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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30
YANKEE COMMANDMENT OF
METZ WORRYING GERMANS

Amsterdam. Holland. Sept. 30.-The
American bombardment OF the fort
ress OF Metz is getting on the nerves
OF the German people This is en-
phasized by a correspondent Of the
khenisch Westphalian Gazette. OF
Essen. who visited Metz Thursday.
When the bombardment Of the fort
ress area started. the Inhabitants OF
the city believed an air raid was in
progress and took 20 the cellars.
When the truth became known. many
persons left the city. but most Of them
now have returned.
Between SEP. ember % and Septem-
Der %, the correspondent says, 40
shells fell in the outskirts OF the
city (where the forts are located,
killing a few persons and doing dam
age TO property.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

, the waiting places TO young girls, who
are not infrequently wholly untitled
for the grave responsibilities devolv-
ing upon them.
No woman with a husband at home,
a husband exempt from war duties
for any reason, and with no sons in
the army. should come here Her
work can be found at home; but the
mothers Of sons, especially the
widowed mothers. are needed here, far
more than most Of the young girls.
Just as the mature men are needed
in Y. II. c. A. work and Red Cross
in place Of the younger ones, though
for different reasons
They Like Americans.
The daughter OF a French lady OF
title. living in the country in an old
chateau. has a little runabout car
which she is able 10 use TO go to mar
ket once a week or so, If gasoline can
be obtained. she relates how she fire.
quently gives a tired American soldier
a ride as she goes to and from town
we never have the least fear Of
any American man, he said. we
feel they will treat any woman with
respect"
That is a good reputation for our
boys TO acquire.
From York. England. comes a let
ter bearing the perfumed signature of
Rosemary Parkinson. and the writer
OF il says; I wish there were some
way for your American soldiers to
know how we regard them here in
England; how we reverence and love
them for what they have done and are
doing for us and for all humanity
Often when 7 see them passing in the
street I want TO speak TO them; 1
want TO say. God bless YOU. dear
boys, and protect you but dare not,
lest they should be offended at my
holiness I know our English sol
diers would not understand having a
stranger speak to them So I pass on
the feeling that is in my heart and
the heart Of all England TO you. as
you may be able to make IL known
And I want TO say that I speak the I
name Of your great president with I
reverence every day in my prayers
French Fond Of Yankees.
I thanked her in the name Of all /
our boys for her gracious words. I
And / assured her our men would I
never feel anything but the sweetest /
sense Of appreciation if she spoke to I
them That is one thing in addition I
10 all the rest which France finds de- /
in our soldiers. They are so !
democratic. 50 human. so absolutely I
apprOaChable. while they are well I
bred, fine appearing and excellent I
hammered
DO not wonder at the enthusiasm /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30
ROBBED OF
NAUSEA AID DANCER
Medicinal virtues retained
and improVed-Unpleas-
ant and dangerous quail
ties removed New va
riety called "Calotabs."

The latest triumph OF medical SCI
ence IS a purified calomel. known as
-Calotabs.- The old style calomeL as
all doctors know. was the best and
most generally useful OF al medi-
cines. The new variety. known as
CalOtabs, is purified and refined from
all Objectionable qualities. and is most
deliehtful in effect
One Calotab on the tongue az bed
time. a swallow OF water-thats all.
No taste. no gripping. no nausea. no
danger Next morning YOU awake
feeling fine. with a clean liver. a puri-
fled system and a hearty appetite for
breakfast Eat what you please.
There is no restriction Of habit or diet
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages. price. thirty-five
cents Your druggist recommends
Calotabs. and will refund your money
IN you are not delighted with them
Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30
Fleeing Huns Spar For Time To SaUe
War Material And Improve DefenSeS
by FLOYD lIACGRIFF.

