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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
Germans Withdraw from Epieds.
Pershing Reports.

Washington, d. c., July 22.-Fresh
successes of the American troops be-
tween the Marne and Aisne were re-
ported by General Pershing today.
Continued fighting between the
Aisne and the Marne today Sunday
has brought fresh successes to our
troops. Forcing the enemy backward
yesterday in bitter contest we took
more than 5000 prisoners, more than
100 cannon and many trench mortars
and machine guns" said his report.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
Bridge in Place Again.

The suspension bridge at Kendall
Young park, which was washed out
in the recent flood, has been replaced
and is now ready for use
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
HUNS FIGHT HARD
TO COVE r RETREAT
NORTH OF MARINE
Assistant Nauy
Secretary Is
N0W In Europe

Washington, d. c., July 22.-Assisr-
ant Secretary of the Navy Franklin
Roosevelt arrived in Europe this
morning aboard destroyer.
He will look after naval matters, it
was said.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
Huns Repulsed Everywhere.

Paris, July. %, (noon) Despite
German counter attacks on the five
mile front northeast of Chateau
Thierry they were completely repuls-
ed everywhere on the front The Ger
man resistance consists of only
artillery action.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
SHOOT Down
FOURTEEN ENEMY AIR.
PLANES, LOSING I

London, July 22.-Fourteen enemy
air planes were shot down by British
aviators. In addition three others
British air ministry said today in is
sung its communique.
Seven British machines are missing
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
American Red
Cross U'0rkers
in DladiU0StOk

Washington, d. c., July 22.-Ameri,
can Red Cross workers have been sent
into Vladivostok, the state department
was informed today
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE TO
D|SBANO IN ACCORD
WITH j. S. ORDER

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 22.-The Ma
tional League will conform at once
with the government regulations on
the work or fight order without re-
gard to the action taken by any other
baseball bodies.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22

Old papers five cents q bundle at
this ONCE. d-f-j-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

With Americans in France, July %,
Il a. m.) The Franco-American adj
vance continues everywhere from
scissors to east of Chateau Thierry
Near LIE Chateau, the line has pene-
trated the plateau along the river and
the main highway from Chateau
Thierry to Soissons is under Allied
control thus adding to the difficulty
of the German retreat from the Marne
Allies Cross Marne.
The American and French infantry
has crossed the Marne in great num-
bers. Heavy reinforcements% of Allied
infantry have made effective their
passage. Without resistance, the
French carried on their operations
northeast of Chateau Thierry, forcing
the advance of their infantry.
The Americans fought gallantly on
the front at Soissons where the Franco
American line strengthened south of
the city until practically all the main
highway from Soissons to Chateau
Thierry was in the hands of the Allies.
Huns Ordered to Retire.
German prisoners said their orders
were to retire northward to Fere-en-
Tardenois, twelve miles northeast of
Chateau Thierry and fifteen miles
southeast of scissors. Chateau
Thierry, the cornerstone of the line Of
the farthest German advance, fell
early Sunday morning when the
French occupied the city, driving the
Germans before them.
Germans Withdraw from Epieds.
Paris, July 22-The Germans have
withdrawn from Epieds to Beau ward
today's communique said.
Epieds is five miles northeast of
Chateau Dhierry while Beau ward Es-
laberte is seven miles northeast of
Chateau Thierry and the Allies are
now six miles north Of the Marne.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-22
BASE AT KEEL FILLED
WITH SUBMARINES
UNDERGOING REPAIRS

Geneva, Switzerland, July 22.-The
submarine base at Kiel is filled with
submarines undergoing repairs, ac-
cording to advices received today from
Hamburg.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05
THE MARINES.

The government has requested the
newspapers not to print anything about
the movement of troops, and we have no.
desire to violate the pledge not to do so.
But it isn't any secret about the marines
that are going to be sent to General
Pershing, if they have not been sent al
ready In fact, it comes from Washing
ton that the general has found these men
SO valuable in the war that he has request
ed another brigade Of some ten thousand
of them-and his request will be complied
with.
There has been but one brigade of ma
rines fighting in France-probably The
Germans probably supposed there were
a million of them, from the way they
carried on. But the truth is, all of the
damage wrought to the enemy was done
by only ten thousand of these soldiers of
the seas.
When the war began four years ago,
we had about two thousand marines We
now have more than seventy-five thOus-
and of them. 1t was not until August,
1916, that the force was authorized at
fourteen thousand. And there were folks
then who thought that that was too many
marines. These same folks would now
be willing for the government to recruit
half million of them, for they are so
trained and disciplined, and are so inter-
ested in their work, that there isn't any
better in fight
All of our troops are giving good
account of themselves. The infantry, the
artillery, the cavalry, the aero service
the glorious navy-we have much faith in
every arm and branch of the service. But
the marines are a picturesque bunch and
they have accomplished so much in their
hand-to-hand fighting, that they probably
lead all other troops in the matter of SEN
timental regard which the people of this
country have for them-Southwes
American.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05
PUNCHY PARAGRAPHS.

