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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
GAN BANKRUPT
WHOLE WORLD
Allies That Have Borrowed
Money Here Have Promised
to Pay on Demand
BY MILTON BRONNER
IN. e. A. STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept. eff Uncle
Sam were so minded, he could throw
ali the allied world into bankruptcy.
The ease is not that he has loaned
them sums of money approximating
IN their staggering total what Great
Britain loaned the allies before we
got into the game, but the form
which the obligations take.
It Is generally supposed hat when
this government extends financial
credits to our allies, some paper is
given which contains not only a def
hite promise to pay, but also anne
d specific distant date upon which
payment will be made. This is I'M
true.
Each of the allies promises to pay
Uncle Sam UPON DEMAND. Never
before in the history Of the world
was such a stupendous sum promised
back to the lender upon demand.
The sum is now }6,6e2, 040, 900, divid-
ed as follows: Great Britain, $685.
10000; France. s2,065, 900, 900; Italy
17e0, 600, 900; Russia, 1926. 1000, 900;
Belgium, $154,250.0 900; Greece, 49,
10000; Cuba. $4,000, 900 and Ser
bia $4,000, 900.
Before we got into the war, when
the allies borrowed from American
banking firms, they had to put up
American stocks and bonds as secur-
ity. But Uncle Sam accepts an 1. o.
u. from them, and charges them a
rate of interest only slightly higher
than the n he pays on. Liberty
loan bonds yield the money.
I recently held In my hand a sheet
Of typewriter ~paper-letter size
which represented the obligation of
John Bull to Uncle Sam for ten mil
lion dollars. 1t acknowledged receipt
Of the money and obligated his ma
yesty's government to repay to us
UPON DEMAND the sum of ten mill
lion In gold. The whole transaction
did not contain to exceed 800 words.
The matter Of final settlement, OF
final payment day, has been left to
adjustment after the war. And many
think Uncle Sam will never present
. bill to Belgium, France Inc Serbia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
Civil Service Commission
Considers Position Changes

TRENTON, Sept. e:-The Civil
Service Commission will hold a public
hearing at the City Hall. Newark, on
Friday. September 10, to consider
amendments to the civil service rules
providing DOR the transfer and COM
pensation of employees in the service.
The proposed amendments provide
b a when a transfer is made from O
position in n Office to a position in
another ONCE, that compensation TO
be paid in the new position shall not
be higher than that received by en-
ployes In the same grade or rank In
the ONCE to which the empioye IL
transferred. The second amendment
Ls TO provide hat when a position in
an Office paying a higher salary than
that received by the regular employees
IN the office cannot be filled by any
OF them, II must be filled by a pro-
'motion examination, when practicable.
such examination to be open to all
employees in the same grade or rank
In the various Offices Of the goIernif
unit. ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-06
PerfectPaintf Tor
= Walls

Your walls and wood
work may need repaint-
ing. All ready for the
painters brush, there's
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

Yes, we had a little snow this
morning and if you had been
looking you might have seen
industrious house. wives gather.
ing green beans in the snow.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31

Please express to the members
of your State Organization and
accept for yourself, my appre'
citation and congratulations.
Sincerely yours,
w. r. COMPTON,
Chairman.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31
Over the Top

Wright County went over the
top in the 4th Liberty Loan, as
did Pleasant Valley and most of
the other townships in the coun
ty. O. l. Robinett, who worked
hard to put the county over the
top. is in receipt of the following
letters:
st. Louis, Oct. "a, 1918.
Mr.. O. l.. Robinett, County Sales
Director, Mansfield, Missouri.
Dear Mr.. Robinett:
We want you to know how sim
cerely all of US here appreciate
your hard work during the
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign.
We know that the credit for
the success our district has had
lies with men like you who have
been on the firing line, and in the
face of all kinds of difficulties and
encouragement, have won this
great victory for our government
Please accept my personal
thanks and deepest appreciation
of your help. Very sincerely,
V. l. Price,
General Director of Sales.
St. Louis, Oct. 25, 1918.
Mr.. O. L. Robinett, Director OF
Sales, Mansfield, Missouri.
MY Dear Mr.. Robinett:
The selling Organization of
your county most evidently was
we'll conducted and I tender to
you my heartiest congratulations
The health conditions, the ab'
sence of usual public meetings
and demonstrations, no doubt
were deterrent influences but,
like good soldiers, the people be.
hind the lines have risen to the
occasion and have performed
what seemed we'll nigh impossi-
BILE.
Your State and your District
have been leaders in this great
Loan and have set the pace for
other parts of the country. Most
of us perhaps are tired but it is
safe to say that all of us art
happy.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-31
Notice

