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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
His Armless Joke.

is indicated by the philosophy of the
armless man who, for many years, has
been carrying copy" from a down
town news agency to the uptown news
papers at night. An editor on his way
to his midnight luncheon had washed
his hands when he discovered that the
towel was missing. AS the armless
copy" carrier passed he heard the ed
itor say something more forceful than
elegant. you ought to be like me.
and then you wouldn't need any
towel" said the armless one, laughing
cOntentedly.-New York Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Reassurinq Sign.

The girl told US this herself, SO we
1sss it must be true.
wv dear" said her mother, serious
r. 81 have no doubt that this young
man who is so interested in you of
late IS an excellent fellow. He seems
rrce and clever and nice in every
vv But I should like to know
vsa-her he comes of a good family"
Yes mother" answered the daugh-
f, 81 have every reason to believe
tat his family is very fine"
Hum. Do they object to his inter
mh yOu:"
I'm afraid they do, mother. They
p2n to be doing everything to make
Lin stop coming to see me-"
Ah. I'm much relieved, dear, and /
see no reason why you shouldn't en-
courage him. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Sterllize DRINKING Glasses.

Drinking cups and glasses used In
restaurants, at soda fountains and 9TH
er places must be washed five minutes
in boiling water containing a 5 per
cent solution of I've, according to regu-
lations promulgated by the California
state board of health for the enforce
ment of the law governing the steriliza-
ton of drinking utensils.-The New
American Woman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Howss This ?

We offer $4,000 for any case Of catarrt
that cannot be cured by HALLE
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is TAX
en- Internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
T. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Good Subject.

"What are that couple over at yon~
der table scrapping about?"
81 think, sir, they're fighting over
the war bread"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

More than 100000 acres of coal
lands in IA states Of the United States
are to be opened in 1918.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for a cathartic. Ad.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

During the past few years there has
been O falling off In the yield Of the
banana.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Such a Dear Friend.

Ethel-Agnes was at the cat show.
Maud-As an exhibit New Haven
Register.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

In New Zealand the men outnumber
be women by many thousands.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

invite the settler, but the ease and
cheapness with which farmer may
establish himself.-Advertise
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

During the war the trade Of Canada
has increased nearly three-fold.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27
Five Bottles Peruna
Restored Me To Complete

Mr.. c. N. Petersen, dealer in fine
boots, shoes and cigars, 1872 s, Main
81, Council Bluffs, Ia, writes: 81
cannot tell you how much good Pc
runa has done me. Constant confine.
ment in my store began to tell on NV
health and | felt that I was Grad
ualiy breaking down. I tried several
remedies prescribed by my physician.
out obtained no permanent relief
untli look Peruna. I felt better i'm
mediately and five bottles restored me
to complete health. I have been in
the best of spirits since, and feel that
1 owe my health to it."
Our booklet, telling you how to keen
well, free to all. The Peruna Co.
Columbus, Ohio.
Those who object to liquid nedi-l
cines can now procure Peruna Tab.
let's.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

In case of emergency patriotism will
always find a way.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-03-27

It's passing strange that some things
come to pass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
ALL sAMMIEs EQUIPPED.
Ordnance Bureau Announces Depart.
ment Has Met Every Call

ment Has Met Every Call
Washington. - Although American
troops are going over the seas in large
numbers the Ordnance Department
has been able to keep up with the
new program and every soldier who
boards a transport Is fully equipped
with arms, the Ordnance Bureau an
nounced.
Artillery and machine guns already
are in France in sufficient quantities,
it is said, to meet immediate demands.
The statement said:
"The Army Ordnance Department
has thus far met every demand i'm
posed by the new program for over
seas shipment of American troops.
Despite the great acceleration in
the sending of American forces to
France, no infantryman goes aboard
ship without a United States model
1917 rife, modified Enfield" bayonet,
belt, haversack, pack carriers, bando-
leers, bayonet, scabbard and full mess
equipment.
Tonnage is today limiting factor
In the shipment of ordnance material
overseas, especially because of the
present necessity of increasing the
transport of infantry regiments,
Sufficient supplies of artillery,
French rs millimeter and 155 milli.
meter and American heavy railway
artillery are already in France to meet
the present demand, Sufficient ma
chine guns are also Immediately avail
able for American forces in France"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
WHAT MODERATE DRINKING

