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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
BOARD HOLDS NO MEETINGS
President Decides All Questions for
Members, but Never Calls Them
in for a Conference.

There is no more familiar title
among government departments than
the board of trade. 1t seems to be re-
SpOnsible for all kinds of things and
all sorts of undertakings and happen
ingS. 1t will find you chairwOman or
negotiate q commercial treaty. 1t con-
sists of a president and large num-
Der of members among whom are
rcckoncd the Archbishop of Canter-
bury and the speaker of the house of
commons, a writer in London Tit-Bits
states.
BY law these members have right
to be called to discuss questions of
trade and to help the president to shape
his policy, yet the fact remains no meet
ingS are ever held! The president
never dreams OF calling his committee
together. He does much as he likes,
comes to his own decisions, and then
announces that "the board thinks so
and So"
One wonders what would happen If
the archbishop or some other member
were to insist upon being consulted,
this this surprising method of doing
| business should cease.
The board of trade does not stand
alone. Every schoo'-teacher i'm the
land knows that 'my lords" say this
and my lords" rule that. Their full
title is "the lords of the committee OF
the privy council of educatiOn;" but
they never meet. and the vice presi'
dent would probably be puzzled to
name a half-dOzen of them. Mr.. Fish
er and his predecessors rule without
"my lords" but in their name. Thus
do they get credit for the good they
do and are refuge in the day oi
| storm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Can't Afford 'Em Now.

"There goes fivedollar hat" said
man ON the back platform of Penn
sylvania street car recently, as his
headpiece left him at Pennsylvania and
Ohio streets, and went sailing over the
post office. 1t cavorted around in the
air, and finally came down, almost
within his reach, as the car stopped
at New York street, but suddenly took
another swirl upward, and passed east
over the Pennway building.
at seemed half-mile high," he says,
"but l decided to follow it for a while
on the run. 1t started downward again,
and l legged it up Massachusetts ave-
nue. two squares from Ohio street,
where some one had caught it and was
looking around for Il bareheaded man."
The loser of the hat was newspa-
per man, and explained his ownership
of q five-dOlar hat by saying he got it
while at college, when his dad was
paying expenses.-Indianapolis News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Sailed 100000 Nautical Miles.

Few men know their native cOun.
tries as well as Earl Brassey, dead
in England at the age of eighty-two,
knew the globe. All the world had
heard of the yacht Sunbeam no impor-
tant port had failed to welcome the
bluff old sailor and his floating home.
His record of 100000 nautical miles
in his yacht means that he lived much
of his active life in defiance of the ele-
ments and in close cOmpaniOnship with
things maritime, an environment only
a true lover of the sea would seek. So
it came about that, to the minds OF
millions, Earl Brassey appealed as the
personificatiOn of healthy ocean ad'
venture and seamanship, and now his
death breaks link with the old days
when n stout, inoffensive ship could
sail the seas without fear of pirates
mines or tOrpedOes, says the Montreal
Star, and a courteous sailor could find
q gentlemanly welcome the world over
except, perhaps, at Kiel.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Your Mental Attic.

We are living in new age. We use
the materials grown in the past for
the erection of present structures, OBJ
serves writer. But the method of
building changes with the age. In
stead of the old lumber, men use iron
and steel. Instead of crumbllng bricks
and uncertain firing. they use cement
and stone. To build for the future
YOU must use the best that science ap-
proves. You will need your attic FOR
new tools and new storage. And to be
modern the storage must be temper.
airy. Long holdings are unprofitaDle
The Oftener you can tCra your posses
sions the better the income. Your
mental attic follows the same rule.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
CHAPTER v.
a nj, zferV


II CROUCIlEr behind the stove again
in time to see dim figure enter
the kitchen. The lightning re-
vealed Lucille in dressing gown
with her hair oyel her shoulders. In
the single fash of light she appeared
to be the most beautiful thing that /
had ever seen.
She turned the tllshIight on the wall
and finally rested its ray on the box
of dog biscuit! She went over to it.
picked up one of the biscuit, pressed
it to her cheek ana was about to bite
it when she hastily dropped it bach
into the box, put out the light anC
stood perfectly still, listening.
There was another sound on the
stairs!
When / looked to see what Lucil,
was doing she had disappeared. Prob
ably she. too. was hiding somewhere
near, 1 reasoned.
This time there was less delay
Whoever was ing downstairs wa
carelessly assured and was scratchin;
matches on the wall as he went alOn:
TO guide his progress. He entered th'
kitchen. 1t was Bopp, clad in th
sort Of pajamas thought he wore
He was laughing to himself as b
came In and went straight to the bOi
Of biscuit. He took one out of tn
box.
And he ate Il!
Before that l may have disliked Ii
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11

