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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-30

To Wear Right Now
With your low shoes there
can be nothing smarter, nor
more comfortable than the
lovely sport hose of wooden
mixtures, that we are show
ing. you'll note a whole
window full of them just in
side our Main Door on F
Street.) The shadings are
exquisite, soft browns and
heather mixtures that seem
quite in tune with the tenn
perature of chilly Fall days.
A pair of soft brown hose
seems just made to match
up with russell brown shoes
and a jaunty frock of navy
serge-and you know the
soldier boys say that the
wooden hose are most COM
Portable. The price is quite
modest, for some of the
prettieSt hose are marked at
SITS the pair.
Main TIoA
TITLE Scars -
Certainly do add a bit of
beauty, and when even the
beautiful Jane Cowl twists
a bit Of filniJ tuile about
her throat to soften the line
between her face and her
fur collar = surely other
women can do the same.
Perhaps you noted that she
wore only a small scarf, but
when the tulle scarf appears
with a serge frock It some
times reaches large dimen-
sions, and twists twice about
the throat, with long ends,
tassel-tipped, falling quite to
the hem of the frock, both
back and front. One very
smart woman wore recently
a cloSe-fitting toque of pur-
pie, with a severely tailored
frock of navy serge, and
about her throat was the
inevitable scarf of tulle in
the softest shade of purple.
The effect was infinitely
smart, and her imitators
were. many. These tulle
scarfS are still much used
with dancing frocks, add
ing a winsome bit of CO.
quetry, but their use for
street is a jaunty new idea.
The tulle comes in loveliest
shades to match or contrast
with the new frocks, and
some of it is SO wide that
the width may be used for
the scarf length, making
much for economy. The
tuIIe is priced from $50
the yard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-30

HANDSOME NEW WOOL
Coahngs and
Suitings
Silk and Wool Duvetyn
Bolivia Duvet de Lame
Wool Velour Poplin
Broadeloth Poirct Twill
Silvertone Jersey Cloth
Tricotine Plaids
French and Storm Serge
Oxford and Novelty Suitings
In spite of the crv of scarcity of wooens have
most comprehensive stock of beautiful SungS and Coat
ings in all the wanted materials. However, when The
present supply exhausted they cannot be reoTdered as
to army use.
All Serges variety of and qualities suit
able for suits capes and dresses $500 $500 yard
POiret navy midnight blue, $500
to $6.75 yard.
TwO-tOne English suitng black, and black
purple black blue and 81 inches wid $500 yard
Broadcoh shades, all sponged, ready for
the $3.50 yard black $780, $3.50 $500 and $780,
All purple golden brown and burgundy $3.50
and $3.50 yard,
Duvet de Lame negre, reindeer, burgundy and
navy 81 inches wide, $500 yard
Velour in blue burgundy, golden brown and
taupe 81 inches wide, $500 yard
54nch Jersey in brown, tan, grey, old and
taupe $3.50 yard:
Silk and Wool Duvetyn a wonderfully lovely material,
reindeer golden brown, 81 inches wide $1,000 yard.
Plaid Checked and Striped suings killed skirts;
coOrs As to wide, $3.50 s675
Oxford Suitings' 81 inch, $500 yard
street <
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-30

We emphasize the necessity for buying What
you need of the Jfner autumn apparel nom.
Later the rery model Won might wish may be
gone beyond hope of replacement.
Buy not one single ITEM more than yon need
but all thai you can see the necessity for.
AND BUY NOW. Many fine materials made
up into mem models nom In our stock Mill not
again be ObfdfHdbie.
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OVID TIT. TOP
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AN Al1fRlCAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT . =
ARIt1Up GUY TrIpEY
T GIN on |
lARfhnR GUY EnHYl
1AChlNE GUNNER JEpYlNGM FRANCE

