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Evening star., 1918-06-16

Peter couldn't help it. After a few
minutes Slow Poke stopped to rest.
.Phew" exclaimed Slow Poke. THAT
certainly is mighty hard on fellows
neck. I'm glad l don't have to do 1t
very often. wish Reddy Fox could
be in my place just once. He might
be a little more thoughtful OF other
people"
Peter looked little puzzled.
What are you trying to do. any
way, Slow Poker" he asked. Il don't
see any sense in it,"
What do. you suppose I'm trying
to do?" retorted Slow Poke rather
testify. do you suppose 1 am doing
this just for fun? I'm trying to roll
over on to my feet. of course. How
ever would get there i'll didn't do
lit this way?" 80
This was more than Peter could
answer Instead he reached out and
slipped one paw under Slow Poke. He
gave him a flop and there was Slow
Poke right side up once more. Slow
Poke gave a long sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Peter Rabbit. Thank
you SO much" said he. I don't know
what should have done but for your
help. l suppose 1 would have got
turned over finally. but 1t would have
been hard work"
Don't mention It," replied Peter.
by the way. Slow Poke. what Is the
fastest you can go when you are In
a great hurry?"
Slow Poke started off at just about
the same rate he had been going when
Peter first met him. or course, 1t
wasn't fast at all.
"Do you call that hurrying?" asked
Peter.
"It is hurrying as much as I can
hurry" replied Slow Poke. You see.
I don't ever need to really hurry: I
never could see aHy sense in hurrying.
What good does 1t do?"
well" said Peter. IT some Of US
didn't hurry sometimes we wouldn't
live long. We have to hurry to get
out Of danger I should think you
would have to hurry for the same
purpose"
You forget my house and that I
don't have to run away from any oan-
safety right with me. AS long as
don't have to run away from danger
what Is the use Of hurrying? What Is
the use of getting all out OF breath
and all tired out? I can't get any
more food by hurrying; I have plenty
suppose I am slow. But beg you to
take notice, Brother Peter. that my
family Is famous for the long life Of
its members. We never hurry and we
never worry. and the reason that We
never hurry and that we neVNr worry
is because of the fact that we always
feel SAFE"
"why doesn't Spotty the Turtle have
1.-TWO little doors that open and shut
like yours" asked Peter.
Because Spotty, like my other
cousin called Snapper. is in or close
to the water most of the time. The
water gives him protection"
II see." said Peter. thoughtfully. Il
see."
Evening star., 1918-06-16
lIr1II1!ESIoRlEs It'll
Z6rBE6DTlr1E
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918. by T. W. BurgessJ
Why Slow Poke Never Hur-
ries.

Slow Poke the Box Turtle, who was
lying on his back in the Lone Little
Path in the Green Forest, pushed out
his head as far as he could and bent
against the ground with it. Then he
began to wave his arms and legs
wildly. Peter Rabbit, who was look
ing on. just had to laugh. OF course,
it wasn't at all nice Of him to do that,
but Slow Poke looked SO funny that
Evening star., 1918-06-16
$3.50 REGISTRANTS CALLED.
Men Wanted as Auto Mechanics,
Concrete Workers, Etc.

The District Of Columbia was not in
cluded in a special call for 1880 regis
trants from the states to go into train
ing at various schools throughout the
nation, made to governors by Provost
Marshal General Crowder last night.
Auto mechanics, concrete workers and
other skilled workers are needed for the
Army. Tho men called include white
and colored registrants.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
ADD TO RED CROSS FUND
Far-Distant Chapters Have Sent
More Than 81, 400, 600.

Contributions from far-distant chap
ters of the American Red Cross have to-
tailed more than 1,4oo, 900. with returns
still incomplete. the Red Cross head
quarters here has announced.
Contributions reported are as follows:
Hawaiian Islands, $677.000: Havana,
Cuba, 100000: Porto Rico. 500 200; Do
S70. 200: Brazil. $4,000; Canal Zone. $780,
900: Chile. $4,000; Guam. $500: Haiti.
$500; Honduras, $1,000; Mexico, $40.-
900; Nicaragua, $1,000; Peru, $4,000;
Spain. $1,000.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
SIX YEARS. SENTENCE,
CHANOCK'S PUNISHMENT
Defaulting Clerk Of Dewey Hotel
Denied Clemency He
Pleaded For.

