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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1918


A letter in the editors mail ssned
Subscribe" are too young 10 ri
letters from "Old Subscriber"-asks
tartly if we are aware that there an
other kinds of soldiers in this army Be-
sides doughboys. Answer: We are not.
AS we read the definition in the diction-
airy known as General Usage" dough.
boy is an American soldier--any Amer
lean soldier.
More and more, in the training camps
and in the trenches, over there and ova
here, the name "doughboy" is attaching
itself to every living man who wears
the olive drab. Time was when it was
applied only to enlisted infantrymen
Time was when there was suggestion
of good-natured derision in it. But d
late, with the original doughboys in the
very vanguard of the A.E.F., the name
appears insensibly to have taken on !
new accent of respect. Infantrymen and
artillerymen, medical department boys
and signal corps sharks, officers and men
alike, all of them are called doughboy
and some of them are rather proud Of
it. Our Observation-Disclosures though
he isis a doughboy. So is General
Pershing. So are we all Ct us.
If "Subscriber" does not like the
name he need not cancel his subscrip-
ton, because, after all, it was no doing
of ours. If a better name-"Y ann,
perhaps-gets into circulation, we shall
use it. If, on the other hand, dough
boy should, in time, become the univef.
sal name for the American soldier, We
cannot claim to have invented it.
We have only one claim to fame. It
is this. Never, so help US, have We
nauseated and unnerved doughboy ~
calling him a Sammie.
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TO HELL WITH THEM

"Force," said President Wilson at the
close of his tremendous and clarion
speech at Baltimore, "force to the w
most, force without stint or limit, rgnt
eous and triumphant force, which shah
make the Right the law of the world ana
cast every selfish dominion down m
dust"
There is no other argument the Ger
mans understand. The nation thai
started this war by tearing up treaty
thereby rose against the world as an en-
envy with whom the world would nevu
be able to treat You can no more de
bate with a Boche than you can deDap
with a bull OF a burglar. The Germans
can never give their word now becaus
they broke it long ago. They cann0
pledge their national honor because
they have shown once more in dealing
with Russia-they have no nataona
honor.
"My word is as good as my bond
said shady character in an old muss
cal comedy. ~ tink choost about" sas
comedian replied. The Germans az
like that They have become peope
who cannot even make a promise z
cause a solemn promise from the as
perial German Government is negcnsos
for even less than a German marx =
the markets of the world,
1t was apparent in 1914, and y :
doubly apparent now, that the Germsp
are people with whom it is impossD',
to confer and settle this matter out =
court. There is really only one sac,
factory thing to do with German, -
that is to kill him. We must kun
great many Our job is long and ns1''
but it is as plain as a pikestaff.
We have got to take the German a.s1
and knock it into Kingdom Come. ~ <.
we need no better battlecry than =
warwhoop of the great Kentuckian.
"To HE'LL" said Colonel Waters!
"to He'll with the Hohenzollerns ana =
Hapsburgs."
They are on their way.
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OF dlslnfectant to say the least. Besides,
-le was young, and doctors all believe
that the young should be sat upon.
Nevertheless, they began experiment.
ing on large scale with the body louise.
To be sure that they would get no body
lice which had been already inoculated
with feve1uma tye1achium Cor whatever
the nickname for it may be), they sent
to England for some body lice of pure
breed that had not yet been called upon
for overseas service in the ranks. After
long search-to be fair to old England
they succeeded in finding a few lice
which had not only not had trench fever,
but which had been hitherto unexposed
to mumps, whooping cough, measles,
trench feet, chilblains, grip, or house
maids knee.
These uninoculated, chemically pure
lice they brought back in a tin box to the
hospital in France. After they had been
rested up from their voyage across, the
doctors began feeding the little darlings,
one at time, on men who were inocu
lated with trench fever. Then they let
them jump to men who had not been in
oculated. Result: The second bunch of
men promptly got the trench fever.
Getting the Goods on Him
This would have been conclusive proof
of the louse's guilt, for anybody but doc
tors. Not so with them; they like to
give their patients run for their
money, so they let the louise vamp on I'M
til there was no possible doubt in the
minds of any Of them that the louise was
the runner, the agent de Haison, or what
ever you want to call him, who spreads
the disease from command to command.
They therefore got together, and pro-
nounced sentence upon the louise in a
body, without single dissenting VOTE
The louise, like Turk, hates baths.
The louise, like Bulgarian, hates steam
laundries. He hates soap as the devil
hates holy water. Therefore, the doc
tors and the men Of the Sanitary Corps
and the company commanders and every
body concerned are going after the louise
by first going after the men with baths,
and steam faundries, and soap, with a
new zeal. At frequent intervals along
the front "delousing stations" are to be
set up, and there all men capturing lice
will be directed to report with their
prisoners for examination and detention
until the lice are all thoroughly disem-
barked.
Several packs Of blooded louise hounds
are to be brought over from England
to join in the hue and cry. Louise hunt
ing in the open, back of the lines, both
on horse and afoot, promises to become
one of the great sports of !, the spring
during the rest periods. The cry has
gone forth: mo peace with louseoc,
racy!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
TO A NURSE

