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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-10

them to some naval training station,
possibly TO the naval unit which has
been formed at Lawrence In connec-
tion with the university.
N "a "A
Charles Aker writes from Camp
John Wise. San Antonio, where he is
in the balloon division enjoy get
ting The Reflector, as It gives all tho
news from home. as we'll as over tho
country.
Camp John Wise Is a balloon camp.
being a part Of the air service and
they have number Of balloons here
which are used for observing for the
artillery. so they don't do great
deal Of fighting. / think they have
the balloon here which broke loose
from Omaha last fall and passed
over Kansas II It makes another
"trip like that will try to be with It
and stop of in Abilene.
am working in the pay roll sec
tion OF camp headquarters and like
II fine. Our busiest part OF the
month is over now until the goth.
Best regards to all at Abilene.
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A letter was received from pvt.
Wilson II Kline. who is with Com
pany X, 353rd infantry. A. P. 0. 761 |
lie says Just got back from the
front. so will try to write little Of
life in the trenches. II isn't bad to
live In the trenches and have dug
outs to sleep in II is little dis
agreeable when it is rainy. but so far
have been having good luck; it only
rained once while | was in the
.renches Yesterday | took bath
and felt like a new man coming out.
I was the first one In three weeks
ind had to 1alk over fiyA miles to
AXE It. but 1t was worth the time
Ind trouble in getting there. was
,ut several times in Nooue several
lines In No Mans Land on raiding
'atrOls. Several times | was in
Ieayy she'll fire, and it's no fun when
no shells explode within ten feet
4 fellow like they did when was
ut one night and didn't have any '
lace to crawl into. just laid down
nd kept still and trusted to good
uck that none would hit me. I shall
ever forget my first she'll fire. al
hough don't hardly mind 1t now. 1
Veil, | have been over quite a while b
nd haven't got any mail yet. 1t sure C
lakes fellow blue writing a lot of f
'tters and not getting any answers.
sure ought to be getting mail by
lis time. / was in a French village d
little while ago and there WASH b
building that wasn't in ruins. Was
a church. and 1t sure must have
zen a beautiful building before 1t L
90 ShOI " piCeSS. EFCIybulHB Is n
, high here we must pay about W
Iree times what it is worth when nj
Q buy anything cI
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A card sent from Jacksonville, nj
a., by wesley Gish, who for some
ne has been in training for naval
sign and is finishing his course
taking two months cruise with =
Q crew of his ship says: This ~
one of the ports | get into while
cadet cruise. Also make Phila- y
lphia and Savannah, Ga The -
riny deep" has many nice features VI
t terra Gotta" for me when the 10
in has given the count. | went out "
Camp Johnston yesterday et
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Charles H. Browne, owner of the Nc
'rton Headlight, has been commits ~
ned as major of infantry and is 10
W at Camp Funston as an instruc- M
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News has been received that Ben
jamin Franklin Nemechek has ar
rived overseas safely. He is with
the s0th Aero Squadron somewhere
in England. He is the son of MIR.
and Mrs r. NJ. Nemechek.
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Among the names OF soldiers
graduating from the training camp
Zachary Taylor, KY, is f. - Weak
~, Abilene, who was commissioned
second lieutenant in the field artil-
iery
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A letter from II. A. Mustard at
Elma, Washington. says: Our son
Stanley is now an alrplane pilot and
IL at present at Paynefield Miss :.
and will be sent across in a month
We can't do without the Reflector.
~ - ~
Colonel Charles d. Rhodes, form
erly stationed at FIT. Riley and an
uncle Mrs. c. c. Wyandt, has been
snade a brigadier general.
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Deane Ackers who has been max
ing a fine record in France has been
commissioned a first lieutenant lie
is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs. II. Il.
Ackers OF this city.
IA - IN
Miss Helen CARVE and Miss Irene
Etherington have received their calls
to enter the nursing service and ex-
pect TO go in about two weeks.
n IA ~
r. w Kehr received news of the
death of his cousin, Frank Kehr.
who was in the service, at FIT. Riley
The funeral will be at Peabody. the
young soldiers home Tuesday and
Mr.. and Mrs Kehr will attend.
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Everett Stevens. Lorraine Long and !.
Cloyce Simmons went to Kansas
City, where they will try to get into
the navy.
Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Knoll received
word Saturday afternoon that their :
son, Andy Knoll who is in training at
Camp Funston was seriously i'll with
pneumonia They left for Funston
Immediately and the last reports OF
his condition say he is improving.
IN ~ m
Sergt Otto Smith left for Camp
Sherman, Ohio, where he will be an
instructor.
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C. L. Brown has made a present :
10 the 39th battalion of the beauti-
1ul silk flag which is in the window :
at Cases.
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Mrs Earl Sidesinger received news '
Of the safe arrival of her husband ="
overseas.
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A telegram from Lieutenant Curry =,
says that he is stationed at Camp
Merritt, N. J. :,
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Pvt VIM Neff, who is in the en- !.
cheering corps at Camp Humphrey. i
Washington, is home for ten days A.
mh
IN "a N -,
Deane Malott, who has been in =,
raining at Plattsburg, N Y, this -
ummer, has joined the naval reserve
nd will continue his training at the
avail farming unit in Lawrence IT,
"a pa "a sic
Paul Hoffman and his cousin, Les no
Dr. Hoffman, returned Thursday toi
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-10

