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The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
EMBARGO ON
FREIGHT FOR
POSSIBLE
Ban on Shipments Of Less
Than Carloads Fore
shadowed.
FAULT OF CONSIGNEES
Blame Is Attached to Those
Responsible for Unload
ing Delay.

A freight embargo threatens wash
ington IL local merchants are not more
prompt in removing goods from
freight cars and yards. according TO
z. T. Wilcox, chairman of the COM
mittee of freight trafic control, who
spoke at a special committee meeting
Of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association yesterday.
Unless the consignees in Washing.
ton Immediately move the freight that
is at the local terminals. an embargo
will be placed on all less-than-carload
freight" said Mr.. WILCOX The meet
ing followed the receipt Of a letter
from the committee Of freight trafhC
control, which read as follows:
Asks Asslstanee.
The Railroad Administration asks
your assistance, through your organ.
ization, in obtaining the cooperation
of all merchants and receivers OF
merchandise or freight at Washing
ton. Great difficulty is experienced
by railroads because of delay in re.
moving freight from the depots after
unloading. which thus prevents the
unloading OF additional freight, re.
sulting in accommodations, with the
final necessity OF placing an embargo
against the acceptance of such freight
for Washington consignees
The situation in Washington, be.
cause Of, the late opening OF stores
by merchants and others, coupled
with the early closing and the short
day on Saturday. with frequent re-
fusals on that day to accept freight,
is one of the controlling factors
Charles J. Columbus. secretary OF
the association, is urging the impor.
tance Of needing this call on the
members.
A special meeting Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association will
be held September s, when it is hoped
that the situation will have beer
cleared up.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
Pope BIes,es u. s. chapIain.

Rome. Aug. 1a-Pope Benedict today
received Mgr. James N. Connolly.
vicar general Of the American chap
lains, who remained with the poutif
for twenty minutes. He received the
Papal blessings for the chaplains in
France
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
MOSCOW DEFENDED.
Soviet, Claim They Are Ready for
|. Any Attack.

Amsterdam, Aug. l5.-Moscow is In
a state Of defense, and the soviets
ARE ready to meet any attack"
!, A declaration to this effect was
made to the German government by
the Bolshevist Ambassador at Ber-
lin. N. Joffe.
Thirty thousand workmen In Mos
COW declared In favor Of a counter
revolution. at q monster meeting Sun
day, Berlin advices state.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
Attiche and Monolithe Cap
tured. Though Resis-
tance Strong.
.. - :.
CANADIANS PUSH ON
CAPTURING VILLAGES
Take Parvillers and De-
mey to Southwest Of
Chaulnes.
FOE CONTINUES TO RETIRE
SLOWLY TOWARD BAPAUMk
North of Albert British Keep Con-
tact with Enemy. Advancing
Southeast of Proysrt.

