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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-10

> poor sort Of a working man
heck up to the limit that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-10
GERMANY FACES
!. CRISIS IN LACK
J. J. !. !. OF TRAINED MEN
SaxOny and Bavaria Oppose
30 Use of 1920 Class,
By Walter Duranty.

tCopyrigh.. 1918. by the New York Times
the Chicago Tribune and the oklahoma
City TimosD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-10
Cedar Chest SIS

A moth in your winter suit, coat or furs will soon
damage you the price of a Cedar Chest. Better take
warning and come in tomorrow and see our line OF
fine finished red Cedar Chests in all SKIES with and
without trays. Priced from $500 to $4,000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-10
Paw Knows Everything.

t | ana lnN nouNNoim sure VIII get
you don't watch out,
Paw Knows Everything.
Willie Paw, what is tact.
Paw-Iect is thinking lhlt a n
a liar when YOU are afraid 70 Dcl
so.
Some Difference.
Before they we'd ho said good-hy
From twelve tn hHlf past four.
But now he's we'd he s1ys rood-h
And quickly slams the door.
The Colors.
May: How white James face Is
is she so bluc2
Sue Because her nose is red.
Sharp.
Sho chopped him short n every ia
And onward her. tongue rnccd:
She cut him of when he would II
For aho was hntchot-flced.
Experience
cncc5
S,cv: About $40 Ten to get
'''" "''" ' ''"''''' '' A0' ui'U'
ADVICE.
DO n0' believe hll that YOU hear
For bot mir men are hawking,
L,,g,n ,,,,nl k'.p a cautious ear
'"'" S"" !""IS''' HIe u''h'hE.
you Know Him.
There's no use talking" sal
apains, ,he har. and ~ NOV.
talked r,,I r,;I,igL, ,yhen IN.
kcco had 10 ,n, b;,, o,, " N
Cheer Up.
I sure am broke and hnrs no
pr, ,H'GG al, an me trouble ! can tote.
A. I"pr " "s ' nn d,m l',V rS,s 'p r,,. uoc"o c"o,
Another Old Saw SnaCged To
iiuh' grun'cd the dlSgu'tcd o
as he watched his entry trail the
Money may make the mare 60
TINS marc makes the money go
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
ARMY CADETS NEED TRAINER
Unique Method Employed to Prove to
skepticaI officer Necessity of
Such Functionary.

Harry Tuthill, the only professional
employed in any branch of athletics
at West Point to wear class ring
the honor was conferred by the grad
uating class Of 1915-has been COM
missioned lieutenant in the aviation
corps. Tuthill was formerly trainer
for the Detroit Tigers and in the fall
he trained the army football eleven.
Later he became the trainer for the
University Of Michigan eleven.
They tell g good story Of Tuthill at
West Point. When he arrived there to
train his first team, an officer who had
secuted the necessity of such func-
tionary was sufficiently frank to inform
Tuthill as to his doubts.
"Why," he said, these boys are al
ways in training; what do they need
of trainerY'
BY way of reply Tuthill forthwith
sent group Of cadets running around
the parade grounds. When they re-
turned he ordered them to whistle.
Not cadet could do so.
"There," said Tuthill, with smile,
when men can do that and whistle
after 1t. they won't need trainer"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
HUNS NOT BRAVE FIGHTERS
Like WouId-Be Sports Who VIII Bet
if Given Sure Thing on
Horse Race.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Private James
Foley of an engineer regiment says the
Germans are not brave fighters unless
they have "odds of five to one In a
letter to his brother he says:
81 am free to state that ! have
changed my mind regarding the alleged
bravery and the sticktoitiveness OF
the Huns. They will fight if you give
them odds of five to one. They are like
the would-be sports who will bet II
they are given sure thing on horse
race.
II have not gathered this informa-
ton In going 'over the top on raid,
but / have performed work in No
Mans Land, and that is similar to
some extent, and gives fellow a
chance to form a opinion. But have
formed my estimate Of the Boches'
Jack of courage from fellows who have
been soyer the top in fierce combat
with the barbarianss from Central En-
rope. I have been told interesting
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
YANkS BLOCKED |
DRIVE ON PARIS

