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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
CHAPTER XIII.

After a march Of Is kilometers we
reached the town of Jametz. Here
everything was offered US by the in
habitants. We were treated with cof-
fee, milk and meat. We went on early
the next morning and in the evening
arrived at Damvillers, where we heard
that we were about five kilometers be-
hind the firing line. The same evening
we advanced to the little village Of
Wavrille, which was our destination.
We took up our quarters in a house
which had been abandoned by its in
habitants. We were attached to the
Ninth reserve division and the next
morning went to our position. Fifteen
of US were assigned to duty with an
infantry company. On the entire line,
as far as we could see, there was no
musketry fire. Only the artillery on
both sides kept up a weak action. We
were not acoustic ned to this quietude
In the trenches, but the men who had
been there for some time told US that
frequently not single shot was fred
for days and that no activity was
shown.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
LOSSES DOWN TO MINIMUM
Warfare Mortality Statistics Should
Give Comfort to Those With
Loved Ones at the Front.

Great as the danger and large as
the losses In the aggregate, the indi-
vidual soldier has plenty of chances
of coming out of the war unscathed,
or at least not badly injured.
Based on the mortality statistics of
the allied armies, a soldiers chances
are as follows:
Twenty-nine chances of coming
home to one chance of being killed.
Forty-nine chances Of recovering
from wounds TO one chance of dying
from them.
One chance in 800 of losing limb.
VIII live five years longer because
of physical training. is freer from dis
ease in the army than in civil life,
and has better medical care at the
front than at home
In other wars from 10 to 10 men
died from disease to one from bullets /;
in this war one man dies from dis
ease to every ten from bullets.
For those of our fighting men who
do not escape scathless, the govern
ment under the soldier and sailor in
surance law gives protection to the
wounded and their dependents and TO
the families and dependents of those
who make the supreme sacrifice for
their country.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
Copyright b. Desoa Ees Press
CHAPTER x-continued.


Night now came, yet no sleep nor
rest was in sight. No one knew how
much farther we would have to retire
before there would be respite. The
unfamiliar surroundings indicated to
US that we were not returning over the
road which we had traversed when, as
victors, we marched to the Marine.
With this and similar thoughts, hour
after hour passed. Some of us ran
along, others actually walked in their
sleep. Our boots were filed with wa
ter, yet we had to keep on. Thus the
night passed.
The next morning troops of the
main army were placed in the rear
guard. They formed long columns
which they opened to let US pass
through, after which they closed
ranks. We gave a sigh of relief, for
we were at last free Of hostile artil-
lery fire. After marching about five
more hours, we Joined a company Of
infantry which fortunately had saved
its field kitchen. 1t was not quite
dark when we reached the village.
Here we were billeted in order to
get as much rest as possible. But we
all knew that we could rest only as
long as the rear guard was able to
keep back the enemy. We were placed
In the village school. Because of the
shortage of provisions we were al
lowed to use our timed supplies, but
none of us had any left. This consist
ed of some meat and bareback. 1t had
long since been eaten up and so we
were compelled TO lie down with our
hunger still unsatisfed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

| large. Most Of the men killed were
shot through the head, the trench pro-
tecting the remainder of their bodies.
Firing increased In intensity as
night fell. Although nothing could be
seen we continued firing all the time
because we thought this would prevent
the enemy from making any attacks.
Through the nights munitions and ma
terial were brought up and new men
arrived. Great quantities of sandbags
were sent us, which were filed and
used as protection against bullets.
The pioneers were relieved toward
morning and gathered In a farmyard
behind the firing line. The farm had
been spared by the cannon, and even
all the stock remained. This booty
was soon to be consumed. Several
hundred soldiers came and wild hunt
ensued for ducks, chickens, geese, pig
cons, etc. About five hundred of these
were caught, after which everybody
began cooking. Not far away so cows
and heifers were seized and turned
over to the field kitchens. Hay and
grain were carried away, even the
strawstacks and barns were torn down
and the lumber used for irewood. In
q few hours a beautiful farm had be-
come a ruin and the proprietor beg
gar. I had seen the owner in the
morning, but he had suddenly disap-
peared with his wife and children, and
nobody knew where he was.
The next night we were sent into
the trenches again. There was little
to do, so we talked with the men who
had REINFORCED us from the interior
Of Germany. They knew absolutely
nothing of our retreat from the Marine
and were astonished when we pictured
to them the events of the last few
days.
The following morning we left the
trench before daybreak and went into
quarters at Cernay-en-Dormois. We
were billeted in the middle of the vii
lage in an abandoned house. Our field
kitchens failed to arrive, so We pre-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
LEMON JUICE
TAKES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
if skin is sunsurned,
tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how freck-
les, sunburn. windburn and tan disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white the
skin becomes. Yesi 1t is harmless
Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
OFFICER WINS HIGH PRAISE
Second Lieut.. John |. Conroy Of the
Marines Highly Commended by
Commanding Officer.

