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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06

body was mad and the accursed tor
rental rain had no tendency 10 tighten
our spirits. 'They have directed the
slaughter Of thousands and now they
motor away" said one man. while we
lay here In a mOrass In the rain. 1--WE
are not considered"
What we were TO be assigned 90 do
had not yet been told us. We were left
lying In our swamp until ten o'clock
that night. The troops continued 10
flow back In great disorganlzed COP
tingents. Machine gun companies
passed with empty wagons. having lost
their guns. The laundering Of the
cannon gradually came nearer from the
west. The noise along The highways
became greater and a pauic spread.
adding % the horrors OF the night. Fu-
gltlves wandered around In the dark
ness through the streaming rain. trying
70 lead their wives and children TO
safety. only to ind death under the
wheels of TIE wagons. The wounded
were also mangled by scores; piteous
cries for help we're heard everywhere.
Under the strain Of the traffic the
roads became badly broken up and all
along their sides abandoned vehicles OF
every description lay.
We started forward at about three
O'Clock in the morning and soon we
were with the rear guard. Infantry
regiments, now merely fragments Of
their former strength. arrived in a
fearful condition. The. soldiers had
thrown away their knapsacks and ey-
cry unnecessary article which might
be an impeachment TO speed.
Before long the first enemy shrap-
mel burst over our heads. which re-
suited In an even faster marching.
The read used during the FIRST marca
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
BROTHERS ARE RECONCILED
Enlistment in Marine Corps Ends Feud
of More Than TWO
Years Standing.

st. is.-Two>brothers who have
not spoken to each other for two years,
although they slept in the same bed
and ate at the same table, became
reconciled through their enlistment
in the Marine corps.
The boys are Dan and Angelo Tar
antola of this city. Dan is twenty
and Angelo eighteen. They fell out
when Angelo broke up a game of mar
bles in which his brother was play
ing.
Angelo Joined the Marine corps. His
brother learned of it and came to the
train to bid him farewell. After be-
coming reconciIed there Dan decided
to join the marines and be with his
brother.
So he enlisted two days later and
the brothers are now at Paris Island,
s. c., where they are again fast friends,
after two years pact of silence.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
CHAPTER *.


I must confess that most Of us be-
'ieyed n this az the time. that We
would soon be In Paris. Other bodies
q troops arrived from all sides. We
had marched several hours VIXEN news
came ~ rs that Yltry had been re
taken blythe FreHch aud mat they bad
seized Q tremendoas amount OF Mill
fary stores. captured the hospitals. to-
gefhef With their medical units and pa
tieais. end that the sanitary comps
niles also bad been made prisoners. X.
about no o'clock 10 the afternoon we
arrived At the heights which had been
pointed out 10 us early in the march
" our captain.
We now began to understand that
something had gone wrong. Streets
were filed with troops from all
branches OF service, trying TO ui,e the
road along which we were marching.
Being outuumbered. we were crowded
backward. Empty munition columns
raced by us ia no order whatever.
They were followed by canteen and
)ther supply wagons. The greatest
confusion reigned everywhere. Every
minute added TO the congestion until
finally there was dead halt. The
drivers of some wagons left the road
and tried to pass around the congested
portions by traversing the fields. which
had been soaked by heavy rains. Sew
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
HEART RIGHT SIDE, REJECTED
Has Cardiac Organ in Right
Breast

Philadelphia.-Ano freak of ma
ture was uncovered recently. when
DIR. John H. Bailey, medical director of
local board No. %, refused to accept
George w. Nicholson for the army be-
cause his heart was on the wrong side,
even though it was on his right. Mich
olson is thirty years old and pleaded
desperately to go. Some months ago
he tried to enlist, but was turned
down because he was under weight,
his examiners at that time be-
ing unaware of his cardiac peculiar
tiles. When he was called for exam
ination before the draft board Doctor
Bailey made the discovery of the true
location of his heart.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
HAS FIVE BOYS IN WAR
Mrs. A. P. White Is the Champion War
Mother of Tennessee.

