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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17
FAMILY BATTLES BEGIN saa4 4
AFTER PEACE ARRlNALs
"a. ,nternation., News. ,servl.e., !.

s 10y international News Sefvise.)
) Canton, Ohio, Dec. 17.TDpring war
times all was peace in the ,Meinfurte
household here, but since the coming
of peace to the nations there has
been war between husband and wife, !
according to a bill for divorce intro-
duced here by Mrs. Joseph Meinfur-
ter. She declares tliatxsha was in.
duced to drop divorce proceedings
during the war by her husband, who
said he wanted an excuse for exernp-
ton from service. The day the arms
tice was signed he renewed iostih-
ties, she says. Ssistl
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17

father, papa, pop, gov. or the old man,
just whatever name he may be known
by, SO am writing mine tonight as
they have to: be in by the gath and
I may not have time to write tiff +
don't do so tonight. ST <
The censor's rules have been relax
ed a little for this letter and we can
tell some things not allowed heforeg
! have travelled around quite a lot
since landing. Have been in, scissors
was stationed there for awhile. This
name is probably familiar to you as
it was very prominent on the war
map for awhile.
spent some time in vichy, the
place made famous by its mineral
waters. 1t is a very pretty town,
land is quite lively in the summer
when the town is full of visitors.
landed at Brest and went from there
to Blois, was sent from there to the
front. moving around through var
ious towns on the front
After seveal months / landed back
in Blois where I was stationed until
about three weeks ago. am now in
big camp located here, doing cleri-
cal work. aal ii.
cannot "parlez" much of the Ian
guage but can get away with little
of it. had dandy little French
maid to, teach me and was getting
along fine and then they moved me
n haven't had the time nor teacher
since then, so have forgotten a good
many things.
How are you feeling since you had
the "fiu?s 1 hope you have one and
Jail recovered. Hav not had any mai
flor about week, SO don't know just
what Is doing. Did Ralph have to &c
Ito camp? In Madeline's last letter
she said he had not been called.
I / received your birthday card ant
appreciated it very much. Will close
for this time with love to all and
the wish that you may one and al
have a very Merry Christmas.
From your son.
&c ALBERT.
4 p. 8. This country Is very prett,
Int >,,<c ~ a v,.ovfAo xxrv, x,.o ~, ~,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17
SAYS CATS CARRY FLU.
(By international News Service

by International News service.l
Allentown, Pa, Dec. 17.-Council-
man John Allen insists that all the
cries as TO the. spread Of Spanish in.
fiuenza are wrong and that the dis
ease is carried around by dogs and
cats. Hence he proposed that all
dogs and cats in Allentown be kill
ed. There IS one chance for the pets
however. Mr.. Allen says the disease
is carried In the animals fur and that
"a shave viii serve the same purpose
as death. The city bacteriologist has
been instructed to examine the fur
OF cat in a family suffering from
the disease and determinee II the
ocuncilman's idea is correct.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17

these Madamoiselles as have been
informed through my home folks,
who seem very much put out. Some
of the boys played joke on me but
I haven't yet found out who it was.
Merry Christmas to you all from
all Of us.
Very sincerely,
FRANK B. DAIUTO.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17

go out and get what they want.
don't know when / will get home but
but expect to come back some day.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17
ALBERT.

n 8. This country Is very pretty
ut pr n america, where one can
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-17
From Albert Miles,
Nevers, (Nievre) France.
Nov % 1919

Dear Father: ~
AS you probablys know, Sunday,
Nov. "a, is to be celebrated as Faith
er's Day" and we are all cautioned
to honor the day with a letter to
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
HAVE PLANNED MODEL TOWNS
Beauty as Well as Utility Considered
by Architects Building Homes
for War Workers.

Nearly all the towns being built In
the vicinity of war plants will be per-
manent. So permanent houses of
type satisfactory to the best skilled
labor will be built, 100 here, 1000
there, and as high as 10000 in one or
two towns and covering whole. square
miles of vacant countryside with pref
ty little houses, boarding places.
stores and theaters, paved streets and
all utilities, expertly laid out by the
foremost town planners and archi-
tects in America.
Haste is the main thing In these new
towns, but beauty and good taste have
not been forgotten. Planned and built
as they are by able men in single large
operations, they will show to Ameri-
cans many Of the best examples OF
harmonious real estate developments
we have yet seen-by far the best
housing and neighbOrhood conditions
that American labor has yet enjoyed.
The operation at Camden, for in
stance, will have 1000 little houses In
groups, all in pure and varied colonial
architecture. designed by Electus d.
Litchfield, free from clashing con-
trasts of style. .
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17