morrow ana 1 don't want any of you
to be taken alive. What want is two
prisoners and If get them have a
way which will make them divulge
all necessary information as to their
guns. You have your choice of two
weapons-you may carry your per
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mi bombs, these to be used only in
case of emergency"
A persuader is Tommy's nickname
for club carried by the bombers. II
is about two feet long, thin at one end
and very thick at the other. The thick
end Is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center of the club
there Is nine-inch lead bar, to give
Ii weight and balance. When you get
a prisoner all you have to do is just
stick this club up In front Of him, and
believe me, the prisoners patriotism
for deutschland ueber Allies" fades
away and he very willingly obeys the
orders of his captor. II. however. the
prisoner gets heightened and refuses to
follow YOU simply ''persrade" him by
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N Charge.
first removing his tin hat, and then
well, Che use of the lead weight in the
persuader Is demonstrated. and Tom
nay looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife is a dagger affair.
the blade of which is about eight
inches long with heavy steel guard
over the grip. This guard IS studded
with steel projections. At night in n
trench. which is only about three to
four feet wide, It makes n very handy
weapon. Oneypunch in the face gen
orally skaters mans jaw and you
can get him with the knife as he goes
down.
Then we had what we called our
"come-alongs." These are strands Of
barbed wire about three feet long,
made into a moose at one end; at the
other end. the barhs are cut or and
Tommy slips his wrist through a loop
10 get q good grip on the wire. If the
prisoner wants TO argue the point, why
just place the large loop around his
neck and no matter II ISmmy wishes
to return to his trenches al the walk,
trot. or gallOp, Fritz is perfectly agree
able to maintain ,Tommys rate Of
speed.
We were ordered to black our faces
and hands. For This reason At night,
the English and Germans use what
they call star shells. sort OF rocket
affair. They are fred from large
nj al In fnJ.
is held over the sandbag parapet of the
trench. and discharged into the air.
These star shells attain a height Of
about sixty feet, and a range of from
fifty to seventy-fve yards. When they
hit the ground they explode, throwing
out a strong calcium light which lights
up the ground I'm a circle of radius of
between ten to fifteen yards. They
also have parachute star shell which,
after reaching height Of about sixty
feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds
and slowly floats to the ground, light
ing up large circle In No Mans Land.
The Official name of the star shell Is
~very-light." very-lights are used
10 prevent night surprise attacks on
the trenches. II a star shell falls In
front Of you. or between you and the
German lines. you are safe from detec-
ton, as the enemy cannot see you
through the bright curtain Of light
But II It falls behind you and. as Tom
my says. you get In the star shell
Sone," then the fun begins; you have
to lie nat on your stomach and remain
absolutely motionless until the light Of
the shell dies out. This takes any.
where from forty to seventy seconds.
II you haven't time to fall to the
ground you must remain absolutely
sim In whatsves petition you were n
when the light exploded: e y advlD'
able net . brsatha. - yFi3 hno n
eys IKE N eaGle VIZ - tAinhD ~
svs tnnckins ~ haA 1enr. W. . 80
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WOLVERTON PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Philo Rich OF Grand
Papids visited His mother, Mrs. l..
Rich and family from Saturday until
Monday. Other guests here we're
T.. A. Hodge and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmett Green and MT. and Mrs. Lam
don Houle and children.
Ward Schooby is helping his uncle,
Freeman Naegles husk corn and
Shedding stalks. Mrs. Schooby and
sen Forrest visited there Monday and
Tuesday
Miss Lynch spent Saturday night
with friends III Greenvile.
Mr. and Mrs A. y. Wise came with
their auto and took Mr.. and Mrs. =.
B. Wise to Bedding Sunday afternoon.
They took lunch with their brother
and sister, Mr. and MIS-. j. Wise. Mr..
end Ms. a. 81 Wise also called on
Harry McLane and family.
Mrs. VIII Wolltow and son Richard
and Mrs. Nels Griffith were guests OF
Mrs. Z. B. Wise Thursday.
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Stomach Dead
Man Still Lives

People who suffer from sour stom-
ach, fermentation of food, distress
after eating and indigestion and seek
relief in large chunks of artificial di-
gestors, are killing their stomachs by
inaction just as surely as the victim
of morphine is deadening and injuring
beyond repair every nerve in his body.
What the stomach of every sufferer
from indigestion needs is q good pre-
scription that will build up his stom-
ach, put strength, energy and elias
ITCHY into it and make it sturdy
enough to digest hearty meal with
out artificial aid.
The best prescription for indiges-
ton ever written ID. sold by druggists
everywhere and by Wortey 3 French
and ID rigidly guaranteed to build ND
the stomach and cure indigestion, or
money back. a + il
This prescription Il named 1fi-o-na
and u sold IN small tsb1et form IN
large boxes, for only . few cents. Re-
member the nama, Mi-o-na otomacA
tablste Thsy never fan.
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CHAPTER XVI.

All Quiet (?) on the Western Front
At brigade headquarters l happened
to overhear conversation between our
G. o. G. general officer commanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and on the first of July the
big push" was to commence.
In few days orders were issued to
that effect, and 1t was common prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon of the eighth day OF
our "strafeing," Atwell and l were sit
ting In the front-line trench smoking
flags and making out our reports of the
previous nights tour Of the trenches,
which we had to turn in TO headquar-
tiers the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
go over on q trench raid that night to
try and get a few German prisoners for
information purposes. l Immediately
volunteered for this job. and shook
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-13