where he had struck when l threw
him. The table itself had overturned
on to the weeks supply of water in
glass bottles and had apparently bro
ken most of them. Lucille was stand
ing, pale and disheveled, but still
beautiful, in the doorway of the pantry
where she had been hiding.
After an interval Bopp laboriously
picked himself up and waded toward
the stairway through the torrent of
distilled water which was streaming
across the floor.
There's your dog biscuit" he sneer-
ed, pointing to TOotles, who had dis
covered the box and was gulpinS down
the contents as fast as she could.
Fasting for a week! Ha-ha"
Then lie disappeared upstairs.
turned to Lucille. She had dropped
into a chair and had buried her face in
! her hands. She was crying.
whats the matter, Lucile?" l asked
tenderly.
II don't know" she sobbed; Just
nerves, guess"
You ought not to be about ut this
time of night" l said sternly.
Il know" she replied. 81 just came
down toto feed TOotles."
l would have believed her il had
not seen the biscuit in her mouth.
But what man would not forgive q
small fib on the part of the woman
he loves!
Listen to me, Lucille, DEAR said
authoritatlvely, taking her hand. eve
are not going to fast any more. II
your father were here he would call 1
halt. Here your mother is sick. you
are hysterlcal, and hardly any of us is
on speaking terms with the others
Besides, we have got to stop. Oul
water supply is gone
Lucille looked up. "Then 1t won
really be our fault, will it?" she asked
hopefully. IF we haven't pure waite
we can't so OF fasting. Upton S
|. Clair says So"
And that's the best thing he eve
said, too," / agreed heartily.
SO it was decided that the next de,
we'd have q new stock of grOcerie
; come on the supply boat and telephone
, the cook to come back. / think tn
, prospect cheered us wonderfully.
!. know felt better Immediately, and
> persuaded Lucille to so back TO be-
I and get some rest before daylight.
. She went in to see how her mOthe
was before retiring. There was CT
from Mrs. Green's room. and | rusl
. ed In.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11

Building-up for the Spring Attack at
the Front is q good deal like putting
the body in condition for an invasion
of the germs of grip, pneumonia or
"Spring fever" here at home.
At this time Of the year most people
suffer from a condition often called
Spring Fever. They feel tired, worn
out, before the day is half thru. They
may have frequent headaches and
sometimes "pimply" or pale skin and
white lips. The reason for this is that
during the wintertime, shut up with
in doors, eating too much meat and
too little green vegetables, one heaps
fuel into the system which is not burned
up and the clinkers remain to poison
the syStem-a clogglng up Of the circu-
lation-with inactive liver and kidneys.
Time to put your house in order.
For an invigrating tonic which will
clarity the blood, put new life in the
body, sparkle to the eyes, and
wholesome skin, nothing does so well
as a glyceric herb extract made from
Golden Seal root, Blood and Stone
root, Oregon grape root and Wild
Cherry bark. This can be had in con-
venient, ready-to-use tablet form at all
drug stores, sixty cents, and has been
sold for the past fifty years as DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. By
reason of the nerves feeding on the
blood, when the blood is pure the
nerves feel the effect, and neuralgia 'Or
other nerve pains disappear because
such pain is the cry Of the starved
nerves for food. When suffering from
backache, frequent or scanty urine,
rheumatic pains here or there, or that
constant tired feeling, the simple way
to overcome these disorders Is merely
to obtain DIR. Pierce's Anuric from
your druggist. In tablets, sixty cents.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11

