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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
STACKER EXPECTING TO
Be SHOT IS JAIL SUICIDE

Battle Creek, Mich. Jan. 26.-
Thomas Kost, 25. an Italian ar
rested here last night on a Stacker
charge, committed suicide in the
city Jail early this morning by
hanging himself with a belt. Fell
low prisoners said he had told than
he swas to be shot at sunrise. it Is
reported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
MILLS is VERY ILL
Topeka Merchant in Serious Condition
Relatives Are All Here.

W. w Mills. prominent Topeka
merchant, who has been confined to
his bed at his home, 1902 Topeka ave-
nue., for some time and whose condi-
ton has been quite serious, is i'm
proved slightly today.
Capt. Arthur Mills. a brother, is
here on a furloush from Camp Doni-
phan, and a daughter. Mrs. Willia m
Mcpherson of Howell, Mich, is in
the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
Is an I. w. w. From Russia?

A Pacific Port, Jan. 26.--Matthew
Krulke, a Russian. carrying papers
indicating connection with the Indus
trial Workers of the World and docu- :
ments in code was arrested here last
night as he stepped ashore from a
japanese liner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
Hays Defeats st. Marys.

st. Marys, Kan, Jan. 26.-In a re-
markable game here Hays Normals
defeated the locals l 8 to u. The first
half was a battle royal, full of the
fastest basketball that one ever sees.
Three baskets for Hays and six for St.
Marys were counted in that period.~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
ROUNDS OUT CENTURY
Kansas Farmer Dies Month After
Tooth Birthday Anniversary.

Pretty Prairie, Kan, Jan. go
Jacob Schwartz who was 100 years
old a month ago, is dead at-his home
here. He was born in WARSAW. Po-
land coming to America in 1s47 and
to Kansas a year later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
MAXIM GORKY SHOT
Famous Russian Novelist Gets Stray
BulIet-Wound Not Serious.

Petrograd, Jan. 26.-Maxim Gorky,
a widely known Russian author and
editor of the Svovodnaia Zhizn, was
struck in the neck and slightly wound
ed by a stray shot while driving in
a cab today, according to a news
paper report here. The shot was fired
from an unknown source.
Maxim Gorky's real name is Alick-
sci Maximovitch Rieshkov. He was
born at Mini NoVgorod, March IA,
1868, of humble parents and as boy
was a peddler, scullery assistant and
apprentice. He visited the United
States in 1916. Gorky has written a
score or more of novels. He is a So
cial revolutionary and has recently
supported the Bolsheviki
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS

FRENCH
Paris. Jan. GA German raid on
the French positions west of st
tsobain, between the Disc and Ailette
rivers. failed last night, according to
the official statement issued today by
the French war office.
BRITISH.
London, Jan. 26.-Southwest of Cam
brai British troops took "A few prison
ers in patrol encounters at night. Field
Marshal Haig reported today In the
Scarpe valley. he said there was
hostile artillerying early in the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
MERCURY GOING DOWN
Fall Began Early This Morning
Zero Temperatures Back Tonight.

Apparently there are few State
Journal readers who do not realize
that the weather forecast daily appears
in Il box in the extreme upper right
hand corner of this page. 1t has been
placed in that position for years for
the convenience of persons who do not
care to read a more detailed account
Of the weather AS is explained in this
column daily.
Temperature readings for the day
furnished by the local office of the
United States weather bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

Is IT possible the meat packers
scheme was intended to put Sena-
tor Thompson into political cold stor-
age:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

Let us seek in homer to save the
world from new bloodshed in the
spring. Let us give up illusions on
both sides Remember that the feel
iDe amorg our people is most serious
IF you permit the Russian negotiations
to break up and the peoples hope to
he disappointed. what else can be ex-
pected but catastrophe -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled this afternoon and to-
night; colder tonight with zero tenn
perature. Sunday, probably fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
Control X. c. Street Car Company.

Statements 'by Francis j. Heney
that Armour & Co. had been found to
control the street railways of Kansas
City was the first indica ton that the
tContinued on Page Twot
Washington Journal., 1918-03-08
Siir ldmcQe samcnpriifnns.

