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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
AN EXPLOSION OF
 WAR MATERIAL PLANT
 KILLS HUNDRED MEN

PARIS, June 5.-The explosion in a war material plant at Baussens. Southern France. killed 100 and in jured 50.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
MINISTER EGAN
 RESIGNS OWING
 TO ILL HEALTH

WASHINGTON. June 5. United States Minister Egan to Denamrk has resigned owing to i'll health.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
WHITES APPOINTMENT

WASHINGTON, June 5. = Gov. Thomas Riggs. Jr.. has announced the appointment of E. J. (Stroller) White as Alaska's publicity agent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
DRIVE IS sLAcKENlNG

PARIS, June 5.-An official buiie tin says very appreciable slacken- ina is noticed in the German efforts on the French positions. Certain defense points have been improved German attacks which made some proqress were later repuised.
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THE EMPiRE-An the News AT nc Tims. When Is 10 Nswa.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
More Details of How the American Troops Saved
 the Day for the A.
 lied Forces.
HALT ADVANCE OF HUN
Their Gun Fire Work and Counter Attacking Kept Chateau Thierry for
 the Allies.

WITH THE FRENCH, June 5.-- American troops made their presence felt at several points in the battle of Monday and Tuesday, and they won great admiration from their Al lied comrades in arms.
 Assisted by the French, the Amer jeans threw back the Germans at the town of NeuiIy Laporterie.
 Near Chateau Thierry the Ameri- can machine gunrers moved down the Germans as they attempted to enter NcuilIy Wood.
 DESTROY GERMAN DEFENsEs WITH THE AMERICANS, June 5. An American patrol met Y Ger mans on the LuneviIIe front and killed three of them. Another Amer ican patrol destroyed German con crete observation post.
 WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, June 5.-American machine aunners an hour after their arrival on the banks of the Marne on May 3tst, at once took a most active part in the de- fense of Chateau Thierry, which was menaced with capture by the Ger mans.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05

WASHINGTON, June 5. - Virtual admission that the third great Ger man drive has been brought to a halt was seen in last night'o offic- ial statement from Berlin.
 Officials here are convinced that for the present at least Gen. Foch has fought the enemy to a stand still, without the loss of any point of strategic value or serious inroads on his reserves.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-05
Gen. Foch Has the Situa- ton Well in Hand with out Any Strategic
 Loss.
RESERVES NOT HURT
GenreaI Belief that the Worst of the Great German Drive Is
 Now Over.

DATELESS-A noon summary to the Associated Press says German masses no longer hurI themselves at the Allied lines. The Teuton ad- vance seems exhausted and their striking efforts are yielding to the Allied lines.
 The Allies lines are stiffenino and are holding the foe.
 Save for insignificant gains, the Germans are quiet along the British front.
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LINES ARE HOLDING

PARIS, June 5.-The Germans continued local attacks last night on the main battle front. An official bulletin says they made an unsuc- cessfuI attempt against the French lines at CarIepont Wood and Dom miers Corey.
 The French tanks and infantry rectified the French lines north Of Corey.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
COWGIRL BIDS
SOLDIER FAREWELL

CAMP DIX, N. j.. Aug. 23-with five
brothers in France, Miss Allene Haynes
heiress and owner of a ranch near Car
son City, Idaho, Travelled alone across
the continent to bid goodbye TO a sixth
brother who Is at Camp Dix awaiting
overseas orders, then fled an applica-
tion to enter Red Cross work. declaring
she wanted her family to give "one
hundred per cent service" to the coun.
try.
me young woman, who took her fret
ride In an automobile when she "ilt-
neyed' from nearby city to the camp.
but who knows all about bucking bron-
chOes, Chinese cooks, rattlesnakes.
round-ups and Indian religions, Is the
only girl In an orphaned family. When
her brothers, as member Of the Idaho
National Guard Artillery, went to war
she bid them each a cheerful farewell.
then went back TO run the i5OO-acre
ranch. Learning that her youngest
brother was temporarily stationed 40
Camp Dix she determined to see him
again before he, too, went 10 France.
With plenty Of time TO think II out
on the train. | decided that | would sac
riilce everything, as my brothers have
done, and go to France In Red Cross
canteen or other work" she says.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
WAR PROPHECIES BY
DEPARTED SOLDIER HEROES

