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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
huns TAKE TO HEELS
IN HASTY RETREAT
Whole Line East of Vesle
to Courcy-le-
|. Is Collapsing.
NAVALRY IN ROUT
An-Day Battle Ends In
Enemy Making Pre-
cipitate Run For
the Rear.
NAVALRY IN ROUT

Paris, Sept. a. bod ~ allow was
struck the German front n=tride
the Disc by the Freuch today. The
whole German line from the east
Of yeste to the region southeast
II Coucy-Le-Chateaa IN tonight
eeuapstng as n result.
The crown prinee'x Atsne~ SesI~
froNt In directly affected by this
new JOLT on It's flank And aIresd
the French and American. have
crossed the N~~i~ nj several
places. Universal Service siaG
correspondent on that front says
the advance IL progressing and In
meeting only rear guard machine
gun screens
North of the oisr canal the Ger
mans ar~ In full retreat.
The sudden French thrust IL q
severe bkow 10 the Trutor stat,
for In that reSiou--the hinge he
tween the canal-du-Nord line and
the Scissors and Aixne- S~sl~
armies---it had figured on making
n stubborn stand. An enormous
nxrnx of -cannnnIi concentrated
there.
Cavalry t~ In action along the
whole twenty hv~-miie front.
ehauny and La t'rre are nfsame,
- In .Jussay.
The Paris war esYi~e toutGht ~
Pevts the capture cf nsany prison
era and guns and great quantities
Of material. @ret se'rae' sSez--
MavtxeiIr. between the AIleff~
and the Disc. has been captured in
= dnahinE French advance srrcs.
the Aiiette. and here the PoiIus
arr only two miles from Chauny.
the key to In Fer~. which In eight
and u haiti rsties to the narsh~ass-
Between the At~ne and the ALL
etse n terrific aii-Aay battle ended
with the ~aemy taking 10 his heels.
Americans arr believed to have
taken = prominent part IN skss
AKhtfnK-
The German defeat WINS the re-
suit Of one of the mc~t brilliantly
ec-0xdinatexi daAi actions of the
whale counter offensive. he
French forces EAST of the canal
Nm Nord smAsased eastward. reach
ing the tine Fr~niehe.-<saiscard-
n~nuKie~-G = ru-M onde@ccurt-
APPLY. while south Of the Disc and
below the Ailetfe the forces on
their right battered their way
wsrthenstvwnrd. the dual advance
b~trx n conv~vwtnx movement ON
Chauny npd IAFere-
with the Am~rtcans on the
Aisn~-Vealr Fronf. sept. A.
Light forces Of Americans have
crossed the Whsle river between
Bc~S<hes and the east OF Flames -
fr<ynf Of wospe three usile~t. en~oun-
t~rtnx Germ an rear guards consist
Ing Of n s~rcen Of machine xus-
neSA
Our advance II progressinx.
Eaast OF the Canal efu Nord the
French passed beyond Iibs.rmont
and are tonight less than FIVE
miles from Ham. the last German
strong point west of the 81
Ouentin-la Fore line
simultaneously, the " h o l e
Franco front from the
north OF SoAsxsDns TO the wS,ss OF
r4srsen lcnpcd into acsior. Storm
Ing northward between the tesle
and the Atzne.
Bucy-Ie-Ixrsg and Montcea were
captured and thence southeast
ward 10 the north Of Pismcs the
khaki horizon blue lines showed
forward, reaching. Al some points,
4 and passing, thu. line Cf1asscmy,
Brepellc. Vauberlin- Naucerc.
Blanxy, Les Fisunes To the SOUTH
east OF the latter place the at
tackers gained foothoid ON the
ridge Of Baslieux.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
Startling. II True.

London. Sept. 4.-Sketch learns
that the Bolsheviki have declared
war on the entente. The German
Bolshevist plan. according to the
paper. II to recruit the Russian
millions for Germany.
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Shortly before o'clock tonight n
telegram was sent TO the attorney
general at Washington giving him all
details of the explosion. He will be
kept informed as the Investigation
political fund collected by an officer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
Prohibition by Feb. I. 1919.

