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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
C. w. FAIRBANKS is DEAD
Former Vice President Succumbs to
Nephritis in indianapolis Home
After Long illness.

Indianapolis, June 5. = Charles
Warren Fairbanks, former vice presi-
dent of the United States and former
United States senator for Indiana.
died at his home here at $3.50 o'clock
Tuesday night. Death was due tc
pephritis, which has been a chronic all
ment with him, but not regarded as
particularly serious until recently. All
members of the family except Maj,
Richard Fairbanks, who is in France
were at his bedside. Charles Warren
Fairbanks was born in log cabin on
a farm in Union county, Ohio, May IL.
1852. He attended Ohio Wesleyan
university. In 1874 he was admitted
to the bar. The same year he located
in Indianapolis and married Mics Cor
nelia Cole, who had been a student
with him at Ohio Wesleyan. In 1896
he was named United States senator
from Indiana. On June %, 1904, he
was nominated as Republican candi.
date for vice president and his election
followed He was also the Republican
candidate for vice president in 1916.
Four sons and one daughter were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fairbanks. Mrs. Fair
banks died several years ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
27 LOST ON TRANSPORT
TORPED0ED BY U-BOAT
Passengers and Sick on President Lin
coin Rescued by U. S. Destroyers
Commander Praised.

Washington, June 4.-The navy de-
partment gave out this announcement:
--latest dispatches state that all the
passengers, including the sick, aboard
the President Lincoln were saved.
None of the survivors was seriously
injured The transport was attacked
by q submarine at 9 :53 a. m. on May
81, was struck by three torpedoeS and
sing in Is minutes.
"The attacking submarine was
about two hundred feet long and was
not of the cruiser type.
American destrOyers went to the
rescue. AS they were returning to
port with the survivors, a submarine
was sighted at noon Saturday and at
tackled by a destroyer.
'The small loss of life on the Presi-
dent Lincoln was due Ito the thorough
discipline of the ships company and
excellent seamanship of the command
ers and officers of the vessels con-
cerned, particularly the commander of
the transport, Vice Admiral Sims says
in his report
Four officers are reported missing
as follows:
Surgeon l.. c. Whiteside, Lehighton,
Pa.
Assistant Paymaster A Mowai,
Newport r. /.
Assistant Paymaster J. e. Adrstron
or Ardstow, U. S. n. r. T. (no such
name as AdrstOn or ArdstOw is on the
navy records. There may have been
some error in the transmission of
name).
Lieut.. e. V. M. Isaacs, Fort Huabica,
Ariz. (taken prisoner by the subma-
rfne).
Among the enlisted men reported
missing are:
J. A. Jenkins, Eugene, Mo-; r. FL.
Heglin, Edyville, Neb.; Karl Ell. Neu-
let. Columbus, Ind.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
DR.. ROBERTS is ARRESTED
Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff Takes Wau-
kesha Neutrality-suspicious. With
Grace Lusk Cause.

Waukesha, Wis.,, June 5.--Dr. David
Roberts, who testified Grace Lusk pur-
sued him, and whose wife was killed
by Miss Lusk, has been arrested. A
deputy sheriff and detective drove
from Milwaukee by automobile last
night and served warrant on Doctor
Roberts, charging him with statutory
offense. The offense is punishable by
as high as 100 days In Jail. Doctor
Roberts entered the machine at once
and was taken to Milwaukee. In the
course of the trial of Grace Lusk Doc
tor Roberts testified to being with
Miss Lusk at the Hotel Wisconsin in
Milwaukee the first of June last year
1t is supposed this is the basis of the
warrant
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
u. S. FLYER IN FIGHT WITH 5
Downs One Machine and Rescues
Companion Flyer.

