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New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
AMERICA IN FRANCE
Chateau-Thierrv

wilderness known as America, the old
world shook with the tramplng armies
of Francis I, King of France, and his
enemy, the mighty Charles V, Emperor
of Germany, who had made pact with
England for his undoing.
Then-and not for the last time-the
dwellers along the Marne saw an army
of Germans march upon Paris. For,
leading his troops through Champagne,
Charles pressed his invasion to within
twenty-four leagues of the capital, and
in that invasion the Germans took Cha
teau Thierry.
half century later the Spaniards
sacked it in the course of the terrible
Wars of Religion, when Catholics and
Huguenots fought such bitter battles
for the control of France that, in the
course of thirty years, million French
men perished Spanish troops entered
France as allies of the Catholics Those
were the days when Spanish garrison
held Paris, nor, for all his sieges, could
the Protestant chieftain, Henry of Ma
varre, enter its gates till he had marched
through crowds of joyous people to the
Church of Saint-Denis and there, in the
presence of the prelates, asked to be
received "into the pale of the Catholic
Apostolic and Roman Church."
Greatest Battle in 1914
1t was in 1891 that the Spaniards fell
upon Chateau Thierry, but it's greatest
battle was fought in that desperate
February of 1914 when England, Prus-
sia, the German States, Spain, Portugal,
Russia, Sweden and Austria-a crush
ing alliance-joined hands against Ma
poleon. From the south and the easr
they invaded France, and, hemmed in
on all sides, the little Emperor was
forced for the first time in his life to
fight on the defensive
Fighting with only 10000 young and
untried conscripts, he fell upon and
smashed at Chateau Thierry all army of
$4,000 Russians and Prussians 1t was
final flash of the old success, shining
victory in the midst of a disastrous
~-Ni'iEesio'i, AOA VII oiC 10SI Ncty OI MARCH
Napoleon's enemies entered Paris, and
before many weeks had passed he had
been eXiled to Elba.
Chateau Thierry was taken and re-
taken in 1914. Just a hundred years
later its walls looked down upon the
retreat of the enemy before the victors
of the Marine.
Visiting there in the spring of this
year, you would have found Chateau
Thierry a town set in fair and peace
full countryside, proud of it's sheep
crowded pasturage and rich in it's vines
and cherry trees-a little town of 1000
people, no larger than Rochester, Mimi,
or Red Bank, N. j.
And this town is shrine for French
pilgrims, not because of the battles
fought in it's streets, but because it was
the home of the master of fables, La
Fontaine. Very much as it was in the
seventeenth century, you can see to-day
the house, with it's outside staircases and
It's moss grown we'll, where this most be-
loved of French poets was born.
Walk an hour or so up the road that
leads to the northwest, and you come
to La Ferte-Milon, the home of Racine.
Jean de la Fontaine and Jean Racine
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

want to hear about the worst piece of
out-of-luck that ever happened in the
A. E. F.? A pal of mine went into the
fight with 1000 francs in his pocket
you know.
"Now he's reported missing"
An ancient French schoolhouse, de-
serted in the flight of the villagers, was
taken over by the Americans as part of
the headquarters of field ambulance.
The interrupted lesson could be read
upon the bulletin board by the Yankee
wounded, carried through, and Daudet
among them could have woven a master
piece from it. The moral that the teach
err was intoxicating when he held his
"der7lie1e classe" was this:
"The free man obeys his conscience
and the laws Of his country"
And the phrase set before the pupils
for their composition exercise that day
the date was written on the board,
29 Maj, 1918-was:
"Un jour de grand ve1at."
They might have written it: "The day
of the big wind"
Don't carry anything in your gas mask
bag that doesn't belong there. That
isn't general order, but the fruit of at
least one mans experience.
He had gone over the top on patrol
Somebody smelled gas; on went the
masks. He bit into it, clamped his nose
soht cfo toI %o hot
is, he tried to. For several agonizing
minutes he struggled to get wind through
it. And then he found it was false
alarm.
Thanking his stars that it hadn't been
real attack to be endured with safety
appliance that was as dangerous as the
German pizen itself, he went to his lieu
tenant at the first opportunity and told
him that the thing didn't work.
The lieutenant looked at it,
"What's this?" he asked
From the slot at the base of the res
pirator he drew postcard that had
stuck there.
"Now try it." he said.
1t worked. That man isn't using his
mask bag as a mail pouch any more
The top sergeant of a field hospital
was tenderly Strengthening out the
papers-clippings, letters, photographs
that had been found in the pockets of
marine from Philadelphia who had
died from his wounds on his way to an
evacuation hospital. II see he got his
man first" said the top, and showed
among the papers there a muddy two
mark note.
Major, er-1 mean Colonel-no, par
don me, Major''-
You really can't tell the difference
after the ma or or the lieutenant colonel
has been hiking few kilometres along
the dusty roads away up beyond the
sprinkling cart zone. The gold leaves
and the silver leaves lose all their CLINT
and glamour beneath a coat of gray
brown dust. So it is perfectly permis-
sible to make Mistakes
If you are wise you will say colonel
If it is lieutenant colonel, you're right,
and if it's major it makes him feel
good.
A batch of German prisoners was be-
ing marched along the road under con-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
THE COY AND PLAYFUL C0OTIE

