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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11
CAMP CUSTER NOTES

Capt. Newman, aide to Maj. Gen.
Parker, has been made athletic direc-
tor of Camp Custer.
Regular army sergeants now attach
ed to the S5th division will be COM
missioned in the national army inter-
ior guard, now being organized.
Wisconsin soldiers will not be dis
eliminated against by the Michigan
war preparedness board when It dis
tributes rubbers in Camp Custer.
AS an evidence of the value of mu-
sic to military organization an order
from General Parker may be of inter-
est. He instructs that all regimental
bands shall adopt some air. preferably
one of the popular sort. which shall
be played at marches and reviews.
Word has been received that more
careful examination Of the ground
glass" found in certain breakfast foods,
an order to watch for which was re-
ceived at Custer, discloses that the
"glass" was only small pieces Of glue
which had fallen from the seal Of the
package into its contents.
Four prominent officers Of the camp
were recently ordered to other canton
ments. They are General Miller.
commander Of the depot brigade, who
for time commanded the division, or
dered to Camp Greene, s. c.; Colonel
Berkeley, division muster officer, to
Camp Sewer, NJ c.; Colonel Payne,
One hundred sixtieth depot brigade, to
Camp Logan, Houston, Texas; and
Colonel Ellis, of the Three hundred
thirtieth field artillery to Camp Donip-
han, Fort Sin, Aka.
Because Of the new rule of quarters
and equipment inspection on Sunday
mornings, church service schedules In
the X. of c. and "Y" buildings have
been rearranged.
About $50 Detroiters are among the
435 Camp Custer soldiers who are tax.
ing examinations for second lieuten-
ancies in the school here. About $50
men are taking the course. or these
ia are from colleges whose military
instruction has been approved by the
government. The Michigan Agricul.
tural college at Lansing is contributing
80 men with Is altsrnates.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11
Coal Prices Being Investigated.

In explanation OF the high prices at
which the emergency" coal taken by
the government at Toledo and Port
Huron was being sold to the Michigan
consumer, the state fuel administra-
ton issued a statement that the high
price is caused by the figures given by
the owners of the coal, which are be-
ing investigated, and il it is found
later that the prices are too high re-
bates will be made through the county
chairman of coal committees.
The coal taken from the boats at
Toledo and Port Huron Is bituminou5
and has been shipped to many places
in the state.
The real basic cause of the high
price, it is announced, is the fact that
many of the mines had contracts run
ming at 81 and $3.50 ton higher than
the price fixed by the president. The
priority order for coal to be shipped
up the lakes took this high-priced coal
and that is what was in the boats
later seized by Mr.. Prudden.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11
Custer Boycotts UncIean Cafes.

Battle Creek received its first taste
of the quiet but effective manner in
which military authorities attain their
objects, when members Of the military
police were placed at the entrance Of
Is public service establishments, al
legged to be unsanitary, to prevent sol
diers from entering.
Restaurants, bakeries. soda fountains
and delicatessen stores were in tho
list of places which state and military
auth critics allege have refused to con-
form to one or more demands OF the
state laws regarding personal cleanli.
ness, freedom from disease. etc.
Although warning was given, both
by personal visit and through the
press, the 10 involved did nit seem to
realize the power of the war depart
ment representatives to enforce their
demands. It Is the first time such ac-
ton has been considered necessary
since the start of the cantonment.
Battle Creek civilian authorities
have no power to prevent the action
of the military nor does the scope of
the military extend to civilians. In the
present case the camp authorities have
no interest in the number of civilians
who enter the places.
Investigation which eliminated in
the boycott began several months
ago, when state authorities, headed by
w. T. Hulcher, and working in con-
junction with Division Surgeon Bart
lett, inspected the public eating and
drinking places and their owners and
employees. The law under which they
worked is Michigan law and is said
to be one of the most effective of it's
kind in the country.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11

asoo~ - $500 -s.oy-.v~.c punt
Ing out each KIND, but the dragon fly
hadn't yet been lccated. Soon Harold
spoke up. tnink this Is the one.
Aunt elisabeth. He looks as II he
were draggIn' suhpin'."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11

successful way despite the war; < >.
has deprived II Of active members, and
despite prohibition, which some un-
unknowing person said would kill the
Tub life In this city.
There never was much conyiviality
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11
Fires Killed 20 Last Month.

December, according to the report
of Insurance Commissioner Ellsworth.
from the standpoint of deaths and In
juries from fires, explosions and the
careless use Of gasoline and kerosene,
wa some of the most disastrous in
many years in Michigan. The report
shows that 20 persons lost their lives
and 10 were seriously burned or in
jured from above causes during the
month. The report also shows that
20 public buildings were burned or
partially destroyed In December.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-11
Guards Get rryout for Commissions.

