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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Homan and
Miss Lizzie Zylstra of Oak Harbor
visited in Lynden last week.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-08-22

Mrs. Ralph De Motifs who is at
the st. Luke's hospital, is improving.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-08-22

Miss Alma Ecker visited last week
in Tacoma.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-08-22

Dan Mcleod visited in Lynden Sat
urdag.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
AMERICAN WOMEN
WORKING IN LONDON
Thousands OF American Women in
London as Nurses and Y. NJ c. A.
Recreation Workers.

London. Sept. s,-Never before
have there been so many American
women in London as now. ard as the
American army in France grows the
number Will be largely increased. For
England is to be the 'Blighty' OF
thousands of our wounded, as it will
be impossible to transport all of
them back home because of the neces-
sary limitation of hospital ships and
the lack OF immunity granted to such
ships of mercy. Aside from the
nurses who are everywhere, the
American women mostly are assisting
the American Young Mems Christian
association in its extensive work of
providing recreation for the American
( soldiers now In London.
American nurses are constantly ar
irving here and though 1t would be
undesirable to mention any exact
numbers. il may be said that they
are in due proportion to the fighting
strength. More than year has
passed since the king and queen well
coined at Buckingham Palace the first
medical unit, accompanied by its full
contingent OF nurses. All these earlier
arrivals went direct to the western
base and. the conditions of war service
( are NOW bSEIfIilkE w ldhC ViANSN IA "a
need for rest and change.
For many months past American
nurses have had well appointed club
/ at a fine house in Grosvenor Gardens
/ close 10 all the centres OF their own
| government in London. This. how
! ever, is no longer sufficient to meet
all the calls made upon it for accom-
modation and the Countess of Gra-
nard is now lending Forbes House
Halkin street, to be used as a second
establishment of the kind.
Al the American Women's club
which has charming premises In Hert-
ford street, Mayfair, its president
Mrs Curtis Brown, was able to speak
of its continued and increasing ac-
tivity in the matter OF supplying sur
gical requisites for the wounded. This
is work that has been going on
from days prior to the American en-
try into the war. when much valuable
help was. given to British hospitals
as we'll as those maintained through
transatlantic generosity.
At the present time a new develop
ment is that of a home service com
nittee, which charges itself with
the care of English wives of enlisted
American soldiers. Many Americans
/ in this country are in business or in
| dustry and are NOT all men OF wealth
Moreover. many have thrown up their
| situations for active service. Wher-
ever necessary this committee, with
funds supplied by the Red Cross, can
take the responsibility of looking
after the wife and family in the inter-
val, which may be OF some weeks
duration before the military allow
ance can begin TO come through
Every. American woman now in our
midst may be described as war
worker, and for the time being social
] pleasures and amusements are en-
| tirely in allegiance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
TANKS LIKE DEMONS
TO FLYING GERMANS
Lwdeadorn Orders Hun to Concentrate
Everything Against Cavalry
and Tank.

With the Americans south of ths
Aisne. Sept S-~Desplte Luden-
dorr's statements concerning The
nenlcAcy OF the tanks concrete
proof exists of the enemy's fear of
the mobile fortietS
Thus, instructions issued BY
General won Stein to the troops op-
posing GeneIal Mangins army OF.
ders them 20 ignore the Franco
American infantry and artillery and
everything elise except the tanks
and cavalry and to employ every
weapon against them.
Furthermore. the German line lis
falling back towards series of de-
fensivc centers each OF which is pro-
,@cted by rivers and canals which LII
GendorF believes may hold up the
tanks.
II - new clear that the chief hui-
Nar&s To which the Germans are retir =
Ing and where they may try for def
r!te stand are Douai. Camhrai. Locate
let. ~ Quentin. iaFere and Laon.
Doual. an important railway center
tg protected by the Sensee canal.
Cambria is guarded, by the Escaut
canal.
lie cattle, has that same barrier in
front IF IT.
southwest of ST, Quentin runs the
Moy, half way between 81. Quentin
and> LaFere. is protected by the oise
canal
LaFare lies behind the sambre canal
In front Of Laon lie the great fer.
ests Of st Gobain and Couey.
tNote.--T The lower Coucy forest was
taken by the French yesterday, but
TIE upner Coucy forest is still held by
the GermansD
These woods protect Laon exactly
as the forests Of Compiegne and Of
NilIers -Cotterets held off the Germans
~ their last drive for Paris.
Anizy- Lr-Cheateau. key point
southwest OF Laon. lies behind the
Disc Ailette canal.
Thence to the southeast there is diff
hcuit uphill country intersected by RAJ
vines and 7anked by the Aisne-Atl-
iette canal on which the Germans are
irving To make stand,
To the east the Germans have the
Atsne as a barrier beyond and north of
Rheims
Although the canals for the most
part are dried up, the locks being cut
and the river beds being dried up
during summer time, the wide deep
bitches are believed to offer Difficult
ties to the tanks.
Ther Chemin Dea Danes does not
offer much trouble to the tanks. but
the country approaching it from the
west IS not open sand rolling as was
that across which Nivtlle launched his
great frontal attack In April. 1917.
The Aillette offers a good rearguard
protection II the Chemtu Des Danes
falls.
1t is true that some of the tanks
have heen knocked out but SO have
airplanes
Since the nceseant battering began
on July Is. the nerves of the enemy
infantry have been badly shattered
and often 1t breaks away and fees al
the tanks approach.
Ludendorff has, therefore, selected a
defensive system apart from the Hin,
denburg line which he hopes will he
impervious to tank assaults, However
infantry can always be used to breach
any tine. creating afients through
which the tanks may be pitched intc
the attack.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
DETAILS LIBERTY
LOAN THIS WEEK