offensive the Germans lost in prison
ers alone more than 100000 men, And
not all the material was got back TO
zones Of safety. despite the staff work
Of the best German opponents Of re-
treat
one important fact CONNECTED with
F0ch's offensive should not be over
looked That is the fact that the
allied striking forces have not been
i'm great numerical superiority 10 the
enemy The fact that the allied as
saulting armies have been not mucn
larger than the German defenders re-
fleets even greater credit on their ac-
complishments-
The allied command has not fol-
lowed the German plan of hurting in
division upon division once an often
sive is under way. or when the enemy's
resistance stiffens- That plan is left
10 the Germans TO exploit When an
offensive ceases TO pay in results
for the initial force engaged. or when
the temporary advantage Of a sudden
blow is sucked dry and resistance Of
a stubborn nature appears, Foch plan
is to halt the drive and strike else
where. Foch is nisgardly in the use
of men Numerous tanks. however,
enable him TO carry out such tactics.
Recent drives also have revealed
that the allies have abandoned their
former heroic but expensive measures
of taking an important ridge or wood
by storm. The method now employed
is to outflank such a position
The Germans have taken page out
OF Gen Gourauds book on defence,
Withdrawing their forces from the
advanced zone Of attack 20 a stronger
position with natural advantages.
The enemy also is putting rivers and
sharp declivities between himself and
the allies. so as 10 minimize the danger
Of surprise attacks with tanks, favor
tie allied vancouver
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

7 ONDON. Eng. Sept. 2s-Bloel1ed IN
i the middle Of the grand scale Of
fensive and the initiative seized from
their grasp. one may ask: What are
the tactics Of Ludendorff and linden
burg?
The answer IS: To save as much war
material as possible. to delay and halt
if possible the alternating blows Of
the allied armies and to establish the
German forces behind a better system
Of defence.
Germany has no supplies to waste
The advantages she once held from
superabundance OF war supplies is
gone, and guns. ammunition, food and
transport massed at the front must
be gotten back 10 safety. Such guam
titles OF material were poured into the
war cauldron since Germany launched
her win the war" smash March 2L
that she must conserve Germany
production has not been helped by
allied air raids in the Rhine valley or
her own combing of factories TO sup
ply men for the army Besides, metals
are growing scarcer-
At the psychological moment fell
marshal Foch struck like a flash. The
HeluldA A-oAL rum f--s ~ - JIM
Reims was not prepared for defence
Il was an offensive front from the
German standpoint. Into the Scissors
Reims pocket had been placed enough
munitions TO carry the German armies
into Paris. All the tactical orders had
been written out and distributed for
continuation Of the offensive. The
allied blows. so unexpected, jeopar-
died the material 1t had to be saved
so far as possible Men were sacri-
feed to save things used in destroy
ing life.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

they call forth wherever they go.
Thoroughly and devotedly American
as I have ever been. I had to some
over here and see our men collectively
in this foreign environment. to fully
appreciate their magnificent quail
ties.
A New York woman doing
splendid work rs n nurse in
French hospital said to me;
sWhat very unusual and power
full men come from California and
the far western states. have
never happened to meet many OF
them until I came here. They
strike me as SO virlle of mind and
body; 50 full OF primitive power.
Unlike anything one encounters
abroad"
This woman has lived much in for
eign countries, and is able TO draw
comparisons intelligently.
VIII Amaze the World.
America is making and must con-
tinue to make immense sacrifices in
this world war. But out OF it will
come an understanding Of her great
world. so long ignorant OF everything
save our material successes.
The end OF this world contest for
the rights OF decency and the sur
vival OF human freedom is not yet.
But for the magnificent inter
ventiOn Of America, the power OF
might over right would now be
established. 1t is not established;
and ID viii not be. But long, In
tense months must intervene be-
fore the triumphant end.
America must be ready for those
months--Copyright. 1913. by Star -.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

Chaplain Timothy O'Keefe, OF the
Fifth cavalry, said that when he came
to Fort Bliss Is years ago the only
person they could get TO play the or
gan was a negro woman, who played
II most zeaIOusly. He spoke Of the in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

Gen. HornbrOok said. in acceptance,
As a representative Of the war de-
partment, It gives me pleasure 10 &C
cept this building for the boys As
distinguished from a barbarous ma
tion. we believe in looking after the
social side. The religious level Of the
soldiers is the religious level Of the
nation For we are no longer a small
part Of the people. The soldiery is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-30

When these women want TO come
over and face the dangers and the
.difGculties OF Europe. and do their
work. It seems unreasonable 10 give
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
ON THE FENCE.