Paris. Aug. l5.-Advancine
to the northwest of Rbecourt.
the French today captured At
hche and Monolithe farms. des-
pite desperate German resist
ance. the war Office announced
tonight. Prisoners were taken
in this new advance. In a local
operation the French progress
ed on the wooded heights be-
tween the Matz and 0ise rivers.
the night communique states.
Canadians Make Fresh Gains.
London. Aug. l5.-Canadian
troops on the British right in
Picardy. southwest of Chsulnes.
made fresh progress today. cap
turing the villages of Damery and
Parvillers, Field Marshal Hais',
night bulletin states.
The British also advanced their
lines southeast Of Proyart.
North of Albert" says the
statement we are in contact With
the enemy"
ION this front. half way be-
tween Anas and Albert. the enemy
continues to retire slowly toward
Bapaume.)
An advance was registered by
British troops in Flanders. south
east of Vieux Berquin.
The German artillery was active
between KENNEL and Ypres.
Allied Casualties Light.
London. Aug. 15.-Latest advices
from the Picardy front indicate
strongly that the Germans will at
tempt to stand on their present line.
French possession of the whole
Lassigny ridge. however, is almost
certain to compel a retirement behind
the Divette River.
The total allied casualties are less
than the number of German prisoners
taken in the drive. according to re-
liable estimates. The German losses.
on the other hand, have been greater
than in any previous battle.
The success of Foch's offensive 10
said by military experts 10 be due.
first, TO the surprise element: sec
ondly. 10 the tanks The latter per-
mitted allied economy in the use of
infantry, at the same time causing
fearful losses among the Germans.
especially in killed.
Local Fighting. Only.
London, Aug. l5.-The great PicarJy
, battle, a week old today. has sim
mered down temporarily to local
fighting. The steady pressure of the
French on the west Cor north bank
Of the Oise began today to make NS
effects felt upon the German front on
the rivers least or SOUTH bank. The
enemy, threatened in the flank. be-
gan to get out of ourscamp wood, the
Poilus pushing up to its southern
edge.
At the same time the German retir-
ing movement in the center Of the
Albert-Arras front continued, with
| the British following the foe closely.
Meanwhile the German retreat
appears to have set in also in
FLANDERS, unofficial dispatches re-
porting a Teuton withdrawal on
the western leg of Won Arnim's
Hazebrouck wedge. along a nine
mile front to a depth Of between
one and two miles. There the Brit
ish are hard on the Germans heels.
A slight advance was registered
by the British on the allies Picardy
right, east of Rsinescourt (north OF
ChaulnesD
Field Marshal Haig's day report
stated the weeks total OF German
prisoners at 30.3Sl. the British hav-
inr taken llSll and the French
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
KILL ANOTHER HUN RULER.
Won Sonsbusch Asssssinstsd in
Wendon District.

Zurich. via Paris. Aug. 1.-THE
strassburg Post reports that the
President of the District OF Wen
don, in Livonia. Herr Won Song
busch. has been assassinated.
Herr Won songbusch is Of German
descent, and was placed In charge
Of affairs in Wendon by the Ger
mans. This makes the fourth as
sassination Of q German ruler in
Russia.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
HUN LOSSES 10000.
French Writer Says $4,000 Dead.
10000 Prisoners.

Paris, August 15.-Henri Bidou'
military critic. today said that q
conservative estimate of German
losses since July Is is about $4,000
dead or wounded and 10000 prison
erA
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
British Arrive on Caspian Sea

London. Aug. 15-A British force
from Northwestern Persia has reached
the Caspian. Sea. and taken over q
part 81 the defenses Of Baku.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-16
rHE wIkruER

ToAay-Fair; mofsfsis tempefa-
,ure, Tomofreg -Fsir; moderate
temperature. Highest Temperature
yesterday. es; lowest. ~.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
DON'T MONKEY WITH
Com. ]. B. ]. LOHhER

Don't violate your food commits
sioner's orders. Remember what
happened to a fellow living east Of
Brayton for boarding -four. Now
comes Read & Brother and John
Woelpert, who violated the fifty
fifty order and they had to close
their store for two weeks. Nels
Brendt had his license revoked for
thirty days because he used no
substitutes in cakes and pastries.
S. A. Underwood lost his license for
six months because he sold 1000
pounds of sugar in less than three
months. j. w. Hendricks was Or
ordered to suspend business because
he refused to accept two carloads Of
potatoes consigned to him. He was
ordered tie pay the shipper for them
full value and to handle the goods.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
Put Money into the Land.

Occasionally when driving through
the country some attractive farm will
be passed. Everything is in good
shape; there are windmiils there is. a
Isilo; the fences are up and the land
in excellent filth. What. is the secret
;of this? The answer always is: "That
farmer has put money in his place."
! America is great farming nation,
as well as great manufacturing ma
tion. 1t is wonderfully prosperous to-
day. There are railways, bridges, fac
tories, mills, workshops and school.
houses. AL this shows we have put
money into it. But there is today the
shadow of war hanging over the en-
tire land. The nation is in peril.
Now is the time of all times when
money must be put into this land of
the free and the home of the brave
if it is to remain prosperous and hap
by. The purchase of Liberty bonds
puts your money where twill do the
most good in this grave crisis.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
HERE'S PLEA FROM FRONT
Lillian Gish Says You'd Buy Bonds
if You Saw War
Itself.
BY MISS LILLIAN GIsH,
rMouia Star Once in War zone