man, but now 4 smile of enjoyment
spread over his features, plainly dis
ccrnible when the lightning flashed
Evidently the dog biscuit were deli.
ciOus. At last he finished and started
to leave. l was about to breathe q
sigh of relief when l happened to
glance toward the shelf where the bis
cult were kept.
The box was gone. The flend was
taking them with him. Without a
thought for poor ToOtlcS. who would
doubtless starve to death, he was 60
ing to eat all her food.
With one bound l was upon him.
The thought of that poor dog steeled
my heart. grabbed him by the throat
and we swayed back and forth in a
rough and tumble fox trot movement
to the tune of the rolling thunder.
Bopp did not know as did that Lucille
was watching somewhere there in the
darkness, and on that account he was
able to use more forcible language
than /, but had superior weight, and
| was slowly bearing him back when
all at once he dropped the box of dog
biscuit and with his free hand landed
a wallop in my stomach. 1t would have
been a foul under any circumstances,
but with my inner workings resem-
bling those of vacuum cleaner 1t was
positively inhuman.
Maddened by that blow, growled
between my cllnched teeth, 'If you hit
me below the belt again I'll tear your
pajamas"
He growled back, Let 'er rip" and
swung on me twice more in the same
place.
With mad fury picked him up and
hurled him from me. There was q
terrific crash Of glass, and then, save
for the disturbance outside, all was
still
I lit the light-acetylene gas.
The wreckage Of that kitchen was
beyond the descriptive powers Of a
mere dramatic critic. Bopp lay sprawl.
ed on the kitchen floor near the table
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Eewer Sea Eaales Seen.

That the monarch of rhe air, the
sea eagle, has disappeared from Cath
ness, as well as from the Orkneys and
Shetlands, is well-authenticated fact.
The sea eagle is not very uncommon
In the. Fest Highlands, and still builds
its nest on various hills abutting on
the cliffy coast. The sites of the nests
are on the edge of some large and we'll
stocked sheep farms. The birds have
always been accused of killing lambs,
0s well as hares and winged game, but
the charge would be difficult to sub.
stantlate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
nAFEATo wa e. CoIeman.
PM n Patent Lawyer, Washington
D - @bv - d, q. Advice and books T. &C.
Rates reasonable Highest references. BestserViCsA
Limit of Confidence.
dates REASONABLY

"She seems to make a cOnfidant Of
you"
"Yes, I'm her dearest friend. She
tells me everything"
"Her innermost secrets, presume%
"Yes, indeed. She's even shown me
where she has boarded a few pounds
of sugar in her attic"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Flames That Give OF No Heat.

A French scientist, who is keeping
the details secret. claims he has In
vented fame derived from electric
ity that will not give OF heat
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-11
Easy WAY.

"How did you clear your way with
that old grouch?" Every easily, I
merely used n little soft soap"
Evening star., 1918-08-26

indeed becoming desperate. The sud
den reversal Of initiative ON July 10,
when Foch assumed the offensive and
maintained it steadfastly, the steady
loss of territory but lately gained at
heavy cost, the sacrifice Of great quan.
titles Of munitions and the manifesto
tion on the part Of the allies of de-
termination to advance amounting to
ferocity, all these must be telling hcav-
lily upon the spirit Of the German
troops.
From the outset of the war, with its
revelation Of the hypothesis of the
German military organization, it has
been declared by some observers that
the. Teutonic army system was based
upon the theory of success, and that it
did not sufficiently take into account
the possibility of failure and the
human individual factor. 1t has been
predicted that the wonderful machine
created by German efficiency would
not stand up long under defeat. This
has been proved true in the latest
fighting, and it is likely to show its
results in increasing degree as the al
Ice continue their relentless attacks.
Evening star., 1918-08-26
Leader Lodge.