running up against stone wall of de-
Tense, they were literally up in the
air. and more than stopped. We found
that out later from prisoners, for the
Germans never knew we were in the
front line when they made that at
tack. They were absolutely mystified
at the manner in which the defense
stiffened up, until they found that our
troops were in line"
The letter tells In detail of the DAYS
of fighting that followed. 1t describes
a daylight charge against a machine
gun host and Of scouting raids up to
June 6, when the whole brigade swung
forward to straighten out the line. This
action resulted In the capture of Bel
leau wood.
Hit Three Times, Still Fought on.
Major Sibley's battalion Of the Sixth
marine regiment led the way here, with
Holcomb in support. The woods were
alive with enemy machine guns. That
night word came back that Robertson,
with 20 men of the Ninety-sixth COM
pany, had taken Bouresches, breaking
through heavy machine gun barrage
to enter the town. Robertson, fighting
with an automatic in either hand, was
hit three times before he would allow
himself to be taken to the rear.
Speaking of individual acts of BRAY
cry the writer says Duncan, a COM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
"Old Glory" at Front

London When the Illinois troops
and Australians attacked together at
Vaire wood and Hamel. sergeant OF
the American contingent took into ac-
ton a small American flag, the gift OF
his mother. The men under him sur
rounded and destroyed machine-gun
post hidden among tree trunks just
inside the wood. AS they went on at
ter bombing the German crew, the SER
geant brandished the little flag over
his head and shouted, "Come on, fei-
lows: there's another one" Just ahead
some Australians were fighting around
a shallow pit in which were five Prus-
slams and machine gun. Two or
three Chicago boys dashed up with
their bayonets poised. One Of them lit
orally fell on big Rhinelander who
was about to throw bomb and sent
him sprawling with cracked skull,
and. with the Australians, put the re-
mainder of the crew out Of action and
cleared d dugout behind of IL submits
sive fugitives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19

is strained simply relocating and seal
ing the vessels and setting them away
in an upright position in a cool place
where they will be undisturbed. If
bottles are used, the corks should be
sterilized and the necks of the bottles
sealed with sealing wax. The juice
settles, and when desired for use the
clear liquid is poured off the sediment
Any person familiar with the process
of canning fruit can put up grape
juice. for the principles involved are
the same. Care should be taken not to
sterilize the juice at temperature
higher than 1876 degrees f., or the
finished product will have scorched
taste. The bottles or jars should not
be so large that when they are opened
the juice will spoil before it can be
used.
Unfermented grape juice, properly
made and bottled, will keep indefinite
ly if not exposed to the atmosphere
or to infection from mold germs. When
bottle is once opened, however, the
contents, like canned goods generally,
should be used as soon as possible.
Unfermented juice may be made not
only from all varieties of grapes, but
also from some other fruits, such as
apples, pears and cherries.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
Spy Rounded Up
By Trap Shooter

Paris.-There Is certain United
States signal service sergeant up in
the Toul sector at the front who has
been able of late to combine a little
pleasure with his business. The CEN
sor won't let one tell the sergeant,s
name, but without revealing any mill
tary information 1t may be said that
before the war the sergeant was rated
as one of the top guns at a well-known
trap-shooting club In the States.
There is not much trap-shooting just
now in France. They are not crack
ing away at live birds, either. But the
sergeant got his pigeon shooting just
the same.
The particular front in which the
sergeant operates is infested with Ger
man spies.
All sorts of things were happening.
A tramp" battery, one Of those par
ticular guns that whisks up, slams
few at the Fritzies, then slides out
on the jump, found itself being shelled
the instant 1t lined up for a shot.
Again, every time, there was troop
movement, the movement was antici-
pated by the Boche. Beside that, ev-
eMy time body of our men got to-
gether for any purpose whatever, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
Advancing Foe Had Surprise OF
Life When He Found Ameri-
cans in Line.
GRAPHIC STORY in LETTER
Tells Of Our Troops Heroic Resist
ance In June-HeId by Many Off
GERS to Have Saved Paris
From Huns.

