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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-27
TONNAGE OUTPUT GROWING
More Ships Built In Two Months Than
=. sunk In q Year.

More Ships Built In Two Months Than
+. Sunk In a Year.
Washington, Sept. 24.-Deliveries of
completed vessels from shipyards in
the United States during July and
August, shipping board reports show,
were more than enough to Offset the
submarine losses Of America since the
beginning of the war. Ships sunk ag-
gregate 1926 lightweight tons. while
new ones put in service in the two
months aggregated 610,779 lightweight
tons.
Total Allied and neutral losses dur
ing the war have amounted to 21,404.-
913 lightweight tons, while new Allied
and neutral construction had totalled
14,247 1875 tons, with tonnage Of enemy
ships received by the Allies added to
this total. The net losses during the
entire war period is shown to be
3,362,08S lightweight tons.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-27
Football Schedules Cancelled.

New. York, Sept. 24.-The cancella
ton Of football schedules by both Cor.
nell and Dartmouth will seriously at.
feet the gridiron plans for a number
Of other colleges In the East and may
have a far-reaching effect upon the
versity game at institutions where ar.
rangements for the game are stfll UNI
completed. The University of Penn
sylvania, which always features the
season end game with Cornell, is still
undecided as to whether it will &c
through with the scheduled list OF
games.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-27

The War has created . demand for
thousands Of Stsnoeraphers, Book
keepers, Auto Mechanics and Engi-
nsers. Great opportunities are await
ing you. Prepare In one Of the best
and largest schools in the Northwest
Rates are reasonably low. Enter any
time. State work you want and write
for big, free catalogue ct once.
University Of Southern Minnesota, Inc.
Austin, MINI.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-27
Farmer Attesioa.

For . cream separator that is built to
wear, to skim perfectly clean, easy to
turn and easy to wash and keep sani-
tary, one built with the troubles left
out, for such . separator you should
call on Andrew Smith, Cresco. 10.
Phone 267. A-tf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
Protects Soldiers Faces.

An ingenious improvement has re-
Gently been made to the already IA
miliar shrapnel helmet In use "over
there" It is designed to protect the
eyes and the upper part Of the face
from s%plinters Of wood, stone, sand
and metal thrown up by exploding
shells.
The new device is merely an adapta.
ton Of the chain doors which have
been introduced into metal, chemical
and glass works in recent years to pro-
tect the workers from the heat Of the
furnaces and the splashes Of molten
material, according to Popular Science
Monthly. 1t consists Of a fringe Of
separate short lengths Of fairly heavy
chain which effectively arrests the fly.
Ing particles. On account Of its loose
ness 1t does not seriously interfere
with the vision.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
Maybe This Has q Moral.

A gentleman from the rural district
made his semi-weekly trip into the city
ond disposed Of a small wagon load
Of produce for a sum that caused
him to walk stoop~ shouldered with
It's weight, says the Indianapolis News
Ever and anon he would feel for
the money in his pockets and men-
tally smack his lips In extreme salts
faction.
With a freaklsh impulse he stepped
into u dairy lunch room for a snack
before starting home. He got a cup
full Of coffee, a sandwich and a piece
Of pie that he was afraid he would
lose sight Of before he got n chance
to eat 1t. His check was punched for
As cents. As he was standing ut the
cashiers desk digging up, m Of the
kitchen attendants. falling to catch
the order of a sandwlch-shouter, sang
out, Come again"
ayes, l will, like thunder, ye dern
robber," snarled the agrlculturist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
J,75Q,000uS.TRO0PS
ARE NOW OVERSEAS
GENERAL MARCH SAYS NEWS
OF PAST WEEK HAS BEEN
GOOD CONTINUOUSLY.
GERMANS USE GAS SHELLS
German Power Is Rapidly crumblIn0
American Guns Far Outreach the
Lines Of the Enemy-Shelis
Fall Near Town Of Metz.