Washington Sept. s.=-Formal an
nouucement of the details of the
Fourth Liberty loan are expected this
week from the treasury department
but in the meantime plans TO make it
even more successful and bring dis
tribution to individuals greater than
that obtained in the third loan when
IS, 900. 600 individual purchasers par
ticipated are under way.
The loan will carry the same inter-
est as the third, 4 IA per cent, so
that there will be little need to plan
for the exchange of previous liberty
loan bonds. Successfully higher rates
were paid on the first, second and third
loans. so that exchange arrangements
were made in each case. but the hold
ers of first and second loan bonds who
wished to exchange we're offered the
opportunity on the third issue
The total OF the fourth loan Is not
yet fixed, discussions ranging for from
five 10 eight billions, but it is believed
the anal amount will be set at six bill
lion
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
CHINA WILL REFUSE
PAPAL AMBASSADOR
Picking Assures Allies No Vatican Rep
resentative VIII Be Accepted Dur
ing War-German influence
Detected.

Paris France, Sept. S.-The Chinese
cans claim to appoint Papal Nuncio
to Picking has given the allies the as
surance that during the war no rep
resentative of the Vatican win be re-
ceived. In view OF the German sym
pathies of Monsignor Petreln and the
close connection with Austria of the
second papal nominee, China intends
to make it clear that while after the
war she will accept religious repre-
sentative, she will not accept Vati-
can political appointment
The influence of Germany which
has been clearly detected in the vati-
cans activities with regard to the
nuncio, is not by any means the open
ing of a new chapter In German in
| trigue in the Far East. Monsieur
Gerard, the French ambassador to
t Picking between 1894 and 1897. had an
interview with Pope Leo XII in 1894
on this subject, Leo having been very
favorable to the proposal made by
China at the instigation OF Germany.
that diplomatic relations should be
lopened between Rome and Picking.
/ 1t was only after several months of
negotiations on the part of the French
government that the pope was in
! duced to leave matters in stAtu quo,
and he showed the ambassador very
clearly in an interview that, though
not inten ding to revoke his decision,
he still cherished the project of estab-
fishing an ecclesiastical hierarchy In
China
How impossible it would be for the
French Republic to sanction a Vatican
representative in Picking is shown In
a book written by NJ. Gerad on
his mission to China. The protection
of Roman Catholic missions and the
propagation of our civilizing influence
had been" he says. since 1S44 the
principal motives OF our intervention
| in China, as we'll as our establishment,
in Indo-China- 1t Is only since 1870
that Germany began endeavoring to
undermine the position of France as
protector Of Roman Catholic interests
in China, first by introducing a Ger
man Roman Catholic congregation
Into Southern Shantung and suggest
ing to China the inauguration OF direct
relations with Rome"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
|HUN PRISONERS DIE
| OF TYPHOID fever
Outbreak At Hot Springs Internmeut
Camp Causes Anxiety-Patients
Transferred to Hospital ct
Biltmore.