With the American Army in France
June lon the front northwest of
Toul Lieut.. Edward Rickenbacher, the
former automobile racer, not only
brought down one machine, but res
cued Lieut.. James A. Feissner of
Brooklyn, n. Y, after his machine had
been damaged. Single-handed Ricken-
bacher attacked two Albatross BIZ
nlanes and three monoplanes. After
he had fired hundred rounds into
one of the biplanes it fell crashing to
the ground. The lieutenant turned
and attacked another which sought
safety IN flight. Meanwhile, the re-
naming German machine had descend
ed too low for Rickenbacher to at
tack.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
new YORK FEARS
A|RPLANE RAID;
ALL LIGHTS OUT
City Is Darkened at Night After
u-Boat Attack.
NO EXPLANATION is GIVEN
Order Issued by Police Chief Puts
Ban on MISUNDERSTANDING Build
ings and Dwellings Must Use
Shades-Aviators Patrol
City.
NO EXPLANATION IS GIVEN

New York, June 5.-Except for
street lamps, not only Greater New
York but the nearby Jersey and sound
lighthouses axtinguishing their lamps,
Police Commissioner Enright issued
the following order:
GAIL commanding officers of the po.
lice department:
"All display lights, advertising
signs, or special illumination through
out the city, including seashOres, will
be discontinued until further orders.
This will not include city lights.
"In office buildings and dwelling
houses. where lights are used, shades
will be drawn where it is possible to
do so.
''NOtify all concerns Immediately.
No reason was given for the order,
but the presumption is that because of
the presence of enemy submarines in
American waters. the authorities are
taking precautions against the posi-
bility of air raids by airplanes
launched from U-bOats.
The scene frOrA the Metropolitan
tower at nine o'clock Tuesday night
was most unusual. From that point so
many feet in the air at night one can
see the lights not only of the whole
city, but for many miles up the Hud-
son, far down the Jersey coast and
east along both shores of Long Island
sound.
Last night nothing but black shad-
Ows could be discerned. Even Miss
Liberty's torch was black.
In the city the evening attractions
showed a slightly smaller attendance
and there also were fewer merry max
ers in the restaurants and cabarets,
Shortly after eight o'clock, airplanes
flew over the city to observe how the
order was being observed and also to
see how effective it was. They flew
low and the noise of their engines at
tracted the attention of those on he
streets and in houses and an alarm
went out that German airmen were
bombing the city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07

A Swiss commercial paper states
that there is a great shortage in coal
of all kinds, an insufficient supply of
wood for fuel, and small reserves in
oils and grease throughout Switzer-
land. Fresh eggs have disappeared
from the market. Dry vegetables are
becoming more scarce A project to
manufacture flour from potatoes had
to be abandoned because sufficient sun
plies Of potatoes could not be secured.
In Holland coal and coke prices
have been advanced In American
terms, the maximum price for anthra
cite is about SO a ton; coke, SO Il ton 4;
coal briquets. $25 a ton. Distribution
is carefully regulated by cards. Ia
specified quantities. The amount al
lowed, especially to residences, Is
much smaller than in peace times.
New French food regulations forbid
eating houses to serve Of consl1Ie
fresh or packed butter otherwise than
In the preparation Of food. Curdled
or sour milk is prohibited as well as
cream and specified kinds of cheese.
The making or pastries, biscuits, ana
confectionery is prohibited. Only in
dining cars, canteens and railroad re
freshment stations may fresh or con-
densed milk or cream be served after
D in the morning, by itself or mixed
with coffee. tea, or other preparation.
No solid foods may be served between
Q and II in the morning and between
4:30 and $50 in the evening. When
the price of a meal exceeds S1.20 the
customer may be served with not more
than two dishes with or without vege-
tables, or more than one small loaf of
ordinary bread. The bread is limited
to about 311a ounces. All grain which
served for human food
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
CHILD LABOR LAW is KILLED
U. S. Supreme Court Holds Measure
Passed by Congress Last Year
Is Unconstitutional.

