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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14

/ got out the rum Jar and gave each
a nip and passed around some Tags,
the old reliable Woodblnes. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said In English, "Thank
you, SIR, the rum is excellent and l ap-
preciate 1t, also your Kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, Of the Slxty-slxth Bavarian
Light infantry; that he had lived six
years in New York (knew the city bet
ter than l did), had been to Coney
island and many of our ball games. He
was n regular fan. l couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best ball player In the world.
From New York he had gone to Lon
don, where he worked as a waiter in
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents, the war came and he was con-
scripted.
He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London was in ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. l could not con-
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
lloNlhB plSluiVS III Ohe VI the NeTInan
cities Of st. Paul's cathedral in ruins.
I changed the subject because he
was so stubborn in his belief. II was
my intention to try and pump him for
information as to the methods of the
German snipers, who had been caus-
ing us trouble in the last few days.
l preached the subject and he shut
up like a clam. After a few minutes
he very lnnOcently said:
German snlpers get paid rewards
for killing the English"
/ eagerly asked, what are theyT"
He answered
For killing or woundlng an English
private, the sniper gets one mark. For
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
Xxx.
nchata Wlth Erltz.H

We we're swimming In money! from
the receipts OF Il theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again take over their
sector OF the line.
The day that these orders were IS
sued, our captain assembled the COM
pany and asked for volunteers to go to
the Machine Gun school at st. Omar.
/ volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course in machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks aud we
rejolned our unit and were assigned 20
the brigade machine gun company. 1t
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates.
The gun we used was the Vlckers,
Light .303, water cooled.
was still a member OF the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. / was assigned to
section l, gun No. ?, and the first time
Gin" took position in the front-llne
trench.
During the day our gun would be
~dIsmOunted or the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared n dugout with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand to" we
would mount u gun on the parapet
and go on watch beside II until stand
down" in the morning. Then the guG
would be ~dlsmOunted and again placed
In readiness on the FIRE step.
We did eight days in the front-llne
trench without anything unusual hap
penlng outside Of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
"carry out" a bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled on. This raid
ing party consisted OF sixty company
men. sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was a complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-One prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore. because they turned loose a
barrage Of shrapnel, with a few Min
MES" and "whlzz bangs intermlxed.
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hallstones.
To get even, we could have left the
prisoners in the FIRE trench. In charge
Of the men on guard and let them click
Frltz's strafelng but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way.
Five Of them were brought into my
dugout and turned over to me so that
they would be safe from the German
IRE.
In the %candlellght, they looked very
much shaken. nerves gone and chalky
faces. with the exception Of one. a
great big fellow. He looked very much
II ease liked him from the start
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
Ancient Soap MakInu.

A soap boilers shop was among the
things discovered in the excavation at
Pompeii several years ago. The city
was buried beneath volcanic ashes A.
d. 20. 1t is said that the soap found
in the shop had not lost all efficacy,
although 1t had lain under the ashes
more than eighteen hundred years.
Soap making was quite a business in
a number of the Italian cities ut the
time that POmpeli was destroyed.
Pliny the elder speaks of soap, and
says that because its price was so
high many substitutes were used,
among them a kind Of glutlnous earth
and fine sand mixed in the Juice Of
certain plants that made lather. His
tory tells us that the Gauls made soap
two thousand years ago by combining
beech tree ashes and goats fat.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
CHAPTER xlx-contlnued.

At one point Of the line where the
trenches were very close, a stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
II was his turn, Tommy would crawl
to this stake and attach some London
papers to Il, while at the foot he would
place tins Of bully beef, flags, sweets
and other delicncies that he had re-
celved from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz would come
out and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
20 see what Fritz put into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted Of a
paper from Berlin. telling who a
winning the war, some timed sausages,
cigars, and occasionally n little beer,
but a funny thing, Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless 1t was In
side Of him. His platoon got a Whit OF
his breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost his job.
One night a young English sergeant
crawled to the stake and as he tried to
detach the German paper a bomb ex-
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set a trap and gained another VIC
tim which was only one more blnck
mark against him in the book Of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
lations were severed.
Returning to Tommy, l think his
spirit is best shown in the questions he
asks. 1t Is never "who is going to win
but always "how long will it take?"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14