The Methodist temperance board
predicts ratification Of the prohibition
amendment to the federal 'Constitu-
ton by Feb /. 1919. Fifteen states
have already approved and 80 other
states. the legislatures Of which meet
next month. are expected to act
favorably on the amendment.
Some Of these legislatures are lay
ing plans to ratify the amendment on
Wednesday. Jan. /. They propose to
meet, organize and vote for national
prohibition at the very first sitting.
Some are declaring that ratification
will be had in the first hour. Indeed.
ratification Of prohibition has become
a matter OF pride and a race to the
goal, by some Of the Western and
Southern legislatures.
We sincerely hope that Maine. the
mother Of prohibition, will not be far
behind in the race.
Our readers will read with interest
the letter Of Rev. Clarence True Will
son to Deets Pickett, the research
secretary of the Board Of Temper
ance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The letter was written from Buffalo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
PROVEN SWAMP=ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS

The symptoms Of kidney and blad-
der troubles are often very distress
ing and leave the system in a run
down condition. The kidneys seem to
suffer most, as almost every victim
complains of lame back and urinary
troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead
TO more dangerous kidney troubles.
DR.. kilmer's Swamp Root which, SO
many people say, soon heals and
strengthens the kidneys, is a splendid
kidney. liver and bladder medicine.
and, being an herbal compound. has a
gentle healing effect on the kidneys,
which is almost Immediately noticed
in most cases by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who
may be in need of it. Better get a
bottle from your nearest drug store,
and start treatment a. once.
However. if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to DIR. Kilmer d Co, Binghamton, \.
Y, for sample bottle. When writ
ing be sure and mention the Augusta
Daily kennebec Journal.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
Why tie "Emharrassment"?

Vigorous protests are reaching the
War Department Against the recent or
der directing the wearing of silver
ehevrons by officers and enlisted men
Of the army who have been held IN
camps, at posts or at other duty in this
country. The volume of protests has
grown so formidable that the advisable
ity for modifying the order so that il
will be merely premissive is now under
serious consideration. Some officers are
declaring they will resign at once,
rather than wear silver chevrons. thus
that they have not been within 5000
miles of the great war.
On the other hand. large numbers Of
enlisted men are taking to the chevrons
with alacrity: some have appeared here
wearing three silver chevrons. They
are entitled to wear one for six months
in the service. Many officers and men
take the positions that the embarraSs-
ment Of appearing at any jublic event
along with men wearing overseas chew
rons and wound chevrons would be un-
bearable. the silver chevrons merely
serving 10 emphasize the fact that the
men wearing them had had only jobs
on this side OF the Atiautiv.-News Dis
patch.
If millions of men who wished TO
go across did not go. it was not their
fault They should not be ashamed
OF the best they could do. for some
body had to serve on this side. Nor
could they expect to be recognized as
having served overseas but denied
wound or overseas chevrons. Gen.
Wood served but not overseas.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

man on recent visit to that city. 1t
is an offer, says the Commercial.
which recognizes Mr.. Chapman's
work here and which is an oppor-
tunity for Bangor people to back the
Festival in q practical manner. Mr..
Bass will deed to the trustees OF the
Music Festival Corporation tc be
used for the benefit of the festival for
all time, withou. mortgage, the land
between Main street and the park
fence, a strip OF the same width as
that now occupied by the Festival
Association. This is to be kept in
trust for the Festival and held for all
time, to be used to perpetuate the
festivals. The condition is that Mr..
Chapman secure from the people OF
Bangor money enough to put the Au-
ditorium in good repair and keep 1t
so and to purchase the land between
the Auditorium and Buck street. Di-
rector Chapman thanked Mr.. Bass
and assured him that every effort
possible would be made to take adj
vantage of this public spirited offer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
NOTICE RETAIL DRUGGISTS
NO MORE VAPORUB DIRECT
BUYIT FROM YOUR J0BBER

more quickly, they are really slowing
up the process.
We believe that we can serve YOU
better now by reverting to our for
mer policy of shipping exclusively
through the jobber. and, effective i'm
mediately. no more drop shipments
will be made.
While We have put on a night shift
and have thereby about doubled our
production. we are still unable to fill
our back orders and won't be able IN
give each jobber all the VapoRub he
wants. Hence. it will be necessar,
for the Jobbers to continue distribut.
ing FapoRub in small lots only. But
we will be able TO furnish each Job
Der at least twice the quantity of Va
poRub that he purchased for the cor
responding month last year, so there
should not be any difficulty in your
getting your pro rata share.
We feel that the public appreciates
the service that the retail and whole
sale drug trade have rendered the
country in this time of stress. We
wish to express to both branches OF
the trade our thanks for the kind CO.
operation extended us in our efforts
to meet this emergency.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
POTATO NOTES