Holland, on the fence, though lean
ing dangerously the other way, doesn't
yet know in which direction to jump
Needless to say, her decision import
antly affects us.
The Dutch have become placid,
plodding, peaceable people. They
would at first appear easier prey to
the Black Vulture than bleeding Bel
GUM.
But the fire of ire, when famed into
fame. burns fiercely in the Dutch.
Hollanders are hardy, not fool
hardy, folk. Fighting the sea for CEN
turtles has made them resourceful and
self-reliant Examples of fortitude,
like that of the boy who kept his arm
through the hole in the sea wall for
hours and saved the country from to-
tai inundation, are many in Dutch his
tory.
Determination and courage dominate
the Dutch character much like silk
en- strand of cable strength strung taut
beneath hospitable, mild and gentle
hammered exterior.
Among Hollands achieveme is
the invention of movable type by
Gutenberg. To the dissemination of
knowledge through printed page, made
possible by Gutenberg's creation, our
progress to date is largely due.
At one time, this little nation was
the worlds sea power Her colonies
ale sixty-four times larger than the
mother country. The Dutch once con-
tolled commerce once Henry Hudson
was sent out by Holland.
The Dutch did much to separate the
church from the state, and so ma
terially helped to free civilization
from fanatical religious thraldom.
They gave us Beethoven, Van Dyck,
Raphael, Rubens, and among today's
celebrities. Raemakers.
Our hat is off to you, Holland. We're
for you in what's before you at this
critical time. But look before you
leap, and don't get ain dutch" any
deeper
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
DON'T WRITE.

Il had the folly to write it." ex.
claimed Edmund Burke
William Sly Howard. who is not near
as sly as he has thought he was, light
say the same thing.
In his feeble and futile explanation
of the exposure of his WHISKY record,
he fails to convince. His failure Is
One to the fact that he had previously
committed himself, In bIac'; and white
DO right-and don't write.'
That's a fine maxim Tor Politicians
as well as. for other folks, and If Will
liam Sly Howard had not written he
would be little better eff
Burn this letter." postscripted ia
nous American once upon time, but
the letter was not burned and it be-
came boomerang.
"T am not given much to letters"
said julius II. William Sly doubtless
wishes that he was not given to them
much, too.
When pressed by a Chattanooga Ii
guor dealer to pay for the cheap poi
son that he had used to debauch the
voters in his campaign for Congress,
Howard did not answer Finally, the
account was given to an Atlanta law
yer, o. x. Johnston. The latter wrote
Howard, threatening suit. To this
Howard replied:
My Dear Don: Your registered
letter of the 9Th instant has just
been called to my attention.
| will be home shortly after the
fourth of March and will fix this
matter to your satisfaction. Would
! send check now but will be dead
broke" until the fourth of next
| month
With kindest regards, am sin
cerely yours
! Afterwards the suit was brought, but
}, as more than four years had elapsed,
!, Howard pleaded the statute of limi-
| tations and thus avoided the payment
!, of this honest (whisky) debt The re-
} cords are still in existence, and there
is 70 denying them Not even William
! Sly can successfully deny them, with
! all his smooth talk
II William Sly's fate is warning to all
politicians. Don't write, unless you
absolutely must, and don't do it eve
then,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
TWAS EVER THUS.

A soldier was given 20 years
for selling whisky What would
that guy have gotten if he drank
it? Seems like that is terrible
penalty for such an 0ffense. TWEEN
ty years ago people did not think
anything of selling liquor. Fa-
natfcism never gives room for
change of mind. There are thous-
ands of men today that work for
prohibition that twenty years ago
would not have thought anything
of it. Twenty years for selling
liquor, five years and a pardon if
you kill man. Verify justice is,
a strange think. Changing if
you steal a chicken, congress if
you steal a railroad. Verify, the
way of the piker is full of lacks.
Better not be piker.
The above is from the plain-speak-
ing and somewhat picturesque editor
ial page of the cambridge Post
Searchlight,
In his homely vernacuIar, Editor
Callahan hits pretty close to great
truth, especially in 'egard to tht
whisky questionable which by tn,
way, will never be entirely regulated
until it is just as much of crime Il
| drink the stuff as it is to manufactur,
and sell It
AS for big criminals free vi lie tn,
little Gnes serve time, that's so com
ncrt sec as to never attract attention
any more. Officers of the law every
where will stay up all night in the an
ticipation of bagging black marii
load of negroes playing ''skin" o.
shooting craps. while under their yer,
noses poker games, participated in b.
leading citizens, are in full blast.
However, there's an old English AK
ION, expressed thusly:
1.-THE law condemns the man or woman
who steals the goose from or tn,
goose
But turns the greater feIon loose VIII,
steals the common from tn,
goose"
The man who steals the fowl off tn
i public place gets twelve months on thu
chain-gang, but the fellow who il
smart enough to steal the public parl
from the goose and from the people
gets rich. maybe he is indicted, tn,
supreme court. perhaps, grants him ;
new trial. and eventually the case il
forgotten. The man is admitted int
: the best society. probably elected tt
Office. and does the same thing oyeI
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
ON THE RIGHT LINE.

