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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
Where the Poilu ExceIs
the Tommy

straw. which. when his wagon is
halted. ne unrolls and spreads over
the top as II his battered old shay
were as precious as the biggest
gun
The poilu always applies his
camoufage scientifically One
morning you may see him cutting
scattered patches in an oat-feld
and there laying uown platforms Of
boards AS fast as these are COM
pleted. they are camouhaged with
netting. matched 10 the green Of the
surrounding verdure. The boche.
hawking high over head. as tiny as
a nudge sees all as It was stem
ingly, and passes on.
Then one morning after a week
perhaps. YOU realize what the eame
has been. During the night lorry-
loads Of shells have been struggled
up and stacked on the platforms.
and the camoufage netting again
artfully arranged over all
The Britisher probably would
have strewn the shells with a few
green branches. which in couple
OF days would wither 10 rusty
brown. And no one would ever
think ~ renewing them. The dump
had been camoufiaged i'm accord
ance with orders. and-weu. that's
that"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
SOLDIERS
FOR SPECIAL WORK
When YankS Arrive Overseas
They are Carefully Listed
in Various Trades.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IL ENGLAND, Aug. 1.-(Corre-
spondenceD- a soldier leaves
the United ne should not feel GER
tain ne is COINS 10 win glory on the
battle field i'm France. Whether Of
fcer or enlisted man he is subjected
TO further scrutiny in England and
i'm France and until - little corps OF
keen-eyed and careful officers have
completed the examination no one
can tell INTO just what part of the
big army machine he is going to fit.
There are in England camps
where every man who passes
through is trade indeXed." This
is especially true OF one camp where
a large part of the airmen and
motor transport forces arrive short
ly after debarkatiOn. The records
accompanying them show what the
men have been doing in civil life
and "a further examination OF them
and a scrutiny of the demands often
determine the part they are going
to take, sometimes only for tenn
T
an indefinite period.
Are Selected Lot
From this lot are selected the men
who will go into hhe big repair
shops at once Men experienced in
electrical work are sent 10 stations
where their service is most needed
/ Orders for automobile experts are
filed and not infrequently the men
I I'm command OF the station are called
upon 10 supply men for following,
I for time at least. exactly the same
kind of work they were doing in the
United States before their numb ers
in the draft were called.
A big hospital is being erected AT
one camp. The money for the ma
terial was furnished by the Red
Cross. The work is being done by
the army. The construction of the
I buildings is not materially different
from that of war hospitals being
erected IN the United states, and the
same class OF skilled labor is being
used. Experts in the use OF cement
are working there. Plumbers are
doing the same sort of work they
were paid 10 40 in the United States.
carpenters are employed in doing as
high grade labor as could be found
anywhere. and the drawing OF the
plans and specifications was done by
architects and engineers. All the
men whose work is going into the
building have been taken from the
rank and file OF those who reached
camp on their way from the ports
of debarkation They will be held
there only So long as their work on
the structure is required and then
they will reioin their organizations
unless detailed for other work
officers engaged in fixing the trade
index Of the army have boasted
that frop the ranks Of the national
army there may be found men who
I can do any class OF work required.
from grinding diamond 10 working
on the rihing OF a big gun.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
Artistic Instinct OF the Frcnchman
Makes Him Superior Where
Ans Work Of CamOunage
- Needpd
~ HAMILTON MILLER.


Declaring that camoufaging Is an
never shine at ~. n writer IN re-
cent ISSUE of one or the London
weeklies attributes this shortcoming
to the temperament Of the English
soldier.
Gle VIII not take 10 seriously"
says the writer Give him a paint
pot and tell him 20 'camelfarge
as he calls ia too conspicuous
tent or wagon and he will be apt
TO regard IL either as an insult or q
joke
CON the other hand. in the
French pouu YOU generally il not
always find an adept in this partie-
uiar line Of modern warfare.
Camounaee appeals alike 20 his ar
tistic instinct and his sense OF ad-
venture
Never was the difference In this
respect between French and Anglo
Saxon than on one occasion during
II certain push a French division
had arrived 20 prolong the British
line. and had duly settled itself in
melting its camp and horsehness in
20 the surrounding landscape with
wonderful cunning.
Then n British overseas brigade
was called upon TO help in digging
the French gun empIacements. II
arrived thousands strong. not with
bell-tents merely. hut with brand
new marquee-tents of dazzling
Wilderness. producing veritable
: flower show in the midst of the
landscape.
The French gunner Of heavy
artillery wears his smock or green,
yellow and blue. and need do no
more than remain perfectly motion
I less when the alarm goes up, Hun
over"
Even the French transport
driver has his roll Of camou1age-
netting OF wire or string sprigged
with whisps Of dyed ribbon or
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
ONONDAGO COUNTY, N. Y.
DOING WAR STAMP BIT