Presque Isle. Dec. 17.-United
States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Markets, says Of potato
Shipments:
Pressure Isle (and common rate
shipping points,: Two degrees below
minimum, 35 degrees maximum tenn
perature past "a hours, clear. Haul
ings yesterday were moderate and
with only moderate demand the
market was trife easier. Noun
tains ranging mostly s2.9o-3.1o, with
a few fancy $3.15-25; with some deal
ers only offering $2.75-S5; Cobblers,
s2.75-3.O0; Spauldings mostly s2.75
per barrel measure. Carlot inquiry
was light and practically no sales
were confirmed because of wire trou-
Bile. Sales of few cars of Spauld-
ings at S275 per barrel f. o. b. cash
were reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
SAYS COLD WEATHER
BRINGS RETURN OF
INFLUENZA
Public Must Be Careful to Avoid A
Second Epidemic. Easier to Pre-
vent Than Cure. What to Do

Encouraging reports Of the fewer
cases OF Influenza in this vicinity
should not allow US to relax our vigil
lance or to become careless in the be-
F. lief that the danger is all over" says
a well known authority. With the
coming of cold weather there is apt
to be a return Of this frightful cpl
demic and seriousness will depend
on the extent of the precautions,
taken by the public, to prevent infec-
ton.
When the air is full of influenza
germs, you may be constantly breath
ing them into your nose and throat.
But their danger may be avoided and
you may make yourself practically
immune to infection if you destroy
the germ before it actually begins
work in your blood.
During the recent serious epidemic,
which hit Augusta so hard. most Sue
cessful results were obtained by many
through the simple breathing into the
nose, throat and lungs of the medica-
ted air of oil of Hyomei Probably no
better, safer or more sensible precau
tons against Inf1uenZ Grippe,
Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis or Catarrh
of the nose and throat could be en-
ployed than to go now to the nearest
drug store and get complete Hyo-
mel outfit consisting of bottle of the
pure Oil of Hyomei and little vest
pocket hard rubber inhaling device
into which few drops of the oil arc
poured.
Carry this Inhaler with you during
the day and each half hour or SO put
it in your mouth and draw deep
breaths Of its pure healing germicidal
air into the passages Of your nose
throat and lungs to destroy any germs
that may have found Judgement there.
This simple precaution may save you
a serious illness md the loss of sew
eral weeks work. 1t is pleasant to
use and not at all expensive as the
inhaler will last lifetime and further
supplies Of the Oil of Hyomei can be
had at any drug store for few cents
Hundreds Of people in this vicinity
used Hyomei in this way during the
recent crisis and avoided danger
They should not neglect it now for
the danger is by no means over
Bowditch & Webster Co.-Adv.
dec6-13-2O
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

Look at the tongue. mother y
coated. it is a sure sign that your ~,
tie ones stomach, liver and DOVE.
need a gentle, thorough cleansing =
once
When peevish, cross, listless' pa
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or ac' 10.
urally. or is feverish, stomach 500
breath bad; has stomach ache SUI.
throat. diarrhoea. full of cold, give I
teaspoonful of california Syrup y
Figs" and in fe hours all VI,
foul, constipated waste. undises'e,
food and sour bile gently moves ~.
OF the little bowels without grip'p NJ
and you have well, playful c"''
again. =.
You needn't coax sick children
take this harmless fruit laxathe,
they love its delicious taste. ana II q
ways makes them feel splendid :,
Ask your druggist for a bottie n
California Syrup of Figs which ~ "a
directions for babies, children o'
ages and for grown-up plainly =.
the bottle. Beware Of countet'e =.
sold here. To be sure you &c.
genuine, ask to see that it is mao' .
the California Fig Syrup Compan,,
Refuse any other kind with conte"'
ADV. f.-
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Effective Immediately, No
More Direct Shipments Will
Be Made Retailers. All
Shipments Now Go to Job
berS for Redistribution.