and sawdust All prisoners were made
to sign papers indicating their willing
ness to work. If they refused to sign
they were severely punished. The men
supposed that they were to engage In
farm work, but were sent to coal
mines, salt mines and munitions fac
tories. I refused to work in a NUM-
tons factory and was tied to a post
for three hours. One group OF pris-
oners who persistently refused to
work were told that they would be
shot and were placed under special
guard. At the end of II days, during
which they momentarily expected to
be executed, they were told that their
lives would be spared.
"While in prison slept on the same
cot for IS months and in all that time
the straw was not changed. When
left the straw was as fine as dust and
alive with vermin. After IS months
at Altengrabow I was transferred to
Mersburg. After an exchange of pris-
oners had been effected 1 was taken to
Constance, where I was provided with
a new suit of clothes and was well fed
and kindly treated for eight days be.
fore being turned over to the allies.
suppose this was done In the hope that
in my new comfort and the joy at be
ing released / might forget the past
"In Switzerland was taken In
charge by the Red Cross and kept In
the hospital there for IA months. Had
the Germans given me proper treat
ment for my wound I would have re
covered In a few weeks; as it was
after years of neglect, dirt, semistar'
walton and hard work, was In such
condition when released that for q
time my life was despaired Of. Even
now, after the best efforts OF the Red
Cross physicians and nurses, the left
side of my face is partially paralyzed
and I can see but little with my left
eye"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
Duluth Sets Good Example.

The city of Duluth has erected a
schoolhouse and extensive playground
on land donated by the housing COM
pany. The Gary system of education
is applied in this school, which is
equipped with auditorium, gymnasium,
library, workshops and laboratories.
Land has been set aside for a Prot
estant and Catholic church. Approx
imately eight acres have been assigned
to use for clubhouse and recreation
grounds. The clubhouse and grounds
are leased by the housing company to
the Morgan Park club. which is COM
posed of employees. A separate club
building, or neighborhood house, is pro-
vided for people who live in low-rental
houses. Aside from the opportunities
for outdoor sport offered in connec-
ton with school and clubhouse grounds
are baseball and football grounds, ten
mis- courts, a skating rink and equip
ment for boating, bathing and camp
ing. A modern hospital is another
feature.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
BUTTER PRODUCED ON FARMS
First Thing Necessary Is to Begin
With Good, clean-F favored Milk
How to Separate.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Although creamery butter has al
most entirely displaced farm-made
butter in the markets Of the United
States, more than half the butter pro-
duced is still made on farms. The
fact that this butter cannot compete
successfully with the creamery prod
uct is that most of 1t brings a poor
price and is consumed in villages or
small towns, or is shipped to renovat-
ing factories for treatment and sells
as relatively low-grade product. 1t
is possible, however. greatly to i'm
prove the quality of farm butter by
employing in its production standard
practices and greater care than is Or
dinarily expended.
To produce good butter 1t is neces-
sary to begin with good. clean-fav-
ored milk. In some sections Of the
country 1t is customary to ripen and
churn the whole milk instead Of the
cream. That practice, however, is in
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
DESCRIBES BRUTAL
GERMAN PRISONS

a thin liquid, the heads, bones and
scales of the fishes being served with
the rest. One of the prisoners was op-
Grated on for appendicitis after his
transfer and four herring heads were
found lodged In his intestines.
Il have seen prisoners, rendered half
insane by hunger, fighting among them.
selves for bits of food. If ones ra-
tons were stolen or taken from him by
force and he complained to the guard
the answer would be: why, are you
not all friends-allies7 Surely there
can be nothing to complain Of When
the neutral commission would visit the
camps the prisoners would be given a
short cut of frankfurter sausage and
lump Of bread, so that 1t might ap-
pear that they were fairly well fed.
Sawdust Bread.
This bread contained all sorts of
stuff, such as potato Feelings, straw
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
Home Flown
Atlglps z
WOODEN SHINGLES ALL RIGHT
Leading Cities Throughout the Coun-
try Have Refused to For
bid Their Use.

