS AT PEACE TABLE

Boston, Dec. 12.-Speal1ing at the City Club tonight, Dr. Romulo s. Naon. formerly ambassador to the United States from rgentina, suggest ed that every nation on the western continent ought to have a voice in the discussion of world reconstruction in asmuch as the new plan of interna- tional responsibility was of vital con cefn to the least of them. He en- 0o-sed the leadership of the United States in the plan for permanent peace and said that in every moment of the war Argentina had shaded the anxie- ties and hopes of this country. .
 The fulfillment of the policy of Pan Americanism. was, he believed, a po- htical necessity for the republics of the new world.
 The peace conference whose ses- sions are about to begin he said, 'wfl be called upon 10 deal with problems of capital importance as af- fecting the future destinies of the world. The first of these relates en- tirely to questions of a military char acted and to the terms to be imposed 10 secure the fruits of victory.
 The second and one of the most important, embodies the condition of the independence of the nations, a po- htica1 problem pregnant with diffi- culties and dangers which inspire the statesmen of this continent with mo- tiyes of very deep concern. Upon the solution that the peace conference may give to these problems will de- pend immediately the international organization of Europe, but it will al- SO affect indirectly the Pan -American policy, for the reason that those prin- ciples will be sanctioned through the intervention and the highly deserved influence of the United States.
 Now I submit this question: is it possible that such a problem so full Of consequences, can only be solved by the great powers and withc,.~ the intervention of every one Of the par ties interested in it's adjustment Is il even advisable that the consultations upon this subject should take place without the individual participation oi every American country. when Pan. Americanism cannot exist except up. on the basis of the sovereign equality of nations2''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
PRESIDENT. WILSON GETS
 GLIMPSE OF THE AZORES

On Board the U. s. s. George Wash ington, Tuesday, Dec. 10 (By Wireless to The A. P.).-The George Washing ton rounded the Azores this morning, running close in to give the presi- dent an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the. American naval base. 2.
 At dawn a f1otilla of American de- stroyers from the Brest squadron came over the, horizon and soon after breakfast the islands were sighted, low hyng in the. early mist. The Por- tuguese warships were saluted and re- turned a salute of twenty one guns.
 The dreadnought Pennsylvania broke out signals to the fotilla to follow, and the presidents flag was flown from the George Washington's main- peak. The augmented escort then spread out in a broad column and the islands were rounded, the. fleet head ing northward toward Brest, which probably will be reached Friday after noon. .---.-- .-.., .-
 President Wilson spent his time in hard work during the morning and dined with the members of the com mission and the two ambassadors ir the evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
SYSTEM OF MULT1PLEx &
 TELEPHONY AND TELEGRAPHY

Washington, Dee. 12 : Postmaster General Bu.itson today male public q letter from Theodore \ Vail. pres;- dent of the American ';'a'es;fapl and Telephone Company announcing t;le invention and development by the technical starr of the Bel system of
 a practical system of riuit:pleS tal- ephony and selegraphy hg tl,2 Ilse. Of which it is TOW possible to increase many fold the message c.lrrying e;,
 pacity- of long telephone and tsle
 graph wires.
 With this new sys an, said Mir. Eairs lette" four telNrlone conrar- stations over Lne pair of wires are sin,- ultaneously -arried on l. a1,Eriol 10 the telephone ,conyersati n provided by the ordinary methods Thus over a single pair nf wires total of five tel ephone conversations are sinlIltane- ously operated. each giF::l:y service as good as that provided !v the circuit working in he ordinary way.
 'In> teieg,4.ahy, as WI | as tet,- phony. sensational results haze been attained by he new sysfetriN By ctan- bining two telegraph wires it.,o me tallic circuit of the type lsA:t Iai ,tei : 1 ephone work.'lg and by %5pAing our new apparatus and methods. to .this metallic circuit. we haze eAornnus- ly increased the capacity. If. .ne .Mires
 for telegraph messages Withr.'t in any
 way impairihe the qual.% cf. sele-. graph working.
 ''The natu.r of these dryelopnents
 is <.h that if desired Wires may he used partly Tor telephone a5'd p4"tly for telegraph. 4 pair of Wires $ T :ail- able either fc: five simultaneous tain- phone conyc: sations or fer fr. ty' Slrn ultaneous telee raph mes :res or part- l ly for ore and partly fo ,sfhe sthel-'.
 Mr. Vail said that ar installation
 of the multiliex telephone sys,em te. l tween Baltimore and plttso'rgh had 1 been in service for more than Q month
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
STOLE BIG NAVAL BALLOON
 AND WENT "JOY RIDINGH

Mineola, Ne Y, Dec. 12-Oficials of Camp Mills today put the war de- partment on the trail of suspected joy rider who took out a big silk elephant type naval balloon and landed with it eventually in the top of tree on Mrs Sarah Mills farm at Canaan, Conn.
 Mrs. Mills observed the air monster first on Tuesday morning, and think ing it's occupant had been injured, hurried to the rescue. When her hearch disclosed no aviators but only g few small trees uprooted by the elephant" she appealed to the quar- termaster department here to take it off her premises.
 As no naval bail,e mas been re- ported missing. offices here believe that the 'elephanl' was taken out by a ',joy rider" who escaped unhurt and abandoned the balloon when he found it was impossible to get 1t up again.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-13
SCIENTIFIC DATA TO
 COMBAT INFLUENZA

Chicago. Dec 12.-Unabia to fo ,rnu- late a definite plan for fighting ,nilu- enxa because of divergent. views, the American Public Health Association, before it adjourned today gave cu, copies of all ;he medical and scientific data presented during the four day discussion with an explanation that different epicsmics required separate treatments.
 The various communities for which we are working will scnnw hat we have at han1 the best ava.'ab'e in- formation science has !. ct discovered concerning the disease slid pr. Charles J. Hastings. of Toroc;o, Caua- da. retiring president.
 Organization of a federal depart u1ent of hea.th and un.on of VI ious semi-publIc and private he1lth assc. [. cations was urged today by pr. George 2. Vincent Of the Rockefeller Found ntion.