S74 Takes My Beautiful $3.50
talking machine and records.
new, used two weeks. Will send
picture and ship on approval. Act
quick. Mrs. Waverly Brown,
Wilmette, Ill.-adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
New Imperial Chancellor for Germany-Britsh Still
Pursue Retreating Germans-Have Reached the
Railway East of Lens.
AMERICAN SUBMARINE CHASERS SINK
TWO U-BOATS AT DURAZZO
Turkish Minister Resigns-Americans Capture Blanc
Mont-CoIsion of American Ships at Sea

despatch from Rome says that the British and
Italian warshps have destroyed the Austrian naval base
Durazzo including the Warships anchored there. The
attack occurred Wednesday The British and Italian
airplanes cooperated in the attack and losses
suffered by the Allied squadron Durazzo has been for
sometime the base of the Austrian operations in Albania
Prince Maximian of Baden has been appointed i'm
peria German chancellor and also named Prussian for
eign secretary He will announce his program in the
Reichstag Saturday.
London despatch says that the British pursuing
the retreatng Germans in the Lens region They have
reached the railway east of the Lens field In the south
east the British have made progress between Cupy and
Nericourt Over 1000 prisoners taken Thursday by
the British operating north of St. Quentin.
An Amsterdam despatch says that the Turkish min
iSter of the interior has igned
despatch from Salonika says that burned villages
mark the trail of the retreang Bulgarans. The bodies
Of the slain civilians found in smoking ruins at many
places by the advancing Allies. The work of destruction
3passes that which has been reported from the
devastated districts IN northern France and Bel from
which the Germans have now been driven
The French in the St. Quentin region have advanced
cast Of LeSdnS The Americans and French in the Cham
pagne district have advanced further northwest of Blanc
Mont and Medeah Farm. North and northwest of Rheims
the French decreased their gains somewhat and i'm
proved their position in the vicinity of Betheny.
A despatch from Rome says that American subms-
rne chaSers destroyed two enemy submarines during the
bombardment Of Durazzo.
The capture of Blanc Mont, says a late Washington
DESPATCH and other positions in the Champagne district
is reported by Gen. Pershing His commnique also an
further gains by the American forces operating
with the French
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
SHE SAID DAMN 1T"
But the Officer Said 1t First

Among the many stories drifting
the other side are some that aptly
illustrate the difference between pink
teas and soldering. A few of these
tales indicate that Yankees who in
long training have developed the
physical "wallop" to drive the Huns
across the Rhine have developed also
verbal wallops" that occasionally
lead them to choose their language
luridly. To the army's credit, be it
said, these tales are infrequent even
if always human.
One story from the front shows
why "Y" workers are able to "get by
A "Y" secretary and an army onicer
with all ranks and kinds of soldiers.
reached The front in a flivver. There
had been many halts and more exple-
tives due to the animated scrap heap
politely called an engine
eve might have made the trip with
little less bad language" observed
the officer to the civilian chauffeur
Considering the way the car
acted, if the driver had not 'cussed' a
little he would not have been a hu-
man being returned the secretary.
But the best story of this kind
comes from the Eagle Hut, in Lon
don, as famous on the other side as
its Bryant Park counterpart il here.
A woman, one of 10000 British
working for the Y. NJ. c.. A, was
assigned to scrubbing the Eagle Hut
floor She had done little manual
work in her life, but accepted the job
without protest and went down on
her knees with a pail of hot water
cloth and cake of soap. Soon
the water III the pail was black. A
man in uniform passed. The woman
looked up end asked if he would mind
emptying the pail and refilIing it with
clean water.
There was a theatrical pause, then
this reply:
'Damn it, madam, I'm an officerp
! This time there was no pause, but
/ like fash the scrubwoman retorted
/ "Damn it, officer, I'm duchess %
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04

