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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
BY FRED s. FERGUSON,
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT.


With the American Army in Pic
ardy, May 20 (delayed)-American
troops showed their punching power at
Cantigny.
From behind a friendly pile Of beets,
on a knoll in the great plain which
faces Cantigny, l witnessed the at
tack which resulted in capture Of the
village.
Amidst the detonations OF hundreds
OF guns which filled the valley with
smoke and dust and flame, the
American troops went over the top.
With a spirit which would not be de-
MED they followed the French tanks
preceding them across No Mans Land
and with them penetrated more than
a mile into the boche positions.
Overhead French and American
shells made veritable ribbons of sound
as they hurtled across the German
positions. AS / walked past battery
after battery in action. the crash Of
guns was deafening.
Rounding a sharp corner. I came
upon one battery which had been
wheeled into the open and was wither-
Ing the enemy with direct point blank
fire. So smothered with French and
American shells was the boche artil-
lery that French guns were standing
squarely in the open at a crossing
of the roads, believing defiance and
hammering h way for the American
infantry. Overhead French aeroplanes
carrying American observers darted in
and out amidst the smoke of battle,
flying low, signaling to the batteries
and harassing the enemy.
"Old Glory" Over Huns.
/ saw an American flag fluttering
from one plane which was headed
straight for the front after having
dropped a message at headquarters
and a moment later l knew that he
stars and stripes were waving over a
new scene in American history, direct
ing the fire OF our guns whose shells
raked the ground until it was like the
open gate of hell.
Across the valley the outlines Of
Cantigny's ruins were occasionally
visible through the smoke. To the ear
an observation hill, once wooded, had
been almost stripped, the bare skeletons
OF the remaining trees standing like
skeletons in the early sunlight.
Then a straight line of fluffy white
smoke appeared at the base Of the hill
and moved slowly upward, enveloping
everything as 1t advanced. 1t was the
barrage behind which the Americans
could be seen through field glasses like
mere dots creeping slowly and steadily
own fire. In the valley French tanks
crept and slid and slipped like cater
pillars toward the enemy. Their sides
spat fire at the Germans as they ad-
vanced and cleaned up the enemy ma
chine gun nests with the d~oughboys
trailing behind them.
Battled in Gas Clouds.
Meanwhile the artillery fire contin-
ned in terrific volume. Bursting shells
from the big guns could be seen far
to the rear Of the German lines. All
The German batteries were bathed in a
deluge Of gas and the roads behind
over which the enemy might send re-
Inducements were kept under a con-
slant rain of high explosive shells.
German sausage balloons attempting
observation work drifted and swung
in mid air but the French planes main
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
.CENSUR|NC MOVIES
Big JOB IN CHICAGO
Superintendent of Police Tells
Something Of Task Twelve
Censors Have.

