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New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
ENEMY OWNED PROPERTY.

Washington, Feb. 2O.-A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, to- day urged all banks, trust companies, surrOgateS United States attorney and internal revenue collectors to re- port at once any enemy owned prop erty known to them. MT. Palmer says many persons, including banks and trust companies, have failed to report enemy property and he has ordered an inVesti gation.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
MEXTGANS BUY FLOUR.
HctWccn 30,00O and 10000 Tons
 Bought in South America

Ell Paso. Feb 20.-Between 50. 900 and 40. GOO tons of wheat and flour have been purchased in Chile and Argentina for distribution to the Mexican newspaper.
 The wheat and flour purchased by agents of the Mexican government already are being loaded at south American ports and are expected to reach Mexico City by March l5, the ~&wspaper said.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
RECOMMEND TUBE PURCHASE

Washington, Feb. 20.-Purchase by the government for about s4,OOO,O 900 of the leased pneumatic mail tube systems in New York, Brooklyn, Phil adelphia, Boston, Chicago and St Louis will be recommended by the joint congressional committee which has completed an investigation, it was announced today.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
APPEAL FOR SHIPWORKERS.

Washington, Feb 20.-Food Ad- ministratOr Hoover, in a statement to- day called on all patriotic shipwork- CTS to enroll in the public reserve service. No amount of decreased food use or food substitution and sav- ing will help unless ships for sending food across the Atlantic are avail able" he said.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
TAX RIANKS COMPLETED.

Washington, Feb. 20.-Corporation excess profits tax return blanks were received today at the treasury from the public printer and distribution to revenue collectors was begun. Blanks for individual and corporation excess profits reports probably will be ready for distribution tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
CHAMBERLAIN RECOVERING

Washington, Feb. 20.- Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the senate military affairs committee, who was operated upon at a hospital for appendicitis, is resting easily and making a rapid recovery. according to statement made today by the members of the senator's family.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
REELECTED HEAD OF METHOD

Boston, Feb. ZU.-Phihp L. Spald- ing. recently commissioned Heuten- ant-colonel in the aviation service, and assi gned to duty at the front in France. was reelected president of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone O.. at the annual meeting to-
 day. All other officers were re- elected. ! y.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20

!ll.ldi.
 This yQung Syrian, a member of the MetroRolitan division of the Ma tional Arm&, read the news accounts of it with more than ordinary inter est To him it meant the reunion hetween himself and her. He had feared that reunion never might be made possible
 It was five years ago that he left his native country, just graduated from an American. college in Beirut, a few weeks later to smile into the countenance of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. With liberty, he had figured, and a chance to do something sworth while, he would earn enough money to return to Ramullah, suburb of Jerusalem, in
 7rhich town lived the girl, and marry her.
 Crosses Continent and Ocean.
 One day while he was at work in San Francisco, on a business trip for his importing firm, he received message from home. Come at once, it said. Arrangements had been made l for the wedding. Custom made it
 mandatory that he obey, so he board | ed the next train for the East, where
 he engaged passage across the ocean 1 for home.
 , One day he arrived in Liverpool, [ England. He walked down the gang l plank and grasped the coatsleeve of a | shouting neWsboy.
 1 War! War against Turkey! That 1 was what it said. England had de- i c!ared war against Turkey! i There was no alternative. Another 1 steamship would leave for the United i States within twenty-four hours. And with it Badie returned. Last year he ! joined the army.
 The only ray of hope was that the
 clouds of war soon would pass and l he would be allowed to enter Asiatic
 Turkey. He would wait And wait
 he did. And there was no word from 1 her or from his parents. The Teuton- l Turkish censorship saw to that. No word since the summons received in San Francisco for him to appear for ! the wedding.
 l Still Waiting for Him. 1 And then, just a few weeks ago ! came the news that General Allenby ] and his forces had entered Jerusa- 1 lem. A day or two later came the l word that all in the nearby villages were saved That gave him courage. And now, after being relayed through 1 England and Egypt, message has come to him that all are well and waiting for him.
 And so is it any wonder that Badie Audi works, all day long and late into
 the night with that bayonet of his,
 sharpening it so it will have an edge
 something like that of razor? Or
 that he grins and says he wishes they'd hurry and send him across to
 the front? For this young man knows. and it
 shows all over his brown face when
 he smiles, that the sooner they all
 go over the sooner he will walk down the street in Ramallah that leads to her home.
 And then after showing them this' he says, pointing to his khaki
 uniform. well come back to Ameri ca. It would be a crime not to bring her here"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
TASK 0F GERMANS
 IN WEST DIFFICULT
Continued From First Page).

southwestern Russia. The Russian contingents are evacuating the Ar- menian centers south of the Black sea which are being re-occupied by Turkish attachments. Trebizond will probably soon fall into Turkish hands.
 Tt is important to record that large contingents of Arabs are joining the forces of the Sheik of Mecca who IS cooperating with the British.
 The Arabs have defeated the Turks in two encounters, occupied El Mazreh, southeast of the Dead sea, and are advancing along the Hedjaa railway towards Maan.''
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20
\ TO
 Cry of|Drafted aphank !