Brave East Burke Boy Makes the
Supreme Sacrifice
Especial to the Caledonian)

East Burke, Oct Al. D. Web
ster of this village received the fol
lowing telegram this morning from
the war department:
Regret to inform you that Lieut..
Emmons J. Stockwell was officially
reported killed Sept. a."
Lieut.. Slockwell has lived with his
uncle, Fl. D. Webster, since the death
of his parents. He was graduate
of Lyndon Institute and Norwich
University.
In 1917 he entered the officers
training school at Plattsburg, being
one of the two in Caledonia county
to receive q commission. He was
assigned to overseas duty in January
and was member of the 10th Com
pany, Sixth Regiment, United States
Marines. He was wounded in battle
on the first Of July and had just re-
covered from his wounds. He re-
turned to his regiment the first of
September. He was popular and
faithful boy and his death is the first
III this county among the Marines.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
BARRIER AGAINST GERMANY
To be Erected by Small Nations
That Have Suffered

Washington, d. c., Oct. with
the view of erecting a barrier against
German political, military and eco
nomic aggression in the near east,
representatives of eight of the ma
tionalities extending from the Baltic
to the Adriatic and including popu-
lation estimated at 65,000,000 persons
who have suffered from German and
Austrian domination met here today
to create a federation for the pro-
motion of their common interests.
The nationalities represented were
Firms, Lithunians, Poles, Czecho-
Slovaks, Ukainians, Rumanians,
Jugo-Slavs and Italian Irredentists
The aim of the federation, it was
stated, in the coordination of theil
peoples both in Europe and in the
United States for the prosecution of
the American and allied war aims and
to prepare for the application of the
self-determination of nations accord
ing to principles laid down by Pres
ident Wilson.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
WE HAVE NOW
SUBSCRIBED $685. 300
Uncle Sans" Appeal for Help from
St. Johnsbury

Our soldiers in France and on
other battle fronts fight bravely on
despite bad weather and all the
other hardships and the Liberty Loan
campaign also marches on through
thick and thin, not halting for the
epidemic, the weather or any other
discouraging circumstances. Sub
scriptions from exactly one hundred
persons ard institutions yesterday
amounted to $4,000 and brought the
total last night to $355,300. With
the bright, CHEEKY weather today the
local workers were given a little en-
couragement, the principal handicap
now being that many people who are
ready and glad to subscribe are sick
in bed at present.
But, at least, things are looking
brighter. The exact amount Of our
st. Johnsbury Quota is $582,7O0, from
which it may be seen that $227,40O
remains to be gathered, We must
speed up f this total is to be reached
by Saturday night.
Only a small part of the assem-
blage of last Tuesday were able to
hear the stirring appeal of "Uncle
Sam" for more funds and we repeat
it for the benefit of our readers and
the Liberty Loan. He said:
81 am glad to see so many of my
nephews and nieces. | am in d big
fight with the Kaiser, and 1 want to
borrow your money again. | don't
get to fighting very often, but l am
going to teach old Kaiser Bill that he
must treao ali my nepheWs and nieces
with good manners and respect. l
gave him a black eye last week, and
he is beginning to ki-yi already. You
know my credit is good, because you
have always loaned me all the money
have needed, and I have always
paid it back on the very day it was
due. | can't tell just how much it
will take to thrash the Kaiser, but |
want you to let me have six billions
now, and if l need more, I know you
will let me have it. The Kaiser has
been swell-headed for a long time !;
he got it into his head that he would
lick everybody, but 1 am going to
give him the worst licking that any
one ever got.
"The bonds are all right. Buy
them now! Don't put it off,"
There it is in a nutshell. Let's do
what he asks before the banks close
Saturday.
Hon. "Gib" Campbell, chairman for
Caledonia county of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan drive, said to the St.
Johnsbury committee today, Don't
you think St. Johnsbu1y can put this
over easy by Saturday night?" The
answer came back est, Johnsbury
can put tits over by Saturday night
by ed hard work"
Have you done your utmost?
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04