try today. l found some dewber-
ries. picked as much as a tea cup
full put some sugar on them and
crushed them with my spoon, and
say but they we're good They were
just growing wild on the stony hill
side and up sort of a valley Had
a splendid entertainment at the Y.
NJ. c. A. last night. Some of the
boys sang several quartette num-
bers, some solos and readings. Of
course you know there is some fine
alent in the army in all lines, musi-
clans. etc. We have some in our
company and battalion and regi-
ment We have a Regimental band.
1t is a good one too. They gave US
a concert the other evening.
Otto schining and I were so far
apart at the front we didn't see each
other for a week. The people here
do not have the modesty they have
in the states. The village streets
are all dirty. Have been in dozens
Of towns and they are all alike. I
saw police some days ago. I said
this is the cleanest town j have
seen in France. He looked at me
peculiarly and said, yes but its the
o. s. soldiers who did 1t. Going
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turned from France. and on the
trip he and Capt. Archie Roosevelt
were assigned TO the same lifeboat.
lie was the first captain OF Company
II and host of friends in Abilene
will be much gratined at his new
honor.
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Charles II. Browne, owner of the
Horton Headlight has been commits
stoned as major of infantry and is
now at Camp Funston as an instruc-
tor Major Browne recently re-
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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-10-10

James WiIkie. Cloyce Simmons,
Lorraine Long and Everett Stevens
have returned from Kansas City,
where they triel to enlist in the
navy or the marines. The navy was
closed and the marines accepted
only 38 out Of 1000 men who APP
piled in two weeks.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
EXPL AIMING GODS CT EGYPT
Prof. Flinders Petrie Tas Thrown
Much Light on Sour; of Myth
,oIogy of Ancient Land.

The question of the character and
origin of the local gods of Egypt is
still obscure; but paper by Prof.
Flinders Petrie, published in Ancient
Egypt" part 3, 1917, does much to
clear it up. Professor Petrie collected
the original records of these cults, and
by marking the headquarters of each
deity he arrived at important results
Ra appears in only one southern city,
and his cult seems to have come from
the northea st. The distribution of
Nut, the mo ther-gotidess, is decidedly
eastern, while that of Amen is west
ern. Set wasg certainly brought into
Egypt by the desert road, as he had
there two cent, srs of the first class, and
he was introdu ced by the Red sea way
to the eastern delta.
The distributi ION of the Osiride triad
indicates a sett lemeEt SO early in the
land that the Worship was generally
diffused. Profe ssOr Petrie sums up
his article thus : '"The geography OF
the worship of he gods is thus seen
to have a conSit lerable value histori-
'cally, as bearing on their origin and
connections. VIII EN- more complete re-
search into the localities of various
uncertain names ! nay extend our iden-
tifications, it will be possible to get
more light on the sources OF Egyptian
mythology. Matt ne.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
HUNS CLAIM new GAINS
PENETRATE SUBURB OF CITY
TAKE 5 FOR LYNCHING
Men Charged With Killing R. P.
Prayer at CoIIinsviIIe, Ill.
Warrants for Joseph Riegei, w. Beav-
er, Richard Dukes, Jr., Enid Ell
more and w. Brockmeier.

