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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
IN The TRENCHES
Lieut.. L. G. Andrews Writes of First
Experiences in the Front Line
Trenches Northwest of Toul-They
Know the Sound of Shell Headed
Their Way.
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH THE
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
April 20, 1918.
Dear Mother

pm ~, 4OAC.
Dear Mother:
We are in rest billets just at pres
ent, where l have little bit of leis-
ure time to write, and since it has
been so long now since we first "went
into the line,", am going to tell you
where we first went in, and try and
give you some of my first impress
sions and experiences in trench life.
We went in first on the Lorraine
front in the sector northwest of Toul.
The trenches were in very bad con-
dition, and although I had been told
what to expect, 1 felt rather sick
when l contrasted them with the
English trenches I had been in last
| November. Their poor condition not
only added discomfort, but increased
work to improve them and keep them
tenable.
The trenches in any sector never
look quite like you expect them to
| They are never the same in any two
sectors, because they have to be
adapted to the nature of the grounc
in that particular place, and to the
manner in which the Germans hole
their line. One is never thoroughly
familiar with his sector until he has
patroled No Mans Land and the en-
envy trenches in front of it.
Patroling, by the way, is the mos
fascinating part of the war game
To steal out across No Mans Lane
at night and reconnoiter the enemy''
wire, or surprise one of his patrols
or try and locate his machine-gul
emplacements without first having
them locate you-requires all tn,
skill and ingenuity you are possessed
of. Of course, you never go alone
your party varies from three to ten
or even larger, depending upon tn
purpose of the patrol. It may seen
strange, but I am not exaggeratins
when l say that l do not have an,
worries about whether l am going t.
be knocked out" or not; and I dom
believe any officer does have In tn
first place, you are expecting some
thing to happen, and in the secon,
an officer with the responsibility o
a platoon of 40 or SO men to thin
about, has little time to think abou
anything else.
I have a very distinct impression
of the first dead American I saw i
the trenches. He had just been hi
in the head by piece of shrapne.
l met the hospital men with him in
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
EIGHTY MORE
Fulton County Sends Eighty Of Her
Boys to Camp Taylor = Citizens
From All Parts. of the County
Gather to Bid the Boys God-speed
Big Patriotic Demonstration.

A crowd of people conservatively
estimated at 5000 filed Fulton street
and the grounds about the New York
Central passenger station last Tues
day morning to give the eighty Sc
lected men who were called to the
military service proper send-off,
and let them know that the hearts of
the folks they are leaving back home
are with them.
Hundreds of automobiles were
parked in every available bit of space
on the streets in the center of town.
Three bands and the Boy Scouts Drum
and Bugle Corps furnished the mu-
sic for the occasion. Archbold sent
it's band; Brothers Band of York Cen
ter Arbor, A. o. 0. G., and band
under the leadership of George Turn
bull were distributed in different
places in the long column, which was
marshaled by W. 3. Harris, president
of the Wauseon Boosters Club. Short
ly after o'clock the boys who were
| leaving were grouped on the court
house steps and M. J. Dangier photo
graphed another group of Fulton's
finest and best.
The column was formed on South
Fulton street with the Wauseor
troop Boy Scouts, acting as escorts
leading; next came the old veteran
soldiers, and next the new soldiers
with friends following and young la
dies of the town with flags, acting
as file closers. The local military
board, citizens and business men
with the entire force of the Superior
Iron and Manufacturing Co., eacl
man bearing a flag, made up the bal
ance of the long column in which th'
bands held various places. The hn'
of march was north on Fulton to De
pot, then west on Depot to the N. Y
G. R'y station.
Mr.. F. S. Ham gave stirring pa
triotic address in which he impresse,
upon the men who were leaving tina
they had been called to participat
in the greatest moral movement i
the history of civilization. Band
played, farewells were said, and tn
train pulled out of the station, bear
ing this later contingency to repre-
sent the county in the great worl
struggle for human rights and free
dom.
For these and all who have pre-
| ceded them, or shall follow them, W
shall work and pray until the Victor
for Democracy is won4
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
FROM MCKINLEY ROBINSON
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH THE
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