Representative Charles r. Crisp has
introduced a bill in the House of Con-
gress intended to subject all federal,
state and municipal officers and en-
ployees to income and war excess
profit taxes.
At present these officers and en-
ployees, many of whom receive from
five to twenty-five thousand dollars a
year, are exempt from the income tax
1.-The which, on its face, Is rank dis
elimination.
Congressman have already imposed
a tax on their own salaries, and there
is no reason why other federal Off
GERS, nor state and city officers, should
be immune. In fact, it was Mr.. Crisp
who introduced a bill to bring the
membes of Congress within the pro-
visions Of the new revenue law.
The present effect of the law, as
interpreted by the treasury depart
ment, work inequitably, and gives fed
cal, state and municipal employees and
officers an advantage that they should
not rightfully enjoy. We cannot imag-
inc that any of them will have the
temerity to oppose Judge Crisp's bill,
and we believe, therefore. that when
it is presentd for consideration It will
speedily pass.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
Doesn't Deserve Pity.

There is one man in Americas who
has our honest sympathy He is the
fellow who didn't recognize his own
wife in her new hat and clothes. and
who tried to fiirt with her-Americus
Times-Recorder This man doesn't
deserve any sympathy. If he hadn't
been such tightwad he would have
given his wife money to buy nice
clothes long ago, and he would have
been accustomed to seeing her look
nice.-Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

The old-fashioned negroes who once
gathered wild blackberries and sold
them at 5 cents quart are now earn
ing $500 a day working at the avia-
xSOn camp, but the berries are still
there, ripening as fast as Gods bless
ed sunshine can make them, and it
might not be a bad idea for some of
he white folks hereabouts to get a
Few pals and go out and fill them
wTth these splendid berries. Black
berry jelly, blackberry jam, and may
be little light wine" made from
Iascious fruit wouldn't go bad this
xinter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

A woman will go around the house
vankempt, hair bedraggled and wear
Tux a dirty wrapper just so long as she
expects to see no one but her husband,
hui If another man knocks at the door
she will make him wait thirty minutes
before answering while she rrimps and
powders Why should husbands be
created differently and worse than 9TH
r men?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

again the first time he gets a chance.
However there are entirely too many
other things to fret about, not the
least of which are the war. the
weather the growing shortness of the
skirts, the high price of winter coal in
tie summer time. ETC.. etc. etc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

oar idea of a real pest is the Stacker
whn constantly brags about the rec
e.rs of his father as a Confederate sol
aser and then says the Germans can't
ne beaten
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

a. Georgia editor asks. What is
sgEbe difference between a war widow
and a sweet girl graduate?" About
SIX months, we reckon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

Vt negro wash-women get any more
scarce or impuden1, this town would
be good place for some washing
machine salesman to visit {.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

Occasionally we meet an olf-fashion7
al woman who is still living within
aer husbands income, but most OF
xanw will have silk stockings, high
heeIed shoes and soft, clinging lingerie
whatever the cost
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

Some women form their ideas OF
a man nowadays by the kind of leg
gfus he wears. Some are still will
ing to consider the canvass kind, but
generally speaking a pair of leather
puGfees gives the wearer a lap in the
race for the average woman's affec-
giCns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
G. S. & F. RY.