Sir ieben, Der iiberbaupt etpas
ein3uiden bat, lit bic Site Der pers
penoeten Samen bon Der gr0Bten
BeOeutung. Die meiiten Samens@ez
l1Gfte nolen 3tpar feline @nrantie
oafiir iibernebmen, baB ibre Samen
pirtli@ oufge9en; ober ieOes Sc
I9dft, Dos einen Ruf gu pabren tat,
luGyt Iciner Sa9e bierin m5gli9lt IL
der au iein. uno i9le9ter Some
lam Die 2anOpirti9aft unb ben
@%arten6au I'M Wtiaionen bon Dol
lars l9dbigen.
Die Yriifung BON Samen i'm gro=
BEN pirb meiItens BON 2aboratorien
O%or9enommen, unb man9e bieier unz
terIu9en $4,000 ober mebr proben
bon Somen pro Sabr. Oas lit cine
5e~itroubenoe unb tiftelige Mrbeit,
lnb 6eblsr tommen babel au9 nidt
ielten por; Der 9lu9enf9ein tduf9t
oft.
llnlGngIt bat profe6or $. O..
0ugEes, BON Der 2anobauzSo9I9ule
bes Staates Soma, fir bieien 3p.d
einen einfa6en 4pparat erfunbsn,
bon pel6em MIR geiagt gu fperben
brau9t, baB er cine bebeutenb iGnel=
lere Contemplating erm0sli6t unb,
pie penigltens perii9ert piro, audi
cine beoeuteno perldBli9ere. Il. a.
finb bier YrO6en, aus ie 100 Samen
~beitebenO, mittels bieIes 4pparates
in Elm paar SetunOen gepriiit NOR.
Den, oAne irsenbmel4e Sebler!
Washington Journal., 1918-03-08

SigmunO MenOeI. ben Ger
SOCIAL 8oorb ITO" in Neip Yort
gum Seer ausgeboben botte, pollte
bonn 9iitrittss 8oarb 8efreiung, neil
er perheirotet lei, aber er fat erft am
ID. Sum- 9c6eiratet, unb muB Die
nen, Run itellte es Ii9 aber berous.
poB MenOel orei 8riper in Der
GIterreiGiIb>ungarifAen Mrmee bat.
InO Dab orei peitere 8riiosr bereits
i'm Seer bes OonoureiGes 9efunen
iino. 5erner ftellte mon felt, BAY
Oelterrei4zllngarn i'm als 9e7erteu
Diini9t. Oenn er lpar, als man ;bn
bort gu ben 5oBnen einberief, ge
floben un0 fam nac6 Mmerifa, no
CT lein critics papier eripirtte. Der
n2ucol gooro" empfieblt baber. man
iolle Menoel ni9t nod europa l9it-
fen, fonoern i'm 9eeresOienft i'm Sn,
LAMB OerpenOen.
Washington Journal., 1918-03-08

ientt. Gn gorS bes .Gantc aTL
gilbert" beianOen iid oud oie lie.
berlebenoen 0es omerifonii6en
Sompfcrs oSuruga", Ser i'm 0e.
5ember oerienft por0en mar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

Dr. T. Alphonsus Wallace, a phys
lcian of many years experience in
this country and who has been given
many honorary titles in England.
says: Il do not make a practice of
recommending advertised medicinal
products, but l have found NuXated
Iron so potent in nervous, run down
conditions, that l believe all should
of to-day need more iron in their
blood than was the case twenty or
thirty years ago. This because of
the demineralized diet which now is
served daily in thousands of homes
and also because of the demand for
greater resistance necessary to Off
set the greater number of health
hazards, to be met at every turn"
DR.. James Francis Sullivan. for
merry physician OF Bellevue Hospi-
tai tOutdoor Dept). n. Y, and the
" .WEestchester County Hospital. said:
great necessity of physicians making
blood examinations of their weak,
anaemic.. rundown patients. Thou
sands of persons go on year after
year SUFFERING from physical weak
ness and a highly nervous condition
due to lack of sufficient iron in their
red blood corpuscles, without ever
realizing the real and true cause of
their trouble. Without iron in your
ploou your 1000 merely passes through
an old mill with rollers so wide apart
that' the mill can't grind.
But in my opinion you can't make
Slrohg, vigorous, successful, sturdy
IRON men by feeding them on metallic
IRON; The old forms of metallic iron
process to transform them into or
ganic iron-NuXated Iron-before
they are so ready to be taken up and
assimilated by the human system.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