Here Is a prophecy. reputed to
come from beyond the grave, which
Mrs. Mona L. Hemsley. Of Ross, Cal.
says was dictated to her by one Of
the Master Spirits" OF the unseen
world. In the readJustment OF the
nations, following the great war.
this take place:
Germany Will have many hundreds
OF years (70O) Of expiation for this
war.
The Hohenzollern family will be
deposed from power.
Austria, suffering from her sins
to Hungary, Will have to free the
latter country from It's rule.
Germany will restore Belgium as
far as II can be restored, except by
time and nature.
Alsace and Lorraine will be re-
stored 10 France.
The Balkan States will be ANAL
gamated into one State.
Poland will be a free and indepen-
dent nation once more.
The Turk will be deprived Of all
his holdings In Europe.
Constantinople will be governed by
q board, composed Of the Allies, and
the Dardanelles Will be open to the
shipping Of the world.
Jerusalem will be restored to the
Jews who Will in time, become a
nation.
There will be a general redrawing
OF boundary lines, governed by the
blood ties Of different States.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
PHILEMMA CHANDLER.

% IVERVIEW cemetery received yesterday the bod,
IN OF former public official who by his unsyeryin.
honesty and constant regard for the public interest hac
won the respect the confidence and the esteem of the
Delaware public
We refer to Phlemma Chandler, formerly a member
of the New Castle county Levy Court and later Comp
troer Of this county
He was not brilliant man. There was nothing
showy about him. But he worshipped at the shrine Of
Honesty and was unshakable his devotion to that
great deity among deitles.
In days when political jobs at the expense Of the
taxpayers were the rule rather than the exception
Phiemma Chandler stood between the woud-be iobbers
and the taxpayers money
In days when INSCRIPTIONS men were devoting their
energies not 70 seeing how much they could nut into
the county treasury but how much they could take ont
of 1t and how little they could in return for the public
money received Phemma Chandler both voiced and voted
his protest and where possible defeated the schemes of
the woud-be treasury raiders
In days when the standards OF public service were
low and sordd and when men obligated 10 promoe and
conserve the public interests shamefuy BETRAYED them
even to the point of grand and petty larceny Phemma
Cnandler' conscious Of his own uprightness, faced
the thieves and the raiders and wherever possible x
posed them mercilessly TO the public eye
He made enemies? Yes among the crooks who had
designs against the pubcand he public loved him for
the enemies he made
II knew that the highest compliment that can be he
slowed upon an honest man is the hatred of a crook
II New Castle county had had in its service more
Phemma Chambers and fewer conscioness crooks and
constitutional incompetents il would have been hun
dreds Of thousandsyes. millons-of dollars better on
It may be said with truth in the case Of Phlemma
Chandler that Mother Earth has received TO her boso
the body Of man who really believed that public oeice
was public trust
lie died poor in pocket but rich in good repue His
memory is enshrDed in the hearts Of the people Of or
State He had served the people so well and So honestly
that ne was net afraid TO before the Great Comptroer
and give fun and true account Of his earthly steward
ship
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
S'rangesf 'Spirit' Experience of
War Comes TO Hero's Mother
BY STUART G. MASTERS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 23-Tht
strangest Of all the weird psychic ex-
perlences that have grown out OF the
great conflict between material and
spiritual forces, Is claimed by Mrs
! Mona l.. Hemsley, war mother, Of Ross
| Cal.
Not only does she profess spirit COM
munlcation with her hero soldier son,
but she says his death on the battle
Held brldged a period OF twenty years.
during which she valnly searched
three continents for him after he was
kidnapped when only two years and
four months old.
She processes TO have found him in
the spirit after she had despaired OF
finding him In the flesh.
Two visions Of her boy, manifestIng
himself clearly 10 her few weeks
after his death In France. she saws. i'm
PEELED her to interest herself earnestly
In communications with the departed
She had never been attracted TO mat
ters occult or spiritualistic. Like many
others, sha had known in hazy sort
OF way that prominent individuals,
such as Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir William
Crookes, Sir Conan Doyle, William T.
Stead and DR.. Hereward Darlington.
had announced their positive convic-
tlon that the gulf between the living
and dead not only could be but had
been successfully brldged.
But from the day I'm the middle OF
August, 1916. when, sitting in her home
at Austin, Texas, she saw her own child
step forth from the shadows. holding
his hand out TO her In greeting and
disappearing when. in surprise, she
spoke to him, the possibility Of keep
ing up the relationship with her dead
hero-son gripped her aching mother
heart.
There was no further revelation from
the shadow world until the end Of the /
following January when, III and des-
pondent in a Galveston boarding house
she saw her boy again. Instinctiyely,
she felt that he came with a message,
and, dreading that a word from her
would send his materialized form back
into the beyond, she checked the i'm
pulse TO cry hcr welcome.
She says he appeared much as II he
had stepped from a bivouac in the
trenches, wearing his khaki shirt.
open at the neck, sleeves rolled up. the
breeches held by a leather belt and
Dound Dy leather puttees. his short hair
showing from under his cap, which
was on the back Of his head
The photograph, her priced treasure.
showing her lad invalided home in
New Zealand, shortly before his return
to the trenches and his death. presents
a somewhat different picture from the 7
one she has described. She emphasizes
his as proof that she was not fooled s
by hallucination, coniured from mem
)ries Of that one portrait q
on the fateful June l9 when a Hun I
bullet drove through the young sol T
Hers stomach and shattered his left 5
zip, Mrs Hemsley, in Texas, suddenly f
suffered an agony Of pain.
ITS about the boy" she gasped h
He's wounded again" e
Her husband doubted, but noted the
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
Editorial Opinion
A BAD SENATOR BEATEN.