Yaphank,, L. l., Feb.
 kkling stream of blue Marched over the hills and AleIn under General AL the British army, some few 4Sgot sent gleam across the and into the heart of Badle
New Britain herald., 1918-02-20

The New Britain Choral club will meet tonight at o'clock in Booth s hall for rehearsal.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
PREPARING the "chovv."

could hardly wait until the morning
for further details. 80
After parade. the next afternoon
was almost mobbed. Everyone in the
section wanted a part in the proposed
sketch. When / Informed them that It
would take at least ten days Of hard
work to write the plot, they were Bit
terly disappointed. Immediately got
busy, made q desk out Of biscuit tins
in the corner of the billet, and put up
a sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical
Co." About twenty of the section,
upon reading this sign. Immediately
applied for the position Of Office boy.
L accepted the twenty applicants, and
sent them on scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. These
parties were to search all the attics for
discarded civilian clothes, and any
thing that we could use In the props
of our proposed company.
About five that night they returned
covered with CRIME and dust, but load
ed down with q miscellaneous assert.
ment of everything under the sun.
They must have thought that was
going to start department store,
judging from the different things they
brought back from their pillage.
After eight days constant writing I
completed q two-act farce comedy
which I called 'The Diamond Palace
Saloon" Upon the suggestion Of one
of the boys In the section sent proof
of the program to printing house in
London. Then assigned the different
parts and started rehearsing. David
Belasco would have thrown up his
hands in despair at the material which
l had to use. Just imagine trying to
teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney
accent, to impersonate Bowery tough
or q Southern negro.
Adjacent to our billet was an open
field. We got busy at one end of 1t and
constructed q stage. We secured the
lumber for the stage by demolishing
an old wooden shack In the rear of
our billet.
The first scene was supposed to rep
resent a street on the Bowery In New
York, while the scene Of the second
act was the interior Of the Diamond
Palace saloon. also on the Bowery.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
Free Of Charse.

Why suffer with Indigestion, dyspep
STA, torpid liver, constipation, sour stom-
ach, coming up-of- food after eating, etc.
when you can get q sample bottle Of
Gaeen's August Flower free at P. A.
Clemmer's. This medicine has remark
able curative properties, and has dem
onstrated its efficiency by fifty years Of
success. Headaches are often caused
by disordered stomach.
A gentle laxative. Try it. For sale
in all civilized countries. SIT
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
Crown Princes Army Begins
Drive Along Front Of Twenty
five Miles. q (
FIERCE BATTLE RACES
British and French Armies Are Stub.
bornIy Contestino Every Foot Of
Ground and Inflictino Heavy
Losses Upon Germans.

London, May 2S.-The German
army under the crown prince haA
stormed Chemip des Danes ride In
attack made over the 25 mile front
between Vauxaillon and Berry-Aur
BAG.
A fierce battle ragged all day along
this whole front, and was still In full
swing at nightfall, when Paris on
cially admitted the Germans had
reached Pont.Arcy, in the Aisne val
ley. only, six miles from the Verdun-
Paris railway. to cut which appears
to be their main object in this new
titantic drive.
British Fighting With French.
The French and British lighting In
the closest comradeship Of arms. are
battling hero1cally for every foot Of
ground and have inflicted severe loss
es upon the recklsssly attacking foeL
Their line has been dented. but 1t 10
nowhere broken. "
The enemy's advance up to night
fall ranged from to miles in the
center, between Scissors and Berry
Au-Bac. He is making lavish use Of
tanks and gas.
The Franco-British right. northwest
OF Rheims, held firm.
Berry.au-Bac is reeking with poison
fumes. but Is held by the Allies. 8
This is vital. and represents an i'm
portant success for the defenders. be-
cause had this front northwest Of
Rheims yielded to the initial impact Of
the attack. the entire French front
beween Rheims and Belfort would be
gravely menaced. ..a
Stin Resistance Augurs Well.
The menace is not yet over. but
the stiff Allied resistance at this eS-
sential point augurs we'll for tha fu-
ture.
simultaneously with the blow be-
tween scissors and Rheims. for the
area OF the assault includes the Sec
tor southwest Of Berry-au-Bac as far
as the Cathedral City. though the
battle proper quickly settled itself up
on the 25-mile front mentioned. Hin.
denburg struck two other blows. ono
Of a, major scale In Flanders. and
the other in Picardy against the
Americans. Both were bloody fall
ures. E-. ~.
In Flanders. the Germans hit vici-
ously at the French front between
Locre and Voormezeele. about six
miles in ength--southwest Of Ypres.
Only at one point did they hold Il
small gain-near Dickehush Lake.
Everywhere else they were driven Off
with fearful losses.
The German attack In Flanders 10
against positions taken by the French
May 20, when they recaptured Bru-
loose and Locre and strengthened
their line on each side of Hill a.
which they had retaken only few
days before.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
RAILROAD RATES BOOSTED