Effective May 18th 1918.
Trains leave Cordele:
300 p M-For Jacksonville and
Palatka, via Valdosta.
6:35 p. M-Local for Triton.
sos A. M.-Jacksonville and Palat
ka, via Valdosta or Triton.
4:50 A. M.-For Jacksonville, via
Triton, connecting at Triton for Val
dOsta.
2:1e P. M.-For Macon, connecting
for points North.
$50 A. M.-Local for Macon, con-
Meeting for points North.
2:25 A .M-For Macon and points
North. "Dixie Flyer"
2:0S A. M.-For Macon and point
North, 1.-THE Southland"
Schedule shown as Information to
the public; not guaranteed.
j. w. JAMESON, C. B. RHODES,
Agt.. ?. T D. Macon, Ga. G. P "A
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

This Is the season when the sweet
wraduate wears ont more silk stock
Suzw and eats more nut sundaes daily
xszu her Woodworking mother ever
,ssuus,1n1ed or destroyed in all her
days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

Times and ideals change constantly,
But woman's idea concerning the
man in uniform is like unto the law of
Ehe Modes and Persians
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

The old fashioned seeond-lieutenant
vvna used to carry a swagger stick
seems to have disappeared altogether.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

The ice man certainly must have
e4fuckaed yesterday when he notified
ehss coal baron of the boost in prices
granted him by the state food admins
STATION.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-29

How long will it take woman to,
gus her shoes fitted after all the men
clerks get into uniforms or useful
war work?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Monster Austrian War Yes
sci Is Sunk As Result
of Daring Night Attack
On Strong Naval Base On
Adriatic Coast.
INVADERS DODGE
DEFENDERS. PATROL

Rome. May 16.-An Austrian battle.
ship was t0rpedoed by Italian naval
forces In Pola harbor early Tuesday
morning, 1t was odlcially announced
, today.
The battleship was Of the Viribus
Units type 100000 ton vessels).
The Italian force worked its way in.
to the Austrian naval base by dod ging
the patrol boats and searchlights OF
the defenders.
LATIN sEAPLAKEs IN RAID
While the naval operation was pro.
crossing an Italian seaplane force en-
gagged Austrian battle planes above
Pola. Two Of the Austrians were
brought down and several others were
compelled to descend out Of control.
ITALIANS SUFFER NO LOSS
The official announcement reads:
italian naval units, avoiding patrol
boats and searchlights, succeeded in
entering Pola harbor early on Tuesday
and in torpedoing an Austrian battle
ship Of the Viribus Units type.
simultaneously Italian seaplane
squadrons attacked Austrian battle
planes over Pola, brought down two
and forced several others down out Of
control. The Italian machines all re-
turned safely to their bases"
VICTORY Is IMPORTANT
There are four Austrian battleships
OF the viribus Units class which com.
pFfssd ths largest ara most modern
dghtins vessels completed for the
FAustkian navy up to the time the Euro
pean war broke out. The other ships
Of the class are the Legetthoff, the
Prinzeugen and the Scent Istivan. Tho
nameship was completed in October,
1912, and the others at intervals be-
tween then and the beginning Of the
war, with the exception Of the Scent
1stivan. which was not finished until
1915.
[East battleship Of the viribus Units
class displaced 10000 tons, is N526 feet
long over all, SO feet beam and 2S feet
draught. Their armament comprises
twelve 2inch and twelve 80 inch guns
in the main battery, with eighteen II
Founders and various smaller guns,
and from two to six torpedo tubes. The
complement Of the battleships ranges
from sS2 to ssS men. All are heavily
armored and are classed as dread
naughts. The viribus Units developed
q speed Of 30.9 knots on her trial trip.]
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
HONOR TO BE SHOWN MEN
LEAVING FOR ARMY DUTY

Ottumwans will give a rousing send
OF to the eight young men who leave
here tomorrow night for Indianapolis
where they enter service in the en-
gineer corps at Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
The men had roll call this morning
at the court house where Auditor F. l..
Bissell gave them their final instruc-
tions and members Of the civilian re-
lief committee of the Red Cross Sc
cured the information regarding allot-
ments, names of relatives and other
data the committee uses in keeping
the young men in touch with their
families.
The men who are to go are: William
Milotz, captain; Carl L. Anderson.
William T. Steele, Ralph e. Miller,
George B. Hoover. O. d. Sprague, Mar
win Haywood and Louie Witte.
The eight men report again tomor-
row night ct 10 o'clock It the court