Misunderstanding proof that
the German power is fast crumbling
came In the announcement by Gen.
March, chief Of staff, that the news
from all battle fronts was continuous
ly good and that 1,750,0O0 American
troops have now been embarked for
overseas sercive.'
Just six months ago Sept. 81 the
enemy flung his full military power
against the British lines in Picardy in
the great drive that was to end the
war in a smashing victory. Now he is
fighting desperately to hold the tot
tering Hindenburg line, the defensive
system from which he struck that
blow and back into which he has been
hurled. Side by side, British, French
and American armies have broken def
initely the German offensive power.
in official opinion here. Already the
American forces in France are more
than half as strong as the whole Ger
man army, and the tide of American
fighting men toward France Is oontin.
uing at an even pace.
With American Army on Lorraine
Front.-Both German and American
lines south Of Metz have now been
well stabilized. Occasional clashes
have taken place between outposts.
The German artillery has continued
its harassing fire, but the American
guns have far overreached the enc
my's front lines, a she'll falling occa.
sionally in the vicinity Of Metz and
serving to emphasize to the Germans
the advances the allies have made.
To the southwest of Metz, where the
French and Americans recently
cleared the st. Mfhiel salient, the Ger.
mans have started further fires. SOL
&iers and wagon trains have been
seen moving northward, and It is be.
iieved the Germans are preparing for
. possible allied attack or q retirement
on their own initiative.
The Germans are using gas shells to
Q limited extent, especially for sprink.
Ting wooded areas
The American guns are returning
the fire and are hsrassing the Ger.
mans to an equal degree.
The enormous stocks of munitions
captured in the dumps have not been
counted, but at n point alone 1000
shells of IT millimeter caliber, 10000
hand grenades, $4,000 pounds Of am
munition for small arms came into the
allies possession. The captured guns
include the best field pieces the Ger
mans have.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
TOAvOIDSPANlSH INFLUENZA
suroeon-0eneraI Of tho Army Issues
List Of Suggestlons-Fresh
Air Greatest Need.

Washington.-The surgeon general
| Of the army issues the following rules
to the public to safeguard against the
spread of respiratory diseases:
How to strengthen our personal de.
tense against Spanish influenza:
First-Avoid needless crowding. In.
fluenza Is a crowd disease.
Second-Smother your coughs and
sneezes. Others do not want the
germs which you would throw away.
Third-Your nose, not your mouth,
was made to breathe through. Get
| the habit.
Fourth-Remember the three Cs-a
| clean mouth, clean soin and clean
clothes.
clean mouth, clean skin and clean
walk and warm when you ride and
sleep.
Sixth-Open the windows. always at
home at night, at the office when prac.
| ticable.
Seventh-Food will win the war II
you give It a chance. Help by choos-
ing and chewing your food well.
Eighth-Your fate may be In your
own hands. Wash your hands before
eating.
Ninth-Don't let the waste products
Of digestion accumulate. Drink a glass
Or two Of water on getting up.
Tenth-Don't use q napkin, towel,
spoon, fork, glass or cup which has
been used by another person and not
washed.
Eleventh-Avoid tight clothes, tight
shoes, tight gloves; seek to make ma
ture your ally, not your prisoner.
Twelfth-When the air Is pure,
breathe all Of it you can; breathe
deeply.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
UMPIRE IN PLACE OF BULL
Mexican Editor Is Of Opinion Thai
Baseball Is More Spectacular
Than Scientific.

Jose CampOS Is the editor OF the Elk,
eeldOr. a daily paper Of Mexico City
When in New York recently the Mex-
can spent an afternoon at a baseball
game. He thus records his impressions
b New York Herald.
A large game Of baseball was cele.
brated this Afternoon In the Polo arena
In the city Of the Bronx. q large ride
By train from New York city. As IA
the custom Of the United States Of
North America, many Of the business
houses closed for the afternoon, so EN-.
ployees might attend the spectacle. At
least 100000 civilians, soldiers and
many women and children were pres.
ent.
The pitcher for the New York city
troupe was very valiant and charming.
The baseball clothing is not as pretty
as that worn by the toreador, but the
players carry themselves well. The
game Is played with the hands, but 10
not like pelota In any respect. The OBJ
1ect is to keep the ball off the ground.
and the troupe which does so the long.
est wins the game.
In place Of a bull baseball has an
umpire, a mar who does not play the
game. but who is authority Of the
game. Unlike the judge of the bull
fight. he stands on the field. He Is
not goaded with pixies, banderillas and
finally the sword, as Is the bull, but Is
the recipient Of abuse from both play
ers and the multitude seated in the
huge arena. Instead of "another bull"
the crowds when displeased yell "Get
the hook" The umpire is also called
a "robber' and q "big fathead."
The people at a baseball game cor.
tinually are eating or chewing gum or
smoking. But these occupations Of the
mouth do not prevent a perpetual yell.
ing. 1t is difficult for one knowing lit.
tie English to understand the things
cried at the players or the umpire. But
] assume from the amer Of expires.
sion that words common to the lower
classes are used.
On a large board at the back Of the
field Is enumerated the. number Of
times that each troupe drops the ball.
The troupe dropping the ball the few
est times wins the game. Unlike the
bull fight. 1t Is d~iflcult-to predict which
will win. In that respect the American
game Of baseball is typical Of all
things American-it IL more spectacu.
lar than scientific. ! think II l under
stood English perfectly and had played
baseball all my life and had not been
born a Mexican I should like to e a
baseball game every year on my birth
day anniversary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27