Milo H. Meeks, SON Of John and
Jane Meeks, was born October IL,
1870 on the old homestead in Orleans
township, where he has always lived
and where he passed away Nov. 4,
1918, aged 48 years, 20 days, following
. stroke Of apoplexy.
Mr.. Meeks was a charter member
of Orleans X. o. Il. M. and was also
member Of Silk City lodge /. 0. O.
F. He was big hearted man who
loved to help in cases of sickness and
need. He became a man and took
mans place in his early teens and
has been a fixture in the life Of Or
leans who will be sorely missed. He
was sick but one day and his sudden
death is shock to everybody.
He leaves one sister, Mrs. Alma
Stilson Of Ionia, who kept house for
her brother Is years and helped him
faithfully to bear the burdens of the
home. He leaves one brother, Miles,
who was unable to leave his home in
Wyoming on account of quarantine.
He also leaves nieces, nephews. other
relatives and many friends.
The funeral was held at the house
Friday afternoon conducted by Rev.
r. v. Birdsall, and interment was in
Orleans cemetery.
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shell is burning In Tommy's rear ne
can hold his breath for week.

hJitii Is DuTnlnB III loInnuy y ItuE no
can hold his breath for week.
You blacken your face and hands 30
that the light from the star shells will
not reflect on your gale face. In q
trench raid there Is quite sufficient
reason for your face to be pale. II you
don't believe me. try 1t just once.
Then another reason for blackening
your face and hands is that. after you
have entered the German trench at
night. "white face" means Germans.
'black face" English. Coming around
a traverse you see a white face In
front of you. With prayer and wish
ing Fritz "the best o. luck" you intro
duce him to your "persuader" or
knuckle knife.
A little later we arrived at the COM
munication trench named Whisky
street, which led to the fire trench at
the point we were to 60 over the top
and out In front.
In our rear were four stretcher bear
ers and a corporal of the II. A. NJ. G.
carrying pouch containing medicines
and first-aid appliances. Kind OF
grim reminder to us that our expedi-
ton was not going to be exactly pic
mic. The order of things was reversed.
In civilian life the doctors generally
come first, with the undertakers tag
ging in the rear and then the insur-
ance man, but In our case, the under
takers were leading, with the doctors
trailing behind. minus the insurance
adjuster.
The presence of the r. A. M. G. men
did not seem to disturb the raiders, be-
cause many a joke made In an under
tone, was passed along the winding
column, as to who would be first to
take ride on one Of the stretchers.
This was generally followed by a wish
that, IL you were to be the one, the
wound would be a "cushy Blighty
one"
The stretcher bearers. no doubt
hoping that. IL they did have to carry
anyone to the rear, he would be small
and light. Perhaps they looked at me
when wishing, because could feel an
uncomfortable. boring sensation be-
tween my shoulder blades. They got
their wish all right.
Going up this trench, about every
sixty yards or so we would pass lone
ly sentry, who in a whisper would
wish us "the best o. luck, mates" We
would blind at him under our breaths |;
that Jonah phrase to Us sounded very
ominous.
Without any casualties the minstrel
troop arrived at Suicide ditch, the
front-line trench. Previously, wiring
party of the Royal Engineers had cut
a lane through our barbed wire to en-
able us to get out into No Mans Land.
Crawling through this lane, our
party OF twenty took up an extended
order formation about one yard apart.
We had a tap code arranged for our
! movements while in No Mans Land,
because for various reasons II is not
safe to carry on heated conversation
a few yards in front of Fritz lines.
The officer was on the right Of the
line, while ! was ON the extreme left.
Two taps from the right would be
passed down the line until / received
them, then l would send back one tap.
The officer, in receiving this one tap.
would know that his order had gone
down the whole line, had been UNDER
stood, and that the party was ready
to obey the two-tap signal. Two taps
Continued Next Week.
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hands with Atwell, and went TO the
rear TO give my name to the officers In
charge Of the raiding party.
was accepted. worse luck.
At 9:45 that night we reported 60 the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in n sefVicircle around him, and ne
addressed US as fellows
"All want you boys to do is to 90
over to the German lines tonight, sur
prise them, secure q couple OF prison
ers, and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section Of
the line for two days and personally
believe that that part OF the German
trench Is unoccupled, so just get cou-
pie Of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, in an un-
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank, how are we going TO get
couple OF prisoners If the. old fool
thinks personally that that part OF the
trench is wnoccupied sounds kind OF
hslv, doesn't It mate2
had funny sinking sensation In
my stomach. and my tin hat felt as If
It weighed about ton and my enthusl-
assn was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned in his direction and
in a laundering voice asked:
"What did you say?"
The sergeant with a scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
"Well, don't say it so loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper 1nGnt ed:
"In this section Ol the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery, In the
last two or three days, has been un-
able to tape. These guns command the
sector where two of our communion
ton trenches join the front line, and
as the brigade is to go over the top to-
morrow morning want to capture two
or three men from these guns crews.
and from them / may be able to obtain
valuable information as to the exact
location of the guns. and our artillery
will therefore be able to demolIsh them
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing a lot Of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
~:
Take on your Identification disks,
strip your uniforms Of ell numerals,
insignia. etc.. leave your papers with!
your captains. because don't want theI
Bochss to know what regiments are
against them - this would b valuable,
informatien y them n elr attack b.
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FOOD FLASHLIGHTS

The 1888 Food Program Is both
a National and Personal Obligation.
The Nation has never failed to meet
all obligations and the individual must
not
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MethodIst EpiseopaI Chureh.