The degeneration due to the So
called moderate" consumption of al
cohol Is very similar to senile decay,
in the opinion Of Prof. G.. Sims Wood
head, NJ. A., NJ. d., f. II. c. p, +. r.
S. g., of Cambridge university, Eng.
land.
"Alcoholic degeneration, however"
Professor Woodhead points out, "does
not proceed equally in every part Of
the body. The weaker tissues are firss
attacked and the patient gives way q!
the weak link Of the chain. Alcohol
calls upon the reserve strength which
ought to be held like balance at the
bank to meet sudden and unexpected
emergencies. If you have such phys
ical reserve, you are able to TIDE
over emergencies and wear out gradu'
ally, but If you let alcohol withdraw
your balance, exhausting your reserve,
you may become physical bankrupt
at any moment"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
FOOD, OR DRINK

Food will win the war" But drink must
lose It.
Why, then, as a nation, do we booze III
What are all our soldiers fighting for
Indeed, If not, and soon. to win the wsri
II food will win, and II the drinking won't,
Why are we sending soldiers to the front,
And holding fast at home by wine and
beer?
Must we go on, SO. weary year on year,
Yes, Food will win," we Loyalty may
say,
When Food makes manhood stronger, day
by day;
But weakened manhood by the power Of
booze,
And how can men do othen then, than
lose?
While brewers waste the food which
means our might,
How shall our soldiers make q winning
fight?
If beer must be at home the bread Of
life,
why send our boys abroad, to losing
strife?
They risk their lives, and possibly their
souls,
In fight for freedoms highest, grandest
goals;
Shall we be towards thus to see theS
lose
Because we fear the brewer and his
booze?
National Advocate
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
BRITISH. BLOCK
0STEKD HARBOR
Cruiser Loaded With Concrete
Sunk in Outlet.
zEEBRUGGE STILL BLOCKED
Loss To Attackers Reported AS Slight;
Allied Armies Gain Ground In
Flanders And At Mont
didier.

London.-The German submarine
base of Ostend, on the Belgian coast,
has been blocked as the result OF a
new raid by British naval forces, the
Admiralty announces. The obsolete
cruiser Vindictive, filled sith con.
crete, has been sunk across the en-.
trance of the harbor.
The British lost one motor boat.
Their casualties were light. The an.
nouncement follows:
Operations designed to close the
ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge were
successfully completed when the OBJ
solete cruiser Vindictive was sunk
between the piers and across the en-.
trance to Ostend harbor.
Since the attack on Zeebrugge on
April 90, Vindictive had been filed
with concrete and fitted as block
ship for this purpose.
"our light forces have returned to
their base with the loss Of one motor.
launch, which had been damaged and
was sunk by orders of the Vice-Ad-
miral. to prevent 1t from falling into
the hands Of the enemy.
"Our casualties were light"
Regarding reports that German sub.
marines have been unable to enter
Flemish ports and have had to return
TO Germany, Reuters Limited gays it is
unable TO obtain confirmation in naval
quarters.
Photographic and other evidence
from Zeebrugge shows that the Bruges
canal is still entirely blocked as a re.
suit of the British raid of April 23
and that it cannot be used. The OBJ.
styuctions, it has been found, were
better placed than was at first sup.
posed. German attempts to clear the
waterway are meeting with no success
as a result of British air activity and
other causes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16