Washington "A graphic eyewitness
account of the fighting near Chateau
Thierry, in which American divisions,
including the marine brigade, took
part, early In June, was made public
recently by the navy department. 1t
is in the form of a long letter from an
officer of the marines to Major Gen.
Neral Barnett, commandant Of the
corps, and the story told is of peculiar
significance, as In the opinion of many
officers here it was the stand of the
Americans along this line which saved
Paris.
The name of the writer is not dis
closed. The Americans were rushed to
the line in motortrucks to support the
hard-pressed French. On June / the
marine brigade deployed in support
position, the battalion commanded by
Maj. Thomas HOlcomb hurrying into
the line as the men climbed out of the
trucks. The Germans were coming on,
and June 2 the French dropped back,
passing through the American lines.
1--WE had installed ourselves In a
house in La Vote Chatel, little vii
lage between Champillon and Lucy-le-
Bocage," the letter says. "From one
side we had observation of the north
and northeast. They came out on a
wonderfully clear day in two columns
across a wheat field. We could see the
two twin brown columns advancing in
perfect order until two-thirds of the
columns, we judged, were in sight.
Foe Slowed Up by Shrapnel.
"The rifle and machine gun fire was
incessant and, overhead, shrapnel was
bursting. Then the shrapnel came on
the target at each shot. The white
patches would roll away, and we could
see that some of the columns were still
there, slowed up, and it seemed perfect
suicide for them to try.
.'Then. under that deadly fire and a
barrage of rifle and machine-gun fire,
the Boche stopped. 1t was too much
for any men.
"That men should fire deliberately,
and use their sights and adjust their
range" he says, twas beyond their ex-
perience. 1t must have had telling
effect on the morale of the Boche, for
it was something they had not counted
on. As matter of fact, after pushing
back the weakened French and then
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
Child Falls Unhurt.

Denver, While playing on the
roof of building at No. 1910 Fifteenth
street recently, Sylvia Williams, six
years old. fell 20 feet through the sky
light to the floor, and aside from
few bruises and scratches escaped I'm
hurt. A call for assistance was sent
to the police, and fully Is minutes
elapsed before keys to the door of the
store could be secured to reach the girl
AS soon as the store was unlocked the
little girl was carried to her home, No.
143h Larimer street. where she was
attended by Police Surgeon Menser.
A thorough examination failed to show
any serious injury and she was left at
her home.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19

Still following the tiny Stars ana
Stripes, little bigger than pocket
handkerchief, but, as one of the men
said afterwards, ''looking like regu-
lar flag" the Americans, shoulder 10
shoulder with the Australians, passed
through the eastern end OF the WOOD
and out into the open fields again.
1.-THE first time I have ever fought I'M
der the American flag, Yank." said a
tall, raw-boned Queenslander with q
first-aid bandage round his head. They
arrived at their final objective, group
of strong, well-sheathed trenches
linked with the rear defenses of Ham,
ell village, and here the Chicago SER
geant planted his emblem on a bit OF
wood and set it on the parapet. Bull
lets whistled all round 1t, cutting the
silk into ragged strips and eventually
it was wholly shot away save one IN
recognizable fragment, which was pre-
served as a precious souvenir OF an
historic day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
Germans shelled them with everything
they had, big guns included.
Tippinu off the Hun.

Germans shelled them with everything
they had, big guns included.
Tipping off the Hum
Now, the Hun doesn't use his big
guns unless he knows what he's shoot
ing at. How he learned, however, was
pretty evident. Some one back of our
lines was tipping him off.
The signal service sergeant was the
first to detect how 1t was done. His
squad was repairing signal wires back
of the trenches. The sergeant halted
in his work and gazed skywards. A
pigeon wAs going over his head. The
sergeant watched 1t idly, calculating
as he stood there how far he'd lead 1t
with a 12-gauge. Then with a sigh
he went to laying a wire again.
A few minutes later the sergeant
stopped again. Another pigeon had
risen from the wood. But few min
utes later, when third pigeon rose
from the wood. the former trap-shooter
tarried no longer. A half hour later he
bolted into the quartermaster's depart
ment, clicked salute and spoke hur-
riedly.
Gimme a shotgun" he demanded.
Shotguns are regular part of GER
tain quartermaster's supplies. Soon
the sergeant might have been seen
standing behind n hedgerow gazing to-
ward the nearby wood. Presently he
was seen to stiffen, at the same time
murmuring "pull." The 12-gauge
swung briefly in an arc; crack and
a crumpled ball Of feathers came tum-
bling toward earth. To make sure, the
sergeant gave it second barrel just
before 1t hit the earth.
Clever Shooting.
1t was pretty clever shooting. The
bird was high, going over fast and
quartering. "Kill," murmured the SER
geant methodically, as he retrieved the
fallen game.
That afternoon the sergeant got four
other birds. Ate ched to leg of each
pigeon was a code message in German
handwriting.
A short time later detachment Of
military police got the owner Of the
pigeons. In his blouse and sabots he
looked like any of the peasants filling
the fields behind the lines. On being
stripped, however, he proved to be a
German under officer.
II q y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
MUScADINE GRAPES