killing or wOunding an English officer
he gets FIVE marks, but II he kills a Red
Cap or English general, the snlper gets
twenty-One days tied t the wheel Of a
timber as punishment for his careless
ness" 70
Then he paused, waiting for me to
bite, 1 suppose.
l bit all right and asked him why the
snlper was punished for killing an
English general. With a smile he re-
piled:
"Well, you see, II all the English gem
erals were killed, there would be no
one left to make costly mistakes"
l shut him up. he was getting too
fresh for a prisoner. After a while he
wlnked at me and / winked back, then
the escort came TO take the prisoners
TO the rear. / shook hands and wished
him "The best OF luck and a safe jour
ney TO Blighty."
! liked that prisoner, he was a fine
fellow, had an Iron Cross, too. ! ad-
vlsed him TO keep 1t outo Of sight, or
some Tommy would be sending It home
TO his girl In Blighty as a souvenir.
One dark and rainy night while on
guard we were looking over the top
from the FIRE step OF our front-llne
trench, when we heard a noise imme-
dlately In front OF our barbed wire.
The sentry next to me challenged,
Halt, who comes thereT" and brought
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
Hla DUTY pons.

The family is rather demonstrative
when the various members OF the
household come and go. The grand.
children are expected to embrace every
one at the beginning and at the end
OF a visit. Fred and Albert were get.
ting into their clothing and making
their hasty adleux preparatory to
catching their train home after Christ
mas. "Hurry up. Fred" Albert shout
ed; you're too slow for anything.
I've got mine all kissed"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
(To BE C|oNTINUEDJ
Be Above Gossln-

GOssiping Is about the most useless
kind Of work one could possibly en-.
gage In. How much better and more
charitable It is to turn a deaf ear to
cruel truths, to hOnorably keep silent
about what we have heard, and at the
same time give the unfortunate person
In the case the benefit OF our doubt.
Small wits talk much" Is an old say
ing and a true one. The girl or woman
who would be truly happy, and who
incidentally would make others happy,
should wisely think twice before she
speaks, and then should put into words
only thoughts that are cheering and
charitable.-New York Evening Mail.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14

synopsa-Fred by the sinking Of the Lusitanla, with the loss Of
American lives, Arthur Guy Enpey, an American living in Jersey City,
goes to England and enusts as a private in the British army. After a
short experience as a recruiting officer In London, he Is sent to train
Ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound Of big guns and
makes the acquaintance Of Coolies" After n brief period Of training
Employs company is sent into the front-nne trenches, where he takes
his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey
learns, as comrade falls, that death turks always in the trenches.
Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot
fire. with pick and shovel Empey has experience as n trench digger
In No Mans Land. Exciting experience on listening past detail. Tx
citing work on observation post duty. Back in rest brnes Empey
writes and stages a successful play.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14
haywood HOT sPRlMGs.

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terlal Hardening, Locomotor AtAxiG,
Nervous Breaking etc. Perfect Treat
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T.. y, MODERM0TR.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-14

Empey and his maehlne-gun
company 90 lover the top" In a
successful but costly attack on
the German trenches. The story
Of this thrilling charge Is told
In the next Installment.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
LNTuDA HAS AN OUTPUT OF
ONE HUNDRED TONS DAILY

Gus uoodart. mine foreman Tor Lib
crty Fuel company at Latuda. spent
sunday with his family at Price. lie
tells The sun that shipments of a hun
drcd tons daily are 20 begin from that
spring Canyon property Ia about two
weeks and by a month later viii be
Increased to two hundred aud fifty
tons The latter viii be the capacity
81 the mine until such time as new
hoist. now ordered. IN installed,
Application has been made Tor a
poatoffico 90 be known as i.atuda.
named after one Of the principal
stockholders OF the property until
this IN granted mail for the camp goes
to Standardvfilc. which II nearby.
Some twenty dwellings Tor employees,
a store building and boarding house
and office building have recently been
completed and are now In service.
An cight.foot vein OF coal h being
worked and the product equals In
quality anything mined In these fields.
George A. Schultz. until recently with
United States Fuel company. h gem
erai superintendent ana constructing
engineer az the camp,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
FUEL SITUATION rs ALL
THAT ONE COULD EXPECT