Sidney ]. chanock. formerly en-
ployed as clerk in the Dewey Hotel,
was sentenced yesterday by Justice
Stafford in Criminal Division No. 1 to
serve six years in the penitentiary.
'- chanock was convicted of taking
$500 in cash and about $4,000 worth
of stock which had been left by a
guest Of the hotel for safe keeping.
Chanock was located in New York.
He made a most impassioned plea for
1eniency. but the court declared he
could put no credence in the state
ments Of the young man.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
CITY ITEMS.

"Nick" AItrock will pitch today's game
for Washington against Chicago.
which will be shown on the Rodicr
Electric Scoreboard at the Folly The
ater, 9Th st. and Pa. ave, at pm.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
DRY YAMENDMENTF0R
FOOD BILL EXPECTED
Prohibition Members Of Senate
Committee Insist on Cutting Food
stuffs From Beverage Making.

Unless the President adopts strenu-
Gus measures to cali off prohibition
members Of the Senate committee on
agriculture, that committee Will re-
port to the Senate tho food produc-
tion bill with an amendment prohib-
iting the further use of foodstuffs
in the manufacture of intoxicating
beverages during the war. That
means the manufacture Of beer and
wine will be stopped, as was the man.
ufacture of distilled spirits under the
food control act, should the proposal
of the committee become a law.
1t is said that some of the wine pro-
ducers claim that the grapes that are
used cannot be used for food purposes,
and the committee will give considera-
tion to the plea advanced by them. IT
they can show conclusively that such is
the case they may be permitted to con-
tinue the production Of wine. The fate
Of beer, however, will be settled if the
proposed committee amendment is
adopted.
Majority Insists on Amendment.
A majority of the Senate compittee
has practically determined to- stand
on the conservation of foodstuff.
to win the war should not be used in
the manufacture of intoxicating bev-
erages. Also they do not take seri-
ously the objection raised by the
President and Administrator Hoover
that the nation would Immediately
start on a whisky drinking orgy if
the manufacture Of beer and wine
should be stopped.
The opinion expressed today by
members of the committee was that
the committee would not attempt to
stop the sale of distilled spirits or
of beer and wine which has already
been manufactured. Under the Jones
amendment it was proposed to for
bid the sale of distilled spirits. But
the committee members feel there may
be some question as to the constitu-
tionality of such law.
Hearings Begin Monday.
The committee will begin hearings
Monday on the prohibition question.
a number of representatives of the
beer and wine producers are expect
ed to be heard. So far it is not ex-
pected that any of the prohibitionists
will ask a hearing.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

June Weddings and Commencement.
Consult GUIDE about the finest flow
ers and horal decorations. 1914 r st.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

Lieut.. R. Bardwell of New York, Clar-
ence F. Barry and First lieut. Roger
Montgomery Of Tunica,n Miss, were
killed recently in aeroplane accidents.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

Representative c. c. Dill of Ohio
will deliver the gradua tion address at
commencement exercises for the two
year graduating class at Business
High School. The invocation will be
pronounced by Rev. ]. F. Wenchell.
Representative George M. Chandler
will address the four-year class and
the invocation will be pronounced by
Rev. Freely Rohrer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14
A SILK SERVICE FLAG

Miss Flemma Snidow, Of this cit!
who is connected in a prominent pos
ton with the Tulsa, Okla, Hig
School, has 100 high school pupil
under her direction making a hant
some silk service flag for the formf
students now in service. The fla
will have 90 stars in it.
A sponsor system for the girls I
the high school, interested in patr
otto work, was recently inauguratt
and Miss Snidow chosen as sponsor
This plan is one that has been su
cessful in many Of the larger hif
schools of the country. The CIR
arc knitting and making bandag'
as well as making the service flat
Miss Snidow is one Of the most su
cessful educators in Oklahoma al
her many Mexico friends are great
pleased to learn Of her success
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

letters toward tire setting sun pretty
regularly. vheshcr yOa art receiving
them rsss.ry or h0. Tel the girls
70 write. too; they send mighty good.
newsy lettes. And n other thing.
Just because the letters I've been
sending back lately have been address
Cd to you. doesn't bar the rest Of your
family from writing. Gibby ought TO
be ashamed Of himself for ~negleeting
ne in this cruel. heartiess manner,
and Ed can surely tear his mind away
from his customary hard studying
long enough TO send a page or two;
while as for your father and mother,
nothing could please me than a
letter from them. particularly II, as
you say. they read what ! send back
10 you. I'm so sorry ] can't write as
/ wish. The letters would be 90 much
more interesting. Always your pal,
BOB.
Robert l. Campbell,
Evacuation Hospital No. l.,
Am. Ex. F.. Via New York City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

