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The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
MOONEY Shows Form.

New Orleans. La, Dec. 2S-J.
Mooney. a local boy. has developed
into one OF the star riders at the
local track. He rode with much sue
cess on the Kentucky tracks this
year, and came here with the repu-
tstion of being one OF the best light
weight riders in the west
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Wisconsin PIay, Northwe,tern

Chicago, Dec 3.-A shake-up In the
1919 football schedule of Northwestern
University was announced yesterday.
The game with Ohio State University.
scheduled to be played at Columbus
ON October IS was cancelled. and a
game with Wisconsin. to be played al
Evanston. was arranged instead.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Young Stass ! Benedict.

Chicago. Dec. 23.-"Old Man" Stagg.
famous football coach at Chicago Uni
versity. admitted defeat through q
trick play today. His 19-year-old son
Lon, jr.. brought home bride from
Kentucky. Lion" eloped with Miss
Arville Meyer, sister sophomore. The
old man had called them too young.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Knapp Ride. for Diaz.

Havana. Cuba. Dec. 2s.-Trainer
William Mcdaniel has signed Jockey
w. Knapp to ride for senior A. H. Diax
during the Oriental Park meeting.
Knapp will report to his new en-
pioyer as soon as he has his passport.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Moore to Box Britt.

Cleveland. o.. Dec as.-Pal Moore
and Frankie Britt will be the head
liners OF a big all-star boxing pro-
gram to be staged here the first
week in January Britt Is the Bos-
ton nght-weight who outpointed
Matt Brock a couple of weeks ago.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24

THE NIGHT LIST.

Tne Following casualties are re-
ported oy the commanding general
Q, the American Expeditionary
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24

The sNelv~t Kind
Here's its uure food guxrsntee-Purv And
Wholesome as can be."-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Died of Wounds,
PRIVATES-

/. wiersgalla, Independence. Wis.
Charles H. Wilkinson. Chelan, Wash
James Wilson. Sardis. Ohio.
Joseph Wirths, Portland. Greg.
Vie Yerkey, Williamstown. w. Va.
j. Zimmerman, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Arthur L. Aker, Winfield. Kans.
Walter K. Alpin. Anderson, Mo.
a. C. Amundson. Menomonie. wis.
Stanley Barras, Broussard. La.
w. r. Beeson. Wilmington. Del.
w. N. Berge. Cambridge. Wis.
Eugene P. Brasseur, Thorne. N. Oak
w. c. Broyles. limbo. Ark,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
STORIES OF THE WAR
AMERICANS IN FRANCE.

Lieutenant F. NJ S., of Cambridge, md of the Artillery. writes thus from France:
 'Puly - tnear Tours ?)-This town , quite full of American soldiers, and hundreds of boche prisoners work on he railroads, etc. Theey move in q eisurely way that makes you long to get after them. Such faces! You would think they all tried to look as much like Hindenburg as possible. Il wager it makes them do a bit of ,hinkins to see from six to ten train pads of Americans go by every day.
 Aug - (probabiy Poictiers) - In he station s. and I watched with in crest the unloading of q trainful of German wounded. They seemed quite interested in us and one of them asked
 nearby Frenchman if we were Can .dians. When told that we were Americans, the German replied. We nave been told there were no Ameri- sans in France yet When the French assured him there were be- ween one and two millions, he laughed and said that no one could ,xpect him to believe such a lie as hat! So these are the famous Ger nan soldiers!' said I. l can assure you that in their wounded, tired haE- starved condition they were a sorry ot-bundles of rags unshaven and hollow eyed. Their wounds had been lressed and food given them but nc lttention paid to them otherwise"
 Some of the boys still have the idea
 hat the war is near it's end Senti-
 nents like this from Ralph Godbyr, ir
 he Railway Engineers, written to a
 Boston lady, whose card he found ir l. NJ. C. A. book, is an example
 The papers tell us that the United States has ships enough to keep plenty
 t troops coming across now an slad, but I think they will soon bt lsed to bring us home. We have
 Fritz on the run now and hope to keel Jim going"
 |. Private Godbyr goes on to tell this I went to a camp the other week tt zee my cousin, who had Just landed He was in the Infantry, and had jus received a commission as a seconC lieutenant. I was very sorry to SC, him in the Infantry and I knew wha part of the line he was goin~ to. H. 1as just passed his twentieth birthday md a fine officer he made. Al hough he had never been under shel free he was in the line in week afte 1e landed. I did not hear from hin liter he went in the line until sav lis name in the hospital list H l wrote me from the hospital that h 1 lad lost both legs and one of hi l lands by a shell. without even seein 1 | Fritz. Very tough luck call 1t bu l ,e wrote very cheerful letter. Ina the spirit of the troops fover here.
 Everywhere one goes in Franc
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HER CoSTUMIc ECLIPSE