Chicago-Ten years OF moving pic
ture censorship In Chicago have re-
suited in the elimination OF hundreds Of
thousands Of feet from films shown to
more than 400, 900 persons daily, accord
ing to Maj. M. C. Funkhouser. second
deputy superintendent Of police. who
reviewed the problems he had encoun-
tered as moral censor" of the second
largest city in the United States, when
he defended the ordinances under which
he operates, from recent attacks.
According to Major Funkhouser, the
board Of IL censors, the members Of
which are selected by civil service, and
which sits in judgment on the pictures,
has little or no discretion In ordering
"cut-outs" or refusing to issue permits,
as they merely adhere to city ordi-
nances, and II state law which prohib-
it's hanging The ordinances,
among other things, prohibit the show
ing OF pictures immoral, obscene or
which portray riotous disorderly or
other unlawful scenes which have a
tendency to disturb the public peace.
Within the last year 1854 motion
pictures were inspected by the censor
and his aides and out Of his number
only 1853 were rejected in their entirety,
Major Funkhouser asserted. The aver
age film is approximately 1000 feet in
length and the total number of feet
rejected by the censor last year was
216,556.
The cost Of maintaining the censor
ing department is more than paid for
by the permits issued to- the producers,
which cost 81 each. Last year 20, 697
permits were issued. The IL censors
draw salaries ranging from $120 to S135
a month.
THE trouble with the motion picture
producers of today Is that from rs to
40 per cent Of the pictures produced
deal with sex, the eternal triangle, ar
fnity, and white slave problems" Major
Funkhouser declared. "As approx
mately 80 per cent Of the motion pic
ture audiences are composed OF women
and children, especially children, in
theaters, outside of the downtown dis
trict, and as children often obtain their
ideas Of morality from the pictures. a
close guard is necessary to see that the
pictures do not convey erroneous
ideas"
Within a year the city was made de-
PENDANT in ~ suits by motion picture
concerns, Major Funkhouser said. The
courts. both state and federal, have de-
clared the city ordinances constitu.
tional, n out Of seven cases tried, the
city has won six. The seventh was
lost on a technicality, the moral censor
explained. Five suits are pending.
Two kinds Of permits are granted the
producers, one being called the white"
permit, and the other the pink" or
adult permit. The latter. Major Funk
houser explained, was for adults only.
In these pictures, some sex problems
and scenes are permitted, he said.
The number of films received weekly
for inspection runs from 200 to $50. and
the moral censors are given three days
to pass on n picture, and issue q per-
nit. A regular motion picture theater
1 established in one Of the larger
rooms of the city hall, where three
screens and three motion picture ma
chimes enable fore than one picture to
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Americans Never Fought Better
Than In First Real Go at Huns
Capture of High Ground Near Elbow of Famous German
Wedge One of Finest Feats In Annals of U. s. Arms
TOP Dog" In Their Sector Now.

tanned supreme control Of the air
throughout the fight.
The weather was ideal for an attack.
After a night spent in a dugout. I
started to walk further toward the
front. At daybreak a mist hung over
Slanting rays of sunlight gradually
broke through the mist soon revealed
the American batteries already in ac-
ton. New guns appeared suddenly in
the most unexpected places, having
been brought up during the night. The
fire of heavy artillery a so violent
that separate explosions behind the
enemy's line could scarcely be dis
tinsuished. The roar was more like
that of a gigantic blast furnace. Oc-
casionally during the Smelling a thick
column OF black smoke could be dis
tinguished behind the boche front line,
signalling the destruction Of some Ger
man ammunition dump. When I
reached the beet pile observation post,
ing across the fields German prisoners
slipped along between lines of Ameri-
cans covered with the dus and CRIME
OF battle but grinning broadly.
Clean Up With Bombs.
When the American infantrymen en-
tered Cantigny they opend a grenade
attack on the enemy and quickly
cleared the village. Within Cantigny
Is a natural cave capable of holding
4O0 persons. Forty Americans carry
ing name throwers were detailed to
take care Of that spot and places like
IL. American machine gunners fol-
lowed the infantry closely and the
dated.
After the capture Of the village. car
rier pigeons carried by men in the first
company which went over the top were
and carried back to head
quarters the reports of the battles
progress. Men Of the signal corps
rapidly strung wires to all points Of
the occupied territory and soon all Of
1t was in touch with the commander.
When l returned to the real | passed
the batteries still standing in the open
and pumping shells into the Germans.
Smiling French a"rtillerymen cried
Boches."
Ball Game Under Fire.
Passing into a village behind the
American lines, which for days had
been under shell fire, I found a full
blown ball game progressing while the
artillery not far away was still firing.
Drawn up In a rather battered field,
with a shell hole as first base, two
teams OF doughboys who had not been
involved in the Cantigny battle were
staging a baseball fight Of their own
paying no heed to the German shells
whistling overhead.
In the headquarters dugout tele-
phones were jingling and officers were
receiving detailed reports Of every
movement at the front. There l learned
that the enemy was making a relief
when the American attack was
launched. Two German regiments We're
thus caught u~nprepared.
By 8 o'clock all the tanks had re-
turned and all the objective positions
had been consolidated. The extension
Of the American lines takes an obser-
walton post from the boches and puts
the Americans on the slope Of a hill
with the enemy beneath them. 1t also
cuts off the observation the Germans
had Of the entire American sector.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Some Self Made Men.