Knoxville. Tenn.-The champion war
mother of Tennessee, and. perhaps. of
Dixie, is Mrs. A. =. White of Powell
Station, Knox county. She has five
White, Lieutenant John III. White,
Private William Homer White. Cook
Marvin B. White and Private Edgar
White.
"All my boys volunteered" she de-
clares proudly.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
DAKOTA "PRAIRlE DOG"
BECOMES DEVIL DOG"

st. Paul. Minn.-"Say. pard.
I'm a prairie dog from North
Dakota and / want to go over
there and become a devil
dog" and. relieving himself of
this sentiment, William ID
Knickerbocker OF Dogden. n. d..
took his place in line in the
United States marine recruiting
station here.
knickerbocker passed an al
nost perfect physical test and is
now on his way to Paris Island
S. c., to the marine training sta.
tion there
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
cro BE coNTINuED)
Trust Providence.

De worl' is like a railroad engine.
an sometimes iu,nns de truck hut
Providence a laf
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15

big house. l kept wondering how he would know so much about it, but fol- lowed him. Inside the house was q passageway under the ruins. It was about seven feet wide and fifty feet long, I should judge.
 At the other end was the great old '75," poking its nose out of hole in the wall. The gun captain and the crew were sitting around waiting the word for action, and they seemed to Know Brown well. I was surprised at khat, but still more so when he told me I could examine the gun If l wanted to, just Jas if he owned it.
 So I sat in the seat and trained the gross wires on an object. opened and closed the breech and examined the recoil.
 Then Brown ! said: Well, Chink, you'll see some real gunnery now" and they passed the word and took sta tions. My eyes bulged out when I saw Brown take his station with them "Silencel" is about the first com mand gun crew gets when it l.s going Unto action, but I forgot all about it, and shouted out and asked Brown how he got to be gunner. But he only grinned and looked dopey, as usual. linen I came to and expected to get a call down from the officer but he only grinned and so did the crew. It seems they had it all framed to spring on me, and tLey expected l would be surprised.
 So we put cotton in our ears and the captain called the observation tower a short distance away and they gave him the range. Then the captain "called 412S meters to Brown. They placed the nose of shell in fuse adjuster and turned the handle until 1t reached scale 412S. This set the fuse to explode at the range given. Then they slammed the shell into the
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15

Mayor or any Board CT Committee, now or hereafter provided by law, the same as IT provision had originally been maoe Tor such Commissioners, and said tax,peyers commissioners, together with said Mayor or Board or Commit tee. shall Jointly exercise supervision over the sale of any bonds which may DO voted by the people at such election. ana ana snail jointly see to 1t that funds thus provided are properly and eco nomicaiiy expended for the purpose speclned in the issue ef bonds as voted py the people. and to mat end shall Jolhtiy make all contracts for the sx penditure of the proceeds of the sale of each issue of bonds
 Said election shall be held at such time as the city or town council may eesisnate oy ordinance, which ordi-, nance shall specifically state the pur- pose for which the bonds or other in- terest-bearing evidences of inde bt edness are to be issued. and if fer more than one purpose, provision shall be made m saio ordinance for balloting on each separate purpose; which ordinance snail also state the sum total of the issue, the dates Of maturity thereof ana snail hx the date of the election so that 1t shall not occur earlier than sixty (60) days after the passage of sald ordinance. Said election shall be held and conducted. and the vote there on canvassed and the result thereof declared, under the law and In the man ner now or hereafter provided for mu- nlcipaI elections, far 8s the same may be applicable, except us herein oth- erwise provided. Notice of said cleo ton shall be given by tie Mayor by advertisements weekly for at least four times, in some newspaper published in said municipality. and having bona f1de circulation therein; the last pub lication to be not less than ten (10) days prior to the date Of said election.
 Qualified electors Of said municipal ity only shall have q right to vote at said elections. The result of said eIec- tion shall be proclaimed and published by the Mayor. and the result as pro- claimed shall be conclusive unless at tackled in the courts " thin thirty (S0) days after the date ot such proclama- tion.
 This amendment shall rot repeal or affect any law relating to the organ ization of improveTeDt districts.
 This amendment stai pe in force upon it's adoption and shall not require legislative action to pnt it into force and effect.
 All the provisions of this amendment shall be treated as mandatory, and all provisions of the Constitution or amendments thereto n conflict here with are hereby repealed.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this 24th day of July. 1a1S.
 tSeall TOM J. TERRAL.
 Secretary of State
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15
rGD0LES, A CAT FISHERMAN
EnuIated Skill of His Master, and En- ioyed Diving in and Fetching
 Out the Doefish.