The fuel situation. according 10 l.
NJ. Bailey. executive secretary for tho
fuel administration OF Utah, IN all that
could reasonably be desired. Coal u
moving rapidly from the mines, recent
reports showing that one day lately
shipments amounted TO three hundred
and thirty-eight ears. while one day
later consignmcnts leaving the mines
totaled three hundred and nine cars,
There II also a good supply OF emp.
~ cars NJ the mines and this II bcinE
kept up from day 10 day TO correspond
with the heavy shipments being made
The latest report on the movement Of
empty cars showed three hundred
and sixty-eight at the mines and a
hundred and forty-nino en- route or a
total OF five hundred and seventeen
available for this service.
There IN some little discomfort
among producers because OF the grad.
uaiiy diminishing demand for slack
coal. hut this. Il n explained by the ad-
ministration. IL entirely unavoidable
as all who uHc this class Of fuel report
being well supplied.
Similar reports come from Idaho.
California and points In tho North
west.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
NO REPORT As TO WATER
Clty Council Holds IirlcT Session last
Tuesday Evening.

pricr's city council held short
session last Tuesday evening with
Mayor wootton and Councilman Fitz-
gerald. Peacock and Anderson pres
cnt County Road Agent Dunieyy was
granted the Use OF the city's aprin-
king wagon tor short time 10 haul
water Tor those working ON the state
and county road In IN. vicinity of
Cloudy Wells. northeast OF Price.
stephen Olsen was granted tho use
Of city Hall In which Co have
school basketball games. Tho COM
mittcc appointed 90 look after water
rights and the building Of u pipeline
In connection Herewith from some
point up near Cotton had nothing 10
report az this time.
Delinquent water and light accounts
were discussed at considerable length,
the stand being taken by all that bills
for these items with the city must be
met promptly or al" service la each
case viii be- discontinued The light
and water committee and the city
treasurer are 10 play NO fayoritcs The
city needs the money 40 Il becomes
due.
Bonds OF those employed at the city
lighting plant were transferred from
J. ~. Manson 90 the city. That IN.
they are 90 be- turned over To- the city.
The present bonds run o. July Of this
year
Several OF the more important bills
coming before the board were allowed.
after which the council adjourned 90
IT, next regular meeting
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18

At the regular meeting OF the board
of county commissioners last Monday
Thomas Fouts as county attorney.
was directed 60 recover from the Dem
yer and Rio Grandc the amount Of n
Judgment and costs In the dependent
mothers tax suit In which the county
was a defendant. obtained September
la. 1915. the supreme court having
decided the case In favor OF counties
bringing suit TO collect after an APP
peal to that tribunal The judgment
amounts TO siiS1.67 with interest for
more than two years. As the county
attorney " also local attorney for the
railroad. he ought to be able TO settle
the matter without getting out Of his
shoes. as II were.
II was ordered that the money OF
the county treasurer be counted Oc-
casionaliy. which hasn't been done
now for considerable time. The
matter was put off until the March
meeting OF the board. Reports from
the clerk and auditor. sheriff. treas
uror and Justices Lee and Hammond
at Price and IIamclright at Kenll-
worth were approved and ordered
filed. W. 4. Avery was appointed JUS
ticc for Helper precinct
The county crop pest Inspector was
ordered 10 take special course OF
study at Agricultural College OF Utah
at Logan at the expense Of the county.
Clerk Horulcy was instructed 90 issue
warrant on the judgment fund In
payment Of a balance Of ti3.4o due
Utah Fuel company In a tax matter
IL was ordered that hereafter all
bills incurred by county officials must
be accompanied by satisfactory vouch-
orp for each item Of expense for which
reimbursement ~ claimed,
An INDECENT at Wellington was al
lowed fifteen dollars a month. instead
Of ti2.50. as heretofore.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
LEWIS BLAMEs SHORTAGE ON
RAILROADS OF THE COUNTRY