Well, Miss Blank, you have now in the
ward under your management a no &C.
count bugler. Amt he the funniest
looking gink y'ever saw, with his close
cropped hair, pug nose, and those two
big worries? And after I've gone you'll
breathe lots easier and thank the Yump-
ing Jupiter that you're relieved Of that
Calamity. And you'll forget all about
me after this here war is over and we
all return home and get used to Broad
way and civilization again. You'll never
think OF me again. And if you did, it
would only be as gawky looking youth.
And you'd never mention it to your
friends.
Buff by chance, although it is not
hkely-i rise to prominence, and get to
be general, or millionaire, or q car
toonist, or commit murder, or some
thing like that, you'll tell everybody YOU
know about it, and how was In YOUR
care at hospital in France, and you
won't think Of me as homely, good for
nothing ignuts, but as Brave Dough-
boy who Risked His Young Life for His
Country. Then you'll remember me. as
the soprano says.
Well. nurse, it's not probable, so I
guess I'd better quit raving and oblige,
Yours nov
The kid who had the murnps.
A second lieutenant at rest camp
writes that he's darned near hero.
Sure, we get him. Down where the bill
lets are the thickest. F. p. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

TT USED to be the engineer who was
always to blame for the wreck.

TT USED to be the engineer who was
always to blame for the wreck.
Now it's the louise.
Yes, the louise! The humble, inoffend-
ing shirt-bound, the cootie, the flannel
buzzard the only backbiter in the army
that gets away with 1.-THE loise, who
is so fond Of man that he spenus all his
time trying to get next to him. The
louise is the goat-or worse. Long So
cial outcast, he is now about to be iso-
lated and interned for the duration of
the war.
Exhaustive and painful researches,
conducted by the combined committee of
investigators from the American and
British expeditionary forces, have, SO
to speak, PINNED the bug" on the louise
yes, the louise! Of you don't like to
hear us say "louse," Geraldine, then go
somewhere where you can't hear us say
"louse," for we've got to say "louse" in
order to tell this lousy story.) Said in
stigators-medicos all-declare that
the louise, and none other than the louise,
is the communication of the pet disease
of the exclusive Western front-namely,
trench fever. Therefore, the louise, one
of the most precious heirlooms of the
army, has got to go.
No Chance to Wriggie Out
He's been spotted, has the louse-from
the way he spotted his victims. He was
given every chance in the world to prove
k,,% 1>o
twisted and wriggled so much on the wit
ness stand, under the cross-examination
of high powered microscope, that he lit
orally hanged himself. The fact that he
took the stand in his own defence didn't
help him bit with the jury. The jury
was composed exclusively of doctors. No
wonder its verdict was cruel.
It's long story, this story about the
louise. It starts out with the British
American Committee, headed by Major
Richard P. Strong, U. S. M. R. c., gath
cred together in solemn conclave to use up
part Of the 100000 fund set aside by
the American Red Cross for research
work. They decided, right off the bat,
that the thing that needed research the
most-in the medical line, that is-was
the malady known as trench fever.
They started to work in British hos
pital in France. What they had to work
on consisted of one officer and seventy
two enlisted men Of the A. E. F., who
volunteered as experimentation subjects.
From them, and the things they did to
them, they CLEANED the information that
not only is trench fever carried by com
plete incubation, but it is transmitted
in the serum of the blood.
! Shrspnel?-Guess Again
So far, 80 good. Now, what takes
blood out Of man, and gives it to an
other? That was q po>er for while.
Somebody guessed shrapnal somebody
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
"WELL I'll b."
MUSTACHE COMES WITH BARS