With manner quite invidious,
And an attitude insidous,
He will plant himself upon a mortal's
frame,
And with gimlet, pike and augur
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

,:o., roy ol d sergeant. They swung pss
little audience of Yanks. roy
Hello, boysw called one ploos.,
tive in regular English And nv a.
to the line, he added just as elests
Its hell up therew 'uNl
A lean young infantrymar b,..
across France with his regiment =
flung into fight near Chateau NJ: Ss
with scanty sleep and short rot:
went over a crest with the first No.
assault, emerged from a mix-un ,rs
German bayonet none the worse a.. ~
for tear in the seat of his breechss y
capped by a miracle every blast !, a
murderous crosstire of German m.,,
guns and finally came out one of tbs :.
unscratched ones in his platoon NJ W
dropped on the ground, doubly tbs,..'
for the promise OF few moments, ~.
but he bounded up again in all ~
agony of his first wound. His facs l.
landed in bunch of nettles.
A marine confded to the surpeo, =,
was dressing his wound that h;s ,.1 m
pany had, at one point, swarmed nm !,
the German artillery and taken tbe ,,.
Were you able to bring them bs.ts
the doctor wanted to know.
Bring them back? He'll, WE'RE o,,.
ing there" ''''S
UP at the front you hear rin r,..
called by the nickname by which eys-
po't~ knows it. The word pinord is M,
the best Americanese.
Two marines on the outskirts Of Chi;
teau Thierry made a dash at Germs,
machine gun that was coming into n,,
on their bunch. The first nrv,,,
grabbed the mouth of the gun with i,
hand and showed it UP in the air. ty
most blew his hand to bits. but the fin.
he remembers best was the wav his \,
the corporal, laughed as he iabbed i,
bayonet through the four Germans VI,
were behind that gun.
When one division moved up to me-
headquarters it took along with it sci
geant in the Q. NJ. C. who believes !
being as comfortable as the exigencjs
of war will permit He was one of thry
'''sleek-headed men, and such as sIeepd
nights" and straightway be began b
look around for a bed. In a barn d
found the village hearse, which by sonl
oversight had not been evacuated. An,
there he lies nightly.
Somebody else liked the idea and
tried to bunk on the roof. But thu
hearse wouldn't stand it. 1t threaterA
to collapse all over the sergeant a
after a council of war it was decidg
that the hearse had been CONSTRUCTED Al
a one-man basis and ought to stay ttGI
way.
'Tt's very comfortable" the sergeat
explains. "And if they ever shell hi
barn, here am, al ready for EN-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
"YOu Said IT,

She-Somebody says in the Times
that 'chestnuts are tho most nu-
trtious and generally useful of all
fruits"
He-Then there rs some good in
rpvues after all
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24

The TatIyr.
Nurse to wounded Scotch Tom
my)-You play the hagplpes. Dom
aid. 7 wish you'd blow these air
cushions up for me.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
To Be Sure!

To Be Sure!
Say, Bill, what Is sic transit?"
"Sic transit? Why. an ambu.
lance, Of course. ."-Lehigh Burr.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT

:, II there be truth IN the rumor tina,
an airplane carrying twelve passen.
gers has made fight straight across
the Atlantic to England II is won.
derful achievement while the rumo-
he's not been verified there is no reas.
on why it may not be true. The &C
complishment Of such a feat is pos
s.ble. 1t is ever more reasonable 10
believe it than believe big gun could
fire a projectile a distance OF "a
miles. It would seem to be only a
question of making an airplane big
enough and powerful enough to make
the flight and II this has been done
a step in advance has been made
Heretofore the allies have nor been
able to drop shells from airplaaes on
Perrin because there have been no
airplanes able 10 cover the distance
there and retIrn. bat II an alrplaneI
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