The Senate, the country and the re-
publican party are to be congratulated
on the selection of Mr.. Lodge to sue
ceed the late Mr.. Gailinger as the Sen.
ate's minority leader.
We may take the Senate first. Mr..
Lodge is not only veteran member,
but most conspicuous one in point of
ability. He has shown every fitness
for his otice-debating power. knowl-
edge Of parliamentary practice, and
diligence. He is as good for the every
day as for what are called "set occa-
sions"-as good for the cut t-and-thrust
as for the sustained effort. He knows
all the ropes.
We may take the country next. There
is no member Of the Senate who has
supported or is now supporting the
war with more enthusiasm or with .
keener appreciation of what the war
requires. Mr.. Lodge has spoken and
voted for full supplies for the Army
and Navy, and is a warm friend, and
has always been, of both As a mem
Der Of the Senate committee on naval
affairs he has had, and improved, op-
portunity to show his interest in the
national sea service. His course on
that committee has been greatly to his
honor, and is appreciated by the naval
service.
We may take his party last. BE is
. thorough paced republican, schooled
in the best of republican principles.
He accepts protection as interpreted by
the best authorities on that subject.
What has done so much for New Eng
land-whose interests he fully under
stands-he naturally recommends to
the country at large.
In the division which cost the party
its control Of the government, Mr..
Lodge adhered to the regular organiza-
tion. He was not in 1912, and has not
since been, bull mooser. His rcr-
sonal relations with the bull moose
leaders while bull moosery was an in
auence were cordial. In 1916 Mr..
Roosevelt proposed Mr.. Lodge for tho
republican nomination for President.
But bull moosery as a force is spent.
Mr.. Roosevelt and the strongest of the
men who followed him in that venture
have returned to the republican party,
and are now supporting the party's
platforms and candidates. There
seems to be union again, and Mr.:
Lodges leadership in the Senate is
probably one expression Of it. Ger
tainly Mr.. Roosevelt as well as Mr.
Taft will applaud the expression.
Evening star., 1918-08-26
German Prisoners.

Since the 21st of August, it is re.
ported today, the British in their ad.
vance in north Picardy have taken co.
900 German prisoners, and in the same
period the French on the Disc front
have captured $4,000 of the enemy.
These captures are in addition to the
100000 taken in the Marine salient and
Montdidier offensives, giving . total
If 100000 Of the enemy imprisoned in
ess than six weeks. This is the equi-
valent of about ten full German di.
visions.
It must give the German high COM.
nand the most serious concern when
reports show these large numbers Of
troops missing" The significance of
these wholesale surrenders cannot fail
to be lost upon the Teuton leaders.
The truth is becoming evident that the
German forces are losing their dispo-
sition to fight. Running through the
reports of the engagements are refer
ences to large squads of German troops
cut off and surrendering promptly,
without any effort to fight their way
out or to take toll in allied lives be-
;'ore they yield their own. Nothing Of
he same sort is occurring in the al
led ranks. French, British and
american prisoners are being taken,
but not in large numbers and not with
out the most desperate resistance.
If the will to tight 10 being lost by
he Teuton- troops defmsl1b esase 4
Evening star., 1918-08-26
The Navy.

Criticism of the Navy at this time
viii not be applauded by the country.
We are doing we'll on the water. The
full story, as is generally understood,
cannot be shared with the public.
Something must be reserved for
strategic purposes. But those entitled
to full information and competent to
pass upon the matter give their cor
dial Endorsement to all that is going
on. Mr.. Lodge gave his testimony in
the Senate Saturday; and what he said
should, and will, have much weight.
No delverance Of the President
ranks that with regard to the Navy.
And it was made, let us remember, be-
fore the country entered the war.
America was not belligerent when in
a public speech while on q stumping
tour Mr.. Wilson declared for ian in
comparable Navy" Instantly the true
size and the significance Of the pro-
nouncement were appreciated. and in
dorsemept everywhere followed.
Since Ameriea became a belligerent
the work of the Navy has been speed
ed up, with excellent results. We have
been getting action on all the appro-
priations of Congress for the Navy's
benefit, and on the vigilance and in
dustry of Secretary Daniels. Our sea
power has been much increased, and
handled most satisfactorily.
This will continue while the war
lasts, and after. "An incompatible
Navy" has reference to tho future.
Such q Navy Is not built In day,
nor at small cost. Time and money
figure largely in the equatieA But
both win be at our dispesal snd both
wiz Be drswn upon.
We shall slew changes - de 1ssult
sk $he var Sgs not 81 or eSae1satsl
Evening star., 1918-08-26

coast lines, NOR in our detached pos
sessions. They will remain - before,
but require more than before the
closest watchfulness on our part.
And then We shall have added q mer-
chant marine to our assets, and Of .
size demanded by an ambitious trade
program. We should, and shall, have
an Incompatible merchant marine,
and, if our captains of industry do
not lose their pep" and cunning, an
incompatible foreign trade.
There will be plenty Of need in
peace times Of ian Incompatible
Navy; and when the next war comes
as come another one will-we shall be
ready.
Evening star., 1918-08-26
Lusitania Lies.