Washington, June 4.-The child la
Dor law, enacted by congress last year.
after a bitter fight, was held unconsti-
tutional on Monday by the United
States Supreme court. The decision
was based in the power of local COM
munities to regulate such matters for
themselves, which could not be inter-
fered with by congress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
GREEKS WIN BIG VICTORY
More Than 1900 German and BuIgari.
an Prisoners Taken on the
Macedonian Front.

London, June More than 1000
German and Bulgarian prisoners,
among them 33 officers, and a large
quantity of war materials have been
captured, BY Greek t5Q 61s 5a HE Mace
donian front, accQfd9g f8 al oficl&l
Communication received from SaloniH.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
People Will Think.

'.What did they do with that ac-
cused official?"
pending hearing, they have sus-
pended him without prejudice"
'Looks to me like another sample Of
something that can't be DONE"
sEh?"
''Suspending man without preju-
dice"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
Some Information.

"Sedentary work." said the lecturer
on physical torture, "tends to lessen
the endurance"
'sIn other words, butted in the smart
aleck, ''the more one sits the less one
can stand"
Exactly" retorted the lecturer,
land if one lies great deal ones
standing is lost completely. Judge.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07
ALLIES DOWN 1,127 PLANES
Record Number of Foe Aircraft De-
stroyed on Battle Fronts
During May.

London, June 3.-The record num-
Der of 1,127 airplanes were doWned
on all the battle fronts during May,
the Times stated today. Thirfeen 81
the German planes shot aQWf Oh the
western front were credited to HmerI'.
cans
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07

Reports based on figures from the
department of agricultural show that
January /, 1913, the number of meat
anime in the United States was
greater by moro than 100000 head
than it was January 1, 1917. The num-
Der of inspections for slaughter indi-
cate a decrease in consumption.
The summary shows the total num-
Der of cattle in the United States Jam
uary 1, 1918, was 66,83O,OOO, an in
crease of 1,247, 900 head oyer the same
az the year beford, Hogs Increased
8;7S1,OOo head, OF 81 per cent THe
islzEaase in sheep was. I284.0OO head
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07

Describing the American Red Cross
possible for the comfort and welfare
of the soldiers, and to make use of
such agencies as are authorized and
are in a position to contribute to that
end in addition to the provisions made
by the government, general state
ment by the war department outlines
certain approved activities:
To distribute sweaters, mufflers. he'll
NETS, socks, comfort kits, etc.
To render emergency relief of every
kind upon request Of an officer in
charge.
To relieve anxiety and sustain the
morale of soldiers who are worried
about their families at home, and to
promote the comfort and we'll being of
these families.
To conduct canteen service stations
for furnishing refreshments to soldiers
when travelling through the country;
to furnish emergency relief to the sick
and wounded when en- route and to see
that they are conveyed to a hospital
when necessary and requested by the
commanding officer.
A representative of the Red Cross
may be attached to each base hospital
to furnish emergency supplies when
called upon, to communicate with fam
lilies of patients, to render home SER
vice to patients and such other assis-
tance as pertains to Red Cross work. 8
When the first Liberty motor was
ready to be tested it was taken to
Pixies Peak that it might be studied
while running under atmospheric con-
ditions obtaining at high attitudes.
This difficulty of bringing the motor to
the mountain is now overcome at the
department of commerce bureau of
standards at Washington by bringing
the mountain to the motor.
Airplane motors are now tested at
the bureau of standards in a labora-
tory where various conditions CORE
spending to high attitudes and low
temperatures are secured. The engine
is placed in an alright concrete room,
provided among other things with re-
frigerator coils and large pump to
reduce the pressure of the air. By use
of this apparatus motors may be OBJ
served under conditions similar to
those at different attitudes, which
might otherwise be done only by actual
airplane flights.
Plans of the American Library as
ISOLATION include the establishment of
book and library service in army and
navy hospitals in America and France.
The government is today the great
est employer of labor in the United
States, not considering railroad en-
ployees.
In normal times approximately 400,-
600 civilians are employed, and in the
last year the number has increased to
100000. In comparison one steel cor
ploration employs 100000 men, and one
Saiiroad 100000
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-07