Atlanta Ca, April 16.-Through.
out the entire Southeastern division
OF railways, systematic campaign
has been inaugurated to have all
railway officials and employees sub
scribe to the Third Liberty Loan.
Acting under orders from C. r.
Markham, Regional Director for the
southeast, all systems in this diyis.
ion have been organized for the
Bond Campaign, and 1t is the inten.
ton OF those in charge Of this work
to see to it that every railway man
In the service is given full oppor.
tunity to enter his subscriptions for
as many bonds as he is able to han
die.
Mr.. Markham has appointed a reg
ional committee to have general ov-
ersight of this work and to see that
all lines and divisions are properly
lined up for the campaign. E. T.
Lamb, president Of the A. B. G A.,
! Is chairman of this committee; and
associated with him are H. W. Mil.
Ter, vice president of the Southern;
c. A. Wickersham, president of the
A. & w. P; and W. L. Stanley, as.
sistant to the president of the Sea.
board.
The full purpose of this committee,
as outlined in Mr.. Markham's gen.
eral order covering it, is to promote
the sale of Liberty Bonds to railway
officials and employees; to work in
conjunction with the railroads and
assist in bringing about cooperation
between the railroads and the FEEDER.
al Reserve Bank, state, country and
city organizations to coordinate the
work of the campaign in every way.
There has already been a wide re.
Spouse from the railway employees
of the Sixth Federal Reserve District.
They have shown themselves highly
patriotic on every occasion that an
appeal has been made. With the
present organization beginning an
active and intensive campaign, II il
expected to bring about a still great.
er response from officials and EN-.
ployees alike.
Each railway system is being or.
ganized along similar lines. A spe.
cial committee is appointed for the
system, and these in turn appoint
division committees, and so on down
the line. Practically all committees
have been appointed and they are
getting down to work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
Women Doing Great Work
In Liberty Loan Campaign

Atlanta, Ca, April 16.-The patri
otism of the women of America has
never been so emphatically demon
strated as in the Third Liberty Loan
campaign. Reports from the WON
ems organizations from all parts Of
the Sixth Federal District, show that
tremendous results are being accom-
plished by the women's committees
apart from the work that is being
done the men.
Mrs. Haynes McFadden, chairman
Of the woman's committee for the
Sixth District, is in receipt of con
tinuous stream Of reports from the
many local committees throughout
the district in which large sales are
reported and the utmost activity is
being manifested.
From Athens. Ca, where Mrs
George Nell is chairman, the women
have already taken subscriptions for
100000; with the intensive drive
which has been planned still week
off. In this drive, six teams will be
used, and the town will be thorough.
ly canvassed
The Putnam County, Georgia, com
mittee, through its chairman, Mrs
v. H. Taliaferro, Of Eatonton, re-
ports $27,25O in three days. work
Mrs. Inez Wilkins Jones, chairman
for Burke County, Georgia, wires that
her committee has accounted for
100000 so far.
Mrs, z. l. Fitzpatrick, temporary
chairman for Georgia who had adj
dressed Liberty Loan rally in Sa.
vannah with excellent results, states
that the Georgia Society of Colonial
Danes, of which Mrs. w. l.. Wilson
is president, voted at its last meet
ing to invest $4,000 Of its funds in
bonds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
WOMEN SUCCESSFUL AS
FARM WORKERS

That the employment Of women III
farm work has proved a success was
the statement of Mrs. Laura Crane
Burgess, speaking at a meeting OF tne
Committee on Food Production Oh the
Woman's Division Of the District
Council of National Defense called 70
establish in Washington district
unit of the Woman's Land Army Oh
America
Mrs. Burgess told Of the expert
ment at the camp in Bedford, west
chester. The women volunteers
lived in tents and, under the direc-
ton of a supervisor, went out to work
at the request of the farmers. Inc
demand for their labor proved to be
far in excess of the supply. Inc
fact that the farmers were not re-
ouired to pay for their help In bad
weather or drought, and the further
fact that the women were not quar-
tered on the farms to increase the
labor of the already overworked farm
ers' wives, were important elements
| in tn. success of the plan. the
Bedford experiment has shown Mrs.
Burgess said, that women can salts.
Ifactorily do all kind of general farm
| ing with very little supervision, while
the labor of girls and boys requires
SO much supervision that 80 per cent
of the farmers of New York State
have declared against their employ
ment"
Twenty States, according to Mrs.
Burgess, are either organized or in
the process of organization for the
formation of woman farmer units. The
division is by counties, but the lab
or shortage is the controlling ele
ment in the placement of camps
Gen. Goethals, on the request Of the
Woman's Land Army, has written to
Gen. Macarthur, asking him to put
aside all condemned Army equipment
to be purchased at low rate by the
Woman's Land Army Of America
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
Man Would Rather
Fight Than Work