Its a safe wager" said the girl who likes to talk, that when you see wonan's clothes before you see the woman herself the clothes are far more worth looking att"
 Dear mel" raid the patient listen- CT. ''Who has reused your jealousy now?"
 It's that Mrs, Winneu! Every tnme I am on the front veranda and Mrs. Winnem goes by I have an un- controlable desire to rush indoors and bite a sofa pillow! The only single comfort can get is to take Mrs. Win nem and put her into sS cent al over work apron, get her hair out of curl and her feet into flat slippers. hen l can stand off and survey her and breathe hard and say; Huh! You aren't so much! Why, you aren't even passably good looking! Why, you're actually worse than homely because you are commonplace! Your nose is squashy and your chin the wrong angle and now that the dew of honest toll has dampened your complexion l see that you haven't any complexion whatever
 "It was nothing in the world but your clothes I'd say to Nar, that made your progress down the street seem to
 
 dazzled ears thought were bands dis voursing accompanying music was merely the jingling of your accouter- ments, and the envious faintness which assailed me was caused only by that extra heavy sachet you affect! Run along, I feel better!"
 Clothes are just an accident, but yourself is your own fault. I imagine that women discuss Mrs. Winnem more than any other ten women com bined but if you'll notice it is always her garments they talk about. I'd give a hat to see both her closets ard the insidee of her head. You needn't tell me that anybody with the amount of clothes she owns has time to con- slider anything else. and I'd like to gaze on the workings of a mind all full Of tucks and biases and <rufhss and geoTgette and plaits!
 What she can talk about to people 1 is 8 mystery-only, come to think o! it. she doesn't go in much for people You never see her strolling along with another woman. I expect it's because she is always on her way downtown to achieve another costume and cant | be bothered, or because she wants time 10 plan what she'll put on wheT l she takes off what she has on.
 When I consider the trouble it il to buy one pair of shoes 1 can't ina zine the struggle it must be to have 2 pair for every dress and stockings tt match, too. Why, nowadays ever. ] time you ask for a shade the clerl ] tells you they haven't it because tht kaiser is using all that particular
 brand of dye
 1 Honestly the sheer determination
 Mrs Winnem must use in running
 down her hosiery would be of i'm
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TIE roRpEpoEp raoo7sAlp.