SYRACUSE. y. Y. aug. 81 -
Syracuse IS truly doing its --bit" in
the sale Of War Savings stamps. a
statement issued Aug j shows that
Onondaga county has sold S2.os7.-
1925 worth Of Thrift stamps on
a basis Of 214.O0O population this is
per capita Of S9.45. IL Is esti-
mated that pledges aggregating ST.
200. O00 have been made. The coun-
tvs quota is S4.2Se.OOO. or a per
capita Of 500 With the continued
activity IN the form OF drives"
and persistent selling it is expect
ed that the county will so "over
the top"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
HELP TO SLAVS
WILL THWART
HUNS IN RUSSIA
Amsterdam Report is to Effect
That BalkaI Tunnel, HcWn
From Solid Rock, Has
Been Blown Up.

VaSHINGTON. Aug. 21-Iufor-
uation reaching Washington Tues
day indicated that assistance being
sent 20 the -Slovaks i'm the
sa iksI region OF Siberia viii reach
them n time 90 thwart the efforts
of The German and Austrian prison
ers and the bOlshcviki against whom
they are fighting 10 was learned to-
day that the allies are sending large
Quantities of arms and ammunition
to the Czechs and that heavy artil-
Ierv IS Included boz the supplies. It
is not permitted for military reasons
Co disclose from what source these
supplies are being sent. but a high
official in the state department said
THAT this was a part Of the bigger
program now being worked out i'm a
practical way 10 furnish the neces-
-ary aid.
The program 20 re-establish the
eastern front with the aid Of hum
dreds of thousands OF loyal Rus
slams is progressing far more rap
idly than was expected ar first The
trans-Siberian railway viii play an
important part i'm the reestablish-
ment OF this lire. That Germany
appreciates the Importance of the
part that This line is TO play il shown
in a dispatch printed i'm an Essen
newspaper and reported from Am
sterdam Tuesday 10 the effect that
soviet troops had blown un the
Baikal tunnel"
Tunnels Through Rock
10 was pointed out by officials
familiar with this railroad that there
are no less than SO Baikal tunnels,
AN OF them hewu out of solid rock,
SO that any attempts 20 blow up one
of them would simply delay trans
portation for a short time until the
debris could be cleared away To
destroy one OF these tunnels it is said
would require the services of expert
engineers equipped with the most
modern machinery and high explo-
sives. Members of the American
engineers commission are i'm the Vie
ciuity of Lake BaikaI and have been
repairing bridges that were destroy
ed or damaged. and doubtless they
are able 10 repair any OF the tenn
porary damage that might be done
30 the tunnel.
Lettish Troops Loyal.
Ofhcials here are Interested in the
report from Berlin via London to
day that Lettish troops battled with
rioters in Petrograd. 1t was point
ed out that az the time of the Rus
sian debacle the LettisH army. small.
but well trained and disciplined and
armed. was the only body OF troops
TO retain its standing in Russia
10 Is known that Lettish troops
formed the guard for Lenine and
Trotzky when they were in Moscow
and il Is assumed that they have
become mercenary troops I'm the hire
OF the bolshevik leaders. In no 9TH
er way can their presence in Mos
COW and Petrograd be accounted for
as they have been bitterly hostile %
Germany. under whose rule they
have suffered The suggestion d.
made that they were compelled "a
sell their services. as surrounded los
enemies they We're unable to- obtain
living i'm any other way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
WHEN N. Y. EATS FISH"
IT WILL BE ELK MEAT

ASTORIA. Ore. Aug. 2D.--A $50
pound sturgeon is being prepared
here for shipment 10 New York.
where IL will appear on various
menus i'm the form of caviar and
elk meat" I'm former years stur-
geon Of this size were not uncom-
mon. but Of late the fish have been
growing smaller
Sturgeon eggs are the chief ingre-
dent Of caviar and cured sturgeon
meat not infrequently masqucrades
as elk steaks
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21
MEN MOVE $500 TONS
II FEET IN IS MINUTES
Inter0ationaI News Service