have been asked to tell what
think Of the liquor question and hov,
to break over the traces at the INN,
/ do not discuss the "liquor question:
Spades are always spades with mo
and l always call them spades. Tbo,
Is why / use the word booze. | can
talk about booze and its effects bu,
such nice expression as the "luuo,
question" gets my goat. Giving tha
stuff the right handle can grab It and
tell all | know about 1t.
Here IT Is, in one bunch: Boom
doesn't make winners.
There never was a winner In tbs
world that built his winning on booze
/ don't care what line you get into
you won't find one winner who used
the stuff to his advantage.
Ask Grover Cleveland Alexande,
how much booze has helped to make
him the best pitcher that Charles
Weeghman could buy to give the Cub,
pennant.
Go out to your Chicago university
and ask Coach Stagg how much booze
he feeds his football or baseball play.
ers, or his track athletes.
Ask Charlie Comiskey-bless his old
heart-if booze ever helped him when
he was first-basing around the country
Or ask him how much booze has done
for Eddie Collins or Red Faber or that
center fielder Of his, Happy Felsch.
You'll get the same answer anywhere
you go-the old, old answer to the 50.
called "liquor question" 1t doesn't
pay, it never has paid, and 1t never will
pay.
And winners don't use it. They
can't use it and win. And, after alll
the Lord must love winner. For
winning means clean living, and clean
living means efficiency, and efficiency
means decency. None Of these things
takes off its hat and makes itself at
home where booze hangs out.
To any reader who can name one
man that has won with booze, I'll name
a hundred-yes, thousand-who have
lost.-Billy Sunday in Chicago Exam'
liner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
MEDIATION is ORDERED.
Taft And Walsh To Act In Telegraph
Dispute.

Washington. - Former President
Taft and Frank =. Walsh, joint chair
men of the War Labor Board, were
instructed by the board TO mediate
between the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph Companies and the op'
orators who are being discharged be-
cause of their ahiliation with the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
TROOP TRAIN WRECKED.
Wooden Coach Filled With Selected
Men Plunues over Trestle.

Columbia, S. C.-Eight soldiers
were killed and 26 injured when a
wooden railroad coach filled with
members of the 321st Infantry went
over trestle at Camp Jackson. All Of
the men were from Southern States.
The soldiers had just entrained for
Camp Sewer, at Greenville, N. c., and
the train was pulling out from camp
at a slow rate. AS it reached the
trestle the rails spread beneath a
heavy steel coach in the rear, and the
wooden car ahead was showed off
into the ravine below
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
URGES PEOPLE TO
PRAY FOR VICTORY
National Memorial Day Pro-
claimed by Wilson.
HUMILIATION AND FASTING
People OF The Nation Asked To Gather
That Day In Their Places Of
Worship And Pray For
Victory.

Washington. - National Memorial
Day, Thursday, May 80, is designated
by President Wilson in a proclama.
ton Just issued as a day of public
humiliation, prayer and fasting. The
people of the nation are asked to gath.
er that day in their places Of worship
and pray for the victory of the Amer.
lean armies, which will bring a peace
founded upon mercy, justice and good
will.
The proclamation, issued in re.
sponse to a resolution by Congress,
follows:
"By the President Of the United
States:
"a PROCLAMATION:
Whereas the Congress of the Unit.
ed States, on the second day of April
last, passed the following resolution:
"'Resolved by the Senate (the House
Of Representative concurring), That,
It being duty peculiarly incumbent
in time of war humbly and devoutly
TO acknowledge our dependence on Al.
mighty God and to implore His aid
and protection, the President OF the
United States, be, and he Is hereby
respectfully requested 10 recommend
day of public humiliation, prayer and
fasting, to be observed by thr people
Of the United States with religious
solemnity and the Offering of fervent
supplications to Almighty God for the
safety and welfare of our cause. His
blessings on our arms, and a speedy
restoration of an honorable and last.
ing peace to the nations of the earth;'
"And, whereas, II has always been
the reverent habit of the people OF
the United States to turn in humble
appeal to Almighty God for His guild
ance in the affairs Of their common
life;
Nov, therefore, I, Woodrow, WI.
son, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim
Thursday the thirtieth day of May,
day already freighted with sacred
and stimulating memories, day Of
public humiliation. prayer and fast.
ing, and do eXhort my fellow citizens
of all faiths and creeds to assemble
on that day in their several places Of
worship and there, as well as in their
homes, to pray Almighty God that He
may forgive our sins and shortcom-
ings as a people and purify our hearts
10 see and love the truth. to accept
and defend all things that are just
and right, and to purpose only those
righteous acts and judgments which
are in conformity with His will; be-
seeching Him that He will give vic.
freedom, wisdom to those who take
counsel on our behalf in these days
of dark struggle and perplexity, and
steadfastness to our people TO make
sacrifice to the utmost in support of
what Is just and true, bringing us at
last the peace in which mems hearts
can be at rest because It is founded
upon mercy, justice and good will.
'In witness whereof have here
unto set my hand and caused the seaf
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done in the District of Columbia
this eleventh day OF May, in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred and
eighteen and of the Independence OF
the United States the one hundred
and forty-second.
WOODROW WILSON"
"By the President,
ROBERT LANSING,
Secretary of State"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
U.BoAT TOLL CUT ONE-HALF.
Losses In April, 1917, Twice Those OF
Last Month.