= Fortunate indeed appears to have been the escape of the American .tr3ops whose vessel was torpedoed yhile transporting them to fnd Eope. It is gratifying indeed that not only was everyone on board saved but That the ship itself was able to get ID a point where 1t could he beached snd where it will undoubtedly be pos- sible to salvage it. That there was TO loss of life is due to the fact that the vessel was not struck in a vital spot, but even so it is surprising that q torpedo could be exploded against a tFoopship carrying over 2s00 people without some life being lost.
 Although the ships carrying our soldiers have been given such excel lent service from the conveying ves- sells, 1t is not surprising in view of the desperate chances which the un- derwater boats are able and willing 10 take that they have at last been able to send a torpedo into an east bound transport. But the kind of pro- lection which is being provided is fully set forth by the quick and ef- fective response which WAS made by the destroyers as soon as it was s Earned that an underwater boat had managed to slip within striking dis tance of the troop carrier. The de- struction of the U-boat shows the price which was exacted from those who were engaged in the pefilous work, so that while such attacks are not impossible the chances of sending home a torpedo and getting away safely are pretty cohclusively dis closed where vessels carrying Amer. tcan troops are invnlved Germany i. hot yet able to block the assistance which this country is forwarding tt Europe for the crushing of the Huns
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Registration day! Do your part and do it early!
 of eourae if there is te be no coal shortage there are a lot of empty bins which have got to be attended to.
 Don't forget to get to the rcgistra tion place today just as aat1y as pos sible. Show the right spirit.
 According to the action in the Vermont primary it rather looks as if that state was against prohibition
 The man on the corner says. From, the rumblings everything points to the fact that Germany is running on g flat wheel.
 No one will complain if Genera Ludendorff hangs onto the Hinden. burg line so long that he will nevel be able to extricate himself.
 No ono in this country is givins more encOura cement to the Huns a the present time than those who art urging the iaboring man to strike. With the people of Vienna beggin! for bread, there is little wonder tha the grand vfzier of Turkey while il that city should predict peace befor, winter.
 l The one great trouble with tn baseball players engaged in tn, | worlds series is, that they are great ly disappointed in the way the game have been attended
 Even if the airpIane mail servic between New York and Chicago ism developing any wonderful speed 1t i giving American flying machines tn very test which they require. The submarine commanders alway did have special desire for attack ing hospital ships, or those carry ing the sick and wounded, so that i must make them mad when one get away from them.
 Director General MeAdoo no soone relieves the peoples minds by tellin them that there are coal cars enoug when someone else bobs up and de ciares it is not so. It has ever bee thus since the coal shortage started
 Carranza gets his answer yer quickly by having the entire supply C paper from this country shut off whe he insists upon a third of such Mexi can imports going to the governmer that German agents can get as ndc ] as they need
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

History is being made go fast these days that the most expert typewriter on earth cannot keep up with it. This will make 1t easier for the future his- torian. He will have so much less to resd.-New Haven Journal Courier.
 The Christian Herald has an arti- cle on Famous Lighthouses" which begins with an illusion to the one said to have been built by Ptoleny H.. on the island of Pharos, at the entrance to the harbor Of Alexan- d1'ia in Egypt. That's long time ago, and one may be pardored for being lacking in descriptive details but when the story gets down to the Eddystone Light and declares that it has been four times destroyed by the angry waters of the North Sea, " a question of geography naturally arises-especiaIly in the minds of those who have seen the Eddvstone Light but are quite sure they never saw the North Sea.-Stamford Advo- cate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Who's Who in Court of Common
 Council?

Wno Wno m Oourt or OoInHlVE
 Council?
 Mr. Editor: The Honorable Court Of Common Council has convened and started another drive against the Electric S Gas Commission. It is eas> to understand that the member who introduced the matter is simply : nawn moved by another leader ir this action But they have not ap. nointed a city surveyor nor even con zidered the case. Why not? Many democrats, not one Nr two. friends o' the man whom tne former administra- tion removed simply because he wa a democrat, want to know why ht cannot be reapno.nted. Why does tEf nresent democratic council retain re nuhIicans in an office formerly occu- pied by A democrat and esDeciall' when it has removed every other re- nuhlican whose place could be filled D T democrat? The democratic surveyos whom the republicans removed, is { member of family whose votine members have been democrats al their lives.
 They are not fair in their treatment Of democrat who has fought in <he ranks for thirty-fiNe years. He is now completing thirty years of ser vice for the state of Connecticut. an( 1t has been an honoraDl record onC that is well known to the judges O all of our courts. But perhaps the of Gcials of our superior court do r0- possess the acumen nor thf 'snow'adge of the court of cemno- council.
 l. may surprise our local solons t l ear that the General Assembly O Connecticut considered George r l Pitcher capable of performing the du i ties connected with one of the mos l mportant departments i'll this state and that he refused to accept the ap- pointmer.t to it. Yet q man of sucf calibre cannot have the office of cit7 surveyor of a small city such as ou' own. There is gentleman of dari 1 hue lowering about our municipa wood pile If we could pry loose bs CT two, the whole might fall and VI could find him.
 As I have stated above, his friend | comprise many democrats who do no | like to see their republican opponent holding lucrative jobs under demo | cratic rule. Our republican politician do otherwise. Witness the statute con cerning the water department! | Who's Who in this business. any way?
 ONE MORE DEMOCRAT. Norwich, Sept. Il, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12

blotches with white heads. Others came in hard humps and were very red.
 @'I found no relief until used Cuti- cura. used one cake of Cuticnra Soap and one box of Cutieura Ointment when was healed" (Signedl John Sullivan, 137 Harrison Ave-, Boston, Mass, October 25, 1917.
 For every purpose of the toilet C,lti- cura Soap and Ointment arc supreme. Sample Each Free by M sii. Address post, card "Cutisurs. Dept. R, Bostea." Sold evesywbere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and sc.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
BARON HuRIAN,s PEACE TALK.