At present, when food con-
servation and food economy are
being so much emphasized, the
home utilization of Muscadine
grapes is particularly appropri-
ate.
In the past, instead of being
utilized the surplus fruit has
been allowed to go to waste,
chiefly because of general
lack of knowledge of ways to
use it and because the high
quality and cheapness of the
products have not been realized.
For directions for preparing
a large number of Muscadine
grape products, write to the
United States department of
agriculture for Farmers Bulle-
tin $50.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
WHEREABOUTS OF PING BoDIE
Yankee Fence Buster Thought to BE
Headed for Fighting Line In
France or italy.

Ping Bodie quit the Yankees with
the avowed intention Of taking job
in munition plant. Pings decision
to stick In the East instead Of return
ing to San Francisco, where he might
work in shipyard, is regarded as sus-
picious, and some of his teammates
say that what he really intends to do,
If he can arrange 1t, is to head for
France or the italian front. A new Of
fensive, in Italy would so excite Ping
that he'd be on the fighting line as
soon as ship could get him there.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
UMPIRE PREFERS SHELL HOLE
Ray cahiIl Writes St. Louis Friends
He Took His Life in His Hands
at Ball Game.

Ray Cahill, former manager and
umpire in the minor leagues. has been
doing his bit over there both with the
rife and the indicator. He writes to
friends back home in st. Louis: II got
no holiday on the Fourth of July, but
had to take my life in my hands. They
called on me to umpire ball gapss
and before it was over wished 1
was in a shell hole somewhere where
would at least have Chance to fight
for my life."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
WAR WORK FOR BILL LANCE
Once Great outfeIder for Chicago
Cubs Wants to Help Y. M. C. A.
in Training Soldiers.

Bill Lange, once great outfielder of
the Chicago Cubs, has disposed Of his
interest in the San Francisco Coast
league club and his other interests in
San Francisco, preliminary to taking
up war work with the Y. M. G. A.
He expects to be sent to France.
Lange has been successful in business
since he retired from baseball as a
player, but he feels he can be of help
to the soldiers and is willing to pass
up all his profits if the Y. M. C. A.
can make use of him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19

pany commander, "before he was now
ed down had his pipe in his mouth and
was carrying stick" Later he adds,
Dental Surgeon Osborne picked up
Duncan and with hospital corps man
had just gained some shelter when q
shell wiped all three OUT
Private Dunlavy, killed later, cap
tured an enemy machine gun in Bour-
esches, which he turned on the foe
with great effect, while at another
point "Young Zimmerman charged a
machine gun at the point Of the bayo-
net and sent in II prisoners at clip
When the enemy made a stand at
one point in the woods Sibley's bat
TALON was withdrawn and for an hour
and fifty minutes American and
French batteries hammered the wood.
Hughes, with the Tenth company. then
went in, and his first message was
that the wood had been cut to mince-
meat. Overton, leading the Seventy
sixth company, finally charged the
rock plateau, killing or capturing every
gunner and capturing all the guns
with few casualties.
The Eighty-second company lost all
it's officers, and Major Sibley and ms
adjutant, Lieutenant Ballamy, reorgan-
lied it under fire and charged ma
chine gun nest at the most critical time
in all the fighting.
II wonder if ever an outfit" the let
ter said, "went up against more des-
perate job, stuck to 1t gamely, with
out sleep, at times on short rations.
with men and officers going off ike
flies, and / wonder if in all our long
list of gallant deeds there ever were
two better stunts than the work of Sib-
lev and HOIcOmhn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
PATRIOTIC DRINK
OF UNCLE SANS
1t Saves Surplus Fruit, Takes No
Sugar and 1t Is Good
for Everyone.
GRAPE Juice IS WHOLESOME
One of the Very Best Soft Drinks for
Your Family and Friends-lt viii
Keep Indefinitely If Not
Exposed to the Air.