beautifully, when, with the most win
ming smile imaginable, he asked me
for a cigarette. IAN the youngsters
here smoke, by the way.) | donned
my s~ternest pedagogical look, and
started in to tell him that cigarette
smoking was decidedly bad for his
young constitution. l had hardly got
ten the first word out Of my mouth
when his own face assumed the most
contrite and penitent expression you
ever saw. 1t was too much for me,
and l grinned in spite of my efforts
to keep stern, and instantly his fea-
lures flashed into a smile like the sun
coming from behind a cloud. l COM
pleted my warning, but / don't believe
it carried much weight.
France is certainly the most de-
lightful place in which to spend mon
ey that have ever found. Its a good
thing | don't live here permanently, OF
| shouldn't save enough money to buy
even the cheapest sort Of an umbrella
for a rainy day. There are more in.
teresting things and good looking
things and good tasting things than ]
! ever saw before. The French, you
know, are noted the world over fol
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

tongue Of a talking Frenchman de-
serves to rank somewhere between
light and electricity for speed, will
show you that the French can say a
great deal in a very short space Of
time. l broke the crystal on my
watch the other day and went into a
little watch-fixers shop to have a new
one put in. | walked up to the desk,
and in my best French, greeted the
man and asked if he could repair my
watch. l didn't tell him that the
sentence l spouted out with such APP
parent lack of effort had cost me five
minutes of painful mental labor and
one trip to the dictionary. l saw my
mistake, however, in a moment, for,
after a dozen or so "%oui's," (pro-
nounced "wee," ike the favorite ex-
clamation of a young pig) he launched
into a peroration that lasted while the
second hand Of my little pet went
round three times. In all this l caught
three words - the ones meaning
America" Watch" and pretty"
l agreed with him on all these counts
and told him so; but somehow l could
not help feeling hat n or two points
Of his speech had escaped me. In my
last letter you now l commented on
the monotony Of expression that the
British use in speaking, Such a crit
icism certainly could not be made of
the people here. Their voices are
naturally musical, their language is
decidedly euphonetic, and even if you
can't catch but about one word in
fifty its a pleasure to listen to them
talk. And for people who %patronize
the movie a. much as Americans do,
it really isn't necessary that they IN
derstand much Of the language; for
whenever two Frenchmen or partic-
ularly two French women meet, you
have a picture show started right off
the reel. They call into play their
heads, hands, arms and shoulders un-
til you would imagine that talking
French was one Of the best athletic
exercises known. In fact, ] believe
that a person who INDUCED in very
much conversation would need little
else to keep him in good physical
trim. The facial expression, too, is
unusual. The French are natural &C
tors. An Englishman will talk 10 you
: for an hour with as little change of
: expression as a cigar store Indian, but
about the only way to keep the same
I look on a F~renchman's face for ten
consecutive seconds would be TO put
his mug in a plaster cast. A case in
e point: | was talking to one Of the lit.
tie urchins the other day who had
face on him like one Of Raphael'i
, Cherubs. And, like most French kid
u his size and larger, he wore the littl'
e black sateen p~inafore, coming to hi
e knees. You see them everywhere
g here, and / have come TO like them
i | was practicing my French on hin
and he was proudly mixing in al
English word occasionally with his ma
Iel tiyl patter. We were getting alont
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14
Ohio Girl in London

LONDON, March II. - America
who nightly pack the Folies Berger
in Paris will soon see an Anglo-FreH
revue produced by Albert de Courvl
of the London HippodrOme. Char
tiers representing all the Allies will
pear with a beauty chorus from Il
don. The cast of English and Fref
artists has been engaged. The 81
part will be taken by Miss Elsie Jar
of Columbus, Ohio. 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

their pastries, and oh, boy! words
can't do them justice. And hot choc-
olate! I'd give a months pay to have
you here and let you sit down with me
at a wee table in one Of the little
cafes that are 50 attractive, while a
pretty little French maid fed US
"gateaux ct chocolate au last" to our
hearts content.
Interesting things continue to hap
pen in countless numbers, and its alb
soIutely maddening not to be able to
turn my pen loose on them. | don't
know whether my head is going to
hold everything or not, but I'm going
to give it a good chance to test its ca
pacity. I'll be so glad when we can
get our mail. The last breath of news
I've had from home was when | pass
ed through Mexico, and I'm nearly
standing on my ear to get some news.
Well be coming to a place pretty
soon where we can expect some mail
And if all you folks have been doing
your duty, ! should have enough to
fill one Of those little freight cars .
Keep writing whether you hear from
me twice a week or, once every two
] months. You may be sure I'm firing
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