COMEWHERE in France, they're all
- here-or they will be.
Private Bill Jones, late customs
inspector at San Francisco, walked into
depot quartermaster's office, a copy OF
Paragraph -, SO. =, in his hand. 1t
was evening and only major and a
captain were present.
what do you want?" asked the cap-
tain.
Transportation, SIR" replied Private
Jones, putting forth his best salute,
"this order says I've got to 60"
"Well, I'll be-" said the captain.
interrupting, "This is the last place I
expected to see YOU"
"Well, for the Iowa Mikew exclaimed
Private Jones. "I'd "a known you in
minute if it wasn't for that mustache
and the-a-shoulder bars"
The captain used to be in the immigra
ton department in San Francisco and
he and Private Jones used to work to-
gether.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
FASTER AND FASTER

The cables tell us that Amer.
troops are sailing for France IN -.
bers far exceeding the Governnae..i
fondest expectations. Hardened ~
and equipped, they are setting fora 8
thrice the recent rate for hattls. II
three thousand miles from homo
ter much fitting and straining ana
kering, the great American war e
Is moving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

bodys word for anything, and they
make no exception even with those men,
bers of their profession who occasionally
dig up something original. AS in this
case their brother had dug up only such
an unoriginal thing as louise, they were
disposed to take his advice with a grain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

face,'' he remarked, in conclusion, look
ing squarely at the chairman of the COM
mittee.
Experiments Are Begun
But the committee, being composed ex-
clusively of medicos, refused to take his
word for it. Doctors never take any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

that the Germans take particular de-
light in Smelling. Near the crossroads
there is dugout. Men working near by
live there. Just at supper time on re-
cent evening the Boche began Smelling
the road. The men we're in the dugout.
They heard a shell coming. Then it ar
rived. It came straight through the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
AS WE KNOW THEM
THE MAJOR

He's crushed between the below
He's half of each neither show
He leads the whole battalion shrk
At dril-but, then, the Adutant paper work!
He has post, halfway post, up the fghtn line
Where shot shell
Make round his and all dav
So much so that has a hit the hav
he up and bothers sentre in the
he puts through
He's fussy bout the challenging general hob
To try and kid the Colonel holding down his iob
He holds it stayin' with us vet
And bossin this here village; whatye say? martinez?
On, wouldn't call butts still I'd call him
At that somebody's got to be- if be licked!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

door, and went smack through the soup
kettle.
Nobody hurt, but, hell, look at the
soup" was the report of the sergeant
few minutes later.
That's one boy that certainly came
in without knocking" he added as he
surveyed the soup-sodden floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
FRANCE CHICKERING'S
s'.Pt.

- day in -.
a'.Quite a little rain here and here
abouts last week.
1--WE had our first casualty last wk.,
our fountain pen falling on the floor and
getting out Of killer. Same, however,
has been repaired.
Zig Paderewski the w.k. pianist has
been commissioned Col. by the Pres.
Ataboy, Ig, say we.
''.News are scarce this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
THE CHEMICAL CORPS

They get no song to boost 'em along,
they get no words of cheer;
For what they do is job so new some
of us don't know they're here;
But they work away in the lab all day
to help us win the war;
Let's not forget we owe debt to the
men of the Chemical Corps.
For it's HCl to give 'em hell, and
H2SO4
C2Os and TNT-the men of the Chem
ical Corps!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12