A matronly woman went into q Kan.
sas City employment agency and an.
nounced her intention Of taking up
some well-paying war work. Her chill
dren had all entered some new field
even her baby" Of seventeen was do.
Ing well in q downtown Office.
The woman answered all the pre-
iimlnary questions satisfactorily. Then
the director asked, Can you operate
a typewriter?"
The answer was "No," and the di.
rector proceeded to the next question.
"Have you had any experience in FL
ing"
There was a moment Of silence:
then the woman burst out. "Land, no,
child. I don't know a thing In the
world about machinery"
And amagine the amusement Of an
other Kansas City director who, on in
curing into this same filing ability,
was met first with a hurt silence from
the candidate, and then with a digni.
fed. II have had no experience what.
ever In manicuring."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
How IL Really Happened.

The COW was about to jump wei the
moon. you might announce through
the newspapers that beef will soon
reach the highest mark in history"
she said as she shifted her cud.
"Nix on that stuff, Bossie," remarked
the cat, as he tuned up the e string on
his fiddle and frightened his bow.
"Just wait till the war comes along
and some Of these profiteers get on the
job. Why. your altitude record won't
hold shucks."
Thereupon the little dog laughed to
see such sport and the dish almost for
got to u away with the spoon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
French Fighting Foot by FooA.

With the French Army In Franco
With logged tenacity and unflasging
devotion the French troops are fight.
1ng their way foot by foot across the
Malmaison plateau, which Is the key
to the Observation-Disclosures Laon and
the st. Gobain massif.
No sooner has one position been
taken than there Is another to be at
tackled and the troops are worked to
their last ounce Of effort Some diva.
ions have been engaged necessarily
from II to Is days, with the Germans
fighting desperately to maintain their
ground. One position had to be taken
four times before the enemy aban-
doned it.
The enemy machine gunnners wero
left in the advanced posts after tia
main body retreated and fought brave.
ly to the last man, knowing their com.
rades had left them to their fate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27