The following letter from Fred Wy
more, a former Mexico boy, is one Of
the interesting documents Of the war
this office has received from the men
in service. Private Wymore is con
nected with a u. S. Ammunition train
on the Western front. He tells Of
his army experience from the time he
enlisted to his arrival in France, as
a member Of the famous Rainbow
Division"
Mr.. L. NJ. White,
Editor, Evening Ledger,
Mexico, Missouri, U. S. A.
FRANCE, February Is, 1918. -
Dear Mr.. White: Since arriving in
France with a part Of the American
force, | have received through friends
and relatives several copies Of the
Mexico Ledger and now thanks to
my sister, Mrs. Melville Paul, ! am
getting the Weekly issue at pretty
regular intervals. I assure you !
am always eager TO see it every time
it arrives. ! have read every copy
which has come to me thoroughly
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

Mr.. Moore writs his mother that the
need for the Red Cross articles will
be very great during the next few
months and every effort should be
made by the workers in this country
to maintain a sufficient supply Of sur
gical dressings and other equipment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14
wILDERs.HAMLET WEDDING

Miss Erma. Hamlet and CT
Wilders, both Of vandalia, were m
ried in the Recorders office at
court house late Saturday aftern.
by the Rev. ]. D, Greer. The Led
joins friends in extending congrai
tons to the young couple.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14
Subject:
he
Doom


A revelation of the awful deeds of
how the German soldiers treat women
and girls. Also of how Nuns and in
nOcent babies were crucified. DR..
Wheeler's address has stirred the peO-
pie in many parts of the State in a
way they never were stirred before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14

|
Russell Moore, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
+. D. Moore, OF Columbia, formerly OF
this city and a popular Mcmillan
High School student, has been writ
ing some interesting letters hom'
from England where he is training II
an U. s. Aviation School. The fol
lowing are excerpts from several Of
his recent letters:
| am flying every day the weather
permits; / am still doing dual con-
trol-that is, an instructor always
goes with me. / have all the conf
dence in the world in him and l found
my long course in ground school very
essential because / know what to ex-
pect. When the old bus gets to cut
ting up with us l pull it back into true
line. lust as ! would a horse after 1t
had SHE'D from a car or something.
l was surprised that l kept my wits
on the first trip. l did not have the
least sensation or fear. There is
nothing extraordinary about the work
of learning, but, of course, when a
fellow goes to France - well, l do
not think of that now. / need all my
nerves for an extreme test so why
waste them by worrying?
l just dropped in from the clouds.
After fifty minutes in the air l feel
rather intoxicated. The wind was
strong upstairs. When the
machine was headed into the wind
with the engine fully on she would
hardly advance, a very peculiar feel
Ny "bunkie" will soon be doing
solos. l went splitting around and
pulled several supreme mistakes, but
| am still whole. | will try to avoid
these mistakes in The future. They
are dangerous. l would rather fly
than eat, and you know how well /
like good thing to eat. | had a letter
form Cal Tilton Ia former Mcmillan
student) the other day. He is still
at Rouen, France. | do not expect to
see him before Spring.
One Of our instructors has been pre-
scented with the Croix de Guerre, a
French honor presented to English
men who accomplish big things "over
there. | hope | may play a more i'm
portant part at a similar %presenta-
ton later. We are flying "Querks"
and "Soup kitchens" Fortunately
George and | are on the former which
receives its name on the strength Of
its resemblance to the Australian
bird, the quirk, which can only fly a
short distance. They land at 60 miles
an hour and are fairly stable, mod
crately light on the controls. In two
weeks / hope to have qualified for =
commission. George and | would live
in the air if we could get a machine
whenever we wanted it. l had an
hour yesterday. The "Soup kitchen"
is practically fool-proof. 1t will not
climb to any height, lands very slowly
and is a slumsy old bus. However the
time in n counts on record. They
won't stunt, so naturally the fellows
do not like them.
January 27, 1918
I have lust been transferred to this
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-14


| have Just been transferred to this
place but will continue to train on the
same type of machine l used at the
other place, except to do some for
nation flying and bombing in some
clumsy old box kites the name of
which | may as well omit. Then, too,
there will be more classes in photog-
raphy and bombing-not to mention
more gunnery and wireless. | does
take a world Of training in this game,
but one must consider the number Of
times a flyer goes over the lines. |
am looking forward to a number of
cross country flights, only short ones,
under a hundred miles, but very in
teresting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-28
(By The Associated Press.)