There are only a dozen or so Of the
larger cities where the use of wooden
shingles is specially barred. At least
40 of the largest cities, including New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land San Francisco, Dallas, Tex;
Detroit, Mich, and so on down the list
even to the national capital, permit
the use of wooden shingles within
their corporate limits outside Of the
congested zone.
"This," an architect says, ''is suffi-
cient proof that the advantages of the
wood-shingle roof in residential dis
tricts are still recognized. 1t is rath-
er unfortunate for the logic Of some Of
those most strongly opposed to the
use of wooden shingles that they
house their own families under such
roof"
An Investigation revealed further
that some cities after enduring the re-
suits Of an anti-shingie ordinance I'M
til their patience became exhausted
by the harmful results in the retard-
ing of building operations. either have
repealed or are planning to repeai
such ordinances. Houston. Tex. for
example, after having passed through
nine months Of building stagnation'
repealed It's anti-shingle ordinance. In
that city is was found that the effect
of the ordinance was to retard just 40
per cent Of the building Of small
homes as compared with the CORE
spending period Of the previous year.
In refutation of the claim by the
makers of substitutes that wooden
shingles frequently cause great con-
flagrations. investigation shows that
of the Al fires involving losses of
more than 100000 in 1917 throughout
the country, only one occurred in
residence section where wooden shin
giles observation-disclosures.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
DEHORNING CATTLE IS BEST
Enough to Permit Wounds to
Heal Before Fattenlnq.

, prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
Cattle intended for the feed lots
this winter should be dehorned early
enough to permit the wounds to heal
before they are put on full feed. De-
horning offers advantages which the
feeder should not overlook. The cat
tie are more easily and safely handled
when dehOrned, and each animal is as
sured Of fair play at the feed trough.
Dehorning also prevents the bruised
condition Of the flesh and torn hides
caused by goring both In the feed lots
and In transit to market, as well as ex-
cessive shrinkage In shipments. De
horning should be done In late fall or
early winter.
The most common method of de-
horning cattle is to saw the horns of,
and for this purpose an ordinary meat
saw can be used. though there are
saws on the market that are specially
designed for the operation. BY this
method good clean job can be done
on any type Of horn, and the wound is
left in condition to heal readily.
The use Of dehorning clippers is be-
coming more common, especially
where large number of cattle are to
be dehorned and where they are de-
horned before the horn becomes hard
and brittle. The chief objection to de-
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17

drive, and the army post exchanges
established and operated for It by the
Y. NJ. c. A. were well supplied with
the things which are necessary to the
comfort-physical and mental-of the
American soldier. The Red Triangle
officials had established storehouse
to supply these exchanges, and a car
load of supplies had been shipped to it
just before the Germans started their
drive. The carload carried-besides
chocolate, tobacco, canned goods,
cookies, etc.-a considerable quantity
Of chewing gum.
When the drive started the Red Tri-
angle workers available started out
with what they could carry to serve
the men to whom they were attached.
The storehouse was left deserted. AS
the French retired they foraged to
keep supplies from falling into en-
envy hands. using what they could and
destroying the rest.
The POilus who came upon the
chewing gunl-like most Frenchmen-
were totally unfamiliar with it. They
knew only that 1t looked like food.
was wrapped like food, and was stored
with other things they knew to be
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
French Soldier Tells How Huns
Fed Prisoners Food Even
Dogs Refused.
THANBEASTS
Rendered Half Insane by Hunger Men
Fight Among Themselves for
Scraps of Food-Sawdust
and Straw In Bread.

Bangor. Me.-In contrast with the
anxiety or willingness of the German
soldier to fall captive to the allies, so
often manifested, Is the declaration Of
CASTOR Julian Defoirdt of Woonsocket,
X. l., now visiting relatives here, that
he would much rather die fighting on
the front line than to go through such
pains and mlseries as he endured In
two years spent In German prison
camp. Defoirdt, who Is twenty-four
and well educated, was visiting In
France when the war came and very
soon he was In the ranks. On the sec
ond day of his service at the front he
was wounded in the left ear by frag-
ment Of shrapnel and three days later
he was taken prisoner.
With many other prisoners he was
sent to the rear, and there they were
loaded like so many cattle into freight
cars and started on a seven days ride
to the prison camp at Altengrabow.
AT every way station where the
train stopped" says Defoirdt, "the
German people gathered round and
threw stones and spat in our faces.
We were subjected to all sorts of in
suits. Many of us were wounded, yet
we got no attention whatever, being
given scarcely food enough to keep us
alive and made to sleep on the floors
Of the dirty freight cars.
"When finally we found ourselves In
the German prison camp conditions
were worse rather than better. There
we're about $4,000 men at Altengrabow,
all nationalities mingled. We were
guarded by German soldiers who had
been incapacitated for service at the
front and who on account of their
wounds were revengeful toward US.
Dogs Refused Prison Fare.
o. at would be difficult 10 picture In
words the awful conditions prevailing
In that camp. Our diet consisted for
the most part Of hot water and de-
cayed vegetables-they called 1t soup.
Sometimes we were given herbs mixed
with grass to eat. Under such treat
ment the strongest men soon fell sick
and were scarcely able to move about.
The smell of this soup often was so
nauseating that men held their noses
while eating 1t. Dogs would take one
sniff at II and refuse to eat.
At times the men became so des-
perately hungry that they caught and
ate rats and even dog. Occasionally
ye were given herring broth. made by
boiling whole, uncleaned herrings into
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
TACKLES GUM
Looked Like Food So They Tried
to Eat It.
Now Have Remarkable Regard for the
American Digestive APP
paratus.