April 25, 1918.
Dear Mother and John:
At last I have time to answer your
kind and welcome letter. You see,
we have been on the move for the
last three weeks and l have not had
time to answer. Your letter found me
we'll and enjoying the best of health,
and so are the other boys; that is,
Furney and Garret We had word
from Beebe, he is getting along fine;
he is expecting to be back in his com
pany before long. He certainly had
tough time of it. thought he was
going to save the Boche the trouble
of killing him, but he is all right
now; tell Mrs. Beebe that she need
not worry.
Say, mother, 7 have not received
those papers yet, but / am expecting
them any day. 1 wish you would
send them to me regularly and also
write as often as you can. Tell John
to say something, too; tell him not
to think that l have forgotten him,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
OBSERVATIONS
ObOEhN AllONO
Made in Ten Days Travel Through
Counties Of Fulton, Williams, De-
fance, Paulding, Van Vert, AL
len, Hancock, Putnam, and
Henry

Most notable was lessened acreage
planted to corn (estimate in some
neighborhoods two-thirds of normal)
with corresponding increase in acre
age of oats and barley.
Two reasons are given for this
difficulty Of getting good seed corn,
and prospect Of growing and har-
vesting oat and barley crop with less
man power.
Two weeks of warm weather and
frequent showers have given corn a
grand start. Meadows Especially
the clover) never looked better at
this season Of the year.
Wheat doing fine, but cannot make
up for loss sustained by dry winds
last Of March and first Of April.
Apple trees bloomed profusely and
fsuit setting fairly well. Because Of
severe winter, peach trees showing
bat few leaves, many of them moi
any. Very light cherry crop for the
came reason. Average farmer toe
busy to spray for fruit, and as result
many orchards are being denuded by
banker worms.
G. H. WAID,
NAV Is. 1918. Wauseon. Ohio.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
LEAGUE of AMERICAN PATRIOTS
of
FULTON COUNTY, OHIO
CONSTITUTION
Article I

CONSTITUTION
Article /.
The name of this organization
Name shall be League of American
Patriots Of Fulton County,
Ohio.
Article III.
The object of this League shall be
to act in connection with and
Under the direction of the
Object American Protective League
in carrying out the purposes
and aims of that organization.
Article Ill.
All American citizens, resident in
Fulton County, Ohio, are eligible to
membership in this League upon
taking the oath of the
Members A m Protective
League, under such rules
and regulations as may hereinafter
be prescribed and the payment of a
membership fee of $1.00.
Article ~.
The officers of this League shall
be a President, two Vice Presidents,
Secretary, Treasurer, and an Execu-
tive Committee of five members, two
of whom shall be the President and
Secretary.
Officers shall be elected for one
year.
The duties of the officers
Officers shall be such as usually
pertain to such officers and
such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Bylaws
The Executive Committee shall ap-
point, with the approval of the
League, such committees as may
from time to time be deemed neces.
sary.
Article V.
This Constitution may be
amended by a two-thirds
Amend vote of members present al
ments any meeting, constituting 6
quorum; ten days notice Of
proposed amendment having
been previously given.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
COUNTY BUSINESS
Cases in the Probate COurt-Marriage
Licenses-Real Estate Transfers
Orders Drawn on Treasury-New
Cases in Common Pleas Court.
Warrants Issued