contemplate fighting a defensive
campaign until they have been able
to prepare defences, which they can,
as far back as possible from the
German frontier The winter offers
some prospect of the cessation of
the allied drive. The spring, on the
contrary, opens the way for renew
al of the allied offensive on a greater
scale than ever, and it is not i'm
probable that the Germans are MAX
ing arrangements to withstand such
an attack upon a line of their own
choosing, the Hindenburg defensive
system having been shattered at
many points.
In any event, military officers in
Washington probably are less SAN
guSle of a German debacle khan
most of the military commentators
who are watching the progress of
events on the western front. From
their point of view the high tide of
conflict has not yet been reached,
and the War Department is proceed
ing upon the theory that the great
blow remains to be delivered.
If the Germans actually are con-
templating withdrawing from the
Belgian coast the allied naval forces
will be close on their heels. There
were indications today that this pos
sibilfty is being given consideration
hV- tho military and naval autbo1.t
ties. The loss of Ostend and Zee
brugee would shut off Germany's ac-
cess to the ocean except by way OF
her North Sea ports, and simplify the
task of keeping the submarines bot
tied up in their bases.
The general opinion in Washington
however, is that the great crisis is
| yet to come, and until it has beer
passed the United States should con
tinuc to put forth its greatest ef.
fort.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
AMERICAN
AVIATION
IN FRANCE
Germany no Longer Con-
trolls the Mastery of the
Air
AIRMEN FIND WHERE
ENEMY ARE
The Americans Carry the
Fighting into German
Held Territory

With the American Aviators in
France, Correspondence of The AS
sociated Press)-American aviation
in France has gone ahead rapidly Of
late Men who few months ago
were still in civilian life in the United
States have been trained and forced
into ever-increasing pursuit squad
rillas to harry the enemy. American
bombing aviators are now almost
daily harassing the military and rail
way establishments of the Germans.
Every day almost brings the news of
fresh victories in the air.
The Cermans certainly have not
the mastery of the air-often claim
ed by them-where the Americans
are concerned. With the steady in
crease in the United States air forces
in France the enemy is due for in
creasing defeat-if past performances
count fo" anything.
y
rillas is controlled from an "opera-
tions Office" located at a flying field
not far from the front. At rude
wooden tables sit enlisted men en-
gagged always in making new maps
that shall show just where the enemy
is, where his aerdromes are located,
tables Of past performances, wind
charts and the like. The officer in
charge is a youthful lieutenant wise
with air here.
In the corner is a field telephone
operated by an officer who can speak
French
Sooner OF later the inevitable
warning arrives.
enemy machine observed over
at four thousand meters, headed
south" It may say.
The young lieutenant refers to q
big map on his desk, locates the
point mentioned in the warning, and
telephones the warning to a squad
rilla with orders to go aloft anC
hunt out the enemy plane.
L 1I1SS, 1NS, SSFSlI Ilt1lluCSS 1cltG1 ClIS
| lieutenant's telephone rings again
and he turns to his visitor with the
reassuring words, "Three Nieuports
have gone after HIM" Then he ex
plains:
"Whenever it is possible, we sent
out for defensive purposes one more
machine than there are enemy air
planes reported. That is, we sent
two for enc, three for two, four 70
three, etc. That is not always pos
5ible however. Many new pursui
squadrons are in the making, and oc
casionally lone fier must go ou
against cne German. He is as fire
quently successful as when group
have gone up together
/ The warning is repeated man,
times daily. A similar proceeding i
going on on the German side Of tn
line, for the American aviators, lik
the British and French, are the ag
gressors and persistenly carry tn
fighting into German held territory.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
KAISER ON DOWN GRADE
Has Appealed for Recognized
Peoples Government