In the face of the sugar shortage
the small grape arbor takes on new
light Little sugar for jellies and
jams viii make it necessary to turn
most of the surplus grapes into some
other channel. The patriotic grower
will look into the possibilities of home
made grape juice, which is made with
out sugar, and which is so wholesome
used as a beverage or in desserts of
one kind and another.
Only clean, sound, well ripened, but
not overripe, grapes should be used.
These may be crushed and pressed
either by hand or in an ordinary cider
mill. If a light-colored juice is de-
sired. the crushed grapes are put in a
clean, well-washed cloth sack and
either hung up and twisted or grasped
by two persons, one at either end, and
twisted until the greater part of the
Juice is expressed. Then, in double
boiler or its equivalent, such as a
large stone jar placed in pan of
hot water, so that the juice does not
come in direct contact with the fire,
the Juice is gradually heated to
temperature of $50 to 200 degrees F.
The temperature should never be al
lowed to go above 20G degrees f.
Heat to Steaming Point.
1t is best to use thermometer IT
none is available, however, the juice
may be heated until it steams, but it
should not be allowed to boil. 1t
should be poured Immediately into a
glass or enameled vessel and allowed
TO settle for "a hours then the juice
should be drained from the sediment
and run through several thicknesses
of clean flannel or through comic
filter made from wooden cloth or felt
and fixed to hoop of iron, so that 1t
can be suspended wherever necessary.
The juice is then poured into clean
bottles, space being left at the top for
the liquid to expand when heated.
A good home substitute for a conn
merciaI pasteurizer is an ordinary
wash boiler with thin board fitted
over the bottom on which the filled
bottles are set. Ordinary glass fruit
jars serve the same purpose equally
well. The boiler should be filled with
water to within an inch or so of the
tops of the bottles and heated until
the water begins to simmer. The bot
Ties should then be taken out and
sealed or corked Immediately. Only new
cOrks- that have just been soaked for
about thirty minutes in warm water
ut temperature of about lao degrees
f. should be used. 1t is well to take
the further precautiOn of sealing the
corks with paraffin or sealing wax to
prevent the entrance of mold germs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
BASEBALL PLAYED IN CHINA
American Game Making Rapid Strides
in Far East-contests Draw
Large Crowds.

While we have been hearing so
much about the advance of baseball In
England, France and Italy, don't for
get that another one of the allied
countries also is booming 1t. A news
paper man recently arrived in this
country from China says thousands of
Chinese are playing the game and that
the contests put on in Shanghai often
draw more than five thousand persons.
If there's ever to be an international
worlds series this newspaper man,
whose name is Graham Barrow, says
China wants in on it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
AIRPLANEs USED BY PLAYERS
Baseball Team Taken From San Anto.
MO to Corpus Christi, Tex,
in Air Machines.

The airplane has broken into the
game. Some days ago the baseball
team from Brooks field at San Antonio
flew all the way to Corpus Christi,
Tex, to keep date with the nine at
that aviation field. The fliers from
San Antonio won the game. by the
way. They covered the 100 miles in
nine planes in O. little more than two
hours. Major league clubs have gone
awaiting before this, but never in real
airplanes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
claims PATRIOTIC Record.

Spencerville, O.-This little city
claims a record equaled by no other
Ohio city and possibly by no other
town in the United States in that one
out of every four of her population OF
1,2OO is enlisted in the nations serv-
ice. There are 3O5 stars in the mu-
nicipal service flag, and practically ev-
cry man in the town who can get into
the army has done so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19

Decision Of the navy department to
call couple hundred thousand naval
reserves into active service shortly to
man new ships going into commission.
will break up several ball teams that
the reserves have been Boosting Of and
which have been touring the country
II several weeks playing exhibition
mes and having general good time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
To Make Red Juice.

When red juice is desired, the
crushed grapes should first be heated
TO a temperature of not more than
200 degrees f., then strained through
a clean cloth or drip bag, no pressure
being used, and set away to cool and
settle. The remaining procedure is
the same for the red as for the light
colored juice.
Many people do not even take The
trouble to let the juice settle after it
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-09-19
Bandit Movies Banned.

Laredo, Tex.--According to an off.
cial communication received here from
the state department at Washington
and communicated to the Mexican Off
Gals, all motion pictures showing Mex.
lean bandit raids, or of any character
derogatory to Mexicans,ez s. 9 2 q
served to create bad fec
of Mexicans by the ny @
are to hereafter By
censor of motion Z