TUT0TU1TI0n1T News SeTVI|C.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. Aug &C.
Rolling into place of $500 tons or
structural steel. representing the
south span OF new bridge being
built across the Allegheny river near
here 10y the Bessemer and Lake Erie
railroad. in % minutes was the feat
accomplished by workmeu of the
American Bridge CO. The steel was
moved a distance of i feet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-21

Boys school suits moderately
priced at Gately's. Use your credit.
ADV. 1852
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
PITH OF HE
w A R NE w S

Secretary Baker witnesses airplane
combat al American aviation camp
in France and sees 100 machines.
each driven by an American. in flight
at the same time. French instruc.
tors say school is 81 per cent. eff.
eient and their services will not Iona
be required.
Berlin claims superiority in the air the
latest official announcement saying
that in February 1873 sirplanes and
10 balloons o. the allies were bag.
aed The Germans eoneede the loss
Of 81 airplanes and balloons.
American troops are now on five fronts
In France.
Japan is still undecided about enter.
ing Siberia, but is fully prepared.
Meanwhile the allies are seeking an
agreement regarding their attitude
toward Russia before any definite
action, as the intern ational situation
Is considered to be frausht with
dangers.
The American steamship PauIsboro
sank a giant German submarine In a
IS minute battle on March 1. Nine.
~ shells were fired by the American
gun crew. One man Of the engine
room force was wounded.
The Vatican has Installed alarm sig
mails for air raids.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
MOSCOW SOVIET
RATIFIES PEACE
Leaders of Professional Unions
Quit BolSheviki Party
After Ballot.
TOTAL VOTE WAS 453 TO 80.
Commissioners With Veto Power viii
Sit on Russian miristries-Russia
Ukraine Parley-Joint Confer.
enee Opens at kieV.

Petrograd. - The all Russian con.
gress of sovicts, meeting at Moscow
by vote Of 1913 To - decided to ratify
the peace treaty with the central pow.
ers.
VI. Ryazonov. prominent Bolshevist
theorist. representative OF all the pro.
fessional unions, resigned from the
Bolsheyist party after the vote.
In view Of the repeated violations by
both the Germans and the Russians OF
the line of demarcaiion fixed for the
Pskov front the Germans have de.
handed the establishment of new
line ten vcrsts east Of the present
Russian position. \ German official
explanation Of this change in the line
Is that it is necessary To strengthen
Germany's strategic position.
German authorities have announced
that German commissions with the
power Of veto will b. appointed to the
Russian ministries to control the full
iillment OF the treaty Of peace.
The Germans have occupied Raz1ic!-
maya. Il station on the Odessa railway
line. aud the evacuation OF Odessa and
Nicholcv IS proceeding
The German Admiral Sicgcrt has
been appointed commander Of odessa.
Before the occupation Of odessa by
the Germans auti-Jcwish riots occurred
there
Fresh disorders have occurred in the
German fleet on he Aland islands. &c.
cordIng To- The Russian military news
paper krasnaya Armiu
The Caucasus government has Is.
sued Il statement In which It refuses 10
indorSe the lirrst-lituV>k peace treaty,
which cedcS KarS Batoum and Ardn.
han 10 Turkey and declares that peace
with Turkey can only be- signed by the
Caucasus government. which has sent
It's own delegation 10 Trchilond to dis.
cuSs peace
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23

The other prisoners are Baron Henri
de Beylllc. living az the Woodward
Hotel with lis father. an aged and
undoubtedly patriotic French arislo.
crui. ignorant of the German intrigue
IN which his susceptible son had be.
come cnmeshcd The young baron's
infatuation for tie beautiful Nine.
Dcspina. of Turkish birth but Of Ger
man culture and cunning, was such
that at TIMES when they Travelled to-
grthcr he permitted her to bc known
ms the Baroness de- BcVillc That is
considered Of exceptional Importance
H. view Of the fact that Baron de Be
willie WAS accepted In the French em-
hassy ia Washington ant was the as
sociutc and companion of many
Frruchmcu and Americans having
close connections with the United
States government
The fourth prisoner is an astute man
Of possibly forty live years old. known
us the Comte Robert de- Clairmont. the
companion of Mime Nix ana who has
travelled with her 10 various countries
Mime. Dcspina. Nine. Nix and Baron
dc Bevillc were sent To Ellis Island on
the charge of being suspected of &C.
tivlilcs In the interest of an enemy
country The arrests were made upon
Presidential warrants. and they will he
dcportcd Ia France 10y an order from
the department of justice. in which
there are more than vague hints Of a
stone wall nj daybreak ana firing
squad.
Miss Agnes Smedley. an American
girl. and Sallcndra Naih Chose IN
tive Of Bengal. were also arrested
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
9 STATES FOR DRY AMENDMENT
ne.fourth OF Votes Needed Has Beer
Cast