The bulldog tenacity and nerves of
steel which characterized the opera
tions of the United States marines in
their classic capture Of Chateau Thier-
ry and Belleau wood in the second bat
tie of the Marine earned unusual com
mendatlon for Second Lieut.. John l..
Conroy of the marines. The COM
manding officer of his regiment wrote
to the brigade commander that Lieu
tenant Cenroy was conspicuous In
his services to the battalions in line,
carried on his duties at a storm cen
ter of bombardmeDt by enemy high
explosive. shrapnel and gas shells.
Throughout this period he supplied
the troops in line with ammunition, ra-
lions, water and engineer stores with
tireless energy, marked executive abil-
ity. foresight and absolute fearless
ness at all hours of the day and night
He never failed in a crisis and only
bulldog tenacity and nerves of steel
made it possible for him to discharge
his multifarious duties. When enemy
fire exploded an ammunition dump I'M
der his charge his energy and cool
ness confined the damage TO mini
num-"
Lieutenant Conroy's mother. Mrs.
John Conroy, lives at 80 Livingston
street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
cTo BE CONTINUED,
What We Earn.

Few things are impossible to those
who are ready to pay the price Of
labor. No person has right to an
ability which has not been secured by
training. and 1t is certain that such
ability will be imperfect and conducive
to disappointment in its failure If 1t
has not been acquired By hard work
and preparation. There is no royal
road to anything. The things we CO.
vet in others can be ours IL we do what
is necessary to get them-what those
we ~ hive done. through their Ia
Dor was not advertised
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
The Red Cross Flag Had Lost All Its
Value.

pared ourselves a meal Of fowl and
whatever else we discovered. When
ever anyone espied a chicken there
were twenty men racing for it. Toward
evening long provision trains arrived,
as well as fresh troops. They went
to the front in long columns and re-
lieved the exhausted men.
Soon the whole village was crowded
with soldiers. After q rest of two days
the regular nightly pioneer service was
resumed. Every night we were sent
to the front-line trenches TO build wire
obstacles. The French found US out
by the noise required to set up the
posts, so that we had fresh losses
almost every night. We completed the
task of setting up barbed wire entan-
clements In the sector assigned to us
in about fourteen days. During this
period we rested by day. but at night
we went out regularly. But our rest
had many interruptions, for the enemy
artillery bombarded the village regu-
larly. This always happened at GER
tain hours, for instance, in the begin
ming. every noon from twelve to two
o'clock, fifty to eighty shells fell in the
village. Sometimes they were shrap-
mel, sent over by the field artillery. We
soon grew accustomed to this, despite
the fact that soldiers of other detach-
ments were killed or wounded daily.
Once or twice during this noon bonn
Dardment shrapnel shell fell into our
-oorl and burst without doing much
iamage. The room would be filed
IT; dust and smoke, vet no one would
hia.s Of leaving This firing was re-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
Speaking of STRANGE Words.

And. speaking of strange words one
has been appearing lately which al
ways gives US pause because it looks
so queer. We have to stop and pro-
nounce it aloud ere we can proceed
with the news of the day.
The word is ''prewar."
Does one say ''proo-er| Or how?
OF course 1t means ''pre-war," or
''befo' de wah," but it's a mean look
ing, foreign word, when printed with
out the hyphen.-CleveIand Plain
Dea,er.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
CHAPTER XII.