Dear POST
What is the thing to say when some
gazabo sneaks up on you unsuspecting
like, flashes pic Of his best girl or his
kids with an ooh, boy! whaddye think
O that, hey?"
This is my pet peeve, as Pm bum
liar, and when a guy flashes the map of
some dreamy-eyed weeping willow on
me, or that of some kid, / haven't the
heart to tell him the truth, so l just
stand around and stammer and let her
go at that. Please ship me some stereo-
typed phrases that can slip such birds
without losing my standing. BUCK.
FOR GIRLS
1. ~ didn't know you knew Theda
Bara."
2. GLOW could such lovely girl waste
her time on guy like you?"
3. "She's just what you deserve"
a. "She's only what you deserve"
5. "1ll bet it doesn't do her justice"
6. "She amt too thin, she amt too
fat; I'd give my life for a girl like
that"
FOR KIDS
l. though luck. They look like their
pa"
2. "Hooray! They look like their
mother
3. "What beautiful looking child"
4. What an intelligent looking child!"
5. "What a healthy looking child"
6. "What a mischievous looking
childp
With judicious use Of the preceding,
Buck, you can't go far wrong. If any,
body has any other reversible, rapid
firing comebacks, shoot 'em along.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
The Official
Newspaper
of the A. E. F.
The Listening Post
GIRLS l LEFT BEHIND

II
FLORENCE
Flossie, how I used to kid you
Just as regular as spring,
When used to say the lid you
Wore was not pretty thing!
How my habit was to spool you
For affecting such a style
That the gear that used to roof you
Brought the wide satiric smile!
How I hurled my mighty humor
At your bonnets red and black!
Little dreaming it boomer
Ang to hit the singer back.
So, as we say here, o d. mi!
Though miss you greatly, Flo,
Gosh, I'm glad you cannot see me
In my overseas chapeau!
FRANCE CHICKERING'S
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
NOBODY HURT, BUT

There's a certain crossroads back of
a certain sector on the American from.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-29
AMERICANS TAKE
CANT|NGY AFTER
SPIRITED DASH
y. S. Troops Overwhelm German De-
tenders of Village and Take 1870,
PrisOners-Earlier in the Day the
Huns Made Dash Against Amer
lean Lines in That Sector.
~.
(By Associated PreSS)

Washington, May 28.-"This morn
ing in Picardy American forces at
tacking on a front of one and one
quarter miles, captured the village
of Cantigny, took 200 prisoners and
inflicted severe losses in killed and
wounded on the enemy" said an Of
ficial communique from General Per-
shing tonight. The communique con-
tinued:
"Our casualties were relatively
small. Hostile counter attacks broke
down under our fire. In the Lor-
raine and the Woevre artillery on
both sides continued active. Early
in the day our aviators shot down a
hostile machine"
Americans Attack to Relieve Pressure
The village Of Cantigny is approx
imately four miles northwest of Mont
didier and about II miles southwest
Of Amiens
1t was in this region that the peak
of the German March drive was
reached and it was around here that
extremely sanguinary fighting took
place.
The attack launched by the Ameri-
cans was evidently in the nature of
a surprise and was intended, along
with other efforts of the Allies in
various other parts of the line, to re-
lieve pressure on the forces with
standing the heavy blows along the
Aisnc.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-29
WAR ENTHUSIASM
TONED DOW n BY
ORDER Of KA|SER
Kaiser Bill Telegraphs His Wife That
/, He Can't See Anything But Vic
tory for His Huns-Says His Sons
J. Fritz and William Are in the Thick
+; Of the Offensive.
-N.S.S.-
(Ry Associated PresS)