Collinsville, Ill.,, April 1.-THE cor
oners jury returned verdict finding
Robert Paul Prayer met death by
hanging by mob and recommended
Joseph Riegel, Wesley Beaver. Richard
Dukes, Jr., William Bockmier and Enid
ElmOre be held for murder.
Riegel is alleged to have appeared
at the inquest and to have confessed
that he was the leader of the mob
MED him to the basement of the city
linsville miner and formerly was in
the United States army, from which
he received an honorable discharge.
In his statement at the inquest he is
said to have implicated Wesley Bea
yer as one of the men who accompa-
MED him to the basement of the city
hall on the morning of the hanging.
Beaver, a saloon porter here, also
testified at the inquest, but is said to
have denied that he took any part in
the lynching except to carry the flag
two blocks as Praeger was being
marched TO his death Dukes, Elmore
and Brockmeier are miners
Beaver was arrested. He was at
the police station all afternoon and
until few moments before the Jury
brought in its verdict. He was called
back to the inquest and reiterated his
former denial Of participation.
The testimony which has been made
public has made but slight mention of
Dukes. Elmore and Brockmeier.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
ALL COASTWISE SHIPS TAKEN
President Commanders Lines to Re-
IieMe Pail Traffic in Eacf

President Commanders Lines to Re-
iieve Rail Traffic in East.
Washington, April 12.-Leading At
lantic and gulf steamship lines will
be unified Saturday under control of
the railroad administration.
President Wilson by proclamation
commandeered the Clyde, Mallory,
Merchants and Miners and Southern
steamship lines and assigned them to
the supervision of Director General
McAdoo, who already has control of
railway-owned lines, the Ocean, Old
Dominion, Southern Pacific, Baltimore
Steam Packet and Chesapeake Steam
ship companies.
This action adds SO coastwise ves-
sells, averaging $500 tons each, to the
4S other coastwise ships already un-
der government management, making
total of Ill vessels, aggregating
nearly 100000 tons.
These will be assigned to carrying
coal and other materials between
Hampton Roads and New England,
cotton from the South to New Eng
land, and to other traffic which will
result in relieving rail transportation.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
% U. S. SOLDIERS KILLED
Two Casualties Lists Given Out bv
War Department.

Washington, April 1.-Two casualty
lists from the American expeditionary
FORCES issued by the war department
contained the names of 234 men killed.
wounded or missing In action and dead
from wounds, accidents and diseases.
The first made public had 124 names.
and the second, given out late in the
day, had 40 names, including those of
y men killed in action. the largest
number SO far reported at one time
by General Pershing Eighteen officers
were named in the two lists. Three
l1eutenants were killed In action, a ma
lor died from wounds, two captains
and two lieutenants are missing in ac.
non, lieutenant and two cadets died
from accidents, lieutenant died
from disease, another lieutenant was
wounded severely, and lieutenant
colonel, Il captain and three lieuteu-
ants We're wounded slightly.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
MONEY AS NEEDFUL AS
MEN, SAYS GOVERNOR
Wage Farmers, Business Men, Farmers
and Capitalists Are vitality Inter-
ested in Triumph of Our Arms.
By FRANK o. LOWDEN,
TGovernor of IIIinois,1

This is war to establish the right
Of people to govern themselves. 1t is,
therefore, a peoples war. But a peo-
pie cannot govern itself successfully
unless 1T is willing to finance war
waged upon it by military autocracy.
Democracy is doomed, unless it has the
vitality to put forth its resources in
support of a war, in which it's very
right to exist is challenged.
Our enemy frequently has said that
we, as nation, care for money alone.
More than a million of our young men
have given the lie to this charge by Of
fering the supreme sacrifce-the sac
riflce Of life itself-that their cOun-
try might endure. Shall it now be
said of the other millions-the mil
lions who remain at home-that this
charge is true? VIII not our people at
home, for whose security and future
our soldiers have gone to the colors,
will not they loan their dollars to the
government in the support of cause
for which these men gladly offer to
give their lives?
Remember, money is as needful as
men, if we are to prevail. Remember
that if we do prevail, these bonds will
be the best investment we shall have
made during the period of the war. If
we fail, even then they will be worth
more than our cattle and lands, our
factories and stores, or any other prop
erty we may own.
Our wage earners, business men and
capitalists are vitally interested in the
triumph of our arms. Let all sub
scribe in proportion to their means.
The number who shall partake of this
loan is as important as the total
amount subscribed. If our peop'a gen
orally are united in absorbing our Lib
erty bonds, it will prove to the world
that democracy knows what it's liber-
ties are worth, and is willing to de-
fend them at any cost.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
IOWA lover THE TOP"
State SubScribes Full Minimum
Quota of S71,O5O,OOO.
Detroit Goes Over Its Quota-S275,-
$4,000 Worth of Bonds Sold Up to
Close of Business Wednesday.