NeLnOulsI Episcopal Ihurch-
Glass meeting at 1000.
Morning services at 1890.
Church school at 1900.
Junior League at 800.
Epworth League at Goo.
Evening service at 700.
Prayer meeting Thursday night a
80.
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We cannot administer the food
problem on the basis Of the present
food shortage. We must prepare for
long continuance OF this shortage.
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The new Select Pictures at Empress
Sunday and Monday.
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At best the Allied table will be less
than ours, for the Allied peoples are
denying themselves more in order to
transport soldiers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-04-19
European War News

Reuters Petrograd correspondent
reported to London that the Germans
have occupied Lgov. 100 miles north
west Of Kharkov. After taking Lgov
they sent an ultimatum. demanding
the surrender of KurSk.
German troops numbering $1,000 are
now operating along the southern
coast Of Finland. where they already
have had several bnttles with the Fin
nish "reds." according to information
received at Stockholm.
The big British passenger steamer
Minnetonka. 13.52S tons gross regis
ter was sunk by n German submarine
i'm the Mediterranean during Febru-
airy, the Maritime Register reports.
IL was announced i'm London that
the sinking of British merchantmen
by mines or submarines last week
reached the next lowest level of any
week since Germany began her in
tensfve submarine campaign early In
1917. Four vessels of more than 1G0O
tons. and two Of less than 1000 tons
were sent TO the bottom.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-04-19

An American officer who returned
from the battlefelds OF northern
France, where he has been since virtu-
ally the beginning of the German Of
fensive, estimates that thus far the
Germans have lost at least 100000 in
killed, wounded and missing.
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MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT TO LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels culled From Events Of Mo
ment In All Parts Of the World
OF Interest to All tho
People Everywhere.
US.-Teutonic WdrNe,vs

The Germans attempted an attack
against the American positions north
west of Toul just before sunrise and
were completely repulsed. Two Ger
man prisoners said that the enemy
planned the attack with a force or
500 men, but that 1t was stopped by
the effective fire of the American ar
tillery. The Americans lost no pris-
oners.
American marines have landed at
yladivostok, as well as British ana
japanese forces, according TO advices
received at Hardin from that place.
The Americans are in control OF the
docks, while the japanese are guard
ing the railway and ammunition de-
pots.
america Is in this war TO the nm
ish of victory. 1t has made its choice.
We shall have many days of anguish
we may lose millions of dollars, but
as long as we save our souls America
is saved" Secretary of the Navy jose
plus Daniels made this fervent declar-
ton before 10000 persons at the In
ternational amphitheater at the stock
yards in Chicago at a great melting
pot" Liberty loan mass meeting.
The Germans have made their first
capture of an American aviator, an un-
official Berlin dispatch reports. He is
said to have been shot down on the
western front on Sunday.
Four hundred and forty-seven names
appear on casualty lists for April to
8, inclusive, made public by the war
department following orders from Sec
rotary Baker. The combined lists
show: Killed in action, 49, died OF
wounds, II captured 81 died of acct
dent, A died of disease, 46; died.
"cause unknown" 81 severely wound
ed, 1903; slightly wounded, 241.
The American railway engineers
who helped stem the tide of the on
rushing Germans during the opening
days of the battle now in progress
fought shoulder to shoulder with Cana
dian engineers In carrying out their
task They inflicted heavy losses on
the Germans.
A German spy named Schniltz Is he
lieved to have been one Of the men
connected with attack on driver of
an American military postal automo-
bile in Paris on January 90.
Transportation of American troops
to France already Is proceeding at the
accelerated rate contemplated by the
speeding-up measures taken after the
battle of Picardy began. Acting Sec
rotary Crowell made this statement,
but would give no details.
The navy department announced that
American submarines have crossed
the Atlantic to engage in the common
fight against German Uboats. They
are now aiding allied naval forces, as
are American destroyers and Ameri-
can naval airmen, and they have been
In the war zone for some months.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-04-19

AS has been said, the allies do not
seek to minimize the menace In the
successes the Huns have gained, but
their commanders are as confident as
ever that the kaiser cannot accomplish
his aims, and the men In the ranks