We were once more aroused at
eleven o'clock that night, and with the
utmost haste made ready to resume
our march. The night was pitch dark
and the rain continued. At daybreak
we passed the city of st. Menehould.
This had not been harmed. From here
we turned to the east, closely pressed
by the French and in the afternoon we
reached Observation-Disclosures Once
more we managed to get rest of sew
eral hours. Toward evening we pro-
ceeded again and maintained forced
march through the whole night. We
were now more exhausted than ever,
yet could not halt.
The rain had stopped before ten
o'clock In the morning at which hour
we left the road and made camp.
There was a general sigh of relief, for
this long continued, wearing retreat
had brought our troops into a state
now become uncomfortable. We began
to dig ourselves in. Before our
trenches were even half completed
literal hailstorm of shrapnel fell
among US. Our losses were so great
that 1t became impossible to remain.
We received orders to retire at once.
We marched over the fields until dark,
when we began once more to dig In.
We were now near the village of Ger
nay-en-Dormois. 1t was pitch dark and
heavy fog lay over everything. OF
the enemy we knew nothing. With the
utmost silence and speed we dug our
selves in deeply, stopping frequently
to listen as hostile raiding parties ap-
preached, only to disappear quickly.
Here we received our first re-
endorsements. They arrived in long
columns in the darkness. All were
fresh troops-most of them reserves.
The majority wore blue uniforms. This
as well as the nature of their equip
ment, indicated to us that they had
been hastily fitted out and transported.
None of them had ever heard the
whistle of bullet and many asked
anxiously whether it was dangerous
here. They brought numerous ma
chine guns, and in an instant we had
everything prepared for defense.
At daylight the French began the at
tack. They made several onslaughts
throughout the day but without sue
cess, for our re-enforcements were |
large.
No one realized at this stage of the |
battle that it was the beginning OF
exhausting struggle for po- !
lftions.
We were to fight here from the same |
trench. month after month, without
gaining territory. The wounded, who
lay in No Mans Land between the
trenches, were left to perish.
The French tried to rescue them I'M
der the protection of the Geneva flag,
the emblem of the Red Cross, but we
,nly sneered at them and shor it to
bits. The impulse to shoot down the
Enemy surpassed every human feeling.
Fhe Red Cross flag had lost al its
ralue for us when 1t was raised by the
French. Mistry.t was nurtured afssnng
is. We were tod that the enemy mis-
lsed the flag ard that we must shoot
lown the men that bore 1t.
We repulsed all attacks until they
raduaily ceased We were now able
o fnrtify our position. which we did ]
vftl the greatest care, making it as
trons as possible. Half the men re-
NAMED on guard while the other heif |
eepened and widened the trenches. a {
vely fire was maintained continuous :
i.r hota sides. The losses we Q
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

State of Ohio. City Of Toledo, Lucas
County-ss.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner Of the firm Of F. J. Cheney
e. Co., doing business In the City OF To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid. and that
said firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUN
DRIED DOLLARS for any case OF Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence this 9Th day OF December,
A. D. 1888.
(seaD A. w. Gleason. Notary Public.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is taxi
en- Internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
druggists, 75c. Testimonials free
f. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

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St., Urbana, Ill.
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

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me in a weakened
condition felt at
times that / would
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/ read of Lydia E
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and what it did for
women pa in g
through the Change
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
Natural Act.

"What do you do when you get in
deep water for speeding?"
"Send for a friend to bail me out"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

If people were credited with their
good intentions the recording angel
would need a few more assistants.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

Any kind of success worth having
never arrives Unexpectedly.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

Ownership brings its sense of pride,
no matter what the size Of the scar"
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WOMEN OF
MIDDLE ACE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, During Change of Life
In addition to its annoying symptoms,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13
All Eiaured out.

Jack took great pride in dressing up
in his little soldiers uniform and drill
ing with his air rifle. When his uncle
came home on a furlough, J:H'k,
stretching to his full height with a
serious and important air told him:
Next year I'll be old enough to 81 to
kindergarten, and then the year after
that I'm going to the war"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

Contentment is merely lack of de-
sire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21

up to the door. AMI presently the
long-expected Mr.. DolmHn was in
troduced. Lillian begged him to tell
her at once all he knew about the
lost children. He was small, why
men, and he spoke in quick, shoTi
sentences.
Mr.. Swan introduced me last
night" he said. IL knew that Miss
lara had been driving in the
park"
''Zarag" asked Lillian. who is
she?"
cara is the gypsy girl whom I
told you 1 saw at Dielitz explained
Swan You will remember l said
she was coming to America She
has taken a long time to get here.
She was in New York some weeks
ago, then she vanished, and my men
did not see her again till yester-
day is the park. 1t is she who
stole the children"
'NShe arrived in New York very
early this morning." said Dolman,
land We now know that she has
been with the gypsies encamped at
Helm. She met Valenski at the
hotel where he is staying"
Tell me-" cried Lillian. II am
so anxious. Do you think the chill
dren are in danger? Can We not
go to them at once?"
They are in danger" said Dol
man, seriously, land am. con-
WINGED that We must act al once
or it will be too late"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
Puss inBOOts,
T.
. Iaa. b Int.rnatioa.l Ysaems seryie.. IN.
BY David Cory.