Washington, April 10 Iowa tops
the list of states.
The corn husker" state flashed over
the Liberty loan line Thursday after
noon with her full minimum quota of
Sl.OoO,OOO subscribed the first state
IN the nation to go "over the top"
reports from 72 of the 80 counties
took the entire quota. But four days
OF campaigning turned the trick. With
the honor flag of the nation and Sew
enth federal reserve district "copped," :"
she has now set out to see that every
county and community takes its full
allotment Her record has been otli-
cially recognized
Detroit, Mich, up to noon Thursday
had S3O,S75,00O She was the first big
American city to go over its quota in
the first and second loans and she is
after it this time. The Detroit COM
mittee expects to reach it's quota by
next Saturday night
Offlcial reports from ten of the
twelve federal reserve bank governors
showed that $275,919,OOO worth of
third Liberty loan bonds were sold up
to the close of business Wednesday,
April 10.
Treasury officials refused to say
whether computations they can make
from the figures given out give hope of
large OversubScriptiOn.
They are still warning. however,
against overconfdence and urging that
every effort be put forth by the loan
workers to insure a subscription total
that will stagger Berlin
Subscriptions by districts for the
first three days were as follows: Chi
cago, 500, 135, 900; Boston. $50, ,4S3, 900 !;
New York, S157, 100000; Cleveland,
$6,65O,OOO; Atlanta, $1,411 400; st.
Louis, $1,394, 100; Kansas City, ST .251.-
$50; San Francisco 81, ,123 600
New York, April 12--The official
figures given out by the Liberty loan
committee showed that $1S0.239 900
has been subscribed to the third Lib
erty loan in the first four days of tt Q
campaign here.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
AMERICANS BEAT
OFF BIG ATTACK
Three Days of Fierce Bombard-
ment Precedes the Onslaught
Which Is Stopped.
SHOCK UNITS ARE DEFEATED
Germans Send Rain of Gar Shells and
Pershing's Men Fight Wearing
Masks - Heaviest Attack
Launched by Huns So Far.

With the American Army in France,
April 13.-The Germans attempted an
attack against the American positions
northwest of Toul just before sunrise
and were completely repulsed. Two
German prisoners said that the enemy
planned the attack with a force of 800
men, but that it was stopped In its
full strength by the effective fire of
the American artillery. The Ameri-
cans lost no prisoners One of the
German prisoners died later of
wounds.
Three-Day cannonade Fails. \
With the American Army in France.
April 11.-American troops on a GER
tain sector repulsed the heaviest Ger
man attack yet made on an American
force. Brilliant work by American
gunners dispersed the German infan-
try before they reached the wire en-
tanglements and those of the enemy
who got into the wire were accounted
for with machine gun and rifle fire.
The German attack came after vio-
lent artillery bombardment of three
days. A large number of the enemy
are believed to hav been killed or
wounded during the attack which con-
tinued for nearly two hours.
For 72 hours before their effort the
Germans had been firing an increas-
ing number of shells at the American
positions and making extensive use
OF gas Shells At noon the day before
the enemy began "a harassing fire
against one of the American strong
points and kept it up throughout the
night, dropping hundreds of shells of
all calibers on both front and rear po-
sitiOns. The American artillery re-
piled vigorously, the men in some bat
teries working with their gas masks ON
for two or three hours at a stretch
AS soon as the American barrage
lifted American infantrymen climbed
from their shelters and attacked the
enemy with heavy machine gun and
rifle fire, driving back those who had
not been dispersed by the artillery fire.
The attack was followed by a vio-
lent artillery engagement which is still
going on at late hour at night
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
SENATORS HIT
WAR strikers
Privilege Given Them Causes Re-
. lection of Munitions Pro-
lection Measure.
COMPEHS CENSURES THE PRESS
Head of American Federation Declares
labor's Loyalty Is Overlooked
in Condemnation of Small
WaIkouts.