At each eantonment in the United
States a school has been established
where every officer and man receives
instruction in gas defense. The Ameri-
can gas mask, similar to the British, is
as mechanically perfect as the best
experts have been able to produce.
The face piece, with glass or ceiluloid
eyepieces, is connected by q flexible
tube with a canister carried in KNAPP
sack The incoming breath comes,
through the canister, which is filled
with several layers of chemicals which
neutralize or render harmless the gas
laden air. Outgoing breath passes
outside the face piece through a small
valve
The student in gas defense soon
learns to get his mask on in hurry,
six seconds being the standard time
when the knapsack containing the mask
is hanging at his chest in the "alert"
position After intensive training a
gas attack is arranged. The class is
put in trenches, and without warning,
clouds of smoke and chlorine are lib
Grated by the instructors, masks are
hurriedly put on, alarms sounded, and
sleeping men in dugOuts aroused.
When the attack ceases the trenches
are cleared of gas, the air is tested,
masks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
CHAPTER XIII,
Gas Attacks and Spies,

Three days after we had silenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. It
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that is,
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep a sharp lookout for gas.
We had a new man at the periscope,
on this afternoon in question; I was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
"There's a sort Of greenish, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out in
front, It's coming"
But I waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, I gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang
ing near the periscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his r%espirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call it.
Gas travels quickly, so you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds in
which to adjust your gas helmet.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

Frltz became 8 worse nuisance than
ever. he was getting fresher and more
careless every day, took all kinds of
liberties with us-thought he was in
vincible.
Then one Of u crew got a brilliant
idea and We were all enthusiastic to
put it to the test.
Here was his scheme:
When firing my gun, I was to play
my tune, and Fritz, no doubt, would
fall for it, try to initiate me as an
added insult. This gunner and two
others would try, by the sound, to To-
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns in trees, in q little
clump of woods to the left of our Gene
terry, and while Fritz was in the middle
of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. BY our calculations, it would
take ut least a week to pull off the
stunt.
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait,
1t would be impossible to locate his
special gun, and that's the one we were
after, because they all sound alike, a
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige was hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en-.
dure all kinds of insults and fresh re-
marks as to u ability in silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion that Ger.
man gun was a sore spot.
Next day, Fritz opened up as usual
I let him fire away for a while and
then butted in with my "pup-pup-pup.
pup-pup-pup." I kept this up quite q
while, used two belts Of ammunition.
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then
he started in; sure enough, he had
fallen for III game, his gun was trying
to initiate mine, but, at first he made q
horrible mess Of that tune. Again ]
butted in with a few bars and stopped
Then he tried to copy what I had
played. He was a good sport all right
because his bullets were going away
over u heads, must have been firing
into the air. / commenced to fee
friendly toward him.
This duet went on for five days
Fritz was a good pupil and learned
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
Showing How Fritz Is Fooled.

rapidly, in fact, got better than his
teacher. I commenced to feel jealous.
When he had completely mastered the
tune, he started sweeping the road
again and we clicked it worse than
ever. But he signed his death warrant
by doing SO, because my friendship
turned to hate. Every time he fired he
played that tune and we danced.
The boys in the battalion gave us
the "Ha! HAP They weren't in on
our little frameup.
The originator of the ruse and the
other two gunners had Fritz's location
tapped to the minute; they mounted
their two guns, and also gave me the
range. The next afternoon was set for
the grand finale.
Our three guns, with different eleva-
lions, had their fire so arranged, that.
opening up together, their bullets
would suddenly drop on Fritz like a
hailstorm.
About three the next day, Fritz start
ed "pup-pupping" that tune. I blew a
sharp blast on q whistle, it was the sig
nal agreed upon; we turned loose and
Fritz's gun suddenly stopped in the
middle of a bar. We had cooked his
goose, and u use had worked. After
firing two belts each, to make sure Of
our job, we hurriedly dismounted our
guns and took cover in The dugout. We
knew what to expect soon. We didn't
have to wait long, three salvos of
"whiZz-bangs" came over from Fritz's
artillery, q further confirmation that
we had sent that musical machine-gun-
ner on his Westward-bound Journey,
That gun we bothered us again.
We were the heroes of the battalion,
our captain congratulated us, said it
was a neat piece Of work, and, conse.
quently. we were Ill pulled up over the
stunt.
There are several ways Tommy uses
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