When the influenza epidemic struck
the country and wiped out our ware
house and jobbers' stock almost over
night. we We're faced with the prob
lem of distributing-to the stricken
districts-in the quickest possible
manner-our daily output of Vapo-
Rub. We solved this by Offering to
ship direct to the retailers in these
influenza districts. by parcel post pre-
paid, quantities of not more than
three dozen VapoRub in any one
shipment, and by shipping what was
left from our daily production to our
jobbers by express instead of freight.
This was costly, but it solved the
problem for the time being. Now,
however, we find that these mail
shipments are constantly increasing
we have received as many as 1906
in a single mail. 1t is becoming i'm
possible for us to fill these promptly,
and instead of distributing our goods
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
Editors Letter Box
Letter from California Friends.


Keynes, Calf, Dec. II.
Editor Kennebec Journal:
Please find enclosed my check to
apply on my subscription for the
Journal. I've been IL subscriber of
your paper for over 20 years and
can't get along without it. Like the
old New York Tribune in the days of
Greeley which was such q power in
the land, so the Journal has become a
power for good. It's able editorials
and entertaining writers bring daily
to our fircsidc the best that is being
said and done, not only on the great
question of prohibition, but also on
the other far-reaching issues of the
day-the complete overthrow of the
liquor traffic and Bolshevikism
throughout the world, the right solu-
ton of the labor problem, and the
prevention OF future wars. Go on
grand old paper of Severance, Stew
ems, Blaine and Burleigh with thy up
lifting messages in aiding our people
to grapple with these mighty ques-
tons of which l write. and in deter
mining with the nelp of God that
those heavy tasks shall be per-
formed. In speaking of the Jour
nal reminds me that at a dry
meeting which ] recently ad-
dressed in San Pedro, l spoke of
Maine being the home of prohibition
and referred to your editorials on this
question. At the close of the meet
ing a gentleman shook me warmly by
the hand and said, Il formerly lived
in Maine and was reader u che
Kenncbec Journal. In fact" said he.
that grand old paper made me q
warm supporter of prohibition" So
you see the journal has welded n
wonderful influence for the right. and
long may it live. But here / must
close. will say, however, that we
are having delightful weather in this
beautiful Southland--brieht skies.
soft clouds, roses in fun bloom on orr
lawns and the hooking bird and
sweet song sparrows fitting here and
tnere among the trees. it hardly
seems possible in all this sunshine
that you are having ice and snow in
dear old Maine. AS to eatables. win
say that there is being served upon
our table these days rhubarb sauce
lettuce, radishes.\ carrots, onions
beets, turnips and new potatoes out Of
our own garden. also apples and
oranges Off the trees. / never Jared
any better this time of year at Po-
land Spring than right here in NV
nome in this sunny land.
FRANK w. GOWEN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
OUR BOYS
OUR COUN7RY'S SERVICE

Extracts from a letter written to
Mrs. A. L. Purdy. Gardiner, Me, from
her husband, Corp. A. L. Purdy, High
Burst Ranging Section, American
EXpd. Forces.
France, Nov. ii, 1918.
How much longer l have to write
from France is unknown. but it is
"Finie la Guerre" so let US rejoice.
Some of the first divisions are on
their way now l hear. Many so by
our billets night and day to or from
the front lines.
Yours truly has been up to the
trenches twice already which are just
as they were left Monday the 18th.
Guards are all along the line but
often we got by and once were among
some Germans in camp near a wood.
I have several things picked up
there ] would like to get home but
how is the question. We may not be
allowed and another reason our bar
rack bags may be left here. I'll start
with them anyway.
There was enough junk Of every
description to load a transport in the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