Several hundred Michigan men in
the division at Camp Macarthur,
Waco, Texas, who have proved their
ability and have done hard and con-
sistent work in the ranks. are to be
given opportunity to win commissions.
They have been recommended for the
third officers training school started at
Waco.
The recommendations are based on
efficiency, in accordance with q gem
eral order, and are the result of an
elimination test in which rank did not
count, merit alone being the govern
ing factor.
That the test might be uniform
throughout the division, a special rep
resentative was sent here from the
war department to instruct officers
how to selecte the candidates.
Should the division move to France
before the course is completed. 1t will
be continued at the new station.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

w. H. Halleburton of Little Rock, was a business visitor to Prescott thls
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
NEVADA WORKING
 ON BOND QUOTA
A Total of S105, ,000 Sold to Date in County Liberty Loan War Special Train Revives In tereSt Here.

Each district in Nevada county is working hard in an effort to reach and pass their maximum quota in the Fourth Liberty Loan and the fruits of their efforts are being seen every day as the reports accompanied by the initial payments on the bonds come in.
 The honor of being the first district to report by their chairman in person and with the initial payments in cash, goes to district number one, l. N. Tunnel, chairman, came to Prescott this morning early with the goods, /" his district to date having over sub scribed it's quota. However, the honor of being the first to report by phone goes to district number 56, the peo- pie of Bodcaw having phoned in first that they had gone over the top.
 The total subscribed in the county, including few not accompanied by the first payment, is $105,000 and Oul NuOttt io Plp',oVu, Ddl- ance of $50,000 to be sold. Practi- cally all of the amount raised to date is volunteer subscriptions and with committees working personally in each district, the S50.000 will soon be taken up.
 The special war exhibit train which visited Prescott at 2:45 this after noon and remained two hours was in- strumental in reviving interest in the .ampaign. The train contained wounded French soldiers, an Ameri- can soldier who has been signally honored by the French three. different times for his bravery and large amount of war paraphernalia which was very interesting.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
PRESCOTT WILL
 HAVE AVIATION
 LANDING STATION
Site Selected Meeting All Gov ernment Requirements LO- cated One Mile East of the City Limits.

A letter was received by the Busi- ness Mems Club of Prescott some time ago from Major Rumsey of the aviation division at Richfeld, Waco, Texas, in which he asked for a site near the city to be used as an avia- tion landing station for airplanes which are now passing over the city every day en route to aviation train ing stations both north and south.
 A committee composed of Messrs Nat Martin and Dan Putnam was appointed to select a suitable site, have blue print of same made and forward it to Major Rumsey. Two or three places were considered, but each wanted to charge reasonable" sum for the use of the land, but very satisfactory site was found on the land belonging to M. w. Greeson which is located about a mile east of the city limits on the Wildcat road, across the road from the Walter Adams place. Mir. Greeson patrioti- cally donated the necessary ground voluntarily. The governments re quirements are plot quarter of a mile wide and one half mile in length. clear of all weeds, trees, etc, and as level as possible. The committee se- lected this site and blue print of same has already been forwarded to Major Rumsey and reply is expect ed any day. So confident are the business men that the site will be ac- cepted that the ground will be cleared and put into shape next Monday. This will require quite bit of work and the expenses will be met by the ! business men of the city.
 | The committee was practically as sured by Major Rumsey that land | ing of one or two airplanes will be 1 made on this station within the next week.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
A NEW BLOW BY
 THE AMERICANS
 EXPECTED SOON
Washington Thinks the Rheims Sector Would Be a Good Place to Deliver it-WOuld Put the Huns in Trap.

Washington, Oct 1. The ap- pearance of American troops in yes terday's fighting west of the forest that a new blow is to be expected servers here today the possibility that new French concentration is in progress and new blow is to be expected at any moment. The natu- ral place for the stroke, it was said, appears to be the Rheims front, wheer the German lines have al- ready been weakened by the surren- der of the St. Thierry plateau.
 The elimination of the pocket oc- cupied by the Germans just east of Rheims it was argued, is already threatened by the Franco American advances yesterday on the heights northwest of Monthios and the sim ultaneous forward movement of the French northwest of Rheims. On the latter sector the enemy is with drawing, closely pursued, and the advancing French line is now well out inton the open ground north of Rhcins. Comparatively little ad- vance by the two wings of this pock- ct, it is thought, shoul dforce a tasty evacuation.
 Tte Franco-American thrust is nearing Vouziers, rail junction of importance to the enemy. On the other side of the Rheims sector, the the vicinity of Berry au- Bac and the pinching out of the pocket probably would permit extension of the line along the general course of the Aisne-Suippe rivers to junction with the ground between these two rivers.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
TO SECURE ADOPTION
 OF NEW CONSTITUTION