big, but when one considers that
20 of that goes in the pot" as they
say when the escadrille buys extra
food besides army rations, and say
10 more to buy flowers for dead pi-
lots, 1t don't loom up so big. Sure,
it's just my luck to land in time to
help decorate somebody. The NOR
tality rate seems to be low in this
section, only three men being killed
last year, and two were accidents,
and 32 Boche were brought down.
Pretty good record, eh? OF course,
my escadrille has only been in exist
ence for several weeks, so We don't
come in on any glory.
Dangers of Landing
You don't have to tell me it's the
little things that count. because ]
know it from experience. Luckily,
the experience has very seldom been
bitter. And l don't forget to fasten
my safety belt any more. although
one is in very little danger of fall
ing out while flying. It's surprising
how many stunts one can do with
out the belt aiding one in staying
with his bird. It's in landing where
the danger is, for if one is not
strapped in and upsets he is in a
bad way. However, l have a very
good belt now, adjusted Just to suit
me, and the two belts which pass
over the shoulders and the other two
which go around my waist most GER
tainly make me part of the 'zang''
(airplane). The beauty of all these
safety belts are that they can be re-
leased instantly by pressing a but
ton-just like pressing the niger
baby and hear him say Mamma"
hn htnf tCs ri If e
dinner basket.
Prayer Helps Him
Considering how great is your be-
lief in prayer, am surprised my
description of the happenings at Pau
caused you any uneasiness for me.
Anyway, here l am still kicking,
thanks to my own hustling around,
and maybe your prayers. Whether
it was more of the latter than the
former L don't know, but the COM
bination seems to have worked
pretty well to date, so I'll keep
hustling and you keep praying and
We'll see how quick we can end this
war. The way l talk you might
think 1 was the whole army,
wouldn't you? Was wondering
whether those cards 1 sent from Pau
would get there. The sad part of
it was, they did not do the scenery
justice. One had to fly over the
country to really see it's beauty. One
could see SO much in so short a time
that way.
That's rather amusing about
measles and mumps breaking out in
camps-the soldiers must be rather
young.
Gee Whiz! the way you write,
am still little boy, hoping 1 may
grow t ODE Il good and noble map.
Do you realize that l am due to have
another birthday soon and I'll be
say, how old will I be anyhow? It's
been so long I've forgotten the date.
l will do my best to please you
though, but just now | am so busy
trying to learn the rules of this fly
ing game without the aid of the
French language that I have no time
for anything else. There are an
number of little things to
remember while flying in formation,
and owing to my ignorance. I broke
one, yesterday. Naturally
got in Dutch again, since the Cap
tain himself was leading the party
there were eight of us,
Sky Climbing
(All new pilots at Che 'front.'.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28
Somewhere in France.

Somewhere in France.
Dear Mother:
Two of your letters received to-
day.
Army life has not affected me one
'way or the other, and 1 imagine
still weigh the same. My pictures
seem to have given you the i'm
preston that war bread agreed with
|me. You were away off in picking
the cause. Flying agrees with me
and not the bread, for 1 don't eat
much of it. You know, am realiz-
ing a lifelong ambition now, so why
should it not agree with me? Out
side of freezing my nose yesterday
while flying over the lines at 5000
meters. l am a pretty healthy speci-
'men. will write you about that
'little trip later, just now 1 want
o answer your letters.
From the tone of the frs letter,
must have been at Avord train
. ng on Nieuport and | sure did have
p lot of hard luck there. some of
t my fault and some the machines,
| or they were q punk assortment to
be sure. Good enough for training,
.Df course, but nothing to compare
o the little silver baby l fly now,
iall spic and span with her new
Instruments and shining brightly
bitter her wash down, for she gets
more baths than l do, and hot ones
90. l have been here l days now
'hnd have not even taken a cold
'bne. Can't. The wash bowl won't
hold me and 1 am not Eskimo
Enough to enjoy ice water. l know
have been here Is days because
was paid to-day. 1t seems i'm
possible time could fly as fast, but
|news and interesting things serve
o pass the time very quickly. The
20 francs 1 received looked very
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28
HEADACHES YIELD
To TANLAC
suffered With Them For Years and
Got No Relief Until He Took
Tanlac

Il suffered for years with chronic
headaches" says George Stewart, a
porter at .Kresge's, who lives at 1924
Herr street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Il suffered a lot from indigestion,
loo.
But Tanlac's the great stuff for
t fixed me up in two shakes of a
hmb's tail. Headaches and every
bther ache just melted away; my
|tomach woke up and my appetite
lame back and l can now pull up to
|he table and eat with the best of
hem.
And sleep! 1 sleep like a log and
\ axe up in the morning as fresh as
daisy. Fine medicine that Tanlac.
Everybody ought to use it for what
lis them"
Tanlac is now being introduced
|ere at George Gorgas Drug Store.
Tanlac is also sold at the Gorgas
Drug Store in the P. r. r. Station;
n Carlisle az w. G. Stevens Phar-
macy; EliZabethtown, Albert w.
'ain; Greencastle, Charles B. Carl;
Colin S. Few's Phar-
macy; Waynesboro, Clarence Croft's
pharmacy; Mechanicsburg, II. F.
SrunhouSe.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