Blame for the coal shortage which
Is causing widespread suffering In the
United States Is placed uneauivocalf
upon inadequate transportation facil-
tiles BY John II. Lewis. vice president
Of the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea.
For the last eight months I have
been warning the federal authorities
that keen distress would result from
the lack OF cars" he says. MANY
mines are operating three or four
days a week and thousands OF miners
are idle. The Illinois Central line II
a notorious example Of lack OF facili-
ties.
MANY mines are idle along that
route The miners made II plain TO
the interstate commerce committee OF
the senate In the Newlands investiga-
ton last summer that the miners were
not at fault. There are sufficient min
ers In the United States 90 more than
fill all the war needs Of the country
In coal and provide enough for the
allies besides.
There II no need OF Conscription Of
labor In the mines. The miners are
thoroughly loyal and their production
depends upon the car supply"
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
SURPLUS BEING HELD ~
THE CALIFORNIA YARDS


Coat dealers OF California are sole
itinE business Co dcpletr their yards
0f large surplus stock OF fuel, hc-
cording 10 J. \. Spcllman. director Of
the district car service OF the state
fuel administration. who has Just re-
turned TO Utah from tour OF West
crn States In the Interest Of the fuel
administration. spellman reports an
abundance OF coal In California and
other Western States. and that Utah
Utah n safe from any possible short
axe under reasonable conservation FOR
at least thirty days. lie declares the
most serious situation In California at
present IN shortage Of oil Unless
some relief n offered for this shortage
Of liquid fuel Immediately. "A complete
reorganization Of all Industrial plants
may be necessary Ia continue opera
tons.
There IN more coal than there are
places % consume H." says he. "a
great many of the large Industrial
plants are operated by oil fuel and
this Is extremely shard 20 get at pres
cnt Most OF the oil has been taken
over by the government for opera
ton OF Industrial plants necessary for
the prosecution OF the war. This con
dition has created an acute situation
among private concerns" II present
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
COAL RATES FIGHT
IS NOW ON IN
EARNEST
ANY INCREASE MOST BITTERLY
CONTESTED.
Salt Lake City and Ogden Interests
Garry Their Contest Before tho
Public Utilities Commission OF the
statc-IIcarings TO Consume Several
Days-Around the Carbon Camps.

Hearing began before the public
utilities commission at Salt Lake City
last Monday afternoon in the petition
Of Utah railroads for permission 60 In
crease the freight rate on coal from
Carbon county mines to common
points In the state fifteen cents n ton.
II Is anticipated the hearing will ex-
tend over several days. M there Ia a
great deal OF testimony 10 be intro
duced by both sides and n mass of fig
ures concerning earnings Of roads. ex-
penses Of operation and upkeep and
statements concerning profits TO the
carriers under the old and existing
rates. According TO ". W. Prickett.
manager of the traffic bureau. who
will appear In behalf OF Salt Bake
city with City Attorney w n. Fol-
land. n vast amount Of testimony TO
offset the claims Of the carriers 90 an
advance rate viii be produced. This
hearing II the outgrowth 81 n petition
filed last August with the commission
by the carriers asking that the pres
ent rates Of ti.35 for slack coal and
f1.60 for lump coal be raised fifteen
cents ton.
In rehuttai Salt Lake City and the
consumers committee filed n petition
that the rates he reduced TO $40 for
lump and ti.20 for slack coal. Prick
cit alleges that the main coal hauling
road OF the state. the Denver and Rio
Orandc. earns more money on IL
mileage OF tracks In Utah than on any
other division Of the system. lie says
the figures for three months Of last
year showed that the net revenue from
~ per cent of the roads mileage. con-
tainod within the state OF Utah. earned
the company $3.50 per cent Of ita to-
tai revenue for that period. The Utah
mileage earned In round numbers
fifty-fiyc hundred dollars per mile.
while the road east OF Grand Junction
Colo. earned approximately twenty
two hundred dollars per mile OF track.
Prickctt says that In 1909 the state
railroad commission Of Montana re-
duccd the coal hauling rates In that
state. for practically similar dis
lance. from ti.S0 and $50 to si.iO
and ti.20. and that these rates still
obtain. Recently the city of ogden
interviewed In the case aud viii be
heard at the meeting.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
FUEL SHORTAGE Is THING
OF TIE PAST, SAYS SMITH