Washington. With Delaware ratify
INK the federal prohibition amendment
the drys have won ouc-fourth of the
total they must land to make the &c
ton If Congress effective Tie nine ni
the needed 3i are Mississippi. Virginia
Kentucky. North CAROLINA North Ia
kota, Maryland, Montana. Texas anC
Delaware. In addition it IS expected
South Dukoia 10y means Of spccia
session OF legislature will fan in line
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
GERMAN YOUTH ILL NouRls4Eo
Socialist Paper Says tuberculosis II
hakinu Alarminu Inroads.

Washington Germany Is uud"rfccd
ing her growing youth and her chill
drcn They are failing on in weight
their strength is dctcrioratins alarm
ingly. tuberculosis has doubled amoni
children entering school and irehlec
anon. those ready for confirmation.
Efforts to prevent human decay b..
kccpin. The children from active spo7u
have proved abortIye according 10 til,
NOlkstlmmc.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
U. S. LINER FIRED ON ITS CONVOY
One Man Killed, Three Wounded; In.
quiry Under Way.

Washington The navy department
has let it be- known that one man was
killed and three slightly wounded
aboard an American destroyer ia Eu.
ropean waters last january when the
armed guard Of an American line
steamship fired on the Conveying lie.
stroycr. miStaHIns II TOR submarine
A court of inquiry is investigating
the circumstances.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
100000 SHIP WORKERS ENROLL
Four More States Fill Quotas Of Vol.
unteers Called

Washington. Four additional states
filed their lu"i;> ot >hipyarl volun-
teers last week, the labor department
announced They were Vermont, Ohio,
Utah and Massachusetts
\ total of .2O,Uon mechanics are
known To be- enrolled Full reports
are lacking, but the quota Of 25O.o0O is
expected To Ice reached soon.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-23
TRoTzkY HEAD OF COMMUNE
Ambassador Francis Confirms Devel.
opments at Petroarad

Washington. : AmhussudOr Francis
confirmed dispatches that Trotzky had
placed himself at the head of u com
mune al Pctrograd. The ambassador
referred to the communists as new
name for III" Holshr,ikl y rejrograd.
Trot5ky is now known rs the com
mlssary OF the Commune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02

than those who see members OF their
own party getting into the race for
governor expecting to get the sup
port of the league and thereby turn
ing their own party over to the lea
que. The league is not a political
party, but it proposes to get into poll
tics and whip both ends against the
middle, drive wedges, capture Sec
tors by mass movements, roll up
wings and raise hub-bub that will
be great sport. 1t is presided over
by A. c. Townley, who If permitted
to speak at all in Idaho, will be one
of the principal speakers at the state
assembly of leaguers at Boise on
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week. Townley has been denied the
right to speak in Nebraska by reason
of his alleged disloyal utterances,
and with singular boldness, neither
he nor the league makes any dis
claimer of the utterances nor do they
offer any new loyal Interpretation
of them. Townley is under indict-
ment for his utterances, and the
league claims the indictment is a
put-up job to discredit him for the
campaign, and that all will come out
clear in the wash. A congressional
committee had Townley under cross
examination some time ago and be-
came quite wrathy over his side
stepping of extracts from some of
his speeches, yet the wrath of sena-
tors does not affect the determine
ton of league members to act upon
the old adage, I'VE married men
must stand together"
The members of the old parties are
fighting like the dickens over the
question of how to best conserve the
remaining water power sites of the
state, whether to develop them with
state money and use them for the
people, or let private interests go on
developing them and sell the SER
vice over and over again. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that whatever is
done with state money, costs more
than when done by private enter
prise, and that the more places there
are to be filled by political appoint
ment, the more incompetents there
will be managing state business and
the more money will be squandered
making a showing for those in
authority and making monkeys of
the rank and file, but still the fight
goes on merrily in debate: Private
concerns have already gobbled up
the choicest power sites, and Bing-
ham county has one expensive site
near Shelley that is idle and damag-
ing an adjacent canal so badly that
threats were made to blow a section
of it out to let the flood escape. 1t
is a perfectly good site and dam, but
is dead investment, and likely to
remain so indefinitely. State-owned
warehouses are an admittedly good
thing, but since the government has
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
THURSDAY A MOMENTOUS
DAY