| Washington Sept. a.-EixhtAAn
German prisoners at the internment
camp at Hot SPRING. N. c.. have died
of typhoid In an epidemic Of 1T
cases, the war department announced
late today.
All the patients have BEEN trana-
terred to army general hospital. Num-
Der 12. at Biltmore. ". G., and all re-
manning prisoners at the camp have
been transferred to the internment
camp at Fort oglethorpe. Ga.
The first report OF the typhoid
among the Germans was received by
he surgeon generals ONCE here
August 1. and an investigation was he
gun at once. 1t was found that the
outbreak OF the disease> was due to
la supplementary waters supply for
toilet purposes from wells. although
precaution had been taken to sterflize
this supplementary supply.
The Hot Springs camp was turned
over to the army In July for the trars-
ference OF all prisoners to the camp
at Fort Oglethorpe. The Hot Sprinrs
camp was instituted by the depart
ment of labor. and its occupants most
ly were seamen from interned German
ships that were seized at the declara :
ton OF war by the United States
There were z.127 men informed there
They an were inoculated with anti
typhoid serum following the investi-
CATION by the surgeon general.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
ENGLISH HUMOR IS
ILLUSTRATED HERE
Laugh of Police Magistrate Gave
American Stowaway some tn
enlargement.

London. Sept Ss--Charles Arm
strong Helms, OF St Louis. was over
the age, but anxious TO tight tic Is
now In the wA
To get in, he accom- p}ishea a feat
apparently impossible aud probably
not done by any one else since
America entered the war he should
have been shot and IMPRISONED, or
at least deported, but hts transparent
honesty and burning patriotism won
all hearts for him. The result showed
thar even the military machine has a
soul.
Charles came into my Alice IN
washed and unshaven. No collar on
and clothed in rags. He quietly an
nouneed he wanted 10 night.
He seemed overwhelmed by the
stupidity Of The recruiting officials
who. wouldn't take ain
why ?" he asked.
Because I've no papers. What do
papers matter? ! want 10 XIII Ger
mans" he explained further, impa-
tientiy. that being just over the age
he couldn't enlist AT home. He added:
Every mans duty rs 10 De IN
France. SO | just came.
He came as a stowaway. Ii Is a
thrilling story how he eluded the
guards on both sides OF the Atlantic
but II can't be told for the present.
because il would be unwise TO Tip of
people less patriotic than Helms how
such a stunt is possible.
/ gave him shirt and a collar ana
took him 10 the American authorities
They were all interested in has case
but the rules of the defence of the
realm act made things look black for
poor Helms who, on our advice, gave
himself up TO the police
When the British magistrate heard
the story he laughed II vas the flrst
time, officials told me. that magis-
trate had laughed in that court IN
forty years Tie fined Helm 200
A(f5oae and committed him 10 Jail for
an Indefinite peri q
Then the law being .atisfed. he told
him he was released On parole. Helms.
over joyed. rushed TO the next recruit
Ing ONCE.
When he brought back my shirt and
collar. walking proudly into my Office
In Uncle Sarn's uniform, he was the
happiess man | ever saw
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
THOUGHTS OF HOME
IN SOLDIERS MIND
Pockets Carry Letters and Pictures of
Mother and Sweetheart, TAese Arc
Soldiers Greatest Treasures.

At the British Front. Sept s.-rhe
influence of woman Is felt in tho nrst
line trenches and dugouts and reaches
out even upon the battleheids-
In the pockets OF dead soldiers.
friends and foes are found every day
and everywhere along the far lung
front the snapshots and often cabinet
photographs OF mothers. wives, sis
tiers and sweethearts, loves letters and
just simple letters from home In
many cases they are carried In a little
special pocket just over the heart.
These are the soldiers greatest treas
ures. 1t matters not what his army
is; in this respect human nature Is
the same. Pictures OF the soldiers
dear ones are nailed on the walls Of
dugouts. underground tunnels. In the
cellars OF shell-wrecked> buildings or
pinned on the canvas walls Of Lorrfes
and motor trucks-wherever Tom.
Bill. Ralph or Dick md a humble war
domicile.
These vaIuahles give pathetically
personal touch to war. You wonder
how the mems relatives would feel II
they saw what you daily see when the
battle is raging. You are thankful
that they are spared the ordeal.
A letter or photograph taken from
u AcAu SotuscE > pocket IN La4 pf9Co&8
OF Identification suddenly nArrows
your conception OF war down to the
broken form at your feet 70 Jim
Jones and Frank Black and the legion
OF others who died in action
l have seen German prisoners resist
when Rockers invade the places where
they carry their pictures.
The advanced zone where death
turks everywhere is distinctly \ man q
NJ ~
dent and useful and daring war wo-
men workers are allowed to Eet near
that xone.
But In the base hospitals and rests
there are plenty OF women and they
perform wouders
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
TURKEY OPENS UP AN
ELUSIVE PEACE