Vienna bread is in great demand in
the Austrian capital.
When the Austrian cupboard is bare
the Austrian cabinet is vacant.
Deep grief and enduring pride enter
American homes with the casualty lists
We are all creatures of habit, and the
thrift stamp habit is an excellent one.
Cultivate it.
If America could have foreseen the
consequences she would never have in
vented the submarine.
When the Germans attempt raid on
American troops they are monkeying
with large and active buzz-saw.
The girl who married six soldiers in
succession and secured an allotment from
each of them should have gone into Wall
st. She has all the markings of high fl
nancier.
If gratitude is due to the man who
makes two blades of grass grow where
only one grew before, what is due to the
farmer who has planted this year twice
the acreage of wheat that he ever did be-
fore?
The man who loves liberty best and
would do his utmost for it is the one who
is most willing to have the government
tell him what he shall eat, how long his
coat shall be and how many pockets he
may have upon it.
The government desires us to conserve
gas and electric light In the days when
the community still harbored young men
calling on their best girls, with what fer
vid patriotism this request would have
been carried out!
Secretary McAdoo needs rest. He is
going west in the endeavor to find spot
where no one has ever heard of the war
or the treasury or Liberty bonds or the
railroads. To accomplish this result he
will have to climb mountain alone and
sit solitary on the peak.
Officers of the American regiments in
France are not allowed to have wine serv-
ed at their mess tables unless a French
man or a guest is present Some OF the
officers are considering the advisability
of hiring a Frenchman to be permanently
attached to the regiment
The National Defense League, of
which Theodore Roosevelt is honorary
president, is engaging in a nationwide
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05
UNDER THE STARS.

BY Frank Hamilton Conoley
veteran of Spannsh-American War;
summers highland perfumes sweet
Filling the drowsy air.
trysting place where lovers meet
Kisses and pledges fair!
And vows are made for them both to keep
Vows are for men, and women must weepD
A lock of hair and loop of gold,
The sweetest story of life is told
Under the summer starsl
The bugle's call and harsh commands
Pulsing the murky night
And shrieking Death in fury stands
Hurting his awful blight,
A swift rush made for the firing line
Where Death is glorious, gallant, finei
death is for man, and woman must weep
And man in soldiers grave must sleep
Under the shining stars
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05

The United States navy has trium-
phantly demonstrated its high efficiency,
and has removed one cause of fear from
the minds of the American people. It has
proven that we can transport troops to
France with no great danger from the
German submarines. Though there was
no doubt Germany was fully informed Of
the movement of the transports, all were
landed in safety. No sensible person can
doubt that had Germany seen the faintest
chance to sink our troop ships she would
have been quick to avail herself of the
opportunity thus striking terror to our
people at the outset. That only tentative
efforts were made is proof that she real
lied he hopelessness of the undertaking.
Thus does this country again demonstrate
its ability to meet any emergency.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05

movement against the purchase of Ger
man-made goods. It's slogan is, Turn
Germany upside down, and you will find
made in hell stamped upon it." The
league is asking 2O,O0O,OOo subscribers to
a pledge not to buy articles of any kind
with the MADE in Germany stamp.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05

When one of our soldier or sailor boys
makes the supreme sacrifice we say he
died doing his duty. When one of us ov-
er here buys an interest-bearing Govern
ment security we want to be called pa
triot. Let's buy War Savings Stamps to
help our country and not to be glorified.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05
Springdale, Arkansas, Friday, July 5, 1918
FOCH'S TEN COMMANDMENTS.

The following "Ten Commandments"
Of Gen. Foch, commander in chief of the
allied armies, are regarded as embodying
the highest ideals for soldierly conduct:
Keep your eyes and ears ready and
your mouth in the safety notch, for it is
your soldierly duty to see and hear clear
~, but as rule, you should be heard
mainly in the sentry challenges or the
charging cheer.
"Obey orders first, and, if still alive
kick afterWard, if you have been wrong
ed.
keep your arms and equipment clean
and IN good order; treat your animals
kindly and fairly and your motor and 9TH
er machines as though it belonged to you
and was the only one in the world. Do
not waste your ammunition, your gas,
your food, your time, nor your opportun-
ity.
Never try to fire an empty gun nor
fire at an empty trench, but when you
shoot, shoot to kill and forget not that at
close quarters bayonet beats bullet
Tell the truth squarely, face the
music, and take your punishment like a
man. for good soldier won't lie, doesn't
Sulk and is no Squealer
Be merciful to the women of your foe
and shame them not, for you are man.
pity and shield the children in your cap
tured territory, for you were once help
less child
Bear in mind that the enemy is your
enemy and the enemy of humanity until
he is killed or captured; then he is your
dead brother or your fellow soldier beaten
or ashamed, whom you should no further
humiliate
''Do your best to keep your head clear
and cool, your body clean and comfort
able, and your feet in good condition, for
you think with your head, fight with your
body and march with your feet
"Be of good cheer and high courage,
shirk neither work nor danger, suffer in
silence and cheer the comrade at your
side with smile
Dread defeat, but no wounds; fear dis
honor, but no death, and die game, and
whatever the task, remember the
motto of the division, IT SHALL BE
DONE"
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05