Little Rock, Oct. 5.-The commit tees charged with the work of secur- ing the adoption of the new consti- tuition have been at work this week, laying their plans for the campaign that is to be conducted during the next two months.
 In the first place, 250,0O0 copies of the document are to be printed for distribution in the various counties, so that every voter may get a copy of it.
 The committee plans to make lib- eral use of newspaper space in call ing to the attention of the voters the many improvements in the new con- stitution over the old.
 Members of the committees attend ing the conferences this week agree that there is a rapidly growing sen timent in favor of the adoption of the constitution.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
ASK SUPPORT FOR COUNTY
 COUNCILS OF DEEPEN SEE

Little Rock, Oct. 5-The quorum courts of the state will be asked to make appropriations for the support of County Councils of Defense.
 In an opinion on the subject, Attor- ney General Arbuckle said;
 "In general, in the opinion of this .ce, it could not be considered a county purpose, but l can readily see how a condition might arise when, under Section of Section 1499 of Kirby's Digest, such County Coun- cils might, in time of war, become a county purpose, and even a neces- sity, in taking care of public prop erty."
 Gen, Arbuckle says further "The validity of appropriations by the quorum courts of the various coun- ties of the state for the maintenance
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
'0AN CAMPAIGN ! {. $ MOVING AT. AT . HALF SPEED
\ :. Third of Period is Gone Esally ai onlv 1,1,i' IA Per Cent Sub
 ana sn1sdiAsUd~.Three Ul.. States Have saae ss, Over the Top

,,,,r+on Oct. 4.-The nation 1 marching toward its six ,aat o,,l'0n n |',.r '+' Liberty Loan goal at just d '''a '''' rore than half the speed re- ", to maintain a daily subscrlp- {, asr rate of ss15,OOO,oOoo- Bond sales 5 ,;,llv tabulated from reports of E,.s were announced by the treas Dt ton;ght as $S55, 300, or an .,.ss of s229,OOO,OO0 in the last ss,rs This represents results for sfve working days up to las last |,bt At the standard rate Of $3lS' eMO day, the record by this time .sn have been S1,575, 900, 900. {. method of calculation fails to \, into consideration, however, the < that many subscriptions have been backed up by first payments Ap official reports, and that na- ,, mocrastionation will couse thou ,as of citizens to postpone enter sedges until later in the cam r,
 National headquarters today issued reminder that only thirteen work dsy sremain before the subscrip- m ueriod ends on October l9, ln- eD,a has compelled the abandon Int of public loan meetings in res of cities, and has made vic s of hundreds of canvassers and akers, but reports to headquarters hy told of the quick change in tao in many communities by substi- (ng house { ohouse canvassing for lH meetings.
 Oregon and Montana today joined va in the list of states which have rubscribed their quotas.
 D proportion of quotas already xribed, the St. Louis district 6 all others with 42 per cent and klon, despite it's being hard hit by
 influenza, follows with 2S per The New York district, though plaelng the greatest aggregate of &nptOns, is sixth among the ven districts reporting. In the se country, the loan is just IA
 cent subscribed.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
HARDER FIGHTING IN PROGRESS ON
 BRITISH FRONT
Last Strong Line of Hinden- burg System is Smashed by the British-Severe Counter Attacks by Huns.

With the British Army in France, } D. m., Oct. 4.-There has been fight ing of the most furious nature along the British front today. This has been true especially along the Beau revoir line in the region east of Le Catelet
 The last strong line of the Hin denburg system having been smash ed, the British in possession of it and reconnoitering far in advance, the Germans, apparently feeling that they were fighting with their backs to the wall, have launched six pow erful counter attacks during the last 24 hours. AS a result of one of them the British withdrew for a moment from the Beurevoir itself and from Mont Brehain to the western out skirts of the village.
 For these attacks the Germans used two divisions which had been released from the line through the capture by the French of St. Quentin. All the other counter offensives failed utterly. At the end of them the bodies of German dead were piled high sa result of the rifle, machine gun, and shell fire and the British were in possession of vital lines of the German defense.
 The breach that has been made in the syste moi defense here is a mar row one as yet. For that reason armored cars which went oot to it last night reconnoitered deeply around new positions, Then they re | turned.
 The Germans now seem to be most active on either side fthe breach. Apparently they fear that efforts will he made to widen it. Meanwhile the roads and railways everywhere in the rear are crowded with eastbound tra (. The civilians are being evac- uatel from many towns.
 nI Flanders today the advance of the allied troops seemed slow because l the bad roads and soggy ground made it almost impossible for them to ne gyotiate the terrain at many places. The soldiers fighting here are caked wlth mud. Many of them have had owude hip deep through the ooze while fighting thei, way forward.
 Again there has been fighting in the streets of Cambrai, especially in the southern portion of the town, around which the British lines are slowly but steadily being drawn. It is expected that the town may fall at aIy time.
 nl the Lille sector the Germans are falling back eastward, leaving only rear guards behind to protect their retreat. Apparently they are headed f,r the Canal de Hante Deule.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