.- Baron Burian. the Austro- Hunga- r1an foreign minister. is again getting ready 10 launch another peace offen- sive. Such al least is strongly indi- -osted by his statement alleged to have reen made to German newspapermen In Vienna.
 - He does not declare that the central powers are ready to agree to the terms which have been put forth ty the allied nGtions as those which must be met before there can be any ,end of the present conflict, but he is anxious to get representatives of the belligerent nations around table for the discussion of the things which he thinks is holding the nations apart and blocking a peace.
 This may be another move caicu- lated to satisfy the. clamor which is made from time to time by certain clements in behalf of peace. It may be intended 10 give those people the impression that the central powers are doing everything possible to bring about sueh an end. and 10 convince them that the failure to engage in .Heace negotiations rests upon. the Shoulders of the allied nations, but if must bc evident to him as well as ,others who stand with him, that there f. no chance of such a plan succeed Ing
 The allies have stood firmly for the Bttitude which they have taken They gre not to be swerved from thei, course under any such plea. and Ba ron Burian must he thoroughly aware of this. The allies have announced that there must he an end of German militarism and that there can be nc -dickering with the imperial German government which has so persis. tently cast aside it's promises. If tht central powers are ready to meet al fed demands well and good. other. wise the war must go on until the, rre. The central powers cannot hay, ahe breathing spell which they st greatly need
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prevenes. in regard ts this branch

nFevemeHt in regard ta this branch of the service.
 It was brought cut in connection with the inquiry concerning the pro- duetion of alrplanes in this country that much trouble was experienced through the failure on the part of those at home to work together It was pointed out that there was much loss and confusion because of the re- esipt of orders from the other side today for the carrying out of a cer- tain idea in connection with the air. craft which would all be knocked in the head tomorrow by contradictory orders. Such showed trouble some where and with the naming of Mir. Ryan as assistant secretary of war with more authority regarding air plane production than in the past, it Is to be inferred that he is undertak- ing at the start to eliminate the fric- ton and bring about the coordination between those at home and those abroad which is required. Those 8 scconspanying Secretary Baker, as well as himself, will be in better touch with the situation as the re- suit of their visit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
HELP FIGHT THE HUNS.