Washington.-Ofcial French stats.
tics on the submarine warfare re.
ceived here In a dispatch from France
show that the total losses of Allied
and neutral ships, including accidents
at sea, were approximately only one
half as great during April this year
as in April, 1917.
In April last year 634,6S5 gross tons
were lost, while this April's figures
are 3S1,631. Submarine attacks now
are most costly for the enemy, the
dispatch points out, owing to the fact
that the attackers are chiefly made
with torpedoes instead of gunfre as
was the case before merchant ships
were adequately and efficiently armed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
GERMAN SHELLS
WRECK|NG AM|ENS
Turning This French City Into
Another Rheims.
MEN AND WOMEN KILLED
Public Buildings And The Cathedral
Pierced And Damaged-Pieardy's
Capital Becoming A Heap
OF Ruins.

French Front in France.-The Ger.
man artillery, under orders from the
Prussian and Bavarian Crown Prince,
Ia doing its utmost to turn Amiens
into another Rheims. Picardy's cap
ital has already suffered terribly from
tiIls effort to carry out the German
idea OF striking terror into the Faith.
srland's enemies by the destruction
OF their most loved works of art, and
every day adds to its suffering.
The correspondent went all over
the abandoned city and observed the
effects OF the bombardment, which
has turned parts of the town into
heaps OF ruins and killed So men
civilians, 30 women and five children,
besides wounding 62 men, As women
and 10 children before the population
had an opportunity to evacuate the
place. Since the Germans have been
within cannon shot of Amiens, they
have hurled no fewer than $500 shells,
mostly siGinch and eightinch, into
the city.
Every indication points to a sys-
tsmatic effort TO destroy the public
buildings, as the Cathedral has been
struck by shells, which have pierced
the roof and walls, and the object
OF firing necessarily upon the town
cannot be explained, except upon the
assumption that It is carried out with
the purely barbarous idea OF the de.
struction OF the beautiful objects 1t
contains.
This follows from the fact that no
troops whatever are in the city and
that the railroad passing through It
10 not in use. The cannonade gen.
orally ceases at nightfall, only to be
replaced by air raids, which occur
almost every might. Aerial torpedoes
to the number of $50 have been
launched from airplanes upon various
parts OF the city. As most of the
shells and torpedoes are of the in
cendiary type they have caused enor-
nous damage, so that up to the pres
ent 1900 houses have been destroyed.
When the fermen, who gallantly
stuck to their posts, have attempted
10 eItinguish the flames the German
gunners, seeing the glare Of the fire
they had caused, have continued to
throw in shells upon the spot, while
at night the German airmen have
circled high over the blaze and
dropped more bombs.
The Cathedral, which possesses
the finest Gothic nave in existence,
has so far escaped serious damage,
but any moment may see irrepar-
able injury done II, as projectiles
continue to fall all around IT, The
task OF the authorities in getting the
people away when they discovered
She intentions Of the Germans to de.
stroy the city was a tremendous one,
as the refugees from the devastated
districts had increased the population
TO 10000, all Of whom had to be re-
moved from danger within few days.
The arrangements, however, worked
perfectly and all the people are nov
safely housed elsewhere.
All traffic IS forbidden to enter the
city 30 that the enemy may not be
given ground for declaring the bonn
bardment one Of military exigency.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
a SUMMIT OF PROGRESS