Paris.-One of the struggles In
which the French soldiers became in
volved when the Germans swept across
the Aisne between scissors and Reims
was with chewing gum. refer to
Chlcle Americans. the--to us--well-
known vegetable product which may
be found adhering to the underside Of
desks, to shoe soles. and to trouser
seats throughout the United States.
The self-same article that ut once
solaces the weary shop girl and the
tired business man who endeavors
herewith to conceal the fume Of the
Thinks that cheer.
An American ambulance train was
operating In the general region Of the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
own GUNS STAY FOE
Yankees Take Weapons and
Turn Them on Hun.
Run Out Of Ammunition and Make
Night Raid on Trenches
for More.

With the American Army in France.
Turning "Heinies" own machine
guns back on him is the newest and
favorite stunt In a certain American
outfit.
The boys just stumbled onto this
sport, and they like 1t.
Recently in raids the boys brought
back some German machine guns, after
driving the Germans away from their
own strongholds.
"Why not use these German guns
on the Helnies?" one thinking dough-
boy asked his pals.
You're crazy; we haven't any am
munition that'll fit them"
''Why can't we go over and get
someT replied the thinker.
"Never thought of that" replied the
others; "we're on"
That night they raided the German
trenches and brought back plenty of
ammunition and another German ma
chine gun. Next day the guns were
playing on the "Heinies.'
They're darned good machine
guns" said one chap enthusiastically,
"but the Heinies don't know how to
use them. We do, though. We're get
ting little low on ammunition. Guess
Wen have to run over to Germany to-
night and make 'em hand out some
more"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
Front View Of Dehorning Chute With
sIoping Side Showing Clamps Closed
Dotted Lines Show Open Position.


horning with the clippers is that thin
or hard horns are sometimes crushed
or spllntered, resulting In wound
that heals slowly. This objection Is
partly overcome by using clippers that
are constructed with two V-shaped
blades. which, when pressed together,
bring four cutting edges against the
horn, lessening the tendency to crush
or splinter the horn.
A number of methods of restraining
animals during the dehorning opera
ton have been practiced. Where only
q few head are to be dehorned, the
quickest way Is to throw the animal
TO the ground and hoid II or tie 1t Sc
urely until the horn Is taken off.
When considerable number of cat
ole are TO he dehorned, it will pay to
construct dehorning chute. Plans
of chute that has proved very salts
factory for this purpose are given
herewith. This chute is made narrow
enough so that the animal will not
have room TO struggle great deal,
and with stanchion-shaped head
clamp at one end for holding the ami
mails head. After an animal is in the
chute and the head clamp closed a
moose should be placed around the
neck with loop over the nose. The
head can then be snubbed down to the
peg indicated on the side post. This
forces one horn forward so as to make
II easily removed. After one horn Is
removed the head should be snubbed
to the other side for the removal of
the other horn. A chute of this kind
can be constructed at very low cost by
using scrap material about the farm.
Cattle should never be dehorned dur
Ing warm weather when there Is dan
ger of the wound becoming infested
with screw worms. The best time to
dehorn is In late fall and early winter
or during the cool weather of spring.
II the weather is sufficiently cool there
is very little danger of the wound be-
coming infested with screw worms.
However 1t Is best to apply some fly
repellent such as pine tar or one of
the coal-tar products to the wound.
The accompanying plans show the
construction of two types of simple
and satisfactory dehorning chutes.
The dotted lines in both types Of chute
show the head clamps when open, and
the lever In both cases is used for
closing the head clamps after the ami
mails head Is In position. The sides
that are shown in the plans can be
used for either type. TIE gate is con-
venient for letting the animal out of
the chute and also for branding and
vaccinating.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
Natural Charms Best.

That garden is best and most
pleasing, if it be large one, that
had the most varied charms before
the hand of man began to interfere
with nature and work at variance with
its dictates.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-17
SHEEP TO CLEAN OUT WEEDS
Corn After II Is Well Tassefed-
Eat Lower Leaves.

A practice quite common among
sheep men Is to turn the flock into
the corn field. after the corn Is well
tMsseled. The sheep will clean out
the weeds and grass. and usually will
not eat any soore than the lower leaves,
of the corn