work for me and I know It will helS4
others II they will give 1t q fair trial.,
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9th Ave.
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Why will women drag along from day
TO day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, wheN
such letters as this are continually being
published.@ Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, In.
flammation, liberation, backache, ner.
vousness, or who Is passing through the
Change Of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a trial. For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
WILSON PROCLAIHS
LIBERTY us.
BY PROCLAMATION ALL AMERL
CANS ARE ASKED TO OBSERVE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IL
NATION WILL CELEBRATE
Al Employees Of Federal Government
Who Can Be Spared From Work
20 &c Given HoIlday-StlmH
late Bond Sales.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson pro.
claimed Saturday. Oct. II. the four
hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary
OF the discovery Of America, as Lib
erty Day, and called upon all citizens
to celebrate it to stimulate a generous
response to the fourth Liberty loan.
Every city, town and countryside Is
asked by the president to arrange com.
memorative addresses. pageants, har,
vest home festivals or other demon
STATIONS. and he directs that all fed
eral employees whose services can be
spared be given holiday.
The presidents proclamation fol.
lows:
Every day the great principles for
which we r fighting take fresh hold
upon our thoughts and purpose and
make 1t clearer what the end must be
and what we must do to achieve 1t. We
now know more certainly than we ever
knew before why free men brought the
great nation and government Ee love
Into existence. because 1t grows clearer
and clearer what supreme service 1t is
to be Americas privilege to render to
the world. The anniversary of the dis
covery of America must therefore
have for US in this fateful year a Pc
culiar and thrilling Significance. We
should make it a day of ardent rededi.
cation to the ideals upon which our
government Is founded and by which
our present heroic tasks are inspired.
Now, therefore, L. Woodrow Wilson,
president Of the United States. do ap-
point Saturday. the 18th day OF Octo-
Der, 1918. as Liberty Day. On that day
I request the citizens Of every com
munity Of the United States, city, town
and countryside, to celebrate the dis
covery of our country in order to slim.
ulate q generous response to the
Fourth Liberty Loan. Commemorative
addresses. pageants. harvest home fes-
tivals or other demonstrations should
be arranged for In every neighborhood
under the general direction of the sec
Rotary Of the treasury and the imme-
diate direction Of the Liberty Loan
committee, in cooperation with the
United States bureau Of education and
the public school authorities. Let the
peoples nesponse to the Fourth Liber'
ty Loan express the measure Of their
devotion to the ideals which have
guided the country from Its discovery
until now. and Of their determined
purpose to defend them and guarantee
their triumph.
For the purpose Of participating in
Liberty Day celebrations, all employees
Of the federal government throughout
the country whose services can be
spared may be excused on Saturday,
the 18th day Of October, for the entire
day.
I'm witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States tc be affixed.
Done In the District Of Columbia
this 18th day Of September, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eighteen, and of the Independence
Of the United States of America the
0ne hundred and forty-third.
WOODROW WILSON.
by the president:
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary OF State"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
Acquainted With the Brand.

Are you going to hear the famous
youmerist at the chautauqua tonightT'
asked Burt Burt Of Petunia. "He must
be a dandy. The bills say you'll laugh,
you'll screech. youn roar, and that
you must have your buttons sewed on
with wire or you1l lose EN-"
Il don't s'pose It's worth while for
me to go-' replied old Riley Rezzi-
dew. "You see, I used to read Hostel
ter's almanac q lot when I was q
young feller."-Kansas City Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
10000 HUNS AND 60
GUNS AKENB YHAIG
MORE THAN Is TOWNS HAVE
BEEN RECOVERED BY BRIT.
ISL IN THE BATTLE.
COULD NOT STOP BRITISH
Heavy Battle Conferred Around 0aH
zeaeourt and Epehy-Brltlo OPP
sratlons Grow Into Brilliant
and Important Success

LondoDs-The prisoners taken BY
abe British In the operation northwest
Of Quentin now exceed 10000, accord.
ing to Field Marshal Haig's report.
More than so big guns were taken.
Most of the fighting was around Gou.
zeacourt and to the east Of Epehy. The
text Of the statement: Further reports
confirm the heavy nature Of the coun-
t~er-attacks which the enemy delivered
north of Trescault and the severity
Of the losses inflicted on his divisions.
including the Sixth Brandenburg d.
vision.
Fighting has taken place in the sec.
Tor east of Epehy and also in the neigh
borhood of Gouzeaucourt, where we
gained ground north Of Gauche wood.
Hostile raiding parties we're re-
pulsed east Of Neuve Chappelle and
south Of the Ypres-C Confines canal.
"The prisoners taken by US In the
operations northwest of st. Quentin
exceed 10000. We also captured over
80 guns.
-Four hostile planes were brought
down out Of control. -Four OF Our ma.
chimes are missing.
"Our planes kept in touch with
The advancing troops and assisted In
the attack by bombing and with ma.
chine gun fire, as we'll as by reporting
many targets to the artillery. During
the % hours 10 tons Of bombs were
dropped"
More than 26 towns have been recap
tured 30 far in the new Picary drive.
Sixty guns are among the booty.
l. An assault delivered by the Austria.
dams In the center of the Villeret Sec
ton forced the s~tubbornly resisting
Germans to pull back from their ad.
vanced line to strongly fortified do.
lenses in the rear.
The entire British operation has
grown into a brilliant and important
success. which was not forecast In tho
original limited plans. Not the least
important feature Of tho victory was
the slaughter inflicted on the enemy
forces, particularly during their fren.
xied counter attacks, when they wer
moved down like wheat with the
machine guns, or swallowed up in q
maelstrom Of crashing shells from the
British barrage.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
Grandmother In Eighteen Days.