Amsterdam, Sept s-"An our
enemies. including America, will
shortly recognize that there is no sense
in continuing the war
Talaat Pasha, the Turkish min
lister of interior. is quoted by the
Vienna Neue F>reie Zeitung as having
made this statement in an interview
and adding that he was convinced
favorable conditions for peace will
arise before winter"
The Turkish stataGmAn's alleged de-
claration in itself ID regarded here a.
merely another opening gun in the
carefully prepared "peace-or-armis-
tice-before-winter" campaign OF the
central powers, but hts allusion to
America, which he includes among
"our enemies" has caused a mild
sensation In diplomatic circles becauAe
OF this manifest offense to a nation
that has displayed such long suffering
patience toward Turkey. staunchly re-
sisting strong pressure at home for a
declaration Of war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
GERMAN SHORTAGE
IN AEROPLANES

London, Sept. 8.-A German order
captured recently by the British
throws light on the present aeroplane
shortage in Germany. 1t says:
In view of the present situation
as regards raw material our aero
plane industry is more reduced to
relying on the working up OF mo-
tors and instruments saved from
destroyed aeroplanes. Thus the
supply Of material at the front has
become essentially dependent
upon the return Of waste material
from the front"
This shortage is making itself felt
more keenIy as the allied airmen car
ry the war Into Germany and the
Germans and themselves compelled to
detach squadrons for home defense.
In addition there are very heavy losses
which are inflicted on the German
flying forces daily
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
SHELLS INTERRUPT
GAME OF BASEBALL
Just Brief Delay and Contest Proceeds
Amid Enthusiasm to Final
Inning.
Paris, Aug Is tBy maiD.-what are

Paris. Aug Is tBy maiD.-what are
a few German shells. more or less
when khaki-clad American soldiers
are In the midst Of q ball game close
behind the fighting line in France7
gets mixed with dying shells SO that
Spaulding himself couldn't extract it
without burning his fingers. Who
cares II = fielder occasionally catches
fly she'll instead Of ny ball 50 long
as 1t doesn't explode in his hands?
Several days ago Y. NJ C. A
physical director rode eight kilome-
baseball paraphernalia to two waiting
mines which were to establish the
cham pionship OF the sector. The
players furnished their own gas
masks
Came the sixth inning. The Jump stood
behind the plate. as all jumps should
| besides II was nearer the dugout sane
ties from soldiers who differed with
him regarding decisions. The third
batter was out, the mines were chang
ing positions and the crowd WAS wig
wagging vocally in no uncertain man
ner for pep.
Shake a leg, you BIRDS yelled the
| ump. "or the war will be over before
this game is
The next instant his stomach WAS
| trying to bore a hole In French soil
| So was the stomach of every player
| and spectator. big shell bearing
the label made in Germany" had just
| burst inside second base. Instead of
| a mound there was crater and the
! field was otherwise messed up.
Amy one hurt?" yelled the ump. NO.
well. whateryer loanng for Shake a
| leg I'LL the cavity Play ballr'
! Only when the boche acquires per-
| feet control can he break up an Amer
| lean ball game. His wild ones merely
cause an irritating interruption.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
NEW PRIoRITIES


rsanufaesar re 'ee@-~e;sve er travel
ing cranes. ferrc 'iayS machine
sgaols -s,res tr~Nass}rg ~ sf55S sra
ssrrc-s3las s~s-s5S a Ways So
operate nv government steel rNil
rails VS. a~B ravr 6eTArtfr e7is
fconstrset SOW ~ -cf SIRE rosa and
rere ~ir@s
class : U.s. as f-.ls@.s
f~hafn trsa~ts e=Eaesa principally
in ru&egfaetu- fF7 f0e
chain depeSt.c esss- fuFrs tf1et ana
ELECTRIC energy uez rtbe9~ Sc sreci-
-syys4.v- -y7-s-' F.-syE yT-7e-rt.
exr1asi~4s sne1 7z~erstse NsfFoR food
tpof otherwise .Het4@ra}'T .fStSdA, ice.
mines fplarts 81 aSea principally IN
Manufacturers sr5-4n= fools 0r equip
rnentA. eli ara Eas. equipment Gil ahd
gas taquirraent OF supplies, steel
srsclusiqe Ct these taxing higher
cis ssinestsea}, iig plates tools tSnail}
Clsss il ss follows
BAGS. boots and shoes chemicals
mot otherwise eta@stoedl. cotton,
drugs farm implements, fertilizers,
Are brick. food containers. insecticides
ana f,ing:rtdes }agndries. newspapers
AZ periodicals rsjp nd paper SOAP
tanners tanning, a. hsecn. Irvine
rThe inclusion If tne industries ard
nIants an this preference list does not
operate as = ~ sNh43 X q @fif'N o. W.
erE.r the war Industries board states.
.,hut the effect Is to defer the require
1nentg OF all other industries and
rlants until me requirements OF those
on the preference list shall have been
satisfied The paramount purpose Of
prioritles IS the seleetive mobilization
OF the products of the soil. the mines
and the factories fer direct and sndt-
rect war needs in such way as VIII
most effectively contribute toward
winning the war
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
= 1e&h in his day report which says
sH$ ara IN contact with the enemy