If you had seen the war as have,
you would buy Liberty bonds.
I have seen mother standing in the
doorway of her little home, and in the
room into which she looked were the
mangled bodies Of her two babes.
| have seen between two and three
hundred mothers r7assed outside a
schoolyard gate. screaming and tug
ging at the "Bobbies'' to let them en-
tor. In the wrecked schoolhouse were
the torn and battered bodies of school
children. a Hun raider had bombed
them.
In London, on the Strand, have
seen row after row of stretchers bear
ing the broken bodies of men and
women on street strewn with shat
tered glass. These We're civilians, not
soldiers: sleeping in their homes when
the building fell.
These things I have seem. have
heard all night long terrific cannon
ade. in the worlds greatest city, the
burst of shrapnel and the sound OF
bombs. Outside my window l have
heard the cries and means of dying
human beings, victims of the enemy in
the air.
This is not talk. These are things
have seen and heard; and yet I have
seen and heard SO little it is hardly
worth talking about.
But it makes me want to buy Lib
erty bonds.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
|sAYs HIT THE HUN
BY BUYING BONDS
Major General Barry Says Aid Liberty
Loan to Avert Indemnity
Fund.
BY MAJ. GEN. THOMAS II. BARRY,
IForner commandant at Camp Grant,
~ Rockford III 1

BY MAJ. GEN. THOMAS H. BARRY,
IFormer commandant at Camp Grant,
Rockford, ILL.,
-Four years ago the German govern
ment started war, which evidence
makes certain had for it's object the
domination of the world, the crushing
of democracy and the establishment of
autocracy in it's stead.
Evidence of this far-reaching plot
appeared as the war was prosecuted
by the Germans with such lawless
cruelty, that in an effort to parallel
their inhuman savagery shocked
world has revived the medieval word
'Hun.'
The government of the United States
observed neutrality until their SOW
ereign rights were openly and contemp-
tnously invaded. They were then
called upon to decide whether to sur
|erender their rights and their liberty
Tor to engage in war. Rightly they de-
.cided to engage in war;. That war is
now in progress and it will be won by
"hitting the Hun"
To hit the Hun, soldiers must go to
the firing line in Europe, but that costs
money, and if we are to chit the Hun
from the firing line at the front there
must be no faltering in the fund line
at the rear.
To prosecute the war successfully
larger sums of money are needed by
the government than it ever has need
ed before. I have read an estimate
that it costs a thousand dollars to
shoot a Hun. ;.
! To provide the stupendous total the
government asks it's citizens for tenn
porary loan Of the cash they have to
! invest. AS security, it gives its prom
Use to repay the full amount with a
! good rate of interest. The promise to
repay the amount borrowed constitutes
| the Liberty bonds. They are offered
in denominations to suit all purses,
and whoever subscribes to a Liberty
bond is helping to "hit the Hun"
| A time will come when so many have
been hit that just one more will con-
/. stitute his defeat, the collapse of his
government anu tlic ITluIupu OI llDGTCy.
i But the war will not be won until
some one has hit this last Hun.
So I beg every American who has in
his heart love for the liberty he en-
/, joys and cash to invest to purchase
Liberty bonds, and urge every social
club Or society, every school, factory,
department store, boy scout company
\ and other organizations and individ-
uals to form Hitting the Hun clubs
and purchase Liberty bonds enough ia
take shot at Hun. -.-.sa.s.--rs-
It will give strength to the firing
!. line to observe strength in the fund
line. and some one will have the honor
of subscribing the fund that hits the
/, last Hun and the war will be won.
II we do not subscribe now to the
Liberty bonds, to wfntth war, we. will
be compelled to subscribe later to an
Indemnity fund for losing the war. -
4 L.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
Be Bond Salesman for Uncle Sam

When you have bought your bond,
don't stop. Become bond salesman
for your government and see to it
that your neighbor buys bond. Ex-
plain to him that you and he have to
do this, as the soldier at the front has
to fight.
Russia failed to support its army
and it's army failed to fight for Rus
STA, and today Germany is taking over
thousands of square miles of rich
farming and mineral lands, title to
which is he'd by Russians who will
have their deeds considered mere
scraps of paper by their conquerors
Buy bonds from your government and
sell them for it. Make the United
States a success instead of a failure
like Russia.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
Farmer, Hired Man and Liberty Loan.