FROM the Omaha World Herald.
II you want the evidence that the
United States is in fact a democracy, in
fact a land Of opportunity, take a look
at the antecedents of the men who are
directing the war for it's defense.
President Wilson was the son of a
country parson; General Pershing was
born IN a little Missouri farm; Mr.. Taft.
chairman of the Red Cross central COM
mittee, began his career as n newspaper
reporter; Charles NJ. Schwab, director
general Of the emergency fleet corpora
ton, started as a S10-a-week water boy
in a Pennsylvania steel mill; John ID.
Ryan, director of aircraft production,
clerk in a small town grocery store;
General Cocktails started at The bottom
of the ladder as a West Point cadet:
Hoover ran a laundry agency, worked
his way through college by waiting table,
and then went to work as a miner at 81
a day; Henry i. Davidson, head of the
Red Cross war council, was n school
teacher and then q bank runner Edward
Il. Stettinius, surveyor general of army
supplies, worked in his fathers steam
boat building yard on the Mississippi;
Bernard Baruch, chairman of the wal in
dustriss board, started as q stock brokers'
clerk; Edward N. Hurley, chairman Of
the shipping board. worked on a farm
for SIS a month, and later was q Burling-
ton railway locomotive fireman; Vance
Mccormick, chairman of the war export
board, was a farm boy; Henry Ford
started as a mechanic at $3.50 a week;
Pau Warburg, vice chairman Of the
federal reserve board. was a commits
sion house clerk; Samuel McRoberts,
head of the procurement division Of the
ordnance bureau, taught school to get
money to study law; Julius Rosenwald.
carried salesmen's satchels and clerked
in a store; William @. Coke. right hand
man to Schwab, was a ship yards appren-
tice.
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They Had Retired.

DIR. Ellison Browning said in an ad.
dress before the antigambling league
Of Duluth:
"It's impossible to speak a good
word for gambling except in jest.
zone Of my addresses was interrupt.
ed on a certain evening by a chap who
yelled:
Don't knock gamblin' so hard, doc.
| know three men in this town who
have retired, thanks tO>gamblin'.'
"sWhat's their address?' l demanded
skeptically.
"'COrner Of State street and Wash.
lngtOn %avenue!' yelled the chap.
"Thc whole audience then burst out
laughing, for that was the address of
the local almshOuse."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
"Spank EN-"
Letter Of Police Matron, in the New
York Sun.

Letter or Police Matron, In the New
York Sun.
The recent arrests in New York Of girls
of from is to 20 In the Tenderloin cafes,
chop suey joints and back rooms of
saloons ought to bring about a little bet
ter training and discipline in some homes.
Girls who wilfully lie to their mothers
about their absence at night and their
companions are in need Of proper disci-
plining. Girls ought TO be obliged to be
at home at 10 p. N. II not on business
of necessity. Mothers of girls between
II and 20 should look after them and
find out about their companions and
amusements. Girls who frequent cafes.
chop suey joints and the rear rooms Of
saloons ought to be picked up by an
officer. taken to a police court and their
parents subpoenaed and a notification
given them of their daughters delin-
.quency. Then a magistrate could impose
a sentence to have them taken home
and q severe spanking administered I
venture 10 say that correction In this
form would do more good than, lectures
and heart-to-heart talks. There are times
when it becomes necessary to spank a
girl for deliberate lies and disobedience,
even though she be brought up strictly
and carefully. There were also many
married women in these resorts without
their husbands knowledge, and they
ought to nave q little of the old fashioned
treatment with a slipper or Single.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

No Savoir Faire.