Warrants Issued
H. A. Krause, meats, Infirmary.$15.1 II
Ben Stoner, labor, road imp.
NO. 0U o.UU
Grover Lebar, same ......... 1900
Silas Hartman, same ........ 900
VIM. CARING, same ......... 4.50
G.. L. Whaley, same ........ 800
c. R. Shade, pay roll, road re-
pair .25S.25
Frank Kigar, labor, Gorham
Ditch 1853 22.OO.
Fulton Co. Tribune, supplies,
offices and infrmary ...... 1858
P. H. Bayes, assessor, Wauseon $3.50
Sol Laver, assessor, Pike. $50. 30.40
E. c. Beatty, assessor, Ches-
terfeld 41.3O
E. l.. Sindel, assessor, Delta. 53.40
j. E. Turney, services, janitor,
Teachers exam. ........... LOG
W. S. Kline, assessor, Swanton 1916
Sam D. Nofziger, assessor, Ger
man ............... 51.5O
Treas. of State, support in
mates, Inst. Feeble Minded. .217.86
S. M. Oden, assessor, Dover. $500
August Becker, sec. 2, Dover
Chesterfield Ditch .233.35
Same, sec. l, same ...- .167 90
H. C. Wales, assessor, Swan
Creek 78.40
Real Estate Transfers
Arthur S. Cleghorn to Francis
M. Cleghorn, 35 acres, sec 20,
and 35 acres sec. 21, Royalton$ 1
Chas. W. Cox to Welcome A. and
Bertha A. Patterson, "a acres,
sec. IA, Royalton ....... 1850
James E. Bradley to Alice A
Murray. 80 acres, sec. IA, Swan
Oreek
Louisa L. Swartz to David A.
Snyder, 10 acres, sec. 13,
L OrK L
Luther Shade to Harvey B. and
Myrtle M. Brown, lot 113, New
cofer's add, Wauseon ..... 1
VIM. B. Crockett to Harley and
Dora Wotring, part lot SO, Met
amora l
VIM. S. DeVries. farmer, Coopers-
vile, Mich, and Rose Buehrer, Arch
bold.
Marion T. Cateley, "a, clerk, Delta,
and Bertha L. Mohler, II, Delta.
Aubrey D. Dewey, 21, laborer, Ly-
ons, and Leone A. Lewis, 18, Lyons.
Chas. Wing Jr., %, egg buyer,
Delta, and Opal T. liable, 10, Delta.
Roy W. Snow, 21, farmer, Fayette,
and Ida L. Brehm, 20, Fayette.
Probate Court
Guardianship of Chas. A. Edison.
Continued on page 10)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
Adopted May 16, 1918.
FORM OF OATH

l,..... ....,.... do Solemnly
swear (or affirm) that l will support
and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies
foreign and domestic; that will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same;
that take this obligation freely
without any mental reservation OF
purpose of evasion; and l will well
and faithfully discharge the duties Of
Volunteer in the League of Ameri-
can Patriots of Fulton County, Ohio
so help me God.
(SiQnature)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
POsTPONEMENT

The Tom Thumb Wedding sched-
uled for Tuesday evening of this
week has been postponed on account
Of the High School Class play, to
Friday, June z, at the Christian
church.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

A quorum shall consist of one
third of the members in good stand
ing, providing the membership shall
not exceed 300. If the membership
exceeds 300, the quorum shall con-
sist of 100 members in good stand
ing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31

(Signature)
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-31
u H. " INNEgT
May rs, 1918. WauseOn, Ohio.

A Mi-o-na stomach tablet taken af-
ter meals will prevent any distress
OF uncomfortable feeling, Guaran-
teed by Read & Wager.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
Trinity M. E. Church.

Rev. Ernest Graham Guthrie re- ccntly returned from seven months association with the American Field Service in France, will speak upon "A Day at the Front in the South church chapel today at the annual meeting of the New Britain MICAH Auxiliary. The meeting is at 4:3O Mr. Guthrie's address will begin at 500.
 The All-day Red Cross sewing meeting will be omitted this week because of Good Friday. Next week the meeting will be held in St. Mark s church.
 There will be a Sunrise service in charge of the Christian Endeavor at the First Baptist church Easter morning at TOO o'clock, to which all the members of the New Britain Christian EndeaVor Union are invited.
 The usual union Good Friday serv- ice this year is to take the form of a communion service at the Center church. It is to be hoped that our church will be we'll represented
 There is a drive among the lbrar- ies of the country for books for our boys at the front. II is of great inn portance that all boys should be supplied with the best reading ma terial.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
St, Mary'S Church.

Holy week will be observed at St. Mary's church this week with 8 mass on Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. Special com munion service will be held on the above days at 7 o'clock. Tn addition to the solemn high mass at o'clock Thursday morning. there will be the reading of the passion, and a process sion of the sacrament. Special music will be rendered on Easter Sunday
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
IniyCrSaliSt Church.

The lecture on the life of Abraham Lincoln at the Universa1ist church. drew large audience last evening, and proved to be of exceptional in terest. Next Sunday evening the subject of the illustrated lecture will be Splendid Failures and will be especially appropriate to Easter. The music next Sunday evening will also be an especial feature of the service, and will consist of anthems, solos, and selections by one of Hartford's s leading cello players.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
South Congregational Church.

Appointments for the Week:---
 Sunday-9;30, Boys division, Phil athea class; 10:45, morning worship; 12:10, church school, mems Sunday club: 800. Italian school, 400, Ital- ian worship; 4:3O, vespers, 6:O0, As ryrian worship.
 Wednesday-3:OO Woman's Foreign Missionary society.
 Thursday-7:30, church night de- votions, Red Cross and surgical dressings work.
 F'riday-9:30, all-day work for Red Cross.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
SENATE ADOPTS REPORT.