From the New York Sun.
Vardaman Is beaten and the Presi-
dents prestige as a world statesman
which our nelghbor. the World pro
fessed to believe Mr.. Wilson hazarded
in the daring venture" OF openly op-
posing the Mississippi Senator is out
OF danger, II It ever was in any dan
ger
The President himself did not pre-
tend to regard the Vardaman cam
paign as a worldwide issue. but he
put the case boldly enough before the
voters Of Mississippi, when he wrote
that he SHOULD be Obliged to accept
their action (the reelection Of Var
daman) as a condemnation Of my Nd
ministration."
The Sun believed that II was not so
much the Administration that was on
trial as the loyalty and intelligence of
the people OF Mississippi To send
Vardaman back to the Senate would
not jeopardze the Administration.
much less the Presidents international
reputation. 10 would be a sign that
something was wrong with Mississippi: I:
that she lacked the spirit which hap
PLY possesses America; for Varda-
mans conduct in the Senate left no
doubt as TO his political character.
Even La Toilette threw scarcely a
darker shadow than Vardaman. whose
opposition to the Administration was
minor matter, lost in the depths of his
opposition TO America itself.
NO well informed and loyal State
could fail to choose Pat Harrison rather
than James K Vardaman. The chief
doubt before the primaries was
whether Mississippi was well informed.
The returns indicate that at least some
parts Of that State understood the
issue. In Vardaman's home CITY. |
where we must assume he was com /
pretended, the vote against him was
) TO 4.
We must congratulate the President
on the courage he showed in openly
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
Women's sSpendid Service Saved the AlliedCause,
Lloyd George Tells Women's Congress in Paris

PARIS Aug. 2The British Minister David Lloyd George,
PAID remarkable tribute In
dressed to the lnteraled Womens
unaDle TO De present at meeting held tonight
TO testimony
England this
wrote c have not only borne their burden
win unnncing fortude patience
III II mad not been for the splendid
came forward TO work In the hospitals and munon
auNe Offices or all kinds and behind
nay danger OF their lives Great Britain and believe ell the Allies
would nave been unable to Withstand the
months For This service to humanity
unbOunded gratitude
In tho past have unnt TO vote be-
cause they would be weak when
bearing the strains of My
week confirmed
stand perfectly what Is this
clearly that there
world so monster
unashamed among the weaker peoples
10 thH ts Is crusade for righteousness
ey 40 not mean TO make until the Allies
Tor anoher carnival OF violence befa mankind
resolution Of The women South Wales but typical spirit Of
the Of the O treat
This began I'm order that brutality out
main effects would be TO give position and in
puonce In tho public affairs Of the world
we look not only strength inspiration during
h great work OF reconstruction will
'''
The who havo to
among the foremost leaders this regenernon
My to their representatives
done Carry You helping yourselves
and children"
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
With The Paragraphers