r is conservatively estimated that
over three million people annually
h this country alone are taking NuX-
tied Iron. Such astonishing results
ave been reported from it's use both
|y doctors and laymen, that number
ID physicians in various parts or the
|ountry have been asked to explain
lhy they prescribe it so extensively,
Ind why it apparently produces so
huch better results than were obtain
n from the old forms of inorganic
! on.
Extracts from some of the letters
|eceived are given below.
DIR. Ferdinand King, a New York
|hysician and Medical Author, says:
There can be no vigorous iron men
|ithout iron. Pallor means anaemia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

from 5000 meters, shooting as ne
comes. Have not seen a Boche as
vet. at least not close enough to rec
ognize him, although 1 have flown
some IA hours over the lines. How
ever, 1 have hopes. for peace looks
about as far off as my packages.
They have been on the road so long
that my mouth has stopped water
ing, and am getting SO used to the
cold that l won't need the clothlns'
either WALTER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

would-be nurse had been practicing
on him. He had been up at 5000
meters for an hour with only one
pair of gloves on. so I don't wonder
he nearly froze. The wonder Is
there were not more frozen. Fortu-
nately 1 was flying at 1000 that day,
and one feels nice and comfy at that
height, although not safe, for the
way they chuck shrapnel at one is a
caution, not to mention the danger
of Boche come pouncing down
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

step behind and climbing over the
endgate as any normal person would
do-what do you think he did?
Actually made the driver come to a
dead stop while he carefully got
aboard.
Frozen Hands
While flying the other day one of
the pilots froze four of his fingers so
badly he had to have medical aid.
You should see him with his hands
all bandaged up, looking as If some
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28


'nd melancholy. When the iron goes
rom the blood of women the roses
10 from their cheeks.
I'm the most common foods OF
merica, the starches, sugars, table
rups. candies. polished rice, white
read, soda crackers, biscuits, maca-
PM, spaghetti, tapioca, sago, farina,
.egerminated corn-meal, no longer is
on to be found. Refining processes
lave removed the iron of Mother
arth from these impoverished foods,
nd silly methods of home cookery,
h throwing down the waste-pipe the
ater in which our vegetables are
boxed, is responsible for another
Rave iron loss.
Therefore you should supply the
on deficiency in your food by using
pme form of organic iron, just as
Du would use salt when your food
rs not enough salt"
DR.. A. J. Newman, late Police Sur
BON of the City of Chicago and form
House Surgeon, Jefferson Park
ospital, Chicago, in commenting on
uxated Iron. says: "It has been my
Eirticular duty during the past six
ears to assist in keeping Chi
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

- u
iron is the DIR. L.. Sauer, IA Boston
greatest of PhysIc elan, who has
all strength studied in Great Euro
builders. III Dean Medical Institu-
p o p tiOns.
would only 49, r.,
weak or rundown, instead of dosing
themselves with habit-forming drugs,
stimulants and alcoholic beverages L
am convinced that there are thou-
sands who might readily oulld up
their red blood corpuscles. increase
selves into a condition to ward on
the millions of disease germs that
are ! almost continually around us
II is surprising how many people sur
fer from iron deficiency and DO not
know it.
IF you are not strong or well you
owe it to yourself to make the Iol-
work or how far you can walk with
out becoming tired. Next take two
five-grain tablets of ordinary nuXated
iron three times per day after meals
for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see how much
you have gained. | nave seen oozehs
of nervous. rundown people who
were ailing all the while increase
their strength and endurance in from
ten TO fourteen days time While tax
ing iron in the proper form. And
this, after they had in some cases
been going on for months without
getting benefit from anything. Many
an athlete and prize-hghter has won
the day simply because he knew the
secret of great strength and endur-
ance which comes from having
plenty of iron in the blood, while
many another has gone down in glor-
ious defeat simply for lack of iron"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

yler c. Ja-
| ques. Visit
ling Surgeon
| of st. Eliza
beth's Hos
. | t a !. of
New York
City. said:
II h a V Q
never b e.
fore given
out any me-
deal infor-
nation o T
advice for
publicatio n,
as I ordi-
mari ly d c
not believe
in 1t. But in
the case of
N u K a t g d
Iron I feel
I would be
Rn~taa -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

my duty not to mention It. I have
taken 1t myself and given 1t to my
patients with most surprising and
satisfactory results. And those who
wish quickly to increase their
strength, power and endurance will
find II most remarkable and won
derfully effective remedy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28
These City Physicians Explain
Why They Prescribe Nuxated Iron
Women and Stronger,
To Make Healthier
BY OVER THREE MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY


C u o do n ten day tim in manh
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

| caBoS nNe
t h o u s a nd
blue C o a [ s
! n 6 o o d
health and
p e r ( e C [
( | & h t / n &
trim so that
they would
be physi-
cally equip
ped to with
stand a IL
manner OF
storms and
the ravages
of natures
elements.
Recently
/ w a s
p r o m pied.
through an
e n d o r s e.
m e n t of
n Il X a I e d
Iron by DR..
Schuyler G.
of st. Eliz-
ork. to give
has proven
{ 1t to excel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

cause DR.. James Francis Sui
costs few livnn, Formerly Physi-
cents less. clan of Bellevue HospI-
l strongly tai (OutdOOr Dept.)
a d s e New York, and the
readers in Westchester County
all cases, to Hospital.
get a physicians prescription for or
ganic iron-NuXated Iron-or IL you
don't want to go to this trouble then
purchase only NuXated Iron in its
original packages and see that this
particular name (Nuxated Iron) ap-
pears on the package. II you have
taken preparations such as Nux and
Iron and other similar Iron products
and failed to get results, remember
that such products are an entirely
different thing from Nuxated Iron.
NOTE-Nuxnted Iron. which is
prescribed and recommended above
bv physicians Is not n secret remedy.
but one which is well known to drug.
gists everywhere, Unlike tho older
inorganic iron products II Is easily
assimilated. does not iniure the teeth
make them black. nor upset the
stomach. Tho manufacturers guaran-
tee succeHsful and entirely satisfao-
tory results TO every purchaser or
they will refund your money, 1t Is
dlsne?sed by ell good druRgista, CroIf
Keller g. A. Gorgas and ]. Nelson
Clark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

AndeIllld
leans iron
|efcien c y.
he skin of
n a e m / c
h g n a n d
o IN e n is
ale; [ h e
lesh flab-
y. T h e
h u S C l @ S
hck tone,
he b r a / n
a < S and
he memory
la il S and
hey become
Feak, nerv-
|us, irrit-
b lie de-
~ A. n Il NJ
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

any preparation have ever used for
creating red blood. building up the
nerves, strengthening the muscles and
correcting digestive disorders"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

|r. A. }. Newman. late
plice Surgeon of the
|ty of ChicaR o and
|rmer House Surgeon,
lHersOn Park Hospital,
Chicago.
|ques, Visiting Surgeon
Peth's Hospital. New Y
a trial. This remedy
rough my own tests o
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

IN otwith-
standing all
that h a s
been s a | q
and written
on this sub
] e c I b v
we'll known
p h y sicians,
thous a n d s
o I people
still insist
| n dosing
themsel @ 8
with metal
lie iron sim
nlV I GI1n-
p o s e, b G -
C q u s e | [
costs a few
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-28

bOClOl H.
S a u e + a
B o s I o n
p h y sician.
who h q s
s t u d ! g d
both in this
country and
in & r e a [
E II r o p can
Medical In
S I tutions,
says: las |
have said a
h u n d r = d
times over
o + & a n / C
iron is the
greatest of
Evening star., 1918-04-20
ing light" The Samaritan. Il later VA
found out, formerly was . convict

ing light" The Samaritan. Il later wan
found out, formerly was . convict
The word pole" to serve NJ 10t8
sexes II comparatively modern. AakQS
speare's name for these people Wa
"sledded Polaks" and 'Po1akers" was
contemporary term. Then came
'Polanese," '.Polander" and even 'Po-s
lonian." Carlyle In one OF his earlier
essays referred to young PolSo OF the
highest personal attainments."
When Won Hindenburg rstreated sn
the battles Of the Somme last year ShN
world was told of the desolation Lett
in tho wake of the German armies. II
now is believed this chaos and ruin
was created in anticipation OF some
such offensive AZ the Germans recently
undertook in Somme regions. Descrtb-.
ing conditions in this territory, which
again has been fought over. one writer
says:
You ride mile after mile and It 10 the
same thing. Ever and always is the
same ghastly desolation. As for the
countryside. where in the past were
farms. orchards. gardens. cottages.
you see only shell-torn stretches Of
land. Mile after mile. league after
league. and still the same dreary death
pail reigns over the landscape. Moth
ing grows. save a kind of starved
desert grass. Scarce a foot of earth
has been left untorn by the wild tor
nado of explosives which were hurled
here during the great battles of the
Somme. That is the picture which
!, greets you today"