Defining "savoir faire," Assembly
man Rosa saM i'm Madison:
"a certain pretty show girl had no
savoir faire. A wealthy Madison bro
ker took her to q Broadway cafe one
evening after the show, and when their
cocktails were set before them the bro
ker lifted his glass and said:
81 should like to propose a little
toast
"The show girl shrugged her beau
tiful white shoulders.
"'Nothin' doing, dear boy she said.
Il want a square meal.'"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
sOh, You "DixieO Tune.

The Houston Post notes that "sOme
Cincinnati Teller is writing new words
for Dixie" and it d~iscourages him
with
mo use. Few people have ever
learned the old words. 1t is the Dixie
tune that plays the wild with human
emotions and makes a patriot want to
yell and shoot holes through the en-.
emy."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Didn't Mean to Part With Il.

Bernard was invited to his little
friends birthday party, and his moth
err was astOnished when he returned
home with the gift he was to present
to his chum.
"Why, Bernard" his mother said.
"why did you not give that to Rob-
ert?"
"Oh, mamma, i did, but after the
party was Over | asked his to
give it back"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Woundinq Father.

Daughter (admiring q set Of mink
skins from father-I can hardly real
iZe that these beautiful furs come
from such a small, sneaking beast.
Father don't ask for thanks, my
dear, but l must insist IN respect
Williams Purple Cow.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

be run at the same time. AS a rule,
two or more Of the censors' staff sit
n pass judgment on one picture.
The city Of Chicago is the only city
In h country which has a civil service
censor board" Major Funkhouser said.
ohio, Kansas and Pennsylvania, how
ever, have state censorship boards"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
EYES,, THINK So"

IVES, I THINK So"
Most any good soap will do, but Red
Cross Ball Blue is the only blue.
Makes the greatest difference. My
clothes are a dream-snowy white. l
can't use liquid blue. No, not me. Give
me Red Cross Ball Blue and I'll show
You some beautiful clothes.-Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Undaunted.

Young Wife-If you cannot support
me l shall 60 home to my mother.
Hsuband-If you do, get your father
to give be a good reference, so l can
get a better job.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

Now Il the Tine to Get Rid Of These U.ly Sp.,a

There's no longer the slightest need OF feeling
ashamed Of your freckles, as Othine-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply a little
of 1t night and morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en-.
tirely. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
q beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double strength 0thine,
as this is sold under guarantee of money back
II 1t fails to remove freckles.-Adv
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
The Result.

"What a thin voice that singer has 7"
$50 thin, one almost expects her to
sing In q skeleton key"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Aerial Post.

"How did you send your fugitive
poetry?"
NATURALLY, in the flying MALL
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
Protection.

ey are repairing the roof
hk."
God idea, forsooth. There's
eep my stuff for a rainy
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

Sinuk Mary is the richest native
woman i'm Alaska and catches her fish
supply.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

mes happens that a foolish
stakes her disagreeable DIS
|r n proud spirit. :
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

In most cases a man seems to think
that his wrongs begin almost .imme-
diately after his wedding rites.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

ne of Quiet.
z-whiskered, unkempt
been wandering about
watching the swarm OK
aged on the Tower OF
and orderly everything
remarked to one OF the
IT," asked the foreman.
larply.
repeated the stranger
nd orderly everything Is
Fything running along
disturbances, everybody
Ehat should be done, at
It time. Such an easy
|e, this
he are you from?'
Why, I just dropped over
rad"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

w. A. Kroll~fn seven years has is
sued 10000 marriage licenses in Wash.
d. G..
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13
khe Itchinu Skins

khe itchIhU SK'Hs
Ira. Battle With Cuticura
t water, dry and apply the
This usually affords RELIEF
to speedy healment. For
| address, "Cuticura, Dept.
At druggists and by mall.
htment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