TUX SALE-A few choice Barred
 m eockerels. Mrs. A. P. Jones,
 'NO'' h. /, phone S0SN. 2d4w2
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
SOCIALIST NOMINEE FOR
 GOVERNOR OF ARK ANSAS

Little Rock, Oct. 5.-Clay Fulks of Searcy, White county, has filed with the secretary of state his cer- tificate of nomination as the Social ist candidate for governor. The Re publicans will have no candidate this year. either for governor or other state office. It has been generally agreed that there will be no politi- cal campaigning this year, on account of the war. which is distracting ev- erybodys attention.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

Lux, for cleaning waists and fine goods, 20c at Guthrie's.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
HINEMON SUPERINTENDEN
 OF SCHOOL FOR BLIND

Little Rock, Oct. 5.-John H. Hine mon is still superintendent of the school for the blind. He was elected several months ago as superintend- ent of the North Little Rock public schools, but he has not resigned from the state institution, neither has he accepted the North Little Rock po sition.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05
Turkish Troops Re-
 ported in ReUOIt
Special to. The News.

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, Oct. 5.-Ten thousand Turkish troops are re- ported to have revolted and are marching on ConstantinOple, de- manding it's surrender.
 All the allied forces continue to advance as the enemy evacu- ates the Ypres-DiXmude area.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

of County Councils must depend i'll the first instance on the fact as to whether or not such appropriations are for county purposes. This would he a matter to be determined by the court itself when considering such au appropriation.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

Mir. and Mrs. Chas. L. Mynier of Stark, West Virginia, arrived in the city this morning and will make this their home. We welcome these peo- pie to the city.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-10-05

K ,sa'ed to borrow, seven pictures |NsSada county boys in the army |a'y' pictures will be returned in
 8' condition. Guthrie Drug E, phone lOl.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18
MRS. MARY LEONARD
Long Time Resident Passes Away
This Morning.

Mrs. Mary Leonard, who has been a
resident of Bennington since her mar
riage to the late James Leonard more
than thirty years ago, died suddenly
at $50 last evening at her home on
Adams street. She had been in fail
ing health during the past three years
but was about the house a few hours
before her death.
The deceased was native of Shafts
bury, the daughter OF the late Edward
and Ann Murray Since the death OF
her husband, she had followed the oc-
cupation of dressmaking and had
numbered among her patrons many
residents of Bennington who will
learn of her death with deep regret.
She was devout member of st.
Francis de Sales church and OF the st.
Monica society. Members of the
society will meet at the house tomor-
row evening
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. NJ. +.
Manning of Troy. a niece, Miss Mary
Manning, and two nephews, John j.,
and Guy Manning. The latter is with
the American expeditionary force in
! France.
The funeral will be held from ST.
Francis de Sales church Friday fore.
noon at o'clock and the burial will
be in the cemetery at Old Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-18

of DR.. Ross.
'1f Will Bradford can fold those
congresses can and want some
gauae" said the attorney He was
given his gauze, kept coming back for
more and from that time on until the
signing of the armistice the physician
had hard time keeping an edge on
his cutting knife
do you know" said the physician,
after those two fellows commenced
TO get the knack of the thing, IL took
every spare minute had to keep them
in gauze. The only let-up had was
in the middle of the summer when the
Judge took n trip to Washington and
was gone for three weeks. But, do
you know, when he came back he
wanted every blamed piece of gauze
| would have cut for him had he been
at home. | have known him to take
a thousand OF them home Saturday
night and fold every one OF them be
fore supper time Sunday evening. He
said his folks were away and he pu
in the whole day at II. And HI
wouldn't let any OF the women folk
touch one of them; said they couldn'
fold them properly, He had a tabl
in his room to work on and no on
was permitted to meddle with II
Excuse me for minute"
The physician stepped into an at
joining room and returned with
I packet of congresses. ut is a r,
markable thing" he continued tina
e two men, both with large respons
r bilities, should have undertaken sue
e a task and have carried It through /
the way they did Here's o packag
= OF their congresses. Every one
l them is SO carefully folded that tn
package is as square as a perfei
brick. The edges are true, II Is tic
right and there isn't single loos
: thread hanging anywhere" !,