London, May 29-The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Daily Express
says the Berlin newspapers have ap-
parently received orders to tone down
their war enthusiasm. He quotes the
Cologne Volks Zeitung as saying:
"Our new success shows how JUS
titled is our confidence in our great
leaders. 1t would be premature to
draw the final conclusion, but it is
enough for Germans to knows that
their confidence in the spirit of their
troops can never be disappointed"
Kaiser Sees Victory.
Emperor William, who was on the
battlefield south of Loan, has tele-
graphed the Empress:
william apparently the crown
prince) attacked the British and
French at Chemin Des Danes. This
strongly consolidated height, after
being subjected to a mighty artillery
fire, has been stormed by our glo-
rious infantry. We have crossed the
Aisne and are approaching Vesle.
Fritz with the first guards of his
infantry division was one of the first
to reach the Aisne. The Twenty
eighth division has also again distin-
guished itself. The British and
French We're completely surprised.
Our losses are small. Tomorrow we
will make further progress. God has
granted US splendid victory and will
help us further"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-29
LIEUT.. NH. ATEN
X HERE ON FURL0UGH

Lieutenant Marion II. Aten of the
British Royal Flying Corps, is in Ell
Centre on a short furlough before
going to England to get his final
training before fighting in France,
Lieutenant Aten is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Aten of this city, large
in the Valley.
Lieutenant Aten, when America de-
clared war, sought to enlight in the
aviation corps. He went to Berkeley,
where he studied assiduously to be
accepted in the officers flying school,
but did not pass. He went across
the bay and enlisted in the Canadian
flying corps, and was finally accepted
He has been training in Texas, and
received his commission as second
lieutenant after completing fifty
hours flying and the prescribed course
of instruction. He will leave next
week for Tortonto, en- route to Eng.
land, expecting to be shooting Boches
in three or four months.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-29
GERMAN DRIVE GAINS
MOMENTUM AS GER
MAN CROWN PRINCE
HURLS 40 DIVISIONS,
AGAINST ALLIES.
General Foch's Jncompar-
able Strategy Reveals It.
self as the Allies Pour a
Disastrous Fire Into the
German Ranks.
Nv & g
(By Associated PreSS)

Paris, May 29.-The French have
scissors. Bitter fighting continues.
French and British troops have fall
Len back to the heights south ana
southeast Of St. Thierry, where they
are holding positions between Vesle
and the Asne canal. The Americans
repulsed two counter attacks against
Cantigny.
General Foch has the situation in
hand French troops are beginning
again on the German advanced
forces in contest Of speed. No i'm
portant lines of communication are
threatened by the German advance.
Those on the scene declare it is not
too much to say that within another
4S hours the German drive will be
definitely stopped. High praise is
given the French reserves for the per-
feet order in which they are entering
the fighting lines. All the papers
feature the brillinat success. of the
Americans in the Montddier sector in
their first important action alone. Re-
ports agree that they behaved like
veterans. The bombardment of Paris
has been resumed.
The fighting is continuing with va
rying success on the heights and the
southern bank of the Vesle, where
the French are bravely and admirably
defending their positions.
-W.S.S.-
London, May 29.-German artillery
(By Associated Press)
is active north of Albert and in Flan-
ders, east of Ronecq. The enemy fire
has increased locally east of Arras
and south of Lens.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-05-29
GOVERNOR TO Be
HERE JUNE 10,
SAYS TELEGRAM

A. l.. Richmond Gets Wire From the
Chief Executive Of the State Re-
GREETING That He Could Not Be
Here for the w. s. S. Drive-Will
Be in County Two Days.
--W.s.s.-
Governor William D. Stephens viii!
be in Imperial county, June 10 and
II.
This is the gist of two telegraphic
messages received by A. l.. Richmond,
county w. S. S. chairman, today.
Mr.. Richmond was anxious to get
the gubernatorial head here during
the stamp drive, but the following
message received tells of the inabi'-
ity of the governor to be here:
"a. l.. Richmond l would exchange
dates if l could, but it is absolutely
impossible. The best I can do is to
arrive in Imperial county on the morn
in gof June 10. Will be glad to help
in every way I can.
"WM. d. STEPHENS"
Another telegram states that the
governor will be here two days. He
is an anergtic supporter of the gov
ernment's war policy and comes here
in support of war measurese.