German rejoicing over supposed dis
closures in suit growing out Of the
sinking Of the Lusitania that the ship
carried explosives is singularly ILL
timed, in view Of the rendering Of
decision by the court in this country
that the ship was destroyed by pi-
ratical act of the German government
and that the owners are not response
BILE for losses entailed in her sinking
It is particularly interesting in this
connection to note that the irrepres-
sible DR.. George Barthelme, former
correspondent Of the Cologne Gazette
in this city, who was some time ago
sent home as an undesirable alien
but who should have been interned
here-is declaring in his newspaper
that the Lusitania carried guns and
Furthermore that she was sunk through
design, her watertight compartments
having been Intentionally left open,
and that the United States govern
ment knows this to be true.
Repetition of the charge that the
Lusitania was an armed ship will
doubtless be heard for a long time.
1t is one of the established tietions set
up by Germany in a brazen attempt to
justify the sinking Of the vessel. 1t is
strikingly inconsistent with the asser-
tion by Germany that the ship was
naturally victim of the submarines,
in view of the declaration of closed
zone of sea travel. The German EN-
bassy's warning to intending passen-
gers not to sail on her, published on
the morning she was to leave port,
made no mention Of the carriage of
munitions or guns, but simply notified
all persons that sailings were at the
risk Of passengers in view Of the dec
laration Of submarine warfare. The
charge that she was armed and car
ried explosives was an after-thought,
clumsily advanced and sought to be
supported by stupidity concocted lies
that were promptly disproved. The
commander Of the submarine that sank
her was decorated. not for sinking
munitions ship, but for sending to
the bottom over a thousand people
who persisted in sailing on her after
the warning given. DR.. Barthelme is
not working in accord with the Berlin
foreign Office records.
Evening star., 1918-08-26
On the Somme, 1916-1918.

Names that were made familiar two
years ago when the British began their
offensive on the Somme are now oc-
curing in the news of the west front
fighting. Bapaume, Thiepval. Pozieres,
Courcelette, Martinpuieh, Contalmai-
son, Longueval, Mametz, Montauban,
Flers. These are old landmarks of the
war news. They represent some Of the
bloodiest and most desperate fighting of
the war, the more notable because it was
the first attempt to carry the cam
paign out of the trenches into the
open.
There was a great thrill felt through
out the allied nations and those sympa-
thetic with them when the word came
that the British and French had gone
over the top at the Somme. At last the
long promised 'big push" had come.
There were visions of broken Ger
man line. Some in their enthusiasm
talked of march to Berlin. For a
few days the push went on and then
slowed and the gains were slighter.
Then the tanks were put into action
and a little greater speed was scored,
and eventually the battle Stabilized"
and when winter came the lines were
only a few miles to the east of the
original positions.
In the spring came the fruits of the
Somme offensive in the Hindenburg
retreat, which yielded far greater ad-
vance for the allies than all the fight
,ing at the Somme. Then came Byng's
,attack at Cambria, with its unfortunate
! reaction due to his failure to protect
himself against counter attack. After
THAT, save for the French advance at
the Chemin des Danes, there was no
notable change in the lines until the
Germans began their series of often
sives last March.
1t is notable that the points-they
are no longer to be regarded as towns
or villages, being merely "foeations"
upon the map, places of utter devas-
tation, ruin and wreckage after re-
peated hghting-whieh are now being
reported as occupied by the British
are falling much more rapidly than in
the course of the fighting Of two years
ago. The battle is progressing at a
much higher rate of speed. Thiepval,
tfor instance, was a nut that it took the
British weeks to crack, and it has
fallen within four days Of the first
move in its direction. Bapaume, too,
which remained desired objective
throughout the 1916 offensive and was
not attained until the Hindenburg re-
treat the spring following, is now
about to fall into British possession,
if it has not already been gained.
The comparison between the Somme
fighting of today and that of two
years ago is most distinctly encourag-
ing. The difference is simply one of
man power and resources. Two years
ago there were no Americans in the
field. Today there are million and
Q half in France, and at least a third
Of them are in the fighting lines.
Evening star., 1918-08-26

There must have been moments in
Kaiser Wilhelm's conversation when
his American dentist was tempted to
be almost unprofessionally abrupt in
filing his mouth with rubber and
starting the buzzer.