Governor Cox Of Ohio pardoned q
convict on condition that he stay away
from the saloon. "Why" asks the
Ohio State Journal, mot impose this
upon all men? .,
II every man would abstain ana
keep out of saloons as this man has
promised to do there would not be any
penltentiaries, or If there were, they
would not be much larger than county
iails. Even from a social standpoint,
leaving the moral out altogether, II
would turn out to be a summit of prog
resS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
FOR FREE RIDES FOR TROOPS.
Furoughs And Passes For Enlisted
Men Urged In Congress.

Washington. "A bill to grant fur
loughs to enlisted men for the pur-
pose of visiting their homes and to
authorize the Director-General of
Railroads to furnish them with free
transportation was introduced by Rep
esentative Mott of New York. 1t
applies only to men stationed within
the United states and limits fu:loughs
10 one each year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
QUEEN MARIE REBELS.

Amsterdam.-Queen Marie, of Rou-
mania, according to German newspa-
pers, has publicly announced that she
will never recognize the peace treaty
between Roumania and Germany Her
Majesty says she would rather abdi.
cate than reign over country under
German rule. The Queens children
are of the same opinion, and they
never lose an opportunity, the news.
papers add, of insulting the Germans
in Roumania.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
HOW TO AVOID FOOD RIOTS.

Says DR.. Haven Emerson, commits
sioner of health, New York city: III
we would avoid serious food riots, such
as occurred last year in this city, ana
which might be brought to head any
time, by reduction in available bread
and milk for the poor, we must cut
off the daily expenditure in this cllV
Of a million dollars a day, which IS
now the city's daily liquor bill. WS
must get that money out of liquor into
food"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
NEW YORK BOYS MUST DRILL.
Those Between 16 And 10 Under
Drastic Training Law.

Albany, N Y-The State military
training law was made more drastic
when Governor Whitman signed a bill
requiring boys between 16 and 10
years of age to attend drill and ps..
form military duties. Compliance with
the requirements Of the new law ep.
titles the youth to a certificate, with
out which he cannot attend public o.
private school or obtain employment
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
AMERICANS ARRIVING IN FORCE
cIemenceau, Back From Firing Line
Announces Confidence.

Paris.-American troops are contin.
uing to arrive on the front in force,
Premier Clemenceau told Marcel HUI.
tin, editor of the Echo de Paris, on re-
turning from a two-days' visit to the
front area. The Premier brought back,
he said, a feeling of confidence in the
invincibility of the Entente forces.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
EIGHTH WOMAN IN CASE.
Says Helmuth Schmidt Married And
Then Robbed Her.

Dertoit, Mich.-The eighth woman
to enter the mystery surrounding Hel.
muth Schmidt, self.slayer and alleged
bigamist according to local authorities
identified him positively as the man to
whom she was married and who, four
days later deserted her, taking $4,000
of her savings, She Is Mrs Helmuth
Schmidt, Of Chicago, to whom a photo.
graph Of Schmidt was sent week
ago by the police here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-05-16
MEXICAN BANDITS KILL FOUR.
British Subjects Are Murdered Al La
Maripoea.

Eagle Pass, Texas.-Mexican ban
dts have murdered four British sub.
jects at La Mariposa, Mexico, accord.
ing to telegram received here by
George Fl. Lamare, The victims were:
Miss G. Lamare and Mrs. Frederick
Hillcoat, Mr. Lamare's sisters; Fred.
erlck Hlllcoat and his son Jerry.
The murders were committed last
Thursday, the telegram said