Courtship has Its romances and mar
rage its presentations.
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|DTE 70
ADA SOIL

reason for the
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ch have made
esidents Of the
is not always
it deserves Is
hat there must
vident. Proba-
1t the n that
that the soil Is
il produce good
? since that the
nd in the most
need not do so
{ it on the soil
from Western
a to Prof. Slew
he State College
Imam, Wash. His
{ further encour-
stern Canada. 1t
this sample and
III In lime, very
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splendid supply
Id is in the best
There is moth
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production, and l
will give splendid
1t under cultiva'
properly worked
lines, as is the
IS the opportunity
fences of farmers
d their incomes
70 in two seasons
tould read as fol
| altogether 100
'rthern wheat froI
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citing Sc bushels
5 bushels per acre
living an account
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DO acres from nor
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$4,000. Two yea
With $500 and a IL
f Western Canat
, of what 1t will
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? enthusiasm for I
DIS Of Western O.
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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-13

For deep sea fishing a tiny submarine
carries the line to any desired depth.
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Eyes Need Care
|Aurine Eve Renc@

le-Just rye Comfort. g cents e
s.wsiI Write for Free Hye Boo
|EYE REMEOY co.. CH4OAGO
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-26
Neu School
Is Working
Bible College On Belmont Avenue is
Attended by Students from Many
Parts Of Country-Was Formerly at
Wahpet0n.

The Lutheran bible school. formerly
situated at Wahpeton, N. D., is now in
full operation in consequence of the
lifting Of the influenza ban, and near
ly sixty students from many parts of
the country are in attendance. This
is said to be the largest enrolment
at the beginning Of a semester in the
schools history.
The students are chiefly from the
northwestern states, but some have
come from as distant points as
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Detroit, Mich.
as we'll as other eastern cities. In
dogmatics. psychology, missionary
history, homiletics, Greek, Norwegian,
English, ETC., and teachers of religion
for the domestic field are educated as
well as missionaries for the stations
maintained by the Lutheran Brethren
in China.
The school also will give a three
year high school course.
Professor E. N. Broen Is president
of the Lutheran bible school, while
Professor L. Lillehei is treasurer of
the institution. Marie Broen and
Alfred Bridston of this city are mem
bers Of the faculty: a fifth instructor,
Miss Berg Of Volga, 8. D., is expected
here soon, havlng been detained at
her home on account of illness.
The school is owned and managed
by the Lutheran Brethren, which or
ganization held it's national conven-
ton in this city last year. The Bethel
congregation of Grand Forks belongs
to this church organization.
The buildings on Belmont avenue
formerly occupied by the Aake1
Business college, were purchased in
September for bible school purposes.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-26
Obtain Orders
Before First
OF December
Those Wishing to Send Money Orders
to Soldiers Are Urged to Obtain
Them Before December 1 to Lessen
Mail Congestion.

In answer to the many inquiries
which have been received at both the
Home Service bureau n the local
postoffice, the following advice, taken
from the Army and Navy Journal, is
given:
The postofice advises those VINO
intend to purchase money orders as
Christmas presents for their friends in
European countries to obtain them by
December /, or as soon thereafter as
convenient. Owing to existing condi-
tons in Europe all mails for that con-
tinent are subject to delay in transit
and the transmission of money orders
is likely to be affected thereby.
For h U. S. expeditionary force in
Europe money orders may be issued
at domestic rates. and on domestic
forms, payable at the U. S. mail
agency in France, or at the branch
assigned to the military unit to which
the payee belongs. In applying for
such money orders, give the office Of
payment as follows: ~. S. Army
Postal Service" The name of the
payee, the regiment and company, or
other organization to which the payee
belongs should follow.
Domestic money orders r issued
and paid on certain battleships and at
the U. S. naval forces branch, London,
which are branches Of the postof1ce
at New York, N. Y.
A person connected with any
branch of the United States military
Or naval forces in France in whatever
capacity is entitled to benefit from
having remittance sen to him by
means of domestic orders.