Freight Tariff Up IS Per cent-Pas.
sensers Three Cents Per Mile.
Washington, May 27.-To meet wage
increases just announced and higher
costs of coal and other supplies this
year Director General w. G. McAdoo
has ordered railroad freight rates In
the United States raised rs per ceat
effective June 25. and passenger fares
increased to cents a mile from the
present basis of about 2h cents, Of.
fecttve June 10. 1t is estimated that
the program will bring between $780,.
oOo, 900 and 5000 900, 900 more reve.
nues to the railroads within the next
year. 1t represents by far the big
gest rate increase In the history oe
railroads. I,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31

We had eleven three-hOur rehearSalS
before I thought it advisable to pre-
sent the sketch to the public.
The whole brigade was crazy to
witness the first performance. This
performance was scheduled for Friday
night and everyone was full of antici-
patton; when bang! orders came
through that the brigade would move at
two that afternoon. Cursing and
binding was the order of things upon
the receipt of this order, but we
moved.
That night we reached the little vii
lage. Of s. and again went into rest
billets. We were to be there two
weeks. Our company Immediately got
busy and secured the village for a
suitable place in which to present our
production. Then we received another
shock.
A rival company was already estab-
llshed In the village. They called
themselves 1.-THE Bow Bells" and
put on sketch entitled, "Blighty-
What Hopes?' They were the divi-
sional concert party.
We hoped they all would be soon
In Blighty to give US a chance.
This company charged an admission
OF franc per head, and that night
our company went en- masse to see
their performance. It really was good.
had a sinking sensation when
thought Of running my sketch In op-
position to it.
In one of their scenes they had
soubrette called Flossie. The soldier
that took this part was clever and
made a Incorporating and chic girl.
We Immediately fell in love with her
until two days after, while we were
on a march, we passed Flossie with
her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
pouring from ''her" face unloading
shells from a motor lorry.
As our section passed her I yelled
out: Hello, Flossie; Blighty-What
Hopesr Her reply made our love die
out instantly.
"Ah. 60 to HI"
This brought quite laugh
marching column directed at
instantly made ND nv min
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
Nav Probe Moldavia Sinking.

London, May 2S.-The death Of 81
Americans when the British steamer
Moldavia was torpedoed in the Eng
lish channel Thursday morning, was
due to the fact that they disobeyed
the rules which require all passen-
gers to be on deck while ship -
passing through the danger zone. &C
cording to a dispatch to tho Express
from a Channel port. This may result
in an official inquiry, the dispatch
stated. Fifty-eight men were below
at the time the ship was torpedood,
the dispatch said. :
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
Farmers Attention.

For q cream separator that is built to
wear, to skim perfectly clean, easy to
turn and easy to wash and keep sani-
tary, one built with the troubles left
out, for such separator you should
call on Andrew Smith, Cresco. Ia.
Phone 267, 34-tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
WILL SMASH ALL RECORDS
Present Congress May Appropriate
Over $4,000. 900 900.

Present Congress May Appropriate
Over $4,000, o0o, 900.
Washington, May 2S.-Einancial q.
perts, settling down to prepare the
greatest tax bill in the country's his
ory-$S, oO0, oo0, 000-estimate that ap-
preparations Of the present Congress-
will shatter all records for any coun.
try in the world for corresponding
period. 49,.
Great expansion Of the army pro-
gram is chiefly responsible for tho
stupendous total. Nearly $21, 900. 000,-
900 is in appropriations and author.
izations for, the army and for FORTH
cations. NJ II
That the total will be sent up to or
beyond $4,000, 100000 seems certain.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, the antiseptic pow
der for painful, smarting. tender, nerv-
Gus feet. 1t takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. Used by the Amer
lean, French and British troops because
it takes the friction from the shoe and
freshens the feet. STA
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER XVIII.