General Pershing says that the clean
life and high ideals of the American sol
der are due to the influence of the Amer
lean mother. Do not be surprised if
mother puts on airs for awhile. Who
could blame her after such tribute.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-05

It is now reported also that linden
burg is in an insane asylum. Planning
the war required mailman and carrying
it out made lunatic
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Apparatus using electrically pro-
duced ozone has been invented by
Paris scientist for quickly purifying
the interior Of barrels used in brew
cries.
An oven has been invented to utilize
for baking the smoke and he. gases
that ordinarily would pass out of
chimney from residence heating
plant
The cherry gets its name from Ce-
rasos, an old Greek town on the Black
sea, whence came the first garden
cherries known to Europe.
A camera has been invented that pro,
jects as well as makes motion pictures
and uses broad piece of film on which
the pictures appear in rows instead Of
a long ribbon.
British interests are experimenting
with rubber seeds from the Maya
states which contain about AZ per cent
of a drying oil that is good substitute
for linSeed oil.
The largest watch in the world, built
as an advertisement, is IL inches in d.
ameter and weighs 115 pounds, while
the smallest is but seven-tenths of an
inch across and weighs less than one
eighth of Troy ounce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
INCREASE IN WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels OF
Wheat to the Acre.

During the past year there has been
4 greater demand for farm lands in
Western Canada than for a number of
years past. The demand is for good
farm lands improved or unimproved.
And at an increase of from ten to if
teen dollars an acre more than the
same lands could be had for a couple
of years ago.
The rise in the price of every kind
of produce grown on these Western
lands, in some cases to double and in
others to treble the price prevailing be-
fore 1914, have attracted and are at
tracing in ever-increasing proportions
the men who are anxious to invest
their money, and apply their energies
In the production of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling with
voices which grow louder and more
anxious as the months roll on, and the
end of the war still seems distant.
Beef, and mere especially bacon, are
required in ever greater quantities,
and the price of all these things has
soard, until it is not question or
what shall we produce, but how much
can we produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought to close
In six months from now, it will be
years before normal pre-war prices
prevail, and meantime self-interest II
not patriotism is turning the minds OF
thousands back to the land. The in
f%oI hoc tho rico
in values of land, especially wheat
land.
The Calgary Herald, commenting on
these conditions says:
''From inquiries made from leading
dealers in farming and ranching prop
critics, and from the information gath
cred in other ways, it is known that
the value of all land-wheat land,
mixed farming properties, and even
good grazing land-has risen in the
last two years 40 per cent. Wheat
lands In some districts have practical
ly doubled in price. One dealer in
farm lands recently sold three sections
for $40 an acre, one extra good quar-
ter went as high as $50, and another
brought 500. These are, Of course,
large prices, but that they viii! be
equaled or even surpassed IN the near
future is beyond question. There Is
feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
be drawn for the success of the move
ment. The proper tillage of land, to
produce large crops in climate like
ours is now understood and practiced
as 1t never was in The early days of
the province. 1t would seem too that
with the increase of land under cult
walton, the seasons are changing
and the rainfall becoming greater and
more regular.
Crops are being harvested, especial
ly in Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
farmer, with his old-fashioned ideas
of breaking and seeding. And at the
price now set by the government for
wheat and which. possibly may be In
creased during the coming season, the
return to the practical skilled agricul-
tulist must necessarily be very large.
What matters SD or even $40 an
acre extra on wheat land when q re-
turn as high as 30 bushels and even
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