Washington, March 25.-The con- feree reports on the $1,150, 0,oO0,0 900 argent deficiency bill including riders authorizing sale of alien enemy prop srty in this country and for purchase by the government of German wharves and docks at Hoboken, N. J.. was adopted today by the senate, 60 to l and sent to the house.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
DRIVE ON SEN. HUMBERT.

Paris, March 25.-Gen. Dubail, the military governor of Paris has asked he French senate to authorize fur .her prosecution of Senator Humbert, former owner of La Journal, on charges of fraud and speculation in connection with his mission to the Cnited States in 1914 to purchase ar- icles for the army.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25
CHURCH
 
n91tegationaI Church.

R1tegatlonal Church.
 k80 D. m., annual meet
 Britain McAll AuxiI-
 Eh church chapel. At
 ev. Ernest Graham
 returned from seven
 on with the Ameri- e in France, will
 Day at the Front"
 Ap. m., Armenian
 DSS 400 D. m., La
 :; 400 p. m.,
 les~6e; 7:3O to 9:3o, Twice. We are working es and surgical dressings. 200 D. m., Girl Scouts; Troop 4, Boy Scouts. All heeting for the Red Cross ted on Good Friday ana Atil further notice will be Marks parish house.
 ssay.-Easter service next special sermon; subject, Id Victory" Special music 6e direction of MT. Hart An kity is given for baptism of at this service.
 Anere Twill be a Sunrise service m chargA of the Christian Endeavor sat the FfTst Baptist church Easter morning at\ zoo o'clock to which all the membefs of the New Britain Christian Endeavor Union are invited. Our Easter service of religious mu- sic will take place next Sunday after noon at 4:30s The program will con- sst of vocal N0nd instrumental selec- tions appropriateS to this season of the year. The public is cordially invited to come and enjoy this musical uplift.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Native eggs, 45c doz., Russell Bros .advt.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Native eggs, 45c doz., Russell Bros -adyt.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-25

Bates, as cbnf1
 @odHced by] Rep
 #onnecticut, whicH
 Pported favorably in
 bmmittee on coinage 9M
 easures to the houA fNelf 1Ie re #ort is by Representative Goodail Of Elaine. Colonel Tilson hopes for fa- @brable action on the measure soon,
 hiCh proposes to establish a com #bission on screw thread standardiza-
 on. There was some opposition in
 he committee to this proposition $ pon the ground that this was an- Ether commission, of which some Nlembers of congress believe there are < oW too many. but it was pointed out #hat the proposed commission would < lost the government nothing. The re-
 ort on the bill is in part as follows:
 "The bill was presented and urged, ' ot only as d matter of importance to 5 he metal industries, the army and Navy included, but also as an urgent 7 var measure"
 Representatives of the war and
 Davy department, the bureau of stan a,-IS nf
 cal and aUtomotive engineers, as well Els practical manufacturers were heard by the committee in favor of < he bill. The report says that "all @l agreed that the appointment of such #l commission as is provided for in the
 bill is the most practicable, if not the @Dnly way to bring about uniformity #n the standards for screw threads, Especially in the matter of toleranccs.
 "It appeared that in assembling the
 keveral parts of arms, ammunition Mhnd other articles made of metal, Mgreat difficulty and loss are often en- McounterCd when different parts are aAhnade in different factories; and that #these may largely be obviated by the
 adoption and requirement of proper
 Standards.
 "The need of proper standards of @tolerances for screw threads was E @spccia1ly urged upon the committee,
 lt wa: shown that no such standards s hna-e hocn generally adopted or used K ti,. ,lfte perfection Of fit is never pos x sth-r An allowance is always neces-
 sarg and this is called the tolerance $ Peri ttiOn of fit is represented by a x i.nr rn the blueprint. What is the @Dr~Ner tolerance in each case, and { sow much it should be allowed above @ lhe line. and how much below it?
 '"These are important questions af- < fecting quantity and quality of pro- duction. It is, therefore, necessary to < establish different standards of toler- ances for different kinds of work "The commission provided for will ascertain and establish proper stan dards to be used in all work done by and for the war and navy depart ments. and which will be promul- gated for use by the public. Tt will be noted that no penalty is provided for not conforming to the < standards established, except that the standards thus established will be prescribed for government work. X is believed that no other penalty vii be necessary to cause the genera E adoption of such standards as may s be thus established.
 Tt makes little difference to thu manufacturer what standard is used but it is of the greatest importance that the standard used be certain ant uniform with the standard used b. them.
 "The commission is to serve with
 out compensation, except the com
 pensation already provided for D!
 law for the director of the bureau O
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Best Legal Talent in
N. M. to Fight Hearst