The English naturalist, Francis Buckland, once told story of a fish erman of Portsmouth, England, whose cat, Puddles, emulated in his peculiar way the fishing skin Of his master. Quoting the fisherman, Mr. Buckland said:
 He was the wonderfuliest water cat as ever come out of Portsmouth harbor, was Puddles He used to go out a-fishin' with Ire every night. Cold nights he would sir in my lap while I was a-fishin' and poke his head out every now and then. or else I would wrap him up in the sail and make him lie quiet. He'd lay down oD me when I was asleep, and if anyone come he'd swear q good one, and have the face off 'em if they went TO touch me. And he'd never touch fish, not even a lit. tie teeny pout. if l 6idn't give it ts' him. was obligated to take him out| a-fshin'. or else he'd stand and yowi and marr till I went back and catched him by the poll and sllied him into the boat, and then he was quite happy.
 When it was fine lie used to stick up at the bow of the boat and sit a. watchin' the dogfsh. They used to come alongside by the thousands at . time, and when they was thick aN about he'd dive in and fetch 'em out, damned in his mouth, just as if they was parcel of rats lie looked ter rible wild about the head when he come up out of the water with the fish in his teeth
 larnt him the water myself. One day, when he was a kitten, took him down to the sea to wash him and brush the fleas out of him, and in a week he could swim after a feather or a cork.-Youth's Companion.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15
 CHAPT ER V.
With the s75's ~

My pal Brown, of whom spoke be fore, had been put in the infantry when he enlisted in the Legion, be cause he had served in the United States infantry. He soon became a sergeant, which had been his ratins in the American service. I never saw him in the trenches. because our out hts were nowhere near each other. but whenever we were in billets at the came time. we were together as much as possible.
 Brown was a funny card and never saw anyone else much like him. 4 big, tall, red-headed. dopey-looking feI. low. never saying much and slow in everything he did or said-you would never think he amounted to much or was worth his salt. The boys used to call him Ginger" Brown, both on ac- count of his red hair and his slow movements. But he would pull sur prise on you every once in Q while, like this one that he fooled ne with
 One morning about dawn we started out for walk through what used to De Dlxmude-ptleS Of stone and brick and mortar. There were no civvies to be seen; only mules and horses bring ing up casks of water, bags of beans. chloride of lime, barbed wire. ammu- hilton. etc. It was a good thing we were not superstitious. At that. the shadows along the walls made ne feel shaky sometimes.
 Finally Brown said: Come on down; let's see the '75's.'" At this time had not seen a "75,'' except on train going to the front. so ] took him up right away, but was surprised that he should know where they were
 After going half way around Dix nude Brown said, Here we are,n and started right into what was left of 8
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15

imagine what their cargo was like, if the convoy was as used up as these chaps. But all who could were sing. ing and talking and full of pep. That is the French for you: they used DO more men than they could possibly spare to take care of the wounded, but they were all cheerful about it. always.
 Just after I passed this ambulance the Germans began shelling a section of the road too near me to be comfort able, so 1 beat it to a shell crater about twenty yards off the road, to the rear. A shrapnel shell exploded pretty near me just as I jumped into this hole-I did not look around to see how close it was-and 1 remember now how the old minstrel joke l had heard on board ship came to my mind at the time-something about a fellow feel ing so small he climbed into a hole and pulled it after him-and I wished might do the same. I ffattened my self as close against the wall of the crater as 1 could and then I noticed that somebody had made a dugout in the other wall of the crater and ] started for it.
 The shells were exploding so fast by that time that you could not listen for each explosion separately, and just as I jumped into the dugout a regular
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15