to disguise the location of his machine
gun and get his range. Some of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
over the top Of his trench and wants
to get the range of Fritz's trench he
adopts the method of what he terms
getting the sparks" This consists of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they r cutting the
wire, because a bullet when it hits O
wire throws out a blue electric spark.
Machine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many q wiring party
to go out at night when it is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare of his gun at
night when firing, Tommy uses what is
| called a flare protector. This is a stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front. So Tommy, always
r%esourceful, adopts this scheme: About
| &C AOOL vi CSo ! IL VI Nv Sull lC
drives two stakes into the ground,
about five feet apart. Across these
| stakes he stretches q curtain made out
of empty sandbags ripped open. He
soaks this curtain in water and fires
through it. The water prevents it
catching fire and effectively screens
the flare of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is a valuable asset in locating
a machine gun, but Tommy surmounts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with it's fire the
sector of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
By this method it sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun is firing from
a point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they &C
cordingly shell that particular spot.
The machine gunners chuckle and say,
Fritz is a brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the lei in our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno.
rance and pass a few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma.
chine gunners being "windy" and
afraid to take their medicine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
WHAT FARMER THINKS
OF THE COUNTY AGENT.

The states relations service of
the United States department of
agriculture has on file thou
sands Of letters from farmers
telling Of help they have re-
ceived from county agents.
The following is quoted from
a letter written by w. 81. Har-
vey, a farmer Of Long Beach,
CAL:
farming is no longer a blum
dering job. 1t is growing into a
science. To succeed, organiza-
ton, method, system and scien-
tifc knowledge are needed.
These steps are developed and
brought about or made possible
by the right kind Of a county
agent. He is, therefore, a
trained, skilled man in personal
touch with the farmer to help
solve the thousand and one
farm problems as they come up
and has ut his beck and call the
scientific men Of this great
country"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
Keep the Garden coino.

Don't let the garden loaf after the
crops planted in the spring have been
gathered. Plant new crops for fall
harvesting and get the maximum benc-
fit from your food plot.
In most sections Of the United
States nearly all the common garden
vegetables can be planted early in Au-
gust with plenty Of time for their
maturity before the first killing frost
III the autumn. AS late garden crops
which may follow others the following
are suggested:
Beets, Brussels sprouts. late cab.
bage. cauliaower, celery, sweet corn,
kale. peas. spinach and turnips.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01

to plant small areas to Rocky Ford
seed. The result-in 1917 farmers of
this section sold 20 cars Of cantaloupes
with gross returns Of over $4,000. Re-
ceipts per acre ranged from $3.50 to
$3.50.
The farmers began to appreciate the
value Of their land, started sowing
winter crops, called upon the county
agent concerning silos and began look
ing about for cattle for their farms.
Land that had a slow sale at $25 an
acre jumped in two years to $75 an
acre, according to report to the United
States department Of agriculture. Not
least important, through the canta-
loupe enterprise the county agent
gained the confidence Of the farmers
Of the entire county in his work for
better farming.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-01
Cornmeal In Honduras

Because of the marked success Of
recent governmental and private ef-
forts to promote the production of
more cereals during the period of the
war, writes Consul Walter F. Boyle.
Puerto Cortes, an American company
has imported and erected the first mill
for the milling of cornmeal. This was
purchased in the United States and
has been erected at San Pedro, Sula,
Honduras. 1t Is u small equipment,
but marks the beginning Of a new In.
dustry.