Intelligent farmers know that a
hired man does better work if he is
bountifully fed, pleasantly housed and
warmly clad. Uncle Sam today has
abroad close to 100000 hired men,
engaged in the most toilsome and haz-
ardous work. They cannot be fed,
clothed and housed unless money is
provided. The purchase of Liberty
bonds provides the government With
funds to finance this gigantic task.
The men in the trenches must be cared
for by the men at home. Give the
boys the best we can afford. They
deserve it all.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Anew Of the young men Of our
city gave a dance in the K. P. hall,
Friday night. A large crowd was
present.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
Bonds Are Police Protection.

Everyone knows the value of po-
ice protection. The purchase of Lib
crty bonds provides the government
with money to build ships to police
The high seas and guard Americas
commerce.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
Everyhody's Doing It.

No one in crowd of men is so des-
picahle as a poor spender. Don't put
your hand in your pocket and keep it
there. Buy Liberty bonds while 9th
ers are buying.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Miss Alma Peterson is over from
ElkHorn staying at the home Of
her sister, who resides in the coun-
try.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Alma Peterson is over from
ElkHorn staying at the home of
her sister, who resides in the coun-
try.
Anew Of the young men Of our
city gave dance in the K. P. hall,
Friday night. A large crowd was
present.
Good potatoes are advertised at
25 cents per hundred pounds at the
Walter H. Duff Big Bottom ranch
near Craig, Colorado.
Miss Anna Anderson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson, is
in Audubon making an extended
visit with relatives and friends.
Leila and Cecil Barber of Kirk,
man autoed here Sunday and visi-
ted during the day with their friend,
Miss Ina Montgomery.
Lucille and Frank Olsen and
Ethel Adams autoed here from
their home in Kirkman, Sunday, for
a few hours visit at the Claude
Jaynes home in the country.
Pete Jorgensen and Miss Nc
Broom were over from Avoca, Sun
day afternoon visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Jensen and
son, George, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar.
Jensen and children autoed to Lorah'
Sunday to see their relatives at the
Willis Workman home.
Mike. Harmed and Roy Powers
returned Monday from Omaha.
They had been there since Saturday
visiting The latter's relatives and
enjoying the sights Of the city.
Miss Emma Johnson, who resides
in Denver, Colorado, is, visiting
with friends at the Joe Wheeler
| home, east Of town.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Georgesen-
who reside near Audubon, were in
this city, Sunday, spending the day
| with their friends at the Christen,
sen bakery.
Arthur Mikkelsen is spending q
few daysin Extra with his parents
Nels Mikkelsen and wife. He is q
student at the School Of Chiroprac.
tic in Davenport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Tharnish Of
Creighton, Nebraska, who were
married last week and visited il
Extra with his numerous relatives
since Friday, left Monday for theil
new home.
Misses Frances and Mary Vos:
returned Saturday from De.
MONIES, where they had been visi
ting with their sister, Martha, whe
is attending Drake University.
Misses Flora and Ruth Rendle
man are in Grinnell, this week
visiting with their sister, Carrie
who is attending College there
They went to that city, Thursday
and were expecting to remain ;
week.
Mrs. Doll Spoo and daughte
Pauline, went to Boone, Iowa
Tuesday. The former will return
home in few days, but Miss Paul
inc will remain there and atten,
Summer School.
H. P. Petersen of the Department
Store has sold his Mems and Boy
clothing and Mems hats to the Ma
Kalter Mercantile Company of Ney
York. The articles have bee
shipped to that city.
Mrs. Watterson, who ha
been sick for the last tw
weeks, is a little better to
day. Her daughter, Mrs
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR sALE---Two 4 good Ford
cars at the II SEX, ~. S
JOHNSON, AUTO. Go.
We have four good mules for
sale. Phone 80 on Is.
Frank Kommes, Extra.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Mrs. Mollie Hunt expects
to leave this week for Colo
RADIO to visit several months
with her daughter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Miss Evalina Baiers came
up from Atlantic. Sunday,
and visited until Monday
with her mother, Mrs. Fred
Baiers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

just half Of the stock at
the Jensen Machine Shop was
sold at the Public Sale last
Saturday and P. K. is contem-
plating another sale soon al
though no definite plans have
been made
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Louie Bauer and family
and Grandma Bauer were Wis
|iting near Adair, Sunday. 4
Ed VanAernam, wife and
family visited Sunday at the
Leslie McMicheal home.