small sector | visited. Small arms
! and beaucoup ammunition Of all
/ kinds with grenades all about the
first steps ready to be used.
! l have a German gas mask, all new,
two helmets, canteen cup and car
rier, q valuable map and sketches
made Of the sector which I. value a
great deal more than the rest. All
along were plenty of samples of the
cloth the Germans made OF paper,
which resembles gunny sack.
| In the open fields there were only
barbed wires and small trenches but
near small wood you could find the
! deep, we'll made trenches and most
always large dugouts.
The dugouts we visited were very
we'll made and until you We're right
upon them you could not see any
thing of the entrance which was only
a door way like, at the top Of the
stairs.
/ went down several, for four long
flights of stairs. at least sixty, to 4
hundred feet below the surface only
to find the water had filed the lower
, rooms. We went in many Of those
not so deep mostly sleeping quarters
or kitchens.
Another interesting sight was the
wonderful land forts about here on
the once beautiful hills. To only a
few were we able to gain entrance.
Regular castles far beneath the
ground and often there are tunnels
that so for miles to other forts or into
a near by city.
1t seems SO pitiful to see the
stumps of the forests for only stlImps
and big limbs remain. In one PLACE
where our last push took place you
could not honestly lay down coin
without laying it in a shell hole. The
small shells do not make such a hole
but the torpedoes dropped from a
flying machine made q crater large
enough to drive a Ford into and turn
around and deep enough to cover one
up in.
We have been very fortunate In
having very safe place yet we have
been undr fire many times. l re-
member the first shell so plainly, yes
VERY plainly for it was the nearest
one and only a big bank between us.
We were digging n ditch, our third
day here and not one thinking Of
Jerry" There had been q German
plane over head SO ] guess he must
have thought we were fixing a ma
chine gun or something like that, yet
it might not have been meant for us
IL
for certain bridge near by. Any
way it was near enough to suit me
and if any woodchuck got into a hole
any quicker than I, he has the worlds
records for that stunt.
That was the first and worst in our
estimation, but soon We could let
them slide down their trajectory as
loud as they liked without ducking.
Today a bunch went by on their
fifteenth day hike. sore. tired and
cold. 1t is my night on guard and
most time for my relief so I'll close
for now. Have walked most twenty
miles today so the hay will feel good,
believe me.
Corporal A. L. PURDY,
LIST Prov. High Burst Ranging
Section. American Expd. Forces
Arthur L. Purdy is Gardiner boy.
enlisted in May, 1917 in the 54th COM
pany Coast Artillery Corps and was
stationed at Fort Mckinley, Portland.
He sailed overseas in March, 1918.
The picture was taken in France a
short time ago. Before enlisting
Corp. Purdy was employed by c. O.
Davenport in his jewelry sto Q in
Gardiner.
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ALMA

Mrs. p. f. Jewett went TO Portland
Thursday to attend the funeral of her
uncle, Charles Rundlett.
Rev. w. n. Lewcllen went to
Whitefield Sunday to attend the fu-
neral of Mrs. w. Pottle.
The Ladies' Aid met last week with
Mrs. G. J. Mcdonald.
f. w. Thorne of Belfast was in
town Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

1t might help solve the problem Of
what to do with the women who have
taken mems jobs if the boys bring home
as lew wives from France as possible.
1t looks like d frost.
The two items above were found in
sequence in Pats and knocks col
umn Of the Portland Press. We in
fer that Pats opinion is that any
proposition to restrict the number OF
wives a soldier may bring home will
meet with a cool reception.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

It is announced that President Will
son is planning to eat his Christmas
dinner with the American troops at
the front. Where the former kaiser
will eat his and what he will have has
not yet been announced, but it will
probably he somewhere in Holland
and the center piece Of the feast will
probakly be goose. Indeed, his goose
is already cooked, the basting having
been done to q turn.-Biddeford Jour-
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Tackling an abandoned farm is
about as hard as tackiing q Boche.
but the soldiers can conquer them il
they are given the right kind Of back
ing. Incidentally the world will be
much safer for the human race if a
wholesome, rational program Of agri-
cultural development is adopted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20

There was time when the electric
car WIS accused of having produced a
generation which had no legs. That is
all passed. In the present transporta-
ton chaos thousands of people are
learning to walk-Boston Globe.
And at a little waiting room the
other morning we heard a girl say:
IF that car doesn't come pretty soon
I shall fly"
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Add Prohibition Arguments

Holyoke, Dec 1S-Charles o. Thiele.
? liquor dealer and ex-steward of the
Holyoke Turnverein, died at his home
today. He was formerly in partnership
with Charles w. Bluemer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-20
LITCHFIELD
LOCAL NOTICE.

an pubic meetings. are prohibited
- '"e 'o"h ol Litcnneld until. fur
~ oruef. fer order. Board Of
i1'h' r. w. Goss. N. D.. Secretary.
dec1ed3t
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A bumper crop Of winter wheat is in
sight The indica tons are that it can
be used-Fortland Press
Indications for bumper prices to
consumers are just as good as ever,