A lady green bug becomes a grand
mother in 1S days. One can imagine.
then, notes a naturalist, the multltu.
dlnous armies of these insects that
may develop In the course of a sea-
son. Their worst foe is n tiny black
four-winged fly that deposits an egg
In each bug 1t I'M across, Its larva
consuming the bugs inside works and
using It's shell for q house.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
DOUBLE WHEAT ACREAGE.

lauderdale County Farmers Sow 1900
Acres Winter Wheat.
Florence, Ala. - Seven thousand
acres Of winter wheat will have been
sown in Lauderdale county before the
end Of the present planting season.
This represents double the increase
requested by the Department Of Agri.
culture
The farmers are preparing their seed
beds for wheat according to methods
recommended by the exnerts Of the
Department Of Agriculture, who hays
conducted extensive experiments ~
Auburn and at other experiment Sta
lions In similar ATTITUDES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
PARTS or ROOSEVELT AIRsHiP.
Louisiana Committeeman VIII Offer
Them To Col. Roosevelt

New Orleans.-Col. Robert Ewing,
Democratic national committeeman
from Louisiana. has received parts Of
the airplane Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt
was flying when killed over the Ger
mar lines in France recently and will
offer them to Col. Roosevelt. The SOU
venirs were presented to Col. Ewing
BY an American artillery officer who
arrived here from France on furlough.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
noIshevIk Troops Flee In panlo.

Petrograd.-American, British and
French detachments are reported By
the Pravda to have met the B~olshevik
forces in battle on the Archangel front
The Bolshevik troops, after an initial
success, were repulsed by British rein
gorcements and fled in panic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
SHOOT DOWN HUN BALLOON.
United States Flyers Garry o4t RaIds
on German Towns.

United States Flyers Carry o4t RaIds
on German Towns.
With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front.-American and allied
aviators carried out extensive bomb
ing raids on Bayonville, Frescaty. La
Sablon and in the direction Of Metz.
Fires yer observed At sarlons. One
of the American planes shot down q
German balloon near. Prsny.
Lieut.. Duckstein. observer, and
Lieut.. Richardson, pilot, were attacked
by an enemy machine bearing French
markings. They yer forced to land
lnside the American lines. but were
nninjured. An American balloon was
shot down, but the observers escaped
safely by parachute.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
RED CROSS sEouEATHEo s125,o 900

Estate Consisting Principally Of &c.
euritles Left BY c. 8. Kahn.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Red Cross
headquarters here have been notified
that Charles s. Kahn. of Evansville,
Ind, has left his entire estate, valued
ut $125 900, to the Red Cross. Kahn
was q wholesale grocer, who died last
month. His will was made in June
shortly after undergoing an operation
at Battle Creek, Mich. The estate con.
sists principally Of securities.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
OCTOBER CALLS 1889 MEN.

Those qualified For General Military
Service 10 Go 70 Camp.
Washington.-Draft calls announced
BY Provost Marshal General Crowder
will send 1S1 1928 men qualified for gen.
eral military service to army camps
before Oct. Is. All states have quotas
to fill. OF the total, $4,000 will be
white r~egistrants, who will entrain
between Oct. 7 and II. The remain
der will be negroes who will move in
two groups, 29,016, entraining Sept. Is
and q, and 10,752, .on Oct 16.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27

Awful pGns%eul
nothing seemed
do me snY ped =
friend advised
70 take Lydia -
Pinkham's Vse2
table Compound
did 90 and got
lief right away !
can >certalnly -
commend this val&
able medicine -
other women VIII
suffer, for Il hak
IonA = - Ah ~AAA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
DESCRIBES VICTORY OF YANKs.
y. Q. War Secretary Tells Of sesIns
Daahlna Charae.

Misunderstanding Baker received
the American correspondents here. He
said he would go to France for a few
days, but would return to London to
confer with the British authorities.
Mr.. Baker was enthusiastic in his
praise of the American troops. He
described how he saw part Of the fight
ing Of st. Mihiel from a hill and told
Of the terrific barrage fire and the
wonderful dash Of American soldiers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-27
IN HISEEBBBF YEARS
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E !
Pnkham'S Vegetable
Compound.

oskLcosa, IowA-"For yeersINs6
simply IN misery from Q weakness al