ne&h in his day report which says
II Ne are In contact with the enemy
- the line vermsn-St. Simon-Croza'
ennAl..
INV u ccfrSspcndent with the Americans
uouth On the Aisne. confirms tonaght
what has been said IN these dispatches
fnr weeks.
That the prospective Geyman stand
~. to ~ n. ade~ backed on the huiwaks
Dcuaa, eLeCateiet ST Quentin. i.aFere.
Laon
THE ensuing week therefore, oas
In store one Of three tainss-one
OF the sercest battles Of the wat Ia
4 whfcs, thr tSe-1TaHs Hrr resolved 80
~ NEEf 90 the last dJfrh. pfIHcTpaFiE
in the ferefeld Of Cambria. ST
Quentin and IsaFere. the three hal-
warRs most closely nensced var
tuai aiscontinaanee Of the allied
csyensiyes, with Foch corteating
himself with his triumohs OF this
year until he can strike with fresh,
fufl force next spring. or ar a.
tack on an entirely new sector,
as for instance. the German Sx-
irene 1eft. n such So attack
Z. Americas nav agar FlAy Lead
ing part
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
FRENCHMEN REACH
ST. QUENTIN CANAL

Paris. Sept. s.--The French have
captured Nemesis. five miles north
west of La Fere- and have reached
the St Quentin fCrozat) canal. the
war Offices announces.
South of the Oise the French pro-
crossed in the region of Servais. the
statement says.
t Note--+Servais- ties less than two
miles southwest of La Fere).
Further south (north of the Aisne)
the French and Americans held their
positions around Laffaux and Celles
against German counter-attacks.
Two successful raids were executed
in the Champagne where prisoners
were taken
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
CONSULAR ATTACHES
REACH STOCKHOLM

Copenhagen, via London. Sept. g.
After trip OF hardships and constant
danger to their lives, the members of
the American and Italian LEGATIONS In
Russia have at last arrived on Stock
holm.
Frank Lee, who was American vice.
consul at Moscow. told correspondents
on his arrival, that the BolShevtki
authorities did their utmost to delay
the departure Of the legation stAffs
and that they refused to release the
British ana French consuls. The
American consul general. he said, re-
fused to leave before the French and
British consuls were released, and he
is still In Moscow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
H|NDENBURG SAYS
/. NOT GUILTY FOR LOSS

Zurich. via Paris, Sept s.-Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg, it is learned
from German sources, disclaims all
for the failure of the
German July offensive.
1t is said Hindenburg left German
headquarters in great disgust for an
tour Of the Lorraine front
after he had failed to argue the crown
prince out Of the Iatter's conviction
that the Germans should strike on
the Marne before the Americans were
in France in greater force.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
RICHMOND SAVES
MUCH GASOLINE

n All indications pointed yesterday TO
100 per cent observance OF the order
40 conserve gasoline. Observers at
various points reported that Richmond
citizens had determined that every
pint of gasoline hat could possibly be
saved should be saved. and there were
few automobiles on the streets. those
out being on business alone.
Just like Richmond. commented
Chief Sherry when he received reports
from his men that all appeared to be
going in accordance with the views Of
real patriots
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-09
HUN STATEMENT
ADMITS FAILURE

Berlin, via London. Sept. s,-"South
OF the Peronne-Cambrai road" says
todays war once report covering yes
terdays operations. I'VE fell back to
west OF the line Gouzeaucourt-E pehy-
Templeaux- de-Guerard.
''Astride the Somme we are in con-
tact with the enemy on the line east
Of Vermand- ST. Simon-Crozat canal.
the French late yesterday.
South OF the Ailette the enemy
reached our line east Of vauxaillon.
West Of the line Premontre- Bran
court and between Vaixalhon and the
west of Valley enemy attacks were
repulsed."