German prisoners. The Tommies had been making Fritz do the goose step and they started them at 1t again when they saw me sitting there. It sure is good for a laugh any time, this goose step. I guess they call It that after the fellow who invented 1t.
 One thing l had noticed about Fritz was the way his coat flared out at the bottom, so I took this chance to find out about it, while they~halted for a rest just little farther down the road. I found that they carried their emergency kits in their coats. These kits contained canned meat, tobacco, needles, thread and plaster-all this in addition to their regular pack.
 Then I drilled Gt.Sn the road some more, but had to sop pretty soon to let column of French infantry swing on to the road from a field. They were on their way to the trenches as re-enforcements. After every two companies there would be q wagon. Pretty soon I saw the uniform of the Legion. Then a company of my regi- ment cagne up and 1 wheeled in with them. We were in the rear of the col umn that had passed. 0ar boys were front lines, while the others had just arrived at that part of the front.
 Then for the first time my feet be- gan hurting me. Our boots were made of rough cOwhide and fitted very well. but it was days labor to carry them on your feet. l began tagging behind. I would lag twenty or thirty yards behind and then try to catch up. But the thousands of men ahead of me kept up the steady pace and very few limped, though they had been on the march since 3 a. m. It was then about II a. m. Those who did limp were carried in the wagons. But I had seen very few men besides the drivers rid ing in the wagons, and l wanted to be as tough as the next guy, so kept on. But, believe me, 1 was sure glad when we halted for rest along the road.
 That is, the re-enforcements did Our company of the Legion had not come from so far, and when the front of the column had drawn out of the way along the road we kept on filing as the saying is. I did not care about being tough then, and l was ready for the wagon.
 Only now there were no wagons They belonged with the other troops So had to ease along as best could for what seemed like hours-to my feet-until we turned off onto another road and halted for rest. 1 found out later that our officers had gone astray and were lost at this time though, of course, they did not tell us so.
 We arrived at our section of the trench about three o'clock that after noon and l rejoined my company. was all tired out after this trek and found myself longing for the Cassard and the rolling wave, where no Mara. thons and fve-mile hikes were neces sary. But this was not in store fol me-yet.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15
A Regular Hail of shrapneI Fell.

hail of shrapn.l fell on the spot I had just passed. It was pretty dark in the dugout and the first move I made l bumped into somebody else and he let out yell that you could have heard mile. IL was Tommy who had been wounded in the hand and between curses he told me I had sat right on his wound when I moved asked him why he did not yell sooner, but he only swere more. He surely was great cusser.
 The b0lnbardment slackened up bit about this time, and 1 thought would have look around. l did not get out of the crater entirely, but moved around out of the dugout until l could see the road I had been on. The first thing I saw was a broken down wagon that had just been hit in fact. 1t was topping over when my eye caught it. The driver jumped from his seat and while he was in the air his head was torn completely from his shoulders by another shell-I do not know what kind. This was enough for me, so back to the dugout.
 How the Germans did it I do not know, but they had found out about that road and opened fire at exactly the moment when the road was GOV had not been a balloon or airplane in the sky for some time.
 After a while the bombardment moved away to the east. from which direction l had come, and I knew our batteries were getting it. The Tommy and I came out of the dugout. AS I started climbing up the muddy sides l saw there was man standing at the edge of it, and I could tell by his puttees that he was Limey. I was having hard job of it, so without looking up I hailed him.
 That was sure some shelling, wasn't it?; | said. There's lad down here with wounded fin; better give him hand"
 What smelling do you mean" says the legs, without moving, There's been none in this sector for some time, think"
 The Tommy was right at my heel by this time. and 5e let out string of language. I was surprised, too, and still scrambling around in the mud.
 Then the Tommy let "Gawd 'elp usr and looked np and saw that the legs belonged to q Limey officer, a major, think. And here we had been cussing the eyes oa of him,
 But he sized 1t ID rightly and gave us a hand. and only laughed when we tried to explain. l got rattled and told him that all I saw was his legs cer's legs, which might have made it worse, only he WAS good-natured about il. Then he said that ne had been asleep in battalion headquarters dug out, about a hundred yards away, and only walked up when part of tlfe roof caved in on him. Yet he did not know he had been shelledl
 I went on down the road a stretch. but soon found il was easier walking beside il, because the Huns had shelled it neatly right up and down the middle. Also, there were so many wrecked horses and wagons 10 climb over on the road-besides dead men.
 After I had passed the area of the bombardment and got back on the road sat down to rest and smoke. A couple of shells had burst so near the crater that they had thrown the dirt right into the dugoat, and was little dizzy from the shock. While was sit ting there a squad Of Tommies came uD with about twice their number. of
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15
ITO Be Continued]
Two Thorough Applications of Ar senate of Lead Are Satisfac-
 tory, Say Specialists.