Staged Under Fire. J f.
Three days after the incident just re-
lated our company was relieved from
the front line and carried. We stayed
in reserve billets for about two weeks
when we received the welcome news
that our division would 60 back of the
line ito rest billets.' We would re-
main in these billets for at least two
months, this in order to be restored to
our full strength by drafts of recruits
from Blighty.
Everyone was happy and contented
ut these tidings; all you could hear
around the billets was whistling and
singing. The day after the receipt OF
the order we hiaed for five days, max
ing an average of about twelve kiloe
per day until we arrived at the small
town Of o..
1t took us about three days to get
settled, and from then on our cushy
time started. We would parade from
S:45 in the morning until II noon.
Then except for an occasional billet
or brigade guard we were on our own.
For the first four or five afternoons ]
spent my time in bringing up to date
my neglected correspondence.
Tommy loves to be amused, and be-
ing a Yank, they turned to me for
something new in this line. taught
them how to pitch horseshoes, and this
game made great hit for about ten
days. Then Tommy turned to Amer.
lea for n new diversion. I was up In
the air until a happy thought came to
me. Why not write sketch and break
Tommy in as an actor?
One evening after flights out" when
you are not supposed to talk, inpnrs'
ed my scheme in whispers to the sec.
ton. They eagerly accepted the idea
Of forming stock company ana
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-05-31
OVID TIT TOP
. 81
AN ANERlCAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT q 4
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING IN FRANCE
I Gis7 81 /
IA1hWR GUY cnNY

In the play took the part Of Abb
Switch. farmer. who had come from
Pumpkinville Center, Tenn, to make
his first visit to New York.
In the first scene Abe Switch meets
the proprietor of the Diamond Palace
saloon, q ramshackle affair which tC
the owner was financial loss.
The proprietor's name was Tom
Twistem. his bartender being named
Fillem Up.
After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillem
Up persuaded him to buy the place
praising 1t to the skies and telling
wondrous tales Of the money taken
over the bar.
While they are talking, an old Jew
named key Cohenstein comes along.
and Abe engages him for cashier. After
engaging key they meet an old
Southern negro called Sambo, and
upon the suggestion of key he is en-
Naged as porter. Then the three OF
them. arm in arm, leave to take pos
session of this wonderful palace which
Abe has just paid $1,000 for. (Cur-
tain.)
In the second act the curtain rises
on the interior Of the Diamond Palace
saloon, and the audience gets its first
shock. The saloon looks like pig
pen, two tramps lying drunk on the
floor. and the bartender in dirty
shirt with his sleeves rolled up, asleep
with his hood m tho hor
Enter Abe, Sambo and key, and the
fun commences.
One Of the characters in the second
act was named Broadway Kate, and l
had an awful job to break In one of
the Tommies to act and talk like q
woman.
Another character was Alkali Ike, an
Arizona cowboy, who just before the
close of the play comes into the saloon
and wrecks it with his revolver.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03

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Do not Delay a minute. Delays ara
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03
YOU NEED NOT SUFFER WITH
BACKACHE AND RHEUMATISM

For centuries GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil has been a standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble, and all diseases connected with
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a new discovery" For 200 years they
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03
Money Is Life.

Money is no more the root of evil"
til n are the good things that it rep
resents, whether these take the form
OF persona! service, labor. or the ma
terial produces Of labor. Money means
work. it means production, 1t means
the things that have been made By
rlen's brains and hands. II not only
stands for the things we eat. the
clothes we wear, and the houses we
live in, but it stands for works Of art
end for the services Of the artists. II
means the services Of the entertaining
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03

"Joe' jefferson once presented a
check at Detroit bank, only to be
told by the cashier that he'd have to
be identified.
With twinkle in his eye the great
actor quoted from the play with which
his name win always be associated:
IF my leedle dog Schneider was
only here. he'd know me-"
Enough exclaimed the cashier as
he Immediately cashed the check.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03

writer in the form of books. It means
the pIeasure-giving efforts Of the mu-
stefan in the opera or concert. II
means musical Instruments for the
home. educational opportunities in the
schools. publicity in the press, inspi-
ration in the church, fun and emo
tional relaxation In the theater, police
protection on our streets and justice
in our courts. Money means cleanli-
ness, good appearance. self-respeci
Money is the source Of good just as II
may be the source Of evil. but ia
either case only because. Of what II
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-05-03
OUR BOYS "OVER THERE. EN-.
JOY TOASTED CIGARETTES.

Through the patriotism of the citi-
zens of this country thousands of
smoke kits are being distributed to
American soldiers in France. Author.
tiles agree that men in the trenches
need cigarettes almost as much as
food and munitions.
Doctors, nurses, and commanding
officers all join in The demand which
has awakened in this country great
movement to keep our boys supplied
with smokes.
Millions of the famous LUCKY
STRIFE Cigarettes are going over"
all the time. There's something
about the idea of the toasted ciga-
rette that appeals to the men who
spend their time in cold. wet trenches
and billets.
Then, too, the real Kentucky Burley
tobacco of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga-
rette gives them the solid satisfaction
of pipe, with lot less trouble. Adv.