In the City of New York there will
be celebration of the Fourth OF
July this year in which will be thirty
nationalities actively engaged. Be-
sides all the nationalities who are
preparing sections of the pageant,
there is to be one known as the
friends OF German democracy Of
America. All these people OF many
tongues, who have been giving rela-
tives and money to overthrow autoc-
racy and maintain American ideals,
will pour their enthusiasm out in
one stupendous demonstration, the
greatest the world nas ever seen i'll
a land of peace.
But while they celebrate on this
side of the water, the greatest array
OF cannons ever assembled in the
world will be speaking the real ora
tory and eloquence to settle the
worlds greatest problem across the
seas. And who knows but on that
day the great drive Of the Italians
may be duplicated on the west front,
and the collapse of the Hun hordes
date from that time!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
SOME FUNNY
STATE POLITICS

Idaho will elect state and county
officers this year, including two
United States senators and two rep
resentatives for the lower house of
congress.
There are three political parties,
Democratic, Republican and Social
list, and then there is the Non-parti-
san league that claims to have an
organization capable Of controlling
enough votes to swing the election
any way they want to.
Each of the political parties has
met and written its platform and
published it, according to law, and
il platforms mean anything the peo-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02

ing time, to have his farm exempt
from tax and have the assessor levy
a double amount on his town prop
erty, for, he reasons, the same
amount Of taxes will have to be
raised from some source, and if he
just looks at the dollar and cents
side of it, he asks how or where he
is going to gain anything, and how
long it will be till his town property
will have to be sold off to save it
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02

fixed the price of wheat and is tell
ing warehousemen what margins to
operate on, nobody wants to own a
warehouse and a state-owned ware
house would have to operate on ex-
actly the same conditions as the
others.
A funny question presents itself
to the man who owns farm property
and about an equal amount of town
or city property. When he thinks
of how it will affect him at tax pay
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02

from its own tax bills and everybody
will be moving to the country to en-
joy the boom there. 4R4
The campaign of 1918 in Idaho.
Montana and other western states
where the league is grasping the
balance of power, is going to be an
interesting one, full of problems ana
fun, and people will make record
to look back upon and contemplate
in satisfaction or otherwise accord
ing to how they shape events.
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-20
Lime as q Disinfectant

The simplest things are the things
most likely to be forgotten. 1t is
never out Of place, therefore, at this
season Of the year for all Of us to
refresh our memories to the fact that
ordinary quicklime Is one of the best
and cheapest Of disinfectants. To two
pounds of unslaked lime a pint Of
water is added. When the Jumps
have crumbled and the heat generated
in the process Of shaking has disap-
peared, there is added four volumes
Of water to one Of the slaked lime,
making the mixture known as milk
Of lime" It furnishes one Of the
best Of disinfectants for sick-room
discharges. Whitewashing fences,
pens and the interior of outhouses
with 1t tends to render them more
sanitary. The unslaked lime scat
tered about dairy barns, lots and
yards simplifles the problems Of sani-
tation.
Gilpin observer., 1918-06-20
Experimental Kitchen.

An experimental kitchen. where sub
stitutes for wheat are being tested,
has recently been established and
equipped by the office Of home eco
nomics, United States department Of
agriculture. In this kitchen some Of
the good old recipes which were in
use 30 to 75 years ago, when corn,
buckwheat, rye and barley were In
more common use, are being revised
and standardized. and new recipes in
which wheat substitutes play an i'm
portant part are tested and standard
lied. A group Of women-laboratory
specialists and housekeepers with
special training-work side by side in
the new kitchen. Before a recipe is
made public 1t must not only pass the
test Of the laboratory specialists but
must also meet the test Of actual ex-
perience in the hands Of housekeep-
er who studies It for its practical
value In the average kitchen.