Something special in the way of charcoal appears to be needed for the filing of the gas masks which our soldiers must wear in the war zone. This. is provided not only by the peach, plum and cherry stones but by the nits from prunes, dates, olives and apricots and by the shells of hickory, Brazil and other nuts -.
 These are things which are ordi- narily thrown away. There, is no other special use for them and yet it is known that there are quantities of them to be had especially at this sea son of the year.
 Where everybody puts his shoulder to the wheel a hard job becomes an easy one and the task is quickly &C., complained. Large quantities of the filling for gas masks are required The number of our troops is steadily 'ncrea sing and they must be pro- 'ected, It is therefore important that aach and everyone should make 1t a noint to save these stones and pits dry them and place them in the re- aeptaeles which certain places of bus lnegs have provided. You may not be going to get certain sum for each end every one contributed, for every dozen or every hundred but you are pons to have the satisfa ction oI helping to provide what is absolutely necessary to protect our boys ragains the devilish practices of the Huns.
 There are many ways in which tho "a var work. This is one of them ant they should be able and eager to un- dertake such collections. It should tt remembered, however, that it is tor
 mportsnt matter for anyone>to lg. nore. Therefore everyone should savt hese small bits and with the who;t nation at work there will be TO lacI of material
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nense value in some executive pesf- tiont Anybody who can get things which always match deserves respect full and adsniring attention and large salary. What really exasperates me to frenzy, however, is that Mrs. Win nem is always ahead of the game. Just when 1 have reiied and siaved with a dressmak D and counted my pennies and achieved a summer outfit that will at least get by and am telling myself that l really look very nice and fashionable I glance over the railing and there goes Mrs. Winnem in smart fall gown with new fur and a black velvet hat. The ther- mometer may be loafng around in the nineties and the populace dripping with the heat, but she looks perfectly cool and comfortable, every marceled hair in place every fleck of powder sticking,
 T say it simply can't be so, that it defes nature, and yet it is. Why it should make me so mad to have some one else uncomfortable in winter clothes on hot day and still look com- fortable is beyond me. I certainly don't want a wool suit and furs on me, and yet it infuriates me. Everybody
 turns to look at Mrs. Winnem in won der, awe and alarm.
 They look at her just the same way in winter when she breezes by with her throat open to the blast, chiffon waist frill floating from inside her coat, pumps on her frozen feet and a Palm Beach ffowerdecked straw on her head just when the rest of the women
 have succeeded in snitching enough money from their household allowance l to buy fur trimmed hats that prob ably go with snowbanks. Scramble as they may, the Ether 1 women simply cannot keep up with Wlnnem. She is always three seasons
 ahead of the game. If they are wear l ing plaids hers are twice as big as anybody else's and if it's stripes she l wears 'em a foot broad. Her heels are always an inch higher than those we are able to buy and her silk hos
 iery more weblike. If she has cape 1 it's capier than any other on the mar l Ret and her rouge is pinker and her 1 ingernail enamel shinier. And were
 Ill so interested keeping tAb on her 1 rills that if we died for iJ there isn't
 l soul who can tell right now whai color Mrs. Winnems eyes are or what
 her smile is like! Thank heaven, will never be extinguished by mH
 clothes! My bank account won l stand it."
 You sound moral" said the perfee'
 stener. And pious. But 1 would
 It, trust you if you were turned Ioost
 n dry goods store and told to ca
 {our way out! News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12

the top of my nose, and also big blotches which badly
 disiEured my features, be- sides the suffering from burning and itching. Some of the biackheads used to come out as pirnpIes and after a few days would be
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
GETTING IN TOUCH

That Secretary of War Baker is Sgain in Europe is no cause for sur nrise. As the result of his previous Iisit to the other side he was able to get in touch with the activities so much more satisfactorily that 1t was 0 be expected that he would make gther trips. for it is to be realized that those directing the affairs on the 6tber side and those at home cannot work together too closely.
 s1n connection with Secretary Ba- Eer's visit it is interesting to note that his new assistant. John D. Ryan, ib charge of aircraft production. has accompanied him and it is to be pre- spmed that this is for the purposS of 'gtnging about much needed inn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-12
HAVEN'T HELPED BASEBALL,

It required six games to do it but Boston again gets the blue ribbon fos superior baseball playing Tie worlds championship is not a novelty there although a much coveted honor. but there can he little question but what the winners were the cIeverer ball players. It was a series filed with excellent baseball playing, al though 1t lacked many of the spef- tacular features which have charac- tcrized some other series and this was particularly noticeable in the absence of the home run heroes. It was se- riously narred. however. hy the strike spirit which was displayed in Bos- ton.
 As the result Of the disposition shown by the contending teams to re- fuse 10 play unless their demands were granted there are reasons to be- lieve that serious harm has been donC to the game of baseball It was only after considerable deliberaton that il was deemed advisable to let such bal navers as were included within the draft ages continue in the game un- til this month. but for the sake of tht sport it was done and the worlds se- ties was sanctioned
 After the details of the series hat Feen arranged and were thoroughly ! understood it Was bit of pool 1 sportsma nship on the part of tn: contending players to make furthe demands, especially after the serie. i vas two thirds over. They apparent l ly didn't like the kind of support the, had been getting from the public a reflected in the ticket office receipts
 It showed the poorest kind of judg n1ent and it is perfectly evident tha ! the end of it will not be heard for long time to come. They certain! haven't helped baseball as the sig, of Wednesdays crowd shows
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CutiCllrd Heals Burning Itching Skin I Trosblc On Face. Blotches Badly Disfigufsd. Came
 Out as Pi1np1es. Found No Relief Until Used Ceticufz. Used One Cake Soap
 and One Box Ointment.

<'For several years l had been troub- led with blackheads on my face, and on