Washington, April 12-The confer
penalties for destruction of or nterfer
ence with production of essential war
materials, and containing the clause
giving wOrkmen the right TO strike for
better wages or working conditions
was rejected by the senate. 81 to %
Object to Strike Privilege.
The vote, taken Immediately upon
reconvening of the senate and follow
Ing the bitter denuncation of labor's
attitude in the war in the numerous
strikes on war jobs, Will cause the
house to reconsider the bill
The senate's opposition was directed
solely to the clause providing that the
bill should not restrict workmen from
striking
Many senator's who objected to the
provision regarded the vote as n re-
buke to workmen who have struck ut
snip yards and factories engaged on
war work
Senator Overman of North Carolina
who had charge of the measure. de
clared that should the senate defeat
the conference report because of the
labor clause the entire legislation
would die"
While the senate was rejecting the
much-discussed provision, President
Gompers Of the American Federation
of Labor, speaking before the national
conference of American lecturers here,
was denouncing the proposal to pro-
hibit strikes and walkouts
"AS a patriotic American citizen"
declared Mr.. Gompers II serve warn
ing on congress not to permit the dev-
iltry and folly Of such a law. 1t will
serve only to make strikers lawbreaI-
ers as well. Nothing will do more TO
create resentment than to make it un-
lawful for men to stop work"
Conscription of labor was ;tSSaiIed
by Frank Morrison secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, who as
serted that conscription in demo
cratic nation should be used only for
military purposes.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
THREE DAY ARTILLERY DUEL
WITH AMERICANS V|CT0RS
i. S. Marines AID JAPS
American Force Landed at VIadi-
vostok to Guard Docks.
Japanese Troops in Charge of Railway
and Ammunition Depots-BoI-
shevki Are RepuIsed.

Harbin, April 12.-American marines
have landed at Vladivistok, as well as
British and Japanese forces, accord
ing to advices from that place The
Americans are in control Of the docks,
while the japanese are guarding the
railway and ammunition depots.
Harbin, April 12.-Refugees reach
ing Harbin from Blagovieshtchensk
give details of recent disorders in that
city. The trouble arose as a result
OF an attempt by the bolsheviki to
disarm the japanese, who had armed
for seif-defense.
During the first day of the trouble
General kOshevnikoff, commanding a
few Cossacks, aided the Japanese and
repulsed the bOlsheviki, but the lat
ter, REINFORCED by Red guards, over
came the defenders of the city.
General Koshevnikoff lost 100 men
killed, including eight japanese and
two Chinese.
Between 200 and 300 noncombatants
are reported to have been slain. The
refugees secured 100000 rubles lover
$4,OOO,OOO) of the Imperial funds,
which they are bringing to Harbin.
Washington. April 12.-The landing
Of United States marines at Vladivo-
stok is less in order to protect Ameri-
can lives ana property" than to reas'
sure the Russians disturbed by the ad-
vent of the japanese armed forces.
The American Asatic squadron has
been in and about the Siberian har
Dor off and on all winter and the
navy has been expecting the tidings
that men had been put ashore ever
since it was known that the Japa-
neSe forces We're there.
1t seems to have been deemed best
to sandwich in few American marines
with the Japanese and the English in
the hope that they would convince
the Russians that nobody had designs
on their eastern provinces.
AS lot of munitions stacked up in
VladivOstOk came from this country
and were paid for with money loaned
to Russia by the United States. we
had a. reasonable ground for insuring
their protection.
Moscow, April 12.-The excitement
over the Japanese landing at Vladi-
vostok is rapidly subsiding, and the
Moscow newspapers are generally in
clined 10 the belief that the incident
Will be settled locally and that the
Japanese ard English will withdraw
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12

100000 Persons Witness Review of the
Thirty Sixth Division

Fort Worth, Tex, April 12.-Fully
100000 visitors from Texas and Okla
honla witnessed the review Of the Thir-
ty-siXth division, UNIFIED States army,
here. More than 27,0G0 soldiers par
ticipated. III addition to this there
were 6,OOh horses and mules and some
|, 800 vehicles. which made up machine
gun platoons, light artillery, supply
trains, etc. From stand erected for
the purpose General Greble and his
staff, with Governor Hobby of Texas
and Governor Williams of Oklahoma,
reviewed the division.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-12
IRONWORKER SEEKS PARDON
Communication of Sentence of &. A.
Clancy Asked of President.

Washington, April 12-Immediate
Communication of the sentence of Eu-
gene A. Clancy of San Francisco, a
member of the executive board of the
International Union of Structural IRON
workers, now serving a siXyear SEN
tence for conviction in the dynamite
conspiracy cases, was asked Of Presi-
dent Wilson by Senators Phelan and
Johnson and Representatives Kahn
and Nolan Of California.