Such chvary in war still resides in the Germans
is to be found among the airmen Thus Quentin Boose-
welt has been buried by them with full military honors
and his effects are being carefully preserved for
his family. Here is very kindly light amid the
encrcling gloom.-Philadelphia Ledger
The captain Of the Hun U-boat which sank the asb- -
ing schooner Nelson A. will have something TO exnIain
ne ever returns to his base While selecting some nne
FISH from the schooners catch he allowed fbe Nova
Scotan skipper to pair Of boots from his bInk
Is true Huns heart to be moved TO such bsbvisb
softness by mess Of fresh halbut?-New York sun
The gentlemen who fear that prohibition viii throw
vital war industries into confusion are highly imaginative
Already millions Of Americans in dry territory are getting
without booze and there have been no riots over be
deprivation Let the timid souls cheer up Peope can
get along without things much better than they suppose
At pinch they get along without white bread Tbe
can get along without coffee They get along with
out beer.-Kansas City Times
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
WASTE As A wAR.wonK ANN

w AsrE COLLECTION WEEK is one Of the nonsv-
~ making devices Of the Delaware Chapter Of the
Red Cross for the relief Of war sufferers
The fact that it is observed in this city and state
oue 70 the initiative OF Mrs L. A. Kttnger assistant
director Of the surgical dressing department who
SPENDS most OF her time in the Old City Han doing con-
structlve war work. II she who suggested tb.,
waste Collection Week be observed four times a vear
during the war The Chapter not only acted fayorsb
upon the suggestion, but made her manager Of tbs
waste collection In addition. she manager of
the tnfoi collection.
From the last Waste Collection Week work ,be
Chapter realized $500 clear money applied IT 10 tbs
relief OF suffering
The next Waste Collection Week VIII be the las. yvee
in September Practical plans for its Observance already
have been perfected prominent dealer in secondhand
materials has been hired He VIII deliver 10 The business
houses and the homes the regulation Red Cross bags
which VIII hold the waste material contributions Later
ne viii collect those large bags and have charge of tb
sorting and disposal q The waste material
VIA tho ited Cross wishes business men and house
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

date, merely in curiosity. Mrs. Hams
ley underwent such physical torture,
during the next four days that, most Of
the time, she was out Of her mind. sud.
denly on June %. the day her boy died
her pain departed as swiftly and mex
plicably as it had come.
Every pain my son had had" she
says.
Il have asked him in our later com
munion, about his last hours. and he
says was there with him in dugout
and hospital, holding his hand and
comforting him."
The second vision was brief, but. she
says, 1t was as clear as crystal. And
sensational in its unexpectedness-he
used a mannerism which his mother in
stantly recognized as one Of her own
Lifting his hand, as he started to speak.
he emphasized each word with a yigor-
Gus shake of his forehnger.
Mother, got to Los Angeles, by all
means"
An affectionate smile. three backward
steps, and he was gone.
she has never beheld that apparition
again. She processes to have heard
the voice audibly once or twice-but.
for the most part, the messages, which
she has since heard with Increasing
have come to her mentally
not in a dream-state. not in a trance.
but with a bell-like clarity that is in
'isive and authoritative
Write" the summons comes TO her
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
TIE TIGER AND TIE rny

THERE were many reasons why General Foch should
be made generalissimo Of the allied forces In the
hrst place France is the battle ground and the French
nation has most at stake in the war
Again, Foch knew better than anyone else the char
acer Of the territory over which the battles must be
fought the obstacles TO be met the opportunities for
advantage and the characercs of his antagonists His
military training and skill at least equal TO those
Of any other general in the allied forces
Results have fully justified the selection based upon
the considerations mentioned and Premier Clemenceau
has the satisfaction Of seeing his choice yndcated The
credit accorded to Foch must be also extended 10 Cemon
ceau who it is understood insisted upon the general
being placed in supreme command
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1918.
SEND HIM TO THE SENATE.