more may be taken from every acre
sown7 With hogs bringing $40 hun
dred pounds; beef on the hoof at So.
and mutton SIG, while wool under the
new government arranged SYSTEM of
handling and sale brings 60 cents a
pound (and these values cannot fall
to any great extent for some years.
the demand for land will continue and
values increase in corresponding de-
gree.
"There has never been in the history
of Canada a time so favorable for the
farmer as the present; self-interest,
the inspiration Of patriotic feeling, the
aid freely extended by the govern
ment, who are permitting the import
of certain agricultural implements
free, all these tend to still further
raise the price of Alberta land. "-Ad-
vertiSement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Washington, May 23.-Provost Mar
shall General Crowder today announ-
ced that every man Of draft age must
work or fight after July /. The order
is under a drastic amendment to the
selective service regulations. All
draft registrants, besides idlers, in
what are held to be nonuseful Occupa-
tons, will be given an opportunity be-
fore local boards to choose a new job
or join the army.
Gamblers, race track and bucket
shop attendants and fortune tellers
reached by the new regulation also in
clude walters and bartenders, theater
ushers and attendants, passenger ele-
vator operators and other attendants
of clubs, hotels, stores, etc., domestics
and clerks in stores.
Deferred classification granted on ac-
count of dependents will be disregard
ed entirely in applying the rule. A
man may be at the bottom of class 1,
or even in class 4, but if he fails with
In the regulation and refuses to take
useful employment he will be given a
him into the military service forthwith.
Local boards are authorized to use dis
erection only where they find that en-
forced change of employment would
result in disproportionate hardship up
ON his dependents.
Nav Saliva tho I ahor DrohEap,o
The statement of the provost mar
shall generals Office is as follows:
Provost Marshal General CrSwder
today announced an amendment to the
selective service regulations which
deals with the great question Of COM
polling men not engaged in useful
occupation Immediately to apply them
selves to some form of labor, contrib
uting to the general good. The idler,
too, will find himself confronted with
the alternative of finding suitable en-
pzoyment or entering the army.
''This regulation provides that after
July /, any registrant who is found by
a local board to be habitual idler or
not engaged in some useful occupation
shall be summoned before the board,
given a chance to explain and, in the
absence of a satisfactory explanation,
to be indicted into the military service
of the United States.
"Any local board will be authorized
to take action, whether it has an orig
inal Jurisdiction of the registrant or
not; in other words, any man lOafing
around a poolroom in Chicago may be
held to answer to Chicago board even
though he may have registered in
New York and lived there most of his
life.
1.-The regulations which apply to idle
registrants will be deemed to apply
also to gamblers of all description and
employees and attendants of bucket
shops and race tracks, fortune tellers,
clairvoyants, palmists and the like,
who for the purpose of the regulations
shall be considered as idlers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The Chinese alphabet consists OF IA
letters.
Oil has been discovered at Bell Is
land, Newfoundland.
Ecuador has tree producing berries
which can be used as soap.
Only a third of South Americas pop
ulation is Of pure white blood.
In 1856 New York city, then New
Amsterdam and ruled by the Dutch,
had 1000 inhabitants, 40 houses and
IL streets.
To keep Office building elevators run
ming on a schedule and relieve their
mower plants Of overloads, an electric
ally operated signal device has been in
vented.
An Indiana inventors coupling for
pump rods makes it possible to
change a pump from hand to mechan-
lcal operation with the change of a
single bolt.
For the use of railroad car inspect
ors a metal danger signal has been
invented that locks itself to rail au-
tomatically and cannot be unlocked
except with a key carried by the man
1t protects.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

Faithfulness in the little things of
life makes the big deeds possible.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

w. N. w., Minneapolis, No. 22--191s.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Fight OR WORK,
CROWDER'S ORDER
J Ball Players, Bartenders, Golfers,
Clerks, Gamblers, Must Find
Useful Employment.
ACTORS ON EXEMPTED LIST
Sweeping Edict, Effective July ], to
Make Nation Efficient in War,
Takes Registrars Out of the
Deferred Glass.
Bulletin.

Washington, May %. = General
Crowder's new "work-or-fght" regula-
ltions may require professional base
ball players either to engage in some
useful occupation or to join the army.
Baseball players, as well as jockeys,
professional golfers and other profess
Sional sportsmen, General Crowder
said today, will be affected by the reg
ulationS if strictly enforced. General
Crowder said he did not desire to make
specific rulings at this time and would
make rulings only when cases came to
him from local boards after July 1.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Letting Out a Secret.

Old Lady Ito grocer's boy)-Don't
you know that it is very rude to-
whistle when dealing with lady.
S8oy-Thats what the guy'nor told
me to do, mum.
Told you to whistler"
"YeS'm. He said if we ever sold you
anything we'd have to whistle for the
money"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Bulletin.

Washington, May 23.-Theatrical
performers have been excepted from
the new draft regulations at the di-
rection of Secretary Baker, who is said
to feel that the people cannot do with
out all amusement in war time and
that other amusements could be dis
penSed with more readily.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
The SUSPENSE That Kills.

Stranger-There doesn't appear to
be much lawlessness about your town.
Bad Bill-No. We won't stand fnr
it round here.
Stranger-Ah. / suppose when any
bad character drifts into your town you
expel him.
Bad NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. frequent
we suspend 'em.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed of your freckles, as Othine-double
strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an Of Othine-doubls
strength-from your druggist, and apply little
of it night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckIes have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en-
tirely. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength Othipey
as this is sold under guarantee of money back
if it fails to remove freckles.-Ady.