German forces in southern Pcardy are retreating
over wide front After the capture of Roye by the
French yesterday the German front has crumbled The
lines which have held back the French and British for the
past two weeks giving way and odays official reports
show the French line less than three miles west of the
Somme river and canal
Thirty villages have been captured by the French in
the advance which started early yesterday morning.
Chaunes the center of the German lines between ROye
and the Somme river it flows through the battlefield
has been captured and many other vital points have been
taken
While the French have been smashing the enemy's
front along the ChaunesRoye line the British have swung
forward in the sector east of Arras North of the Arras
Cambrai road they have reached the outskirts of the vii
lagos of Haucourt Remy and Boiy Notre Dame about
mile east of the positions where they known to be
yesterday and well east of the Hindenburg line.
South of the Somme the British have taken Foucau-
court while north of the river they have gained nearly all
Of Trones wood.
In the Flanders the British have advanced their
line front of four miles in the from which the
Germans have been retiring the last three weeks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-28
NOMINATE PAPERS
FOR DUNHAM FILED
Only Candidate in Field When Time fo,
Filing Expires-Dr. E. r. Lynch
Not to Be Candidate.

Nomination papers nominating George
Il. Dunham for the Office of town repre-
sentative from Brattleboro on the Re
publican ticket were fled in the office
OF Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins vester,
day and last evening. and they were
the only papers filed when the time for
filing expired at midnight.
The petitions contained 15S names.
and no effort was made to see how many
could be secured They represent all
classes and industries in Brattleboro.
making thoroughly representative
list.
As matters stand. Mr.. Dunham s
name will be the only one voted on in
the primaries, though by petition some
other name might be placed on the Of
fetal ballot.
DR.. Z. R. Lynch has been mentioned
as possible candidate of the Demo
cratic party, but DIR. Lynch will not be
a candidate. When asked this afternoon
by The Reformer as to his position the
doctor said that if his being a eandi-
date would take him to France he would
enter the field and that the only other
condition on which he would run would
be an agreement to end the legislature
IN month after eonvening and give
the balance of the expense of the usual
average session to the Red Cross. He
said he could not go to Montpelier and
stay three or four months
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-28

The buildings destroyed were a two
story building owned by o. D. Parker
OF South Londonderry and occupied by
Mr.. Washer as a general store and post
office, he being postmaster; three-ten-
ement house and barn owned by Mrs. p
Connarn and occupied by Miss Ida Sar-
gent, Mrs. l.. III. Combs and the DUN.
merston free library, two-story two
tenement house owned by c. 8. Wilkins
of Brattleboro and unoccupied, but con
tanning some household goods belonging
to Mr.. Wilkins, a story-and-a half house
owned and occupied by G. B. Field, a
seven-room cottage house owned and
occupied by Samuel Clark and family,
a six-room, One-and-a half story house
owned and occupied by Joseph Lamothe
and family, and the Grange hall, which
was a two-story building on the west
and opposite side of the highway from
the other buildings.
Through the valiant work of the fire.
fighters a house owned by Mrs. Ran
dolph Knight northwest of the Grange
hall was saved, only the paint being
scorched in some places. Mrs. Knight
lives with her daughter, Mrs. John
Bliss of Akron, Ohio. A ear house east
of the railroad tracks in the rear of the
Connarn and Wilkins houses, house
occupied by Mrs. Mary L. 'Brien near
by and Arthur Adams s barn to the
south of the Field barn also were
threatened. Many of the household
goods of Mrs. 0 'Brien were removed to
places of safety
At the time the fire was discovered
Mr.. Washer, Postoffiee Inspector Karse-
boom, Mrs. Samuel Clark who is as
sistant to the postmaster, Mr.. Wilkins
| Charles Dane, Mr.. Field and another
customer were in the building. Mr.
Washer went to a room in the rear
for some lard and upon opening the
door found the room filed with smoke
| He called to the others and a hasty
Investigation was made, the fire being
located in the small room over the
grain room. The calls were sent out