The railraod situation has improved
under government operation sufti-
ciently TO guarantee that there VIII be
no further coal famine In any part OF
the country this winter, Director Gen
eral MeAdoo was Informed last Fri
day by A. III. Smith. assistant In
charge OF transportation on Eastern
lines. Local shortage viii be newt
tions, Smith said, but Indications are
that no important industries viii be
forced 10 shut down because OF lack
OF fuel, and householders viii be sup
piled reasonably we'll.
The first order for curtailment for
the consumption OF fuel In Industry
has been given by Fuel Administrator
Garfield. directing all manufacturers
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
,. u. LAWSON IL CHOSEN
HEAD on MINE WORKERS.

DENVER, Colo. Jan. i2.--JOhn a.
Lawson. president OF the State Fed
Grafton of Labor. was elected presi-
dent OF the United Mine Workers OF
America. District No. no, at the recent
election. according 10 unofficial com
p''ations made By labor leaders here
Lawson defeated on the face Of these
compilations George q. johnson OF
Chandler. Colo.
The estimate gave lAwson's major
ity as approximately two thousand
The district comprises Utah, Colorado
and New Mexico. Formal canvass Of
the votes cast h expected 10 begin
about February LIST with the district
headquarters In Pueblo, Colo. Law
son was a prominent leader in the
Colorado coal strike OF isia ana isii
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
DIt, neatly To ENFORCE
TIiE BIRTH REGISTRY LAW

Declaring that number OF mid
wives and a few physicians OF Utah
have grown careless and failed 10 re-
port births as prescribed by law. Or
.T, u, Beatty. secretary Of the stat,
board Of health, threatens To bring
prosecutions against the offenders.
Although more than 80 per cent OF
the births are being reported. the re-,
naming percentage might result IN
confusion In future years. II the rec,
ords are not made complete.
The necessity Of having records OF
all persons births the health officer
declares, has been demonstrated bs
the draft law, which occasioned IRE
quent references 20 birth records.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18

Utah led the silver producers of the
country FOR the year 1917 with ~
.alb,a00 ounces. California led all the
states In gold production with 1900
500 ounces Production OF both gold
and silver In 1917 fell slightly below
the 1915 output silver production
amounted 10 7i,2ii.5 800 fine ounces as
compared with 7A.iii.SO2 ounces In
1915. Gold production was 1858 S9
ounces valued at SSi,t56.6OO as com
pared with a value In 1916 of ss2.-
500. 500.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18

Of paperboard TO suspend absolutely
the use Of fuel in their plants between
Z O'Clock Saturday morning and the
same hour Monday morning
Compliance with the order Is made
obligatory under a penalty. I, is esti-
mated that the actual saving Of coal
TO be effected will amount TO fifteen
thousand tons weekly. or 10000 tons
annually. Similar orders affecting
other industries. probably nearly a
hundred in all, are TO be issued later.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-01-18
LABOR WINS IT'S FIGHT
WITH ZIG COAL OWNERS

INDIANAPoLIs. Ind. Jan, i-.-pr.
Harry A. Garfield today telegraphed
To headquarters here that he has or
dcrod mine operators In Alabama 10
accept the fuel administrations deci-
sion In a controversy with union min
ers there. The decision gives the right
20 employees 10 belong 20 the union;
recognition OF miners committees and
the eight-hour work DAY. The opera
tors in convention had asked modifi.
cation of the rulings.