SANTE FE, N. NJ, Aug. 3.-The most
distinguished members Of the New
Mexico bar nave volunteered to con-
duct the defence for Governor Lindsey
and the New Mexico Council of De-
fence in the suit which Hearst has filed
to restrain the defendants from driv-
ing Hearst publications out of the
State Of New Mexico.
The defence will be conducted by At
torney General Patton and his staff,
assisted by volunteer counsel, which
includes a former United States SEN
ator, two former Attorneys General,
the president Of the New Mexico Bar
Association, several of the best lawyers
in the Southwest and former justice
of the Supreme Court.
Motion for restraining order was
denied by Judge Colin Neblett, presd-
ing in the United States District Court.
This order was based on what the
Hearst forces described as perncious
activity by certain Of the defendants
in circulating anti-Hearst buttons,
which hundreds OF the citizens of
Santa Fe are now wearing.
Next Thursday is the day set for a
hearing on the order to show cause
why temporary injunction should not
be issued.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
Otto kafka Facing
lnternment as Foe
Austrian Reservist Held for
Final Decision Of u. S.
Authorities

Otto Kafka, of 4oe West End Ave
nue., who was president of the Vulcan
Steel Products Company. of AZ Broad
way. was brought to the Enemy Alien
Bureau yesterday by agents OF the
naval intelligence service and after an
examination by Captain Roger B. Hull
was recommended for internment.
II was learned that he was suspected
Oh tradlng with the enemy and that his
cable privileges had been withdrawn
10 the adidavits made by citizens. he
said tha. "Wilson sold out the Ameri-
can people and that the country was
only IN the war for commercial pur-
poses"
tie Is captain reservist in the Aus
trlan army and has brother who at
present is military judge in Vienna.
fendlng action on the Recommendation
that he be interned he is being held in
the Raymond Street Jail.
Mrs. Lilly Karzweski Of 400 Poland
Avenue, Jersey City, whose husband,
Joseph was sent to the Essex County
Jail for ten days last week for failure
to register, was brought to the Enemy
Alien Bureau yesterday and asked to
explain why she had not registered.
Perry Armstrong. assistant examiner
OF the bureau, sent her to the Waverly
House pending an investigation when
she was unable to give any excuse for
ignoring the law. She is the first
woman brought to the bureau for fail
ing to register.
Five Of the six Hungarians arrested
by agents of the Department of Justice
last week in a raid on the local head
quarters of the I. w. w. were ordered
interned yesterday by Mr.. Armstrong
They are David Neuman, Julius Pastel
yak, Joseph Macy, Louis Goldberger
and Louis Fischbein.
so incoherent and acted so oueerlv
during his examination that he was
sent to Bellevue for mental examina-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
|. w. w. Were "Cun Shy"
Witness Admits Only 800 An
swered California Cali

CHICAGO. Aug. 3.-Jsmes Elliott, of
Los Angeles, defendant, today CON
cluded his testimony in the trial Of
101 l. W. w. officials charged with
conspiracy and sedition. He said the
war made no difference in the carrying
out of the l. W. w. programme by the
leaders. In the summer of 1917 al the
members of the organization in the vi
cinity were working on ranches near
Fresno, Cal. and there were no labor
troubles of any kind.
On cross-examination the witness
admitted having written number Of
radical articles for I. w. ". publica-
tons, and said he favored the calling
Of general strike in the Northwest
about the time this country entered
the war. The object of the proposed
strike. he said, was to obtain the re-
lease from Jail of large number of
|. w. W. members. Elliott admitted
having issued call for 5000 l. w. W
members to come TO California TO put
q stop to the arrest of members Of the
organization. Only 800 responded, the
witness said.
Pietro Nigra, Spring Valley. H.. an
other defendant, testified in regard to
his activities as an l. w. w organizer
among the coal miners of the Middle
West