Il ROM all parts Of Delaware Dr. L. Hesler Ball. Of
this county is receiving felicitaons upon the fact
that he has won the Republican nomination for United
States Senator.
That is not surprising. lie is a good man. good
citizen and good Republican In addition, he won the
nomination by the overwhelming vote Of the State con-
candidacy.
II Delawareans be wise they will send him to the
United States Senate to represent them Delaware Repub
lcans should experience special pleasure in working
with that laudabe object in view
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

sometimes in the dead of night and
In lnky darkness Write
She has a small mountain of pencil
inscribed manuscript, souvenirs Of
these strange visits from the dead
when the guest dictated word for word
the communication intended for her.
Her boy she says, Is corresponding
with her daily. Others from the be-
yond, too, have reached her spiritual
ear, claims Mrs. Hemsley. She speaks
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
GEMS OF THOUGHT

me peculiar thing about humility is that the moment
you become conscious Of IT, It turns into pride
-
When friend asks TO see the color OF your money
you might look blue and say you haven't red
-:
Ihe worst policy Is to employ the FIRST years OF life
IN way so as 10 make the last years miserable
i.e klnu or world you carry about in yourself is 10
you the most important thing in the world
People accustomed from infancy to lie down on
feathers have no idea how hard paving stone s without
trying it.-Charles Dickens
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

Of advice and ala and consolation and
prophecy which have been her portion,
now that she has "groped through the
gloom to find communion with that
great company on the other side where
It is always light"
And the mission she says, they have
given her. Is TO spread the tidings so
That others, suffering and grlef-strlck-
en- as she was, may get the consola
tlon that comes from positive proof OF
Immortality.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

opposing Vardaman, even while we
regret that he indulged in politics
when politics was adjourned. We con-
gratulate Mississippi on being awake
and Pat Harrison on being the winner
OF the toga at the age OF 81. Not least.
we felicitete the Hon. John Sharp VIII
Hams on being rid OF an Objectionable
colleague.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

holders to do now is to hold all such waste material for
Waste Collection Week
Another thing It desires Is that no tnfo be placed
IN with The waste material It should be sent as in the
past direct to Old City Hail.
The people OF our city should welcome plan which
enables them TO dispose Of waste so It Will serve The
humane purpose Of alleviatng the mlserIes Of war
Evening journal., 1918-08-23
NOTICE

The African Union NJ P. Church and
Sunday school will give their annual
excursion TO Lenape Park, Pa. on
Thursday, August %. Train leaves
French street station iliO a. m.
A. II. JONES, Asst Supt.
A. G.. CHlPPEY, Sec'y.
REV. J. II. BELL, Pastor.
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

Advertising rates or application
No attention paid 10 unsigned communications
Evening journal., 1918-08-23

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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-09-19
THE KAISER'S DREAM
BY S. B. OWENS,
Hayti, Mo.

The Kaiser sat upon his throne
Unto his Idols wed.
And visions of the conquered world
Went dancing through his head.
\ prayer to the Lord he made,
Dot We might partners be,
Ven rule dis whole big world We will
Shust you mine GOtt, und me.
Unto his War Lords then he called,
To them gave command;
Go oud and fight fur me und Gott,
Ind take der sea and land,
Vell take der nations, one und all,
Tn dis is vot veil do,
Ve'll throw them in der boiling pot,
IND have an Irish stew,
Dot Uncle Sammy he some man,
He wears on sizzer coat,
I'll pull his viskers drot his hide,
Und den I'll get his goat
Dot mighty bird vot fly so high,
brings dot Eagle down,
I'll pluck der feathers from his tail
Ind wear them in my crown.
Ven take dem little babies too,
Nit sugar in der eye,
Ven stir them in the mixing howl
Ind have one lemon pie.
Und now, mine Gott, We owns it all,
I'll make just division,
No need To call the Angels in,
Ven 'bide by my decision,
want you Lord to have your part,
For dot would justice be,
You takes der sun, moon und stars,
takes der land und sea.
| takes der gold und silver too.
takes der beer und wine.