There are indications that the pro-
cess of Wiping out the militaristic and
autocratic government of Germany
already has begun. While it is not
believed that the present crisis in
Germany will result in the setting up
Of anything resembling democratic
government, it is evident from the
buck-passing of those lodging offers
of the chancellorship that the Kaiser
and Hohenzollernism are on the down
grade.
The Kaiser''s recent appeal for q
recognized peoples government and
another appeal which he is now issu-
ing, but of which no details have yet
been received, are regarded as cam
outage 70 fool the German people
and the Entente statesmen.
An interesting thing in connection
with this, is the report from Am
sterdam stating that the majority
members of the Reichstag have
adopted The following programme:
Endorsement of the July (1917)
peace resolution; restoration of Bel
gium; declaration of Germany's read
mess to Joii the League of Nations
autonomy for Alsace-L Lorraine and
equal suffrage for Prussia.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
HUN FLYERS BOMB
COULD NOT STOP
this THREE BACCER
Three Runs Scored in the
Last Inning With no
Casualties
Y. M. G.. A. UMPIRE
UNINJURED
Everything Happened at
the Psychological
Moment

Paris, Oct. 3-(By cable to New
York Herald)-It was 3 to 0 in the
niHtha The home team, however,
had three men on bases, and as the
batter al the plate had three balls
on the pitcher there was every
chance that something was going to
happen. 1t did, too. Just as the
pitcher was winding up a Boche
plane hove into view.
This yarn, of course, doesn't read
like any baseball story ever written.
The fact is, it isn't that sort of a
yarn. The home team was a bunch
of American doughboys on the
British front, while the team against
them was made up of Canucks from
roundabout Toronto. The umpire
was a Y. NJ c.. A. secretary from
Philadelphia.
The pitcher was winding up.
"Look outw yelled a warning voice.
Every one in the crowd looked up
anl saw the Boche. Among those
who looked were the pitcher and
batter, TOO. But the pitcher gave the
Boche plane only a glance. The
next instant the ball shot across the
plate.
"Strike" cried the Y. M. c. A.
umpire.
A roar went up from the crowd. 1t
was a regular. American roar. The
Boche probably heard it, too. AT
all events he banked abruptly and
swung in toward the diamond. He
was about two thousand metres up,
but that didn't make any difference
he could have heard that roar had he
been as high as the Pietades.
"Robber! Highwaymanw
The pitcher wound up again.
Again the ball shot across the plate.
"Strike tuhr announced the Y.
NJ G.. A. man.
The roar that went up now was
Homeric. What the Boche must
have thought of it no one knows
AS it happened, though, no one was
paying much attention to the Boche
Having bombs dropped on your hat
| is no especial novelty in that sector
of the front, and what the crowd was
interested in was what was going or
at the plate.
"Kill him! Kill the umpire! Oh
you robber."
The Y. NJ C. A. man stood his
ground. There were no pop bottles
handy, but had there been this par
ticular Red Triangle man was tot
used to being shelled and bombed BY
the Huns to mind airy trifes like {
pop bottle. AS for the Boche hov
ering overhead, he was merely al
incident. Even if there had been {
bomb proof dugout handy-as there
wasn't-it's unlikely any one woulc
have made for it. Again the pitche
wound up.
Came then a whiplike crack,
roar from the crowd and, at it's heels
a splitting, reverberating crash. Il
other words, the batter had lambe'
out three base hit In other word
also, the Boche had dropped hi
bomb. But, regardless of all, tn
crowd stood and whooped-that i;
the Yankee element in it did, Will
> three runs came piling in.
Up in mid-Heaven the Archie
, were now piling shrapnel around tn
Boche, as he banked and beat
back to the German lines.
The score, as he fitted, was 3 t
in the ninth.
There were no casualties. Eve
the empire escaped.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
GREAT sHIPBUILDING RECORD

Washington, Oct. 4-One hundred
sea going vessels, 46 steel and the
rest wood, were completed in Ameri-
can shipyards during the month of
September and officially numbered by
the Navigation Bureau, besides IL
non-going sea vessels built in the
same period. This is a greater ton
mage than was built in the whole year
of 1915.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-04
PASSED THE CENSOR
Berlin Warns the Surrender of Aus
tria Likely

Paris, Oct. 3, via Havas Agency
The German censor at Berlin permits
the German press to print articles
dwelling on the probable situation of
Germany III the case that Austria
should be forced to lay down her
arms under pressure, according to ad-
vices reaching Paris. 1t is believed
that if Austria Hungary should give
in, Bavaria might follow her example.