II suffered for years with stomach
trouble and could not eat and jus;
hated for anyone to say work to me.
i would rather fight. Since taking a
course of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
| actually want to work, and talk
about eat, l am the last one to leave
TIE table now" 1t is a simple, harm
less preparation that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intestinal
tract anud allays the Inflammation
which causes practically all stomach,
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will con-
vince or money refunded.
For sale fly Henley G Henley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

mas been built which can cross tbo
ocean there is no reason why Berlin
nay :. not now eeshelled from the air
the one deterrent would be the aos, r.
o. o me allies to refrain from adopting
ne horrible German policy Of ki,, Mis-
a q. women and children.
though under the circumstance. an,
a@iui practice may have to be resort.
g to as q retaliative measure ana ).
a.'er the German from the practice
~ sue hbarbarous methOds-clss,. 49,
sr Sun. e@'"a'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
:. NUTlcE OF MASTERS sA,r

q, sSucs Is hereby given thar tbe r.
~ special Master in Chancery v,S amuersigned
sn,s- o % decree Of foreclos,, r,uer snd oy
hdsa " The Honorable Jnbn 8 ni p1 and
sIsI GIL. me Circuit Court Of he ing 5tSa"ards'
ty n '1cln Of Florida sitting for P bO1n JUDI
in Ams,,s er I'm cause therein pendins r Svun-
R Leslie Gee asere ct al are compIsip.r wnere ;
cree SeIps 1OSas Ct ais are defendant ana ana IN
win on he u sIvtS March 9th, A. d isis os
he front door t' :, Gay ,S Of May, A D. 1918 a.
'0I1da, =, between the hours q aou s,. N Barlow
p n Tie same being
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

Voice hereby given that nnSsr -,
virtue ~ a final decree rendered 1 n ~ anl oy
Yois cause on he Sth day o. April s0' v
sudce n ne said corr in ' an Ewarls
u y taEo, Of IA NcCrelsht. sdnlo'. ts sitting
III. " ,'hert " Torrance. 49,, Q,
w alasrs.gned special master n sd
= ~. ne, he On 5at y Nav. 4. n iai u''s .sy
tSe sa,.b c ah3 be't bidder Tor cash. se, ~,
COUNTY. Plorfa between ne ~ n1'' s Pol.
~ Oa ,he sald day the following s so.ts,, q
e,l estate n ro'k county. FloT's, s sescrloed
10, eleven IN u ne Rake s ,SS,Wi;
in q Lakeland Fiorlss "llnore Add.
The said properly d .,la =. -
sahd Decree and e5.'s 70 satisfy the
u, e. rfTTgwAY
n q ROGERS special Master
Solicitor Tor couplnlaas, go.
H.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
webster.-Carlot shipments of Gu

cumbers started from here last week
and the movement will be heavy from
now on. The package question is Sc
rious and from present indications
there may not be enough hampers for
the crop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

the legal hours Of publ, MAJ 'a
to the highest and best ~ q
following described real e'''
county, Florida. toTlt -. ~
Lots one and two in Wv :,
of section ten as per tlls-s,,J
Florida Development ~, ,l-i.bbi
acres more or less In ths ,rrf
said section ten, township ~ D
range twenty seven east, i
satisfying said decree a-'
sale.
april Sth, 1918. c Z
floT-Non. Special
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16
wimauma.-owing to warm wealth

Wimauma.-owing to warm wealth
er this spring, crops are the best IN
several years. The first cucumbers
and beans were shipped from here
this week in small quantities, but will
be moving in CARROTS within a week
or two.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

IN u, ,he CIRCUIT COURT or TINE rru1v
SSoou,SIal CIRCUIT IN AND FoR pci =
S S.esI, v fLoRioA-ls cHAscgRy Iii - !
NARSua,inI raannsallNlsTRATRlN, VS.. ALICE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16