CFron1 the United States Department of
 AgricultuTe.)
 Large-scale spraying experiments against the grape-berry moth, in prog ress in northern Ohio vineyards in CO., operation with the Ohio agricultural experiment station, have confirmed earlier results obtained at North East, Pa, according to the annual report of the bureau of entomology, United States department of agriculture. The conclusion from the experiments is that the pest can be controlled by two thorough applications of arsenate of lead (preferably in bordeaux mixture) made by the trailer method" the first immediately after the falling of the blossoms and the second two weeks la- ter. This is held to be an important improvement over schedules requiring late spraying, which usually result in Giscolored fruit at picking time.
 The Chinese government has decid- ed to send a force 10 Vladivostok to cooperate with the allies. but 1t is probable nothing more will be done now except to protect the frontiers of China. Japan was much excited last week over the proposition to send a great expedition into Siberia The press insisted the United States had submitted to Japan proposal for such action, though this was not officially confirmed.
 The provisional government of s. beria. located at Harbin, is growing in strength, but may be reorganized soon owing to dissatisfaction with General Horvath, who put himself at its head. It is said the Czecho- Slovaks have agreed to cooperate with Horvath. These troops have driven the bolsbe- wiki entirely out of Irkutsk and . large force of them was reported to he approaching Kransnoyarsk
 It was revealed that considerable number of Americans have been sent to the Murmansk coast to help guard the supplies there. Lenine is enraged because those forces are in Russia and mas ordered them removed. There is q chance that he will declare war on the allies. course which, naturally enough. is strongly urged by the Ger man press. In this connection 1t is to be noted that Prof. Paul Miiukoff. leader of the constitutional democrats, has gone over to the Germans. saying he would prefer united Russia un- der German protection 10 country broken up into many governments.
 In Ukraine new revolts of the peas ants are reported every few days. The people are well armed and have aban- doned their farms to fight the Germans and the rada which is controlled by them.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-08-15

Our line of tennis shoes are here and ready for you in all sizes at guaranteed prices. Gall on us Patterson Bros. 44tf
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-25

UndeveIoped Fields Would Supply
Needs for 40 Years.

Lansing-With an undeveloped coal
supply sufficient to last the state AZ
years at the present rate of consump
ton, Michigan is suffering from an
acute fuel famine. Schools, churches
and factories all over the state are
closed yet more than 10000 900 tons OF
coal are lying untouched under the cen
trail portion Of the lower peninsula.
Despite her vast deposits of coal
Michigan has never produced any con-
siderable portion of the coal she an
nually consumes. This has been due
to the fact that the veins are too thin
to be operated profitably in open COM
petition with the richer mines Of other
states.
The cost of production here has been
practically twice that in Ohio and
Pennsylvania mines, according to the
reports of the state geologist.
The danger that federal control of
mines and coal shipments might be
renounced at the close of the war has
prevented private interests from un-
dertaking extended operations in the
undeveloped region, but guarantee
of continued protection might result
In early action by mining interests.