DR.. Riley was called to the
home of his brother, Bruce in
Goldfeld, Iowa Saturday by
the serious illness Of the lat
ter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Mrs. Parks returned to her
home in Bedford, last week.
She had been here caring for
her son, who was sick with
scarlet fever, but as he was
recovering so nicely she was
released from quarantine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Jerry Hoover, Will Ham
mann, Earl Griffin and fam
lilies were Sunday visitors at
the Fred Bartlett home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Mrs. j. M. Dimick left Mon
day for Boston, where she
will spend the summer with
her daughter, Mrs. Clarence
Niklasen and husband.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Will Morey and family, of
Stuart visited Sunday with
his mother, Mrs. M. O Smith
and family.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
FOR SALE.,'.

! FOR SALE s
Five Shorthorntbull calves
2Scotch and 8 Scotch topped
These CALVES are sired by
Gloster Champion: Call or
wrifo ~ 80 Ssf ,lafs2siiI IL
T. j. Coglan & Sons
NJ Extra. Iowa. tt
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Lucille and Frank Olsen and
Ethel Adams autoed here from
their home in Kirkman, Sunday, for
a few hours visit at the Claude
Jaynes home in the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Good potatoes are advertised at
25 cents per hundred pounds at the
Walter H. Duff Big Bottom ranch
near Craig, Colorado.
Miss Anna Anderson, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson, is
in Audubon making an extended
visit with relatives and friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Misses Frances and Mary Voss
returned Saturday from Des
MONIES, where they had been visi-
ting with their sister, Martha, Who
is attending Drake University.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30

Mike !: Harmed and Roy Powers
returned. Monday from Omaha.
They had been there since Saturday
visiting the latter's relatives and
enjoying the sights Of the city. :
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-31
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
To ADVERTISE THE
STATE Of GEORGIA
Southeastern Exhibit AssO-
citation Plans Big Publicity
Drive to Attract Investors
and Settlers to Southland

The southeastern Exhibit associa-
lion viii launch this week one of the
most intense and far-reaching pub
llcltN campaigns exploiting the at
tiacliohs and opp. TT mites In Geor-
Sia Tor Investors and settlers in COM
msrclal lines ever undertaken liz the
south.
In discussing the campaign Mon
dula Leak. the president of the as
ISOLATION, said:
'On the hrst of January We Will
launch campaign of publicity for
the state OF Georgia unique in the
history OF the state or the south.
While of course we will advertise
Georgia in a general way. our main
effort of exploitation will be for
those cities and counties which en-
ter as a link in our campaign and
Of definite tangible opportunities
within those cities and counties.
In other words, we are not going
to conduct q ''hot air. campaign for
The general good of the state. but
rather an intense campaign for cer-
tain definite results and we will stay
with the game until the results are
achieved.
The various cities and counties
of the state who enter our campaign
will i'm real truth be our Clients and
we will study their needs and oDpor-
tunities. and having once found
them will go hard after supplying
the needs and selling their opportu-
mites"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-12-31
:: The Truth About Belgium ::
Y BRAND WHITLOCK

would be suspended. 1t was said.
though / never had any means Oh
verifying the figures. that at Brus-
sells only about 1900 were sum-
moaed; that of those $50 appeared
and that 800 were deported, so that
the capital did not suffer III COM
parison with other places.
But there was no diminution in me
tales of horror. l have told of the
levy at Marche and at Wavres
Near by, at Namur, the men who
had been seized were herded into
cattle cars and left there, without
food or water. in the bitter cold, for
a day and a night. s Mr.. Phil Potter
coming up from the north OF France.
told me that he with his own eyes
had seen sixty "chomeurs," who had
refused TO work, tied to high stakes.
like the victims of red Indians, their
hands fastened behind them with
wires; and they were left there for
hours.
Continued 1tezt week.