II appearing by afldaVt Of the sollctn, a.
the compainarts IN the above entitled c,psa
] that = H. Rogers and H. p. Rogers are non.
residents Of tne state d Florida ana y. ors-
me ,l. age o. iweniy-one years and reside In ths
ab'ed states and that there Is no person n
the State Of Florida. the service Al spb'
poe1a upon whom would bind the SAID de.
u IS therefore ordered that the sa,a
rogers and II. 7. Rogers do appear 10 c,m.
plainants bll Of complaint a. he or,rs s'l :,
NC CLERK % the said court. In Rar,ov pin,la.
on Monday. the 9Th day q MAY. A II ISis
elhetwise the allegations Of the said rim hi
y ,ahea as confessed against each n ~
us,snuahs' ana that this order be published
Af each week for eight eonsec,,,i,a ,aa,,
y ne Lakeland Evening Telegram ne'sA
ape5 published weekly and u general w.
euaiion IN said county, prior 10 sald S g,,'
Niiness my hand and seal N ss,d eoa., uay,
iNsgW fnlk county Florida ms SS,b a. a.
Of February. A .. 1918 'A'' te'h day
r..p I, GU A JOHNSON
N'af" Fols County. Florda
Iao6-D0R Mon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-16

IN IhE CIRCUIT c0UHi or THE TENTH
JUOlCIAl CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR POLK
COUNTY. FL0RiOA-lN cHANcERY--
a. !. SMITH and G. {. SMITH. versus 3
ROGERS and ". P. R0GERS.
ORDER OE plIpI tcATtau
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-30
US. Shows Big Gain in Ships
 Over LOSSeS--FeW Sub Victims

New York, Jan. 29-In the twelve months of unrestricted warfare laun- ched against American and allied shipping by Germany one year ago Friday, there have been sunk by sub- marines, mines and raiders 69 Amer ican vessels. totalling 171,061 gross tons, according to a careful compiia- ation of records of sinkings which have been made public during the period. Offsetting this loss of Amer ican vessels, most of which were sailing ships, the United States since February 1 has added to he,' merchant marine by the seizure of foreign Ger man and Austrian owned ships a total of 107 vessels, having a gross tonnage of 6S6, 494, leaving on the credit side of the American ledger in the ac- count with the central powers, a net gain of 515,433 gross tons. The loss of life caused by the sinking of the 69 American ships was more than 300 persons, however.
 The percentage of sinkings of Am erican ships compared with the num- Der of vessels which have gone thru the war zone successfully, is small. Records of the department of com merce show that with the period be- ginning with February 1 1917 and ending with December 1, there were
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-30
Rushing Ice and Flood Sweeps
 Boats and Docks From MOOrinQS

Paducah, Ky, Jan. 29.-More than a dozen steamboats. a number of
 smaller craft and al least two dry docks, variously estimated in value from $600,0o0 to $1 100000, were torn from their moorings by ice gorges at lower Ohio and Tennessee river points today, and tonight either have been sunk or are floating in immense ice fields near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, in i'm mineSt danger of destruction. A majority of the packets and tow boats believed safe within the shelter of the Paducah harbor. parted their cables and swung out into the rush ing flood. Vessels such as the Spread Eagle and Gray Eagle, of the Eagle Packet line of St. Louis, each valued at $100,0O0 and among the largest steamboats nthe Ohio, were churncd on the ice and finally sunk near Met
 ropolis, Ill.,. approximately 15 miles from their starting point. Meanwhile reports from up the river points told of melting snows and swelling tribu
 tary streams. The formation of other ice gorges and the probability that when they broke they would release
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-30
SAY BOMB WAS
 CAUSE BLAST AT
 MUN|T|0N PLANT

Marouette, Mich., Jan. 29.-That a bomb caused the explosion and fire which resulted in damage estimated at $500. .00O to the chemical plot of Pioneer Iron company today. was the assertion by the employees to the po- lice. The explosion levelled seven buildings and destroyed huge stores of chemicals used in the manufac- ture of munitions for the American and allied governments. The first explosion. which is believed to nave been caused by time bomb, occurred in the alcohol refinery. The flames which followed were not brought uh' der control until late this afternoon after burning all day
 Company officials refuse to con ment on the incendiary theory, but Il is understood that they are conduct ing a separate investigation.
 The destruction of the chemcal nlant, one of the largest of the kind m inc United States, will mean a severe blow to the American and allied gov ernments who had contracted for It's entire output. The plant has been under heavy guard and it is under stood that federal agents are maklng an investigation into the cause or us destruction.