1" HE next morning. after Puss
and the fairies had visited
- the little white house on the
hill, where the new baby
had come to stay. the Fairy Queen
said to him:
would you like to see the fairies
work. And when Puss said he
would, she called a little workman
fairy and told him to take Puss
with him and show him what .
busy place Fairy Land was
"oh, there's lots to do" said the
workman fairy, removing his cap,
and wipinE his forehead with a
piece of spider-web, when he and
Puss were alone. 81 have to shear
the wool OF the young peaches to
spin into winter cloaks for deli
cate fairies. I don't know what
would become of US with another
such winter as the last, and . short
peach crop.
Then, too. I have charge OF the
palace music. Sometimes a Katy
did won't sing, and pretends she
dahlia- Then have to go to DR..
Bee and get him to prescribe red
clover honey for her sore throat
"Or II Madame Katydid doesn't
have a cold, Seignor Bullfrog, who
sings bass, gets sulky and wants
more salary, and then,I must catch
flies for his supper before he will
open his mouth. Dear me! You've
no idea what troubles / have!" and
the little workman fairly scratched
his head and looked quite sad
"Cheer up" said Puss, am sure
the Fairy Queen considers you
wonderful manager"
Wen. this made the fairy work.
man feel lots better. Would you
care to see the pixies polishing
their lamps7" he asked, and as PusS
wanted to see everything in fairy
land. he answered yes, and so would
you. I'm sure.
"There." he said, pointing to a
crevice in the rock, "is where the
pixies keep their lamps In the day
time. They are busy now, trimming
and filing them
So Puss peeped In. There stood
hundreds OF little folk each at work
with a bronze lamp, the smallest
ever seen. They trimmed the cob
web wicks and filled them with
llQulu sheet liz hAhAhSB anu hlAo
they worked they sighed and sang
and were in great glee about the
pranks which they were to play
when night should come down over
the earth.
And when Puss grew. tired OF
watching these funny little folk
the workmen fairy pointed to the
meadow. where hundreds of fairies
werr caring for the wild flowers.
stT' ing tho roots out, downward
ant sideways through the earth.
away from the hot sun. Gracious
me-" exclaimed Fuss "what busy
pecp!e fairies arerr And in the next
story you shall hear what happened
after that,
Copyright. 1918. David Cory)
To BE Continued
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Her Ideal Man.
DEAR MSS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-one and have new
er had any men friends. I have .
girl friend who would ike me to
meet a friend OF her fiance, and
] am frankly shaky about IL. as
she wants me to become acquaint-
ed with him through the mail.
He has met many girls, but none
whom he could care for, his type
being a quiet girl She thinks
that we would get along we'll to-
gether. He is a good church boy
and is very kind to his mother,
and 1 regard those qualities as
making an ideal man. Do you
advise me to continue this? 1
have not written to him yet. or to
break II off entirely?
ANXIOUS.
do not see why you have to be-
come acquainted with this young
man through correspondence. Why
doesn't your girl friend have her
fiance bring him to the house, and
you could all become acquainted in
a regular manner7 AS long as he
represents your ideal in manhood,
l think it worth making an effort
TO meet him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
CHAPTER CXXXTv.
The Reseue of the ChIIdren,


ain great danger-too late"
faltered Lillian. What do you
fear for the poor children3 And
how do you propose that we should
act?"
81 got to work last night" said
Dolman. evading the direct ques-
lions, ''as soon as l received my
instructions from Mr.. Swan. Luckily
we knew that this gypsy Eurl
cara, had been driving near the
square. and that il was possib!e--or
rather, probable-that it was she
who abducted the children. So we
had q clue to work upon. We kept
a watch upon Valenski-Count Won
Schonheim. as he calls himself
knowing that cara was certain to
communicate with him. Perhaps.
however, she had already done so
before we started our investiga.
ton, for the Count went to a thea
ter that night and afterward to
a supper party. lie did not see
lara or any one connected with the
gypsies. He goes about in society
"nen ne Is mere, ana poses as one
of the oldest aristocratic families
in Austria.
This morning early, however.
Valenski went out. and ] followed
him from place to place. He drove
in the same closed carriage which
cara had used the day before. He
visited various shops, mostly
chemists and druggists. and made
sundry purchases. Toward /
o'clock he called at a certain rather
smart private hotel and picked up
lara. She entered the carriage with
him and he gave the address of
the house where We know he car
ries on his evil business.
Ito Be Continued Monday
Copyrighted, W. R Hearst
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
A Difference in Ages.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l am nineteen and have been
adopted by a wealthy family who
have shown the greatest love for
me. a good friend OF theirs Is
madly in love with me, and asks
me to marry him. Do you think 1
could ever learn to love him, as
he is sixty-five? He is lively and
a good dancer. He dresses very
loud" which shows he doesn't
believe in his age. RUTH.
think II would be the greatest
mistake for a girl OF nineteen to
marry a man of siXty-five, espe-
cially as you do not seem to love
him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
A Soldiers Letter.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am in the army, and in love
with a young lady OF my own age
twenty-five. Though the &C
Quaintance Is short, only a few
months, I have asked her to mar
~ me. She thinks favorably OF
this. her only objection being
something unhappy in her past,
although nothing could discour-
age my love for her. BUD.
As the young lady has been en-
tirely honest and frank with you,
and you both seem to care deeply
for each other. ] can see no OBJ
stacle in the way OF your mar
rage
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-21
The Harvest Noon.

THE September moon is at its full phase and should
therefore be called the Harvest Moon of 1918, that
name being given to the full which occurs nearest
40 fine Autumn Equinox-September 23-and so rises for
several nights near the hour The next following
fun moon is the Hunters Moon.